Vandalia Community High School - Vandalois Yearbook (Vandalia, IL)

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l-lomecomtng l95O was started out ltterally wtth a blaze of glory A spectacular bon ftre behtnd our newlv ftrnshed burldtng fur rushed fust the rtght amount of ltght for the pep sesston gotng on After several cheers to get thtngs movtng tn the rtght dtrectton there were a sertes of short speeches from our coaches Mr Blythe and lvltss Barr As the last bar of the Loyalty was gtven out by the band practtcally all of us were on our way to vartous temporary float factortes to work on cur masterpteces for tomorrows parade As the ttme for the parade came floats seemed to arrtve at school for the ltne up from every dtrectton As our tradtttonal Home sectton a large number of people ltned the streets to watch the band class groups queens floats and organtzatton floats pass Vveryone seemed to agree that thts years foats were better than ever Offtctally the udges chose Margaret Gtbbons cute snow scene float ftrst for queens floats Martlyn Ab bott was awarded second place for her pastel ruffled converttble The ltbrartans took ftrst Four Bug Events Make pr e rn the organtzatton competttton Rtdtng or thetr float were characters whtch seemed to have stepped out of famous story books The Tlcesprans won second place for thetr float of a gtrl asleep dreamtng of the I-lomecomrng Dance The basketball aame and the dedtcatton of our brand new gym on Frtday ntght was a W nderful cltmax to the afternoons parade A tnouah the Vandals were defeated by thetr opponents Greenvtlle a ftne game was en o ed by all o us alumru students and frtends Members of the Sentor Class and the art students started Saturday transformtng our gym tnto a Wtnter Fantasy The result couldnt have been more beauttful The eve g was spent tn danctng to the smooth mustc Les lacksons Orchestra tn the blue and te dtmly ltghted settmg As the grand ax to the Homecorntng festtvtttes etght tty attendants preceded Her Matesty Mart Fears to the throne of Homecomtng Queen lC3U K68b 1 1 I I coming parade went through the downtown , - tt - H 4 Q ' nt: ' ' ' , A V. of 1 - A' I I wht ' ' 'r . f H ' , ' cl1m ' ' , ' ' , , rife ' t '- ' ' lyn , '

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