Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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L .E X C 44 sadie hawkins Caught one. Denise Lewis holds on to her I grand catch Larry Gonzales on Sadie Hawknns Day Sadie Hawkins IS always one of the rowdlest days of the year Everyone dresses up In their Hlllbllly clothes and make belleve freckles Some people even dressed up as vegetables or ammals This year the real fun started on Frlday durlng seventh period when the Sadie Hawkins races began Hlllbully contestants from all clubs and organuzatuons were eager to start the races Some were ln the trlcycle race and others were In the sack or egg roll races The gym was marked off Into 28 lanes so that everyone could have a talr chance The trlcycle race was first Each contestant lined up slttlng on their trncycles and anxiously wanting for the starting gun to be fired Accordlng to regulation the trlcycles were not to be any hlgher than 24 Inches Many people had a cramped rude to the other side of the gym Next came the sack race Most lumped hop ped ran or some trled anything else they could ln burlap sacks for a dlstance of 75 feet A lot of the racers bombed out at the beginning and others fought untll the end The egg roll was the flnal race of the day The contestants were to roll a hard bolled egg to the half way polnt of the gym Farrah Ruby Khalaf Laura Grlmsmger wmnlng of a Trophy ln an an thelr 0.4 F3095 Ye Haw' Gary Stlnet accepts the Mr Dogpatch award along wnth Mxss Dog patch Norma Corpus Hawkins Day dance We really move our wheels for you Jua qurn Tnstan Davld Flcklung Danny Hall Kevm Adams and Jason Page compete ln the annual Sadue Hawklns Day Trxke Just push here Hal says pumpkun Val erle Edgar wnnner of Best Female cos tume at the Senate sponsored Sadle - - ' . No, .A I d , - , - . . , ' , . in i ii., I .F . . . NN 1 Ca X . V ,b L ,f . 'lr .A M' I I ' . . ' ' . I I ,

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Charlie Chaplin, said the late French poet and movie producer Jean Coca teau, is God's immortal gift to us poor mortal souls. Most movie goers reacted in much the same way after hearing of the silent film star and one-time British music hall performer who became a legend in his own time. His death on Christmas Day did nothing to dim the luster of the legend. Exit the Little Tramp. Groucho Marx was part of a brother act that kept audiences holding their sides from laughter for years. But the Marx Brothers ended their act for good in 1949, In 1961, Harpo died with Chico following three years later. Groucho's death on August 20, at the age of 86, made Gummo the only remaining Marx brother. With You Bet Your Life, a radioetelevision quiz show that began in ' '47 and lasted a decade, Groucho founded a new career for himself as a single. The program was at one time the highest rated TV show in country. His dry humor and insulting manner kept audiences inter ested and attracted contestants. There was no money offered as a prize, only being cut down by the master of insults and hearing his witty quips made the show attractive. Groucho was the master of the ad lib. He refused to follow the script of his plays and movies to the delight of his audiences. Groucho Marx was actually a moody man, those who knew him best said. They insisted that underneath his shrewd, fastvtalking exterior, he was thoughtful, shy and kind hearted. His long time friend and song writer, Harry Ruby, said, The guy doesn't mean to be insulting, it's an involuntary act with htm, like compulsion neu- rosisf' And to his son Arthur. Groucho was a sentimentalist, but he'd rather be found dead than have you know it. Groucho himself admitted that my trouble is that I don't like to let lust every- body get in a word edgewise, and can't stand anyone else having the last word. To make sure this wouldn't happen to him ultimately, he took the precaution of writing his epitaph in advance: l hope they buried me next to a straight man. x ' S I I 31 memories 43

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Eggm us on. Khalil Khalaf Juaquin Tris tan and Peter Caseras walt for the gun- ! shot to start off the egg-a-thon, One jump ahead. Teachers O, D. Baker Katherine Furhop Gwen Lowrey Lydia Tewart and Linda Boeger give it all they- ve got in the strenuous sac race. e Maw and Paw Jamie Wilkerson and Kim Halmark demonstrate how to catch a man on Sadie Hawkins Day. iq? ence close encounters of the gym floor as they put their noses into it W Chris Willerton arid David Fickling experl- U '77i5'Tffl5' ' ' - ' sodie hcwkins 45