East Rowan High School - Eastonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

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'U 4 'Toodles Peeler hesitates before beginning the dissection of her specimen. Wrestler Terry Deal meets his match every time he tries to get in and out of a small car. Problems range from the trivial to the serious as we move from day to day through school life. Physical injury prevents an athlete the joy of his last season of play with a championship team. Nothing saves the student who chews gum from the inevitable visit to detention hall. College bound students must take the PSAT. A sophomore girl cannot avoid her session with a dead frog. Sometimes the obstacles seem insurmountable. When we succeed, we rejoiceg when we fail, the effort has not been in vain for we grow through adversity. y K5 1 , Mt! Q '--...M Racking their brains to see how much they know, students take the PSAT in order to prepare for the real thing in May. 7

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l I i l a 3 l Q Perry Befflhflfdl, dCfCI1SiVC h2l1f'bHCk, PHITIPCFS his ankle HThe only time I've chewed gum all year, I get caughtlll wails CTUSTICC1 ill the East-West C0HfliC1- Peggy Marshall, after getting a detention slip. For eight long years, Mooresville stood undefeated by the on the ladder to championship as Vernon Bernhardt Mustangs, but in '68 the Blue Devils become one more rung smashes into the end zone and insures East's victory.

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It is not impossible, perhaps, but improbable that Mrs. Kirk and her staff who serve so faithfully can ever please all comers with the luncheon menu or that the girls, basketball team will ever rack up such a score as 99-36. And no matter how hard they try, Curtis and his co-workers may never get East spic and span in roto. But some individuals do achieve goals that many strive for, and sometimes the entire school gains that which seemed for years unattainable. Thus we are stirred, one and all, to reach for the unreachable. An optical illusion? No, the scoreboard in the gym can register such figures. Winning scores are the quest of the teams, but they also seek sportsmanship, teamwork, spirit, and the loyalty of fans. its ,. ., .,,.s,f,,m,,.g..,,QM .:.,.,'. ' ., ...:',?,m,,g.r:..m 8 r K S v I s 1 x Mr. W. F. Brinkley, Jr. officially breaks the ground for the fieldhouse, long a dream of East Boosters and now a reality. He is observed by Mr. Ray Yost, Assistant Superintendents C. L. Bamhardt and Melvin Morgan, Booster President Calvin Shaver, Coach W. A. Cline, Mr. Gib Russell, Principal T. J. Lyerly, and Mr. Bill Hannah. Pizzas are an uncontested favorite, but served daily they are a bore. Nobody knows this better than Mrs. Geneva Kirk, mom rightj, Mrs. Stoner, Mrs. Lowman, Mrs. McHaffey, Mrs. Goodman, Mrs. Arey, and Mrs. Shive.