Thomas Carr Howe Community High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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Soft lights, dreamy music add The 1958 Brown and Gold was undoubtedly the largest and best HILLTOPPER Dance in Howe ' s history. Last minute anticipation was at its peak when Principal Sharp announced Danny Graves and Nancy Gibbs as Brown Boy and Golden Girl to reign over the nineteenth annual dance. The eight candidates for Brown Boy and Golden Girl were nominated by the junior and senior classes and introduced at the annual HILL- TOPPER assembly. Other candidates included Margie Mitchaner, Denny Fulk, Lee Hopper, sen- iors; Sandy Kirk, Marilyn Roessner and Ed Diehl, juniors. Subscribers to the HILLTOPPER received ballots to vote for their favorite candidates. The Brown and Gold semiformal dance is held to raise money for the yearbook. Staff members created a fall fantasy in the gym with autumn- colored leaves and streamers. Soft lights and the good music of the Headliners set the mood for more than 900 Howeites and guests. Linda Kuonen and Mike Hunt were general chairmen. After a vote by the student body and much suspense and excitement Nancy Gibbs and Danny Graves were introduced as Brown Boy and Golden Girl. Sentimental music, sweet-smelling corsages, and swirling skirts mark the activity at Howe ' s biggest night dance of the year, the Brown and Gold. 18 Candidates were Fulk, Hopper, Diehl, Brown Boy Graves, Golden Girl Gibbs, Roessner, Mitchaner, Kirk.

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■ ■ Girls can fix flat tires. Brenda Halbrooks convinces Judy Harsin during driver ed class. But Mr. Raymond Moon and Steve Brooks continue to doubt. ► Careful now! prompts Sharon Maners. She and and Marty Hendrickson steady Vicki Lewellen in a head stand for a part of the training in Physical Ed. Howeites gain practical skill Along with the requested courses, there are several subjects required for graduation. One of these is a single semester of health. Here, Howe- ites study the body ' s structure, types of diseases, the right kind of foods to eat, how environment affects the body, and the stages of life. Another required course is one year of physical education. Those first weeks, Howeites discover muscles that they didn ' t know they had. How- ever they soon recover from the aches and pains to learn the general rules of many games and develop skills in indoor and outdoor sports. Some- thing fairly new that both boys and girls enjoy is the mixed square dancin g class. Driver education behind the book training is also required. Howeites are taught the rules of the road and learn the parts of the car and their functions. Many students go ahead to take be- hind the wheel training. By driving in traffic, they apply book knowledge to doing. To buy or not to buy? As a result of a new course in salesmanship, Bill Black tries his technique of low-pressure salesmanship on Linda Lennington. 17

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a sprinkle of Stardust to life Three dances highlighted the spring social calendar. April showers was the theme for the 1958 Turnabout Twirl sponsored by the HILL- TOPPER. This was the girls ' night to pay the bills, chauffeur their dates and present them with very original corsages carrying out the dance theme. The judges had a difficult time picking the win- ning corsages, which consisted of everything from a flower-bedecked squirt gun to a shower stall, complete with a grinning occupant. Perhaps the most remembered dance for the Class of ' 59 was their Junior Prom. The dance committee turned to the South Seas for inspiration and produced palm trees and a pond with a sandy beach to carry out the island paradise motif. The annual Sweetheart Dance, given by the Senior Hi-Y, is also held in the spring. Sticks Hil- dreth ' s band played for this informal night dance. Candidates for Hi-Y Sweetheart are nominated by members of the Hi-Y, with balloting done by couples attending the dance. Last year ' s Turnabout Twirl produced some of the craziest corsages ever. Winning corsages were modeled by Glenn Pride, Mike Matthews, Kent Stewart, Phil Sauer, Carl Thayer, and Jerry Emery and were created by Mary Jo Kendall, Nita Gammons, Ann Schumaker, Lucia Zoercher, Karen Peterson, and Kathy Phelps. 4 Junior Prom King Joe Clendenin and Queen Judy Stevens lead off in the royal waltz following their coronation at the Junior Prom for the Class of ' 59. • w Senior Hi-Y nominated Lana Crossland, Karen Ander- son, Susan Loonan, Sue Peterson and Judy Stevens to be its Sweetheart candidates at the April dance. 10