Noblesville High School - Shadow Yearbook (Noblesville, IN)

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i Keeping in style. Mciry Wilmoth ( ' 84) dons a Victorian blouse, black slacks and penny loafers while chatting on the phone. (Lebitsch photo) Izod shirts are everywhere; just look at the newswriting class as they wait in line in the lunch room. (Teagardin photo) Choosing a book in the library. Caria Williams ( ' 83) wears fashionable ankle tie pants. (Lebitsch photo) The preppy look became in during ' 82. Wearing typical oxford shirts, khctki pants and penny loeifers are Doug Ausenbaugh ( ' 82) and Greg Chandler ( ' 82). (Lebitsch photo) fads iuid fashions •21

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Alligators, tigers, and foxes roamed the halls; pennys hitched rides on their favorite shoes; sleeves puffed out, skirts inched up and Newton-John craze caught on by Slocev ' B rg Bobby socks and saddle shoes along with bulky sweaters and plaid skirts were the styles of teenage girls of the forties. Baggy pants and Zoot suits were worn by the men. Along with the sixties came mini-skirts and not-so-bulky sweaters! As the seventies came rolling along, hems of skirts went rolling down. Then with the start of the eighties, styles changed again. Yet. were the new styles really new or were people just repeating the styles from the past? Looking at students and clothes they wore, the answer was obvious. Girls wore bulky sweaters once again yet they didn ' t have to buy them from stores. They could wear their fathers ' sweaters. A new look from the forties was the Joan Crawford look . This entailed dresses with slim waist lines and padded shoulders. Blouses with puffy sleeves, ruffles and high-neck col- lars buttoned to the top became popular. Mini-skirts were far from the fashions worn, but skirts were a few inches shorter. While many students thought preppy styles were new, teena- gers in the late sixties had already beat them to it. The preppy look described styles of clothes students wore that were really new in fashion. This look fit into its own category somewhere between casual look and dressy. 1 like the preppy look. I think it makes people look neat and organized, said Fran Farley ( ' 83). The preppy look included many different types of clothes. Girls wore knickers which were pants buttoned at the bottom, right below the knees, in cooler weather, knitted leg warmers were worn over jeans or with dresses. Pants made by Cheenos, Hunters Run and other brands came in a wide variety of colors. Warm weather brought a rainbow of colors with flowered shirts. Short sleeve tops with alligators, foxes and tigers sewn on also came in many colors. When the weather cooled down, students wore oxford shirts over their alligators (or foxes or tigers!). The preppy look didn ' t leave out shoes. Duck shoes, made out of rubber, were the newest fad in red, green, blue, yellow and brown. Students who wore them said they were warm and kept their feet dry in wet weather. Dock siders, loafer-like leather shoes, were popular again, in brown, beige and blue. Other styles of shoes included moccasins. Suede and leather both were popular. Cowboy boots filled the hallways after Christ- mas break. They ranged from short to tall, pointed toes to rounded, and lots of designs to no designs. Jeans also gave students a choice. Plain pockets or not? De- signer jeans or not? Usually these decisions were made according to prices rather than tastes. Olivia Newton-John ' s style rubbed off on the girls. Colored ribbons, gold string and bandanas were wrapped around heads. With approximately 1400 students, varieties of tastes were in- evitable. New styles kept coming until students didn ' t follow just one certain one or the latest one. Students began to use their own ideas and wore what they liked. People should wear what they like and not let others decide for them, said Brad Arbuckle ( ' 83). I think clothes reflect one ' s personality. People should wear what they want and what makes them feel good, said Kristi Daley { ' 83). With styles from the past and new styles, students chose their favorites. Instead of following the leader, they chose what was comfortable to them.

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Nuts, singers, ghosts and Christnnas — even a traveling road show — all part of student theatrical productions bv Susan Swtrn What could a singer and a nut have in common with ghosts and Christmas? They were all a part of two plays that NHS actors produced. The House of the Blue Leaves was performed in the audito- rium as the fall play. The cast spent 70 hours of total practice before opening night. The crew put in approximately 121 hours building the set, includ- ing 50 hours during fall vacation. Stage Manager Lori Sommerville ( ' 82) said, The hardest part was making a frame for the cabinets. It was hard to get it square. It had to be functional, yet light enough to hang on a flat. The House of the Blue Leaves took place in New York City on a somewhat normal day in the 1960s. Artie Shaughnessy, played by Sean McDeavitt ( ' 83), wanted to make it big as a singer. He fell in love with Bunny Flingus, played by Kathy Pappas ( ' 84), who shared in his dream. Artie wanted to marry Bunny, but one thing stood in his way — his wife Bananas, played by Amy Blankenship ( ' 83). Determined to marry Bunny, Artie decided to send Bananas to a sanitarium. Artie and Bananas ' son, Ronnie, a former altar boy, went A.W.O.L. from the army to blow up the Pope who was visiting New York. Billy Einhom, played by Joe Sommerville ( ' 85), runs off with Bunny. This occured only after his girlfriend, Corrina Stroller, played by Dana Overbey ( ' 83) and two beer loving nuns, Melanie Roush ( ' 83) and Kathy Oldham ( ' 85), were killed by the bomb l H r f m 1 Jf, B H H y i| k J Mi Ir WT 9l ft L i;i Before a f crformance at Conner Elementary School. Holly Harrington ( ' 83) applies makeup to Megan Garrett ( 84) for her Christmas Carol role. Sean McDeavitt ( ' 83). as Artie, talks on the telephone to his Hollywood friend. Billy Einhorn, as Bananas (Blankenship) ignores the phone on her head. 22 • plays Ronnie had intended for the Pope. Ronnie was arrested by an MP. for being A.W.O.L. He was later sent to Rome by the Army. This left only Artie and his wife. Bananas, whom Artie strangled to death. During December, thespians traveled to all five Noblesville ele- mentary schools and the Tri-County Opportunity School to present Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol . A traveling play presented special problems. The set crew had only a few short weeks to build all the platforms, walls, and other props needed for the play. Before each performance the entire set, the lights, and the costumes had to be loaded into the bus. After arriving at the destination, everything had to be unloaded and set up before the audience arrived. After the closing curtain, as the actors and actresses hurriedly changed, the set crew was busy taking down the set. It was then taken back to the high school, unloaded and put back into stor- age. The play ' s main character was a greedy old man named Scrooge, played by Rob Markle ( ' 82). Scrooge wasn ' t very nice to his employee. Bob Cratchit, Dan Metro ( ' 84), or his nephew, portrayed by Bryce Stewart ( ' 85). Scrooge lived to regret his mean ways after he was visited by three ghosts, Myla Tucker ( ' 83), Shannon Gath ( ' 84), and Tony Box ( ' 84), who showed Scrooge the errors of his ways.