Stafford Senior High School - Indian Legend Yearbook (Falmouth, VA)

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AFTERNOON CHORES include feed- ing the family cows for sophomore Ja- nean Miller. “Come and get if!” called dozens of students as they yelled for their pets. It wasn’t always 9-lives or Ken-L-Ration that waited in the bowl; stu- dents kept a variety of different animal pets, from fish to ferrets, who often times required more exotic meals than the basic dog or cat food. Aaron Litten, a junior, owned a four-year-old corn snake. Aaron explained, “!l thought it would be a good conversa- tion piece. It’s bitten me three times.” The snake ate two live mice a monih. Senior Rob Lake owned a Personal pet ferret. “When | first got it this summer my sister called in Stinkly, but now it’s known as FERRET. Sophomore Beth Hall, and her brother junior Duane Hall, kept chickens in their garage. “We have fiffeen of them,” Duane stated, “we used to have one named Rocket J. Rooster, but he got eaten by a dog. | kill them, and we freeze them to eat for Thanksgiving and Sunday dinners.” At senior Wendy Crismond’s house, you could expect to see thirty-two ducks waddling around or swimming in the Pets pond. Wendy explained, “They are tame enough to eat out of your hand. We started out with two, but now we have over thirty.” Cows, pigs, horses, goats and a variety of farm animals were an everyday part of a student's life who lived on a farm. Scattering corn for the chickens, or giving the grain pellets may have been a daily chore for these students. When the call was heard, “Come and get it!” You never knew what might come run- ning. O

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SHIRLEY EPPERSON, a junior, adds final touches to the hair of junior Lisa Cleveland. Hairspray fumes are a harmful part of the cosmetology lab‘s environment. LUNCHTIME CIGARETTES are a routine for junior Cindy Pitts who smokes daily in the outside smoking “lounge.” Health Hazards 19

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PET DUCKS live in the backyard pond of junior Robin Crismond who feeds them pieces of hamburger rolls. SENIOR WENDY CRISMOND cuddles her pet, a giant-sized white rabbit, Tubby, who lives in a backyard cage. A CORN SNAKE is an unusual pet for junior Aaron Litten who carefully holds his four foot long snake. A QUIET MOMENT is shared with freshman Debbie Jacobs and her family dog Ginger.