East Gaston High School - Imprimis Yearbook (Mount Holly, NC)

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money to take Sweets for the sweet! Crystal Meeks toils for long, grueling Bag ,em UP! Jessie Welch hours at the Candy Dept, in spends his afternoons as a bag Matthew Belk, boy at Food Lion in Mt. Holly. yi WM' A cashier's job is never done. Darlene Johnson works for Winn Dixie in Stanley. Its n1ce hav Gaston students, Shana York drives a school bus after school. Besides making sure students get home safely, she also has to keep her bus tidy. my glrlfrlend ou W1th Chuck Smlth CC , ' Along with several other East the eXt1'a t ' 77

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vw .-I -vw,-. . . JI LJRLLL- .lfQ!.J.JI.ulQJI.u.J Students Get A Head-Start In The Working World Another side of life that many students share besides school, is work. Of those that have after-school jobs, most will agree that it does inter- fere With one's schoolwork. It's hard when you have to go to school all day and then to work all night. You don't have time for much else, says Shelley Harkey, a cash- ier at Food Lion. While mon- ey may be the root of all evil, it is also the root of all hard Work and no one under- stands the excess of hard work coupled with the lack of money better than high school students. Being on the bottom rung of the work or- der means that young people get the jobs no one else wants. The younger you are, the harder it is for you to find a good job, says Karen M. Hovis. While money is usually the reason for work- ing, experience is one of its unexpected benefits. After high school andfor college, students who have already worked are a step ahead of those just entering the work force. Too busy to talk, Junior Ki Hilderbran works as a cashi after school at Food Lion. There's no business like business! Karen M. spends her afternoons in the Childrents Shoe Dept. Matthew Belk in Eastric Mall.

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-' ELJE EUQTJIP J ll! -J... ll!! . .' Jr ELL!! QL EE! East Gaston Raises Funds Through Collections And Sales. Whether it be for help in there is never a shortage of together to bring food for the the community or just support for annual school needy and buy needed sup- healthy class competition, fundraisers. Students pull plies for the Schogl. i FTA received overwhelming support from all three classes for the annual canned food drive. Class competition urges stu- dents to contribute to various causes. Organization of the canned foc drive is done by Christy Bui ger. Students contributed bags a boxes full of cans for the driv Stephanie Lyman and A gela Clemmer count and so them. No one can resist a sales pit like this! Coach Turpin plu for Reese cup sales.