Flemington High School - Memories Yearbook (Flemington, WV)

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 j Above:Serving on the court for the Prom were princess and prince Vickie Ball and Marty McCloy. Left: Picture perfect King Carl Pinnell and Queen Tammy Vincent were voted as the royal couple by the junior class. Student Life 23

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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

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...and Finally Before the band even struck a chord of “Pomp and Circumstance,” before one cap and gown was worn, the seniors fol- lowed the tradition of a Taylor County graduation. On May 27, they shut their lockers for the last time. As nine o’clock appeared, visitors, parents and the student body lined the bleachers of the gym for the an- nual Awards Day ceremony. The final mo- ment, as class president Tom McCray handed over the key to the school to the junior class president Tina Spencer, proved to be a tearful and emotional one as the junior class accepted the key. Then it was off to Grafton on May 30, as the seniors marched in the annual Memori- al Day Parade. Donned in caps and gowns, the 24 graduating seniors added the ’88 twist, of “wearing shades” to the traditional parade. Then on June 5th, no longer students, but independent adults, the class gath- ered together for the last time. Doing her part sophomore Christy Greathouse hands out the commencement programs to visi- tors. T X hey came from out of state and across the street. Teachers, parents, aunts, uncles, friends and alumni, all came to watch as a new group received their diplomas and graduated from Flemington High School. Misty-eyed, many in the audience could remember a similar time, per- haps years ago, when they too, marched up the aisle between rows of beaming relatives. For others, still students, they could imagine the moment when they would finally graduate, receive their diplo- mas, and leave the stage for the last time. 24 Student Life