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

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John Byers and Yvonne Thomas work on layout de¬ sign. Editor: Jay Unger Asst. Editor: Yvonne Thomas News Editor: Frank Wade Feature Editor: Joe Hull Sports Editor: John Byers Copy Editor: Donna Hamilton Artists: Mike Airington Layout Editor: Monica Martin Reporters: Vernon Lacy, Gary Overstreet, Ricky Friend, Steve Hall, Jeff Smith. Typists: Gale Bryant, Anita Gail Wilson, Kathy Hawkins, Diane Goff, Cindy Sandvig. Pictures: Reve Carwile Sponsors: Mrs. V. Smith and Mrs. C. Madison 140

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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

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With the assigning of articles and features, preparation for the next issue of The Dec¬ laration” begins. As any staff member can tell you, putting out a school newspaper is no easy matter. Beginning with no money, the staff began using office copying ma¬ chines to put out the paper. Eventually, through selling ads and sponsoring fund¬ raising projects, the staff started having the paper printed and using photographs. This meant more problems, such as strict dead¬ lines, layout arrangement, transportation of the news copy to and from Bedford, and financing the operation. For the staff how¬ ever, the satisfaction of starting a newspaper at Jefferson-Forest far out-weighed the prob¬ lems that had to be faced. Staff members work on organizing pictures into their layout. Declaration Staff As editor. Jay Unger had the responsibility of printing issues the students would like, and often had to spend large amounts of time doing so. 141