New Haven High School - Mirage Yearbook (New Haven, IN)

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Dressed for the occasion biology teacher Don HumI added to the Bicentennial festivities by winning first prize for the Best Dressed Male Teacher. • — «» B Old Glory flutters in the wind as a symbol of American ' s patriotism. iTilRTHDAY AMER| Gladieux Oil Company got in on the action by painting their storage tanks the traditional red, white, and blue. 8 — Bicentennial

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Shopping was one way to spend a Saturday afternoon along with alot of money. Here Tonda Thomas discusses prices with a sales- person. The Memorial Coliseum provided entertain- ment from Hockey games to the three ring cir- cus. This varied entertainment relieved much of the monotony of weekends. Weekends — 7

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tr ' E3 3 M P A S — uCr rijw rnn L™tPK The class of 1976 was a special class of seniors, because they gradu- ated in the midst of America ' s gala birthday celebration. The Bicentennial Year took on many aspects of celebration. The Shell Oil Company ' s Bicentennial Minute was one of the educational ways America expressed its Bicen- tennial history. For the Bicentennial Minute celebraties revealed little known events in America ' s heritage. Commercialism became a major issue during the Bicentennial Year. Corporations turned America ' s birth- day into a profit making gimmick by putting the Bicentennial label on all their products. Such products like Bicentennial tuxedos and Bicenten- nial cars ran red, white, and blue into the ground. Commercialism on the Bicentennial reached the beer industry as Falstaff displays their commemorative can. Bicentennial fever hit John Police as he poses next to his Spirit of 76 garage door. Bicentennial — 9