Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Students Sharpen Competitive Skills Schooled in an atmosphere of competition and urged by their teachers to be the best, students strove throughout the year to excel. Margaret Espinosa's top score on the SAT college boards and her solid A average made her Valdosta’s STAR student. Margaret chose as her STAR teacher Mrs. William Wisenbaker, who taught her to apply herself. Competition even extended to the high school’s clubs which attempted to surpass their rivals by in- spiring loyalty to school functions and serving the community at large with special projects. Nancy Rog- er’s Tri-Hi-Y copped the DECA chapter’s Club of the Year trophy for their work. Students who showed themselves to be the best in several areas of academic work served as the school’s entries in the 1-AAA literary meet. Paul Nelson placed first in boys’ solo. Also, Richard Dasher out- spelled all boys for the spelling title. Melanie Eanes and Mary Nell Smart finished second in girls’ spelling and girls’ essay competition respectively. 16

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TOP: Honor Graduates: FIRST ROW: Shirley Norman, Dorothy Tewell, Laura Jones, Maggie laMontagne, Micki Folsom. Jani Miller, Donna Pius. Margaret Espi- nosa, Gwen Stickley. Elaine Fame, Deborah Fletcher. Ruth Oliver, Kristy Rowell. SECOND ROW: Sherri Teffeteller. Ann Watson Ussery, Mary Henry, Becky Mc- Donald, Suzanne Gomto, Mary Jane Beck. Patricia Jeter, Debbie Classman, Pam Stevens, Lynn Polonsky, Renee Smith. Karol Hendrix, Annette Norris. THIRD ROW: Woody Leonard, Ken Newlin, Melanie Eanes, Bill Cowart, JoLynne LeFiles, Brenda Ward, Stanley Bounds, Susan Guldens, Jack Jenkins, Susan Bolen. Mary Alice King, Pearce Scott, Nancy Rogers, David Slowik. BOTTOM: Chosen by their teach- ers as being among the outstanding members of their class. Jack Jenkins, Melanie Eanes, Margaret Espinosa, and Maggie LaMontagne stand waiting for the names of their fellow superlatives to be called. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Valdosta High’s top three honor graduates, Renee Smith. Melanie Eanes, and Margaret Espinosa, receive plaques for their scholastic at:hievements. OPPOSITE PAGE, BOTTOM: Mike Sim- mons, senior class president, accepts the coveted spirit trophy from Robert On. presi- dent of the Student Council. 15

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OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: At the spring sports banquet. Coach Eduard Jones congrat- ulates Ernest Jeffrey for his efforts during the year. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM: Region I-AAA literary contestants Al Willis, Mary Nell Smart, Richard Dasher and Melanie Eanes pose after the meet. LEFT: Robert Orr hugs Miss Marguerite Ford, uho retired after forty-two years service with high school students. BELOW: Mrs. William Wisenbaker. chosen STAR teacher, studies a globe with her STAR student. Margaret Espirutsa. BOTTOM: Participants for the Valdosta State High School Bowl Team — Melanie Eanes, Fred Smotherman. Bryan Ivey, Al Willis. Sherri Teffeteller. Nancy Rogers, and Margaret Espinosa — brush up on possible questions.