Pinson Valley High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Pinson, AL)

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(Above) The Homecoming Parade; the true beginning of Homecoming (Lower Left) The Seniors last Homecoming Pep Rally sign (Lower Right) R. Walker and C. Catalano ride shotgun in Senior car The Spirit Begins Getting ready for the thrills, excitement, and events of Homecoming One of the most eagerly-awaited and exciting moments during the school year is Homecoming — the time when graduates return to visit their hometown and Alma Mater, and all the present students of Pinson Valley try to have a little fun in an otherwise dreamy year. As is in the past, the ac- tivities of Homecoming are not limited to just Friday night, but instead span the entirety of the week. For a time, it looked as if the events that everyone had come to expect during the Homecoming week would not take place. Sure, there would still be the door decoration, hall displays and the like, but the word was there would be no parade, historically one of the week ' s main events. It was more im- portant that everyone remain in their classes like P.E. and study hall. After some pressure was applied by the stu- dent body, the parade was reinstated at its new time slot — Thursday after- noon at 5:00. Though not at the most favorable time, no more was said since everyone was happy just to have a parade. While anticipating the march through beautiful downtown Pinson, people involved themselves in the other activities to celebrate Homecoming. As in the past, the most popular of these was working on class floats. The dedicated students of each class got together for several hours each night at their designated places to build, tear down, rebuild, polish up, and finish the works of art which were proudly displayed under the breezeway. Everyone couldn ' t help but believe that their float would win top prize. 26 HOMECOMING

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Preppies Once the extremely good dressers were limited to extravagent college students. But the dress up fashions have taken a different road since those radical collegiate oddballs, and now many people prefer to dress in a preppie style rather than the loose, comfortable look of most high school students. Ties, slacks, and ox- ford shoes have become the latest style for guys and girls prefer argile sweaters, twist-a-beads and pumps. These traits link students with people preparing for college and thus they are called preppies. No matter what they ' re called, however, the preppie look has apparently endured the trials that new styles always face and seem to have become commonplace. Argiles Letter Jackets All the big jocks around the school have one, whether they ' ve played one sport or one hundred. It ' s a letter jacket, the item of clothing signifying one ' s accomplishments on the field of play. Most of these jackets, though, are never worn by the owner, but a girlfriend instead. Anyway, it ' s nice to know you ' ve got a jacket, plus it looks better on her anyhow. At least some one gets some use out of it. Though the diamond shaped design called argiles have existed in the past couple of years, their popularity did not catch on till this year. Argiles have actually been around for quite awhile and chances are your parents had a pair of argile lavished socks or a sweater with argile designs on it. For thirty years, however, the funny shaped design was virtually unheard of. But this year they made a come- back and invaded almost everyone ' s closet. Christmas brought out many more new sweaters as students rediscovered a fashion of years passed. FADS, TRENDS, AND STYLES 25

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M 1. ■ Wki EimS S. Y. ' ' S . - ' -... ' ; Ki . ■ • (Left) The sights and sounds of the bonfire (Lower Left) All of Pinson loves a parade (Below) S. Shelnutt works diligently on the Sophomore display (Extreme Lower Left)L. Dunagan and K. Parish help the Juniors on their Mammoth Indian (Extreme Lower Right) The Pride of the Valley Also popular during homecoming week were the homeroom door and class wall displays. Artists (and would- be artists) put their talents to work and produced several fine pieces that made choosing winners a difficult deci- sion. The winners of both, however, were not to be announced until Fri- day ' s pep rally. The leadup to the final days festivities climaxed with the parade itself. There was no more talk (as in arguments or protests). There was on- ly the presentation of the work that everyone put into the parade. The spectators, in turn, showed their gratitude by appearing on the streets of the town despite the unusual time. Nothing could take away the en- thusiasm the parade had always generated, especially for the small children, who would have come in full force no matter what time it was. Their smiling faces were enough to tell all the participants that, no matter what, the parade was worth the effort. The first four days of Homecoming Week were totally exhausting for everyone concerned, but it was ob- vious that the events of the week were not over by any means. 27