Waccamaw Academy - Stump Yearbook (Whiteville, NC)

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1 K' -- isfi,?19?. 'Z ' i 'H Q HN' '-me .Al-ltlfmg F, Q Left to Right: Kathy High, Clay Edmonds, Kaye Duncan, Rufus Yates, Bill Bennett, Dixie Dicus, Ioye Jones, The Yearbook Staff The Yearbook Staff wishes to express its appreciation to Mr. Marvin Worrell for his invaluable aid this year. Mr. John Green - Advisor i s Q . A , Xi!

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The 1973 Strawberry Festival The annual springtime Strawberry Festival in- cludes many activities for the various beauty con- tests held during that time, One of the contests was for the choosing of the 1973-74 Strawberry Princess, and for the last three years the Waccamaw Academy has participated in this particular contest, W, A. 's representatives have been first, Laura Ed- monds of Whiteville, second, Wynne Holt of Loris, and this year's contestant, Emilie Bennett of White- ville, The first activity the princess contestants parti- cipated in was the parade on Friday, the eleventh of May, Later that afternoon at 5:00, they attended a tea, which was held at the Alex Quick residence and given by Cindy Quick, the 1972-'73 Chadbourn princess, and Julia Dorman, the 1972-73 Strawberry Princess. In order to practice for their performance on Saturday night, the contestants met with Mrs. Catherine Causey from 6:00 - 7:00 that night, The next event on the schedule was a confer- ence with the judges the following day at 5:00 p.m, At 6:00 p.m, was a buffet dinner for the contestants, their escorts, and the judges, during which there was a question-and-answer period for the girls, The last event was the final judging of the girls in evening gowns at the Strawberry Prin- cess Dance later that night. The results? Paula Sellers of Whiteville was selected second runner-up, Vickie Barefoot of Hallsboro was first rtmner-up, and Gennie Bridgers of Bladenboro was crowned the 1973-74 Strawberry Princess,

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