Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Winter . . Multitude of Events Undaunted by Weather During the winter months, LHS students participated in varied activities. The band elected its traditional sweetheart, and home- making girls presented a style show. ln the cafeteria two new bookshelves were added to take the place of sagging tables. Seniors planned and performed in their yearly class assembly, which featured a western medicine wagon. Allow right, as Chris Merrit presents her with a bouquet of roses, the 1958-59 hand sweetheart, Nita Kirkpatrick. beams with happy surprise. Tam Bannister, an attendant, and Paul Nelson. Nita's escort, look on. One of the big events on the homemaking calendar this year was the .lanuary style show. Working on stage props, here are: sitting, Wyvonne Speck and Anita Paeeg middle row, Cinalou Hohnes, Shirley Mile, Susan Hobbs, and Lenne Whorton, top row, Ella Arendt, Susie Perkins, Nancy Gaines, Ann Wilhite, and Janelle Scott. 'iDr. Phideaux Shagnasky and his wonderful miracle drug, Elixir, made only of the purest hydrogen and oxygen, dominated the senior assembly Jan. 15. Here Carolyn Zachary, Ellen Hendrix, and ,lean Newsom, accompanied by Hank Hunt, entertain the D0c's iiCl1Sl0l1161'S.H New hookshelves installed in the cafeteria this fall sag under the Weight of students' books, as Shurlene Thorne, David Atkin- son, Michal Gentry, and Janelle Scott deposit, their burdens.

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Oct. 30 . . . hljubble, bubble, toil and trouble. But the toil is no trouble for the liomemaking 31 students who gave this party for children from the local orphanage. Witch Georgia Blair is serving dry ice punch as Mary Hope lltxtler and Carolyn Brown assure the youngsters Oct. 29 . . . Garments for the annual Y-Teen clothing drive are being stacked by members of Mrs. Ruby Lee Douglass homeroom. Packing the boxes are Charlotte Kizer, Shirley Storrs, Gordon llankins, Annette Cochran, and Fred Low. Sophomore homeroom 115 collected more than 1,000 pieces of clothing to tie with Miss Laurene Busseyis sophomore homeroom 102, which also had more than 1,000 pieces. the witchls brew is quite harmless. Fall . . . Multitude of Events Means Busy Times for All At the close of the autumn months, students kept up preparing for term themes, interviews, Iowa tests and a fast pace of parties, assemblies, and other school spon- poetry units. Activities which constituted a busy schedule sored events. Well into the second nine weeks, Western- for all. ers found a need to stay at home on the cold nights, Nov. 30 . . . Sleepiness overcomes Nthe familyll at the Thanks- giving assembly as the Westernaires sing l'Grandma's Thanks- giving. The sixth period plays class was in charge of the annual program. Members of the family are Barbara Atchinson, James West, ,lack Terry, Mignon Nickens, and Karen Zickefoose. Westernaires pictured are Fran Carroll, Brenda 0'l'lriant, Beverly Deering, Julia Hartley, Elaine Lindsey, Wilma Waggoner, Franklin Ashdown, Royce Graham, Billy Hickerd, Charles Valentine, Rus- sell Denison, Ben Robertson, and Cary Stephens. Nov. 8 . . . Watching Coach E. C. Leslie disappear into the depths at the Senior Carnival teacher dunk are ,loyce Vaught, Cecelia Powell, Ellen Hendrix, Gary Milburn, Coach Allen Holla- day, and .lerry Parsons. 'Fifi F 'WHL .J Ai JA E E525 , i 1 1

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Dec. 19 . . . An array of gay figures, representing 4'The Twelve Days of Christniasfl adorn the door of room 106, winner of the humorous prize in the Christmas door decoration contest. Dec. 19 . . . HO Come All Ye Faithful is caroled by a church choir on the door of room 201, winner of the religious sec- tion in the homeroom door decoration contest. plan. 16 .. . . Yea, Lubbock! Fans prepare to embark on this year's lone out-of-town basketball trlp to Plainview. Approximately 56 students attended the game. Winter . Christmas Season Provides Opportunities for lVlerrimer1t Christmas cheer flavoring the atmosphere at Lubbock High enriched the cold winter season. December was a busy month as stu- dents sought ideas and then adorned their homeroom doors to compete in the Student Council's annual Christmas door decorations contest. The plays classes combined to pre- pare the annual Christmas assembly. Several school-sponsored trips during the season took minds momentarily from thoughts of holidays and exams. One of these was to an out-of-town game in Plainview. Westerner Wcmrlcl and Wester'ner workers journeyed to the yearly Texas High School Press Associa- tion meet in Denton December 4-6, to dis- cuss newspaper and yearbook techniques and elect new state officers. A little later, mem- bers of Y-Teens and Hi-Y combined forces for a between-semester ski trip to the moun- tain country near Tres Ritos, New Mexico. w N.. , , ,4.....Y M ...,,-,,......M.,,, MMR