McComb High School - Camellian Yearbook (McComb, MS)

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The Twirp at the dance Tending the drink box, Harrell Weafhersby serves Don Van Nor- man, Patty Shaffer, Judy Van Nor- man, and Tommy Abernathy TWIVD. Week ends with ihe dance in The gurls' gym 'S S --...M

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The Woman ls Required To Pay af E ,LK Robert Penn, Cynthia Smith, and Janice Seals look at the Twirp which hangs this year, as always, from the second floor railing The Woman ls Required to Pay for all dating expenses such as food and shows, and to furnish transportation for Twirp Week which is sponsored annually by the Camellian staff, and was observed this year during the week ending Feb- ruary thirteenth. Wily females plotted to trap the men in their lives and eager girls over-ran the trophy case in the front hall to buy Twirp licenses which gave them the pri- vilege of talking to the boys, and l've Been Spoken for Tags with which they marked their dates. Any girl failing to abide by the regulations of the week was likely to find her name on the Black List and a fine imposed to clear herself. Twirp Week ended with the Twirp Dance in the girls' gym on Friday night and the girls immediately forgot about how expensive dating is and what a fi- nancial strain a night on the town can be.

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The Spring Formal is pure delight- April showers, or to be more accu- rate, a torrential downpour, failed to dampen our spirits, for this was the social high spot of the yearethe annual spring prom, sponsored by the Student Council. Planned on the theme of Spring- time , the lodge at Percy Quin was trans- formed into a lovely spring garden, com- plete with flowers, butterflies, and green- ery. The processional of the prom royalty was announced by William Watkins, and we watched with tremendous excitement the coronation of the reigning pair by Mr. Robert S. Simpson, Superintendent of the McComb School District. Andy Anderson and his Dawnbreak- ers provided the music, and the theme song for the formal, Younger than Spring- time , was played for the court lead-out. Festivities continued until midnight, and the dancers, in their white dinner jackets and fluffy pastel formals cap- tured the mood of spring. The enchanted evening drew to a close. Tired but happy, we said goodenight to our dates with thoughts of the dance lingering in our minds-and then in our dreams-and now only the memory re- mains of the Spring Prom, April 2, l96O. fb Robert S. Simpson, Superintendent of the McComb rto0+ District, places the royal crown on the head of iesty, Queen Louise Davis A I1