Lubbock High School - Westerner Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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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

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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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f ...W-ai., X. Jan. 24 . . . Traveling to Tree Ritos, N. M., over the midsterm holidays, Hi-Y boys and YTeen 1rls ventured on a skung trip. Pictured in front of the lodge are the skiers, taking in some instruction before they brave the slopes to try l.l161I' luck Approximately 65 Lubbock High students made the trip, which was chaperoned by Mr. Vernon Odom Mrs A D Ferguson and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Armstrong. Wirrter . . Y-Teens, Hi-Y, Journalism Students Make Jaunts to New Mexico, Denton Dec. 18 . . . MA Christmas Wish is fulfilled for Lavern Loving in the person of Dale Hayden, her first beau, as Lavern's perplexed father, Brookie Stephens, grins delightedly, thinking the dog he has procured for her has been the answer to Lavern's secret Christmas desire. Others in the play were Nancy Cochran, LaVada Light, Pam Hearn, Floyd Mullenix, and Dale Hayden. if ,,v' ml Dec. 6 . . . Tired but happy, Janelle Scott, senior, relaxes and enjoys her. self enroute home to Lubbock from the THSPA convention in Denton . . . The beginning of the end . . . Carried away by the enormity of it all, Janelle decides to try for a World's record . . . Comes the inevitable . . . What do I do now?,, .lanelle squeals through a curtain of burst bubble. Saddcr but Wiser, Janelle spe11t the remainder of the trip scrubbing away traces of her folly.