Thomas Jefferson High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Port Arthur, TX)

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Hello! I am Big Bu want to tell you how . shaped up from my pain! e shiny and new in answer t - made by President Ray Hecker am 'lce-President Dub Delaney. I guess that one would consider me more the sporting type of fellow, hut I had an eye on studies, too. I shall neyer forget the day 2000 of you Jackets swarmed into the gy m to admire my glossy maroon body. decorated with gold stripes. That was the day! Nameless then. I acquired the monicker of Big Buzz as a result of a suggestion made by Miss Irene Smith's homeroom. A group of handsome buddies called The Texans escorted me to the football field and stowed me away after each game. The cheering crowds, the antics of yell leaders, the Hart: of Hussar bugles, the big blocking J made by the band created just the right atmosphere for a football team displaying the utmost in skill, determination, and sportsman- ship I could have popped my stripes with pride many a time! After football season was over, I went into winter retirement, but I was among those who cheered Charles Wilson and others in the IIBig FiveI, when they looped the basket. Basketball always brings out'a lot of reaI Jacket fans. 5

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THE OLD MARO N AND GOLD Whrn the years of lile 'rnakn u:, Sull our dreams uill n Mr dw Fondly Cling we lo 111:,- mcmor Of the dear Pun Arthur High. All 1m honor we have cherished, S 11 her vicmri are told While we stand rue defendi-rs Of the old Maroon and Cold. ing her praises With a voice that's clear an Filling all the air around us With a melody of song Let us hold aloft her banner, Let us praise her as of old While we stand as true defenders of the old .thon and Cu EL

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moulting, r, I peeked . ost blinded . Ihe tracksters back from I Ieets, and I smelled me as Swift Sue Schnexnayder packed ack meets all over Texas. I am wonder- I will take up Billie Dominguis place as -nnis of TV next year. weer sounds of muiic drifted upwards. and I knew the choral department and the hand were tuning up for contest. I even hummed along with Jack as A Cappella Choir and Girls' Glee Club won Sweepstakest a Iirsl division rating in both concert and sighlreading. More than 100 medals were won by Maroon and Cold Band contestants. While studying is not my long suit, I really got a buzz when I read in THE PILOT that four final- ists qualified ih National Merit Scholarship tests, With an additional six commended for their high ratings. A great number of juniors and seniors were members of National Honor Society, and so many won individual awards in various contests. as well as in Interscholastic League, that Miss Erwin had almosl a full-lime job in keeping the newspaper clippings posted on the bulletin board. I really hope to sit in on some more debates next year, and I might get an assignment as a re- porter on the newspapen