Fieldale High School - Fieldcrest Yearbook (Fieldale, VA)

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FIELDCREST RATES FIRST PLACE IN C.S.P.A. AND S.I.P.A get K is 'AA'1 ' 1, ,fzy , , .. . m,,.,A ,. M we 5 L A Mary Jane Pickup Barbara Chard Randy Joyce Audrea Turner Miss Nan Thompson Editor Assistant Business Assistant Busi- Advisor Editor Manager ness Manager In November word was received that the Columbia Scholastic P r e s s Association had given a First Place Award to the FIELDCREST. This gave the staff's mor- ale an extra boost, especially those old members who had worked on last yea.r's book. The 1959 boo k also won a First Place Award last spring at the Southern Interscholastic Press Association Conven- tion held at Washington and Lee University. Staff meetings were held on Wednesday nights. Even though plans and sections had been well organized, the members had to meet practically every nightfrom the first through the fifteenth of February franti- cally trying to beat the deadline. The book was d iv i d e d into sections. Members were responsible for complete s e c t i o n s - - f o r laying out the sections, identifying pi c t u r e s , writing copy, and preparing the dummy. Individual pictures in N ov e m b e r . The staff photographers were busy all through the year getting the pictures of current happenings. The Business Manager and his staff worked from February until May selling subscriptions. Three hundred and twenty- five copies were sold, the most that has ever been sold. Ads were sold early in the fall to the local merchants and to those surrounding communities, making a total of thirty- six pages. This number topped all previous records. The staff is grateful to the faculty and students for the fine co-operation given them in all their e f f o r t s , without which their task would have been an unpleasant one. If this FIE LDCREST serves as a record of the 1960-61 s c h o ol y e a r and brings back happy m e m o r i e s, then we will feel a sense of satisfaction in knowing that we have accomplished our intentions. were taken in September and group pictures Selda Daniel, Aldah Myers, and Mary Jane Lawless suddenly get a good idea while working on the yearbook. Miss Thompson, Mrs. Poston, Barbara Chard, and Mary Jane Pickup take time out to pose between sessions at the Southern lnterscholastic Press Association Con- vention. 68

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JOSSESS EXCELLENT CHARACTER QUALIFICATIONS New members of the Beta Club are, left to right, first row: Connie Thornton, Margie Barnard , Sue Martin, Shelby Isley, Wanda Warden, Mary Ann Gus- ler, Selda Daniel. Second row: Alda.h Me y e r s , Fran The Beta Club sponsored many activities for the student body such as the annual sign- ing party, and the beauty pageant. The stu- dent maintainingthe highest average in each grade was presented with a special pin and students remaining on the Honor Roll for five consecutive six weeks p e r i od s were presented with congratulatory cards from the Beta Club. I Dalton, Mike Fulcher, Rebecca Prillaman, Donna Clark, Jeannette Setliff, Irene Hedgecock, Mary Jane Lawless, and B. J. Carter. Beta members feel especially honored each spring when they are allowed to attend the State Beta Club Convention. Richmond was the convention city this year, held on March 17 and 18. Randy Joyce, Eddie Gibson, Carolyn Rakes, and Elva Adkins roll a peanut down the hall as a part of their initiation into the Beta Club. Eddie Gibson, Barbara Chard, Randy Joyce, Elva Adkins, Jor etta Nester, and David Akers, try des- perately to capture the fe athe r s they lost from a pillow after a slight accident inthe hall of the Roanoke Hotel at the Beta Convention. Mary Jane Pickup and Mrs. Fuller look on.

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SUBSCRIPTONS SALES TOP 'Q --W' u, F Members in charge of the curriculum and organi- zations sections are: Aldah Meyers, Judy Ramsey Eugenia Barnes, Jimmy Stultz , Margie Barnard, Floyd Bryant, Jackie Fudge, and Mary Jane Lawless. 7 Editors of the sports and features sections are: David Akers, Donna Clark, Eddie Gibson, Irene Hedge- cock, Donna Daniel, and Ronnie Brown. Annual typists, Brenda Martin, Janet Smith, and Audrea Turner are given additional information by Jean Plaster and Mary Ann Shires. ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS pw' C aroly n Rakes, Mary Ann Gusler, Ellen Stone, Regina Burch, Mike Fulcher, Betty Lou Via, and Jerry Purcell form the classes and faculty sections of the annual. Other editors of the features staff are Joy Smith and Jeannette Setliff, who are getting material from the filing cabinet to begin work. 696 600 006 The business managers, Randy Joyce and Audrea Turner, recheck the subscriptions to make sure all are correct. 69