Galena Park High School - Jacket Yearbook (Galena Park, TX)

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3 Nlembcrs Top row Shelby Broun lohnny Vloormin I C Sammons Jackie Durham 'Vliddlc row Frle Fxans ludv Hammond Rn Dcxxcv Bottom row Vlr S1m Nichols Gul VJitts XX unc lrisbx 'Nlr Robert Slndel GALENA PARK HOSTS SCIENCE FAIR The Science Club was organized in 1951 with the general purpose of arousing interest in scientific affairs among the members of the student body and to make a collection of scientific specimens for the laboratory museum It was sponsored by S H Nichols biology instductor who is also the present sponsor Field trips and collecting expeditions are made at irregular intervals but regular meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month of the school year The club is affiliated with the Texas Academy of Science and the National Science Club of America The annual Science Fair under the direction of Mr S H Nichols is held each spring Nlembcr ship is open to any member of the student body that is interestcd in things scientific 'SST'- QQ! Q., 0 'Q Mr Nichols matches as L C Sammons straightens A rock collc tion thej proj cr of lxartn Blevins before the Science lair begins lx rtn ha worked many hard hours on hcr project I -1. This year the highest honor given to any Science Club mem- ber. that of being called the Scientist of the Year. was given to Shelby Brown. He won this award by designing and building a radio telescope. pow- erful enough to receive the static of the stars. This was the first telescope of this type in the na- tion cver built bv an amateur. One of Cialena Parks students Exelwn Potchcrni k exhibits her project on the lungs at the S ience lair Nuch time and ffort ucnt into planning ind making S PYCUCLI n L e Vvater Schmidt hcrc slums his posters on thc hurt intl e parts of mc trt cow , S ' ' i- ff :few Y. , A A- I V I 5 O . c . ' f . I v . I r . . . l 3 ' . . . . . 7 . ,. i r ' .' ' ' 'c . , ' 4 ' ' c' 5 ' . X C 'risn iv 1 'e, 1. 'c' . 1 . 5' ' C X i si r - f u . .. , , T . 2 4 , . 9 . X . 0 l f' 1 ' .A ' . I Q' .. 'l e H , s ' , I I 0 ' 1 A ... ' . V r . I ' - fi f ' . thi. o th' hu . 3 A A V Q V n tri , N f ' vnu- ' ' - ' . ' 't . T . th. tl ' he. of J .214 eg' . ,Q f' l ' K H ' 'A x A xx, li 5 , '! 1. ,, .I - F ' . . . , A1 , fc . 1.1 Y

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Right: Looking bright and fresh in their blue and white checked uniforms. Leona Appel and Marie Compton help Mrs. Hicks straighten the rooms and serve the patients. Far right: One of the duties of the volunteers is to help in the X-ray Department. Here Mrs. Hicks shows Valerie Starratt how the X-ray machine works. ' Below: Club members: First row: Carol Barnes. Leona Appel. Linda Blasingame. Deloris VVarren. Ruth D'Ziggel. Carolyn McGinnis. Pat Graham. Mary Alice Foster. Lenora Norton, Joyce Strahan. and Pam XVaid Third row: Mrs. Jewel Hicks. Freda Davis. Beuna Roberts. Karen Johnson. Vice-President. Mary Gates. Sue Stacy. Secretary. Pat Asher. Treasurer, Valerie Starrattd President. Kalene Bean. and Reba Rock, Chaplin ' , f . . '7 i N s t l ta W- 4 it 1: 1 t 2 3 3 ..,-ma... if 'fx I L ' was A ..t. l uf' r FUTURE NURSES ORGANIZE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM An important proiect of the Future Nurses Club has been organi7ing the volunteer program at North Shore Hospital. Having been received with enthusiasm. this program will later be expanded to some of the other hospitals in the area. Top leftt Volunteers Nancv Sanford and Bar- bara Polk entertain a patient and give her a ride around the hospital. Top right: XYorking as floor hostesses Pam XK'ard and Carol Black help Mrs. E. D. McMurray on her daily rounds, S .,-3 ' 'c HCT, X The Future Nurses of America is a relatively new organization in Galena Park High School. lt was organibed in l957 by its present sponsor. Mrs. Jewel B. Hicks. the school nurse. and through her expert guidance, it has become a very active club, This organization provides a setting in which young people who are interested in nursing as a career can meet together to share their interest and to explore the oppor- tunities and requirements in the field. The Future Nurses Club has many activities throughout the vear. This year it sponsored the March of Dimes campaign in Galena Park High School. Visiting speakers tell of the different fields of medicine which the girls can enter. Also. members visit various hospitals throughout the vc.-ir, and during Nurse Career XVeek participate in the festivities at the hospitals. ln the spring they attend the annual convention of the Future Nurses of America in Galveston. The end of the school year provides excellent opportunities for the social life of the club. A candlelight service is held in the earlv spring when the members receive their pins. Later on a luncheon is held: finallv the girls have an outing in Galveston when th-ey tour John Sealv Hospital and then eniov an afternoon on the beach. Mrs. XX'anda Hughes. representative of the Pasadena Doctors' XX'ives Club aids Mrs, Hicks in sponsoring the club and helping with the various trips and socials. - '. 'c

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YOUNG MINDS EXPLORE INTELLECT . , SEEK REALISM . . . CONTEINIPLATE INFINITY The chess club is an organization for students interested in the game of chess. The club members have practice games every week and then enter in tournaments with other schools on every other Sunday. The Chess Club has won its fair share of these tournaments. Clockwise the members are: Judy Hammon, Erle Evans. Richard Hodges, Johnny Kuvlxendall, Judith Smith. Mr. Mock lsponsorm, Nlelvin XVheeler. Gail Vwlatts. -72' .oadfa ASTRONONIY CLUB The Astronomy Club was formed this year by a group of students interested in learning more about celestial bodies. Sponsor - Mr. I-larold Odom The members ofthe Astronomy Club which are left to right: Charles Merrill. Sandra Doug- lass. Shelby Brown, Richard I-lodges, and Charles Crouch. 1-Q3 .,x. CAMERA CLUB The Camera Club is an organization for camera own- ers who are interested in photography. Its m e m b e r s work toward developing an appreciation of good photog- raphy, developing high stand- ards in quality of photographic work, learning photographic processes. The use of good photographic equipment, and making a record of high school activities is stressed. Top Row: Janice Shirley. David Spradlin, Ereda Davis. Jean Bordovsky, Miss Purcell fsponsorl. Bottom Row: Anna Lee, Mar- tha Cavanaugh, Jerry Dean Ciore, James Brittain and Erle Evans.