Walterboro High School - Paw Print / Lair Yearbook (Walterboro, SC)

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Deciding to take a break In the smoking area. Bobby Gonda, Tony Pfeifer and Danny Smoak. Every one waits for that 10:28 morning break. Is Mrs. Vonlvhe'w study hall made for sleeping? Ben Thomas must think so after working at Red White. Talking about the weekend. Jo- sh1 Hiott, Jimmy Jarvis and Don- ald Daughtery find it amusing. - 4 lntroductiun

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Looking at the board, Es- ther Williams pays close at- tention to Mrs. VonLehe and her explanation of Shake speare. Identifying the various leaves, Mercelino Bryant, Fred Rivers and Willis Brown look at the sterns. Doing homework. Debra beats sitting in a desk! Pinckney and Octavia Sim Mickie Robertson, Louise mons share their thoughts on Kinard, and Jeanette Bre- Tuesday » assignment. land, laugh together during lunch time. lntroduction 3

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TWELVE YEARS LATER Twelve years later in 1982 there are still traffic jams and some new problems. First there was the problem of where to put 1510 stu- dents. Then, where could they be put safely! Waiter- boro High had been used for fifty-eight years and time had taken its toll. “Ceiling Falls at Walter boro High School” read head- lines of Press Standard. Fortunately school had closed just forty five minutes before the ceiling fell. “I'd hate to think what might have hep- pen if some one was in the class at the tune,” said Princi- pal Jones after the event. His feelings were common be- cause parents were wonder- ing if the school was really safe. Parents were assured that the school would last for another year and life went on at Walterboro High. Now students were busy deciding on which of the twen- ty-three organizations, (seven) athletic teams, and numerous community activities they would become involved in. Senior pictures having been taken during the summer were now being distributed freely by the seniors. All seniors seemed happy, but were they really? Know ing rhat they would graduate as the first fully intergrated class, and they would be the last class to graduate from W.H.S. gave them a sense of pride. But not getting to at- tend a Eight million dollar high school just didn't seem fair! Envy toward the juniors last- ed only a short while when the seniors remembered their ac- complishments. Through four years they had experienced winning football teams such as the “Mighty 26 of 1979” los- ing football teams, the out- standing basketball forward McKither Bodison, Tony Ste- phens setting a new shot put record and attending the Ju- nior Olympics in 1981. and Greg Clayton running his 4 5 second forty down the sideline on Friday nights. They stood together until the end whether they win or loose. Surely they will stand together until the end with Walterboro High School. Showing initiative. Gail Sherrill a:id Rita Hobbs pay dose attention. Listening attentively in doss Mi- ch«al Carter participates in « dis cu$sion. Introducti on 5