C E Byrd High School - Gusher Yearbook (Shreveport, LA)

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Russell Herron Speaker of the House of Representatives Outstanding Citiien Paul Drummond Justice of the Peace Richard Campbell House o f Representatives Gary Goodrich Parish Commissioner of Finance Karen Carlson President Pro-Tem of Senate Alex Bell President Pro-Tem of Senate Sharon Harper Mike Stancil State Party Chairman Senator Miss Petican State Pelican State r Maridine WallX Senator I O utstar.ding Citizen Margaret Quinn Senator a Never Ending c Lee Wheless Secretary of State Lide Cooke House of Representatives J. Bailey Adger Senator Beca Bruening Senator

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Scholastic Honors Enrich Byrd The twenty ttudents heving the highest avereges in the tenior clats are: Firtt row: Joan Minder, Cheryl Riser, Suzanne Rucker, Sara Reynoldt, Sherry Beede, Sharon Harper, Maridine Wall, Lennis Smith, Carol Stone, Paula McBurnette. Sec- ond row: Stanley Johnston, Jeff Dykes, Fred Litcum, Gary Burkett, Gary Goodrich, Richard Akin, Jay Baily Adger, Jerry Drummond, Joel Talley, Paul Drummond. Sharon Harper won the award for excellence in American History this year. The recipient this year of the Daughters of the American Revo- lution Good Citizenship Award was Alice Barnett. Both girls were elected by the teachers ' vote. This year eleven of the students at Byrd were National Merit Finalists. First row: Karen Fiser, Sylvia Burns, Georgia Wilson, Suzy Rucker. Second row: John Fullilove, Larry Faulkner, Warren Wallingford, Richard Akin, Stanley Johnston, Joel Talley, Mal Morgan. Attending the Louisiana Tech debate workshop last summer were: Linda Burroughs, Phyllis Clem, Beth Washburn, Charlcie Whitesides, and Susan Reynolds. Each summer Byrd sends students to various summer math and science institutes. Among those that went last summer were: First row: Larry Faulkner, Oklahoma State University; Stanley Johnston, Texas A. M.; Joan Minder, Northwestern University; Joel Talley, Northwestern Uni- versity; Bill Basham, L.S.U. Second row: Jay Baily Adger, Louisiana Tech.; Russell Herron, Ocean Springs, Mississippi; Gary Goodrich, Texas Uni- versity. j7

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Alternate on the fir t row are Melanie McCain, Elaine Elli , and Kay Mounce; on the econd row Scott Kennedy and Fred Li cum. Alternate on the first row are Rebel Johns and Bob Dilworth; on the second row are Gerald Green and Linda Hamel. Source of Memories Last August, eighteen delegates represented Byrd at the American-Legion sponsored Pelican Girls ' State and Pelican Boys ' State. The delegates, sponsored by leading civic groups, were elected by the faculty and members of the junior class in the spring of their junior year on the basis of character, leader- ship, scholarship, and cooperation. During their ten day residence in the mythi- cal states, representatives from schools in all parts of the state experienced the problems and rewards encountered in city, parish, and state government as they ran for offices in the three divisions and constructed mythical projects requiring much research and detail. Byrd delegates achieved many honors and offices during their citizenship in the state of Pelican. The girls received the honors of Outstanding Citizen and Miss Pelican State, the first time to be awarded, and the state office of Secre- tary of State. The boys received the honors of Outstanding Citizen, outstanding presiding officer, and the Louisiana delegate to Boys ' Nation. Because of this opportunity to study government in an interesting and mean- ingful manner, the eighteen returned with memories and knowledge which they will cherish and exhibit all their life. Alternates on the first row are Karen Fiser, Malcolm Graham and Sherry Beede; on the Second Row are Jerry Drummond, Pat Neild and Richard Whitehead.