Hicks High School - Pirate Yearbook (Hicks, LA)

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Pirate Staff SENIORS Edmond Spurgeon Asst. Editor James LaCaze Editor Sylva Wilbanks Business Mgr. Dianne Dykes Feature Editor 4 JUNIORS Jimmy Monk Dianne Causey Anne Goleman Naomi Monk Cariotta Davis SOPHOMORE Annette Carruth

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today the 1966 Pirate is dedicated and to the Students of yesterday

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H.H.S. Principal The students of Hicks High School are proud to have Mr. W. L. Bennett, Jr. as principal. His knowledge of the needs of education and his guidance in the growth of the school are acknowledged and appreciated by each student and local citizen. Before coming to H. H. S. as principal, Mr. Bennett taught general science and biology and coached basketball in the Leesville High School. He assisted with the football and track teams until 1962. His first year as a teacher was at the Hornbeck High School, 1951-52. Mr. Bennett, an active member of the First Baptist Church, Leesville; Jr. Chamber of Commerce; Civitan Club; Vernon Parish Teachers Assoc.; and LTA, has served as VPTA president, Vernon Parish delegate to L.T.A. and a member of the State Teacher Welfare Committee, LTA and of the State Public Relations Committee, LTA. At present he is Chairman, Vernon District of the Boy Scouts of America; Maintenance Officer, 225th Engr. Grp., La. National Guard; and Director, Vernon Parish Sheriffs Baseball Association. He works each year with the Lions Club on the annual Basketball Jam- boree. Mr. Bennett obtained his BS degree from Louisiana College, ME degree from Stephen F. Austin State College and has done post graduate work at Southern Methodist University and University of Southwest Louisiana. When Mr. Bennett became principal, the Hicks High School gained two additional supporters in Mrs. Bennett and Leland. Mr. Bennett, Mrs. Bennett and Leland are indeed an asset to the school and community.