Fieldale High School - Fieldcrest Yearbook (Fieldale, VA)

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HARVEST QUEEN AND POMPON GIRLS ARE Cl-IOSEN The Harvest Festival of Fieldale was the most colorful affair during the entire autumn season. The festival was sponsored by the P. T. A. and was held in the cafeteria. Members of the organization, the facultie s of the ele- mentary and high school, and the students all combined their efforts to provide entertainment for several hundred people. Various concessions were held including bake sales, cake walks, the country store, dancing, fishing, bingo, bobbing for apples, rummage sales, movies, and other games suitable for the occasion. The main feature of the eve ning was the crowning of B-Anne Merriman as Harvest Queen by the assistant principal, Mr. Eddie Rakes. B-Anne Merriman Harvest Queen, 1960 The high school band had an added att r a c t i o nof sixteen high-s t epping girls who led the band on all occasions. The director, Mr. Paul Z i m m e r m a n , chose as finalists those girls who had poise, marching ability, nice appearance, and an ability to get along with others. Best in the C ounty , our Pompon girls were, left to right: Lynda Hagood, Fran Dalton, Eug- enia Barnes, Barbara Wyatt, Connie Shelton, Mary Jane Lawless, Peggy Beheler, Pat Poindexter, Diane Gilbert, Sandra Turner, Judy Tilley, Connie Tilley, and Jenna Lou Compton. 98

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WITH FALL COMES BLOODMOBILE AND TESTS The senior class of Fieldale High School sponsored the bloodmobile. Our students com- bined their efforts with Fieldcrest Mill's in an attempt to serve the County by obtaining blood donors from the s u r r o undi ng communities. 'Several of our own students, who were already eighte e n years of age, gave blood. We were very proud that We exc e e de d our quota. The blood was supplied to the blood bank of the Roanoke District. In late September, Fieldale students took three tests: Schools and Colleges .Aptitude Test KSCATD, Sequential Test of Educational Progress CSTEPJ, and the Differential Aptitude Test QDATJ. The members of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh grades took the SCAT and STEP, and the eighth graders, the DAT. SCAT tests measure a p e r s on' s ability to solve p r o ble m s of a mathematical nature, to give m e ani n g s of Words, and to understand Our community physician, Dr. G. W. Curwen, gives Frank Bossart his okay before Frank donates his pint of blood. sentences. The STEP tests include math, science, social studies, reading, listening, and writing. These tests measure how well a person is able to use what he has learned and not what he remembers. DAT includes verbal r e a s o ni n g , abstract reasoning, language including spelling and sen- tences, clerical speed and accuracy, mechani- cal reasoning, and space relations. Concentrating to make their best scores, Wayne Lackey, Eric Tipton, Earnest Edwards, Ralph Tur ne r , and Larry Sharpe struggle th r 0 u gh the SCAT test. 97

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PEP RALLIES AROUSE MUCH SCHOOL SPIRIT The cheerleaders led the student body in cheers and a- roused s c h 0 ol spirit during athletic events. Two members, Jenna Lou Compton and Becky Barnard, were added to the present squad. At the tryouts during assembly, faculty judges chose the new members who were judged on the basis of posture, voice quality, knowledge of the cheer, hand motions, and poise. From left to right are: Brenda Martin, Becky Barnard, Margie Barnard, Barbara Wyatt, Jenna Lou Compton, Eugenia Barnes, and Fran Dalton. With loud noises and shouting, Fiel- dale pep rallies, which were held in the auditorium, created tense excitement and enthusiasm before the games. Our cheer- leaders introduced old f a m i lia r cheers and gay new ones. Students learned the most recent ones so as to be ready on the night of the big game. Now, as we look back, we remember our pep rallie s as one of the most exciting activities in our school. Dressed in their Columbia blue sweaters and white skirts, the cheerleaders stand ready to lead the stu- dents. F-I-E-L-D-A-L-E, Hey! isthecheerofthemoment. P