Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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Ist runner-up-Candy Peuoto, senior ,ff ,,, In ,, ,K , J id fan 5, qv im vw l-L 'F' 5 its r is ,- i , i 1-ll I 1977 Miss Southern Belle-Kelly Easley, senior 2nd runner-up-Cheryl Woolbrighf, junior GALENDAH GIRLS pageant, she replied, '4Southern Belle teaches the girls to learn to work with a group of girls, and while answering the questions, it teaches you to be yourself? . . . She also said, '4The girls shouldn't take Southern Belle that seriously-just consider it an honor to be chosen and have a good timef' . . . Having successfully brought off its main money-making project, the Senior Council then prepared the twelve finalists to appear in the organization's calendar, which went out in December. ..l'JQfUZ6?5. L . . . The money- received from the pageant and calendars was used to finance the Senior Prom and ban et in Ma 16 qu y' Winners Cheryl Woolbright, 2nd runner-upg Kelly Easley, Miss South: Belleg and Candy Peuoto, Ist runner-up, show their approval. 1

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wo of the four emcees, Janice Crawford and C0nfe5ffml-9 Gina PQOPZ?-9, Mi2eDf1g? and m Edwards, start the euening Out. Theresa Pendleton await their interviews. As the judges relax and enjoy the days activ- answer her questions at the interview the morn- ities, Lisa Ashworth, senior, awaits nervously to ing of the pageant. close-up Everything was now coming to a close as the 12 finalists stood hand in hand facing the judges and the audience, who were packed into the newly-built Southside auditorium. The pageant had actually begun weeks before when the clubs sent in their nominations. The Senior Council with the guidance of sponsor, Mrs. Nancy Gordin, planned and put together the fourth annual Southern Belle Pageant. But the actual start of the pageant began on the morning of September 25, as the fifty-two nominees paraded into the auditorium before the judges. Later that afternoon the judges met with the girls close-up, as they inter- viewed them one by one. Finally at 8 p. m. the actual event began. Emcees Janice Crawford, senior class president, and Shannon Barber, vice- president, with the help of Jim Edwards and John French, senior Council members, introduced the girls individually. Then the rnoment of truth came as the envelopes were handed to John and Jim and the twelve finalists were announced. Then the girls went backstage, and the entertainment, led by the voice of Julie Hendricks, began. Two groups from Young Life consisting of Robbie Langford, Mike Cowart, Danny Tedar, Christy Gardner, and Pattie White also sang. . . . The twelve finalists were now ready to come back out onto the stage to answer questions, one serious, and one not so serious. Bill Pharis, local T. V. news anchor man, acted as the host for this portion of the show. . . . With the questions finished, every- one awaited the judges' final decision. The envelope was given to the emcees, the on-looking spectators took one last breath, the finalists clenched hands ..... Second Runner-Up Cheryl Woolbright . . . First Runner-Up Candy Pevoto, Miss Southern Belle for 1977 . . . Kelly Easley. . . . Later when Kelly was asked how she felt about the annual fcontinued on page 165 15

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Tension builds as the 12 newly-chosen final- ists, Jeanie Standiford, Lucy Lee, Lisa Carlile, Cheryl Woolbright, Melinda Frietsche, Melissa Shaw, Kelly Easley, Cheryl Price, Ginger Daniel, Laura Smith, Candy Pevoto, and Suzanne Willlkzms, await the judges' final decision, before the eagerly awaiting crowd. Emotions embrace Kelly Easley, senior, as she is greeted by friends after the pageant. Stress is off and contestant Laura Smith, soph omore, shows her approval by huggingjunior Melissa Shaw. Both were semi-finalists in the pageant, 17