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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Senior celebrations ike oil upon water. seniors, litted by an attitude ot superiority. tloated above underclassmen during the last weeks ot school while preparing tor summer iobs and tinalizing tall college plans. Appieciative and sentimental close triends hosted graduation gatherings ranging trom swim parties to tormal lunches to Texas style outdoor barbecues to proper teas. One central theme linked each ot the socials: Craziness. the urge tor one last blast and a chance to party with triends who would soon be engulted in summer iobs and vacations and school tor early extra college credits. l realize that these are the best times I will have to see everyone and l try to have the best time possible to make each occasion memorable. senior Phyllis Moses said. Moses who was given a small party by an aunt served a common testive dessert - a cake proclaiming congratulations iced with Class ot '8O . My grandmother and aunt gave me a western theme barbecue and dance. senior Mary Lynn Blackwell said. Senior Sally Slattery entertained guests with a Sunday atternoon tormal luncheon. lt was really nice. Everybody was real close and talked about how we should have done this all along, Slattery said. A champagne brunch at EI Torrito restaurant provided a Posing as ladies ot the night, seniors Kellye Johnson and Marilyn Verdina watch taces ot new arrivals at Bill Hays s graduation tea tor guys. An extended arm trorn senior Gary McClinron provided a pole to help tish senior Karen Bonura out ot the pool curing Amy Altord s and Billy Jenkins 5 party, change ot taste tor senior Kelly Mote's closest acquaintances. My parents gave me the buttet. We ate Spanish Eggs and Mexican toodf' Mote said. Breaking the long string ot exclusive girls' teas. seniors Bill Hays, John Fahy and Steve LaBree hosted a private male tea complete with costumed hostesses. We invited I2 hand picked girls and got them to dress up as playboy bunnies. each tor a ditterent month. They served drinks and snacks. Hays said. To keep the party spirit rolling past the night ot commencement and the traditional Spillway bash. senior Troy Porter hosted a post- graduation barbecue tor his triends the tollowing evening. Reminiscing was the dominate activity at graduation parties and overruled the usual party gossip. iokes and iamming to ACXDC. Everyone had a great time. retlecting back on tunny things with close triends and things that happened at other parties, Hays said. lt was like a tamily- it didn't matter what you said or did. Everything was casual and intormal and you didn't have to introduce anyone. Fahy said. These bonds ot tellowship and triendship, both humorous and sentimental, helped each senior come to terms with the large step into adulthood that this time in their lite represented. Anxious. scared. eager and excited seniors compared dorm room decoration plans. lite lonq career aspirations and tried not to let the sad teeling ot separation take away from the tree teeling ot being high sch00l graduates.