West Montgomery High School - Warrior Yearbook (Mount Gilead, NC)

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to ID The music . . . radios, tape players, cassettes, stereo record players . . . anything that belts a solid heat or cuts a melodic line you can hang onto. Leon Russell, Alice Cooper, limi Hendrix, 3 Dog Night, and Chicago provide funkadelic rhythm with per- cussion, keyboard, guitar, brass, and vocal. Still heavy, but not so electrifying, are Elton lohn, Chi-Lights, Fifth Dimension, james Taylor, and Issac Hayes. There is an infinite number of rollicking sounds retained by the mem- ory as a potpourri collection of lyrics. . . . fday hy dayfif I could reach youllm' stone in love with youfnights in white satinll am invincible, I am womanfShaftfFreddie's deadfwitchy womanfsummer breezeldonft know me by nowlthe music . . . oh my, today's music! Our mornings are enhanced by cook, exercise, and talk shows while the housewives search for tomorrow each af- ternoon with the soap operas. The evening begins at 6:00 with the news and the remainder of the twilight hours can find eyes glued to Marcus Welby, the ABC Monday Night Movie, To Teil the Truth, Flip Wilson, Columbo, All in the Family, MtAtS H', Medical Center, Maude, Johnny Carson and the late movies. The commer- cials . . . peanut butter, no jelly, the Bic Banana, big dumpling vs. alka-seltzer, andvthat poor girl . . . but Rudy, Mother never told me about Ultra Bright! All of this and more. . .the T.V.t! Munch popcorn. Slurp coke. Lights off. The bazaar world of X, R, PG, OR G-rated mov' ies . . . A SEPARTE PEACE, hero worship of two teen-age hoysfcorne to the CABARET 'ole churn, Liza is dazzlingfan offer you can't refuse in THE COD FATHERfWhat hap- pened on the Cahulawassee River in DELI- VERANCE?lDiana Ross in l.. A D Y S l N G S T H E BLUESlthe Mick logger of preachers, MARiOElAmerica is promised land for THE EMlGRANTSlblack slang for cocaine, SUPER FLY!Sophia with the MAN UF LA MANCHA!frustrations, de- spair in PLAY lT AS iT LAYSlhorror in THE ClTHl:IRl . . . the lights come on. The you you lived M gone with the click of a movie projector. 3 There wont be a Nobel Peace Prize this year. Nor another Apollo flight for a while. The Montgomery County Water System is being finished . . . so is the LF. Allen Bridge. Charlotte is fighting V.D. and the stock market is fluc- tuating. We know these things . . . we read and talk about them. But when we enter the gate with the big W and the big M, we learn about Boyle's Law, dissection, ana- lytical questions, initiatives, French verbs, Pythagorean theorem. We worry about tests, hook reviews, ringing bells, frowning teachers, and we delight in class rings, as- semblies, xniikshakes, and good grades. We participate in sports . . . weight ma- chine, new uniforms, future tennis courts. We talk, giggle, hold hands, cry and yell. And we listen. This is West Mont- gomery speaking. ,sun continue clapping? Wilifyleoelt ple still be tallringlandlthe, world keep on walking? We don't, we cant know, the swers to these.question.s.' like the song, says, we think about the days tol,con14ef . . . tomorrow . . ig liyl changer . . . the Earth: .is colder. A new A ice . lagging., elections i76,lKenned'yQ Agnew, Connelly, Hunt? .' West Montgomery comhinedja with East in ten more years? . . . waripeacefw-hen? gg, .A spat:efconquerediforgottenif' . . . abortion on demantiifa- mily size restrictedfartificialr insemination . . . will there be an Olympics in Montreal? . . . pollutionilgnneitric-ffl torious? . . . Wateigateffugi ture realitylprivacy disputed? C . . . computerslpush-button World . . . seniorsffreslnnati agaillfworking? , 'ones-r tionslanswessiheth? . . the future is upffer member one T thing gf tomorrow is- only . ,.., today! Live for . today! ,. ' li ff ifj,ff'Qj4'5'i We can never know about the days to come, but we think about them anyway. The future: summarized by Carly Simon in such a few words, What do the days ahead hold? Will the music keep playing and the hands Listen. . l Cleppingl' T walking. Sounds of it totlaitii, lust tweutylfuurf V hoursff '. i ggi if aus than easy spears Qfffl, llyl if was bam. is slander! time I was born to., sail PH be.sassy,sssegQsnae5'f:5 cure for cancer? . . . care. in- r stead of gas, batteries? scary. But . unotj Y if V ,,.

