Montevallo High School - Montala Yearbook (Montevallo, AL)

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Top Left: Earl Hayes (MHS '79) received a special award for being the first athlete from MHS to win a scholarship to a major college in basketball — Auburn University. Left Center: The crowd watched attentively in anticipation of the next award. Right Center: Valedictorian Clare Golson and Salutatorian David Melsoni graduated with 97.6 and 95.75 averages, respectively. Bottom Left: Mr. Joe Perkins, principal, presented Miss DeMent a photo outlay of her Hall of Fame awards dinner. Bottom Right; The ty ping award winners were Back row: Tina Thompson, Daniel Thompson, John Hawkins. Front row: Sheila Goode, Susan Hardin, Tanya Staffney.

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... Awards Day... The 24th annual Awards Day was a time to remember for coordi- nator Miss Susie DeMent and many MHSers. Miss DeMent received a special resolution for her being named a finalist in the Teacher Hall of Fame award. State representative Curtis Smith pre- sented the award from the state legislature. Dr. Elaine Hughes was the speaker at the event. She gave a humorous speech on obtaining goals using many MHSers as examples.

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Top Right: DAR Good Citizen Clare Golson and Rotary Citi- zen of the Year Russell Nix examine their awards. Left Center: Winners of the Danforth Award were Ellen Arnold and Sammy Nix (seated). Runners up were (standing) Beth Hughes, Jeffery Gentry, and Robyn Perkins. Right Center: Susan Hardin and Larry Readal were the 9th Graders with all A’s. Bottom Left: American Legion Award winners were Clare Golson and Rob- ert Lightfoot. Runners up were Russell Nix and Cathy Holmes. Bottom Right: Boys’ State and Girls’ State Representatives were Sammy Nix and Robyn Perkins. Runners-up were Beth Hughes, Jeffery Gentry, and Kenny Pruitt (not pictured).