Tucumcari High School - Yucca Yearbook (Tucumcari, NM)

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JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET AND PROM Mardi Gras! The air is filled with excitement: this is a magic night - the night of the Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom. The boys are strangely mature in their white dinner jackets as they call for their dates. The girls put the finishing touches on their hair, and they are ready to go. Everyone is beautiful on this night of nights. Victor Copeland, Master of Ceremonies, welcomes the guests. Gary Foote, Lon Cottingham, and Jay White place the silhouettes on the back wall. Bobby Adcock, Senior Class President, presents Howard Kinkead, Junior Class President, with the traditional hatchet. There is noisy chatter as the couples gather in the cafeteria before the banquet starts. The Seniors are nostalgic as they remember last year's big event, but they cannot remain so, for this is a gay, a happy, time. The banquet was served by the Seniors of 1960.

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The annual F.F.A . Barbecue was held on April 19, 1958. The members gave their usual excellent care to the slowly simmering meat, and the result was a tasty compli- ment to their indusuious efforts. The F.H.A . girls serve the barbecue. Left to right: Tom Smith, Nancy Henry, Mela Benavidez, Wanda Arnett, Evelyn White, l Lester I-larguess, James Cate, David Brown, and Mr. Clyle Wells, a Crazy Daze participator, and Louis Benavidez prepare to remove the meat at Raymond Benavidez wait in the food line. 9 a.m. The contented looks of the barbecue eaters is a lasting compli- ment to an industrious endeavor. A large crowd was on hand to partake of the meal presented by these hard working young gentle- men of the Tucumcari F.F.A. Chapter. The F.H.A . girls did their usual gracious job behind the serv- ing table. 2l

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U Entertainment at the banquet was furnished'by the Blue Notes. JUNIOR-SENIOR PRoM AND BANQUET The conversation continues during the meal, but a hush falls on the room as the Master of Ceremonies, Vic- tor Copeland, rises to introduce the guests and welcome the young men and women. After the traditional Pres- entation of the Hatchet by the Senior Class President to the Junior Class President, Dr. Norland Strawn gives a short talk on the meaning of the Mardi Gras. Entertain- ment was music by the Blue Notes and several panto- mimes. After the entertainment, everyone adjourned to the gym for the dance. The Grand March, led by the Senior Class President Bobby Adcock and his date. The room could hardly be recognized as the same place in which ball games were held. Serpentine was draped across the ceiling among many colored balloons. The band, The Collegians from Easter New Mexico Uni versity, provided the dance music. The Sophomores were kept busy serving punch. All too soon, the final note was played. The stu- dents were happy as they left. The sadness, the realiza- tion that for the Seniors this was the last time. Dr. and Mrs. N. Strawn, and Mr. and Mrs. R. G Stephenson, chaperones at the prom. 23