Weslaco High School - La Palma Yearbook (Weslaco, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 188 of the 1947 volume:

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Inappreciation of his sportsmanship, his loyalty, and his untiring efforts, the annual staff is proud to dedicate this 1947 LA PALMA to Coach Grady Hester. .u-!.,.All-...-....- ... . .-, -... . - A- -iii, 'I I . ff V Q' ,,' J ' Q ' A ' - 5' .1 .ff . A 1' L ' - , 4 1 ,gig ' , .rvalf ' I . 5 ' 1. ' 1 it X z . , , if gfyjl ' ,f , fvivw A LZ X V, If MSL ,Q F- ,y A ,f I 'fvh I ' .., f y ., 'f' 1.4 ' 1 :U - 1 , V, I , ,A X Q .J 4,ff' ' QPIH k 'vp 4 ' K 'K-.4 v- 1.11 ,Q ' -A Juv 'W' rw Ile 1 afvlff I' . Q 1 'lb Ylgfy- 1- 1 +..., A r..c ,f'.L9'- fx A fi 175' Y' X 1 W? f159 15' QA 5 A ll ll ll ll ll I il?-af :gl rv-sr 'O-if am Jl 3' fql ' A Q V1 L . . , ., ,, 4 ' V sm, - 7 'Na Principal A. C. Murphy graduated from Temple High School and attended S.W.T.S.T.C. Before com- ing to Weslaco, he did administrative work at Rock Springs and San Saba. When he had been at W. H. S. for only one year, he answered the call of his coun- try and saw foreign service in Europe as a lieutenant. After being discharged, he returned to Weslaco High and quickly adapted himself to school life again. Mr. Murphy is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, has black hair, and weighs 180 pounds. In his spare moments he is fond of entertaining his son Jimmy. Mr. Mur- phy's quick wit and genial disposition, has warm friendliness and genuihe interest in young people have endeared him to students and teachers alike. joe H. Wilson, who has served as superintendf ent of Weslaco Public Schools for the past three years, graduated from Hondo High School and attended Bay- lor University and Brown University, where he re- ceived his B. A. degree and M. A. degree respec- tively. He had sixteen years' experience in school work which has included three positions as principal and two as superintendent before coming to Weslaco. Mr. Wilson stands 5 feet, 11 inches in height while Weighing 150 pounds. Although he finds very little time in which to practice, he is fond of golf, and also enjoys reading. W. H. S. has benefited in many Ways from Mr. Wilson's capable, progressive ad- ministration, and he has won the friendship and re- spect of the school and community alike with his un- tiring efforts towar-d the betterment of the educational system. WWHJKHY MRS, FRANCES BAIN MISS ANNE BAUER MRS. JOHN BENNETT B.S., Texas State Col- B.A., Southwest Texas BaY101'. S01-1fhW6S1I TCX- lege for Women State Teachers College 35 State T6BCh91'S C01- Home Economics Speech, English lege, Univ. of Texas Mathematics MISS LOUISE BLACK B,A., M.A., Univ. of Texas, Univ. of Cali- MR. CARL M. FLSCHER B.A., Univ. of Illinois, Graduate study at Univ. of Chicago fornia English, journalism 'Lb C., English, SocialStudies . ' S 0 ,-.A . MRS. R. B. HANKAL Seton Infirmary inAus tin Nurse isrwege MRS. R. B. HARMON A.B., East Central Tex- is'State Teachers Col- lege, College of the O- zarks MR. M. N. HENSON -B.A., Howard Payne College Mathematics, Ba s- ketball J QL.. 12 'Qi.u -if 4,5 07 ' -1.. . .-viiiim MR. J. L. BELLAMAH Culver Military .Acad- emy, La Salle Univ. Georgetown Univ., B.S. Foreign Service Band MISS SIBYL FOWLER B. Mus., North Texas Teachers College Music English Z MR . GRA DY HESTER ,a.s., M.A., southwest Texas State Teachers College Mathematics, Foot- Reading ball , ARS. C. H. HOGE No. Texas State Teach- ers College, So. Texas State Teachers College Social Studies MRS. ALVA L. JONES Central State Teachers College, Univ. of Okla- homa English IISS M. MILLER B.-A-., Texas State Col- lege forWomen, Stephen F. Austin State Teacher s College English, Social Studies MISS SARA Mary Colleg Secre 'ryx f, MR. L.. K. I..eMASTER B.S., Univ. of Texas, Kansas State Teachers College, A 8zM College Mechanical Drawing , Shop OBERTSON Univ. of Texa s A MR. CARL' B.S., niv. of Texas, 'South st Texas State Te ers College S ence MR. G. W. SANSING B.A., Mississippi Col- - lege, Univ. of Texas Mathematics .1 qi ..V, 'Q K H lll . .I .,,. mi I K X . W, V M , L. Q We fi. Eff , - . 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BALLARD BENNETT junior-Senior Footballg Junior - Senior Track 3 junior-Senior Basket- ballg Vice President and President of Rolikig Quill and Scrollg Editor of HI-LIFEQ Editor of LA PALMAQ Square- head Columng Captain of Football Teamg A11- Valley Center and' End W MAURICE CLEVINGER Senior Footballg Let- terman's Clubg Future Farmersg Baseball hr MARIA ALVAREZ. Future Homemaker sg Baseball VENTURA CASTANEDA Choral Club' Editor of HI- LIFEg Assembly Reporter and Typist for HI-LIFEgSnapshots Editor and Typist for LA PALMAg Secretary for Shorthand Class: Quill and Scroll: Little Broadway BILLY Foggy? gi RolikiCfl 5 Barrqggll- Valleyff Bandg Tfenni sg Libtle B roadxysyjfcast EgXkoI 'Drurr1s of-dDeath ur I, lx ,IUANITA CANTU Future mer Pep Squadg Baseball Little Broadway - was e f Q Y ffxlri L' ri we JODY FARINA Girl Reservesg Little Broadwayg Vice-Pres- ident of Junior Classy Pep Squadg Cheerlead- erg Most Popular Girl in junior Yearg Base- ball ED BARNETT junior-Senior Footballg junior-Senior Baseballg Best Dressed Juniorg High jumps BARBARA CROSBY Little Broadwayg Pep Squad K 1 L ,IAMES FORREST Little Broadwayg Sen- ior Footballg Senior Trackg Senior Basket- ballg In Freeportg Sports Clubg Spanish Clubg Football ANADELIA GARZA Choral Clubg Pep Squadg Baseballg Future Home- maker s JA CK FREASIER junior-Senior Footballg Co-Captain of Footballg Senior Baseballg Most Handsome boy in-Iunior Yearg Deivlolayg Letter- man's Club 4 BELEN GARZA Future Homemakers Pep Squadg Baseball BONDY HARMON Editor of HI-LIFEQ De- bate: President and Stu- dent Director of Bandg Declamationg President of Little Broadwayg One-Act Playg Choral Club HERMINIIA GUERRA Baseballg Pep Squadg Future Homemakers GLENNA R. HOLMAN Girl Reservesg Secre- tary-Treasurer of Sen- ior Classp President of junior Classy Little Broadwayg Cast of Drums of Death BOB HENRICKSEN junior - Senior Trackg junior-Senior Football: Vocational Agriculture Navy 1944-194 6 A BEULAH DE LA GARZA Future Homemakersg Pep Squadg Baseball ELOISE HARRISON Prograrn Chairman of Freshman Classg Base- ballg Volley Bally Bas- ketball: Future Home- maker s 3 Drum Maj or Cheerleader: Acrobatic Twirlerg Choral Club DONALD JENKINES Junior-Senior Football junior- Senior Baseball junior - Senior Track Letterman' s Club: Lit- tle Broadway P 'li be D. KEATHLEY Future Homernakersg Girl Reservesg Science Clubg Pep Squadg Lit- tle Broadwayg Choral Clubg Bandg Speech I IJ J wi JIMMY IVICALPIN junior-Senior Footballg Trackg HI-LIFE Staffg LA PALMA Staff .Lf . Lv , . , . k. -', .A . v A. 1 4 Xu' ,'Q:?gl.?. '. Q, k h-.ww , V .-a X- 1, . ,JC a,,g,m1t,..glgg,,, ...L . L KENNETH JONES I-II-LIFE Staff: LA PALMA Staffg Cast of Drums of Death g Roliki Clubg Declarna- tiong De'bateg Senior Play: Quill and Scrollg Parlimentarian of Lit- tle Broadwayg Secre- tary-Treasurer of Ro- liki Club ROSALIE LIVELY Head Cheerleaderg Pep Squadg Girl Reservesg Baseballg Best Dress- ed Girlinjunior Classg Candidate for Victory Queeng Most Beautiful Girl in Sophomore Class PATSY McE,RIDE'- Future I-Iomernakersg Ba seballg Little Broad- wayg Girl Reservesg Choral Clubg Little Theater Sergeant-at ArrnsgVolley Ballg So- cial Chairman of Soph- more Classglfreshman Class Reporterg Pep Squadg Most Beautiful Girl in junior Yearg Drums of Deatlf' Cast .5 JULIUS KNEE:-31. Science Clubg HI-LIFE Staffg Cast of Drums of Death5 LA PALMA Staffg Little Broadway r r of 4. 44-4-4' . I ,www 74, REECE MCALPIN President of Choral Club: President of Sen- or Cla ssg Student Coun- cilg Little Broadwayg junior Footballg Roliki Club ROSEMARY .IENNINGS . o ,fr zu f PATSY MARTIN President of Girl Re- servesag Future Home- makersg Pep Squad: LA PALMA Staffg vice- President and Secre- tary of Little Broadway In Edcouch-Elsa: ' Freshman Cla ss'Pres- identg Bandg Secretary of Girl Reserves: Choral Club ' IL: EDWARD MCLEAISH HI- LIFE Staff: Quill and Scrol13LAPALMA Staffg Treasurer ofjun- ior Cla ssg Roliki Clubg Letterman's Clubgjun-I ior - Senior Football: junior-Senior Basket- ballg junior - Senior Trackg Little Theaterg All Valley Tackleg De- clamationg Winner of V. H. S. P. C. Sports Writing Two Years RUBIN MINTON junior Football Choral Club MILDRED PATE Choral Clubg Girl Re serves: Future Home makersg Pep Squad CHARLES MCWHORTER Reporter in Dana High Schoolg Footballg Ath- letic Clubg Vice-Pres- ident of Future Farm- ers DILLIE NICKLAS Girl Reserves' Choral Clubg Pep Squadg Most Talented Girl in junior Classg Little Broadway' Girls' Triog Secretary of junior Class ORALIA MORALES Future Homemakersg Pep Squadg Baseballg Choral Club of La .Ioya iii f' Sf' 1,54 LINO MILANO BAKER OSBORNE Junior Senior Football Roliki Club LUCILLE PURL. Pep Squadg HI- LIFE Staff: LA PALMA Staff ELIA PEREZ Future I-Iomemakersg Bandg Baseballg Pep Squad ttt L L .IANET RANKIN Baseballg Basketball Pep SquadgVo1ley Ball Future Homemakers -In BOB RANKIN Footballg Navy VIOLA VILLARREAL Choral Club: Baseballg Future Homemakersg Pep Squad NORMAN WATSON HI-LIFE Staffg Junior- Senior Footballg jun- ior-Senior Trackg Ro- likig Letterman's Clubg Sergeant- at-Arms of Little Broadwayg jun- ior - Senior Baseballg junior Athletics Asso- ciation: LA PALMA Staff JERRY WAGGOIZIER Senior Football: Sen- ior Ba sketballg Letter- man's Clubg HI- LIFE Staff: Quill and Scrollg LA PALMA Staff JOHN ELLIS SAWYER junior-Senior Footballg junior - Senior Track: All Valley Guardg Let- terman's Clubg Ser - geant-at-Arms of Ro- liki 55 LQ, X? 's..Nw RRS x X -- I Q A 5 5 f 3 4 E .l S2.C.l'e-tmvv-X'-t-T20.SU!'2f'.,,.. Sonic-X CN'N0Avmux....,, ..... L ,RQ,Qov'tev'.. il 'vresifient ...... ..... . ...Hal Potts tgkifxexx -Buxxonr oreftfm Sxwieicls mme. 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X v ,Q 1 1 ? 3 0 'X v li, . ,wlb4f4 ' b,.,4,. 1 L , , X L , A v?.1' Nf f',Q.,m-ni . , , I V 3 K M ZZ 'QL3iir5:NgcSi 14 3 k 1 v,f Y ' xv-wg? MF 'V 3 X 5, ff A 1 12 ki-Q ' -5- - M .. 1- A 5 ,ffl n.'dV. V. K 5 Q . --1-Q 1 Nr 4 I E1 Y M ,au A A xg 1 , f . 5 4' k fl y' '.3?:,g, Y Th 'Weslaco Hi-Life Wednesday, September l l, I946 HARMON, WALLER TO EEIT HI-LIFE FIRST SEMESTER OF '46-'47 TERM HARMON Heading the HI-LIFE staff for the first semester will be Bondy Harmon and Ann Waller, who will be editor and assistant editor re- spectively. Bondy, a senior, is well quali- fied for the position as editor, as he was the editor of the ECHO in St. Elmo, Illinois. Bondy is also president of Little Broadway, president and student director of WALLER - the Weslaco High Band, and a member of the Roliki Club. Ann, a junior, and incidentally the first junior to have the posi- tion of editor or assistant editor for several years, will be the as- sistant editor. Ann is reporter for the Weslaco High Band, secretary- treasurer of Little Broadway, and a member of the Future Home- makers, Girl Reserves, and Science Club. w. H. s. Has Only-One New Instructor The only addition to the XVes- laco High School faculty for 1946- 47 is Miss Louise Williams of Wharton, Texas, who is teaching commercial work. Miss XVilliams entered Texas State College for Women, Denton, in 1942 and received her B. S. de- gree in 1946, majoring in business education. When Miss Williams was asked to comment on the school and students, she replied The school has splendid equipment and thel students are very cooperative. Roliki Officers To Be Chosen Today The Roliki Club met Tuesdayi at noon in the cafeteria for the first meeting of 1946. Vice-presi- dent Ballard Bennett, who pre-I sided, and Hal Potts, Sergeant- at-Arms, are the only two officers returning from last year. Members returning from 1945 are Kenneth Jones, Horner Ryan, Bondy Harmon, Norman Watson, Kenneth Sherry, Edward Mc- Leeaish, John Sawyer, Baker Os- borne, and Jimmy Hill. New officers were to be elect- ed and other Roliki matters dis- cussed. Price Of HI-LIFE To Be Same As Last Year-35c The price of the HI-LIFE for the year of 1946-47 will be 3 cents per copy and 35 cents each semester for subscriptions, according to Homer Ryan, busi- ness manager. These are the same prices that were charged for the school paper last year. Though the price of labor and paper have gone up, and the HI-LIFE will cost more, it will be sold for the same price. As is the custom, the first copy of the paper is being giv- en to the students and teachers of XV. H. S. The subscription campaign for the first semester will be- gin today. Students may give their money to any member of the Journalism Class or to Miss Black. Officers, Twirlers Chosen For Band 1 is Bondy Harman was elected Band president at the first meet- ing of the Band last week. He has also been appointed student direct- or by Joe Bellamah, band director. Other officers chosen were vice- Ipresident, Glennis Adkinsg secre- tary, Doreen Yoderg treasurer, Eva Mae Bettsg reporter, Ann Wal- ler: social chairman, Larry Leh- man. The Band will have three twirl- ers: Glennis Adkins and Eva Mae Betts, juniors, and Edwina Stan- ley, freshman, a new student from 1 San Antonio. Loretta Shields, junior, will be the drum major for this year. Lo- , retta was chosen by Mr. Bellamah and Lynette Stahl, former drum major, at the end of last year's term. Approximately sixty-five mem- bers reported for first band Tues- day ,according to the director. Sentry: Haiti Who goes there? Voice: The smartest man in this outfit. Sentry: Advance, lieutenant, and be recognized. D Page 2 'THE WESLACO III-LIFE Q to Q 3 ' Q: YB , .f T 1' 0 X 1, F in mimi . t , a 4 '-- QR A Well, well, here we are again. I ' '--F' How did it happen? Oh-you i S know how industrious we students f .- 'ffl ' - . always are. The temptation prov- ed too great for us. And to think of the poor, lazy teachers who wanted summer to last until Christmas! Yours truly hears the students had to beg the faculty to come and teach-or did I? Serious- ly, though, it really isn't going to bc so bad, is it? Welcome to all you re-tm--sefl veterans. It's really grand to have you back in XVeslaco High! Also Io the many new kids who have descended upon us. Well. you studes, Friday night comes our first football game of the season. Lets' really show the team who the twelfth man is. To the football boys, here's wishing you the very best of luck. We know you'1l be out there fighting. Congratulations are in order for the newly elected tvvirlers and of- ficers of our ever popular Band. We can be assured of a successful year with these capable leaders. The Journalism and English classes are certainly fortunate in having Miss Black back again. W. H. S. just wouldn't be the same without her. tShe twisted my arm half an hour before I consented to say thisll Our own student, Dillie Nicklas, seems to be doing all right with her singing. Tuesday evening of last week at the Ritz Theater, Dillie was selected as XVeslaco's entrant in the Bob Hope Singing Contest. Congratulations!! New fashions? No, just the poor. innocent girls who were initiated into the Future Homeniakers on Monday night. Really, kids, you certainly did look nice! To the seventh graders and new students in school, it is hoped that you will soon learn our school song. To hlep you along, we are publishing the words in this col- umn. Welcome To Friendly W. H. S. The HI-LIFE Staff would like to take this opportunity to Wel- come our new teacher and students. W.H.S. is a friendly school and we shall all help to make our new teacher and students feel at home. To you seventh graders-we hope you will become accustomed to our traditions and learn to love our school as we do. Fellow stud- ents, remember we were once as green as they. A friendly smile and greeting will help to make them feel welcome. W.H.S. should also be proud of the fact that we have only one new teacher this year. This shows that our teachers ilke our town, our school and what it represents. We are equally sure that our new teacher and students will soon become possessed with The Spirit of Weslaco High. BH. The Good Ole Days Are Here Again! Say, do you know what day the day after tomorrow is? Yes, you're right, but it's not only Friday the thirteenth-it's the date of our first football game! We studes showed plenty of pep and spirit last year and all the years before, but let's try to do even better this year. Give out with ye olde voice in all our yells. Wereally want to prove our loyalty to the team, the Band, and the school as a whole. Seriously, though, when we sing Spirit of Weslaco High think about the meaning and put feeling into the words. After all, it is our song, and our school. It is up to us to make it what it should be- so give out with the old spirit and pep! ANV. Spirit of Xveslaco High Weslaco High, our faith in yon Shall never, never die. Xveslaco High, our hearts are true, VV:-'ll raise your name on high. In victory or defeat we'll stand Unmoved by friend or foe. Your spirit be our guiding As on through life we go. hand, Your HI-LIFE is being given to von studes this morning. Despite the fact that it. will cost t.he Journ- alisni Class more this year, we are still going to keep the same prices. You can show your appreciation by subscribing to the HI-LIFE today. Didn't I hear the clock strike 2 as you came in dear? You did, my sweet. It started to strike 10, but I stopped it to keep it from waking you up. E Don't Look Now-But Friday The 13th Is Coming! Do you shy away from ladders? Are you afraid to let a pin lie, and would you rather break your neck trying to catch a mirror than let it fall? If so. your best bet is to stay in bed Friday with a locked door and the covers over your head, for this is the day when jinxes and ill omens really run wild. lsn't it rather early for Hal- loween? perhaps you're think- ing. Of course it isn't Hallowe'en. but don't look so relieved-it's just as bad. It's Friday the Thir- teenth. the night of our first game. So all of you who scoff at super- stitions can venture timidly out, carrying your rabbit foot, of course, to see who will be hexed on this night of evil. THE WESLACO I-II-LIFE Page 3 Kitten Squad Largest In W.H.S. History Junior football got underway last Thursday afternoon when ap- proximately 50 boys reported for practice, according to Coach Mar- tin Stuart. This is probably the largest group ever to report for the Kitten squad in the history of Weslaco High. ' As yet no games have been sche- duledg and as the HI-LIFE went to press Monday, the schedule cannot be given until next week. The squad has only one return- ing letterman, Baldwin Thompson: however, a number of reserves will make the team this year. Coach Stuart made his first ap- pearance in lveslaco High this year. Besides being junior coach, he is the physical instructor at Stephen F. Austin School. Panthers To Meet Lyford ' o Bulldogs Here Friday Night In First Conference Game Odds Heavily Favor W. H. S. Eleven, As All Are Lettermeng Bulldog Strength Unknown King Football takes his time-honored position at the Weslaco sports helm once again as the W.H.S. Panthers, defenders of the District 40-A crown, battle the tough Lyford Bulldogs in a conference thriller here tomorrow night to open the 1946 grid war. Much is expected of the Weslaco squad again this year. NVith eleven returning lettermen, the Panthers are rated an excellent chance of copping the district championship for the third consecutive year, an accomplishment formerly considered well nigh impossible in most Valley grid circles. Running once again from the explosive T forma- tion, the 1946 Panther aggregation displays definite signs of having the same mechanical offensive as possessed by last year's champion- ship crew. The '45 Panthers totaled 359 big points during their twelve- Squarehead Meditates, Then Again Prophesies Gridiron Fortunes High upon a bereaved peak bor- dering the morose wasteland call- ed Donna by the picaresque pixies that abide there is seen the light of a flickering fire. As we draw near, we see a solitary figure bundled in a blanket gazing pens- ively into the flames. As you probably have suspect- ed. this bleak figure is none other than that wizened wizard, Chief Ima Squarehead, who last year defied all the accepted laws of chance and got correct 84 per cent of his gridiron predictions. Yes, the perennial pigskin prophet is back again to pit his giant intel- Alect against the glib gods of the gridiron. As we draw closer, we see that the foam of prophecy is on the lips of the block-headed one. Let us listen. I see two potentially great powers looming in the 16AA race. They are Edinburg and Browns- ville. Of the two, Brownsville seems to be the stronger, but time will tell. In the 40A race XVeslaco holds the unenviable role of favorite, with Donna and Mission close on her heels. For months now, Mis- L l l sion has been proclaiming her potentialities as a powerhouse, while Donna has said nothing. Moral-Donna is the biggest obs- tacle in Panther triple-crown hopes. Well, that's it in a nutshell. Of course, if at the end of the season, Brownsville and NVeslaco don't happen to win their respective championships, don't come to me. Here are next week's predic- tions of the outcomes: . Brownsville over Corpus Chris- ti-It will be the Bucs' first game with their new double-wing form- ation. Harlingen over Donna-Donna always starts slow. Vi'eslaco over Lyford-Looks as if Lyford will be the doormat of the Valley again this year. Mission over Edcouch-NVhen did they start playing football? San Benito over La Feria- Massacre. Falfurrias over Mercedes-The Tiger are hoping to improve this year. Could be. 'tThc-re it is. Good-bye for now. Illl be with you next week with this week's results and more pre- dictionsf' Mr. Lovett: What is a vacu- um? Cato: Really, Professor, I don't know, but I have it in my head. Dan: Why do you insist on an air-mail stamp? There is no let- ter in the envelope? Sam: Because she's been two- timing me, and I want to give her the air. tilt campaign. Special attention should be given the Panthers' sturdy forward wall. Possessing eight of the '45 vet- erans and weighing in with a 164- pound average, this season's group of stalwarts might prove to be the greatest of the front line out- fits in Panther pigskin history. Captain Ballard Bennett, Hal Potts, Homer Ryan, and John Snozzle Sawyer, all hard-bitten fholdovers, should bear watching. Little is known concerning Ly- fords' pigskin powers, other than they will probably employ the sin- gle-wing formation and will enter the fracas with a host of letter- men. The Bulldogs' title aspira- tions were greatly hampered, how- ever, with Klosterman's decision to enter Texas AGI College. Klost- erman. a brawny 200 pound youth, led the Bulldog attack throughout last season. In their 1945 tussle with the Panthers, Lyford, Class B champion, dropped the tilt by a 62-0 margin but hopes to offer considerably more opposition this year. When the starting whistle blows at eight o'clock, the probable Panther line-up will take the field: Cant. Bennett--LE. McLeaish-L.T. Sawyer-L.G. Ryan-C. Potts-R.G. Jenkines-R.T. Guess-R.E. Martin-Q.B. Jackson-L,H. Freasier-RH. Cleckler-F.B. Page 4 THE KVESLACO HI-LIFE o Saas 559:55 :gs 29252 gas as was 252353 :gs as mf-UUQZmmm Uqgg ssenrnot-pO,..3 tp OoL...,.3.-+-i. Q ex --www! -,Q-Z0 cggmqm O :Ugms:':z.gr,g3,s22?,..Mm,-,PgE:,,HfrgoZgm,2'Q 55isZSSUMSEWEge5E53EssegwegQ5azmiaazsmzasgurgga ta OU T'Opq7gfD-.1OfD ! S'0,,,l1e D5-Wm wrqmv cum-To :s:t...5g,,, Z5-:UU,,qrbE'e4 skgx L-glmgmgs ZIFQHW8 agp-13,55 5 : dm- D- 5' . - - - e- U :Deo 14 af Sggisggafmei Zr9eHg5gE5UeEgagerQgggeeggfgggigii ' P-fir-',.frF5'C'L-QQ. D'o5'gg,,g3,Z-4053 3' get 'mg rot, vflgferf ow rf ISUIO:-ro E12 '--og 'Q E'4W5 m4:tFl 2g..1Cn,-aD' NIU - E. 59:-Q .... amz D Q iingamqg-ezm m,,,3',,,O,.lm .1 5' Arn Cjpg,,4gif-gms '-mIJI5j5QmA l-+ 'G 'D '--.Uitnq F' Oz: fum' 52,22 . 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Q E5 NTUFQEHI 358 mQ-2. UFS ,-3'U C2- ' mm'-IfO5'm Sr-vtbqxfbf 7-cg.: H'1 sa III FQ. djs nr.:.-M 4-.--C 3 'I ,,,., xliably tiff-ig ' 555294 543:37 2 E'g11,::-5 5- EWSSPS. mg-fffballm g2gmQ P3552 Q igggfnp ggfsousug age-agfa tqdgg 255541 144152 '.! . fl ...L all 'fl my idx Ei l'l'l sy- 3 have not had a chance to notice the new improvements and equip- ment that have been added since they last saw Weslaco High last spring. While the most noticeable Work was done on the bleachers, the ca- feteria was repainted and an elec- tric fountain was installed in the senior high building. The band house, also, will soon have cold water, since the pipe is laid and the fountain ready to be installed. Taking a look at the new equip- ment. the students who are inter- ested in science have probably no- tic.l the new Physics equipment including a photoelectric cell. Those who are taking shop have possibly observed the refinished drawing tables and the new elec- trical appliances which will be used in the new course in elec- tricity. ELLA DEAN and ED are ste-adying again, although ED found MARJORIE ROGERS very interesting during the summer. You seemed to have had a nice time on the bus back from Kerr- ville, FRANCES. That certain Methodist preacher's son from Mercedes sure is handy! Need I say more? Flash! JACK FREASIER was with CARLENE SCOTT at the Air Day Dance in Harlingen Saturday night. Say, now! VVhat's this we hear about RICHARD BABB and INABELLE MIDGETT from Donna? This is all for this summer's gossip, but I'll be back with some more. Nylon Line? No! Bubble Gum? No!! COLD Water? Yes! ll It must be a nylon line! Maybe they're selling bubble gum! No, as we squeeze through the hall, we see that it's only the line of thirsty studes getting a drink from 'the new water cooler. The students of VV. H. S. are cer- tainly grateful for this addition by the school district. Now if we don't fhave a nickel for a coke, we can get a cold drink of water-if we can get close enough! . l l This coming football season Weslaco football fans will enjoy rebuilt and repainted bleachers to watch the Panthers in action. Through the combined efforts of Mr. LeMaster, Coach Hester and several high school boys, new numbers have been added to the bleachers and are painted in the original gray color. 600 seats on the west side will be reserved. No more should there be groans over torn pads or giant-sized shoes for this year's team is the best equipped in many years. Starting the season off Monday of last week, with a good hot day, a few of the boys threw their cook- ies. For further details see Robert Pickard. This coming football season Kenneth Sherry and Norman Wat- son will be our student managers. These two boys are veterans of last year's squad. Norman is in- eligible because of age, and Ken- neth was injured in practice dur- ing Spring training. The Kittens have started a good season this year with a new coach, Martin Stuart. Mr. Stuart is a member of the Stephen F. Austin faculty but comes over at 4 o'clock to work out with the boys. l Ballard Squarehead Bennett was elected captain of this year's squad at a meeting held last WVed- nesday. Ballard has participated in football for the past five years, during which he has played prac- tically every position on the team. During last yea:-'s season he was chosen All-Valley center. Mr. Wilson suggested that some class or club might buy another cooler for the other end of the hall, since the two bubblers are not enough for all the students. NI can never find my blotter No matter how I try, But futile searching serves to give The ink a chance to dry. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, September 18. 1946 R. McAlpin, Potts Head '46-'47 Senior, Junior Classes Reece McAlpin was chosen pres- ident of the Senior Class and Hal Potts of the Junior Class in elec- tions held in home rooms on Thursday of last week. Presidents of the other high school classes are: Bill Pickard, sophomore: Mary Jean Wortham, freshman. Other officers chosen were as follows: Seniors: vice president, Ballard Bennett: secretary, Glenna Ruth Holman. Juniors: vice president, Homer Ryan: secretary-treasurer, Shirley Bullard, reporter, Emma Jean Barber, social chairman, Loretta Shields. Sophomores: vice president, Pat- tie Sue Schellhamerg secretary- treasurer, J oveta Johnson. Freshmen: vice president, Alex VVestbrookg secretary - treasurer, Edwina Stanley: reporter, Mary Sue Hampton, Charles Cardenasg social chairmen, Sally Nicklas, Nancy Ann Soletherg sergeant-at- aims, Dale Jackson. Class sponsors are as follows: Mrs. Carrothers and Mrs. Robert- son, seniorsg Mr. Sansing and Miss Williams, juniors, Mrs. Bain, Mr. Lovett, and Mr. Hester, sopho- mores, Miss Miller, Mr. Henson. and Miss Bauer, freshmen. -1 Nelson To Head Future Farmers James Nelson was elected presi- dent of the Weslaco Chapter of Future Farmers of 1946-47 at their first regular meeting September 12. 1946. Other officers chosen were vice president, Charles McWhorter: secretary, Alberto Hinojosa: re- porter, Bill McKee, parliament- arian, Leroy Benbowg sentinel. Ray Dyer: song leader, George Thompson: historian, Gene Barth. The chapter plans to initiate 16 new members to the degree of Greenliand within the next two weeks. An atheist's most embarrassing moment is when he feels profunrl- ly thankful for something, andf can't think of anybody to thank for it. l I Panthers To eet Rattlers Friday Night On Barbee Field Grid Battle Counts ln Conference Play 3 Weslaco Given Role Of Favorite Against Starr Co. Boys The Weslaco Panthers, rich in gridiron heritage, tussle the RID Grande City Rattlers here Friday night in their second conference tilt of the young 1946 season. Displaying an abundance of power and speed, the torrid Panthers walked over the hapless Lyford Bulldogs by a 66-0 margin last week in this year's opener. As was anticipated, the sturdy Panther forward wall gave promise of being the greatest ever: while the XV.H.S. back- field quartet also gave an exceptionally capable performance. Among the new Panther pigskin standouts the name of Ray Jack- son predominates. Jackson, who tallied twice last week, is the young- er brother of Virgil Jackson, gridiron immortal of the championship 1933 eleven. Rio Grande City, another newcomer to the Class A ranks, invades All Speed Records Broken By Seniors Yipe! NVhat was that that just sped by? Was it a motor scooter or Mighty Mouse? It was some- thing even faster! Now, you have it. Why of cou1'se, it was one of those seniors hurrying to get their rings that came Wednesday. A long tradition was broken by this year's Senior Class, for it was the first time in the history of VV. H .S. that the crest was not used on the class ring. Instead, a gold W was used against a black background, with high school inscribed under- neath. The figures 1, 9, 4, and 7 the Panther stronghold as an un- known quantity. Playing football l for the first time in several years, the Rattlers boast an exceptionally heavy team that is capable of deal- ing out plenty of punishment to anyone. Last Saturday the Rat- tlers dropped a 20 to 0 decision to St. Joseph's Academy of Laredo. With a third district title as their ultimate ambition, the Pan- thers regard the, coming tilt as an- other tough obstacle to overcome, consequently the Weslaco lads are working hard this week to ad- vance a step further in their title defense. Game time is slated for eight, with the following boys expected to start for the potent Panthers! LE ' LT McLea1sh ............. . . Bennett ......,....... . LG Sawyer .... .... are on each of the four corners, Ryan .... ,,.., C and a panther on each side. Potts .... ..,. R G This year's senior is really Jenkins RT proud of his ring, and can be seen Barnett . . . . . , RE polishing it and gazing at it. But, Martin ,, ,, QB most of all, he is proud of what, Jackson H LH it stands for, and the years he' I-'1-easier RI-I spent in Weslaco llijgh. 1 Clecklgr ITB Who's Who In 43A Conference 'I'1'runS W 0 Rio Grande City Weslaco Panthers l Og R tu Donna Redskins 0 a ers O 1 0 20 Pharr eBars 0 Mission Eagles 1 La Feria Lions 0 Raymondville Bearcats 0 Lyford Bulldogs 0 Zgllllercedes Tigers 0 1 0 15 Ol Undefeated Teams in the Val- 45 ley: I Weslaco, Raymondville, Mis- 0 sion, Pharr, Edirihurg. San Beni- 66 to, Robstown, Kingsville, McAllen. Page 2 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE WSU O ' Zia: -' N . latvni J what certain Junior gin, who 2 ? X 'Yi ' has recently moved here from Washington, is very lonely since NOELIE CALDEIRA, from Mer- cedes, has gone to a military school in Austin? I won't tell her name, but her initials are P.K. ED BARNETT seems to be aw- fully interested in CARLENE SCOTT, the new Junior from Houston. Say now, ED! REECE AND PAT are together again. What happened to you two N this summer? Who is the seventh grader thatl ED COMPERE is so interested in-? ls it Gail Henson? Could be!! I wonder what two lucky girls HOMER and HAL will date now that SUZANNE and MARY ANN are gone! Well, time will tell. I also heard DORIS POTTS is nuts about Harlingen Could it have anything to do with CAR- LINE'S ex, LINDON CAMP- BELL? EVA MAE turned down a date Friday night because she was ex- pecting a call from someone else. Could it have been BILL? Say, LARRY, we heard you and BILLIE GRAY ANDREWS from Mercedes hit it off okay this sum- mer. ANN, what makes Donna so interesting? Could it be a guy named BILL BROWN? MARJORIE ROGERS was with B A L L A R D USQUAREI-IEAD BENNETT after the game. You really go for the name BENNETT, don't you, MARJORIE? First BUSTER, now BALLARD! Among those seen at the Little Broadway dance after the game were: EMMA JEAN and NOR- MAN. CARLENE and ED BAR- NETT, BETTY LEE and DON- ALD JENKINES, NANCY SOL- ETHER and DWAIN SCOTT. BETTY JEAN was with DIZ- ZY DEAN twice over the week- end. This has become a habit with you two!! FRANCES, what do you have against BARBARA EWING from Mercedes? Could it have anvthing to do with BOBBY STEER? I wonder! l l l l l l l 2 , -.1- - Our Aim Has Not Changed Some people say initiations are nonsense, but really, what would school be Without them? If you never had to eat some terrible con- coction, go through a belt line, scrub the sidewalks with a tooth brush, or come to school in 'knew styles, you'd really be missing loads of fun. After all, don't you really get a kick out of all this? So, look forward to being initiated for should we say tortured! because although a little commotion is created, even in the class- rooms, none of us would be willing to drop this old tradition. For the S32 question-in what country are we if the people are dressed in sombreros, huaraches, and sarapes? Mexico? Yes, you're right! And now for the S64 question-where are we if we find the people dressed in long dresses, queer shapes called hats, one high-heeled shoe and one low-heeled shoe, with bottles of perfume hung around their necks and strings of onions for bracelets? No, were not at a tacky partyg we're merely at Weslaco High during one of the many initiations. These queer figures are the initiates. Nearly everyone will at one time or another go through these horrible nightmares, because Roliki, Quill and Scroll, Future Home- makers, Future Farmers, Girl Reserves, and Little Broadway all re- quire these horrible rites before one can become a member of the organization. .l,. They Have Their Place We have a definite purpose in calling our annual LA PALMA. because the palm truly represents the branches of our school, The five branches on our tree are School Spirit, Love, Loyalty, Industry, and Activities. In this annual we have endeavored to present to you through pictures and copies of the HI-LIFE, a book that is truly re- presentative of our school lifeg and if, in later years, this book en- ables you to recall with pleasure the days you spent in Weslaco High School, we shall feel that our aim has been accomplished. There are probably none of you that would recognize that quota- tion today. It is taken from the Foreword of the 1939 LA PALMA, but it states completely the aim of all the Journalism classes these past years. LA PALMA has definitely become a part of VJ.H.S., and we feel that you would not want it discontinued. Hence the annual staff is being organized, and work will begin soon. Although it will cost more to publish an annual this year, the Journalism Class is going to try to meet the increased cost in other ways and hopes not to have to raise the price of the book. Subscribe promptly and show your loyalty to the HI-LIFE and LA PALMA. Say, KITTY SUE, how do you and MERCER like the first curve? These games of chase really are fun, aren't they? BETTY JUNE BOLES was with BOOTS from Lyford Friday night. ' BONDY, whom are yourthink- ing about these days? Could it be DOREEN? Say, GWEN JOHNSON, EL- WYN KILBY from Donna really is cute! THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Page 3 Panthers Down f H' it , f with Bulldogs 66-0 Friday Night He-ster's Men- Show Promise ln First Conference Tilt The XVeslaco Panthers took the field for the first game of the 1946 season Friday nlght to trounce the Lyford Bulldogs with a score of 66-0. The Panthers received the kick, and after a series of plays Potts scored from the 14-yard line to make the first tally of the game and also of the '-l6 season. Ryan kicked the point. The Panthers fumbled a number of times in the l 1 first quarter, and the period ended , with the score 7-0. The next marker came in the first part of the second quarter, when Martin drove over from the 18-yard line. Ryan kicked the point. The first thrill of the game came when Bennett intercepted a pass on the 40-yard line and raced 60 yards along the side line to pay dirt. Ryan converted for the point, thus ending the scoring for the half. Martin started the ball rolling the second half by driving over from the 25-yard line. Ryan again kicked the point. Weslaco kicked off to Lyford and after four downs took the ball. After a series of plays Bennett faded bait and shot a long pass to Jackson for the teedee. The try for the point failed. The last score of the third quarter came when Osborne drove home from the twenty. Lyford weakened so that in the fourth quarter the XVeslaco eleven scored four times. Mclleaish went over from the 3-yard line, then Jackson from the 17, Pickard tal- lied the next, and Bennett made the last score with a pass from Martin. Ryan converted for two of the four tries for extra points. All during the game the powerful Panther line kept the Bulldog backs bottled up. Bennett, Martin and Jackson. were high scorers, with two each to their credit. Jackson, Mclieaish, and Bennett were outstanding for the Panthers, While Lassig was for the losers. 