South Garland High School - Sabre Yearbook (Garland, TX)

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TOP, OPPOSITE PAGE: Seniors, Beth Beaird and Mike Mosser sell spirit items at Sophomore orientation. BOTTOM, OPPOSITE PAGE: After a year of anticipation the Senior Southern Belles got their packets. TOP: Mrs. Barbara Collins, Lyn Simpson, Danny Stage, Mary Yates, Joannie Lester, Fred Collins, Debbie Totten, Kacie Bussell, Gary Merryman, Ed Woods, Donna Redd, Bryant DeBord, Mary Redd, Beverly Cordes, Bill Rutledge and Mrs. Beverly LeMaster are shown wearing the costumes purchased in Austria while touring Europe. BOTTOM: David Armstrong and Shirley Brown worked as student assistants at registration.

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Prepcircitions Begin in Workshops, Traveling abroad, registration, and Sopho- more orientation highlighted August for both students and faculty of South Garland. Southern Belle officers went to drill team school at Stephen F. Austin College in Nacogdoches where they learned new routines for the 1968 football season. East Texas State University in Commerce offered a week of learning and practice to the Colonel cheerleaders. Ten publications students and sponsor, attended the lOth An- nual High School Publications Workshop at Texas A 8. M University in College Station where they studied new iournalistic styles and techniques. As the summer came to a halt, preparations began for the 68-69 school year. The cheerleaders, Belles, Dixie Darlings, and band began the first of many practice ses- sions. Student Council worked planning the coming ac- tivities for the year. The publication department began their sales of Combo Paks. Mr. H. E. Turrentine, Mr. Boo Owen, and Mrs. Tomie Crenshaw, along with many in- dustrious girls, were busy working with registration cards for the new files. Traveling to Europe were Mrs. Beverly LeMaster, Mrs. Barbara Collins, and fourteen students from South Garland. Misses Kaye Tipton, Susan Dillard, Martha Dillard, and ex-math teacher at SG, Mrs. Teri Emory spent two weeks in Mexico. Cindy Day attended Blue Bonnet Girl's State in Austin where she was elected Senate Floor Leader. Varsity cheer- leader, Sherry Perryman was selected Miss August of 1968 by The Garland Daily News. Republicans and Democrats elected Richard M. Nixon and Hubert H. Humphrey as their presidential candidates. George C. Wallace ran as American Party candidate. MGM released THE GREEN BERET while the top records of the month were This Guy's in Love With You by Herb Albert and McArthur's Park by Richard Harrison.

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School Yeor Produces New Wciy of Life Dances, elections, magazine sales, parades, and football games combined in making the first weeks of school purposeful as well as exciting. A back-to- school dance the first week of school welcomed Sopho- mores and new students to South Garland. The next week Sophomores elected class officers and each homeroom elected a representative to the General Assembly of the Student Council. Magazine sales began Sept. 20 to finance Home- coming. Students earned prizes for their classes and homerooms, as well as for themselves. The first performance of the year for the Southern Belles, Dixie Darlings, and Colonel Band was made in the Labor Day Parade, Sept. 3, l968. Senior, Sue Jones captured the title of Miss Jaycee Jubilee during the 23rd Annual Garland Jaycee Jubi- lee. Choir initiation resulted in the kissing of poles, sing- ing off tune, seven pig-tales in one haird-do, and traces of no make-up. Communism snubbed out a dim hope of freedom in Czechoslavakia during September. The music survey ranked these as top hits: The Snake by Al Wilson. Bom to be WiId by Steppen- wolf, and PeopIe Got to be Free by the Rascals. BOTTOM: Colonel, Gary Flynt and Sentries, Mike Parker, Lyn Simpson, and Stuart Smith boost school spirit at pep rallies. TOP, OPPOSITE PAGE: Amidst flakes and flakes of confetti, Colonel spirit shines through. BOTTOM, OPPOSITE PAGE: Student Council members Muffet Russell, Mike Mosser, and Cindy Day display gifts that can be won in the Magazine Sale. Mike models a human hair fall to be given away. 52