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

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Attempting to beat the odds. Junior John Wahnsiedler goes for a strike. Bowling required a great deal of con- centration on form. Senior Doug Ripperger offers some assistance to Senior David fJliles who is having trouble coming to ghps with the ball. Weekend basketball games were an active outlet for excess energy. Selecting just the right bowling ball is a must for Junior James Noyes. This was a popular year ' round weekend activity. 18 We

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Pie-eating prevails Pie-eating, a delicious addition to home- coming festivities, proved to -be very rewarding for partici-- pants and spectators alike. It was pretty embarrassing walking around witfi pie on my With a whipped cream smile. Junior Cathy Harmon enjoys the pie-eating contest during homecoming activi- ties. The contest concluded as parti- cipants bombarded Mr. Mace rauchla with the remaining pies. Sharing a special moment with his mother, co-captain Roger Merkel. takes center field. The senior team members and their parents were recognized before the homecoming ame. Before toppling over. Sophomore girls struggle to keep their balance during pyramid building. Sopho- mores won the event during home- coming activities. face. laugfied Junior Cathiy Harmon, but it was fun. Accompanying this edible activity were the old favorites; - flaa football, volleyball, balloon tossing, all topped off by pyramid building. We tried tocomeup with new and origi- nal activi- ties to get as many students as possible, but it was tough, ex- plained Senior Bob IVlehringer who was the chair- man of the Homecom- ing Activi- ties Com- mittee. While most stu- dents were getting pepped up for the game through activities, many sen- iors seized the oppor- tunity to rest up after a long night of floatbuild- ing. They wanted to be in top form for dancing the night away following the game. H omecoming Activities 17

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48 hours of freedom Once every five days Memorial students were faced with an intriguing dilemma: How to make the most of their weekends. In order to make the most of those few precious hours, careful planning was a must. My fhends and I usually started talking about what we were going to do over the weekend during school on Friday, commented Sopho- more Angle Moore. Despite the limited amount of things to do around Evans- ville, students remained un- daunted. When I wanted a good laugh I usually went bowling with some of my friends, remarked Junior John Wahnsiedler. I ' ve knocked down quite a few pins in my time. Other ways to spend time as well as money consisted of dancing the night away at one of the ' young adult night- clubs , either the Victory or Alhombra. If cutting a rug wasn ' t the thing to do, maybe buying one was. Many hours were spent shopping or just hanging out at Eastland Mall. Movies were also a popular nocturnal activity. Thanks to VCRs, homes became com- fortable movie theatres. ' A night at the movies could con- sist of anything from the tradi- tional movie theater viewing complete with authentic movie popcorn to relaxing in an easychair, or munching on microwave popcorn with four or five close, personal friends. Whatever the activity, weekends were a welcome break. It presented the oppor- tunity to have fun with friends outside of school or just to catch up on sleep lost to study- ing. Freshmen Roxanna Crowe and Jenny Swanson check out some movies for evening viewing pleasure. VCRs enabled students to save money by renting movies. We 719