Everman High School - Beacon Yearbook (Everman, TX)

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Ranch Day Goes Bananas | Traditionally, Ranch Day celebration marked the opening day of the Ft. Worth Stock Show. The hectic day had everyone going bananas. After past assembly contests of ice cream eating, pie eating, and root beer drinking, the unusual banana eating Ranch Day contest delighted students. Once again St. Council sponsored a beard growing contest be- ginning December 12. Otis Workman and Al Swearingin tied for first place. Besides the shaggy beards and the sick stomachs from eating bananas, Ranch Day brought out the boots, fancy shirts, hats, and other western attire. Teresa Morris and Tom Baldridge were elected Ranch Queen and King. Equally popular entertainment was the group “Festus,” starring Chris Andrews, Tim Tynes, Steve Day, and Stan Watts, which strummed and picked their way to students “favorite” rating in progressive country music. Ree t PiSe { |

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Doug Fletcher calls over Mobile 3 to his base unit at home. bigs ae - .- - aX + ere 1 e Call numbers are one of the requirements for being able to legally talk on a CB radio and two antennas mean better reception from more distance. OLD SMOKEY IS UP AHEAD JUST IN CASE THE CB’S DEAD | | Highway Department signs warn speeders of speed zone ahead. Mike Gauntt calls “Break 1-9 Standing” and waits for his time to talk. Break 19 ... Moonrunner, Foxey Lady, Rookie, Brah- mer Tamer, Red Man, Dizzy Lizzy, Tas- manian Devil, One-Eyed Jack ... are fam- ilar “handles” or code names around Everman. The Japanese jukebox or CB ra- dio, has become the most popular toy around these days. For approximately a $150 investment, you can own a CB radio and talk to anyone from truck drivers to housewives, to little ol’ school teachers. Anytime you feel the urge to communi- cate, just turn on your CB and ratchet jaw with a Good Buddy while you’re rollin’ north on that ole Green Stamp slab with the hammer down. Keep watching for Smokies; give a shout shout when you set your eye on that Bear, and I'll drop it down to a double nickel. So we'll be 10-10 and listenin’.in. We'll catch you in the flip- per if we don’t flip it first. Activities 23

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(1) Otis Workman is ready to answer any questions about beards after tying for first place. (2) Stan Watts, Larry Bell, Kelly Short, Tim Tynes, Chris An- drews, and Steve Day play Blue Grass—Everman style for Ranch Day assembly. (3) Al Swearingin, dis- playing a full growth, is named one of the winners. (4) Bearded competitors Al Swearingen, Pete Arm- strong, Jeff Lawrence, Otis Workman, Terry Stevens, and Lane Winslett look forward to their first shave in six weeks. (5) Ranch King nominees Tom Baldridge, Ted Huckabee, Kirk Andrews, Tim Tynes, Randy Caldwell, Kevin Nowell, Stan Watts, and Chris An- drews display a variety of western clothes. (6) Me- lanie Ables, Sylvia Delagdo, Holli Ford, Teresa Mor- ris, Brenda Howard, Jennifer Clemmer, Recca Fields, and Tanya Singleton are nominees for Ranch Queen. (7) Mark Behrens displays his sword swallow- ing style of gulping bananas while Doug Woody stares in amazement. (8) Kevin Gahagan assisted by Paul Cooper swallows his 13th banana to win first place in banana eating over Sophomore Gayle Gor- don stuffed by Cindy Herren, Juniors Mark Behrens swallowing 11 bananas to come in second led by Doug Woody, and Senior Butch Mabry gulping down nine bananas peeled by Donald Bosom. Activities 25