Jay High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Jay, OK)

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Homecoming '80 There were not as many entries b t the quality was better by John Cox There were not as many entries this year, but the quality and design of the floats was much greater, said Judy Walton, Student Council head sponsor. The 1980 homecoming parade, sporting the theme Movies, was a success which was evident by the 40 entries, and the amount of participation in the festivities this year. The Chamber of Commerce promoted spirit by doubling the cash prizes for the float competition to S50 for first place and 3525 for second place. Edging out the seniors, the juniors took first place in the high school division using Every Which Way But Loose, as their theme. The seniors chose Up in Smoke for their float, sophomores selected Dressed to Kill , and the freshmen elected to use The Shining. Middle school competition was won by the fifth graders, who chose the movie Super- man for their float. Taking second in this division was the eighth grade with their Kramer vs. Kramer float. The sixth and seventh grades picked The Empire Strikes Back and Close Encounters respec- tively. Freaky Friday won the kindergarten first place in the grade school division. The sec- ond grade placed second with the theme Grease Electric Horseman was the first graders' choice for a theme. The third grade selected The Pink Panther Strikes Back, while the fourth grade chose The Longest Yard. Carpentry class members took first in the clubs and organizations category, with the Feather of Many Colors club receiving sec- ond. The business category was won by Guinn's Nursing Home 923 and second place went to Guinn's Nursing Home fit. Tamara Blagg won the Best Decorated Bicycle award in the fourth through fifth grade contest and Donita Gullet captured the Best Dressed Rider award for the same category. Faith Wethey also won a Best Dressed Rider award for the sixth through eighth grade class. 10 - 13 Ra. '.. r e F x if f 'Y N . M i 'N-.5 2: .t T . , i A IL f '--,QM ARKA- ilf D S0 ril was ... A mis..

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Wfrq if w1..w,ig. W 1' ,aff ' ,L ' fQ'x.g , . Q. V. n . a- .v 5 'in -AW' Q H .5 k ' 3, f-it Q iirst-place winner! ,K mt, 5 tb ' J of Ol' H low to Build a Winning Float by Judy Snell After the homecoming parade, Mr. Baker, Mr. Jef- fries, and a few of the junior class members were waiting at the auto mechanics building for someone to return and let them know the outcome of the float contest. Soon a light blue pickup pulled up to the building and the driver, Mr. Heard, yelled, We won! Mr. Baker shouted, All right! He started shaking hands with Mr. Jeffries. The juniors started yelling and shaking hands. This is the happiness that comes with building a win- j ning homecoming float. It's not the fact that the winner ' gets a big prize, because the amount of the prize money isn't even half of the amount of what you put into the making of the float. lt's just the satisfaction you get when you win and you know how much hard work and enthusiasm went into making it, stated Judy Snell, jun- ior class president. Mr. Baker, head sponsor of the junior class, lists the ingredients for the beginning of their winning float: We started with a classy theme and title for the floatg excel- lent students with a lot of desire to be winners: very tal- ented art students, a hay truck, 2 x 4's, plywood, paint, chicken wire, and many, many napkins. Collecting ideas, putting them together, and illustrat- ing them in the form of a float takes a lot of time and patience. We worked on the float for two and one-half weeks, working approximately three hours per day, added Mr. Baker. To decide on a title for the float, the junior class had meetings during the noon lunch break. They decided on the title, Every Which Way But Loose, and tied it into their float theme as, Bulldogs Will Turn the indians Every Which Way But Loose. Students were involved in gathering the needed mate- rials. The first step was framing the truck and placing the plywood around the edgesg then the plywood was painted. Ronnie Barnes and Leon Sultzer were the two people responsible for the arf work on the float. Ronnie lettered the title on the sides and several other students filled in the lettering. Ronnie said, l was worried that it wasn't going to turn out as well as it did. l spent about two hours a night, four or five nights a week on it. I feel it was worth the time I put into it, he added. Chicken wire was placed on the bed ofthe truck. This was to be stuffed with napkins later on, Leon and Ron- nie drew and painted the bulldogs on the float. Others built the teepee and stocks that were to be placed on it later, Next came the stuffing of the napkins. The whole bed of the truck, the legs of the stocks, and the teepee were stuffed with napkins. Many students were involved in this stage of the production. The last step involved placing black paper trim around the bottoms of the side panels. The paper was then cut so that the bottom of the float was given a fringed look, Mr. Baker concluded. As head sponsor of the junior class, l deeply appreciate the co-sponsors of our class: Mr. Luper, Mr. Jeffries, Mr. Bryant, and Mr. Heard. We as sponsors all agree this was the greatest turnout of students of which we have ever worked with. lt is our pleasure to work with excellent workers who have a number one goalg that is to be winners, and winners they are.

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