Lon Morris College - Alexandra Yearbook (Jacksonville, TX)

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And this fghting tradition can be seen in the faces of the 1973 BEARCA TS and the 1 1973 BEA RKETTES

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iii- ' 1 'Y' ' 7 W W t ,,,. lt ,.,. 1 11 , M W Nl 1 W1 M 5' ' Ywlwl Q' QW, In 1953 Lon Morris basketball was much older but just as determined to win as they had always been. The - A 1953 team captured the State Championship by defeating .- . uf -v ,. p U A 'iii 1 ll N Navarro Junior College 96-'76, South Texas Junior Col- lege '79-60, and Howard Junior College 86-76. Lon Morris played its last football game in 1941 but not without living up to the standard which had been set by earlier teams. According to the 1941 Alexandra, the team was Unsuccessfu1 as games won, the primary pur- pose of a ball club, yet successful as far as playing good, hard, and clean football. 1948 saw the Lon Morris Basketball 1958 State Basketball ChamPi0n5 team again as the East Zone Junior Col- lege Conference Champs. The Athletic department was building an unbeatable reputation. Ten years later, 1958, Lon Morris again captured the State Cham- i J Nl M wk X ,mfr ll A , X .Ha pw-an XY u Q 1 V 3 I 1 - ' X 1 W p10I1Sl'1iP. KR , The year is 1962, the Coach is Leon X xy ' J 1 Blackg Jim Bob Smith and Jerry Wade are - Xl W' the captainsg and Lon Morris is a National ' 5' ' Finalist in basketball. - V - ,. , 5 1971 saw the Lon Morris Basketball J p Q p q 1' p rf' th W team as the runner-up for the East Zone I A J J 1 J A ' 1 l J 1 Championship. It's been a long hard 5 p p 1 Q I - JJ road from 1913 no 1971. The years have F vp Wwpl Ml: been stained by tears and bitter-defeats 1 llilil lllll 111111 5 ll l +11 tt fl and bflghfened bl' many Cl1aff1P10HSl1iPS- . ' But most importantly, the years have en- 1962 Nallonal Basketball Flnallst dowed Lon Morris with a fighting tradition to be proud of today. '1 ' ,J ' tw 'X ' A A A 2- . A , - f T1 ,ri l . 'Lvl - Q, L w , - iili 1' - . it 1 . nh M p J ,I p ,m ir . 1971 Basketbau 11.. ' ' J lllr J i t 1 irrii Lil 1 J' 1 :Q 1' ' ' ' ig rt ali , f ' f, I, . .- . A -.1 'I , ' X X W? ' Q' I tl 1 X ,V fillhu, ,, or 1 fs 1 if -A may e p X. ' 1 pr . A 1 'i Y KJ! 4 f 'X I lv li 7 I5

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FOFHJCF .S'fU6l'6I'lZLS l 6ZLLll'l'l CIS CZCLIZZDY l'l'l6l'l'lbel'S in il -Q mv'-H ' Wi Mrs. Hams ' Mrs. Phifer Mrs. Finis Harris 1973 1 P I 1973 1930 Mrs. Wilbur Phifer 1937 gifs-. ,...- .- - . .- 3 ' ll?- V, ., 3 , . -qfg ' I ' ' Mr. Walter Harris 1973 anon, Mr. Ronald Johnston 1973 Mr. Chuck Moore 1973 o r , X M' NFS 'TT' Mr. Harris 1952 .WWW 1 'Jr C Mr. Johnston 1959 My it W ... A , .X IV! 1 - .wmv Y . .4 Mr. Moore 196 7 2 777 F 1 Mrs. Snoke 1973 Mrs. Beulah Snoke 1948 A f A 5 7 Q' ' i s v- V WF ' my 2. I Qt 7 N,-x R. E. Burton 7 1957 5. P I .H -Q Y x Mr. Burton 1973 Lon Morris is both a difficult place to leave and a good place to receive one 's academic background as proved by the number of former students who have returned to Lon Morris as teachers. Their present jobs all make use of the skills they acquired at Lon Morris as students. Mrs. Harris was once a member of Phi Theta Kappa and today she sponsors the organization. Mrs. Phifer teaches English today, pos- sibly because s e enjoyed the English club as a student. Mr. Harris received on the job training as Business Manager as he once was Bus- iness Manager for the Alexandra. Mrs. Smoke once served as reporter for the Masque and Wig and now sponsors Forensics. Mr. Johnston received the Tower- Goodwin Award his freshman year and was Presi- dent of the Student Body. Today he sponsors the Sigmas. Mr. Burton was the editor of Alexandra and now sponsors it. Mr. Moore was Vice President of Phi Theta Kappa and today continues his scholastic endeavors.