1964

1965

SOUTHWORDS
October 1964

Dedication week to begin with parade through town
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   Dedication Weekend, October 24 and 25, will feature a parade, floats, a football game, dedication queen, dance, and dedication services of Maine South. This week of dedication is considered by the student body to be the main event of the 1964-1965 school year activities.
On October 24, dedication activities will begin with a parade through Park Ridge. Featured in the parade will be the five queen finalists, Maine East and West Homecoming Queens, class and club floats, South's concert Band, and cheerleaders from South and Niles West. The parade will start at 9:30 AM at Roosevelt School and end on Main Street.
...Parade before game
Four class floats and four club floats will parade around the Maine East football field before the deciation game begins. Floats competing for top honors on Saurday will have the theme of "Mainely Monsters."
The game with Niles West will start at 1 PM after the presentation of the floats on the Maine East football field.
Queen of Dedication Week will be announced between the junior varsity and varsity game. That evening will be the Dedication Dance from 8:30 to 11:30 PM. In keeping with the theme of "Monster Mash" the gym will be decorated as a haunted house.
...Dedicate school Sunday
Closing Dedication Week will be the Dedication Services for South on Sunday, October 25, from 2:30 to 3 PM> Dedication ceremonies will take place in the spectator gyum and will appear on closed-circuit televisionl The architects of Maine South will present the keys of the building to the Board of Education.
All Maine South students and their parents are invited to attend the ceremonies which will feature administrators of Maine Township, Concert Choir, and Conert Orchestra. The school will be open to the public after the dedication ceremonies.