Charleston High School - Charlestonian Yearbook (Charleston, WV)

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Cover- Firsf hand experience; Road to learning: Chaos of CHS - Sharing the duties: Charleston High Teachers EXCELIenT - In The news - Keeping updated; Polling Place - Editorials- Plane crashes plague year: CIVIL AIR DISASTER STATISTICS; Yeager honored; Shuffle Explodes- ches of history: Classic design; New, old look; ACADEMIC AWARDS- AFTER BEING NAMED Konowha Counfy Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Jo Blackwood is interviewed by The press. Magazine 29

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The FRUIT of Success Jeff Fruit crowned Mr. Mt. Lion T0 the roar of cheering stu- dents, Jeff Fruit was crowned Charleston High Schoolis Mr. Mountain Lion for the 1985-86 school year. During halftime cere- monies at the CHS - Stonewall Jackson basketball game on Janu- ary 24, 1986, Jeff was presented the title by Student Body Presi- dent An toinette Coleman. Seniors J.B. Mayhew and David Acord placed second and third. An annual tradition at CHS, the crowning of Mr. Mountain Lion was carried out again this year. To gain the title, students in each of the senior homerooms selected one boy to be placed on the ballots. Then during the week prior to the game, students were given ballots and asked to vote for the student which they felt most personified the spirit of CHS. Although Jeff Fruit was crowned the official Mr. Moun- tain Lion, there were several other eligible nominees. Seniors on the ballots included Tony Gray, Sam Carpenter, GarieI Randolph, Brad Kelly, Rico Bradley, and David Pharr. This year cash prizes were provided by the Stu- dent Council, and awards of $5 went to Dave Acord, $10 to J.B. Mayhew, and $15 to Jeff Fruit. The first confrontation against Stonewall of the basketball sea- son proved to be an unhappy occasion for CHS basketball fans. Although the team made Hercu- lean efforts to try and save the game, CHS was defeated 52 to 70. But even with the defeat the night was a roaring one for Jeff Fruit, the 1985-86 Mr. Mountain Lion. IN THE TUG-O-WAR contest during the annual Spirit Week, Mr. Mt. Lionts first runner-up, J.B. Mayhew, shows his CHS spirit. Student Life 28 BEAMING WITH THAT Mountain Lion pride, SeniorJeff Fruit is announced as the recipient of the Mr. Mountain Lion Award for the 1985-86 school year. WITH A LOOK OF SURPRISE, Senior David Acord listens to the morning announcements as his name is called as a Mr. Mt. Lion nominee.

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Sociology class has conduoTed a mack wedding under The su- pervision . .L Whife, and This year was no differenT. Being in; The aoTi-yijry 7 gave sTudenTs an idea of whaT a real wedding involves. This year's g.geremony, was uninIe I'rI' ThaT Then minisTer Was a female; Sharon Hard- man, and ThaT LaUra MagAZine 30 'man exchange sTu- dent; I Chrisfian Pflug. Chrisgfian was Talked ,4 inTo Being The groom V and did noT really know .WhaT To expe'cT. He laTe'rggsTaTed, ningwas a gooafexperience; par- Ticuiariy because i was eprsed To American wedding cusToms The ceremony wenT smooThiy excepT for The facT ThaT Laura compleTeiy on Chris? Tian 'sfinger He, in. Turn, weeks! Seeing no aiTer- naTive, he had To have The ring CUT off. A recepTion air-r ranged by ciassmaTes followed The evenT. BUT when The bell rang, Thie' celebraTionended and The couple wenT Their separaTe ways. T's , LAURA KROSKY AND Christian Pfiug folloWing The Sociology wedding. Road to Ie lnroads, a work sTudy program, esTablished in 4973;byFrank Carr, was originally designed for gifTedminoriTy sTudenTs in cOIiege. RecenTiy The prog'i'am was exTend- ed TOT'ihigh school sTu- denTs in The easTern U.S. John Rogers sTaT- edgsiifThe main purpose; was To Train minoriTy sTudenTs in engineering and business. Members ofi-The '09 roads programimeT aT WesT Virginia STaTe College every oTher SaTuIclay during The I winTer. During The su mer They meT wee Offered were class like advanced maT maTics, business, ,glish, and science. Gaining accepTan inTo The inroads p gram was noT ea The firsT requirem Twas To bega minori The nexT was To be above average 5 denT enTering The Te ?grade. The'lnroads p gram was offered To above average 5 denTs in The Kanaw eVaiiey and could Chaos at CH Though ChariesTon High School was full of energy and moving in iTs new direcTion, Three uncanny evenTs slow- ed The pace. experienced in mosT years pasT buT in OCTO- ber of 4985 a major breakuin Took place and The school suffered considerably. Video casseTTe recorders and a microwave oven were among The iTems I mall burglaries, were: Taken. AfTer The new y began, afire was se abouT 7: 45 a. m. i closeT conTai books. The fire deia The begftgning of sch and smoke filled hails. The only injury To cusTodian Paul Br don, who suffered nor smoke inhaiaTi Because of The new rules came i effecT concerning denTs being aboveI