Holy Family High School - Spires Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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AND CDUR QUEEN WAS CRCDWNED The evening was November 6. The object of much practice and preparation was at hand. As the stadium hushed, a frosty wind swept over the crowd, and the whistle blew, signifying the end of the second quarter of play between the Kelly Comets and the Cascia Hall Commandos. Forming the word Kelley and a goal post, the pep squad began the first Kelley football Coronation. Attendants were then escorted on to the field and took their place awaiting the entrance of her majesty, Eleanor of the House of Mead, and her maid of honor. Stepping from her car, the queen was given a warm cheer of welcome from the excited crowd. Surrounded by her subjects, in a shower of red and white, the queen received her crown from the Kelley football co-captain, Jim Naylor. The evening following was equally festive. In a flurry of stars and scallops of crepe paper, the guests danced to the music of Ken Miller and his orchestra. Wearing a floor length gown of white lace and carrying an arm bouquet of deep red roses, queen Eleanor receives her crown from escort Jim Naylor. Our gracious maid of honor, Joeleen Helms, smiles happily as Gary Nestle escorts her toward the center of the field where the crown- ing is about to take place,

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ACT! ITIE on study as Although scholastic life naturally centers such, activities of other kinds provide an opportunity for group cooperation, individual achievement, and social relaxation. One may see, for example, as the big Homecoming Game ap- proaches, ladders being pushed from spot to spot, tables strewn with bright paper and shiny pins g from the playgroud area one may hear the sounds of shuffling feet as students practice for a coming youth parade. There are the gatherings of the students to observe the Advent Wreath ceremonies, and the solemn but eager procession of seniors advancing to havetheir class rings ' b of laughter and voices remind one blessed. Music and the uzz that another Friday night dance is in progress. And so one some reli- could continue, naming one activity after another, gious, some purely social. In that, school life of 1960 differs much from that of 1920, the year in which Holy Family moved into the building it now occupies. Social activities were confined strictly to thehome where small parties permitted the studentsto mingle in an out- of -school atmosphere. One senior play performed annually at the - -' t Sand Springs Park for the Grand Opera l-louse, a yeaily ti ip o ' ' -' d the sum total of Outside school D101 activities at Holy Family. External dissimilarities, however, must change with changing times. In the spirit that animates today's activities there still sparks the same enthusiasm, which livened l92OHoly Family Hiyfers. And, after all, it's the spirit that counts, for ich lives on when externals die. uc, really comprise it's the spirit wh

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Linda Miller and Mary Mudd, junior attendants, loo k confident as they step to match the pace of their escorts, Johnny Rich and C1arkMcCabe. The freshmen attendants, Gerri Anthamatten and Tracey Roach , look as lovely as the older at- tendants and are as graceful. They are escorted at the cor- onation ceremonies by Gary Peschka and Gary Stewart. Senior attendants, Carolyn Da- vey and Io Ella Parnell, add a sparkle of regality to the cere- mony as Ronnie Bundy and Richard Timme escort them onto the field before the crowning. Seemingly enjoying their walk onto the field are DodieO'Brien and Judy Rush, sophomore attend- ants. Their escorts are Joe Zizzi and Dennis Preston.