1 I i . 'tT'J1lrllN'lfAY-'iii' ' 11......1--1-1 .. W.-...-..-Y .. ..-,i,zEJ This has been a busy reporter- trying to snoop around learning the dope on initiations, the game, dance, etc. 'Tain't easy. Yep-tuff life. Never let it be said that W.H.S. belles aren't the most stylish in Texas. A visitor's eyes would gaze upon some of the Future Home- makers and Little Broadway ini- tiates Monday and Tuesday of last week, wandering ab-out the camp- us, bowing, carrying books, and following orders of old members and agree that they are good sports and it's all in fun. The Band is doing a grand job, and we can look forward to a good marching band this year. You can find them sweating it out every third period and once or twice a week at night. Good going, kids! Loretta is a capable, hard work- ing drum major, too. Bondy Harm'on and Ann XValler, editor and asst. editor respective- ly. are doing a swell job on the HI-LIFE this year. The seniors aren't trying to fly. They are just showing off their new rings. 'l'hey're really snazzy, kids. Congrats are certainly in order for the Little Broadway members, who put ion a very successful dance after the game. Ballard Ben- nett crowned Marjorie Rogers Queen of the dance. tBondy Har- mon, club president, stated that a queen will be crowned at every dance.l The school Thespians did a good job. Those Panthers just c:m't. be stopped. Tfow. how can the other schools hlamh us for lv-cfffrin' about our mighty Pantlwr-f Viieslaco made fifteen first downs to Lyford's two, and eight penetrations to none. llyford com- pleted one pass ont of four thrown, while XVeslaco threw four and completed five, intercepting two. Lyford punted nine times with an average bf 23 yards. Xveslaco did not punt throughout the game. l I l i l i l i I Four Special Assemblies To Be Given Journalism Class To Sponsor These Entertainments The Journalism Class this year is sponsoring four entertainment programs which they obtained from Southern School Assemblies. The interest manifested by the student body last year in the two assemblies sponsored by the class has led the group to add two more attractions this year. The purpose of bringing these programs to the students is to provide wholesome entertainment for the entire stud- ent body and to raise money for the annual. The first of these assemblies is to be held WVednesday, October 2, at 9 o'c1ock. Harold B. Davidson, underwater explorer, will give an interesting discussion of sea life and deep-sea diving. Other dc- monstrations will be performed. The Kilties, international Scot- tish singers and pianist, will be here Friday, November 1. Dressed as Highland Scots, they will rend- er an excellent performance of musical numbers, impersonations, etc. Juggling will he deinonstrated hy Robert and Marie Henry March 26. This will be a novelty program featuring several numbers, includ- lil!! six trained dogs. The last of these programs will be held April 22, when the Mont- agues, Master Magicians, will pro- vide zi truck load of fun for every- one-. The VVizard of Ah's . assist- ed by lilyrnella, the Memory Lady, will be in charge of this program. The Southern School Assem- blies, now entering its sixteenth season, provides programs for more than 600 schools. The four entertainments will cost the class a total of S140, plus tar. The price of admission Will be announced later. Artist: I paint a picture in three days, and think nothing of it. Critic: Neither do I. Page 4 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE N -553' Xb f ,flDEl.lNES The Panthers had a good prac- tice when they scriinmaged the Edinburg' Bobcats last Wednesday night. It gave the team experience in their defensive play, which they have had little time for this season. The team played very well and probably showed the Bobcats a little about football. .ll- The Kittens have been showing fight and spirit so far this season. Their first game will be played here October 3, with the Mercedes Cats. Although the Kittens are light and inexperienced, they are future Panthers, and we know they'l1 do their best! Burton Tldwell and Corky Block who are ineligible to play this year because Burton moved to Raymondville and Corky moved to California last year, will take statistics of the games, since Ballard Bennett, Jerry Waggener, and Ed McLeaish, the regular sports writers, are on the team. This will make the write-ups of the games more accurate. 'We extend sympathy to Bob Guess, who broke his wrist in the first quarter of the game Friday night. We hope that it will heal soon, so that he can get back to help those Panthers. New megaphones arrived last week. They are large and army green. I Can You Imagine- Mrs. Robertson without a grape- vine? Ella Dean and Eddie not fuss- ing? Kenneth Sherry not flirting with all the girls? Norman Watson being quiet? W.H.S. without a swell football team? Mr. Murphy standing still when he talks in assemblies? Jody and Red not breaking up and then going back together? Dillie not singing? Betty June Boles with black hair? Seniors not showing off their rings? A football game without the ole W.H.S. spirit? The Junior Class with some new boys? The clubs of NVeslaco High with- out initiations? W.H.S. without Miss Black? tWhat would we do without her?l Mr. Murphy letting tardy stud- ents in without an excuse? Mr. Sansing coaching the foot- ball team? Coach Hester not having some witty saying about each of his players? Miss Spratt letting students talk in Study Hall? Mrs. Hoge ceasing to teach So- cial Studies? English IV being an easy course? All W.H.S. students studying when they should? Weslaco not playing Donna ev- ery year? A Edward McLeaish not talking out of turn? Four Attend G.R. Interclub Camp Where's my bottle? twater of course? Who's got the cheese? Then comes a voice from some- where in the night, Bugs! No, it isn't North Austing those 'were just some of the remarks heard at the Interclub council meeting of the Girl Reserves. Planning for the New Year was the theme of the conference held September 14 and 15 at the Y.W.- C.A. camp in Rio Hondo. Patsy Martin president, Doreen Yoder, song leader, Miss Jean Spratt, and Miss Louise Williams. co-sponsors, attended from VVeslaco. QW. H. S. Enrollment Rearhes New High ' At the cnd of the second week of school, Weslaco Junior-Senior lHigh Schools hit an all-time high with 461 enrolled in school. A to- tal of 500 to 550 students is expect- ed by the middle of December, ac- cording to A. C. Murphy, princi- pal. .Junior high has 182 enrolled, while senior high has 270. Leading in size is the seventh grade with 99 students, while the freshman and sophomore classes are close seconds with 85 each. Taking the third place is the eighth grade with 83. At the tail end of the list come the .luniors with 60 and the Seniors with -19. She: You deceived me before our marriage. You told me you were well off. He: I was, but I didn't know it. Squareheacfs Skill Brings High Score The results of last week's grid! Mission 37-Edcouch-Elsa 0- :Mission says they can field three games were very pleasing - at least from Squarehead's point of view. He guessed five out of six, which gives him a solid 83 per cent to start the season. As we find him this week, he is scratching his cubicle cranium and studying last week's results. Let us listen. It was too bad I had to miss the Brownsville-Corpus game. I did want a perfect score the first week, but even a great chief can't buck Kismet. Here's how they turned out: Brownsville 12-Corpus Chris- ti 34-According to Brownsville's way of thinking, this catastrophe is exceeded only by the Chicago fire. good teams. Too had they can only use one at a time. Harlingen 20-Donna 12--Both teams proved themselves pretty tough. 'Wvcslaco 66--Lyford 0 - This proved nothing except that the Panthers could stomp a team which was completely out of its class. San Benito 45-La Feria 0- The Greyhounds may surprise some 16 AA opponents. Falfurrias 14+Mercedes 0-It's back to the old rut for the Tigers. So goes the past. Now let's look at the future. Brownsville over Luther Bur- bank-Why don't they play Monte Alto? Harlingen over Mercedes-Pere haps by not too big a margin. San Benito over Laredo-by a , goodly score. Edinburg over Mission-They ought to let Mission use their ,three teams just to even things up. Falfurrias over McAllen - It should be close. Q Weslaco over Rio Grande City -It is believed that the Rattlers could play Lyford a close game. Donna over La Feria-By only about twelve or thirteen touch- downs. P-SJ-A over Lyford-Natch. Well, it ends here, but I'll be back again next week. Hope you enioy the games. THE WESLACO HI-L-IFE-Weslaco, Texas, September 25, I946 '47 LA PALMA Staff Chosen Last Week Members of the staff of LA PALMA, school annual, were el- ected last Thursday at noon. Staff positions will be filled as follows: Make-up editor-Julius Knebelg Art-Jeannine Bones, Dolly Dib- rell, Hazel Hilbrand, Suzanne Ec- cles, Classes-Doris Jean Potts, Betty Jean Voelkel, Norman Wat- son, Kenneth Sherryg Organiza- tions-Patsy Keen. Patsy Martin, Jean Barber, Features-Ann Wal- ler, Peggy Hullg Snapshots-Dolly Dibrell, Kittie Sue Allen, Ventura Castaneda, Kenneth Jonesg Sports -Ed McLeaish, Jerry Waggoner, Jim McAlpin. Editors Ballard Bennett and Do- reen Yoder were chosen by the sponsors, as is customaryg while Business Managers Homer Ryan and Kenneth Sherry, elected by the Journalism Class, will serve on both LA PALMA and the HI- LIFE. Miss Black, who has sponsored both LA PALMA and the HI- LIFE for a number of years, will be assisted on LA PALMA this year by Miss Marjorie Miller. Miss Miller will supervise the produc- tion staff, while Miss Black will be in charge of the business man- agement. This year's, publications of the Journalism Class, including both LA PALMA and the HI- LIFE will cost approximately S1,700, Miss Black stated. Wife's Version: If you're looking for my hus- band, he's gone fishing. Just walk BENNETT, YODER TO EDIT LA PALMA, BOTH PROMINENT ON CAMPUS Ballard Bennett and Doreen Yoder have been named editor and ! assistant editor of the 1946-47 LA PALMA. Ballard, a senior, is well qualified for the position as editor of LA PALMA, since he served as assistant editor of the annual last year and Worked on it year before last. He is captain of the football team, president of the Roliki Club, and vice-president of the Senior Class. For the past two years Ballard has written the Squarehead column, and he served as editor of the HI-LIFE last year. Doreen, a junior and a well known campus photographer, will be assistant editor. She is secretary of the Weslaco Band, reporter of the Future Homemakers, and song leader of the Girl Reserves. She also belongs to the Science Club and Little Broadway, and is a mem- lber of the HI-LIFE staff. P Under the leadership of these editors, it is expected that the 1946- 3 pole with a worm On each end, l 47 LA PALMA will maintain the high standards set by previous staffs. down the river bank until you find Sorrofwful Squareheacfs Score Slowly Sags l Edinburg 19-Mission 6--Eith-l 'Wveslaco over Harlingen - It This week Squarehead is in a very dejected mood. We find him sadly poring over last week's re- sults. Let us listen. Why do things like this have to happen? How was I to know Laredo had a team capable of playing Army? They never havef 'er Mission is better than this cri- tic thought or Edinburg is worse '-or both. Brownsville 27-Luther Bur- bank 0 - The Harlingen STAR says the Eagles looked ragged. V My! My! VVait till they tangle with l had. , Harlingen. Yes, I missed two this week.: Weslaco 65-Rio Grande City Here are the results: 'O-We open football season this Laredo 50-San Benito 0-La- week. redo could be a sleeper in the! Donna 39-La Feriu 2 - Not state race. bad at all. Watch those Redskins. McAllen 12 - Falfurrlas 6 - Close but still a miss. Harlingen 24-Mercedes 0 - I 1 have a hunch the Tigers are just about on last year's par, while the ' Cardinals are a little better-only a little. Alas, this pulls my grand aver- age down to 79 per cent, but with a smile from the gridiron omni- presents I'll be back in the eight- ies next week. Let's look at next weel-Us sche- dule. ,has been a long time since a Pan- Qther team has tasted defeat at the lhands of the Cardinals. l Edinlnn-g over Pharr-It's in , the bag. Ilonna over Mt-Allen - The Bulldogs tripped me up last week, , and they could do it again. E Mercedes over Rio Grande City f --The Tigers will probably get the lbig head. La Fel-ia over Lyford-A real puzzler. Whom would you take? Mission over Raymondvillc- We believe Mission will remember ,this game a long time. tThey play on that desert Raymondville calls a football field.l There you are, friends. Help me pray for a northerf' Page 2 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE ltlti' A lr ' I I ch' ,QQ . Q F it ggtyiigig ft 4 .1 L- il - . I +45 JIMMY MOYER was nomefrom A San Marcos Saturday. PATSY ' ' 1---W MCBRIDE Was S0 thrilled! They' had a wonderful time in Reynosa Saturday night. ROSALIE was with ED HOL- LAND from Donna Saturday, too. By the way, Rosalie, we hear JER- RY GROVES from Donna called you long distance all the way from Washington, D. C. GLENNA WOLF HOLMAN is doing nicely with her TED Mc- COLLUM! EVA MAE was with BILL SOL- ETHER last Wednesday night and with RED on Friday night. My, but you do get around! RICHARD BABB and SUE THOMPSON were together over the weekend. Whatever happened to INABELLE MIDGET, RICH- ARD? DORIS JEAN and CARLINE can't wait until the Harlingen game! Well, LINDON CAMP- BELL is cute at that! PEGGY KIRGAN was with her sailor this weekend. Where did you get him? CARLENE SCOTT was with ED BARNETT Friday night! What happened to HAL? FREDDIE, did you have a nice time with ANNA LOU RICH- ARDS Saturday night? It seems that HOMER hasn't forgotten SUZANNE. He's going to Dallas to see her! LORETTA and FRANCES were with DRAWERS from Elsa aft- er the game. News has just reached us that KENNETH JONES has a new flame in Weslaco. MARJORIE, were you lonesome without one of the BENNETTS this week? RICHARD MCCOLLUM and SALLY NICKLAS were gazing fondly at each other in the show over the Weekend. Have you for- gotten ELAINE so soon, RICH- ARD? BETTY JEAN was with DIZ- ZY again this week. She just can't stay away from Donna boys! Why aren't WOODY and DOR- EEN getting along? Flash! PATSY MARTIN and REECE McALPIN broke up! PATSY has eyes for HOMER now! Let's Make The Twelfth Man Count! In the last two weeks the Panthers have lost three players on the first team, either for part or the remainder of the football season. They are Ray Cleckler, Bob Guess, and Donald Jenkines. Ray suf- fered a pulled ligament in his left knee during a scrimmage with Edinburg, Bob broke his left Wrist in the opening game of the season, and Donald broke his right leg in two places last Wednesday after- noon. This is a great loss for the team. It does not mean, however, that our hopes for winning the district crown again this year are gone. The Panthers will only fight harder to defeat our opponents. The success of the Panthers, too, will depend on the twelfth man, the students of Weslaco High. We must be loyal to the team. They need our support more than ever. Let's show the Panthers, the people of Weslaco, and our oppon- ents that The Spirit of Weslaco High is greater this year than it has ever been. Are You One 6?-The l32? Can you imagine a W.H.S. student saying, Well, I don't guess I'l1 go to the game because I'll read about it in the paper or tif it is broadcastl hear it over the radio ? Probably you can't imagine it, because the students really have the spirit and are behind the team 100'Z,. But maybe you have heard some of the students say, Well, I don't guess I'll buy or subscribe to the HI-LIFE because I'll read it in the WESLACO NEWS or I'll read someone else's paper! Fortunately there aren't very many students like this, though. The Journalism class set a goal of 200 subscribers by Tuesday noon of last week, before the second edition of the paper. This goal was reached and passed. The class wishes to thank each of you for the cooperation in helping it succeed in making the goal. Of the students who didn't subscribe, about 120 bought papers on the cam- pus. There are still about 132 students, however, who neither bought a paper nor subscribed! Although the cost of the HI-LIFE has doubled, the Journalism Class has kept the same prices. In operation of every student. order to do this, we need the co- So why don't you who neither bought nor subscribed to the paper last week subscribe this week? It still isn't too late! De we have YOUR cooperation? It Was Mysteliclae !Vlepl'1itis-The Skunk! An interesting study in facial expressions would have been no- ticed last Friday by anyone who was minus an olfactory nerve or who was wearing a gas mask and , could afford to look around. I The majority of the students were literally writhing in agony! whenever the malodorous eastern! breeze wafted its way daintily l across the campus, leaving evi- dence of the presence of one of our little animal friends who, though passed from the realm of the living, was taking, perhaps through a spirit medium, an am- ple revenge on the malefactors who had caused his untimely de- mise. Incidentally, the skunk was the cause of much anxiety in classes on the east side of senior high which were nearest the little stinker. THE 'WESLACO HI-LIFE Page 3 Panthers Tussle 'Ball hoo Boys' in on-Conference Tilt Here Friday Night Injury-Riddled Panthers Rated Slight Underdogs Against Classy Cardinalsg Large Crowd Anticipated In what promises to furnish grid thrills equivalent to any tilt this year, the Weslaco Panthers, pigskin toughies of 40-A conference, tangle with the high-flying Harlingen Cardinals, co-favorites to cop the 16-AA crown, here Friday night. An unusually large crowd is ex- pected to be on hand for the opening kick-off. With three serious injuries cutting deep into the Panthers' title aspirations, the Weslaco crew will enter the non-conference fray as silght underdogs. With the loss of Guess, Cleckler, and Jenkines, only a dismal skeleton remains of the once-potent Panther forward wall, which was previously labeled a top-notch outfit. Plenty of scoring punch remains, however, and with a classy array of backs spearhead- ed by Martin and Freasier, the Weslaco eleven has rung up a 131- point total thus far this year. The Panthers' goal line has yet to be crossed. According to newspaper reports, 7 W.H.S. Boys Join Roliki Club Seven new members have been invited to join the Roliki Club. They are Billy Ford,, Arnold Drey- er, Jimmy McLeaish, Tommy Pep- per, Elden Wren, Billy Griffin, and Reece McAlpin. Initiations for the new members will be held within the next week. At a regular meeting last Wednesday Red Martin was appointed program chairman, and Ed McLeaish was elected social chairman. Who's Who In 40-A Conference Teams XV. L. T. 0. Weslaco Panthers 2 0 131 O Donna Redskins 1 1 51 22 Pharr Bears l 0 33 0 Mission Eagles 1 1 44 19 La Feria Lions 0 2 2 8-4 Raymondville Bearcats 1 0 25 2 Lyford Bulldogs 0 2 0 99 Rio Grande City Rattlers 0 2 0 85 Mercedes Tigers 0 2 0 40 Undefeated teams in the Valley are as follows: Weslaco, Harlingen, Pharr, Ed- inburg, McAllen, and Raymond- ville. the Harlingen Cardinals, current- ily known throughout the Valley as the Ballyhoo Boys, are the team to beat in the Valley's senior ifootball conference. Led by big Lew Levine, the H. H. S. Bally- hoo Boys have romped over . Coach Osborne Little's Donna Red- skins 20 to 12 and thoroughly Itrounced the Mercedes Tigers by La 25 to 0 count. Possessing much additional bulk over last year's squad, the Cardinals display Lev- ine, Silvers, Hext, and Cocke as , logical all-Valley candidates. In past years the aggressive Weslaco aggregations have always proved to be a thorn in the side of even the greatest of Cardinal Lelevens. Few old-time fans forget lthe '39 fracas, when an extremely 'weak Panther outfit dropped a I 19-IS thriller to the Cardinals, then leo-champs of the AA. league. after Eleading I8-O at half time. Since 1941 the Cardinals have yet to out- -score the mid-Valley Panthers: iNVeslaco won a 25-fi thriller last ' year. In regard to the coming tilt, Coach Grady Hester, grid mentor of the Champion Panth5's stated. After a hard week of scrimmage the Panthers should take the field in top form, despite the loss of three regulars. The probable staritng line-up, as announced by Coach Hester, is 'as follows: I I 1 i I l S I l 1 Deep-Sea Diver To Bring Thrilling Story of Adventure Harold B, Davidson. profession- al deep-sea diver, will present a prog:-ain in assembly Wednesday, October 2, at 9 o'clock. The special assembly is being sponsored by the Journalism Class. Mr. Davidson, who was with the first crew to go below when work on the foundered Normandie was begun, has seen service in Northern Africa, Casablanca, and other places. He helped to lay the pipeline across New Haven Harb- or and assisted in filming the mo- tion picture Titans of the Deep. In addition to discussing his own experiences, he will don a complete diving suit and explain how the diver works. His scienti- fic expedltions and association with deep sea life should provide an interesting topic for the stud- ents to enjoy hearing. The Journalism Class has ob- tained this prograin from South- ern School Assemblies. Admission charge will be 20 cents including tax. Profits from the program will go into the fund for publishing the annual. Tell me, gushed the inquisi- tive matron. do you do anything in the nude? Well, madamf' replied the art- ist, occasionally I take a bath. Bennett-Ll-I McAlpin-LT Sawyer-LG Ryan-C Potts-RG Clevinger-RT Barnett-RE Martin-QB Freasier-RH Jackson-LH MeLeaish-FB Page 4 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE it ill gg Q WJ THIS dai Hello, drips! Ready for your reg- ular Wednesday morning chat? Well, It's This Way- They always return to the scene of the crime! Many former W.H.S. students were seen wandering about the campus and through the halls and were at our first pep rally before leaving for college. Among them were Lynette Stahl, Rubye Lee Johnson, last year's drum major and Panther Sweetheart, respectively, Francis Betts, Nancy Allen, Rowena Haas, Dorothy Hendrichson, Lucy Ains- worth, Doris Schupp, Bob Denni- son, Bill Solether, Robert Lee Donaldson, Betty Jean Price, Billy Jo Ryan, Mary Ann Burton, Jim Moyer, Glen Gound, and Dennis Griffin. .ry Congrats are in order for Bal- lard Carrot Top Bennett, editor of LA PALMA and Doreen Yoder, assistant editor. A fine annual is exuected this year. Wasn't the Little Broadway Formal Initiation wonderful! Ha! Ha! The HI-LIFE regrets that the stroy of the initiation went to press before the initiation was postponed. Look what the cats drug up! It's Cornbread Cleckler, a former W. H.S. Football star, who is now in the Army. Say, Cornbread, Un- cle Sam has certainly kept you in good condition! Football games seem to be the most logical places to get a sore throat. Tl'1at's okay, kids, keep up that good school spirit. It really helps the boys. No kiddin'. Our Panthers just ean't be beat- en. Nice going, fellas! Keep up the good work! Orchids to the Band for that good drill Friday night. Those cartwheels were really effective! Students of extend their sympathy to Kenneth Sherry, who was burned Saturday while at Panthers Snow! Rattlers Under' 6-0 Game Proves Easy, As Home Team Scores At Will In their second game of the sea- son the mighty VVeslaco Panthers trampled the Rio Grande City Rat- tlers by the score of 65-0. The score lacked only one point equal- ing that of last week's game. The Panthers received the open- ing kick-off and carried the ball back to the Rattlers' 45-yard line. Then in about three plays Jack- son scored from the 30-yard line. Ryan kicked the point. That start- ed things, and shortly after, Saw- yer crossed the marker for the second score from the 40. Ryan converted for the point. The only thrill of the game and the longest run came when McLeaish drove 65 yards to pay dirt. Again Ryan converted for the point. To end th quarter, Osborne hit pay dirt from the 25-yard line. The try for point failed. The second quarter slowed a bit, with the Rattlers penetrating the Panthers' 20 because of a fumble. It was the only time the Rattlers got inside their twenty the Whole game. The first scorer for the home team in the second quarter was Sawyer, with Ryan kicking the point. To end the scoring for the first half, Jackson went over from the 40. Again Ryan convert- ed. The third quarter was even slower than the second for the Panthers, as McLeaeish scored the only teedee and the try for point failed. In the final period the Panthers racked up three more counters. Jackson galloped 52 yards for the first, Freasier plunged 7 yards for the next one, and Jackson drove 10 yards for the last. The try for all three points failed. The Panther line kept the Rat- tler backfield bottled up the entire game. Weslaco made 21 first downs to Rio Grande City's one and 13 penetrations to one. Rio Grande City completed one pass work. We also regret the injuries 1 out of seven thrown, while Wesla- to Ray, Bob, and Donald. co completed one out of six at- Hgal A , mon 'ms ' XQ QIIDELNES L -ui Coach Hester has shifted his squad around trying to replace Ray Cleckler and Bob Guess, both lost by injuries. Ed McLeaish has 'shifted from tackle to Cleck1er's position at fullback. Ed Barnett is playing right end, replacing Bob Guess, who receiQed an arm in- jury in the Lyford game. i During practice last W'ednesday !Donald Jenkines, first string ttackle, broke his right leg, thus ,ending abruptly his last football season for XVeslaco High School. The player who is receiving ,more competition than any player gon first string is Homer Ryan, center. Billy Joe Head Day is the one who is giving Homer his gray hairs. Day is noted for his excellent downfield blocking and ,fine defense work. This situation ,is worth Watching. The boys have a new name for Ed McLeaish now -- Snaggle- tooth McLeaish. Ed is minus a half tooth after last Wednesday's jpractice. This may teach him not to hit McAlpin so hard! l The Ryan family still has foot- ball players fcr VVeslaco. The lat- est additions to the Weslaco squad are Dicky and Jackie, who are 1 playing for the Kittens. Last Friday night we saw a young bl'ond' guard, John E. Yan Johnson, Sawyer score two touch- downs. Another gallant fighting new Panther star is that 126 lbs. of lightning, Ray Jackson, who ,scored four touchdowns. Robert Pickard came through with one, but it was nullified because of a penalty. Next Saturday the football team will make their yearly appear- ance at San Antonio. They will see the Texas Tech-Texas A. and M. game and other sights of San lAntonio. Doubtless Bennett will ltake his usual stroll through the city and get lost. tempted. Weslaco did not punt, while Rib Grande City's punting average was 22 yards. THE WESLACO HI-LlFE+Weslaco, Texas, October 2, 1946 W.H.S. Plans Council From Student Body Plans Being Made For Organization A form of student government is being set up in the Weslaco Junior-Senior High School. The purpose of this organization is to obtain the opinions of the student body, through representatives, on matters pertaining to school acti- vities and governing policies which will be discussed with the faculty. During the second week of school temporary representatives, among them being Reece McAl- pin, Hal Potts, Pattie Sue Schell- hamer, Kathryn Cleckler, Charles Sawyer, and Tom Nicklas, were elected from the six grades. These representatives met with Mrs. Thompson, student counsel- lor, and Mr. Murphy, principal of junior-senior high. The purpose of the first meet- ing was to obtain the opinion of the representatives of the student body as to the advisability of set- ting up points for elective offices, so that no one student would have too much responsibility and other students would have a chance to serve in elective offices. The representatives were in favor of the point system to be set up this year, but not to go into effect until next year. Within the near future a per- manent student council will be set up, in which there will be a pres- ident of the student body and a representative from each class, who will meet with three mem- bers of the faculty at scheduled times to discuss problems that have arisen and to obtain the opinions of the student body. It is believed that a student goxernment will instill in the students a form of democratic understanding and ideals which will be valuable for the future citizens of America. Mr. Ryan: What's this 60 on your report card? Homer: I don't know. Do you suppose it could be the room tem- perature? ROGERS, JUNIOR, CHOSEN PANTHER SWEETHEART Marjorie Rogers, junior, was chosen Panther Sweetheart of the '46-'47 season in an election held on the campus Thursday of last week. The race in years, with votes difference didates. Marjorie is a year. Last year she was a candi- date for the most beautiful girl from the Sophomore Class. She is treasurer of the Future Home- makers and a member of Girl Re- serves. Marjorie was presented in a ceremony on Barbee Field by Ballard Bennett, Panther captain. was the closest fewer than six in the two can- cheerleader this Six Weeks' Exams To Be Next Week Six weeks' exams may be given by the teachers at any time, next week, according to Principal A. C. Murphy. However, they must be over by October 11. Report cards will be given, out on Thursday, October 17, and are to be returned the next day. Thirteen Club Adds Nine Members Billy Griffin was elected pres- ident of the Thirteen Club at a meeting held last WVednesday at noon in the Science Department. Other officers are as follows: Vice president, Ann YVallerg secretary, Arnold Dryer, and sergeant-ab arms, Horace Coker. After losing twelve members last year, nine have been replaced by new members. These are Betty June Boles, Jen Schritter, Don- nanell Keathly, Francis Hudson, Tommy Pepper, Elden Wren, Ar- nold Dryer, Jimmy Clark, and Horace Coker. Members will begin work on their projects at the next meet- ing, according to Carl Lovett, I sponsor. Floor Show Makes Dance Success A four-part floor show assured ,the success of the second dance ,sponsored by Little Broadway I I Friday night at 10:30 in the grade school auditorium. Those present danced to records and were en- tertained with a nightclub theme floor show. Carline Lobitz, mistress of ceremonies, introduced the vari- ous numbers. A trio, consisting of Dillie Nicklas, Ella Dean Bar- ber, and Loretta Shields sang, Hey Ba Be Re Bop. Bobby Hankal, as a French waiter with a very convincing accent, sketch- ed Patsy McBride. Perhaps the funniest part of the entire program was a four-act drama, starring Larry Lehman and Bondy Harmon. tYou might ask Eddie Fisher what happened to the third act.l Marjorie R o g e r s, Panther Sweetheart, was presented a love- ly corsage, and, .Iody Farina, runner-up, was also given a cor- sage and crowned queen of the dance. Several members of the Harlingen Band were there. Mrs. Thompson has brought copies of National Georgraphic, Life, Fortune and Reader's Di- gest to school to be used as refer- ence material. These magazines may be cut. They may be obtained from Mrs. Thompson's office if students wish to use them in any of your class work. Page 2 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Tulzu M J! A . V it Q MA f Your sleepy-eyed reporter had 7 quite a time keeping up with the ' v H - -w latest gossip, but, as you will see, there's plenty of mud to be slung. It seems that a good time was had by all at the Little Broadway dance Fri'day night. SUE THOMP- SON was with EARL LEE PIKE. Did RICHARD have a nice time with SALLY NICKLAS? CAR- LENE SCOTT and RAY JACK- SON, MARJORIE and BALLARD, BETTY LEE and DONALD, JODY and RED, ELLA DEAN and ED thonest!l, JACK and MARY ARTHUR tMcAllenl were all there, too. Say, ARNOLD, how many girls did you ask to the dance? BILLY THOMAS, did you ever get a date for the dance Friday? We hear that two of our ex-' studes were together in San An- tonio-RUBYE LEE and-no, not JIMMY, OLAN! HAL POTTS was with CAROL ANN JONES tHarlingenD over' the weekend. They double-dated with EVA MAE and BILL SOLE- THER.'NVhom did you say you turned down this Week, EVA MAE? Seen at El Sombrero Saturday night were KITTY SUE ALLEN and ERNEST PATE, ANNA LOU RICHARDS Knew studel and PAUL PATE. My, these W. H. S. studes really go for Mexican food! Incidentally, MISS SPRATT is still looking for her horse! If any- one has seen it, take it to the library immediately. ED COMPERE'S dance in Don- na turned out all right, didn't it, GAIL? VAN SIDENER and PA- TRICIA ROSS seemed to think so too, not mentioning PEGGY KIR- GAN and TOMMY PEPPER. The McAllen show set the scene for HAZEL HILBRAND and KENNETH JONES Saturday night. I wonder who they were double-dating with? ZOE, were you lonesome for KENNETH Friday night? I guess Sunday afternoon made up for it, though! I hear PATSY MARTIN and REECE had a good time Friday night. N. C. Flash! GLENNA tWolf?J HOL- What Makes A Good Band? There are very few bands in the Valley that can compare with Weslaco's. For a good many years the Band has made a name for itself which no other band in the Valley has been able to equal. If there is a football game, a band contest in playing or marching, or any other occasion for which bands are invited to play, the Weslaco High Band is always there. Last year the Band probably traveled to more places, did more things, and received more honors than any other band in the Valley. This year the Band intends to keep that record. Perhaps the greatest feature of this group is that it is a team which always works together. Another fact is that the people of Weslaco are always concerned about the band and follow and support it wherever it goes. For those who may not know, there are more than twenty-five new members in the Band this year. These boys and girls are in- experienced, and it will take time to train them. As the season progresses, the Band will improve. Under the guidance of our director the Band will do its best, and the best is what it will do. B. H. Campaigning Can Be Fun! Vote for Jody! Rogers for Sweetheart! I can't make up my mindg they're both such swell candidates! Didn't you hear these and similar remarks on the campus from Monday afternoon until Thursday noon? However, campaigning isn't the only thing that goes on during the campaign. Some of the inside jobs which people think little about require more time, energy, and brains. For instance, how do you think the signs were painted? A grem- lin certainly didn't do it! It was the hard work of several seniors and juniors. And the skits didn't just appear on a blank sheet of paper. No,' they, too, were the brain children of a few industrious upperclassmen. l Here's thanks to all the kids who helped in either campaign. Without these exciting phases of an election, school-life would be rather dull! MAN and TED MCCOLLUM have broken up! TED was seen Sunday afternoon alone. Say, RUBIN, a certain little blond is certainly anxious to meet you. I won't mention her name, but her initials are B. J. B. BETTY JEAN VOELKEL was with DIZZY DEAN again this week end. I hear they went to Carter's Lake. Wow!! Flash! Scoop! RED is now a free man Line forms to the left, girls. Those certainly were pretty! ear rings you gave KITTY SUE, MERCER. I hear you were in the show together over the week end too. Say now. The Double S club had a slumberless party after the dance Friday night. Did you all ever get any sleep. MARGE, I didnt know you were so crazy about dogs! Well, since it didn't rain so much on Sunday, the mud is just about dry. Too bad, but We'l1 be back again next week! tWas that a groan I heard?J THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Page 3 Cards Beat Panthers 39-7 l-l.H.S. Club Displays Superiority Over Local Crew Unveiling an overpowering of- fensive, the swift Harlingen Card- inals swept past the Weslaco Panthers to cop a 39 to 7 victory before a capacity crowd here Friday night. The Cardinals got going early in the first period when they re- covered a Panther fumble on the Vveslaco 24-yard line. Three plays later big Lew Levine lunged over to tally from the four. Try for point failed. Early in the second quarter the Harlingen lads tallied to gain on a short 23-yard drive following an- other Panther fumble. Silvers was responsible for the marker on a short three-yard thrust over his own left tackle. Try for point was good. By virtue of a sustained ground power drive, the Wes- laco crew chalked up their lone touchdown of the evening. Husky Jack Freasier, who ac- counted for the Panther score, led the attack throughout the march. Try for point was good. In the last half the slaughter got underway. With the Cardinals slinging an abundance of aerials, they shoved across 26 big points. Silvers, Fink, Hext, and Leggett all aided in tallying the late game scores. All in all, the Panthers fumbled eight times, losing possession of the ball on seven occasions. Also, three good in- terference penalties were in- flicted against the Weslaco eleven. Twelve first downs were picked up by the H. H. S. Red- birds, while the Panthers got away with ten. A dansa' A data Perchansa Out lata A classa A quizza No passa Gee whizza! Panthers Traoel To Mercedes Friday Night To Meet Tigers Weslaco Holds Unbroken Win Over Queen City Boys Since 19405 However, Close Game ls Expected This Year Friday night at 8 o'clock the Weslaco Panthers invade Mercedes for their first out-of-town game and the first real opponent this season in District 40A. This game is expected to be a close one with the teams fairly evenly matched. Looking over past games this year it will be re- membered that Mercedes beat Rio Grande City 64 to 0, While Wes- laco beat them 65 to 0. Harlingen beat the Tigers 25 to 0 and Weslaco 39 to 7. These facts alone should indicate that the game Friday night will be a good one. --- ------- - ---I Mercerles runs off of the single- uw-, iiwing formation and will be spear- ,,'.,2f?'f lpheaded by Wade, Drawe and H ' ' Steer. Wade is known all over s ' QIIDELINES' Well, the Panthers lost their first game last Friday night when the Harlingen Cardinals rolled over them 39-7. In a way, this was probably a good thing. It woke the Panthers up to the fact that there is much hard work ahead of them. The football boys enjoyed a week end in San Antonio last week when they saw Texas Tech beat Texas A. and M. at Alamo Stadium. The Kittens are to play their first game of the year tomorrow night when they tangle with the Mercedes Cubs at Mercedes. The Kittens do not have any big men because of a new ruling about age and grade. Weslaco really goes in for foot- ball. Even the little boys in gram- mar school are trying to match some game with grammar school boys of other towns. If you see a number of football boys running around taped up, it is not from practice. They prob- ably got bruised coming out of the Alamo Stadium Friday night. So many people were trying to get out one exit that if you had you hands at your side, you conldn't have moved them! the Valley for his excellent punt- ing. After a hard week of work the Panthers should be ready to at- tempt another step toward the 40A crown. McLeaish, Bennett, and Jackson will probably lead the Panthers' attack. The Weslaco squad will prob- ably be strengthened this week, as Bob Guess and Ray Cleckler may be back on the team. Mercedes has not beaten Wes- laco since 1940, and the Panthers usually roll up a big score on the Tigers. However, the Mercedes boys may prove tricky, as they have a new coach and have fared pretty well so far this season. Life ln Hospital Has lts Reward Will you have lunch now, Mr. Jenkines? And you, Mr. Cleckler? Perhaps I should get someone to lift you to a sitting position? What! It would be too strenuous? Well, don't exert yourselfg I'll feed it to you as you are. Don't lift that heavy napking it might tire youg let me do it. Careful nowg let me have your fork. I'll cut that steak for you. No, this isn't as bad as it sounds, Donald and Ray didn't really have to be waited on so carefully, but it is rumored that they weren't making a drudgery out of their confinement and that their meals bore the notation To 7, Mr. Cleckler tRegularJ and to 7 Mr. Jenkines tRegu1arJ. Page 4 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE ' lx gned 18 lines in 5 ' 'when he was assi ' ' ' Ce Q i 'the Middle English version.. sm- Assembly Sklts Q ig dious Bob was only trying to Il'1tI'Odl.lCC Rogers, f N make five extra points on his six if: imisin - 1 here is your favorite reported . Greetings, gates! Have an as- pirin? Better take it, then, 'cause here is your favorite reporter with all of the latest gab. XVasn't that an impressive cere- mony that introduced Marjorie Rogers as the Panthers' Sweet- heart for 1946-'47? Congratula- tions, Marjorie!! Everyone knows the Panthers are proud to have you as their sweetheart. Let's all dig down deep to get 20 cents for the assembly this morning if you haven't already bought your ticket. tlncidcntally, you'll be helping the Journalism Class raise money and getting out of first period at the same time.D Have you noticed all of the signs in the halls and rooms of W. H. S. before a football game? This should show the boys that we are still behind them with that old school spirit, even though We can't Win every game. Don't you kids wish you knew the author of our so-called dirt column However, he, she or it prefers to keep the identity a secret, and personally I don't blame him, her, or it! The tragedy of last Week occur- red when Robert Pickard mem- orized 25 lines of Cl1aucer's Pro- logue in the modern version weeks' English IV grade. Maybe you'll pay more attention in class now, Robert. .iiill Wanta Make A In Science? Find Prof. 