Franklin County High School - Animo Yearbook (Rocky Mount, VA)

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EXPRESSING YOURSELF. One thing students are good at, and now they have a new way. License plates! What better way to identify yourself and your vehicle than by putting your name, or own personal message on your license plates? PERSONALIZED LICENSE PLATES are fast becoming the big thing on campus. Personalized license plates could mean just about anything from a person’s new love interest to their initials and class. ibe AS SERINA DONAHUE PREPARES to leave, her license plate lets us know she loves Tony Gregory by exhibiting the SD TG. US : WHAT WILL THEY THINK OF we NEXT? Now students and faculty : can express themselves with li- cense plates. CommuniPlates 29

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Auto-Graphs and Gar Notes A Unique Expreion of Sigh Why did students get per- sonalized license plates? Perhaps to display initials, names, profession, type of car, boyfriend or girlfriend, to memorize tags, or simply to confuse others. When Mi- chael Bailey was asked why he chose 1 USA 63 he replied, “It sounded good! The heartbeat of America is today’s old Chevro- let! Sarah Dudley said, “I wanted something original.” STYLE WITH FLAIR! Personalized license plates allowed anyone to display their interests, as shown here. YEARBOOK PHOTOGRAPHY ED- ITOR, Chris Reynolds sits in his black Celica displaying his license plate which stands for ‘Black Mag- ic’. It's a good thing Chris wasn't in the back of his car with the hatchback up on January 9, be- cause it was involved in an ac- cident in which the front end was damaged. Mrs. Wendy Gibson chose BREBIS as a private joke. BREBIS means ewes in French. Mrs. Janet Ham- mock's plate read JESH ME. JESH are her initials and she added ‘me’ to play on ‘just me.’ Mr. Doyle Kelly tagged his car SETI, mean- ing the Search for ExtraTer- restial Intelligence. Scott Nelson got RIPT OFF. When asked why, he stated, “I was disgusted with my car, 28 = CommuniPlates because I’d had numerous problems with it, and I felt like I had been cheated.” Ken Stoneman had BLACK DG for Led Zeppelin’s song “Black Dog.” Ken stated, “It's my favorite song and my tribute to Led Zeppelin.” Mrs. Judy Angle decided on RX-MATH, because her husband was a pharmacist and she taught math. Per- sonalized license plates showed individuality. a?

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DOUBLE VISION. Tonia Ellis displays her portrait drawn on the back of her favorite jacket by Eddie Yeary. The resemblance between Tonia and the portrait was apparent to all. FLASHING HER BIG BABY BLUES Mrs. Wendy Gibson is a perfect example of the wide variety of eyes. SHE STOPS FOR ONE MOMENT to pose for the camera. Anne McCain jokingly shows off her brown eyes. JEEPERS, CREEPERS, WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE PEEPERS? Julie Adams looks at the world through her beautiful blue-grey eyes. The Eyes Have It