Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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t? — Duke's Photo — Harvey Carter Members of a most exclusive club, the senior superlatives received their memberships in a democratic fashion. Prior to Tuesday, March 25, 1980, Mr. Mims announced a faculty meeting to be held that day and instructed Mrs. Harry Wolinski to prepare a list of sen- iors to use at the meeting. Mrs. Kathryn Young, also a Sandspur advisor, typed the list. When the teachers met, they discussed students' qualifica- tions for the honor of superlative and made suggestions for candi- dates. Each teacher voted for ten stu- dents and placed a special mark by the student they felt should be best all-round senior. Mrs. Wolinski counted the votes on the ballots. According to her calculations, over one- hundred students had at least one vote. Many had twenty to thirty votes, and winners received from fifty to eighty votes. Valedictorian David New had the special honor of receiving the highest number of votes both for senior superlative and for best all-round senior. Just as Tim Farley had the sec- ond highest grade average, he also had the second highest number of votes for senior super- lative. Unfortunately, Tim did not have his portrait made because of job conflicts. Laura George Bill Passmore 19

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Superlatives Form Very Exclusive Club Margaret Aultman Laura George Max Blocker Odell Griffin Leslie Brown Karl Langenbach Harvey Carter David New Nathaniel Ceasar Bill Passmore Ashley DeLoach Mike Ruff Vera Dotson Mark Toth Tim Farley

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SANDSPUR TIMES Vol 1. No. 1 Valdosta High School May 12,1980 New Queen Is Crowned When the curtain went up on the annual Miss Valdosta High School Pageant, the audience applauded the stage decorated to carry out the theme. Midnight Magic On April 26. at 8:00. thirty-four juniors and seniors competed for the title of Miss Valdosta High School. Evening gown and sportswear competitions began the contest. Ten semi-final- ists. Janice Clary. Kim Wright. Avis Taylor. Jen- nifer English. Kelly Schroer Barbara Wal- ters. Debbie Rambo. Pat Stringer. Herryn Fras- sand. and Marier Cope- land. went on to vie for the title. After entertainment by the Valdosta High School Stage Band, five finalists were chosen Kelly Schroer won the coveted award of Miss Valdosta High School, with Avis Taylor as first runner-up. Pat Stringer as second runner-up, Barbara Walters as third runner-up. and Jennifer English as fourth run- ner-up Spring Prom Goes Formal ABOVE Juniors back the Wildcats at one ot the many pep ral- lies Students Keep Cheering Although the Wildcats did not get past the 1 - AAAA region playoffs, stu- dents kept on cheering Seniors, juniors, sopho- mores. and freshmen par- ticipated every Friday morning by yelling out cheers, clapping their hands, and dancing to the music supplied by the Mar- chin' Cats Mane Emery, president of the Student Council, pre- sented the school spirit stick at each pep rally to the class that showed the most spirit at the previous pep rally Although the jun- iors and seniors won the award several times, the freshmen and sophomores totalled more presenta- tions On May 10 juniors and sen- iors entered Mathis City Audi- torium for the annual Junior- Senior prom. Students donned long dresses, coats, and ties for the event. They danced to the sounds of Total Experience, a band from Atlanta, Georgia. “Midnight Magic, a song by the Commodores, provided the theme for the dance. Dec- orations included disco mirror What It Is? balls which reflected light in a variety of colors down on the dancers. ABOVE Dante Jones and Nellie Brantley wait to have thee Junior-Senior dance ticket checked by Mr Mims What is schmaltz: What’s that, you say. It’s soul and more — it’s black and white, side by side, wearing black and gold and letting the good times roll at all school events. It’s pep rallies and football games, dances and parties. And finally it’s the Big G — graduation night.