Washington High School - Memory Lane Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Left: Former Washington High School teacher, Miss Margaret Murphy presented this Bicentennial flag to Mr. Million and Flora Shead. Left: Many people found themselves putting dimes into these Bicentennial parking meters around the county-city building. Above: EZRA, a former Washington High School graduate, painted this mural for the County-City building. Student Life 15

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Stars And Stripes sights in South Bend. These were painted by many students and citizens. Below: International Harvester decorated this truck for the Bicentennial. 1 976 was the 200th anniversary of the United States, and South Bend was not going to be left out of the festivities. Parking meters and fire plugs were painted red, white, and blue. A super graphic was painted on a street in the downtown mall. Businesses in South Bend participated in the Bicentennial with special sales, products, murals, and paintings. Many citizens and students greeted the freedom train, which came to South Bend in July, 1 975. Washington students participated in these Bicentennial activities. In addition the band marched in parades, and students decorated patriotic floats. The Green Machine supported the Red, White, and Blue of the Bicentennial. Br- O y

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Throughout the Day Nicholas Bilouckas was an aver- age student in all but one way, he was a foreign exchange student. Nick was born in Greece and then came to South Bend on the For- eign Exchange Program. He lived with Mr. and Mrs. Richardson and was enrolled as a senior at Wash- ington. Nick went through an average day at Washington. To get an idea of what it was like to go to Wash- ington, we followed Nick through his day. Below: Many teachers were of great help to Stu- dents. Mr. Stavros who spoke Greek helped Nick fit in at Washington. Right: Washington High School had such a wide variety of English, Social Studies, and Math courses that students like Nick could pursue any interest.