Northwest High School - Tohari Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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Befone long, lt's the Jumon-semolz Plans for the junior-Senior begin long before the big night. A theme must be selected, decorations made, dance cards ordered, a caterer contracted. Above, junior class officers talk with class sponsor Mrs. Speas and Mr. Gibson about the selection of a caterer. Theme for the eighth and last junior-Senior is very nearly identical to the first theme used as Northwest. romantic visions greet the dancer. . . these visions include L'Arc de Triumphe at the front door. . . and Le Tour Eiffel inside the gym. . . excitement mounts until finally April 26 is here. . . .1 Everybody joins in to help decorate for the dance. Mr. Gibson IS 1 assisting with the beginnings of Northwest's eight junior-Senior N I Qxgxss L i X 6 Og XCDXM 1 ,. ' A' XX is , ' in .X f g 'lk 'x Twenty-six

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Gy ClUB SGlGClIS last SWEEIHGARII Whll6 . February 16. . .Key Club dance. . . Tommy Minton limbos at the Key Club 's Valentine Dance. Mary Hall Surprised as last sweatheart. . .track season begins in earnest. . .boys on the team are aiming for the State Meet, in which they have last opportunity to make Falcons State Champions in another area . . . tnaek team alms Kon state meet Mary Hall, new Key Club Sweatheart, poses with President Ty Browder. The candy and flowers Mary is holding and the crown she is wearing are gifts from the Key Club. Eddie Alley begins a leg of the mile relay while running in the sectional meet held at Wake Forest College. Northwest has consistantly placed well in the sectional meet even though competion is against such track powers as Myers Park of Charlotte. Twenty-five

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then school IS Olllil Last few weeks are crowded with the frantic efforts of seniors who suddenly realize that graduation and departure are near. . . songs must be learned for both Vespers and Graduation. . . beach parties are planned. . . the last of final exams are taken. . . hours of practice are spent learning the proper way to march, to receive one's diploma. . . yearbooks reach the subscriber. . . signing day seen by frosh as a day never to be forgotten. . .then comes that moment of mingled joy and sadness. . . the diploma is received. . .caps and gowns are returned. . .and another senior class departs to make its place in the world. . . N ew graduates F rank Thornton, Bain Ridge, Steve jones, Carol Southard, and Larry Ferguson look back over past four years at Northwest. The cla-ss of 1963 finishes as the largest graduating class in school history. Signing of yearbooks is a favorite pastime just after the book arrives. A year is finished. . . this not just any year. . .Northwest passes through a change shared only with Mineral Springs. . .even as we savor the last sweet moments we also hear the construction work at North reminding us that each moment must be lived to the fullest. . . to you, dear Northwest, we bid farewell. Q. E. D. Twenty-seven