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

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. 4 f it at 7 ,J X Ki, All . 5 ., W. , Top choice, Mr. George Miller grins from ear to ear after receiving the award of Teacher of the Year. Barrelled-up and buckled backwards, Lin- wood Cannaday and Earle Shumate dress their worst on Tacky Day sponsored by the newspaper staff, Dressed Tom Sawyer style, sophomores Mark Hale and Linda Mitchell relax at the Sadie Hawkins Dance. Spring 27

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il Somewhere In Between fter the arrival of spring, activ- Aities increased rapidly, and students who had decided to relax for the last six weeks found them- selves caught up in the bustle of end-of-year events. On the lighter side, students topped the faculty in the annual basketball game, win- ning with a score of 69-66. Donning mismatched outfits, both students and faculty arrayed them- selves for Tacky Day, then shifted from tacky to country on Sadie Hawkins Day. At the Sadie Haw- kins Hoe Down the following night, girls chased their favorite men and danced to foot-stomping music. All activities, however, were not exclusively for fun. Following long tradition, the SCA held an all-day exchange with students from area high schools. They visited class- rooms and discussed ways to im- prove student-teacher relations. At a later date, the installation of new SCA officers also followed time-honored tradition as old offi- cials handed over their positions to the incoming officers. On another occasion, Christian music rang throughout the gym when singing group, Reflections of the Son , performed contemporary religious and folk music for the FCA. In the same vein, thirty students jour- neyed to Valle Crucis, North Caro- lina, for a weekend of getting to know one another, and the Human Relations Council held a workshop at Camp Fincastle, bringing stu- dents closer in an all-day get together. As the last club meeting ad- journed and exams loomed ahead, students still found themselves caught in the middle of hectic everyday life. Better Late Than Never 26 Spring Stepping up, Leslie Dunnaville accepts the office of Vice-President of the SCA from Ieff Powell. Exchanging theories, Sherry Craft and Cave Spring student Charles Gross observe Iuan Powell in chemistry class on Exchange Day.

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Somewhere In Between rying to cram at least thirty Thours into a twenty-four-hour day, Colonels often felt stuck some- where in between school and com- munity life. Symposium offered forty-five selected seniors the chance to interview distinguished citizens, finding out about every- thing from printer's ink to profes- sor's pay. Knowing that most of the speakers weren't sure what they wanted to do after high school was comforting to me, since I'm not sure, either, said Lisa Shepherd. In another effort to find out more about the world, thirty-two seniors traveled all the way from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to sample Southern hospitality in Colonel Country. Many of them climbed a mountain for the first time at Peaks of Otter, and others watched their first high-school baseball game. Another kind of action hit Roa- noke as the Republicans invaded the Civic Center for their first state convention in the Star City. Other politicians, too, campaigned throughout the valley as Mrs. Rosa- lyn Carter made a stop during the fall, and Elizabeth Taylor shook hands and signed autographs to help her husband Iohn Warner seek a seat in the Virginia State Senate. As Republicans and democrats dodged each other's bullets, Roa- noke police played a different kind of hide-and-seek. A black bear wandered into town from the lef- ferson National Forrest and dumb- founded residents as he meandered through alleys and backyards before being shot. A few weeks later, a record crowd of 60,000 passed through the weekend Festival-in-the-Park, where eighteen different bands performed from dual stages. The Festival was a sight for the eyes as well as for the ears, with over 200 artists selling their works along the sidewalks. In the season of baseball and bears and bands, Colonels kept too busy to even notice that there weren't many days left somewhere in between. ' From Printeris Ink To Peanuts f 28 Community t 3 Loading up for the trip back home, Vickie Wilcher helps Iulie Iohnson gather up her suitcases to take back to Sioux Falls. The voice of experience, Dr. I. H. Hollings- worth, Ir., tells the Symposium seniors that life keeps on getting better.