In earlier times, Sadie Hawkins dances, where the girls got to ask the guys, were popular occasions that brought some novelty and excitement to school life. These were inspired by Al Capps Lil Abner cartoons of hillbilly dogpatch life. North Van High School students Fiona Smith, Gerry Dench, Heber Suiker and Dean McCarley look like theyre ready for the occasion in this October 1944 photo.
