Barbe High School - Les Memoires Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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KICKS AREN'T the only thing on junior. Becky Rogers mind before the LaG range pep rally. SURELY THE bell didn't ring already! Sophomore. Amy Doyle primps in C-Building bathroom. Where to stack one's books was always a problem. CAUGHT IN THE ACT. Junior. Laurie Perry contours her cheekbones before entering the lunchroom. 40 — Primpers

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SHOW TIME. Bluebelle. Michelle McCann checks her makeup before the LaGrangc pep rally. Primpcrs In o Mirror Eyes on the clock, they raced from classrooms when the bell rang, heading for the nearest mir-ror. They were the primpers. The bathroom was packed with them elbowing their way toward a vantage point in front of the mirror — center and middle. Books tottered on the edge of sinks, temporarily forgotten, as the primpers set to work. They exchanged combs, lipsticks, and compacts. Two shared a mirror as one girl reapplied mascara. The other powdered her nose. All repaired the ravages of time etched on their faces after an hour of lecture. Innocent by-standers weren't spared. It was inconvenient whenever I tried to wash my hands, complained Penny Junker. 1 got my eyes gouged out with combs, my ribs were bruised by elbows, and 1 inhaled dangerous quantities of perfume and hairspray. Boys were somewhat puzzled at primpers' behaviors. I dated a primper, said Paul Cormier. ''It used to bother me the way she always had her mirror out. But. it's like everything else — you get used to it. I hate the fluorescent lights here, complained Becky Masters. They make me look like I'm dead. Whether for naught or not, they preened on, those primpers. In the privacy of the powder room, in the clutter of the classroom, and amidst the laughter of the lunchroom, they preened on. — Chozen POWDERING HER NOSE. Junior Lan Ewing touches up her makeup in L Building. TERRIBLE TANGLES. Senior. Laurette Stevens pulls her brush through her long curls. Primpers — 41