Stone High School - Echo Yearbook (Wiggins, MS)

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Band members collapse after a particularly hot and difficult practice. After cheerleading practice, Carmen and Beth lVliller head for home. Weighing items for a customer is part of Joy Flurry's job at Piggly Wiggly. Hovering under plastic and umbrellas, spectators watch the football game at George County. 21

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After Hours I After Sehoql and at Vllglllf the Students gather in the colc outside the windows of the biggest complaint heard around ugvlugu one night after a game. Wiggins is that there is absolutely nothing to do. Even though 1 Wiggins isn't the most alive town in the U. S., things aren't as bad as all that. Actually students are a lot busier than they realize. Extracurricular activities like sports, band, or cheerleading keep a large number of kids oc- cupied. Others work at part time jobs, keeping themselves in spending money. On weekends, kids flock to the Coast for a movie and a hamburger at lVlacDonald's. But on any given night and always after ballgames, students are found uptown. Crowds gather at the lVlug , chatting and drinking Cokes, and cars filled to the brim with friends draw circles all over Wiggins. Tomcats work out after school preparing for a big game. 20

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Elections . Spirit Chain . . Exams . At 8:15 on lVlonday, Octo- ber 6, 1975, a sleepy group of people entered Stone High. lt was Homecoming week but somehow the spirit wasn't there. lt only took a few activities to get things moving and though the start was slow, the spirit did begin to build higher and higher throughout the week. During homeroom each day the annual staff sold 56 links for the spirit chain. Dance tickets went on sale and the door contest was announced. The court, chosen the week be- fore in tense, close elections, were getting dresses, hats and shoes together for the big night. The football team, band, cheer- leaders, maids, and escorts all put in hours of practice. Schoolwork would have been completely forgotten if not for six weeks' tests on Tuesday and Wednesday. lt was very hard for everyone to keep their mind on studies while looking ahead to the big weekend. One, Two, Three, get on the good foot . . . roared an enthusiastic crowd gathered on the Pickle Field before an unlit pile of wood with a 490 Rebel hanging from the top. After a little coaxing, the wood burst into flames and the bonfire was on its way. The cheerleaders shower the crowd with footballs before Homecoming. 22 The SHS crowd boogies after the Tomcats' victory. Challenge: Finish your stre amer before the stack falls. Maids Susie Hayden, Connie Yingling, and Cindy Campbell hurriedly work. Fl oats...