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

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I FORGOT TO FLANK! v Junior Hussars Angie Bomn, Sandy Lockhan, and Shannon Huebel discuss the difficulties in forming a human Texa51photo by em BILLIONS OF BALLOONS 7 The three cny bands Imm Lincoln, Austin, and Jefferson combine or a sesquicemennial studded finale. whom by Ricky Man I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M HERE! ; Seniors Beth Bass and Fran La Rocca patiently awan for me school's sesr quicemennial Show w begin. whom by Ricky Man SENIOR SESQUICENTENNIAL SMILES - Seniors Dayna Solis and Becky Sherman stop and smile tor the camera as an example of me true beauty 0! Texas girls! FAST, FURIOUS, FLAGSTERS r The American flag, Mexican flag, Texas flag, and Texas sesqulcemennial flag were Combined in me show's finale. whom by Sesquicentennial 23 Man

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Super Sesqui Show By Todd Freeman When Texas' birthday reaches the big one, five, zero, there is going to be some ex- tensive celebrating. In addition to the Texas shindig going on in the civic center and the other parties occurring throughout the city, the Port Arthur Independent School District asked Herb Gamer to organize the Sesquicentennial Extravaganzat The ex- travanganza would consist of all the Port Arthur school bands, drill teams, cheerleaders, Choir members, and Texans. Even the elementary school children par- ticipatedl Each area band had a period of time to perform some kind of salute to Texas. Thomas JeffersonTs portion of the show consisted of the choir singing Deep in the Heart of Texas, and the band play ing a salute to Willie Nelson. The Hussars, Cheerleaders, and Texans formed the state of Texas while the band played The Eyes of Texas. For TJXs final selection, the Swingsters, choir, and Band all performed together on Giant. The Grand Finale was great, it had everything, fireworks, balloons and flags. Every school in the district was represented on the field by their hands and other organizations The whole district per- formed together on the Yellow Rose of Texas, the HEyes of Texas and Texas our Texas. Fireworks were lit in the shape of our great state Red, white, and blue balloons were set free at the end of the finale while the Swingsters used long cards to form the state flag. Once the celebration was over, the crowds left the stadium entertained and proud to be a Texant TEIAS! e Friendly junior Texans, Loan Tran and Hanh Tran gave up their nightly homework to watch the school's sizeable sesqui show. tphoto by Ricky Mail 22 Sesquicentennial SWINGSTER SCRAMBLE e The Swingsters scurried to their places to grab the colored paper pieces to form the Texas flagl tphoto by De Santotdt GRAND FINALE 7 TEXAS STYLE! 7 Thomas Jeffer- son cheerleaders, choir mi band students all pull together in true Texas spirit to form a human Texas on the field. TEXAS PRIDE - The Texas flag is flown daily as a reminder of the state's one hundred and timeth birth- day. tphoto by Rieky Matt

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payday 24 Royalty Magic Women! by Kelly Moore Two magnificent angels framed the backdrop which welcomed uests to the 1936 Senior Coronation. The colors of royal blue, white, black, and go d created the settin for this year's Almost Heaven theme. As the heavenly re resentatives looke on; friends and relatives of court members were escorted to t eir seats by the Junior ushers. The royal entertainment began after the court took their reserved seats. Waltzers danced to the song That's What Friends Are For. Mrs. Carmen Pickard, waltzer s onsor, was ver proud of her dancers because their beautiful performance proved t at all of their hard work had paid off. The waltzers rehearsed both before and after school for almost a month in reparation for their Coronation performance. Entertainment continued with gatricia Samuels, senior singer, who sang HThe Greatest Love. Toward the close of the program, Mrs. Pickard and Mrs. Carroll, Coronation and senior class sponsors, were formally thanked for their efforts and were presented with a plant. Mrs. Carroll volunteered a great deal other time and effort to make certain that all necessary arran ements were made and that every detail was at- tended to. She held three rehearsals, ordered plants, paints, and materials, created new chairs for the kin and ueen, and the stage. With the help of her husband, Mr. Charles Carroll, Mrs. arrogpainted the entire corontion backdrop during her con ference period, after school, and the Sunday before the Coronation because the one she ordered was mis laced, Mrs. Carroll said, HSometimes I felt that the work would never be com gted. I wondered why in the world 1 was running myself silly while the kids who should have been helping me went about their business as if the coronation and mm were not important. But, during the last week of preparation, some of the ki 5 really came through for me and I saw my effort had not been wasted. All in all the coronation was a success and sponsors, seniors, and members of the coronation were very proud. The theme, Almost Heaven, fit perfectly! JUNIOR USHERS 7 Tracey Postula, Danielle Moore, Jessica Larkin, Toni Fontenot, Tonya Al en. JUNIOR USHERS 7 Chrislunge, Chris Sperry, Yianis Selinidis, Gabe Hernandez, Trey Rothenburger. Swim .S;mu.tur1 NIH. Furmffmul HIM. I it an! YES, MY TUX CAME IN 7 The Senior Class' Most Popular Boy, Jim Hauck Is relieved thal ms tux was one of the ones that made it to the school for rehearsal.