Mercedes High School - Bengal Yearbook (Mercedes, TX)

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ilioioodos Hioh Sohool Honors The students of Mercedes High School have looked to these three for leadership, knowledge, and understanding-each of which has been given freely and unselfishly. We, the Bengal Staff, wish to express our appre- ciation and to dedicate thisyearboolc to Miss Opal Jo Davison, Miss Alma P. Whatley, and Mrs. Leah Hamilton for their many years of service. 6

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1 Z 1 ? .L i s This is the lii60 BENGAL . . .a story ofthe year in words, picit ures, and memories. Featured here are the places and people that make Mercedes High Schoolz' September. . 1. The hectic first days of school in the mad rush to classes. . .the babble of voilces and the hurried conversation in P , 2 , , , pl 4 f 1 4 1 2 hallways. . .the excitement of cheering on the 51 , 4' f Tiger team. . .trying to finish papers at the z li ' last po s s i bll e minute . . . cramming for finals. 'I' if These scenes' and many more have made up this 5494 - school year dnd have been recorded in the i960 'l W BENGAL. l 7 Our staffinvites you to peek through our knotholes X into a memoryf-filled year. If the personalities and , iw ' activities featured in these pages help you re- A 5 l member your lowded, fun-filled days as a Tiger, 2 1 if our purpose h been achieved. K 3 . il f f T 1 l y 5 l i T 3 2 l ' ' , l 5 V if ' l n l il 105 l3'l 93 SPORTS SNAPSHOTS PERsoNAi.mEs finofboll E eirlioifrs interscholastic league 5P0fll9hf Confesf as ef G iunior-senior banquet feature contest special awards I vol leyball softball track baseball tennis campus life senior activities remember when l lf

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Hppreciates, and Reveres Hou Miss Opal .io Davison has spent all thirteen of her years as a school nurse in the Mercedes Schools.She is a past sponsor of the Future Nurses and is active in the local welfare work. In the past Miss Davison has helped send deserving girls through nurs- ing school. Miss Alma P. Whatley has served on our faculty for thirty-three of her thirty-five years as a teacher. While teaching English and iournalism, she is also the sponsor of National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll, and Tiger. Miss Whatley has served as Worthy Matron of Eastern Star and on the Advisory Board for the Order of Rainbow for Girls. Q V3 Mrs. Leah Hamilton teaches home- making ll and III and is the sponsor of F.H.A. Chapter l. Active in the work of the State F.H.A., she has accompanied many girls to State F.H.A. meetings. A teacher for twenty-nine years, Mrs. Hamilton has spent nineteen of those years , in Mercedes.