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

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ONE MORE TIME - Since it's almost 5:30 Monica Scott - ll, Paige Umphrey - ll, and Marcella Patin - 12 hope this will be the last run-through for the day. vu-nu ir: Y A + WE ARE NOT PLAYING GOLF CHARLES - Varsity baseball player Charles Roccaforte - 12, swings a little too high at a badly pitched balls 19' I V NE' WN.vi,MM rr-'fda-aw , , ' ' in . me-M-Wow 4 a f Q is Hn. ., ., ..-we M. ,.a,. . M -, ,M K wi- Z . Q ,agus fit,-r?fW.'v . tint? M, ww, .A ., V A V V F I , , L Photo by Joe Drago mu, x N , 3:-for 'f'f:Q'i5 v - Y'-'V' f' TRN 'Q ,i p ug, 'si +V i'f4ffA5L?1 is 2 , sA,-, 3 . f . ,cyyfim J ' 944. w.,.,,...--1 mi X 1 K A 1-ww-vi 'llT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT - Jon Walken - Ll, gets ready for a tournament by polishing up his rackhand against Carlos Meza. PRACTICE HA5N'T MADE PERFECT - Germer makes members of the band Toni Fontenot - 12, Fer- nando Rojas - 12, and Beth Dugan - ll, go through the drill for UIL again until he is satisfied. TUDENT IFE 1 7 , X . EQ I 9 , -.av Af,vf,l.,-x.,,',b':Q-,',23 S.,,.A-.f x n f ss. V' R ..,g t. M V- .4 mp.. as , ,,,,,l!,, 54' hwy-wwiggxffb l J J 'K it -Laila

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l l l lW'll'lTlNHi ll lT1l El l I l Long practice hours makes for near-perfect performances Though nobody really likes long, hard prac- tices, many people give up two to three hours a day trying for perfection. The Lady Jackets basketball and volleyball teams are a very good example. Practice lasts about three to four hours on some days and even longer on others. Apparently, those practices paid off, as the Lady Jackets won district. The band was lucky enough to be able to practice outside in the searing heat. During the summer they were in the band hall from 9:30 a.m. till 12 noon. Marc Guidry - 10 com- mented, We underclassmen have to walk over to the auxilary field, but the upperclassmen with cars can drive. Michael Gary - 10 said, The weather is like the school's air condition- ing and heating systems: in the summer it's too hot and in the winter it's too cold. When it rained, the wooden instruments were damaged because of the expansion of the wood. The Swingsters had to deal with the heat, too, but with the short skirts they also had to worry about ants, Toni Fontenot - 12 said, The grass and ants got so bad I had to get my dad's lawn mower and mow the grass myself. Julie Perritt - 10 said, lt's really fun, but it's tiring and there's no time for myself. The Hussars also have to put up with many of these problems, but the students are not the only ones out there practicing. Miss Doyle, the Hussar's new sponser, said, For the sponsor, practice never stops. When the girls are prac- ticing a manuever for one week I'm busy think- ing of one for the next. If you want to get better at what you do best, it takes a lot of practice, and that's what any group has to do to become successful. For ex- ample, the football team is at school from -5 'til late at night preparing for the next big game. Randolph Brooks - 12 said, There were some days when practice totally annoyed me, but it's worth it, I love football. The team real- ly works hard by lifing weights and running plays before the games on Friday. Even though the practices were long and hard and tiring they seemed to have paid off in the end. So whether you were stuck on the courts, sweating on the track, or fainting in the fields, just remember that when UII., tour- naments, and contests rolled around it was all worth it. H10 16 TUDENT IFE OH! lSN'T THIS FUN - Julie Bollion - ll and Bob- by Teran - 10 await further instructions from Mr. Germer to correct what they have done wrong. i Photo by Joe Drago ELBOWS PULL - Varsity players Robert Holton - Photo by Ruben Worthy 12 f62j, Wallace Cook - 12 186J, Paul Cathey - 12, 16D and Derrick Johnson - 10 1891 stretch at the Dome.

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Don'i Get Caught in Town forthe Summer! SUMMER! BEACHES! VACATIONS! Those words are enough to turn your average, ordinary teenager into an ab- normal, radical animal. Summer vaca- tion is usually the one thing that gets most high school students through the rough school year. They do their homework and pass their tests only to be able to hit the beaches on the last day of school. Students finally get their chance to sleep late, stay out until the crack of dawn, and worry about ab- solutely nothing. Senior Carla Graham said, This past summer was great with all of the beach parties, but now I can hardly wait for the end of this school year to get away from Once and Future King. Yes, the seniors are free from having to worry about whether or not they will finish reading the novel on time, while the underclassmen's troubles are just beginning. Although some students would love to have summer vacation forever, others would have it end in a second. Many of them had very busy schedules and would have given anything for one minute's rest. Then, there were the luck students who got to travel around the country side. Pam Myers - 12 said This summer I went to Colorado. I had a great time hiking through the moun- tains and riding horses. Ward Scott - 11 went to the Cayman Islands. I met people from all over the world. When I told them I was from Port Ar- thur I had to explain exactly where It was. Even though you were able to leave Port Arthur it didn't necessarily mean you were able to sit back, relax, and enjoy the scenery. Many high school students worked over the summer. Some of the less for- tunate ones had to work within the city limits while the luckier ones worked out of town. Joe Drago - 11 was one of them. I had a blast over the summer! I went to work at my father's store in San Antonio. The fun part about it was my father wasn't there. The summer didn't go well for every student vacationer. Juanita Vara - 12 said, I went to Padre Island, I had a lot of fun until my car got stuck in the sand and I had to be pushed out. Well. after all the fun and games are GO FOR IT! - Daniel Anderson - 12 is temp- ted to jump into the pool In the 102' weather at the South Fork Ranch outside of Dallas. CANT YOU READ? - Ignoring the sign, Jimmy Meeks - 12 decides to take a plunge into the swimming pool at the Holiday lnn. over from our great relaxing summer vacation, it is time to hit the wonderful classrooms, full of those lively teachers ready to hand out those books and assign those essay papers to write. So, it is time to say good-bye to the carefree life and hello to a brand new school year. Karen Fabre WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE, LEE 4 Lord of the jungle, Lee Bark - 12 swings in the tropical forest of Hawaii. .fb Qgziqzgs-sfazf we ..,-. W- ' - r 'W53 3'fi2'i3. HSL. ' ' TUDENT IFE QRYSIZ' 1525285 sz gina-f if 935 ff 1 igsrizqg, ist, sz, tr' 551.14591 .f ,t.. lin' u. . - 'f W' ' - I