Fairfield High School - Quill Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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Unforgettable Ill Judy Johnston reigns as Homecoming Queen. Queen Judy poses with her court. llIIlI'iE5 FairTield's vicTory over CenTerville heighTened The exciTemenT as The sTudenTs hurried home To prepare for The dance. Upon entering The gym, everyone was sTruck wiTh awe aT The beauTiTul decorations. Orange, brown, green, red, and gold sTreamers sprink- led wiTh autumn leaves carried ouT The Theme of SepTember Song. AT The norTh was The elevaied Throne draped in deep purple velveT againsT a brown, inTerlaced background crowned with shining gold leaves. A golden Trellis -en- hanced wiTh autumn leaves was The base of an array of golden encircled sTreamers. AT lasT The long anTicipaTed momenT arrived. Each queen candidate, escorTed by a senior TooTball member, was announced by Mr. Joss as she passed be- neaTh The Trellis. The crowd grew hushed as Coach Crew opened The golden leaves contain- ing The name of The nexT homecoming queen. After pausing before each of Them, he stopped in TronT of a short saucy, bruneTTe and crowned Judy JohnsTon as queen. ATTer being presenTed a dozen red roses, Judy, escorTed by 'Football captain Del Swan, led The grand march. The couples glided across The floor To The enchanting music of The ArisTocraTs. Behind The whiTe-pick- et Tence, which wound around The band, hung a mural displaying Indian summer along a counTry road wiTh a covered bridge. An enioyable band, beauTiTul decoraTions, and The handsomely dress- ed couples, all lent an air of gayeTy. FRONT ROW: K. Warner, J. Robinson, R. Coop, J. Ferguson, J. Cornelius, K. Smith. ROW 2: R. Miller, J. Harrison, E. Cremeens, S. Bonnett, R. Paul. ROW 3: J. Johnston. 'I5

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l'llllllElllllIillg BI'illQ5 The bonfire kinclles a spirit of enihusiasm. An empTy floor sTrewn wiTh fallen sTreamers and forgoTTen souvenirs, and The empTy chairs of The band were The only relics of The Home- coming Dance as The lighTs dimmed and The lasT sTudenTs lefT wiTh beauTiful memories of an unforgeTTable nighT. PreparaTions had begun weeks in advance. Homecoming meanT lengThy hours of prac- Tice on The fooTball field preparing for The all-imporTanT game, exTra drilling on The parT of The cheerleaders To perfecT each yell, and The work of The willing hands of many STU- denT Council members To execuTe The final plans for The impending dance. Thursday nighT was The prelude of The spiriTed acTivi- Ties. STudenTs gaThered on The Tennis courTs To give The girls a chance To show Their inTc:r- preTaTion of some of The fundamenTal fooT- ball Techniques, assisTed by members of The varsiTy fooTball squad. As a CenTerville man burned in effigy aTop a pole over The enor- mous, blazing bonfire, The roaring flames kindled a spiriT of enThusiasm and eagerness in every sTudenT in anTicipaTion of The game. AT The pep assembly, FrosTy WesTering, a former aThleTic direcTor and an all-Time FHS favoriTe, inTroduced The drum roll which broughT Tremendous sTudenT parTicipaTion. The pep assembly was concluded wiTh The Tradi- Tional march To The Town square led by The cheerleaders, Pep Band, and The queen candi- daTes aTop converTibles. Del and Judy lead The grand march. 'I4

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Glimpses lifter Hours Classes end aT 3:40, buT for sTu- denTs The school day goes on - someTimes laTe inTo The evening. RighT afTer dismissal Bill hurries To fooTball, baskeTball, or Track pracTice, according To The season. Dwighf rushes To The sTage for a rehearsal of The junior class play while Ann heads for The TROY BANNER room To help puT ouT The school paper. John musT go To a commiTTee meeTing To plan clecoraTions for The nexT dance and Terry goes To The music de- parTmenT for a small group re- hearsal. OfTen iT is 5:30 or 6:00 before some sTudenTs geT home. Even aT home The sTudenT's life cenfers around school. Each nighT There are lessons To prepare for The nexT day, posTers or Tags To be made, or music To be pracTiced. Even homework can be fun Though, when iT's done wiTh a friend by The fireplace wiTh re- freshmenTs and a record player near by. Some nighTs iT's back To school for a fooTbalI or baskeTball game, play, concerT, wresTling maTch, rehearsal, Track meeT or dance. ln The darkness The school Takes on a new look as iTs blazing lighTs shine a cheerful welcome To Homework can be fun. sTudenTs and adulTs alike. For The high school wiTh iTs spacious audiTorium is a cenTer for communiTy acTiviTies as well as school spon- sored evenfs. LiTTle TheaTre plays, CommuniTy ConcerTs, ParenTs' NighT and adulT evening classes are only a few occasions for adulTs To come To school. No, high school lsn'T a schedule of classes, nor is iT merely a bulld- ing. IT is a cenTer of educaTional and social acTiviTies for The whole communiTy, and To sTudenTs iT is even more - To sTudenTs iT is a way of life. The school lighis beam a warm welcome on a cold night. 16