Faculty Sled Team,
takes off down the Bowl in Russell Park, as part of the annual Winter Carnival weekend.
Ilion Winter Carnival
In February, on the 23rd and 24th of 1968, Student Council sponsored a Winter Carnival. The entire Senior High voted on the Senior girls who previously had been nominated in the Senior homerooms. Friday night, at the home game between Ilion and Mohawk, the queen and her court were announced.
Pat Lacy was crowned queen with Sharon Losier, Shirley Nichols, Pat Santmire, and Karen
Unsinn as her court. And thus began the annual winterfest, know as "Winter Carnival".
Over the years, the event grew to include, toboggan races, snow sculpture contests, and dances in the boys gym. Attendents and escorts were later selected from the underclassmen. One year for Winter Carnival, the Student Council tried something different and introduced a new event. The Seniors competed against the faculty; the girls in volleyball and the boys in basketball. In 1970, The Winter Carnival was a great weekend, especially for the Sophomores. They won first prize for snow-sculpture by forming a huge foot.
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