Weslaco High School - La Palma Yearbook (Weslaco, TX)

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THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, FEBRUARY 21, 1946 fda U WJ Ttllivin Boys Will Be Girls N , Walt Boys w1l1 be boys Oh how does the sayrng go'7 1 rn gettlng mrxed up Anyway, d1d you notrce the style of dresses the boys were wearrng last Thursdax Of course rt rs not the latest fad only new members who were rrrr trated rnto the Rolrkr Club By the way grrls, d1d you see those bow legs? t Who Won Here rs what you-have been wartrng for It has seemed a cen tury but now rs the trme to let you know the wmners rn the pop ularrty contest Slnce I was not able to secure the names of the candidates you wrll have to read the story Those who counted the votes would not drvulec any rn formation on the electron I gu ss the old sayrng that you can t trust another woman wrth a secret rs still true. To put all kidding aside, I would like to congratu- late the wmners of the contest Men Needed Men' Men' The cry tor men can be heard by the commrttee mem bers of Lrttle Broadway fonreht wrll be the frrst program meetrnff of the crganrzatron lf you hakl. not put rn your applrcfrtron for rnembershlp come to Ann Brn. ey s home tonrght at 8 o clock and Jorn The club needs rnen so don t be bashful put your name rn ro membershrp now lou Cant Get Away I rth It Drd you try to bet out or schotl lrst week? Drd you make ex norse rn the halls Letwecn perr ods Maybe you t o t t be ause Mr Murpl X w 1sr1 trnt rn the halls cr rn tl L o r to knock you down yr u could rt ry w h nx lll Xu found out drdnt you? Mr W1'stn c rn 1 u p 1 s os o w 1 le Mr 1UL1Dly and Mrs r 1 mon were rn La Ferra ssrstr rn evaluatrng the school 'xou wr l i I I 1 Little Broadway To Meet Tonight Quret please They re on the arr A Mayer Bowes program wrll be presented at the Lrttle Broad way meetrng tonrght at 8 oclo k at the home of Ann Brrxey cordrncf to Mrss Ann Bauer d rector of the club The program has been planned for the benefrt ot wel umrng new members rnto the organrzatrovr Refreshments x rll be served at the close of the n eet ng lll Its Hot' Its Cold' When wc came to sal ool Mon d y the trees were budclrng and sprrnff w rs rn the ar But betcre the paper tame out today rt may haxc turned cold garn and we mrght hare h d to clrmb bath rnto our long und es Remember always be prepared for a chanv of weather rn thrs unpredrct bl: clrmate ot Tears' How to Chew trurrr and rrnrroy Although some people do not rea 1ze rt there are detrnrtt classes of gum they ers I ob served closely the way rn wlnr 1 a person ttacks a prece of gan' wrll determrne to some de rec the character of the clcwer In the followrng paragraphs I do not ent types of gum chewers tor they are too numerous but o lx a few of the norc comnun Frrst we have the norsy chew er whose mam purpose rn lrfs rs to make com ersatron mlrffr ult VVl1en talkin to hrm you hate to trme your words so that they fall rn between tle mcessant crackmg I have known people who have mastered this gum popprng art to such a degree that the poppmg can be heard as clear as a prstol sh:-t on a calm mormng Next of cours rs the nervous chewer Usually thrs 'lddrct spends most of hrs trme see ng how long the gum wrll stretch before break mg After g ugrng the drstanfe correctly he amuses hrmself by stretchrng the ch cle out to rts m xrmum lenffth nd than co ls I 1 wrrpprng rt nound hrs toneue The rest character rs tvorcal o the