Irving High School - Lair Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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Funny feeling, this fuzzy stuff. Lorenzo johns feels his newly grown whiskers. Actually, he tells Mike English and Joe Ferguson these are for my masquerade on the Homecoming float. Shirt-Tail Day Brings Shirts, Blue Jeans Out Friday 13th was Shirt-Tail day at IHS this year, but no black cats pierced the scene as lrvingites donned traditional blue jeans and over-sized white shirts. IHS-ers, moving through the halls, stopped friends with sign me requests while even teachers joined the crowd to autograph students, shirts. This event is held annually before the Irving-Grand Prairie football game and is the only day when girls are al- lowed to wear tornboy outfits to school. You don't say, chatters Peggy Darby in a cool outfit. Yes, that's the good word points out Mr. Clod- felter as Carol Mills autographs his shirt. On the left Jimmy Beekel laughs at the funny joke. 26

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Frank Miller can't quite see that cotton candy is worth all the trouble. Rena Cottrell tries to con- vince him of its merits While Pam Frazier and Robert Wood wade right into their sticky treat. l'Hey, thats my hot dog ejaculates Ronnie Harding to his friend Kenneth Smith. Alan Pinter, Larry Pistole and Danny Eubacher fproud owner of a teddy bearj eye the delicacy hungrily. A sidewalk sundae is just what my hungry stomach needs, says Io Ann Hoffman. She was one of the many IHS-ers who took in the glories of the State Fair of Texas on High School Day. 25

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Mrs. Tommye Lou Hodgkiss adds final festoons to the Spanish Club extravaganza. Sherry Roach, John Thompson, Fred Stovall and Charles Parks watch her efforts. Homecoming Is Success Oh, for some sleep, moaned bleary-eyed students who, after work- ing during the early hours of the morn' ing on homecoming floats, rushed home to attempt some homework before school started. IHS'ers, slaving to the bones, produced beautiful floats bear- ing major themes of historical events. Half-time activities at the homecoming game found Iwo Jima, ICT float placing first, with junior float The -ioth Day coming in second and sen- ior float Montezuma placing third. Posters, ticket sales and class floats only were available for points, with the high pointers' candidate winning the coveted crown. Junior DeLinda LePori won the queen title while princesses Linda Gra- ham and Suzanne Morgan were runner- ups. I The last strokes! After long hours of exhausting work. This paste just won't come off, mutters Connie Mea- Mickey Usrey and Diane Savage complete second place junior dows. She was one of the many sophomores who worked on float, The 40th Day. their float. 27