Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Below: Dobie introduces Limbo Lamb to Lori Happy Stella and her Lithuanian Five band wait to Crabek. perform at the newspaper benefit.

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Dobie Gillis found love in 76 Combining the efforts of many mem- bers of the class the Sophomores presented the comedy Dobie Gillis as the first school play of the 1976-77 year. The play centered around Dobie Gil- lis and his humorous entrance into society. The play was directed by Mrs. Kath- erine Schmidt. Her student director was Kathy Lucas. Presented on three evenings during the state championship football week- end, Dobie Gillis throughly enter- tained the enthusiastic people who at- tended. Cast of Dobie Gillis Dobie Bonnie Helen Petey Miss Forepaugh Mr. Pipgrass Imogene Frannie Sally Lola Polly Betty Mrs. Dixon Mr. Dixon Mr. Harrington Happy Stella Majeska Rutka Sletka Domara Simpka Miss Neuman Limbo Lamb Adele Mr. Gillis Bill Maudie Pansy Carol Student Director Rehearsal Assistant George Cinko Michele Beverly Karen Graves Kirk Vickroy ..Mary Kay Kaupke Jim Dimos .Dorothy Hickman Linda Jarosack Mary Bishop ...Brenda Appleton Connie Petroff .Stephanie Stevens Jacquie Burris Dave Dakich Garry St. Martin Stephanie Duncan Rosie Magee Mary Sherman ....Margaret Peshke Jean Robinson Carolyn Pittman Ellen Peddicord .Kathy Athenwoldt Donna Cieslak Roger Tuchek Mike Del Busto Patti Kepshire Pam Mishler Sue Williamson Kathy Lucas Lori Grabak Bonnie pulls Dobie as he pulls Helen out of the vent. Front row: Kathy Lucas, Lori Grabak. Second row: Roger Tuchek, Jean Robinson, Mary Sherman, Do- rothy Hickman. Third row: Stephanie Duncan, Pam Mishler, Donna Cieslak, Brenda Appleton, Sue Williamson. Fourth row: Connie Petroff, Carolyn Pittman, George Cinko, Michelle Beverly, Patty Kepshire, Fifth row: Mary Bishop, Mary Kay Kaupke, Karen Graves, Kirk Vickory, Mike Del Busto. Sixth row: Jim Dimos, Gary St. Martin, Rosie Magee, Kathy Athenwoldt. 14 Sophomore Play

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One of the twenty-two buses which escorted the Pirates to Indianapolis arrives back at school after the victory. The 1976 football team was responsible for creating quite a bit of excitement in the school and community. The possibility of even getting into the state championship playoffs had Merrillville on their own cloud. A caravan of buses and cars from the town went to Valparaiso to see our Pirates win the sectional title 35-14. The whole town was in a state of pandamonium. Signs were draped across Broadway, Co Big Pirates. For the first time in years our community united in a gala celebration for a chance to win a state title. Thousands attended the semi-state against St. Joe. The Pi- rates demoralized the Indians 21-0, and everyone was high as a kite. Students and adults packed the gymnasium to send off the Pirates to Indianapolis to play in the state finals against Cathedral. Two long lines of twenty-two buses and many cars filled with adults and students headed for Indianapolis escorted by the Merrillville Police. While on 1-65 many signs were seen hung from construction sites and businesses. The whole region was behind Merrillville. When we won the state title over Cathedral, complete chaos broke out. A group of Seniors mangled the goal posts. Hundreds gathered in the school parking lot in the wee hours of the night to greet the state champs. A parade followed Sat- urday morning and a school holiday followed the next week. The state title was a team effort, the team of some twenty five thousand citizens of Merrillville, Indiana. The pep band helped add to the Pirates ' spirit at the many football pep ses- sions working up to the championship game. Coach Haupt and co-captions Kelly Keough and Woody Melcher show their happiness after receiving the state championship trophy as they prepare to bring the spirit of victory home to Merrillville. Great enthusiasm sent many rolls of paper onto the gym floor and the Pirate football team to victory in Indianapolis. In order to bolster spirit, two signs were strung across Merrillville streets, one on Broadway and one in the parking lot. Great enthusiasm grew with football fortunes