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

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27 Organizations name Homecoming nominees King Student Council upheld tradi- tion by presenting the Fourth Annual Homecoming amid a great deal of pomp and ceremony. Mums for the game were sold by the cheerleaders the week before the game. Alumni came in large numbers to see the Mustangs defeat the Miller Bucs 17-0. During half-time ceremo- nies 27 Homecoming Queen Nomi- nees were presented with their escorts. Patti Bazan was crowned 1972 Homecoming Queen and Debbie Bradshaw was selected from among four nominees as Football Sweetheart by the team. After the game, there was a dance at the school cafetorium. It was decorated to the theme of Cartcxjn Hall of Fame and music was by Stormy Weather.

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Nixon wins in school-wide straw vote if Ik.- 1 « 1 BR 1 iLf ttKW PR! ■ - » A great deal of excitement centered around the November elections as Presidential nominee George McGovern made a whistle-stop in Corpus while campaigning for the 1972 election. The government classes held a straw vote, the results of which were in close comparison to those of the national elections. Rich- ard Nixon was re-elected President, Dolph Briscoe was elected governor, and John Tower was re-elected to the U.S. Senate. Football season came to a close in a big way with the King-Ray game. The week before the game was full of activities with Spirit Week, which was won by the juniors, drill team finishing scrapbooks for the football players, and senior girls making cakes, working on the traditional Green Machine, and decorating the football players ' houses. The end of the football season was followed closely by the first basketball game. King winning over Bay City 56-51. As Thanksgiving neared, the choir made plans for their Turkey Dinner, and 30 students from the various Spanish classes visited Mexico City during the holidays. 1. Cutting from one side of Buc Stadium to the otlier is one of the privileges enjoyed by David Brown and Sheri7 Feazell while selling football programs. 2. Senior class members dec- orate in hopes of winning Spirit Week compe- tition. 3- Harry Hamilton. Mike Morris, Dean Conwell, and David Hunt impatiently await time to dress out for the first basketball game. 4. Poll officials, Jeff Grey, James Keeling, and Tom Jones check Scott Miller off the voting registration list. 5. Senior girls run the tradi- tional Green Machine as juniors look on. 6. Decorating a football player ' s house is not as easy as it seems according to Val Johnson and Joanne Yates.