Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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On hands and knees, students Kathy Heerbooth, Instructor lohn T. Clark, and Phil Van Horn construct signs in preparation for the Forensic Festival. lbelowl 1969 Debate Squad: KFIRST ROW? lim Covington, Phil Van Horn, Mark Beshears, Bill Maddox, Pat Van Horn. ISECOND ROW! Charles Price, Lewis Melahn, Coach john T. Clark, Kathy Heerbooth, and Eric Stover. Organizations 129

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, YYYY YYYY, Y Mexico Graduate Speaks at Festival Dr. Elizabeth Worrell, MHS graduate and professor of speech at Northeast Missouri State College was guest speaker at Mexico's first Fall Forensic Festival held in November. ln the event, planned by Mrs. Barbara Rigby and lohn T. Clark, speech instructors, Raytown, Missouri, took the sweepstakes trophy based on the total num- ber of points earned by individuals from each of the 'I3 schools entered, while Rolla placed first in the debate competition. Highlighting this year, the debaters attended the four-state tournament at Fayetteville, Arkansas, where jim Covington and Eric Stover captured sec- ond place in the championship division, and Mark Beshears and Lewis Melahn secured third place. With the resolved topic that the United States should establish a system of compulsory military serv- ice for all citizens, debaters attended tournaments at Rolla, Marshall, Fulton, Springfield, Liberty, Wentz- ville, Smith-Cotton, Passionists Fathers, MU Lab, and Neosho, as well as the district tourney and state tournaments. Compiling points for National Forensic League com- petition in these tournaments, senior debaters lim Covington and Lewis Melahn gained the 250 points required to qualify as the first MHS entries in the state NFL tournament held in March. Regular competitors in individual events through- out the season included Rhonda Reading, Kathleen O'Blennis, Geneva Neale, Fadia Fayad, lane Easterling, Don Bratton, and Kathy Heerboth. Climaxing their year, Rhonda Reading took first place at district in story telling, and Fadia Fayad, reading four poems by Langston Hughes in the poetry division, also placed first. Radio classes, directed by Mrs. Rigby during the first semester, and john Woods, second semester, sponsored two programs each week over KXEO local radio station. Thursday nights featured the Bulldog Bash, directed by speech students Kathy O'Blennis, Tim Bailey, lohn Kuester, Don Bratton, Ed Robertson, Colleen Funk, and Rhonda Reading. The Sunday Night Affair opened the week with popular music and upcoming events of MHS. fabovel Earnestly stapling pages together, Fadia Fayad prepares programs for MHS's first Fall Forensic Festival. fright? Caught off guard, Debbie Davis demonstrates how easily one can crack up during a hilarious Sunday Night Affair program. 'I28 Organizations

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Future Nurses Reorganize Club With a brand new constitution and sponsor, the Future Nurses of'America reappeared at MHS in '69, after a two years' absence. The new membership numbered 22, and the club showed much enthusiasm. The sponsor, Mrs. Mary Guthrie, and the officers invited several guest speakers to the meetings. Mrs. Viola Tracy, R.N., spoke on medical floor nursing, Mrs. Viola Halpin showed a health occupations film, nursing in general was covered by Mrs. Ida lennings, R.N., and the obstetrics ward was the topic of Mrs. Velda Ogar, R.N. at Audrain Hospital. Money-making projects for the year included a chocolate bar sale, netting 5100. The year ended with a rainy-day picnic at Plunkett Park Shelter. FNA OFFICERS are fseatedj Kathy Tracy, vice-president, ludy Dug- gins, president, Debbie Brooks, historian, Istandingl Debbie jett, secretary, and Judy Sunderland, treasurer. Ibelowl Theresa DiBlasi holds up the last piece ofbarbecued chicken at the picnic. FNA MEMBERS: CBOTTOM ROW! Mary Sonwalt, Kathy Tracy, ludy Sunderland, Vicki jones, IROW TWO! Debbie Brooks, Paula Maddox, Marcia Kaden, Donna Peters, janice Pollard, Nancy Wil- son, IROW THREEJ Theresa DiBlasi, Debbie lett, LaWanah Wheat- leYf ludy Duggins, Glenda Maupin, Helen Hake, and Brenda Monk. KNOT PICTUREDJ Diana Graf and Diane Fuemmeler. 130 Organizations