Mesquite High School - Mesquite O Yearbook (Mesquite, TX)

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Our Town After we finally left our school-home, ' we spent the =mainder of our time within 1e Mesquite Community. Nesquite was unique ecause it fell somewhere in etween the extremes of ther communities. While lew York City has a opulation of 7,262,750 and amound, Louisiana had a opulation of 30, Mesquite fell 1 between those two with a opulation of 88,700. Mesquite may have eemed small at times, but ompared to Lamound, it Oposite Page: Out of one hundred Ousand citizens in Mesquite, two ousand attended MHS. oper Middle: Mesquite community ad one-hundred and thirty-five efighters. wer Middle: Peachtree Realty was le of the leading realtors in Mes- lite. seemed a little bit larger. Mesquite was made up of banks, doctors, gas stations, shopping malls, other schools, and churches. We enjoyed parks where we could feed the ducks and party at picnics. The rodeo and the Devils Bowl Speedway were among some of the attractions of Mesquite. We supported a police department made of 147 police officers and a fire department of 135 and 7 city council members. Our community was filled - 305 — PEACHTREE Realty Associates Above Left: City Lake Park was one of Mesquite's nicest parks. Above Right: Fashion Barber's was one of the many hair salons in Mes- quite. Lower Right: Allied Bank was a major corporation in the Mesquite Commu- nity. with good and bad people and times, but it seemed that the good usually outweighed the bad. We were proud of many of the accomplishments members of our community made. Pashion Barber's

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We have fun Our student body could be lescribed many ways, but the vord boring would never have een sufficient. As the year egan, we all went to the foot- all games, near or far, to sup- ort our team. Then when the ig one came we all held to- ether by painting the town Varoon and pepping our guys p for the big game, Fun is jhat helped keep this family f ours together. When football season came ) an end, we went to the bas- etball courts to show some pirit for the ball dribblers, Ipposite Page: Juniors Phil Sweeden nd Clay Cleveland talked about their otball injuries during therapy in the aining room. bove Middle: The MHS band always ed to rock us out of the stands at ep rallies and football games. ower Left: The cheerleaders always ied to pep up the football guys for leir games, even when it rained. both girls and guys. Parties were quite Common, and boy did we party. Indian Trails was among one of our many hang- outs. During the spring, we were ready for our big March break and we all needed a pump of energy. The Talent Show put on by the Student Council gave us that little energy that held us until Spring Break. Then there was the prom and even more parties! It truly seemed a cycle of fun, a bit of studying, but then always more fun was what kept us going during 1988. Above Left: Senior Brice Tyler waited to do his usual rap for the morning and afternoon announcements. Above Right: Varsity cheerleaders Larke Leyhe and Cathy Flowers were the best of friends. Lower Right: Tamara Treadway worked hard on her entry in the annual car decoration contest.