William Fleming High School - Colonel Yearbook (Roanoke, VA)

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H... ii l ir fm .1 I ments. Performing two one-act plays, Drama students prepared for district competition at E. C. Glass. While students memorized lines for this production, other students practiced speeches for the fast approaching S.C.A. elections. Candidate Barry Simmons conceded, The pressure was really tight, but it got worse when we had to have a run off vote the next day. For others, Spring was a time of serious thoughts. At Valle Crucis, North Carolina, thirty students en- joyed the country life for a weekend. We were like a big family, remark- ed Karen Kasey. Easter jam session begins the spring break for most at Fleming. As the music echoes through the gym, Tera Smith and Lefty Leftwich bump to the rhythm. Fleming Graffiti slows down for a moment with Mark Dinning singing Teen Angel. 1974 S. C.A. Officers - Dawn Cannaday, Trea- surer-Historiang Cindy Atkins, Secretaryg Foster Brooks, Vice-Presidentg Jim Guynn, President. Smiles of relief beam from Dwayne Guynn after Gnishing his speech for the vice-presidency of the S.C.A. Walking through surprise snow flurries, Shelley Martin and Dawn Peters head for Hart Hall. Early Spring-23

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Twisting the night away, Roger Harvey jitterbugs at the annual Greasy 50's Dance. Disc jockey Wolfman Mac QCoach Howard Mackj kept things swinging all night at the Spanish Club sponsored dance. No Snakes in This Grass , a one-act play, won excellent rating in District competition at E.C. Glass High School. Eve 1Rhoda Patrick! tries desperately to convince Adam QKevin Watkinsj. Sun shining brightly, friends walk back arm-in-arm from Dutch Creek Falls. Thirty of Miss Nancy Patterson's students and Mr. James Wood and his family went to Valle Crucis, North Carolina for a Palm Sunday weekend retreat. 22fEarly Spring 1 if ,s,,,Y,,. ,, 3 it ,X 4 A , ., -....... nga' Y, ,Bl Snow teases: grease pleases at 50's Dance Spring paid a visit, but it could not decide to stay. One minute snow flur- riedg the next, students shed winter jackets and let down convertible tops. For most, it was a time of ups and downs. The Spanish Club invited everyone to shake, rattle, and roll to the music of the fifties at the Greasy 50's Dance. Even if you didn't know the steps at first, sooner or later you caught 0n,', said junior Tommy Ribble, It was a crazy night. Spring moved to a dif- ferent beat in the gym at the Cheer- leader's jam session during school. For 2511: admission, a sell-out crowd bumped to the sound of Climax , Spring also brought tense mo-

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Having courage to give blood, Ben Maner lies still while a nurse checks his blood pressure. Court case intrigues the people of Hillsborough. Burt Cates, on trial for teaching evolution in the schools, upsets the town in the drama Inherit the Wind. Walking 15 miles for March of Dimes iso others can walkb, Becky Ferguson, Sharon Willard, and Jackie Bonham begin the mapped-out course. Arms stretch upward as David Martin out-jumps Y Richard Harris for jump ball in the R.O.T.C.- Choir basketball game. April turned fickle with showers one day and balmy beach weather the next. Students too, see-sawed be- tween doing things for others and having fun for themselves. The Red Cross Blood Donor Day netted 90 pints and left donors feeling good about what they had been able to do. There were 70 first timers. All were apprehensive at first, but everyone was glad to be able to help out, said Helen Dallas. Many other students also spent a Saturday to benefit others as the P.T.S.A. auctioned a car and spon- sored a bake sale and a yard sale at Breckinridge Junior High School. ---- 15,332