James Monroe High School - Echo Yearbook (Fredericksburg, VA)

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% he fine art of skipping required an eagle eye, nimble legs, and perfect timing. Not getting caught was the name of the game. Skill and daring were required to out¬ wit those bent on keeping you from your goal—freedom. Once off school grounds you were home free. What to do while skip¬ ping? The possibilities were endless. Anything would have been better than staying in school. Study halls were the worst. Why they were called study halls ex¬ capes imagination. Certainly no studying went on. But what could one expect from bored students? Throwing paper, breaking desks, and being sent to the office were a few ways to spend a day in study hall. Almost as bad as study halls was lunch time. It was faintly reminis¬ cent of feeding time at the zoo. After eating many people would just get up and leave their trash and trays for the next person to clear away. No wonder people braved the lunch time rush to go out to lunch. Various places to go were Hardee’s, Hamburger Haven, McDonald’s, Hot Shoppes, and Roy Rogers. The change of food was delightful but the money that was spent on lunch inflated. 14 Our time

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Jolly Jon Raymond treats Therese and Cathy Glancey to some holiday spirit in the Winding, Bill Glover prepares for a after- Greenbriar Shopping Center. noon of cutting grass. Work. A four letter word for many students. Pressured by parents or for the extra spending money, students sought out daily in search of their first million. Seeing familiar faces rushing back and forth to get orders in one of the local restaurants resulted in the non-working being coerced to leave a good tip or being called names at school the next day. Delivering newspapers or working in a store or office were forms of profitable jobs. Rising unemploy¬ ment meant searching farther away to places like Kings Domi¬ nion or for out of town construc¬ tion jobs. After a hard day’s work, students looked forward to spen¬ ding at least part of their money on high time weekend fun or enlarging on their wardrobes. DE student John Comford folds up a spr¬ ing outfit from Leggett’s. Our time 13

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Study hall gossiper Kathy Glover explains how it really happened to Kelly Hooe and Drew VanDeventer. Everlasting lines form at lunch break at Hardee’s, one of the many eating places students go each day. Inching their way to freedom, students secretly attempt to clear the side doors. Leisurely hanging around, Doug Kisamore Strainless work to improve parking con- and Greg Surles wait patiently to go back ditions in the field gave students more to school. parking space. Our time 15