Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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B-DAY CANDIDATES FRONT ROWt Sue Marquardt, Rick Neill, Phyllis Fair, Pete Egge, Betsy Brown, Dick Brickley, Linda Eames, Steve Hudgens, Liza Hart, and Charlie Price. ESCORTS FROM LETTERMEN ' S CLUB AND PEP CLUB— TOP ROW: Ken Tolliver, Kaaren Marsh, Jim Beaton, Barbara Byars, Steve Randak, Lindo Pederson, Gari Coatsworth, Beth Aveson, Bob Everson and Terri Barnett. Homecoming Royalty Crowned The royal couple, Betsy Brown and Charlie Price, porode down the red carpet to their thrones to reign for one homecoming evening. B-Day was ushered in with the election of Queen Betsy Brown and King Charles Price. Queen Candidates, selected by Lettermen ' s Club, were Miss Brown, Linda Eames, Phyllis Fair, Liza Hart, and Sue Marquardt. King candidates, nominated by Pep Club, were Dick Brickley, Pete Egge, Steve Hudgens, Rick Neill, and Price. The candidates were announced at the B-Day Pep assembly, November 1, and were voted on during third period of the same day. At the dance, November 2, tension mounted when M.C. Burley Packwood asked that the floor be cleared. The candidates were escorted by members of Pep and Letter- men ' s Clubs to positions next to the throne. As soon as Burley announced the results of the voting, Queen Betsy and King Charles were crowned by their escorts, Steve Randak and Diane Leach. Although the king had some trouble keeping the royal crown on his head, most spectators felt that the ceremony ran smoothly.

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Judy Jakob cuts crepe paper tor float. BHS Parades Club ' s float won first place and fifty dollars. The money was donated by Pep Club. The BHS band (top), wearing new uniforms for the first time, leads the B-Day parade as majorettes (bottom), snap off a precision drill before onlookers. The 1962 B-Day parade began Satur- day morning, November 3. The day, unlike many in the past, was warm and sunny. A large crowd, including many people with cameras, watched the parade. Z Club won fifty dollars for the best float; AK came in second. For many, the B-Day parade began weeks before the actual event in un- heated garages and warehouses. It was a long and tedious task transforming a common, ugly truck into a beautiful and unique float. The first step was to de- cide upon the theme and to plan the lay- out of the float in detail. After the de- sign had been approved, construction started with the erection of a rough wooden frame covered with chicken wire. The framework completed, stu- dents spent the week before the parade stuffing paper napkins into the chicken- wire forms. At last, the floats were driven to the staging area. At each float, someone had to trim a final piece of wire or insert a final napkin. Then the parade began and the weeks of work came to an end. The parade was judged by a panel of businessmen . Results of the judging were announced during the homecoming game.