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

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DRACULA STRIKES AGAIN! At the Bowling Alley H.W. Way changes from cowboy boots to bowling shoes at the all-night Halloween party given by the Baptist Youth group. SPOOK SONGS. Whoever heard of Halloween carols? The Baptist youth group did. Rodney Wichert, Brian Box and Justin Clow warm up with a bit of practice before the group goes out 'caroling PINBALL WIZARD! Alan Sandefur and commando Ricky Silcott play for high stakes. Jeff Couch makes sure all scoring is done fairly at the Baptist all-night party. NOT CASPER. Michelle Card answers the door for some young trick-or-treaters before going out herself. Her appearance sent many childen running home early. 19 H a 11 owee n

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WW hen things go bump on Halloween night '-A- it is usually an egg making contact with an unsuspecting victim. Such was the case with sophomores being cleverly tricked into an am- bush by the cunning seniors. 'The air turned white as we rounded the corner pursuing our seemly helpless victims, Randy Patzkowski and Roger Copenhaver. There was no way to avoid getting hit said sophomore Timmy Tucker. The school doors caught eggs the night be- fore Halloween and even the night after. 'I real- ly hate Halloween!' Joe Meador complained after his car had been egged on the inside mak- ing it smell for weeks. 'There was no way to clean it all up. There were even eggs in the heating vents explained Joe. But combat with eggs wasn't the only thing going on. Everyone went to the Cherokee football game won-by the Jackets 9 to 0- dressed for the parties to follow. The Baptist church had planned an all-night party begin- ning with Halloween 'caroling' and games at GOING TO GETCHA! Scary Suanne Wymer and Casy Reed dress up for the spook house at the Methodist Church party. TRICK OR TREAT. Dewayne Moneypenny and bus driver Joyce Rhoads are confronted by King Kong (Bob Searl, Baptist Youth director) and he advertises for the after-game, all-night Halloween party. 10 Hal loween the bowling alley and then to a 4:00 a.m. break- fast at the church. While younger members of the Methodist Youth were downstairs in the church basement spending their 'Methodist Bucks' on cake walks and sponge throws, upstairs, the high school group were in a whole new world. First it was the gory, slimy makeup that had to be caked on from hair line to neck. Then of course the two-inch fake fingernails that added the final touch to Casey Reed's Dracula cos- tume. But the most believable costume had to be Richard 'Wolfman' Marlatt, who was covered with human hair and a mouthful of fangs. A hayride to a haunted house (Jerome Wi- chert's barn) was sponsored by the Mennonite Brethren Youth Croup. According to Richard Schmidt, 'It was so dark when we walked in that I ran into people. At one place a ghost jumped out and scared me to death!' Halloween BOMBS AWAY! Bobby Kai gets ready to throw an egg at the unprotected camera. Dozens of eggs and cans of shaving cream were purchased during the day and al- most as many were confiscated by the police during the night.

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hile presidental campaign posters and catchy slogans were present in the main businesses, campaigning was also going on within the walls of the school. Ronald Reagan carried fifty-one percent of the votes of the nation, and sixty-seven percent of the votes in Fairview High School. Now with the hostage crisis past the year mark, rumors of a possible release again filtered through newspapers and T.V. in all parts of the country. Because of a previous actors strike we finally found out, on the eighth of November, who fired the shots that were heard around the world. J. R. Ewing was not murdered in the television series DALLAS. Kristen, J. R.'s mis- tress, was found guilty after she tried to pin it on her sister Sue Ellen. The senior play 'Our Town' set a new pace this year. It wasn't the usual on-stage perfor- mance but an all-over-the-gym production. 'Even though we had many difficulties, we pulled it through,' stated Senior James Pratt who played George Gibbs in the play. The music died on December 8. Former Bea- tles member John Lennon was shot four times in his New York apartment lobby. His new al- bum Doubled Fantasy recorded with his wife Yoko Ono had just been released. Wilinda Shaffer was crowned yearbook queen on December 11 by Roger Copenhaver at the yearbook Christmas party. The kiss lasted a record breaking 45 seconds. The All-School Christmas party ended the 1980 school year for many, but not for all. Some students and teachers had to drag themselves bac on Monday and Tuesday morning for se- mester tests. After the grueling tests on Tues- day morning all students were released until January 6. November-December DEATH SCENE. Grieving the death of a friend Barbie Medley and Tim Moran perform during the senior play, 'Our Town.' NO PROPS. Imagination was a great factor in the senior play 'Our Town' as the audience visualizes the flowers in Brenda Thompson's hands and the ball in lames Pratt's. | 20 Student L ife