Penn High School - Bittersweet Yearbook (Mishawaka, IN)

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; Bittersweet = staff recreates memories Six p.m. “What do you mean, we've sent in page one-seventy six? I've got it here! A desperate section editor imp- lores a photographer, “You must have a picture of the LG! somewhere!”’ He ges- tures mutely at a huge stack of proofs: she shakes her head in despair and begins to search through them. ‘Come on children, the deadline’s tonight’’, Mrs. Schalliol coaxes. Everyone turns to sneer at her, a moment of laughter, then every- one’s back to work. The work? An attempt to capture a school year on paper, a permanent record of Penn high during nine months of its history. What these people are mak- ing will endure for years, will probably become a treasured possession of almost every graduate and student of Penn They are fashioning a true ‘'memory bank ’. Frozen for alll time on its pages are the precious moments, information, and faces that will serve to recall a fleeting Slice of time, the priceless year of high school. Years later, perhaps, the voices will be forgotten, the memories will fade, this year will be buried in the depths of remembering. Then, dig out that musty, yellowed yearbook, page through those long-ago good times. The people have changed, aged, but they live on in your mind just as they were in 1975. Copywri- ters, photographers, layout editors, and of cours e, our fearless leader, all think it’s well worth their effort Nine o'clock p.m. A grin slowly spreads over Mrs. Schalliol's face as she contemplates her staff. ‘All right, kiddies — Four dogged workers wearily raise their heads from their work. ‘‘Let's take time out for the Yearbook Pledge’. Sud- denly none of them are tired, and their voices echo down the halls of the deserted school. ''| love yearbook! Unh unh, unh! Top Typing was Kelly Forrest's main job when it ior directory. Center left Head photographer Steve Carmichael prepares to print a picture for the Bittersweet. Center right Ghe- Ty! Likes’ job involved going through carbons to find names for the index Yearbook staff Row 1 Rick Wayne, Sue Blazak, Edi- Ken Zieger, Mark Miller, Terry Snyder tor Rhonda Baim, Cheryl Likes Row 2 Jamie Mittiga, cael, Kelly Forrest, Kim Kremer