Cooper High School - Talisman Yearbook (Abilene, TX)

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Kcrzlify as Spirit Rides Hzyhf PENNY, YOU BETTER NOT TRY THOSE STAIRS . . ,Penny Casey, Dale Harper, and Danny Haddox decorate The gym- Cougars clawed Their way To vicTory and gained admiraTion as spiriT rose To a grand peak. Never before in The hisTory of Cooper has The spiriT been so greaT. The vic- Tory flag became a common sighT in pep rallies and on Monday mornings a.TTer The garnes. The Traditional Coop gained a real counTerparT wiTh The arrival oT Cooper's new mascoT, The Cougar. Always presenT aT ball games and pep rallies, The cheerleaders ancl The siren squad boosfed spiriT. ThaT greaT spiriT always prevailed, noT only in victory, buT also in defeat Cougars express their deepest sympaThy for San Angelo Cheerleaders generate excitement at a Cooper pep rally.

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-1 War of fha 60ugar Kccomcs l W. The victory flag becomes a symbol of Cooper's successes. WE WANT THE BELL! . . ,Cooper students chant and show their claws in hopes of a victory. Football players, Larry Billingsley and Mitch Robertson enter the gym at the start of a pep rally. 22 CHARGE! . . .Coop makes his traditional entrance to start the pep rally.

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diaper kcjaices at Hrs! J-lamecamiug Wctorg HOMECOMING QUEEN OF T966 Miss Lindo Wingfield is escorTed off The field by Joe Blandford offer beina crowned Homecoming Queen of Cooper Hiah School. Homecoming Queen nominees Take Their place in The pep-rally. The nominees are Mel- anie MonTgomery, Lindo Wingfield, and Susan Adams. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THE DISTRICT FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS COULD AFFORD A BUS TO TAKE THEM TO THE BALLGAME. Happiness is obvious as The football boys geT in The mood for The Homecoming TilT. Homecoming This year honored Cooper's firsT graduaiing class. Fri- day m o r n i n g aT The pep-rally, Cooper's firsT Coming Home Queen was announced. Chosen was Mrs. Mike Thornell, The fornier Elaine WalTer, a member of The firsT gradu- aTion class aT Cooper. The acTiviTies began on Thursday nighi wiTh a march down Sayles Blvd. and a pep-rally on The Mc- Murry campus. Friday morning aT The pep-rally The Three nominees for Homecoming Queen were presenfed. They were Linda Wingfield, Melanie MonT- gomery, and Susan Adams. AfTer The pep-rally a Tea sponsored by The STudenT Council, was held To honor all exes presenT. AT The game ThaT nighf, red and blue balloons were released afTer Cooper's first Touchdown. AT halffime Linda Wingfield was nameol Home- coming Queen of 1966. This Homecoming game will be long remembered because The Cooper Cougars won The game by The largesT score Cooper had ever made, 42 To 28. A T fy., S l . . , -. .3 . K 7 'eggs . g. ,y1y,,f 1,f . . i kj if , My . 1 ,, 1 . S W. is . li, f ' H 5 , V 5 5f5 if T ,si - ,AH T L1, f .' L Sie' ' 3.1. , c'tX? , uv,,'?g?A . A , T vs1n.'.,.Qf.fFf1esef2f' ' The cheerleaders had Their balloons aT hand for The first Touchdown when They could let Them go.