Richwoods High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Peoria, IL)

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Signs, Drawbridges, Knights and a Pep Assembly Sparked RHS Spirit Beginning on February 10. Richwoods launched itself into a week of spirit competition. The five days were in prepara- tion for the upcoming weekend activities. It was sponsored by the Student Council Executive Board and was climaxed when the Sophomore Class was awarded the Spirit Stick. The Sophomore Hall of Spirit was chucked full of great ideas to stoke the fire in the hearts of all students. A paper mache Knight, foil shields that designated room numbers, a cardboard drawbridge, and green and white crepe paper twisted around the staircase railings made the entire hall take on the bleak appearance of a castle, if only for one week. R Club greasers Bill Gauwit . Tim Jones, and Ken Cohen hang around Jim Slolo in a pep assembly skit. Teachers display their enthusiasm in their T.P.'d spirit tree. 31 Seniors made use of every possible bit of space while decorating their hall.

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“The Knights Before Christmas” Aroused Holiday Spirit The Dawn Five provides music to swing by amid presents under the tree. Sparking the beginning of a fun-filled Christmas vacation this year was an evening of voluminous entertainment. “The Knights Before Christmas,” the theme of this year's annual winter dance, provided both a way to forget ten- sions as well as a way to launch a long awaited escape from studies. Having been transformed to give the feeling of being beneath a giant Christmas tree, the gym was occupied by couples dancing under its hugh pine boughs and weaving in and out of colorfully decorated packages. Providing music for the evening was the Dawn Five, who played medleys of songs made popular by other singing groups. A.F.S. student Bcngt Strindlcr receives his Christmas present from the student body during intermission. A couple takes time out from their dancing to pose for a picture in Santa's Workshop. 30

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Flappers and Dates Return to the 20’s Grant Youngman. Mike Mosiman. and Dave Wand look on as Tim Jones bravely swallows a live goldfish. A couple takes time out from the fast pace of Those Were the Days. On the night of March 8. Richwoods turned back the pages of time and stopped in the immortal era of Bonnie and Clyde, the Roaring Twenties. The annual vice-versa. Those Were the Days, was a costume dance, and couples dressed to the occasion. Girls sported fringy Rapper garb, while their dates turned out tough like the gangsters and gamblers of the period. With lively black and white murals glowing in the back- ground. couples gathered for dancing around the Rich- woods National Bank Vault. Girls and their dates had their pictures taken posing as bank robbers before a teller window. Providing the rhythm for Those Were The Days, the Stoned Souls entertained dancers with their driving beat. The vice-versa was a decided success, as once again the senior class and its advisors. Mrs. Margaret Richardson and Mr. Leonard Korgie, presented Richwoods with a delightful dance. 32 Flapper Nancy Caughcy and her date, Dave Prince, do a Charles- ton step to the sound of the Stoned Souls.