Fruita High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Fruita, CO)

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Atop a Paunch of Talked of Snow soggy it fell on the moaning's blues and our world sparkled Winter was a ball Pillows, Santa At last it came the snow, ankle deep and splatter- ing wet; it was beautiful! In a season gla cd frothy white. Fruita's winter was a big. red apple. It was the best of times. While Kenny Miller traced silent hearts across the campus with his toe. girls, armed with per- fumed lemons, matched squirt-for-squirt the water pistols wielded by sophomore badmen of the buses. Days began dark, wc kicked through the snow, be- tween the fog. and sighted on the eerie glow of streetlights laughing at our efforts to look awake. By 7:30. warmed with hallway chatter, we were off-and- running toward 3:05. toward gab sessions at the Can- dy Shoppe. Later there would be Science Club and a moonlight stroll—on the roof! Pep Club trips, class meetings, last-minute study as buses jogged schoolward these were the sugar coat- ing of our days. It was difficult to be at four activities simultaneously. Dennis Retherford, Jeanne Heiny. Gene Saw and Mickey Cox. the 'Just Us exponents of soul, crammed rehearsal into a hectic schedule preparing for Stunt Night. 14

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p X crched in the bleachers. Norman Vincent watched his mat- mates hold tight to second spot at the Western Slope Wrestle- offs. Syd O'Connor wondered why Linda Guccini was so ecstat- ic; Jeanne Heiny wondered why Syd didn't watch the action to find out. Patty Maluy. left, paused in the hall to brush a stray wisp of hair and mull over the up-coming class work. In the spring diamond aces Kris Keith. Dennis Price. Dick Reed. Ed- die Serrano, Larry Reed. Tom Warren, Ray Ball and Lcs Smith fired the old apple; someone had forgotten to bring out the bats. Gourmet Glenn Erkman beamed after downing two milks, then he settled down to eat. Sheryl Arbogast riveted her attention to the action at the tourney. Bryan Beck expounded the virtues of music while Tom Cronk seemed doubtful that Tim Tomlinson could navigate the crowded halls. Linda Mcinscn had a ball at the Sweethearts' Ball, and Harry Oliver blew his horn but not hiscool as he aided with Stunt Night. 13

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Dapper Roy Bailey, coaxed into a mock bat- tle with snowballing dead-eyes Donna Barbee and Juliannc Moore, finished last when the girls decided to put some spice in the ice. Roy excelled on the hardwood court and at playing ‘King of the Mountain’ with other leltermen for the stone thrones along the ramps. Senior Joe Al Carbajal and junior Joann Jac- quez dipped into the romance of February to splash a dazzling display of red and white hearts across the bulletin board in room 103. Within a week’s time, the board was crowded with chalked initials. A wistful Santa. Mr. Charles Everett, art- fully sagging with pillow packing, made the holiday season memorable with his gracious good humor. Voicing everyone's desire for snow, he wore a dismayed face when the ear- ly days of December remained, of all things, warm, sunny and dry! 15