Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

Text from Pages 1 - 248 of the 1978 volume:

I 1978 SCRAPPER WHAT MAKES IT HAPPEN? The infectious spirit of the pep band, practice in the heat of late August, Shakespeare in a coat of many colors, the Renaissance from Boccaccio to da Vinci, trigonometry in theory and practice, strange groans from the dark room, long hours spent in research for a term paper, the construction of new ideas out of the old, memories of your childhood, and the reality of graduation—sometimes MAKE IT HAPPEN! Nashville High School Nashville, Arkansas 71852 Volume 30 1 Enthusiasm Over Shadows Routine From Beginning To End TABLE OF CONTENTS STUDENT LIFE 7 ACADEMICS 17 SPORTS 27 ACTIVITIES 51 IDENTITIES 67 VIP's 97 JUNIOR HIGH 115 ORGANIZATIONS 119 COMPETITIONS 129 PEOPLE 139 STUDENT LIFE 153 ADVERTISEMENTS 161 ACCUR ACY IN YEARBOOK receipts gives Edna Anderson, SCRAPPER staffer, a chance to practice her math skills, while purchaser Katonah McFadden watches. BASIC TRAINING in mugshot layouts by Gordon Hale holds the interests of 5th period journalism students Dena White, Susie Eads, Kay Marshall, Andy Lyons, Leslie Webb, and Remmel Henry and junior high staffers Cynthia Webb and Jeanette Harris as Ms. Brenda Bali, yearbook adviser, looks on i RIGHT- Beating Mr. Solitaire, just once, is David Bissell's primary goal at the homecoming party. BELOW Sophs Debbie Gamble, Patricia Keel, Angie Crocker, Annette Parker, Cassandra Wright, and Velva Tucker indicate that the homecoming party is number one with them. BOTTOM- Preparation demands hectic work on the part of Kathy Floyd, Lori Smith, Pam Lingo, sponsor Anita Stuckey, Toni Wilson. Carl Mathias, sponsor Larry Craver and Dennis Beene as they construct the platform for the homecoming queen and her court. As the drudgery of the school routine descended upon students, they retaliated by wrestling to set new traditions and breathe life into obsolete ones. The homecoming dance, Valentine party, the formation of a debate club, along with student council activities combined to add sparkle and razzle-dazzle to student life. Reaching a desired goal entailed training and hard work, but being a fun-loving gang, students contrived methods that allowed them as much pleasure from the preparations as from the end result. 3 Students Make It Happen With Work And Play Rivalry was a big deal. In football it was Scrappers versus Curly-Wolves; in basketball it was Scrappers versus Green Hornets. In classes it was seniors versus juniors versus sophomores all the way. Near the end of football season students launched into a beat Prescott week which- ended in a gallant, but loosing, effort by the Scrappers. Scrappers split the basketball games with the Hornets at 1-1. Internal rivalries among classes erupted at the beginning of school and never let up. Sparks flew as juniors out did the seniors in the King and Queen of Hearts contest, but sophomores took Almost Anything Goes by storm. Yes, it was a year of rivalry all combined to make things happen. SCHOOL IS NOT ALL WORK and dancing is not all play for Gaye Goodrum and Mike Harris at the Valentine Party. SCRAPPFR DEFENSE IS ALERT in this play as Gary Gills and Dennis Stewart break for the Curly-Wolf ball carrier in this painful 6-22 loss to arch rival Prescott. TOP- The ease with which the cheerleaders perform their routine to Get Up and Boogie displays the precision that is gained only through hours of practice. ABOVE-ALL the world loves a clown, especially one who makes exotic salads as well as Belinda Hughes does for the French Club Mardi Gras. RIGHT-Towering over Mineral Springs Hornet Ron Booker, Charles Benson's (22) rebound is more play than work. Activities Provoke Feverish Excitement BELOW- In a heated contest at Mineral Springs, Quonya Coulter battles with a Lady Hornet for a loose ball. RIGHT- In deep concentration Jeff French sets off the beat for the band at the homecoming game against Smackover. BELOW RIGHT- Anxiety shows on the face of mini-tramper Becky Jamison as she completes a flip with the aid of cheerleaders Debbie Chesshir and Gaye Goodrum. It Only Takes A Moment To Make A Memory Activities outside of school made suffering through long classes, taking tests and completing homework worth the effort. The homecoming game and dance afterwards attracted students and graduates alike, and they traveled freely between the cafeteria and the gym for refreshments, games, and dance. The French Club celebrated Mardi Gras February 7 at the F CA Hospitality Room. Best Costumes received gag prizes and new members were intitiated. Using their ingenuity, the SCRAPPER staff created a project that reaped them a hefty profit. The Valentine Party and selling of boosters to rivaling classes increased the booster sales by 536 dollars. Leading the Howard County Fair Parade is an annual event for the band. They also marched eighteen blocks in the Hempstead County Fair Parade, which revealed that they had great stamina. OBSERVING proper etiquette, jockey Sandy Blakely enjoys a savory Mardi Gras dinner. PACING DOWN Main Street, a colorfully garbed band serves as marshal for the annual Howard County Fair Parade. 8 TOP- Gathered amidst a carpet of autumn leaves, the homecoming court reminisces the victory of last night's game. STANDING- Charles Benson, Brenda Whitmore, Clifton Grundy, Dennis Stewart, Gary Kirkpatrick, Mark Millwood, Debbie Floyd, Tom Millward, Mike Milum. KNEELING- Earnest Hickerson, Skip Hobbs, Nate Coulter, Ranay Floyd, Doug Jones, Billy Ray Jones. SEATED- Sonya Manning, Quonya Coulter, April Ware, Pam Lingo, Michelle Millward, Lori Smith, Cindy Jones, Queen Toni Wilson, Maid of Honor Glenda Spears, Kathy Floyd, Sandra Craig, and Cathy Chism ABOVE- Entangled in an intricate game of cards, sweethearts Sandy Baker and Tommy Parks enjoy refreshments in traditional Valentine colors. 9 Life Is Just What You Make It Involvement played a key role in the lives of students. No one could truthfully accuse the majority of being apathetic. Realizing that life could only be what they made it, students flashed the 'All systems go! Full speed ahead' signal, and forged into unknown territory. School drifted in the tradition of lazy, hot summer days, class tee-shirts, sneakers, and ice-cold Coke. But, as the tempo accelerated, life became a whirl of buzzing excitement. The early days of school were a mad rush of joining clubs, getting acquainted with teachers, running for student council, switching courses, trying out for teams and cruising down Main Street Nashville on Saturday night, windows down, honking and yelling frantically at friends. In early autumn, highspirited pep rallies, parades, football games, selling ads, the circus, and more demanded priority. Nothing lasts forever, but the feverish excitement of the first semester ended all to soon. BELOW- Lunch period on Fridays allows juniors Terry Ray, Becky Butler, Dea Ann Richard, Chris Hayes, and Patricia Turley to grab a bite before a boisterous pep rally. ABOVE- Winning the toss, with co-captains Mark Millwood and Clifton Grundy, sets the stage for winning the homecoming game. LEFT- Loyal spectators assemble to eye an action-packed homecoming game. PROUDLY EXHIBITING their second place float, York's Chapel 4-H Club members Laurie Wesson, Karey Kirkpatrick, Cindy Watson, and Cindy Cassady harmonize four aspects of 4-H life. 11 TOP- Comin Through the Rye requires timing and coordination from all the wedding guests. Diane McCrary and Ricky White step lightly by their elaborately garbed friends. ABOVE- Sealing their wedding vows, Ranay Floyd and Julia Roberson exchange rings as Jerry Smith pronounces them husband and wife. Mark Canaday, Alan Green, and Sandy Blakely witness the marriage. 12 Christmas Drama Entertains Community TOP- Wedding guests Mary Butler and Skip Hobbs waltz gracefully among the other guests at the wedding reception. ABOVE- Bidding her parents (Linda Jamison and Mark Canaday) goodbye before the game of hide and seek. Julia Roberson's joy overshadows the coming tragedy. RIGHT- Opening the trunk leaves Lynn Ramage, Ray Jones, and Belinda Hughes horror stricken at the discovery of Lady Guinevera's remains. Under the Mistletoe Bough, which had been dramatized approximately every two years from 1920-1963, lapsed into silence for a period of 14 years. The traditional Christmas play, with its tragic ending, entranced the audiences in both performances of this holiday season. After her wedding to Lord Lovell (Ranay Floyd), Lady Guinevera (Julia Roberson) set out to play hide and seek with her husband and wedding guests and accidently locked herself in a trunk in a garret of the castle. Wedding attendants, Sandy Blakely and Alan Green, along with other guests joined Lord Lovell in the unsuccessful search for his bride. Years later the upstairs maid (Lynn Ramage), the housekeeper (Belinda Hughes) and Lord Lovell's valet (Ray Jones) discovered the key to the old trunk, opened it and gasped at the wedding veil and remains of Lady Guinevera. The play, complete with music, dance, costumes, and set of the period, launched the seniors into their first dramatic performance and tested the skills of the stage crew under the direction of Roger White. RIGHT- A razorback snowman is Gaye Dallas' expression of appreciation for the snow holidays and Razorback roundball successes. BELOW- Anticipating the arrival of the other Mardi Gras guests, Lynn Ramage, Lynn Bratton, and Nate Coulter sit patiently on the sideline. BELOW RIGHT- Changes in the weather do not deter Scott Musgrave from that long awaited moment of paying for and receiving his senior ring. Weather Upsets Schedules I Tlvt. N tost V vi V.K O'W 1UST Nrtt -TO H WON'T LE.fV'Jt SOWLDRI l Wt Ojor c— Y o e, Uo irtt, K.H«' 'aD TSt vxin ty T5K In January and February Howard County and the surrounding area experienced the worst winter on record since 1962. Snow and ice blanketed the area throughout the entire two months, causing frequent cancellation of school and delaying many civic and school activities. The weather evoked assorted emotions from students. Some appreciated the splendor of Mother Nature bedecked in her finest jewels and threw snowballs and built snowmen in her honor. Others, after the initial infatuation vanished, felt that, coming so soon after Christmas vacation, more 'holidays' were unwelcome. Driving conditions were hazardous and left many stranded at home for days. Fair weather days numbered few and were snatched greedily for parties, Mardi Gras and club meetings. ABOVE LEFT- Sunset scenes follow the winter wonderland of January and enlighten the hearts of students who sledded, slipped, and skated on any icy ground available. ABOVE- Sunlight on Toni Wilson's face reflects her mood on one of February's rare sunny days. LEFT- February ushers in Mardi Gras and Little Bo Peep (otherwise know as Mrs. Neva Byrd), who looks after the celebrations as any good shepherd does. 15 Smiles Make It Happen Although school may seem as if there is no room for humor, students usually find something to smile about. The first dance of the year, watching with pride as school floats pass down Main Street in parades, getting wet seats at Mardi Gras-all these memories make us smile. RIGHT- As a switch from the usual, rough and tough Cowboy Coulter lassoes a smiling Cheryl Steel, who as usual is just clowning around. Meanwhile, David Boden, Kim Ganous, Belinda Hughes and Susie Eads engage in a colorful conversation. BELOW- The highlight of the Valentine Party centers on the crowning of the King and Queen of Hearts (Terry Ray and Becky Butler). Surrounding them are sophomore candidates Mike Harris and Margie Guthrie and seniors Mary Butler and Alan Green. BOTTOM LEFT- The warm Indian summer give students a chance to go out and enjoy their lunch hour in the sunshine and watch a few games. Students are Rhonda Blackburn, Juanella Sparks, Debbie Walters, Eva Bradford, Dana Barnhill, Pamie Salisbury, Tamie Salisbury, and Laurie Wesson. BOTTOM RIGHT- Although sorting yearbook pictures can be tiresome, Kathy Hubbard retains her humor. Make it Happen! Language Arts Furnishes Basics Conforming to the 'back-to-the-basics' trend, English provided the fundamental knowledge essential to the comprehension of all other courses. Parts of speech, subordinate clauses, punctuation, sentence structure, and diagramming sentences constituted a major part of the year, but left ample time for book reports and research papers. Sophomores gave oral book reports using visual aids such as posters, scale models, or dressing as a character from the book to enhance their presentations. RIGHT-Capturing Melinda Hayes in one of her rare industrious moods finds her laboring over a difficult English assignment. RIGHT CENTER-During a poetry-in-schools workshop, graduate associate David Reich from the U of A Fayetteville analyzes the handiwork of Billy Ray Jones while Gary Kirkpatrick remains in the thinking stage. BELOW-Averaging grades requires Mrs. Dillard to enlist the aid of Quin Minton, David Teague, and Remmel Henry from her class of accelerated sophomores while she assists Janet Langley with an assignment. BOTTOM RIGHT-ln fourth period journalism Sandy Blakely, Kathy Barnes, and Scott Millward pause to read the combined efforts of the fourth and fifth period journalists in THE TATTLER, while Gaye Gallas is already hard at work on an article for the next edition. 18 THE VIEWS PRESENTED by Leon Daughtery in a speech class debate leave Pamie Salisbury, Linda Bennet, Lynne Roberts, and (uanella Sparks speechless. WHILE RELATING THE adventures of his European excursion to Ms. Ball's second period English class, Johnny Graves attracts the attention of Becky Butler, Kelly Callan, Cathy Chism, Pam Lingo, Debbie Graham, and Regina Scoggins. Journalists racked their brains for ideas to make the school newspaper and yearbook more up-to-date. The yearbook kept some workers after school to draw up layouts, write copy, type and cfevelop pictures. Some dedicated souls even spent part of their 'spring break' working on the yearbook. Constructing the TATTLER at the NASHVILLE NEWS office proved to be valuable experience for future journalists. Nineteen students in the public speaking class delivered informative, persuasive, and how-to speeches. Pantomime speeches aided students in gesticulating more effectively. Panel and class discussions were also common occurrences. French I students discovered how to order food and tell time in French. Spelling bees and oral conjugation of verbs proved to be trying experiences for first year students. French II students improved their articulation, learned to conjugate five different types of verbs, reviewed sentence structure and pronouns, and became acquainted with the various regions of France. A mini-course in Greek mythology benefited some sophomores with a brief respite from the grammar book. Bonus points lured students into creative writing. Literature became a daily routine in the spring, pushing the grammar books to the far corners of the lockers. Juniors reviewed basic grammar, but spent the last nine weeks in literature which ranged from Poe to Steinbeck and Fitzgerald. Book reports became class projects with tne reading of A SEPARATE PEACE. Two research papers, memorizing 200 lines of poetry, and reacting LES MISERABLES filled in the gaps for seniors when they were not studying grammar and literature. English lit constituted the major portion of their studies beginning with Beowulf and including Chaucer's famed Canterbury Tales. Keeping pace with the ever-present journalism deadlines gave anyone who did not possess stamina a nervous break down. POSING WITH THE winners of the Arkansas history class county Benson, Sheila Chambers, Mark Dowdy, Sandy Baker, Quin Minton, elections are county officials Mrs. Delta Chalker, Miss Kay McClure, Su an Pile, Boone Dean, Cassandra Wright, Greg Radebaugh, and Sam Mrs. Eileen Jamison, Mr. Garner Russell, Mr. O'Neal Davidson and Mr. Reeder. Dick Wakefield. Winners are Alan Howard, Lisa Jamison, Nathaniel Students Journey Around World Into Past Two new courses, sociology and world geography added to the social studies curriculum. Students in sociology studied the culture of a society to make clearer the way in which people live, interact, and exist in groups. They learned to recognize problems to determine what has and has not been done to solve them. Although most students studied geography from the fourth through seventh grades, world geography is new to high school. After gaining general knowledge of geographic locations, topography, and climates of the continents to create an overall picture of the globe, students toured the countries of the world to learn political systems, languages, religions, customs, and modes of livings of the countries' inhabitants. Topics of study in world history ranged from the theory of prehistoric man to Napoleon, the world wars. Hitler, Charlemagne, Aristotle, Plato, Greek art, and the Boxer Rebellion. Trips to the Ouachita library, reporting on a person relevant to world history, and filmstrips maintained a high interest level. Juniors in American history relived the highlights of our country's past. They discovered America with Columbus, fought in most of the wars, and studied problems, progress, Indian difficulties, inventions and inventors, the moneymakers, the glitter of the roaring 20's, crash of the stock market, depression, the 50's, and Kennedy's assassination. ABOVE - Wracking their brains for the right answers, Charles Benson and Janice Wynn learn that people, climates, land types, populations, capitals and livelihoods arc what world geography is all about. LEFT- The history of our country is interesting to Gaye Goodrum, Judy Lamb, Steve Savage, and Cindy Jones, but Jerry Gardner, Stan Staggs, and Terry Ray find that the present intrigues them more. Fire Mrts Inspire Students Using popular music and especially songs from Broadway plays, the 17 member girls' chorus prepared concerts for school assemblies, home demonstration clubs, and the Rotary Club. At Christmas the chorus sang in the Howard County Heritage Club's holiday celebration. The highlight of the year was their participation in the Arkansas Madrigal Contest at Ouachita Baptist University in April. The first step in learning to appreciate music came with an introduction to the history of music, its origin, and the inspiration for it. Students in Mrs. Donna Daniel's music appreciation class also found that the creative sounds of today's music do not necessarily give one an appreciation for all music. Mrs. Patricia Clingan kept second and third year students busy with oils, acrylics, and pottery. Mastering the potter's wheel was quite messy, but a great deal of fun. During the year students entered their work in several art exhibits in the community. Advanced students did paintings for display at Beaird- Poulan. These paintings were photographed for display in all Beaird-Poulan plants throughout the United States. ABOVE RIGHT- Artist in solitude, leanie Hamilton lingers on an oil painting to get just the right effect. ABOVE- Getting that harmony down to perfection is no problem for Mrs. Donna Daniel as she directs Tina Boone, Terry Wilcher, Debbie Graham, Kathy Floyd, April Ware, Eva Bradford, Lisa Jamison, Cindy Cassady, Cathy Hargis, and Barbra Hawthorne. RIGHT- Inspiration for sketching comes in moments of casual conversation for Lee Autry and Angelor Coulter. Math Muddles Minds With visions of radicals, binomials, and trinomials dancing through their heads. Algebra II students plunged into another year. Students were excited by quadratic equations and confused by logarithms, but in the end they pulled through. For Geometry students, it was proofs, proofs, and more proofs, plus a few theorems here and there. It seemed like infinity, but finally everything came out congruent. The calculators were put back into use in trigonometry class, and triggers wondered exactly how many sines and cosines their little brains could stand. They also reviewed their knowledge of Algebra II and plunged onto the inevitable-identities! 22 TOP RIGHT-An insufficient quantity of old Algebra II books forces Anna Westfall, Randy Roberts, and Brad Frost to adopt the principal of share and share alike. ABOVE-Trigonometry students Belinda Hughes, Charles Archer, Jerry Smith, Robbie Smith, Loy Cochran, Vicki Archer, and Linda Jamison speak a language all their own. Mrs. Spigner introduces a new math sentence on the board. RIGHT-Laboring over a new postulate, Stan Lawrence silently curses those Greeks in 3000 B.C. for inventing geometry. Science is a Scream for NHS'ers To clump or not to clump —that was the question in biology's most interesting experiment of the year. A prick of the finger, two drops of blood, and the students watched to see whether their blood clumped or not. This determined their blood types. Mr. Carozza introduced amateur biologists to RNA and DNA, photosynthesis, and cell growth and reproduction. Punnett squares, genotypes and phenotypes, and garden peas made the study of heredity more realistic to them. Later in the year, biology students had a two-week VD course, and were thrilled to learn that they were going to perform major surgery on frogs. Chemistry is the only class at high school that combines science, math, and just enough Greek to make it almost (but not quite) impossible. Students in chemistry bravely put their brains (and calculators) to work on formulas for compounds, atomic weights, electron configuration, percentage composition, and chemical equations. They looked ahead to the future and learned the metric system, iike all good citizens should. BELOW-Demonstrating their reading abilities, Ricky Boler, Tommy Parks, Ray Westfall, Bert lohnson. and Kalonah McFadden get down to business in a typical biology class RICHT- Flipping through her book, Becky Nivens searchers for the definitions to biology terms BOTTOM-As an experiment, a couple of drops oi concentrated sulfuric acid goes up in smoke. Chemistry students, David Chalker Debbie Chesshir, Tony Wilson, Gaye Goodrum, and Julia Roberson gaze dubiously at the antics of their teacher, Charles Carozza. Business Department Advances Students' Skills Balance sheets and a pegboard payroll system kept bookkeeping students busy all year. Checking accounts and posting ledger assignments made lor much homework. Students devoted a large part of their time in shorthand to mastering theory principles with emphasis on reading, writing, and dictation of practical material. Personal and family cash and check book records consumed most of the time for Business Math students. They also gained experience in figuring wage income deductions from wages, and special wage problems. Office Practice centered on a review of material presented in other business courses and introduced students to new related subject matter through simulated work experiences such as practice sets. Specific training in typing, record keeping, indexing and filing, telephone usage, operation of office machines (calculators, adding machines, duplicating machines, and transcribing machines) and applying for a job made for an involved year. Typing I students began with F-J-F in the first semester and progressed to research papers and invoices by the second semester. Typing II placed more emphasis in business as a career. Each student compiled an office manual containing approximately 100 pages of individually typed jobs and duplicated materials that were prepared by class members. Occupation students compiled a book on various occupational subjects. In addition to career studies, such as bank operations, the class discussed dating, marriage and family life. TOP RIGHT- Typing II, a class which is notorious in demanding concentration and hard work, sees Diane McCrary thoroughly engrossed in one of Mrs. Aylett's five minute timings. RIGHT- During the first in a week-long series of student-taught occupations classes, Dena White discusses with classmates problems and benefits of having brothers and sisters. BELOW- After completing their bookkeeping, Sonya Manning and Quonya Coulter take advantage of spare time to file some cards before office practice, an act which captures the attention of Ranay Floyd and Tammie Fincher, but makes no impression upon Deann Masey. BOTTOM RIGHT- Balancing a notebook and typing simultaneously is a skill which displays that Ricky Williams, Debbie Walters, Rhonda Blackburn and Cathy Bagwell are Typing II students. Agriculture and Homemaking Benefit Students Courses in the field of agriculture ranged from animal science and mechanics to forestry and judging. Each class trained its students in areas which proved beneficial to them outside of school. Projects included measuring tree heights, judging poultry, livestock, and dairy products to repairing the school, building picnic tables and visiting farms and dairies. Home Ec, generally thought of as a class where one learns to make white sauce, included sewing, baking, and the latest in etiquette. Home Ec II, more specifically called home furnishings, gave students an opportunity to study area houses and furniture styles. Girls in Child Development had first hand experiences in working with students at the Howard County Children's Center and Nashville's Public Kindergarten. LEFT- Preparing to work on a gasoline engine, senior Ranay Floyd selects the proper socket. BELOW LEFT- Finishing the cutting on her pants outfit gives Cathy Chism just enough time to remove the pins before she begins the actual sewing. BELOW- First year sewing student Kathy Fritts is half way home on cutting out her gauchos. BOTTOM- Senior agri students gain practical experience in barn construction. Billy Ray Jones and Gary Kirkpatrick get the exact measurement before sawing. After physical fitness exams, the three classes of boys' physical education barely had time to catch their breaths. Units on touch football, dodgeball, trampoline, hunting safety, basketball, weight-training and conditioning, volleyball, track and field, and softball, and the skills tests kept the boys in tip-top shape. Although lifetime sports is strictly a classroom subject, students learned the rules and regulations of twenty-eight different sports and activities, including field-hockey, self-defense, wrestling, archery, soccer, rhythm and dance, and swimming. Girls' P.E. operated on a less hectic schedule than did the boys. Cleaning the gym before basketball games, playing cards, basketball, volleyball, tennis, table tennis, running laps, and exercising filled the year. Second period class received an added thrill when Coach Segrest taught them the basics on the trampoline. Physical Fitness Shapes Students ABOVE- Classmates Marc Thomas, Wayne Banks, Jimmy Kent, Carl Mathias, Ronnie Barnett, Coach Mike Walker, David Brown, Bobby Parker, and David Riggs keep in position as Billy Bennett spikes the ball and Bobby Simmons awaits its return in fourth period P.E. class. LEFT AND BELOW- Step by step Coach Gary Segrest demonstrates the art of self defense to his lifetime sports class. Jerry Harwell pays CLOSE attention while participating in this in-class training session. Student interest runs high in this the largest class on campus. 