'Lovett A Stool WANTED! One stool about' three and a half feet tall. WHERE? The science depart- ment. WHEN? As soon as possible. WHAT FOR? That a member of the faculty might see his students and they see him. If you haven't already guessed, Mr. Lovett, W.H.S. science teach- er, is in desperate need of a stool so that he can see his students without a periscope. Although he admits that a periscope would ,come in handy on a test, it is still very inconvenientg and if a per- son could get him a stool, he would be eternally grateful. l Mr. Lovett has become so des- perate, since his stool disappeared during the summer, that he pro- bably would accept one, even though it were acquired through unscrupulous means. tBetter keep your eyes on that beat-up one in 'your office, Miss Black, or some reward-s'ee'king youngster might lift it while your eyes are turn- ed.l So if you happen to know where to find a stool, go to the science room and tell Prof., thereby mak- ing yourself an everlasting friend. Farina Marjorie Rogers and Jody Far- ina, candidates for Panther Sweet- heart, were presented to the stu- dent body by the Junior and Senior classes respectively in an assembly held last Thursday morning. In the Junior presentation, Car- line Lobitz, dresed as a mature Ahousewife, told her children a I l story. In it she recalled that in her junior year in high school Marjorie had been elected Pan- ther Sweetheart. Carline pictured the Junior candidate by describ- ing her appearance and her qual- ifications in words set to the :song Margie Then Marjorie came on the stage and Hal Potts presented her. In the Seniors' introduction, Jody was surrounded by football lboys with a large red heart for a background. After brief talks by football boys, representatives of lower classes, and members of the Senior Class, a quartet com- posed of Dillie Nicklas, Viola Vil- larreal, Rubin Minton, and Jimmy McAlpin sang Let Me Call You Sweetheart. The assembly was dismissed with the singing of the school song led by the two candidates. li.-.L...i Sociology Teacher tto studentbz VVake up the boy next to you. Sociology Stude: Wake him up yourself. You put him to sleep. Squarehead Sticks Greetings, faithful readers. This week I'm plagued with the after- maths of a journey to the far north tSan Antoniol, so I'll dis- pense with the humor and stick to straight football. tWas that the faint flicker of cheers I detected?J Here are this week's results: Edinburg 27,...Pharr 0-It looks as though Pharr will be rather weak this season. Harlingen 39-VVeslaco 6-This looks good for the Cardinalsg how- ever, remember the competition was only mediocre Donna 0 - McAllen 0 - Both teams looked pretty good, but the Bulldogs have to meet much bet- ter teams Mercedes 64-Rio Grande City 0-This could be good or only fair, depending on whether the Tigers used their first or second teams most of the time La Feria 14--Lyford 6-That's pretty good for the Lions Mission 33--Raymondville 0- If you take into consideration that the game was played on the Raymondville field, t?J that's wonderful. Not counting the tie as either correct or wrong, I predicted four Wright and one wrongg therefore my average remains at the 79 per cent mark. In looking at this week's games We find the following: Harlingen over Kingsville- This could prove one of the best Out Chin, Picks T igers games of the season. Brownsville over San Benito- With Brownsville riddled with injuries, it could be close. Edinburg over Robstown-The Bobcats should have an easy night. Mercedes over WVeslaco - Yes, that is what the records point to. It doesn't help your average to be sentimental. Donna over Mission-This is really a toss-up, but this party believes the Redskins will win. Pharr over La Feria-By a sub- stantial margin. Raymondville over Rio Grande City-The lesser of two evils. There you are, folks. I'1l be around again next week. THE WESLACO HI-LlFE+Weslaco, Texas, October 9, i946 LA PALMA Drive To Begin Next Monday The subscription campaign for the annual, LA PALMA, begins October 14, according to Homer Ryan, business mana- ger. The price cannot be definite- ly set yet because the publica- tions of the Journalism Class this year are costing S300 more than last year. The class hopes to raise this by profits from the concession stand, special assemblies and other sources. If it succeeds, the annual will sell for 32.50, the price charged last year. In no case will it cost more than S3. Three hundred copies of the annual with the HI-LIFE have been ordered. Students may re- serve an annual by making a down payment of 31.00. Salesmen in addition to Ho- mer Ryan and Kenneth Sher- ry, business managers, will be Ann Waller, Patsy Keen, Em- ma Jean Barber, and Doreen Yoder. It is hoped that the 300 sub- scriptions may be obtained by November 1, stated Ryan. Cub Scribe Learns What's Going On The Homemaking III Class is discussing questions on how girl should act when they date boys. They are also studying the problems of the newly married couple. Sounds interesting, boys The Band is diligently continu- ing practice for the remainder of the football season. They are memorizing more new marches and working daily on the drills they give each Friday night. The bulletin board in the his- tory room is devoted entirely to different subjects of current 0Vov1'S. The Journalism Class is also Cat., ...gg out tile tilelnc OI Cl.ll'l'UllL events on their bulletin board. A student is in charge of the board for a week. He brings news stories, cartoons, pictures, and features, which make a very at- tractive bulletin board. Hi-Life Staff For Semester Completed Column Try-Outs Cause of Delay In Election The remainder of the HI-LIFE staff for the first semester was elected last week in Journalism class. Because several members were competing for the two columns, Its This Way and From the Sideline, elections were delayed in order to give everyone inter- ested a chance. The class elected Peggy Hull to write It's This Way and Norman Watson to write From the Sidelines. Oth- er members of the staff are as follows: Make-up, Kenneth Jones, Jean Barber, assembly, Ventura Cas- tanedag humor, Julius Knebel, features, Julius Knebel, Doreen Yoder, Emma Jean Barber, and Jimmy McAlping sports, Ed Mc- Leaish, Homer Ryan, Kenneth Sherry, Jerry Waggener, Square- head, Ballard Bennett: photog- rapher, Doreen Yoder, circulation, managers, Doris Potts, Pat Keen, organizations, Kitty Sue Allen, typists, Peggy Hull, Pat Keen, Ventura Castanedag Thru the Keyhole, ? ? ? Bondy Harmon and Ann Wal- ler, editors, were elected at the 'meginning of the year. Miss Louise slack is sponsor. Sportsmanship Of Team, Coaches, Fans To Be Judged A Sportsmanship Trophy will be awarded to a 16AA team and one to a 40A team this season, according to J. C. Allen, president of the Rio Grande Valley Football l Officials Association. ' An Evaluation Card will be used this year by the officials in grading teams in the 40A and 16AA districts. In selecting the winner, the sportsmanship of the ,coaches and fans as well as that 'of the teams will be considered. 24-0 Tallied gainst Tigers By Panthers ' Excellent Punting Of Mercedes' Wade Steals how I In their first hard conference game of the year, the Weslaco 'Panthers rolled over the Mer- cedes Tigers 24-0 last Friday night on the Tiger field. The game started with the Pan- thers reaching scoring position two or three times, however, they fumbled the ball before they could get it over the marker. In the first part of the second quarter the Panthers drove down the field and scored from the 15- yard line, with Freasier carrying the ball. The try for point failed. The rest of the second quarter and all of the third were nip and tuck, with each team holding their own. The Panthers got under way again early in the fourth quarter when Mclieaish drove home from the 15-yard line. The next score was by Freasier from the ten. ,The try for both points failed. The last score of the game was caused by a freak fumble on the kick-off. As Osborne tackled the ball carrier, the ball squirted out of his hands into Jackson's, and Jackson trotted across the goal for the teedee. The try for point failed. XVelaco made fourteen first downs to Mercedes' one. Wesla- co punted twice for an average of 30 yards, while the Tigers pnnted ten times for an average of 44 yards. XVade, of Mercedes, who is known as one of the best punters in the Valley. re- ceived credit for the longest, which was 62 yards. WYeslaco tried two passes, completed one, and intercepted oncg while Mer- cedes tried five, completed one, and intercepted one. Girl to friend: I don't care if he is a pilot. I don't like to be referred to as the target for to- night. Page 2 THE WESIIACO IILLIFE' l l As Average Drops This week we find the box- headed one with the hooked nose in a very despondent mood. It seems he spent the weekend hid- ing from his readers in a stack of Coach Hester' test papers. tHe knew no one would bother them for a couple of months.J Let us hear the Redskin's tale: Ug! What a week. For the first time since I was discarded by the 'diabolical dopes of down- town Donna' I predicted more wrong than right. Here they are: 'Mision 33--Donna 7-My big- gest mistake. XVeslaco 24-Mercedes 0-Let's just not discuss it. 'Raymondville 40-Rio Grande City 0-The Rattler of Rio Grande City are chalking up an amazing record. V . La Feria 14-Pharr 6 - This will probably be classed as the upset of the year. Brownsville 13-San Benito 0 -This is the same as last year's scoreg however, both teams ap- vear to be weaker. Kingsville 6-Harlingen 0-The Cardinals outplayed the giants from the King ranch country, but the mud bogged their T-forma- tion down. Edinburg 6 - Robstown 0- The Bobcats don't appear to have much on the ball. From this vast wealth of up- sets I managed to salvage only three games correct. This brings my average down to 68 per cent. Not to be discouraged, however, I have ventured a few opinions on the results of next week's contests. They go as follows: Mission over Mercedes- This might possibly be a tight squeeze for the Eagle. VVcslaco over Pharr-It could be close, depending on whether the Panthers play as they did against Harlingen or Mercedes. La Feria over Raymondville- A very close game. Brownsville over Kingsville- Watch out for the Brahmas. They'll be out to avenge last year's defeat, and they might do it. Laredo over McAllen-By the slight margin of about sixty points. Edinburg over T.M.I.-If all goes as it should. 4 S'Qf,if,222af2Tl'eZad'S Panthers Tussle PSJA Bruins ln Con erence Thriller Friday Tilt Figured Closeg Powerful Line Play Expected to Predomlnate Playing their second out-of-town tilt in as many weeks, the Weslaco Panthers oppose the P. S. J. A. Bears in a conference contest Friday night. As both squads are given a better than average chance of copping the District 40A crown, an overflowing crowd is expected to throng into Pharr to witness the contest. Labeled as one of the Valley's toughest squads by the pre-season dopester, the Tri-City Bruins have proved to be slightly disappoint- ing. After breezing by the Lyford Bulldogs 33-0, the Pharr bunch dropped a hard-fought 27-0 game to the savage Edinburg Bobcats. Then it happened--the highly-touted Bruins dropped a close 14-6 decision to the lowly La Feria Lions in one of the section's greatest grid upsets in recent years. Prizes Offered For Fire Prevention Slogans Want to find an easy way to make money? It's very simple- just enter the contest for the best fire prevention slogans. The Fire Insurance Division of the State Board of Insurance Com- missioners is holding a contest among student in the junior and senior high schools of Texas for the best fire prevention slogans. Slogans may be on any phase of fire safety, must be original, and must contain not more than fif- teen words. All of the slogans submitted must reach the office of Fire In- surance Division, State Office Building, on or before Novem- ber 1, 1946. No student may sub- mit more than one slogan and must include in an envelope marked Slogan Contest' the name of the city, school, student, grade, principal, and superintendent. The prizes for the contest are donated by the Texas Safety As- sociation and are as follows: first prize, S153 second -prize, S103 third prize, S55 and the next best ten slogans, S2 each. In the over-all picture it looks as if Mission is the outstanding contender for the 40A crown, with Vveslaco a close second. The 16AA race is also close, and could quite possibly be decided in the Kings- ville-Brownsville game. VVell, good bye. I will be back again next week-that is, if I still have an average. . . Likewise the potent Panthers have not quite lived' up to pre- campaign barometer readings. Opening the '46 grid Wars with three All-Valley performers and a host of lettermen holdovers, the Panthers were boasted by their supporters as having a chance of sailing through their schedule without a mar, but this was not to be. Plagued by three serious injuries and a number of costly fumbles, the Weslaco aggregation finished second by a 39-7 margin to the Class AA Harlingen Cardi- nals. The Panthers, however, have yet to be outscored in three con- ference contests thus far this year. No great individual star has emerged from either squad. When the chips are down, however, the driving line-thrusts of J ac k 'Ducky Freasier have been ex- tremely valuable to the purple Panthers. Montalvo and Hall car- ry the brunt of the Bruin attack. If the P. S. J. A. Bears should emerge victorious from Friday's contest, it will be their first vic- tory over a Weslaco eleven since l938, when the Tri-City outfit last clinched a district title The probable starting line-up, is announced by Coach Grady Hester, is as follows: Bennett ........... .... L E XlcLeaish . .. . . . . LT Sawyer .. .....LG Ryan .... ..... C Potts .... I. . .... RG Clevinger . . . . . . . .RT Guess RE Martin .... QB Osborne . . . A f . , LH Freasier .. ,-,RH Cleckler ... .. . . .FB THE 'WEBLACO HI-LIFE Page 3 . 'g I' . mlzu H J! I F Tue 1 .-'D ' I t I fi ' . Ii' V55!fif3 5 17 Suffering with a severe head- nm-4 -A ache caused by eye strain from peeping through too many key- holes, here is the latest endeavor of your dear reporter. Maybe after you have read the column, you, too, will be sick! The date of the week goes to B A L LA R D and CARLENE SCOTT! Yes, HSQUAREHEADJ' we always knew there was some romance connected with you! In- cidentally, they doubled with HAL and PAT KEEN both Fri- day and Saturday nights. ' ANN WALLER and JAMES NELSON, BETTY JEAN VOEL- KEL and BILL PUCKETT were together Friday night. How many, actually were in the front of that 'pick-up? It seems that SUE THOMPSON and RICHARD BARBS don't like the lightning. I wonder why? My, my, these ex-G. I.'s certain- ly do get aroundg Friday night RUBIN and GLENNA HOLMAN, THD and DILLIE, tl could throw a stab right now! ROBERT and RITA had a wonderful evening together. At the dance in Mercedes, your snooping reporter saw CARLINE LOBITZ and HAROLD ROB- ERTS tltlercedesl, EVA MAE and CHARLES POLLAKOWSKY, and MARJORIE and RED Considering the number of girls that sat at home Saturday night. it seems a shame that BILLY JOE DAY, BOB GUESS, MAUR- ICE CLEVENGER and ED Mc- LEASH were seen stag at the Mo-Pac. BETTY LEE and DONALD Saturday night, to the Drive-In? you couldn't go SWAILS Friday Of course, we un- were together too. Did you go We're sorry with WAYNE night, DILLIE. dei-stand that you had to be in the Pep Squad. l-ZMNIA .IICAN BARBER and MARGARET KOBECK seemed to have had a nice time in Corpus Ch:i-.ti over the weekend. Natur- allv, cute bellboys wouldn't add any attraction! MARGE was with RED again Saturday night. Nice going, kids! .FREDDIE CARR and ANNA LOU RICHARDS a.nd.MERCER Are You Underrated? What did you get in Math? tor English, history, science, etc.l Aw, he gave me a 'D'. He gave me a 'C'. That teacher never did like me. He always picks on me when I go to class. The end of the first six-weeks will see some boys and girls trudging home with D's and F's on their report cards. The story of our grades is very familiar to our parents. There is a story behind that D or 'AFA' you get. Your teacher can tell you. The grade book gives a little bit of a story, but you, yourself, know it better than anyone. It started the first day of school. We are always griping about our grades, however, the- ones who gripe the most, are usually the ones who do the least studying. If you have lagged through the first six weeks, it IS not too late to be in stud in seriousl . Vgfhen yosu it your ri-port card, ask yourself why you got that D or HF . lf you think you are underrated, ask yourself why. tDon't blame the teacher at first thought.l The grade you get will be the result of the effort you put out to get that grade. Just Keep On Coming! ' The Journalism Class wishes to take this time to express its appreciation for the way you students supported our first special assembly program, Men Underseasf' If this support continues, we shall be able to keep the price of our annual the same as it was last year, because the profits from the four programs we're presenting are to be used to help pay for this year's annual. From the remarks heard around the campus, the program was enjoyed by all. The hundred students who missed the first one still have a chance to see the other three to be presented later in the year. Since the -first program was such a success, we hope everyonewill want to attend the rest of these entertainments. Feel Verse Coming On? Write It! Have you ever had a brain storm? When coming home from a party, have you ever said, I feel so wonderful I could write poetry ? XfVell, if it ever happens again, write it down and submit your work to the Annual Anthology of High School Poetry. For further information on this subject, see 'four English teacher. and KITTY SITE were together over the weekend. By the way, these two couples are now steadies. Say, DUANE and DICKIE, whom were you two with in the show? HELEN MCDANIEL was with WAYNE SWAILS at the game Friday night. Sorry I have to leave so soon, nut I' have to rush down to the drug- store for some aspirin! Large Group Enjoys Speclal Assembly Students who attended the pr0Q gram presented Dy Harold B. Da- vidson, deep sea diver, last Wed- nesday morning lived vicarious experiences through Mr. David- son's account of thrilling and sometimes dangerous incidents which he has witnessed as a diver. In addition to discussing his experiences, Mr. Davidson was assisted by Bondy Harmon and Julius Knebel in putting a com- plete diving suit on Kenneth Jones in order that he might ex- plain how the diving suit works. This was the first of four spec- ial assemblies being sponsored by the Journalim Class this year. The next assembly, featuring the Kilties, musicians cl res s e d as Highland Scots, will be presented November 1. Prof. Lovett: XVhat happens when a body is immersed in water? Student: The telephone rings. Page 4 'nm wmsmco H1-LIFE , ', Q New and Returned Studes Find Welcome if QQ ' 1 V In Classes, Activities of W. H. S. W5 Tillivllt Hello, pals. Here I am again! Looks as if you'll have to put up with me until mid-term. Don't groan, you're hurting my feelings. W. H. S. was the scene of two initiations this past week. Those poor boys who joined F F. A. and Roliki wonder now lafter it's too latel if being in the clubs is really worth going through those hor- rible initiations. Wasn't that a swell game last Friday night? VVe knew you Panthers could do itg let's just keep up the good work. It looks as if the Journalism Class is at it again. Yes, they have sold HI-LIFE subcriptions, work- ed in the concession stand at the Rio Grande City game, sold tickets to the assembly last Wed- nesdaylmorning, and now they're starting to sell subscriptions to the annual. These hard-working kids don't get any of this money, it's all for the benefit of you studes. Orchids tio the Band for such a swell performance last Friday night! Yours Truly wonders how those kids knew just where they were supposed to go. Edwina Stanley, a brown-eyedthat hunk of man, Rubin Minton, brunette freshman, came to Wes- laco from San Antonio. Edwina is 5 feet 41,6 inches tall. Her fa- twirling, favor- ite movie star is Esther Wil- vorite pastime is 2521-2:2:E:5.1. T' favorite food is She is One Of the twirlers in - --F-Eihzfsi-1:,2--a2i2't-.-5221! When asked ra :g:2.-M215-1fa:.1zegggig. '-15:22 f 0 r Comment, :A-R:-53:1-1 -ff:21:2.j:f:f:f 5321 it I ,.,.,.,. ' 'ii' bzbl fried chicken. A g 0 5 Q X any ft Q -212:22 -2:s:!-,-:f--.:::-f- sas she said she likes Weslaco hope Edwina learns to like Wes- laco and the Valley as much as we do. Since the boys swooned over Edwina, the girls may swoon over i one of the ex-service men who have returned to their old Alma Mater to finish this year. Rubin is six feet two inches high and has dark brown hair and eyes. He has that fine mas- culine look that the girls go for. tThose long sideburns help too.l Rubin's fav- orite pastime is 1 o a f i n g and buzzing in his car. Of course, his numb er one movie ac- tress is Lana Turner. When he was asked by your reporter if he replied definite- very much. liked Weslaco, he ly that he like it Yep, that time is here! It's time for all of those notebooks and book reports we have been put- ting off till the last minute to get. Yes, we are having to work ,hard now, but the teachers will have to burn midnight oil next week. Some consolation, eh? Did you kids smell something slightly resembling mothballs last week when the first little norther ble Win? It couldn't be that W.H.S. studes are anxious for ole man winter to come around! - A teacher in a city school asked her class to write an essay on the frog. One of her pupils handed in the following: What a wonderful bird the frog are! When he stand, he sit, almost. He ain't got no sense, hardly, he ain't got no tail hardly. When he sit, he sit on what he ain't got, almost. Evil Spirit Of Wolfrahunda Terrorizes W.H.S. A The very name sends cold chills running up and down your spine and makes your flesh crawl with a feeling of the supernatural. It is only natural that the dread spirit of NVolfrahundra should infect the campus of XV. H. S. in Octo- ber, which is the weird season of the year when witches mix strange brews and ride brooms on moonlight nights, when gob- lins run wind and the dead walk. Wolfahundrafpro- nounced XVol,' as in XVolfmang fra as in Frankenstein, hun as in Hunchbackg and Udra' as in 'Dracula'J has struck, fellow students, and this article is writ- ten as a warning of the evils to' I come. Before I go any further, however, I warn you not to laugh, as you might be the next victim. It was on the night of October 2 in our sleepy little town of Weslaco on the Rio, that the spirit of XVolfrahundra came floating down from the realm of the un- known on a full moon to strike his first victims. Nothing was happening that night except a Roliki Initiation. which is con- sidered one of the mildest and most genteel procedures in the school. The old members were making the initiates play hop-scotch, when the spirit of Wolfrahundra struck, passing like a dark cloud over the old members, which all of a sud- den made them leap up with belts in hands and flog the innocent little brats. Blo od curdling screams could be heard echoing throughout the sleepy little town, and mothers held their children close in dreadful despair. After this, the old members, still under the evil spell, dumped the boys out in the country. 'With the coming of dawn, just as the unfortunate seven were wending their way back home, the spirit of Wolfrahuridra faded into the disappearing moon as silently as it had come, leaving the old mem- bers full of remorse fchuckle, chuckle! for the deed they had done. Even though Wolfrahundra has disappeared, he will be back, may- be in a month, a week, or even tomorrow. Who knows? But be- ware! You may be next!!! 7 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, October I 6, I 046 F. H. T. Sweetheart To Be Announced At Dance Oct. 18 Jimmy McAlpin, seniorg Ken- neth Sherry, juniorg Donald Stout, sophomore, and Billy Mauldin, freshman, were elect- cd candidates for Future Home- makers' Sweetheart at a meet- ing Monday night of last week at the home of Pat Keen, and plans for a dance honoring the sweetheart were made. Voting will be held today at noon on the campus. The sev- enth through the twelfth grades may vote at lc vote. The winner will be kept secret until the dance, which will be on Friday evening, October 18, at the Stephen F. Austin auditorium. Doreen Yoder is general cam- paign manager. Other manag- ers are Elia Perez, seniorg Pat Keen, juniorg Mary Ann Clif- ford, sophomore, and Nancy Solether, freshman. LA PALMA Sales Get Off To Good Start When the HI-LIFE went to press Monday at noon subscrip- tions for the annual totaled 74, ac- cording to Homer Ryan, business manager. The campaign began Monday morning. Annuals may be secured from Ann Waller, Doreen Yoder, Patsy Keen, Emma Jean Barber, Ken- neth Sherry, Homer Ryan, and Miss Black. The sales group hopes to have the 300 annuals sold by November 1, stated Ryan. W Some people like wine, women and song. I don't. Some people like to watch the moon with a pretty girl. I don't. Some people like to go out and kiss. I don't. I bet you think I don't have any fun. VVell, I don't!!! Application For Permit Rejected Project Termed Deferrable By CPA Office Bad news arrived for Weslaco High School students in the form of a rejection notice to Weslaco schools that the Civilian Adminis- tration would not grant a permit at this time for construction of a gymnasium. However, the office in San Antonio made mention of the fact that the rejection would be effective for just as short a period as possible, thereby giving hopes that high school students still might see a gym on their campus by September 1917. To quote from the letter: The shortage of materials and facilities required for construction makes it imperative that all deferrable and less essential construction be postponed in order that the Vet- erans' Emergency Housing Pro- gram may go forward to comple- tion . .. You may be assured that this period of deferment will be as short as possible consistent with the critical materials situa- tion. Thi news, although unwelcome to high school students who had 'the most to do with raising money with which to build a gym, will be understood by these same stud- ents, who know that houses must come first. For many years the Weslaco School could not finance the gym: the bitter dose is that now the school has the money and cannot use it. School officials, immediately after receipt of the rejection letter, made a visit to the Civilian Pro- 'luction Administration office in San Antonio to get a better under- standing ol' the exact reasons for the rejection, before giving up hope that the addition could be had to the school. Naturally the government officials could give no indication when the permit would be allowed, although Mr. Wilson says that the application' will pro- bably be submitted again within a month or so, if for no other rea- son than to advise the San Anto- nio office that Weslaco wants the permit as soon as is possible to Work On LA PALMA Underwayg Senior Pictures, Taken Work on the 1947 LA PALMA got underway in earnest this week with the taking of individual pic- tures of seniors and juniors. Pic- tures of senior girls were taken Mondayg senior boys Tueday. To- day and tomorrow junior pictures will be made. Art manuals, editors' and bus? ness managers' instruction books, and supplies have been received from Steck Company, publishers of LA PALMA, -and the various staff members are at work plan- ning the sections of the book for iwhich they are responsible, stated Ballard Bennett, editor. A number of snapshots, begin- ning with the first day of school, have been takeng pictures of the Panther Sweetheart coronation are on fileg and group pictures of underclassmen and organizations will be taken soon. 4 Though the first shipment of copy will not be sent until Janu- ary 10, it is the purpose of the staff to get as many pictures taken as possible while the weather is good, Ballard said. A visit from J. M. Alexander, Steck yearbook representative for the Valley, is expected soon: and at that time covers for the 1947 LA PALMA will be chosen. issue it. According to Civilian Produc- tion officials, only projects which fall in the following categories may be considered: 1. Those vitally necessary to Public Health and Safety. 2. Those that Will increase pro- duction of critical products. 3. Those essential to increased food production and preserva- tion. 4. Those which will provide minimum community facili- ties absolutely necessary for new residential areas clevel- oped as part of the Veterans' Housing Projects. 5. Those providing urgently needed veteran educational facilities. 6. Essential and nondeferrahlc maintenance and repairs. 7. Those which will have no im- port whatsoever on the hous- ing program. I . Cannon Lifesaver I 3 4 ' PAGE TWO . THE WESLACO H1-LIFE iilti' - ' X i..6,,.J . I. 5M ?,. iiviuli Brother! My old peepers are L - ..