Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Info Homecoming Perficipefion TOP, LEFT: Student Council members Judy Hunt, Sally McCoy. Priscilla Wilson, Anne Paine, Genie Wright, wi Howell, u ie Scott. Donald Davis, «nr Vicki Smith work on decorations for the Homecoming Dance. TOP, RIGHT: While Mr. Howard Bridges, principal of VHS, crowns Queen Carol Blalock, ATm Malcolm Liles watches. Other spectators include Priscilla Wilson, Student Council president; senior attendants Dennis Smith and Linda Simpson; junior attendants Debbie Duncan and Jerry Dennis; and sophomores William Mackey and Cissy Wil- liams. BOTTOM, LEFT: Queen Carol Bla- lock and King Malcolm Liles wave to their friends during the Homecoming Parade. BOT- TOM. MIDDLE: Don Golden, Vic Ledbet- ter, and Joe Bell team up to stop a Moultrie Packer. BOTTOM, RIGHT: Snoopy rides atop the winning float in the Homecoming Parade. 25

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Mixed Emotions Propel Cleeses Homecoming incited mixed emotions: happiness and sadness, elation and despair. For each class it had a special connotation. Seniors, who were preparing to study Macbeth, sensed the antithesis involved. They felt the excite- ment of creating floats, of choosing the king and queen, and, at the same time, the nostalgic twinges of having their third and last ’mums. To juniors. Homecoming meant attending chapel, catching yellow footballs at the Friday night game, and endless hours of stuffing napkins in chicken wire around floats. Sophomores experienced the elation of the event and thought of it as an invitation into full status as high school students. They participated by painting murals, electing representatives to the court, and helping build floats. Then on Saturday night, members of all three classes dressed in their best and attended the Homecoming dance at the Mathis City Auditorium.

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Clowning and caroling, the Student Council com- bined sentiment and slapstick in the annual Christ- mas chapel program. To open the program, Student Council members staged the one-act comedy Be- Deckin' the Halls, by R. G. Orth. Each year, the winners of the Christmas food drive are entitled to view the play. This year the contest was so close that both sophomores and juniors marched into the auditorium, along with the seniors, who regularly attend. All three classes watched as accident-prone Arnold, played by Student Council vice-president Donald Davis, battled with Miss Gertrude’s choir and succumbed to the good idea of amateur psy- chiatric treatment. Following the play, the Student Council pre- sented Bethea, former VHS custodian, who again gave his version of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” Bethea’s singing, long a part of the VHS Christmas tradition, added sentiment to the program. To close the festivities, all the students joined in the traditional singing of Christmas carols. 26