Memory Lane: Homecoming

As a student, I loved Homecoming Week. We didn’t dress up so much back in the mid-‘60s, but we put on quite a parade through town, and during our era the tradition of upending outdoor johns around the county still highlighted the week. I have a picture in my mind and in my copy machine yearbook (my real yearbook burned in our house fire) of classmates marching through town, carrying a coffin bearing the effigy of our opposing team for Homecoming. I also remember getting all gussied up Homecoming Night in a wool suit and high heels to help present the flowers to our queen Joan Andrews (now Thompson). Lots of good memories of Homecoming and lots unfolding for the high school students of today. It’s a great tradition, regardless of how it’s celebrated/ Marianne Love , Slight Detour. More here (click on this link to find out who’s the pictured queen is ).

Question: Do you have a good story to share from a high school Homecoming Game event?