Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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ABOVE: B re rubi Ward grins after receiving the D.E. scholarship from The Citizens and Southern National Bank's representative, Mr. Jerry Joiner. LEFT: Delegates to Girls' anti Boys' State Contentions span- sorrtl by the American legion. Ron Butler. Mark Eanes. anti Lisa Grooier. stand before Valdosta's Post 13. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Tom Odom, winner of the DAR Most Outslaruiing History Student Medal, consults The Georgia Historical Quarterly. OPPOSITE PAGE. BOTTOM: Mrs. Harry Wolinski smiles approvingly upon the Alice Bingle essay winners Mickey Wisehart, Melanie Eanes, and Lynn Polonski. OPPOSITE PAGE. LEFT: Mrs. James Deuar pre seats the Literary Guild's Most Improved English Student Award to Renee Smith. 21

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Valdosta Recognizes Its Own Children Community recognition of achievement went be- yond the walls and central offices of Valdosta High School; it reached into specific classes to honor Val- dosta's own children. Several clubs and fraternal orders decided to honor young people by giving scholarships to enable them to continue their educations. Mary Alice King received the Moody Officers Wives Club Scholarship, while David Slowik took home a grant from the Elks Club. Other groups sponsored essay contests such as the Fire Prevention Essay won by Nadine Bailey and Deb- bie Davis, the United Daughters of the Confederacy Essay won by Peter Smith, and Melanie Eanes’s first place finish in the Alice Bingle Essay Contest. Clubs with special activities also presented medals and checks. Tom Odom won the Most Outstanding American History Student honor from the local chap- ter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, while the Literary Guild recognized senior Renee Smith as the most improved English student. Post Thirteen of the American Legion sponsored Ron Butler, Latrelle Wood, and Lisa Groover as dele- gates to Boys' and Girls' State, with Mark Eanes, Pam Maturi, and Eden Beck serving as alternates.

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'Dosfa Students Score at State Though many people north of the piney wood seetion of Georgia think of Valdosta High as a factory for All-Americans and state championships in football, the scholastic scores stu- dents rolled up against state competition prove that image to be false. Six students merited being chosen to attend the selective Governor's Honors Program on the basis of academic grades and performance on a state-wide test. Mary Nell Smart, music; John Smart, math; Robin Robinson, drama; Paul Reddick, sci- ence; Martica Griffin and Denise Roush, art, qualified for the summer study course. Others won state contests in their special disciplines. Al Wil- lis placed number one in Georgia in the French competition. Sherri Teffeteller’s choice as third place girl student of the year at the state D.E. convention helped her chapter take the top state honors. In music, Ann Chitty earned a seat in the All- State Band. 22