Lamesa High School - Tornado Yearbook (Lamesa, TX)

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TORNADO, Lamesa, Texas 1975 23D Heritage Club Sponsor Black History Display ft (1) Heritage Club members LEFT TO RIGHT FRONT ROW INCLUDE: Ella Bolton, Nease Mitchell, Sherry Pennington, Paulette Price, Karen Jackson, Janet Conaway. SECOND ROW: Amy Archer, Greg Adams, Florene Edwards, Cheryl Mitchell, Kathleen Robinson, Nelda Williams, Doris Jackson, Lana Deary, Bobby Maxwell. THIRD ROW: Lenora Spencer, Mike Bizzell, Dana Moffatt, Refugio Moreno, Harriet Hill, Jerry Lewis, Lisa Jackson, Belinda Young. The Heritage Club sponsored a Black History Display in the student center portraying the history of Black People in America through the years. They also had a Heritage Club banquet where the members brought soul food and ate and danced to tapes and the juke box. Eddie Spencer and Karen Jackson were crowned King and Queen. Sammy Jefferson and Florene Edwards received the title of Cupid and Sweet- heart. The Heritage Club Officers are Sammy Jefferson, presi- dent; Lenora Spencer, Vice- president; Florene Edwards, secretary; Eddie Lee Spencer, treasurer; Karen Jackson, reporter; Belinda Young, girl social chairman; and Lester Smith, boy social chairman. Ms. Diane Wright is the sponsor.

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22D TORNADO, Lamcsa, Texas 1975 One-Act Play Places Third This year ' s One Act Play was Hcnrik Ibsen ' s DOLL ' S HOUSE . Appearing in the play were Rex Keese, Deby Walters, Joe Heath, Jackie Bell, Kenneth Wiley, and Anease Hale. The stage crew consisted of Boyd Beck, Billy Miller, and Dennis White. After five weeks of long hours of practice, a per- formance was given for the public Thursday night, April 3 . On the morning of April 4, DOLL ' S HOUSE was presented at a school as- sembly . The cast and stage crew left early Monday morning, April 7, for Sweetwater, where U . I . L . One Act Contest was held . After attending a scheduled rehearsal at Sweetwater High School, they stayed overnight in Sweetwater. The next day, Tuesday, April 8, after competing with Snyder, Sweetwater, Dunbar, Brown- field, Lakeview, and Esta- cado, Lamesa ranked third place and alternate, meriting their right to go to State, providing that one of the two winners were unable to com- pete. Joe Heath was chosen as an All Star Cast member for his role as Dr. Ra nk. Rex Keese, as Torvald, and Deby Wal- ters, as Nora, received Honorable Mentions. Jackie Bell , for her part as Chris- tine, was also an Honorable Mention recipient. The cast of DOLL ' S HOUSE presented their production for a nursing home during Nursing Home Week. This year, the Speech and Drama classes recorded the Senior salutes for Radio Station KPET. 1. DOLL ' S HOUSE cast. Deby Walters, Rex Keese, Jackie Bell, Joe Heath, Anease Hale, Kenneth Wiley. 2. A scene from DOLL ' S HOUSE with Rex Keese and Deby Walters. 3. Miss Turnbough helps Joe Heath apply theatrical make-up.

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24D, TORNADO, Lames.i, Texas, 1975 Leigh and Jenny Vie for Scholarship This year ' s NHS club con- sisted of 28 seniors and 20 juniors. Four of the seniors did outstanding in tests taken and might re- ceive scholarships. Marquita Ballew Candy Barrington Lee Barron Cathy Bizzell Tommy Corley Valerie Oopson Billy Dyer Will Ford Anease Hale George Hansard Becky Hogg Rusty Hughes Cynthia Huse Rex Keesc Ray Lauderdale Lynn Middleton Luke Norman Stan O ' Neil Jenny Orson Leigh Parsons Ronnie Seal Sam Smiley Maria Thomas Donlse Treadamay Jamie Vandiver Leigh Parsons and Jenny Orson are NHS scholarship applicants, they represent LHS ' s club membership. Sam Smiley and Candy Barrington are finalists in the PSAT National Merit Scholarship Tests. We wish to congratulate tliem in rep- resenting LHS so well. Stan W ildrop Dale Woods V»lda Woodward