Overlea High School - Omega Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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Clusters of people gathered to relire the past through lhe Umegrl. A party, pen, and friends welcomed the OMEGA. August brought excitement and anticipation of the first annual yearbook party. Activity card holders ap- proached the cafeteria in search of old friends and familiar faces. The music of the Hlflegantsil provided a counter-tempo as people rushed about to obtain auto- graphs from friends. lfach signature seemed to hold all the best memories from the past year-memories that would live as long as Overlea. . As the evening drew to a close, there was panic as well as reluctance in the air. Panic came with the realization that one old friend or another had not been Seen. And there was the reluctance to close forever the door on the past and all that it had held. As the last person left the corridors of Overlea, the door was shut and locked on the events of 1963, and the next yeafs opening was one day nearer. 76 As each page was a'1'scoverc'rl, zz rnriety of emotions lUlf0lIlFfl. 1.128 . . , 1,129 . . . 1,130 . . . Eren. rllr. Crzssidofs ego was boosted by the popular demand for his signa- lure.

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