Pendleton High School - Landmark Yearbook (Pendleton, SC)

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Class Of '77 Speaks Out M. ' if I Fi 1l I n s. I if I Many seniors in the area are facing gradua- tion, and their eventual leap into the school of hard knocks. As the date ap- proaches, many will look back at their high school careers, some with fond- ness, and others with dif- ferent emotions. The talk- ative seniors were than willing to share of their opinions, tions, ideas, and ments about their more some emo- com- four fsometimes morej years at Pendleton High. Their senior year held a lot of excitement for students. First, it was an election year, and, while most seniors were not quite old enough to vote, a mock election was held at school. The student body chose jimmy Carter who, a few days later, squeaked by Ford for a win. I-Iow do the seniors feel? RAYMOND ALEXAN- DER was not impressed. Carter, he said, is full of peanuts. JIM DOBBINS showed about as much en- thusiasm by stating that he thought it was rigged. SUE HUGHES also showed some doubts about the American system by stat- ing, It's all crooked, I think. ROD CANTRELL was not pleased because Carter wants to bring in the unions--we don't need them. The majority of stu- dents, however, felt that Carter was the right man for the job. AUDREY GAMBRELL said, lt is an honor to have someone from the south. I hope he gets the support he needs and is successful. STEVE DURHAM put it simply: I like jimmy Carter. Ac- cording to VIOLA MARI- ON, Jimmy Carter is our

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4-Hers Excel 4-H plays a big part in the lines of PHS stu- dents. Seven Anderson County 4-Hers, six of whom are either students or graduates of Pendleton High, represented S. C. in their 4-H project category at the National 4-H Con- gress in Chicago. The State Citizenship wirmer was Cliff McLel- lang joe Dobbins won in Agricultureg and Shannon Smith was the Bread win- ner. Three alumnae of Pendleton High also at- xff A IU QQ. tended National Congress: Beatrice Smith captured State honors in Home Management, and Susan Evatt won in Dress Revue. Vicki jordan won in the Beef Project but was unable to attend. These winners competed with other South Carolina 4-Hers this sum- mer at State 4-H Confer- ence held at Clemson Uni- versity. Benjie Evatt will also be going. He is rep- resenting the National Ru- ral Electric Coop- fcon't. on Page 229.7 Jeep Staff The jeep Staff really worked to bring the news to the students of PHS. Mrs. Wentz, the advisor of the jeep , was also a hard worker. The staff consists of julian Fant- Editor, Lynn McCracken- Features Editor, Tammy Quattlebaum- Assistant, Terrie jordan-News Edi- tor, George Smith and Mi- chelle Hopkins -Assistants, and Benjie Evatt-Sports Editor. All staffers went to Newberry as a learning experience and came home ready to go to work. julian says, My staff is a good one and a hardworking one -when they want to be.

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hope for the future. She added that Ford had too much namecalling in his campaign. Less of that might have given him a better chance. LARRY OWENS expressed a gripe that reappears every four years. I think we should choose a president by number votes, but Carter is probably all right. CLIFF MCLELLAN stated that Carter has the perfect opportunity to prove him- self to the people who voted for him. JANE SHIRLEY picked up ona familiar theme: I am glad that Carter won, butl have my doubts that he will do all he promised. KIM SUMMERALL stated that I think that the United States has picked a fine man for President. CAR- OLYN BRUCE sums it all up: Carter is the man for me. 2 The election was ex- citing, but 'what about the high points in the careers of these students? Some were interesting. SANDRA HIX said that, for her, it had been the experience of being pinned between two buses. CATHY AYERS gave a more universal answerg her high point be- ing the Christmas holi- days. VICKI PRUITT found that being ranked 9th in the class proved to be her high point. LINDA WOOT - EN, who is among a group of girls going to Europe this summer, said the an- ticipation of the trip was enough for her. For most, however, the high point was being a senior and, at last, realizing what has been their goal forthe past twelve years: graduation. Another high point was the anticipation of the sen- ior tripg this year, to the