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

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SPIRIT SALES Sales boost spirit The year was 1980, the place was Haltom High School, a salesman's mystical paradise where each and every individual tried to seduce the other, to hypnotize their fellow students with emotional paraphenalia. They transformed their friends into massive orange and black hulks with assorted spirit raising devices hung in a menagerie upon their bod- ies. Students were thrown into a twilight zone where the sale of spirit was a major issue. A typical day passing down the hall might have sounded something like this, Pssst. Come over here. I'll tell ya' what I'm gonna' do. This is the one and only day that I'll sell va' a beat the Rebels spirit ribbon and a Buff spirit cup for only 554.49. Don't listen to him. Come over here and I'll sell ya' all of those plus a monogrammed candle and a Burn Dixie t-shirt for only 36.69 So it was, day in and day out. By mid- November the reverberating sounds of sales pitches were phenomenal. But to the salesman it was a different story. While wandering aimlessly about the lunchroom, one day, an eager salesman spied a girl that looked feeble and helpless enough to have no choice as to whether or not to buy his product. Forcefully he sidestepped his way over to her table and asked pleas- antly if she would like to buy a buffalo can- R 52153: 0 The spirit and vitality of Haltom High are expressed in this display of Buff memorabilia, namely, a Buff hat, pins, football ribbons, and a Homecoming mum. dle that was promised to light up her life. She promptly asked him to get out of her face. In a calm enough state he went on to ask the other girls at the table if they would like to buy one, when, out of the blue, the first girl flew out of her chair and attacked him. No severe damage was incurred, but some loss of pride resulted. Needless to say, spirit selling was a hazardous job. Spirit raising through sales helped the school a great deal. The act of selling moti- vated the students to become involved in school activities. Students like Steve Mylius, Student Council parliamentarian, and Terri Riehl, Student Council vice-president, spent a great deal oftime promoting the school for Student Council. They sold items such as pompons, cups, ribbons, and bumper stick- ers, the profits of which went to support the i i l . . there was nothing quite like twirling a spirit towel, or better yet, selling the spirit towels for people to twirl. production Power Play , to buy a Christmas tree, to support Polly Moffat, secretary, when her house tragically burned, etc. In summation, there was nothing quite like twirling a spirit towel, or better yet, sell- ing the spirit towels for people to twirl. X, Steve Mylius sells FBLA promotion leftovers in Trash and Treasures flea market. - l ' S' if .

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BOOSTER CLUBS Athletes helped by work of parents Through the efforts of the booster club . . . the worm is turned, so to speak. james Rowe, Haltom-lr. freshman, videotapes basketball game. Booster Club funded videotape machine. Booster clubs are . . an intricate part of the overall sports program, said Carroll Brents, President of the Tip-off Club. According to john Dickerson, basketball coach, this is the first year that girls' basket- ball has been supported by the club. Approx- imately 55,500 was raised by selling candles at Christmas and by selling game programs. The proceeds went to pay for the basketball banquet and to buy various pieces of equip- ment, including a tossback machine. The Buff Band Friends, headed by Mona Brown, president, earned approximately 511,500 through magazine sales, Christmas ornament sales, proceeds from concerts, and earnings from a spaghetti dinner. The money raised benefitted both the high school and junior high students by defraying the cost of private lessons, partially paying for summer camps for Drum Majors, the Flag Corps, and the Drum Corps. The funds also paid the entry fees for contests and supported the sixth grade award program. The Quarterback Club, under the direc- tion of Don Lemaster, president, raised 53,000 through the sales of keychains, sta- dium cushions, game programs, ticket fees for the spring game, and by receiving one third of the earnings of the concession stands. The proceeds were used to buy cheerleader jackets, a communications sys- tem, and to pay for the football banquet. The gymnastics booster club, though not headed by a governing body, is directed by Roland Rangel, gymnastics coach. They earned approximately S800 by selling candy. holding a flea market, charging a gate fee during contests, and having a concession stand. The funds were used to buy uniforms and hand grips. gn, Q. xx 9, f LE A. Peggy Britt, Cindy Pemberton, Steve Mylius, and Kim Brusky support Buffs at Quarterback Club sponsored community pep rally.