Bland High School - Echo Yearbook (Bland, VA)

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Echoes of New Faces and Ideas The pre-freshman year was one of new faces, places, and ideas. It was a time of bewilderment that hopefully turned into understand- ing and a self-conscious feeling that became daily routine. A feeling of maturity accompa- nied us as we entered into high school ... a maturity that also brought responsibilities. We be- came responsible for lockers, get- ting to class on time, being leaders, and handling sales and money from those tiresome fund raisers. Being a pre-freshman brought mountains of work, millions of forms, initiations, and worst of all being called a punky eighth grader — wonder of wonders that we ever survived. As eighth graders we were limit- ed on money-making projects. The “biggies” were reserved for those upper classmen. We brought baked “goodies” and sold them at the con- cession stand during one of the bas- ketball games, and we sold Christ- mas supplies which included wrap- ping paper, candles and tags. Being a pre-freshman was one of many hopes in school, but the big- gest hope of all was that we will nev- er be a pre-freshman again. OFFICERS — FRONT ROW: Robert Lambert, president; Brad Dillow, vice- president; Roberta Kegley, secretary; 2ND ROW: Jamie Chewning, treasurer; Darcy Groseclose, reporter; BACK ROW: Mrs. Christine Bird and Mr. Gary Collins, sponsors. PROPERTIES of physical science are explained by Mr. Marvin Cantrell to 8th graders — Jon Melvin, Mr. Cantrell, Mike Hounshell, Shannon King. Angela Atwell Leslee Bennett Wendi Binns Angie Blevins 18 Eighth Grade

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Mrs. Susan DeHart — B.S. — Rad- ford University Kings of “Kings of the hill described the seventh graders as they spent their last year in the elementary hall. They accepted the new roles and re- sponsibilities of safety patrols and executed their tasks with skill and interest. Too many for one class- room created a split and two new teachers. Mrs. Margie Powers moved up to seventh grade level from a combination grade. A new- the Hill comer to the school, Mrs. Susan De- Hart, received the position of teach- er for IB. BELOW LEFT. OFFICERS - BOTTOM ROW: Ellis Wade and Amanda Baxley, sergeants-at-arms; MIDDLE ROW: Heath Muncy, vice- president; Scott Wellman, treasurer; Cheryl Graham, secretary; TOP: Tammy Davis, president. Amanda Baxley Jimmy Blevins Sonya Chewning Kevin Cox Tammy Davis Michael Fanning Cheryl Graham Heath Muncy Mike Nelson Aaron Newberry Julie Pauley Lori Perkins Tammy Swanson Samantha Tickle Ellis Wade Scott Wellman BELO W: If these are teacher's pets, the class must approve from the smiles on their faces. Seventh Grade (B) 17

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Thomas Brewster Billy Burton Jamie Chewning Bradley Davis Freda Davis Wayne Davis Tony Dent Bradley Dillow Dawn Dillow Pam Dillow Ronnie Fields Maria Foglesong Kevin Fore Vickie French Darcy Groseclose Mark Gulser Bobby Hale Mark Hamblin Ritchie Havens Russell Havens Mike Hounshell Roberta Kegley Ronnie King Shannon King Eighth Grade 19