Temple High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Temple, TX)

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Qual n Art by Thom Butler

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Christmas Time Brings Celebration, Hard Work December brought the spirit of Christmas as students began preparations for various holiday activities. For some the season began in November as they started building floats for the annual Temple Christmas Parade Dec. 6. Hard work proved to pay off for the members of HOSA. Their float was decorated using the theme of a Cowboy Christmas and received first place in the Folk and Ethnic category. The float top was later refreshments for faculty and the Attendance Office hosted an all-day party for their aides. Christmas provided students with an excuse to party although they seemed to lack the Christmas theme. As 2:30 finally arrived on Dec. 18 the long awaited vacation was here. The first week was basically a time to get that last minute shopping done, but after the rush of Christmas was over most students looked forward to a new year. ABOVE: Junior Criselda Hernandez entertains herself with a surprise she found in her stocking during the Attendance Office party. placed in the student center for decoration since the annual Christmas tree could not be located. There were many Santa Pal projects for other clubs who delivered food and clothing to local charities. Student Council member Sue Hamrick said, I think that Santa Pal is a really good way to help the people in our community. Although parties were forbidden by district policy several celebrations took place. Keywanettes furnished l'-....l...'m-..- nh.- l-,,.,,AL,,n1., L, v, , ,I ABOVE: On a Christmas tour the mixed choir went from school to school singing Christmas songs. The choir performed ABOVE: Juniors Randa Redmond and Harry Macey find the display in the Student Center amusing as they portray Santa's helper and reindeer. BELOW: OEA students D'Ann Johnson, Tina Donoso and Linda DeLeon packed away the dozens of presents they had collected for their Santa Pal project. for the public Dec. 17 in the auditorium.

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the necessary to escape Temple. waited patiently for groups like the Rolling Journey, Molly achet and Foreigner and ove to Austin in hopes of tting floor tickets. lf students weren't going to concert they were either ' ' ' line to see a movie cruising 57th Street with stereos blaring. Endless Juke Box Hero, Betty Eyes, Blaze of Glory he Greatest American were some of the songs while driving Friday and Saturday summer's block movie, Raiders of Lost Ark, was held over at Temple's 6 theater. Raiders nominated for an Oscar the category of Best along with Atlantic Chariots of Fire, On Pond, and Reds. the summer the shuttle U.S. Columbia e first of what will be many launches. was built with the be launched more r most students concerts than once and land using an airstrip. While the space shuttle circled the earth's atmosphere, Voyager 1 and 2, another space program, were experiencing the same success as the Columbia. Both Voyagers sent back data and expertly detailed pictures of Jupiter, Saturn and their surrounding moons. Reagonomics, President Reagan's economic plan, was felt throughout the nation and in Temple. Reagan lived up to his campaign promises of cutting back taxes and his administrations fiscal spending. While trying to decrease the federal deficit President Reagarfs cuts endangered the local Texas Employment Commission, and funding for the V.A. Hospital expansion program, I-leadstart, and other programs. President Reagan made examples of the air traffic controllers when he fired them for going on strike and demanding less hours for more pay. Reagan then installed military personnel to handle the air controllers duties until new traffic controllers could be hired. This was the first enforcement of the Presidents get toughn policy.