Great Bend High School - Rhorea Yearbook (Great Bend, KS)

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. ss' '--...N -.N-.-L Nl5 's Senior Varsity Cheerleaders joletta Lar- son and Glenna Harmony. Friday night football games lure many students off the streets and for a short time all are united with a winning spirit. lt's 2:00 a.m. - Parents: Do you know where your children are? Children: Do you know where you are? ' I yfmiu. . ' dis t Y Senior Danny Oliver takes advantage of a warm fall day to express himself with his guitar. GBHS has its own Burt Reynolds as Se- nior leff Goad steps out of the locker room. Senior David Banks plays foosball at The Pub. 22 Seniors Debbie Hemphill and Kathy Klepper. An all-American pastime? Uv

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activities and holding down a job. Varied interests characterized the large number of high school work- ers. From farm work to grocery sack- ing and clothing sales, money be- came a primary purpose for the nearly 50 per cent of the students who became part of Great Bend's labor force. jobs played a large role in teaching budgeting and responsi- OCTOBER 1973. fit? QI. - - i Qi. 1, 1 bility and forced the high schooler to face the reality of life outside his own petty worries. Some business places, such as Alco, hired a major portion of their employees from the students of GBHS. Others just wasted their time. Liv- ing only for weekend beer parties, many of the students couldn't think of new things to do. Many hours 21 FN.. ...A ' Students seek after-school employment

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in We QW hw AmEFlC6 c F ns:- ill were spent at Eleanor Rigby's and The Pub during the fall. Thousands of miles were driven down Main and Tenth Streets, and long nights were spent going from A84W to the Pizza Inn and driving back. Many events wr fi, .-, occurred during the fall and many more were anticipated in the winter. We all complained about not being understood, and wasted our time on petty things. And fall passed into a colder winter and new obstacles. 23 DUNCES