Thursday, November 8, 2007

The way it was: Sept. 28, 1987

“Congratulations to the new Arkansas Junior Miss, Kristy Chitmon.”

Three lines in “News Notes” at the bottom left corner of the Sept. 28, 1987, edition of the Golden Times. The judges may have found Kristy to be the all-around prettiest, smartest and most talented girl in Arkansas, but this is all the respect she got from the school press. Sorry, Kristy.

“Homecoming: Oct. 16-17” was at the top of the front page, with the announcement of JHS’ drama lineup also on the front. “Two by Two,” “The Nerd,” and “It’s a Bird! It’s a Plane! It’s Superman!” were the upcoming plays for the school year.

Shawn Herget and Felicia Willett cooked up a piece about “School spirit still shaking at JHS” for our center photo spread. There’s a picture (above) of Shawn handing the spirit stick to – who else?– the SENIORS, and a certain future city planning commissioner making the Day with his dramatic arrival as the “Black Flash.”

The football team was out to a 2-1 start and the volleyball team was 9-3, and I filled 2 pages without photos writing about those teams.

On the back page, Stephen Hester mocked sophomores and David Bennett discussed Dead Elvis Week, the Rameses Exhibit and something about a panda.

Graduation still seemed an eon away.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking the Kristy Chitmon as Arkansas Junior Miss story should have been a big story. What's up with that? By the way, Marvin, I'm love'in those tights. :-) — Marcie

Kevin Myatt said...

Yeah, I don't know what those editors were thinking ...

Anonymous said...

You know guys, I was just happy to be attending the great JHS! I had just switched schools the year before from Valley Who and couldn't have been happier to be a Hurricane! I remember Kristy Dobson making the trip to Pine Bluff with my family.. God Bless her for that! It was a fun time for me and I was just proud to represent our school!!!
Thanks, Kevin for posting, and Marcie for your comments!
Love to all,
Kristy Chitmon Reed
(once a Junior Miss, always a Junior Miss... still judging the Program in different states! ha ha)