Appomattox High School - Traveler Yearbook (Appomattox, VA)

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The WACHS Radio Show The WACHS Radio Show came back in full swing this year with Darrell Puckett, Konnie Richardson, Marzetta Hodnett, Laurie Selz, Cathie Tanner, Donna Volture, and Merry Wright announcing the daily morning an- nouncements. As a result of the interest shown by the student body in the “Morning Announcements,” these seniors were chosen by principal Donald L. Armentrout at the ’77 school year. When school resumed operation for the °77-78 school year the “Radio Show’ was. organized. Darrell Puckett was chosen as leader of the group. A tenative schedule was drawn up for the year. The announcements were delivered each morning to the stu- dent body with great success. W ACES. With the previous year’s success of the WACHS Radio Show, the series came back to life with the ex- citing news stories and events of the Raiders. | This year, however, the program | was worked differently. The an- | nouncers were composed primarily of Mrs. Sweet’s Journalism class. | From the class, there were four groups of announcers. These an- nouncers' being: Walker Covington, Wesley Crabtree, | Willis Fleshman, Darrell Puckett, Dave Williams, Cheryl Adams, Brenda Coleman, Marie Fraley, Karen Gillispie, Molly. Handy, Sheryl Martin, Tamara Nash, Pam O’Brien, Beth Smoak, and Donna Volture. The series was brought to the public in 30 consecutive broadcasts. Each week the show was aired from | 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. at WITX. The sponsors again were WESTVACO.

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de a . x ‘4 = «4 ry mama ee ta C rs mK) | Mi ANA TS ‘ Vit o- aper Club This year as in the past the Newspaper Club and Mrs. Sweet’s journalism class, will work together to publish the Raider Reporter. The journalism class writes the majority of the news items; the Newspaper Club takes care of the business aspects, layout, and cir- culation. The paper cannot be published, however, without Mrs. Frey’s Steno II Class which types all items for layout. The primary objectives of the club include continued improvement of newswriting, editing, and layout. Later this year, the club hopes to ‘ye the Raider Reporter evaluated by the Virginia High School aque. fay gets mak' Q. “From whence cometh the future Broadway and television stars?” A. “From ACHS!” Well anything’s possible with a group under the direction of Mrs. Joyce Sweet, Drama Club spon- sor. The Drama Club is in its second year of ex- istance at Appomattox County High and eve week, a few new faces are seen at the Drama Club meetings. And why not, with such classical greats as “The Odd Couple” in its past history? This year, the Drama Club’s main production was “They'd Hang You In Nashville”, a comedy by William Gleason, which was a big success. Along with the major production, the Drama Club present- ed several skits for school members throughout the year. So folks, if you really like to “get in the act” and you really like to “play around” hop on the bandwagon with the Appomattox County High School Drama Club. It’s shore to be a hit!

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, — al pers 7 ee i = : “ et a ne ein a So we ee, ee ‘ “f ‘ Lt i rr Th i. 2 4 7 LA . { ji yi ey he 2 = ; The Appomattox County High Band played for pep assemblies, football games, and various parades during the school year. The parades included the Appomattox Railroad Festival, Homecoming, and Christmas parades in Appomattox and South Boston. The band participated in Band Day Activities at the University of Richmond this year and had a great time. They gave a public Christmas concert as well as concerts within the school system. The Christmas concert was recorded by radio station WITX. Other activities included spring concerts, band festival participation, and school graduation. The Majorettes have come a long way since their sponsor, Mrs. Alvis, took over. The squad goes to all football games to twirl . on sidelines and during the half time show.They participate in the State Field Day, parades in town and out of town. By adding school spirit, the majorettes participate in pep rallies. This past summer they sold cards to raise money for new uniforms. They were very successful in doing so. The co-captains are Susan Campbell and Wendy Macintosh. The other five girls who make up the squad are Debbie Baldwin, June Harris, Missy Harvey, Leslie King, and Tammy Womack. 116