Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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COE Celebrates 30th Anniversar The selection of Mike Farmer, MHS senior as Missouri's student of the year and the thirtieth an- niversary of their program at Mexico High School highlighted the year for the COE classes. The anniversary, celebrated as a part of the annual Employer-Employee banquet, featured as guest speaker Dr. David Nicholson co-ordinator at the first such program at MHS. Then called Diversified Oc- cupations, the class included Kirby Allen who served as master of ceremonies at this year's observance. Mike, chosen earlier by a panel of judges at the state convention in Columbia as student of the year, was also honored at the banquet. Mike, president of the Missouri as well as the Mexico club, went on to compete in the contest held in Atlantic City, N.l. in May for the national title. Other contest winners at the state convention were Robin Neely, Linda Becker, Sharon Sampson, Kathy Mills, Gary Little, Mike Moore, Pam Mechlin, Ken West, Mike Forck, Charles Minney, Gary jones, and Dan Slater. Activities throughout the year for the group in- cluded an employer-employee basketball game, a dance featuring the music of the St. lohns, a picnic and Wiener roast, and a rummage sale. They also made a trip in May to the Mid-America Raceways in Wentzville and arranged window displays at Thrifty Finance and the COE display window in observance of National Distributive Education Clubs of America lDECAD month. Sponsored by William Maloney, the club elected as officers Mike Farmer, president, Kendra Sullivan, vice-president, Pam Mechlin, secretary, Nita Smith, treasurer, Gary Little, reporter, and lohn Cox, par- liamentarian. As master of ceremonies, Kirby Allen calls the roll of students en- rolled in MHS's first COE program thirty years ago. With him are john Waggett of the A. P. Green Co. and Dr. David Nicholson, co- ordinator of the class in 1938-39. tabovel Mike Farmer, Missouri DECA student of the year, accepts his first place plaque from Lester Kesterson, State COE director.

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.annr 'm..-.,,,A i I john Recob and Rod Allen, photographers, examine the settings on a new camera for the Publications class donated by the Key Club. lbottom right? Kathy Quinlan, jay Morris, and Vicki lenner put in a few of the long hours it takes to compile the index. I 'mi8't1triemf,,1L3 68 Mascot Places First in Missouri Under the supervision of Mrs. Dora Barnes, the 1968 Mascot received the top honors a yearbook can achieve in both state and national competition. After being selected first in state, the Mascot was rated the highest possible in all three major national judging services. This year's staff, attempting to top the '68 Mascot sales, presented an assembly which included a skit featuring Sadie and the Moonshine Raiders, a jug band consisting of senior girls. To raise money for the '69 Mascot, the staff, as in the past, canvassed the town over a period of two weeks selling Christmas evergreens. The staff also co-sponsored with the Pep Squad a new project, Work Day, held in April with proceeds going to both organizations. The students were hired out by Mexicoans to do odd jobs around the house. In order to become better acquainted with the American Yearbook Company, the Mascot's publisher, members of the class took a short vacation from their studies to tour the plant in Hannibal. They were shown, step by step, the intricate process of putting a yearbook together. Roger Lewis, junior, winner of the name-the-doll contest, received a free yearbook for submitting the name Rupert. t'wnW i' Q E+'

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COE: KBOTTOM ROW! Ray Boley, joe Francois, Randy Adkisson, Mike Kilcoyne, Tommy McCormack, jack Allen, Eddie Wilson, fROW TWO! Larry Powell, Larry Baitinger, Roy Crabtree, Gary Little, Van Kessler, Richard Berrey, Mike Nichols, David Stock, john Ogden, Stan Hays, Alvin Freeman, Stan Norton. KROW THREE! Gary Pilger, john Wagner, Charles Minney, Alan Polacek, Loyd Berry, Larry Fike, Charles Chase, Rogers Frisbie, Charley Hall, Ken West, Gary jones. KROW FOUR! Larry Clayton, Glenn Meador, Mike Moore, jerry Gipson, Mike Farmer, Kenneth Hanna, Alan York, Wayne Stowers, Dannie Slater, Bill Hanley, Gale Stowers, Roy Rogers, Sam Smith. INOT PICTURED! Mike McCoy, Clay Heiser, Gilbert Blackburn, Gary Littrell. BELOW IBOTTOM ROW! Debbie Smith, Betty Miller, Barbara Boi- court, LeeAnn Krull, Vicki Heim, jana Fisher. CROW TWO! Kathy Dingman, Linda Marietta, Betty Hawkins, Carol johnson, Linda Becker, Kathy Mills, Kendra Sullivan, Robin Neely. KROW THREE! Nita Smith, Vicky Umstattd, Vickie Fierge, Sharon Sampson, Nancy Donaldson, Sharon Rutlif'f, Pam Mechlin, William Maloney, sponsor. KROW FOUR! Eva Oller, Pat johnson, Cathy Matthews, Kathy Kropf, Patricia Davidson, Nancy Gould, Mary Blue, Cindy Admire, janice Pollard. CNOTPICTURED! Patty Garrett West. Organizations 137 Pam Mechlin, who plans to become a dental technician, works with a patient in the office of Dr. Robert Love. Brushing the hair of a poodle, Stanley Hays learns techniques at the Mexico Animal Hospital which he plans to use in his future as a veterinarian.