Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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11, respectively. The juniors' profits were used to finance the annual Junior-Senior Banquet; the seniors' profits went to pay for Gibralter, the band which they chose to perform at the graduation dance. The year wound to a emotional close with the graduation of the Class of 1980 on May 23 at Scrapper Stadium. The school year lasted but nine months. However, in those months, the students meshed equal amounts of learning, growing, and socializing. Not all ventures were successes; some disappointments were not complete failures. Nevertheless, the student body plodded, walked, and ran proudly forward. The year, loaded with variety, was indeed one of proud action and interaction by people of NHS. Senior post man Augustn Newton goes up for a shot over two Leopard defenders as Garland White prepares for a possible rebound. Group one, consisting of Greg Nation, Jay Chesshir, Mike Frohnappel, and Jeff Linville, performs its rendition of Cet On Up . Their performance enabled them to capture the runner-up spot in the Miss Scrapper Spirit contest. Student Ufe 11

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A Memorable Year (cool.) the various clubs held their Christmas parties. The faculty and Rotary Club football banquets were also held in December. With the resumption of school in the new decade, students aligned at least part of their thoughts on a broad scale. Worry and wonder about the Americans held hostage in Iran were predominant among the people of NHS. The reinstatement of the draft registration and the possibility of war troubled the minds of the student body. Also, the election of a President of the U.S.A. was hovering on the horizon. Basketball season helped to capture the fancy of the students. Pep rallies held before each conference game stirred the enthusiasm of the student body which had not yelled since the final football pep rally in mid-November. The cheerleaders sponsored the Miss Scrapper Spirit Contest in February. In the contest, males dressed as cheerleaders and performed cheers and a dance. Donny Coodner locked up the individual honors with his gymnastic talents. Valentine's Day was packed full of activity. 309 pink, white, and blue carnations, sold by journalists, were delivered to the recipients during first period. The afternoon talent show, sponsored by the Student Council, was won by Cassandra Wright as she sang the Stylistics' hit Betcha By Golly Wow. John Aylett and Kim Horn were also crowned King and Queen of Hearts at the assembly. Mardi Gras, the annual big event for French Club members, was staged at the First United Methodist Church on February 19. The juniors and seniors presented their plays on March 7 and April 10 Student Life

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Livin’ for the Weekend After five long days of sitting Elberta , and, occasionally to through class, nights of studying, and Texarkana. It was of such things that mornings of early rising, students weekends were made, were ready for a release. Weekends! No matter what else was happen-Those two days of taking it easy in ing in town, one element simply contrast to the hustle and bustle of could not be missed. No weekend the school week were welcomed by would have been complete without the faithful weekday attenders at at least one cruise down Main NHS. Street from the Sonic to the Pizza Any weekend was full of possibli- Hut. This gave a person the chance to ties. Activities might have included a verify all the gossip of the week. Guys football or basketball game, a party, had the opportunity to show off their and or a record hop. Some places to dates and everyone had a chance to go were the skating rink, the see who's with whom. A brief stop it takes much practice to roller skate with the at the Texaco station was all that was skill displayed by Kim Wells and Donny needed to catch up on the evening's Goodner at the local skating rink. news, or to find OUt what was 12 Student Life