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

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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.

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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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Rocking Roanoke at the Festival in the Park, Razzmatazz draws a large crowd as they perform l'Life in the Fast Lane . Honored member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Mr. Irvin Cannaday introduces the chapter's next speaker for an assembly. Political pusher, Rosalyn Carter campaigns for her husband, jimmy Carter, for President of the United States. Community 29