Haltom High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Haltom City, TX)

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL Running onto the court Debbie Barnes, U4-4. joins starters Anderson, 1145, Porter, 325, and Christy Angle, U51 minutes before they clash with Richland. Poised teamwork left the Rebels with a 58-Z8 defeat. Scanning the court for a open teammate, Ander- son, 1145, closed district with 28 total steals. My f' . . Point guard, Porter, U25 pumps up mo against -A Richland while averaging tw o steals a KLQAIIIC. w- 'f' ,L A fa 1- P 1-2 We I Q P .2 - L 4 ' N Q Tarrant County Sophomore of the Year, Joanna Hooker. 1755 lifts up a jump shot against Richland. GIRLS' BASKETBALL district S vx ins. losses HHS OPP. -IU. el' Lamar ill. 52 52, 511 Sam Houston -15, SU 58, 54 Rirqhlantl 28, 58 319. -ll lltwxit- -15, 50 46. -19 Arlington SH, 51 5'. 51 Burleson 55. 56 115

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GIRLS' BASKETBALL 99 T' ' . 'H f1'. . I f mf' g,.. ... Mi. Q..- y r ,Wise 'ral 25W 1 G i l' f ie, ..., t JW Q 2 Out of Burleson Elks reach 5 foot, I0 inch Barnes, 1144 pulls down a total 43 district rebounds. a fffii . lll lll ,s .,,, e. Cranking up for a free throw, Porter, 1123, adds to her 48 percent average. Ibistricr During a 52-45 loss to the Sam Houston Texans Barnes, 344, takes one last gulp before the buzzer. - ff :L K 4,1 . K Bending into shape 'We set out to be u tough competitor' by Christy Angle By Christy Angle District was a series of stepping stones to improvement for the girls basketball team. 'l'he roundballers season was full oflclose, in- tense. up and down competition, After beginning the season with two disappointing losses to Lamar and Sam llouston the team came together against Richland to chalk up their first district win, Defeating Richland instilled in the team a sense of confidence to build on as they closed district with a 5-7 record. A big step for the team was merging the boys and girls money making projects. and joining girls with the boys basketball team booster program. Clip Off' Clubl This allowa ed recognition and a little prestige that had been lacking in past teams. Candles. candy. and candy dishes were fund raising items that made possible a basketball banquet and video machine. Video taping the games helps me con- siderably. It helps me see adjustments the players need on the floor. Coach Der- ryberry explained, Derryberry set his goals for the team one step at a time. lfirst. beat Richland. Second. win the second half' of season. As l watched the team improve. I had confidence that they could win it. I was disappointed when we didnt play to our potential. Derryberry said. Having only seven players, the team con- fronted constant pressure nor to foul-out. Bowie and Arlington were two games plagued with foul trouble. Though there were negative points to having a small team. one positive point was the teams unity. The players progressed all together, They are doing more things defensively and offen- sively, and molding into a class A team. District had a special ending for Carol Porter. Debbie Barnes. and Kathy Anderson who were named All-District honorable mention, llooker sophomore was picked for first team and named Rookie ofthe Year. Although the Buffs' fell short of their goals they stampeded out of' District trampling over Arlington and Burleson.