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lLlll7E E The Farmers Almanac was wrong. The ball of fire rose this morning at 6:05-one minute off. Some 18,554 pairs of sleep-laden eyes squinted supiciously at the light, while the remaining sleepyheads in Montgomery County catch another wink or two before acknowledging that a new day has dawned. The other 207,659,000 U.S. bOdS rise earlier or later with respect to time zones and broken alarm clocks. Minds register slowly at first . . . who cares that this is 1973, Earth, Western Hemisphere, North America, United States, North Caro- lina, Montgomery County, and somewhere around Troy and Mt. Gilead? Yawnnn . . . what thoughts for such a morning. Maybe it's hot or cold. Raining . . . snowing? What is this new day like? We want to know . . . so we move. . .reacb, a knob, turn . . . listen . . . radio, T.V. . , . sounds . . . the sounds are like music . . , hey, now! . . . a little clapping music . . . lShaftlGodfatherl MarjoelPortnoy's Complaint! Lady Sings the Blue-slSuper F1ylDeliverancelMick jaggerl A Separate PeaceJLed Zeplin lPlay It As It Lays!Wincls of WarlGodspelllAlice Cooper! Nights in White SatinlThe Man Who Loved Cat Dancing lThe Last Contestf. . .a little talking music. . .1'Nixon!Hol- shouser!SpitzlKissingerlAn- gela DavislHelmSlBurt!Ger- maine Greerlwoody Allen! Diana RossfSpirolKennedy! . . . a little walking music . . . lwarlpollutionlhealth foodsfvitamin Clelectionsl POWlAcademy Awards!Super Bowlllast ApollolMlA!cancer curefwatergatelgraduation! the clapping, talking, walking . . . sounds of today . . . listen . . . you can hear it. You can hear today! Good morning, world! Some say that war is hell. In the 'United States we don't say it. We know it. Even if the war ended yesterday, the scars are deep . . . too deep to heal after being covered so long with Viet Nam adhesive. Hanoi, Saigon, Thieu, Kis- singer, Paris peace talks, cease-fire, and death make the morning headlines and the six o'clock news. Though the smell of war is strong, the promise of peace is dirty. The remembrance of My Lai, Viet Cong, Pow, MIA, and the dark statistics that record the deadg all cloud the white dove seeking to fly over war- crazed lands. People lose heart quickly and abhor the bombing, screaming, dying, and malicious aspects of any war. Peace and the remem- brance of war will be dirty. Will fearless recalling of such a nightmare ever be possible? Will there ever be a today when a child will ask . . . What was war? Happy Birthday! Today scads of people will blow out candles from a cake, maybe open a few presents, or mournfully cry . . , Fm still 39! The magic number always seems to be sweet sixteen . . . never been kissed . . . hey, I got 'em. What else? Driver's License! But in 72-73 the magic number is 18. The teenager finds himself with an obliga- tion . . . a privilege . . . or responsibility. The chance to vote. To speak out. The youth vote contributed to President Nixon's landslide as he defeated Democratic hopeful McGovern by capturing all but two states' electoral votes . . . Nixon . . I now more than ever. ln North Caro- lina, the governor's mansion is occupied by a Republican for the first time in 72 years. lim Holshouser defeated Skipper Bowles in November for the governorship. lim Hunt became Lieutenant Governor, jesse Helms was needed by Nixon in the Senate, and Earl Baby Ruth for Congress. At West, we had our own taste of politics as everyone voted on sample ballots in homerooms during the elections. Instead of john Chancellor and the T.V., we heard the results of our choices from Mr. Donnell and the intercom. Some were happyg some consoled the brave McGovern supporters, and remnants of battle songs . . . N is for Nick . . . floated in the air. We walk the halls aware of the official results, living with the deci- sions the 18 year olds every- where helped to make, and recalling our own student body elections last spring when the first black senior class president in the history of the school was elected. The youth . . . the vote. Seeking equality, demanding opportu- nities and carrying the burden of responsibility. A little talking music . . . a little Warrior music . . . ohhh. . .honey!!. . .get it!! . . . Warrior meat . . .cop a squat . . . tough . . . totally tuff! . . . you so-o stu-pid! I . . .Heat1y. . .you done tres good. Tres good . . . get on the good foot! , . . cram it! . . .goshy moshy. . .happy today . . .right on! . . .hey, now! you gotta have Art f?1...fly.,.whup . . .well, that's just fine . . . d'em things is goo-ood! . . . cool, huh? . . . we don't need no music, we don't need no band . . .rock on, West . . . Rock on! . . .West. . .West sounds . . .can you dig it?!

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