Williams High School - Doe Wah Jack Yearbook (Burlington, NC)

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GRADUATION 4 PROM 14 Musical. “Musical Cast Never Walks Alone” Summer. “Summertime’s Calling Me” Prom. “Whatgoes on Under the Boardwalk Before Dark? ... And After?” 16 Graduating Seniors . . “The Way We Were” 10 12 14 18 MUSICAL 10 ' POMPOM GIRLS 44 Homecoming.20 “George Goes to Fantasy Island” Fashions.28 The Look of ' 81” Day by Day .30 “Student Life” Dedication .32 Coach Pete Stout Winter .34 Christmas 34 Snow days 36 Weekends 38 Organizations .40 Doe-Wah-Jack 40 Band 42 Pom Pom girls 44 Orchestra 46 Senior Superlatives .50 “Who’s What in the Class of ’81” “LIFE title and format used with permission of Time, Inc.” Contents 3

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At Burlington, we see fabric not merely for what it is, but for what it can be. The American Flag, for example. And Burlington is America’s largest manufacturer of flag fabrics. But we make lots of other things that touch the daily lives of Americans: Yarns and apparel fabrics. Socks and hosiery. Carpets, rugs, furniture, draperies, bedspreads, sheets, pillowcases, towels, lamps and decorative accessories. Industrial fabrics of all types. S3 Burlington Industries, Inc Local Operations: Burlington House Finishing Plant, Burlington Sock Plant, Burlington Transportation, Graham Plant, J. Spencer Love Hosiery Center, Pioneer Plant I, Pioneer Plant II, Purchasing Services Division, Williamsburg Plant, Bur-Mil Public Retail Outlet. Equal Opportunity Employer M-F

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Do the CiaSS of 1981 D Cfraduation f rayer Weff, Jdord, here if is - mg graduation! ddvergone is treating me rogaffg, and it ,s just as exciting as . 9 ho ed it won tJ U SJJ.J,, 3 k ave a won derjj Reefing of freedom B« t, as afwags, 3 need to tahe time to tafh things over with gou. jCord, gou hnow Letter than angone efse that it waSn t aff fun and games. 3 had mg proh ferns fihe ever gone efse. But gou a(wags heard mg distress caffs and heffsed me over the rochg places. dJhanh gou, Jford, for the mang peopfe who hefped me a fong the wag So far ... the teachers who chuffenged me to mahe that extra effort, an d fr iends who hefped to mahe mg Schoof gears fuff and happg. dJhanh, gou, too, for mg famifg who fistened . . . and understood . . . and Somehow endured. ddheg re aff verg Speciaf to me, Jdord, an dJff afwags he grate uf to gou for mahing them a part of mg fij St ' s a verg important chapter of mg fife that ' s coming to a ifose, Jford . . . flow what? Cgetting that diploma has heen mg goaf for so fong it seems strange to thinh hcgond graduation. As you hnow do uv(( J) have a lot of piand and a to! of dreams d) ve heen carrging around in mg heart. Vow J m ready to start mahiny them come true , with your hefp, Surd. S can t hefp wondering where df ff he in ten gears . . . or twenlg. Wiff 3 h ave the same dreams and desires? Or wi ff theg, too, change as 3 change over the gears? Wh erever 3 am, whatever mg situation, 3 ff afwags need gou 3?ord, and 3 hnow gou (( he there. 3 ve Seen enough of fife to hnow that th ere are hound to he disappointments afong the wag. Sometimes gour answer to mg pragerS wiff have to he no . Jdefp me to grow from mg sethcichs, afford, and never to foSe mg zest for fi viny. Bronx now on, 3 ff he mahing more and more decisions on mg own. Jdefp me, aCord, afwags to choose those things of fasting vafue. 3here are so mang directions 3 can tahe from here. Dhe possibilities are excitiny . . . an d fi m idea. JUp me to find my piac. in fife, Jdord . . that certain pface where 3 can find the ric hest fuffiffment and mahe the greatest contribution. Bind now, Jdord, 3 prag that gou wiff continue to wafh heside me Bfs 3 cross the threshold of the future . . . . . .and more in the direction of mg dreams. (dopied from an anongmous author Quoted from Tom Steele, 1979 — 80 Student Body President, Awards Assembly Program, June 10, 1980 4 Graduation