classroom He rs tl c crutrous chewer who after Lerngt d not wore than twenty tvncs nt lo nz Lum to cl s for t 4 vc day and docs so rr crr Vns f can ht and ben tco pol te t lrs charr he decrdss to braxe rt 5 r keeps a hawk eye on the teacher and whenever l'c sees an openrr he takcs a few short fex errsh sn ps at h s gum be a rr ex o L must hwe practrce be use tr s 71 rccss rnxolxcs t e rnmrn tht he rd ard Iaw anl t Mhrn L. Ll IJ ns c or x nex est stl erne to e a d rtc w 1 re g he nets ss nt or d srrpror 1 by mot nf' hrs he rd C X X Q 10' J Q' fThrs IS catchlng and cl 1 e y too D e 701 oas chu er ,,ocs t 1 pre c of Dum l K9 beaxe felln cnuryod red c d t pump nf' mot on rt h s raw never ceases ur tl 'rt las er ls People muscles become numb he us cards hrs wad tor rmusemcnt elsewhere Another menace to socrety rs the constant chewer w ho devours about two packs ot' gum a dmv and has an uncarrny sense of so that pcollc wrll be sure tn step on rt 'llc rhytlmxc chewer usually belrex es he has a fnre ea for musrc anl cndeavm rs to beat out all the latxst tunes with thc ard of gum QA qurck remedy rar this IS to swrt h a Harry James record rn place of a slow tune Thrs rarely results rn fmythrr less than a drslocatcd Jaw 1 Other types which I have ro space for rnclude the ponderous chewer the wrse chewer the court cus chew er the non halant chewer and so forth s you all lnow gum nts you one breat benetrt rt s rength ens the Jaw muscles so that rt nrght when there rs nothrng o do you can srt around nrte warm frre and crack walnuts and pecans wrth lrttle or no effort t all that rs rf your teeth wlll stand lt VB . 1 H Y ' r ' - . ci . 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THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, FEBRUARY 21, 1946 BOESE, FISHER, F ARINA, FREASIER, McBRIDE ARE WINNERS IN POPULARITY CONTEST Pictured above are the wmners m the :mn ral Popularxty Contest sponsored by LA PALMA school annual From left to rrght they are A I Boese best all around boy Ed Fisher most pop ular boy Jody Farina most popular grrl Jack Freasrer most handsome boy and Patsy McBrlde most beautiful girl Patsy Jody and Ed are Junrors Jack and A J senrors Doll Show, Mellerdrammer, Court Scene Used to Introduce Class Candldates An arr of antrcrpatron frlled the audxtorlum last Wednesday morn mng as the student body eagerly awarted the openrng of the cur ta1ns for the skrts to be presentcd by the Sophomore Jumor and Semor classes As a result of drawmg for places the frrst skrt was present ed by the Junrors The settrng was a doll shop wrth Patsy Mar trn as the owner Frve lar ge boxes wrapped rn crepe paper of varl ous colors were placed around the stage Patsy frrst mtroduced Jody Farrna fmost popular grrlj who stepped out of her box dressed 'ns a Russran doll and then Ed Frsh er Cmost popular boy! clad rn a sailors unrform Drlhe Nxcklas Cbest all aroundl sang Arent 1 You G1 rd Youre You? Jthn Fl I lrs Sawyer Cmost handsomel tra presented as our hubba hubb man and Patsy McBrrde Cmost beautrtul grrlj was dressed as a Venetran doll The Semor skrt whrclr came next was a p ntomrmed meller drammer The vrllam Jack Freasrer Cmost handsome bovl held the her: me Mona Swrnnea Cmost beautrful grlj captrve rn hrs castle on her refusal to be hrs wrfe She was summoned rnto hrs room by the mard Lynette St rhl Cmost popular grrlh Here she warted for her lover J1m Moyer Cmost popular boyb to rescue her Jrm and Jack challenged each other to a duel