Richardson High School - Eagle Yearbook (Richardson, TX)

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Even the lunchroom ladies participated in the Western Day festivities, such as this lively game of canasta. True western spirit pre- vailed in the cafeteria, as the staff prepared a special treat of sand and buffalo chips.

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SPRING AND SUMMER - 1961 These are the Eagle's tailfeathers-the leftover events of 1961, without which the annual would he incom- plete. The very word spring denotes life beginning anew, and that's just how it was when Warm Weather hit RHS. Many of the yearls most important events took place during this time, and they are relived on the following pages.

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WE TER D Y BEGI S FL RRY 0F PRI G ACTI ITY First on the Spring agenda was the second annual Western Day, sponsored by the Student Council and tolerated by the faculty. It consisted of a day of just plain fun, climaxed by a Western dance in the gym. There were quick-draw contests, stage- coach races and lynchings fall in the spirit of fun, of coursel as 1,000 Rl-lS,ers brought a some- what bitter taste of the old west to Richardson. Gentllman Tim Terry Leever, Bill Mullen- weg and Leon Fairchild were banished to a nearby Indian reservation after their unsuccessful attempt to convert the homemaking room into a dance hall and saloon.