Paris High School - Owl Yearbook (Paris, TX)

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Top Leffz Jan Morrow receives her books from Mr. James Rip- ley as Jill Semple wafches. Tex+books were issued on regisfra- +ion day. Above: While Brad Clark receives his regisfralion card from Mrs. Ray Wells. Rocky Sfone and Brad Sherley awaif +heir +urn. Augusl 25 marked 'rhe end of summer vaca- fion. Leff: Seniors 'rackle 'rhe required paper work on regisfra- Hon day, lhe lasf Friday of 'lhe summer. Below l.e'f+: Sopho- mores wail in hall before enlering sfudy hall for regis+ra'l'ion. Pa rficipalion 0 25

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AugusT Blues Early Birds STew Under AugusT Sun AuqusT marked The end oT The summer as many sTudenTs Turned Their ThoughTs Trom Tun To work. The band, BlazeTTes, and TooTball Teams began workouTs early in AugusT To ready Them- selves Tor The upcoming TooT- ball season. Yearbook sTaTT members worked Teyerishly as They prepared To sell over 800, I973 yearbooks on O-Day: They made The goal. Sophomore OrienTaTion on AugusT 24, and regisTraTion day Torced sTudenTs To realize ThaT The summer was over and ThaT They musT geT inTo The school rouTine. Whirley Bird: Kreig Flynn and Eddie lv1cElyea lisTen To an Army Reserve piloT while he explains The mechanics oT a 1 helicopTer, one oT Three ThaT landed behind The school. 3'-vmu K 3' -, -Mafafwwv W 4 ' if- . if , . Car Hops: Deb Harrison, BeTh Quisenberry, Risa WhiTaker, The Sonic. On AugusT 22. TorTy-seven BlazeTTes work To raise and Anne T'layTer mix work and pleasure on BlazeTTe Day aT money Tor Their new uniTorms and props used in Ten rouTines. 24 ' Pa rTicipaTion

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Go' Cafg' GQ: Leader-5, wifh pom pong in hand, perfgrm 3 FUDS in beTween l'l'1em during aSSGrT1bly. The band, playing l:65i' rouTine as The CaT mascoT, beTTer known as PeTer Koelling, and loud, gives everyone an opporTuniTy To yell The chanTs. We've GOT SpiriT FooTball Season C-5eneraTes Fan EnThusiasm 26 9 ParTicipaTion SpiriT, spiriT everywhere, so iT seemed, as school began. People yelling, The band playing, sTudenTs marching, and applause Trom specTaTors during a home game parade added To The exciTemenT of Friday nighT TooT- ball. ln assemblies, chanTs beTween The classes l4epT The c:ompeTiTion alive. Signs and posTers decoraTed The gym while The words CaT GuT were seen on The baclcs of windbrealcers. Six Junior and Senior boys organized a spiriT club Tor Paris High sTudenTs. The unTamiliar Tace oT a human wildcaT, The liTTle wagon conTaining a siren, and a blue and whiTe vicTory bell rang ouT Tor spiriT in '72, Even Though some sTudenTs were noT Too involved, mosT were conTenT wiTh simply waTching evenTs in assemblies. All The new devices oT spiriT promoTion could noT compare To winning The TradiTional spiriT sTic:lc by yelling The loudesT in compeTiTion wiTh The classes.