Reading Memorial High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Reading, MA)

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'lead cheerleader . . . Carol Dldenbrook TICKET SELLERS Seated, left to right: Ruthann Sulllvan, Janet Rock, Anne Jenkins, Roberta McGrath, Caroline Dube. Standing: Susan Searle, Nancy, Luther, Carol MacKeil, Janet Vars, Patricia Thompxon.- 60-38755 Football is a thrilling sport. We all look forward to the enioyment and excitement of going to the football games on Satur- day afternoons to cheer for our team. But the action taking place out on the field does not constitute all that the word foot- ball connotes. Even in football there is a bit of pageantry. A big football game between rivals is comparable to the open- ing of a much-publicized new play. Both are alike in many respects. Each is a form of entertainment with its own color and tradition. Each has many people, other than the principal players, working together to present a successful program. Each requires an interested and responsive audience. CHEERLEADERS Left to right: Bonnie Sanborn, Carolyn Sharp, Brenda Crovo, Shirley Smith, Marcia Johnson, Janice Kimball, Barbara Bellows, Ellen Partelow, Ann McManus. Centerx Carol Oldenbrook, Head Cheerleader Some of the colorful football traditions that we realize at the games are the standing for the national anthem and for the kick-off, the pre-game huddle, the entertainment during the half-period, the tearing down of the goal posts, and the victory march. The large yellow mums, the confetti, the school colors, all add gaiety and meaning to the scene. Various groups, each doing its particular iob, work to put on the football show. Our energetic cheerleaders, sparkling in their navy and red outfits, shout their many cheers to pep up the fans and spur on the Rockets. Because of their great enthusi- asm for the sport, they never tire of prac- ticing new and lively cheers. At the pre-

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BATON SQUAD Front row, left to right: Judy John- ston, Marie Marden, Mary Chis- holm, Judy Burns, Laurel Calvin, Rosemary Sias, Carol Byrne, Joyce Doherty, Sylvia Armstrong. Second row: Jean Pelletier, Linda Gard- ner, Gail Green, Charlotte Haley, Donna Thibault, Deborah Gilbert, Martha Herald, Mary Ellen Sias, Judith Hogan, Cecile Martel, Gretchen York. Third row: Eliza- beth Hawe, Linda Brown, Virginia Wood,GailCook,PoulineDoherty, Frances Gordon, Barbara Ellis, Mavis Williams, Rolinda Durgin, Joyce Schofield, Betsy Smith. Fourth row: Leaders, Paula Perry, Donna DeGroot. - 44-38755 i game rallies they really have to work to make the audience come alive and respond to the cheers, yet they do succeed. One sure-fire hit is their new cheer, the Ala- bammy Cheer, which everyone knows and shouts. There are the friendly ticket sellers from whom we purchase our tickets. These nine girls have the responsible iob of handling the money, which involves quick mental addition and subtraction in returning the correct change. They also collect the tickets at the gates. And what would a game be without the rhythmic marching and twirling of our own Rockettes , the baton squad? All the girls work hard daily mastering new and intricate routines. When they appear on the field in their smart and colorful uni- forms, we see only a finished performance of flawless precision. Dressed in attractive black and red outfits, the program girls try to catch us and per- haps induce us to buy a program with any loose change we may happen to have handy. There goes that hot dog! At least we're supporting the Boosters Club! May- be we can still figure out who's playing, even though the program has the players numbered wrong. cf vvivx . Y fat 'iS ak A QA , s I 1 1 J Baton Squad leader . . . Paula Perry PROGRAM GIRLS Left to right: Nancy Larson, Joan Dicey, Judith Pulson, Judith Morse, Gail Emerson, Joyce Moore, Brenda Lehmann, Barbara Wake- field, Diane DiBerto, Sandra Moore, Frances Regan, Sandra Johnson.