Southside High School - Southerner Yearbook (Fort Smith, AR)

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Sterling silver candleholders and a serving tray, purchased with proceeds from club projects, are presented by president Craig Harris to Mrs. Flora Mae Doville and Mrs. Adel! Whitfield, representing the Homemalcing Department. In After lunch with the Optimist Club on February 8, junior club members participate in a demonstration program by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. . .dh-. tm. A. NIOR OPTIMIST: Bottom Row-Mr. Lewis iS,00f7S0fi, Joyce fff93SUI'9fi, Nelson, Griffin, lico, Pollard, Lieber, Ballenger Isecre- kpatrick, Jones, Reedg Second taryi,' Top Row-Duffy Newton, Loudermilk, Moran, Beshoner, w-Riser, Brantingham, Vitale, Gilley, Harris David Newton esidentl, Maloney Third Row-Bennett, Lambiotte, Pomrenke, iVfC9',Uf9Sfd6'Hti, Gladwin, Berry. Junior Optimist 133

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One prospective stage design for the Sixth Annual Rebel Awards is explained by Gernot Pomrenke, chairman of the stage committee, to Optimist club members Bob Joyce and Eugene Nelson. qt' l Optimists donate banner, labels, and silver Canned food, Christmas trees, and school pennants were all a part of the Junior Optimist Club activities as the 32-member organization performed its annual service projects for both the school and the community. The group, composed of stu- dents chosen for their citizenship, scholarship, and character, worked closely with the local chapter of Optimist international in the sale of Christmas trees, December 1-24, and in the activi- ties of the Optimist-sponsored Boy's Clubs. At school, the mem- Leadership, character, and hard work on club projects won Craig Harris, Optimist president and outstanding drafting student, the Opti- mist of the Year award. 132 Junior Optimist bers sold Southside flags, spon- sored the Miss Can contest, and presented the Sixth Annual Rebel Awards in the spring. . , if lVloney from the club's proj- ects was used to buy a parade banner for the band, to label the office doors, and to purchase a sterling silver serving tray and candleholders for the Home- making department. The club cited as its purpose to instill the spirit of service, to d evelope potential leadership, and to train its members to be optimistic. Loading Christmas trees was just one of the jobs assigned to junior club members work as E3 , .Q . ,..,W.s-1, L A , , f f -7 if fs QV, :lil . . T ..- t .gk :E-,J -v- ilxi 1 iisff 'f iff ing in the Optimist I I ,,.V C, tree sale December 7-24 Mr. C. Ray Baker's tree is loaded by sophomore Tim Pollard.

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.., la A JUNIOR EXCHANGE: Bottom Row-Freeze, Stecher, THIRD ROW-Leonard, Henderson, Dinwiddie, McDaniel, Wright lvice-presiden tl, Woodland, Mr. Short lspon- Corbell, Randy Jaber, Kaufman, Srygley lsecretary- sorl,' Second Row-Ross, Lawson, Cluck, Bell, treasurerlf Top Row-Orndorfi Ross, White, Jones, Laughlin, Nakdimen, Plum, Willis,' Reese Jaber lpresidentl, Kimbrough, Graham, Breedlove. e Steaming, sweet, tempting doughnuts provide an excellent, money making setting out to sell their merchandise seniors Marvin Orndorff and Randy Wright, venture for members of the Junior Exchangef however, before with junior Carter Kimbrough, can 't resist sampling some of in 134 Junior Exchange