Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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Students Interact With Outside World Anchored by the security of our smaller school world, we frequently explored the cade. Saturdays, and our other favorite food larger, more challenging world around ns to and entertainment establishments j»ain new experiences. Others of us interacted with the world Some of us ventured into the outside outside through participation in such school world through part-time jobs hacked by Mr. organizations as PAMS and VIIK. which Greene's Distributive Education program, conducted numerous fund-raising drives and Local supermarkets, clothing stores, and community service projects restaurants supplied many of us with after f requently during the year, the communi- school employ ment. ty came to us. providing other opportunities liven though not all of us became part- for interaction. Community involvement in time jobbers, most of us became involved in Wmnersville Week, our Homecoming the community as money spenders, fbesides parade, and our eventual state championship attending the annual South Georgia Legion in football brought together our school and I air. we regularly patronized Wendy s. Super- the world around us

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Seniors Dedicate SANDSPUR to Mrs. Smith Mrs. Patsy Smith, affectionately known as the Wildcat Lady,” had created numberless versions of Wildcats in her years at VHS when she added the unique paw design to her artistic repertory and instigated a surge of fresh school spirit in the process. Mrs. Smith's Art Club students made and sold paw print buttons, which quickly became popular with students and faculty alike. As evidence of the trend's popularity, rolls of paw prints inspired by Mrs. Smith's design decorated the cafeteria throughout football season. But Mrs. Smith did more than help with signs and but- tons to keep paw power strong. As big games ap- proached, the Wildcat Lady” joined in departmental skits, making pep rallies livelier with her frisky-kitten and ferocious-cat antics. In the classroom as well as in these playful scenarios, Mrs. Smith demonstrated the enthusiasm and loyalty that have made her so special to so many. To beginning art students she provided needed en- couragement and showed sincere interest in their pro- gress. For her more advanced pupils she set an example of service, inspiring them to adorn the campus with wall art, including decorative florals in offices and, of course, paw trails in hallways. In recognition of her contribution to paw power and out of admiration for her unselfish involvement in school activities, the senior class voted to dedicate the 1983 Sandspur to Mrs. Smith, one of their favorite cat people.