Flemington High School - Memories Yearbook (Flemington, WV)

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The Mountaineer Greenhouse one of the largest employers of area teens, offers after school and summer jobs for many of the stu- dents. Above Watering plants is an unending job for Connie Knotts, sophomore. Among her other jobs are office chores, plant- ing seeds and taking plant orders Down on her hands and knees Patti Cook prepares the see beds for early spring planting

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The Ground Up The Mountaineer Greenhouse, extra money for dances and things. which reopened in February, became The work wasn t all that hard and for the largest employer of students in the Flemington area. Employing over 20 students during the ’88 school year, the greenhouse gave under aged students a chance at a job besides the old standbys of babysitting and mowing grass. From watering plants,to selling plants to digging holes for plants, stu- dents like Mark Bray, junior kept busy. Although the wages weren’t impres- sive, at $2.00 an hour, Melissa Knotts, freshman, felt that it “gave me a little What a job! Freshman, Melissa Knotts, spends most of her time planting seeds. students under the age of 16, it got them away from the house so “I don’t sit at home bored.” And who was the boss? “Someone just came and told us what needed to be done and that’s all. We decide who was going to do it and when. It was really lots of fun,” explained Scott Blake. The greenhouse effect resulted in the increase of income for 20 students, as well as an opportunity to learn busi- ness from the ground up. W hether it’s doing chores at home, working part- time at McDonalds’s, or mowing grass, most students have “jobs.” Many seniors hold down jobs to give them independence. “I need money to put away,” ex- plained Sam Olivio, “so I’ll have a head start on my future once I leave home.” 20 Student Life

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Crowning Event | With a swirl of color, and with the strains of easy rock music by the Second Street Band floating through the air, the annual Prom began. After the formalities of pictures for mom and dad, the music started for the traditional Grand March. Then time for the crowning of the royal court started. Selected as King and Queen by the junior class were Carl Pinnell and Tammy Vin- cent. Princesses were Vickie Ball and Frankie Murphy, while Princes were Marty McCloy and Sam Olivio. From that moment on, the Prom was in full swing as girls in their gowns and guys in their tuxes swayed to the easy rock music. However,months before the dance even took place,the junior class sold mag- azines, held bake sales, conducted road tolls just to raise enough money to hold the Prom. Then on May 14, class members and some parents decorated for the gala af- fair. With help from Baloons Unlimited, they transformed the bare white walls of the center into a wonderland of baloons and pastel backgrounds. As eleven o’clock appeared, the magic of the ’88 Prom was secure. Just crowned, Frankie Murphy and Sam Olivio serve as princess and prince on the ’88 Prom Court. uniors quickly found out they the could not prepare for the Prom without some extra help. Between raising money, with a faculty member’s Ok, to making final decisions about food, the juniors could turn to the faculty for advice. Juniors, such as Marsha Wise- man, felt that the Prom was a great success, because .’’We worked hard for it.” 22 Student Life