-. really killing me after what all I saw last week THRU THE KEY- HOLE! But diff! My, my, these Future Home- makers can really pick 'em, can't they? The girls are all set with their dates for the dance honoring the Sweetheart. Well, almost all! BONDY LOVER HARMON, are you ever going to ask PATSY MCBRIDE for a date, or do you just write those notes in Bock- keeping for the fun of it? A main attraction over the weekend was a buffet supper at LORETTA'S Saturday night for the Double S. Those enjoying the food and music were JEN and BILLY JOE, LORETTA and RO- BERT PICKARD, MARGIE and HOMER, ANN and JAMES HO- WARD, and BETTY JEAN and FRANCES lwho were stag.l Some fun, no? RED, can't you make up your mind as to whether you prefer the junior or senior girl? I know .someone who would like to help you! It seems that writing letters just comes naturally with some people! Ask BILLIE CROSBY about ALBERT from Dallas! BETTY JUNE, did you like your blind date Thursday night? I understand you were with him IJACK MALOYJ again Friday night, only this time it wasn't blind! N.C. One of our ex-servicemen, J. O. FRIZZEL, seemed to be having a good time at the game with HEL- EN ARCHER. LARRY, what were you telling two innocent junior girls Friday night on the Band bus? RICHARD BABB seemed to think it was fun- ny! If you noticed stars in ELSIE JEAN McALPlN'S eyes last week. it was because her Marine, BOB ACRE, was home. Too bad he had to leave so soon, wasn't it? Girls, for information on how to catch a man, see CLARA FAE GARNETTI She was practicing Saturday night on BOBBY HAR- BISON. Did you ever get him to go to church with you? l I ll n l History Is Being Made-Q-'QM - Did you know that history is being made in Weslaco High? You may not know it, but you are making it every day. Every time there is an initiation, a dance, a pep rally, election of the Panther Sweetheart and the favorites for LA PALMA, a band contest, and whenever the Panthers play a game, a new chapter is being added to the history of W.H.S. Many traditions help to form this history. Without the continuance and support of these traditions, our school would not be the same. We, the students of W.H.S., are proud of our history and hold it in high esteem. VVe are making it every day, and it is ,up to us to make this year's chapter one of the finest. Please Be Nice To Our Sally! Say, have you boys noticed the new girls around the W. H. S. campus? A useless question, you may reply, knowing Weslaco boys! However, these girls are wooden! But they're nice little girls, anyway, Sponsoring the Safety Sallys is the Weslaco 20-30 Club, which distributed them around all three school zones. Safety Sally jars have been placed in Weslaco business firms for contributions to help pay for this 20-30 Club school safety project. Would you be willing to give up part of your tme before school, during the noon period, or after school and not be paid for it? No, not very many people would, however, the Junior Police have consented to do this. They play a very important part in this safety program The junior and senior high boys who help by being in charge of the Safety Sallys around W.H.S. are the same as real traffic officers and should be treated as such. The volunteers are Ed Compere, Tom- my Pepper, Elden Wren, Earl Lee Pike, and David Robertson. Let's show our appreciation for the fine job they're doing by co- operating with them 100f72,! G.R.'s To Attend Fall Conference Eight Girl Reserve members are going to the Fall Conference at Rio Hondo Camp Saturday morn- ing. The camp will be over Sun- day afternoon. The main theme of the camp will be Finance and Service. Mrs. Robertson: For what are the Phoenicians famous? Van Sidener: Blinds! Say, NORMAN, what's this in- terest for a new sophomore girl? A certain party has done her best to help you, but it's up to you now. I wouldn't call any names. but the Soph's initials are V.R. So long for now, but there will be more dirt next week!! I'll be seein' ya! , To Faculty Ladies Two, four, six, eight. Whoxii do we appreciate? Cannon! Cannon! Cannon! This was the sentiment of the ladies of the junior-senior high school faculty .last Thursday after- noon as they served themselves with dainty sandwiches and tall glasses of cold coca cola and then relaxed gratefully on the comfort- able living porch of the Cannons. The weather was hot, and the day had been tiring, a six weeks' exams were in progress. Hence when Mrs. Pat Cannon called the school fthe number is 523 and in- vited the group over at 4 o'clock for a coke, the response was en- thusiastic. V 4' 0 x THE Wnsnaco H1-LIFE PAGE THREE if fi Q anthers To eet La Feria r'1 ' sexi 1.31 Howdy, friends. Are all of you good people ready for our regular Wednesday morning chat? Well, you see, IT'S THIS WAY- Have you subscribed to LA PALMA yet? The annual staff has ordered only 300 copies with the HI-LIFE in themg so if you want the school paper in your annual, you had better hurry and bring your down payment of Sl. l James lCornbreadJ Clcckler, ex- Panther and graduate of Weslaco High, was in our pep rally last Friday afternoon. He even went so far as to make a speech. Also Lynette Stahl, ex-stude and drum major, pulled in from Baylor in time for the last half of the game Friday night. Gee, but l'm cold! Oh, I love the good ole summer time. Go awayg you smell like moth balls! Those are just some of the expres- sions picked up last Friday ar- ound the W.H.S. campus. Guess we'll have to get out all of our winter clothes, huh, kids? Who is that solid sender? Van? No, guess again, Frankie? No, guess some more, Stout is the guy Pm for! l'm for Billy lVIauldin. These were only u few of the posters seen around tV.H.S. before th eelection of Future Holnemak- ers sweetheart yesterday. Al- though the eleciton is over, we will not know the winner until Friday night at the dance. Do you suppose your candidate won? flu- cidrntally, Miss Black took a post- er that had two misspelled words on it oft' her door. When are you sophomores going to learn how to spell?J Gee, Pop, I tried. That test was just TOO hard. This really is a good report card, you should see some oi' the other kids' cards. If you are one of those who think you might be needing those excuses when you take your re- port card home tomorrow, you had better start preparing your parents for the shock tonight. Come on, kidsg 1et's get in the groove, and then we won't have to make up any excuses. fi m mme. ' Lions Here Thursday Night Game Expected Fairly Close Invading Team Has Defeated Pharr, Raymondvilleg Weslaco Holds Record Of Four Conference Wins Tomorrow fThursdayl night at 8 o'clock the La Feria Lions are scheduled to invade Barbee Field to try to upset the Weslaco Panthers in their march toward the District 40-A crown. The Lions are improving as a ball club, as they upset the last two teams they have played. They defeated the Pharr Bears week before last 14-7. On paper this makes La Feria one touch-down better than Weslaco, as the latter scored only one touch-down against Pharr. Last week the Lions upset the Raymondville Bearcats with a score of 12-O. TQZTD., mon me X IDEUNES Coach Hester has his eyes on some boys ol' the Kitten squad as propects- for the Panther squad. Donald Miller was outstanding last Thursday night for his punting and defensive end work, along with Lackey. Bembow was out- standing for his line plunging. Keathley, the Kitten's quarterback and passing star, also showed his fine points. The B-squad last Thursday scrimmaged the Stuart Place squad. Stuart Place was out class- ed in all departments. Outstand- ing for the B-squad were Rose, Day, Tidwell, and George 'Thomp- son. Coach Hester decided some of the B-squad members were slightly out of condition. If you are passing the doghouse and see smoke billowing out the window, don't report it as a fire. lt's only the managers and their weeds. The outstanding playing of Guess, Cleckler, Freasier, McAlp- in, and Ray C126 pounds of light- ning! Jackson kept XVeslaco in the conference race. Ray scored Wes- laco's only touchdown when he turned a Pharr pass into a 85-yard sprint for pay dirt. , It has been years since Weslaco has lost to La Feria, and the Panthers have usually racked up a good-sized score. The Panthers will be stronger this week than last, as Mclaeaish will probably be ready for action. He had an injured hip last week. The game is not expected to be too hard, as the last two games La Feria has won have been upsets and have been won only by a slim margin. This will be the fifth con- ference game for the Panthers. The probable Panther line-up will be as follows: L.E. ....... : ....... Bennett L.T. ........ .... M CAlpin L.G. . . . . . . Sawyer C. .... . . . Ryan R.G.... ..Potts R.T. . . . . . . Clevinger RE. . . . .... Guess QB. ... ... Martin R.H. . .. . . . Frt-asicr L.H. . .. ... Jackson F.B. ............... Cleekler Miss Black: Well, Robert, why are you late? Robert Pickard: I overslept this morning. Miss Black. Oh, so you sleep at home, too! Lost: One case of puppy love. Hal Potts. -ll.-.l- One player who definitely show- ed his training during last Friday night's game was Billy Head Day. Pharr was maknig consider- able gains ovcr center, when Coach sent in Day. The first plav Day got tackled, the second play he PAGE FOUR THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Sister, Brother Make Friends Quickly ' On Campus Of Weslaco High Say fellows, here's a cute little' number, Carlene Scott by name! She stands five feet, five inches' tall and has blue- 'freen eyes and eng blond hair. 'hi s attractive .inior hails from Jaytown and has we en attending :obert E. Lee ligh School at ioose Creek. Carlene's fav- orite movie starl is Walter Pidgeon, her favoritei food is Mexican dishes, and her favorite diversion is reading. When asked by your reporter iff she liked Weslaco, she said shel Now, girls, it's your time to swoon. Duane Scott is his name: and since he is T Tarlene-'s broth- 'r, he also hails 'ro m Baytown, vhere he was a nember of the Zhoral Club. Duane is five 'eet, two inches all and has blue , yes. He is a .reshman, and September 26. his birthday is Duane has a favorite movie star, which is Margaret O'Brien, and his favorite food is fried chicken. He, also, likes our Valley and W. did very much. IH. s. Squareheacl Hits 100771, Bringing Season's Average To 75 Ah, yes, how are my contented ' deal. readers this week? This week your chaotic chief guessed six out of six. Here are the glad tidings: Brownsville 38-Kingsville 6- At last the Eagles hit their stride. They should take l6AA. Edinburg 13-T.M.I. 6-A really screwy game. The San Antonio boys should have won. Laredo 32-McAllen 6 - This was not too bad, as the Tigers are one of the top teams in south Texas. Weslaco 7-Pharr kPerchance the Panthers should quit reading T this column. They always react in the opposite manner of my pre- diction. I Mission 33-Mercedes 0-Brrr! La Feria 12-llarmondville 0- The Lions have improved a great' After a long session of exact computation, I came up with the amazing average of 75 per cent. But that is only the beginningg look at next week's games: Pharr over Mercedes-Just ask any of the local gridders. Weslaco over La Feria-Proba- bly the closest game of the week. Raymondville over Rio Hondo- That's what the man said. Harlingen over Edinburg-The Bobcats' luck is due to play out. San Benito over Kingsville-If I get this one right, it will be a miracle. Rohr-town over McAllen-Looks as if they'll all be close this week. There you are. If Weslaco beats La Feria, I'll see you again next week. W. H. s. Group T5 Bel On KGBS Oct. 29 The Little Broadway and the Speech Class of Weslaco High will give a fifteen minute program in the Junior High auditorium, which l will be transmitted over radio sta- I tion KGBS by remote control ' Thursday, October 29, at 4:30 p.m. Miss Ann Bauer, speech teacher and sponsor of Little Broadway, will direct the program, which will consist of two musical num- bers and one reading or speech. Miss Bauer stated that she was rather new at radio programs and would get some experience as well as the students. Kittens Trample Lion Cubs 6-0 The Kittens of W.H.S. stamped the La Feria Lion Cubs 6-0 last Thursday night on Barbee Field. Although the first half was scoreless except for McFarland's running a touchdown which was called back because of infraction of the rules, it gave plenty of ex- citcment for the fans. All through the third quarter, the Kittens had the ball in the Cubs' territory. In the middle of the fourth quarter Bembow ran to pay dirt from the five-yard line. The try for point failed. Panthers Nose ?.S.J.A. ears By 7-2 Score Few Passes Throwng W.H.S. Ground Game ' Superior After four grueling quarters of intensive grid warfare, the W'es- laco Panthers finally emerged vic- torious from their heated battle with the P.S.-LA. Bruins in Pharr last Friday night by a 7-2 margin. This victory marked the Panthers' eighth consecutive conquest over ithe Tri-City Bears since 1938. E Midway in the opening period an eager Bear eleven tallied first. Following one of their drives that fizzled in the shadows of the Panthers' goalpost, the plucky Bruin line blocked a Weslaco punt, which netted them a safety. Later in the same period a de- termined W'eslac'o aggregation grabbed the lead when Jackson traveled 85 yards to score. Seizing a Bruin toss on his own 15 yard line, Ray Jackrabbit Jackson fairly flew to paydirt. Ryan's con- version for the extra point was successful. That was it--although the purple Panthers threatened on four other occasions, neither team managed to pick up another tee- dee. For the following three quarters the Weslaco crew stuck strictly to a ground attack while com- pletely bottling up the Tri-City of- fensive. Statistcally the Panthers were vastly superior. Chalking up twelve first downs to six and tal- lying five penetrations to two, the rugged Weslaco aggregation left little doubt as to which was the better team. Amongthe newer stars for the Panthers that showed signs of gridiron greatness were Bob Guess, end, and Billy Joe Day, center. Both lads held the Bruins' backs well in check. Coach Hester has a new punt- ing prospect coming up, in Donald Miller, an end on the Kitten team. Outstanding for the Kittens were Potts and Haas on the line and Bembow, Mauldin, and Keath- ley in the back field. THE WESLACO Hi-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, October 23, 1946 55 W.H.S. Students UKILTIESH TO GIVE. PROGRAM Make Honor Rolls NOVEMBER 1 IN ASSEMBLY First Six Weeks Fifty-five students of Junior- Senior High are eligible for the honor rolls for the first six Weeks, according to Principal A. C. Mur- phy. Of this number 25 are on the superior list and 30 on the honor group. The eighth grade led the super- ior list with seven students, the seventh grade came second with six, and the seniors and sopho- mores had four each, On the honor roll the seventh grade had nine, the freshmen and eighth grade seven each. The complete list is as follows: SUPERIOR HONOR ROLL tAll A'sl Seniors: Juanita Cantu, Ventura Castancda, Reece McAlpin, Patsy Martin. Juniors: Margaret Kobeck, Hal Potts, Peggy Jo Ilull. Sophomores: Tommy Pepper, Betty Jean Robertson, Sergio Gar- za, Peggy Kirgan. Freshmen: Charlie Cardenas. Sth: Genevieve Ballard. Caroline Carrothers, Mary Ann Dreyer, Robert Joe Potts, David Robert- son. Marshal 'wVortham, Carlos Pe- rales. Tth: Thelma VVoods, Sarita Bai- ley, .1 une Smith, Elva Ochoa, Delia Gutierrez, Teresa Lancaster. HONOR ROLL 13 A's, rest EFS! Seniors: Kenneth Jones, Jerry Vtfaggoner. Juniors: Larry Gray, Loretta Shields. Sophomores: Mary Ann Clifford, Bill Pickard. Elden Wren. Freshmen: Kaye Clark, Marceli- no Casas, Augustine de los Santos, Robert Fields, Lola Valdez, Alex Westbrook, Mary Gene Wortham. 8th: Earl Lee Pike, Sue Thomp- son, Christine Carr, Aline Henrich- son. Gene McMullen, Charles Saw- yer, Patsy Potts. 7th: Saul Barbosa, Delia nandez, Yunette Clifford, Her- Gail Henson, Lee Nicklas, Laura Jane Oehler, Jackie Faye Roberts, Don- ald Watkins, Ninfa Cardona. Jody F.: I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on the earth. ' Red M.: Aw, why not? Jody: There wouldn't be any minister. l The Caledonian quaitet. known throughout the United States as The Kilties, will present a pro- gram consisting of Scottish bal- lads, classics, popular numbers, ensembles. solo, and native im- personations in assembly Friday of next week, November 1. at 11 o'clock, The quartet was organized and is directed by Chief WV. L. Nimmo. They are dressed in authentic Highland costumes, and the tar- tans they wear are the Royal Stewart. Cameron, MacLeod. Go - don, and the famous Black XVatch. This, the only traveling organiza- tion of its kind in America, has performed before audiences num- 3bering as many as 10,000 persons throughout the United States and l Canada. These extraordinary mus- icians form a veritable choir with a wide selection of numbers. Chief Nimmo will explain the unusual Scottish instrument. the great Highland Bagpipes. Chief Nimmo came to this country when he was still a lad, his father being an Edinburgh Scot and his mo- ther a Frazer from the Highlands. This program is the second of a series of four being sponsored by the Journalism Class this year. Tickets will be sold by the journal- ism students for 25 cents, tax in- cluded. Stout Named F. H. T. Sweetheart Friday Donald Stout, sophomore, was named F u t u r e Homemakers' Sweetheart at the dance Friday night in the Stephen F. Austin auditorium. Margaret Kobeck. club president, welcomed the guests. and Marjory Rogers pre- sented the sweetheart and the other candidates-Jimmy McAlp- in, senior: Kenneth Sherry, jun- ior: and Bill Mauldin, freshman. Those present enjoyed refresh- ments of punch and cookies. Attractive red and white crepe paper streamers and a large heart an the stage decorated the audi- ltorium and followed the sweet- lheart theme. McLeaish Places In Sports Contest Ed McLeeaish, senior, has plac- ed two Weeks in a football-predict ing contest sponsored by the C, and H. Distributing Company in Harlingen. Ed won third place the first week and first place the second week. He has picked nine out of ten winners each week. Ed won S2 the first Week and S5 the next week. The winners are announced ev- ery Saturday night on KGBS. Ed has other laurels to add to this victory, He has won first nlace in the Vallev High School Press Conference for the last two years for his sports stories, PAGE TWC 'rim wEsLAco H1-LIFE THRU G4f?4J-lffE 1 ' , THQ 3 ' .N i , V I .9-, ggtvllglt L LW' i The weekend was literally fun 1 Sy- A of dirt. Here is what was seen while peeping THRU THE KEY- HOLE. At the Future Homemakers' dance Friday night were MARY ANN CLIFFORD and DONALD HSWEETHEARTH STOUT, PEG- GY KIRGAN and VAN SIDENER, PATRICIA DAVISON and JIM- MY McALPIN, PATSY ROSS and BILLY MAULDIN. LEOLA MAE NORMAN and JIMMY CLARK, NANCY ANN SOLETHER and CATO CHRISTENSEN, CARINE BRADFORD and WAYNE SWAILS, JANE BARTLEY and DANNY REED, BETTY JEAN ROBERTSON and BILL McKEE, DOLORES TRIPLETT and BOB- BY LOVER SCHUPP, ELLA DEAN and ED twhere have I heard this before?l ZOE and KEN- NETH. DOREEN and WOODY, CARLENE SCOTT and BAL- LARD, PAT KEEN and HAL. RAY FRANKIE JACKSON and CARLINE LOBITZ, CORKY BLOCK and BETTY LEE CRAW- FORD, DOLLY DIBRELL and FRED the ninth wonder CARR. and HELEN PACE and DICK ARMSTRONG from Donna. Saturday night DOLLY DIB- RELL and ERNEST PATE, MER- CER tl could throw a stab right here! and KITTY SUE, and FRED CARR were seen headed for Har- lingen. Do you have a girl there, FRED? Flash!!! What's this we hear? BALLARD has asked CARLENE SCOTT to go steady! Say now, this IS news!! There's a rumor that a certain Mercedes girl is interested in W.H,S's own HAL POTTS! You'd better get busy, HAL, this is a big opportunity for you! How did you G,R.'s at camp like a whole week-end without boys? KSilly question!! What were you doing alone Friday night, BETTY JEAN and ANN? RED seems to have got along with MARGIE very well over the week-end! Here we go again! Bye, now! We'll see you next week. .1..........-....-..1-. The elevator to success is sel- dam running. Try the stairs. Last Thursday In VV, H, S, Q A AW-Vwvw A Gee, it's going to be a close game tonight, Yeah, I hope the Panthers don't play the way they did last week! The crowded bus load of students piled onto the campus and began another Thursday in W. H. S. The atmosphere was not that of excitement, anxiety. or confidence, although this was possibly going to be one of the harder football games of the season for the Panthers. The morning passed slowly for the students. They paid little at- tention to their classes, When the bell rang for pep rally, the students walked slowly into the auditorium and looked around for a seat. Before the pep rally began, Mr, Murphy had some announcements to make, then he told the students what he thought of last week's pep rally. He said it was the worst he had ever seen, and that if they didn't improve, this would be the last one we would nave. The students agreed with Mr. Murphy, and during the pep rally spontaneous cheers came from them. Even the little boys and girls yelled! The Panthers began to feel as though the students were really behind them and became more confident, The pep rally was dismissed with the singing of the school song. Everyone left with an air of hopeful anticipation. The Band members hurried home to shine their uniforms and the pep squad to press their skirts and blouses, A few minutes before the game started, the Band marched to their stand. The students applauded the green and gold. As the Band set- tled down, the Panthers came onto the field amid great cheers from the bleachers. The two teams were lined up, ready for the kickoff. when the Band began playing the stirring 'Spirit of Weslaco High. Instantly the students and visitors of both sides rose and the words were sung with sincere feeling and dignity. Immediately following the school song and the kick-off, the cheer leaders led the School Yell with the unanimous support of all the pep squad, students, and Band. The game got off to a fine start with the Panthers playing their best, and the twelfth man solidly supporting them. The score was steadily rising for the Panthers, and at the half the score was one to indicate that the Panthers were working together as a unit, At the half the Weslaco Band formed at the goal post for inspec- tion. The people of Weslaco had never seen the Band perform Better. The ranks, files, and diagonals were perfect. The drum major and the twirlers were complimented by all for their drill and twirling. When the Panthers again came on the field, the twelfth man en- couraged them by their shouts of Come on, Panthers! and We're with you, boys! During the second half the team played a game that showed they would inevitably win the conference title this year. As the referee blew the final whistle, one could hear cries of vic- tory, It was a thrilling moment as the team left the field-victorious. The student body, the Band, the pep squad, and the fans were proud of the Panthers. not only because they knew they had won, but be- cause they knew the team had played a fair, clean game and had work- ed as one body, with no individual player trying to star. They also realized that the twelfth man had really supported the team 10093, This is a picture of W. H. S. as it was last Thursday. Let's keep it that way! THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE THREE Panthers Turn ack La Feria To its-39.0 Home Team's Passes Click for First Tvme This Sea son The mighty Vifeslaco Panthers added another star to their crown when they ran roughshod over the La Feria Lions last Thursday night 39-0, The Panthers combined an aerial ,frame and an aggressive ground attack to score in every quarter. ' The Panthers' march toward the goal started early in the first period: and after a series of downs, Freasier broke loose to score from the ten. Ryan kicked the point, Ray Cleckler broke loose a few plays later and travel- ed 60 yards to pay dirt. The try for the point by Ryan was success- ful. Early in the second period Jack- son carried the pigskln to the four-yard line and then went over standinaf up. Ryan connected for the point. The lone marker of the third period was made by Freasier from the four-yard line, The Panthers ran wild in the fourth period, with McFarland scoring from the 27. and Jackson pushing the ball across the coal two more times in this quarter. However, Jael-:son's touchdowns were called back because of penal- ties. The last score of the game came with Jackson shooting a pass to Bennett, who scored, A little later when the Panthers got the ball, Mclleaish plunged to the one- yard stripe before being brought down, but time ran out on the Panthers before they could call another play. Weslaco tallied fourteen first downs to La Feria's four and tried six passes. completing three: while La Feria tried four and completed one. Roses are red, Violets are blue Orchids are 5510.00 I wonder-would dandelions look nice to you? anthers to Ea tle San Benito Greyhounds Here Friday Night Result Doesn't Count in District Playg Resaca. City Eleven Boasts Fair Record The eyes of the entire Valley will be focused on Barbee Field when the classy NVeslaco Panthers and the rugged San Benito Greyhounds clash in their traditional non-conference grid War Friday night. As this game can easily be used as a yard stick in measuring the potent Weslaco Panthers' chances for a third consecutive district title, an immense crowd is expected to throng the local turf, Boasting a fair season record thus far this year against extremely strong competition, the huge Resaca City Greyhounds should be doubly tough. Long remembered will be the Greyhounds' epic 13-0 defeat-with-honor to the supercharged Brownsville Golden War Eagles defenders of the 16-AA crown. In Dick Stuesser, '45 All-Valley standout, the bulky Greyhounds A rnonms 'QEIIDELINES' The La Feria Lions Thursday night went home convinced that they had met an inspired Panther team and were justly defeated 39- fl. The Panthers gave the Lions an abundance of thrills and play- ed their brand of football that night. After their hard game Thursday aight, only one player was absent from school Friday, Ray Cleckler was absent because he went to San Marcos to see his brother, i'Doc Cleckler, play, Coach now has a new back who is as big as an ox and runs like a iackrabbit, Howard McFarland is the new back. He became eligible for the Pharr game. Co-captain for the La Feria game was Jack Freasier, a 180 pound Locomotive back. Jack was an outstanding back of last Vear's bi-district squad as well as this year's team. Jack is noted for his line plunging and defensive playing. Tony Guerra, winner of first place in the Valley High School Press Association as sportswriter of the HI-LIFE for several years in succession, is now a sports writ- er 'on Texas University's paper, THE DAILY TEXAN. possess a formidable scoring threat capable of flaring loose at any time. Bobby Prentiss and Wel- don Forren, two barnstorming linemen, also have proved to be valuable assets to the squad. Yielding defeat so far this year only to the high-flying Harlingen Cardinals, Coach Grady Hester's Weslaco Panthers, District 40-A kingpins, hope to offer the 16-AA Greyhounds plenty of opposition, Still relying on their explosive T formation, the purple Panthers have racked up 208 big points in six ball games. In Jack Freasier and Jackrabbit Jackson the Panthers possess two top-notch mailcarriers, Between the two of them, the lads have totaled 90 points, The probable starting line-up for the Weslaco crow as announc- ed by Coach Grady Hester is as follows: Bennett LE McAlpin .... .... L T Sawyer... ....LG Ryan . . . . . . . C Potts ....RG Clevinger . . . . . . RT Guess ..... . . . . RE Martin .... .... Q B Jackson LH Freasier .... .... R H Cleckler Lillian had a little lambg It was given her to keep, It followed Lillian everywhere, But died from lack of sleep. FB Mary had a little Watch, She swallowed it-it's gone. Now wherever Mary walks- Tin1e marches on. PAGE FOUR THE WESLACO HI-LIFE -, f .- f si L Mm mis vm. I Tum ti di, ra dooly la la. And how are all of my faithful readers feeling this fine Wednesday morn- ing? After making all the rounds, we find that IT'S THIS WAY- Say, kids, wasn't that a fine game last Thursday night? The Panthers' really went to town: let's just hope they keep up the good work!! 2 Orchids to the Band for its ex- cellent performance at the game last Thursday night!! The Twirl- ers certainly made an impressive scene by twirling with fire. Two, foe, six. eight. Got it? This isn't an arithmetic class for beginners learning how to count, It's just that junior cheer leader, Marjorie Rogers, leading the yells in pep rally, Althouh it sounds as if Marge is from Gawgia in the Deep South, she is really from Chicago, in the Far North. All of W.H.S. agrees, however, that she's a first class cheer leader! The walls nearly came tumbling down last Thursday when W.H.S. students gave out with the yells in pep rally, Keep up the good work, kidsg the boys really ap- preciate it, It looks as though Kenneth Sherry is trying to take the honor of having sold the most annual subscriptions away from Jim Mo- yer, last year's business manager. Last Monday Kenneth had a total of 100 subscriptions to his credit. Good work, Kenneth! Congratulations, Don, on being elected Future Homemakers' Sweetheart for 1946-'47. That cer- tainly was a good dance the Homemakers gave last Friday night in honor of their newly elected sweetheart. See how much you mean to them, Donald? It's time I was leaving now. but I'l1 be seein' ya soon-bye. Love is like eating mushrooms. You don't know whether or not it's the real thing until it's too late. n I John Pigskin Parades Purple And White Intently Johnny Pigskin gazed at the wall in his candy-striped pajamas. Suddenly he let out a yell that sent his mother tearing up to his room in wonder. Ah, yes, after all these months of hoping and praying, the time has come, he mumbled, as he gleefully rubbed his hands While gazing at the mercury, which had fallen to an all-time low of 64 dc- grees. Yes, fellows, Ole Man Winter finally heard your desperate pray- ers. and with one last puff sent a ripple of cool air twisting and winding into the torrid regions in which we seem to exist. tHow it survived the wastelands between Kingsville and Raymondville we'll never know!! At school you might find our typical football hero with that coveted football jacket draped ar- ound his manly shoulders, happi- ly chattnig with his fellow com- rades, with sweat pouring down his face. On the level, boys, we were all a mite jealous that we weren't in that parade of purple and white that invaded our school last week! aG. R.'s Study, Play At Fall Conference Be quiet so I can sleep! Pass the bread! Oh boy, it's swim time! Let's play tennis! These were a few of the re- , marks heard from the girls at the 'Girl Reserve Fall Conference at Rio Hondo Saturday and Sunday. The main events of the camp Saturday were the Identification Contest, Stunt Hour, and the Campfire Service, Sunday morn- ing there was a meeting of ther Inter-Club Council, A Vvorship Hour was also held. Each day there was time for swimming, tennis, or just loafing. Those attending from Weslaco were Patsy Martin, Peggy Hull, Wilma Walker, Emma Jean Bar- ber, Doris Potts, Billie Crosby, Ann lValler, and Loretta Shields. Misses Jean Spratt and Louise Williams, sponsors, accompanied the girls. Acrey To Sneak To Student Body Today The Rev. Chauncey Acrey, past- or of the First Presbyterian Church of Mercedes, will speak on The Problems that Face Stud- ents in general assembly today, October 23 at 10 o'clock. The Social Studies department is in charge of this program. Hal Potts will act as student chairman. Squarehead Gloats As Only One Miss in Last Down on the floor, it's a boxg no, it's a crate: no, it's Squarehead. Good morning, friends. How are all the students of higher learn- ing? I, myself, fared fairly well this week, missing only one game. I now have an even 75 per cent average for the year. Here is how they turned out: Harlingen 2-Edinburg 0 - A close shave, but an inch is as good as a mile. Kingsville 18-San Benito 6- My only mistake of the week. Oh, well. Pharr 12-Mercedes 6 - The Bears are really improving. Some- body had better watch his step. Weslaco 39--La Feria 0 -- The Lions completely collapsed. Robstown 26 - McAllen 0 - Something has surely got into the Cottonpickers. Looking at next week's sche- dule. we find the following: He Announces Week's Predictions ' Brownsville over Robstown - The Eagles are in for a tough 5 SCFHP. I Harlingen over McAllen-If the ,Cards play ball, it won't be too iclose. i Kingsville over Edinburg-All ,these 16AA teams are evenly imatched. , Weslaco over San Benito - lPlease don't save this to refer to on Saturday morning. Mercedes over Raymondville- ,A battle of defenses. La Feria lover Rio Grande City TNot very close. Mission over Lyford-Obvious- ly. i Donna over Pharr-This is a good time for an upset, however, I'll stick with the Redskins. There you are. Unless some of my more affectionate fans catch up with me, I'll be back again next week. Cheerio. THE WELSLACO HI-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, October 30, 1946 1 I Kilties to Be Here Friday 1 1 A.M. Hoot, mon, the Kilties are comin'! Yes, studes, Friday morning at 11 o'clock you will have the opportunity of enjoying one of the big attractions of the year. The Kilties, musicians dress- ed as Highland Scots, will play Scottish ballads, popular num- bers, classics, and songs and ,will present dramatic imper- sonations. This is the second of a series of four programs being presen- ted by the Journalism Class. Profits will be used in publish- ing LA PALMA in order that the yearbook may be offered at the lowest price possible. Ad- mission will be 25 cents, and tickets are on sale now by the journalism students. Plans for VHSPC Fall Banquet Made Plans for the fall banquet of the Valley High School Press Confer- ence to be held at The Den in Pharr December 4 were made in a meeting last Wednesday eve- ning, when 29 students and spon- sores, representing seven Valley schools, met in the senior high school building. Ballard Bennett, secretary - treasurer of VHSPC. presided in the absence of the president and vice president. At the banquet in December the awards for the best annuals of 1945-46 will be made. plaques to be givfn to first and second place winners. Schools represented at the meeting were McAllen, Pharr. Fd- couch-Fllsa. Merc:-dos. Harlingen, San Benito and Weslaco. Homemakers to Give Silver Tea Nov. 3 The Future Homsmakers will have a silver tea Sunday, Novem- ber 3, at the home of Marjorie Rogers, 1018 Indiana. All mothers and fathers of the Future Home- makers are invited to attend the tea between the hours of 3:30 and 5. Committee chairmen for the tea are as follows: Refreshments, Martha Ann Knapp, decorations, Jean Barber and Pat Keeng place, Marjorie Rogersg clean-up, Kath- erine Cleckler. Panther-Eagle Game Friday Night to Deter ine Champion Both Teams Have Perfect Conference Recordg Close Contest Expected Still clinging feverishly to their desperate hope for a third conse- cutive district title, the Weslaco Panthers invade the Mission strong- hold Friday night to tussle the massive Mission Eagles. This pigskin masterpiece promises to be the number one 40-A football package for the 1946 campaign, as the victors will undoubtedly be crowned con- ference kings. Labeled as the logical eleven to succeed the Panthers for the top- rung of the sectional grid ladder, the staunch Eagle supporters boast. of their greatest football crew since the illustrious days of 1941, when Tommy Landry and company last roamed the local grid plains. Crisp blocking and superb ball-handling keynote Coach James Miller's re- vamped Eagle eleven, who have totaled 189 points thus far this year. Perhaps the Panthers' season record does not possess the golden glitter of the Eagles, but the Weslaco aggregation have kept their conference slate clean. Furthermore, it is generally acknowledged that Weslaco possesses a potent ball team capable of erupting on any oc- casion. Only Harlingen and San Benito, two 16-AA outfits, have stop- ped the '46 Panthers. In the personnel department both squads furnish a galaxy of stars. Freasier, Bennett, Potts, and Jackson are heralded as the Weslaco standouts, while Rome, D. Carter, and Bradshaw head the formidable Mission brigade. Moreover, the grueling contest should supply the anticipated capacity crowd with numerous thrills, as both Nine W.H.S. Students Injured Saturday elevens display excellent offensive power capable supported by hefty forward walls. Something should also be said concerning the opposing coaches, Grady Hester of Weslaco and James Miller of Mission, as both 'boast unusual records - neither the Panthers nor the Eagles have dropped a conference contest since their arrival in the Magic Valley. Genial Grady Hester, head mentor in Pantherland since 1944, has copped seventeen straight victor- iesg while James Miller, a rookie in Valley coaching circles, has sent the Eagles through to four con- secutive triumphs. Since the two elevens began their grid rivalry in 1931, they have battled thirteen times, with 1 Nine high school students were injured last Saturday morning when the jeep in which they were riding collided with a truck near the highway bridge east of Mer- cedes. ' The injured were Carlene Scott, driver of the jeep, Ann Waller, Genevieve Schritter, Betty Lee Crawford, Marjorie Rogers, Patsy Keen, Carlene Lobitz, Carl Lobitz, and Larry Lehman, owner of the jeep. All were taken to hospitals in Mercedes or Weslaco, where they were later released, as none were seriously injured. Who's Who In 40-A the Panthers proving superior sev- en times: and the Eagles topping Conference the score on six occasions. Possi- WTiamS W- L' T' 0- bly the best remembered of these D es 300 Esntllers 5 2 215 48 struggles is the hectic '37 scrap, guna R Skins 3 3 186 69 when Mission edged Weslaco 16-13 P .arf Bears 3 3 68 100 to crush the Panthers' pennant Ihihsgmt Eagles 5 1 180 26 aspirations of that year. Rgylfgiiigiigls 4 3 62 116 -W Bearkats 2 3 89 49 There are two little sardines in R,G,C, Rattlerg 1 5 13 255 a skillet. What are they singing? Mercedes Tigers 2 5 84 122 Small Fryuu I Lyford Bulldogs 0 5 6 169 PAGE TWO THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Chief Squarehead Grieves As Average Drops to 7371 How are all the happy followers of the gridiron sport today? Well, then, how are all the unhappy ones? This party has come to the conclusion that every week, teams up and down the Valley diligently study this column and then go to great lengths to do the opposite of the predictions. At any rate, I missed three out of eight this week and my season's average now stands at 73 per cent. Here are last week's results: Harlingen 1kMcAllen 0-The Cards seem to put out just enough to win and no more. Brownsville 20-Robstown 7- The Eagles are well on their way to another championship. San Benito 7-Weslaco 6-Both teams looked only fair. Mercedes 15-Raymbndville 12 -This proved to be an exception-, ally good game. Edinburg 14 - Kingsville 0 - How did that happen? La Feria 14-Rio Grande City 7 -The Rattlers are showing real improvement. Mission 47-Lyford 0-There is nothing wonderful or supercolos- sal about that score. Pharr 12--Donna 0-The Panth- ers are beginning to realize how lucky they were to sneak by the Bears. Next week's card is light with 16AA conference games, but the 40A race reaches its climax. Here goes my neck: Kingsville over McAllen-The Brahmas are off again, on again. Orange over Brownsville - Or- ange has an exceptionally good team this year. Robstown over Corpus Christi Academy-It should be a slaught- er. La Feria over Edcouch Elsa- I've got to raise my average some way. Pharr bvcr Rio Grande City-A real thriller. Donna over Raymondville - I have a hunch the Redskins will show a great deal of improvement this week. Weslaco over Mission-I remem- ber last year's Pharr game when Richards made a -15 yards the Whole game. The Panthers are toughest when the chips are down. There it is, folks. I'm really sticking my neck out on some of these, but I just have to take the chance. lA Winning Combination!