Climax High School - Eagle Yearbook (Chatham, VA)

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UB BETA CL a u; FIRST ROW: Mrs. Pearl Berger, Sponsor;RobertGunne11, Treasurer; Gloria Anderson, Vice-President; Obie James Minter, President; Lois Finney, Secretary; Faye Quarles, Reporter; Sandra Anderson, Parliamentarian. SECOND ROW: James Bills; Wallace Shelton; Martha Ann George; Sandra Munson; Betty Shelton; Gladys Bowen; Ramona Walker; Charlotte J acobs; Faye George. gay Leadership, character, and achievement, qualities qualifying a student for Beta Club Mem- bership, lay the foundation for a promising and rewarding future. The programs and projects through whichthese qualities are exerted by the members can be found in the Beta objectives for 1963-64. These objectiveswere: to sponsor the White Christmas program, to publish the school paper, to sponsor a school Talent Contest, to sponsor an act in the Talent Contest at the Beta Convention, and to sponsor a Donkey Basketball Game. With the help of our sponsor, Mrs. Berger, the Beta Club's last year has been a most re- warding and successful one. Mrs. Pearl Berger, Obie Minter, Sponsor President 34

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S.C.A. HIGHLIGHTS u: m m w m This picture shows the S.C.A. installing new of- ficers last spring. The oldpresident, Lois Bowen, is installing the new president, Gayle Neal. As one of its pro- jects, the S.C.A. sponsors Miss Climax . Here Virginia Watson is crowned Miss Climax of 1964 by Mr. Littlejohn at the Christmas Party. Ascene from the annual S.C.A. Christmas Dance shows Mrs. Blair, our sponsor, with two members, Gayle Neal and Sandra m u wmw w J Anderson. It was the only semi-formal school dance of the year. and enjoyed wide SUCCESS. 33 t . IN MEMORY An S.C.A.project for the year was taking care of the main bulletin board. This board, fixed soon after President Kennedy's death, is an example of our work. After being crowned, Virginia and her escort, E. J. David, dem- onstrate the art of dancing. Another S.C.A. project was selling ice-cream at lunch as shown here by J ohnny Turner and R2.- mona Walker.

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Lastyear's Beta President, Mildred Thornton, turned over the office to Obie James Minter, the new presi- dent. -LET US LEAD BY SERVING OTHERS in The Eagle-Aire Staff, led by Faye Quarles, Editor, worked hard to get the paper out on time. Gladys Bowen, Ramona Walker, Faye Quarles, Gloria Anderson, Sandra Munson, and Willie Watson are shown getting one of the many interesting editions ready. The Beta Club sponsored a Donkey Bas- ketball Game in November. Although there were not many scores made, the audience seemed to enjoy the game. This donkey just does not seem to want to go where his rider wants to. The game turned out to be test of will between man and beast. One of our projects was to sponsor the White Christmas , Program. We sent seven boxes to needy families. President Obie James Minter presented Mrs. Berger with a Christmas present from the Beta Club.