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

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Senior Week Five days are referred to as Senior Week. After taking in all the educa- tion teachers could feed them, Seniors had their week. A skip day at Roman Nose was a 'sunderful' experience. Fris- be contests, horseshoe games, knock- down- dragout games of volleyball and a fantastic fried chicken dinner provided the ingredients for the 'funnest1 day of the week. Baccalaureate was the first night of the graduation trail. After a few short minutes of guidance from Mrs. Bums and Mr. Hamer, and a stuck record of Pomp and Circumstance, it was on- ward for preparation of Class Night. To be different as they had been all year, Seniors chose Ancient Greece as their theme. Bursting the walls with green and filling the stage with pillars and statues, it provided an airy atmos- phere for the night. Wearing togas, Senior Pres. Phil Nuefeld and STUCO Pres. Kris Ewbank roamed the stage in- troducing speakers and telling jokes. Chris Stewart recalled the past 12 years with the class history. George Barkett amused and embarrassed his class by reading the will which bequeathed the special attributes of the seniors to un- derclassmen. Poetically recalling the year, Van Rusch recited the class poem. Then wearing appropriate costuming and directed by Debbie Boulward the seniors presented their class prophesy. Who will ever forget Presidential can- didates George Barkett and Tere Libby slinging political mud at each other or Kurtis Patee wearing sequins and satin doing his imitation of rock singer Elvis Presley. Hard to top was Curtis Karber as a 'man of the cloth.1 Flashes! Flashes! Flashes! Kodak must have invented graduation to sell film and flashbulbs to proud parents. Marching down the aisle for the last time, avoiding those blinding bursts of white light, the memories began to flashback. Awards, ball games, close friends—thoughts that made this a sad night. Speeches, diplomas, and with the 'flick of a bic' 59 Seniors became alumni of FHS. Traditional to the end, the class entertained their relatives and friends with a reception and then were given a party at the bowling alley. Afterward, impromptu, unsponsored (but also tra- ditional) parties formed at the lake for what everyone knew would be the last time together. Student Life 25

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24 Student Life RIGHT: ENTERING the grade school for the Senior Reception, Jack Mc- Fadden and Randy Wanzer look for friends and family. BELOW.: KRIS EWBANK paces the stage as he MC's class night.

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Skateboards Thrilled by the possibility of bodily harms or the speed of sound, a new fad of skateboards made the comeback to popularity. If it weren't for those small cracks in the pavement or rocks in the way or even cars on the side of the streets, skateboarding would be simple. Talent Ed Sullivan would have been proud. Singers, pianists, ventrili- quists, guitar players, jokers and even the world's smallest athlete are just a few of the talent our school possesses. The ability to walk and chew gum at the same time is too much for most of us but hearing Chuck Neufeld sing and Laura Marlett play made us wish we had stuck to our lessons. Tennis Love-Love, Serve one. That may induce many meanings when talking to the average laymen walking down the hall but to an increasing number of teenagers it means TENNIS. Fast volleys, smashes, net serves and backhand lobs made devoted netters develop tennis elbow. Top Cats When you're good you show it! Play a horn, run a mile, write an essay, study hard or be a leader and you may find you're a big wheel. All sorts of awards were handed out the final weeks of school. Trash Seeing 5 barrels full of papers, tests and old books would not startle the normal person at the end of a school year, but when SOMEWHERE in that massive con- glomeration of leftover brain data there are 59 Senior Index sheets, the tears flow, the excuses flourish and papers fly. Never fear, they were safe at the bottom of the last barrel. BEING the valedictorian, receiv- ing the Americanism award, and getting outstanding band student shows Janis Ranson's worthiness of Outstanding Senior girl. BAND DIRECTOR Ron Keown presents salutatorian Phil Neufeld with out- standing Boy Band student. UNCOMMON TALENT comes to Fairview through ventriliquist Doug Moore with his little friend STRENUOUS EX] feature of tennis a: Bradford finds out. SE is a 26 Student Life