Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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ning August 11, and lasting from 8 a.m. until noon each day. These practices enabled the band to learn new music and prepare for the halftime performance. The cheerleaders also began meeting early in the summer preparing for the upcoming football season by making posters, practicing cheers, and by attending summer cheerleading camps. Registration was the first order of business before the first seven-hour school day began. Teachers and administration registered students and issued locks, lockers, car permits, and made sure each student would be ready to enter the World of Nashville High School on Friday morning August 29 at eight o'clock sharp. Issuing car permits, smoking permits, locks, lockers, and registering students found principal Bill Dawson busy on the first day of registration. Here, Mr. Dawson assisted by his son Billy register Jeff Starr, Billy Carney, Skipper Davis, and Loretta Moore. Superintendent Carl Barger addresses high school students and teachers during an assembly on the first day of school. These freshmen find time at noon break to talk and have fun. To make sure students would receive their right yearbook, Terry Melson, Lance Click, and Allen Kirkpatrick sort out receipts. Theme 3 Sponsored by FIRST NATIONAL BANK

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NHS Assignment: Action A good word for the beginning of the school year was action. Action seemed to be the first assignment of the new school year for many students. The action which best exemplified Nashville High School students ranged from meeting new students, renewing old friendships trying to get into the swing of studying again, football, cheerleader, and band practice, and just trying to recover from the long, hot, dry summer. Action for many began two weeks before school actually started. Football practice began August 14 with the first game being held at Ashdown September 5. Band practice also began early, begin- A warm sunny day during the early part of the school year gave students a chance to converse and sign yearbooks at lunch. Homecoming royalty and escorts include: front row, Danny Dodson, Debie Boden, Tim Ponder, Sonia Howard, Todd Barnes, Laurie White, Greg Nation, Kim Chism, Lance Click, Queen Dena Floyd, Marty Renfrow, Maid of Honor Susan Blakely, Robbie Sanders, Lisa Romine, jay Chesshir, janet Jones, Mike Frohnappel, Kathy Hubbard. Middle row: Jeff Linville, Lori McClure, Tim Harding, Elizabeth Wilson, Randy Bowles, Patti jones, Gary Couch, Tambra Valdez, Robert Chism, Mandy Hockaday, Tony Chesshir, Denise Radebaugh, Billy Spangle, Suzanne Hintze, Terry McDonald, Mimi Taylor. Back row: Richard Keeton, Cleo McCorkle, Brad Brown, Sharon Dalton, Kim Britton, Jim Hargis, Susan Sunderman, Mark Propps, Brenda Bissel, Stacey Staggs, and Linda Hardin. The Howard County Fair Parade gave the band a chance to strut their stuff before the townspeople of Nashville. 2 Theme Sponsored by FIRST NATIONAL BANK

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NHS Assignment: Action When the opening day of school did arrive, students assembled in the gym for the first day, traditional speech from Superintendent Carl Barger and High School Principal Bill Dawson. Mr. Dawson introduced new teachers and made sure certain rules were understood. After the assembly, students went to their assigned classes, met the teachers, received books, and got ready for another year at NHS. Football season occupied many of the students' time during the first semester with pep rallies and band, football and cheerleader practices, (cont.) and the football games themselves. Even though football season was going strong, students still had time for the various organizations in the school. Organizations reorganized, elected new officers and took their place as respectively as in the past. One new organization was also formed. Mr. John Robert Schirmer, journalism and English teacher, saw the need for a club which recognized and praised the aspiring young journalist and creative writing students. Mr. Schirmer applied for a charter to establish a Quill and Scroll Club. After the charter was con- firmed, 16 journalism students in the top 1 3 of their classes and with a grade point of 3.5 or above became members of the Nashville Chapter of Quill and Scroll. The end of football season, which resulted in the Scrappers being the 7AA District Co-Champions with a record of six wins and five losses, signaled the beginning of the upcoming holiday season in December with the annual Christmas parade. Many clubs and organizations sponsored floats in the parade and the senior class took first place with their float. The Honor Society, journalism class, library club, and various other organizations held Christmas parties. The Student Council also sponsored something new to the students, each first period class was asked to decorate their rooms in the best way showing Christmas spirit, later the rooms Garland White brings the basketball down the court for another two points for the Scrappers. Isaiah Lofton uses his artistic abilities in art class. The Christmas spirit is evident as Beverly McCann helps trim a Christmas tree in Coach DeBlack's room for the decoration contest. 4 Theme