North Rowan High School - Northern Lights Yearbook (Spencer, NC)

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Being a MUNCl-ll4llXl isn'r oll rhar bod. n rhe Wizard of Oz, Dororhy's rornadofrossed house landed in Munchl-xinlond, Munchlsins were rhe happy lirrle shorr people. Ar Norfh, rhere were ar leasr rwenry srudenrs who admirred ro being less rhan five feer roll. Being shorr definirely had irs bad poinrs. These ranged from nor be- ing able ro see in assemblies, being pur in rhe fronr of rhe class so rhey could see, and nor being able ro pull a film screen down. Do you realize how hard ir was for the shorr people ro reach rhe rop of rheir lockers? Nor ro menrion, some roll people used rhem as loclser sruffersl The only rhlng l dislike abour being sharrer fhan a lor of my friends is rhar if makes if harder ro deal Wllh rhe raller females, com- plained Patrick Johnson. Of course, being shorr is nor all bad, lr malses you a lor easier ro hide. Shorr people are usually gui-:leer and malse berrer gymnisrs rhon roll people. lvlosr of rhe shorr people seemed as happy as munchlsinsi Carlo Miller said, Ref member rhe old saying 'Good fhlngs come ln small paclsagesf If 'Iwi' -. fi U - W fs lg, new i s i i l Q my s ls? s,p., Q. avfjg ill, , sf I fx, .9 1 'hx 5 4 my 1' P ,i may sn- an if S , f f IW? M, , 9 A Q x. Sranding on her rip roes, helps Angel 1 drews a lirrle when she rries ro reach i rop shelf of rhe lodser l I 3 Q Z I s Z 4 2 2 YE e J . 5 2 Z When shorr people SllClR rogerher, rh heighr 1 or lads of ir - is nor so obviol Compared ro o'lO Ralph lsirley, only rx munchiains loals riny rhe orhers are che ing by sranding on ine plarform, of cour:

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Dlsplaylng her wlnnlng crown and flowers, rhe prom aueen, Mlss Jana Slfford poses wlrh her escorr Andre Godfrey fl' 34, l X A nighf of 1985 l3l'OfTT lavender and lace ho lfnows how ro gef ro rhe Drawbridge res- rauranr in Charlorre and ger oacls ln rlme ro offend fhe prom? Apparenrly Jim Mangold, Kelly Morgan, Greg Mahaley and Stephanie Kepley don'r oe- cause rhey arrived ln rlme ro clean up - offer almosr everyone was gone. All four said rhey had fun anyway. Jim sold Everyrhlng was ole. unril l gor home. Several people called during the prom to find our where we were, and my parents were prerry upset. For rhose who acrually arrende ed rhe prom, lr was dlfferenr from pasr proms, Srudenfs usually de- cide on whar decoranons rhey wanr, our rhls year rhey declded ro hire an lnrerlor decararor TO do fr. He pur up a fake celllng whlch had silver sfars hanglng from lr. ln rhe center of rhe gym, rhere was a founrafn wfrh purple wafer. Also new fhls year, were rhe prlnred programs fhaf were glven ro each person. The Junlor class chose Midnight Madness TO be rhe dance band. They played a varfl ery of songs ranging from ln My House ro rhe prom fheme Pur- ple Ram . The grand march was held ar 70175 pm. Joe Harris, Junlor Class Presldenr, gave rhe welcome and dedcared rhe prom ro the Senlor Class. Then came rhe fnrroducflon of fhe Pram arrendanrs who ln- cludedf Kecia Barnes escorfed by Darrin Brown: Cheryl Mills es- corred by Tim lngram: Jana Sif- ford escorred by Andre Godfrey: Lydia Weant escorred by Tim Beaver: and Sissy Overcash es- corred by Kevin Bailey. Jana Sif- ford was crowned aueen. Afrer rhe presenrarfons, rhe prom courr, l fheir dares and fhe aueen and her escorr danced ro Purple Rain , The prom wafrers and walrresse es were: John Brumit, Derek Blanton, Pam Stomer, George Shuping, Wendy Rouche, Bob- by Honeycutt, Todd Koontz and Glenda Koontz. They served calre, mlnrs and punch. Mosf people eryoyed rhe prom lncludfng Robyn Kluttz who said The band was berrer rhan Iasr year, bor rhis yeor's decorarions were really the best part. The four junlors who mlssed mosf of rhe acrfon of rhe '85 prom have anofher opporrunlry in '86 and maybe rhey 'll be plcfured fn nexr years annual! Porriciparlng in fhe grand march are Jean are Mfsenhefmer rnegonor class secrerary, ana ner dare Michael Darley Y , F? S scccc ' 1 I fm