Perry High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Perry, OH)

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SENIORS ELECT PEERS TO POLL CATEGORIES On December 12, 1978, seniors nominated candidates for the senior poll. The hardest category to choose was best personality because many seniors deserved this honor. Kathy Rogers and Curt Ludwick were chosen. When questioned what qualities were necessary for best personality, they stated, A person should be friendly, considerate and have a sense of humor.” The most athletic category went to Cheri McCoy and Barry Deming. These seniors helped Perry to dominate the G.R.C. by participating in basketball, with Barry in football and track as well. These two captured M.V.P. honors in their respective sports, plus many area honors. Nan Nuuja and Ken Baker were elected as most talented. Both were involved in athletics-Nan in cheerleading, Ken in football. They also have taken part in the plays and musicals. In addition to being an academic scholar, Nan was in N.H.S. and ranked second in the senior class. Ken represented Perry at Buckeye Boy’s State in.1978. Jesse Carey’s disco fashions and Mary Patriarcha’s fashion plate wardrobe earned them the best dressed category. Jesse’s clothes, selected to show off a good physique, were often accessorized with fashionable neck chains. Skirts with ankle socks and sandals and disco dresses were included in Mary’s daring wardrobe. Tall, dark, handsome and musclar were terms used to describe Lee Koszey, while voluptuous curves told it all for Nancy Powell. These two seniors were voted for best build. Nancy’s features were natural gifts while Lee worked out daily with weights. Larry Brainard and Denea Christian were chosen for the prettiest hair category. When Larry was questioned how he kept his hair so pretty, he replied, ”1 wash it every day with Farah Fawcett Shampoo followed with Beer on Tap Conditioner.” Denea answered the same question by saying, ”1 brush my hair one hundred times a day and use mayonnaise as a conditioner.” Selected as cutest seniors were Kelly Sferra and Scott Hull. Scott's best feature was his eyes; while Kelly’s were her mouth and eyes. Most intelligent and most likely to succeed categories were filled by Mike Thompson and Michelle King. Mike was treasurer of N.H.S., news editor for the Periscope and played varsity baseball. In 1978 Mike represented Ohio at the International Edison Celebration in San Diego. Michelle led her senior class scholastically with a 4.0 average. She was vice president of N.H.S., senior class treasurer; involved in F.T.A. and Yearbook. Michelle also played varsity volleyball and was a 1978 delegate to Buckeye Girl’s State. The class flirt winners were Jesse Carey and Joyce Strong. When asked, ’’What is your favorite line?” Jesse said, ”Hey honey, want to get lucky?” Joyce said that she preferred tall, handsome and muscular men. So there you have it, the twenty seniors chosen for the senior poll categories. In most cases the voting was very close because, with a senior class as outstanding as the ’’class of 1979,” every senior was worthy to be named to a poll category.

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The closing of the seventies took with it the last class ever to roam the halls of Perry High School in that decade. That class was known as the spirited class of 1979. Throughout their high schools days those seniors experienced: the bad winters of 1978 and 1979; the building of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant; the Watergate Scandal; plus the resignation of President Nixon; Howard Cosell on Monday Night Football; the emergence of Steve Martin, John Belushi, and toga parties; the disco craze and ga-torlng; and the deaths of Elvis Presley and Norman Rockwell. The Class of ’79 shared a wealth of changes and experiences. Some of those remembered most are recorded here. 15

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1. Larry Brainard and Denea Christian 2. Barry Deming and Cheri McCoy 3. Jesse Carey and Mary Patriarca 4. Jesse Carey and Joyce Strong 5. Mike Thompson and Michelle King 6. Curt Ludwick and Cathy Rogers 7. Lee Kozsey and Nancy Powell 8. Ken Baker and Nan Nuuja 9. The poll representatives of the 1979 senior class 4 17