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HOME ECONOMICS Homemakers stud birth defects Prevention and Cause thrust ofcourse Of all the classes tuaght here. homemaking really prepares its students for life outside of school. llomeinaking classes were separated into seven divisions - Homemaking I. ll. Ill. Home Man- agement, Ilome Furnishings, Consumer Aware- ness and Home and Family l,iving. Iiach of these classes had some separate activi- ties and some group projects, The homemaking year began during june. Besides the group project. a three day nursery for the children of the adults in the homemaking class, each student took on their own individual. project. For example. one boy decided to paint his house. He priced paints. brushes, and other materials needed and reported them to his class. Many girls. Mrs. Billye Sommermeyer. homemaking teacher said, took advantage of the situation to buy some clothes and even make their own. Cooking was also popular. By preparing so many meals a week and trying out new recipes, requirements could be fulfilled. A girl. who had her own child, used the class to study a childs growth stages. food and clothing. She needed to learn how to make the mother- child relationship work. We helped. Mrs. Som- mermeyer said. The lloinernaking l. ll and lll classes' main study was the cause and prevention of birth defects. The classes worked with Iiarly Child- hood. a group of retarded children at Birdville lflementary School. They sponsored a Halloween party and an liaster egg hunt for the kids. Another activity was the visitation to a nursing home on special occasions. They went on special occasions only because with all their activities they didnt have time to go every month as they did last year. according to Mrs. Sommermeyer. lloinemakers also babysat during the monthly Parent-Teacher Association meetings. They also cooked all the food for and served the faculty at the teacher breakfast during Ifuture llomemakers Week in April. Tickets were sold for the side of beef given away at Christmas by the Industrial Cooperative Training Class. When the construction trades classes remod- eled a house. the Home Furnishing class picked out the carpet, interior colors, flooring. The Consumer Awareness Class had quite a few activities, They took field trips to grocery stores to compare prices and do a Shoppers Survey' on shopping habits. They also brought in quite a few speakers. Mrjames Turner. a loan officer at llaltom City State Bank, spoke on budget. savings and investment. Mrs. Sally Trotter, from North- east National Bank spoke on banking in general. Mr? Carroll Prier, from Eirst Texas Savings. spoke on loans and credit checks. Ile went through everything that is checked before a loan can be granted. lt was a real eye- opener. Mrs. Sommermeyer said. Mr. Ilarry Graves from the credit union also spoke on credit. Insurance policies were covered by Mr. Paul Sandstrom from Southwestern Life. Mr. Marvin Reed, biology teacher, sent the homernaking department slides of food bacteria while they were studying food safety. The Ilome and Family classes were also active. A Mary Kay cosmetic representative showed the students how to rake care oftheir skin. Alcoholism and drug abuse were discussed with Mrs. Val l.apicha from the Tarrant County Drug Abuse and Alcoholism Center. Mr. Davey Northcutt gave advice on pre-inari- tal counseling. Mr. Northcutt isa counselor at St. Pauls Presbyterian Church. Two girls from the Iidna Ciladney llome came and talked about adoption and the programs at the home. lt was mostly promotional. Mrs, Sommer- meyer said. A program on child abuse was presented by Mrs. l.ynn jackson from the Center of Human Resources. The bridal registry at Cox's was about the only field trip that the Home and Family Living classes took. Mrs. jane Edwards, a Cox's executive, answered the students' questions about picking and registering silver and china patterns. Reverend Dewaine Greene, pastor of Birdville Baptist Church, spoke on marriage fulfillment. The field trips that the Home and lfamily Liv- ing took were trips to Cloth World and the Cot- ton Shop, They learned about types of fabric and how to select them. I used to use swatches. but you really couldnt tell anything, and field trips are more fun, Mrs. Sommermeyer said. The Home Economics Cooperative Education group was for students who have a job related to home economicsjobs dealing with food service, child care. fashion merchandising and elementary teachers' aides were included. The purpose of IlIZCli is to help the students give a good inter- view. learn banking. computing taxes. and gener- ally learn how to be a better employee. The child care group went on Mondays and XX'ednesdays to the elementary schools to be teachers' aides. They spent other class time iuak- ing things they needed for their teaching days and studying child growth and development. lfuture llomemakers of America was the club for homemaking students. lf a student was in homemaking. she was automatically in lfIlA. but unless she was a paying member. she could only go on the on-campus field trips. Faculty members Mrsjeanie Fisher, Mrs. Cindy Edwards, Mrs. Delores Webb, and Mrs. Tommye Hall converse over their breakfast prepared bythe Home Economics classes during Future Homemakers of America Week in April. ci i r a fv- -- have nw