Culpeper County High School - Colonnade Yearbook (Culpeper, VA)

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LONG AND SHORT OF IT— Jeaneen Sonnie, Pheobe Thomas, and Lou Ellen Thurston model current fashion trends. HONORED ATHELETE — Stephen Southard receives an Mr. John Averett, coach of the victorious Devil runners, award for outstanding participation in cross country from 19

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Student Life Culpeper entertains AFS students in January Seven American Field Service students arrived January 30 as weekend guests of CCHS students. AFSers enjoyed Culpeper ' s victory against Staf- ford in the gym that Friday night. Nineteen students boarded a bus headed for Orange to attend the district forensic workshop February 7. The students got help in reading prose and poetry and public speaking. Students who participated in fall sports re- ceived their awards during an awards assembly January 27. To speed up the assembly, parti- cipants sat on the stage. This. seating arrangement avoided the confusion of getting out of crowded rows. Two hundred students sat on the stage, many of them receiving more than one award. Josephine Yates and Richard Buswell, Y club presidents, inducted new members to the Hi-Y and the Tri-Hi-Y February 1 at the New Salem Baptist Church. Reverend John McKay spoke on Christianity. Other officers spoke on Y club standards. FOREIGN VISITOR— William Hay, Linda Fulton, and Alvaro Frauendoroff of Spain discuss differences in subjects before attending fourth period classes. BEHIND THE CURTAINS-Students learn about production techniques from backstage in drama classes. 18

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Student Life Class of 1970 first to graduate in new school As high school days came to a close, Seniors breathed a sigh of relief. Caps and gowns ordered and invitations sent. Seniors looked forward to Graduation. Both students and mothers shed tears of joy and tears of sorrow, during graduation exercises. Seniors anticipated many changes in life as college entrance drew near. Anxious juniors filled room 8 during activity period January 27. Charles G. Motley of L.G. Bal- four Company took orders of the students’ choice of class rings. The class of 1971 proudly wore their new class rings in May. Upperclassmen and their dates enjoyed an evening in formal dress at the Junior-Senior Prom May 9. Colorful streams of crepe paper and other decorations adorned the cafeteria instead of the gym which had previously been used. Fourth period exam concluded the 180th day of school, and students and teachers escaped for an active summer of outdoor entertainment. ELECTRIC CHARGE— Senior Pamela Gombos receives a shock from the doorknob while leaving the library. FAREWELL SIGNATURES— Rixey Chilton, James Dean, William Yowell, and Gregory Pierce sign COLONNADES for the last time on the campus grounds of the school. 20