-1 -PP P P T P A M7 fr 9 oar K Z 1' ft? -' 'A TEAM 3 a a T -L A255506-ifiiiit Friday night the Panthers will play the Mission Eagles in what will be the Panthers' hardest conference game of the year. Its outcome will probably decide the winner of District 40-A. In order for the Panthers to play their best, they must know that the student body is solidly behind them. The success of this game will be in a large measure up to us, the Twelfth Man . Our confi- dence and loyalty to the Panthers will be shown Friday at pep rally and at the game when we cheer tnem on to victory. The Spirit of Weslaco High will receive its greatest test Friday night, and it will be up to us to see that it does not fail! The Panthers will enter the game Friday night with one idea-to win. If the Panthers give their best, and we do the same, we can await the outcome with confidence. Let's Have Fun, But- Trick or treat? Does this remind you of a certain night during the month of October? Yes, it's Hallowe'en!!! This is usually one of the busiest times in the policemen's year. Isn't it a pity they have to guard everything so carefully because a few people think that to have fun they must destroy things? Don't you feel sorry for the poor Cops ? If you are planning to have your fun tomorrow night by soaping car windows, littering yards with signs, or carrying off yard furniture -think twice!! How would you like to have your car windows soaped lyour yard covered with signs, or your furniture carried off? Also I think of the poor, hardworking police and then try to think of a nicer, 'cleaner way to have your fun! THE WESLACO I-IIJJFE' PAGE THREE 'mf Y thM st . f - R , . . Oll ll VACUUM M Create Peace, lgg, lws PICKUPALLTHE DIRT' - Greetings. On behalf of my read- ers, I'd like to explain the change of the title of this column. You see, not being as young as I once was, my weary old bones cou1dn't take the continual strain of peep- ing thru that keyhole any longerg thus I adopted a new and easier way of collecting dirt with THE VACUUM CLEANER. A Hmucher buener time was had at the Little Broadway dance Friday ngiht by such couples as RED and JODY, .TACK and MA- RY ARTHUR from McAllen, KEN and ZOE, MARY SUE and BOB, and DONALD and BETTY LEE. Everything seems to be smooth- l sailing with JEAN ANN and BIL- LY MALOY. The mail man is a popular old boy around SHIRLEY BUL- LARD'S house. ROGER McAUL- EY from college writes nice let- ters, doesn't he, SHIRLEY? Now, talk about writing letters, LAURETTA RYAN is undisputed champ. We hear TOODLEM MA- LOY enjoys them. too. Donna still works its way into this column every week. ANN was with BILL BROWN Friday night. DILLIE, which do you prefer. blondes or brunettes? TED and R. L. are both mighty nice, aren't they? The younger generation gets around more than the older ones sometimes. SUE THOMPSON and RICHARD BABB, BOB GUESS and MARY SUE, ED and GAIL. and others are seen enjoying each other's company on the campus constantly. Ain't love grand? We hear SUE ECCLES has an admirer who Walks her home ev- eryday. He's BILLY THOMAS. HOMER and BOBBY RAY were having a lot of fun with two San Benito girls at the dance. RITA MILANO seems to have done pretty well over the week- end. She was with BOB HEN- RICHSON Friday night and with R. L. ALRIDGE Saturday night. DILLIE must be slipping, but then she can have both TED Mc- COLLUM and R. L. I see the vacuum cleaner is full: so I'd better go empty it. I'll see you next week when it's time to pick up all the dirt again. Says Acrey World Friendship Only Solution Seen For Future The young people of America must widen the diplomatic chan- nels of the world so that the good will of American youth may be transmitted to the youth of other nations. This was the keynote of the talk given by Rev. Chauncey Acrey, pastor of the First Presby- terian Church of Mercedes, last Wednesday morning in the audi- torium. The speaker declared that the absence of war does not mean peace, as the World today is being held together by force. VVe can- not have genuine peace until all the nations develop a good feeling toward other nations, Mr. Acrey said. There were two ideologies fighting against each other in the last wan-the neo-pagan belief that the state was the supreme object of devotion and the Chris- tian philosophy, which makes God the Supreme Being, he stated: and we are indeed blessed with the triumph of the Christian be- lief. The bombs dropped over Naga- saki and Hiroshima contained ex- plosives weighing no more than a buckshot, and there is a possibil- ity that the atom bomb may be de- veloped to a more destructive ag- ency than it is now, Rev. Acrey explained. God has placed infi- nite resources in the hands of meng and with atomic energy man is able to destroy everything God has created, as the heat given off is so tremendous that it vaporizes even solid masses. As there is no defense against the atom bomb, nations must notions of national of creating spheres he declared. abandon the security and of influence Mr. Acrey saying that if there is a next war, it will be a short one, as bacteriol- ogical research reveals sub- substances even more dangerous than the atomic bomb. It is therefore up to the high school closed his talk by Yep, studes, here I am again. The handle has changed-but it's the same ole me underneath. Don't throw your papers away, at least give me a chance! Are you one of those forgetful kids that can't remember to bring your dollar for a down payment on an annual? You better remem- ber not to forget or you'll be sor- ry!! tYou may be too late already.J The Science Club is planning to plant more grass on the W.H.S. campus: however, the project will not be a success unless we studes co-operate and keep off the grass. After all, the sidewalks were made to walk on, anyway. Hats off to the Band for their performance last Friday night. AS I SEE IT, they keep getting het- ter and better. Frances Hudson certainly made a good stand-in as twirler for Eva Mae Betts. That ship with the flying banners, S.S. SAN BENITOH and S.S. WES- LACO was really impressive. That Little Broadway is in the groove!! Last Friday night they chalked off another success on their list of dances. The Hallo- we'en decorations and the spooky skit were really tops! Quick! Hand me my sun glas- ses! No, we're not losing our minds or anything like that tev- erybody laughl. It's just that some W.H.S. boys have walked by with those blinding shirts on-green, red, blue, plaid-any color you want and guaranteed not to fade! We're only joking, boysg we like color around our school. You studes really showed your vumpft when we marched down town last Friday afternoon: Let's keep up the good workg the boys really like it. tYumpf tnounl- spirit, energy: vitalityl. Out of time, out of space, and out of words so-bye. generation of today to see that there is no other war tomorrow, he urged. PAGE FOUR THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Hounds Defeat Panthers 7-6 Friday Night Statistics Prove Weslaco Superior ln Hard Fought Game The Weslaco Panthers met their second defeat of the year, 7-6, at the hands of the San Benito Grey- hounds last Friday night on Bar- bee Field. The first quarter was scoreless, with the Panthers threatening once on the fifteen-yard line. How- ever, the Hounds were able to hold them. In the second period the Hounds made a couple of first downs and finally reached the one-foot line. After three downs Stuesser drove over for the score. The try for the point was successful. The Panth- ers were in scoring position once again before the half, but time ran out on them. Weslaco received the kick to open the third stanza and in three tio the ten. ln two Freasier hit pay dirt. point failed. Weslaco San Benito territory plays drove more downs The try for remained in the rest of the quarter but failed to score. In the fourth period the Panth- ers again drove into the Hounds' territory, but the visitors managed to punt out every time before the Panthers could get into scoring position. The Panthers tallied thirteen first downs to the visitors' flve. Weslaco also completed three pas- ses of sixteen thrown, while San Benito completed one out of five. . CORRECTION ,The HI-LIFE regrets that the name of Dixie Jo George was not on the honor roll. This name was not sent in by the homeroom teacher. .,. ....-.-1 A lady's mind is always clean, I've heard most people say, The reason, why they stay like that, They change them every day. G.R.'s to Help Raise S365 Relief Fund Doris Jean Potts and Ann Wal- ler gave brief talks on Finance and Service, main topics at the Fall conference, at the regular meeting of the Girl Reserves Tuesday of last week in the audi- torium. It was decided that the Weslaco Chapter of Girl Reserves would participate in sending 3365, quota of Valley G. RFS, for services over- seas this Christmas. This money will help to reorganize Girl Re- serves in foreign lands. The club voted to have a booth at the Hallowe'en Carnival tomor- row night. Miss Anna Moseson, secretary of Valley Girl Reserves, and the girls' mothers were guests at the meeting. Seniors Lead W.H.S. ln Percentage Of Subscriptions Only nine annuals were left of the 300 when the HI-LIFE went to press Monday at noon. The following table shows the proportion of subscribers in each class. Enrollment Subscribers Seniors 47 43 luniors 70 58 Sophomores 84 55 Freshmen 84 47 Sth Grade 87 33 7th Grade 98 32 Ex-students - 5 Faculty - 18 Total 291 Carnival to Be Held At Grammar School The annual Halloween carnival sponsored by the Mothers' Club will be held tomorrow night at the Stephen F. Austin School. The carnival will get underway at 6:30 with a barbecue, which will replace the usual Mexican dinner held at this time. Among the amusements planned for the carnival are cake walks, bingo games, penny-pitching, and for- tune telling. These will be spon- sored by service and civic organ- izations. The annual children's parade will not be held this year. All proceeds from the carnival will go to the Mothers' Club. Tv'-Q.. Ei 2 CD 5 cn -1 -1 N B U li CD .hut 5' '1 ! 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Qv-U5 -HID rnH3'I35HE',I-- :0-- s.. 4-+D'gm,.,.D'fDggg-2 Q25 Us as sesame: .-.Fm 3.-. o5mo::o.E c.fc::' l -fl ...,,,:,,,-,A , f .. , . . -t 1,,,. ., .nts .....il......z-:Va 'y i' lg. - 1: ll' - l' ashgswmwuwwmwwm Esasasawaawafatqrwh He loloked up- Then-in a flash- Vivid colors played on his cheeks. His head swam. A wild look appeared in his eyes- He fell-hard. He was never the same man again. She looked up- To her, too, the giddy feeling came. A blanket of scarlet hid her face. She gasped- She fell--hard-very hard. And she was never the same again. Has Dan Cupid scored again? Has the flower of romance blorvmed once mere? Ah, no, my friend- It was only an icy sidewalk! I He: May I hold you Palm- olive? She: Not on your Lifebuoy. He: Then I'm out of Lux? She: Yes. Ivory Formed. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, November 6, I946 V ' 0 Purple-anti hltes Defeat Who Wh0 140'A Conference ' ' Teams W. L. T. 0. . Weslaco Panthers 6 2 221 48 Donna Redskins 4 3 239 69 Tense Crowd of 6500 Sees Close Game ,lzllgjsifyfeggges Q 2 lgg Between Two Good Teams Struggling La Feria Lions 5 3 102 116 ' ' Rayrnondville For 40-A Championship ' i I Bearkats 2 4 89 102 Scrapping with the ferocious tenacity wh ch characterizes the RQGQCI Rattlers 1 6 13 305 jungle wildcat whose name they have adopted, the pugnacious Panth- Mercedes Tigers 2 5 84 122 ers of Weslaco High School fought the highly vaunted offense of the Lyfopd Bulldogs 0 5 5 169 Mission Eagles to a standstill and with less than four minutes left to - f play shook an unheralded back, Howard McFarland, loose on a sixty- yard jaunt to pay dirt for the only touchdown of the game. The con- test was highlighted by the superlative defensive team play of both sides, and the great broken field running of Mission's Robert Rome and Vl'eslaco's Howard McFarland. The first quarter was used by both teams to feel the opponent out and to study the defensive alignment being run against themg how ever, the Eagles kept the Weslaco aggregation deep in their own territory with the high-booming punt of Rome. Early in the second period the Panthers discovered the major weakness in Mission's defense-the flank, and via this route worked the ball to the Eagles' forty-five. Here, however, they were forced to punt, but shortly after this, found themselves in possession of the ball on their own forty-yard marker. It was then that the Panthers opened an aerial assault which netted two completed passes for about thirty- five yards. The last pass was nullified by a fumble after completion which the alert Mission secondary recovered on their own twenty- five. In turn a Mission back fumbled, and the ball was pounced on by a white-shirted lad. The next play saw McFarland skirt his end and zig zag his way to the Mission five, only to have the pigskin brought back to the twenty-two on a clipping penalty. The Panthers then plugged the ball to the eighteen in two plays Strategy Against Redskins Plotted l l 1 Talking it over, left to right are elected permanent captain by the Ballard Bennett, captain and end, team at the first of the season. An Asst. Coach Henson, and Head honorary co-captain is chosen for Coach Grady Hester. Ballard was 'each game. for a penetration. Shortly there- after, it went over on downs, and the remainder of the half was a stalemate. The third quarter had got under way much as the first, when sud- denly Rome dropped back and shot a thirty-yard heave to Brad- shaw, Eagle right half, who was dumped on the Panther eleven. The next play, however, saw the Panther defensive line swarm through to drop fullback Carter for a seven-yard loss. Desperate, the Upper-Valley boys took to the air, but to no avail. From there the Panthers took over and work- ed the hall out of danger. In the fourth stanza the contest continued to be the see-saw affair it had been the first three quart- ers until McFarland took an ln- nocent-looklng lateral and skirt- ed his own left end. As he broke upfield, he turned on a terrific burst of speed, and with the aid of scythe-like blocking from his teammates scampered sixty yards for at score. The try for the point was wide. The Mission boys were stunned, but fought back gamely with a dazzling barrage of passes, any of which could have tied up the game. Finally the ball went to the Panthers, who held possession of it till the game ended. The team work of both elevens was phenomenal. Seldom was a tackle made by a single player, for invariably the ball carrier was met by a host of opposing tack- lers. Both the Eagles and the Panthers gave ground with the reluctance of Spartans at the bat- tle of Thermopylae, and it ig doubtful that two more determin- ed teams have ever met on a Val- ley gridiron. The Central City team held an edge in statistics, which are as follows: First downs, Weslaco ll, Mission 65 passes completed, Wes- laco 3, Mission 23 penetrations, lVeslaco 2, Mission 1. - PAGE TWO A THE WESLACO HI-LIFE . 0 f AS , ,, , ff 'Et ' X - F 'T . . 'P -f Greetings, Gates!! Ready for our I ' I-A ' I regular Wednesday morning chat? Here is all of the latest gossip and gab AS I SEE IT- Wz1sn't that a super-colossal program that the Kilties gave last Friday morning? THE VVHEEL of McAllen sent d'own three re- porters to cover the program for its next paper. The Kilties were not to be in McAllen until after the paper had gone to press, and they wanted an early story. Kenneth Jones, make-up editor of the HI-LIFE, has taken over the job of assistant editor for this week's paper in the absence of Ann Waller. Ann will be back in her position for next week's paper, however. Purple and White, Purple and white, Panthers, Panthers, Fight! Fight! Fight! Purple! NVhite! Panthers! Fight! Purple and white, Purple and white, Yea, Panthers, Fight! Fight! Fight! The time has come again for the Xveslaco- Donna football game. Everybody knows that this has been an outstanding game for both teams for a long time. VVhen we yell our school yell, let's really get behind it and give out with all we've got. The championship'isn t officially won yet. Did you kids notice how quiet the halls were last week without Carline Lobitz and Ann Waller? One can usually hear their laught- er and uninterrupted chatter be- tween all periodsg however, last week the girls were not to be heard. P.S. They're back again now and screaming for everyone not to touch them. fl wonder why?l The game with Mission last Fri- day night was really super, but' def!! It was the most exciting Eame Yours Truly has seen in a long time. Seen on a sign: Drive careful- ly. Don't kill the children-wait' for the teachers. I Congratulations !-and a Warning The student body, Band, and other fans of Weslaco have probably never been as proud of any team as they were Friday night when the Panthers defeated the Mission Eagles 6-0. For the third consecutive year the Panthers will probably be champions of District 40-A. Much of the credit should go to Panthers' mentor, Grady Hester. The team undoubtedly has one of the finest coaches in South Texas. He is ably assisted by Coach Buck Henson. The twelfth man -Pep Squad, cheerleaders, Band, and all other supporters-should also be congratulated. They were never more I solidly behind the team than they were Friday night. - The Donna Redskins are now the only threat to the Panthers' winning the district title. To some observers the game might look I easy. However, the Panthers must play harder than ever. Overcon- . fidence has lost many a game. It would certainly be a feather in Donna's cap if they could defeat the potential district champions. Next Monday we will again be able to show how great The Spirit of Weslaco High is. If the Panthers play their best, and we are solidly behind them, we can again await the outcome with confidence. B. H. ! Friday night were EVA MAE and BILLY JOE, CARLENE and BAL- vlcliiig tit ' S . IWE Pack UP ALLTHE DIRT' What's that noise? Yes, it's the Vacuum Cleaner picking up all ,the dirt. Better watch out, studes, l or it will get you next!! 4 Some of the couples seen Satur- lday night getting hayseed in their lhair were JODY and ANN gand HOMER, EMMA JEAN and HAL, EVA MAE and BILLY GRIFFIN, PATSY and REECE, SCOTTY and BALLARD, MA FRY ANN and TOMMY, PATTIE land COUNTRY, ZOE and KEN- NETH, DORIS JEAN and - WOODY, BETTY JUNE and NORMAN, and HAZEL and KEN- NETH JONES. A certain junior in W.H.S. has it bad for an MAGGIE and also CHUCK DENNING tfrom McAl- lenl. Her initials are E. M. B. Say, MARJORIE, those asters t'RED gave you surely are pret- ty! BETTY LEE and DONALD, and ELLA DEAN and ED were seen at the Drive-In. - At ROWENA'S after the game I LARD, and EMMA JEAN and HAL. lSay, this is getting to be quite a habit! JOHN ELLIS, BAKER, and ED MCLEAISH didn't have dates for the Roliki hayride, Say, girls, you better get to work on these boys. When HAL'S name is mention- ed, a certain junior girl gets a gleam in her eyes. Isn't that right, PAT? FRANCES HUDSON was with LOWELL HOLMES from Donna over the week end. CLARA FAYE has been seen a lot. with ARDEAN McDANIEL, lIELEN'S brother. The Vacuum Cleaner has given out so many stabs this week that it just fell apart. But don't get ex- cited, I will have it fixed before next week!! .- Now I lay me down to rest, Before I take tomorrow's test. If I should die before I wake, Thank God, 1'll have no test to take. Cornbread Cleckler, Rowena Haas, William Bach, and Joy Trip- lett, all ex-studes, were seen in our pep rally last Friday after- noon. It looks as if they just can't stay away from ole W.H.S. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE. THREE H - , mon me s , 5 f ffintuutgg . . I Martin Stuart. coach of the Kittens, started his team with a few second stringers from last yc-ar's Junior team. With out- rganfing caaching and the excel- lrnt spirit of the Kittens, they leave extended their winning streak to four games. Lackey, licmbow, and Jackson are among the boys from the Junior team that will make good material for the Panther squad. On November 11 the Panthers will be the same Kittens of 1943 that were defeated twice by the llc-una Junior team, Donna Red- skins now, by the score of 33-0 and 27-0. The Panthers will settle this feud by beating the Redskins in all departments next Monday. R. L. Aldridge last week helped Coach Hester out with the acute pants shortage. R. L., a former Panther star, brought up, to the astonishment of the team, two pairs of pants. Coach Hester ex pressed his appreciation for the gift and said that if things came to the worst, they, the coaches, would make a raid on the mana- gers' quarters to secure equip- ment. tBig joke-signed N. WV. and K. SJ Glory hog Barnett always tries to get into the picture Look at the picture of the coaches and the captain on this page, and you will see him trying to sneak into it. Too had you're not fast enough, Barnett. - All-Valley Band To Meet November 9 The first practice of the All-' Valley Band will be held in Mer- cedes cn November 9, according to an announcement made by Joe Bellamah, Band director. Approximately ten students will attend from each school, repre- senting their own instrumental sections respectively. Plans for the A11-valley Band include radio broadcasts and con- certs during the year. Weslaco to cet Donna Nov. ll Fei' Annual Gri Classic Redskins' Reservation to Be Scene Of Scalping Duelg Panthers Hold Statistical Edge on Indians Apparently headed for their third consecutive conference crown, the Weslaco Panthers' grid juggernaut rumbles into Donna Monday tfternoon to clash with the frenzied Donna Redskins in another of their epic pigskin classics. With the opening kick-off slated for 2:30 o'clock, both squads are reported in top physical shape for the gruel- ing grid grind. Fresh from their sterling 6-0 victory over the highly regarded Mission War Eagles, the classy lV.H.S. Panthers enter the annual fray with a slight nod of favoritism from the learned prognosticators. Skepticism prevails in both grid camps, however, for past records are seemingly cast aside prior to the opening whistle of a Weslaco- Donna tussle. Since the two elevens first exchanged tackles in 1924, the favored crew has rarely reigned victorious at a game's finish. Possibly the best example of this is the Redskins' astounding 40-0 triumph in the 1939 fracas. With two bi-district titles under his belt since his arrival in the Mid-Valley city in 1944 and hungry for a third, capable Coach Grady Hester is not selling the powerful Redskins short. Knowing full well that the Donna aggregation is laden with offensive power, Hester is planning to defend against the demon-like thrusts through the line of Arnold and Wilson, two returning All-Valley backs from the '45 grid scramble. Bolstering the Redskin forward wall are Ronald Curry and Dizzy Dean, two husky youths who also started for the Donna ag- regation last year. Out of the purple-clad Panthers' brigade of stars, the names of ay Cleckler, Hal Potts, Jack I H reasier, and Homer Ryan mer1ti special attention. All of the lads turned in creditable performances last week against Mission- and have also been largely responsible for Weslacds unblemished con- ference record this year. If the potent Panthers should emerge victorious from the crucial contest, they would clinch a third consecutive District 40-A cham- pionshipg moreover, it would mean Wcslac0's nineteenth consecutive conference victory. Neither of these facts has been previously ac complished in the history of Val- ley grid annals. The game, being an afternoon affair, is expected to attract its usual capacity crowd, with Don- na's tomahawking Redskins out trying to avenge the 35-0 defeat dealt them by the Weslaco Panth- ers in '45, On the other hand, Wes- laco will be out forltheir third straight conquest over the Red- skin eleven, something no Panther squad has been capable of accomp- lishing since 1927. Panthers to Loose Secret Weapon The potent Panthers are calmly awaiting the oncoming scrap with the Donna Redskins Armistice ,Day, since at last a lucky charm I has been produced. ' In 1944 Aldridge frightened the mighty savages with his bushy lblack whiskers, while the Panther squad, masquerading as convicts with their crew hair cuts, did the trick in '45, This year, however, an even more potent charm, which in ways resembles the atomic bomb, has been supplied. Ed McLeaish has graciously consented to use his powerful physique in the Donna game, after the team and both 1 coaches pleaded for days with him. It is even rumored that Coach Hester, upon learning the news, ,made a complete revision of the lteam, switching McLeaish to the lback-field, thereby taking out the entire line, so that they can be saved for the Bi-District game. PAGE FQUR nm wEs1.Aco H1-LIFE 29 BOYS CONSTITUTE SQUAD THAT HOPES TO WIN THIRD SUCCESSIVE VICTORY OVER REDSKINS Pictured above is the entire Panther squad, which expects to win a third successive victory from Weslaco's old rivals, the Donna Redskins, next Monday at 2:30 on the Indians' camping ground. Reading left to right the boys are as follows: Front row--Nor- iman Watson lmanageri, Hal Potts, Maurice Clevinger, Rav Jackson. Ed McLeaish, Red Martin, Jack Freasier, Ed Barnett, John Saw- yer, Jerry Waggoner, Freddie Carr. Second row-Bobby Schupp., Howard McFarland, Robert Pick- ard, Corwin Block, Ballard Ben- nett, Billy Joe Day, George l Thompson, Jimmy McAlpin, Bob Guess, Baker Osborne. Third row --W. J. Chambers, James Forrest, Marion Rose, Harold Dean Pate, J. W. Pace, Lewis Hetcock, Marvin Moore, and Don Stout. Back row-Coach Buck Henson, Homer Ryan, and Coach Grady Hester. Greetings, fellow followers of the gridiron sport. Today I'm in ever so happy a mood, for my av- erage has risen to a healthy 78 per cent. This is encouraging despite the fact that it's still below last year's level. The conferences races are pret- ty well shaped up at this date, however, the Brownsville Eagles, the glamor boys of 16-AA. have two tough games ahead of them. ln 40-A the Panthers are assured of their third straight title unless they drop their two final games. Here are last week's results: Wveslaco 6-Mission 0-A case of mind over matter. Corpus Christi Academy 7- Robstown 6-I had to make my usual weekly blunder. Pharr 50-Rio Grande City 0- Thrills! Donna 53 - Ravmondville 0 - Didn't I say the Redskins would bounce back doubly tough? Orange 25 - Brownsville 7 - Squarehead Smiles as Score Skins Skyward: Climbs Back Out on Limb 'The Eagles made a real scrap of it 1 Kingsville 18-McAllen 0-The Bulldogs are resting on the bot- tom rung this year. Next Week we find the follow- ing: Brownsville over Edinburg-AL ways a hard fought game. Harlingen over San Benito-It will probably be closer than the Harlingen Star would make out. Mercedes over Lu Ferin-The Lions have gone down a lot since thev knocked Pharr off, Mission over Rio Grande City- That ought to help my av page-, Pharr over McAllen-The Bears will have a chance to prove their worth. XVGSIZICO over Donna-By any- where from one to seven points. That's the way I see it, friends. I may be sticking mv neck out on the Weslaco-Donna tiltg but if the Panthers play ball, I won't need to worry. i l l Kittens Tramnle Mercedes Cubs 14-6 The 'Weslaco Kitten eleven trounced the Mercedes Cubs last Wednesday night 14 to 6 on Bar- bee Field. The two Kitten touchdowns were made in the last half. The first came late in the third quart- er, when Luna ran the ball over from the nine. Jackson plunged through for the point. In the first few minutes of the last quarter Luna broke loose for a beautiful 75-yard run to score. Again Jackson made the point. In the last few minutes of the play the Cubs completed a pass and ran three yards to pay dirt. The try for point failed. The Cubs chalked up 4 first downs to the Kittens' 3. Outstanding for the Kittens were Lackey, Miller, Bembow, and Luna. 'Nuff said-so long. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, November I3, I946 Bauer Drums of Death To Be Presented December 5 The cast for the Little Broad- way production, Drums of Death a three-act mystery play, has been selected, according to Miss Anne Bauer, director of the production. The play will be presented Decem- ber 5. The cast includes Celeste, an oc- toroon servant, Emma Jean Bar- ber, Sheldon Harley, manager of the Bailey estate, Kenneth Jones, Jules, a Haitian negro, Julius Kne- bel, Mrs, Oakley, the housekeeper, Shirley Bullard, Mrs. Gillette, Mr. Bailey's sister, Glenna Ruth Hol- man, Eugenia Bowles, a distant relative, Patsy McBride, Amelia Gillette, Mrs. Gillette's grand- daughter, Dolly Dibrell, Newton Cooper, the county sheriff, Bobby Hankalg Doctor Cameron, a mid- night visitor, Billy Fordg and Paula Bailey, Mr. Bailey's grand- daughter, Betty Jean Boles. The play is centered around ob- taining a valuable stone which Mr. Bailey, a business man, obtained in Africa. All of Mr. Baileys re- latives are notified by fake tele- grams to come to his death bed. Mr. Thompson, a rival of Mr. Bai- ley, is trying to secure this stone, however, a relative of Mr. Bailey is the only person who can get it from his body. Rehearsals for the play will be held every afternoon from 4 0'- clock to 7. Thompson Speaks To Homemakers Mrs. V. C. Thompson spoke on How to Plan Your Future at the regular meeting of the Future Hoinemakers Monday, November 4, at the home of Kitty Sue Allen. Those girs who wanted Future Homemaker T Shirts paid their money to Marjorie Rogers, treas- urer. Dainty refreshments were serv- ed to 44 members and the spon- sor, Mrs. Jack Bain. Play Cast ls Panthers Scalp Indian Tribe Announced B 7-0g 7,000 Watch Listless Game Victory Assures W.H.S. of Third District Crown Since 1944 3 Win Is Nineteenth Consecutive Conference Triumph Scoring on the first play of the second period the Weslaco Panthers now officially the District 40-A kingpins, edged a hostile Donna Red- skin eleven by a margin of 7-0 before a throng of approximately 7,000 fans in their traditional Armistice Day festival. The Donna pow-wow grounds was the scene of the epic battle. Starting their 51-yard stretch drive midway in the first quarter, the potent Panthers capitalized on Donnals major weakness-quick openers through the center of the line. Freasier set up the tally with a swift thrust inside tackle for six yards, followed by a four-yard jaunt which found McFarland three yards away from the scrimmage line and one yard out from the Upromised land. Freasier sighted his hole again to smash for the tilt's only teedee. Try for the extra point was successful with Ryan sending the ball directly between the uprights. As for the remainder of the contest, the brand of play was rather HI-LIF E Enters State Contest Of THSPA The Journalism Class has en- tered the HI-LIIFE and indi- vidual stories in a contest sponsored by the Texas High School Press Association, Tex- as State College for Women in Denton, according to Miss Lou- ise Black, sponsor. The HI-LIFE was entered in the division best-page-in-locaL newspaper. Individual stories and columns entered include editorials, news stories, feature stories, spo1'ts stories, sports columns, and other columns. These contests were discon- tinued in 1944 because of the war but are being renewed this year. The HI-LIFE won first place in the state in its division in 1942 and again in 1943, re- ceiving the plaques hanging in Room 2 of W. H. S. Band to Broadcast November 15 The Weslaco High School Band will present a program of marches Friday, November 15, at 4:30 o'clock over KRGV. according to Joe Bellamah, director. slow and listless. Although the Panthers penetrated on three dif- ferent occasions in the final half, their offensive power appeared sluggish, greatly lacking in the sparkling initiative their pugnaci- ous predecessors possessed. Playing top-notch ball for the Panthers were Red Martin, Jack Freasier, Maurice Clevinger, and Homer Ryang while Ronald Curry, Bull Saunders, and Tom- my Leadbetter displayed their wares effectively for the valiant Redskins. Statistically speaking, the W. H. S. crew was head and shoulders above the Donna aggregation, This is best depicted in the figures that follow: Vtleslaco Donna Penetrations 4 1 First downs 13 2 Yards gained rushing 208 32 Yards gained passing 37 14 Passes thrown 8 5 Passes completed 3 2 Passes intercepted 1 1 Punts, number of 4 7 Punts, total yardage 104 251 Penalties, number of 5 1 Penalties, total yardage 35 5 She: Oh, Carl, there was once a time when you used to stroke my chin so lovingly. You don't do it any more. He: Yes, but that was when you had only one. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE 'me ' - VACUUM ual - A, IDWE PncxUnAu.x DMI , QF ! Hi, drips!! Here I am with more dirt and daggers to sling! What's this? I saw PAT KEEN with ODELL EDUCATED GOD- WIN! Was the midnight show good, kids? Flash! The date of the week goes to BETTY JEAN VOELKEL and MAURICE CLEVINGER. Some fun! No? Well, well, BILLIE CROSBY had a date Friday night with C. V. JONES! When stars are in BETTY JUNE'S eyes, it's usually because NORMAN'S names has been men- tioned!! It seems that these two have found something in common! The game at Edinburg Friday held some interesting admirers! Among them were DORIS POTTS and JERRY WAGGONER, JIMMY KELLY and VERENA RAIN- WATER, BALLARD and CAR- LENE, HAL and EMMA JEAN, DONALD and BETTY LEE. Say, CLARA FAE, I thought you had a date Friday with an ex-student!! Didn't I see you with HOWARD? BETTY BLANTON seemed to be having a good time Sunday night with JERRY WAGGONER out in his car!! How was it, BET- TY? EDWARD is still going strong after CAROLINE IJ. asked him to the G.R. Football Banquet. RUBIN, how did you rate two girls? Which one did you take home first? The girls happened to be SUE ECCLES and PATRI- CIA DAVISON. ' How come some junior girls didn't have dates Friday night? From what I hear, they had a good time at ANN'S. Did I see ELDEN WREN with a bunch of girls Saturday night? HAZEL, were you in the front seat? My, my, the way these girls go after the boys! Have you noticed how many girls have already ask- ed their dates to the Football Ban quet? The midnight show Saturday was enjoyed by a number of stag girls!! Could they have been in a little red jeep? I l l On to the Bi-District! . ---..-. Yes, Panthers, we knew you had the stuff to beat those' Redskins. How could you keep from winning? We have a good student body, an excellent school spirit, and some of the finest coaches in South Texas. Oh, by the way, Ed's physique was also there to help you win. Although the game was not a very exciting one, it still furnished the spectators with a few thrills. Seriously, though, we're proud of you, Panthers. You have become District Champions for the third consecutive year, something no other team in the Valley has been able to do. Now let's take bi-district! ,,illl...i--1--- We Can't Squeeze Type! Did you miss From the Sidelines in our week before last paper? Many of the loyal readers of this column were disappointed when they couldn't find it. Last week several articles, including write-ups of the Little Broad- way dance and the All Valley Band had to be left out, as there wasn't enough room-and type cannot be squeezed. In every edition of the paper since school has begun, several stories have been omitted for this same reason-not enough space. If an article is left out one week, it is revised and used in the next edition if possible. So remember--if you can't find a story on some school news, it was probably written but there just wasn't room for it. Journalists Plan To Attend VHSPC Approximately twenty mem- bers of the HI-LIFE and LA PAL- MA staffs are expecting to attend the Fall Conference of the Valley High School Press Association at The Bears' Den in Pharr, Decem- ber 4. The highlight of the evening will be the awarding of plaques to the first and second place win- ners of the yearbook contest. Third place winner will be given honorable mention. F. L. McDon- ald, Director of Journalism in the State College for Women in Den- ton, and two members of his staff will judge the annuals sent by the valley towns participating in this contest. Last year's LA PALMA has been entered. The program will be furnished by various schools. Weslaco will present one number, which is in charge of Doreen Yoder and Ann Waller. 60 F.F.A. Boys Attend District Meeting Sixty boys, representing ten towns of the Valley, attended the Rio Grande Valley district meet- ing of the Future Farmers of Am- erica Saturday, November 9, in Weslaco. This meeting enabled district of- ficers of the F.F.A. to teach the respective local officers how to carry on their work in their chap- ter. Principal A. C. Murphy welcom- ed the group in general assembly. After instructions, the meeting was divided into sections for train- ing. General assembly was held again after lunch. There W.H.S.'s Little Broadway gave a program, con- sisting of two songs- Detour and Taking a Chance on Love - by the girls' trio and an imper- sonation of Minnie Pearl by Frances Hudson. 