Memorial High School - Reata Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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I I x Z I If HUNDREDS OF PIPES, A BUBBLE MACHINE AND A MANY KEYED ORGAN entertains the Pipe Organ Pizza's birthday parties and cus- tomers. Pipe Organ Pizza is located in Memo- rial City Shopping Center off Katy Freeway and Gessner, Photo by Scott Waughtal. IV 'Calf job: and Get 77200115 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK 2222 CAMPBELL ROAD 0 SEWER SERVICE 0 COPPER WATER LINES C DISPOSALS O DISHWASHERS 0 WATER HEATERS 0 PLUMBING FIXTURES SLM M PLUMB PLUMBING REPAIRS Community ' 307

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Scarf up pepperoni, sausage with extra cheese Pipe Organ Pizza gives good wishes Covered with different colored keys and knobs with a sound that shakes the whole room and puts a smile on every- one's face. stands the 575.000 Magnifi- cent Wurlitzer Theatre Pipe Organ. owned by the popular restaurant Pipe Organ Pizza. in a small niche of Memo- rial City. Open since May. Pipe Organ Pizza was a favorite restaurant of all ages. 6 through 60 years of age. It's strictly a family affair, said Manager Larry Flashner. Considered to be a good location. open seven days a week. Pipe Organ Pizza got the most hungry shoppers at Memorial City Mall. People like the atmosphere mostly and they keep com- ing back to it. said Flashner. With the variety of thick and chewy pizza. there was still a favorite. They seem to like the Pipe Organ special the best. the one with everything but the organ. said Flashner. With Mickey and Minnie Mouse at 6 every night and Donald Duck on Sat- urday. the restaurant attracted many young children. The characters are played by employees. who are usually high school kids. who have a ball doing it. saif Flashner. But since the restaurant is based on a younger theme. some disagreed with its aspects. I feel it's too kiddy-like. but it is a fun place. said Junior Joe Wakil. Other high school students go there for other reasons. Panjo's is too crowded. and the band goes to Pipe Organ because no one else goes there. said Sophomore Tracy Schulz. 'I like to watch the organist, and play the pinball machines in the play- roomf' said Sophomore Paul Tucker. who liked the atmosphere better than the pizza. So did Junior Mary Denny who went there for the crowd. Next to the game room is somewhat of a giftshop. which has everything from Pipe Organ Pizza T-shirts to Min- nie Mouse watches. 'lThe pizza is the best. though. said employee Doris Boswell. Obviously Pipe Organ Pizza is a fun place to work. but you can meet lots of people there too. It's a great place to relieve the pressures of the day with the carnival-like atmosphere. said employee Lynda Bradley. Awarded the cleanest restaurant in Houston. the restaurant serves good quality pizza said employee Rosa Faule. It's a very nice place and is owned by good people that give a good salaryf' she said. With the largest organ in five states. restored by Sandling Pipe Organ Com- pany, Pipe Organ Pizza claims that their organ can mimic every sound known to man. lt's not too difficult finding organists. partially because we have a great music director named Jerry Bacon. said Manager Larry Flashner. With the organ and piano. ice cream. balloons. cartoons. a game room. and their exceptional pizza. what more could any one ask? -30 - Y Claire Poole 306 ' Commun Spring Branch-lviernorial Soorts Association Softball League - Pixie and Pon tails pick up their bats IN BUNTING STANCE, Melanie Price watches for the coming pitch. Many students enjoyed both serious league softball games and Sunday afternoon get-togethers. Photo by Trent Rosen- thal. With the coming of spring. many eager female athletes for hopefulsj could be found trying to get back into shape. on area schoolyards. practice fields. and backyards. Not only did spring bring April showers and May flowers, it also began softball season. Each year. hundreds of girls register to play in the Spring Branch-Memorial Sports Association Softball League. The League registers girls between 8 and 18 to play in 5 different divisions. nThey had so many girls this year inter- ested in playing. that they had to create a new division. said Junior Linda Ewing. It's called the Pixie division. which is for girls 8 and 9 years old. The other divisions are the Ponytail. Minor, Sophomore. and Major. Once you are placed in a division. then you can try out for the American League. which is for the better girls. or for the people who have played a lot. said Sophomore Melanie Price. lf you don't make the American League. then you're automatically put in the National League. Many of the girls who began playing softball in elementary school. are still playing. Linda Ewing said, 'Tye been playing softball since third grade and I love it. it's a great sport: and every year I come back to play more. Junior Carol Riewe said that she has been playing since elementary school also. I've been playing with some of the same girls every year since I startedg it's really neat. Aside from the girls who had been playing for a number of years. were the girls with little or no experience in soft- ball at all. Junior Caroline Mefferd said that she registered to play, because some of my friends were, and it sounded like fun. I had never played on a team before. so I was no All-Star. but it was great just messing around. hav- ing a good time. Caroline said that most of the fun came from the very relaxed attitude of the players and coach. Sure, we cared and tried our best. but we weren't hung up on winning like a lot of the teams were. We did all we couldjust to make it as fun as it could possibly beg In fact. at a couple of games. we even had a radio in the dug out. that added to the atmosphere. said Caroline. Although softball may have appeared to be for only fun and enjoy- ment. a lot of practicing was involved also. Junior Emily Anderson said. Last year we practiced twice a week. maybe even three times depending on the team we were playing. Our practic- ing so much didn't seem to show on our season standings, but it was fun. and good exercise too! The season began in mid April, and usually lasted until the beginning of June. Sometimes the season lasted until August first, depending on if your team goes to the Nationals or not, said Sophomore Jill Jackson. But the chances of your team going to Nation- als, much less even the play-offs. is next to impossible. - 30 - - Penny Sterling

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