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

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You know, since I met you l can't eat, drink or sleep. Why? Cause l'm broke! Little cracks like these, determined by few to be classi- fied as jokes, were floating from mouth to mouth all dur- ing the week of February 6-12. How did they come up with these classic lines? Probably from the vast number of jokes thrown at them during Monday's Sadie Hawkins assembly. Sadie Hawkins week began as a super sonic boom of laughter from each studyhall period, due to the some- times ridiculous jokes and always the incredible outfits. Who were these brave soldiers of humor who stood shak- ily staged before their peers? Until that week' they had been known as Joe, Cindy Bob, etc., but for those five days, each Mr. and Nls. -Dog- patch contestant was known as Lil Abner Snuffy Smith and Daisy Mae On Friday of that especially zany week two of the many contestants were crowned Mr and Ms To claim these titles a week of money raising from friends and relatives constituted votes lt wasn t until Friday after all the races were over that Mr and Ms Dogpatch were announced and all club points were tallied 1 rx- , l'fr wait up Debbie lmai yells out as the other tnke riders pull ahead in the tnke races 2 lglve up Mr O D Baker says as the WI other trike racers go ahead kqmexa. went The bear goes on as Timothy Hubbard plays the drums during the Sadie Haw kins day races You re in My Way Baron Teagu to Photographer James Knigge before he finishes the boys trike races E tai scidie howl-:ins day 47

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L 1 Noses Ready? J J Gonzales Joe Cort: nas Tommy Glass and Victor Hernandez get ready for the egg roll L L L 4-0 says oerore ne starts nn me reacners' trike races, determined to win. lm Wmmng' Coach says to Mr Jere Galloway just fmlshes sack races ,.,-.A,...-.,..-s .4 Help, Thoma Bueno he huts the floor durin Q lthe boys' sack races. 46 sadie hawkins day

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.92 L wl- -I-I 3 48 sadie hawkins day lt usually happens sometime in February Men start exercising caution when they walk about Girls start speeding up their paces Anyone from the hills of Arkan sas can explain the strange phenomenon that s going on it s Sadie Hawkins time Some people get confused when Sadie Hawkins Day comes around because they re not sure of what it is The strange OJ practice of girls running after guys in hopes of catching and marrying them began In Dogpatch Arkan sas from the Al Capp comic strip Lil Abner The char acters In this newspaper serial were all hlllbillles sporting ragged clothes straw hats and other necessities of coun try life like lugs of moonshine and corn cob pipes One of the female hillbillies Sadie Hawkins was extremely ugly and therefore could neve attract a suitable mate She became so desperate that she chased after all the men in Dogpatch until she caught a husband MacArthur students have been practicing this moun tain tradition for about eight years Each year the festivl ties are furthered by the races sponsored by the publica tions department Costumes get zanler girls run faster and boys sometimes run slower A few of the original cus toms have been altered by the sophistication of MacA rthur hillbillies Today girls arent as desperate as Sadie Hawkins so the boys usually get away with just a :ss Frank Agular sf- 1 The Party Gang. , 7 Teresa Sowell Jamie Wilkerson and ' ' David Parrish sit and enioy the last few minutes of the Sadie Hawkins races. The worst was over. The Grddy up coral Contestants man aged to go home after wit y broken ankles but breath were out of It s index finger up Ms Deborah Sterling prepares for the eggroll in behalf of the Drill Team Concentrate. In preparation for eggroll Mr. Jere Galloway looks ahea the finish line . . . way way across e gym. . 'Q 9 1 ,, t .. .qw t