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

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The French Club raised money all year to go on a trip to New Orleans. One project was making mini-nums. Randy Lucas helps to put on the glitter. Raymond Barrett, junior, climbs a cliff on the outdoor education trip. O87 SENIORS 2 1

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Thornburg-Tuggle Onl 16 tour Washington Band takes trip to Durango Fine Arts Festival Flight 248 into Washington from Dallas-Fort Worth now preparing to land. Many groups decided to take trips for some purpose or another. Some for competition, class related travel. One such group for seeing historical sites was the government classes. Fifteen seniors and one junior went on the annual government trip to Washington, D.C. The group left with Mrs. Jo Pennington and Mr. Pat Pruitt on May 4 and were gone for a total of four travel days. The flew American Airlines from DXFW and landed at Washington National Airport. The trip cost 3489, which included bus, transportation, and meals. To help lower the cost students sold candy, cork boards, and strawberry items. Those who sold merchandise got credit toward their own cost. The group stayed at the Ramada Inn in Alexandria, Virginia. For three days they had their own tour bus and driver for transporta- tion. On the agenda was the capitol, Supreme Court, Ford's Theatre, and the FBI Building. Also the Smithsonians were toured. Items such as the first ladies' gowns, George Washington's uniforms, Bell's telephone and Whitney's cot- ton gin were viewed. At the Arlington National Cemetery Mona Shaw and Neal Quimby laid a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Besides Washington the government trip usually includes a short trip to another city or historical site. The group was going to Philadelphia, but there had to be 20 for a tour bus and money and time would not permit such a trip. The trip is hard because we are nonstop the whole time. We considered this when deciding to go somewhere else, Mrs. Penn- ington commented. The band also went on an excursion to Durango, Colorado. Their purpose was to com- pete nationally in the Durango Fine Arts Festival. They flew to Albuquerque and took chartered buses into Colorado. The Tammaron Resort in the San Juan Mountains housed the band for the four dayfthree night trip. Funds for the trip came from various fundraising pro- jects and private donations. The mornings were used for rehearsals and competition. Afternoons and evenings were spent doing numerous outdoor activities. Some went mountain climbing, bicycling, swimming, snow tubing, playing tennis, or shopping. Others relaxed in the jacuzzi bath or hot tub. The ski slopes were closed. In competition the symphonic band earned straight division I ratings and were rewarded a large trophy for best in classf' The concert band also won straight division I ratings. If I had written a script in advance for the trip, things could not have gone smoother, Mr. Dee Tucker, band director, saidl David Thornburg Deanna Thornburg Clifford Tice Sheila Tillerey David Tobey Kenny Todd Tracy Tomerlin Ed Trayford Mary Trimble Carla Tuggle SENIORS

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Good ole days going, going, gone Accustomed to reading the summary in- stead of the entire chapter, being friends with a teacher in a class of twenty eight, and using fantastic excuses for being late? Well, several students sacrificed those high school privileges, when they took their first college courses. For the second year, Tarrant County Junior College offered Freshman History and English classes to high school students. The college classes provide time for you to get some of the credits for college over with, Melanie Nowell, senior, said. Both classes should have met at the high school on alternate days, but due to a mix up with TCJC, the classes were offered at the same time and on the same days, but at different locations. This posed a problem for the students tak- ing the English course, because the classes started at 2:40 and if they had a fifth period, they got out of school at 2:30 and had only ten minutes to drive to TCJC, park, and get to class. High school and college students are the same. It's the settings and environments that make the classes different,'l stated Mrs. Ann Bastable, TCJC history instructor. The history class started out with eight enrolled, but by midsemester only three re- mained. The English course, taught by Cuyler Etherege, consisted of 29 students from Grapevine, Richland, and Haltom. In addition to college courses, one of the most important preparations to those who An Air Force representative answers questions from Bill Wines and Kenneth Sharp, seniors, at College Day. Tara Schooler, senior, takes notes during the college history class. Tuition for these classes was 525. QS SenSe nf1wS9 9'f' College day, classes ready seniors wished to pursue further education was col- lege planning. Seniors tried to get an idea of where to attend college during their junior Year- However, the final decision was not Often made until the last semester of their senior year. In preparing for college, students filled out and sent entrance exams, admission ap- plications, and transcripts to prospective col- leges to meet the numerous deadlines. During December, major colleges and junior colleges from all over Texas took part in the Third Annual College Day at Wiley G. Thomas Coliseum. Representatives from 56 out of the 60 colleges invited answered questions and gave out brochures telling about their colleges. Between 250 and 300 seniors signed up to participate in College Day. Several junior English classes also attended. College Day definitely makes students more aware that college time is near, Senior Counselor Mrs. Libby Conant, stated, lt gives those who have not really been in- terested some encouragement. There were only three or four colleges I was interested in. They helped though, because they told things about their school l didn't know, Debbie Barnes, senior commented. 'lCollege Day is helpful but it could be better if the representatives were ii separate rooms and had more 'one on one contact, stated Kennilyn Poole, senior.l r E ff-sr... -M ms... ,,-o--- '3- .'- A -1... M 'N A 3. sxglwe ... -S .AK , . W.. ,...,,, , W gint' Aykk -. tru., .,,,, ,wg SEN IORS