Patti Welder High School - Stingaree Yearbook (Victoria, TX)

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fasten HIL' Meets, Hvramziirru s EGG-HEADS?-Eileen Copley and Ann Lockstedt, senior iournalisnn students, work soeed'ly to pre- pare decorated eggs to sell at Easter. I r 1 ? -as Q4 , '43 T sf I Q0 ' ,r 1 4 7 T L.. se,,,,-7. ,mu GOO-GOO-Seniors, Karen Kneip, Suzanne Price, and Ruth Coffey, enioy the advantages of Kid Day to the fullest extent. PLANTS, PLANTS, PLANTS-FFA boys of VHS beg'n to beautlty the campus witt- aTl sorts ot vegetation. Aorf' proved to be a good time tor such a proiect. Apr'l entered VHS 'n an array ot activities. April Fcol's Day was the first among 'rese. Perracs the largest tools 'n the school were the students: because they came to school on Suc' a time day. All around the campus one could see m'sct evo..s tfc-cs oe ng played cn innocent people, University lnterscholastic League meets were held in San Antonio during this month. L'terary events were those such as debating, contest speech, one act plays, slide rule contests, and journalistic contests, as well as typing contests, The one act play wn'ch VH'tes presented was Ha-rvey. Those winning events there went on to the regional meet. The district track meet was held at the same tinne as the literary even's. , Mrs. Caroline Douglass, sponsor ot THE VlCTORlAN and THE STINC-AREE annd-r:ed tre publications' ed'tors for tre l96O-bl school year. Sue Dusek and Pat Bilton wiil serve as editor and assistant ed'tor ot THE VlCTORlAN respectively. Srarron Marshall will head the l96I STINGAREE, and Shelia Stewart will Serve BS assistant editor. Easter hol'days began For VHi9es Apr'l 15 and rurfed y oassed. It it had nc' been :or 'rese 'CDGGYS rrrary a smdent and teacher mght have suffered a nervous breakdown. Sen'ors in pigtails and short dresses! Girls playing i..mp rope and iacksl Boys in sror' pants paying tidolyw'nks and spl'ts l Yes, April meant Kid Day for the sen'ors, and they 'rorougrly enioyed dressing up 'n ch'ldren's clothesto relive the past once ore. Along w'tr' Kid Day, there were the intramural sports. The sen'ors aga'nst tre i.r'ors, the 'un'ors against tre soot-orrcres, and the poor sophomores against everyone. Also a hghlght ot th's day was the raisfng oi the senior fla . gn the night c' Apr' 23, i960 members of The Court of Twilight Melodies began fre 'eign over the th'rd annual Spring Coronation of Victoria High School. Seated on the royal thrones were King Fred McCoy and Queen Darla Johnson, Crown Princess Jan'e Johnson, and Crown Prince Richmond O'Neill. Other rnerrbers of tre Court included ser or attendarts: Princess Terri Dale Newman escorted by Danny Yarborough, Duchess Ann Smith escorted by Danny Yar- pro.gt-, Duchess Sal ye Ban escorted by Jorn Newton Lady Anne Dav's escorted cy BT' Swank Lady Janet Albrecht escorted by John Sheppard, and Lady Dotty Jamson escorted by Lawerence McElroy. J-n'cr a'tendants: Pr'ncess Carole R'ggs escorted oy Fred Arn-strong, Duchess Polley McClure escorted by Billy O'Neill, Duchess Barbara Carsner escorted by Joe Folse, Duc'-ess Jo Anna Swank escorted Qy Ronne Newton, Lady Cora Jo Moore escorted by Dan Young, Lady Joy Ko- kerrot escor'ed cy Boo Otey, and Lady Cheryl Scufocx escorted by J'rn Toole. Scororrcre attendants: Princess Patsy Rails escorted by Amos Can, Duchess Pat Crarnoerain escorted by Gene Young, Duchess Joel yn Jepsen escorted by Byron Cox Lady K'tt.' Kelly escorted by Ronne Simmons, Lady Fairye McGinnes escort- ed by Ctrafes Sylvester and Lady Er 'ly W'lbocrne escorted by Danny Garner. Reoresentatfves to 're Court from Nazareth Acaderry and V'ctor'a College were Lama Hebe and Barbara Breed. AD'ii ended w't- VH'tes honing that soon its many showers wou'd br'ng May fldwers and 're end ot school. 4l