'N THE WESLACO I-II-LIFE PAGE THREE .l-l.S. Council ls Preparing Constitution Representatives From Six Classes Meet Regularly I Weslaco High School is in the process of organizing a student council, according to A. C. Mur- phy, principal. As yet there is on- ly one representative from each of the six classes in the council, but the acting members are planning to add six more representatives soon. Those serving on the coun- cil now are Reece McAlpin, senior. Hal Potts, junior, Pattie Sue Shell- hamer, sophomore, Katherine Cleckler, freshman, Charles Saw- yer, eighth grade, and Tom Nick- las, seventh grade. At present the students, meet- ing regularly, are drawing up a constitution for the student coun- cil. After reading another school's constitution, the council discussed it and got the general idea as to what school constitutions should contain. The student council will act as a representative of the student body, and it is their duty to ex- press the will of the students, Mr. Murphy stated. The purpose of the student coun- cil is to develop an interest in school work, school spirit, and school pride. It will also try to promote a better relationship among the students. The council is under the spon- sorship of Mrs. V. C. Thompson, Principal A. C. Murphy, and Mrs. Fred Robertson. At a later date the HI-LIFE plans to carrf the student council constitution in detail. Six Weeks' Exams To Be Next Week Six -weeks' exams may be given by the teachers at any time be- tween November 18-22, according to A. C. Murphy, principal. The second six-weeks' period ends Fri- day, November 22. l l W.H.S. Places Eight In All-Valley Band Eight members of tne Weslaco High School Band were accepted in the All-Valley Band in Merce- des Saturday, November 9. These were as follows: Two trombones, Carl Lobitz, first chair solo, and Rex Bledsoe, second trombone, one baritone, Larry Lehman, first chair solo, one bass, Robert Fields, one cornet, Jimmy Hill, solo, one trumpet, Tommy Pepper, two clar- inets, Doreen Yoder, second chair solo, and Betty Neighbors, third, and one flute, Earl Lee Pike, first chair solo. The Band rehearsed from 1:30 to 4:00 with directors from all over the Valley directing different numbers. Numbers played were Lincoln Overture, Crusader's Overture, The March of the Steel Men, and the Vanished Army March. As They Are Sung In Weslaco High Margie to Red - Why Don't You Do Right? Hal to Pat- Seems Like Old Times. Ella Dean to Ed- Give Me Five Minutes More. Robert to Carline- You're Al- ways in my Heart. Rosalie to Jack- Who Do You Love, I Hope? Betty Jean to Dizzy Dean- There's No One But You. Emma Jean to Hal- I Guess I Expected Too Much, Donald to Betty Lee-- Surren- der. Bob to Mary Sue-'Alf You Were the Only Girl in the World. Scotty to Ballard- I'm Going to Love that Guy. Betty June to Norman- I Don't Know Why. Ann to Woody - South Amer- ica, Take it Away. Floyd McFarland to Kathryn Cleckler- Rumors Are Flying. Red to Jody-- Stormy Wea- ther. Ken to Zoe- I'd Be Lost With- out You. Norman to ANY girl-- It Had to Be You. , All W.H.S. girls twho aren't go ing steadyl- In Love in Vain. Ed to Gail- Sweetheart of All my Dreams. Ray to Pattie Sue- This Is Al- ways. My Kingdom For- Not a Horse--Pants! Strange lights began appearing over the campus last week as the beaming football boys spread the news that the football pants had arrived. The bright smiles show- ered joy all around until a second rumor also made the rounds of the gridiron heroes. . Soon after this second rumor started, there began to be heard certain uncomplimentary phrases expressing harsh feelings against such innocents as Coach Hester, the junior team, the manufactur- ers, etc. Dire fates were prophe- sied for these worthies, for this second rumor had been confirm- ed. The pants were for the jun- iors! For days, Coach Hester and Mr. Murphy had to slink down the hall to avoid the irate Panther stalwarts. Finally, in a desperate attempt to restore peace, it was promised that the Panthers could wear the pants in the Donna game. Peace was restored some- what, but the players still want their own new pants. Chorus Broadcasts Nov. 12 Cve-r KCBS The High School Chorus under the direction of Miss Sibyl Fowler broadcast over KGBS Tuesday aft- ernoon, November 12, between 4:30 and 4:45 in the auditorium. The entire chorus song four num- bers- A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody, Irving Berlin, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Jerome Kern, Home on the Range, arranged by Guidon and Riegger and feat- uring Hal Potts as soloist, and Ave Maria, J. Arcadelt, which was sung in Latin. The girls' trio, composed of El- la Dean Barber, Loretta Shields, and Emma Jean Barber, sang If You Were the Only Girl, The announcer for the program was Jimmy McAlpin. Frances Hudson and Everett McAuley are the student pianists. A traveler was driving through the Great Smoky Mountains and lost his way. Stopping at a typical mountain shack, he asked a small boy how to get to a certain town. He looked confused, studied a minute, then said, I don't know. I'll ask my brother. He's got shoes. He's been everywharf' THE WESLACO HI-LIFE pig , Q - it , Sb . t F9034 T515 i Schools to Dismiss 5 5. -. . 1 4 . 4,4 9 I 52 November 28-29 For I i N X Thanksgiving E , h ' Weslaco schools will be dis- ' X - The highly favored Pharr B- missed Thursday and Friday, Hello. kids. Glad to see your happy, smiling faces this morn- ing! AS I SEE IT, things have been going this way- Do you just hate to walk to school every morning? Don't you sometimes wish you had a car? Well, your problem is settled. Just do what some of those junior high kids are doing, get out your old rusty skates and skate to school. Very simple, isn't it? fSend all of your problems to me.J Last Friday screams of merri- ment and laughter could be heard through the halls of WV.H.S. from of Miss Black's very unusual and Miss Black's birth- she thought no one the direction room. This is occurs only on day. This year knew and that there would be no disturbances in the classes: how- ever. the students knew, and every class had a party with birthday cakes and everything. Did you kids know that there are only 34 more shopping days till Christmas? Incidentally, it won't be too very long till we'll be getting out of school for the holidays. Sounds wonderful, does- n't it? It is nearly time for those horri- ble demons called six weeks' ex- ams to be rolling around again. Yep, next week is the week for book reports, notebooks, and stu- dying for exams. Are you kids ready for them? At last the Girl Reserves can plan definitely on December 13 as the date for the Football Banquet. It will be the grand finale to a very successful season, complete with a Football Hero! X You know, kids, I have the hard- est time trying to bring you news in this column! If I hear anything new on Monday morning, it is al- ways stale by the time Wednes- day rolls around. What I'm try- ing to say is-we had a half-day holiday last Monday. See what I mean? Well, kids, I gotta be going now, but I'll be back again next week- Look for me. Bye. Squad last Vlfednesday night went back to their den after their 19-0 thrashing by the Panther B-Squad. Pharr, confident of another vic- tory after their 7-6 win two weeks ago over their iVeslaco opponents, was outclassed and outplayed in all departments. WVeslaco's stal- wart backs were outstanding on defense, giving the visitors only two first downs, which they re- ceived on penalties. Outstanding for VVeslaco were Tidwell, Carr, Thompson, and Block. Wl'1o's Who In 40-A Conference Teams YV. L. T. 0. Weslaco Panthers 7 2 228 48 Donna Redskins 4 4 239 69 Pharr Bears 5 3 139 107 Mission Eagles 6 2 236 32 La Feria Lions 5 4 108 130 Raymondville Bearkats 2 4 89 102 R.G.C. Rattlers 1 7 13 361 Mercedes Tigers 3 5 98 128 Lyford Bulldogs 0 5 6 169 November 28 and 29, for the Thanksgiving hoidays, accord- ing to Joe H. Wilson, superin- tendent. Report cards will be issued - Wednesday, November 27, stat- ed A. C. Murphy, principal. G.R.ls Plan Football Banquet for Dec. 13 Plans for the annual football banquet to be held December 13, were discussed at the regular meeting of the Girl Reserves at the home of Glennis Adkins Tues- day night. The following commit- tee heads were chosen: Decorations, Pattie Schellhamer and Zoe Barbeeg place, Pat Keen: place cards, Betty Jean Voelkel and Marjorie Rogersg dates, Jean Ann Elston and Donnanell Keath- leyg clean-up, Glennis Adkins, Hazel Hilbrand, Eva Mae Betts, Doreen Yoder, Frances Hudson, and Doris Potts. Plans for other socials later in the school year were discussed. Squareheacl Squeals as Edinburg Squashes Brownsville's Squad This week finds the Panthers' pigskin prognosticator sitting placidly by his camp fire. He gaz- es intently into the flamesg and as his eyes dilate, we hear the following prophecy: The pressure has eased a lit- tle now. I have maintained a 78 per cent average for two weeks in a row. The 1946 season is al- most historyg however, there is still time enough to reach my 80 per cent goal. This week we find the follow- ing results: Edinburg 32-Brownsville 12 -This is one of the most surpris- ing upsets in the history of Valley football. Mercedes 12-La Feria 6-Pret- ty close, pretty close. Pharr 20-McAllen 6 - The Bears are the most improved team in the Valley. Mission 56-Rio Grande City 0 -The Rattlers' record is slightly less than fair. Harlingen 16-San Benito 14- The Greyhounds may cause trouble yet. This went to press too early to include the results of the Donna game, but we'll cover that next week. As for the coming week, we find the following: Brownsville over McAllen-I believe the Eagles will come back strong this week. Edinburg over San Benito- 'Fhe Bobcats are going to be tough, since they have a case of champ- ionship fever. Harlingen over Robstown-The Cardinals, too, have hopes of a district crown. Mercedes over Lyford-Yes, in- deed! Mission over La Feria-I love to pick this kind. Pharr over Raymondville--An- other thriller. That's the schedule for this week, and by now the jumping flames are but glowing embers. I'll be back again next week. THE. WESLACO HI-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, November 20, I946 PANTHERS PLUNGE OVER REDS-KIN GOAL LINE FOR ONLYO TALLY OF ANNUAL ARMISTICE DAY GAME . ABOVE IS SHOWN big Jack Freasier, Panther right half, crashing over for the lone touchdown scored in the annual XVeslaco-Donna Armistice Day game. The play, a line thrust, originated from the c-ne-yard line and was the first of the second quarter. A touchdown was not declared until Wesla- co had refused an off-sides penalty against the Redskins. Rizk Makes Big Hit With W.I'I.S. Students l Solom Rizk, Rotary institute speaker and author of Syrian Yan- kee, held the undivided attention of the junior-senior student body when he spoke for an hour con- cerning his experiences in Europe and in America Friday morning in the auditorium. ' Born in Syria before World NVar I while his mother was visiting in that country, he witnessed the destruction and devastation caus- ed by the war. Although he spent five years trying to prove his Am- erican citizenship, he finally suc- ceeded in reaching his American relatives at the age of eighteen. People in Europe pray for peace anfl freedom and at the same time destroy them both, he de- clared. He said that American people are indeed blessed with the form of government we have and the freedom we enjoy. Mr. Rizk's book is an autobio- graphy. Although it has gone through twentyeight editions, book stores have been unable to obtain it, as it has been sold to the armed forces directly from the publisher. He donated an auto- graphed copy of the book to the library. Students or teachers wish- Bearkats Slated to lnvatle Barbee Field Thursday Night Weslaco-Aggregation Victorious Over Kats Since 1941g Hometown Boys Favorites in Last Conference Game . , To wind up their scheduled season, the Weslaco Panthers will meet the Raymondville Bearkats Thursday night on Barbee Field. The Panthers, District 40-A champions for the third consecutive year, will be out to keep their slate clean so that they may advance to the bi-district tilt with an unblemished record. The Bearkats are not considreed a serious threat to the Panthers, though they always put up a good scrap is their last game of the year. The probable starting line-up will be as follows: RE RT ' RG Guess ..,...........Clev1nger . . .... Potts C ..., .... R yan LG . . . . . Sawyer LT . . . . . McLeaish LE . . . . Bennett , QB . . . . Martin ' LH ,.. .. Jackson RH . . . . . Freasier FB . .. .. . Cleckler F ing copies of their own may place Ian order with Miss Jean Spratt, librarian. p 180 far, the powerful Panther line thas held all their conference ene- mies to no score, with the excep- 'tion of Pharr, who blocked a punt to make a safety. The Weslaco ag- gregation will be at full strength ,and at the peak of condition for this game. The Weslaco eleven, out for their twentieth consecutive con- ference win, will be spark-plugged by McLeaish, Cleckler, and Jack- son. Would you give ten cents, to help the old ladies' home? What! Are they out again?f'. PAGE THE WESLACO HI-LIFE f ' . , I s. is - ' 1 ' ,Q I QQ 'it f . 114 Z ' 'iff 5 443 f , S .4 t f il 'I i f I -1 sf fi I if Z: EE IT 4 xi-2 ' T A 7 Howdy. studes! Here I am again. X g f j Glad to see me? Don't rush meg 'V +L-,' Wulllll f the news, AS I sian IT, is- X Y fi ff ' 15 I 'X 0 fr Z- 12 . . L45 if -'1' ll , I .5 Just think, kiddos, next week In E, .' rv' ' Ig we'll get two whole holidays. Al- Pl ,I-.1 1 ,. X, , though we will probably stuff to W uf fag ' ' , our ears, it is also a time in which A ,-,. 2 Z 5 we should give thanks for all God N im? ' has given us. 3: 9 f The H1-LIFE staff wish to ex. X A X press their sincere thanks to the 2 ' H i4 3 NEWS office for permitting them -.213 W5 54 to wait until last Tuesday to turn -Q V' W N ,E in their last story. It was the ':2Zg1gl1E:1' N' df' QI write-up of the Weslaco-Donna X 3 ' game November 11. 1 R X Tho kidsi little Broadway T-'HES LUNCH HE LOST 5 - Z se n . s- , x who are practicing their play, A T Q Drums of Death every after noon from 4 until 7 are really working so that the production will be ready by December 5. They must get awfully hungry before it is time to go home. ' Have you noticed the kids ar- ound the campus who seem to like seclusion and want to be by themselves? It isn't because they don't want to be friendlyg they are probably studying so they can pass their six Weeks' tests under Mrs. Robertson or Miss Black, chief slave-drivers of W.H.S. Have you studes noticed that brand new flag proudly waving from our flag pole? Pretty, isn't it? The old flag was so torn and tattered that it was actually a dis- grace for W.H.S. to have to fly it. Last Wednesday the football Trinity University in San Anto- nio came to W.H.S. and expressed the desire to talk to all seniors who were interested in attending a college or university. Naturally our studes, continually seeking methods of obtaining a higher education, strolled sadly out of their dearly beloved fourth-period class. Incidentally, they managed to miss part of fifth period, too. John Ellis: I love the beauties of the countryside. Ballard: So do I. Sometimes I give 'em a lift. ' F ibber McGee, Not Kilroy, Was Here! Is it a booby trap? Is it Fibber McGee's closet? No. although it may resemble either or both of the above hazards, it is only one of the innocent t?J lockers in W.H.S. Now you'l1 probably say, Innocent! Humph! With all those things toppling out on someone's head, you say it's innocent? After all, you can't blame the locker for being crammed and stuff- ed with useless junk. Horrible wouldn't be the Word for it if some poor stude happen- ed to open your locker instead of his own and was welcomed with a shower of books and the fragrant t?l odor of last September's lost lunch. Let's have a locker cleaning in W.H.S.! ii, W.H.S. Is on the Air! Did you listen to the Choral C1ub's broadcast over KGBS last Tuesday? If you didntt, you missed some good entertainment. This was the second of a group of scheduled programs to be given every other Tuesday over KGBS until May. . Every club, organization, and department in school may sponsor one. The success of these programs will depend partly on you, the student body. In a way you might be called the twelfth man. You support the football team on the field, and in the same way you can support these programs by listening and encouraging other people y to listen to them. Besides, they are entertaining and sometimes edu- cational. Since we do not have sound-proof rooms, the reception is some- times bad. The programs are broadcast by remote control, from Wes- Viaco to Harlingen, and there is some interference which cannot be helped. When the Speech Class broadcasts next Tuesday, let's support them by listening to their program. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE. THREE 'ITIE VACUUM tltlltl IW E Puck Uv ALL?lZlE DMI Ye old VACUUM CLEANER has really been workin' overtime this week: and when we emptied the bag, we found dirt and more dirt. EDWINA, EVA MAE seems aw fully interested in you lately. Could it have anything to do with your brother TOMMY? Could be! My! EDWINA is getting popul ar. KITTY SUE surely has done a lot of whispering with her lately. I wonder if it concerns TOMMY? ED FISHER was really having a good time Wednesday night. I wonder whom he was with??'? PATSY and REECE were seen gazing at the show in Mercedes Friday night. GLENNA WOLF HOLMAAN was surely anxious to get home Friday afternoon so she could get ready for a date. I wonder whom she went with? Whom has WOODY 'tLOVER HARMON been thinking about lately since he has broken up with DOREEN? We also saw KENNETH JONES and HAZEL over the weekend. Say, this is getting to be a habit. I wonder if HAL and PAT KEEN had fun Friday night. News has been received that CARL LODITZ is communicating with a girl from Wyoming. Say, CARLINE, whose picture is in your lc cket? They say he is from Philadelphia. We hear that there is a third party in the BETTY JUNE BOLES and WATSON affair. Whom does DOREEN want to go with now? Say, we heard that SCOTTY and BALLARD have broken up. What happened, kids? Is it true that CHARLES POL- LY and EVA MAE BETTS were together Friday night? My, my. Well, that's the last of the dirt. Guess I can start it up for next week. Mr. Lovett: When two bodies come together violently, they gen- erate heat. Julius K.: Not always. I hit a guy once, and he knocked me cold. r l l W.H.S. Teams Scratch Mercedes B's 27-0 The Panther B team and Kit ten team skunked the Mercedes B team 27 to 0 on Barbee Field last Thursday afternoon. The first quarter was a battle between the 40-yard lines. The second quarter found t'Wheel- horse Waggoner skirting his own right end for the first counter. A pass to Norman Watson was good for the conversion. The half ended with the score 7 to 0. The B tram came back after the half and started off with a bang. Don lfitout threw a bullet pass to Baldwin Fleetf00t Thompson, who ran 50 yards for the second score. YYatson took a pass and made the conversion. The third counter came when Waggener threw a pass to Marvin Moore, who sprinted 30 yards for the score. Try for point failed. The Kittens took over and made an excellent showing against the Mercedes Cubs. The last score came when Keathley lateraled to Luna. who dashed 57 yards for the final c'1unt': . Luna went over or the conversion. The last quart- Y er was scoreless for the Kittens. Outstanding for the R team in the line were Norman Watson, Burton Tidwell, and Corky Block: while in the backfield sparkplugsl w e re Waggener, Fleetfoot , Thompson. and Marvin Moore. In the Kitten squad Floyd McFarland and Frank Luna were outstanding. Snacks Save Day At Play Rehearsals . Have you ever tried practicing from four to seven each afternoon on a play? - This is what the members of the cast of Drums of Death and i their directors are doing. Because they were in the habit of dashing home and eating a little snack, twhich probably consisted of enough for two mealsl they were getting a wee bit hungry before time to leave. Ah! but it didn't take long to solve this dreadful problem! They just have a snack during rehears- als each afternoon. When the snack is finished, it's back to work for everyone, but they don't mind! for do they?l Well, anyway, they can look for- ward to a good supper when they get home-and of course, a few hours of quiet study! I ij :non me I fflDEl.lNl:Sg After their thrilling game at Donna Monday of last week, Mon- te Farina and Red Mitchell treated the squadmen and their dates to a Mexican supper in Rey- nosa, Mexico. The next night, Tuesday, the business men of Weslaco also gave the boys a fine barbecue. These events were ap- preciated by all that attended. Co-captain for the Donna game was Ray Bobby Jackson. .lack- -zon, a brilliant back, is noted for his long sprints and is a ball hawk on defense. Ray is playing his first your for the Panthers, but he is a two-year J..-LA. letterman. Last, Wednesday the football boys were measured for their jack- ets. The jackets are gray wool with a purple W on a white back ground. Ed McLeaish, Ray Cleck- ler, Ballard Bennett, Hal Potts. Homer Ryan, Red Martin, Jack Freasier, Donald Jenkines, Ed Barnett, John E. Sawyer, and Maui ice Clevinger have earned .heir second year letters. Those who will receive their first year letters are Ray Bobby Jackson, Billy Joe Day, Bob Guess, T. K. Thompson, Jimmy McAlpin, Robert Pickard, Jerry Waggoner, and Baker Osborne. Marion Rose, and Freddie Carr receive reserve letters. The cheerleaders, Jody Farina and Rosalie Lively, and sweet- 'icart Marjorie Rogers, will also 'ue given jackets. ' Last and least, the managers, Norman Watson and Kenneth Sherry, will receive jackets. .i.l.... McLeaish Wins In Sports Contest Ed McLeaish, senior, tied with Frank Anderson of Brownsville in a football-game-predicting contest sponsored by the Brownsville Herald last Saturday. This is the third time Ed has placed in similar contests this year. in two of which he won first place. Ed, an active All-Valley football player, was awarded a prize of S2. pAGg FQUR THE wEsLAco HI-LIFE Energetic Studes Eagerly Aid Prof. Bones creak, muscles strain, and moans issue forth from the un- fortunate seven who were drafted into the grueling task. No, this isn't one of those silly Wolfra- hundra stories. It's just an exam- ple of the overflowing love and school loyalty that swells in the hearts of the students of W.H.S. C. F. Lovett, science teacher, was in dire need of getting the lid off one of his airplane motors to make a work bench for his phys- ics class when the unfortunate group strayed happily into his room. After a thirty-minute lecture on school spirit by the prof., the group gladly consented to help. By the end of the period the tedious task was finished with on- ly minor casualties. The north door was left hangingqlopsided on its hinges, some plaster was knocked off the wall when Ed Mc- Leaish's head was compressed against it, and several other vic- tims had mashed fingers. Daisy Mae Dance To Be Held Nov. 22 Little Broadway will sponsor a Daisy Mae Barn-dance Friday, November 22, to be given at the Stephen F. Austin School, accord- ing to Miss Anne Bauer, sponsor. In order that students may at- tend football games in other towns since this is an open night for W.H.S., the dance will not begin until 9:30 o'clock. Work Crews for Play Are Recruited From Little Broadway The crews for the Little Broad- way production Drums of Death, a three-act mystery play to be presented December 5, have been selected, according to Miss Anne Bauer, director. The crews are as follows: prop- erties, Frances Hudson, chairman, Larry Lehman, Carlene Lobitz, Bondy Harmon, Ann VValler, Ken- neth Sherry, and- Ray Jackson: make-up, Kitty Sue Allen, chair- man, Jody Farina, Dillie Nicklas, Barbara Crosby, Pattie Sue Schell- harner, and Patsy Martin: sound effects, Donnanell Keathley and Jim McLeaish: lighting, Reece Mc- Alpin, chairman, James Forrest and Jimmy Hill: publicity, Doris Jean Potts, chairman, Ella Dean Barber, Doreen Yoder, and Nor man Watson: house committee, Betty Robertson, chairman, Mary Ann Clifford, Carlene Scott, Betty Lee Crawford, and Pat Keen. Who's Who in 40-A Conference Teams W. L. T. 0. Weslaco Panthers 7 2 228 48 Donna Redskins 4 4 238 69 Pharr Bears 6 3 186 107 Mission Eagles 8 2 263 39 La Feria Lions 5 5 115 157 Raymondville Bearkats 2 5 89 149 R.G.C. Rattlers 1 7 13 361 Mercedes Tigers 4 5 159 128 Lyford Bulldogs 0 5 6 230 I8 WHS Girls Needed To Make Ideal Co-ed The other day our inquiring re- porter decided to try to find the ideal girl of W.H.S. However, it was impossible for one girl to pos sess all the qualities necessary. This meant that the ideal girl would have to be a combination of qualities of different girls. Here is the result: Hair: Brown-Marilyn Skaggs. Blond-Betty June Boles. Red-Kay Kay Adkins. Eyes: Black-Patricia Ross. Brown-Peggy Kirgan. Blue-Dillie Nicklas. Nose: Dolly Dibrell. Mouth: Peggy Hull. Dimples: Glenna Ruth Holman. Smile: Rita Milano. Teeth: Carlene Scott. Hands: Martha Ann Knapp. Legs: Marjorie Rogers. Figure: Rosalie Lively. Voice: Emma Jean Barber. Pep: Doreen Yoder. Personality: Marilyn McMann. Wit: Loretta Shields. Height: Any 5' 5 belle in W. H. S. Lashes: Zoe Barbee. Intelligence: Juanita Cantu. Dancer: Carline Lobitz. Disposition: Betty Lee Craw- ford. Hubby was gazing at the burnt pastry. 'tWhat happened? he asked. 'tOh, said his wife, I think the heat made me a little faint. I see, he replied, and every- thing went black. Squarehead Rubs Rabbit's Foot, Hits 10075 Ah, yes! I finally had my per- fect Week. I was surely lucky, for the San Benito-Edinburg game was almost an upset. My season's average is now 80 per cent, which is what I've been shooting for. Last year I had a sensational seasonal average of 85 per cent. If my luck holds, I hope to 'be able to equal this. Last Week's results are as fol- lows: Weslaco7--Donna 0-The Pan- thers overcame their third year jinx' to win their third champion ship in a row, a feat unequalled in Valley football history. i Harlingen 27-Robstown -12-' A wild scoring game which the Cardinals won in the last quarter. Mercedes 61-Lyford 0-Even the Tigers can run up a big score against the Bulldogs. Brownsville 12-San Benito 7- AFrank Merriwell thriller, which the Bobcats won with only two minutes remaining to play. Pharr 47-Raymondville 0-The Bears will deal somebody misery next yearl Mission 27-La Feria 7-Mis- sion seems to have lost a little of their spirit. Weslaco has now cinched the 40A crown, but the 16AA will not be decided till next week, when Harlingen can win the crown by beating Brownsville or lose it to Edinburg by dropping the game. Next week's games consist of, the following: Brownsville over Harlingen- Yes, it will be hard fought, but the Eagles should come through in a minor upset. Robstown over Kingsville- Both teams play on again-off again ball. San Benito over McAllen-The Greyhounds played inspired foot- ball last week and will be out to show that it was no accident. Mission over Pharr-Confiden- tially, I flipped a coin on this one. Donna over Mercedes-The Red- skins always like to finish out the season by slaughtering the Tigers. Well, folks, that's it. Be with me next week and until then-good footballing. THE. WESLACO H1-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, November 27, I946 Barbee, Sherry Are Named Daisy Mae, Li'l Abner at Dance Loc Barbce and Kenneth Sherry were chosen Daisy Mae and Li'l . .l:ncr at the barn dance Friday right given by Little Broadway. The highlight of the evening was the merry chase for a man by lie gizls, Ella Dean Barber and 3 tl I-isher were the first couple tin ccme in, whlie the last couple to arrive were Katherine Cleckler and Duane Scott, Eva Mae Betts :mtl Billy Maultlin were the last ones to come in who did not catch tlizir mate. The program consisted of a solo by Rubin Minton, Doing What Comes Naturallyf' Detour by the girls' trio composed of Em- ina .lean Barber, Loretta Shields, and Ella Dean Barberg a portrayal of Minnie Pearl' by Frances Hud- son, and acrobatics by Eloise Har- rison. Panthers Gulp Food To Return to Dear Old School on Time Did you see several football boys coming into fourth period study hall late Tuesday? Well, if you didn't, you should be very happy. because they were eating! A big juicy. shiny red ap- ple was being devoured by Ray Cleekler, while Burton Tidwell greedily gulped down a large piece of candy before Mrs. Carrothers could catch him. It seems that the football boys were just arriving at school from a luncheon given to them by the Lions' Club. The boys, eager t'?l to get back to their classes, hadn't even considered finishing their meal before they dashed back to school, consquently, they brought food with them and silently t?i munched it in class. Play Progressing Well, Director Says Rehearsals for the Little Broad- way production Drums of, Death, are coming along nicely,l according to Miss Anne Bauer, director. Committees for the play have been chosen and are now at work. The play will be presented De- cember 6. Tickets will be on sale soon. itle Tilt Slatecl for Weslaco Fritlayg Fracas Expected to e Close, Big Crowd Anticipated Hise, Nelson, Golddust Twins, Lead Jerseysg Mighty Front Line Shines for Valley Crewg Bi-District Honors Are at Stake Embroiled in his third bi-district battle since his arrival in the mid-valley city in 1944, Coach Grady Hester pits his tenacious Wes- laco Panthers, Valley grid giants, against the highly-regarded Fal- furrias Jerseys, Kings of the King Ranch country. As this fracas boasts of two elevens of championship caliber, an overflow crowd is anticipated to throng Barbee Field long before game time Friday night. Under the extremely competent tutelage of wily Grady Hester, head mentor in Pantherland. the aggressive Weslaco crew vaunts a glorious pigskin past. During his three-year tenure Hester has won three district crowns, two bi-district titles, twenty consecutive con- ference triumphs, and 27 wins to five setbacks and one tie against all foes. Moreover, the Hestermen have tallied 894 lustrous points to a mere total of 209 for the opposition. Because of these figures, the purple-clad lads of W,H.S. portray the most polished football machine in Valley grid annals. Rich in grid heritage also aptly describes the barnstormlng Falfurrias Jerseys. Under the able guidance of Coach Tollie McKown, a Hardin Simmins alumnus, they have won 17 victories against two defeates during his two-year regime. Riding high thus far in the '46 campaign, the present herd of Falfurrias Jerseys is figured to be the greatest in the school's history. Totaling 281 points, this aggregation has run roughshod over all foes excepting one-only the McAllen Bulldogs display a win in the season standing against the King Ranch crew. The ensuing tussle might well the proverbial time-honored ques- tion as to which is more potent- the indestructible force or the ln- movable object. Speed, sufficient-g ly furnished by Lynn Hise and Pug Nelson, keynotes the Fal- furrias brand of playg while staunch Panther supporters brag vehemently of their iron forward wall ,whose goal stripe has yet to be crossed by a conference for throughout the past two grid sea- sons. In Lynn Hise the Jersey eleven display one of the finest climax runners seen in South Texas for many moons. During the 1945 pig- skin scrambles the lithe Jersey scatback racked up 134 points, which was tops for this section. Moreover, this season he has ac- counted for 90 additional markers. To match the offensive brilliance of Hise, the Panther aggregation presents Ray Jackson, Weslaco will-o-wisp, and massive Jack Freasier, two dependable leather be used as the yardstick to figure luggers throughout the regular season. Hal Potts, Ballard Bennett, and John Sawyer, sparkplug the scythe-like blocking of the Pan- ther front line corps, which is so essential to the explosive T form- ation as employed by the Weslaco' Squad. Last year the potent Panthers earned the bi-district champion- ship before a record crowd by vir- tue of their 32-6 blasting of the exasperated Sinton Pirates. Harbour Extends Congratulations Coach Grady Hester has re- ceived a letter of congratulation from B. F. Harbour, former prin- cipal of Weslaco High. Mr. Harbour sent his sincerest wishes to W- H. S. for winning the district title and wished the Panthers luck in winning the oth- er games. PACE TWO THE WESLACO HI-LIFE 'IT-IE . 0 . E VAC Nil . , lwe Plus UPALLTHE Dual There wasn't much dirt picked up this weekg however, here's what there was: CARLENE was with HOMER Friday night. Doubling with them were PAT and HAL, tAs usuall. At the Daisy Mae dance were EVA lVIAE and BILLY JOE, KEN and ZOE, DONALD and BETTY LEE, JACK and MARY, PATTIE SUE and RAY, JAMES NELSON and KATHERINE CLECKLER, ED BARNETT and PEGGY BEAVER, SUE and RICHARD BABB, and NORMAN and BETTY JUNE. Taking in the football game at Mission were MARGIE SWEET- HEARTH ROGERS and HOW- ARD, JEN and RAY, and BETTY JEAN and CORKY. Say, we heard that ROSEMARY EVANS and BARBARA BLED- SOE were at a dance in Donna Saturday night. Who's so interest- ing there? Who are the girls in Harlingen that have FREDDIE and MER- CER burning up the highway be- tween here and there? VICTOR, HORACIO, and VEN- TURA were seen with some girls from McAllen over the weekend. LORETTA and FRANCES had boys waiting for them at the half Thusrday night. Could they have been LOGAN GARRETT and BIL- LY EDWARDS from Mission? JOYCE ANN KEEN was with BURLEY TAYLOR at the show Friday night, DILLIE was with TED MCCOL- LOM .Friday and Saturday nights. Why were you in so early Satur- day night? ' Riding around with MARILYN MCMANN Friday night were LO- RETTA, FRANCES, and ANN. Did you all have fun? The Double S gave LORET- TA a surprise birthday supper Tuesday night, Spaghetti surely is hard to eat, eh, kids? MERCER, I heard you dumped DOLLY and KITTY SUE FRI- DAY night. Was that very nice? -'JACKIE ALLEN was with RONNIE ACKER tMercedesJ Fri- day night and Sunday afternoon. tShe just can't get used to these Weslaco Boys.J We'll Raise Your Name on High For the third time in as many years the Panthers have become champions of District 40-A. As they have in the past two years, the Panthers are determined to conquer their bi-district foe, this time the Falfurrias Jerseys. I We'll raise your name on high is a line from our school song. We have sung it many times, but possibly have never given it much thought- Friday night we shall be able to show our opponents how great our spirit is. Let's be solidly behind the Panthers, the Band, cheer- leaders, and pep squad and show that we appreciate the part each plays in making the game colorful and exciting. Our school will be judged by the way we treat our visitors. Even though we hope to be the victors, let's send them home feeling that we are friendly, courteous, hospitable, and possess good sportsman- , Ship. It will be up to us to make a good showing. Let's not fail! ! ,... .......-. Let's Keep the Old Custom Do you know the origin of Thanksgiving? This holiday began way back in the year 1621 when the Pilgrims set aside one day to give thanks to God for the blessings they had received. The new land, the abundance of food, and the freedom in the new world-freedom to govern themselves and to worship God according to the dictates of their conscience were to them abundant cause for gratitude. These forefathers of ours had none of our luxuries of today and few of the things we consider necessities. Yet they believed they should set aside a whole day to thank God for their privileges- If they were that reverent then, we of today should certainly show our thanks. We Americans have more to be thankful for than any other people or nation, for we have never been on a starvation diet, had war machines destroy our homes and towns, or seen our families driven from their homes by bombs dropped with the intent to kill. This Thanksgiving as our families gather together, let us all think of our many privileges, opportunities, and responsibilities and then gratefully thank God. Football Review To Be Presented A football review will be broad- cast over KGBS November 2 at 4:30 p. m. by the Speech Class of Weslaco High. The chairman of the group dis- cussion will be Ballard Bennett, lwho will ask questions of the oth- ,er members of the review-Jim- my McAlpin, Ray Jackson, Coach Hester, and Coach Henson. James Forrest will be the announcer. Do you let your wife have her way? Certainly, and most of mine. School to Dismiss For Holidays School will be dismissed at 4 o'clock today for the Thanksgiving holidays, and classes will resume Monday morning, according to Joe H. Wilson, superintendent. Report cards will be given out in home rooms at the end of the third period today and are to be returned Monday, Principal A. C. Murphy stat- ed. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE THREE S Qf A lgttlikl - 'Lo, students!!! Everybody feel- ing fine? Here's the news AS I SEE IT- At last we can breathe a sigh of relief. Our six weeks' exams are over again until the next time. But wait-our report cards come out today, We know-you did the best you could. But was that good enough? Say, our Panthers really ran over those Raymondville Bearkats, didn't they? Time will tell how they come out Friday nightg how- ever, the studes sincerely believe our Panthers will be the victors. All of the Daisy Maes and Li1 Abners seemed to enjoy them- selves at the Little Broadway Sa- die Hawkins dance. lncidentally, Kenneth and Zoe were crowned Daisy and Abner. Mother, you musn't call me to- morrow. l'm planning to sleep un- til dinner is ready. This will pro- bably be typical words spoken by studes tomorrow when our Thanksgixlng holidays begin. All I can say is-Don't overstuff. Have you kids noticed all the posters advertising the Little Broadway production, Drums of Death ? If the play is gruesome as some of the posters look, it should be pretty good! The Band were really on their toes Thursday night when they performed one of the outstanding drills of the season! They are now practicing for the marching con- tcst at the Pigskin Jubilee. College students, WV.H.S. exes, will be coming home this week to see the game. VVelcome home, kids! ' Well, so long until next time! Be good over the holidays Cha-hall What will you give me for those jokes? asked Emma Jean, . Bondy: Ten yard's start. Panthers Claw Bearka s 85-0 Hester's Men Score At Willg Visitors Never Threaten The Wleslaeo Panthers, led by Cleckler and Jackson, swamped thc liaymondville Bearkats 85-0 last Thursday night on Barbee field, completing the battle for district championship. Cleckler started the slaughter early in the first period by dash- ing 35 yards to paydirt. Point was unsuccessful. Cleckler scored again soon after with a powerful drive from the 15. Ryan converted for the point. betting control of the ball again, the Panthers work- ed it up to the Bearkats' 45, where rCleckler ritled a beautiful pass to Jackson for the third score. The point failed. Scoring for the second quarter started when McFarland, a strong Panther back, fought his way over from the 15. Jackson kicked the point. A few minutes later Jack- son broke loose and slashed through the line for ten yards to score. Try for point failed. Freas- ier, locomotive of the team, made the sixth score by plowing through the Bearkats to the chalk- ed line, Ryan was credited with the point. The Panthers were credited with three touchdowns in the thrid period, the first being made by one of McFarland's sprints for thirty yards. Point wasn't good. Jackson, who scored the second one lf' scampering 39 yards across the goal, also tossed a pass to Carr for the point. Jackon broke loose again few minutes later and raced 115 yards to ring up another tally for the Panthers. Jackson rifled a pass to Osborne for the point. Baldwin Thompson, a B teamsman, started the fourth quarter by crashing over from the five. Point was unsuccessful. Again the Cleckler-Jackson com- bination worked when Cleckler shot a pass to Jackson, good for 45 yards and a tallv, PM-w sf-nt 'he ball between the uprights for the point. Shortly after that, Cleckler, one of the most power- ful Panther backs, stormed 30 yards to register his third score of the game. The point was not v 7 I l I P' :non me s gfmama, Barbee Field is now the best equipped football field in 40-A con- ference and better than most 16- AA fields in the Valley. The Weslaco Fire Department has contributed a score board and clock for the benfeit of the fans. These friendly gestures are ap- preciated by VVeslaco and enjoyed by the people who attend the foot- ball games at Barbcc Field. Last Thursday night the Pan- thers got their spirit and their bac-kfield combination, Ray Jack- son and Ray Cleckler, coordinat- ing and swamped the Raymond- ville Bearkats 85-0. The two Rays, Cleckler and Jackson ,showed that they are among the finest combin- ations ever to don the purple and white of Weslaco. When they were stopped on the ground and not very often, Cleckler would shoot a pass to 'Glue-fingers Jackson. This combination scored over half of the 85 points of the game. Crawford, Cleckler Are Elected F .F .A. Sweethearts Betty Lee Crawford, junior, and Kathryn Cleckler, freshman, were elected sweethearts at a meeting of the Future Farmers Tuesday night at the Agriculture Building. ' Guests were the officers of the McAllen chapter, who were initiat- ed by the Weslaco chapter- Joe H. Wilson, superintendent of Weslaco Schools, talked to the group of the McAllen chapter, en- couraging them to form a success- ful club. Group singing was led by George Thompson. good. The last score of the game came when Robert six-inch line Pickard recovered the hall behind the visitors' goal after they fum- bled. Cleckler drove through the line for the point. The Bearkats were outclassed and outplayed completely by mak- ing only one first down to the Panthers' 12. The visitors tossed 13 passes, completed 4, and had 3 intercepted, while the h'ome town lad threw 7 and completed 5. The Ilearkats punted 6 times fol an average of 2110 yards. 4- PAGE FOUR THE WESLAVCO HI-LIFE Squarehead Mournecl As Muscles McLeaish Performs Last Rites The day is dark. Early this morning ominous clouds formed, and there was a slight mist for a while, But now a biting breeze has sprung up, and the sky has taken on a grey overcast. This is, however, more than just a bleak autumn day. It is a day of mourning. Today the faithful students of W.H.S. bury their be- loved Squarehead. For three au- tumns Squarehead has generously given of his amazing talent, but now he lies still in a purple and white draped coffin at the edge of a cold grave in his beloved hills of East Donna. The services are finished, but before his lifeless body is lowered into the frozen ground, his last will and testimony will be read as requested by the Chief himself. His readers, choked with sor- row, push closer to hear Muscles McLeaish, Squarehead's blood- brother and the only person ever found who bore any resemblance to him fthat's no coincidencel, read his last words. -This was one of the most thrill- ing games in the history of the Valley. Donna 33-Mercedes 7 - The Tigers led the Indians for two quarters, but then crumbled. Mission 19-Pharr 6 '- The Eagles put up a real fight to cop the runner-iip position in 40-A. Kingsville 13-Robstown 12- Ouch! I missed that one by a single point. McAllen 7 - San Benito 6 - What did I do to deserve it? An- other one missed by one point. These two games cost me my 80 per cent mark. Yes, two extra points kept me from my seasonal goal. I am dead inside, so I shall put an end to it all. I leave this world with a 79fZ, averageg how- ever, I shall attempt to guess the two games on next week's ar- gendag and should I perceive the winners, I'll have my goal of 80 per cent. My idea of what will happen is as follows: Edinburg over McAllen-Ob- z I past performances of Panther teams in bi-district play. Whether or not I get these right, I'll never know, for I am now going to depart from this world. I would do it by taking one of Miss Black's English IV tests, but that's a little painful, so I'll just stare at one of Coach Hester's bright bow-ties. Tell the Panthers of future years to take good care of my old friends, the Donna Redskins. Hail and fare- well. The service is over, and Mc- Leaish flicks a tear from his cheeks. As Chief Ima Squarehead is lowered into the grave, perhaps Ed's memory goes back to the day when Ima was first found in an old roll of tape discarded by the Donna Redskins. He also probably remembers how the Chief saw the boys in Purple take three straight championships and how his average rose from 78 per cent the first year to 85 the second. The curtain drops on all things, how- ever, and so ends the happy life They are as follows: viously. of Chief Ima Squarehead, pigskin Brownsville 26-Harlingen 20 Weslaco over Falfurrias - On tprognosticator extraordinary. Wilson Attends . Austin Conference Joe H. Wilson, superintendent, attended a meeting in Austin Nov- ember 15 and 16 for the purpose of establishing regulations for competition among bands, orches- tras, and choruses under the Inter- scholastic League. Previously, music contests were not held under the Leagueg how- ever, hereafter, music will be one of the subjects in which schools may compete just as they do in sports and academic and commer- cial subjects. Five superintendents and five music teachers, representing vari- ous parts of Texas, were present at the conference. Little Broadway Plans Dinner Dance Plans for a formal dinner dance to be given January 11 were dis- cussed at a called meeting of The Little Broadway Club Tuesday at 12:30 in the auditorium. A committee was appointed to secure a place for the dance. This social affair will be exclusively for Little Broadway members and their dates. New Students Hail From Many Places Since the beginning of this six weeks, a number of new students have come to Weslaco from vari- ous places in Texas and from dif- ferent states. These are, by grades, as follows: Seventh: Martha Ann Smith, La Feria: Gaylord Lang, Sinking Springs, Ohio: Robert Smith. Howard, Kansasg Kathleen Ger- aughty, Karnes City, Texas, Dillie Margaret Otto, Austin, Texas. Eighth: Jacquelyn Moe, Detroit, Michigan. Ninth: Maurice Alien, Merce- des: Patsy Ann Cade, Kosse, Tex- as: George Biggs, Alabama, Eva Lou Smih, Mercedes. Eleventh: Jacqueline Allen, Mer- cedes. A soldier was talking to a native on Marine Island. Soldier: I guess we're the first white people you've seen for quite some time? Native: Oh, no, Mrs. Roosevelt went through here just a few days ago! Dreyer ls Speaker For Roliki Club A. H. Dreyer spoke on The Ro- liki Club at the Roliki meeting Wednesday, November 20. Mr. Dreyer told what the word Roliki stands for: the RO for Rotary. the LI for Lions, and KI for Kiwanis. All three of these men's organizations are backing the Roliki Club. In the future the Roliki Club will .have have an exchange pro- gram with, each of the service clubs to tell the purpose of the Roliki Organization- The club will take the conces- sion stand for the bi-district game and share it with the Junior Class. Who's Who In 40-A Conference Teams W. L. T. 0. Weslaco Panthers 8 2 313 48 Donna Redskins 5 4 241 76 Pharr Bears 6 4 192 126 Mission Eagles 9 2 282 45 La Feria Lions 5 5 115 157 Raymondville Bearkats 2 6 89 234 R.G.C. Rattlers 1 7 13 361 Mercedes Tigers 4 6 167 161 Lyford Bulldogs 0 5 6 230 utes of the half remained. It was THE WESLACO Hl-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, December 4, i946 Panthers Explode Powerful A tae in Last Halt to Win 45-0 Weslaco Sets Two Records With Sterling Win 5 40-A Boys Get Set to Try for Third Regional Crown in Three Years After being held in check for almost two quarters, the dazzling offense of Weslaco's powerful Purple Panthers exploded: and when the smoke had cleared away, the Valley boys had won their third bi- district title in as many years by the one:sided'score of 45-0. Never before has a Valley team won three bi-district champion- ships in a row in any class, and never has a 40-A team so decisively defeated an opponent in bi-district play. There was nothing to indi- cate in the first quarter, however, that the Panthers completely out- classed their cow-country opponents. On the third play from scrimmage the Panthers lost possession of the ball on their own thirty-five yard line when a hard-charging Jer- sey line caused a fumble in the backfield. In turn, a Falfurrias back fumbled on the Jerseys' first offensive play, and the ball was prompt- ly pounced upon by Bob Guess, alert Panther end. From this point on, the battle see-sawed back and forth: however, another fumble late in the first period did give the Jerseys the ball on the Panthers' thirty-three. This threat was brought to an abrupt halt by a Panther pass interception In the second quarter the Panthers started a determined drive but were unable to get into scor- I victory, they were shortly dispell- ed by little Ray Jackson, who i bounded around end for an 86-yard ing position until only three min-Q then that Freight-Train Freasier broke into the Falfurrias second- ary on a cross-buck and was not pulled down until he had bulled his way to the Cows' 16. The Fal- furrias line held for two plays, but on the third down Howard Mc- Farland broke the ice with a thread-needle heave to left end Bennett, who stepped over the goal. Try for the point failed. Exactly two minutes later the Jerseys were forced to punt. The bounding hall was scooped up by McFarland, who, behind beautiful blocking, set sail like an antelope for the goal, which he crossed with only 30 seconds left in the half. The try for point was again wide. This seemed to break the back of,the Jersey team. for when hos- tilities commenced in the second half, the 40-A team found it could make yardage at will, and lost no time in driving deep into enemy territory. Ray Jackson squirmed through the line from fthe eleven for the third teedee. Ryangconvert- ed. ' The Panthers kicked off to the Jerseys, who shortly after were forced to punt. If, at this point, the Jerseys had any hopes of a scamper to score, The try for point was bad. The next score was set up by a Falfurrias fumble and came when McFarland sprinted around his :own left from the zo. The kick was low. Shorty after the fourth quarter had begun, Jackson intercepted a pass on the Jerseys' 23. Then Cleckler shot a flat pass to Red Martin, husky Panther quarter- back, who hipped his way to pay- drit. Ryan kicked the point. The last touchdown occurred when fullback Ray Cleckler faked an end run, then dropped back and pulled the trigger on a 30- yard touchdown pass to halfback ' Jackson. The extra point was good. Though the Falfurrias boys were outclassed, they never be- came completely demoralizedg and by scrapping till the final gun sounded, they gained the deep respect of the hometown boys. The Panther defense was re markable with McLeaish, Ryan, and Potts doing outstanding work in the line, and Martin and Freas- ier doing a fine job of hole-plug ging from the line-backer slots. By winning this game, the Pan- thers gained an opportunity to be- 62 W.H.S. Students Make Honor Roll Sixty-two students of Junior- Senior High School are on the honor rolls for the second six weeks, according to Principal A. C. Murphy. Of this number 24 are on the superior list and 38 on the honor group. The seventh grade led the supe- rior list with eight students and the honor roll with fourteen. The complete list is as follows: SUPERIOR HONOR ROLL tAll A'sl Seniors: Juanita Cantu, Reece McAlpin, Ventura Castaneda. Juniors: Peggy Hull, .Hal Potts, Mary Catherine Way. Sophomores: Mary Ann Clifford, Sergio Garza, Peggy Ann Kirgan, Betty Jean Robertson. Freshmen: Marcelino Casas. Sth: Caroline Carrothers, Mary Ann Dreyer, David Robertson, Gene McMullen, Charles Sawyer. 7th: Yunette Clifford, Kathleen Geraughty, June Smith, Eva Cam- pos, Ninfa Cardona, Delia Gutier- rez, Delia Hernandez, Elva Ochoa. HONOR ROLL t3 A's, Other Grades BJ Seniors: Glenna Ruth Holman, Patsy Martin, Jerry Waggoner. Juniors: Eva Mae Betts, Marga- ret Kobeck, Marilyn McMann, Lo- rctta Shields. Sophomores: Dixie Jo George, Tommy Pepper, Betty Pitts, Pa- tricia Ross, Elden Wren. Freshmen: Charlie Cardendsl, Kaye Clark,-Otila Garcia, Everett NlcAuley, Francisco Cano. - 8th:g Jane Dibrell, Patsy Potts, Robert Joe Potts, Sue Thompson, John Womble, Marshall Wortham, Aline Henrichson. . Tth: Saul Barbosa, Sarita Bailey, Sue Clark, Graciela Monteagudo, Lee Nicklas, Laura Jane Oehler, Jackie Faye Roberts, Donald Wat- kins, Thelma Woods, Teresa Lan- caster, Domingo Cardona, Rufino Ramirez, Jimmy Swinnea, Julia Valadez. ' ..i.. .l.. Reece: I would marry Pat but for one thing. W - - Rubin: Afraid to popthe ques- tion? Reece: No, afraid to question the Pop. come regional champions4a title they have coveted for the past two years, but have never been able to gain. PAGE Two 'rum wnsmco m-Lum ,mE .. . VACUUM ufllil ' t !WE Pack UPALLXHE Dnzfl O Greetings, Gates!! How are all -- f?i:3: 3 ' of my faithful readers this fine Wednesday morning? Here's the latest AS I SEE IT- Everybody should feel wonder- ful after that four-day Thanksgiv- ing holiday we had last week. Of course, if you stuffed till you were miserable, I have no sympathy for you! Anyway, wasn't it grand to be free for four whole days? Our Panthers just can't be beat- en-or should I speak so soon? Anyhow, they certainly showed their capability when they ran over the Falfurrias Jerseys last Friday night in the bi-district game. Maybe the third time will be the charm, Panthers. We hope so!! Although the Falfurrias Band went over their allotted time at the half last Friday night, the Weslaco Band was off the field by the time the players came back on. In order to do this, the Band had to leave out part of their drill. Needless to say, the home-town fans were disappointed. The cheerleaders proved last Friday night that they are not to be outdone when it comes to giving a dance. Good work, gals. The time is nearly here for the Little B r o a d w a y production, MDPIIIW of Death. Come on, studes, let's support this club by going. Of course I don't know, but they tell me the play lives up to its name. Gosh!! What would W.H.S. do Without our ever-lovin band director, Joe KBright Ideal Bellamah? It seems of play- written walking to vary playing funeral that Mr. i'Joe - gets tired ing Hail, Hail as it is when the Panthers start away with the score. So the monotony, he starts the tune as if it were a march. Anything to be different. Right, Mr. .Ioe ? Have you studes noticed the new addition to ole W.H.S.? Yes, it's a brand new coke machine?!! Now if we only had some cokes- tWe can dream, can't we'?l . - , --1. - Congratulations, Coaches Today we would like to extend congratulations to Coaches Grady Hester, Buck Henson, and Martin Stuart. When we speak of our great Panther team and how proud we are of it, we sometimes forget the coaches and what they do to enable the boys to bring laurels to Weslaco High, A coach's job is one of the hardest in school. He sets the example of good sportsmanship for his boys to follow. He works out the plays, drills the team on these plays, and trains the boys until they are in as nearly perfect condition as possible. For the past three years the Panthers have become bi-district champions. They now have only the regional game to play. And for the .first time in years the Kittens have not been defeated in a single game. These men are not only good coaches but Christian gentlemen who attend church regularly, belong to service clubs, take an active part in community projects, and sponsor school organizations. In appreciation for these coaches and their boys, we would like to dedicate this issue of the HI-LIFE to Weslaco High's Athletic De- partment. l..l...i....--ii-s- Which Type Are YOU? There are four types of studes in W.H.S. Mary is the first type. She belongs to Girl Reserves, Future Home- makers, Little Broadway, Science Club, Band, and Chorus. Somehow Mary never seems to find time to do her lessons and barely gets by. Then there is Johnny. Johnny is the type of boy who never joins a school club or takes on a responsibility of any kind. Although he doesn't have as much to do as Mary, he never gets his homework either. Another type is Jim, who doesn't belong to clubs, but he does get his lessons. In fact, that's all he does! He's the bookworm type-an all-round drip! Last of all, there is Jane. Of course, there aren't very mnay like her, for she's a combination of Mary and Jim-and that makes her the ideal student. She takes her share of responsibilities and also gets her lessons. ' The first three students aren't of much real value to the school. Mary can't keep up with her school work or with her responsibilities to all the clubs. Johnny is just plain lazy and doesn't get anywhere, while Jim is missing the fun of belonging to organizations. If the Marys and J ims would combine all theirgood traits to form Janes, we would have a school with all-around students. We need to support our school clubs in order to make them successful, yet we should keep up our school work too. Let's all work toward becoming a Jane instead of a socially over- worked Mary, a lazy Johnny, or a drippy Jim! Well, it's so long for now, kids, What are you writing? but I'll be back again the next- A joke. time-Bye. Well, give her my regards. THE VYESLACO HI-LIFE ' PAGE THR!-l McFA RLAND DASHES 75 YARDS TO SCORE SECOND TALLY FOR PANTI-IERS IN BI-DISTRIC T GAME LAST WEEK The above picture shows Howard McFarland, spe.-dy Panther back, outrunning Bickers, Jersey tackle, for tzic second score of the game, The play originated on a Falfurrias punt, and the distance was 74 yards. GS ISM With this season nearing an end, Coaches Hester and Henson are already looking forward to next year. This year's season, like the past two, has been very suc- cessful. The Panthers have beaten Donna and won bi-district for three consecutive years and are hoping to bring the regional crown to Wveslaco this year. Next year's team will probably contain all the elements needed for another championship team. It will have an abundance of let- termen, most 'of them weighing over 150 pounds, ln the game with Raymondville a couple of weeks ago the Pan- thers showed their offensive spark Ray Jackson and Ray Cleckler, but last Friday night the team show- ed one of the best defensive com- binations ever to play against anv forward Wall. Hal Potts, guard, Maurice Clevinger, tackle, and Ray Cleckler, defensive end, played the defensive game that every coach hoped his boys would play. l r i I i I i i I i i l i i I i l l Well kids, ye old vacuum clean- cr is here again to give out all the dirt it has gathered over the Thanksgiving Holidays. A tnpsv-turvy partv was hrld at PATSY MARTIN'S house last Wednesday night. Having a gav ole time were PAT and REECE, RITA and BOB HENDRICKSON, NVOODY and CARLINE LOBITZ, JOHN ELLIS and SCOTTY . JACKSON and JEN, RED and JODY. RAY and PATTY SUE, KENNETH and ZOE, and numer- ous other couples. After winning their third con- secutive bi-district title last Fri- day night, the cry in the dog-house was 'Bring 'on Hondo! The foot- ball boys hope to play the Hondo Owls for the regional crown. Mc- Leaish, Freasier, Cleckler, azzil others who played on last year's team and lost to Hondo 12 to 7 want to play Hondo to show them that Weslaco is out to gain its second regional crown since 1933. Students from S.F.A. fTo Give Program The Stephen F. Austin Rhythm Iifllll and students with harmoni- czxs, under the direction of Miss M.ldred Meek, will present several 'numbers in assembly VVednesday, - December 11, during the fifth peri- od. according to Principal A. C. Murphy. V At the dance Friday night SCOT- TY seemed to enjoy the company of JIMMY MOYER. Tough luck, MAVRICE! Seen at the local cinema over 'the weekend were TED and DIL- LIE. - PATSY KEEN and CORKY BLOCK were a cute twosome at lthe dance Friday night. i i CAROLYN CARROTHERS and lBILLY MAULDIN have been go- fing strong for a week now. i VVe heat- that EARL LEE sun fhas a flame for SUE THOMPSON! I Seen at the Drive-In Saturday night were JEN SCHRITTER and DON PANKNIN tHar1ingenl, and ZOE and KENNETH. EVA MAE, after Saturday night, where was BILLY JOE Sunday? Mission certainly is interesting, isn't it, EMMA JEAN? PAGE FOUR - THE wEsLAco H1-LIFE 25 to Attend VHSPC Banquet Tonight At Bears' Den, Pharr Twenty representatives of the HI-LIFE and LA PALMA staffs, the sponsors, and the Girls' Trio will attend the Valley High School Press Conference Banquet at the Bears' Den in Pharr tonight. Awards for the 1945-1946 year- bocks will be made at this meet- ing. D. U. Buckner, superintendent ol' Pharr-San Juan-Alamo schools, will address the group, and sev- eral schools will furnish the en- tertainment program. The Girls' Trio of Weslaco, composed of El- la Dean Barber, Loretta Shields, and Emma Jean Barber, and ac- companied by Frances Hudson, pianist, will present two numbers. Ballard Bennett is secretary-treas- urer of the Valley High School Press Conference. Those attending-the conference in addition to the Girls' Trio, are Doreen Yoder, Kitty Sue Allen, Ballard Bennett, Julius Knebel, Pat Keen, Ann Waller, Bondy Har- mon, Jimmy McAlpin, Jerry Wag- goner, Kenneth Sherry, Homer Ryan. Peggy Jo Hull, Ed McLeaish, Kenneth Jones, Doris Jean Potts, Ventura Castaneda, Emma Jean Barber, Jeannine Bones, Dolly Di- brell, Hazel Hilbrand, Miss Mar- jorie Miller, and Miss Louise Black. Squarehead's Voice Heard From Void Predicting Game l Chief Ima Squarehead can now' relax and lie peacefully in his grave in the hills of East Donna, for with his uncanny skill in fore- casting outcomes of pigskin bat- tles, he raised his season's average last week to 80 per cent. Edinburg won over McAllen 34 to 0, and Weslaco smothered the Falfurrias Jerseys 45 to 0,-making the Bobcats and the Panthers champions, Edinburg of District 16-AA and Weslaco of Districts 40-A and 39-A. Rumor has it that the faithful McLeaish, grieving over the dem- ise of his beloved friend, Ima, heard the Chief's voice in the gentle wind blowing over the froz- en wasteland saying, Weslaco will play Hondo December 13 and win by a close margin. Hester, Panther. Mentor, Leads Team' To Third-Crown Pictuictl above is the Panthers' football men-Jr for the past three years, Coach Grady Hester. Since his arrival in the mid-val- ley city in 1944. Mr. Hester has chalked up an incredible record. Three straight bi-district titles and twenty consecutive conference games rank high among his many noteworthy achievements. Coach Hester's football career, begun by his playing at Lott High School, included three years of starring at Southwestern Teach- ers' College at San Marcos. After his graduation Mr. Hester launch- ed his coaching career, spending five years at Bracketville, two years at Mason, one year at Ray- mondville, and two years at Wes- laco. .,...l....... - Literature Class To Broadcast Dec. 10 In Search of a Feature. a play- let depicting the Old West in the days of the cattle drives, will be presented by the American Litera- ture class Tuesday afetrnoon. De- cember 10, at 4:30, over KGBS. Characters in the skit are as fol- lows: The old ranchman, James Nel- song his daughter, Loretta Shieldsg ranch foreman, Hal Potts, report- er, Ann Waller. 1 A Five Panthers Make All-Valley Team Five members of the cham- pionship Panther eleven were 1 selected for the two mythical All-Valley teams of District 40A l at the Valley Coaches' and Of- 3 ficials' Association held in Mer- cedes Monday a week ago. Those listed on the first string eleven were Ballard Ben- nett, endg Ed McLeaish, tackleg ' Hal Potts, guard, and Jack . lfreasier, back, while John Sawyer. other Panther guard, 1 was named for second squad honors. For Baliard Bennett, Hal Potts, and Ed McLeaish, this is the second year to be selected 1 for all-district honors. l Players of the All-Valley teams will be guests of the Association at a banquet in Mercedes next Monday night. W.H.S. Essay Contest To Have Cash Prizes The Campaign against Tuber- culosis will be the topic of an essay contest sponsored by the Weslaco Mothers' Club in which any member of junior-senior high schools may enter a paper. Prizes of S5 each for the best essays, one by a boy and one by a girl, will be given. This contest closes December 20. Material may be obtained from the high school library. Particulars will be announced in next week's HI-LIFE. This con- test has been arranged by Mrs. R. B. Hankal, school nurse. Physics Prof Tests Gravity Law-Bang! Although Mr. Lovett should be well acquainted with the law of gravity, he became unacquainted with it the other day in Physics! It seems that the drawer in his desk was stuck and wouldn't come out. He pleaded and begged with it, but to no avail., By this time he was getting exasperatedg how- ever, he tried once more. One big pull, and out came the drawer and everything that was in it down on the floor! ' Oh, well, that's life. found themselves on top of the sectional THE WESLACO I-ll-LIFE--Weslaco, Texas, December I I, I946 .H I, Panthers to Tangle With Owlsl In Hondo Friday Night For Regional Championship Weslaco's Power Will Be Matched Against Hondo's Speed as Two Good Teams Struggle For Coveted Region 10 Crown In quest for their first regional title since 1933 Weslacols torrid Panthers, South Texas gridiron giants, clash with the dynamite packed Hondo Owls at Hondo Field Friday night. With regional honors as winners' spoils, both teams have prepared diligently and should enter the tussle in top-flight physical condition. Almost a year ago to the day a small group of disheartened Pan- ther gridsters left Corpus Christi's mammoth Buccaneer Stadium after being robbed of Regional honors by an extremely slim 12-7 margin. Tn the dressing room following this hard-lost fracas, this cluster of grim-faced Panthers vowed vehemently that they would carry their grid wars to the big game again the following season. Sure enough, this sturdy Weslaco crew grid heap once more and secutive Regional classic. ment lies in the fact that team that edged them for making preparations for their third con- Possibly an even more ironical develop- the persistent Panthers grapple with the the Region ten crown last year-Hondo's high flying Owls. No mean record has been tallied by the '46 edition of the Panther grid machine. Boasting of perhaps the greatest defensive forward wall in the schools history, the pugnacious Panthers have emerged from district and bi-district play with nary a teedee crossing their well-guarded goal stripe. Also prominent in the Panthers' pigskin agenda is their offensive prowess. Although the highly-vaunted Pan- ther mobile unit often sputters or stops, it has accounted for 357 big points in eleven games. Freasier and Cleckler, two ace leather-luggers, create the fireworks in the Weslaco attack. In Hondo's formidable Owls the Weslaco aggregation meets a rugged foe under the capable guid- 1 fensive. Mueller and Braden dis- ance of Coach Tom Bridges, who has done yeoman work. Since his arrival in the Central Texas City in 1939, the classy Owls annually have ranked high in Class A grid circles. No less than five of Brid- ges' teams have copped district honors, while two of these elevens have walked away with the Re- gional Crown. Unbeaten through- out the present campaign and fresh from a 33-13 triumph in their bi-district clash with Vic- toria, the feathered Owls wistful- ly eye another Regional champion- ship. As for the players of promi- nence, both squads boast of sev- eral. Bennett, Potts, Freasier, and Guess, Panther bigshots, lead the swift Valley eleven, while big Blanton Taylor and Silby Woolls, who have tallied 169 points be- tween them, bolster the Owl of- play aggressiveness among the Hondo forwards. ln regard to the coming cham- pionship fray, Coach Grady Hest- ter, head mentor in Pantherland, ,stated that the game should prove and well-play- Panthers hav- of sending a to the record to be a hard-fought ed contest, with the ing a good chance Weslaco victory in books. The 1946 season records of both teams are as follows: WESLACO PANTHERS Weslaco 66-Lyford 0. Weslaco 65-Rio Grande City 0. Weslaco 7-Harlingen 39. Weslaco 24--Mercedes 0. Weslaco 7-P.S.J.A. 2. Weslaco 39-La Feria 0. VVeslaco 6-San Benito 7. Weslaco 7-Donna 0. Weslaco 85-Raymondville 0. Weslaco 45-Falfurrias 0. Weslaco 'I-Hondo ? F l l l l LA PALMA Places Third in Contest' Sponsored by VHSPC The 1945-1946 LA PALMA won third place in the yearbook-con- test of the Valley High School Press Conference, results of which were announced at the banquet held at the Bears' Den in Pharr last Wednesday evening. EL ES- PFJJO of McAllen won first place, and THE PALMETTO of Browns- ville won second. The hall was decorated with red and white streamers. The U-shap- ed table for sponsors and officers and the quartet tables were de- corated with crimson bougainvil- lea and fern. The programs, in the form of a miniature BEAR'S TALE, school paper of P.S.J.A., contained news about the banquet, the menu, and the program. Din- ner was served by members of the Pharr Press Club. More than 200 senting the publications of eleven valley high schools, attended the meeting. Awards for the winning annuals were presented by D. U. Buckner, Pharr superintendent, while Presi- dent Sam Lester Johnston, Ed- couch, presided. Other officers are Charles Myers of Pharr, vice presi- dent, and Ballard Bennett, secre- tary-treasurer. Other schools which entered the contest are Mercedes, Harlingen, and San Benito. Mary Ann Burton, Lynette Stahl, and Ballard Bennett were editors of last year's LA PALMA. Motor and the girl motors with youg walk and you walk alone. sponsors and students, repre- Mary had a little skirt, So neat, so light, so airy, It never showed a speck of dirt, But it certainly did show Mary. HONDO OWLS Hondo 13-Texas Silents Hondo 14-Devine 0. Hondo 20-Brenham 14. Hondo 26-T.M.I. 0. Hondo 40-Sabinal 12. Hondo 19-Uvalde 0. Hondo 24--Del Rio 6. Hondo Hondo Hondo Hondo 40-Carrizo Sprin 26-Eagle Pass 6. 33-Victoria 13. ?-Weslaco ? PAGE Two me wmsmlco HI-LIFE Bellamah Directs ' ' ,f Green and Gold Band O 'X , f -loe L. Bellamah has been di- rector of the Weslaco Band for 'he past three years. The Band has .Jade steady progress under the direction of Mr. Joej' as he is af- fectionately called by his students and friends. Before coming to Weslaco, he attended Culver Military Acade- my, La Salle University, and Georgetown University, and was a member of the San Antonio Sym- phony Orchestra and of the World's'Champion Boys' Band at Rochester, New York. Author Speaks To Assembly Dec. 5 Miss Cleo Dawson, author of SHE CAME TO THE VALLEY and speaker for the Rotary Insti- tute of International Understand- ing, addressed the student body in assembly last Thursday during the sixth period. Young people have many won- derful opportunities ahead, but they also have many difficult problems which they must solve was the main idea of her speech. She particularly stressed the po- sitions for the trained people of tomorrow in the field of aviation. Miss Dawson is a former valley- ite of Mission and was a professor of English in The University of Kentucky. She complimented the audience and the beautiful little town of Weslaco. Holding the un- divided attention of the students, Miss Dawson also related some in- cidents of her life. Good Luck, Band! There are very few Bands in the Valley that can compare with Wes- laco's. In years past Weslaco has consistently had one of the finest bands in marching and playing in South Texas. The student body of Weslaco High has always been proud of the Band. The Band always helps to liven a pep rally and add color and spectacle to a football game. Wherever bands march or play, the Wes- laco Band is always there. Next Saturday nicht the Band will endeavor to keep its record. It will march in the Pigskin Jubilee, a contest held each year for march- ing Bands and the presentation of awards to Valley football teams. They will compete against some other fine bands from the Valley. For the past three years the Band, under Director Joe Bellamah, has always won top honors in any contest, thus we can await the out- come of this one with confidence. With the support of the student body, the Band will do its best, and the best is what it will do. The Third Time's the Charm! For the third time in three years the Weslaco Panthers have won the district and bi-district titles and will fight for the regional on Friday night in Hondo. The fight against the Hondo Owls will be a tough one, but the same qualities that have pulled the hard-fighting Panthers through other tight squeezes will help them through this one. The team pos- sesses those traits of fair play, cooperation, and dependability. The loss of Ray Jackson is a serious one for the team in their last game, but the Panthers will play even harder to win now. The twelfth man and the Band are solidly behind the team in its fight for the title. Many may not be able to attend the game, but they are still supporting the Panthers with all they have. Come on, boysg let's become Regional Champs Friday night! N0 1-, In Jr--Sh Hlgh, WUS011 States . . .1um0r.S.mi.,r High 1.-riday, ac. wrdins to Slliwrirltfmdent -T00 ..'- 3 iiv' 4 ' H. Wilson. This is not a holi- day, and it will be made up later in the year, Mr. Wilson stated. Commercial busses have been chartered for the football team and the Band. The football boys will leave Thursday morn- ing and spend the night in San Antonio. The Band will leave Friday morning at 10 o'c1ock. If enough students desire to go on 'a bus, the school will try go make arrangements to secure another chartered bus, Mr. Wil- son said. The lpdy of the house was en- tertaining her bridge club when the pattering of tiny feet was heard on the stairs. She raised her hand for silence. Hush, she said softly, the children are going to deliver their good-night message. It always gives me such a feeling of reverence to hear them . . . Listen! There was a mbment of si- lence, then shyly, Mamma, Willie found a bedbugl' THE 'WESLACOe 'HIHLIFE PAGE THREE MARCHING BAND TO ENTER PIGSKIN JUBILEE IN HARLINGEN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14 Approximately seventy stud- ents make up the green and gold marchintz hand of Weslaco High School, which will participate in the annual Nalley Pigskin .lubilee on December 14 in Harlingen.'l'he ,Band will enter the marching con- test and has hopes of winning honors in it. In the front row are the color bearers, Jean Ann Els- lton, Billie .lanet Gentry, and Shir- Shields is between the first and third rowsg and in the third row are the twirlers, Eva Mae Betts, Glennis Adkins, and Edwina Stan- lley Bullard. Drum Major Loretta lley. Annual Pigskin Jubilee to Begin at 2:30 The Weslaco High School Band School, with all Valley high school will again show its colors in Har- lbands participating in full uni- lingen Saturday, December 14, by entering the annual Rio Grande Valley Band Parade and Jubilee. The celebration will start Sat- urday afternoon at 3 o'clock with a parade beginning on East Jack- son Street, at Central Ward form. The Grand Jubilee, centering at Cardinal Field, Harlingen Highl School, at 7:30, will be a contest for marching bands. All high rchool bands in the Rio Grande Jailey will participate, with drills , containing the required move- ments. The grand finale will be a massed band concert composed of all Valley band members. Approximately seventy mem- bers will march with the Weslaco High School Band in the event, under the direction of Loretta Shields, drum major, and,Joe L, Bellamah, director. PAGE FOUR THE wilsnaco HI-LTFE Work on LA PALMA Progresses Well Work on LA PALMA is pro- gressing satisfactorily, according to Editors Ballard Bennett and Doreen Yoder. Pictures of the Seniors, class groups, and organizations are be- ing mounted and will be ready for the first shipment to Steck Com- pany January 10. Work is also being done by the art editors on the lettering, and title pages section of the book. Choral Club to Go Caroling Dec. 19 Horrors! Curses! The Man Won't Talk! Have you ever been kept in suspense until you were about ready to take desperate steps? If you haven't experienced this, you have really missed a great thrill! Members of the H1-LIFE and an- nual staffs were in this predica- ment at the VHSPC. banquet last i week. You see, the winners of the an- I .nual contest were to be announc- ed. WVhen D. U. Buckner, superin- tendent of P.-S.J.