26 Inexperienced With only six returning starters, the 1977 Scrapper football team could easily have had a long season. This was not the case as the Scrappers finished with a 6-3 record and surprised many pre-season speculators. Of course, 1977 was not a championship season but there were some highlights: a victory over a state playoff semi-finalist, three victories over larger triple AAA schools and a victory over the eventual district 7-AAA co-champs. The young and inexperienced Scrappers opened the 1977 season against the Ashdown Panthers. A large crowd gathered at Scrapper Stadium to watch this renewal of an old rivalry. That crowd saw the Scrappers attack the Panthers with a small, quick defense and a balanced offense. The Scrappers won 10-8, but the score was much closer than the game. The Scrappers' offense moved the ball well on the much larger Panthers but fumbled away several opportunities. Brian Howard's five yard touchdown, run just before the first half ended, and Kenneth Carrigan's 27 yard field goal in the fourth quarter proved to be enough. A late Panther 28 TOP- With David Chalker clearing a path, Brian Howard (11) heads for the endzone against the Smack-over Buckaroos. Howard was stopped shy of the goal, but two plays later the Scrappers score to go out in front 21-0. ABOVE- In the DeQueen backfield, Nate Coulter and Terry Ray drag down a Leopard. Unfortunately, for the Scrappers, this did not occur often enough as they bowed to the Leopards, 21-7. RIGHT- During a time-out. Coach Gary Segrest gives instructions to defensive captain Gary Gills to relay to the Scrapper defense. Yet Eager Scrappers Provide Excitement score prevented the Scrappers from shutting out the Panthers. The Scrappers ambushed their second group of Panthers in as many weeks. The victim this time was the Magnolia Panters. In a game that was thoroughly dominated by the defenses, both teams fought to a scoreless tie for three and a half quarters. Much to the delight of the home crowd, the Scrappers broke that tie when Kenneth Carriagn plunged two yards for a score, with only 2:57 remaining in the game. Carrigan's run capped a 59 yard drive that gave the Scrappers a 6-0 lead which they were able to protect until the clock expired. The Scrappers travelled to DeQueen to take on the Leopards in the first district game of the season. It was a trip that the Scrappers would like to forget. On one of those nights when everything goes wrong, the underdog Leopards surprised the Scrappers, 21-7. The Leopards stymied the Scrapper offense throughout the game and kept the Scrappers from a first down in the first half. DeQueen built up a 14-0 lead by the half. The SEASON'S RECORD 6-3 10 Ashdown 8 6 Magnolia 0 7 DeQueen 21 35 Gurdon 6 21 Stamps 20 27 Fairview 7 6 Prescott 22 48 Smackover 16 20 Hope 29 IN ONE OF the few open field runs in a game dominated by defenses, Mark Millwood cuts upfieid against the Magnolia Panthers. The Scrappers did manage to score once and that was enough to win, 6-0. Leopards blocked a Scrapper punt in the third quarter to set up their third touchdown. From there the Leopards backed off and defended against the obvious passes that the Scrappers attempted. Nashville scored a touchdown on a four yard pass from Brian Howard to Terry Ray to avoid the shut out. The Scrappers bounced back against the Gurdon Go-Devils. Still smarting from their loss to DeQueen, the Scrappers came to Gurdon in a foul mood and took their anger out on the Go-Devils. The game was decided in the first half as the Scrappers posted a 35-0 lead at intermission. A keen passing attack displayed by the Scrappers, set up most of their points, and they coasted to a 35-6 victory. After an open date, the Scrappers returned to action against the Stamps Yellowjackets. The Scrappers travelled to Stamps sporting a 3-1 record and found the Yellowjackets to be a very worthy opponent. In what would be one of the most dramatic games of the season, the Scrappers fought back from a 14-0 deficit to edge the Yellowjackets 21-20. Stamps got on the board early after a Scrappers fumble deep in their own territory. The Yellowjackets added another touchdown just before the half to lead 14-0. The momentum changed sides in third quarter and the Scrappers drove for two touchdowns, the second of which was set up by Mike Milum's blocking a Yellowjacket punt. The fourth quarter began with the score tied at 14. Stamps scored what appeared to be the winning touchdown as they took a 20-14 lead, with only 4:09 showing on the clock. However, the Scrappers refused to give up, and they drove 75 yards in the fleeting moments of the game to tie the score at 20. Kenneth Carrigan then added the PAT that gave the Scrappers an exciting 21-20 win over the state playoff bound Yellowjackets. The Scrappers returned home to take on Scrappers Test Wolves SCRAPPER DEFENSIVE end Mike Milum (81), takes on a Smackover blocker and looks for the ball-carrier. Mike and his teammates went on to thrash the Buckaroos, 48-16, in the Scrappers' homecoming game. Camden-Fairview. The combinations of Brian Howard's passing (7-14 for 141 yards) and a stingy defense that allowed the Cardinals only 86 yards, enabled the Scrapers to beat the Cardinals rather convincingly, 27-7. The Scrappers jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, thanks to Ken Carrigan's four yard touchdown run and Terry Ray's 25 yard touchdown reception. Nachville's third score came just before the half when Mike Milum snared a Brian Howard pass for 14 yards and a touchdown. The defense yielded a score early in the third quarter and it looked as though Fairview might get back in the game. On their next possession, the Scrappers thwarted any such comeback by marching for their fourth touchdown of the night and hung on to win, 27-7. The following week the Scrappers journeyed to Prescott to meet the highly-touted Curly-Wolves. Despite a supreme effort by the Scrappers, they became the eighth team to fall prey to the Wolves, who were ranked eighth in the state. The game was not decided until late in the fourth quarter and the final score, 22-6, was not indicative of the closeness of the contest. Early in the third quarter, with the Wolves leading 9-0, the Scrappers drove inside the Prescott ten yard line. A narrowly missed field goal halted this scoring threat, and from that point the defenses dominated with Prescott holding on to its narrow lead until late in the fourth quarter. Prescott added another touchdown which put them in control 16-0. With the score board clock winding down, the Scrappers were not to be denied a score, as they drove for their lone score of the night. The Wolves added a third, but immaterial, touchdown which made, the final score 22-6. Smackover provided the oposition on the eighth weekend of the season. It was the Scrappers' ABOVE RIGHT - A MULTITUDE OF Scrappers converge on the scene as Ken Carrigan (33) and Nate Coulter (52) pin the Prescott quarterback to the turf. MARK MILLWOOD gives the Scrappers a commanding lead, late in their game against Camden Fairview, as he goes over right tackle for three yards and a touchdown. 30 Homecoming and they clearly had the Buckaroos out manned. The Scrappers scored on each of their first four possessions to jump to a 27-0 lead in the first quarter. The highlight of that four touchdown explosion was a 47 yard touchdown pass from Brian Howard to Mark Millwood. In the second half Coach Kerr was able to play the reserves who added three more scores to give the Scrappers a 48-16 homecoming win. For the seniors, the game was their last in Scrapper Stadium. Those same 14 seniors closed out their high school careers in a hotly contested game at Hope, the following week. L i r I ABOVE - The Scrappers find the Prescott defense very stingy. Ken Carrigan drives for an extra yard with two Wolves impeding his progress. ABOVE RIGHT - Brian Howard (11) gets off a punt against the Wolves as Gary Gills (42) provides the necessary protection. RIGHT - Mark Millwood (10), following Robbye Westfall (54), looks for a hole in the Prescott defense. FRONT ROW- Ranay Floyd, Dennis Stewart, Charles Benson, Skip Hobbs, Gary Kirkpatrick, Gary Gills, Doug Jones, Mike Milum, Billy Ray Jones, Mark Millwood, Nate Coulter, Earnest Hickerson. SECOND ROW- Kenneth Carrigan, Stacy Boles, Terry Ray, Robbye Westfall, Ray Westfall, Kelly Renard, Troy Duke, Ronnie Pounds, Richard Oxley, Sieve Savage, Tracy Duke, Rob Coulter, Eddie Dildy. THIRD ROW-Ronnie Kerr, J.B. Grimes, Clay Franklin, Mike Harris, John Aylett, Quin 14 Seniors Close Out Careers At Hope THE SCRAPPERS' fearless coaching staff includes: FRONT ROW- J. B Grimes, Tommy DeBlack, Charles Carozza. BACK ROW- Gary Segrest, Head Coach Ronnie Kerr, Bill Thigpen. Minton, Bert Johnson, Kip Blakely, David Foltz, Brian Howard, Charles Carozza, Gary Sergrest. BACK ROW- Charles Wright, Sam Reeder, Chris Hayes, Stan Staggs, Stan Lawrence, Tracy Clements, Ricky Boler, John Glasgow, William Akers, Ray Charles Williamson, Kenneth Bissell, Phil Brown, Terry Reed, David Teague. MARK MILLWOOD (10) STRETCHES vainly to deflect this Bobcat pass which went for a touchdown. 32 ABOVE- Earnest Hickerson (23), Ken Carrgan (33), Mike Harris (43), and Gary Gills (42) are in hot pursuit of a Hope Bobcat. RIGHT- Despite the oustretched arms of Dennis Stewart (64) this Bobcat PAT was good. In the season finale, a larger stronger Hope team prevailed 29-20. The Bobcats built up a 16-0 lead late in the first half and threatened to embarrass the Scrappers. However, in what had to be one of the wildest plays of the season, the Scrappers got-on the scoreboard in the last play of the first half. A successful two-point conversion cut the Bobcat lead to 16-8 at the half. The before mentioned play was a 41 yard touchdown pass from Mark Millwood to Ken Carrigan that came after it looked as though Millwood was going to be dropped for a big loss. In the third quarter the Bobcats were still successful in running right at the smaller Scrappers. They increased their lead to 22-8 and controlled play until less than four minutes remained. At that point Carrigan scored his second spectacular touchdown of the night. This one was a screen pass that went for 64 yards and made the score 22-14. On the following kickoff Gary Gills recovered a Hope fumble at the Bobcat 25. Two plays later, Charles Benson slithered through the Bobcat defense for 35 yards and a touchdown that brought the Scrappers to within two points, at 22-20. The Bobcat defense then rose up to stop the Scrappers' two point conversion attempt. The Scrappers' on-side kick failed and for all intents the game was over. The Bobcats broke a long run with time running out to make the final score 29-20. The loss was the third of the season for the Scrappers and gave them a 6-3 season record. It was a season that was not great by any standards, but considering the lack of experience, a challenging schedule, and some unfortunate injuries, it was not, however, a season to be shamed of. Mark Millwood Gary Gills Back Linebacker All-Dist. All-Stale All-District Nate Coulter Center All-District Dennis Stewart Noseguard All-District Mike Milum Tight-end All-District Billy Ray )ones Brian Howard Kenneth Carrigan Tackle Quarterback Back Hon. Mention Hon. Mention Hon. Mention 33 New Coach, Old Hands, Combine For Success When coach Willie Click retired following the 76-77 season he left coach Charles Carozza some very capable hands, including 5 seniors. Carozza took that group and molded a very respectable basketball team. In fact they were good enough to make the state tournament and post a 17-10 season record. They opened the season in late November by winning four straight before bowing to Ashdown, Hope and Saratoga. With a 4-3 record they began play in the Emmet Invitational Tournament. By crushing Emmet, 52-35, and Saratoga, 84-59, they took the tournament championship and moved on to play in their own invitational tournament. The Scrappers opened defense of their NIT championship by defeating Clenwood, 45-36, which placed them in the finals against Hope. With the championship on the line the Scrappers avenged their earlier loss to the Bobcats by edging Hope 42-39. For the second year in a row they won their own tournament. Senior Charles Archer was also named the tournament's most valuable defensive player. At the Christmas break the Scrappers were 9-4 and had two tournament championships to their credit. They began 1978 in the same winning fashion by squeezing by arch-rival DeQueen, 49-48, then beating Blevins and Prescott. GETTING UP THE offense is the responsibility of guard Charles Archer (11) shown here as he looks for a possible fast-break against DeQueen RIGHT - Charles Benson (25) gets loose under the basket for an easy two against Gurdon. ABOVE - Trying to spark a rally against the Go-Devils, Lorenzo Davis (41) goes up high over a Gurdon player to score. 34 '2 62 Lockesburg Murfreesboro Gurdon Mineral Springs Ashdown Hope Saratoga Emmet Saratoga Ashdown Glenwood Hope Murfreesboro DeQueen Rlevins Prescott DeQueen Saratoga Gurdon Mineral Springs Prescott LockesbUT Hope v . Foreman Glenwood Prescott Hampton - Y •Emmet In. Tournarront Nashville In. Tourn.W •••District Tournament ••••State Tournament VI ABOVE - The team's leading scorer, Earnest Hickerson (23) makes a lay-up that helped the Scrappers beat the DeQueen Leopards, 71-66, in a game that went into four overtime periods. LEFT - Just seconds after time has expired in the NIT championship game between Nashville and Hope, the Scrapper bench and the scoreboard in the background leave no doubt as to who won the game. 35 Second Place Finish Sends Scrappers To State Tournament RIGHT- Despite having a DeQueen Leopard in his way, Ken Carrigan (31) muscles his way up for two. BELOW- Defense plays a key role in Coach Charles Carozza's game, which is indicated by Lorenzo Davis as he smothers a Murfreesboro Rattler. BELOW RIGHT- Early in the district championship game, a Prescott Wolf gets off a shot over the Scrapper defense. These two points helped the Wolves defeat the Scrappers 65-51. FRONT ROW- Ray Charles Williamson, Vincent Johnson, Earnest Hickerson, Roger Vaughn and Stacy Boles. SECOND ROW- Rufus Coulter, Charles Benson! Charles Archer, Lorenzo Davis, and Kenneth Carrigan. BACK ROW- Jeff Windham, Coach Tommy DeBlack, Ronald Bullock, Omie Clardy, Auguster Newton, Timmy Davis, Charles Wright, Coach Charles Carozza, and Billy Sasser ft LEFT - Stretching out his 5'10 frame, Kenneth Carrigan (31) softly lays up a basket over a Curdon Co-Devil. BELOW -Two Scrappers, seniors Charles Benson and Earnest Hickerson, made the All-District team. Benson (25) averaged 11.9 points per game and Hickerson (23) averaged 14.9, which led the team. The Scrappers won their seventh in a row at home against DeQueen, 71-66, but it was not easy. The game was tied at the end of regulation play and it took four overtime periods to break the tie. After trouncing Saratoga, 74-57, they suffered a late season slump during which they lost four straight. Included in the stretch was a rough 48-46 loss to Mineral Springs. They rebounded before the district tournament by beating Hope, Foreman, and Clenwood. In the district tournament, played in Nashville, the Scrappers were seeded in the finals as a result of their having the best district record. Prescott provided the foe in the finals and they denied the Scrappers the district championship by defeating the host team, 65-55. However, since they were the district's runner-up the Scrappers were still in the state tournament. On the Monday after their Saturday night loss to Prescott, they ventured to El Dorado, Arkansas, to meet Hampton in the opening round of the state tournament. They fell behind 16-4 in the first quarter of that game and were never able to make up that difference. Hampton hung on to win 41-36. Although the season ended on a low note, in retrospect it was a very successful one in that the Scrappers claimed two tournament championships and played in the state tournament for the first time in 15 years. It was also a valuable season that will provide Coach Carozza and the underclassmen something to build upon. 37 Scrapperettes Search for Consistency At times the Scrapperettes showed signs of greatness, other times they wallowed in mediocrity, and on several occasions they performed at less than their potential. Such was the story of the 1977-78 basketball season as they strove to maintain a level of consistency. To show for their efforts the Scrapperettes had a 9-15 record at the season's end. That record was a bit misleading since four of the 15 losses were by three points or less. In the season opener at Glenwood, the girls dropped a cliff-hanger to the Tigerettes, 53-51. The first victory of the season came at home against Murfreesboro. TOP-A loose ball prompts Jeanette Johnson (15) and Becky Jamison (11) into a battle with two Blevins Lady Hornets for possession. LEFT-Showing the form that enabled her to shoot 54% from the field, Kay Kreul arches a shot over the outstretched arms of a Lockesburg Darterette. ABOVE-With a break in the action. Penny Floyd listens intently to Scrapperette coach, Betty Floyd. SCRAPPERETTES INCLUDE: FRONT ROW- Leota Reese, Mary Butler, Kay Kreul, Penny Floyd, Jeanette lohnson, Denise White. BACK ROW- Becky Jamison, Becky Butler, Cathy Chism, Kelly Callan, Monica Hamilton, Quonya Coulter. Season Record 51 Glenwood 53 67 Murfreesboro 61 42 Lockesburg 62 45 DeQueen 65 52 Murfreesboro 30 26 Blevins 51 57 Gurdon 66 39 Magnolia 63 50 Mineral Springs 52 44 Prescott 34 60 Ashdown 62 53 DeQueen 56 50 Hope 60 57 Saratoga 52 46 Saratoga 63 59 Gurdon 72 59 Ashdown 56 48 Prescott 46 51 Prescott 40 54 Mineral Springs 63 52 Ashdown 34 57 Prescott 40 33 Bradley 41 62 DeQueen 76 •Nashville Invitational Tournament ••Southern Arkansas University Tournament •••District Tournament GUARDS MONICA HAMILTON (33), Leota Reese (35), and Quonya Coulter (13), drop back to [ lay defense against the Gurdon Go-Devils. Scrapperettes Border on Prosperity; Wage Game Fight in District Tournament RIGHT- Enjoying a victory in their dressing room are Becky Jamison, Cathy Chism, Kelly Callan, Debbie Chesshir, Becky Butler, Kay Kreul, and Jeanette Johnson. BELOW RIGHT- A step ahead of the defender, Leota Reese (35) drives toward the baseline. A couple of two point losses to Mineral Springs and Ashdown in early December left the Scrapperettes with a 2-7 record as play began in the annual Nashville Invitational Tournament. For a while it looked as though they might successfully defend their NIT championship. Victories over Prescott and Ashdown placed them in the finals against Bradley. However, the Bears managed to squeeze out a 41-33 victory over the host team and forced them to settle for the runner-up trophy. Before the Christmas holidays the girls grabbed their second win over Murfreesboro, 67-61. In January they found the going tough as they lost three consecutive games to DeQueen, Blevins, and Curdon. The latter was in the opening round of the SAU Tournament in Magnolia. The trip was not a total loss because Coach DeBlack drove the bus to Magnolia. After beating Prescott for the second time the girls dropped another close game to DeQueen, 59-56. They then avenged an earlier season loss to Saratoga by knocking off the lady Bulldogs, 57-52. Before the district tournament, arch rival Mineral Springs conquered the Scrapperettes 63-54. Icy roads delayed the district tournament and this forced the Scrapperettes into playing two games in one day. In the first game they edged Prescott 48-46. This win advanced them to the semi-final game that night against DeQueen. They matched the Leopardettes bucket for bucket in the first half, but the home team, who had not played that afternoon, slowly pulled away to take a 76-62 victory which vaulted DeQueen into the finals and ended the season for the Scrapperettes. THREE SCRAPPERETTES MADE THE ALL-District team. They are forwards Leota Reese (35) who led the team with 61% from the free throw line, Kay Kreul (53) who was the team's leading scorer with 19.9 points per game, and guard jeanette Johnson (15) the team's leading defensive rebounder. ABOVE LEFT - With an eye on the basket and a Prescott defender leaning into her. Penny Floyd turns to shoot ABOVE RIGHT - Kay Kreul (53) and Penny Floyd (43) blanket a Murfreesboro guard who has just pulled down a rebound. ABOVE - In the heat of a battle at Saratoga, Jeanette Johnson (15) grimaces as she hits the floor This was indicative of the entire game as Saratoga handed the Scrapperettes a 63-46 loss. Balance and Experience Boost Scrappers to District Championship A nucleus of talented seniors, some added depth from underclassmen, and a balance between the running and field events spelled success for the 1978 track team. A season that actually began in early January when Coach Gary Segrest's tracksters first started conditioning, culminated in late April with the winning of the district championship. At the district meet, held at Prescott, the Scrappers took advantage of their strengths, particularly in the broad jump and the quarter-mile, to easily outpoint runner-up Prescott. In those two events the Scrappers finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, respectively. But those were not the only highlights for the Scrappers. Scrapper entries in the 100, 220, high jump, pole vault, and mile relay also captured first places. 