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

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E SHIRT TAILS FLYING . . . Greenies in long white shirts line up at the Golden Arrow Restaurant before the parade to the bonfire and pep rally the week of the Beaumont High game. School Life Highli hted b HISTORY IN THE MAK- ING . . . Students Watch the historic flight of the first American in orbit on TV during class period.

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OOPS! . . . Carolyn Bythewood heads for a spill in the low-hurdle balloon bust. SCOOTIN, ON . . . South Park students try their skill in the scooter relay for girls while their supporters cheer them on. Spark Spring Activities FELLOW ON THE RUN . . . Gail Owens strains 1n an effort to win the tricycle dash. For more than a hundred Greenies March 29 was a day of thrills, spills, and chills when L,Academie Fran- caise sponsored the first South Park Olympics. The stumbles and falls of the contestants in the low hurdle balloon bust, three-legged sack relay, and the scooter relay lent hilarious comedy to the mock Olym- pics. The muscular section of the teams exerted their strength in the raw egg put and the paper plate discus throw. A cloud of dust was all that could be seen when the boys dashed to their tricycles for the 100-yard tricycle dash. After the dust had settled, viewers and judges doubled over in laughter as they saw that some con- testants had overshot the mark and landed in front of their tricycles. The Key Club won first place in the South Park Olympics, followed by the Senior Hi-Y in second place, and the Spindletop Staff in third place.

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HELPFUL HANDS . . . Decorating Thanks- giving baskets for needy families are Doris Willette and Bobby Raiford. BOTTOMS UP! . . . Jack Murff, dressed as a Greenie-Dear, poses during rehearsal for the Speech Departments style show. Varied Activities Parading down the street with clanking pots and pans or dancing Wllhe Twist to the music of a local band, Greenies enjoyed their extracurricular activities. South Park was not a school that concentrated on studies alone. It was a school with spirit at pep rallies, and it was the Prom, and making hall decorations. It was Homecoming, Twirp Week, and Graduation. Parkers occupied 'their free time from study with sports, club meetings, parties, dances, tournaments, and assemblies. A year to remember, 1962 placed on the calendar the Coronation and the senior picnic. A male style show with female fashions and a mock Olympics added to the chain of activities of SPHS to make a great school year. FLYING OF THE GREEN! . . . Cheerleaders Merlin Decuir, Barbara Alexander, and Stephanie Evans dec- orate the goal post for a football game. Harrie