Bernie High School - Cotton Boll Yearbook (Bernie, MO)

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1981 Was A Good Year The Bernie school and community was filled with excitement this past year. People all around us were winning, losing, taking high honors and giving up important positions. A farmer lost his soybeans, a coach won a title, a basketball team took a trophy home and a club President gave up his office for a higher one. Scholastically and athletically. Bernie students stood out. Some of the area's best athletes were from our school. Beta Club. FFA, FHA. Band: These clubs and more, with the students and faculty that represented them, contributed to this year's memories Top: Wayne Cryts represented the American farmer when he fought for the ownership of his soybeans which were moved from the Ris- tine Grain Elevator to the MFA Grain Elevator at Bernie. Above: Greg Norman, with the help of his fellow Betas, was elected State Beta President at the annual state convention at St. Louis. Middle: BHS’s basketball coach. Morris Karnes, was named Stoddard County Coach of the Year by area coaches. Middle Right: Mr. Stanley Smee began his first year as Bernie Elementary principal. Right. The Bernie varsity basketball team won the Twin Rivers Invita- tional Tournament for the second year in a row. 6

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Left. Another technological ad- vancement was achieved when Bob Crippen and John Young success- fully landed the space shuttle Co- lumbia. Below: After nearly 20 years as anchor man of the CBS Evening News.” Walter Cronkite retires. Bottom Left: The mourners of the 23rd child death investiga tion victim show the despair of At- lanta's citizens. Bottom Right: This year also saw the fatal shooting of a former Beatle. John Lennon r

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MEMORIES