42 ABOVE RIGHT - Concentration and raw strength are evident as David Chalker spins to release the disc. Chalker, Danny Dodson, Clay Franklin, and Mike Milum provided adequate strength in the weight events. RIGHT - A wave of Scrapper orange hits the finish line first in the 440 yard dash at the district meet. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishes of Nate Coulter, Billy Keaster, Brian Howard, and Troy Duke gave the Scrappers a commanding lead which they never relinquished. The district championship was the first for Nashville track since 1972. After the district, the Scrappers narrowly missed winning the regional, coming up only three points shy of Dermott. Those who finished 1st through 4th at the regional advanced to the state meet. Unfortunately, they did not have a good day at Arkadelphia as they were the victims of several bad breaks, including a terrific rainstorm prior to the running of the mile relay. The day was not entirely futile, though. Senior Charles Archer placed second in the long jump and in doing so set a new school record at 21 91 2 . Other school records set during the season included: Ranay Floyd - 2 mile run, 11:09.0; Brian Howard and Earnest Hickerson - high jump, 6’ 31 2 . During the season and prior to the district, the Scrappers competed in several relays in the area. They captured meet championships at Stamps, Prescott, and Nashville. They also performed respectably in trophy meets at DeQueen, Arkansas high, and Henderson State University. TOP - With the form that enabled him to win the district high jump, Brian Howard clears the bar at 6' in the Leopard Relays. Howard and Earnest Hickerson both cleared 6 3 1 2' during the course of the season to establish a new school record. ABOVE - Handing-off the baton is an integral part of any relay At the Henderson Reddie Relays Mark Millwood is about to hand the baton to Billy Keaster on the 880 yard relay. A I ARGE HOME CROWD looks on as Earnest Hickerson sails 20' 3' in the broad jump. This effort was good enough to place Earnest second in the Scrapper Relays. 43 ABOVE LEFT - Despite the burden of a broken arm in a cast, Clifton Grundy reaches the finish line first in the high hurdles at the leopard Relays. ABOVE - With the bar set at 13' 0” Mark Millwood glides up and over to take first place at the Scrapper Relays. LEFT Charles Archc4, one of several Scrappers who excelled in more than one event, clears the high jump bar at 6' 0 Archer also set a new school record of 2V9 VV in the long jump and finished second in the low hurdles at state. SCRAPPER TR ACKSTERS POSE moments after wrapping-up the district title. FRONT ROW - Charles Archer, Ranay Floyd, Billy Keaster, Clifton Grundy, Nate Coulter, Mark Millwood, and Jerry Smith. BACK ROW - Clay Franklin, Danny Dodson, Troy Duke, Phil Brown, Coach Gary Segrest, David Teague, Coach Mike Walker, Tracy Duke, David Chalker, Kenneth Bisseil, and Brian Howard. Terry Ray and Earnest Hickerson were unavailable at the time. Scrapper Places in District Meet Shot Put Discus Long Jump High Jump Pole Vault 440 yd. Relay 120 yd. Hurdles 100 yd. Dash 880 yd relay 440 yd. Dash 180 yd. Hurdles 880 yd. Run 220 yd. Dash Mile Relay Chalker 2nd Franklin 3rd, Chalkdfc.4th Millwood 1st, Archer nd, Hickerson 3rd toward 1st, Hickerson Mimfcood 1st, Ray tied foV3rd (Coulter, Millwood, Keastel Grundy) 2nd Grundy 2nd, Millwood 3rd, Archer 4t|jp Millwood 1st (Coulter, Mlftwood, Keaster, Gnindy) 2nd Coulter 1st, Keaster 2nd, Howard 3rd, Troy Duke 4th Grundy 2nd, Archer 4th Archer 4th Brown 5th Millwood 1st (Howard, Millwood, Keaster, Coulter) 1st 44 Despite a Lack of Tradition Girls Track Continues to Grow MEMBERS OE THE girls track team include: KNEELING - Kim Campbell, Palricia Keel, Margaret Bennett, Monica Hamilton, Lori Smith, and Cassandra Wright STANDING - Edna Anderson, Hattie O’Neal, Melinda Hayes, Debbie Lockeby, and Julie Backus. Girls track enjoyed its second full season as an inter-scholastic sport at NHS. Considering that fact great progress has been made. The team, coached by Betty Floyd, consisted of 17 coeds who participated in several season meets before the district, regional, and state meets. Although plagued by their inexperience ana a general void of tradition for the sport in the area, the Scrapperettes represented their school well. There were only two teams competing at the district meet and the Scrapperettes finished behind Prescott. Their tallies included: shot - Edna Anderson 1st, Cassandra Wright 3rd; discus - Anderson 1st, Hattie O'Neal 3rd; long jump -Denise White 2nd, Monica Hamilton 3rd; high jump - Debbie Lockeby 4th; 440 - Lori Smith 4th; 100 - Hamilton 3rd; 220 - Hamilton 1st. Formerly a sport to fill the void created by the termination of basketball season, volleyball joined the league of girls' competitive sports soon after school resumed in the fall. Composed solely of the girls' basketball squad, the volleyball team played no home games on the administration's request and due to a lack of regulation facilities. The volleyball team possessed some keen competitors in the form of neighboring schools, Ashdown, Prescott, Foreman, Murfreesboro, Hope, Magnolia, and Camden-Fairview. The volleyball season was semi-successful with the girls winning approximately one-half of the competitions and progressing to district at Ouachita. Volleyballers Win Some, Lose Some TOP LEFT-With the ball on the upswing, Becky Butler serves to the opposition. Becky Jamison gets set for the return. TOP- Reaching high Kay Kreul saves the ball from out of bounds. Quonya Coulter watches for the third hit. ABOVE- Volleyball team includes: FRONT ROW-Denise White, Penny Floyd, Leota Reese, Mary Butler, and Kay Kreul. SECOND ROW- Jeanette Johnson, Pam Lingo, Cathy Chism, and Quonya Coulter. THIRD ROW- Becky Jamison, Becky Butler, and Kelly Callan. TOP- Monica Hamilton. LEFT- Anticipating the upcoming game with Ashdown, Monica Hamilton, Kay Kreul, Penny Floyd, Kelly Callan, Quonya Coulter discuss their tactics. Underclassmen Grab Link Championship TOP - Region medalist Kip Blakely watches one of his puts roll toward the cup RIGHT - Sophomore David Teague winces as his drive fades off to the right of the green. ABOVE - With his head down and eyes glued on the ball Steve Savage starts his downswing. Despite the prolonged winter weather Scrapper golfers were able to get out on the golf course enougn before the region tournament to round their game into form. The foursome of Kip Blakely, Steve Savage, Kelley RenarcJ, and David Teague captured the team championship at the region tournament, held at the Nashville Country Club. Blakely and Savage both shot 76 to tie for medalist honors prompting a sudden death playoff, which Blakely won on the second hole. By virtue of their victory the four represented the region at the state tournament in Hot Springs. On a day more suitable for aucks than golfers, the Scrappers finished third. Considering that showing and the fact that none of the four were seniors, one might reasonably conclude that the winning tradition in golf will be upheld in the future. ABOVE LEFT - With a steady hand Kelley prepares to tap in a two-footer. LEFT - Checking over the scorecard after their region victory are Steve Savage, Kelley Ren-ard. Kip Blakely, and David Teague. Contrary to popular belief pep rallies and football games are not all that go on in the lives of cheerleaders and mini-tramps. Anyone who attended the Christian Businessmen's Banquet, the football banquet, or the spring sports banquet can attest to the fact that the cheerleaders are pretty good interior decorators, too! They also furnished colorful and imaginative posters in the gym during football and basketball seasons. Community support of the Scrappers was the main goal of the squad. Cheerleaders invited area youngsters to “Cheerleader Day, where the cheerleaders instructed them in cheers, jumps, tumbles, and mini-trampoline skills. Parents had the opportunity to order pom-poms so their children could express their spirit at football games. The cheerleaders also traveled to elementary school to hold a lively pep rally for the kindergarteners, first, and second graders. Nashville youth weren't the only ones who observed and felt the stimulation of the cheeerleaders' enthusiasm. Businessmen were eager to have clever slogans, such as “Lick the Leopards written on their store windows in shoe polish. Obliging policemen led car parades through the city on several afternoons before a big game. TOP- Football season finds mini-tramps Becky Jamison and Lynn Ramage busily splashing spirit slogans on downtown store window. ABOVE- Amid floats portraying manger scenes and Christmas trees, Scrapper reindeer Gaye Goodrum, Lynn Ramage, Sandy Blakely, Debbie Chessir, and Becky Jamison and Scrapper Santa David Cbalker add a bit of humor to the annual Christmas parade. LEFT- A pompom sale provides area youngsters with shakers and give Melinda Hayes, Gaye Goodrum and Cathy Hargis a chance to lead them in a few cheers. 48 DANCING TO THE BEAT of The Horse, cheerleaders lend an air of excitement to the Prescott pep rally. City-wide Support Is Cheerleaders' Goal The cheer leaders' entry in the annual Christmas parade, bearing the theme Scrappers Are Pulling for a Merry Christmas ' captured first place in the contest. The Christmas season brought out the holiday spirit in the girls as they offered their services as hostesses for the Howard County Heritage Club's Silver Tea. The cheerleaders and mini-tramps took much pride in boosting their team and representing their school and community, and look forward to the next winning season. ABOVE LEFT- Recalling all the exciting events of her cheerleading career, co-captain Sandy Blakely accepts a gift from the other cheerleaders at the season's last pep rally. ABOVE- Numero Uno is exactly what the Scrappers are to co-captain Sonya Manning, who is flanked by her fan club members, Ken Carrigan, Stacy Boles, Earnest Hickerson, and Charles Benson. LEFT- A tricycle race pits Scrappers against each other in a light-hearted sport. Cheerleaders Melinda Hayes, Lynn Ramage, Sonya Manning, Becky Jamison, and Gaye Goodrum urge David Chalker, Nate Coulter, and Gary Gills on to victory. 49 Spring Brings Out Racquets, Balls, and Bats With spring came two more extra-curricular activities, tennis and baseball. Both were greeted by a relatively large number of participants. The boys' and girls' tennis teams, coached by Gary Segrest, had a total of 23 players. The boys won six of the seventeen matcnes they competed in with area schools. The girls compileo a 13-7 record and won the district tournament. The baseball season was short in duration simply because there were so many other springtime activities. Only three other teams, Bradley, DeQueen, and Prescott, competed in the district tournament. After beating Prescott, the Scrappers lost a heartbreaker to Bradley for the championship. Coach Ron Kerr's squad still earned a trip to the state tournament at Russellville where they were eliminated in the opening round by Marked Tree. TENNIS TEAM INCLUDES: FRONT ROW- Audrey Roberts, La Donna Green, jeanie Lamb, Lori Smith Janet Langley, Becky Butler. SECOND ROW- Jeanie Hamilton, Penny Floyd, Belinda Hughes, Mary Butler, Leota Reese, Lisa Lawson, Kay Kreul, Kelly Callan THIRD ROW- Loy Cochran, Mark Canaday, Brad Frost, Terry Reed, Coach Gary Segrest, Cathy Chism, Coach Mike Walker, Bert Johnson, Jonathan Hilliard, Suzanne Tollett, Jerry Smith TOP- Striving for accuracy and velocity, Terry Reed serves to his opponent from Ashdown ABOVE RIGHT- In action against Prescott left-hander Billy Ray Jones gets the wood on the baseball and sends it into right field for a base hit. ABOVE - With her doubles partner, Suzanne Tollett, guarding the baseline Belinda Hughes delivers a forehand shot. 50 BASEBALL TEAM INCLUDES FRONT POW- Mike M.lum, Gary Kirkpatrick. Mark Millwood, Earnest Hickerson, Billy Ray Jones. SECOND ROW- Chris Hayes, Ken Carrigan, Stan Staggs, Terry Ray, Brian Efoward, Stacy Boles. THIRD ROW- David Teague, Tracy Clements, Mike Harris, John Aylett, Jay Chesshir. Representative Body Is Alive And Well Alive, well and working described the student council from the first meeting through the last. Early in the year, the council engaged Hollis Hughes, Junior High art teacher, to paint the School sign. Julia Roberson and Kathy Floyd also contributed to this facelift by whitewashing the letters. Remmel Henry, Janet Langley and Lori Smith got the job of Keeping information on the council bulletin board. The council really got to work during homecoming. They finagled chaperones, the KNAS band, ping pong tables, card games, and cokes to coordinate a homecoming dance for students and alumni. The council also organized a Halloween contest in which eight students dressed as dolls, ghouls, and witches and visited all the classrooms. The first place trophy went to Doris Miller, the scariest monster. Before the Christmas holidays, the council held the third annual College Dav and invited representatives from colleges all over the state to meet with students and acquaint them with choices for furthering their education. In March the council sponsored Almost Anything Goes Day. Members of each class competed against each other, with the representatives serving as officials. After many hilarious events the sophomores class pulled ahead and won the contest. The representatives, with lots of hard work and worry, broke the monotony of school for almost everyone, including faculty and students. COUNCIL MEETINCS begin with a call to order by President Vicki Archer (center ) and reading of minutes by Secretary-Treasurer Gaye Dallas (right) with Vice-President Kay Kreul (left) ready to assist. STUDENT COUNCIL includes—Becky Butler, Kay Kreul, Vicki Archer, Lori Smith, Tracy Duke, Mary Butler, Gaye Dallas, Terri Goodson, Janet Langley, Mr. Howard Hunter, Julia Robertson, David Teague, Nate Coulter, Kathy Floyd, Lynne Bratton, Remmel Henry, and Monica Hamilton. SACRIFICING THEIR lunch hour to the concession stand. Lynne Bratton and Gaye Dallas face grueling work in which they frequently deal with a multitude of crises that sometimes include an empty box of bubble yum. 52 WAITING TO VOICE their opinions on the homecoming dance, Monica representatives, while Nate Coulter Lori Smith Remmel Henry, and Cindy Hamilton and Kathy Floyd fulfill their obligations as student council Jones express varied emotions in this heated debate. COLLEGE DAY allows David Teague, Vicki Archer, and Nate Coulter to question a Hendrix College representative regarding scholarships and college life. ABOVE • Halloween changes the dress and mood of Gaye Dallas and Mary Butler alias Raggedy Ann and Andy as they tempt Mrs. Quin O'Neil with candy. LEFT- The Hunchback of Notre Dame portrayed by Doris Miller captures first place in the student council's Halloween Costume Contests and evokes laughter from student teacher Mrs. O'Neil. RIGHT- Proudly displaying their first place trophy and ribbons, sophomores Quin Minton, John Aylett, Boone Dean, Lisa Jamison, Ray Westfall, Margaret Bennett, Mike Harris, and Cheryl Steel express sentiment over their victory, RIGHT CENTER-Simultaneously protecting their own balloons, eliminating their opponents balloons, and remaining within the circle keep Cheryl Steel, Quin Minton, Penny Floyd, Richard Oxley, Mike Harris, and Laurie Wesson on their toes. BOTTOM LEFT- Fellow teammates Boone Dean, Ray Westfall, Lisa Jamison, Karey Kirkpatrick, John Aylett, Cheryl Steel, and Quin Minton fervently watch Margaret Bennett as she produces the first place bubble. BOTTOM RIGHT-After the run from the other side of the gym floor, Ranay Floyd, Troy Duke, and John Aylett scramble to locate their own shoes. Council Says Almost Anything Goes! After six months of lying dormant, the sophomore class erupted in their first victory over rivaling juniors and seniors. Contest events in the student council sponsored 'Almost Anything Goes' included an eleven-legged race, a bubble-gum blowing contest, a balloon popping contest, a wheelbarrow relay, a shoe relay, a clothes donning relay, a scavenger hunt, an egg-tossing contest, and a pie-throw. First place winners scored 10 points, second place scored five and third place received two points. Sophomores emerged as champions in the eleven-legged race, bubble-blowing contest, and wheel-barrow relays to place first in overall competition. Sophomores remembered the event as a time when the spirit of pulling for one cause united them as it never had before. TOP LEFT- Members of the ever-expanding French Club include: FRONT ROW- Sponsor, Mrs. Neva Byrd, Wanda Marshall, Ray Jones, Melinda Hayes, Caye Goodrum, Nate Coulter, Lynn Ramage, Sandy Blakely. SECOND ROW- Cheryl Steel, Susie Eads, Anna Westfall, Kay Marshall, Belinda Hughes, Kim Ganous, Jeannie Lamb, Gaye Dallas, Diane McCrary. BACK ROW- David Teague, Edward Hoelscher, Lynne Bratton, Linda Jamison, David Boden. CENTER LEFT-Many hours of hard work went into the Christmas float. Mrs. Byrd, Lynn Ramage, Diane McCrary, Belinda Hughes, Neal Lovell, David Boden and Linda Jamison discuss the costuming of the float. BOTTOM LEFT- The finished product parades down Main Street and captures third place. Representing the two countries of France and the USA are Diane McCrary and Linda Jamison. Le Cercle Est Vivement Le Cercle Francais enjoyed its most active year since the early seventies. The members of the French Club wished it to be noticed as part of school society. The year began with the French Club capturing first place in the cheerleader-sponsored poster contest. Although the planning was hurried and haphazard, taking place after a regular meeting, the results were pleasing. Not riding on that minor victory the club immediately launched its largest project of the year, the Christmas float. The idea, planning, building, and altering all took place two weeks before the parade. In fact, the day of the parade, the group got up early to give the float its finishing touches. Winning third place excited the club. The French Club decided to follow the custom of installing new members at Mardi Gras. Since Mardi Gras came early, the club began planning immediately after the Christmas holidays. The menu included the usual dish of chicken with a special touch of class mixed in. Installation of new members included a different twist, the giving of a royal 'wet seat.' The French Club had to sit on its laurels after Mardi Gras, because the bustle of spring made any further projects difficult. 55 Shhhhh . . . Library Club Students often spend time in the library increasing their knowledge, reading for pleasure or just enjoying a little peace and quite in the midst of the confusion of high school life. With the help of a new librarian Mrs. Hattie Piggee, the club has kept the library running smoothly for students. Yet it has not been all work and no play for the club. They planned their own entertainment with a costume party during the fall, followed by their annual Christmas party held during the lunch hour at school. Spring activities included their big outing to the Arkansas Student Library Association meeting in Little Rock. ABOVE-Taking advantage of the tranquil atmosphere of the library, Charles Archer gives his research paper the final touches. ABOVE RIGHT- Someone has to check out books for student librarians, so Pamie Salisbury serves Jan Bevill during break. RIGHT- Sorting and checking books, assessing fines and gathering for a brief meeting. Library Club members include: Kneeling- Debbie Walters, standing- Pamie Salisbury, Derhonda Campbell, Tamie Salisbury, Susie Eads, Mary Shaw and Eva Bradford. Scholars Resume Society THE HONOR SOCIETY members, Nate Coulter, Jeanice Leverett, Diane McCrary, Julia Roberson, Sandy Blakely, Lynne Bratton, and Sheila Keeton, gather a moment to calm their nerves after the induction ceremony. THE MEMBFRS OF THE National Honor Society and their sponsors include: FRONT ROW-Mrs. Malloy Freel, Sandy Blakely, Sheila Keeton, Lynn Ramage, Julia Roberson, Gaye Dallas, Jeanice Leverett, Sonya Manning, and Mrs. Neva Byrd BACK ROW-Lynne Bratton, Diane McCrary, Linda Jamison, Mark Millwood, Nate Coulter, Lorenzo Davis, and Vicki Archer. LIGHTING A BLUE CANDLE as a finale to her address, Mrs. Ozie Jones brings to the minds of the inductees the quality of service shown by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Parents and friends of fourteen seniors observed the induction ceremony which renewed the chapter of the National Honor Society, March 13. The ceremony included a statement of philosophy by Mrs. Neva Byrd, sponsor, followed by Tom DeBlack, Brenda Ball, Ozie Jones, and Charles Carozza who addressed the qualities required of members of the society. Revival of the society at midspring semester limited the activities of the group to election of officers and the planning of projects for service to the school and community. Officers elected at the meeting following induction were president-Lynne Bratton, vice-president-Jeanice Leverett, secretary-Sheila Keeton. THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY symbol decorates the table where Sonya Manning lights her white candle. Mark Millwood, Nate Coulter, Gaye Dallas, Sheila Keeton, Julia Roberson, and Lynne Bratton keep the solemnity of the moment. 