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

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Yak Yak. Some people seemed to think that the less said about the most talkative in the class, the better. But there was a lot to be said for the most talkative. No matter how many words the most talkative in the class might say, the one word he'd never be caught saying was “Um ... A genuinely talkative person, by definition, was never at a loss for words. Their supply of words was nearly infinite — and, the odds say that out of anything infinite, something good has to come. The senior class voted Catherine Palumbo and Greg Randall as the peo- ple from their class who al- ways knew just what to say. Shih It's been said before. It’s been said again. A quiet per- son is not a shy person! Ad- mittedly, quiet people tend not to be noticed as much as the people who shout all the time — as Mary Reese said of Rhonda Blackwelder, “Well, she doesn't talk all that often, but | never thought of her as being quiet.” Someone who was quiet could have been just as out- going as the person who talked to everyone in a class- room. They were just a bit more subtle about it. And a quiet person could be trusted with any secret in the world. It was a good feeling, to have someone to talk to who never interrupted, never wanted to shift the subject toward “ME.” They just listened. Patrick Sullivan and Rhonda Blackwelder won the (silent) majority of the senior class — they were voted the quietest in the class of ’88. enior Sounds And Silences GREG RANDALL AND CATHERINE PALUMBO sometimes need help from masking tape to keep their mouths tee RHONDA BLACKWELDER fits right snut. in with the codes of the library. x Sounds Silence} 21

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HARVEY W. ALLEN, II CHRISTOPHER GREEN ALLISON Leaves have fallen all around, it's time | was on my way, but |'m still much obliged, It's been such a pleasant stay.” Led Zeppelin JOHN B. ANDERSON For a dreamer lives forever, and a toiler dies in a day.” John Boyle O'Reilly RACHEL A. ANDERSON “As long as we have the strength to dream; We can redeem our souls.” MORTEN B. BACH JAMES “DUKE” BACKUS “Nothing great was ever achieved without Enthusiasm!” RONALD BANKS, Jr. ‘Success is a peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming.” John Wooden ALLAN SCOTT BARBER “Go forward and don't look back, for if you look back you won't go forward.” MICHAEL ANDREW BARLESTON “Love is just another step beyond friendship.” CLINE D. BARTON, III ERIC V. BATES “Tough but Gentle ... Be Modest!” JENNIFER C,. BEVERLY “Strive for the future; for the best is yet to come.” CHRISTOPHER JASON BILL “Try on your wings, child, and find out where it's at” ELIZABETH WALACE BLACKMON “You may house their bodies but not their souls, for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.” Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet RHONDA BLACKWELDER As you move up you realize the only one you are competing with is yourself.” PATRICK L. BOLICK It's the end of the world as we know it and | feel fine.” R.E.M GREGORY W. BOWERS I've got my own life to live. I'm the one who is gonna have to die when it’s time for me to die. So let me live my life the way | want to.” Jimi Hendrix AMY LYNN BOWIE The youngest is always the hardest to let go. | love you Mom and Dad. ; JESSICA A. BROWN The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do, without a thought of fame.’ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow JOANNE A. BROWN Be the best you can be and don't accept nothing less 26 X People te ; ‘ yy ES

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JENNIFER LEIGH BRUMFIELD The play is done; the curtain drops Slow falling to the prompter's bell: A moment yet the actor stops, And looks around to say farewell Thackery LATONYA RENEE BUMBREY Failure is often that early morning hour of darkness which precedes the dawning of the day of success Leigh Mitchell Hodges PETRINA VICTORIA BUMBREY Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live today ANGELA JO BURKE (Angie) WE'RE READY — heading where we decide on. We can find a way, we can go so much farther than we've come today Boston COTE JO BURNETTE “One can only see what one observes, and one observes only things which are already on the mind.” Alphonse Bertillon DAVID T. CASTALDI “We never realized as the years rolled by. No we never really had a clue. But we knew one day we'd come alive. And in the end, there’s me and you.” BRYCE T. CHRISTIAN BAYRON CISNEROS THOMAS A CLARE Jr. “So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will just be now and then Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I'm afraid it’s time for Goodbye again. Billy Joel SONYA L. COAKLEY “To be nobody — but — myself — ina world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human can fight, and never stop fighting.” e.e. cummings GEORGE W. COGHILL The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.” 28 X People