Athens High School - Aquila Yearbook (Athens, AL)

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History LINDA MA DDOX In September of 1956 our class of 95 students entered Athens High School for the first time. At first we were rather lost in all the confusion but soon Mr. Newman as- signed us to the homerooms of Mr. A. M. Jackson, Miss Nancy Martin, and Mrs. Hazel Ruf, who were to be our sponsors for the year, After working out our schedules a-nd be- coming accustomed to our routines, we elected our class officers. They were: Roger Whitt, presidentg Brenda Sutton, vice-presidentg Margaret Earl Bradford, secretary-treas- urerg and Edria Ann Shelton, reporter. Malinda Bailey was chosen class beauty, Members of our class took part in school activities by joining various clubs and or- ganizations. Our cheerleader was Jane Ellen Bryan. Majorettes from our class were Lynn Christopher, Beth Bailey, Sue Brackeen, Edria Ann Shelton, Barbara Greenhaw, Rosanna Black, and head majorette Eloise Cooper, We were proud of Johnny Todd and Terry Daniel, who lettered in football. Lynette Allen was reporter for the Science Club, We were represented on the Scan-It Staff by Sylvia Black, Terry Daniel, Lynette Allen, and Dick McGrew, At Christmas, with the help of our sponsors and officers, we planned and gave a class Christmas party. After passing through a rather uneventful second semester, we ended the year with a picnic at Hatfield Lake. After our summer vacation, we returned-in September to begin our junior year. We had several new classmates who had transferred from other schools. These were Jo Cook, Beth Gregg, Brenda Lewis, Billy Mitchell, Ann Wallace, and Joan Coblentz, We were told by our sponsors, Mrs. Margaret Adams, Miss Nancy Martin, and Miss Geraldine Whitt, that this would be a year of very hard work, By making our calendar drive and by having the concessions and selling corsages at the football games, we were to raise enough money to give the seniors a banquet in the spring and to put out the Aquila in our senior year. Having a large class of 90 members, we were confident that we would be able to do our work well, We began by electing class officers, who were: Mike Bradley, presidentg Roger Whitt, vice -presidentg Nancy Leopard, secretary, and Carolyn Kubilis, treasurer. Rebecca lsom was class beauty, With the help of our spon- sors and officers our money -making campaigns were successful, although we were slight- ly hindered by a rainy football season. Several of our football and basketball players lettered for the first time. They were Marvin Young, Jerry Schrimsher, Jerry Scott, Roger Whitt, Harry Neal Wakham, Allen Orr, and Bucky Patton. Jane Ellen Bryan lettered as cheerleader. Junior F,H,A, offi- cers were Peggy Flanagan, reporter, and Sylvia Black, historian. Juniors who were D,O, Club officers were Douglas Griffin, vice -president, and Jerry Lon, treasurer. Soon after we returned from two weeks of Christmas vacation, we selected and or- dered our class rings and began making plans for our Junior-Senior Banquet-Prom. We selected the theme of 'Oriental Gardens' and set the date for it for April 24. For weeks we worked ordering and collecting materials and making plans to carry out our theme, Two days before the big night, we began decorating the gym. There was so much to do it seemed we would never finish, but through the excellent co-operation of the entire class with the sponsors and officers, we accomplished our purpose, On the appointed night, with the seniors, who were our guest, we entered the tea house of the garden. Just outside the tea house girls dressed in bright kimonos served us Chinese tea from a wishing well. Then over the bridge across the stream we entered the gym which had