57 After paying the membership fees, girls from three home economics classes (Home Economics I, Child Developement, and Housing, Furnishing and Clothing) joined the Future Homemakers of America. In the fall they attended an organization meeting at Saratoga, where they elected state officers and planned the FHA Federation meeting in Ashdown. At Ashdown the girls attended three fifteen-minute classes of food storage, the three P's-poise, personality and posture, macrame, ceramics, dried flowers, and first aid. GREETING MRS. FERN CAILAN, Toni Wilson, Cindy Watson, LaDonna Green, Cathy Hargis, and Pam Lingo serve in the reception line. Christmas Tea Highlights Year FUTURE HOMEMAKERS include FRONT ROW-Robin Barnhill, Terri Tollett, Teresa Jackson, Renee Bell, Sherry Furr, Toni Wilson. SECOND ROW- Paticia Harris, Hazel Sasser, Lanette Echols, Pam Lingo, Cathy Hargis, Sharon Copeland, D'Ann Tomerlin. THIRD ROW- Judy Lamb, Lori Smith, Suzan Pile, Jeannie Lamb, Sandra Craig, Teresa Copeland, Sheila Chambers, Cassandra Wright. FOURTH ROW- Mrs. Marie Stavely, Kay Kreul, Kelly Callan, Cindy Watson, Cathy Chism, Janet Langley, Debbie Lockeby, LaDonna Green, Lynne Roberts. TOP ROW- Vicki Archer, Pam Wakefield, Patricia Turley, Tracy Matheny, Patricia Keel. AT THE CHRISTMAS TEA, Tracy Matheny, Toni Wilson, Kelly Anderson, and Janet Langley visit amoung friends and fellow Callan, Renee McClure, Mrs. Armour Anderson, Edna students around the refreshment table. Competition, Projects Constitute Year Grooming livestock for judging in the Howard County, Hope, and State fairs occupied most of the Future Farmers of America's time in autumn. The FFA sent three-member teams to judge in the categories of livestock, seeds, poultry, mechanics, and forestry in a competition against other schools at Magnolia. Winning first place in the sub-area parliamentary procedure contest at DeQueen on March 3 allowed the team entry into the division competition at Magnolia in which they placed fourth. Projects for the year included castrating a calf and painting Coach Segrest's boat. Building picnic tables for Weyerhaeuser in the spring made the boys enough profit to enable them to have a fish fry. TOP LEFT-Anticipating more ribbons, Johnny McLaughlin, Dennis McCrary, and David Rosenbaum prepare for the bull-judging event. LEFT-At the fair barn, John Thomas, Johnny Lamb, Ricky White, Jimmy Lockeby, Dennis McCrary, and Charles Barton indulge in a few moments of leisure BELOW- FRONT ROW-Tracy Clement, Phil Brown, Charles Barton, John Sparks, Randy Roberts, Mark Dowdy, John Aylett, Mike Harris, Mark Butler, Dennis McCrary, Auguster Newton, Melvin Witherspoon. SECOND ROW-Ceorge Jackson, Jerry Gardner, Ricky Boler, John Glasgow, Tommy Parks, Carl Mathias, Mike Copeland, Bobby Parker, James Bradford, Boone Dean, Ray Charles Williamson, Gary Hughes, Lynn Lawrence, Kerry Smith, THIRD ROW-Sam Reeder, Johnny Webb, Ray Westfall, Jimmy Kent, Dennis Beene, Billy Bennett, Daryl Miller, FOURTH ROW-Tommy Jacques, Tim Davis, Ray Buck, Kelley Renard, Scott Musgrave, David Bissell, Rob Coulter, FIFTH ROW-Steve Schooley, Darrel Fatheree, Steve McCann, Jeff Windham, Ronny Pounds, Johnny McLaughin, David Rosenbaum, Jimmy Lockeby, Ronny Hipp, David Riggs, SIXTH ROW-Clyde Jefferson, Robert Collier, Bobby Billings, Rodney Mitchell, Jimmy Brewer, Mike Oxley, Robbye Westfall, Richard Oxley, Wayne Conrad, Stan Lawrence, Mike Milum, Billy Ray Jones, Ronnie Ware, TOP ROW-Ranay Floyd, Roger White, Skip Hobbs, Steve Smith, Ricky White, Gary Gills, Gary Kirkpatrick, Shane Akers, John Thomas, Alan Green, Mark Canaday, Clifton Grundy Publications Strive For Perfection The serene exterior displayed by journalists belied an tripling last year's sales. The staff felt that broader undercurrent of activity rippling just beneath the surface. coverage, a signature of color, consistency in style, and The average class featured many laughs, chatting, printing updating the book made those long-after-school hours photos, trips to the NEWS office, and working on worthwhile. yearbook spreads. Staff photographers, Nate Coulter, Leslie Webb, An increase of 48 pages made this the largest David Boden, David Chalker, and Remmel Henry yearbook ever published by the SCRAPPER staff. The contributed time and effort in the dark room, which switch to Walsworth Publishing Company and resulted in a larger, less expensive selection of photos for encouragement from sales representative Gordon Hale the yearbook, and the use of photos in the TATTLER for boosted ad sales to the neighborhood of 5,000 dollars, BELOW-To publicize a Halloween party that was later postponed until Valentine Day, versatile journalists Linda Jamison, Martha Bowers, David Boden, Patricia Keel, and Tony Coodson join in poster construction. BELOW RIGHT-The necessity of finding good pictures for the senior section sends Gaye Dallas and Sandy Blakely to the files to search through contact sheets. BOTTOM-Using a little common sense, native ingenuity, and creativity, co-assistant editor Robbie Smith dummies up a TATTLER layout at the NEWS office. BOTTOM RIGHT-Combining their abilities to achieve perfection on a student council page, Remmel Henry uses a scalograph to draw the layout while Dena White ponders over a caption. the first time. Previously the TATTLER staff wrote and edited copy, but left the physical placement on the dummy to the NASHVILLE NEWS' staff. Improved news coverage and more sophisticated copy kept journalists on their toes. A feature editor and reporters joined the staff in January to add further dimension to the paper. Novel columns included Inside NHS, Record Ramblings, and The Campus Phantom. Journalism students vied for awards in the National Quill and Scroll, but received no appraisal. In honor of Lillian Mitchell, the TATTLER'S first editor, the journalism department established an award for the outstanding contributor to the TATTLER. Along with this award, the department also established the Florence Dawley Award in honor of the SCRAPPER yearbook's first editor. Recognition of journalists from each class prompted the inauguration of the sophomore, junior, and senior journalism awards. TOP- After showing slides of layout designs, Walsworth representative. Cordon ). Hale, emphasizes the importance of following guidelines to Mary Green, Scott Millward, Susie Eads. Teresa Jackson, Lisa Lawson, Annette Parker, Andrea Lyons, Frances Smith, and Martha Bowers. CENTER- In lieu of a TATTLER typist, editor Lynn Ramage types an influx of articles on the Compu-Edit machine. ABOVE- With scaleograph, ruler. pens, layout sheets, and his faithful companion (liquid paper) strewn about his working area, SCRAPPER editor, Nate Coulter, 'makes it happen' on a track spread. ABOVE- A demonstration by junior high art teacher and photographer, Hollis Hughes, lures prospective photographers Jeff Windham, Dena White, Remmel Henry, Leslie Webb, and David Bissell. 61 Musicians Blend Performing FRONT ROW- April Ware, Dena Swann, Lisa Robertson, Denise Leverett, Martha Bowers. SECOND ROW- Suzan Pile, Andrea Lyns, Anna Westfall, Sandy Baker, Mary Grundy, Anita Couch, Jeanice Leverett, Fred Hintze. THIRD ROW- Vicki Archer, Jeannie Lamb, Beverly Harding, Annette Parker, Susan Stone, Jeannie Hamilton, Cassandra Marshall, Kay Marshall, Dana Barnhill, De Anne Copeland. FOURTH ROW- Kim Ganous, Toni Wilson, Sherry Furr, Tammie Wilson, Sharon Copeland, Cathy Bagwell, Suzanne Hintze, Judy Lamb, Remmel Henry, Lynn Lawrence, Tommy Parks, Mike Copeland. FIFTH ROW- Scott Millward, Mark Dowdy, Paul Power, James Bradford, John Pipkins, Randy Roberts, Brad Frost, Alan Green. BACK ROW- Audrey Roberts, Julie Akers, Keith Smith, Johnny Sparks, Jeff French. The band excited fans during pep rallies and football games with such songs as Rocky ' Land ' and Get Up and Boogie. In the stands they initiated pre-game activities with the Star-Spangled Banner and as home players entered the field they roused the crowd with The Horse. Gliding steps and erect backs, to the tune of popular marches, kept the band busy during half-time shows. Majorettes and flags did their stuff with that Ole Scrapper Spirit. Following football season the band became actively involved with concert music They prepared American Sea Rhapsody, March Juno, and Brandywine Creek for Region III Band Tryouts. The band added much attraction to local Thanksgiving and Christmas parades. Three students, Jeanice Leverett, Suzan Pile, and Mike Copeland, placed in Region III Individual Tryouts. 62 With Ma rch ing Beating to his heart's content, Jeff French fhe spark that ignites the spirit at pep rallies. RIGHT- Pep rallies are a place for pep band fun. Mark Dowdy and Scott Millward clown in between playing. BELOW- Popular tunes of the pep band are favorites of the students. Remmel Henry, Judy Lamb, and Lynn Lawrence give their best on Rocky. Showgirls Sparkle At Halftime With the first halftime beginning, six majorettes, skilled to perfection in their twirling (by attending the University of Arkansas camp and practicing during the summer) prepared to dazzle the fans with their show. These six were Sandy Baker, Andrea Lyons, Cathy Bagwell, Tammie Wilson, Julie Akers, and captain Suzan Pile. Performers used flags, batons, and a dance routine to keep the home audience's attention. Hoop batons, purchased by the girls through garage sales, and fire batons, which the girls bought themselves, added to the magic. The majorettes shared the spotlight with the flag corps. These girls, with their flashing orange and white banners, included Toni Wilson, Sharon Stelter, Mary Butler, Vicki Archer, Jeannie Lamb, and Abby James. They attended Ouachita Baptist University's flag corps camp where they tied for first place award with Camden Fairview. They won a blue ribbon on their home routine and two red ribbons for routines set to Coke Adds Life and Rocky . WITH HER HEAD held high, field commander Gaye Dallas directs the band in field performances. Gaye, a senior, attended Ouachita Baptist University camp for field commanders, where she received a spirit baton and the award for most improved commander. In her daily achievements she received two red ribbons and a blue ribbon. TOP- Flag Corps includes Mary Butler, Jeannie Lamb, Sharon Stelter, Captain Toni Wilson, Abby James, and Vicki Archer. ABOVE- Majorettes include Sandy Baker, Andrea Lyons, Cathy Bagwell, Tammie Wilson, Captain Suzan Pile, and Julie Akers. 64 ) TOP-ln the midst of the first debate given before the Rotary Club, faces of debaters reveal varied emotions. ABOVE-Interest is high at the organizational meeting of the club, but the team soon dwindled to ten BEIOW-Debate team members-FRONT ROW-David Boden, Anna Sue Westfall, Eva Bradford, BACK ROW-Mrs. Lil Boden Kay Marshall, Susie Eads, Mrs. Frances Dillard, Lynne Roberts, Dena White, Kim Ganous, and Cassandra Wright. A new enterprise which yielded an outlet from the classroom, yet remained within the boundaries of education, began with the formation of a debate club. Membership dwindled from forty-eight to eight due partly to non-interest and other meetings scheduled to occur at the same time. Debaters looked forward to their live debate with apprehension mingled with an aura of excitement. They spent weeks researching the pros and cons of no-fault insurance, listening to guest speakers, visiting libraries, and revising speeches before presenting their debate before the Rotary Club on March 8. In an effort to improve their diction and gesticulation, debaters spent several weeks reading Dr. Seuss, dramatic poetry, Shakespeare, commercials, and composing ditties. The club admitted two new members before embarking on their final debate held in the cafeteria. The club made mayor-council vs. council-management form of government for Nashville the topic, and accepted contributions to purchase a television for the school. pres vs. cons ALL GOOD ORATORS know how to gesture with their hands. Mrs. Lil Boden demonstrates that fact as she stresses a point to the debate team. 65 ad Students in Relief _______ TOP-Taking a break from the vigorous activities of carpentry, Steve Smith makes good use of an FFA picnic table. ABOVE- Chris Snodgrass, Brad Frost, Kay Marshall, Lynne Bratton and Susie Eads come to a meeting of the minds as Mardi Gras is delayed. RIGHT- Masked band students add a festive mood to the pep rally during the week of Halloween. Seniors Seniors approached registration with excitement when they realized � hat they were assembling for the old routine for the last time. Soon, the rush was on to elect class officers and begin plans tor graduation. Money, mont?y, money ind lots of hard work wgre certain to appear in the near future when they chose Snickers for the ' graduati Vicki Archer Lynn Arnold Charles Benon Sandy Blakely Shane Akers Becky Arney Lynne Bratton Cindy Cassady John Arbuthnott Wayne Banks Mary Butler Loy Cochran Charles Archer Kathy Barnes Mark Canaday Tammy Copeland BUSY SENIOR, class president Nate Coulter still finds time to keep up with current events. Get It All Together Nate Coulter Quonya Coulter Gaye Dallas Lorenzo Davis Debbi Dodson Tammie Fincher Toya Gamble Phyllis Gammon Gary Gills LEFT- The fatigue of registration nears an end for Julia Roberson, Lynn Arnold, and Melinda Jamison as Mr. Stavely and Mrs. Reed give final approval to their schedules. RIGHT- The library serves as a place for class meetings, and is the scene of private discussions between vice-president Ray Jones and secretary-treasurer Diana McCrary. Bonnie Daniel Leon Daugherty Ranay Floyd Sherry Furr Alan Green Terri Goodson 69 COLLEGE DAY gives Joe Darling a chance to inform Gaye Dallas, Mary Butler, Lynne Bratton, and Remmel Henry about the opportunities available at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. Jerry Harwell Virginia Hawthorne Earnest Hickerson Frederick Hintze Skip Hobbs Edward Hoelscher Belinda Hughes Becky Jamison Linda Jamison Melinda Jamison Jeanette Johnson Billy Ray Jones LAUGHTER RINGS through the gym as Doris Miller and Linda Jamison present a skit portraying former Scrappers. v 70 College Day Benefits Students ADMID THE CONFUSION of students and faculty at College Day, Audrey Roberts, )ohn Thomas, and )ohnny Lamb ponder the words of Glenda A. Leflett, admissions counselor from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia. Seniors enjoyed football games and pep rallies for a while, but suddenly the inevitable question of 'Where's the money going to come from?' was foremost in their sponsors' minds. When basketball season rolled around, seniors found themselves amidst the confusion of research papers and play practice. In their search for something 'new and different' for their Christmas program, they decided on something 'old and different.' Billy Keaster Marc Lindsey Deanne Masey Sheila Keeton Diane McCrary Doris Miller Gary Kirkpatrick Connie McKee Tom Millward Doug (ones lohnny Lamb Sonya Manning Mark Millwood Ray (ones leanice Leverett Brenda Marshall Mike Milum 71 TOP- The scene is set in Lifetime Sports as Gary Kirkpatrick is pressured to reveal the truth concerning who wrote the love note in question. Mike Milum prosecuting attorney and judge Gary Segrest await the answer. MIDDLE- For the first few weeks of school, signing Clifton Grundy's cast took up break time for his friends including Quonya Coulter and Sonya Manning. Lynn Ramage Audrey Roberts Glenda Spears John Thomas Ronnie Ware Leota Reese Jerry Smith Sharon Stelter Suzanne Tollett Cathy Wesson Julia Roberson Steve Smith Dennis Stewart Roger Vaughn Ricky White WITH GOALS SET toward a future in electronics, Frederick Hintze encounters James Nunn, representative from United Electronics Institute in Little Rock, and finds their discussion fascinating. 72 Seniors chose “Under the Mistletoe Bough ' an eighteenth century dramatic pantomime, for their Christmas play. UMB, at one time a long standing tradition, became their first money making project. Its successful performances yielded a sizable sum for the treasury, but more importantly, seniors hoped that they had revived an old and beautiful tradition, which future classes would choose to keep alive. Old Tradition Begins Anew IN A SCENE from “Under the Mistletoe Bough, Gaye Dallas and Paul Power sweep through the promenade of “Cornin' Through the Rye. Terry Wisniewski Terri Woodward Janice Wynn Roger White Ricky Williams Carolyn Wilson Toni Wilson 73 Commencement Engenders Memories, Hopes, and Dreams On a warm humid night in late May parents, relatives, friends, and guests gathered at Scrapper stadium to witness seniors receive their diplomas. While the band played the traditional Pomp and Circumstance the graduates realized that their high school days would all be over within the hour. As graduates sang their class song, You'll Never Walk Alone, the lyrics became more than words to a melody. In essence they were a prayer in the hearts of many graduating seniors. In the midst of these commencement exercises classmates realized that they were participating in what was probably the most important ceremony of their lives thus far. ABOVE - Following Clifton Grundy's invocation Salutatorian Linda Jamison expresses the class' appreciation to a large crowd of friends and family for their presence. RIGHT - Graduates line up before their processional. DELIVERING THE VALEDICTORY address, class president Nate Coulter notes both the beginning and the end associated with commencement exercises. 74 I ABOVE - Keynote speaker and NHS alumnus, the Reverend Walter Louis (Bubba) Smith, challenges the graduates to always maintain and nourish their dreams. RIGHT - A smile of relief is evident upon the face of Kathy Barnes as the president of the board of education, Neely Cassady, presents her with a diploma. LEFT - An ensemble composed of the honor graduates helps create a somber mood with the singing of “Graduation Day. BELOW - As dusk yields to evening 91 seniors eagerly wait to receive their diplomas. 75 THE LAST HURRAH is evident as the seniors toss their caps in glee shortly after the commencement exercise was over. Later they continued their celebration at the senior night party. TO HELP RAISE money to pay for their graduation night entertainment the seniors held several fund-raising projects, including a slave sale. ABOVE -At the slave sale Mr. Danny Howard auctions the services of Tammie Fincher. RIGHT - A guitarist for Snickers helps furnish some music to dance to at the senior party. 7f� Fun, Food, Fellowship Cap It All The seniors' effort to raise money to provide entertainment and refreshments for the graduation party began with a small sum left over from the Junior - Senior banquet last year. Through the year the seniors added to their account the funds derived from their Christmas production, a faculty basketball game, a benefit concert, the senior play, the slave sale, and a car wash. All their work was rewarded graduation night with the arrival of 'Snickers and the enormous quantities of sandwiches, cookies, chips, dips, and Cokes which were prepared by faithful parents for the enjoyment of the seniors and their guests. ANXIOUSLY AWAITING TONY Goodson's move, Leslie Webb and Linda jamison select the Masterpiece painting for their next bid. Remmel Henry watches these art dealers at work. Shortly after 1:00 A.M. the band retired and the cleanup operation began. Afterwards the seniors who were still around gathered in the cafeteria for orange juice, milk, and doughnuts. Whether they realized it or not this was their last farewell. ABOVE LEFT - Taking a break from the heat and crowd of the gym, Elton jefferson enjoys a game of fooz ball in the graduation party's game room in the cafeteria. LEFT - Snickers, a rock band from Little Rock, provides live music in the gym at the party. 77 ASSA WANDA CHARLENE CLEMONS -L ibrarv Club 1.2.3.4; Library Certificate 3. EARNEST RAY NICKERSON - FFA 1,2,4; mvrrvum-u tci ,. mi Fooiball 1,2,4, Basketball 1.7.3.4; All District . 14. e pM ia. lumgJnMg W« WNt t ,M n.,.4; � « U.3.4 Library Club r BssirettMtl Manager 1 3 4; junfcr Play;Christmas Play; Senior flay Class Fjvm.Tr J.-J � SKIP HOBBS • FFA 1,4; Football 1,2,3.4. JRfc 1; Baseball 4; Golf 2.3; Christmas Play: FFA Junior Adviser 4 |Z-4r P ’■ . • ' CARY LANE COULTER - KENNETM cnriTTR -' NATF COLLIER - Sen Class President. French Club J.4. Football 1. !,3,4, IJonorable Mention J; All District 4; Basketball 1; Track 1,2,34; Colt 1,2. TATTlfR Staff 1.2.3.4 SCRAPPER Staff 2,3.4; Editor 4; Student Council 1,2,J.4, Boys State 3; National Honor Society 1,4, lumor FMay, Christmas Play. Senior Play; Class favorite 2.3; Who's Who 4; Junior Social Studies Award, Senior Social Studies Award; E. T Moody Award. Lester Bradley Math Award. Danforth Award; Florence Dawley Award. Senior lournalism Award; Honor Graduate CAYF DAI IAS - Band 1.2J.4. field Com mander 4. flag Corps 2,3; french Club 2JA. Vice-president 4; W'ho's Who 4, TATTLER Staff 3.4; Who's Who Among American High School Students 4; TATTLER Staff 3.4 SCRAPPER Stall 3.4; Student Council 1,2.3,4, Secretarv-treasurer 4, Gfrls State 1; National Honor Society 1.4. lumor Play. C hnstmas Play; Senior Play. Junior Stienrj- Award; Honor Graduate; !) A R Good Ci er Award. WILLIAM L. DADGFfFRTY, JR. - fFA 1.2f DIANE Mi CRAPY. u« Band 2.3; 7.V4-Basketball I;1 Junior Play; Christmas I Graduate, Senior Science Award N1E W ARE • FFA 1.2.3.4; BAND 1.2.3,4 EDWARD HOEISCHFR TATTLER Staff 3.4. I French Club 2,3,4, SCRAPPER StofKw CONNIE LYNN McKFE - RONNIE CATHOIYN MARIF WESSON. - EH A 2,3,4. Who's Who 3,4; Class Favorite 3. JKXLIS WHITE • Ff A U.3. Band I BELINDA HUGHES - FHA 2.3. Pianist 3; library Club 1;.French Club 1?4; Tennis 3.4; Chfistmas Play; Senior Play TAMMIF HUTCHINSON RLBE.CCA' CAYLF JAMISON • Junior Class President, FFA Sweetheart 2fFHA £, Basketball 1,2,J,4. Track 3, Who's Who 4; Min.-Tramp 4; Volleyball M, Junior Play. LINDA JAMISON - F A 1; FHA 2, Frencii Club 2,3,4, President 3.4, Basketball 1.2; Manager 2; Who’s Who : TATTLFR Staff 2 ,4, SCRAPPFR Staff 3,4; Student Council 3; Homecoming J; Carls Stale National Honor Society 1.4; lumor Play, Christmas Play, Senior Play, Junior Social Studies Award. FFA Sweetheart .4; Honor Graduate. P.E.O Award MELINDA JAMISON - FFA 1. FHA 2,3; Library Club 1 ' DOR 15 MARIE MILiFR MARK M ft I WOOD.- FFA 1; Football 1.2,34. Hopofftbic1 Mpntfon 3; All Distrfrt 4; All State t Baik.it..ill 1. Ir- “ 2.1.4, Baseblll 2 4 W'fco's Who 4; National Honor So iijly 4, lunioCPIaylChristma' fMjf; Senior Plav; tumor SclHlfcc Aw.ird; Senior Math Award; foe Ice oudrujp Award 4 MtKf MM I M - FFA 2 4; TooRwU 2,3,4, All g 4, J. jglr I ORE TT A NEWTON - Junior Play, Chnsrm «■� - ■ a. a _ jL f .4 PAUI POWFR Band 1,2 4. tjrnfin.? Pl s RICKY WHITE • ffA 1,2,3.4, Sent.nef 2 Reporter 1,4; Christmas Play ’ ROGER WHITE - fl 1.2,3.4 Secretary'1.2.3; Parliamentary Pro. « d.rry 2,'3 4 ' $? ' IYNN ROBIN RAMAGE - Junior Class Secretary-treasurer. Band 1,2; 'Maj ftt 1; French Club 2,3,4; Secretary-treasurer 4; Tr a JT 1; Who's Who C Class Favorite 2. TATTLFR Stall 2,3,4, Assistant Editor 3; Editor 4. IUCKY WHIIAMS - fFA U. Who's Vho 3.4. TATTIFR Staff • T CAROLYN W ILSON - TONfA GWENVtyilSON sophomore CLass y t-aresidfertr FtlA 2,3,4. Officer 2,4, Band 2,1,4. FlayrCU ps 2.3.4, Co-Captain 4; Who's Who 4; Hnnier oftting 2,3,4. Oueen 4. Junior ; Christmas Play. Senior Play ifRRv“WISNIEWSKI - LATTER Staff 3.4; SfRAPPLR MalLJi' B Rt Vs u vvoOirn t fit . loftiorr1’ r Class HiA f CnAl.2J!4. Hag Cor jpx. JKTTV, . . : T 'J w JANICE WYNN - Pep Curb 2 ▼ • � .A 78 W. Students Place Emphasis On Learning Tests given by Ms. Brenda Ball are notorious for their difficulty. Eva Bradford, Frances Smith and Pam Wakefield comtemplate a mastery test on subordinate clauses. Our junior year in high school started off with something akin to electricity in the air. It could have been caused by the sudden realization that this was a special year, the year we changed from lowly sophomores into high and noble juniors. It was the year of our first dramatic endeavor, the junior play. It was very simple. We were juniors! Football was the first thing on our minds, and we filled in the gaps on the team vacated by last year's seniors. Our cheerleaders did more than ever to bolster spirit and our band members took on ever increasing importance. But, most of all, our indomitable spirit shone through at all pep rallies as we captured the spirit stick more times than any other class. |ulie Backus Dana Barnhill Linda Bennett Bobby Billings David Bissell Rhonda Blackburn Kip Blakely Martha Bowers Eva Bradford Jimmy Brewer Becky Butler Kelly Callan Derhonda Campbell David Chalker Cathy Chism 79 Wayne Conrad DeAnne Copeland Sharon Copeland Teresa Copeland Rob Coulter Eddie Dildy Tracy Duke Troy Duke Susie Eads Darrell Fatheree Kathy Floyd Penny Floyd David Foltz Brad Frost Gaye Goodrum 80 RIGHT- Howards County's recently established exercise parlor “Jo's Slim and Trim sees student instructor Juanella Sparks in an afternoon session. THE LOVE NOTE “trial in Lifetime Sports causes a furor with the brilliant cross-examination by prosecuting attorney Terry Ray as he grills suspect Gary Kirkpatrick. Stan Staggs listens carefully to the dialogue hoping to catch a point in favor of his client. Juniors Seek Outside Activities Debbie Graham Gail Harris Chris Hayes Jonathan Hilliard Ronnie Hipp AT THE AREA'S first Bridal Fair, Tammie Wilson and Martha Bowers serve as hostesses and award a set a towels to a lucky bride-to-be All this while, we were in the classroom doing our best to acquire the knowledge that each teacher offered us. And on a large scale it paid off. For most of us it was a year of enlightenment as the concepts introduced to us last year finally took root. When basketball season rolled around we ran just as many wind sprints, shot the endless free-throws, sweated through as many practices as anyone else and it showed. Our players added the spark Brian Howard Abby James Cindy Jones Kay Kreul Judy Lamb - s 1 1 � r y. Stan Lawrence Lisa Lawson Pam Lingo Jimmv Lockeby Arthur Manning Tracy Matheny that we needed to win any game. While snowfall after snowfall piled up, the holidays found us participating in snowball fights wherever two or more of us gathered together. 