Mentone High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Mentone, IN)

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CLASSES COMPETE; SPIRIT SPARKED BY “LITTLE WOODSTOCK” Members of the Varsity and “B” teams view the downtown pep rally from their honored seats upon the fire truck. “Hey, let’s haul some more wood tonight.” That’s the way it sounded as the battle raged on. It began as an unannounced contest among classes to get wood for the Pep Rally bonfire. But things got out-of-hand as the members ignored the splinters and hard work to haul wood for their class. Each class added tremendously to the giant “woodstock,” but through buy- ing the Sophomores wood, the Seniors managed to defeat the Juniors in the unofficial contest. Although some arguments and hard feelings came about, the contest made this Pep Rally one-of-a-kind and it won’t be easily forgotten. The Pep Rally night finally came and the spirited students paraded through the town led by the Pep Band and followed by a truck decorated by the Seniors. After the bonfire the en- thusiastic fans congregated in the gym for yells and announcement of the Homecoming candidates. The Senior class also won a contest based on per- centage of class members present. To close the evening the cheerleaders sponsored a record hop. A small portion of M.H.S.’s “Little Woodstock,” students of all classes were dismayed when they discovered they must move a smaller portion for the bonfire to abide with State Fire Officials. Sr. Homecoming candidates express their happiness and congratu- late each other upon their announcement at the pep rally. 4

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The spirit of National Earth Day was observed when students and teachers banned together and gave ’ole M.H.S. a good scrub down from noon-hour to 3:30. Left-Mr. Huffman gives advice to Virgil Cooper and Tom Alber as they prepare to clean the door to the shop. Above-Mrs. Shoemaker takes a “breather” with Barb Garman after a job well-done. A hop, skip, and a jump is all Varsity cheerleader Pam Craig needs to do to show her school spirit. A new look was given to the M.H.S. gym when Mrs. Finney, with the aid of a brush, painted school Mas- cot “CHAMP” on the South wall. M.H.S.er’s were not always physically spirited. Here, Dave Merideth studies quietly in Study Hall. Winning the first Homecoming game in four years brought out the emotions of M.H.S.er’s. And there was spirit. Need we say more? 3

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WALKING IN A “WINTER WONDERLAND” L. to R.-Junior Princess, Chris Miner; Freshman Princess, Bev Boyer; Sophomore Princess, Nancy Huff; King Ron and Queen Debi;and Senior runners-up, Kim, Peg, and Pam. Senior Class President, Ruth Hoffer, looks on as Rudy opens the envelope holding the final decision of the student body. The announcement is made and joy over- comes the surprised queen and her proud escort. Sleigh bells rang, the Stage Band played, and last year’s king and queen waited on stage as the underclassmen took their seats. The senior candidates marched onto the floor and silence fell over the crowd. The envelope was opened and Rudy Schwenk announced the results. King Ron Batten and Queen Debi Hiers ruled their court throughout half time of the thrilling game. Pictures were taken and the royalty joined the spirited Pierceton and Mentone fans for the conclusion of the game. As the final buzzer sounded, happy fans fled onto the floor to congratulate the team for our 74-71 victory. Later, the floor was cleared for the start of the Homecoming Dance. Senior Court was: first runners-up, Ken Anglin and Kim Manwaring; sec- ond runners-up, Rock Reed and Peg Thompson; and third runners-up, Chris Doran and Pam Craig.