Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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Senior celebrations ike oil upon water. seniors, litted by an attitude ot superiority. tloated above underclassmen during the last weeks ot school while preparing tor summer iobs and tinalizing tall college plans. Appieciative and sentimental close triends hosted graduation gatherings ranging trom swim parties to tormal lunches to Texas style outdoor barbecues to proper teas. One central theme linked each ot the socials: Craziness. the urge tor one last blast and a chance to party with triends who would soon be engulted in summer iobs and vacations and school tor early extra college credits. l realize that these are the best times I will have to see everyone and l try to have the best time possible to make each occasion memorable. senior Phyllis Moses said. Moses who was given a small party by an aunt served a common testive dessert - a cake proclaiming congratulations iced with Class ot '8O . My grandmother and aunt gave me a western theme barbecue and dance. senior Mary Lynn Blackwell said. Senior Sally Slattery entertained guests with a Sunday atternoon tormal luncheon. lt was really nice. Everybody was real close and talked about how we should have done this all along, Slattery said. A champagne brunch at EI Torrito restaurant provided a Posing as ladies ot the night, seniors Kellye Johnson and Marilyn Verdina watch taces ot new arrivals at Bill Hays s graduation tea tor guys. An extended arm trorn senior Gary McClinron provided a pole to help tish senior Karen Bonura out ot the pool curing Amy Altord s and Billy Jenkins 5 party, change ot taste tor senior Kelly Mote's closest acquaintances. My parents gave me the buttet. We ate Spanish Eggs and Mexican toodf' Mote said. Breaking the long string ot exclusive girls' teas. seniors Bill Hays, John Fahy and Steve LaBree hosted a private male tea complete with costumed hostesses. We invited I2 hand picked girls and got them to dress up as playboy bunnies. each tor a ditterent month. They served drinks and snacks. Hays said. To keep the party spirit rolling past the night ot commencement and the traditional Spillway bash. senior Troy Porter hosted a post- graduation barbecue tor his triends the tollowing evening. Reminiscing was the dominate activity at graduation parties and overruled the usual party gossip. iokes and iamming to ACXDC. Everyone had a great time. retlecting back on tunny things with close triends and things that happened at other parties, Hays said. lt was like a tamily- it didn't matter what you said or did. Everything was casual and intormal and you didn't have to introduce anyone. Fahy said. These bonds ot tellowship and triendship, both humorous and sentimental, helped each senior come to terms with the large step into adulthood that this time in their lite represented. Anxious. scared. eager and excited seniors compared dorm room decoration plans. lite lonq career aspirations and tried not to let the sad teeling ot separation take away from the tree teeling ot being high sch00l graduates.

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V129 E5 Q.. was li- 'xi ln a gracious show of appreciafion for a gradualing seniors friendship. junior Kendall Johnson hosled a Mexican dinner parfy complefe wi+h nacho apperizers and home- made limeade served in Tall lrosfy glasses for Kelly Cooks nine special friends. A humorous commenf follows one of Bob Wells' many infamous puns and gives Wells and senior Kelly Joyner a chuclcle. Seniorilis along wifh a successful moclr convenlion and a Twinge of graduaring senfi- menfs proclded an imprompfu din- ner al' The Perl: on Richmond wi'rh Wells and an assorfed dozen of his governmenf and psychology slu- dems. Carefully balancing glass plafes ol cookies. candies and cups of punch. seniors Diana Schmidfz. Debbie Hollywood, Debbie Chrisfopher. Terese Sfockard, Sherry Devin and Lisa Powell char in a small group al Marilyn Verdina's gradualion Tea. .ffl Graduafion Parries R -.gb