H M King High School - El Toro Yearbook (Kingsville, TX)

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Pic 4: Mary Lou Alfaro dresses as her favorite childhood doll, Raggedy Ann. Pic 5: ‘‘And she burned in the hearts of all who watched.’’ Pic 6: Pam Hees is escorted off the football field by her father. Pic 7: ‘‘lam your substitute teacher for today. Your regular teacher will return tomorrow.’’ Homecoming Events 13

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Spirit Peaks During Homecoming Homecoming was marked by a rer Pas 3 = A a ae number of changes this year. gf ae ae ; . . € - Voting for Homecoming Queen was —” done before school, during lunch, and after school. Students voted in the snack bar area. Fach organi- zation as well as the senior class nominated a queen candidate The five finalist were announced on the front page of the school newspaper. The five finalist were: Annie Alvarado, Pam Hees, Shenae Lewis, Esmeralda Ramirez and Dana Wilson. Pam Hees” was crowned Homecoming Queen dur- ing halftime ceremonies Nov. 2 When it was announced that the fire marshall would not issue a permit for the annual bon-fire because of disruptions at the pre- vious year’s bon-fire, Student Cabi- net came up with a solution to the problem. A twenty-foot ‘’B’’ was constructed by the metal trades class, wrapped with combustable material by members of the senior class, and was burned in place of the bon-fire Many contests were held during the busy week. The car decorating contest was won by Peter Torres; the bill board contest by DECA; the hall decorating by the seniors and the spirit chain contest by the juniors. The float contest was won by the Art Club. Members of the 1929 Brahma football team participated in the Homecoming Parade, and were honored during the pep rally and game Friday night. A dance followed the Homecom- ing Game at the Golden Palace. ‘Blue Harmony’’ provided the entertainment. A poll conducted by the Student Cabinet determined that the student body felt Home- coming was a great success. Pic 1: Riding an old time model A in the Homecoming parade, two of the 1929 H.M. King High football players smile with excitement. Pic 2: The always bright and colorful H.M. King High band adds to the growing Homecoming spirit with their music. Pic 3: A few of the King’s Ladies are caught in the excitement of Homecoming. 12 Homecoming Events

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Practice Meet Held Here Pic 1: Cathy Gorakhpurwalla pauses before returning to work with the tournament. Pic 2: Judges for the journalism, part of the tournament, looks over submitted work. Pic 3: Tournament director, Joe Goode and Scott Davidson, prepare for the day’s events. 14 Practice Meet U.I.L. It was Saturday, November 17th. It was H. M. King’s 2nd Forensics tournament and 1st Journalism and Math one. The tournament was a success even though there was no electricity for about two hours. Twelve schools showed up for the practice meet. In speech, Tuloso Midway took 1st place sweepstakes. Carroll swept the journalism events, while Edinburg won in slide rule and number sense competition. Thanks to King High, surrounding schools had a chance to practice for U.I.L. competition.