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

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Arm in arm, Mrs. Lynne Agee and husband Bill beam with Qride after she received the dedication of the 1977 Colonel. Sign of the times reflects one of the coldest winters ever in the Roanoke Valley. UP 1 i 5 xg . Z I U NA 55, ' V JT, , Cf? .ef f 1? - Center of attention, Frances Vaughn from Hollins College performs during Black History Week. Step-by-step construction brings change to the campus as workers begin on the 2.5 mil- lion dollar capital improvements program. Winter 23 I

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Somewhere In Between t was an on-again off-again win- Iter. Temperatures roseg school was on. Temperatures droppedg school was off. With the thermome- ter hovering around 00, Roanoke suffered the coldest winter in his- tory. Schools closed five days be- cause of snow. Fleming, however, fared better than many of the area schools that had to close up to twen- ty days because of the ice and snow and a shortage of natural gas. But if mittens and long johns were on-again off-again and mostly on-again, there was still plenty left to warm the spirits in Colonel Country. Thirty-two seniors de- parted in near blizzard conditions for Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the first Roanoke-Sioux Falls ex- change program. Sioux Falls was a great place to visit but it was good to get back home again, expressed exchange student Rhonda Calhoun. They returned from a week of ski- ing, touring, and observing classes just in time to watch the varsity basketball team drive in the last nail to clinch the Roanoke Valley District Championship. The mood switched from the red- hot Colonels to the red-hearts of Valentine's Day as some guys forked over 836.00 for a dozen red roses fthe price rose from 310.00 of last year because the freezing weather made flowers scarcej. Others showed their affection with 406: Hallmark specials and little candy hearts with Kiss Me written on them. Special feelings continued even after Valentine's Day as the yearbook staff dedicated the 1977 Colonel to Mrs. Lynne C. Agee dur- ing a pep assembly. Even in Butte, Montana, another holiday brought joyful news to town. For there, a small brown ground hog crawled from his hole and cast his shadow on the drifts of snow. Scientific experts claimed he saw his shadow and promised that even out of an on-again off-again winter of grief, there would come a spring. The Heart Has Its Season 22 Winter Project send-Off, Colonel fans line the parking lot curb to cheer the varsity basket ball team on to Charlottesville for the State Tournament.

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Somewhere In Between fter an icy winter, then March Atemperatures in the 90's, and frost on the first day of spring, the weatherman had his doubts about its arrival. But for the clubs and organizations, plans went on for the spring's activities. At the top of the list, the Iunior Class prepared for the upcoming Iunior-Senior Prom with Saturday carwashes, bingo games, and bake sales. The boys' and girls' basket- ball teams competed in a second period Battle of the Sexes. The boys, with a one-arm handicap, managed thirty points to defeat the girls and raised over S200 for the Iunior Class. As the Red Cross Blood Mobile rambled up to Fleming, volunteers rolled up their sleeves and Clubs Sprmg Set me free chant juniors Leslie Dunna- ville, Billie Davis, and Michael Thurman in the Gong Show. They imitated the Supremes. Two arms are better than one as seniors Cathy Crawford and Amy Martin donate stretched out their arms to donate eighty pints on blood donor day. The Red Cross also sponsored a party at the VA Hospital with the Strings Orchestra providing enter- tainment. The Colonel staff offered a chance for talented and untalented people to get in on the act and win S10 prizes by putting on an amateur Gong Show. A slightly different version of the Supremes received a perfect score and captured the title of best act, while Cathy and the Droops ended their act by being gonged off the floor and winning the worst act hands down. At the Latin Banquet, students donned ancient attire and per- formed in one-act skits. Auctioned- off slaves granted their master's every wish by serving food and drink at An Evening on Mount Olympus. With a change in season, students collected all their winter clothes and packed them away to make way for special spring attire. New lace-up sandals, brightly-colored sun dresses, and cut-off jeans edged over the traditional Levis for a new fashion look. A welcome cut-off came in April when city schools let out a week for Easter. Students greased up and baked in the sun, caught up on lost sleep, and visited the local theater to see the Academy Award winning Rocky. But the week seemed all too short when students returned to school with six weeks tests ahead. blood for the Red Cross. 24 Spring Into Aet1on