Marion High School - Hurricane Yearbook (Marion, VA)

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UDOPr left- Even oractice makes the qirls nervous. Lower left: Susan Perdue checks her make-up before going out on ' tage Upper rirw ' The las? minute arrival of lollipops almost caused panic. Lower right: Ivy Medley sums up the excitement of the night when she finds out she is one of the five finalists. I Gary Perdue and Lydia Swaha put final touches on the back-drop of Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows.” 11

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Pat Hash escorts Cheryl Sale, the newly crowned queen, around the auditorium. Sunshine, Lollipops Rainbows Mirrors, make-up, “Who has the vaseline?” This was the M S H S Beauty Pageant. Somewhere backstage on the night of September 22, one could hear the slightly hysterical voice of Mrs. Sulli¬ van, as she tried to quiet down forty- five very nervous girls. “We have to learn this song. Come on girls, just one more time.” Most of those girls learned the song, but when the curtain prema¬ turely closed, many sighed with relief because they could never remember that last line. It was a crazy night, especially since the numbered lollipops arrived only three minutes before curtain time. The occasion was finally come and gone, and everyone who had beheld the fairy princesses trip lightly across a stage of rainbows and lollipops knew that for several hours blue jeans and flannel shirts went homeless. Five finalists: Debbie Hayes, Cheryl Sale, Cathy Umbarger, Shelly Sharpe, Ivy Medley. 10

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Now, smile . . . Smile. They came! They came in hoards, packs, droves, occasion¬ ally in homerooms, but rarely in any semblance of order. They still arrived hov ever and were recorded and again resumed their former state. Then ill-fitting blouses, crooked ties, and unmanageable hair did not slow this process as each person was consumed by the glowing lights for a brief second of eternity. And they still came, all the classes, alike, with down payments, or lost receipts, or maybe a name that no one could hope to spell correctly. So, as the complaining about frills on a blouse, or the color of a shirt, or the feel of a coat floats from the front of the school, and teachers complain about “time lost from class,” you just know pictures are being made. . pretty Frank! Senior boys argue over who is going to wear what bow-tie. For the one thousandth time Mark McCloud tells the girls where to change blouses. ■ I » Homeroom . . . Name . . . Are you going to pay? 12