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

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Close Your Closet ... It's Spirit Week Strange and ridiculous hats, wacky sun- glasses, holey jeans, bermuda shorts, worn out shoes, Michael Jackson impression- ists, and blue and white. What do all of these things have in common ? Of course, this was the week of October 29 through November 2— Spirit Week! On Monday, the typical dress was holey jeans, old shirts left untucked, worn out shoes, mismatched socks, and hats worn backwards. Some people really took it to the limit and showed up at school with dirt smeared all over their faces. Tuesday, Tacky Tourist Day, was enjoyed by John Nugent. “It is my senior year,” he said, “and I just thought it would be fun to show off a little spirit.” Almost everyone had on the usual tourist outfit; Hawaiian shirts, bermuda shorts, ridiculous straw hats and of course that ever so obvious tourist tool—the instamatic camera. According to Heather Rash, Wednesday was the most popular day of all. Because it was Hal- loween, it was appropriate to declare this as Spook or Costume Day. Garland Sutton en- joyed this day in particular. He did such a good job at dressing as a woman that other students encouraged him to enter the mock homecom- ing queen contest not surprisingly, he won the contest. Thursday, the final day, was the traditional blue and white day. Everyone seemed to show the most spirit that day, especially the seniors. Adreen Dicks and Tonya Coleman show their spirit on slob day while, along with Yolanda Ulmer, Karla Tracy and Margie Thomas, they receive the balloon schedule from Mrs. Pat Rhode. Though our school does not have too many nerds on a normal day, Barry Trimble dresses like a nerd only on Nerd Day. Shades and hats constitute an important part of Paul McGahan's and Lashaunda Brown's tacky tourist out- fits. 12 spirit week

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 Blow ’Em Up Boys Both Boys and Girls Composed Rhode’s Army Balloons! Balloons! Balloons! was an easy way to describe the Spirit Club. During Football season, the Spirit Club blew up over 7,800 balloons. The Spirit Club left for Summerville at 3:10 on October 12. When they got there at 4:00, they started blowing up their goal of 3,000 balloons. Elton Culpepper, Mayor of Walterboro, arranged for sponsors to pay for the balloons and helium. He also provided some of the transportation to Summerville. Homecoming was the biggest blow up. The Spirit Club started at 1:00 on November 2 to blow up 5,000 balloons. In addition to this big task, they also made cookies for the football team. During the homecoming pep rally, Spirit Club members fed the players baby bottles to find out who was the biggest sucker on the team. Ronald Robinson took first place. Mrs. Pat Rhode, sponsor of the Spirit Club, said, “The Spirit Club did a great job during the football season, but lost enthusiasm after that. Spirit comes from inside but has to be shared with everybody. A spirited person comes to games rain or shine and they pass around spirit. The Club made posters not only for the foot- ball team, but for soccer and baseball teams as well. Feeding the underclassmen football players baby bottles, to promote school spirit are underclassmen Jody Pilch, Stacy Benton, Melanie Brown, Kim Hendricks, and Julie Johnson. Mayor Elton Culpepper proves that he still has that old school spirit” by assisting the Spirit Club while Mrs. Pat Rhode makes sure all balloons are filled. SPIRIT CLUB ii

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On Tacky Tourist Day Millette Smith and Lynn Craven dis- cuss places they would like to tour and pretend to taste the delicacies of a foreign land. Posing for pictures is a must when touring. Tacky tourists Miriam Belcher, Paula Rahn, and Tony Caruso make sure their vacation will be remembered. SPIRIT WEEK 13