Merrillville High School - Merrillvue Yearbook (Merrillville, IN)

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Michelle Traber, junior, and Mike Gurgevich, senior, share a romantic moment. Angie Traficante and her date enjoy a glass of punch at the turnabout. The dance was sponsored by FEA. | Posing for photos proves to be a humorous situation for Elaine Zaronis, senior, and her date. Pictured were taken by John Giolas Studio. Turnabout

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FALL PLAY More for your money For s few weeks in October and Novem- ber, the cast of “Cheaper by the Dozen” seemed more at home in the ,1920’s than in 1984. Boys dressed in knickers and girls in calf-skimming skirts, this group of sopho- mores and juniors took the audience back to 1923 to he home of Mr. Gilbreth, a strict : ather who believes in “saving time and mo- tion.” Mr. Gilbreth tried to pass his ideas down to his twelve children, but to no avail, hey all seem to go their separate ways. “Cheaper by the Dozen” was the first play or the sophomores at MHS. Jill Stoner, soph- omore, said, I liked being in the play a lot. I elt like I was contributing something to the school instead of just sitting back and watch- ng things happen.” “I learned what a group effort the plays lere at MHS are,” said Carl Jimenez, sopho- nore, “in the production, everyone is impor- ant.” The juniors involved in the play had noth- ig but praise for the sophomores and their cting skills. Barb Hippie, junior, commented, “The sophomores performed very well. I really like the idea of having a Sophomore Junior play, this way the sophomores will be acting with people who already have some experience.” All of the cast agreed that doing the play was a lot of fun and they all plan to be in future plays. David Yonker, sophomore, said, “I enjoyed working with so many talented students, and while doing so, I made a lot of new friends.” Shirley Price, junior, added, “The best part of being in the play was the way everyone got along.” Jill Stoner, sophomore, summed up the feelings of the entire cast by saying, “I loved doing the play mostly because of the people who were involved. The best part was getting to know the cast and then sharing the excite- ment and nervousness before the play begins and the relief and depression when it was over.” — Kris Zimnawoda “I felt like I was contributing something to the school instead of just sitting back and watching things happen.” Jill Stoner, Sophomore Digging through some old treasures are Jill Stoner, sophomore, and Tony Zaradich, junior. Many of the props used in the play were antiques donated by cast members. “Cheaper by the Dozen” cast — Front row : Shirley Price, junior, David Yonker, sophomore, and Mike Rotheker, sophomore. Second Row: Carl Jimenez, sophomore. Bill Wilkinson, sophomore, Diana Stanton, sophomore, and Jared , Riddle, sophomore. Back row: Bill McMollum, sophomore, Leah Mehay, sophomore, Sheryl Riddle, junior, and Kenny Moore, junior. Fall Play

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TURNABOUT A dance to remember always Zawada Future Educators of America Front Row: Kim Row: Mike Bondra. Dan Rose. Colleen Pachapa, Penny Machnik, Chris Carlson. Back McDermott. Tom Vlasic, Carol Teeter, sponsor. It was your chance girls. The annual turna- bout dance was December 8. However, plan- ning went on for weeks before. Girls finally realized how hard it was to ask someone out. And, it wasn’t as easy as the guys made it seem. Karen Smolnicky, senior, said, “It wasn’t too hard to ask Jeff cause we’d been going out for so long.” For some couples, it was just another for- mal dance to be enjoyed like the others. To others, it was a whole new experience. Some girls asked guys who they had their eye on for months. While others asked guys “just as friends.” Yvonne Armenta, senior, said, “I decided to ask a guy from another school.” In addition, the question of who pays?” came up a lot. Some girls felt, although they asked the guy, he should pay. Others felt strongly that this was one time they ' d take the check. Michelle Traber, junior, said, “This year I’m paying for everything except dinner.” — Sharin Pigott Spending a moment together are Joe Januz. junior and Shawn Cunningham, sophomore. The dance was on December 1 1 in the MHS cafeteria. Jim Jones, senior, tries to get Elaine Wilk. sophomore on the dance floor. The dance floor was crowded because of the large turnout. Turnabout