Morton High School - Top Hat Yearbook (Hammond, IN)

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Page 28 Morton ites Could Have Danced All SOMETHING SEEMS to be amusing these prom goers at Lynne Fitzwater ' s pre-prom coke party. THE GIRLS in their formals and the boys in their tuxes added something to the prom. THE JUNIOR and senior class officers and their dates lead the grand march at the prom. THE AFTER-PROM party at Vogel’s Restaurant in Robertsdale is a huge success, agree this group. THE HI-LITES, along with Milo Hamilton of Chicago station WIND and other entertainers, did a commendable job at the post-prom party, which lasted from midnight until 3:00 a.m.

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Oliver Perry Morton isn’t the only Indiana governor with whom Morton School has any connection. It has been visited by the last three consecutive governors — Henry F. Schricker, George N. Craig, and Harold W. Handley — during their administrations. Gov. Handley visited the school in May when he was in the area to speak at a banquet. The governor’s visit was arranged by Vernon C. Anderson, former Hammond mayor who is now adminis- trative assistant to the governor. Mortonites were especially happy to welcome Gov. Handley not only because he appointed a Hammondite to be his assistant, but also because he himself is a Northwest Indianian, comm;, from LaPorte. ELEMENTARY PUPILS lined up outdoors to greet Gov. Handley on his arrival here with Recorder Betty Feldt, President Tony DeRosa, and Jack Reich, an Indiana State Chamber of Commerce official. Governors Welcome Governor to Morton ' r png fill til IN THE AUDITORIUM the governor tells the Morton High School Governors about the many opportunities in the Great Hoosier State. Also present were several local dignitaries. GOV. HANDLEY is made an honorary Morton Governor in the gym, where junior high students assembled, by Vice-President Glenn Schram. Watching are Junior High Council officers Dennis Brant and John Bailor, council sponsor Phil Robaska, and Principal A. W. Clark. WITH THE governor when he signed this autograph for the Top Hat in the office were Mr. Clark and Mrs. Isabel Payne. 4 ACCOMPANIED BY Glenn Schram, Gov. Handley leaves Morton amid the cheers of high school students, who gathered on the front lawn after he addressed them in the auditorium.

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Page 29 Night” at Dances Formal or Not Morton students love to dance and attended many dances given during the past year. There were informal and formal dances, elabor- ately decorated and hurriedly put- together dances, organization-spon- sored and class-sponsored dances. One of the highlights of the social season was Crystal Cotillion,” the winter formal, held in January at Madura’s Danceland in Roberts- dale. Mickey Isley provided music for this senior class-sponsored affair. Tropical Paradise” was the theme of this year’s junior-senior prom, sponsored by the junior class. It too was held at Madura’s. In addition, informal dances were held often in the gym or the Civic Center. They included the Home- coming dance; a dance with a calyp- so theme, sponsored by the Biology Club; the Art Club dance, where guests wore masks, and numerous sock-hops. MORTON STUDENTS in their stocking at the Civic Center. The dance was held feet rock ' n ' roll at the M-Club’s sock hop following a Morton basketball game. DANCERS FORM an arch after the grand march at Crystal Cotillion,” the senior-sponsored winter formal. THE CALYPSO craze hit MHS with a bang, if this photo of Pat Bloom and Julian Rasmussen at the Biology Club dance is any indication. GUESTS AT the Art Club ' s dance look out-of-this-world — literally! Club members made a cubistic guitar player 18 feet tall from cardboard cartons to carry out their theme, The Thing.”