Hillcrest High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Dalzell, SC)

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T dd ears 5211 .1 Wac Owens on Stuffed Day. It didn't just happen. . . there had to be something before, something that made it special. Every day, weeks before our Homecoming, I heard the band practicing outside my room in the senior wing. lOf course half the people in my classes were gone- marching out into the wild blue yonder on the football field.1 While the band members practiced their new dia- mond formation for half- time ceremonies, the flag girls were out there too, waving their flags in the crisp morning air. Crisp was right. Con- sidering the 40-degree weather, I was constantly amazed that any of the es- corts, sponsors or other half-time activists came back from practice at all! Homecoming committee meetings were all I heard about. Were these people for real? 30 Pre-Homecoming They seemed to think Homecoming was the big- gest event of the season- they expected everyone to be excited about it-thrilled to sacrifice classes and lunch time to practices. Last year's critchety arch was remodeled to per- fection and garnished with crepe paper and flowers. I guess maybe it was a little fun - especially when Spirit Week rolled around. One day of donning weird apparel tumbled into the next: then came football hero day, and the tradi- tional blue-white day. Even the continually cooling weather contribut- ed to the atmosphere of anti- cipation. With a tremen- dous gathering at the pep rally the day ofthe game, il was hard not to get caught up in the excitement that in- fected almost everyone. Homecoming was for real I don't this! for

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xi 5 we So, how're y'all doing? Giving details on her position as editor of the USC-S newspaper Claudette Marr observes Blue- print deadline hassles. The dignified look. lean-Pierre Hill returns to the I. Room to wish a few of the staffers good luck on the next deadline. Couldn't stay away. Deane Pennington and Brad Wareham pay a visit to ex-teacher Mr. Frank Baker. Homin' instinct 29

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i as Q9 5 I'd like you to meet . . . Sophomore Brian Fletcher lugs around his favorite beasts during Spirit Week. and frozen toes Now, you go here. Mr. Richard McCabe explains the formation to court members Iames Dow and Linda 1? johnson. F Pre-Homecoming 31