81 BELOW- English class is interspersed with deskwork and trips to the board. In sixth period Debbie Cason learns the correct way to diagram an adjective clause. BELOW- Of the two sets of twins gracing the junior class, Pamie and Tamie Salisbury feel that they have E.S.P. In spite of their psychic powers they spend lunch and break time catching up on their daily happenings. Renee McClure Johnny McLaughlin Rodney Mitchell Scott Musgrave Leila Parker Ronnie Pounds Michelle Millward Richard Oxley Tina Prosser Terry Ray Kelley Renard 82 Dea Ann Richard David Riggs David Rosenbaum Tamie Salisbury Steve Schooley Dottie Richards Lynne Roberts Pamie Salisbury Steve Savage Regina Scoggins Individuals Make Our Class Winter reigned supreme and so did we. Our class pride made itself known in the King and Queen of Hearts contest when we elected Becky Butler and Terry Ray over the sophomore and senior candidates to reign at the Valentive Party. When Mother Nature decided to let everything thaw, it was time for a case of spring fever. The Almost Anything Goes Show, sponsored by the student council, did a lot to enhance the nearness of spring. The competition was fierce, and although we didn't come out on top, we enjoyed the show both as observers and as participants; plus spending an afternoon out of class wasn't such a bad idea, either. Then finally, it was spring. And spring brought with it a feeling that hadn't been equalled this year. Track meets, tennis matches and baseball games ruled our thoughts and we took part in each. Also, the junior play, The Calamity Kids, was a fun-filled experience for us and did a lot to finance the Junior-Senior Banquet. This year wound down and again there was electricity in the air. It was May and graduation was upon us. Its impact was great, for it meant that they were gone and we were now seniors. WHILE SERVING with distinction as the junior class oficers, secretary-treasurer Becky Butler; vice-president Leila Parker; and president Tracy Duke depict a cross-section of their class. 83 Mary Shaw David Sides Frances Smith Robbie Smith Juanella Sparks D'Ann Tomerlin Particia Turley Cindy Watson Sammy Westbrook Robbye Westfall Denise White Brenda Whitmore Terry Wilcher Tammie Wilson Jeff Windham 84 ■ JUNIORS EXPRESS the enthusiasm that enabled them to win the spirit stick more times than any other class during football season. LATE IN THE FOURTH quarter of the Camden-Fairview game. Coach Ronnie Kerr briefs quaterback Brian Howard on the best way to maintain a comfortable lead. Spirit Makes It Happen Sophomores Stick To Their Guns And. . . The largest sophomore class ever to enroll in Nashville High School, 152 students, immigrated in the fall of 1977. But the size of the class really didn't matter because sophomores shared classes with juniors and even seniors, which made courses more demanding for tenth graders. Teachers laid it on the line that they expected everyone to pave his own way to graduation. CLASS OFFICERS include Margie Guthrie, vice-president; Mike Harris, secretary-treasurer; Melinda Hayes, president. William Akers Edna Anderson John Aylett Sandy Baker Robin Barnhill Charles Barton Dennis Beene Billy Bennett Margaret Bennett Kenneth Bissell David Boden Ricky Boler James Bradford David Brown Phil Brown Ray Buck Mark Butler Kim Campbell Dennis Castle Sheila Chambers 85 We can take anything high school can dish out was the thought of most sophomores as they barrelled their way through their first year of high school. Sophomores found themselves amidst everything from clattering typewriters and ancient Creek mythology to a mock county election and smelly dissected sharks. One of the heavier courses was biology. Little did they know that they were in for green pea phenotype ratios. Arkansas history students discussed various aspects of pioneer and modern Arkansas. Speed and accuracy are two main goals while learning to use the manual and electric typewriters for Typing I class. English emphasized 'back to the basics' with new textbooks. At first this posed a problem for students, but they soon had their minds on themes, literature and the usual four book reports. Algebra II added more confusing quadratic equations to those brilliant tenth grade minds! Students took a hard look at different types of jobs and careers in discussions in Occupations. INFORMING THE STUDENT BODY of upcoming events, Lori Smith and Remmel Henry adjust the bulletin board with fresh off the press news. Tracy Clements Sandra Craig Angie Crocker Mike Copeland Mark Dowdy Lanette Echols Becky Feemster Debbie Floyd Clay Franklin Kathy Fritts Kim Ganous Stephanie Gathright John Glasgow Tony Goodson LaDonna Green Margie Guthrie Jeannie Hamilton Beverly Harding Cathy Hargis Mike Harris 86 Melinda Hayes Jim Hedrick Remmel Henry Denise Hill Kim Horn Alan Howard Teresa Jackson Tommy Jacques Lisa Jamison Bert Johnson Dale Johnson Vincent Johnson Jeff Jones Jimmy Kent Karey Kirkpatrick Get The Job Done FOURTH PERIOD English opts for a breath of fresh air to escape the fumes of fresh paint on Mrs. Frances Dillard s bulletin board 87 jeannie Lamb Janet Langley Lynn Lawrence Jimmy Lawson Debbie Lockeby Andrea Lyons Kay Marshall Wanda Marshall Dennis McCrary Derrill Miller J. W. Miller Scott Millward Quin Minton DeAnna Mobbs Rebecca Nivens 88 The learning process included more than the three r's. Workshops, club meetings, and yes, even pep rallies, were a part of learning. With longer class periods, there was a little more time for extracurricular activities. Sophomores desperately wanted to fulfill the roles expected of them in pep rallies. A number of students purchased class shirts, while others chanted the latest cheers. Workshops were something different for tenth grade journalism students. Gordon Hale, with the help of Marjorie Marie Hamhocker, gave healthy tips and cultivated the students' minds toward better methods for producing a better yearbook. Club meetings were one thing students looked forward to, for if there were no meetings on Friday, students had to attend and participate in sixth period class. THOUGHTS OF post-graduation prompt Laurie Wesson, Lisa Perser, and Beverly Harding to sign up for information at the UALR table at College Day. AT THE YEARBOOK workshop, Gary Hughes and Velva Tucker discuss the pros and cons of an Arkadelphia yearbook. FOOTBALL SEASON inspires school spirit in Margaret Bennett, Janet Sandra Craig, Leslie Webb, and Lisa Jamison, who give their utmost Langley, Becky Feemster, Lori Smith, Debbie Lockeby, Cheryl Steel, support at every Friday's pep rally. Not All Learning Comes From Books And Classrooms Annette Parker Bobby Parker Tommy Parks Lisa Perser Suzan Pile Becca Power Terry Reed Sam Reeder Randy Roberts Mike Salisbury Bobby Simmons Kerry Smith Lori Smith Kris Snodgrass John Sparks 89 I Cheryl Steel Susan Stone David Teague Marc Thomas Terri Tollett Jackie Wakefield Karen Walters Leslie Webb Laurie Wesson Anna Westfall Ray Westfall Dena White Shirley Wilson Kelly Windham Kim Woodruff The The End Is Just Beginning Cassandra Wright Charles Wright 90 THE FIRST DAY OF school brings back old memories of last year to Becky Feemster, Robin Barnhill, Janet Langley, Terri Tollett, Mike Harris, La Donna Green, and John Aylett as they flip through and sign the 1977 SCRAPPER. Authorities And Personel Make It Happen TOP- Law and Order is sometimes difficult for students to abide by, but it is less difficult for Mr. Herman Stavely, principal to maintain. TOP RIGHT- Discussing the proposed junior high school building, the school board, which includes Mr. Jane Chesshir, Mr. Jimmy Staggs, Mr. Howard Aylett, Mrs. Neely Cassady, and Mr. Herschel Teague, hold an important March meeting. CENTER- School finances are kept in check by Mrs. Maxine Branch, bookkeeper. ABOVE- Scheduling appointments for Mr. Jones, as well as serving as cafeteria cashier, Mrs. Johnice Blackwell never lacks for something to do. RIGHT- The man behind the snow dismissals superintendent Dwight Jones, keeps an open door policy in his office. 91 TOP- Although Mr. Tommy DeBlack is an angel of a coach, he is a demon of a history teacher. TOP RIGHT- With the use of audio-visuals, students prepare for future occupations. Tony Wilson aids Mr. Howard Hunter in setting up the projector in Occupations. ABOVE- Home Economics student Cathy Fritts gets a taste of most home-life situations with the supervision of Mrs. Marie Stavely. ABOVE RIGHT- Basketball, biology, and chemistry may not seem to go together, but in Mr. Charles Carozza's life, they blend well. RIGHT- Geometry, Algebra II and Trigonometry keep Mrs. Mary Frances Spinger busy at her chalkboard Instructors Focus On Basics Qualified faculty members engaged in classroom experiences ranging from lectures to labs. The social studies department gave students a greater choice by adding sociology and world geography to its curriculum. Arkansas history classes held a mock county election, supervised by Mrs. Millie Shaddox. Students who won the election spent a day at the county court house in the offices of the adult officials. The science and math departments continued to build on the basics of those disciplines with an emphasis on the more advanced courses such as chemistry and trig. Mr. Charles Carozza earned his MSE in chemistry during the summer of 1977 at Ouachita Baptist University. 92 FAR LEFT- The school artist Mrs. Patricia Clingan instructs Cindy Cassady in the use of acrylics. LEFT-Pep rallies depend on encouragement from the coaching staff as well as community leaders, as Mr. Cary Segrest demonstrates. CENTER-Checking out a book for Charles Benson, along with teaching student librarian Tamie Salisbury, Mrs. Hattie Piggee keeps a quiet and orderly library. BELOW- Government and politics interest Mrs. Millie Shaddox, who enjoys her students' comments on these subjects. BOTTOM LEFT-Quick comebacks to her math students' jokes hold Mrs. Malloy Freel's classes in a lively state. BOTTOM- Time out from basketball brings Miss Betty Floyd into a world geography class. The English department gained a new member Mrs. Jan Ponder, who helped to reduce class loads. The department led the way in the 'back to the basics' movement with new texts that emphasized the eight parts of speech in usage. TOP RIGHT- Athletic director Joe Goodrum confers with Ms. Betty Floyd about the 7 AA District meeting. TOP-Junior English and journalism offer challenges for Ms. Brenda Ball, who advises the SCRAPPER Yearbook and THE TATTLER. CENTER- Sitting on two year books to help her see her students in French and English IV, Mrs. Neva Byrd is living proof that dynamite comes in small packages. ABOVE- English, accented with a smile from Mrs. Jan Ponder, helps the day go by for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. RIGHT- As socks fit into shoes, Mrs. Frances Dillard fits into her English III and speech classes. 94 Teachers Help Students Spread Their Wings TOP- Characterics of each piece of music interest Mrs. Donna Daniel as she teaches music appreciation, choir, and band. ABOVE- Cheerleader spirit and devotion pass through Mrs. Anita Stuckey's mind in or out of class. Mrs. Stuckey teaches special education. BASICS ARF TURNED into artwork in Typing I, II and shorthand when it is instructed by Mrs Relda Aylett. TOP- Business ed students think seriously before enrolling in bookkeeping. But once there, they find Mrs. Ozie Jones helpful, as is the case with Ricky White. ABOVE- Sponsor of the FFA Mr. Larry Craver utilizes all available equipment for his vocational agriculture classes. qc Staff Carries Load TOP RIGHT- Devoting part of her time to school records, Mrs. Charlotte Briggs, secretary in the Migrant Education Department, creates a pleasant atmosphere in the front office. TOP LEFT- A busy day for school secretary Mrs. Jo Jo Reed (right) includes checking absences and supervising office workers. She answers questions for student teacher Quin O'Neal. CENTER LEFT- Cafeteria staff Leona Hubble, Kay Cox, Dorothy Per«ley, and Betty Spiess prepare wholesome meals for 300 students daily. CENTER RIGHT-Supervising meal planning and preparation, Mrs. Ruby Willis oversees the school lunch program. ABOVE- Student office workers are Julia Roberson, Tammie Wilson, Monica Hamilton, Tracy Matheny, Michelle Millward, and Cindy Jones. CAFETERIA STAFF Gussie Wesson, Edna Wagner, Lillie Mae Sillivan, and Eloise Evans offer nutrition in typical teenage fare-hamburgers, French fries and pizza. VIPs ABOVE - Sophomores Margaret Bennett, Laurie Wesson, and Lisa Perser do their part in helping with the decorations for the homecoming activities. RIGHT- Mrs. Anita Stuckey, with the help of her students sets to work making the gym beautiful for homecoming. Homecoming: A Grand Affair From Beginning to End MISTRESS OF CEREMONIES, Kay Kreul, introduces the maids and their escorts and provides the narrative to the homecoming celebration. THE LARGEST HOMECOMING court ever, assembles on the steps of Mrs. Ruth Marie Dildy's home for one final moment. FRONT ROW- Tom Millward, Debbie Floyd, Ranay Floyd, Kathy Floyd, Cindy Jones, Doug Jones, Sandra Craig, Billy Ray Jones. SECOND ROW-Gary Kirkpatrick, Pam Lingo, Quonya Coulter, Earnest Hickerson, Michelle Millward, Skip Hobbs, Cathy Chism, Mike Milum. THIRD ROW- Clifton Grundy, Brenda Whitmore, April Ware, Dennis Stewart. BACK ROW- Charles Benson, Sonya Manning, Glenda Spears, Mark Millwood, Queen Toni Wilson, Lori Smith, Nate Coulter. MAID OF HONOR Glenda Spears and her escort Gary Gills enjoy the excitement of homecoming. ABOVE- Homecoming is a time of work and play and in the end. Queen Toni Wilson and Mark Millwood take time out from all the hustle and bustle to smile and strike a Butch Cassidy and Sundance' pose. LEFT-The most solemn moment of homecoming comes as senior Mark Millwood crowns Queen Tom Wilson. Homecoming — An Occasion to Remember TOP LEFT - The junior class' friendliest girl, Cindy Jones and her escort Doug Jones. TOP Junior maid Pam Lingo and her escort Gary Kirkpatrick. CENTER LEFT- Sophomore maid and friendliest girl in the class, Debbie Floyd and her escourt Tom Millward. ABOVE- Junior maid Brenda Whitmore and her escort Clifton Grundy. FAR LEFT- Senior cheerleader and maid, Sonya Manning and her escort Charles Benson. LEFT-Junior maid Cathy Chism and her escort Mike Milum. ABOVE- Sophomore maid Lori Smith and her escort Nate Coulter. RIGHT- The only brother-sister maid and escort is Ranay and Kathy Floyd. FAR RIGHT-junior maid Michelle Millward and her escort Skip Hobbs. LEFT - Sophomore maid Sandra Craig and escort Billy Ray Jones. BELOW- Senior maid Quonya Coulter and escort Earnest Hickerson. RIGHT- Sophomore maid April Ware and her escort, Dennis Stewart. 101 ABOVE-Nate Coulter and Linda Jamison. ABOVE RIGHT-Jerry Smith, Alan Green. Becky Jamison. Lynn Ramage and Gary Kirkpatrick. RIGHT-Ray Jones. Mary Butler, Nate Coulter. Sherry Furr, and Clifton Grundy. Seniors Select Super Students The journalism department, responsible for up-dating and beginning traditions, instituted changes within the Who's Who elections, formerly titles bestowed solely upon seniors. Each class voted on its own most outstanding members, but seniors received some distinct honors. After journalist tallied the ballots, the polls revealed that the student body titled Toni Wilson and Mark Millwood Mr. and Miss NHS, as well as Cutest Couple. Two new categories, Most Likely To Achieve Financial Success and Most Likely To Achieve Fame, sparkled interest among students. They predicted fame for Lynn Ramage and Nate Coulter and fortune for Nate and Caye Dallas. Toni Wilson and Billy Ray Jones captured the prestigious titles of Most-Beautiful and Most Handsome. However, classmates selected Alan Green and Lynn Ramage as Cutest. 102 Regardless of popular opinion, some teenagers do recognize good manners when they see them. Seniors elected Deann Masey and Clifton Grundy to Most Polite. The smiles constantly displayed by Ray Jones and Sherry Furr won for them the distinguished recognition of Friendliest. Seniors saluted Mary Butler and Nate Coulter with the compellation Best Dressed — not only because they dressed well, but because they wore it well. They believed Gary Kirkpatrick and Cathy Wesson to be possible future comedians and designated them Wittiest. With little visible effort Jerry Smith and Becky Jamison secured the Biggest Flirt title. TOP-Nate Coulter, Lynn Ramage, and Gaye Dallas. ABOVE-Toni Wilson and Mark Millwood. ABOVE RIGHT- Mark Millwood, Leota Reese, Nate Coulter, Ricky Williams, Jeanice Leverett, Alan Green, and Linda Jamison. RIGHT-Toni Wilson and Billy Ray Jones. Jeanice Leverett and Alan Green, Most Musically Talented, could become tomorrow's pop stars or orchestra members. Seniors predicted that Jeanice and Ricky Williams (Most Artistically Talented) may be the next Mary Cassot and Rembrandt. Because they participated in so many sports, the class dubbed Leota Reese and Mark Millwood as Most Athletically Talented. The senior class saluted outstanding classmates Nate Coulter and Linda Jamison with Most Scholastically Talented and Most Admired because they possessed brains as well as maturity, responsibility, and leadership. Juniors Judge Jet-Setters For the first time juniors acknowledged their outstanding fellow students in the Who's Who contest. According to majority opinion. Kip Blakely and Dana Barnhill were the most fashionable duo strolling the halls, an opinion which christened them “Best Dressed. The poll results determined that Kip Blakely and Gail Harris were the juniors' best examples of attractive people. Troy Duke and Cindy Jones' smiles aided juniors when they chose Cindy and Troy as “Friendliest. Dea Ann Richard, Gaye Goodrum, and David Chalker's friendliness sprang from a different motivation and they were chosen Biggest Flirts. Juniors rewarded the fine etiquette of Cathy Chism and Robbie Smith with the title of Most Polite. Every class has its clown to make the day more relaxing and Penny Floyd, Cathy Bagwell and David Chalker topped this category. TOP- Becky Butler and Terry Ray. ABOVE- Gail Harris, Kip Blakely, David Chalker, Penny Floyd, Gaye Goodrum, and Dea Ann Richard. LEFT- Robbie Smith, Dana Barnhill, Kip Blakely, Cindy Jones, Cathy Chism, and Troy Duke. Special Strokes for Special Folks Friendliness and charm proved an asset to David Teague, LaDonna Green, and Debbie Floyd, who dominated the Friendliest ballots. Fashion-minded sophs awarded Best Dressed to stylish Quin Minton and Robin Barnhill. Natural good looks secured for Cathy FHargis and Mike Harris the titles of Cutest. Laughing their way into the hearts of fellow sophs and causing others to laugh with them, Gary Hughes and Edna Anderson prevailed in the Wittiest” contest. Flirting, a predominantly sophomore characteristic, was a category not forgotten as sophs tagged Melinda Hayes and Scott Millward with the Biggest Flirts award. Rarely foregoing an opportunity to say a kind word, the politeness of Cathy Hargis and David Boden paid off when they attained the title of Most Polite. David Teague and Cassandra Wright, voted Outstanding Athletes, really filled the bill in this competition. TOP LEFT- David Boden, Robin Barnhill, La Donna Green, Quin Minton, and David Teague. ABOVE- Scott Millward, Mike Harris, Gary Hughes, and Melinda Hayes. LEFT- Cassandra Wright, David Teague, and Cathy Hargis. 105 Classmates Name Favorites 'Who's Who' not only honored students who were the 'most' and the 'best.' It also gave students an opportunity to recognize their favorite classmates. These were the ones who always said hi in the hall, accompanied by a big grin. Class favorites were those who were always congenial, humorous, and outgoing. Sophs, although green to the campus scene, easily got into the swing of things and had no trouble deciding their choices. It wasn't hard to tell that David Teague and Melinda Hayes were the sure winners. Becky Butler and Terry Ray weren't just each others' favorites. Classmates admired them enough to vote them class favorites, too. Senior class favorites Ray Jones and Tammye Copeland have clowned their way through twelve years of school with amusing antics. TOP RIGHT- Sophomore favorites Melinda Hayes and David Teague. ABOVE- junior favorites Becky Butler and Terry Ray. RIGHT- Senior favorites Tammye Copeland and Ray jones. 4 Activities At Girls State And Boys State Urge Political Involvement AFTER AN EXHILER ATING week on Ouachita’s campus, Gaye Dallas and Linda DELEGATES TO BOYS STATE mingle while waiting to attend one of many Jamison stop on the trip home to catch their breaths. assemblies held during the week. Three delegates, chosen by the faculty and sponsored by the Eastern Star, Masons, and Daughters of the American Revolution, attended Boys State held at the University of Central Arkansas and Girls State held at Ouachita Baptist University. For one week Gaye Dallas, Linda lamison and Nate Coulter joined almost two thousand students from across the state to study the American political system and how it functions. They became citizens of imaginery towns and counties so that elections could be conducted on a city, county and state level. Congressman Jim Guy Tucker, Attorney General Bill Clinton, and Governor David Pryor were among the state officials who participated in the lectures. The week's activities culminated with a trip to the state capital. WITH THE STATE Capitol in the background, Nate Coulter glances at a newspaper while waiting for the bus that will take him back to Conway. 107 Down Home Humor Dominates Junior Play The Calamity Kids ' with a cast of eleven and an elaborate back stage crew of prompters, set builders and sponsors, saw the curtain rise on the first production of the year for the junior class. Most members of the cast spent their time backstage, with the exception of Kay Kreul, otherwise known as Aunt Em. She was the only one to have the first act memorized by the first rehearsal. During the dress rehearsal the seniors surprised the cast with cake, cookies and cokes! This kind act revived a tradition that had fallen away in the past few years. Although the rehearsals were long and tiring, juniors, who griped and complained, in the end, felt the participation in the play a rewarding experience. TOP- David Chalker attempts to protect Kip Blakely from the wrath of Gaye Goodrum. ABOVE- With marriage on his mind, middle-aged widower Rob Coulter woos the youthful runaway, Gaye Goodrum. ABOVE LEFT- Up to their usual capers, the “calamity kids Martha Bowers and Tony Wilson release a mouse, much to the horror of Penny Floyd, Debbie Chesshir, and Eva Bradford. LEFT- Cast includes: SEATED- Kay Kreul, David Chalker, Gaye Goodrum, Kip Blakely, Martha Bowers, and Tony Wilson. STANDING- Penny Floyd, Rob Coulter, Debbie Chesshir, Eva Bradford, and Kelley Renard. Senior Drama Blends Comedy and Intrigue The junior play was a tough act to follow, but a large group of seniors eagerly met the challenge as they auditioned for the class play, Suitable for Hanging. The play centered around the chaotic series of events that occurred after a young lab technician mysteriously missed his wedding. After the cast of 16 were chosen and an invaluable stage crew was secured, rehearsals began for the April 28 performance. This illustrious group, which was faithfully guided by their sponsors, Mrs. Neva Byrd, Miss Betty Floyd, Mr. Charles Carozza, Ms. Brenda Ball, and student teacher Mike Ward, rehearsed for three weeks, working around conflicting activities. For their efforts they raised nearlv $500 for the class and enjoyed some of the last moments of fellowship among themselves. TOP LEFT- Anticipating their big break in show biz, Sandy Blakely and Caye Dallas display their wealth of musical talent. TOP RIGHT- Setting the mood for the entrapment of Nate Coulter, Diane McCrary utters the magic words, Now listen, Charlie, which placed him in a hypnotic state. LEFT- Prompting did not take up all of Belinda Hughes' time as she finds a moment to add her name to the graffiti on the stage backdrop. ABOVE- Cast includes: FRONT ROW- Linda Jamison, Toni Wilson, Diane McCrary, and Sharon Stelter. SECOND ROW- Leon Daugherty, Sandy Blakely, Lynne Bratton, Jerry Smith, Gaye Dallas, Mary Butler, and Ray Jones. BACK ROW- Terri Goodson, Nate Coulter, Mark Millwood, Alan Green, and Belinda Hughes. 109 Banquets Brighten Scene — Heighten Memories Civic groups hosted several banquets during the second semester. The first of these was the football banquet, delayed until January because of inclement weather. On this occasion, Coach Ronnie Kerr appeared front and center, and gave an account of the season and spoke highly of exceptional players, including Mark Millwood and Nate Coulter, who received the Rotary's Most Valuable Player Awards. Following the advent of spring, the band banquet carried out the theme of 'stars' with decorations to fit the occasion. Student musicians enjoyed entertainment furnished by the Tammie Wilson, Terry Reed, and Clay Franklin Trio, along with FJerschel Cannon, folksinger friend of Director Donna Daniel. The annual all sports banquet, made possible by the Scrapper Boosters, gave the coaches of spring sports an opportunity to recognize outstanding athletes in each field. ABOVE- Informal socializing following the FFA Banquet finds chapter sweetheart Linda lamison clowning with Ricky White. ABOVE RIGHT-Spinning another of his many yarns. Coach Ronnie Kerr recaptures moments of the past football season. RIGHT- Cheerleaders reflect on experiences as Mrs. Anita Stuckey presents an award to Lynn Ramage. 