Jimmy won lead mv Mona off 'he stage A T Bocse ftest all aroundl was the s age manager Mary Ann Burton narrated the skrt The Sophomore skrt depleted a court scene at whrch the wrll left oy J G Hepzrahbog to hrs rela trves was read by Loretta Shrelds To Mamorre Rogers he left the posrtr n as most beautrful grrl rn W H S to James Howard Nel son that of most handsome boy to Hal Potts that of best all posxtxon as most popular grrl and to Larry Lehman most popular boy Durrng the intermrssrons be tween skrts the rxval classes vred wrth each other rn yelhng for themselves and for the under classmen whose votes they were solrcrtrnf' CIA and VAN BETTY JEAN ROBERTSON and ARNOLD DONALD and FRANCES and BILL and PEGGY JOAN De WERD and REIHN ARD VOS seem to be dorng all the good Hrs Jewelry rs berng taken care of by JOAN and from what rumors report he gave her a cute locket Last but not least rs a belreve it-or not RAY JJACKSON rs gorng steady wrth BARBARA JANSSEN Too bad she leaves so soon but that rs what happe s when a person trres to make frrends wrth the North Also 'r rumor was heard that REECI' McALPIN and PATSY MARTIN mrght be thmkmg about gorng steady Thrs could go on and on but one must stop somewhere So the peeper wrll be back next week same trme same Journalrsm class Farmer Gosh' You must Le brave to come down rn a hun dred mrle gale lrke this Stranger I drdnt come down rn a parachute I went up rn a tent What s that prece of strmg tred round your fmger for B1l1 ' Thats a knot Forget me not rs a flower Wrth flour you make bread and wrth bread you have cheese Th1s IS to remmd me to buy some prckled on1ons ' ' . : ' I . . . . , - 3 , - I , ' S y I ' , . , 3 . ., . o K . ' 4 ' X ' ' - ' ,. S td 4 1 '- ' . it -x . ' ' CA s . . - ,, . . . , , 9 , , . . . , ' . . 1 I ' v- ' ll .- . . , . . - - - Q fl 4 1 ' ,, . . . - . . . , . . ., ' - I . I V l . . . , . Q , , . , , r aroundg to Emma Jean Barber the Y . I y - . - , z . l ' - 1 ' , , ' c . - ' ' ' . - + , . . . . 7 . - : , ' v v l 1 H , . I . . . 5 . . . . . . g. Q . u t 7 ' n s Q , ' rr ' ' I . . . . ,, ' , , . 44 - 1 - . c ' , 1 . - ' 11 ' as 1 ' ' '- , - ' 1 1 I ' D l S6 l - - , , . 1 I ' - ' . , , , . , . , a ' o

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THE W ESLACO HI-LIFE, FEBRUARY 28, 1946 '46 Schedule For Panthers Announced R10 Grande Clty oms Dlst 40 A Conference The 1946 schedule for the Wes laco Panthers b1 dlstrlct champs for the past two years has beer completed The schedule as n nounced by Supt Joe W1lson lS as follows Sept Sept Sept Oc Oc Oc Oc Nov Nov Donna' Nov 22 Raymondvxllel' 4-Mercedes' 11 Pharr 18 La Ferxa' 25 San BGHITO 1 MISSION' 11 CMondayJ 13 Lyford' Her 20 R10 Grande C1ty Hem e 27 Harllngen Here The1 There Here Her There The e Hex e Denotes conference games Smce R10 Grande C1ty has be n admltted 1nto Conference A foot ball lt IS necessary ffr Wesla o to play them to be el1g1ble to cop the d1str1ct crown As school can play but ten games accordm to the Interscholast1c League rul 1ng Weslaco was forced to el1m1 nate one of 1ts three non confe ence t1lts already lrsted fcr the mghts Wes laco lS to battle Harlmeen md San Ben1to consequently Wesl co had no other chorce but to '11 Brownsv1lle to cancel 1ts prexl ously scheduled tllt Callsthemcs ln Ch0ll'7 What Nex Everybody bend ox er Be sure that you are llmber Hold xoux upper l1p out No tlns 1snt a doctors exam nat1on These wo1ds came fr n MISS Slbyl Masune Fowler lst Wednesday when she was t yms, to