Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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Decorators hit a peak in °64 SURPRISE OF THE YEAR! Rex Miller’s Junior Roller Rifles put on a display during the June Week festivities which makes the crowd of over a thousand spectators break into applause. Small in stature, the young lads were tall in performance! PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT. Doug Brown yells a few times in barracks and new cadets and old alike stop when the Voice of the Alligator starts to roar. LAST MINUTE RUSH. Frank Blanken and Don Porter hasten to get the ceiling finished before the music begins for the Final Ball. That paper has to have just the right droop!

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Roller Rifles, Junior Rifles, Music Men and DESERVED TROPHY. Sam Wales shows no emotion as he re- ceives the trophy for best Roller Rifle Man from Mrs. Livick at Finals. Lee Livick and Major McCrary watch the proceedings, and all could detect the pride with which Sam received the high honor. TEAR THAT PIANO DOWN Or up, or something, and that is exactly what Music Man Wee-gee Jorgensen doe: during the Ad Astra informal during Finals. When Pete begins tc pound out the melodies, he always attracts an audience. and the crowd. paid more attention to the antics of the AMA combo than it did to dancing. Drummer man Scott Appleby keeps up the beat and plays in perfect tempo with the great pianist of Augusta.

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Sports records reflect increased emphasis on the academics! oa bt 4 More boys than ever participated in athletics, but the rec- Sharp pitching from Joe McCue doesn’t prevent an under- ords show that boys spent more and more time on the dog FMS team from hitting a curved ball or two, but the books! Steve Hart aptly illustrates his pooped-out condi- Blue Streaks struck for a win over the Waynesboro lads by a tion after an extra intensive practice under Major Hart and 13—O shut out. Bright spot on the athletic scene in the Col. Hoover. A 2—5 record for the stickmen hit the record spring was the baseball team. books. oe ae . Tee SPECTACULAR FRAMING! Chuck Hatfield puffs to third spot in the Greenbrier meet which saw the Streaks slow down to sparks, as the Moun- taineers downed Augusta 87—31 on the home town cinders.