Overton High School - Los Tejas Yearbook (Overton, TX)

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412 Lunch David Matheny, Tres Skeen, and Stacey Cook fortify themselves. a te aa PS a 4 a a : 4 % 3 : Freshman Cathy Eaves spends her entire allowance on daily junk food. ee After exiting the cafeteria line, eighth grader Shannon Turner wonders if he will be able to finda seat. Eager to eat her lunch, Pam Brager heads for the tables to join her friends. . Sophomore Lisa Mitcham devours a bag of Fritos, while senior Ear- lene Sudweeks keeps her brain food a secret. The “Apple Dumpling Gang’, eighth graders Kevin Moore, Jim Pitts,

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As juniors and seniors we spent more money than during any of our other years in s - hool. For one thing, most of us got our own cars as rs ani one rode to school with each oth iny more. We n igs too. ve senior Cheryl Elliott put it “Mone y, money, | mon- ey! Everytime it came into our hands, something took it away!’’ There seemed to be costs to every activity and a ‘free education’ was a myth. Of course, the lessons were free, but what about club dues, Mustang T- shirts, bumper stickers, spirit ribbons and buttons, gasoline, and cor- sages? We had class rings, band jackets, graduation invitations, senior portraits, prom dresses, tt ntal, and cap and gowns which were s necessities of | individual juniors and seniors. lasses, we worked in concession stands to pay for the prom, the senior trip and graduation. There never seemed to be enough money to pay for everything. But, regardless of the cost, the fun we had and the spirit we shared made it all worthwhile. h ceeps junior Cindy Glenn busy. When senior portraits arrive, Jack- esc oe out ther Student Life 11

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Stampede At 11:55 the gates of the corral opened and the captured Mustang - students were let loose. They all raced to the field to capture their horses to ride to lunch. The students finally captured their rides and : galloped to town. Some of the kids galloped downtown, others gal- 2 - those who weren't quick enough to capture a mount 3 eteria. The kids had 30 minutes to a faces and — Silver — Away, and all that the Cousens could see were clouds of dust, as the Mustang students galloped back to the corral and alice the bell for the start af =o) period class. “A l My Children” is lots more in- teresting than food for seniors David Gee, Cheryl Elliott, and Lori Brown. les of eating, senior Wade meets Ms. Pac Man in 1 an= other dimension. First B ptist Church’s Wedhecday Student Life 13