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

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HALLOWEEN - THANKSGIVING Dracula observes volleyball game Witclies, Dracula and Frankenstein appeared Halloween night at the carnival sponsored by the Future Teachers of America Club for the children ofthe community. Game booths, set up that afternoon in the counselors' hall by FTA members, offered children a chance to win prizes by throwing darts, tossing a basketball, or jumping rope. There were also booths to bob for apples or to paint faces. Local businesses provided small toys used as prizes, money, cups and popcorn for refreshments. A country store sold cookies, cakes, jewelry, dishes and other donated items. An animal-walk with stuffed animals as prizes, a cake-walk, and cartoons shown in the cafeteria added extra entertainment. The turnout, approximately 550, proved the carnival a success. Four days previous to the carnival, Drama Club members attended the girls' volleyball game at- tired in their Halloween get-ups, which ranged from a circus clown, really junior Dawn Skelton, to Dawn Skelton, to Betsy Ross, portrayed by senior Cyndi King. When the volleyball games were over, drama students escorted team members to the cafeteria and hosted a Halloween party for them. Refreshments included a carmel-corn tomb- stone, black and orange colored cupcakes, and a ghastly green punch. Coach Teresa Price, who dressed, axe in hand, as Candice Montgomery, won the award for the most original costume. During school Halloween day, witches and warlocks roamed the halls, entering certain classrooms and bestowing chilling kisses on un- suspecting victims. All that week, students paid Student Council members 25 cents to have their friends kissed by a witch or warlock. The SC Halloween Committee initiated this activity. Thanksgiving was another of the fall holidays that different groups recognized. Future Business Leaders of America collected canned foods and turkey to give to a needy fami- ly. The food was divided up and part was given to a woman who attended Friendly Lane Baptist Church. The rest was presented to a retired employee of Haltom. For Mrs. Polly Moffatt, school secretary, and her husband, Pat, this was a difficult time. Their house burned and everything they owned was destroyed, but students and teachers anxious to join in the Thanksgiving spirit relieved some of their troubles by giving money, food, clothes and household goods to the Moffatts. The week before Thanksgiving holidays, students purchased turkeygrams for 75 cents. The turkeygrams, carrying a variety of messages, were delivered during homeroom November 26. The junior Reserve Officer Training Corps sponsored a turkey-shoot November 17-21. Three shots with a .22 caliber pellet rifle cost 75 cents. The turkey was nothing more than a target range. junior Rob Stewart won first prize and receiv- ed a real turkey. The second place winner, junior David Thornburg, and the third place winner, sophomorejames Miller, also received turkeys. Christmas, marking the end of the fall season and the beginning of a new year, was by far the most celebrated holiday. Student Council chose the Tandy Ice Rink as the site of their Christmas party. December 15. The rink was rented for the afternoon, and due to the low number of people who showed up, SC lost money on the project. FBLA members, in- vited by SC, outnumbered council members, ac- cording to junior Carrie Nobles. That same evening, newspaper and yearbook staffs attended the journalism party at Mrs. jen- nifer Tomlinsons house, later progressing to another location. At Mrs. Tomlinson's, staffers feasted on a din- ner of baked ham, green beans. yams. homemade bread, salads. After everyones appetite was sufficiently sup- pressed, the party moved to junior Kim Allen's house. RUTC sponsored a ham-shoot similar to the turkey-shoot. lfive shots cost 31. Rob Stewart, winner of the turkey-shoot, won the first prize. a ten pound ham. Senior David Key placed second and junior Sterling Jennings placed third. They won a five pound and a three pound ham. FTA members took stuffed animals to the children at Cooks Childrens Ilospital. Also, they placed apples, candies, notes and small gifts in the teachers' boxes. Tears came to the eyes of many FBLA members when, after passing out gifts of hand- cream and socks, they were joined in singing Christmas carols by residents of Ifour Seasons Nursing llome on Glenview. M ft-I On Halloween Highsteppers initiate sophomore Shelley Dowdy. Wigs and red lipstick were in order. Witches, worlooks bestow chilling l-tisses on victims At the Rodeo Club party,junior Sheila Tillery and Tommy Sanderson dance. junior Brenda Kirkpatrick receives a tingling kiss from Senior Warlock Kirk Follis.

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PERSONAL RECREATION Weekends were made for having fun There are many different ways students spend their spare time recreating. Many stu- dents recreate at the area lakes water skiing or sun bathing, Some can't get away from the city asphalt basketball courts and others like to hit the go-cart track. I like to go swimming at the lake and ride motorcycles on weekends and attend my church's youth activities, Danny Lewis said. Others enjoy winter sports such as snow skiing or ice skating. I recreate at Will Rogers Coliseum on the ice rink skating or playing hockeyfjim Zim- mer said. Among other things female students like to go shopping, knit, sew, cook, and buy make-up to enhance their looks. Whatever particular brand of recreation - anything from strenuous heavy manual labor to sipping tea under the lilac bush - recrea- tion earns its merit as a habitual necessity by giving the brain matter a lapse from day-to- day hassles and homework. ' i f X ,, I A it . Sophomore Chris Feller aims for a wicket as he enjoys a game of croquet in his backyard. NN 2:3 f ' v 8. .. , . A 1 Allen Payne skis the expert slopes at Red River ski area in New Mexico. ...av gan 'I' 'H NN-,I 4 4 , Ma , f W ' V -we 'L LQ ' .f ia 1 Q. We ff 1 jamie Brooks and Garry Walling watch in awe as a cook prepares their food at thejapanese Palace.

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