Choctaw High School - Faces of the Future Yearbook (Choctaw, OK)

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y. Q sf? AA Gene Meek and Sharon McKesson add 'final iouches 'fo 'lheir seciions. 3 4'9','- .ge Receiving ihe yearbook award 'From Mr. Ellis during 'Phe Awards Assembly was Sherri Moore, a fhree year ediior. EPARATION of high school and iunior high s+ar+ed a new frend ai' Chociaw, when 'For ihe 'Firsi' iime an all-highschool yearbook was published. Experience was gained from drawing layouis, proporiioning picfures, and wri+ing copy. Siudenfs a'Hended yearbook conferences a+ Norman, Sfillwaier, Miami, and Weaiherford. Yearbook class consisfed of Sherri Moore, ediior, Brenda Cham- pion, Marsha Cyphers, Caihy DeRonda, Beverly Hobbs, Sharon Mc- Kasson, Gene Meek, Connie Mohr, Arihur PaHerson, Sue Praier, Janice Smiih, Beri' Segraves, Donna Sfraily, Pairicia Sirange, Becky Ward, and Loreiia Wolf. Phofographers were Ken Hoffman, Roberi Riggs, Jerry Sparks, and Jim Weems.

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i Wm. ,JK -ff ' 15155 x Jim Weems, yearbook plroiographer, prepares +o prini pic+ures. Sherri Moore demons'rrafes how fo crop picrures lo Donna Sfraily sraff mem ber. '67 YELLOW JACKET SPORTS Becky Ward comes fo +l1e rescue of Mr. Ellis affer he was hir in +l're 'Face wifh a pie following fl1e yearbook queen race. Looking on are Berr Segraves and Sherri Moore. ll Ae r i i

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ECHO CHIEVES Tammy Richardson, Ediior of fhe Echo, and Sandy Mc- Spadden, above, worked long, hard hours afler school fo ge? 'rhe paper ou+ on +ime. Keeping busy was nof a problem fora wrifers, below, Wanda Carson, Ruby Williams, copy edilor, Sandy Vaughl, and no+ piclured Myrna Miller as lhey +urned ou+ +he copy for +he prize winning publicafion. Wah Awards from Miami's Press Day were displayed, above, for fhe college's pholographer by Mr. Ellis, Sandy McSpadden, college paper edilor, and Tammy Richardson. Danny Boyle, be- low, spor'fs ediior, received one of ihe awards af Miami in behalf of fhe sfaff. Spor+s wrifing was iudged as a second. 1 proved +o be a memorable year for fhe Choc+aw Echo as 'ihe paper swepf 'rop newspaper honors in all compe+i'rion - enlered. A+ +he Norrheasfern A 81 M Press Day fhe paper won firsf places in pholography, edilorials and fealure wrifing, and second places in sporls and news wrifings, and caplured +he Bes+ All-Round Newspaper +i+le which was 'lhe highesl' honor awarded. NEO press day was no+ 'lhe only highlighf of 'rhe year, Oklahoma ln+erscholas+ic Press Associa+ion newspaper cri+ical service rafecl fhe Echo Wi+h Highes+ Honors! Chocfaw was one of only 'Three schools which received 'ihis honor for a page in a local paper. The sfaff and pho+ographers aHended 'Four press days. These press days, held af Oklahoma Universify, Oklahoma S+a+e Universi+y and Nor+heasl'ern A8cM, furnished sessions fo help lhe classes in 'lhe pro- duclion of 'rheir newspaper, annual, and picfures. The s+aff worked wi+h +he sfaff of +he Oklahoma Counly Herald in Jones since +he Echo was published weekly in +he Herald. Unlike pasr years when The Echo consisled of only one page, +his Year's slaff prepared a +wo-page spread in +he Herald, Using proceeds from Echo sales 'rhe news and pho+ography sraff 'rraveled +o Ada where 'rhey enjoyed a nigh+ our bowling and a dinner of barbecue. 74