Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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Fund raisers offset dance deficits Classes halted for an hour on May 8 to recreate history as the bantering of an auctioneer and the bid for slaves rang loud and clear. Auctioneer Malcolm Jones battled for the highest bid on 16 class officers and 17 student council members on Slave Day. slaves Robin Pfeifer and Joe Moore each sold for $24. Ray Bowman purchased Robin and Greg Boyer claimed ownership of Joe for a day. A total of $287.12 was deposited in the student council account after the auction. The hour break from classes was broken by the squeals of laughter, the anxiety of cranning to watch the bidding and watching sample slave labored performed. These same slaves had earlier spon- BEING sold into slavery brings unusual required tasks. Senior class officer Chris Smith cleans the offset press in the Graphic Arts Department. SLAVES MAKE nice gifts. Aaron Murray makes a bid for council member Tom Thompson. His bid bought the slave. 26 Student Council FOLLOWING the command of her master, Crystal Burnett “smacks” Assistant Principal David Surrey JUST WAITING. A total of 33 slaves donated” their day to the cause of fund raising.

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USING A Reagan Bush sign, Sophomore David Preble helps clean the aftermath of rallying. Students mesmerized by confetti Who would believe that In the midst of grinning peanuts, red, white ana blue streamers, and signs roclaiming “Peanuts, runes or Progress,” that students could be learning? Social Studies students and teachers did and began with an idea that, once started, didn’t stop rolling until a full scale rally on November 3 colored the walls and loosened the plaster. Everything from somber Carter-Mondale portraits to bespeckled Anderson caricatures motivated students in the spirit of WHILE most students ran to the lunch line, American History teacher, Mr. Thomas Monroe, gives clean up instructions to Rick Montgomery, Toni Taffe and David Daniels. Mom, apple pie — and politics — to win votes for their chosen candidates. Aided by Teachers Mr. Will Hobbs, Mr. Thomas Monroe and Mr. Roger Scaggs, representatiaves were chosen to debate' their candidates views on the day before the election. But voiced opinions were only a minor part of the colorful banners and endless chants that guided students through four days of pandemonium from brainstorming, organizational meetings and to the rally on the final day that mesmerized students with a torrent of confetti. Carter supporters had over 32 AFTER THE political rally Carter and Reagan supporters storm the stape In an attempt to sway critically needed freshman votes. grocery bags filled with the student cut newspaper confetti. Straying from their nearly identical results with the national election in 1976, students voted for Jimmy Carter as President with 2 a of the votes. Ronald Reagan supporters tallied about a third of the votes and even John Anderson netted 33 of the student votes from his small band of followers. In the end, however, the real winners were those who participated. They were the ones who learned responsibility, a little about politics and how to laugh. con’t AFTER listening to Mike Kopp s ‘support Anderson speech, the tiny group of Anderson supporters demonstrate. Like the others, they had a band. Government teacher Mr. Roger Scaggs played the tuba.

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IN FRONT OF THE student body seated on bleachers in the new gym, Greg Simonton enjoys the horse back ride given to him by senior class officer Chris Smith. AS ONE of the winners in the milk drinking contest. Mike Tackett makes an impressive dent in the milk donated by Schmitt's Dairy. COUNCIL MEMBERS took turns working at the new gym lobby located bake sales. Doug Bloss mans the goodie table. VOLUNTEERS, Please! Lesa Everhart was selectively volunteered. Her feat and that of Angie Anderson and Doug Bloss was to boogie in front of the student body for First National Band emcee. STUDENT COUNCIL — Front row: Doug Bloss, Tim Sams, Lisa Wright, Genie Robinson. Kim Wright. 2nd row: Cheryl Brown, Cindy Butterbaugh, Sue Robertson, Jenny Ward. Angie Noel, Jill Smith, Skyla Manson. Back: Tommy Thompson, Joe Moore, Parnell Pollard. Student Council 27