Chipley High School - Paw Prints Yearbook (Chipley, FL)

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LEFT: Watermelon” greets Festival ob- servers. ABOVE: Mr. Norris and Water- melon Queen show off largest melons while Mr. Porter auctions them off. — JI BELOW: Mrs. Smith, Jenny Alford, ant Dec Ussery sell concessions at the Water- melon Festival. BIGHT: Donna Jo Kent relaxes while awaiting customers.

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SOCIALIZE was the word as we spent time together. Big events like Homecoming, Student Council elections. Carnation Day, FFA Sub-District, Key Club basketball game, the Miss CHS Pageant, and the day the yearbooks came were highlights of the year. They made school bearable as we filled the time in between w ith staying late for practice, studying for exams, and playing football out front. We sold and bought everything from band calendars to autograph footballs and everything in between. We dealt with the occasional problem of how to sneak back on campus at lunch—sneaking away was the easy part. During our time away from school we played tennis, worked at the Pig , talked on the phone, met in the parking lot, and listened to music. The boys went ‘coon hunting while the girls went boy hunting. Though we enjoyed the week-ends we couldn’t wait to get back to school on Monday mornings to see what was new on the roof.

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recall the sounds of people laugh- ing at Thomas Porter and the roar of the Shriner’s go-carts. We won’t forget the sights of clowns throwing candy, smiling children and thousands of people in our downtown streets. Dashing to get a slice of water- melon, grabbing a hamburger, waiting for the parade, and push- ing to get a close look at Chip Carter exhausted us as we cele- brated the watermelon, small town life, and togetherness under the Florida sun. This small town of ours came alive in early June to celebrate the annual Watermelon Festival. No matter who you were, there was something for you to do. A gospel sing, a softball tournament, an arts and crafts exhibit, a down- town parade, a 10,000 meter run, a liorse show, a watermelon auc- tion, three beauty pageants—even a seed spitting contest—character- ized the celebration. And, CHS students were in the midst of the hustle and bustle of it all. Who could forget the smell of freshly cut watermelons? We shall JLEFT: David Salter observes the sights. BELOW: Mr. Norris slices melons.