South Park High School - Spindletop Yearbook (Beaumont, TX)

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ALL FOR THE GREENIES STAND UP AND HOLLER . . . The crowd cheers and yells for the football learn at a pep rally. School spirit rode high at South Park with an en- thusiastic student body as loyal fans of athletic or- ganizations. Each event added to the big moments that made school life a happy one. Meeting to decorate halls, helping the needy by bringing toys for tots, yelling their loudest at a pep rally, or watching the mighty eleven fight on the gridiron-all of these made a more united school and boosted spirit and morale. The feeling of friendship prevailed as students walked together, talked together, sang 'cVarsity together, or prayed together. There was a feeling that seemed to say, This is our school! We're proud to be a part of itli' and Morale IN RECOGNITION OF OUTSTANDING COACHING ACHIEVEMENT . . . These words are inscribed on the plaque given to Coach Adams by Charles Gibbs, representing the Ex-Students Association.

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AND THEY HOLLERED . . . Fans scream loudly as the cheerleaders lead a yell during the South Park-Port Arthur game. mloses With Coronation Parker fans screamed themselves hoarse as the lead bounced first to the Greenies, then to Port Arthur. No district championship was at stake, but the rivalry between the two schools had packed MacArthur Gym with hundreds of boosters. To heighten the excitement, at half-time three candidates for Basketball Queen and their escorts assembled on the hardwood court. Silence over- spread the gym, where moments before the crowd had been keyed to a feverish pitch. The crown was placed on the head of Brenda Williams and the crowd broke loose in excited applauding. Queen Brenda sat in the place of honor and watched as the Greenies played hard and then lost the game to Port Arthur 43-42. LAST MINUTE VOTES . . . Mary Betty Whitman and Peggy O'Pry register the votes of Charlotte LaSalle, Sue Massengill. and Paula Wilson. l I9