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l Lights of ,411 il Shi 6 an SPRING FEVER-As April arrived, sfudenls began lo delay relurning 'fo lhe building afler lunch, since The fresh, warm air was so much more enioyable APRIL FOOL-Rila Cain and Janice Bowles show off 'their magnifi- cent muscles and balancing abilify by doing a headsfand on lhe globe! 45 B.C.?-Lalin sludenfs of VHS particularly enioyed The Roman Banque? which was an evenf of April. Grapes, grape iuice, and ofher delicacies were served. DlNO -Jim Fortnerl sfar of The play, Larry Sanders, and Linda Lenlz pracfice for lhe senior play which made so much money. The proceeds from lhe play made pos sible The annual senior picnic.

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Mi fy may fights Snrapfurs WE RE FlRST Anxuously awauTung The senuor Trup are Ken STanTon Jake Woodruff and Terru Dale Newman They re makung sure They are fursT for all The fun ALL HAIL THE BIG DOG Senuor JaneT Albrechf gefs all The aTTenTuon from uunuors Cheryl Scurlock Shelua STewarT Jeanne Wulluams Susan Crocker and Parn Wesley and sophomores Susan HarTman and Kay An drews aT a coke parTy honorung The senuors FINALS ARE FUN Terru Dale Newman can now say Thus afTer beung exempT from her fu nals as The pruvulege aIloTTed only To senuors Junuors Shelua STewar'r and Brenda Huckman canT say :Ts fun uT even seems a luTTle oo much for Brenda AT lasT The monTh of graduaTuon had arruved Many senuors were Thunkung Thus Through The monfh of May and why shouldnT They7 Nexf year They would be enTerung college or The professuon of Theur chouce afTer Twelve of The longesf years un Theur Iufe Senuor parTues' Along wufh The Thoughfs of graduaTuon came The parTues Teas dances bar b cues luncheons breakfasTs dunners and swummung parTues occupued much of The VHuTes Turne durung The lasT monTh of school May meanT Twurp Week The male populaTuon of VHS Took over and nearly drove The females mad wuTh Those heavy books For The boys uT seemed The greafesf Thung ever havung The gurls ask Them for daTes polush Theur shoes carry Theur books buy Them cokes and Take Them To lunch For The gurls uT was a week of drudg ery payung The check every fur'r'ueTl1eur daTes ordered a hamburger and malT Copues of THE l960 STlNGAREE arruved and members un The uournalusm deparTmenT breaThed heavy sughs of reluef when They saw The Tunushed producT Members of The uunuor class presenTed Theur play The Famuly Nobody WanTed The producfuon sTarred Barbara Carsner Joe Folse and EduTh Greer The FuTure Homemakers of Ameruca presenfed Theur annual Tea honorung The senuors of VHS Pucnucs were also held Thus monTh The uunuor and sophomore classes enuoyed The recreafuonal faculufues un The CuTy Park whule The senuors Took a Tr p ouT of Town Journalusm sTudenTs aTTended The lnTerscholasTuc League Press Conference un AusTun AT Thus Turne THE VICTORIAN receuved :Ts yearly raTung and The sTudenTs learned beTTer meThods of preparung The newspaper and annual For The lasT Tume Thus year The sTudenTs of VHS burned The mudnughT oul for Those funal exams All buf The senuors Thaf us mosT of Them were exempT Then came The bug nughT GraduaTuon I960' Senuors un Theur whuTe caps and gowns proceeded across The green grass of PaT'Tu Welder STaduum To receuve Theur du plomas lusTen To Theur fellow classmaTes speak and Then To embark upon a lufe of Theur own Thus The school year of l9S9 60 ended IT was full of TTBDPY WTWSS Sed fImeS glad flmei and bad flmei buf Il' Wlll always be one you can look back on and re member for we gaTher many memorues aT VHS