Grayson College - Saga Yearbook (Denison, TX)

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s l l i l Mary lrou Duselc and Danna Phillips, SamoThrace Vice-President made a hearT Tor The Homecoming dance which had a Theme oT ValenTnnes. LaTer in The evening Mary Lou was crowned Homecoming Queen. DQ SamoThrac:e PromoTed Campus K N SpiriT SamoThrace was involved wiTh many communi- Ty and campus acTiviTies during The I97I-72 year. Some oT Their on campus acTiviTies in- cluded donaTing blood To The blood drive Tor AlberT Tocquigny, sponsoring and co-spon- soring many school dances, perTormed a slciT in The campus TalenT show Vahalla, enTered a candidaTe in The beauTy pageanT, helped boosT spiriT aT The baskeTball games, enTered a Team in The college bowl compeTiTion, and many oTher campus orienTed acTiviTies. Since The Business and ProTessional Women's Clubs oT Denison and Sherman were The naTional sponsors Tor The Grayson chapTer oT Sam- oThrace, The members worked closely on many civic-proiecTs. These proiecTs ranged Trom helping To build The ChrisTmas parade TloaTs To aTTending banqueTs and lecTures sponsored by These clubs To helping To sTarT a new chap- Ter oT SamoThrace aT AusTin College. HOKE During The I97l-72 baskeTball season, SamoThrace helped To boosf school spiriT by making signs To pro- moTe The Team. 187

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6 Samofhrace members for l97I-72 were: Fronf row, leff fo righf: Paf Hodge, JoAnn Ziegler, Cafhy Cook, Lisa Chessir, Paula Sav- age, and Nifa Hawkins. Cenfer row: sponsor, Frances Bailey, Linda Gay, Jan Wilson, Valana Nix, Becky Nunn, Mary Lou Dusek, Sharon Sfeedman. Sue Ann Nichols, and Carol Jones. Back row: sponsors Jaquifa Albin and Dorofhy Heffon, Joyce Sfevens, Julia Simon, Elizabefh McCullough, and Cyndi Langford. Samofhrace Moves Toward Communify lnvolvemenf Samofhrace is a nafional sororify open fo young col- lege women who demonsfrafe oufsfanding leadership and scholasfic abilifies. lf was sponsored by fhe Busi- ness and Professional Women's Clubs of Denison and Sherman. The officers for fhe 7l-72 year were: Paf Hodge, Presidenfq Danna Phillips, Vice-Presidenfq Fran Chesfer, Secrefary-Treasurer: and Tommie Sue Medlin, Reporfer-Hisforian. Danna Phillips, Samofhrace Vice-Presidenf, and Mark Wedding, APO member donafed blood fo fhe Wadley Blood Bank fo re- plenish whaf was borrowed for Alberf Tocquigny, former GCC sfudenf who became seriously ill affer an aufo accidenf.

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188 Members oT Sigma TheTa Epsilon are: lleTT To righTl Frank McNallie, Charlie Kirby, Elon Reynolds, Mike Miles, Ronnie Perry, Wilson Wynn, John Gurley, Larry Harden, Donnie Ford, Bennie Paddock, Ronnie Walker, BrenT PiTTman, Johny Bruce, Dr. Mack Broiles, sponsor. lback rowl Gib Davis, Bob Cummings, Bob Powell, Darrell Brooks, Jim Thomason. BrenT HunTer, Jim VandergriTT, Guy Hall, John Nall, Dickie Greene, Darrell Holcomb, Mike EoTT and John Walker. ZGE WesTern Week Winner Sigma TheTa Epsilon, wiTh The goal and purpose oT devoTion To developmenT of characTer and scholasTic leadership Through acTive parTicipaTion, proved To be a leader in I972 as overall winner oT WesTern Week. Sigma rounded up poinTs by having The winning queen, Marilyn Brown, and The winning sheriTT, Larry WinTers. Also in The winning caTegory was Bob Powell in The wheelbarrow race, Donny Ford and Tom Hardin in The egg Toss and Bill Blankenship in The quick draw conTesT. i l Sigma also placed TirsT in The greased pig conTesT, bicycle race, Tug oi war and The goaT sacking. Gib Davis. Sherman sophomore and a member oT Sigma 'l'heTa Epsilon, was one oT The Tive Sigma mem- bers who gave blood To The Wadley Blood Bank. The blood was used To replenish whaT was borrowed Trom The bank when AlberT Tocquigny, Tormer GCC sTudenT, became seriously ill aTTer an auTo accidenT.