West Orange High School - Sword and Scabbard Yearbook (Winter Garden, FL)

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e M - I s -f. .2 lg 3 A Wx iii October 5th was an unusual day for Coach Keneipp. lt all egan that morning when a group of the worst singers in the chool sang Happy Birthday, Dear Ogie over the intercom. ardly had Coach Keneipp's ears recovered from that when e discovered his roll book had mysteriously disappeared. hen after school, he discovered his whole football team had PETE ROSE MAKES BASEBALL HISTORY In past years many baseball players have batted their way into newspaper headlines. Their names have gone down in the record books as being among the greatest of all time. One such man was Ty Cobb, who in l94l achieved a 40 consecutive-game hitting streak. ln l922, it was George Sisler with 4l. Bill Kahlen hit 42 games in I894, and Willie Keeler in I897 set a record of 44 straight games that remained unbro- ken until the invincible Pete Rose came onto the scene to tie that record. Pete Rose, however, had proved his worth as a baseball player long before his amazing hitting streak. He had been Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player. He had played in Il All-Star games and four World Series. He had led the league in hitting three times, he hit a streak of 25 games in l967, and on May 5, I978, he made his 3,000th hit. It seems as though all of these numerous smaller victories only foreshad- owed Pete's tremendous accomplishment. Now that Pete is in the limelight, he has been asked many times if it is difficult to cope with the reporters, phone calls, and fan letters that are an inevitable part of being famous. He responds, I like pressure situations. When people are urging me on, I can do things that are impossible sometimes. And Pete Rose, with his 44 consecutive-game hitting streak, has certainly done something close to the impossible. disappeared! Before he could worry about them, though, he was informed by Mr. Krapf that he was wanted immediately in the child development center. SLlRPRlSElll The entire football team along with the foot- ball managers were waiting there for him. They had decorat- ed the room with balloons and crepe paper, and they had even built a throne for him. When Coach Keneipp, for once speechless, took his place on the throne, he was presented his missing roll book and a birthday cake complete with lighted candles. Unfortunately, he also had to sit through another rendition of Happy Birthday!

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Ql' V it f if W T - W It The annual Marching Band Contest of the Florida Bandmasters' Association was a 'total success for West Orange! Ten area bands participated in the contest which was held on Nov. l8, !978, at the Apopka High School stadium. The Warrior Band first underwent a grueling 45- minute inspection. Under the hot sun, two band mem- bers fainted and several others became weak, but they held together and were rewarded with a superior rating in that part of the competition. The band, drill team, and majorettes then performed their halftime show before three judges. They received one excellent and two superiors, which is fairly close to being perfect! YOU CAN l' TAKE IT WITH YOU Loy Thornton is a frustrated playwright. Her husband, Donnie Hammond, makes fireworks for the fourth of July. Their oldest daughter, Connie Crosslin, is an unsuccessful ballerina and her husband, Scott Quinn, plays the xylophone. Their youngest daughter, Donna Poston, is in love with her boss's son. This rather unusual family is headed by Grandpa, played by John Robinson. The action of this comedy You Can't Take It With You, really begins when the youngest daughter wants her boy- friend's parents to meet her family. Now the boss and his wife are the wealthy, high society types, quite the opposite of the strange family headed by Grandpa. However, by the end of the play, the audience begins to wonder as does Ms. Melton, Maybe they are the sane ones and the rest of the world is just nuts! norman trstayceslkw l ln l9l6 a young artist walked into the office of The Saturday Evening Post. Even though The Post was a nationally read magazine and he was very inexperienced, he still hoped to sell some of his ideas for the cover to the editor. Much to his surprise, his artwork was accepted! Norman Rockwell's fam- ous career as an illustrator was launched. Soon Rockwell's art began to gain popularity. He found himself painting illustrations for other prominent magazines such as Look. Boy's Life and Popular Science, as well as advertisements and war posters. Despite all this, though, Rockwell's first loyalty remained to The Saturday Evening Post. During his lifetime he painted 3I7 Post covers! A Norman Rockwell never stopped painting during his life- time, even after his art had made him an extremely wealthly man. CA Rockwell painting sells for upwards of S40,000!j As he commented in a l973 interview, I work from exhaustion to exhaustion. Even when he died on November 8, l978. an unfinished painting still stood on his easel. Rockwell's subjects were always simple - a grandmother, a country boy, a family gathering. He portrayed the emotions and commonplace life of twentieth century Americans with an understanding and sensitivity unparalleled by any other artist. Perhaps that is why Norman Rockwell is sure to be remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved artist of all time. .