get the students warrred up for pract1ce on therr p!'0g13lYl mst' Fr1d y over KRGV A person IS able to smg more freely when llmbered up she mformed then Weslaco .lunior-Senior High To Be Evaluated Aprll ll IZ Thorough Check of School to Be Made By Co ordlnator, V1s1t1ng Teachers Apr1l 11 12 has been set as the tentatlve date for the evaluatlon of Weslaco Hxgh School accordmg to Jce W1lson supermtendent Thxs program bemf' conducted IH several Valley schools th1s year w1ll be one of the hlghllghts of the school term As thls IS the flrst t1me the Weslaco Schools have been evalu ted by the Sfuthern ASSOCl'ltlOl'1 of Colleges and Secondary Schools plans for th1s occas1on were begun as early as last October when vzrlous commlttees composed of faculty members were appomted Smce that t1me there have been several faculty meetmgs 1n whlch the comm1ttees gave detalled reports on varlous phases such as lllllll popul LIOH and school cc mmun1ty ph1losophy and obgectlves of school curr1culum and courses of study pup1l act1v1ty program guldance SGFVICE school bu11d1ngs 1ce and so forth Mr W1lSO'l stated Only the Weslaco Jumor Sen111 H1gh School w1ll be xncluded m lhlS p1ogram and as a result of the study Weslaco w1ll be G R s lmtlate Two New Members An 1mpress1ve G1r1 Rese1 vc C ndle Serv1ce was held 1n the home of Eva Mae Betts Tuesdmy February 12 to 1n1t1ate two new members Joan de Werd nd Gen eueve Schr1tter These were voted 1nto the club by thc old members ra1s1r'g thc r candles 'lhe lrls formed a cxrcle on the lawn lnd enacted the C619 IHOHV The SlllUlI1U of Pals Good mght ended tl e folmal 1n1t1a tu n The mn tmtes spent the rest af the evenlng runmn throu h t c oct lmc tamng c stor ll esltm b1s ults md ca rung 141 atrcss the lawn n spoons Xfter thxs flow nd lps 1 k wc el r e ed on the r faces Fmally the were tken down Ol n ' 16119101 'ran str Puth Bartl y Ito llll ll,llll 7l 13 l When I get ready to nab a mam m o1n to use Margaret Eoff s ba t Mr Murphy Ha ha you don care whether you Get one or not l do you classroom act1v1t1es llbrary serv g1ven a ratmg of one two three four or fxve A numbe1 f1VE rat 1ng 1S cons1dered exceptronal as 1t represents a standlng equlvalent to one of twenty top schools se lected out of 2500 other schools several years ago John L Beard ass1stant to the pres1dent at A 8.1 I College K1ngsv1lle has been asked to con duct thxs program and serve as co ordmator Twenty to thlrty teachers and pr1nc1pals from schools all over the Valley w1ll pa1t1c1pate m the evaluat1on Every teacher 1n Weslaco H1gh IS to appralse h1mself and h1s classes accordmg to a form fu gn ups of teachers from other schools w1ll x1s1t the varlous cl sses du11ng these two days and grade the mstructors accord1ng to the way 1n whlch then' classes are conducted These plus the te1cl'e1 s ppra sal w1ll make up the mtmg of each lIldlVldU3l teacher These exaluatlons are gxen to c lf ll sthool once ex ery flve yea1s and every phase of the school IS coyered 1n mmute detail CPU celnm thls app1a1sal Mr W1lson ssud The purpose of th1s evatu atlon IS to 1nvest1gate and check thoroughly every department D01 1cy practlce act1v1ty recoul burldmg and teacher of the Jun 1or Sen1or Hxgh School to how our schrol measures un o st mdards set up by the Southern Assoclatlon of Colleges and Sec onclary Schools - o .,.1....T.- . . - I u - F . . . , J l , v . 1 :x ' 1 1 ' Y 1 . . , rl - . , 7 ' . . . , 2' - 1 . 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