Leo High School - Oracle Yearbook (Leo, IN)

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Mr. John Gufner, a resident of Fremont Indiana, drives his pigs in the Grabill Day ' s parade. Principal Herbert Stueipe tips his hat to the crowd while driving a tractor in the Grabill Day ' s parade. Grabill Days Lifestyles ( S)

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A Living Legend Leaves The 12th annual Grabill Country Fair was much different than fairs in the past. The main thing that separated it from previous fairs was that a major business left the community for good. The store, Sauders Fur- niture, was founded in 1908 and successfully served the communi- ty for 76 years. Mike Witt com- mented, It was disheartening to see a business that had been around for so long close its doors for good. But even though this Grabill heritage was gone, the spirit of the community remained as was seen at 1984 ' s Grabill Country Fair. The fair started Thursday, Sep- tember 6th, 1984, and ran until Saturday, September 8th, 1984. During the three days the fair was held, about 200,000 people from local areas, and even from sur- rounding states, crowded onto the one city-block where the fair was held. Last year the weather was much more comfortable than during the 1983 fair. This was probably a major factor in the re- cord breaking crowds that at- tended the fair. Once at the fair, there were things to do for all ages. For adults, there were a lot of spots for early Christmas shopping. For the young kids there were small rides. For those in-between there were contests such as the egg toss and the frog jump. On Saturday morning people got on early start for good seats and good parking places for the Grabill Days parade. This was the highlight of the fair, as many peo- ple turned out just for this main event. The Leo band proudly marched down Main Street, led by the drill squad. Leo band member Tom Baker stated, This year ' s band has improved 100% since last year, and I was proud to be a port of it. Other bands who participated in the parade included Woodlan and Eastside. There were also other entries such as floats, clowns, marching teams, and antique cars. As Saturday came to an end, so did the Grabill Country Fair. The streets were restored to normal, and the traditional home-town spirit continued. — Brian Lutgens Participating In tt)e Grabill Day ' s parade, the Old Fort Settlers march to the sound of the fife and drum corps (§ Lifestyles I Grabill Days

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Trainbusting All the activities of the week led up to the grand finale like fireworks on the fourth of July. Homecoming, the first major event of the school year was a continual tradition. Since 1968, every year for one week the typi- cally dressed students of Leo High School became as one may de- scribe, outrageously crazed in one-of-a-kind styles. Homecoming week was filled with hard work as well as excite- ment and homework. Most stu- dentsiound it hard to look as well at homework and even more ef- fort was required to finish assign- ments when little time was avail- able in which to finish them. Long before the week began, the hard work had already start- ed with the planning of the activi- ties. Two things which had to be settled early in the year were the Homecoming theme and the class competition categories. The excitement began Mon- day and lasted all week with the high points being the powder puff game on Wednesday, the dress- ing up of every day of the week, and of course, the game on Fri- day night. Last year ' s powder puff game was unlike others. The junior and senior powder puffers took this game very seriously and unnec- essary roughness became a big part of the game. The seniors came out the winners with a score of 36-12. Finally, the pep session on Fri- day consisted of the traditional cheerleaders ' skit, the revealing of the secret admirers, the rally of the football team, and the pre- sentation of the homecoming king, David Shaw. Being homecoming king, said David Shaw, was something I didn ' t expect, but it happened. Fortunately, the week ' s activi- ties and the spirit they generated paid off with the Lions ' win over the Garrett Railroaders on Friday night. Firing up the team and the crowd ' s spirit during the pep session, newly crowned king, David Shaw urges students to come and support the team against Garrett and gives praise to his classmates, the class of 1985. Being the typical nerds, Todd Harris and Rich Dellinger demonstrate what being a nerd is by wearing high waters, horn- rimmed glasses, and carrying loads of books A N Lifestyles — Homecoming Week