King High School - Coronat Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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Personal Honor, Leadership Goals of NJROTC 1 Officers of the Corps wen- (first row 1-r): Inm.-s Wihon. KA ' S; Michael loseph. ICPO; Ernest Saenz, LT; WUliam Stewart. LCDR: George Dingier, LTJG; Garv Brown. F, , ; C.nr . vmiih. I S. .i mi.! r.iu I i ) i ,„„i„;i„,||.r G. H. Knight. Lieutenant H. W. Swearingen. (Fir. t r..w 1-r): l„iur,ii,, llim.-. |l.,u.l M,,ni (-..,,,,111 row 1-r) Enri.iue Parade ,, William Me er. t;i-orge Delgailo, i.onnie i, I h.i.l l ' .,n,M,l. Hurt Knddock, Ronidd Summers, Leon Maick, Jaek lilystone, Guy Foster; (tliird row 1-r) Lee Postel, Charles Hartwiek, David Birt, Blake Boatman. Wdliam Smidi, Steven Paul, Ronald Larson, Kenneth Brockemian, WUliam Pittaway, Don Kindler;( fourth row 1-r) Stephan Markam, Kenneth Thomas, Wayne Anderson, Victor Medina, Phillip Hestler, Robert Hurley, Jeffei Poison, James Fields, Vernon Stephans, Michael Woods, Dymond Dempster. 60 Organizations

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Local Performances Highlight Orchestra ' s Year The Richard King High School Orches- tra was made up of 18 talented students. These students are from the King band and area junior high schools. Students of the orchestra must be of good moral character and capable of co- operating with the group as a whole. They receive largely ensemble training during class and individual help outside of school hours. They are prepared for college and sym- phonic performances. The year was packed with many activi- ties for the orchestra. All members of the orchestra performed in the Festival Orches- tra at the Grand Concert for the American String Teachers Association Orchestra Festi- val held at Del Mar in April. The group participated in the UlL Orchestra Competi- tion in May. The King High students w!io were Youth Symphony members performed at a three day festival. They also performed for the King High School Spring Music Department Concert. This year Miss Starlee A. Driscoll, who taught orchestra at King and at local junior high schools, along with President Cody Smithers, Vice-president Carl Penland, and Secretary-treasurer Sharon Smith, kept the orchestra going all year long. Right: Sharon Smith and Carl Penland spend a session practicing their music m order to perform periectly. Orchestra Club members were (clockwise); Kathe Sharon Smith, Carrie Gray, Cody Smitliers. nbaum, Jamey Gray, Susan Williams, Elizabeth Nicholson. Christy Sugars, Carl Penland. (Not pichired): Organizations 59

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The men of tlie NJROTC are men proud of tfieir ( ountn . [ i.-pld n,t David Woods. Earl CoUms. Rick Causev. Eduard MorL-ee-. (l-r) Jox-ph kaliii, This year started out with a fiehl trip for the 91 members of the Richard King Navv Junior Officer ' s Training Corps. Lead this year by Cmdr. G. L. Knight and Lt. H.W. Swearingen, the .NJROTC went to the Nava] Air Station for a flight in a naval craft. Some of the men saw the small arms firing rani e, while others saw the . .4S LINK Training Department and VT 29. The group had also planned a trip to NASA in Houston. -Another trip was planned to observe carrier operations at sea abroad an air craft carrier. Through high academic standing, their leadership ability, and a certain attitude, seven members of the NJROTC reached the rank of officer. These students were William Stewart, LCDR; George Dingier, LTJG; Michael Joseph, MCPO; Ernest Saenz, LT; James Wilson, ENS; Gary Brown, ENS: and George Smith, ENS. With music furnished by a Navy Combo, almost 250 couples representing the NJROTC from five local high schools attended the .Naval Ball on February 1.3 at the Officer ' s Club, NAS. The objectives of the NJROTC were to develop within each student certain habits and abilities. The first of these abilities was to learn orderliness and precision and respect for constituted authority. While becoming patriotic, the members of the Corps also developed a high degree of personal honor, self reliance, and leadership. Knowledge of the United States Navy surface ships, .sub- marines, and aircraft was acquired and mem- bers were also instructed in elementary militan skills. R nnie Tn f n V K ° ' - ' V v? ' Tu ' ' V ' ' . ' ' ' An,l,nger, .Vhchael Grey, Tommy Brooks, Raybum Britt. Mark Bimham. Dav.d Harwick, Rr kTReiH P . 7h L ' vennore, George Moore: (third row l-r James Culberson, Nicklas Ciochetto. Mark Curtis, George Games, Robert Bracey, Jerral Martin olv d Cr . h h RM Tw u , ' n 1 IJW (fourth row l-r, Walter Harris, Michael Dearing. Greg Schauer. Charles Halbert, Roman Paredez Ralph Patm David Grassbaugh, BUly Fitzgerald, J,m Davis, Juan Elephante: (fifth row Lr) Oscar Palacios, Corky Cardona. Dirk Spence. Greg Smith: ( ixth row l-r) Darrol Organizatioris 61