Flora High School - Falcon Yearbook (Columbia, SC)

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Mr. Brasington instructs the JETS Club's members. First Row: Margaret Seay, Rhett Tindall, Billy Bridgers, Mike Byorick, Mr. Brasington. Second Row: Cheryl Hartley, Clint McCrory, Mac Coble, Bill Pitts, Kenneth Shull, Chris Nuckols. Third Row: Tom Brock, Cheryl Parsons, Therese Toussaint, Keith Belser, Randy Barre, David Detwiler. Fourth Row: Susan King, Amy Henderson, Reed Bames, Jack Heath, Vincent Holloman. Fifth Row: Gene Simpson, Jeff Abrams, Honey Kropp, Larry Mauldin, George Little. Sixth Row: Bill Crown, Sam Jeter, Cheryl McCoy, Abby McMurray, Ginger Hill. Seoenth Row: Ricky Durlach, Phil Law, Peggy DeHamer, Judy F ischrnan. Absent when Picture was Made: Ron Barrett, Don Bushman, Jincy Davis, Judy Hawkins, Cynthia Holl, Nancy Jervey, Mary Jones, Doug King, Jamie Stone, Bill McWilliams, Theresa Mattox. lets Members Institute I K. Blum Gbservator The Junior Engineering Technical Society, composed of fifty selected students, sponsors vari- ous projects, programs, and field trips throughout the year to promote interest in the fields of sci- ence and mathematics. Many such activities are financed by the proceeds from the Ice Cream Snack Bar which JETS members operate during lunch periods. During the school year 1963-64, the club's most important contribution to the school has been the planning and building of the school observatory which houses the 12V2-inch telescope constructed by the Telescope committee. The Falcon observatory was begun by the astronomy class composed of JETS Club members. Pictured are Vincent Holloman, Wesley Harris, Jamie Stone, Mr. Brasington, Sponsor, Sam Jeter, Clint McCrory, Mike Byorick, Randy Barre, and Don Bushman. Doug King, Vice-President, Margaret Seay, Secretary, Mr. Brasington, Sponsor, Mike Byorick, Treasurer, and Clint McCrory, President, greet Dr. Layton, Head of the Chemistry Department at the University of South Carolina.

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Q wr Departing for a speech tournament are the NFL members who have obtained their Degree of Honor. They are: Dickie Sturkie, Sandra Dawkins, Kay Smith, Bill Todd, Allen Jeffcoat, Judy Hawkins, Carrington Salley, Mr. Preston Musgrove, Sponsor, Jeff Abrams, and Linda Denny. George Graab, Ginger Hill, Iayne Glass, and Stephen Levkoff were absent when the picture was made. first place, and best ailirmative team in the South Carolina Debate Contest-enabling them to at- tend the National Speech Tournament at Akron, Ohio in June, Mary Giles, second best speaker at Emory and first place speaker in South Carolina, Bobby and Tommy Salane, first place negative in the South Carolina Debate Contest and tied for second place speaker. In the State Speech Contests, superior ratings were Won by Patty Ienkins in dramatics, Luana Floyd in extemporary, and Stephen Savitz in declamation. Mrs. M. G. Lupold, the Flora Debate Coach, was acknowledged as a superior coach and was given a gold key symbolizing her achievement. Mark Archer, Tommy Salane, Mrs. R. C. Gilbert, Sponsor, Luana Floyd, Naomi Abrams, Bill Rosvold, Bobby Salane, and Ricky Patterson look at the scrapbooks of Florais Forensic League activities. All have obtained the Degree of Excellence in NFL work. Three members of the NFL hold the Degree of Distinc- tion. These three, Steve Savitz, Mary Giles, and Mac Coble, with Mrs. M. G. Lupold, Sponsor, add the trophies they won to the others won in previous years.

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Mr. Blum and Mr. Williams of Columbia University, guest speaker, join in an experiment with the members and sponsors of the Scientific Club of America. They are: Caroline Jordan, Laird McMurray, Lee McAden, Steven Gardner, Harvey Helman, Bill Wall, Bob Schuster, john Tilley, Allen Ielfcoat, Don Tomlin, Philip Bushman, Dana Mitchell, Mr. Brasington, Sponsor, I. R. Fussell, Ioe Walters, Bill Benson, Mr. Williams, Mr. Blum, and Mr. Stokes, Sponsor. Flora tudents Excel ln Scientific Achievements Cynthia Holl won a trip to Wash- ington, D. C., to present her research paper, The Laboratory Induction of Vesical Calculi in the Mus Norvegicus Albinusf, to a youth science congress. Seen here with Cynthia in Washington is Mrs. Tweed, who accompanied her. Ricky Durlach shows his project on Hydrofoils at a national science exhibition in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For this project he won a trip aboard a Naval submarine. IO5 Sam Jeter was selected as a repre- sentative to Youth Conference on the Atomf' Shown with Sam as he leaves for Chicago are Mr. Low- man, representative from the power company which sponsored the trip, and Mr. Brasington, who attended the conference with Sam.