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

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A ight to Remember Our Gay Nmetles Prom If the Gay Nineties were as gay as the prom we were born fifty years too late From the time the excited Juniors and seniors saw Diamond lim s sign above the door until Char les Kruenegel and Carolyn Sears were crowned King and queen all troubles and Worries were forgotten The girls in fluffy pastel formals and boys in White Jackets were quite a con trast to the waiters typlcal to the nineties with curly mustaches and hair parted in the middle When the music lulled confetti hid den in little black tophats on the fringe covered card tables began to fly through the air in down their necks and to the floor The huge old fashioned painted portraits on the wall made us feel our grandparents were ou chaperones Cliveryone made a rush to take one home for a souvenir after the dance D None of us came on a bicycle built for two but the music of Paul Douglas and his orchestra made us feel like we were floating on air Master of Ceremonies Todd McKellar alias Diamond lim Brady introduced fohn Williams with the Iunior welcome and Kenny Taylor with the Senior response Four of our handsome waiters transformed themselves into a typical Gay Nineties guartette All was quiet as they opened their mouths and gave forth with rollicking melodies of the nineties After filling up on punch and Cookies the merry couples went on their Way thanking our host and hostess Mr and Mrs Cramer for a very lovely evening KYB? I ! 1 1 , ' I I - all directions into the happy couples' hair, - ' ' ' 3 Y'

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Our Calendar of Events SEPTEMBER Got started back to school fust 1n t1me to have a vaca 1on Sure glad Mr Labor had h1s blrthday ID September Everywhere I look there are Freshmen I dldnt know there were that many Freshmen 1n the whole world Arent we br1ght'? Our football f1eld that IS Jandals met Assumpnon 1n our ftrst mght game here lust about drowned tn the bath tub Was trylng to see what 1t would feel llke to be a deep sea dlver hke our lyceum speak Vandallte mov1e on Teentclde made us all thmk twlce before domg anythrng fooush 1n our dnvmg OCTOBER Gadl Do I look llke that? Semors got back proofs for thelr yearbook plctures P S I dldnt look qulte so bad after the plctures had been touched up lust a httle Con ventlon t1me IS here Representatlves from the VANDALITE and VANDALOIS sofourned to the press convent1on at Champalgn They got the pep They got the steam Im not referr1ng to the team but to our new cheer leaders I must be gettlng old That eve nlng at the D E Square Dance and Box Soclal about fagged me out NOVEMBER Gosh my stomach muscles are sore from laughlng Guess I should have known better than to see the Iun1or play Mother Was a Freshman both mghts Oh happy day the Vandals basketball season was opened wlth a game at Sandoval 82 55 Guess what? We dechcated our brand new h1gh school It Sllll seems llke a dream Hope I dont wake upl Was that Charhe Chaplln who 1ust walked down the hall? No 1lS only a new Thesptan member golng through the trlals and trlbula tlons of 1n1t1at1on Ruth Towlers volleyball team recelved the trophy at the G A A banquet DECEMBER We had the best Homecomlng ever Bet there never was a prett1er bonf1re than the one at our pep rally Our Vandals were defeated by Greenvllle tn our flrst game 1n our new gym Oh well such IS lrfel I-Iallelulahl Handel would be proud of the way our glee club sang hlS Messlah Our fatthful hbranans treated themselves to a ch1l1 supper 44741: ' '. ff 'Q 5 nq,Q.,,,.. . V ..,4.yV ' , s I 4. . - l . . . . . A -- - H . , . . . , , . , . , , , X . . , . 1 - - . h l . , . ' ' .I . 1, . t. . . ,. . . . . . , I , . . . . , . ,, . . - f . . ll ll I - , .... . ,