Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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Contents Classes 7 Faculty 53 Organizations 63 Features 89 Sports 133 Index 165 1984 COTTON BLOSSOM

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To make this 1984 Cotton Blossom totally your own, fill in the “red hot” favorites in each of the following topics. Favorite Teacher: Name — Subject he she teaches — Comments — Favorite Sport: Coach (es) — Team Captains — Team Record — Most Thrilling Moment of the Season — Comments — Favorite Dance: My Date — When and Where — Music — What we did afterwards — Favorite Club: Sponsor — Officers — Activities — Comments — Other Favorites: Persons — Car Drink — Substitute Teacher — School Athlete — “Duds” — Hobby -Hang-Out — Holiday — T.V. Show Place to Eat — Movie — Magazine — Music Group — Place to Loiter — Song — Book — Saying — 2

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Retrospective Red-Hot Describes 1983-84 was a “red-hot” year — in more than the usual sense of the word. The school year literally began in red-hot fashion in August, as temperatures soared to record highs across the country. Because of the outrageous temperatures, the starting time for classes was changed in an effort to make it more bearable for the students and teachers. Classes began at 7:00 a.m. and school dismissed at 1:40 p.m. with a thirty-minute lunch period at 10:30 a.m. The heat schedule, which lasted two weeks, did not change the length of any classes, but allowed the students and teachers at C.H.S. to get out of school before the hottest part of the day arrived. After the heat had subsided, the red-hot atmosphere moved to the football field, where it was exhibited by the players and coaches on the football team. Although their record was not as impressive as it was in previous years, it didn’t take away from the spirit exemplified by the players or the enthusiasm of the fans. From there, the enthusiasm carried over into the basketball season. Under the leadership of new coach Joe Cagle, a former eager at C.H.S., the Tigers played a more wide open type of basketball. This seemed to please the fans and get them more involved in the games. One of the most exciting parts of attending a basketball game for the fans was watching the Tiger Twisters, which is a group of youngsters who tumbled and performed gymnastics at halftime at the home games. These youngsters, ranging from grade 1 to grade 7, put their gymnastic skills to music and performed to different songs at the games and were certainly red-hot! Of all the sports teams, the baseball team was the hottest. Returning practically everyone from the previous year, the team compiled a very impressive record. By the end of the season, the players as well as the fans knew this had been a red-hot year. The Seniors showed their red-hot” enthusiasm during Spirit Week by their decorations displayed on the front lawn of the school. Photo by Lee Smith 4 Photo by I are Smith CHS showed thui its patriotism was “red-hot” when the flag Hew at half mast during the l.chanon crisis in honor of the Senior Rita Smith ponders her dreams of the future.