Clover Hill High School - Ducemus Yearbook (Midlothian, VA)

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New Staff From The Ground Up! The ‘76 Ducemus staff had a problem. Only two of the twenty-two staff mem- bers had ever had any yearbook experi- ence. Even the two co-sponsors, Mr. Loye Kittle and Mrs. Joyce Roberts, were neophytes when it came to yearbooking. For such a lack of experience training was necessary. So even before school let out in ’75, the ’76 staff was out washing cars to raise money to send some of its members to a workshop. In June five staff members went to the Virginia Year- book Camp in Blue Ridge, Va., where they got their first taste of what it took to produce a yearbook. The long hours spent writing copy, designing layouts, and developing pictures were prophetic of the year to come. The real workshop, however, proved to be the school year when problems not ever anticipated in the summer and fall “brain storming” sessions (which in retrospect seemed terribly naive) had to be dealt with. The hard work and long hours required to produce the '76 edi- tion of the Ducemus boiled down the twenty-two member staff to a small number of dedicated workers who saw the book through to completion. What?! More Cheerleaders?! (above) is what Ken Roberson must be thinking as he studies another roll of basketball negatives. Quiet? Artist At Work (top) Charles Blankenship uses his artistic talents to complete the artwork for one of the Ducemus’ division pages. What Next? (middle) Mr. Loye Kittle, yearbook advisor, ponders where to fit the copy as Carl Straw and Charles Blankenship look on. Check your facts (right) Brenda Capen points out a mistake in a story to Greg Turner and the editor Alan Thompson. How do you spell . . .? Sherry Montgomery proofreads stories and captions carefully before okaying them to be sent in for printing. 18 Ducemus

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Sharing energy and talent, the staff of The Clover Patch enthusiastically threw themselves into the job of preparing the third volume. The primary task was to raise the nec- essary funds. Cavalier bumper stickers, home-baked goodies, Dunkin’ Donuts, trick-or-treat bags, and subscriptions to The Clover Patch were some of the sun- dry items sold by the staff members. The largest fund-raising event was the annual Cavalier talent show. This year’s show combined talent with a Mess America chorus line of blushing charmers with bouffant hairdos and an ample padding of balloons in the appropriate places. The Northland Bluegrass Boys, Vernon Hughes and Billy Lux, took the fifteen- dollar first place and Roy Lee Dickerson, the country story-teller, won the ten-dol- lar second place. Putting the fund-raising aside during the second semester, the staff turned to the business of gathering and assembling material for Volume III. The award-win- ning Volume | and II had set.a challeng- ing precedent which spurred the staff on to prepare the final paste-up in order to have the magazine camera ready and to save enough money to pay for the twelve extra pages added to Volume III. Since this was our nation’s bi- centennial year, the theme selected for The Clover Patch revolved around a ba- sic American Characteristic—sharing. Lit- erature which dealt with friendship and incidental living, both serious and hu- morous, was enhanced by art portraying the warm relationships of people unsel- fishly giving to one another. It was with this spirit of giving and sharing that the staff members prepared Volume III of The Clover Patch for publication. Scissors ’‘n Glue Literary Magazine (above left, alternating—left to right) Terry Rudd, Vicky Kesler, Judy Blevins, Judy Cook, Suzanne Collins, Rhonda Ingram, Debbie Ri- gali, Buddy Damerel, Suzanne Landon, DeAnn Redman, Mark Longest, Melissa Graham, Billy At- kins, Alan Thompson, Greg Turner. Torture Cham- ber? (left) Mrs. Mary Jo Lux points out an error to Buddy Damerel, editor. Nifty Fifties (top right) Clover Patch staff members dress the parts on 50’s Day and pose against a ’47 Chevrolet. They are Vickie Price, Margie McDonald, Terry Rudd, Alan Thompson, Greg Turner, DeAnn Redman, Melissa Graham, Buddy Damerel, Suzanne Landon, Linda True, Rhonda Ingram, and Beverly Gibson. Get off my case ... Melissa Graham, Billy Atkins, and DeAnn Redman put down wax over the paste-ups of the '76 edition of the Clover Patch Clover Patch 17

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At Last—Quill Scroll The Quill and Scroll, a national honor society for high school journalists, was introduced into Clover Hill in 1975-76. The Clover Hill chapter initiated its first five members at a breakfast on May 28, 1976. In order to be initiated into the Quill and Scroll, a student must be a junior or senior in the upper third of class and must have made an important contribu- tion to his publication. The charter members are Greg Turner from the Cavalier Review, Buddy Dam- erel and DeAnn Redman from The Clo- ver Patch, and Kathy Smith and Ramona Winckler from the Ducemus. These five students are now entitled to all of the rights and privileges bestowed upon the members of the Quill and Scroll. The Quill and Scroll joins the National Honor Society as a prestige organization at Clover Hill. Greg Turner (top left) receives his Quill and Scroll membership card and gold pin from Ms. Terry Dryer. New NHS members (middle) Cindy Sartain smiles during her initiation into the society. NHS Members (left) Mike Farrand, Cindy Sartain, Bar- bara Williams (2nd row) Cindy Wilkinson, Susan Cox, Bill Farrand, Mary Heinike (3rd row) Brenda Hogan, Martha Burkett. (Top row) Mrs. Mildred Valz (Sponsor) Cathy Patton, Linda Firesheets, An- nette Atkinson, John McBride, Carol Furman, Bev- erly Wright, Paula Wright, Robert McBride. Quill Scroll Members (top right) Kathy Smith, DeAnn Redman, Buddy Damerel, Ramona Winckler,; Greg Turner. NHS Quill and Scroll 19