Jefferson Forest High School - Selvetta Yearbook (Forest, VA)

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SELVETTA With an obvious lack of facilities, Nancy Carwile and Angela Knight work on the design of the People section. 1. L « .. 'tg [ 5 f | ’ -i '■ • yy| L I’fl' '.! ! 'i l ' L n 'l Mr. Powell, sponsor, and Mr. Arnold Ward, the company representative, go over details of the contract. Nancy Carwile — Co-editor Greg Allen — Co-editor Artie Witt — Business Manager Angela Knight — Section Editor - of ''People'' Reve Carwile — Section Editor of ''Student Life” Photographer Copywriter Mr. Eddie Powell — Sponsor This year, the Selvetta staff faced many problems, and survived most of them. First, a name, a cover design, and a theme had to be chosen. As explained on the editors' pages (2 and 3), these problems were overcome. Staff members had to be recruited, as the year began with only a handful. Money was desperately needed, more so than by any other school organization. Equipment, of which we had none, had to be purchased, although some was forthcoming from the publisher. Several days at a yearbook workshop at Longwood College, attended by Nancy and Reve Carwile, helped, but more experience was needed quickly so that new members could be trained. Announcements were made, asking for those interested in working on the book” (as it came to be called) to come by the work room after school or during club meetings. The response was heartening, but this proved shortlived, as many were not willing to devote the necessary amount of time. Anita Bryant is among the staff members busy making posters for the Miss Yearbook con¬ test. 138

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SENIORS Joel Michael Allen David Michael Bryant Janet Elizabeth Burnette Dianne Calloway Revely Bomar Carwile, Jr. Nellie Diane Cornelius Shirley Sue Crawn Charles Ray Evans Robin Claire Garner Deborah Hale Joseph Darrell Hensley Joseph Edward Hull Larry Adrian Lowery Cheryl Darlene Martin Loretta Gail Phillips Diana Bare Scicli Brett Raiford Smith Rita Gaye Vaughan Veronica Lavonne Watson Alice White Williams Kathy Diane Williams JUNIORS Paul Richard Abel Cynthia Kay Arthur Karen Sue Arthur Orran Lee Brown Connie Mae Burnette Thomas Lee Camden Robert Wesley Camden Ronald Allan Davis Martha O'Neal Fainter Lynn Ann Hatcher Phyllis Gayle Hull Vivian Louise Johnson Ann Gail Knight Shelby Rae Lindsay Victoria Lynn McFall Phronia Julian Owen Carolyn Palmer Ragland Johnny William Shelor Michael Murrell Shelton Sarah Garland Strader Senior Beta Club members check the audience as they look for the juniors and seniors they are to tap. , Liberty's officers are amused at the antics of Mr. Vincent's daughter. Mike Allen, president, reads the oath of allegiance to new mem¬ bers as other members look on. 137

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Greg Allen crops some pictures prior to placing them on a layout. The photographer, Reve Carwile, poses for this self-portrait. To surmount the money shortage, ads were sold. Although some had been sold in the summer, more funds were needed. To sell as many as possible on such short notice, a contest was announced whereby the person or group of persons selling the largest number of ads would receive a cash prize. Subscription sales were held as soon as receipt books came in. A Miss Yearbook” contest was held, with voting determined by the process of one penny a vote, with Ginny McCabe winning. Still, after the purchase of vitally needed materials, not enough money re¬ mained to develop pictures and begin printing the yearbook. To com¬ pound the money problem, the original business manager quit, and business firms complained that our ad sellers were coming too late in their budget year, so ad sales did not meet our expectations. Since no film could be developed, no work could be immediately begun. Experience was therefore not forthcoming, and training could not begin without pictures and equipment. Due to this, members began quitting in ever increasing numbers. Following the sale of individual portraits to the students, sufficient money became available to begin work.” However, the majority of the staff members had now quit, and most could not be persuaded to come back. Deadlines were approaching so quickly that no time could be taken to train any who did return. We began by being short 2 3 of our first shipment, never to catch up. To compound our problems, our sponsor had become interested in a business venture that took up most of his afternoons, cutting drastically into the amount of help we could receive from then on. Also, we changed workrooms in order to rid ourselves of the responsibility in¬ volved in occupying the science rooms, with so much equipment being stored adjacent to us. Now, sharing a room with the newspaper staff, we had achieved a degree of privacy, but lacked sufficient access to the room to use it to its full potential. With a summer delivery, our last deadline was to be June 15th, to be made up of only a few pages, comprising the graduation, baccalaureate, prom, and other spring activities. However, due to the accumulated pages from our previous, incomplete shipments, about 120 pages remained, a far cry from the expected 15. All this remaining work had to be done at one house, as the materials could not be separated. Due to transportation problems, most of the work could only be done by the occupants of that one house, namely Nancy and Reve Ca rwile. As testimony to the fact that the hardest working organization, the one demanding the most time, is the yearbook staff, as it lasts year-round, while sports teams, etc. last only for a portion of the year, our summer's beginning was now devoted to completing the yearbook as soon as possible. Now, two weeks following the deadline, 30 more pages remain, and at least a week of concentrated effort lies ahead. With the shipment of the final page, a sigh of relief can be given, as the responsibility for the yearbook's arrival will be taken frdm us. Yet, this will be short-lived, as the sale of ads and the planning of next year's book” remains. However, all the effort will be considered worthwhile as soon as our hands hold the completed book, and as our grasp at immortality is felt. The anticipated smiles of our readers are thought of wistfully, and, to prove it, this yearbook will be submitted for state judging, evidence of our opinions as to the quality we attribute to our completed yearbook. Reve Carwile 139