Charleston High School - Charlestonian Yearbook (Charleston, WV)

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WITH PAINTED FACE, Mike Foster shows his pride in CHS at a pep assembly. 5; VJ! TRYING TO SHOW THEIR WORTH, sophomores attempt to win the spirit stick. ANNOUNCED WINNER of the beauty contest by Dawn Rhodes. Tommy Bradley is Crowned while first runner-up Jimmy McClure looks on. 14 Student Life

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When you're hot . . . . you're hot Summer came and brought with it a heat wave. Each day seemed hotter than the day before, and to beat the heat most students headed for the nearest pool to cool off and take in some rays. Mike White was seen quite often at Coonskin pool, and Paula McLane went to Elk- land. Ty Hall could be found tthanging outh at Lazyboy in Kanawha City. Some had summer jobs to earn extra money to help pay for new clothes and car insurance. They worked as busboys, waitresses, in concession stands, or as Life Guards. Lifeguarding seemed to be an exciting way to get a tan, but that idea quickly melted with the heat. Brian Tweel who lifeguarded at the Kanawha City pool said, tiLifeguarding was a boring job unless there was a crowd? Lots of students headed off to camp. Sherry Lytle worked at Bluestone Conference Center in Hinton and Jennifer Green worked at Camp Yahoo in Boone AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON. Martha Cole, her sister Lwellyn and friend Electa Pruett join other spectators to watch the sternwheel races. AFTER A SWIM at Greenbrier P001. P. J. Peden and David Gomez are ready to go fourwheeling in David's jeep. County with disadvantaged chil- dren. August rolled around and football and band practice began; the weather became practically unbearable. Band practice was four hours a day, and football players practiced eight hours daily. Coach Roger J efferson said, On some days the field reached 107 degrees because the asphalt under the astroturf held in the heat. Then another sheet was torn off the calendar, and September first glared out from the page. School began, excitement filled the halls and spirit was high, but unfortunately so were tempera- tures. Students sweated through classes in record breaking heat that lasted until September 21 when temperatures plunged into the low 50s. Somehow all the misery and complaining of the scorching heat was forgotten, and by the first snowfall on November 18, most students couldnit wait for the next summer to begin. Student LifeN3

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:6; MARCHING DOWN THE AISLE. Student Body President Mel Ashford leads the cheerleaders on to the stage for a pep assembly. Showing spirit Pep assemblies raise taenthusziosm. The crowd roared with laughter at the sight of a blindfolded John Clendenen stuffing bananas into his mouth. A banana eating contest hadw been announcedw andwthe f Principal, John Vencill and Betty Bailes were the contest- ants. Mr. Clendenen ate on, ignorant of the fact that only he participated while the others looked on. This was one of the u t many events that took place at the pep assemblies. On the Fridays before tfqotm ball games the halls were plastered with posters and streamers. Football team mem- bers, lockers were decorated by an anonymous group of a students whptcalhlehq thewav the tWhispering ttfotntsft h At the end of fourth period students filled the auditorium. The Student Council, pep band, majorettes and cheerleaders while the seniors, juniors and sophomores sat in their separ- ate sections. To spur student enthusiasm and cheer on the football and girlts basketball teamswthegkswtudent:ECounciIxrputw a on skits, the band and major- ettes performed, and the cheer- leaders led cheers. On one occasion the English teachers and football players also; eshowedtutheir. spirit, on stage. Football players Mark Wooding and Leon Alston even , Dsang; foxy the erowd, For the first annual male beauty contest randomly selected girls picked the finalists. Whichever boy received the loudest applause would win. Tommy Bradley t h hop? a M a Atten and Wes bfttent low and the cheering of the crowd sometimes died down, but the strong spirit of the students could still be heard. took their place pm the Hustttagewh CONFIDENT OF THE TEAM students EXTENDING THE ASSEMBLY. proclaim pride and confidence on a, cheerleaders continue to rouse enthu. banner. siast . 7 .urMW' h H Strident iifeAs