Dallas County High School - Hornet Yearbook (Plantersville, AL)

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QU IETEST Betty and Billy MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Donald and Debra MOST INTELLECTUAL David and Judy MOST ATHLETIC Barbara and Jimmy Marsha, Becky and Barbara relax with music

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BEST FIGURE: Audrey PRETTIEST: Sara MOST POLITE BEST PHYSIQUEQ Robert MOST HANDSOME5 Donald Cynthia and Eugene BEST ALL ROUND Smitty and Sara BEST DRESSED Eddie and Becky MOST TALKATIVE M h d Ri k SWEETEST Donald and Debra arg 3 an C Y Sara and David

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Class History Many years ago, Ponce de Leon set forth with a band of faithful followers to find the Fountain of Youth. Twelve short years ago a small group of energetic youths set forth to find the Fountain of Knowledge. To do this we would have to spend twelve days and nights on the Trail of Learning. Although we were afraid of the pitfalls of this path, we approached our goal with cautious eagerness. On the first night out we had approximately twenty-three members in the expedition. These included David Wright, Donald Evans, Smitty Smitherman, Mike Nichols, Bill Martin, Kenny Harris, Eugene God- win, James Dunkin, Eva Donna, Cynthia Bearden, Donald Barnes, me, and several others who got lost or drifted off along the way. During the second camp, Raymond Dobbs, Debra Wright, Sara Pharr, and Ronnie Champion wandered in. The third night out nothing happened to us at all. The fourth night, Curtis Dosch and Wayne Ford joined us. Donald Barnes got tired of the scenery and left for more exciting places on his own. The fifth night brought Eddie Gibbs to our camp. Donald Barnes returned the sixth night out and Eddie Gibbs left. Ricky Roberts came late that same day. Suddenly, we found ourselves on a different river with a lot of unfamiliar territory. Then along came Robert Caver, Audrey Chandler, and Jimmy McCullough from Jones, Ala. Shera Burt, Webb Johnson and Larry Jones came in from Burnsville. Pat Elam and Chris Self also joined us. Debra Wright needed a change so she went for a swim in another stream. At this time we would like to look back and thank our Elemen- tary teachers for guiding us thus far on our journey. Our group marched onward and picked up Mike Roberts and Phillip Trammell on the eighth camp. Eddie Gibbs came back to the group too. Our ninth night out really brought in a crowd. These were Barbara Johns, Cathy Foster, Betty Richey, Marsha Rush, Charlene Smith, Becky White, Judy Wyatt, and David Small. Debra Wright got tired of her swim so she came back to our band also. Camp number ten brought on Larry Hart and Stanley Painter. The eleventh brought Annie Berry, Freeman Berry, Gary Jordan, Richard Ogle, and Carl Wear to our fire. Toward the last of our journey and the twelfth night out, Billy Smitherman join- ed us. With our journey nearly at an end, we are still not sure if we have actually found the Fountain of Know- ledge. We are sure that we are much closer to our goal though. Part of the Trail of Learning was rough but we always managed to carry on. During our journey through DCHS , we have had one Homecoming Queen and alternates three other years. Our boys have also done credit to our class. Many of them were on winning teams in football, basketball, baseball, and track. Our journey has been rough, but many good times were enjoyed too. Now, each person must go his own way, leaving the Class of 1970 to be a class no more, but each taking his own journey up the Trail of Suc- cess, looking for the Fountain of Happiness. David Barnes, Historian