Arlington High School - Colt Corral Yearbook (Arlington, TX)

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With Float Constructions, Parade, Game NOVEMBER FHA Sweetheart Banquet .............. 1 Grand Prairie Games..............6, 7 Homecoming .......................... 7 Fort Worth Cross Country Meet.........8 UIL Band Contest at TCU............. 13 Senior Magazine Drive Begins....... 13 Sam Houston Games...............13, 1-1 Sophomore DAT ...................... 20 All-Region Choir Competition.........22 Garland Basketball Games............ 22 Senior Magazine Drive Ends...........26 Second Six Weeks Ends................26 Thanksgiving Holidays ........... 27-30 During half-time at the Grand Prairie game. Student Body President Doug Former student Gigi Janavaris joins AHScrs to Payne reaches to crown Gene Swaim as AHS’s 1909 Homecoming Queen. dance in climaxing the Homecoming festivities. ACTIVITIES 23

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Homecoming Activities Highlight November D D D November was once again the month of Home- coming. The first week of the month was highlighted by the usual bectic float building, and queen and princess nominating. In addition to this, students decorated their homeroom doors with chicken wire, crepe paper, and napkins, resulting in many of them resembling mini-floats. Everybody’s Talking” was made the theme of Homecoming. Juniors captured first place in the float building with their title, “Everybody’s Talking About Colt Drive. while sophs submitted their first effort “Everybody’s Talking About the Late Go- pher.” and seniors proclaimed that “Everybody’s Talking About Apollo Arlie.” Sophomores chose Nancy Pitstick to represent them in the royal court. Due to an unusual tie, both Michelle Bvam and Robin McGlew were elected by the juniors. Seniors named Charlotte Ashworth, Jonia Hay- den, Gene Swaim. and Cindy Turner as Homecom- ing Queen Nominees. Gene emerged as winner and was crowned by Student Council President Doug Payne. Although hopes for the District 6-1A title were smashed at the Homecoming game, spirits were once again on the rise at the dance afterwards. As at Homecoming 1068. music was provided by the Soul Purpose. Taking part in a school-wide effort to promote Colt fever, Carolyn Taylor and Gail Beck decorate their homeroom door. 22 ACTIVITIES

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The cast of Arlington High's first all-school play lines up on stage to take bows for their production of Mary Chase’s ' “You not only have a great figure hut you've got something else, too—a screwy uncle!” leers Wilson to naive Myrtle Mae. ’Hai 'vey’ Climaxes J On the nights of December 4 and 5, a six-foot, 200-pound, white rabbit named Harvey roamed the auditorium of Arlington High School. Appearance of this phenomena was due to the run of AHS’s first all-school play, “Harvey.” Visible only to an elderly gentleman named El- wood P. Dowd, Harvey was a spirit called a pooka. The plot revolved around Mr. Dowd’s misadventures with his invisible companion. Since most families in her town didn’t have six-foot rabbit house guests, Mrs. Vela Louise Sim- mons 1 Sharon Estes) tried to keep news of her brother Elwood’s (Stuart Shipley) friend quiet. Her efforts were in vain, however, when he intro- duced Harvey to Miss Chauvenet (Belli Bontley). Later events led to the climax when the audience was allowed to see the infamous Harvey (Carl Cortez). Others starring in the play were Barbie Day, portraying Veta’s daughter Myrtle Mae: Mike Pringle, Dr. William Chumley: Nancy Brown, Chumley’s wife: Mike Jarzamski, Attendant Wilson; Gale Johnson, the sexy nurse Ruth Kelly. Also in the cast were Kurt Schultz. Ross Wisdom, John LuRella and Leslie Hunt. 24 ACTIVITIES