Tascosa High School - Las Memorias Yearbook (Amarillo, TX)

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THE CRYSTAL BALL royalty: sophomores Bill Mosley, Bertie Cindy Penix, Kim Malone, Leesa Simmers, Roy Haulcyg juniors Lee, Randy Burgess, Judy Blankenshipg seniors Mike Ballou, Vicki Farren, Larry Holliday and Fanchone Cannon. . ,, I A Q I i,, , W . V ,f,,,,, J 11 ' V fff- t PAT STHAPITANANDA AND David Tipple finish decorating for a Crystal Night. if P15 ihpwu, A NEWLY DESIGNED Commons portrayed an image of a Crystal Night on December 16 as the band set up for the dance.

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Crystal Ball And Boys' Ranch Assembly Highlight December Holiday Activities J. E. FERGASON PRESENTS Tascosa's annual Christmas check to a representative from Boys' Ranch. A PAY ASSEMBLY featuring the Renaissance was one of the many money-raising campaigns for the Boys' Ranch Fund. December-a month glistening with activities, changed quickly as the weather turned from sunny days to snowy nights and mornings back to sunny days again. December was a month of giving. Rebs worked to give their Country Cousins a check for 353089. Tascosa's five choirs gifted groups through- out the city with vocal presentations and students spent hours of their busy pre-Christmastime pre- paring for the Crystal Ball. Dec. 16, the night of the Crystal Ball, made mem- ories for all who attended. Over 1,000 students felt the overwhelming beauty of the decorated Commons which had taken on a party air. Paper cutters, stap- lers, unused crepe paper and paint brushes had been whisked out of view leaving only the panoramic vision of Crystal Night. The magical View was ex- panded as the presentation began and each class favorite couple and Mr. and Miss Tascosa was named. Dec. 16 was a night that made memories for all. Following the Crystal Ball were two weeks of vacation which were busied by many with pre- Christmas jobs. Parties and casual get-togethers warmed the chilled air with an unusual kind of friendliness and cheer. As the third month of school and the twelfth month of the year came to a close, resolutions were made and experiences were remembered about that magical month-December. 1 5 4 ,V ',f '

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Rebs Head For Slopes At Semester Breok i E MW- ,tx .ik SAM LINE, SENIOR Activities committee chairman, explains cap and gown DAN HOBBS WONDERS why S9m9S'Ce1' tests measurements to homeroom committee members. January opened with a surge of excitement and a flu epidemic that swept the school as Rebels once again filled the halls of Tascosa after a two-week Christmas holiday. After a busy week of semester examinations, many Rebels packed up and headed for the slopes. Red River was the meeting place for Tri-Hi-Y and Hi-Y members for three days of fun and skiing. Bake sales, car washes and sweatshirt sales rewarded the hard- working members with a relaxed weekend lasting an extra day because of Jan. 22, records day. Even though the break marked the end of half of the school year for many, 55 seniors concluded 215 years at Tascosa on Jan. 19. These mid-term graduates felt the mingled emotions of graduation 4 months early, but went on with their jobs and college hours only to return in May for the graduation ceremonies. With the start of a new semester came the addition of five new teachers, after losing four of the former Rebel staff. Musical rehearsals for Oklahoma were quickening their pace, along with the senior activities committee, which was hurrying to complete its plans for the class of '68. January-a month bringing the birth of a new year- 1968-was a versatile time for Rebels. From the drudg- ery of semester tests to the fun-filled trips to ski slopes all over the country-January was a month as fresh as the new year itself. are such a chore to complete. DAVID TIPPLE, SENIOR, adds the crowning touches to Kathi Jones, junior, as he pronounces her Spanish Club Queen. Kathi was announced on February 15, at the annual banquet.