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ODDBALLS PARTICIPATE: Martha Brinn is compacted in a voUtswagon in the Oddball Olympics that
were held at Tarrytown Mall. This is the car-cramming event in which ninth graders, and up, got only
25 people in the car. [Photo by Bnlluck]
BAND MARCHES SOUTH: The marching band went to New Orleans during Febmaiy 16-21 to
celebrate the Mardi Gras and escape the winter cold. [Photo by Hutchisson]
Mardi Gras Excites Band
On a Wednesday morning of
the 16th the band from Rocky
Mount Senior High left to
participate in the Mardi Gras.
Wednesday night at around
7:00 p.m. the band stopped in
Atlanta, Ga. That night they
divided into groups and went to
the Underground. The Under
ground consists of a bunch of
shops and bars under the street
level. The students stayed there
for approximately two hours.
Thursday morning the band
left Atlanta and reached New
Orleans around 7:00 p.m. They
stayed at the Hilton. This night
was free, and most people spent
it chasing and throwing
sophomores in the pool.
Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30
p.m. was spent at the French
Quarter. The French Quarter
contains shops, bars, strip-tease
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joints and porno-theaters. Four
band members were asked how
they felt about the French
Quarter, and they replied, “I
thought it was a very busy, wild
place, because there were
people all in the streets.” “It
was fun walking around,”
replied Bobby Sheridan. Robin
Barnes said, “Revealing! It was
pleasing to the eye. I’ve been
there twice and it was better the
seondtime around.” “I thought
it was shocking but it held your
interest,” answered Shelia
Gilbert. Accprding to Janet
Kitts, “It was exactly what I
expected. All bars, shops, and
somewhat crowded. Some of the
things I saw were sort of
shocking, but I saw things like
them in New York.”
Saturday morning a choice
Everything from car cram
ming to goldfish eating took
place at the Second Annual
YMCA Oddball Olympics. Odd
balls of all sizes, shapes, and
ages got together to do
weird-looking things such as
bubble-gum blowing, soft drink
swig, and a talking marathon.
Gene Wheeler, the only
participant in the Talking
Marathon, won and broke the
record with 56 hours of non-stop
talking. Other winners are as
follows:
Cramming: Grades 1-8 — 29
people in a Volkswagen. In
grades 9 and up only 23 people
got in the same car.
Brad Craft held 14 balls in the
Bundle of Balls, grades 9 and
up. Jason Harvard held 13 in
competition of grades 1-8.
Robin Barnes chewed 6’ 4” of
gum with his mouth closed. “I’ll
never chew Big Red chewing
gum again in my life,” stated
Robin.
Stanley Joyner and Steve
Luper broke last year’s Ping-
Pong Marathon keeping the ball
going for one hour, 17 minutes,
and 43.4 seconds.
Lollipop Lick was Laura
Edwards’ favorite event. She
licked a Tootsie pop to the
center in one minute, 32
seconds.
Robin Bames took the cake
again when he yo-yoed for 30
minutes and 57 seconds.
Jason Harvard did it again
when he did 307 sit-ups in a 10
minute time period.
Gold Fish eating contest
wasn’t so hard because Brad
Craft ate 50 Pepperidge Farms
cheese-flavored gold fish in 44.4
seconds.
De Ette Triplett must like
beans because she ate a can of
them, one-by-one in nine
minutes, 32 seconds.
Coin Snatching was Perry
Durham’s specialty. He caught
55 coins, one-by-one, in a row.
There was a tie in the
Hamburger eating contest.
Robin Barnes and Eddie
Cashwell ate five hamburgers in
five minutes, 56.2 seconds.
They had their supper for that
night.
Wendy Sutton has to know
how to ride a unicycle if she won
the competition, ^he rode 42
laps in 10 minutes.
Robin Barnes did it again. He
did 90 push-ups in 10 minutes.
That made Robin a three time
winner so far.
Natasha Matkins Advances
In General Mills Contest
was given of going to the
Superdome or the French
Quarter. Most of the people
went to the French Quarter.
That afternoon everyone dress
ed and went to join the parade.
When asked on how they felt
about the parade, Robin
answered, “The parade was
great. The girls were friendly.”
Shelia stated, “I thought it was
too long. The people were real
friendly and the guys were none
too shy.” Needless to say
everyone spoken to seemed to
have a great time.
WARD'S
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Service
Natasha Matkins, a senior at
Rocky Mount Senior.
uLiiutii. 49 ,^ong iugucsi
ranking students in Norths
Carolina in the 1977 General
Mills Search for Leadership in
Family Living.
The goals of the 1977 General
Mills Search for Leadership are
planned to help achieve the
following goals:
1. Enhance the dignity and
prestige of the American home;
2. To help students prepare
for family living;
3. To emphasize the contribu
tions to the home being made by
high schools and their teachers
to help with their important
work.
Interested Senior students
enrolled for a 50-minute written
knowledge and attitude exami
nation related to family living.
Natasha Matkins
This examination served as a
basis of the selection. These
examination papers are being
reviewed by Science Research
Associates. Natasha, therefore,
is still being considered for a
$1,500 or $500 General Mills
Scholarship.
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