Fairview High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Fairview, OK)

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Spring fever! As the sun shone brighter and brighter, students' thoughts wandered farther from school. Canton Lake, swimsuits, and suntans occupied the minds of most girls. Boys were concerned with jobs, skiing, and rodeos. One thought was in every Senior's mind—Graduation! The countdown began. April was especially busy for high school band persons as they made final preparations for their trip to Houston, Texas where they competed in the Astroworld Band Festival. Thinclads were proving them- selves on the track field. Brad Keeton set a new school record for the two-mile run with a time of 10:21.5. The yearbook staff proved they'd do anything for money by hiking ten miles as they sponsored the Walkathon for the Oklahoma Lung Association. Students suffered from sore feet and sunburns the next day. For some, Ronna Patee and Susan Boehs, those sunburns were complicated by the fact that they started first and finished last. The Eighth Grade received $20 for netting the most money and merchants provided nine gifts for individual walkers. Relief from regular school activities came in the form of Hero Day. Raggedy Ann and Andy, the Cartwrights, Bonnie and Clyde, and Groucho Marx were seen stalking the halls between classes. Volleyball, tricycle and marathon-eating races, and tug- of-wars over a dirty creek were several of the competitive activities the student body par- ticipated in. Many students ended the day with wet jeans and muddy, stringy hair. Tammy Miller was crowned band queen at the high school spring concert by President Kurtis Patee. On the last day of April, Seniors held a fourth-hour meet- ing to make decisions concerning their graduation. No one dreamed graduating included so many details. Whoever thought picking class flowers and colors would be a hassle? OPPOSITE PAGE: Concentrating on a complicated experiment, students explore the laws of physics. TOP: Five down and five to go! Exhausted walkers refuel with lemonade, sandwiches and cookies during the walkathon. CENTER: Class presidents prepare for a race for a balloon—with a ping-pong between their knees. LEFT: Debbie Boulware's trigger- fingers come in handy in the Junior play as she halts the scoundrel, Dathan Wilson. Student Life 19

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MARCH APRIL TOP: At the REC banquet, Mrs. Wedel confers with District winners Janis Ranson and Phil Neufeld. ABOVE: Finding his rocks is very important to Phil Neufeld in the Junior play, but for Pam Lastinger, finding her husband makes more sense. TOP RIGHT: All-District, All-State winner and Jim Thorpe nominee Cindy Wright makes one of the quick moves which helped her win state-wide recognition on the court. 18 Student Life

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Tri-State Music Festival in Enid began the action-packed month of May. Band students participated individually and in ensembles; however, since the band had traveled to Houston in April, they did not attend Tri- State as a group. Another May band activity, sandwiched in the last week of school, was the band awards ban- quet. Special honors presented were the outstanding band students awards. Ronna Patee and Ron Vogt were the high school winners. A novel effect was provided by a newly-formed group. NANCY AND THE SEAWEEDS. The crowning of two queens made the FFA banquet unique. 1974-75 queen Connie Hubble was crowned by Veep Buddy Smith and the 1975-76 queen, Robin Keck was crowned by Pres. Mark Elwell. Despite a muddy arena, a rodeo must go on. The FFA Rodeo was no exception. Bullriders, ropers, bronc busters, and scoop shovel riderswere dragged through the mire and thrown into puddles. Initiating new officers and saying tearful good-byes to seniors was an emotional event for the FHA Chapter. After roses, the chapter flower, were presented to each senior FHA'er and gifts given to officers and Mrs. Goodrich, all girls formed a circle, joined hands and sang 'Pass it On.' Wearing shorts, tennis shoes, and sunglasses, Seniors left at 8:30 on May 7 for Roman Nose, the site of the class Skip Day. After looking over the grounds, finding the paddle boats closed (or were they for Pat Frazer and Karen Bierig?) and setting up the volley ball net, starving seniors demol- ished two picnic tables full of food. Then there was swimming, horseshoes, more volleyball, soft- ball, fishing and finally sleeping. Fishing wasn't too good that day— Mr. Cobble and Brad Keeton fished all afternoon and didn't caich a single fish. At 6:30, exhausted seniors went home to recuperate from sunburns and sore muscles. Emceeing the all sports ban- quet, held at Chamberlain, was Tim West, sportscaster for KOCO T.V. After a dinner served by the high school pep club, parents and students settled down to watch the awards program. Presenting the George Eubanks award to Buddy Smith, the outstanding football player, was Mrs. Eubanks. The outstanding all-round athlete, Steve Zahorsky, was given the Joe Jordan award. Blankets were presented to all Sr. athletes. 20 Student Life