Central High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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:HAI -AYIIIIU Ill' ' ' -Iliff- Y t u d e n t s in shorts - a new first-day- of-school tradition. A change in the dress code last year permitted students to wear shorts and they did, even through some chilly weather during early and late September. Junior Harley Procell said, We got more use out of our sum- mer wardrobe. During September, students switched back and forth be- tween their summer and fall wardrobes. The early part of the JAMS. Sophomore Marchel Friday models the latest in shorts, thejams, on a warm day. month was cold, but the middle of the month felt like a re- tum to August. Late September was the big change. Rain, rain, and more rain continued for two weeks. One Wednesday the bus parking lot was knee deep with water and buses couldn't run. School went on but the classrooms were mostly empty. School was more fun that day. The teachers were in a better mood be- cause they had fewer people to yell at and in some classes we got to goof off, Dan- ny Copeland said. On the weekend of October 5, Tulsa, es- pecially west Tulsa, flooded. Some stu- dents were ordered to evacuate their homes. A few were even involved in the flood, losing homes, clothes, and person- al items. The River- side area was closed to traffic through the whole weekend. The Central building be- came one of the shelters that were set up all over the city. Wendy Birley came to the building to We got more use out of our summer wardrobe. Harley Procell help the flood vic- tims who stayed ovemight. I helped entertain little kids. A guy did a magic show and we helped him blow up bal- loons. The atmo- sphere was not as depressing as I thought it would be. Most people just seemed to accept what was happen- ing. As the flood waters receded, things re- turned to normal. The 80 degree weather left, cool fall weather came and the ban on shorts re- sumed on October 1.

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9 O O,Q.. O 9 '39 TAKING BOWS. Heather Lindsay and Brandy Jenkins respond to the audience at the end of a performance of 0klahoma. CLOSE HARMONY. Mem- bers of a barbershop quar- tet, Antonio Daniels, James Runyon, John Belty and Kerry Daniels linish their number in Broadway Daze. . O Q o',4,o O O 1 M2 AND 595 o7t:Z?e':g':NER In Bl Hndgham' Jen Fourtf Na Q Tracy Da .Ulfer S 3' 1986 King D VIS honor Co fn th Stfln. Pifbandte, Frank Cref 0 r9e0n 1 embers Ver OSes . feve the excigemems head Spring 1986

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N-if AIRCONDITIONING RAND SHORTS. Due to the aircondi- tloner, junior Rhonda Bames wears a jacket with her shorts. She talks with sophomore Shantel Holmes alter school. SHORT REVIEW. Freshmen Jessica Blythe and Polly James discuss their opinions on shorts after school in the lower commons.