North Mecklenburg High School - Viking Yearbook (Huntersville, NC)

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STUDENT COUNCIL HOLDS LEADERSHIP, PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE CLASSES Membership of the Student Council consisted of its officers, presidents of homerooms, class of¬ ficers, committee chairmen, and editors of pub¬ lications. They met twice a month and discussed school regulations and by-laws. They debated student- body suggestions and projects. To help strengthen the honor system, they formed a new committee. An appropriate theme selected for the Student Council seal was ‘The highest of distinction is service to others.” As a service project, the Student Council collect¬ ed canned foods which were assembled under the Christmas tree in the student lounge. Later, the food was distributed by the Salvation Army. Some of the members of the Student Council were: (FRONT ROW): Beck Hefner, Donna Campbell, Gary Sherrill, Ping Voss. (ROW TWO): Linda Fyock, Freddy Hicks, Mike Sherrill, Vickie McConnell, Robert Greene. (ROW THREE): Shaw Smith, Karen Brotherton, Curtis Smith, Bill Strong. (BACK ROW): Glenn Morris, Roger Sherrill, Chris Parnell, Mike Ray, ' and Alan Kelly. Led by Mr. Orland Gabriel, a parlimentary pro¬ cedure class was held. Also sponsored was a leadership training class. This was open to the entire student body. Mr. Jim Beatty was the key¬ note speaker. Student Council officers Sally Neil, secretary; Tommy Plott, vice-president; Curtis Smith, treasurer; and Truscott Rhodes, president, worked along with the committees to guide the students in the school’s functions and activities.

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ORGANIZATIONS REMAIN IMPORTAN Clubs and student organizations have grown with North in the past sixteen years, serving to add to the scholastic life of the school. They have increased in size and im¬ portance so that they make up an integral part of daily life. These ex¬ tra-curricular activities were begun by students who wanted to wo for the betterment of the schoi the community and themselve Covering a broad spectrum of int ests, there were clubs for servic for special talents, and for vocatic a I interests.

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Other members of the Student Council were: (FRONT ROW): Tommy Cochrane, Rodney Washam, Myra Wallace, Karen Ashford, Barbara Sherrill, Bettina Flowe, Sheran Ballew, Janice Nunn, Kristi Wag¬ ner, Bonnie Greene, Linda Blakely, Pauleen Geddings, Diane Banker. (ROW TWO): Martha Johnston, Jane Seay, Dwight Hunter, Nancy Cochrane, Gary Morgan, Sally Neil, Sally Walker, Emilie Garmon, Pete Morris, Brenda Baker, Barbara Park, Diane Wike. (ROWTHREE): Lewis McElroy, Fenna Boon, Torrance. Banks, Gary Ervin, Thomas Nance, Joe Abernethy, Steve Woollen, Phil Dishman, Mike Wilborn, Billy Stroud, David Thomas, Pam McCall. (BACK ROW); Steve Billings, Tommy Dickinson, Paul White, Buddy Caldwell, Jack Stutts, Allen Watson, Truscott Rhodes, Tommy Plott, Jerry Moore, Dennis Groce, and Steve Hargett. Once every month, the Student Council gives an award to the club that is voted the most outstanding for that month. Elaine Tweed received the Club-of-the-Month Award for the Future Homemakers. Deno Economou, past student body president at Garinger, was the guest speaker at the leadership training class sponsored by the Student Council before Christmas.