East Central Community College - Wo He Lo Yearbook (Decatur, MS)

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Mass Confusion Name's The Same . For at least a few East Cen- tral students, the names their parents chose for them have created a great deal of confu- sion here on the campus. Five Pennys vie for attention, along with five Scotts . There are even two John Marks. lt's kind of amusing, says Penny Caldwell, a freshman from Carthage. People are always saying they saw my name on a list or something, and when l check it, it's an- other Penny. Three Scotts fScott Engle, Scott Jackson, and Scott Tisdalet snatch Among students registered this year are two Shelly Moores, several Tam- mys, and at least four stu- dents named Chris and four girls who share the name MeIissa. To add to the confusion, East Central has four sets of twins and some students with rather unusual names. There just aren't a lot of people in the area with names like Ar- nault, Daigre, Mainka, and Decuir. a minute between classes to grab a burger and try to sort out their names. EE' if Q l A, .X - ' . W - A . . X f .:. -a,1..,'5. f r Q T ' -Q 'Gt fS 4 A -.. ff,-.fr .1 m- M Q .,.- ...ter-time t R ffg , ' rw: .ltd 3-L2 Fit I mwuswhaag in ' 'Vain f -G 3 i at litwuil , 5. . 2 wht 'v QA' 5 rl 1, 1 s.....1 H' 1 tl. J ' K 1 c ,Eh 'Kyiv H 1 .. .0 'gm' ' , 'Q .XV it - , , ffl ., .3 4 I I RX r A ,'.j':rQ,f A, f -e r 21 Sit. fa Q fl, .attest i . --- 1' Teil Y ' P , .--Q .- I . - t I' ' J ,QC H ,r . ' '- K . X 7 gl A 5 . . N: , i Q' ,, gt.. , , , , .Q te ,fl ,313 ug, I Y., Me' .5 . ii. , -Y. K x ,tk 9 in f .U 1, f 'P .Q A , J 'Q . L-Q Q -t H?'w,Ss- Q 35 f I X l , I--T 3' f fl-TT' .J O T J 'c ' i Q Z' KN' I . A, U 1 ' wily' gl , P -f-, - ef 1. -tr 1 1 , ff. .n bm l X I is PM 'w'14'l 3, 7 , t l I N Q- . ' iii' s X t x ' I T 'Tl' I 1 C U .- ' l T C f ' 6: 2- Q1 ' i ' tw l 1 ' ' ' 4 , I ,A I 5 Y Liisvgff: A f These four guys named John check and Jon Pace will hear their name I I- F-4- .nl -' -nv out the action on the mall. John Mill- er, John Harrison, John Williams, Five Pennies are worth more than a nickel, says Penny Brown. She is joined by Penny Overatreet, Penny called many times this year. t .,. ,,1.:,: v N I . 513. 31 1: : ISE 2-il: L. JXJIASE.-Z 5 v.,..,, -.,it1,x,:r . N-ali-1- f' - e.. 'Til Q t . 1ff25.r.1.'555 F - - 1-vxfqlf :aan S John Mark Williams and John their names have provideda common cmmord' penny caldwen, and Mark Franklin didn't know one an- ground for interesting talk Penny Graham, as they Stride down other before they came to EC, but the mall toward class.

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Thursday Weekend The K . 5 A 'fs Thursdays are usually pep rally days. These might include anything from a Conga line to a pie in the face spirit contest. Life x ,.,v ' . iw 2' --I x X 'Yr sq I 4 1 'K'-'I Q if , --. .. ' r X H u t V V ' Q t of 4 N Jet? 5 W k .,i2?'i'? A Anxiety fills the faces of these girls as they wait for their rides on Friday afternoon. Thoughts of Mama's cooking and sleeping late on Saturday make the wait seem shorter. Of Fall weekends mean football games, and week- ends in the fall of 1987 were made more exciting by thoughts of the Warriors making the state playoffs.

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V wwnui-at I 'wi Numb. Aiwa, i I wtf., . l E 'Y TAI 0 -.t-Sh . . I ' '7- Vww mst. K. ara m 'F 0 bib -v-fwdtigg Identical or fraternal, twins are always interesting. EC's four sets of twins, the Hortons, Lucketts, Gibbs, and Hol- Iingsworthe, find being twins offers a lot of benefits, especially in helping meet new people and in sharing clothes. JLI I Talk about names often comes up with this group when they get together between classes. Denise Reppond, Tenia Daigre, Noel Decuir, Eddie Devroede, tseatedl and Patrick Lut- What's in a name anyway? As,Shakespeare has said, A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Try that quo- tation on any East Central stu- dent. While he or she might temporarily think they want to change their name to some- thing more exotic or alluring, in the end the name Mom and L...L. 1...-ig, L... L--5 1 trell, Hugh Vanlandingham, Ar- ness Georgetown, and Cully Hud- speth say they are proud of their names and never have considered them unusual. Dad chose seems the most appropriate. And for those Johns and MeIissas and Pennys, don't be alarmed. Your name really isn't that common. According to the ln- formation Please Almanac, the most frequently chosen name in the world is Mo- hammed. 21