Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

Page 7 text:

CHATTER Skin News The most exciting fashion news of the year was skin. But the im- portant rule to follow when skin was worn was ' keep it covered up. ' This rule advocated some strong supporters who enforced the rule in school. In order for girls to stride the fashion route, they donned their platforms, thus elevating their skin from the sight of others. This decreased the number of people in the detention room who got in trouble wearing their skin. This sudden fashion break- through parallelled the burst of acne products on the market. Variety Of Friends The results, deter- mined unofficially, were taken from a personal survey. The conclusion was that MHS has to have the widest vari- ety of people to hang around with. A new person coming to school has a choice of the rahs. and super-straights, the freak, the red-neck, or whoever could be classified that lies some- where in-between, to hang around with. Some of these groups don ' t asso- ciate with each other, others carry a common bond. But w hatever the case, the choice is there. Coach Retires Three banquets were held for Coach Richard Demaree to commemorate his retirement. Coach Demaree was a football coach at Mer- rillville for 29 years. Annually the old sportsmen from Gary get together for an Old Timer’s Banquet. Last year the Old Timers celebrated the coach ' s re- tirement. Many of the old football players were sad to see the coach go; and many of the underclassmen foot- ball players were especially sad be- cause they woidd never have the op- portunity to play with the soft-spoken coach. Smokers: A tale of woe. Smiles: Robin Mitsos radiates smiles to her friends. Love Is Fair During the course of this school year, it has been reported to the various ' rumor-routers ' around school that different girls had been going out with steady boyfriends. Un- doubtedly, the biggest scandal oceured when the girlfriend found out about it. But as the controversy died down, a mumbled retort could sometimes be discerned from under the girl’s breath. It had something to do with ' all is fair in love and war. Smokers Given Sentence The MHS suspension list seemed to be growing for a while since the shutdown of the smoking area. Mrs. Spurr made her daily rounds to the bathrooms and gathered all of the smokers she could. For a while, anyone entering the bath- room had to sign in, to fight against abusive smokers. Suspensions were handed out, giving students anywhere from two days to five (depending on the student’s record). All In The Game During a Varsity Baseball game, Greg Rister and John ' Jonner’ Warded made a play between third base and home plate that will never make the record books, but will stay in the memory for a lifetime. The ball was hit and two players ran for the catch. Too engrossed in the re- trieving of the ball, they didn’t notice they were on a direct collision course, Greg racing with his arm outstretched, John watching the ball. What fol- lowed was winning the game and John going to the hospital. His eye looked nothing less than injured. But John didn’t think an elbow in the eye was serious enough to stay in the hospital. In order for the hospital attendants to keep him lying down, they had to hide his street clothes. 3

Page 6 text:

Editor: Sandy Kormos Assistant Editor: Tami Fleming We gratefully acknowledge the use of the logos and the page styles of People” Magazine. The editors of the magazines were kind enough to give us permission to use their unique style. All logos used in the 1975 ”Mer- rillvue” whieh also appear in regular magazine issues are copywrited by the magazines. We would like to thank the editors, as without their per- mission, the publication of this year- book would not have been possible. noput 4 Homecoming: A Space Odyssey 10 On the Move 1 2 Community Involvement Day 1 3 Sequel 14 “A Guest in the House” 16 ‘‘That’s Entertainment,” . . . that’ entertainment 18 ‘‘Done to Death” 20 Spirit 22 Stairway to Heaven 24 Lookout

Page 8 text:

OUT OF THE The football game between the Pirates and the Bulldogs was filled with sounds of eraeking hones and grunts as bodies collided with one another for the hall. One type of game led to another. Ray Keilman. of the Varsity Football team, delivered his pre- victor) ' speech to the student body. Following the Homecoming victory, students mounted the player ' s back and showed their excitedness for this time of year. The construction of the float took time and de- termination. Brenda Storey and Mickey Korae deliberate what, if anything, to do next.