110 Banquet season began to wind down in May when the juniors labored, rehearsed, and finally presented the seniors with a trip to Fantasy Island. After a scrumptious meal, the juniors performed, prophesied, and played on the emotions of the seniors with the singing of the Alma Mater. The FFA feast of southern fried chicken served as a finale to the banquet season. Special events of the evening included presentation of the FFA Sweetheart, Linda Jamison and recognition of the outstanding young future farmers. ABOVE-Preparing for the Junior-Senior Banquet, Kay Kreul oversees the decorating, while Terry Ray hangs the moon. LEFT- Taking Monica Hamilton's temperature, nurse Dea Ann Richard diagnoses the problem as Saturday Night Fever. BELOW- After a long hard semester of performing in track, tennis, golf, basketball, and baseball, athletes gather for a relaxing banquet in their honor. BOTTOM- Band members and their dates enjoy the main course at the banquet and anticipate the evening's entertainment. Assembly The awards ceremony, a tradition for more than a quarter-century, distinguished those students who achieved a degree of excellence in various categories. In addition to winners of the established awards, the ceremony recognized recipients of the newly created Florence Dawley Award, Lillian Mitchell Award, class journalism awards, and the Herman E. Stavely Memorial Scholarship. TOP - Caught by surprise, yet highly elated, Caye Dallas receives the coveted D A R. Good Citizenship Award. ABOVE - The senior science award goes to Diane McCrary with outstanding performance in higher level science. 112 Distinguishes Achievers ABOVE - As a finale lo a splendid year in varsity athletics, Mark Millwood accepts the Joe Lee Goodrum Award for track. BELOW - Reversing the trend the senior basketball players laud their coach, Charles Caro za, during the awards assembly. BELOW RIGHT - The famed John Phillip Sousa Award goes to five year band member Jeanice Leverett in a presentation made by director Donna Daniel. LEFT - Transfer student Jonathan Hilliard earns the respect of peers and faculty and receives the Junior Science Award. Recipients of Awards Pt.O. Award linda Jamison Inlrr Bradley Math Award. Nale Coulter F T Moody Award Morma Hamilton D A R. Good Citizenship Award Gaye Dallas Bausch and lomb Science Award Julu B Roberson Danlorth Award Nate Coulter and Lynne Bratton John Phillip Sousa Award Jcanicc leverett Director Awards Vicki Archer. Brad Fr« st. and Su an Pile lo Lee Goodrum Track Award Mark Millwood Lillian Mitrhell Award Lynn Ramage Florence Dawley Award State Coulter Senior Journalism Award. Nate Coulter Junior Journalism Award. Martha Bower Sophomore Journalism Award Dena White Journalism Achievement Certificates . Su anne Tollett, Brenda Marshall, Debbi Dodson. Linda Jamison, lulie Backus. Do a Ann Richard. Remmel Henry. Leslie Webb, and La Donna Green Home ic Award hay Kreul Student Council Scholarship Awards Senior English Lynn Ramage Senior Social Studies Nale Coulter and |ean«e leverett Senior Science Diane McCrary Senior Math Mark Millwood and Lynne Bratton Junior English Kelley Returd and Gaye Goodrum Junior Social Studies Cathy Chism Junior Science. . Jonathan Hilliard and Kelly Calian Junior Math David Foil SENIOR MERIT AW ARDS Vicki Archer. . .Service Lynn Tollett Arnold . Scholarship Sandy Blakely. . .Scholarship Lynne Bratton. . Leadership and Scholarship Nale Coulter leadership. Scholarship, and Service Wanda Clemons Service Gaye Dallas Service and Scholarship Lorenzo Davis. Service and Attendance Debbi Dodson Service and Sc holar ship Ranay Floyd Service Phyllis Brown Gammon Scholarship Terri Goodson Service Clifton Grundy Service Frederick Hintze. . .Service Linda Jamison leadership. Scholarship, and Service Julia Johnson. . Service William Keaster . . Scholarship Sheila Keeton . .Scholarship Johnny lamb Service Janie e Leverett . .Service and Scholarship Dune McCrary . Service and Scholarship Sonya Manning. Service Brenda Marshall Service Mark Millwood. leadership. Scholarship, and Service Lvnn Ramage leadership, Scholarship, and Service Julu Roberson Service and Sc holarship Jerry Smith Service John Thomas . leadership and Service Su anne Tollett Service Roger Vaughn Service and Attendance Toni Wilson . . Service Outstanding Student Council Member Award. . Remmel Henry Herman I Stavely Memorui Scholarship John Thomas Graduates Finish Summa, Magna and Cum Laude HONOR GRADUATES INCLUDE: RIGHT - Lynn Ramage, Debbi Dodson, Mark Millwood, Lynne Bratton, and Gaye Dallas. BELOW - Linda lamison, Julia Roberson, Phyllis Gammon, William Keaster, and Lynn Tollett. SHEILA KEETON, Sandy Blakely, Diane McCrary, Jeanice Leverett, and Nate Coulter. As they neared the close of their high school education, fifteen honor graduates realized the rewards of devoting time and effort to their studies. The averaging of grades, from their freshman year to the end of the first semester as seniors, determined which students possessed the necessary grade point (3.5 or above) to graduate with honors. The Lions Club hosted them and their parents at the tenth annual honor graduate banquet held at the Country Kitchen on May 22. Each honor graduate was also presented with a certificate at the banquet. Events such as this and the self-satisfaction they achieved made all those nights that they burned the midnight oil seem worth it. ABOVE LEFT-A game of basketball is a favorite way of spending warm autumn noontimes for Wendell Collier, Anthony Whitmore, Garland White, and Greg White. ABOVE RIGHT-Some students see Mr. Danny Howard in more than one place at a time. ABOVE-Expressing spirit and support of one's home team makes Thursday pep rallies special for Susan Blakely, Laurie White, Elizabeth Wilson, Patti Jones, Dena Floyd, Greg Nation, Fran Hughes, and Renee Chastain. Autumn assembled old and new faces, familiar friends and introduced numerous innovations to junior high and its students. For some, it would be the last year; for others, it was only the beginning. There were various things that were memorable about the year — new teachers, more things to learn, great movies, diverse hobbies, the atmosphere of Scrapper spirit, silliness for some and an improvement in behavior for others. Bewildered seventh graders, energetic eighth graders, and confident ninth graders comprised the student body of over 400. Headed by Principal Danny Howard, the faculty and staff added new members to its ranks in several academic areas. In addition to the usual activities-Fifties Day, pep rallies, and homecoming-volleyball tourneys and a new bell schedule made the school year unique. Through print and photography we made it happen! BELOW-Hit movies such as Rocky and Smokey and the Bandit made an impression on campus. Star Wars fan Chris McCord reads a worn copy of the book. CREATIVE LEFT-Members of 5th period P.E. class form shadows on the gym floor. BELOW-ln addition to handling test results and pupil scheduling, counselor Mrs. Paula Branch finds time to chat with Billy Turbeville SILENCE BELOW-Sometimes it is best to be alone; Susan Sunderman seeks solitude in needlepoint work. 117 ABOVE LEFT-A relatively long day comes to an end for Mr. Wayne Marshall, who was hired in the spring as custodian. TOP-Keen competition during May's Almost Anything Coes is evident as Coach J.B. Grimes choices down a banana from student teacher, Jan Kirby. MIDDLE-A faint smile comes to Mrs. Kay Johnson's face as she checks one of her EMR student's papers. MIDDLE RIGHT-Stressing the importance of checking a car's gauges, Mr. Willie Click tells Lori McClure and Tim Ponder the Drivers' Ed. car is out of gas. ABOVE-Braving the wet snow, secretary Mrs. Emma Smith makes her way into the main building. RIGHT-Keeping everything in its place is only part of Mrs. Bertha Crumpton's job as librarian 118 BAND LIVENS f Ef RALLIES Field Commander Pam Walters Renee Beaver! Deanna Waddle Ellen Brown Solo and ensemble contest, pep rallies, and special concerts made being in the Band worthwhile. Learning major and minor scales, and performing the classics as well as popular tunes, students in sixth period spent the hour under the baton of Mrs. Daniels. Fund raising activities included selling DRIX Cleaner. Due to the lack of uniforms, band members were identified at events wearing their black Scrapper Band shirts, which seemed to raise morale. Several members were awarded medals at FHot Springs-Tammy Jackson, Scott Elder, Skipper Davis, Tammy Croy, and Renee Beavert. Kelley Lovelis Captain 121 c 0 u N c 1 L FRONT ROW-Ellen Brown, Treasurer; Patti Jones, Secretary; Kelley Lovelis, Vice-President; lisa Romine, President. BACK ROW-Stacey Staggs, Skipper Davis, Jeff Linville, Denise Radebaugh, Dena Floyd, Debie Boden, Ann McAdams, Deanna Waddle, Debbie Hughes, Cynthia Webb, Donnie Parrish, Lloyd Renfrow, Brian Chesshir, and Scott Elder. SUPPORTS NEW ACTIVITIES The student council sponsored many activities during the year. The Penny King and Queen contest brougnt forth many surprises. Each homeroom elected its own king and queen, then placed jars for collection in the study hall. Tnose with the most money were John Pipkins and Hattie O'Neal. They were the overall winners. After the second semester a volleyball tournament took place. The seventh grade homerooms played each other and Mr. Hughes' team emerged the seventh grade winners. The eighth graders battled for first place in four exciting games. The victory was taken by Mrs. Castleberry's class. Two very close games were played in the ninth grade bracket, and Mr. Keaster's team captured the wins by two points in each game, thus becoming the ninth grade victors. Playing Mr. Hughes and Mr. Keaster's teams was quite a challenge for Mrs. Castleberry's class but the eighth grade representatives came out as overall champions and were awarded ribbons and a plaque. At Thanksgiving several homerooms dressed up their classes with turkeys, vegetables, and little pilgrim houses. The student council awarded a Coke party to the best dressed up room, Mrs. Blakely's second place went to Mrs. McAdams' class. VARIOUS HOMEROOMS competed in a decorations contest. Turkeys, pumpkins, and pinecones put the feeling of Thanksgiving into Mrs. McKee's homeroom. 122 The National Junior Honor Society members include FRONT ROW-Virginia Power, Cassandra Marshall, Terry Melson, Lisa Romine, Sharia Robertson, Sherry Venable, Gayla O'Bryant, Kathy Hubbard, Tambra Valdez. Renee Chastain, and Cindy Reed SECOND ROW- Beverly McCann. Tim Harding, Scott Dunson, Skipper Davis, Todd Feemster, Danny Raulerson, John Pipkins, Eddie Brown, Chris McCord, Patti Jones, and Debie Boden. THIRD ROW-Suzanne Hintze, Lisa Robertson, Janet Jones, Kim Chism, Ann McAdams, Lori Matheny, Kelley Lovelis, Cynthia Webb, and Denise Leverett. FOURTH ROW-Mike Spigner, Scott Elder, Diane Henley, Dena Floyd, Susan Blakely, Fran Hughes, Judy Chandler, and Billy Spangle. FIFTH ROW-Jay Chesshir, Jeff Linville, Lance Click, Marty Renfrow, Mike Frohnappel, Robert Chism, Tim Ponder, Victor Harding, Ricky Copeland, and Lloyd Renfrow. UPPER LEFT-Either by serving punch, refilling the punch bowl, or just eating goodies, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Johnson, Fran Hughes, Cynthia Webb, Mark Propps, and Alan McKee enjoy themselves at the Honor Society reception. ABOVE-Two of the people who take turns raising the flags in the morning and lowering them in the afternoon are Tim Bishop and Jeff Linville. LEFT- Making change, keeping up with money and putting up with customers' complaints are all part of Lori McClure, Scott Elder, Stacy Milum, Mike Spigner, and Cynthia Webb's days in the concession stand. Fire Marshals ExecuteDrill FIRE MARSHALS INCLUDE-Marty Renfrow, Billy Hockaday, Marvin Johnson, Mike Hicks, David Green, Mr. Bill Lyons, sponsor. (Not shown, Danny Boles) 124 F.F.A. MEMBERS OF F.F.A. ARE: Robbie Sanders, Gary Puryear, Tony Young, Teresa Brown, Jeff Starr, Earl Prosser, Carlton Amonette, Randy Boles, Gorton Thomas, Keith Smith, Natalie Fisher, Tim Harding, Terry McDonald, Drew Tollett, James White, Renetta Hutchinson, Butch Burbank, Mary Hughes, Todd McCurry, Mark Propps, Billy Garney, Denise Radebaugh, Kelly Scott, Tambra Valdez, Phyllis White, Rhonda Sillavan, Tim Brown, Fern Jefferson, Greg White, Cheryl Haislip, Jeff Haislip, Freda Fatheree, Nancy Gammon, Doug Hanney, Tim Hartness, Patti Jones, Tammy Wells, Scott Keesler, Tim Lockeby, Lisa Romine, Julie Akers, Sherry Woodruff, Donna Bedwell, Brenda Williams, Sheila Hearon, Denise Conatser, Donna King, Larry Matthews, Frankie Dawson, Ronnie Combs, Mary Crawley, Danny Boles, Charles Young, Rosemary Newton, Kyle Whisenhunt, Danny Hardin, Tammy Clemons, Ronnie McFadden, Marvin Williamson, Lyle Marshall, Michael Persley; CENTER: Mr. Joe Martin. When an errand needs to be done, or when Mr. Howard wants to speak to a student, the responsibility falls on the office workers. The phone is answered, absentee slips are picked up, change is sometimes given out, the mail is sorted — all these tasks are completed by the office workers staff. Consisting of members from each grade, the Spy staff provides an outlet for student creativity in the form of poems, stories, and jokes, as well as school news. The paper is published on the week of major holidays, or for special occasions such as homecoming. The sponsor is Mrs. Maye G. Davis. Office workers are: Terry Bissell, Billy Hockaday, Billy Tur-beville, Lori Matheny, Diane Henley, Ann McAdams, Renee Chastain, Shela Hartsell, Kelly Lovelis, Stacy Milum, Tim Ponder. Spy Staff includes TOP ROW-Lance Click, Jay Chesshir, John Pipkins, Stacy Milum, Lori Matheny. SECOND ROW-Janet Jones, Patti Jones, Fran Hughes, Connie Richardson, Cleo McCorkle;FRONT ROW-Greg Nation, Tim Ponder, Kelly Dildy, Suzanne Hintze, Diane Henley. GROUPS HAVE FUN LEARN PRACTICAL KNOWLEDG E 125 LIBRARY MEMBERS include FRONT ROW-Stacy Milum, Mrs. Crumpton, Dona Floyd, Denise Radebaugh, and Janet Jones. SECOND ROW-Victor Harding, Shela Hartsell, Ann McAdams, Judy Chandler. THIRD ROW-Virginia Power, Suzanna Reed, Teresa Hockaday, Carol Jones. FOURTH ROW-Cindy Reed, Susie McKinney, Cynthia Webb, Pam Walters. BACK ROW-John Pipkins, Deanna Waddle, and Patti Jones. 1 A CASE OF STAGE FRIGHT is not evident as Felecia Jordon models one of several fashions made by her mother. ■ M . N - TOPS YEAR In late November the Library Club presented an Orange and Black Tea for the freshmen and the faculty. Small sandwiches, cookies and punch were served. The younger members of the club served as hostesses. The club during the year sold seeds and plants to make money. These sold well among the school's plant lovers. Spring brought more work for busy members. All were learning to walk gracefully for the fashion show to be presented in March. The setting for the show was a rainbow with a pot of gold at the end. The programs were in the shape of shamrocks. A Treasure of Fashion included clothes from Nashville department stores and some original creations. Guests, models, and members truly enjoyed the show which included some student talent numbers. Before school was dismissed for the summer, the ninth grade members took a trip to Little Rock to attend the ASLA Convention. Later the group went to shop at McCain Mail. At the Awards Assembly on the last day of the second semester, Mrs. Crumpton gave certificates to the freshmen club members and awarded the Librarian of the Year honor to Cynthia Webb. LIBRARY OFFICERS are ABOVE- Vice President, Denise Radebaugh; Susie McKinney, Reporter; President, Dena Eloyd; Stacy Milum, Treasurer: Secretary, Janet Jones. BELOW, CHEERLEADER SPONSORS are Mrs. McAdams, Mrs. Byrd, and Mrs. Tate. 126 WE LL BE TRUE TO ALMA M AT E R Being a member of the cheerleading squad in any school is more than just having a loud yell, a lot of spirit or more than being a popular person. Many hours of practice, study and dedication as well as school spirit go into being a Scrapper cheerleader. The girls were able to show various sides of their personalities at pep assemblies during skits, the introduction of new cheers and displaying their artistic abilities in the posters and banners which they made. Under the leadership of Dena Floyd and Ann McAdams, the squad directed the flow of enthusiam at the Thursday pep rallies. To highlight the end of the school year, the group sponsored a very well-organized event, ALMOST ANYTFHING GOES. CHEERLEADERS; TOP ROW-Carol Jones and Loretta Brown. BOTTOM ROW-Dena Floyd, captain; Kim Chism, Ann McAdams, co-captain; Libby Millward, Felecia Jordan, and Sharia Robertson. 127 STARING INTO SPACE, Lance Click racks his brain to think up a correct caption. 128 •3 ABOVE LEFT-As Mr. Hughes demonstrates, there is more than one way to get away from a flooded darkroom. ABOVE-At times, Kathy Hubbard and Diane Henley do get a bit looney while working on photo developing. LOWER LEFT-One area in which the staff excelled was trick photography as Judy Beth Chandler exemplifies. BELOW-Probably the least insane staff member is Cynthia Webb, shown working during an after-school session. On more than one occasion staff members burned the midnight oil in order to meet a deadline. s T A F F PATIENCE, CONCENTRATION and cooperation are essential if Mrs. Castleberry and Jeanette Harris are to get a good layout finished. Competitions JUNIOR SCRAPPERS (BOTTOM ROW) Tim King, Mike Hicks, Jeff Hood, Stacey Staggs, Randy Boles, Jim Hargis, Terry McDonald, Robbie Sanders, Billy Spangle, Tim Foltz, Drew Tollett, Kyle Whisenhunt, Tim Harding, Lloyd Renfrow, Markell Parker (SECOND ROW) Danny Raulerson, Jim Hamilton, Brian Harris, Billy Dean, Eddie Williams, Victor Harding, Sedrick Holt, Tim Lucas, Todd Feemster, Wayne Taylor, Terry Holbrook, Mack Carlton, David Green, David Ackley, Johnny Grundy, Jeff Riley, John Backus, (THIRD ROW) Anthony Whitmore, Billy Dallas, Greg Westfall, Gary Couch, Tony Barnes, Marty Renfrow, Greg Nation, Robert Chism, Tim Lockeby, Robert Bennett, Tracy Windham, Hugh Daniel, Loyd Woodruff, Tony Young, Tim Pedron, (TOP ROW) Floyd Rowland, Steve Staggs, Greg Chastain, Jay Chesshir, Danny Dodson, Lance Click, Todd McCurry, Mike Frohnappel, Tim Bishop, Jeff Linville, Tim Ponder, Terry Clardy, Wendall Collier, Garland White, Danny Boles; MANAGERS: Tim Brown, Keith Smith, Mark Propps. RIGHT; Coaches Bill Thigpen and J B. Grimes. 130 r The left-end sweep results in a first down as Jay Chesshir (19) moves the ball 15 yards in the DeQueen game. The offensive line gets set for another exciting play as they battle for an additional victory. As the hole opens on the left side, Marty Renfrow dashes through for a sizable gain in the Hope contest. SEASON ENDS W1T H A BIG VICTORY A 22-0 opening win over a strong Gordon team pushed hopes upward for a super football season. Tying the second contest 6-6 with the Prescott Curly Cubs added coal to the fired-up Scrapper spirit. In spite of this, three successive losses to De Queen, Lake Hamilton, and Hope put a damper on the junior team's enthusiasm. Nevertheless, the season closed in a gridiron defeat of a superior Ashdown team. It was a Homecoming win, 20-6 in favor of Nashville. The Junior Scrappers were under the direction of new coach. Bill Thigpen. They were led on offense by quarterback Marty Renfrow. Scoring and rushing honors went to Jay Chesshir, while Gary Couch, Randy Boles, and Mike Frohnappel shared defensive recognition. Coach Thigpen was exceedingly pleased with the way the squad accepted their positions. He also noted the fine effort displayed against some outstanding opponets. Although the season was not tremendously successful in the win-loss column, all of the participants gained valuable experience in practice and in playing time during the season. 131 GAGERS N E T WINNING SEASON, .500 Even though football is still king in Nashville, basketball is becoming one of the most popular sports around. Nothing can match the excitement of having your team win the game in the final seconds. The Scrappers did not win all of their games, but they played with such desire and determination that they were always winners. The main rivals were DeQueen, Ashdown and Prescott. No opponent was ever too large or too powerful for the Scrappers. They would tangle with anyone. Under the leadershop of Coach Thigpen, the players worked hard during the winter months to achieve a 6-6 season, even though the team was hampered by eligibility requirements with freshmen Greg White and Danny Dodson. Displaying his jumping ability, Danny Boles scrambles for a jump ball. Coach Thigpen gives special advice to one of his players in a very tight ballgame against DeQueen. Freshmen Scrappers execute a fast break, hoping to achieve two more points. SCRAPPFR ROUNDBALLERS: (TOP ROW) Robbie Sanders, Terry Clardy, Garland White, Lance Click, Danny Dodson Jeff Lmville, Mike Frohnappel. Todd MCCurry, Jeff Starr. (BOTTOM ROW) Greg Nation, Jay Chesshir, Tim Ponder, Anthony Whitmore, Greg White, Danny Boles, Billy Spangle, Marty Renfrow. 133 SCRAPPERETTES (FRONT ROW) Janet Jones, Mary Swift, Lori McClure. Sonia Howard, Laurie White, Tambra Valdez. (BACK ROW) Lisa Romine, Elizabeth Wilson, Brenda Hughes, Brenda Archer, Renee Chastain, Susan Blakely, Coach Bill Thigpen. (LEFT) After intercepting the ball, Tambra Valdex attempts a pass over a Gurdon player. In the same game, Prisilla Hawthorne throws in the ball. (ABOVE) 134 Rough Season for Girls Hang on, help is on its way. Here Sonia Howard clowns after practice. Probably the biggest problems that plagued the girls' basketball team was inconsistency in rebounds, free throws and on defense during the season's campaign, which resulted in a record of 1-9. Standouts for the team were, on defense, Laurie White and rebound leader, Brenda Hughes while Lisa Romine became the high scorer. Romine was assisted on offense by freshman Elizabeth Wilson, with Mary Swift and Priscilla Hawthorne providing good outside shooting. Coach Thigpen praised the entire team for its good attitude and hard work throughout the year. Reaching for the rafters, Elizabeth Wilson attempts to control a jump ball against Murfreesbouro. Cutting to the right, Lisa Romine prepares to drive past a Murfreesboro player for a lay-up. (RIGHT) Girls listen intently as Coach Thigpen talks over strategy for the next quarter. VICTORY IN ENDS WEEK With homecoming week drawing near, the football team voted for the royalty. Homecoming fever was in the air. School spirit was evident everywhere as shown by the numerous signs hung all over campus. Thursday morning, October 20, the student body and parents assembled to witness the coronation of Queen Lori McClure and her court. Serving as Honor Guard were Tony Chesshir, Tim Foltz, Tim Harding, Jim Hargis, Jeff Linville, Timmy Lockeby, Robbie Sanders, Stacy Staggs, Gorton Thomas, Drew Tollett, Tracy Windham, Tony Young, Kyle Whisenhunt, Tim Brown, Billy Carney, Roger Phillips, Mark Propps, and Keith Smith. The escorts included Todd McCurry, Tim Bishop, Greg Nation, Terry McDonald, Danny Boles, Billy Spangle, Robert Chism, Randy Bowles, Jay Chesshir, Gary Couch, Tim Ponder, Richard Keeton, Danny Dodson, Lance Click, Marty Refrow, and Mike Frohnappel. 