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

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frivolity and formality pace November RUBBER LEGS are characteristic of Doug Mc- Dowell during an informal. Bob Mott, way in the background, makes his own style of West Virginia dancing pay off. QUIET TIME and the camera catches Randy Rubenstein and Cathy King together as the Mys- tics blare forth. Return for Finals was the request | of the corps—and that’s what happened. November seems to be quiescent and then the ceremonies and solemnity of Veteran’s Day combined with a parade in Harrisonburg and then a night on the town as a mere prelude to the subsequent activities of the month. Speaking to the cadets at the 11 am. ceremonies on the 11th of November was Col. James V. Christy, commandant. “The good citi- zen, ready to do his duty, does not make news.” Right on the line did Col. Christy lay his speech out to AMA’s corps. Dinner and dates in Harrisonburg followed the American Legion’s impressive parade with AMA leading the line of march. It was a great day for old and new cadets alike.

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WHO’S THE BIGGER CLOWN . . . friends of Jack Brown and Amanda Mears know why they are mutually amiable—both like to cut up—even at a formal. UNDERPAID! Jack Prentice and Bill Sedberry feel that way after four days of working with the cadets for RECALL pictures. Mike Minunni waits patiently for the necessary adjustments. Shuttermen, formal end “Ghost” month No breather was possible in October, as “look at the birdie” men appeared from Andre’s for RECALL pictures, preparations for the Hal- loween formal, and the Lower School Ghost party all dove-tailed. In less than a week, Andre’s had captured all 426 of AMA’s cadets on film . . . but the big month was climaxed with Halloween’s informal featuring the VMI Commanders. Col. Lucus and a joint committee of “F Troop” officers and Cotillion Club men feted the Lower School boys with a trip through a “haunt” filled room. Bobbing for apples, cider, and cookies finished off the night for the scream- prone juniors. THEY’D SCARE ANYONE! Pumpkins and people. . . Jack Prentice, Brock Wagner, Charlie Smith, Mickey Toms and John Botcheller finish off the jack o’ lanterns for the formal.

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JUST BEFORE TAPS for AMA’s war dead, the corps becomes still. Mac McInnis, Fred Davis, John Botcheller, and the corps wait for the mournful sounds in tribute of AMA’s men. 21