Beall High School - Mountaineer Yearbook (Frostburg, MD)

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GETTING READY for a night on the town. Louis Hall and Larry Beal give Larry's family car a wash-down. Over the first, nice spring weekend, a continual stream of cars poured into the car wash at the Freeze. MAKING SURE not to forget any school books. Danielle Miller makes a quick stop at her locker before rushing off to drill team try-outs. Miller, along with eight other fresh- men. filled one of the 35-line positions. A PARENTS NIGHT CROWD watches the football team roll over Valley 24-6. For scoring four touchdowns and recovering two fumbles. Shawn Barmoy gained Times News Player of the Week honors.

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FRIDAY Feel in9 Good! Crammed with plans for dates, football games, or just cruisn’ through town, the student body squirmed and wiggled through Mr. James Thompson’s closing, Friday announcements. When the dismissal bell rang, classroom doors flew open as kids streaked to their lockers and out to cars and buses to rush home and catch the end of General Hospital. For the cheerleaders, football and basketball teams, majorettes, band, drill team, color guards, and pep club, Friday night usually began by performing at a sport activity. And then following the Friday night athletic action, McDonalds swelled as fans swarmed in and were encouraged to munch out on french fries and caramel sundaes. After a tough football game, quarterback David Sweene usually grabbed a quarterpounder with cheese and fries and then went straight home to soak in a hot bath Friday — a big day for the over- whelming majority who let loose to focus in on the weekend. for about 30 minutes. B.J. Pugh and his girl, Ginny Dormer, devoured a champ pizza at Fox’s. Some students saved their lunch money all week so that they could pitch in and buy gas at Sheetz to cruise up and down town. For Alice Weser, Fridays were spent at boyfriend Billy Lashbaugh’s house, watching Showtime and eat- ing pizza. For others, Fridays were simply spent “shoot- ing the breeze” and then racing home to make the 11:30 curfew. And when the snow came, it was off to the college to do doughnuts in the parking lot or to the Wisp to ski down Boulder Run. Whether it was cheering for a football game in spitting snow and subzero temperatures or just window shopping at the Country Club Mall, Fri- days were made to get together with friends and do “whatever floats your boat.” BOOGING DOWN to the beat of Whip I. Dawn Barmoy, Krista Vought, and Shannon Ralston dance into step. Junior High dances were well attended and always brought a profit. TIRED AND WORN-OUT. Sherri Arnold sleeps for the entire 5Vi hour trip from Ohio University. Journalism students were up past 2 a.m. every night, completing layouts, writing copy, or organiz- ing ladders. The bus ride home was catch-up time.

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Feelin’ Good! During lunch periods, weekends, holi- days, or about any time, students took advantage of the extra minutes they sometimes found. Dolls, babes, models, stamps, and coins filled bedroom shelves, musty attics, and damp cellars. Everybody broke from the pressures of a hectic school day, mountains of homework, or household duties to occasionally watch the Star Trek re-runs or jog four miles before supper. But many students' hobbies served them as an escape. Brian Duncan and John Leptic accumu- lated extensive baseball and football card collec- tions. Basement shelves at the Miller residence held Devin’s collection of beer cans. The one he prized the most was a 1929 Olde Frothingslosh. Nancy Wilson decorated her bedroom walls with John McEnroe, while Bob Stevenson divided his allegiance between Farah Fawcett and Cheryl L. Bee man TO HELP his church youth group. Louis Hall spends Wednesday night rocking at the Methodist Church. Stacks of Fox's pizza and blasts of rock music bred a fun time until about 4:00 a.m. when 38 weary bodies slowed their pace. AFTER COMPLETING a drawing with the use of graphic design. Chris Fresh helps Mrs. Susan Baker by painting one of the easels used by the senior high students. Tiegs. Hardee’s employee Maria Winner collected a set of Smurf glasses that she purchased at the fast- food restaurant. She boxed them away for my hope chest.” Diving, bowling, and hunting were some of the 1 other interests of students. David Weimer rode his Susuki to get away from it all, and Debra Rich- ards listened to the blare of her portable tape play- er whenever she could. The students took pride in what they did lying around listening to Van Halen or taking trumpet lessons at the college. It was their time, and they got all they could out of it. L Bceman