Overlea High School - Omega Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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if Preparations for the rlancz' irzclzzrlerl lessons giwn by Urs. Cullen in blowing up balloons. Miss Bonniv Linn, 0l't'fllf!1,S Que'z'n of 1964, and her escort, Charles ,Vr'I,r1z1ghfil1, lm' Ilw lIUl1II'!'0II1iflg pror'c's.sion. 78 Crm'-ipe pape Gathering in groups, rzlnnzrzi IIZDSCIISSUII 1116 1If'l'lfr' aspecls of 1'ollf'gc' IIIIIIO!'!'I11?flfI'0I111, lifv.

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The student body enthusiastically escaped from the study hall drudgery to help decorate the gym and cafeteria for Ovcrlea's Second Annual Harvest Ball. As November 25 drew nearer, more alumni were seen wandering through the halls. Although the traditional powder puff football game had to be cancelled due to inclement weather, spirits were not dampened. Finally the dance began. Friends, reunited by the Thanksgiving holidays, mingled with faculty and under- graduates. The music of the HAces,' provided a pleasant aura as the evening was spent renewing old friendships and relating harrowing experiences of college and occupational life. The climax of the evening was the crowning of Miss Pat Rea as Overlea's second Homecoming queen. A barrage of balloons floated from the rafters as couples danced the evening to a close. Mr. John F. Cassiday, principal, crowns radiant Pnl Rea as the 1965 Homecoming Queen. Jalloons and a new queen-Homecoming. Senior members of the Homecoming Courl, Karen Thaflfer, Janet .'llcClynn, Kitty Brown, and Robin Walter surround Par Rea, queen. 79