Pauls Valley High School - Panther Yearbook (Pauls Valley, OK)

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FHA Greenhand, Ricky Eyler gets a taste of how initiation used to be as he sports his dress and garter. The last few days of warm weatherfind kids reluctantto leave the old swimming hole. QV'

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L-TJ Education's social, too A former Pauls Valley teacher once remarked, A true education does not come from what a student learns in the classroom, but from learning to get along personally and socially with each other. That is what school is really for. And so we learned. We splashed together in the newly re-opened Kiwanis pool, we fought together in team rivalry and in personal entanglements and, in a way-considering the number of weddings and 11 Preparing to display their French Club royalty, Queen Fawn Taylor and escort john Creel put the finishing touches on the convertible for the Homecoming parade. It may not be the lastest mode of travel, but it will get you there, according to Steve Chisum and Valorie Blevins. The two portrayed clowns in the Homecoming parade. wedding parties-we even got married together. For though people only get married in two's, the marriage bug caught on like an epidemic, with nine seniors either married or having wedding plans in the making. At any rate, no matter how fast the rate was, the activity-filled life was what we wanted. For if by some chance we found ourselves free on a lazy Sunday afternoon, we pined for the company of a crowd. Married life is no longer such an uncommon occurrence among high school students, David Smith, senior, shares a quiet moment with his wife Paula, student life-'I1

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in ,LO ,the way things Us 90' t GW rob Ever notice how the past keeps returning to haunt future generations? Ghosts of forgotten traditions put their shadows on present situations. A growing concern for farm life increased the number of family vegetable gardens, and people were having more old-fashioned picnics in the park, possibly due to tight budgets. There was a growing rededication to helping others, evident by the number of students donating to the Washita Valley Red Cross blood bank. Everyone wanted to chip in his share, and some kids even considered going to the extremes of weighting their pockets so they'd reach the110-pound minimum weight limit. Old methods of initiation became popular with groups such as FFA. The pledges actually had to wear dresses and shine the shoes of senior members. The year was like a lesson in history from all time periods. Willing to give blood, students like Tim Johnston often became vital donors. student life-'I3