Rustburg High School - Owl Yearbook (Rustburg, VA)

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For the first time Lots of people thought that the open- ing of the new school would be the only big event of the year, that there would be few original happenings beyond ad- justing to the new facilities. That attitude underwent a few changes as the year progressed, and new occurrences started happening all around. Whether the new school somehow triggered a string of first-time events, or whether they were slated for RHS anyway, no one was sure. But the year was definitely filled with never-before happenings. The surprises started with the new facilities themselves. RHS had its first a la carte lunch line, and an elevator for the physically disabled. While lots of stu- dents often took advantage of the a la carte line, few ever even saw the doors so much as open on the elevator. But the idea was there; the elevator was a first. Not all the facility's first-timers were very helpful. Several rows of lockers, tired from being shifted from one hall to another, gave up to exertion and laid down in the hallways for several days. Hesitant to enter the first clean showers in Rustburg history, a pair of freshman feet begin their first bath of the year. 20 First Time Finally they were placed permanently in positions along the hallway walls. Other facility-firsts that got in many students’ way were the locker rooms. Once again, showers were required in physical education classes as the showers were new, roomy, and above all clean. But most of the first-time events had little to do with the school. October's bright blue weather was disturbed by the season’s first snow; area citizens were hard put to recall an earlier snow fall. Students instigated a few firsts, too. The varsity basketball cheerleaders had not only the first stuntmen on the squad at RHS, but the first males to appear on a cheerleading squad in the area in quite a while. The first production performed on the new auditorium stage was produced by the Speech and Drama class students. It was the first year in the new decade, the first year in the new school, the “first” in many ways. The new RHS, the new school year, and the Rustburg students made the 1979-80 school year a first in itself. Tossed salads and doughnuts get a quick going over by Clarence Riley and Donna Tweedy in the a la carte line.

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Many S.C. volunteers spent many long hours decorating the commons area with streamers and stars and made a beautiful and successful Homecoming dance possible. Forgotten after the Homecoming parade, the prize-winning sophomore class float sits aban- doned on the middle school track. Half of Homecoming’s theme is carried by varsity cheerleaders Teresa Childress, Kim Taylor, Kathy Anderson, and Devil Julie Johnson. The banner was part of the senior class portion of the parade. Homecoming 19

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Quickly running down a long list of morning an- nouncements, Speech Drama student Tim Doss keeps students posted about the goings-on of the day. High atop the support of Tony Trent, Darryl Tucker, David Moore, Buddy White, and Robert O’Brien, stuntman Eddie Blankinshi proclaims the Red Devils as number one at ig ee of the Appomattox contest. bet biih erage ® cere nos REY Strategically positioned beside the commons area stairball Robert Cunningham, Terri Thomas and Billy Watson get ready to make a fast exit from first lunch. Confused by a set of sideways lockers, Sabrina Johnson, Tammy Hammock, Angie Harris, and Kathy Crider hurriedly work their combinations between class periods. First Time 21