Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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BELOW: Lewis Harris and Rhonda Minnick were the school forensic winners in poetry. BOTTOM LEFT: The school winners for original oratory were Susan Barrow and Gary McCall. TOP RIGHT: Ann Sironko won the school spelling contest. CENTER RIGHT: Susan Munsey and Jay Lloyd were foren¬ sic winners for prose. BOTTOM RIGHT: Jennie Taylor and Kit Grantham won extemporaneous speaking in the school forensic contest. Forensic Winners Compete at State Forensics Superior accomplishment was re¬ flected by students involved in forensics. Gary McCall, Susan Barrow, Jennie Tay¬ lor, and Jay Lloyd placed first in district competition and were eligible to compete in the regional tournament. Winning second place honors in the district competition, Rhonda Minnick also com¬ peted in the regionals. Jennie Taylor and Gary McCall went on to state competition at Charlottesville, Virginia. 21

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Cast Miss Simple Susan Barrow Mrs. Dull.Susan Munsey Policeman.Dan Richards Young hlan ••••■•••••••• Urcg Owens Make Up.Alice Morgan Brenda Wright Stage Manager.Rhonda Minnick TOP LEFT: Miss Simple explains her plans to remodel her shop to Mrs. Dull. CENTER LEFT: Miss Simple talks to her canary. ABOVE: Miss Simple listens as the young man describes Life Incorporated. TOP RIGHT: The young man tells Mrs. Simple why he crushed her petunias. Enjoyment in Life Found Everywhere One-Act Play The Case of the Crushed Petunias was a meaningful comedy fantasy pre¬ sented to the school. A new England spinster was visited by a charming traveling salesman representing Life Unlimited . He tried to sell her on the idea that enjoyment in life was found everywhere, if one looked for it. He apparently succeeded and the audience saw some real changes in the spin ster before the end of the play. 20

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TOP LEFT: Teresa Wright, Jimmy Keyser, Lisa Baldwin, and Larry Rhoten seem to be enjoying the Athletic Ban¬ quet. TOP RIGHT: Mrs. Martha Yeary presents Carol Wilson with the Girl ' s Sportsmanship and Physical Fit¬ ness Award during the Sports Awards Assembly. BOT¬ TOM RIGHT: Coaches Jerry Bishop and Larry Bales pose with Don DeVoe, basketball coach from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, before going to the All Sports Banquet. AHS Athletes Reeeive H onors Sports Banquet and Assembly Coach Don DeVoe, basketball coach at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, was the guest speaker at this year’s All Sports Banquet. The event, sponsored by the Abingdon Booster Club, honored all the endeavors of the Falcon athletic teams. Many awards were presented to individual athletes who had shown outstanding parti¬ cipation during the year. A Sport’s Assem¬ bly, held before the student body, gave students a chance to see all the men and girls involved in athletics. Falcon athletes practiced the four factors for success; desire, dedication, confidence, and loyalty, and as a result brought much honor to themselves and to Abingdon High. Nrwv 22