Lees McRae College - Ontaroga Yearbook (Banner Elk, NC)

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John Robert Bell, guest speaker fall Athletic Banquet; Jeff Bridges, outstanding offensive player award; Clarence DelForge, sportsmanship award; Frankie Walker, team Most Valuable Player; Neal Musser, outstanding defensive player; Coach Cole Proctor. Bridges signed with VPI, Musser with N.C. State, Frankie Walker, James Madison University, DelForge, WCU. •i ■ David Swaringen Honorable Mention All-WCJCC Morris Thompson Second Team All-WCJCC All- 211

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ATHLETIC HONORS At right, Jeff Bridges, outstanding offensive lineman for the Lees- McRae Bobcats, was named to the second team National Junior College Athletic Association All-American list Below, Rick Crosby, noseguard and defensive tackle, was named to the honorable men- tion list. Rick Crosby Honorable Mention NJCAA All-American Ron Doersam — Most Valuable Player; Coastal Conference North-South All-Star Game Jeff Bridges — Second Team; NJCAA All- American « f : a • v, t m £ ' ML) M ' . j 03 Br COASTAL CONFERENCE ALL-STAR GAME; ALL-REGION X, NJCAA. Bobcat gridders who played for the South All-Stars Included: Jeff Bridges (70), offensive tackle, first team, All-Region, All-Star game; Joe Curro (33), fullback, honorable mention. Region X, All-Star game; Wayne Dalton (22). halfback. All-Star game; Neal Musser (56). linebacker, first team, All-Region, All- Star game; Randy Hackworth (77). defensive tackle, All-Star game; Rick Crosby (75), defensive tackle. All-Region, first team, All-Star game; Tim Lucas (24), safety, honorable mention, All- Region. All-Star game; Paul Penlston (15). punter, first team, All-Region, All-Star game; Ron Doersam (48). defensvle end. All-Star game. Freshmen were not eligible for the All-Star game played December 2 In Johnson City, TN but five were named to the All-Region X, NJCAA list: Willie McDonald (92), defensive end, honorable mention; Stan Watson (46), defensive back, honorable mention; Paul Zdanek (29), wide receiver, first team; Frank Brown (73), offensive tackle, first team; Doug Hubbard (78). tackle, first team. 210 All-

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Each year Lees-McRae offers a list of special programs through convocations for the entertainment and enlightenment of the student body. This year ' s college programs included: The Reverend Mr. Wayne West, or- dained interdenominational minister sponsored by the LMC Christian Fellowship; Diary of Adam and Eve presented by the Alpha-Omega Players; Mr. Mike Broome of Words and Action Enterprises of Boone; Timmy Carter and the LMC Cloggers; Dr. Cortez Cooper, senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tenn., and a guest lecturer for the Staley Dis- tinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Series; Pocono Boy Singers; Ron Shanin and his Travel and Adventure Series films; The Bridge , a Christian band involved in full-time ministry; At the Paradise, a musical comedy presented by the LMC Department of Performing Arts; Dr. Angus R. Shaw, minister, First Presbyterian Church, Johnson City, Tenn., and a member of the LMC Board of Trustees; Frederic Storaska, founder and president of the National Organization for the Prevention of Rape Assault; Lt. Clebe McClary, Vietnam hero, author, and founder of the Clebe McClary Evangelistic Association; Bill Agle, recording artist and LMC alumnus; Mac Frampton, pianist and LMC Advisor; Dennis Aqajanian, of the Western Carolina Billy Graham Crusade; The Choir , a one-act play presented by the Lees-McRae drama students; The Reverend Robert T. Young, minister to Duke University and guest lecturer for the Staley Dis- tinguished Christian Scholar Lecture Series; The Music Man, presented by the Blue Ridge Community Theater; The Wonderful World of Mr. Fingers, featuring Mr. Irv Weiner; Moore Moore, Nashville-based husband and wife concert duo; Einstein — The Man, a highly enter- taining educational theatrical presentation offered by the Energy Education Division of Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa; the East Tennessee State University Singers; the movie, The Night of the Living Dead. Dr. Manford Gutzke, professor emeritus of Columbia Seminary; David Cosson, LMC alumnus, and band entitled A Touch of Grass, and Dr. Raymond E. Schultz, Professor of Higher Education, Un- iversity of Arizona. I