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

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FUN NIGHT, the P.T.A. sponsored annual carnival, was held on October 18. Fun and merriment for people of all ages was provided — hynotism shows, telegram service, cake walks, pitching games, and racing games. In this event parents and teachers unite to have one major fund raising project for the year. Yes, who will ever forget the stunts Mr. Rasmussen pulled on his entranced subjects as they regressed back to the second grade to have a childish recess fight? Bill Luchene, far right, looks pretty skeptical of the sharp shooter in the center. And Comedy WESTERN UNION No! You can ' t send a 1000 word telegram to Mr. Clark! C ' mon and win yourself a li ' l KEWP1E Mr. Concialdi, don’t you know it ' s It all looks fishy to me. DOLL . . . not polite to point?

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Judy Luchene, Morton ' s 1957 Homecoming Queen, expresses her thanks as Judy Hellinga, senior president, and Bill Beaver, dressed as governor, look on. Mortonites Express Themselves In Beauty . . . Judy Luchene with her escort Terry Kelleher, stops to pose with her court and their escorts: Margaret Vickerman and Jim Bradley, Joyce May and John Rosek, Shirley Golec and Bob Smalley, and Sharon Adelsperger and Dave Weedon. At about 8:30 in the evening of October 1 1 , five beautiful, but anxious, candidates tensely- waited to hear the outcome of the 1957 Homecoming Queen Contest. The escorts, it is rumored, were equally nervous and uneasy. When finally the suspense was broken as Asso- ciation President, Bill Beaver, announced the winner, an ex- huberant, but modest, Judy Luchene stepped up onto an enormous top hat to receive her traditional crown and bouquet of red roses. Homecoming fes- tivities then came to a happy close with annual dance spon- sored by the senior class. 8

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Morton ites Learn That Self-Government Ensures Self-Expression Hammond students crowd train which took them to Washington, D. C. as well-meaning, but cumbersome, parents bid them good-bye. Parental permission plus $100 plus countless decisions as to roommate, clothes, spending money, and luggage — all these things were a part of getting ready for the Wash- ington Trip. Finally after much excited anticipation the morning of October 23, 1957, arrived and hundreds of junior and senior students from the Hammond School System crowd- ed onto a special train. The long train rides, the even longer bus rides, the under-cooked breakfasts, the unexpected camera fiends, and wary chaperones are all to be remembered by the students on the trip. However, as is always the case, Monday afternoon .came all too soon and many tired, reluctant Mortonites had to say good bye to their newly acquired friends. Jean Cvitkovich, Joan Thomas, Ann Pecelin, Bob Anderson, Bill Highland, and Jim Mahon look over the itinerary as they anxiously await the train that will take them to destinations of excit- ment, freedom, fun, and education. You might know that it would be some unknown clod from HHS mak- ing a disturbance on the train so shy, retiring Connie Iliff and Bonnie Cripe couldn ' t sleep. The White House — maybe we could rent it for next year ' s winter formal! 10