Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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A Change of see ery n The days oi 'iGone WiTh The Windiit oT hoop skirTs, sTaTely planTaTions, Johnny Rebsii. magnolia scenTed breezes. ivoryskin and sun bonneTs and The Civil War, Times were explosive and TighT sTrung: however, The Trilly young ladies and chivalrous genTlemen oT The era Tound Time away from The war To socialize. AT one much more recenT social held aT Lakeside CounTry Club complele wiTh whiTe columns and souThern belles in Tlowing gowns, men shouTed noT oi The war and yankees and women gossiped noT oi who had The smalhasT waisT buT oi I2 years worTh oT friends and Tond memories. The scenery was ThaT oi Tara and Twelve Qaks PlanTaTions. only minus The horses, carriages and coachmen. Couples arrived and were meT by valeT parking aTTendanTs, escorTed down a long mirrored hallway and info a chandeliered ballroom, The counTry club locaTed on nearby XNfilcresT Drive was a change QT sceneri, Tor prom-goers. In pasT years borh 'l'e iunior and senior aTTer spending Two years in sTudenT council selling carnaTions and valagrams To raise money, senior Sylvia Howells said. As was The cusTom daTes were arranged in advance along wiTh dinner reservaTions, Tlower orders and Tux renTals. Since The Theme was Gone WiTh The Windi', numerous promegoers expanded on The SouThern idea and made Their aTTire sTand ouT in The crowd wiTh an original Touch. l wanTed To wear a hoop dress like ScarleTT Qihlarais Trom The beginning buT They were iusT Too expensive - fBl8O- ZOO. 'leddyis moTher leT me borrow her senior prom dress ThaT she wore in I957 and iT was in perTecT condiTion senior Shelley STarnes said. The nighT c-T The prom iTselT was a mere TleeTing momenT To graduaTion seniors who Turned ouT aT The evenT 579 sTrong. Many anTicipaTed This and arranged Tor The enTire weekend To be a celebraTed special occasion. 'il loved camping ouT aT New BraunTels and Taking The river Trip. IT was The besT parT oT The whole weekend. D'ACPWSN'-:?V'9lW9l1l aT The l'lQi,s'Qn Club bu' This T.-.as , , X f , i T - Embracing in The s'.ie :T Scade' 're Sass Tra' broke ai,-.ax 5-3 QQ.. gf 3, pang 5 5,33 T 'jji'iQ'N hi i'3gTing 5 f.-. ' 3 e-te' xr ceazh 3 A ,. 'U,.t,. l,,,x,,s. ,ua : 're if iS5 ,'S-'13, a . sirq ' ' a 'W 5' 'er da'e :. 1+X' Lakes Je-'ne' my 2, Q., F gifixge i '55,-, H-,5 5-U -- ' re' rigzf :',,g frgrr Pe'- . 31- he cw, .- 1 l.-.as e ' 'Ju ' l.,x Liu: 52 ., .fs . KA -: PN? s7f E 1 Y Q

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I-I3 HUGH always remember 'rhe Hawaiian Theme wifh all fhe decoraiions and beauiiiul flowers. As for rhe locafion of The following yea r's fesriviriess We are checking our all 'rhe possibili'ries, Chan said. A wa+er founfain, admired by iunior Karin Siismers and her senior daie. Berf Motherwell, was creafed by sfudenf council members 'ro add a fouch of +rop- ical realism fo The decorafed environ- menf. A kiddie pool was covered in black vinyl and foil and fhen surrounded by lava rocks made by The arf club and lush planrs borrowed from Wolfe's gar- denland, I ln 2 ,J- .N V r An embroidered pineapple accenfs the casual ouffiffing oi Sfrafiord graduate Carl Moore as he becomes foially involved in Born To be Alive wifh his dare, iunior Cafhy Coffee. Corresponding wifh +he Hawaiian fheme by wearing a prini iumpsuif. Teresa Carrer shares a quier momerif wifh dare Richard Morrison away from fhe indoor iropical environment 1 H -we-W....,,,M ,.' as ,- Junior Prom

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Quay, f- in fir' ,ja V 1, ni. 'Q as 1 A f Q , ..,.... 4 1 A X ,,,.,,.,-1 Z. ' 14224 T f ,N.,, V i r ,.., V I iv f' 2 1 i, ,. TU A Table adorned wiTh dainTy daisies provided a relaxing siTe Tor seniors STeve Calderone and daTe Susana Argilagos To waTch more advenTur- ous dancers aTTempT a new sTep called The Pogo . The daisies were reTrieved ouT oT Their vases by cou- ples To Take home aTTer The prom as souvenirs oT The evening. A whiTe gangsTer haT and a saTin Trimmed Tux added To senior MarTin Paullcs prom elegance as he escorTed senior Geraldine O'Dell Trom NorThbroolc onTo The Tloor Tor some serious dancing. Paulk and O'Dell celebraTed The ouTing by Traveling To New BraunTels direcTly aTTer The prom sTaying in The FausT l'loTel wiTh a group OT graduaTing Triends and riding The rapids. Before aTTending The prom senior KaThv Burke and dafe Rav Payne dined wiTh Two oTher couples aT The Rainbow Lodge. EveryThing was so nice, l'd never been beTore, buT l really enioyed iT. Burke said. 53