Pleasant Grove High School - Comets Yearbook (Seminole, OK)

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I r 4 SI'I'l'IN' PRETTY. Alan johnson shows the pride of being a senior. BOOKWORM. Kenny Hernandez shows his interest in reading by scoping out a book in the school library. Mm 43? f This page is sponsored by Dawson Pest Control HALLOWEEN TREATS. Tyler Sharber enjoys sorting through the candy he received at the first grade Halloween party. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. Gaylan Parsons portrays Psalty the Songbook' in the play PSALTYS WINTER WORKSHOP presented by the first through Fourth grades.

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THE YEAR OP THE CCDMETS WHAT ARE COMETS? Halley's Comet is a remnant of the stuff that condensed from a it returned, and he did. Another kind of comet is a student who attends Pleasant hot stellar cloud nearly five Grove School. The Pleasant Grove billion years ago, forming the Comets got their name in 1936. sun and planets. The nucleus of a The girls' basketball team, under comet has never been seen, but scientists believe it has a rocky core. Halley's Comet got its name the direction of Coach Oran Jennings, met in their dressing room and chose the school mascot, and it has remained so from British astronomer Edmund till this day. The school colors in Halley who studied earlier sightings before predicting a major comet appearing in late 1758. The comet did appear on Christmas Day 1758. Halley's return coincides now and then with major historical events. William the Conquerer won the Battle of Hastings in 1066 while it was in the night sky. Mark Twain was born during its 1835 appearance and '36 were blue and red, and the basketball teams wore blue uniforms with red comets on them. The date the colors were changed to maroon and white is unknown. The return of the Pleasant Grove Comets also coincides with historical events. During the 1985-86 school year President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev held the predicted that he would die when Geneva summit which hopefully will lead to improved U.S.fSoviet relations. Boomtown Rats singer Bob'C-eldof helped organize aid for Africa's famine victims, most notably the Live-Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia. On the homefront singer Willie Nelson helped the struggling farmer by organizing Farm-Aid concerts. The year definitely had many positive features including athletes overtaking records, and the University of Oklahoma football win over Penn State in the Orange Bowl which led to O.U. being named national champs. Though many tragedies occurred in the world this year there still was always something to smile about in THE YEAR OF THE COMETS - not the least of which was the return of Halley's Comet itself. '11 550 139 ey. ff' .1 ,fi , .ff ,fi it ,W , eg 955 2 iividgl f - 29 Dix Q 'Zn ' ,gjgaftsacloxit Q5 49 P,1C?'Es'fXM emi XNQCPQQ c0 we YO? xffxogb CQ. 690 This page is sponsored by Kenneth and Trena Smithee. 2: vi Q o N95 X 110609 Y X180 A 'Aw Information concerning Halley's Comet was taken from Popular Science Magazine, April 1985, p.79. Information concerning the history of the Pleasant Grove Comets was given to us by Curtis Christain, former Pleasant Grove superintendent.

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