Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

Page 10 text:

WI-IIRLIEBIRD'S VIEW Wanna toot our tooters? Marsha Myatt and Missy Clegg clown around as they march during band prac- tice. Please Guysl? Coach Knox, caught in deep concen- tration, watches on as the offense prepares a special play. 4 Theme K T ' 1 A Q, o..f Ari- . ,132 gill if , Can I help you? Working at the Terrace Theater is only one of many extracurricular activities Charley Cassell has. ., ,W i

Page 9 text:

New Wave Strikes - Charlie Roberson and Ken Jones model a popular attire of the Grimsley students. A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF GRIMSLEY Years hence, the graduates of 1984, 1985 and 1986 will look back at issues of Time and Life and will remember the mid- 198O's, as these magazines depicted them. However, those articles will mean little if anything to the private life of the Whirlie. History at Grimsley Senior High was captured in one issue of The Whirligig - this your 1983-84 annual. In it each Whirlie finds a little of himself - he is able to see the happenings at the G in a bird's-eye view. And we will look back, and memories upon memories will crowd our minds - and those remembrances will carry us back to the days of . . . Those days were marked by seniors who rocked the house. After two years as un- derclassmen, the class of '84 strode to the forefront of Grimsley, chanting Seniors rock the house, and indeed they did. This phrase was symbolic of their unity as a class, their spirit as a part of Grimsley, and their leadership as seniors. Never in the past had any class created such a feeling of pride as the class of 1984. They served as a common goal for each underclassman and .1 common spirit to each senior. It was the year of another Page-Grimsley defeat, yet it was a victory in unity and spirit. Led by senior pep leader, Jay Floyd, we, as a family, were lining the football field cheering our team, even as they were losing 27-O. They were our boys, as the proverbial cliche goes, and we were proud of them. Those were the days when at some time or another the main stairwells were closed for painting. A superficial nuisance and in- convenience, it did give us an acceptable excuse for being late to 6th period. And then there were the dismal days of Korean Flight O07 and the death of more than 200 marines in Beirut - world-wide tragedies, they affected the Whirlies, and our flags were flown at half-mast as a tribute to the dead. Huh? Senior Leah Holt, surprised by the camera, helps out in preparing for an assembly. Theme 3

Page 11 text:

his lllll -v 1 is theme cont It was yet another year of the Grove and Jamieson Stadium and lst floor Main Build- ing. These were always an integral part of Grimsley. Perhaps those were the places that represented the student best: The grove as a meeting place for friends, the stadium as a social circle, and the Senior hall as a common goal for underclassmen. There were the spirit days which served to unite us as a student body - for our school and our athletesg and for the most part, we were successful. Running streams of blue and white paint from the parking lot signified the melting of Page-Grimsley carsg and yet, we tripped across campus, our trash bags shedding rivulets of water, and we celebrated being Whirlies on Punk Rock Day. And so we present our theme of A Bird's Eye View - at times it is as prevalent as the holes in our sidewalks, or perhaps as elusive as a wisp of cigarette smoke. May this serve as the history of the 1983-84 Whirlie year. G0 Whirlies! Helen Watkins, one of many enthusias' tic students at the football game, shows off her Whirlie Spirit. Flying High - From the Whirliebird's view, one can see that this is really Whirlie Country. Theme 5