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

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XSQXNCTIIQK Q '76 PCO nt. Symposium '76 focuses on the decision-makers in the Roanoke Valley. I 2 Miss Dorothy L. Gibboney Call them the Thomas Jeffersons of the day - decision-makers not waiting in the wings of the Constitutional Congress. but deliberating in executive and professional offices throughout the Roanoke Valley. Collectively, they share responsibility for the salaries and education and health and justice of literally thousands. Individually, they admit the same joys and frustrations and occasional uncertainties known by those with a fraction of their responsibili- ties. All of these guests impressed me. above all else, as being very human, said Renee Watson, one of forty-four seniors selected for Symposium '76, an informal question and answer session with eight of the Roanoke decision-makers. follow. Mr. John P. N 81 W Railway: The thing I value most in an employee is honesty. You can teach him skills, but if he doesn't have integrity, he'Il never be a real asset to the company. Dr. J. H. Hollingsworth, Jr., Cardi- ologist: A doctor has to remember never to play God. I remember one woman whom no one thought would pull through. She's alive and well today, and I pull her file every once in a while to remind myself. Mr. John W. Eure, Managing Editor of Valley's most prominent Highlights of each visit Fishwick. President of 24 Symposium '76 gif , ,.-.r , f Mr. John W. Eure The savings for our children's education came before many of the personal amenities of life. We wanted them to know we thought education was more important than any luxury they could think of. Mr. Carroll W. Brewster, President of Hollins College: There's no college that's right for everyone. Be sure you find a school that cares about your heart as well as your brain. Dr. Amelia G. Wood, Psychiatrist: Bringing up children is a terrifying respon- sibility. Nobody will ever be a perfect parent, but if we teach values - integrity, loyalty, the ability to love, and faith - that is the most we can hope to do. Dr. Wendell J. Butler, Dentist and Chairman of Roanoke City Public School Board: I know a lot about busing. I was World News: In my own family, bused all the way from my home in Texas to Washington, 'D.C. because Blacks were not then accepted at dental schools in Texas. I like being a dentist because I like people. My work on the School Board is merely an extension of my concern for them Miss Dorothy L. Gibboney, Retired Superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools: When I hired teachers, I looked beyond the transcripts to find a real person. You know one when you find one: they're real because they care. Judge Beverly T. Fitzpatrick, Roanoke General District Court Judge: It's not always easy making decisions that affect people's lives as deeply as the Court can. I chose to stay at the lower court level because I love working with people: and the higher one climbs on the bench, the more removed he becomes from people.

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N59 QE Qt QPW QS WYE ln ever-changing Colonel Country, some things still stay the same. It never comes easily, even with a bowl of Post Toasties waiting at the table or the sound of Rob O'Brady's voice on the clock radio at the crack of dawn. The school lunch for today. he says, is . . . . duddlelut, duddlela .... fish sticks, french fries, creamy cole slaw, and chocolate cake. But lunch is five hours away. There's still the morning to get through. It's not a special morning, mind you. lt's a typical morning in a typical day at William Fleming High School. The typical morning begins with a bus ride for some 500 students who map the route to 3649 Cove Road on a fleet of brand new school-system-owned yellow buses. By 8: 15, the new parking lot, speed breakers intact, is already bulging with 300 cars, two jeeps, and Wild Bill's vintage Greyhound. Occasionally, an early-morning Band practice stops the flow of traffic a minute or two. Occasionally, the smell of those fish sticks already baking spreads out across the campus. Occasionally, the blink- ing red lights of a landing jet silhouette themselves against the mountains that never seem to change, but never stay the same. Schedule l means routine - two fifty- minute classes, a ten-minute break, another class, then homeroom, stuck smack-dab in the middle of the school day. A voice on the intercom breaks through with those words you can set your watch by - l have two announcements. Sometimes, the Joseph Mayo Community Choir is practicing after school. Sometimes, there is another meeting of the Grapelettes. But in the typical day at William Fleming High School, all good announcements know they should come in twos. Lunch - waiting it out for those fish sticks that Rob O'Brady was duddlelut, duddlelaing about at the crack of dawn, or jetting to McDonald's for a Big Mac and a chocolate shake. The typical day ends 26 Typical Day for almost 200 students after fourth period. Two hundred-fifty more exit after fifth. The rest wait it out until 2:35. Most days, the campus stays awake with practices or meetings or games at least until the little hand points to six and the big one passes twelve. Even at night, play rehearsals, the sound of square dancers, an occasional basketball game or wrestling match, keep the place from settling in. Except for an occasional prankster with a paint brush in hand and 76 stenciled on his mind, the typical day rolls into the past tense as the mountains stand guard. Little Debbie Cakes and hot dogs make choosing a menu difficult for Doug Keith and Mark Pinkard. The a la carte line adds variety to the daily school lunch fare. ,y,,, ,,,,.,l,,, : , w e Qing .,, 5 :gf gif, j 4, ' mv, 1 , 3? it if Q35 ff me