Abingdon High School - Beacon Yearbook (Abingdon, VA)

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Wonder if Lonnie Cunningham can really turn a cartwheel? Chris Johnson stops to think about it. Mary Ann Sprinkle (the blurry figure) demonstrates a knee drop on the trampoline as her classmates spot for her while awaiting their turn. Coach Clear and Tim Grubb are going to be chauffered by Lisa Grogan who seems to be quickly reviewing behind the wheel procedures. Saundra Farmer sits contentedly chewing on a piece of grass while she views the action of the softball game. Physical Education 25

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Stacey White, a newly licensed driver who has just finished driver's training, proudly places a parking sticker on a friend's car. Greeks Had A Word For It, Ours Is Co-ed And Too Cold For you word buffs, long ago the Greek athletes used to work out and run in the nudel!. The Greek word for naked is gymnos . Therefore, the place where they worked out became known as a gymnasium. It is slightly ironic that our gymnasium was too cold for the phys. ed. students to dress out. Since Christmas we participated in our street clothes. A new addition for us was co-ed physical education. There were varying opinions between the guys and gals as to how well it was accepted and liked, but since we got the new air hockey equipment and TV tennis, who Holding on to the straps of the rings, Becky Tubbs calculates the lo ng Cares ! ? distance from where she is to the floor. 24 Physical Education

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Pleasant, Cooperative Trainees Earn Cash And Credit Big things happen in big business and we were there to watch, work, and wait. Part of our school day was spent at work being responsible to a boss. Distributive Education is a cooperative unit where teachers, students, and businessmen of the community get together and help each other out. We were placed under the wings of many local merchants, retailers, firms, and corporations in order to learn the art of good business and management, and in return, got paid plus earned credits. Some of us were gophers11 (going for this and going for that) and some of us escalated to manager-trainees and the like. Many things happened at work; perhaps the hardest part of the work day was being nice to everyone no matter how crabby they were--no matter how crabby we felt. In January, business nearly came to a roaring halt. There was the tragic shock of some of us being laid off when the gas shortage hit town; we rejoiced to be re-employed after Governor Mills Godwin opened businesses up once more. Having bagged the groceries, Mark DeBusk waits patiently for the customer to pay the cashier at one of Abingdon's leading grocery stores. ( Hi 2 M m Tangy Anderson not only has to cook the waffles, but she must also be cashier during her busy schedule at a restaurant. Linda Bevins enjoys purchasing an item of clothing from her good friend Brenda Hamm who can help her select just the right one. 26 Distributive Education