Advance High School - Advancer Yearbook (Advance, MO)

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Health Classes Study 4 7 Your Chance To Live The girls' physical education classes had a year of new beginnings. Under the direction of lVlrs. Mildred Wiggins, the girls tested their gymnastic ability in advanced tumbling and intricate bamboo hop patterns. The boys enjoyed boxing, calisthentics, wrestling, and flag football, while the girls concentrated on volleyball, and square dancing. Both took part in hockey, softball, ping-pong, crab socker, tennis, and basketball. With Coach Carroll Cookson's teaching, the boys learned a new game, mat football. ln health, lVlrs. Wiggins and Coach Cookson taught the students a new couse, Your Chance To Live. With books and films, they learned what to do when a natural or nuclear disaster strikes.

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mia Right: Coach Carroll Cookson, boys' physical education instructor, relaxes during his preparation perlod with conf versation and his mail. Refereeing a hockey game is the glrls' physical educatlon teacher, Mrs. Mildred Wiggins, Far Right. Boxing during gym class, Robert DePew lands a right, Above Right, to Jack Bailey. Eddie Roper awaits the serve, Top, in a game of ping-pong. Above: Enjoying an exciting game of hockey are Melinda Miles, Kristi Carl- ton, and Olive Fay Markham,

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High School Majorettes: Kandi Sherman, Terri Moore, Vicki Palmer, drum ma iorette: Amy Rhodes, and Kristi Carlton. Pep Band Musicians Spark l-lome Games Performing in the pre-game show of Southeast Missouri State University's homecoming game was a highlight of the Advance l-ligh School bands marching season. Astage band was organized this year.The bancl ' later became a pep band after the addition of 1 some clarinets. This band did indeed add to AHS's pep, as it provided lively entertainment l during home basketball games. if i Junior tuba-player Marty Rodgers, Above, blows his giant-size horn in tune and in step with the rest of the band.