Rickards High School - Anumpa Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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W . on Buses, Smoking Debbie Hendrickson lcenteri, photographer, helps Chris Jaillet, Sports editor Hobson Fulmer, writers Dick Rubado and Merlin club editor, and Dottie Barnes, news editor, select pictures. English and photographer George Knight talk shop. Martha Beaudoin, editorial page editor,' Cathy Bizet, special featuresf and Denise Madden, features, lay out dummy pages. 117

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Totem Poll Features Special Feature Spreads lib- Co-editors Nayola Frazier, who by-lines herself Nanferteway, and Carleen Allen, get some advice from Totem Poll sponsor Mrs. Margie Cash. Special feature spreads on buses, smoking, Homecoming and other topics of interest were included in most of the 15 issues of the Totem Poll put out this year. lVlost of the papers were eight pages. The Christ- mas issue, however, contained 12 pages, including a special literary supplement. The newspaper was out to better its record of two first place ratings received from last year, given by national rating services. The staff also hoped to repeat its superior achievement award given by the Miami Herald last year. Staff members attended district Florida Scholastic Press Association meeting in Gainesville and the state meeting at Tampa. Heading the staff were co-editors Nayola Frazier and Carleen Allen. Working on the business books is Kate Brandies. Gwen Little, advertising copy ready for the next issue, while Danny advertising manager, and Bill Brooks, ad salesman, work to get Crenshaw, managing editor checks over headline proof 116

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Miss Black America Appears for NHS Mrs. Falck plays with her daughter while trying to pay attention to the program. NHS met every third Thursday night. Joyce Warner, Miss Black America, was guest performer at the annual National Honor Society tapping as- sembly in April. Miss Warner, an alumna of the Rickards Honor Soci- ety, was also a guest along with new members' parents at a reception. National Honor Society members enjoyed participating in their Christ- mas party. They sang carols, ex- changed gifts and enacted a skit based on the Banana Yellow School House, the school newspaper's regu- lar satirical feature. Members also en- joyed dancing and guitar playing. At another meeting, Mrs. Jo Glick, pro- ject director, spoke about flexible staffing. NHS elected two of its members to compete in a national scholarship contest. John Melvin and Nayola Frazier were nominated by the local chapterfor the scholarships. To raise money, NHS sold Rickards decals and sponsored a car wash. as Y Sharon Brown, recording secretary, and Debbie Flynn, president, make use of the library to keep up their scholastic average. 118