Mexico High School - Mascot Yearbook (Mexico, MO)

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Student Council Members Recruit for Blood Donors Successful recruiting of Red Cross blood donors, the traditional Christmas Party for selected children and abandonment of plans for a youth center high- lighted the year's activities for.the Student Coun- cil, under the sponsorship of Miss Betty Baker and Byard Cosch. Reaching their goal of 'I7 donors, Student Council members competed against each other in securing signatures of Mexicoans to give blood in the Febru- ary 14 Red Cross Blood Drive. Vickie Berger with six names and Kathy Atkins with four were named winners ofthe contest. The Student Council's annual Christmas party brought games, refreshments, prizes, fun and, of course, Santa Claus to 40 grade children. Because of the lack of enthusiasm among stu- dents, the cost of building, and the lack of an ap- propriate location, the Student Council voted in April to drop plans begun last year to organize a Youth Center for Mexico. The Council voted to leave the money raised for the project, over S700 to be used next year as members of the new council see fit I To end the busy year, members of Student Coun- cil, alternates, guests, and sponsors attended the traditional spring picnic at Plunkett Park. Clarence Bradshaw proves to Dennis Baker, Vo-Ag teacher, that the Seniors of '69 can defeat the inexperienced faculty at the Council sponsored Faculty-Senior basketball game. Kupper rightj: Student Council members joan Offutt and Nancy Ollis lend a helping hand to the Happy House Children's Center.

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Gail Moore Kathy O'Blennis Q U n g Student Life 21 Gver Halftime '68 Halftime . . . 1968 . . . Matching skirts and sweaters ...white mum corsages . . .the long slow ride around light-flooded Hawthorne Heights . . . Mr. Willer . . . Let Me Call You Sweetheart . . . the bated frosty breaths-they all spelled the traditional magic of Homecoming, MHS style to students, alumni, fans . .. and to Betty Fuemmeler, newly crowned queen of the forty-first annual ceremony. Chosen earlier in the week by popular vote of the student body, Queen Betty and her four attendants had first been selected by the football squad. The five senior girls, Cathy Freeman, Terry Hoer, Gail Moore, Kathy O'Blennis and Betty, had appeared the week before in an assembly with their escorts who had introduced them to the student body. The escorts, Dwight Rahmeyer, Alan Van Wyn- garden, Mark Beshears, Phil Van Horn, and Steve Erdel, made campaign speeches for each of their candidates. With the election the next day, the long week of waiting for October 'I8 began. At halftime, the Dixie Grays formed the traditional M , outlined by the Pep Squad, into which the can- didates were escorted. Robert Hall, an alumni of the honored graduation class of '53, escorted Sheila Cox, the retiring queen, who crowned Betty. After her announcement as queen, Betty received an autographed football from the Bulldogs, an en- 'graved charm presented by the Student Council, an M from the M-Club, and a dozen long-stemmed red roses from the Pep Squad.

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