Sprayberry High School - Echo Yearbook (Marietta, GA)

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PECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIA KENT4?Hv 1 1 Ipqow 'S , -'--r- - fve- I I Ng!!! :df11TZ9?u, ' Ill Far left: MRS. LOCKHART'S FEDERI GOVERNMENT classes participated the 1980 electlon by holding a mo election in the Large Group Instructll Area. The first quarter election w between Kent Logan and Jennll Ramsey. Left: PRESIDENT RONAI REAGAN, inaugurated In ceremonl: on the West Front of the Capitol c January 20, 1981, will now have tl opportunity to lead the country In difficult and challenging time. Ronal Reagan has become the 40th presldel by winnlng the election wlth a Iandslld victory. Lower left: GEORGIAN JIMM CARTER wlll be remembered as beln the 39th president, and the presldel responsible for bringing the hostagl home. Below: THE 1980 INDEPEI DENT CANDIDATE, John Anderso made an unsuccessful attempt for tl presidency, but he got part of h campaign funds by receiving s percent of the vote. Right: DECISION1 DECISIONS, Jeanne Strudthoff tries' decide who to vote for In Sprayberry mock election. On the same mornlngl the national elections, the ECHO Ste held an election allowlng students' vote for the candidate of thelr choll ,-ntatfn.. - I. 4 In four different elections, from pre Ident to House of Representatives. ,, I' I

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FIRE UP JACKETS, FIRE UP! Left: S-P-I-Ft-I-T, hear it Jackets, spirit, Hey! Shown in this jacket formation are top: Denise Campbell: middle: Johnna Barrett: bottom: Deni McCure, Tina Wolfe, and Luanne Gather. Below: IS THIS COACH CLOUSE and the gang, or is it really the Varsity cheerleaders in disguise? The cheerleaders always add a bit of wit with their skits. Left: NO PEP RALLY is complete without an Elvis song from Gary Harris. Gary was also a contributing member to the 80-81 varsity football team, and is e member of a gospel rock group, Fathers Finest. From the cheerleaders skits and the bands hair-raising drum cadences to Whitey Tucker's football poems and every detail in between, Sprayberry's pep rallies are each unique. One can feel the tension building from the moment he steps through the doors of school to hear that longed for phrase uttered: We're on a pep rally schedule. It means each students class will be cut live minutes, and at 2:35 he will be able to join in and let loose at an intense Sprayberry pep rally. Starting as a joint effort between the Varsity cheerleaders, the faculty and various other organizations, the pep raIly's main goal is to fire-up the players and encourage jam-packed stadiums and gyms. This it does, as proved by the lingering, exhilarating spirit displayed by fans at the games . . . The success of a pep rally depends upon a conglomeration of skits, cheers, chants and even an occasional surprise guest. Whatever the itinerary, the result is always the same - a gym full of vivacious spirit consisting ol representatives from every class and organization. 29

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SPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREPORTSPECIALREI ELECTION The professional pollsters said it was going to be too close to call, but Sprayberry students picked the winners before the nation knew who was going to win. Before the election, Sprayberry students picked George Lankford over George Bently for the County Commis- sioner seat, and for the House of Representatives Sprayberry chose Larry McDonald over Richard Castelluis by a landslide. Herman Talmadge was crushed by Mack Mattingly for U.S. Senate. Also in the Sprayberry poll, for presidential office, Indepenedent candidate John Anderson and Libertarian Ed Clark tied with 6'Va of the vote. Sprayberry chose Ronald Reagan, over Jimmy Carter, with 49M of the vote. Reagan won the national election coast to coast. After thousands of miles, millions of words, and millions of dollars, the campaign that newspapers across the country were still headlining foo close to call, turned out to be a landslide victory. Ronald Wilson Reagan had been elected the fortieth president of the United States of America.