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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1971
Page
8
Jerry Murray, president, addresses the senior class urging leadership and participation. He stresses the seniors as the true leaders who should set examples of spirit and effort for the school, while challenging juniors to follow.
The Junior Booster Club formed this summer by the Aiken Booster Club and Aiken High students elected permanent officers August 17 in the school library. Butch Watson became president with Randol Shelley as vice president Julia Schwartz as secretary and Patron Jones as treasurer The group will sell season Booster tickets and Stinger Buttons to support the football program and welcomes any student from Aiken or Schofield Campus to join.
Debbie Williamson reports Aiken High School oriented about two hundred juniors on August 18. Principal J O Willis urged joining both Aiken and Schofield Campuses and introduced Pat Scott and Jerry Murray who urged officers for Junior Folllies and noted senior Big Brothers and Sisters program. A pep rally, campus tour, and a coke in the quadrangle followed.
Evans S. Flynn has joined Aiken Senior High as assistant principal after four years teaching at Brevard High in Brevard North Carolina. Born in Detroit Michigan he moved to Etowah North Carolina with his family as a teenager and graduated from West Henderson in 1963. Flynn earned a B S in industrial arts and education from Western Carolina University in 1967 and later an M A in education administration and audio visual media in 1971. He began work on a Masters degree in 1969 and is married to Margaret E Flynn who teaches typing at Aiken High.
Aiken High School begins the 1971 season on August 9 with Fighting Green Hornets reporting. Coach reports 39 players remain, 50 percent more spirit than last year, and calls for community support. Key players include quarterback Martin Coffey and ball carriers Ernest Dicks Mac Baldwin David Jett Marion Parks and Steve Dufour with linemen Ruth Watson Leroy Dunn Rudolph Bryant Kit Wilson Paul Martin Danny Owens. Defensive backs Steve Garner Mike Garner Donald Gaddy Rondo Shelley ready to defend against Richmond. Lip noted loss of lineman Jon Warther to knee surgery but team cheers him on. Game at Aiken Stadium Friday night at 8 00 BEAT RICHMOND.
Two Aiken High School seniors studied at different colleges this summer. Ruth Cate attended the University of Mississippi for abstract algebra and geometry foundations while Nancy Overman went to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for matrix algebra programming chemistry and astronomy.
Aiken High School Schofield Campus French teacher Miss Montgomery organized a summer Europe trip for French students. The group of ten met peers in New York before touring London Calais Paris Geneva Aix en Provence Avignon and Rome, studying at the Aix university and earning credits.
Seven new teachers join AHS to educate over 1400 students. They replace nine departing staff in English to Family Living, filling roles from English III to Spanish I, Typing, Bookkeeping, Shorthand, and English II and IV.
The Aiken Standard invites all county high schools to submit articles for a new weekly Teen Times page. Articles should be sent to P.O. Box 456 or delivered to 124 Rutland Dr. by 2 30 p m each Friday. Each submission must bear a principal or approved teacher signature. Submissions with high quality photographs may be considered.
John W. Finley arrives at Aiken High School to complete his senior year credits. He is a Nigeria-based student from Virginia living with his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson. Finley, from a WHO family, enjoys painting and African sculptures and hopes to join the school soccer team.
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