Antelope Union High School - Desert Sands Yearbook (Wellton, AZ)

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Freshmen Slaves Earn Status With Initiation “Make her wiggle!”, “Make him pop!”, “Let’s see some muscles!”, yelled the audience at the Freshman slave sale on September 16. Slave sale is a mild form of initiation organized by the senior class. Each fresh- man was called to the stage at random and then auctioned off to students and faculty. The freshmen then became slaves for the next day. While Darin Meeks acted as auction- eer, Greg Stewart and Sylvia Federico persuaded freshmen to do jumping jacks, lift weights, sing the fight song, yell cheers, and then even got boys to take off their shirts and flex their muscles. A few senior girls, Stephane Newman, Tanya Rush, Rachel Garrett, Tracey Elli- fritz, Lauri Roberts, and Sarah Babb, dressed up electric-punk style in order to promote spirit and to “encourage the freshmen to cooperate,” said Tanya. Other senior class members participat- ed by playing records, keeping lists of who had been bought and by whom, and escorting slaves to their owners and re- ceiving the money. The senior class made a profit of $530 selling slaves and Martha Salcido was sold for the highest price of $50. But the own- ers of slaves got their money’s worth. Their slaves washed cars before school, cleaned lockers, carried lunch trays and books, and wore funny costumes. The owners dressed their boy slaves as showgirls, cheerleaders, housewives with haircurlers, and even with bikinis over their clothes. Pajama clad girls brought their teddy bears, and others dressed up as clowns. Deborah Martinez fanned her owner, Garrick Stuhr, with a palm leaf. A few owners even led their slaves around campus on chain and rope leashes. The freshmen were the object of shouts and jeers on Thursday afternoon but by the end of the day on Friday, they had won their independence and a place in the life of the school. Debbie Wise proudly introduces her slave, Kevin Lawson, by the oleander bushes on slave day. Luis Cardenas concentrates on the Camp Verde football game.

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What A Royal Night It Was! Homecoming festivities took place during the October 8 Rams vs. Ajo football game. The candidates, attendants, escorts, 1981 Homecoming King and Queen, Gerardo Federico and Melanie Judd, 1972 Homecoming Queen, Gwyn Millner Dobson, and the crown bearers, Jason Cory and Jenny Lambert, got into their assigned cars and were driven to the float where they anxiously waited for the emcee, Jim Austin, to make the announcement. The crowd cheered as Zac Ortega and Anna Jones were named 1982 Homecoming King and Queen. Junior attendant Denise Douglas and escort Bud Mixon, sophomore attendant Marina Chabolla and escort Felip Torres, freshmen attendant Kim Culli- son and escort Octavio Herrera. Senior queen and king candidates. Tanya Rush, Zac Ortega, Anna Jones, Steve Mellage, Sylvia Federico, and Greg Stewart. Zac Ortega and Anna Jones were crowned 1982 Homecoming King and Queen.