Tascosa High School - Las Memorias Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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Christmas Festivitie Under a canopy of red and green crepe paper, the beauty of an Old-Fashioned Christmas prevailed at Tascosais eleventh annual Crystal Ball. Scenes of a crackling fireplace covered the trophy case and a traditional Christmas tree completed the decorations. Almost 500 couples attended the ball and danced to the music of the Hysterical Societyf, In the middle of the mem- orable evening, tenseness filled the air as couples moved into the auditorium to meet their class favorites and Mr. and Miss Tascosa. Members of the publications department escorted the favorites to the stage, and as the master of ceremonies, Chris Sutton, announced the chosen eight, squeals and excla- mations of delight echoed through the audience. Larry Kilgore and Fanchon Cannon were elected Mr. and Miss Tascosag Hank Blackwell and Duchess Smith, senior fa- vorites, Randy House and Judy Blankenship, junior favorites, and David Herber and Patty Pinkston, sophomore favorites. Each of the girls selected received a bouquet of flowers and the boys were given boutonniers as they were presented on the stage decorated in the traditional red and green by thejour- nalism classes. Most of the THS clubs celebrated the festive season with parties and get-togethers before school ended for the two-week Christmas vacation. Club members brought refreshments to share and in some organizations, skits were presented and in- expensive gifts were exchanged. Sophomores, juniors, and seniors united to raise the largest amount of money Tascosa has ever donated to Cal Far- leyis Boys Ranch. Rebels earned 53,785.41 to give to the worthy cause. The money was presented to Mrs.Sherman Har- riman, daughter ofthe late Cal Farley, in an assembly the final day before the Christmas Holidays. All Tascosa choir mem- bers along with the orchestra, performed at the assembly which was climaxed with a special guest, Keith Gray's, singing Silent Nightf, Keith is a fourth grader at Summit Elementary. O l Require Extra Work BILL CORMACK, TASCOSA choir director, introduces special guest Keith Gray's to the Rebels at the Boys Ranch assembly. The fourth grade Summit Elementary student sang 'KSilent Night at the assembly where the Rebs donated 353,785.41 to the Ranch. 'uw THE FIRST BIG snow of the year brought out the fun-loving spirit of their lunch periods andtook time that was otherwise spent at Stan- of enthusiastic Rebel boys as they engaged in a snowball fight on the ley's to admire and participate in snow battles and different snow ac- front lawn of Tascosa. Many other students at THS sacrificed minutes tivities. Snow was scarce in Amarillo, but what came was enjoyed.

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Students Relax, Ski At Semester Break Winter 1969-Rebels enthusiastically took part in the seasonal sports. Snow fights, ice skating, skiing and other win- ter pastimes consumed many of the weekend and after school hour of the T.H.S. students. Many hours were also spent as the drama and choir classes combined to present HThe Mikado , a Gilbert and Sul- livan musical comedy. The operetta which contained many colorful scenes and costumes was presented in the school au- ditorium with the music being provided by THS orchestra. This was the first time an operetta of this type was presented at Tascosa and the first in Amarillo in 18 years. Soon after the beginning of the winter season at Tascosa, students had to replace the enjoyable activities of the time with some less desirable ones. Hours were spent at the library as frantic Rebs tried to complete semester projects on time. Week nights were spent at home cramming for semester tests. At the end of the hectic week, Rebels again relaxed and headed to- ward Stanleyls for a talk with friends or packed and took off for the slopes at Red River or Ruidoso for a long exciting weekend of skiing. Over 40 members of the Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y took to skiing for the weekend also, as the students learned skiing or improved their skill. SENIORS GARY ROLLER and Phil Christian, members of the lunch club, draw for the Friday door prize. The lunch club. held dur- ing the second lunch period. was started by a group of senior boys. ENJOYING THE BREAK from the drudgery of school work.. s e n i o r Tommy Pena andjunior Karen Smith relax with a coke at a local drive-in. The long weekend gave students a chance to rest for the next semester.