Blountstown High School - Saber Tooth Yearbook (Blountstown, FL)

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 A Break in the Day A lot of things get done in the 15 minutes of break period. People who didn't do their homework the night before are frantically rushing around to find someone who did. and the honest ones try to do it themselves. A lot of boys do their courting and girls do their flirting. Many a romance has budded during the precious minutes of break. Some students find refuge in the library. To them the library is like hiding from a jungle full of hungry lions. Break for a teacher is somethimes the only 1 5 minutes of peace he or she gets for the whole day. One usually finds a teacher relaxing in the teacher’s lounge drinking coffee or a soft drink, psyching themselves up for the next class of teenagers, rowdy from the activities of break. Even though many different things happen at break. I think 1 can safely say, break is an enjoyable 15 minutes of the school day by the students and the teachers. By Judy Mangum 5

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F 65145270 F 1 5 F 651U5270 F f-f fill ® V 1 w- ,-SS1 Ujrtge . tUe 6 tiik i . 11'ki sjtatks The Year in Review Locally, the news was mostly good. The new Bank of Blountstown was constructed. Abitibi closed down, but reopened almost immediately as Goodson's Manufacturing Company. The football team did not go to state, but did have a winning season. Basketball improved it’s record over the 1980 season. The BHS Band rated superior at the Florida Band Masters Festival. A new jazz band was formed and the Southern Association of schools evaluated our school for accreditation. On the national front, the outlook was rather bleak. Iran held fifty two Americans hostage for 444 days, and Russia invaded Afghanistan. Ronald Reagan was elected President. Gas prices continued to rise. Empty wallets are not an unusual sight. The price of the yearbook also took a sharp incline from eight dollars to twelve dollars. And the dollar bill is now worth only thirty cents. By Laura King