Fruita High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Fruita, CO)

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13 eforc seniors of the graduating class of ‘68 marched to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance in their formal farewell. Wildcats in a myriad different areas had carried the blue and white Fruita banners before the applause of countless thousands through- out Colorado. Our days were filled with things doing and jobs done; 68 was the year of the happening with a purpose. Bryan Beck, top right, won a chair with the All-state Purple Honor Band, a recognition re- served for a select few. Greg Brown made waves with the rain-wet football squad. Dennis Rcthcrford was among the first to answer the call for weight lifters to work out with a new organization. Draped with an onion amulet and trousers inside-out. F-Club initiate Crawford Clements pushed a pencil down the hall with his nose wherever Wildcats went, they went in style. Vicky Carnal lived it up at the Brown Palace Hotel where she received the Colorado Press Asso- ciation's award for general excellence in Class I school newspapers. Mr. John Jameson. CPA Educa- tion Committee Chairman presented the award to The Wildcat's Beat editor. II

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Weary from books and bookkeeping, sophomore class treasurer Tom Sommervillc snatched 40 winks in third hour study hall. Varsity gridster Wayne Schafer. J-V hoopman Bob Davis and Don Murray, active in Spanish Club, saw visions of up-coming tests in their dreams and shooed sleep away. We Found Time for All Things Underclassmen Gene Miles and Ray Ball gracefully performed in circus style for a crowd of hecklers dur- ing the January F-Club initiation of candidates. Gene earned his invitation to the elite organization work- ing out at guard with the Wildcat eleven: Ray hov- ered over the pigskin in the tricky center spot.

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F 1— levating an injured leg. songbird Yvonne Brownell gave her vocal chords a rest at Swing Choir rehearsal, a weekly Thursday night affair, top. left. Pepsters, on the other hand, were never quiet not even in class. The cheering gallery, above, right, rooted for a win over Hotchkiss. Attentive Kathy Buhler. right, waited for a ride home and kept an ear tuned to the chit-chat while Jo Adair Welch tried to convince the office that she had not been late to class. Larry Reed staggered under the ponderous load of hefty upperclassman Gerald Clawson during F-Club’s initiation, and Vicky Carnal mirrored the “What? Me Worry'?” philosophy of the senior class. Donna Barbee and Mary Lou Beebe were apprehensive at the mat tour- ney; Kris Keith and Frank Fry compared notes in study hall, and Chuck Greager jumped out of the woodwork to steal the scene from Julianne Moore and Linda Guccini. Kirk Monger and Mike Moon packed up Fruita's mat gear. 12