136 ABOVE- Members of the court and the student body join in singing the Alma Mater. ABOVE RIGHT- As the buzzer sounds, the scoreboard speaks for itself! RIGHT- The homecoming court includes Loretta Brown, Kim Britton, Kim Chism, Queen Lori McClure, Tambra Valdez, Lisa Romine, Kelly Lovelis, and Sharia Robertson. HOMECOMING GAME OF FUN! LEFT- Enthusiastic students, Dena Floyd, lanet Jones, Libby Millwood, Fran Hughes, Eddie Brown, Greg Nation, Billy Bob Carney, Tommy Wilson, and Mark Smith, show their support of the Scrappers by hanging homecoming banners, portraying their unbiased sentiments BELOW- Assisted by Gay la O'Bryant, Denise Leverett performs the recessional for the royalty. BOTTOM- Happiness shows on the face of Lori McClure as she proudly reigns as queen of her court. ABOVE-Long hours of afternoon practice find Greg Nation persistent trying to reach new heights in tne pole vault. RIGHT-BOYS TRAC MEMBERS: 1st ROW-Greg Nation, Tony Chesshir, Gary Brown, Robe Sasser, Sedrick Holt, Larry Brown, Larry Jefferson, Derwin Davis. 2r ROW-Terry McDonald, Todd McCurry, Jay Chesshir, Mike Frohnappc Marty Renfrow, Bryan Harris, Tim Lucas. 3rd ROW-Johnny Grund Steve Staggs, Donny Goodner, Tim Ponder, Jeff Linville, Billy Spangl John Backus, Lance Click. 4th ROW-Jim Hargis, Jim Hamilton, Gai Couch, Tim Bishop, Randy Bowles, Terry Clardy, Garland White, Danr Boles. TOP ROW-Alex Williams, Victor Harding, Wendal Collier, Bil Dallas. ABOVE LEFT-ln the district track meet held in Prescott, 8th grader Sheralley Coulter wins the high point trophy in the girls' Junior Division. ABOVE-ln order to gain experience, the girls' team competes in the Nashville Relays. Although the team was not awarded points, Brenda Hughes puts all of her effort into running her leg of the 880 relay against high school competition. RIGHT-GIRLS TRACK MEMBERS-lst ROW-Nita Cough, Sharia Robertson, Laurie White, Dena Floyd, Dolores Johnson, Marcia White, Sheralley Coulter BACK ROW-Susan Blakley, Brenda Hughes, Tambra Valdez, Lisa Romine, Libby Millward, Cassandra Marshall, and Brenda Archer. PEOPLE FRESHMEN: THE CLASS THAT'S GOT Class' September began for the Class with class with a wider variety of classes and activities to choose from. Being initiated into Agri, touring the Federal Reserve Bank and debates in Civics, plus football practice evolved into Homecoming, snowball fights and finals. Second semester brought more snow, the improbability of leaving English for any reason, and the study of polynomials and minerals. In the three years spent at junior high we as freshmen have been able to set some goals and have strived to fulfill various purposes. As students we have grown mentally, physically, and socially. Vet we have an even longer road to travel. To reach goals or to obtain an ambition requires time, which for most of us will be spent furthering our education. Discipline is not a problem in Mr. Martin's Agri classes. Here he lectures on gun safety. Julie Akers Carlton Amonette Donna Bedwell Dennis Bell Tim Bishop Susan Blakely Teresa Blanks Debie Boden Randy Boles Teresa Brown Tim Brown Ruth Chambers Renee Chastain Jay Chesshir Tony Chesshir Kim Chism Robert Chism Lance Click Ronnie Combs Mary Crawley Danny Dodson Freda Fatheree Natalie Fisher Dena Floyd 140 EACH FAE SH WS MOODS learwie Lamb Denise Leverell Kim Lindsey Jeff Linville Neil Lovell Lori McClure Todd McCurry Terry McDonald Tim Foltz Mike Frohnappel Nancy Gammon Billy Carney Kim Garney Cheryl Haislip Tim Harding Jim Hargis Dorothy Hendricks Diane Henley Suzanne Hintze Sonia Howard Kathy Hubbard Fran Hughes Janet Jones Patti Jones Richard Keeton Brenda Lamb mh her favorite alarm dock .0 keep her company, Mrs. Masey grados a da worth of alRcbrJ papers. 141 STUDENTS FACULTY: Susan McKinney Sheila Marshall Scarlett Masey Stacy Milum Greg Nation Gayla O'Bryant Renee Parker Janet Persley Roger Phillips John Pipkins Tim Ponder Mark Propps Earl Prosser Gary Puryear Denise Radebaugh Marty Renfrow Lisa Robertson Lisa Romine Robbie Sanders Sheila Schooley Kelly Scott Rhonda Sillavan Keith Smith 142 The new ninth grade English teacher is Mrs. Shirley Blakely. MAKE IT HAPPEN ! Billy Spangle Slacey Staggs Jeff Starr Dena Swann Tina Taverner Gorton Thomas Drew Tollett Tambra Valdez Tammy Wells James White Laurie White Brenda Williams Elizabeth Wilson Tracy Windham Doug Woodruff Sherri Woodruff Mike Wright Patience is essential in becoming a good reader. Here Mrs. Barnes assists a student in finding a word for a crossword puzzle. The study of minerals is only one of the many topics covered in Mrs. Tate's Earth Science Classes. WORK- FUNK' David Ackley Brenda Archer Tony Barnes Betty Bates George Bates Robert Bennett Brenda Bissell Kim Black Mary Sue Bradford Eddie Brown Ellen Brown Gary Brown Larry Brown Bruce O. Bruce Ronda Campbell John Capps Mack Carlton James Carver Judy Chandler Greg Chastain Terry Clardy Alan Clemons Ricky Copeland Nita Couch Sharon Dalton Scott Dunson Scott Elder Annette Fatheree Teresa Fatheree Todd Feemster Maria Gales Robert Ganous Johnny Grundy Jim Hamilton Barbara Hanney Victor Harding Bryan Harris Jeanette Harris Mike Hicks Mandy Hockaday Teresa Hockaday Melody Hogue 144 A point is made in Science by Mr. Keaster concerning oceanography. E N E ft GY Energetic seems to be an appropriate term in describing the 8th grade class. Despite problems of being at the awkward age, the students as a whole adapted well to the increased responsibility of maturing people. Subjects seemed to be more interesting. A constellation notebook was kept by all students in Mr. Bobby Keaster and Mrs. Betty Johnson's science classes. Mrs. Johnson also taught English with Mrs. Volene McKee. Diagramming and studying subordinate clauses were all part of English. Projects and coloring maps made up Mrs. Connie Castleberry's History classes. Mr. Thigpen also taught History. Finding area and learning to use a compass made math more enjoyable under Mrs. Ann McAdams and Mrs. Janice Byrd. Various rules were enforced which affected 8 th graders such as cracking down on Skoal and fewer permissions to leave class. The duplicating machine is a valuable asset along with a typewriter to Mrs. Castleberry (ABOVE) and to Mrs. Johnson (RIGHT). Watching the cheerleaders take down pep rally banners, Mrs. McAdams collects misplaced pompons. Terry Holbrook Jeff Hood Stephanie House Hulet Jacobs Tammy Jackson Carol Jones Saundra Joyce Dolores Johnson Cherie Keeney Nancy Keeton Tim King Andy Lathrop 145 Tammy Lockeby Kelly Lovelis Ann McAdams Keith McCloud Chris McCord Lori Matheny Terry Melson Libby Millward Billy Mims Jay Mitchell Tina Mobbs Tim Pedron Lisa Petty Peggy Powell Virginia Power Danny Raulerson Cindy Reed Suzanna Reed Wade Reed Lloyd Renfrow Jeff Riley Jackie Roberts Floyd Roland Sharon Scoggins Friends Are Worthwhile 146 ABOVE- Depending on one's point of view, a grade book can be a teacher's best friend or her worst enemy. Regardless, Mrs. Volene McKee, eighth grade English teacher, totals the nine weeks grades for 5th period.RIGHT- These girls prove that school work is not all work. TOP- Pam Walters, Maria Gales. MIDDLE- Lisa Petty, Renee Beavert, Deanna Waddle. BOTTOM- Suzanna Reed, Ellen Brown, Susan Sunderman, and Kelly Lovelis. Shirley Scoggins Donny Seavers Steve Shankles Anita Shelton Dee Dee Shelton Ernest Shelton Greg Sillavan Mark Smith Patricia Smith Mike Spigner Susan Sunderman Pam Walters Cynthia Webb Kim Wells Greg Westfall Kenyetta White Eddie Williams Tommy Wilson Stephan Woodward Donna Young TREASURES! TWO VIEWS OF HISTORY CLASS: (Above) Mr. Thigpen sings to his third period class while sitting Indian-style. (Left) First semester punishment” for Mrs. Castleberry's students was individual projects. Life-size Pilgrim stocks were built by Jeff Hood and Steve Staggs. 147 N e w H or i zons FOR New Faces In the fall, seventh graders were excited about a different school, while others were frightened. Quickly, most students got into the swing of things. Fifty-five minutes were the longest they had spent in one class, and there were no recesses after two or three hours of studying. But what an exciting beginning for them! Strange (?) teachers tougher subjects, and a totally unfamiliar building comprised just a few of the elements that the seventh grade had to adjust to. While tearing which staircase was 'up' and which was 'down', they were impressed with the formality of homecoming, and entertained by pep rallies, volleyball tournaments (Mr. Hughes homeroom was 7th grade champs), Honor Society-sponsored movies. Fifties Day and just school in general. The basis of every education starts in English class. Seventh grade English is a responsibility of Mrs. Maye G. Davis, who also sponsors the Junior Spy. In Mr. Bill Lyons' classes, students learned about their world through the study of geography. Mathematics was a PAIN to some, yet with instruction from Mrs. Janice Byrd and Mr. Johnny Wilson, students learned easier methods of working math problems. Through working with media such as film and filmstrips, Mrs. Jenny Chandler created a more interesting health class. One thing that will be remembered is the health notebook seventh graders kept. An elective class which many people took was Mr. Hughes' Art I. Angie Allen Marguerite Amonete Lyndon Anderson Lori Aylett Susan Baker Renee Beavert Clint Bedwell Barry Bissell Terry Bissell Becky Boler Dewayne Bowden Loretta Brown Ronnie Brown Helen Capps Lisa Cassady Sam Cassady Robert Chambers Bryan Chesshir Kevin Chesshir Steve Chesshir Donna Cornish Tammy Croy Rodney Curry Steve Dallas Skipper Davis Kelly Dildy Doreen Dowdy Kim Fugitt Sheba Frazier janna Furr 148 johnny Furr Lenard Colston Steven Craves Patty Green Lisa Hallmark David Harding Darin Harper Shela Hartsell Scott Hatfield Billy Hockaday Fred Holston Marti Hood Alan Huggins Willie Huggins Debra Hughes Debra Jacques Greg James Caroline Jamison Marvin Johnson Jay Jones Jena Jones Sherri Keesler Wayne Kelley Vernon Lamb DC CD DC H CD Randy Lewis Shane Lockeby Cecil Long Luke Long Landon Lovewell Mary Lucas Rene McCloud Debra McCrary Doug McCrary Paula McDaniel Dairel McGhee Allen McKee Daniel Marshall Dawn Mason Stanley Melson Jeana Miller Jimmy Miller Marti Morris DC O u, Oft U ‘or assignments qUeS,i°ns in h« - h class is one of the m« ny thin Johnny Furr and classmates do 150 Tommy Morrow Rusty Nivens Greg Nunley Donnie Parrish Melody Peddy Tommy Persley Connie Richardson Nyla Roberts Sharia Robertson Randy Robins Steve Ross Terry Salisbury Chris Sargent Danny Scott Rozena Shelton Becky Sillivan Kim Skaggs Lori Smith Troyce Smith Clay Starr Billy Turberville Sherry Venable Deanna Waddle Tommy Wakefield Cheryl Wesson Kim Westfall William White Patty Wildbur Dorothy Wilson Andrea Young A smile comes to Mrs. Chandler's face when a student reports an improved quiz grade. 152 S'J’I'Jil'j is OBVIOUS! ABOVE LEFT-While going over a spelling lest with her 6th period class, Mrs. Davis is amused over a slight imperfection on a student's paper. ABOVE-The air is filled with excitement during a fall pep rally. Often, the seventh-grade side of the gym took the lead in adding fired-up enthusiam to the cheers RIGHT-Math is not always an easy subject but a smile and a few encouraging words from Mrs. Byrd helps students over the rough spots. BELOW RIGHT-A list of volunteers for foreign country reports is recorded by Mr. Lyons in his 5th period geography class. BELOW-Listening attentively, Thuy Van Bui watches Mr. Hughes demonstrate the technique of color mixing in Art I. ABOVE-An unsuspecting Laurie White hurls a snowball while Rhonda Sillavan takes careful aim. BELOW-Looking southward, a midnight view of Main Street finds the roads covered with peaceful layers of ice and snow. Although school was closed for a total of six days, only two had to be made up. S TRANSPORTATION during the winter months does not seem to be a problem for Tracy Windham and Tim Bishop who, like everyone else, really enjoyed an extended New Year's vacation. WATCH OUT! seems a fair warning for anyone in the path of Karl Anderson. SNOWFLAKES cling to the hair and clothes of Sherry Woodruff, Tammy Wells and Brenda Williams after 5th period 154 It Depends Cn Your point ol View LEFT-An interesting facet of agri for Tim Hartness and Marvin Williamson is learning to use surveying equipment. BELOW-Starting off the school year, Kim Chism autographs a friend's 1977 yearbook at lunch. ABOVE-Designated goal-tender Lisa Romine goes overboard on an apparent slam-dunk attempt. RIGHT- Putting their heads together, 5th period P.E. girls come up with a new exercise!? CLOCKWISE-Gayla O'Bryant, Kim Lindsey, Sheila Marshall, Melody Hogue, Loretta Moore, Ruth Chambers, and Virginia Power. TOP LEFT- Among grins and giggles from her students, Mrs. Blakely models her favorite 50's fashions. TOP RIGHT- lunch time brought these swingers together CLOCKWISE-Jimmy Millet Sharia I n, Steve Dallas, Maria Gales, |oe Lewis, l is.i Hallmark, Pam Walters. Debbie Hughes, William White, Patty Green, Donnie Parish, Bryan Chesshir, Johnny Furr, and Nancy Keeton ABOVE LEFT - These cuties appear to be ready to do the stroll . Janet Jones, Debie Boden, rie White, Suzanne Hintze, Fran Hughes, Kathy Hubbard, Denise Leverett, Dena Swann, and Gayla O'l ool guys and gals mi 50's day are CLOCKWISF Danny Dodson, Kathy Hubbard, Gayla O'Bryant, Loretta Brown, Teresa Brown, Connie Richardson, Peggy Powell, Markell Parker, Tina Traverner, and Dena Swann. 156 ________________________________________________________________ JVCNSENSE makes a day I j easier TOP LEFT- Fourth period Science seems to have some interesting lab partners including Bryan Harris, Tim Pedron, Jim Hamilton, Mr. Keaster, and friends. ABOVE- It takes only a little silliness to entertain Susan Sunderman and Mandy Hockaday. FAR LEFT- With a candy bar in one hand and a juicy note in the other, Jackie Golston walks intently to Art. LEFT-Attesting to the fact that he is a Cheetos freak, Greg Nunley demonstrates the fine art of hand-eye-mouth coordination. BELOW- It appears that Mr. Howard's desk drawer finally self-destructed on its own. ELECTIVES Make It Happen! TOP-Part of the Civics curriculum always includes a visit to the State Capitol. Fifty-three students and their sponsors met Secretary of State, Winston Bryant in October. ABOVE RIGHT-A mock trial in Civics finds the defendant, Debie Boden being cross-examined by Prosecutors Tracy Windham and Robert Chism, while bailiff Kim Lindsey and juror Tim Foltz listen intently ABOVE- Agriculture provides practical experience as well as some fun. Initiates Rhonda Sillavan and Kyle Whisenhunt, with Mr. Martin in the middle, practice rolling onions to become Greenhands. RIGEIT-Basic knowledge of welding may help prove to be a future vocation for Kyle Whisenhunt. 158 CAUCHT IN A serious moment, Isaiah Lofton creates a masterpiece on the potter's wheel. A BREAK DURING the snowy weather enables Denise Radebaugh to exercise her horse. Gray. IN THIS UNIQUE photograph, Eddie Williams displays nis skateboarding skills. IMPORTANT CONVERSATIONS such as this one usually take up much of Mrs. McAdams conference period. USING THEIR SPARE time wisely, Connie Richardson, Doug McCrary, and Cleo McCorkle finish up math homework 159 LEFT- The object of Donkey Basketball is not to make points; you have to stay on your donkey, says Renee Parker. ABOVE-Part of the Fashion Show preparations for Beverly McCann is painting the backdrop in her spare time. TOP LEFT-Spring music honors went to Dawn Mason and Scott Elder who were chosen for All- District Band participation. They were chosen on the basis of trying out in front of a judge, and their performance was rated and compared with other students in the district. ABOVE-Competition during the District Track Meet at Prescott is keen in the 110 Low Hurdles for jay Chesshir and Todd McCurry. ABOVE RIGHT-A variety of assemblies took place during the spring. Audience volunteers Renetta Hutchinson and Mrs. Masey watch as Charles Young tries to imitate the natural abilities of ventriloquist Tim Young. RIGHT-ALMOST ANYTHING GOES proved to be one of the favorite memories of the year for many students. In the scavenger hunt category, Mrs. Barnes is mobbed by contestants and non-participants in search of a Fire-engine red slip. 160 The Imagery Expressive Portraiture by Rick McCullough 162 Sandy' ■ , , Happiness is ... a nappy little girl. We love you. Mama, Daddy, and Susan Billy Ray, Congratulations and good luck. May God be with you always. Love, Mom and Dad Congratulations Lynn! Carroll, Mary Lynn, and Drew Dear Mark, You may not be an Angel and yet, somehow or other . . . we're always very proud to say, That Guy? Sure, ne's our brother! Love and Congratulations! Sherry and Susie Lynn, What you lack in size you make up for in volume. Best wishes, Mother and Daddy Terri Diane, May God bless you with a smooth ride as you travel life's highway. Keep Smiling! Mama, Daddy and Tony Gaye, Love, success and happiness but most of all, love. We never had a doubt —not even one. Joe and Frances Dallas Kathy, You made it! Mu h happiness and keep on smiling. Mother and Dad Linda, If your life is unselfish, if for others you live, for not what you get, but tor how much you can give, If you live close to God in his infinite grace, you don't have to tell it, it shows in your face. Our Love, Mother and Daddy Congratulations Deann, Wc fove you and wish you the very best. Most of all as you continue to walk the path of life may you always, Remember your grand Creator. (Ecclesiastes 12:1) With all our love, Mom and Dad Phyl, We are real proud of you, Little Sweetheart. Congratulations, Mother, Daddy and Brothers May your light cast a glow along the hignway of life. Beverly - '56, Magel - 61, Brenda - '62, Michael - '64, Carol - '66, Lynne - 78 Daddy and Mother Bratton Julia, Congratulations to a daughter who has given Daddy and Mama some of their finest hours! We love you. Daddy and B Mama Tammye, Congratulations and best wishes in the future. Daddy, Nanny and DeAnne Skip, We hope you will always have God in your life, good nealth, and much happiness in the years to come. We love you a whole bunch. Mother, Daddy and Christie Congratulations Tibbs, Love, Mom and Dad Jeanice, In choosing your path, always remember Proverbs 3:6, In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy path. Love, Daddy, Mother, and Denise Diane, Apply your knowledge. Use your talents. Love and understand. Momma and Daddy, Dennis, Douglas, and Donna 164 Belinda, Congratulations and best wishes in the future. Love Mom and Dad Edward, Do your own thing with honor. Mother and Dad Billy, Set your goals high, and always keep looking up. Best of Luck! Love, Mother and Daddy Vicki, This year is an ending and a beginning. Congratulations, best wishes, and most of all, love. Mother and Daddy Roger, Congratulations and best wishes. With love, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Vaughn Paul, Your family is proud of you. Glen, Ouida, Mary, Abby, Becky, Virginia, and Greg Ronnie, Don't forget the Lord. He is the one who has led you this far in life. Love, Your Mother Gary, You talked about it a long time and now it has happened. Best Wishes Class 78 Mom, Dad, Karey and Chauna Jerry, Wherever life's pathway leads, always remember we'll be right there with you. Mark, Rusty, Patti, Lori, Mom and Dad 165 Owner Sid Steel and his capable assistant lerry Boles pose among the fancy merchandise you find at Sid's. SID'S SPORTSWEAR 114 South Main Nashville, Arkansas CONGRATULATIONS TO VICKI ARCHER LYNN TOLLETT ARNOLD KATHY BARNES GARY BOOZER MARK CANADAY LOY COCHRAN LEON DAUGHERTY ALAN RAY GREEN RANAY FLOYD FREDERICK HINTZE BECKY JAMISON RAY JONES JULIA ROBERSON SUZANNE TOLLETT REMEMBER THY CREATOR IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH ECCL. 12:1a TELL CITY Stratolounger LA-Z-BOY Evans-Black Caipets by Armstrong FURI STOKS IN NASHVILLE; EfflORS OF 1978 n R Coronet Broyhill DINING ROOM ARKANSAS lllTURE kQU2N-O£NU00D f Chromcraft Furniture MA� IC CUE HP I.... 3 Neexs 169 Citizens Nashville, Arkansas Your Home Owned Bank The Only Bank State Bank member FDHI Where “Neighbors Help Neighbors You Will Ever Need MIKULEK SHOE SADDLE SHOP BOLLINGER'S 111 West Clark Street Nashville, Ar. 71852 Phone 845-4612 COMMUNICATIONS AND SERVICES 909 South Front Street Nashville, Arkansas Office Home 845-4303 845-4305 Home of Better Values Your Home of Better Values Owner: Charles Hubbard Home of Better Values Kathy Hubbard helps customers at Otasco as well as keeping up with her many school activities. Home of Better Values Home of Better Values FIRST INSURANCE AGENCY The Insurance People 117-19 South Main Nashville, AR Beaird-Poulan Division Emerson Electric Co ? 1 Poulan Drive P. O. Box 379 Nashville, Ark. 71852 Preferred by Professionals 174 A good neighbor industry and a great place to work DID YOU KNOW • The first chain saw made needed two people to operate and weighed 50 pounds. • That Nashville, Arkansas, was chosen by Beaird-Poulan after dozens of other cities were investigated. • That Nashville has the most modern and technologically superior chain saw plant in the U.S.A. • The world's most wanted chain saw is manufactured in Nashville, Arkansas. The two vital links in the production of a chain saw; Management and Labor 175 PIZZA HUT HIGHWAY 27 SOUTH NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS 845-1127 “Let Yourself Go To Pizza Hut NASHVILLE HIGH SCRAPPERETTES % y O is £ X Pharmacy PRESCRIPTIONS VICTORY IS GOOD MEDICINE FOR SCRAPPERS complete drug Department Gifts And Cosmetics Phone: 845-1413 Emergency Phone: 845-4536 Mineral Springs Highway JIM POWER OWNER DISCOUNT 178 DORIS' HAIR FASHIONS BE A LOVLIER YOU! MAKE AN APPOINTMENT CALL 845-3106 EVENING APPOINTMENTS ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 114 EAST HEMPSTEAD NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS 179 KIRBY VACUUM CLEANER CO. 209 West Cassady St. WALMART SHOPPING CENTER NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS 71852 Cecil Jones Phone 845-2527 Owner Quality Reliability Performance 180 LAKEVIEW MANOR THE NURSING HOME THAT CARES Nurses aides Becky Arney and Vicki Archer consul! with Administrator Susan Chandler as they prepare for the afternoon shift. INVEST IN YOUR FUTURE! Good Luck Seniors 1978! Susan Chandler LAKEVIEW MANOR CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL SENIORS COMPLIMENTS OF . . . EDQi3@Qr THE INCOME TAX PEOPLE 202 S. MAIN, NASHVILLE GOOD LUCK SENIORS BISSELL OIL CO. MASTER KRAFT 506 SOUTH MAIN NASHVILLE, AR. P.O. BOX 149, NASHVILLE 845-2026 845-4351 Where You Dress Your Best For Less FASHIONS FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS 845-1626 118 S. MAIN NASHVILLE, AR. Mo h o-l feettvx VcUm L Nashville, Arkansas Your Number One department store located in the Southpark Shopping Center 845-4016 182 RtAL mm SPECIALIZING IN FARMS AND RANCHES RESIDENTIAL ★ COMMERCIAL - 845-3365 RESIDENCE 845 3366 REALTOR' REAL ESTATE AND AUCTION CO. Auctioneers - Liquidators - Realtors 439 NORTH MAIN 183 BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA COLA COMPANY BY COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF NASHVILLE. ARKANSAS Coca-Cola. Sprite Tab. Fresca. Mr Pibb and Fanta Flavors 185 Holiday Motor Lodge 845-2953 Nashville's Newest and Finest 42 rooms - Air Conditioning Swimming Pool - Color TV Free Local Telephone Calls Highway 27 South Nashville, Arkansas Service Station P P Litter Services For Cleaning Your Chicken Houses and Fertilizing Your Pastures 845-2365 Compliments of 321 South Main Nate, you've always been grateful for Mr. A. C. Bell's invention. May you continue being such a good listener. Hughes Company Printing and Trophies 112 North Main 845-2120 Nashville, Arkansas Kenny Hughes Randy Hughes 186 MFA INSURANCE AGENCY 805 South Main 845-1836 Agent: Joe Branch I've Got The Shield Henry Abstract and Title Company 512 North Main 845-1483 Member American Land Title Association Dale Henry-Owner npm- Serving Howard County Since 196T EVERYTHING FOR THE CONTRACTOR OR HANDYMAN FLOOR MATERIALS WALLPAPER CARPETS DIAL 845-4510 BUILDERS SUPPLY INC. EAST SHEPHERD ST. I A 7 South-Ark. '----' Specialty Nashville Feed and Garden Center Blakely Oil Company ® FORD Blakely Ford Inc. Nashville Farm Implement Co. All Subsidiaries of JEBCO 190 ROBISON j| ' 5-L 1 |]lg|B 1'jfi mmmm I m i 1 i ROBISON'S 124 S. MAIN 845-4001 191 Dox Sport Shop 845-2213 113 North Main Best Wishes Scrappers! Bo, Wonzie, Gary 192 Complete, Professional Service Insurance—Real Estate REALTOR’ Pat Honeycutt Agency 845-3806 318 North Main Congratulations Seniors! Pile Rexall Drugs Prescriptions 845-1565 Baby Needs - Cosmetics