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

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Athletic Banquets Preudenl Cecilia Roberttoo Mmjorette Chorlee Snitb Treaturer Junior Sergeont et Arnu Julie Mioor K«y Horloo Semor Sergeant at-Arnt Drum Corpt Noacy Cuin Sergeant ot Arm Corolya Foeter JUNIOR PEP SQUAD: Front Kow: Beth Williams. Franie Norris, Debra Smith, Kathie Pittman, Leslie Watkini, Frances Kayser, Cindy Mdrrell, Patty Robison, La vonda Camp, Peggy Voweli. Second Row: Noel Benoit, Frances Henderson. £usan Nicholson, Janet Sledge, Janie Jahnke, Carmen Narcolli, Janie Hopkins, Merrill Scar borough, Dori Wafer, Pam Morrison. Third Row: Valerie Morelock, Pam Brown, Becky Gueas, Susan Murdock, Debbie Lomax, Pam Mclntosh, Eula Jane Norton, Claire Shaw, Libby Lagersen, Susan Elkins. SENIOR PEP SQUAD: Front Row: Mary McBroom, Nancy Ogletree. Patricia Murphy, Gloria Campbell. Sccond Row: Sharon Griswold, Debbie Gower, Pat Massey, Mary Ann Tindol. Third Row: Betsy Roos, Marsha Robertson, Harriett Jenette, Denise Switzer. Fourth Row: Diane Crain, Becky Sims, Cindy Gibson, Mary Daniell Long. Fifth Row: Cynthia Lindenmayer, Susan Ebarb, Kathleen McBride, Mary Terrill.

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STINGERETTES Sponsored JUNIOR PEP SQUAD: Front Row: Ann Bryaon, Betsy Vogel, Jane Sullivan, Debbie Price, Anne Butcher, Laura Walton, Babs Boykin, Karen Homza, Patti Mullenix, Debbie Slack, Julie Weimar. Second Row: Trudy Turner, Shirley Jacques, Elizabeth Eglin, March King, Donna Lawrence, Diane Smith. Pat Gordey, Susan Hiers, Becky Palmer, Lynn Hardey. Third Row: Judy Hinkie, Dana Lawrence, Betsy Gresham, June Hunsicker, Janet Fowler, Teri Thompson, Susan Fleming, Ellen Evans. Well-worn was the grass of the sum- mer practice field as marchers worked three and a half hours a day for six weeks in preparation for the coming school year. It was a steaming afternoon in July. A group of girls attired in everything from blue jean shorts to haircurlers and covered with dust from head to toe dragged themselves across the practice field and wondered how they would ever last through the coming six weeks of heat, dirt, and sun. Summer practice had begun, and the 138 girls forming the Byrd Stingerettes had launched a year filled w ith joy, agony, exploding energy, and total exhaustion. They faced ten and a half months of devoting hours and energy to an important force of their life, Byrd High School. From that balmy afternoon forward, sacrifice be- came a law to each girl. Banners waited to be painted and hung to adorn the halls; posters, also made by the Stinger- ettes, were on the list of things to do. Each week several members trans- formed themselves into salesmen of Contentment and pride swelled within each Stingerette’a heart as she left the field, knowing that all her efforts were worthwhile. spirit tags which boosted morale for football and basketball games. Thursday mornings found the roof of the audito- rium raised by shouts of joy and songs of spirit to spur each athletic team to its peak of performance. Spectators at games saw the Pep Squad tum an ordinary football field into a stage on which a show of precision marching was masterfully performed. Selling C. E. Byrd sweatshirts and T-shirts was a project used to raise money, in addition to the annual fund-raising Carnival and Peep Show. The Pep Squad also spon- sored the first Spring Sports Day honor- ing all participants in baseball. track, golf, and tennis. This extraordinary group of juniors and seniors did more than merely carry out these many responsibilities; every girl put her heart into it, and, thus her efforts brought great reward in a sensation of true ful- fillment.

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DRUM CORPS Revised Constitution Front Row: Julia Minor, Rebel Brown, Janet Marvin, Judv Hardtner, Paula Sneed, Candy Pardue, Katie CrawWd. Srcond Row: Petesie Hadra, Ruth Pickens, Texas Tucker, Betty Shields, Jean Dover, Kay Coombs. Third Row: Ann Younker, Linda Collins, Candy Covington, Whittney Quinn. “Boutique” lookers crowded the small car- nival tent displaying creative gifts made by Pep Squad members. Rules aud regulations are a must for the smooth running of any organi- zation, and Pep Squad is no exception. The 1970 Drum Corps, well aware of this fact, saw a need for change and acted. The group of girls-along with Mrs. Sallie Moody, Pep Squad sponsor- put their heads together and came up with an entirely revised constitution. Everything was covered from qualifica- tions to duties of officers, and the 1969-1970 school year proved the value of their efforts. From fall per- formances to Go West Day to the Football Breakfast to the annual Spring Pep Squad Banquet, coopera- tion and unity prevailed. Experience came to each member, and her love for Byrd became cemented into her heart and memory, never to be re- moved. Her two years of Pep Squad had brought her friendship, self- disipline, a sense of pride, and an un- mistakable air of self-confidence. Two years of giving, two years of happiness, two years of pain-and at the end of these two years of intense living girls with eyes wet and blurred by tears looked ahead ... ahead to a life in which their knowledge would aid them in every new situation. Drum Corps members anticipated excite- ment as they loaded drums, clothes, and lunches on buses headed for “foreign’ soil. wii Front Row: Nancv Creamer. Carolyn Nelson, Helen Rosenkrans, Joyce Hollinesworth, Mar- tha Kurz, Gayle Dodson. Elaine Shipp. Sccond Row: Judy Cohen. Sharon C tes, Rn sary Callaway, Becky Hall. Janet Gammill. Adrienne Poss. Third Row: Barbara Williams, Kathy Fryer, Dianne Parks, Ginger Fortson, Deborah Betts. 28