Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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With such a small mouth Trade Vaughan has trouble keeping the egg in her mouth much less telling Scott Wert which way to go in the blindfold and egg race. Nancy Hoyle and Greg Jones had even more trouble when the egg broke in Nancy’s mouth. Comfortable in the certainty that the seniors will come out the winners in the day’s games, the seniors enjoy the sun and wait for the announcement that they have won. Another victory for seniors is had as Brad Warren downs his quart of hot root beer in record time. Ron Maupin lends support as he watches to see how the juniors and sophomores are doing.

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Night club entertainer Miss Adelaide portrayed by Ron- da Shepherd, sings and dances to Take Back Your Mink.” Ruyonland characters Kim Willis. James Dixon and Kelley Roudebush stroll down Broadway. Kim and Kelley also performed as night club dancers and James was a gambler. Life becomes difficult for Miss Sarah Brown, played by Kerrie Brinkman, when she falls in love with the gambler Sky Masterson. Another member of the Save a Soul Mis sion and Sarah’s grandfather Arvide Abernathy, played by Chuck Hansen, offers comfort as he sings “More I Cannot Wish You. 4(1-School Production 27

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 Essex Moore Being a military child I've had the opportunity to attend three different high schools, and Altus High is unlike any of the others. The other schools had a Sadie Hawkins dance, but never a Sadie Hawkins Day. I signed up for every event on the list, but never expected to be picked for one. In every other school and every other event people were chosen on a “who you know” basis. In Altus I was chosen for the root beer drinking contest and several people tried to talk me into letting them take my place, but I wouldn't give in. I never expected to drink it so fast, I just wanted to do my best. I guess I did so well because I hate root beer. I think it's great that the administration cares for its students enough to set aside an afternoon so the students can get out and have some fun. lass Counts A proved by the PointA Sadie Hawkins proved to be a day filled with excitement for all those who participated in the events as well as the spectators. Many newcomers did not know what to ex- pect. Karen Richardson said, “I had never at- tended Sadie Hawkins at this school. It was a lot more fun than at my school.” The day was something students looked for- ward to for weeks. ‘‘It was great! I had been ready for it all week. It was especially great since the seniors dominated the whole time,” said Randy Kendrix. Although some students disagreed with the placing of their class, they still thought it was fun. ‘‘The sophomores should have placed at least second, because we won more events than the juniors, but we will have our time in a couple of years,” said Enith Hancock. But the afternoon events did not prove en- tirely pleasant for all concerned. During the blindfold egg race, Nancy Hoyle held an egg between her teeth as she rode atop the shoulders of Greg Jones who was blindfolded and tried to tell him which way to go without breaking the egg. Alas! In her enthusiasm, Nan- cy put too much pressure on the delicate egg and it broke and filled her mouth. She lost all interest in the race, and after being defeated by the senior duo of Traci Vaughan and Scott Wert, ran to the water. But Traci and Scott did not have it easy either. Traci could not get the whole egg in her moul , so she ended up losing it a few times on- ly to regain it in mid-air. In the root beer drinking contest, David Kaminski had a hard time keeping the hot drink in his mouth. Brad Warren got it down, but not for long, and made a mad dash for the end of the field out of the view of the stands. Bobby Sullivan entered the egg toss for fun, but when the egg hit him in the side of his head and ran down his face, his fun ended. After a loud and exciting hour and a half of events, students went home to plan and get ready for the night ahead of them. “The dance was a lot of fun. What made it even better, was that we hadn’t had a dance since February,” said Shanda Dickerson. Juniors dominated the beard growing contest winning first and third places. Mrs. Dana Darby decides that Bran- don Briscoe had the third longest beard behind Don Cope and Kirk Atkinson. In one of only two events that the seniors lost, their pyramid forms just a few seconds behind the sophomores.