Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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Riley Reddix is enjoying the calm waters of the YMCA pool. Nearing the end of winter, we view an early morn¬ ing sunrise in the tranquil Abingdon countryside. Sam McKinney takes a deep breath and keeps his; eye on the goal; we need more points. Jeff Price prevents a sit out and switch during a wrestling bout with Richlands ' Paul Cole. 5

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The settlers, approaching the frontier on August 15, 1975, faced the hardships of learning new rules and regulations, adjusting to some new trail-blazers (new teachers and a new assistant principal), getting into the hamburger line, and learning new methods of fight¬ ing apathy, inflation, and boredom. By November 27 we wer thank¬ ful for a long Thanksgiving week¬ end and we anticipated a rapid three weeks until Ghirstmas vacation. We kept hearing about the Bi¬ centennial (what ' s that?)! Some of our classes were in¬ vited to the auditorium in January 7,1976, to witness the commission- 4 ing of newly-elected county officials 1 for the year wn which we celebrated America ' s two hundredth birthday. A very mild winter, weather- wise, ushered us into a hotly- contested presidential election year with politicians blazing their own campaign trails. An unusla spring kept us wondering when to platn the garden, and when to practice baseball outside. Term papesr, field trips, na¬ ture tails, guest speakers, and Mrs. Claudia Blevins came this year to be our new attendance secretary. Here she is., filling out an excuse for absence. special projects had a way of ty¬ ing up each six weeks period with a ribbon of grades. Beneath the feathers and in front of the feather duster is Donna Emmett, our Falcon Mascot. The Bird. To make the Falcons winners, David Duncan ' carefully anticipates his pace for the triple jump.

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Moldy leaves of tradition and antiquity carpeted the floor of the wilderness until the set¬ tlers tramped out a broad trail of progress, tempered by the Standards of Quality, Virginia’s guidelines for progressive education. Educators eyed their per¬ formance targets through the smog of extra-curricular du¬ ties, P.T.A., professional improvement programs and apathy. Educatees eyed their diplomas through the rose- colored glasses of better back¬ ground, more flexible cur¬ riculum, looser discipline and early graduation. We were at liberty, to realize the Great American Dream and to build foundations from the timbers of the wilderness. In pursuit of happiness, we are determined to stake a claim on the frontier of the future. Sharon Arnold, Barbara Hoffman watch as Sally Phipps operates on a frog in biology class. Pam Roberts, dressed as Paul Revere, Sam McKinney came in 1st on the 440 announces to her class that the rebels slow heat against Marion. 6 are coming.