Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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Small Town Christmas Special In the minds of most people, Christmas was Bing Crosby. Christ- mas was Bing wandering down the small roads of a country village, singing his songs and shaking hands with every one he met. Bing, Andy Williams, and John Davidson all por- trayed the American small town Christmas as a way in the life of quaintness. In the Leo Grabill area Christ- mas was sometimes quaint, some- times realistic, always comforting. There was no snow last year but in Grabill there were decorations. Besides the usual tinsel and plastic candles on lamp posts, the Grabill Chamber of Commerce asked three of the local high schools to provide students to paint windows. Leo ' s new Art Club sent its members to cover the glass with colorful Christ- mas scenes. The scenes not only gave the town an atmosphere of Christmas but helped the Grabill Chamber of Commerce attract holi- day shoppers as well. In Leo there were no colorful win- dows, but the atmosphere was defi- nitely Christmas. The people had no snow and no light posts to put tinsel on, but they had the feeling of Christmas. Who needed Bing? At LHS many classes had trees. They were small, some were artifi- cial, but all were decorated and all were appreciated by students counting the days ' till break. The school council also spent its Christ- mas time collecting cans and money for the needy in the area. The atmosphere was there, the photo by Tjm Glenn On Christmas Day, Souders of Grabill sits barren of customers and barren of snow. At the Christinas concert, Terri Burns of the Concert Choir delivers the solo part of Holly and the Ivy. feeling of Christmas was there and the shopping was there. If you did not want to shop in the area, one could go to the mall and walk that area with friends and family, search- ing for that special gift; a gift that many times couldn ' t be found and if it was there it was usually out of one ' s price range. Realism appeared to be the over- riding truth in an economy torn small town. Life went on and at Christmas people forgave and for- got, they relearned to love, survive, and feel good. Bing, Andy and John couldn ' t do better. — Randy Mishler photo by Debbie Denton Getting ready for the upcoming Christmas Holidays Ben Funnel puts the finishing touch- es on the Christmas painting featured on the windows of the Grabill Bank. -14- Christmas lifestyles

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Dressed for a special occasion, Reann Panclnev and Beth Witte show off the newest fashion — ruffled shirts and bag- gie pants Wearing faded jeans combined with a prairie top to dress up the outfit, Lauri Swartz, mixes hot chocolate at the honor roll breakfast. Wearing an oxford under her sweater. Kim Hein stays warm and keeps in style. Waiting to receive their awards at the fall sports banquet, Pete Garrison, Jim Collins and Scott Carey each sport a dif- ferent style: casual, dressy, and sporty. -13- fashions lifestyles

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-15- Christmas lifestyles