Reitz Memorial High School - Memorial Review Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

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H ' My With gittering stars, dim lights and soft waltz music, the Junior-Senior prom of i955 began. Adding to the night-club atmosphere, the waiters dressed in white shirts, dark bow ties and dark trousers. They were waiting at the entrance of the dance floor to find the reserved tables for couples as they arrived at the long- awaited event. Classmates just didn't seem to be the same. Girls, in their ballerina formals with colorful shoes to match, appeared to be ladies of the world. And the fellows, in their white dinner jackets and black dress pants, seemed to be modern examples of knighthood. The music was so dreamy that everyone seemed to glide along with no difficulty whatsoever. And the hep cats really lived it up on the jazz numbers. The crowning of queen and king, Linda Harmon and Mike Daley, seemed to bring the memorable evening to a fitting climax. Goodnight Sweetheart wrote the perfect ending to an enjoyable night. As time rolls by, there will still be pressed corsages, blue dance programs with notes jotted down in them and other memories that will bring back the wonderful moments of the i955 Reitz Junior-Senior prom. Reigning over the Junior-Senior prom were the royal couple, Mike Daley and Linda Harmon. After introducing his date, Lynn Clippinger to faculty chaperons, Miss Viola Eblen and Mrs. Alice Getz, Dick Bogard was distracted by a friend while the women chat. David Riggs and Jere Richardson, in Bermuda tuxs, paused with Russ Kuhn's invitation to dance is smilingly accepted by a their dates, Julie Jordan and Sara Copeland at the snack bar little gal in a voluminous formal, Margaret Marynell. for refreshments. 3l

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Joyce Hartford was crowned Miss Pan America of l955. She and her 2l attendants reigned over the two day Spanish festival. A portion of the Pan American cast displayed their Spanish costumes as they gathered in front of the Pan American court. Seated in front from left to right are Jere Richardson, Deann Mann, Gayle Slifer, Barbara Moorehead, Nancy Weaver and Gary Reke. The court consisted from left to right of Sandra Dunham, Sara Copeland, Sara Wilson, Sharon Waters, Garland swzz, 4:48 Amie, Pan American beauties looked to- ward the horizon after they were top candidates for the festival. Joan Fleming and Judy Trenton, Misses United States and Mexico respec- tively, sit beside Joyce Hartford, Miss Pan America of l955. stark, Susan Schaad, Margaret Marynell, Ruth Helfrich, Judy Trenton, Joyce Hartford, queen, Bill Felker, king, Joan Fleming, Gayle Kaeuper, Wilma Eckerty, Jo Ann Schneider, Carolyn Everly, Doris Herrenbruck, Sherry Cubbison, Judy Herrmann, Carol Felker, Cecelia Jeffries, Sandra Koch and Kathleen Kroener. 30

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m szazza, MIRROR staff members, in the upper left, sitting left to right were Ottie Droste, Judy Trenton, Ruth Kluge and Margaret Marynell. In the second row were Madine Richardville, Gayle Slifer, Ed Lipking, Sue Robinson and Billie Jo Myers. More of the MIRROR staff, in the upper right, were sitting left to right Eleanor Smith, Ruth Helfrich, Jim Williams, Katie Nietharnmer, Nancy Sander and Betty Nordhausen. Standing are Paula Sherrod, Nanna I-Iart, Bob Duncan, Donna Brooks and I i Carolyn Everly. Enjoying a journalism class the reporters, in the lower left were Marsha Kroener and Bill Goins. Don Hornback, Ron Wilson, Larry Tilford, Clarence Cunningham, Greta Seegmueller, Carol Yokel and Judy Bauman smile at the wisecracks. In the lower right, standing left to right, Lynn Jones, Gary Lehr, Doris Aud, Deann Mann, Joan Fleming and Nancy Heinlin were preparing for the story rush. I I I As editor-in-chief of the MIRROR for the entire school year, Delores Bergdolt showed her superior jour- nalistic ability and forbearance. 32 That The MIRROR is brought' to homerooms every Friday is taken for granted by many. Here are a few startling facts for those people: An average of I5O man hours is used to get the paper prepared by the staff and 50 man hours is used by the print shop boys. This is the work hours for each week. Every week 2000 copies are printed and The MIRROR is distributed 29 times, therefore 58,000 MIRRORS are printed. 450 MIRRORS are mailed out to subscribers every week, which means the staff has to paste 450 addresses every Friday. The MIRROR is exchanged with 250 other school papers. For every penny The MIRROR gets from subscriptions, staff members must earn five cents from advertisements to pay for the printing. There are an average of 60 pictures taken a month for the regular and senior editions. The staffers use lor waste? 4000 pieces of typing paper a year. The business manager sends out about 500 bills a year to advertisers. The MIRROR earns and spends between 58,000 and 59,000 for the regular and senior editions. This year's printed senior editions weigh approximately one half ton. In this year's regular editions, 240,000 words and names have been gathered, written, typed, copyread, set in type, proof-read, composed, page proof-read and then criticised -by every student in school.