Magazines - Candies Sick Room Supplies 116 South Main David Pile - Owner NASHVILLE OIL CO. 302 S. MAIN NASHVILLE BILLIE'S FLOWERS SAND GRAVEL 845-2005 DAY OR NIGHT FILL SAND CALL 845-4046 GRAVEL NASHVILLE CATES UPHOLSTERY BOBBY SMITH'S SAND GRAVEL COMPANY NEW HOPE RD. 845-3572 1401 NORTH MAIN NASHVILLE, AR CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS NASHVILLE DRUG COMPANY WMJCSaTtJ WEaxEMnn 100 S. MAIN WE DELIVER 845-2722 Compliments of BALFOUR ARKANSAS DIVISION OF L.G. BALFOUR CO. CANTRELL T. STREETS LITTLE ROCK, AR. 72207 1513 SOUTH FOURTH 1513 SOUTH FOURTH NASHVILLE, AR NASHVILLE, AR 845-3601 OWNERS: PETE ANN CATHRIGHT 845-3602 1% Find the Best Bar-B-Q in Town at The HICKORY HOUSE V 4- o Owner |ohn Marshall Rt. 2 Box 3A Dodson St. Nashville, AR 71852 % South Main Street, 845-1541 Nashville, AR 71852 Joyce Harris, owner pr an cJaoleware W Zm, Compliments of CREDIT BUREAU of Howard County Nashville, ARK Call 845-2705 for Congratulations Seniors of 78 Aero Salvage of Arkansas, Inc. NASHVILLE TRUCKING, CO. Serving Nashville and Surrounding Communities Since 1966 P.O. Box 218, Nashville Owners: Richard Clarene Musgrave Phone: 845-3807 (Bus.) OWNERS: CALVIN COUCH HANSFORD RAY 197 COMPLIMENTS OF JAMES SULLIVANS DAIRY PRODUCTS YOUR BORDEN DISTRIBUTOR SIM ELLIS GULF OIL CORP. DIS HWY 27 N. NASHVILLE 845-1733 PARRISH POULTRY PRODUCTS YOUR CUMBERLAND POULTRY EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTOR COMPLETE LINE OF POULTRY AND FARM SUPPLIES 107 SOUTH MAIN NASHVILLE, ARK 845-2223 Ask the pro from Gulf. CORPORATION CARE FOR THE ELDERLY AT B B GOLDEN AGE Western NURSING Store HOME 1302 SOUTH FOURTH ST. 215 West Shepherd Nashville, Ark. 845-3881 M W Thriftway 628 South Main 845-2855 NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS Every Day Is A Special Day At M W Thriftway Charles W. Moore, Jr. 199 DAVID'S CITGO AND WRECKER SERVICE OWNER-DAVID BYERS TIRES - TUBES - BATTERIES ACCESSORIES - MINOR AUTO REPAIRS 24 HOUR WRECKER SERVICE DAY - 845-1251 NIGHT - 845-2813 or 845-1543 320 NORTH MAIN NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS 71852 NASHVILLE'S ONLY AAA STATION 200 NASHVILLE READY-MIX, INC. FOR ALL YOUR CONCRETE NEEDS CALL DAY - 845-2495 NIGHT - 845-2489 S. 4th ST. NASHVILLE, AR. MASONRY SAND WIRE MESH - REBAR FILL SAND -TOP SOIL - GRAVEL DOZER SEPTIC TANKS BACKHOE WORK 500-750-1000 GAL. MASONRY REGULAR CEMENT - BY THE SACK LIGHTWEIGHT AND CONCRETE BLOCKS 201 NU-WAY Cleaners Hunt's Department Store Hagger Pants Levi's Manhattan Shirts Gotcha Covered Joyce Sportswear Levi's for Girls 121 North Main Nashville, Ark. 845-2900 Steam Laundry 845-2303 118 West Sypert For Your Fine Apparel D H Grocery Located 4 Miles North Of Nashville on Murfreesboro Hyway 845-4308 Stop By On Your Way To The Lake Nashville, Arkansas Futrell Marine Mercury Evinrude Glastron Stinger Terry Duracraft Sea Star Compliments of Woody Futrell Roughnek Dea Ann Richard Sr. 79 Mark Canaday Sr. 78' REAL GOODNESS From Kentucky Fried Chicken 320 S Main Phone 845-2328 WHITE'S Kentucky fri«c kick«n GRAVEL HAULING Phone 845-3038 Nashville, Ar. DILLARD BUICK PONTIAC, INC. BUICK-PONTIAC AND GMC TRUCKS BUICK: Capturing The Free Spirit Of America RITA’S FLOWERLAND Nashville m Cable Co. FRESH QUALITY FLOWERS DESIGNED WITH CARE 845-2738 611 S MAIN CONGRATULATIONS SENIORS 78 Box 806 NasMIe, Arkansas 71852 JAMISON’S CLEANERS IT PLEASES US TO PLEASE YOU! 205 Helping Serve Rural America Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation Owned By Those We Serve •Texarkana • DeQueen • Nashville • Bradley 206 Compliments of TYSON'S OF NASHVILLE 100 E. CASSADY NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS 71852 WE FEED PEOPLE Staggs Poultry Supply Congratulates Seniors of 78 Cornish Motor Service 115 West Sypert 845-4255 Raymond Cornish Owner Velma's Grocery Center Point, AR 845-1438 The Gift Shop 104 North Main Street Nashville, AR 71852 Center Point 845-2258 Where the Finer Things Grocery Come From Congratulations Seniors Neely's DX 845-4913 Gloria and Joe Paul Floyd And Owners Service Center Open Daily High Yield Forestry includes research! Controlled pollination to help us develop superior trees is one part of our forestry research. And research is just one part of our High Yield Forestry. Also involved are planting millions of seedlings, fertilizing, thinning, harvesting, and complete utilization of the fiber from the forest. Besides products, our forests provide recreational opportunity, serve as a habitat for wildlife, protect watersheds, and return oxygen to the atmosphere. A Weyerhaeuser The Tree Growing Company 210 TIMBER 4 PHLPWOOD BUYER CLEO BUYERS OF Pine ‘Hardwood All TYPES OF LOG TIMBER 845-2503 North Main § Pope St. X+.4Boxl7 Nashville, Rrk. 718S2, Tie Co. S. A. Westbook Logging Co. Locksburg Hwy. Phone: 845-4822 Congratulations to Seniors of '78 213 Congratulations, Sr's W. B. Holliday Laundry and Trailor Rental Hope Hyway 845-4611 Town Country Nashville, Arkansas Compliments of Fannie Mae Dorman Scoggin 110 South Main Compliments of Nashville Electric Company 212 South Main 845-2246 Compliments of Jim Turner Auto-Machine P.O. Box 173 Phone: 845-2525 Compliments of Nashville Auto Parts Co. 120 East Howard 845-3120 IXI CITGO Petroleum Products Woodruff Distributing Co. P.O. Box 271. 845-4884 Reese Brothers Auto Parts, Inc. 24 South Park Center Nashville, Arkansas 845-3660 Compliments of Benson's Nursing Home 1315 Hutchinson 845-4933 Nashville, Arkansas 214 SMITH'S Ready Mix Inc. Ready Mixed Concrete 845-4723 After hours - 845-2794 Located on Hope Hwy. Nashville, Ark. Congratulations From Nashville Plumbing Supply, Inc. 400 South Main Phone: 845-4812 or 845-3063 First Name in Air Conditioning • Kitchenaid Dishwashers • 'Fast Plumbing Service • Hot Water Heaters Fast Plumbing Service Air Conditioning—Heating • Commercial • Residential • Repairs New Installations Carrier 215 Marshall Upholstery We upholster furniture, cushions, automobiles, etc. Phone 845-4082 Located next to Methodist Church in Bingen Compliments of Bob Coleman Feed Store Good Luck Seniors J. D. Jones Construction Center Point Hwy. 113 S. Main Nashville, Ar. Phone 845-1278 Phone 845-2369 Compliments of Nashville Compliments of Federal Savings Loan Cornish Bus Station 101 S. Main 115 W. Sypert P.O. Box 301 Phone 845-1004 Nashville, Arkansas Phone 845-4255 216 Compliments of Eileen Jamison County Treasurer James' TV Service 122 N. Main Phone 845-4486 NASHVILLE CRATE COMPANY South Fourth Street Nashville, Arkansas 71852 845-2885 HENRY SWANN, OWNER Bill Deloney Agent State Farm Insurance Companies Box 113 206 N. Main Street Nashville, Ar. 71852 Bus. Phone: 845-4575 Res. Phone: 845-2695 Home Offices: Bloomington, III. 217 Sunset Grocery Your A.G. Food Center 4th Sunset Street W. F. Martindale Flowers . . . By Johnny 521 South Front Street Phone: 845-4903 IP Nashville's Jewelry and Gifts Jewelry and Watch Repair Class Rings Phone: 845-1550 Wolff Store Bingen Since 1871 SjmikiI © M.R ra@ |P . W' 7 RTHLertc - co 218 Compliments of Mountain farms, inc. P.O. Box 811 Nashville, Arkansas 71852 Phone: (501) 845-2440 Congratulations to the Seniors of' 78 National Bank Members of the board include: Al Backus, Randy White, Ronny Blakely, David Ramage, Neely Cassady, S. A. Westbrook, Dale Rogers, Clayton Franklin. THANKS TOE Masking m 220 Drive-In Banking Locations At: Main Street Nashville Mineral Springs Hwy. Nashville Mineral Springs Clayton Franklin has been president since Nov. 1973. 221 JOHN SIPES PLUMBING HEATING AIR CONDITIONING KOHLER, DELTA, AMERICAN STANDARD PLUMBING FIXTURES HOLLY DAY NIGHT HEATING AIR COND. MT. PLEASANT DRIVE 845-3871 OR 845-1324 SOUTHERN LP GAS INC. LOCKESBURG HIGHWAY NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS PHONE 845-2378 PROPANE AND PUMPS REDA RUTH BERRY HOOKER'S TIRE MART GOODYEAR, FALLS, DUNLOP TIRES BARNHILL POULTRY SUPPLY DAN DARREL BARNHILL ALIGNMENTS - SHOCKS TUNE-UPS - BRAKE WORK BATTERIES MINERAL SPRINGS HYWAY 845-3479 HILLSIDE INS. AND Best Wishes to the Seniors of 78 INVESTMENT t COMPANY 1 INSURE TODAY BE SURE TOMORROW I RONNY and JEANNIE 1 BLAKELY GARNER BARNES 202 NORTH MAIN NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS 845-1755 DOZER and CUTTING BLADE WORK 845-1046 WHITEWAY BARBER NASHVILLE'S ONLY AMERICAN-INDIAN OWNED RESTAURANT SERVING MEXICAN FOOD COOKED BY ORIENTALS SHOP reeder McCullough TOM STRASNER SHOE SHINE HAIR CUTTING STYLING JODA'S Compliments of HWY. 27 BROWN'S GROCERY 845-2771 and STATION 223 d’m - smtf ’sr M9’3eMj Phono, •' 7 HZ 'Wes 6= MASET IPULPWCCE C€.� INC. 845-4365 Highway 4 Nashville, Arkansas FARM BUREAU Insurance Agency ■ AUTO ■ FIRE ■ LIFE ■ INLAND MARINE ■ BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD James E. Chandler, Agcy Mgr. Royce Golden, Spec. Agent Gary Pinkerton, Spec. Agent 705 N. Main 845-1526 Dierks Office 286-2017 KID STUFF Southwest Arkansas' Finest Array of Children's Clothing % ss Infant - Size 14 Phone 845-3821 Dianne Tommy Barger PRESCOTT FEDERAL SAVINGS LOAN Nashville Branch 845-2041 2nd Shepard ©Vf He tCMPAPY If EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ROYTEX and PIERRE CARDIN ROBES Experiencing a 'touch of class', Suzanne Tollelt and Belinda Hughes model this season's robes by Howard Manufacturing. Ill WILSON STREET WE'VE BEEN IN NASHVILLE 16 YEARS RAVAGE mine SERVING NASHVILLE AND VICINITY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY 119 South Main 845-4666 A gentle smile from Phil Ramage encourages his subject. Waiting for that special moment, Ed Ramage gets ready to trip the shutter. WEDDINGS - YEARBOOK PRINTS -SPECIAL OCCASIONS -OUTDOOR PHOTOS -PHOTOGRAPH RESTORATION 227 The Nashville News in its 97 years of service to the people and the institutions of Howard County, cherishes the tradition of scholarship and school spirit of Nashville High School and wishes a bright, long road ahead to the sons and daughters of our people. The ability to type is a big advantage to Mr. Graves. His job also requires hard work, dedication and a lot of deep thought. Keeping the presses running is a constant worry for Donald Thompson and George Williams. If a man loves kindness, but doesn't love study, his shortcomings will be ignorance. Confucious 228 Kent's WELDING AND REPAIR Steuart Cooley Supply WAYNE KENT OWNER 845-1832 218 S. Main NASHVILLE ARKANSAS compliments of M M Gulf 407 N. Main NASHVILLE, ARKANSAS Minuen May, Jr., OWNER CADDO ELECTRIC 845-4570 845-3250 Jerry Compton OWNER ACE OF DIAMONDS Murfreesboro, Arkansas FINE SPORTSWEAR FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY 229 YORK GARY Chevrolet Oldsmobile Sales and Service Phone: 845-1536 1420 W. Leslie Street Nashville, AR 71852 York Gary, Owner 0 SOUTH ARKANSAS EQUIPMENT Distributors of Big Dutchman Cyclone Poultry Equipment g [South ArKansas Equipment Inc. 1 AUTHORIZED Dutchman. DISTRIBUTOR POULTRY LIVESTOCK I EQUIPMENT GUAtHITA P.C.A. G25 N. Main Phene: ©45 2221 232 McDonald's Body Shop Hern Street P.O. Box 164 Phone: 845-3012 Nashville, Arkansas Owner: Woody McDonald Joe's Grocery 821 W. Sunset Phone 845-4144 Open 7-11 Every Day Health Foods Fresh Donuts Fresh Meats Crisp Produce Delicatessen Joe Ball - Owner 233 STROUT REALTY WORLD'S LARGEST George Castleberry, Branch Mgr. Office 845-1396 Home 845-3890 516 North Main Nashville, Ar. 71852 -rjjfr COUNTRY RESTAURANT Mon.-Sat. 5:00-9:00 Sun. 5:00-2:00 Mineral Springs Highway 235 Recreation Hall Dairy Bar Jimmy Don Barnes Francis Delma Boyette, Owners 110 N. Main 845-2535 Dominoes Fooz Ball Pool Snooker Litter Service GERRY'S for Cleaning Chicken Houses Fertilizing Pastures Value-Mart For Great Service Call 845-4698 Mineral Springs Highway Nashville 66 Station 845-4351 506 S. Main Nashville, AR Nashville's Friendly Railroad SCRAPPER BOOSTERS Doctor John Wesson Helen Anderson Deboroh Oxley Jimmy's Grocery David Sides Mr. and Mrs. Eddv Talley Couch Grocery Dr. and Mrs. lee Smith Michelle and Skip Pam Wakeheld Kathy Jolene Floyd Mr and Mrs. Billy C White Moreen's Beauty Shop Dick Wakeheld, Sheriff Arkansas Employment Security Division Garner Russell Delta Chalker, County Clerk Mr and Mrs. Don Steel Kay McClure, Circuit Clerk Shiloh and Dodo Lynn and Bobby Freeman Merle Norman Cosmetics, Nashville, Arkansas Shelly Tate June Floyd Ronnie and Jo Howard Mr. and Mrs. Doug Dildy Mr. and Mrs. James Hoelscher Cindy lones and Mike Green Jimmy Lou Kirkpatrick James Lewis Bo Castleberry, Dox Sport Shop Vicky, Heather, and Ricky McCullough Wonzie Goodwin Johnny Dunn Drafting Service Ramage Studio Karon, Sherry, Rodney, Todd, and Brad Baxley Charlotte Ramage Ann Martindale Fern Glasgow Sean Sillavan Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Turley Kay Marshall Randy Roberts Dena White Donna. Mike, Marc, and Charles Carozza leota W ReesefRed) Bob Smith Jimmy Goodwin!Rookie Keaster) Randy Morris Mrs. Frances Dillard Mr. and Mrs. W. Travis McLaughlin Jr. Barbre's Appliance Service Karon. Sherry, Rodney, Todd, Brad Baxley Bill Hughes Mr. and Mrs. H. M Bratton and Lynne Grady and Thelma Baker Arthur, Anita Baker and Carroll Young of Montgomery Ward Bill, Liz. Bobby and Kathy Harris Charles, Jeanne. Kathy. Rhonda, and Susie Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Bill Millwood Kidd Stuff-Tommy and Diane Barger Pat Young Mr. and Mrs. Horace Butler Parrish Poultry Products Clay Parish Tom Atchley Dwame Watson SAS Repair Compliments of H. W Hart Manufacturing Company Cheer for the Bulldogs in Delight (Mitchell) Cheer for the Rattlers in Murfreesboro Buddy Bean Bobby Keeney Barnhill Poultry Supply Arts T. V. Service, Mineral Springs 287-4257 Cleatha Lamb DAT Grocery John Deere Pete Harborson Richard Virden Cecil Virden Eileen Jamison Buke Jamison Carolina Jamison John Paul Jamison Candye Jamison Susie Jamison Bill Jamison Martha Jones Howard County Board of Education Pete and Martha Darling H E and Elia Craig Brother John, Mary Ruth, and Fredrick Holston Noel and Louise Leverett and Jeanice and Denise Mrs. Lester Stueart Wendy Stueart Cool Sam Sheila McDonald Conrad Bagley Hix Smith Sr. T. C. Cattle Company, Madill Oklahoma Mr and Mrs. Phillip Morris and Lisa Charles and Clara Furr Jammy Furr Kay Howard Gary Gills Lilly, Faye, and Wade Walker Bobby and Jacquelyn Dillard South Arkansas Equipment Martha, Sonny, Skip, and Christy Hobbs Gary. Nancy, and Kerri Tinsley Jimmy Clements Arthur Tinsley Mr. and Mrs Edward Short Stacy McCullough Gary McKee John Robert Schirmer Carol Spicer, Old Faithful” Sue Baby and Marsha Chambers little Egypt Wanda Spigner Anita Furr Diane loves Terry Penhy and Aleshia Turner Brenda, Eddie, April, and Mike Williams Good Luck, Gary Bettis Janice, Billy, Amanda, and Kathy Hailey Jimmy McCauley Ben Agena Doug Jones Linda, C. C.. and Mark Jones Dons Miller Terri Woodward and DeAnn Copeland Ricky White Mr. Skip Hobbs Pete and Rosie Suzanne Toilett We're so good! We're so great! We're the Seniors of '78! Gaye Dallas Mary Butler Tom Wilson and Mark Millwood Terri and Tony Alan Green Ray Jones Becky Jamison Lynne Bratton Nate Coulter Roger White Sherry Furr Julia and Terry Mark the Spark Linda Jamison Loy Cochran Mike Harris Vishti Goad Reeder McCullough Mr and Mrs. Cecil Harris and Scott Janna and Johnny Furr Jessie Fatheree Kathy Bedwell Reatha Europe We Care-Voice of S. W. C. B. Club, Nashville Arlene and Jeannette Harris Sharon and Gary Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Goodson Don, Virginia. Donnie, and Mark Parrish Doug and Neva From the Lantroops, Good Luck, M. S. Hornets The Center Point Stompers-Gary and Roger To whom it may concern, I love you, Ranay Cathy Cass (See John) Becky Jamison Vicki Archer The Vulture Kathy Barnes Virginia Puryear Short People of America, Inc. The three xtooges-Gary, Alan, and Mark The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers were here. We're so good, we're so great, 'cause we're the Seniors of '78! Tammie Fincher Tammye Copeland Johnny Lamb Belinda Hughes Billy and Susan Ralph, Jo Ellen, Tony and Steve Chesshir Sue Spicer Reese Brothers Auto Parts David McIntosh Lynn and Ronny Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Jim Venable Sue, Dwayne, Deronda and Kim Campbell Mrs. Fugilt Edith Keen Mr. and Mrs. Louis Graves Pat, Billy Mac, Jennifer and Jeff Cheryl, Jim and Jason Power Coach Howard Jacque and Jon Mark Howard James, Frankie, and Amelia Jamison Clayton Franklin Hcrschell Teague Jim Stuckey Martha Horn Pace and Chantel King Glo and Side-kick Futrell Clarence, Toodlum, and Steve baby Savage Harris Furniture Company Whiteway Barber Shop Hickory House Kathy and Bo Kim and Tony Robin Barnhill lanette Echols was here. Qum Minton -n- Elizbeth Wilson Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Guthrie Hu.d no. 3 David Carlton Teague Pooh Bear Michael Copeland Mark Dowdy We arc cool. We are shady. We re the Class of 1980 number 60 on the field, no 1 in my heart. Mrs. Piggee Remmel Henry and Cathy Bagwell Kenneth Bissell Phil Brown Sophomores-We are the Champions Jeannic Lamb-Sophomore James Bradford Kris Snodgrass Mike Harris and Pam Lingo Sophomores say Go! The place to go is Ramage Studio Phillip Ramage Cheryl Steel Pete and Ann Gathright KNAS-KBHC Shotgun Bob- Don Lee Al Thomas- J. R. Schirmer Rick Jeffers- Don Sells David Wayne- Ann Hood Alan Howard Barnhill Poultry Supply Kathy and Darrel Barnhill Darien and Don Bo Castleberry Popcorn Pompers Kid Stuff First National Insurance Agency, Inc. James TV Tinkling Ivoryman lull Lee and Beaver Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Rcnard Robbye Westfall Sandra -N- Billy Ray Troy Duke Lisa Lawson David Wayne Chalker Judy Lamb- Junior The Cuda Kid Kip Blakely Jimmy Dale lockeby Jeff Windam David Bissell Mr. and Mrs. Willie Chism Eddie Munster and Grace Cindy Jones Debbie -N- David Bill and Tom Martindale Wilsons Fine Foods Vasco and I inda Martindale Jerry and Johnny Couch Michelle and Skip Tony Wilson Richard -N- Suzan Tracy Duke Congratulations! Eunice Compton Kay Bird Travis Dana Newberg Mrs. J. D Jones Eileen Jami on O'Neal Davidson Derhonda and Debbie Martha Bowers Troy and Janet Mr. and Mrs. Leo Puryear Mary Toland- I boost the Juniors! Ruth Appling Mary Lynn Garris Kay Rigler Dick and Carolyn Wakefield Pam, Gayla, and Alan Margie Reed Dox Sport Shop Mine Creek Jewelry and Gifts Hipp Waterwell Drilling and Pump Sales Donna and Wanda Pounds Pile Drug Store Make the Best of lt!Brian Howard Ray, Joyce, and Brian Harris Gaye Goodrum Terry and Becky Sid’s Sports Wear Robert Green Lynn Freeman Ann Bell Cathy Valdiviese Kay Kreul Junior ttlass of '78 says FIGHT! Leila and Jimmy Pam Wakefield Tina Prosser Renee McClure David and Cindy Mr. and Mrs Bobby Ray Mr. and Mrs Coy lee Hutson Cleo McCorkle Mr. and Mrs Paul Butler Stan Staggs Chris Hayes Bill and May Etta Wilson Cathy Chism Kathy-N- Kevin Coach DeBlack Kristen Alford Leroy Canaday Mike, Carolyn, and Cindy Harrod Mr. and Mrs. R H. Davis Paige and Ann Kerr Coach Grimes Timothy Wayne Bishop Rob Coulter Tim Ponder Tim -N- Gloe Kelly Callan Lynn Roberts Tracy Clements R A. (mbuth) Dea, Tad, Parrish, Karne Mrs Floyd Mr. and Mrs. O. D Bowers Delores Ray, Shelia Hutson and Pat Hutson Terry Wilcher Tamie Salisbury Dea Ann Richard Debbie and lory Mil Blackwell Don and Wanda Pounds Wonzie Goodwin Mona Lewis EZ Mart Marsha Webb and Wayne Erwin Kentucky Fried Chicken Stueart Cooley Supply Bill and Glenda Byers Mr. and Mrs. Paul Petty Wayne, Louise and Alicia Hicks Brooks Cooper Eva McNiel ' Hayden Ball Coke Bottles TG4Y Henry's Fine Foods Travis McLaughlin Jr., Insurance Richard Oxley and Suzan Pile Dr Joe D King and Dr. Edwin V. Dildy Larry Coplm Pat and Jim Chastain Bill Hughes Jerry L Boles Mr. and Mrs Ray Utley Fran Murray Velma's Flowers Lloyd Eads Year's End Sees Loss of Administrators Nashvillians attended the senior play Friday night, April 28, without suspecting that within twenty-four hours they would learn of the death of their friend, loved one, and principal, Herman Edwin Stavely. Mr. Stavely suffered a heart attack early Saturday morning, while working at his farm. He was taken to Howard County Memorial Hospital where he died later that afternoon. Mr. Stavely devoted 26 of his 52 years to the Nashville school system. In his memory Mr. Larry Craver, with the help of community leaders in the field of agriculture, established the Herman E. Stavely Memorial Scholarship to aid a senior agri student. After 27 years with the Nashville schools. Superintendent Dwight Jones resigned in early April. Prior to becoming superintendent, he served as coach, teacner, and principal. Feeling that it was time to leave, Mr. Jones deliberated the issue with his family and the principals before announcing his resignation to the school board. Faculty vote preceded the installation of 14 juniors into tne National Honor Society. Linda Jamison, Nate Coulter, Lynne Bratton, and Lynn Ramage outlined the requirements before announcing the new members, who lit packing his personal things, Mr. candles and repeated the honor society Dwight Jones prepares to leave his pledge. position as superintendent. . . .and Gain of Honor Students IN MEMORY OE MR HERMAN STAVELY, the flags fly at half mast for the remaining days of school. ABOVE- Inductees into the National Honor Society include: Martha Bowers, Kelly Callan, Cathy Chism, Rob Coulter, Penny Floyd, Gaye Goodrum, Monica Hamilton, Kay Kreul, Lisa Lawson, Tracy Matheny, Renee McClure, Kelley Renard, Steve Savage, and Tammie Wilson. LEFT- After stating that service is a prerequisite to membership, Linda Jamison lights the candle representing service at the installation. 239 Good To The Last Drop The merry month of May waved goodbye as school closed its doors for summer, but not before it had witnessed a hodgepodge of club, civic, and school activities, among them graduation, political campaigns, a debate, the awards assembly, banquets, finals and exemptions, the return of combination locks, the senior slave sale, “play day, and the FFA donkey basketball game. Makeshift auctioneer and junior high principal Danny Howard made the phrase Going once,. . .going twice. . .sold! famous as he auctioned off 34 bold seniors and one daring teacher, Ms. Brenda Ball. Prices ranged from $2.75 to $75.25 and totalled $426.81, setting an all time record. Masters forced slaves to tote books, tie shoes, sharpen pencils, and cater to their masters' every whim. Before slave day ended, slaves and masters alike discovered the why of the Emancipation Proclamation. Play day afforded clubs a chance to boost funds while adding spice to school life. Scheduled for the football field, rain forced the student council to relocate the site to the hot, steamy gym and nearby areas. After being jailed QUICK ON THE PAY-OFF after a feverish bid for Nate Coulter, Gary Hughes thrusts $75.25 into the eager hands of Miss Betty Floyd, whose slave Leon Mickey Mouse Daugherty counts every penny. RIGHT-Ending the year with a big bang, Charles Benson takes a whack at the junk auto during the play day festivities. 240 by an FHA girl cleverly disguised as a wild west deputy, ex-cons roamed freely among law-abiding citizens partaking of snowcones, tug-of-war, kissing booths, sack races, the yearbook raffle, car smash, pin the dart-on-the-teacher's picture, and the Campus Phantom pie throw. An excited crowd gathered one week later to see Phil Brown, winner of the Debate Club's balloon contest, splatter Ms. Ball with a chocolate cream pie. Twelve mutinous donkeys and an assortment of jean-clad FFAers assembled on the junior high gym floor for a battle of the classes. Experience was a valuable factor in this game. Sophomores triumphed over the green freshmen and seniors emerged victorious after a hilarious rivalry with their underclassmen juniors as well as with the obstinate donkeys. To compensate for the pain and suffering endured, the FFA donated their money to a worthy cause — the FFA banquet and fish fry. Glancing back at the year's activities, festivities, self-made recreation and the rewards caused each one to be worth making it happen. Alma Mater ’Til the stars shall shine no longer ’Til the flowers all fade and die; We’ll be true to Alma Mater To our dear ole Nashville High. We will cherish every mem’ry We will sing her praises too; And to dear ole Alma Mater, We’ll be faithful and true. Amy Holcombe Ball Johnston 111