Parry McCluer High School - Parrimac Yearbook (Buena Vista, VA)

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AT THE LABOR DAY Festivities at Glen Maury Park Senate candidate John Warner and his wife Liz Taylor were an added attraction. ANNOUNCING THE BEGINNING of yearbook sales, Lisa Seay and Kim Burch wait for the noise to subside. GIVING AN EXCITING performance, Free Fare entertains the student body. BEFORE CLASS BEGINS Maury Byers and John Armstrong take time to socialize 4 Opening

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HERE GOALS ARE MET, challenges are made and carried out and victor- ies are always in evidence at Parry McCluer High School. MAKING HIS DEBUT, Jeff Staton, Mr. Ugly Man 1979, shows off his physical attributes. THE TIME IS RIGHT There is something to be said about being in the right place at the right time. At Parry McCluer, a place where competition is a tradition, students had fun and still worked hard to maintain a high level of achievement. The end of the decade brought joys, fears and expectations as we welcomed a new year and the challenges it presented. Like high school freshmen and sopho- mores across the state, for some of us, this meant wondering, worrying and finally taking the competency tests. Apprehen- sion was high as students con- sidered the possibilities of the draft being reinstated. Students involved in college boards and other college entrance tests experienced feelings of anxiety as they wondered how they would measure up. In sports the pressure was on us to live up to past perfor- mances. Our varsity football team was the state A champion in 1977. The boys’ basketball teams were struggling to prove themselves despite lack of ex- perienced players. Our. girls’ basketball and volleyball teams were working frantically to come out on top. Everyone was anxi- ously waiting to see how our wrestling team would fare with so many starting freshmen. In- door and outdoor track and golf students wanted desperately to win and to break records pre- viously set. the challenges of holding stu- dents’ interest and providing use- ful services to the school and the community. Along with the rest of society they were constant- ly aware of the fact that most undertakings require money and money had to be earned. The challenges were great but not insurmountable. We are com- petitors and we faced each issue with confidence. We built memor- ies that can never be forgotten. The following pages will reveal that in 1979 Parry McCluer was “A TIME, A PLACE FOR MEMOR- IES Se TAKING THE BUSINESS of ordering class rings seriously, juniors Jeff Kerr and Neal McDaniel listen carefully to instructions. Opening

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STUDENT LIFE SHOWING HER ENTHUSIAISM AS A CHEERLEADER, Hilda Garrett por- trays a football player before the Wilson Memorial game. AFTER BEING CROWNED QUEEN, Terry Vest and her escort Kevin Moran beam with delight. DURING THE OPENING DAY ASSEMBLY, ‘78-79 cheerleaders, Pam Camden, Jeanne Glenn, and Sherry Figgers lead the student body in the school song for the first time this year. CO-CAPTAINS JOHNNY COLE AND JEFF STATON recognize the senior players dur- ing the last district game of the season. HOPING THAT SHARI COFFEY WON'T RAISE HER HEAD, Jay Patterson turns the com- bination on his locker. Division