Altus Senior High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Altus, OK)

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RAY HODGKINS displays his spirit by wearing his favorite socks on “Sock-it-to-em day. BLUE AND WHITE DAY winners were Craig Stobbe, junior, in first place, the duo Joleen Hernandez and Cindy Walker, seniors, took second place and Terri Bibb came in third place for the juniors. SCOTT GREENAWALT chalks up some more points by winning Clash Day for the seniors. Sophomores, Tracey Harrington and Don- ita Speer came in second and third. Spirit Week — 19

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Seniors win Spirit Week; classes go all out. The student body of Altus High School didn’t look forward to rainy days during Spirit Week, but the sprinkling rain didn’t damper the student’s lively spirits. Classes were awarded points for each day’s events. Howdy Day was the first activity of the week. Everyone wore name tags and said “howdy” to their fel- low class mates. This was a day to get acquainted with each other. Crazy socks were seen on Tues- day. “Sock-it-to-’em” was the theme on Tuesday. Many rolled up their pants and displayed their fa- vorite socks. Also Tuesday the Coach’s Legs Contest began. After trying for nine years. Coach Ges- ter Harrington finally won the Best Coach’s Legs Contest. Ac- cording to Harrington the student body finally learned to vote intelli- gently. Clash Day was Wednesday’s event. The wackiest costumes cre- ated by the students were present- ed to the Student Council. Cash prizes were awarded to the win- ners. All of the students showed their sparkling spirit by wearing their neatest T-shirt on T-shirt Day Thursday. Decorating was done Thursday night from 7 until 8:30 by all three classes. The Student Council voted Friday morning that the Senior’s hall was decorated the best. The colors of blue and white were seen Friday. Many of the stu- dents participated on Blue and White Day by wearing blue gym shorts, blue and white ties, blue and white hats, blue and white make-up, and blue and white shoes, socks, and pants. The juniors were the most spirit- ed during Friday’s pep assembly with the seniors receiving second and sophomores third. The senior class won Spirit Week with a total of 102 points. The juniors captured second place with 77 points; the sophomores earned 30 points for third place. 18 — Spirit Week PARTICIPATING Juniors who won the Volkswagen race were Cindy Reynolds, Sheila Hunt- er, Susan Dixon, Andrea Parrish, Debbie Malena. Ann Blonien. Renee Waldroop, Julie Morrison, Brenda Reed, Laura Bayless, Kathy Flood, Terri Pouge, Lisa Hampton, Willie Mae Griggs, DeLynda Barnes, Margaret Hukill, Erin Doran, Susan Scott, Diana Propps. Megan Russell, Saundra Spruiell. DISPLAYING A SMILE is Scott Greenwalt, senior, after he found out his car won first place in the car decoration event of Spirit Week.

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Bulldogs beat Moore; Lori crowned queen The 1976 Homecoming night was cold and rainy, but the fans cheered, the band marched, spirit was high and the Bulldogs won. The evening didn’t look like a good night for Homecoming, but the Bulldogs lifted fans’ spirits with a thrilling 20-0 victory over the Moore Tigers. Outstanding performances by Mike Reber, By- ron Paul and Rick Hoehne high- lighted a great team victory. As the band played “I’ve Got You Under My Skin,” Lori Wil- burn, senior, was named the 1976 Homecoming Queen. Her atten- dants were Mary Logsdon and Evette Edwards, both seniors. Es- corting Lori was Terry Mosley, Senior Class president. Kelly D. Cox, president of the Junior Engi- neering Technilogical Society, es- corted Mary. Ray Hodgkins, presi- dent of the Biology Club, was Evette’s escort. Presenting Lori with the tradi- tional mums and roses were Pep Club president and vice-president, Cindy Campbell and Tina Cross- land, while president of the Stu- dent Council, Mike Abway, crowned her. At the end of the half time Homecoming Assembly, the queen and her attendants were escorted from the football field as the band played, and the crowd sang the school song, “Altus Bulldogs.” WAVING TO the cheering crowd were queen, Lori Wilburn, and her escort, Terry Mosley. In addition to the excitement of the leading half-time score, anxiety prevailed as the fans heard over the loud speaker, “and the 1976 Homecoming Queen is . . .” Homecoming