Beall High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Frostburg, MD)

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In no hurry to resume their daily routine of school life, most students grouped outside to discuss the classes they took and the teachers they wanted. Photo by Sheri Keating. W5LG0M STUOCNT COUNCIL SAYS T IT AfcA Y To greet old and new students, both the student council and the cheerleaders combined their talents to welcome the student body back to a promising year. Photo by Anne CorJts. Winding down to the last quarter. Varsi- ty Cheerleader Pam Chaney holds on to her drenched spirit in high hopes of “bringing home the bacon by defeat- ing Southern. Photo by Anne Cordts. Back to School —

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 Falling into Tlace Twenty-three blue and gold legs speni three days learning how to walk in step before they finally got their timing down pat. Hampshire, the caterpillar, was the skit performed at the first pep rally. Photo by Lauri Beeman. Getting Back Into the On Sunday night, rain poured, and thunder pounded as lightning streaked across the sky. What a way to start the school year. The bad weather dam- pened 1,003 students’ mood of starting back to school in August. Monday morning ar- rived, and the storm passed. The first school day was underway as Chaplain Nat- alie Sponaugle called the day to order. The “pro” seniors were more than ready to fill the first hall, but it took the rest of the week for them to remember they didn’t have to be in homeroom un- til 8:25. “After five years of 8:20, it is hard to get used to 8:25,” comment- ed Cindi Lewis. Shocked at the size of the seventh graders, Greg Leake noticed, “They’ve gotten smaller every year.” When they dared to make their way around the senior high halls, smart aleck upperclassmen en- joyed misleading the sev- enth graders by giving them wrong directions. Stacy Thompson watched one entire section who were looking for the Span- ish room, run up the typ- ing steps and back down again. She directed them the correct way, and they tore off running down the hall. Mr. Bill Payne found it necessary to take a part- time job as a traffic di- rector in the halls of the ju- nior high. “The 50-min- ute stampede was crucial enough to hurt someone,” according to Mr. Payne. Academically, this was the easiest week of school, but for the soccer and football teams, it was a week of hard work as they anticipated the sea- son’s openers. September 4, 1981, foot- ball gridders slid, sacked, and slashed their way to a 22-18 victory over rival Southern. Again the rain came; but cheerleaders, parents, and spectators stuck the whole game out, even through the third quarter downfall. After only a brief respite from the showers, the Mountaineers pulled off an- other victory by downing Oldtown, 4-3, in the soccer opener. With two, tough teams and a renewed school spirit, the pain of being back in school wasn’t as bad. Everyone knew a good year was ahead. Drug Fair’s shelves of 5- subject notebooks disap- peared rapidly, and most ju- niors hurried over to be sure to snatch a college- ruled notebook required for Mrs. Ellen Arnone’s English classes. We were back in full Swing swing — all ready to tackle another year. Amusing himself with the scvenlh grad ers, Student Attorney Jeff Jablon hold homeroom representative elections fo Homeroom 261 Jeff, after kiddinj around for five minutes, convinced thi kids to get serious and to pick a respon siblc representative. As a result Jane McF arland was chosen. Photo by Ann Cordts. — Back to School

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Eien though most seventh graders made the switch from lunch boxes to brown bags. Tom Tomlinson decided carrying his lunch is just as convenient. Tom packs his lunch every day. complete with a thermos. Photo by Anne Cordts. Digging into their brown bag lunches. Brett Bond and F.ric Hall discuss the school day’s activities. Brett and Eric always pack with their everyday speci- ality. salty pretzels. Photo by Anne Cordts. After finishing up her cupcake and four cookies. Sally Moore enjoys a joke told by one of her friends. Sally’s lunch table companions always brought cupcakes and cookies to celebrate holidays. Photo by Lauri Bee man It is Students had been warned by releases from the local papers in late summer. On the first day of school, Principal James Preaskorn confirmed the reports — lunches would indeed cost 85C- Some students, shocked by this announcement, decided to carry their lunches. But others figured that there was no use fighting Rea- gan’s system, and they continued to purchase their lunches. A loyal brown bagger since her elementary days, Missy McKenzie has carried peanut butter on homemade bread since she was in the first grade. c Falling into c Place in the Missy’s mom bakes every Tuesday. Both Eric Harman and Daniel Biggs packed their own lunches. Daniel’s daily regimen consisted of a salomi sandwich and a pack of Doritoes. Lyn Broadwater thought an “apple a day” was most nutritious. Brown bagger Kim Seidel brought her lunch in a Donny and Marie lunch box complete with a Donny and Marie ther- mos. Seventh grader Mi- chelle Cutter invested in her own personalized bag that read “Michelle ... Michelle . . . Michelle,” and John Green had a long list of goodies he carried in a plain bag: a ham sand- wich, an orange, a candy Bag! bar, cookies, and a box of Cracker Jacks. Other students packed their lunches when they didn’t like the food the school was serving. Pizza and steak-ums were the school lunch favorites. Many brown baggers purchased a lunch when it was pizza day. Press releases throughout the year tried to inform parents about the nutrition- al value of cooked lunches and to persuade them into having their children buy. And even after the cafeteria staff involved the students with menu selections, the lunch purchases remained the same. Some students just want- ed to bag it. — Cafeteria