Paris High School - Owl Yearbook (Paris, TX)

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rseveramce Survive S its 200th birthday was still a young . nation compared to other nations of the world. It expanded its frontiers during the Westward movement to stretch from ocean to ocean. lt became a world power when it gained possessions abroad in 1898. Through Am- erican perseverance, trips into space have been successful. America owed its success to its peopleg great men such as Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon. The nation will continue into 300 years with people pushing on. V 7 he United States on . Back into the twenties marched the Key Club for its Homecoming float and the Bicentennial Celebration. Involvement entered into our year of Cele- bration as English teacher, Mrs. James House, takes an active part on Hat Dayf' 16 0 Theme

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Feel Free to Be Free M e proud, PHS, it's your country's two hundredth birthday. The United States has survived eight long wars, both at home and abroad. In fact America was born in a time of turmoil. Revolutionaries such as Sam Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and others made it pos- sible for us to live in a free and democratic society. Give me liberty, or give me deathi' was known and loved by all freedom-loving Americans. The United States was a young nation, and it was still grow- ing and maturing in 1976. Its standard of living had risen since 1776 and the American Revolution. It was the richest nation in the world as it entered its third hundred years soon after 1976 graduates were handed their diplomas. In the twentieth century there was need foi' a security guard on the school's campus. Offi- cer Bob Hundley keeps an eye on the cars to prevent thefts. To lend a helping hand, Key Clubbers Char- ley Bailey and Danny Christian unload boxes of food at the King's Daughters Nursery. Theme 0 15

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Q.-f' 'UN 'u if tik i? sf 4 R s 'Q i L5 f .: 'IZ' . 'Te ' f, 4-K',,l . 9- Q 'W'1':9.t ' J I I ' L, K ' I f 13:7 ' K I 'L a ,J ' -fs Vu rJ'1 Workmen keep busy cleaning up the debris from the disastrous fire which destroyed the 19th century building at City Steam Laundry, a 100-year-old business in Paris. Figurines in the LBJ Library simulate the 1964 Democratic Convention which nomi- nated Lyndon B. Johnson for the Presidency. The Celebration for Johnson fits into the Bicentennial jubilation. Theme 9 17