Orion High School - Charger Yearbook (Orion, IL)

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Kathy Firch, Ron Farwell. Bob De- Doncker, Tom Pasmore, and Radine 14 ,,,,f 2 Boney show how relaxing hypnotism can be. Bob DeDoncker is being recruited for the hypnotism demonstration following a concentration test that Palmer gave. One, Two, Three! World-reknowned hypnotist and memory ex- pert, John lvan Plamer came back by popular de- mand to entertain the students and faculty of OHS on Friday March 8, at a student council sponsored assembly. Palmer is noted as being the fastest hypnotist in the world. He said, A person's ability to be hypno- tized is not a matter of intelligence or willpower, but largely a matter of willingness and coopera- tion. Most people can be hypnotized, but some go deeper than others. Lisa Stephens, one of the people hypnotized during the assembly, said, lt was strange . . . one second I was there and the next l was in a tunnel and I was listening to Mr. Palmer. Stephens, as well as other students and faculty, were hypno- tized and made to do such things as: drive a car, eat an icecream cone, repeat phrases, and act like a washing machine. Palmer said, l prefer doing high school perfor- mances, but the biggest problem is in the booking with the schools while on the road, due to travel- ing, connections, and scheduling. Palmer entertains as well as amazes more than 93 schools and colleges a year. Also, he performs at nightclubs and benefits. Palmer has appeared with such stars as Barbara Mandrell, George Go- bel, Henny Youngman and the Statler Brothers. Assembly 43

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'----....,,,, l scream, you scream. they all scream for icecream. Radine Boney. Tom Car- ney, Brad Whitmore, and Bob Hoskins imagine eating their favorite kind of icecream. Driving a race car isn't as easy as Lisa Stephens. Cinda Nordstrom, and Kevin Wells thought. -....,,-N. World-reknowned hypnotist John Ivan Palmer explains the mysterious powers of hypnotism and memory to OHS stu- dents and faculty. Kevin Wells, Lisa Stephens. Cinda Nord- strom, and Matt McCunn imagine that they sat on an anthill and immediately react by iumping out of their chairs.

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Delayed Dinner Welcome to the sixth annual Cooperative Edu- cation Club of Orion Senior Citizens' Dinner. The coat check is to your left. This is what the senior citizens heard as they entered the commons on the evening of the dinner. Although the dinner was cancelled because of snow and rescheduled, the seniors felt this year's dinner was one of the best ever. We are very proud of our Senior Citizens' Val- entines Day Dinner for a number of reasons. First and foremost, it is our way of doing a service to the Senior Citizens of our school district, said .lan Nelson. At the senior citizens' dinner, the members of CECO decorated the commons in a Valentines Day setting. They served a salad along with a dinner of ham or fish, baked potato, roll, and mixed vegetables, and a special dessert. After the dinner, tables were cleared and entertainment was provided for the citizens by Carl and the Country Dutchmen. if Preparing the dinner was not an easy job - it's a job for real men as Brian Andrae and Paul Hancock demonstrate. The iob of getting the guests to dinner on time was handled by Chris Joannides and Paul Corken. Giving the speech to greet the senior citizens were Michelle Taylor Cco-chair servingj, Jan Nelson CPresident of CecoJ. Chris Joannides Cchair transpor- tationj, and Paul Corken fco-chair transportationj. CECO