Churchland High School - Trucker Yearbook (Portsmouth, VA)

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16 Lunch EVERYONE'S ¥ FAVORITE CLASS What could be more exciting than a food fight? Or a queasy stomach in fifth period? Or waiting in a mile- long lunch line for a lunch? The lunch period is the social high-point of the school day. It is the only time when students can talk freely without getting in trouble. Many students, however, escape the delicious fragrances of the cafeteria by eating and talking outside on the baseball bleachers. Although lunchtime is usually the “relaxing” period of the day, tension among students was evident. By the middle of October, two major food fights had occurred in the cafeteria. According to the October Trucker Topics, ‘the mass food- throwing oc- curred from individual incidences that encouraged other students to participate.” In addition to this general clamor and uproar, a new lunchroom sound arrived: music. Adam Scarr headed the SCA committee which worked Lunchtime solitude. The steps outside the lunchroom provide a quiet place for John Field to eat his ice cream sandwich. Mile long line. Because students were late to class due to long lunch lines, an extra five minutes was added onto the lunch period. to get music played during lunch- time. This committee polled stu- dents to find out which radio sta- tions were most popular. The top four stations were K94, FM99, Q104%, and WOWI. A schedule was set up by which each stations was played periodically to ensure fair- ness to all students. Inflation hit the cafeteria, as it did everywhere else. Prices rose on ev- ery item except milk, with stayed at 10¢. Lunches jumped from 50¢ to 60¢, Coolie fruit drinks from 25¢ to 30¢, and ice cream from 20¢ to a quarter. a

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A little magic. The senior class presents their float during the Homecoming parade. The float, with riders Cindy Blackwell and Marci Haynes, finished in second place. A “hare-raising” experience. Senior Cindi Baucom holds a cuddly rabbit during the Homecoming parade. Hats off. To the surprise of everyone, the freshman class won first place in the float competition. And the winner is . . . Janice Hicks was crowned Homecoming Queen at the dance rather than at halftime as originally planned. The gift in her hands, presented by the SCA, is a Jefferson cup. Escorting Janice is senior David Stallings. Homecoming 15

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Hurry, Hurry, Step Right Up. Mrs. P. Darden works hard to sell tickets for an upcoming game. Tickets for home football games went on sale in the lunchroom two days prior to gametime. Open Wide! Jeannie Collins gets a big suprise as Kenny Brooks engulfs food, not to mention some of her fingers. Bees. What are you lookin’ at? Todd Carson and Jeff Smart look slightly annoyed as their lunch vigil is interrupted. Lunch 17