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

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CUQXNC Tig X '76 Q America decks out in red, white, and blue to celebrate its happy two-hundredth. For starters, color America's two- hundredth birthday red. white, and blue. It seemed like everyone else did. Spirit of America Chevrolets cruised by Bicentennial license plates that sported George Wash- ington's profile. On picnic grounds, star- spangled frisbees sailed over buckets of Kenney's Great American Chicken and six packs of Red, White, and Blue. Coffin linings and key chains, tuxes and tumblers, fire hydrants and flashlights, Nutty Buddies and necklaces all took on as a common denominator - you guessed it - red, Star-spangled banner claims the attention of ROTC cadet Anne Ellis as she prepares Old Glory for storage until the next morning. white. and blue. And in Omaha, Nebraska. a bison named Tennial ate sweet feed from red, white, and blue gunny sacks. There was no way a person could survive the buycentennial, unless, of course, he were color-blind. Like Dr. Pepper, the year was distinc- tively different, distinctively '76. Americans may not have found the Bicentennial in Dolly Madison Doughnuts or Bicentennial decanters of Log Cabin Syrup. but most welcomed the real meaning of the cele- bration. In the Star City of the South, Colonels sang Happy Birthday, America to several different tunes. The Choir and Band joined for the Cavalcade of Amer- ican Music at the Civic Center in April. As the year wound down, the Choir donned red, white, and blue hats for a nostalgic round of songs at their American Potpourri, and the Band featured patriotic music at its final concert. The Literary Magazine, We The People, chose the Bicentennial theme for its cover,. and Photography students captured America on film for the Roanoke Valley Bicentennial Photography Contest. Throughout the year. the ROTC kept the flag flying as a silent reminder that red, white, and blue were more than just overused color schemes. Stars and stripes back-up Mary Ann Dillon and Patti Brown as they salute the Bicentennial with other Choir members at the Awards Assembly. J f 16 Bicentennial Celebrations ,ff If at ,fi

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he business of belonging was a big, big business. So you woke up on February 14. wondering if you'd come home lugging as many valentines as you'd left with, putting in a couple of extra to rattle around in the red and white shoe box. just in case you didn't. You started counting the days until the Christmas play as early as Halloween, knowing all along that the teacher's pet would get the Wise Man's part you wanted so badly. You headed out for recess, hoping you wouldn't be the last one chosen for the kick- ball team. For weeks. you practiced the latest dances with American Bandstanch only to discover an imaginary line that separated the password had fourteen new friendswho knew it, too. You made your way to the cafeteria on that first day of high school, hoping someone had thought to save you a place be- cause you really didn't want to face a lunch of fish sticks and french fries all alone. By now. you had traded in your shoe box for one small valentine from a very special person. You didn't hear Santa's footsteps quite so early, but you never got too old to cut down a Christmas tree or decorate your homeroom door. You found out that the pass- word to the Beta Club was a little hard to earn. You sweated itrout at Sadie Hawkins time, .hoping your favorite girl would havejthe nerve to step across the boys from the girls atyour.1silfU??i11imaginary line. sixth grade dance. You ham- mered some boards to the trunk of a tree and called it a club- house. just to find out that the fourteen other people who knew Shedding light on senior cheerleader Chuck Cooke. the Homecoming bonfire blazes as the Colonels shout for a victory over Pulaski County. Z-.You knew that one could be a lonely. number. But when you be- longed to something, when you belonged to someone, you felt a whole lot better. Campus Life 15

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All-American wrapping doesn't change the flavor of an ice cream cone as Shelia Wiley finds out when she takes a Nutty Buddy to lunch. Old Glory flutters above its '76 cousin, the Bicen- tennial flag, as yet another reminder of the nation's two-hundredth birthday. -ii' te Happy Birthday finds a different tune as Osborne Wheaton joins other city band and choir members at the Cavalcade of American Music. f W1 Bicentennial Celebrations