Nashville High School - Scrapper Yearbook (Nashville, AR)

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The Judds’ biggest fan I enjoyed their music so I joined their fan club, said Kim Hughes. She enjoyed an exciting relationship with Wynona and Naomi, the Judds. She wrote to them often and had three letters from them including a postcard from Florida. Kim had been able to attend six of their concerts. She traveled to Texarkana, Little Rock, Conway, Searcy and even Nashville, Tenn. At the last concert, they invited her to visit with them on their bus. They talked for about 20 minutes. We talked about what we had been doing, what they had been doing, and things like that, Kim said. She had talked to them three times. Before the concert in Little Rock, she met Naomi in the hall of the Camelot Hotel. She was dressed so not to be noticed with her dog Banjo. I recognized her and stopped to talk to her. Kim said, It's fun to see them. I go to as many concerts as I can. I really enjoy them. With the help of some cheerleaders, Mr. Dennis Horn shows a letter from De Queen. Fund raisers The Close Up Club brought in more than S800 from the spaghetti supper held before the Gurdon game. The proceeds went to help pay the cost of the trip to Washington, D.C. The money was divided by the number of tickets sold by each participant. The seniors had a soup supper before the Prescott game Oct.3 from 5-7 p.m. Admission was $3 for adults and $2 for students. Profits helped to cover the cost of graduation. Talking is the main activity during lunch. A1so...21

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Helping others Lynn Ramage, a 1978 NHS graduate, returned in the fall from a two-year experience in Dogondoutchi, Niger. Where is Dogondoutchi, Niger? you ask. The village of about 8,000 people is located in the southwest corner of Niger in Africa. THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE in Niger is French, which Miss Ramage learned to speak well. She also learned some of a native language called Hausa. The people of Dogondoutchi were of the Moslem religion. One religious holi- day was called Ramadan, a time when the people fast for a month, then have a large feast at the end of the month. Some of the customs of this culture included removing shoes before entering the home, and women not eating in the streets. They also believed that whistling at night calls out spirits. Women were not supposed to whistle at all. THE PEOPLE OF NIGER practiced bigamy. An average family with two wives usually has about eight children. The man, women. and children sometimes even all live in the same house, Miss Ramage said. Traditional dress for women was long skirts and scarves over the head. On special occasions men wore long robes and small hats. The main crop of Niger was millet. Miss Ramage learned to enjoy millet prepared as cereal, a millet flour paste, and many other ways. Other common foods were rice and very peppery sauces. Because of their religion, these people eat no pork. MISS RAMAGE WAS editor of the Tattler her senior year. After graduation she attended Southern Methodist University where she studied journalism. She was a reporter for two years before entering the Peace Corps. I wanted to travel, see how other people lived and help people, said Miss Ramage about her decision to enter the Peace Corps. Miss Ramage returned to Niger after Christmas. She and a group of 10 other Americans and residents of Niger were to write an English textbook for use in schools such as the one where Miss Ramage worked. 20 Student life

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Once a queen, always a queen The former cheerleaders and former royalty were honored at the homecoming ceremony Nov. 7. There was a reception in the cafeteria for these special guests. Many attended the reception including Mrs. Dot Latimer Tyndall who was one of the two first “yell leaders. Her partner yell leader was Charles Holt. Our biggest cheer was 'Fifteen Rahs for the Scrappers said Mrs. Tyndall. Their job as yell leaders was to promote the football spirit and help raise funds for outfitting the football team. Some means of raising money were to have box suppers and pie suppers. There was no extra money for athletics, Mrs. Tyndall recalls. She said that there was no extra money for them to have uniforms of their own. We didn't have uniforms. We just wore what we'd worn to school. However, later the cheerleaders were supplied with uniforms. During the time that Mrs. Odessa Hicks helped the cheerleaders, the uniforms consisted of a black skirt, an orange top, and black shoes. Mrs. Alexa Latimer Dillard remembered, The pep squad wore black pants with orange stripes and orange blouses. Cheers were very different from today, recalled Mrs. Faustinc Mulkcy Hill. Mrs. Hicks said that the cheerleaders used to lead songs when students gathered in a pep assembly. Mrs. Hicks was a teacher that helped the cheerleaders with their responsibilities. She said, I never called myself a sponsor. I just did it. She remembers during an assembly, They'd [cheerleaders) get up on stage and lead them in songs. Before the Homecoming pep rally, the formercheerleaders and royalty get acquainted. 22student