Graham High School - Graham Yearbook (Bluefield, VA)

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Spray bottle in hand, Connie Williamson styles Andy Miller’s hair in a demonstration of cosmetol- ogy while Davy Bourne admires the action. 20 School Fair CAUSES OF : HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: 1- DRINKING 2- EXCESSIVE SALT | 3-OVER EATING 4- SMOKING 5- HARD WORK As a member of the anatomy class, Sue Kinder clinic at the school fair. Susan Kirby took advan- learned the basic steps in taking blood pressure tage of this valuable service as did many others and put her skills to work in a blood pressure who attended the fair. sa

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Look at Us! Enthusiasts Put Best Foot Forward Even though we played, worked, or slept away the summer, we liked the busy schedule that school offered. We awaited the return of the football sea- son, for that brought pep assemblies, spirit contests, and a homecoming that was staged in a downpour of rain. The presidential election (we had our own mock election), the immunization clinic, the band, the choir, the Theater Arts Class, the Junior Class Play, the Catching a few pointers from “Hot Rod” Hun- ley is Dwayne Quesenberry during a fall assembly. Hunley performed at our school with several members of our own basketball team while assisting in an advertising cam- paign for the United Way program. SCA-FTA-NHS Clubs, and the Rich- mond Symphony Quartet brought spe- cial programs. We extended classroom learning by participating in a School Fair. We received special honors in contests, such as forensics, Voice of Democracy, and Matheletics. In February we elected a Miss GHS and honored her and her court with a dance. In May we danced away hours at ped the Junior-Senior Prom. Finally, we sadly said good-bye to the Class of 1981. We had fun preparing for and partici- pating in the varied activities which enriched the long school days. When it was time to come back to school from the restful summer, we put our best foot forward and it showed in everything that we did. While Mary Ruth Harmon is concentrating on hanging streamers for prom decoration, Bonnie Ledford and Sue Kinder watch the gym change form. Activity Divider 19

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Traits of optimism and pessimism were theorized by random samplings of the student body. Accord- ing to Gina Popp’s statistics, shared here with Tim Hensley, 70% of all right-handed people orient their actions to the right in order to do simple tasks. They are optimistic. Strings and straw, sticks and thread, weave together to form a multitude of math projects. Doug Lawson looks at the string art and polyhe- Science exhibits made up a great portion of the 1980 School Fair. Posters demonstrating chemical symbols and molecular structure, and an array of It is Fun to Show Off Talents ‘‘New Frontiers for the ’80’s” was the theme for the 1980 School Fair, under the direction of student coordinator Steve Lindsey and faculty advisor Jane Eades. The Science Club, sponsor of the activity, added to the event through dis- plays concerning metric measurement, action of enzymes, and extrasensory perception. In keeping with total school involve- ment, students presented a one-act play, “King of the Castle,” a drama of the mis- use of power. FTA members sold plants from the horticulture department and other dis- plays included student work in foreign language, vocational, and business department classes. drons designed and executed by algebra and geometry students. The projects result in one of the school fair’s most popular displays. equipment used in chemistry experiments were features of the chemistry exhibit, hosted by Sherri Bailey and Karen Williamson. School Fair 21