-A., began to tell who won first place, he stalled for time to keep his anxious audience in suspense. Meanwhile, everyone was chewing fingernails, laughing about it all, and anxiously wait-' ing! Well, finally he decided to, The Choral Club will go carol-. ing Thursday night, December 19, at 6:30, according to Miss Sibyl Fowler, director. After singing in the residential district. the chorus will give a brief concert of Christ- mas carols in the business section of town. The group will then return to 'announce the winners! Of course, 1W.H.S. won a place. and twenty- four NVeslacoites tMiss Black al- ready knew? were relieved after ,all that suspense. E Patty Sue: 'flVIy goodness, thatj boy-friend of mine is trying at times. l the junior high school cafeteriai for a party. Zoe: That's nothing, mine is always trying! 1 F.H.T.'s Sell Stickers, Plan Caroling Trip Plans for Christmas caroling on December 12 were made at the regular meeting of the Future Homemakers Monday night. Betty Jean Robertson played a piano solo and a duet with Peggy Kirgan. Stickers to be put on car win- dows bearing Weslaco in pur- ple with a white background were sold in town Saturday. Five More Students Mal-ze Honor Roll When the HI-LIFE Went to press last week, the Honor Roll for 9111 was omitted. It is as fol- lows: Superior: Paula Resendez, Mary Gene Wortham, Carlos Peralez. Honor Roll: Nancy Ann Soleth- er, Alex Westbrook. The H1-LIFE takes full respon- sibility in the omission of these names and apologizes for the omission. Drums of Death Pronounced Suc 'ess by Large Audience The mystery play, Drums of Deathf' presented in the high school auditorium by the Little Broadway Club Friday night, De- cember 6, held a large audience in suspense and laughter. The play dealt with the efforts of Thompson to seize a magic stone, which Mr. Bailey obtained from Africa, where he had lived with the natives. During the bat- tle which raged between Thomp- son and Bailey, both men were killedg moreover, the stone was sent back to Africa by a secret service man, who later announced his engagement to Mr. Bailey's granddaughter, Miss Paula Bailey. Celeste, an octoroon servant, was aptly portrayed by Emma Jean Barber. While in trances, she could predict future occurences, which usually came true. Sheldon Harley, posing as the caretaker of Mr. Bailey's property, was convincingly played by Bob- by Hankal. This Mr. Harley, whose real name was Gregory Sheldon, was a secret service agent for a European country out to catch Thompson, who was trying to seize the stone. Sheldon wished to send the magic stone to the r l l rightful owners in Africa. l Julius Knebcl. in the role of Jules, an antithesis of the con- ventional negro, was devoted tos his Massa Halh'ly - Gregoryi Sheldon. Thompson had killed Jules' wife and babiesg therefore .lules had a debt to settle with Thompson. Jules finally killed Thompson with the devil's breath he put in the cabinet con- l taining the stone. Mrs. Oakley, an apprehensivel house-keeper of 45 years, was well portrayed by Shirley Bullard. She worried continuously and became hysterical about Mr: Bailey's dis- appearance and the drums. The part of Mrs. Gillete was capably handled by Glenna Ruth Holman. Mrs. Gillette, a nervous, self-willed woman of 55, was high- ly resentful of the fake telegrams and wouldn't believe anything Ce- leste saw in her trances or any of the other Unonsensel' at her bro- ther's house. Eugenia Bowles, the effusive society type, was depicted by Pat- sy McBride, She couldn't under- stand any of the intrigue and wanted to go home immediately when she found out the circum- stances of her relative, Mr. Bai- ley. Dolly Dibrill, who played the part of Amelia Gillette, the young granddaughter of Mrs. Gillette, was the typical American girl, always getting into trouble by her sarcastic remarks. Kenneth Jones stole many laughs in his part of Newton Coop- er, the county sheriff. Everything Newt did was done in absolute seriousness. Although the situa- tion was miles over his head, he had a sublime faith in himself and his own abilities. The part of Dr. Cameron, ap- parently a skilled medical special- ist, was handled by Billy Ford. Dr, Cameron. who was really Thompson, came to the Bailey place to secure the stone by some means. Betty June Boles played the role of Paula Bailey, a granddaughter of Mr. Bailey. In love with Gre- gory Sheldon, the secret service man, she helped Gregory as much as possible in solving the case. Between acts Miss Anne Bauer, director of the production, was presented a gift by the play cast in appreciation of her work with the cast. 1' THE WESLACO Hi-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, December IB, I946 Panthers Upset Mighty Hondo Owls 20-13 for Regional Honors Hestermen's Teamwork Superbg Tilt Offers Host of Thrillsg Goal-Line Stand Brings Victory The Weslaco Panther blitzkrieg corps, led by Howard Scotty McFarland and Ray Country Cleckler marched over the ever-fight- ing Hondo Owls to the tune of 20-13 on Hondo's Barry Field last Fri- day night to cop the Region 10 crown for 1946. By virtue of their hard- earned victory, the power-packed Panthers clinched their first region- al laurels since 19335 moreover, they snapped a victory string for the hard-hitting Hondo crew that had run to 21 straight conquests pre- vious to the contest. No true grid enthusiast could hope for any more pigskin thrills, as this epic championship classic offered the capacity crowd attend- ing every conceivable bit of excitement. Lengthy touchdown jaunts, bullet-like passes, blocked kicks, and obstinate goal-line stands dis- played themselves brilliantly throughout the colorful contest. Playing on the theory that the best defensive is the good offensive, the purple-clad Panthers held possession of the ball during the better portion of the first quarter. Five first downs were netted by the Wes- laco aggregation during the initial period. Scoring plays didn't develop, however, until late in the second stanza. Two quick, dagger-like passes from Weslaeo's Ray Cleckler to Scotty McFarland swiftly changed the complexion of the tilt. A short screen pass along with a 32-yard scamper by McFarland ac- counted for the initial marker. Shortly after, this Cleckler-McFarland aerial combination worked again. A beautiful 30-yrd heave from Cleck- ler's talented arm characterized the second tally. The half ended as Martin plunged for the point. Seeing visions of defeat, Hondo's mighty Owls came hooting back early in the third period. Their ace running back, Curtis Braden, broke loose from the mid-field stripe and raced through Panther defenders for the goal. This run, incidentally, was the longest chalk- ed up against the sturdy Panther line this season. Blanton Taylor's attempted conversion was unsuc- cessful. Via their famed ground attack, however, the Valley eleven struck back with ferocious force. Using Freasier, Cleckler, and McFarland to carry the brunt of the leather- lugging, the Weslaco felines trav- eled 75 yards to score. Freasier chalked up the six-pointer by plow- ing over from the Owl one. Cleck- ler fought his way over 'for the point. Still persistent in their determ- ination to win, the Hondo bunch came struggling back again. They marched the ball to the Panther 30, and from that point broke Braden, their alert halfback, through for another teedee. Sel- by Woolls' conversion kick split the uprights to score the extra point. With only a few meager minutes remaining, the feverish Owl for- wards blocked a Panther punt and recovered the bouncing pigskin on the Weslaco 25. From there they drove to the Panther four, but the Weslaco line repulsed them at this point. The title tilt ended shortly after the Panthers had regained possession of the ball deep in their own territory. By notching up this hard-fought victory, the '46 Panther grid edi- tion gained what so many past Weslaco elevens tried so desper- ately to achieve-a regional cham- pionship. Durlng the past two years the Panthers have possessed the bi-district title, but both the '44 and '45 squads fell a few points shy of earning the coveted Region 10 crown. Although the Hondo Owls didn't win, they easily lived up to their press notices. Grit and determina- tion, most admirably displayed in their savage bone-crushing blocks, keynoted their brand of play throughout the tussle. Game statistics are as follows: Weslaco Band Makes First Division At Pigskin Jubilee The Weslaco High School Band was rated in Division I, Class C, at the fourth Annual Pigskin Jubi- lee held on Cardinal Field, Harlin- gen, Saturday, December 14. Rio Grande City also made Division I, 'while Raymondville and Donna were in Division II, and Mercedes 'in Division III. Harlingen was rated the highest with a Division I plus in Class B. San Benito and Brownsville were ' rated Division I, McAllen Division II, and Mission and Phar-San ,Juan-Alamo Division III. Preceding the contest was a 1 grand entry of all the bands parti- lcipatingg however, the Weslaco 1 Band was excused from this. Each band was inspected before going on the field to march. Ver- non Mayfield and Irwin Driebrodt, ioth of San Antonio, judged the . bands. Following the marching contest, E. H. Potest, superintendent of Harlingen schools, introduced the xll-Valley 16AA and 40A football squads. Certificates were present- ed by Weldon Phillips, coach of Harlingen High School. Thirteen Brings Luck to Panthers Though some may have stayed at home in safety on the fateful Friday, December 13, the Pan- thers were not so timid. Thirteen seems to be lucky for the purple and white Cats. The first game of the '46 season was on Friday, September 13, while the last was on 'Friday December 13. At the end of the first 'half of the game with Hondo, the score was 13-0 for the Panthers, and at the end it was 20-13. ' Finally, it has been thirteen years since the Panthers have won a regional crown. Who says thirteen isn't the Pan- thers' lucky number? Weslaco Hondo Score 20 13 Penetrations 4 3 First downs 12 . 8 Total yards gained from scrimmage 224 210 No. of passes 4 6 Passes completed 3 3 Passes intercepted 0 2 No .of punts 3 1 Total yds. from punts 52 35 PAGE TWO THE WESLACO HI-LIFE ' Program From S.F.A. School Enjoyed By Weslaco High Approximately fifty Stephen F. Austin students presented a mu- sical program in assembly last Wednesday during the fifth pe- riod. The program was divided into four parts and a reading. In the first part the group sang 'tShort- enin' Bread, with John D. Gar- nett, in blackface, as soloistg and Cielito Lindo, featuring Kay Leach, Sharon Henson, and Judy McManus as dancers in Spanish costumes. The second part conisted of har- monica selections including Billy Boy, Five Minutes More,' 'tOld Black Joe, O, Susanah,' Battle Hymn of the Republicf and sev- eral others. Dolores Skaggs presented 'A 'Twas the Night before Christmas as a reading. Three sacred numbers, The Lord's Prayer, He Shall Feed His F'locks, and Hallelujah, composed the third part of the pro- gram. In conclusion the group sang Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. HI-LIFE Wins First Place ln Texas High School Press Assn. Contest Held in TSCW, Denton W.H.S. Paper Pronounced Best Page In Local Newspaper for Third Time The Weslaco HI-LIFE won first place in the page-in-local-paper division of the state contest sponsored by the Texas High School Press Association, according to word received Saturday from the headquarters of the association at Texas State College for Women, Denton. This is the third time that the HI-LIFE has been state champion in its division. In 1941 and 1942 it received the honor and was award- ed an engraved plaque in each case. Then the contest was disconti- nued because of the war and was revived only this year. As a result, the HI-LIFE is now state champion in its division for the third con- The enthusiastic applause of the student body evidenced the fact that the program was enjoyed by all. After the program junior and senior high school students re- mained in the auditorium for a pep rally. Faculty Enjoy Weiner Roast On Barbee Field The combined faculties of jun- ior-senior high school, Stephen F. Austin School and North Ward en- joyed a Weiner roast Monday eve- ning of last week on Barbee Field. The faculty of Stephen F. Austin School were hosts for the occa- sion. Those present roasted their own weiners over a blazing fire and en- joyed hot dogs, potato salad, beans, onions, coffee, and doughnuts. After a brief informal hour out on the field, the group reported to the auditorium of junior high school, where 0. R. Scott, princi- pal of North Ward School, showed the group a two-reel color film of scenes along the Pan-American highway and in various South American capitals. 1 1 1 1 1 1 secutive time. The T.H.S.P.A., which sponsors the contest, held its conference at T.S.C.W., Denton, December 6-7. The five divisions of the news- paper contest and their winners are as follows: Class A bi-weekly paper, Wood- row Wilson NEXVS, Woodrow Wil- son High School, Dallasg Class B bi-weekly paper, the Q. M. of North Texas State College High School, Dentong weekly paper, the PANTHERETTE, Paschal High School, Fort Worthg mimeograph- ed paper, DEVIL'S DELIGHT, Gaston High School, Joinervilleg and page-in-local-paper, HI-LIFE, 3Weslaco High. ! Names of winners in the indivi- ,dual contests-editorial writing, 'sports writing, features, etc.-- .have not been received. Congrats Are in Order! We are certainaly lucky boys and girls to be able to go to a school like Weslaco High. This year will students will ever know. probably be one of the best W.H.S. Our football team has Won the Regional Championship, the Band has taken top honors in the Pigskin Jubilee, and the HI-LIFE has won first in the state in its division for the third consecutve time. We would like to extend congratulations to the Panthers and their coaches, Grady Hester and Buck Henson, who have brought to Wes- laco the first regional crown since 1933. To the Band and Director Joe Bellamah, congratulations for win- ning first division in the Pigskin Jubilee. Since We hesitate to praise ourselves, we will simply say that we have tried to edit a sheet that would meet the high standards of the Texas High School Press Association, and we are grateful that our efforts have been rewarded. Let's hope that every year can Loretta: I know a girl who swallows swords. Frances: That's nothing, I know a girl who inhales Camels. be as good as this one! Well, so long until the next time and-be good over the holi- days! CHa! Hall 'mn wmsnaco H1-LIFE PAGE THREE Jackson Named Our Hero by G.R.'s At Football Banquet Ray Jackson was presented as the Girl Reserves' football hero by Patsy Martin, who pinned on him a white banner with Our Hero in purple letters, last Monday night at the annual Football Ban- quet held in the Cortez Ballroom at 7:30 o'clock. The ballroom was gaily decorat- cd with purple and white stream- ers hanging the length of the loom. The door was cleverly de- signed with huge purple and white crepe paper drapes. On the table, decorated with purple bougainvillea was a minia- ture football field with players. The program consisted of the welcome, by Patsy Martin, re- sponse, by Ballard Bennett: an- nouncement of the '46 co-captain, .lack Freasier, by Coach Hester, reading, Emma Jean Barber, piano selections, Bobby Hankal, and pre- sentation of the hero by Patsy Martin, G. R. President. Singing of the Girl Reserve song concluded the program, following which dancing was enjoyed. In addition to 37 couples of Girl Reserves and their dates, guests were Supt. and Mrs. Joe H. Wil- sno, Principal and Mrs. A. C. Mur- phy, Coach and Mrs. Grady Hester, Coach and Mrs. Buck Henson, and G.R. sponsors, Misses Jean Spratt and Louise Williams. Call an Ambulance! 9-tep on lt, Driver: We CAN'T Be Late! Who is it? I wonder if he is se- riously injured? Oh, I can't bear to look. Such remarks were heard around the campus Monday at noon when the Martin-Nelson ambulance came screeching to a stop. However. the crowd was due for a startling shock. Instead of someone's being carried out on a stretcher, six Little Broadway members of the Drums of Death cast leaped out and hurried to their classes. It seems that the group had giv- en excerpts of their recent play before the Lions' Club. After it was over, a few were standing out on the sidewalk in their costumes wondering how they could get back to school without stopping traffic. When Mr. Martin came by in his ambulance, he was quickly THE REAL MEANING OF CHRISTMAS I I We are very thankful for the fact that Christmas can never die- that is, if we realize the true significance for celebrating it. One thousand nine hundred and forty-six years ago Christ was born in a lowly manger, and it is his birthday and the spirit he brought-t'Peace on earth, good will toward men -which we are celebrating. Some of us seem to froget this when we talk about Christmas. I can't get into the mood of Christmas is a common saying today. We may feel annoyed because we can't get just the presents we want, an abundance of lights to go on our trees, or sugar to make candy and cookies. In the past we have been used to these things and have accepted the idea that we will always have them. Whn we look back in years past, our ancestors celebrated Christ- mas in a gay and festive manner without the things which we feel are so vital. They thought of the true significance of Christmas. However, Christmas would never be the same without the odor of evergreen trees laden with glittering lights, the turkey dinner with all the trimmings, the voices of carolers singing Silent Night , a jovial old Santa Claus, a beautiful Christmas greeting sent as a mes- sage of cheer to friends, father playing with Johnny and his toys, and neighbors stopping in to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We always get more enjoyment out of giving than receiving. It makes us feel good to know that we have brought some enjoyment to SOITIGOHG. Let it always be said of us that we know how to keep the Christ- mas spirit. Let it truly be said of all of us, and as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, everyone. sail the optimist jubilantly, UI say, I can seie good in every- thing! Replied the pessimlst, Is that so? Can you see good in a fog? hailed, and everyone jumped in. A few minutes later the group ar- rived at their destination, having had the unusual experience of rid- ing in an ambulance and then walking out under their own pow- er. Play Cast Guests At Party Tonight Plans for a party to be held to- night in the auditorium in honor of the cast of Drums of Death were made at a called meeting of Little Broadway Tuesday, Decem- ber 10. The club decided to vote in new members at their' meeting tonight and to invite them to a formal dance to be held January 11. PAGE FOUR 'rim wEsLAco H1-LIFE sf Z sll X . ,,, .9 R 4 vw is 'Al .I ' I I I 4 I K I 1 I A' I L 0 W.H.S. Sends Usual Letters to Santa. Dear Santa, Please send me a formula for keeping out of trouble in Band. Your adorable hunk of non- sense, Hypatia Link. Dear Santa Claus, Please send me a little blonde that is going to school in Dallas. Her initials are S. W. and the name is Susanne. Your faithful friend, Homer. Hi, Santa, I would deeply appreciate it if you would put a pugnacious girl in my stocking that would adore my manly physique and mam- moth vocabulary. Your true believer, Ed Muscles McLeaish Dear St. Nick, Send me another girl like Anna Louise. Hopefully yours, Billy Give me a thrill or else Ford My Darling Idol, I have just one request to make this year. Please teach my mother to speak English. Your adorable servant, Senorita Carolyn Carrothers I would love to have Ernie Ford A Z' My Dearest St.nNick, y 'fl' ' in my stocking on Christmas , morning. As ever, - 1 Glenna Wolf Dear Santa Claus, A tl Please send me a girl like Rio . I tFor further information see ah Z , , The OutlaW !l it if As Always, Kenneth S. F. Jones. Dearest Santa, Please send Coach Hester some red dye for his hair. Some people seem to be in doubt as to Whether he is a coach. Love, Coach Henson Sweetie Pie, Please bring my Tucker boy back from San Antonio. Your admirer, Carline Santa, I wish you could bring some certain McAllen girls in your 1 sleigh to Weslaco. l Adios, Ventura. Chubby, I wish you would bring my eighth grade flame back from Kerrville. Thank you, Mary Waller Greetings, - lf ra R' gill, Since I've already hung misel-L M W toe over my fireplace, send Edg Barnett down my chimney instead I of yourself. ' Your darling admirer, Mary Jo Bennett Dear Santa. Please bring me a dozen roses. Your darling, Josephine Dearest St. Nick, Unlike Jody, I will be satisfied to get Four Roses. Love, uRedn Santa Claus, Please send a certain junior girl back to Washington so a certain junior boy with the name Hal will be free. Hopefully yours, Emma arf '22 ' Z' Dearest Chubby, Please make Woody and Ann re- veal their secret romance. Regretfully yours, Julius Santa, Ole Kid, Please bring me a Scottie . Lovingly, Ballard l Za J Burton Placed On College Honor Roll Word has been received that Mary Ann Burton, Class of '45, was on the honor roll of Ward Bel- mont College, Nashville, Tennes- see, where she is a freshman. Ma- ry Ann ranked seventeenth in an i enrollment of more than 600 stu- dents. Mary Ann was salutatorian of last year's class, editor of the '45 LA. PALMA, twirler and student director of the Band, member of Quill and Scroll, Choral Club, and Girl Reservesg vice president of the Future Homemakers, and out- standing student in English and aeronautics. In the study of the Constitution Mrs. Hoge's eighth grade history classes are holding trials with clerks, jury, lawyers, plaintiffs, and others involved. - THE WESLACO Hi-LIFE.-Weslaco. Texas. January 8, I947 New HI-LIFE Staff To Be Elected This Week As is customary, the Journalism Class will elect a new staff to edit the HI-LIFE during the sec- ond semester. Next week will be the last week that this semester's staff will serve. This semesters staff is as fol- lows: Bondy Harmon, editor: Ann Waller, assistant editor: Emma .lean Barber and Kenneth Jones. make-up editors: Pei!!-KY Hull, As I See It : Doris Potts and Patsy Keen, exchanges: Julius Knebel. Doreen Yoder, Emma Jean Barber and Jimmy McAlpin, features: Kit- ty Sue Allen, organizations: Ed McLeaish, Homer Ryan, Kenneth Sherry, and Jerry Waggoner, sports: Ballard Bennett, Square- head column: Norman Watson. From the Sidelines : Ventura Castaneda, assembly reporter: Patsy Keen, Peggy Hull, and Ven- tura Castaneda, typists. The new staff will be elected the latter part of this week. Band, Choral Club Present Programs The Band, under the direction of Joe Bellamah, and the Choral Club, directed by Miss Sibyl Fowl- er, presented a Christmas program last December 2. in the auditor- ium. Under the Double Eagle, by the Band, began the assembly. After the Band had played Las- sus Trombone and Old McDon- ald anrl His Musical Farmvardf' .lack Freasier and Ballard Ben- nett, representing the :Panthers presented Coaches Grady Hester and Buck Henson with some lug- gage. The Band continued the pro- gram with Circus Parade and Barnum and Bailey's Favorite March. Joe H. Wilson then pre- sented the Band with a plaque won by last year's Band. After a few announcements by A. C. Murphy, principal, Pat Can- non, representing the Quarterback Club, gave Coaches Hester, Hen- son, Stuart, and Pickens cheques from the Club. To conclude the assembly, the Choral club sang T'was the Night Before Christmas and led the student body in the school song. Panthers Look Back to Perfect Seasong ew Records Set in '46 Team Boasted No Starsg Every Player Had Definite Job to Do-And Did lt By clinching their first regional title since 1933, the torrid '46 Panthers racked up a host of records and notable feats. The scoring of 377 points during the session and an 85-0 win over Raymondville broke previous Weslaco point-getting records. Possibly the most noteworthy achievement accomplished by the local gridsters was the chalking up of their third consecutive con- ference crown. Moreover, this marked the second straight year that nary a 40-A fee could wriggle a teedee over through the highly- vaunted Panther forwards. Much praise for Weslaco's Pigskin successes belong to genial Grady Hester and the remainder of the felines' coaching corps. These men worked .hard throughout the season, but were more than reward- ed for their efforts by gaining the coveted regional crown. As for stars, the Weslaco crew had none. By following the Panther F .H.T.'s Observe Yule 'eason With Carols Approximately thirty members of Future Homemakers and their sponsor Mrs. Jack Bain went car- oling Wednesday night, December ll. The group met in the Home Eco- nomics Department at 7:30 and from there went caroling in the lresidential district of town. I Returning at 8:30, the girls were served hot chicolate with whipped cream and cookies by the Advisory Council. Back to Old Grind, Sigh Sad Stucles The holidays are over tin case you didn't knowl and now, W.H.S. ,teachers are vainly trying to re- lconvert the slap-happy students, lwho have been leisurely loafing 1 Y-gAl---s f- W- A- I laround for the past two weeks. 5 Monday morning seemed to be la strain for everyone. The habits :formed during the holidays-eat- ling in the middle of the morning, short siestas in the afternoon, and no definite schedule+practically defeated the efforts put forth by lthe students. By now everyone knows that the teachers merely sat at their desks and dreamed ,of the Cotton Bowl and snow! lWhat on earth is a student sup- posed to do? 7 Tuesday, however, everything fand everybody was back to the old drag-school. lslogan regarding teamwork to the Nlast syllable, every player per- formed dependably: consequently la successful season was the result. I Overcoming every conceivable lobstacle, the purple-clad Panthers loften took to the playing field l with as many as three or four reg- ulars sidelined because of injuries. This, however, did not daunt the ,courage of the pugnacious Pan- l thers, who proved their true great- ness by copplng the often-sought regional title. l The season record for the Wes- llaco squad, champs of South Tex- vas, is as follows: lVeslaco Opponent lWeslaco 66 , ., . . Lyford 0 'Weslaco 65 Rio Grande City 0 Weslaco 7 ..... Harlingen 39 'Weslaco 24 ........ Mercedes 0 Weslaco 7 . . . , . . P.S.J.A. 2 Weslaco 39 .. La Feria 0 ,Weslaco 6 . . . . . San Benito 7 VVeslaco 6 ..... Mission 0 Weslaco 7 . ..,...,,. Donna 0 Weslaco 85 ,.,. Raymondville 0 ,Weslaco 45 . . . . . . Falfurrias 0 ,Weslaco 20 .,.,.... Hondo 13 Did you hear about the little moron who thought he was Hit- ler? He was. l 1. l Why did the three morons put their heads in the oven? They wanted baked beans. l We know a moron who sat on a fruitcake and was electrocuted when he struck the current. pl' 3 f 1 , VACUU4li1ECll iw agen up ALLTI-IE Dmil Goodness me, the VACUUM CLEANER has really been busy trying to pick up all of the dirt over the holidays. Naturally some of it slipped away, but let's open the bag and see what we do have. To begin the holidays, a hum- dinger of a party was slung at. ZOE'S in honor of SUZANNE WATERS. Among those taking in the festivities were HAL and PAT KEEN. ELLA DEAN and ED. PATTIE SUE and RAY, ZOE and KENNETH, and many more. The highlight of the evening was the race between HOMER and RO- BERT PICKARD to see which could spend more time with the :hE!1oree. Eat, eat, eat! Is that all people can think about? Come the twen- ty-third we found a buffet supper in session at WILMA VVALKER'S. Some of those stuffing themselves were EVA MAE and BILLY JOE, VILLIE CROSBY and JIMMY KELLY. EMMA JEAN and BOB- BY HANKAL, BETTY JUNE and NORMAN, and many more. The ,twenty-eighth found DOR- IS POTTS and WAYNE SWAILS fThis is getting to be a habit! and FVA MAE and DAN MCCANTS taking in, the Covered Wagon. PAT KEEN was there also with sjnwe guy we've never seen be- o'-r-. XVhore did you find him, PAT? l?l'l'.-X IXIILANO and BOB HEN- DRIFKSON must really feel Hthat wav about each other. They were t 'cvether a lot over the holidays. The disaster of the holidays was the breaking up of JOHN ELLIS and CARLENE SCOTT. BAL- LARD is such a nice guy, isn't he. CA RLENE? And sav, there aren't many girls in VV.H.S. that had such za successful Christmas as Sf'OTTY . VVith a sweetheart bracelet from JOHN ELLIS. a compact from MAURICE, and an identification bracelet and ankle chain from RAY JACKSON, we would say that that was pretty good, lihinning a close second was BARBARA CROSBY with two sweetheart bracelets-one from 1 O , O Y AVA YV!-Y--ini-iii Father Time s Gift to W.H.S. 5-Z.. . 1 , rf :-..,f 5. . A5,ijfj5,,.:'-t f., Q-.-fp..-3..4315g.31:g.,,:g3,5,3.5.,., ,72.3,-1.55.5231-3,.g,,2gg.5-.3:545.g5 . 4 .- '--1-ga' . -: f'-gf ,, wgff' 'A-:.f1'I:.' En-'I31-,-:3'1':P5,i-I 1' 7 -'f3?'w.'p'- E' if ' ' ' .. 22. A ...fri- -Ji159f l'A' ' ' L l7'53 13'iA'9i131-1353.327-.34if-. .-wif.-'. I fr 1-:VQI3-W, A 2-,,fL 11s-' ,HE -A ,21.1,3.5:-Qag553-:-:Qg:g4-2,.-:-:Ig-2:4 i ' -if N A W .--we 9-. l- iilijliir. it 55 i .-jfg.gg'i- fi 5--'53-,A 4 ' iii-. I -Q-1-jfifiiiziif',-if'- 1' I ,3'l'.-gI'.'1'ci:.-i-,- . .-Lal? V . -.e25i?55fPPS5.1:5I33i :i'ifP5:55'f ' i MW? 1 fwfr! -.,. i .. Nav..- i ,,.,...--'- 1 Father Time has asain recalled one of his children, the year of Q 1946, and in his place has given us a small babe called 1947, who has l 365 days to live upon this earth. As we look back on the old year, we realize that we have been ver ','.' fortunate in having worthwhile things and good times in Wes- laco High. We have had one of the best years in the history of our schof l. Of course, we made mistakes last yearg but by looking back on these, we should be able to profit by them. We have a whole year ahead of us in which to make 1947 better than 1946. Since New Ycz'r's resolutions are in order, We of the HI-LIFE resolve to try to give you a better paper each week. May we also wish you a Happy New Year! BILLY JOE JACKSON and the lother from DICK sHrnRY. Sav, ANN YVALLER and ED FISHER made an unusual couple :al the New Year's midnight show, rlidn't they? We might add in small print that that wasn't thel fi--st time those two have been sefn together. The Sub-Deb Club had a Mexi- can supper at BETTY .IUNE'S last Friflav night. From all reports it. was one super occasion. That's all for this time but there will be more dirt next Week: so vou had better lead a clean life! G-.R.'s Over Nation l 'ight Candles i The Girl R e s e r v e s, active through the holidays, held a na- tionwide ceremony on Christmas 1 Eve. Every Girl Reserve in the United States silently lighted a i candle and put it in her window at ' 6 o'clock to commemorate the com- ,ing of the christ Child. This link l of candles served as a bond among ithe Y.W.C.A. membersiof the na- ' tion. ' - , THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE. TH Rhi- Various Complaints , Received by Santa F rom W.H.S. Studes Dear Santa Claus: l You did not disappoint me. tsobl Suzanne did come. tsobi But she is , oing back. fsobi Farewell, dear hob! BANG!!! Editor's note: In regret for the above tragedy we are forced to leave this letter unsigned. Hi. Santa fyou dirty gipperl: i All Christmas Eve I stayed awake by drinking cokes and- otlicr stimulants, but instead of keeping me awake, they put me to sleep. When I awoke and look- ed in my stocking, I didn't find a pugnacious girl who would ad-Q mire my manly physique andl mammoth vocabulary, but in itsg place I found a football-! Dear, Santa. how can I mugg with ai football?? l Regretfully yours, Ed fall Val- leyl McLeaish. 1 Dear St. Nick: lx l-lablas tu espanol? Yo estoy muy triste porque tu no le ense- naste a mi mama a que hable in- gles: ella me ense no a que ha- blara espanol! Tuya, Carolyn Carrotliers. Dear St. Nick: In regard to my letter asking you for another girl like Anna ist-, I have but one favor to z-sk! Just when is the next Lower Slobervia-hound ship sailing? Thanks for the ticket. 'lilly lgive me a thrill or elsel Ford. St. Nicholas: Sinn you didn't reveal Wo0dy's and Ann's secret romance, I feel it my duty to do so. Just why is it that when Miss Black leaves her office, so does Ann? tBut she loves itll. Julius tWolfrahundraJ Knebel. Dear Sir: Regarding your promise to send Ed down my chimney-censored censored censored censored cen- sored censored. Indignantly yours, Mary Jo iViddle de Vop 'J Bennett. Editor's note: Stahl came home. Need we say more? 'See LIFE, January 6, page 4, column 2, sentence 44. . Second Semester Not to Be Dullg Many Events in Offing Since the football season is fin- ished for this year, the second semester might seem not to offer much excitement. However, don't forget that the popularity con- test, the senior play, the band con- test. the Interscholastic league contests, and the junior-senior banquet are all scheduled for the second semester. It is too early to announce many of these dates, but the following may be named: January 20-Second Semester Begins February 28-End of Fourth Six Weeks March 6-Report Cards Issued April 4-Easter Vacation April 11-End of Fifth Six Weeks April 17-Report Cards Issued May 18-Baccalaureate Service May lil-20-Final Exams Commencement Exercises Thirtealivieiasers i To Be Added to Little Broadway - 'Thirteen new members were voted into Little Broadway at ll regular meeting Wednesday, De cernher 18. They are as follows: Sue Eccles, Donald Jenkines. Ventura Castaneda, Juanita Can- tu. K'Red Martin, Burton Tidwell. Ray Cleclfler. Peggy Hrll, Hazel Hilbrand, Marilyn McMann, Fred die Carr, James Nelson and Van Sidener. Plans fc - ' the formal dance to be helfl January ll were further dis- cuscerl. The new members will be allowed to attend the dance. Norman Watson was elected ser -F SEE IT gf V Q Howdy, studes!! Welcome back ,to ye ole house of leisure and con- itentment. lin other words, W.H.S.i EAre you ready for our regular Wednesday morning chat? Here's the latest news AS I SEE IT 1 After a two weeks, holiday, we all should he willing to settle down and really get to studying. You know, it isn't very long till those mid-term exams will be coming up. Don't you wish you had studied just a little bit during the holidays? Weslaco High was well repre- sented on the Upper Valley team at the Citrus Bowl during the hol- idays. It's no wonder the Upper Valley won. After all, didn't they have the Valley's champion grid- sters 'on their side? lMeaning the Panthers. of coursellli The coming of the holidays not only brought Santa Claus and the new year to Weslacohut also a i lot of our ex-studes and grads, We iwere mightvgladvto see you, kids. W.H.S.'s Purple Panthers left our fair city New Year's Day to tsee Georgia Tech and St. Mary's lplay at the Oil Bowl in Houston. ,Mighty cold, eh. fellows? l i Say kids, have you noticed that .sparkling new coat of paint on fthe senior high halls? Pretty, -isn't it? flncidentally, Mr. Mur- Qphy's office is really hot with that X new coat of red, red paint!! Gosh!! geant-at-arms. S d d , hu k A party was enjoyed by the: ay, stu es. .ont you t in you members directly following the have H Super HLLIFE Staff? New meeting. think before you answer. Last Dear Santa: My Scottie must have been derailed or stolen fShould we tell him the horrible truth,l while in the process of being shipped. How- ever, in regard to recent circum- stances over which I had no con- trol, it is OK to send me a retriev- er. Hunting seems to have fallen off, and I want to find any chick I wing. Ballard. Saturday while you were probab- ly sitting around doing nothing several Journalism studes were here at school in the cold slaving so you would have a paper today. There aren't any other classes that do that, now are there? Well, that'll be all for this time, but I'll be back again next Week- bye. , i Love may be blind, but it sure lfinds it's way around in the dark. PAGE FQUR 'nm WESLACO H1-LIFE 20 Boys to Getl Semester Examl 'H' l -f.flDEl.lNl:Sl Lettersg Two, To Be Given to Reserves Next Week Jackets, Footballs 3M 'lat A-W To Be Presented Also Twenty boys on the champion- ship Weslaco Panther football team will receive letters, it was announced by Head Coach Grady Hester at the Girl Reserve Foot- ball Banquet, December 16. The names announced are as follows: Bob Guess, Ed Barnett, Donald Jenkines, Ed McLeaish, Maurice Clevenger, Jimmy Mc- Alpin, Robert Pickard, Hal Potts, .lohn Sawyer, George Thompson, Homer Ryan, Ballard Bennett, Billy Joe Day, Jack Freasier, Glen f Red l Martin. Baker Osborne. Ray Cleckler, Ray Jackson. How- ard McFarland, and Jerry Wag- goner, Marion Rose and Freddie Carr will receive reserve letters. The jackets, which will be pre- sented upon arrlval, are to be of spun grey wool with purple and white letters. In addition. senior boys will be presented with gold footballs. Have you heard about the mor- on who thought the bed was too narrow, so he put on a bedspread? l urp y nnounces ,Procedure to Be Followed First semester examinations will be given Wednesday and Thursday of next Week, stated Principal A. C. Murphy, Monday. Mr. Murphy announced that the first, third, and'fifth period exams will be given on January 15, and second, fourth, and sixth period exams will be given on January 16. Examinations will be one hour and 30 minutes long, and students ,are required to stay in class the full time. Students are asked to observe the following procedure: 1. Students will come to school only l'or'exams. 2. Students will not be allowed in the halls while exams are go- ing on. 3. Students who wish to change ,their schedules should do so be- tween 2 Nelock and 4:30 o'clock 'in examination days. 4. .lunior-senior high school students will not come to school lon Friday, January 17, as that is THEY MADE 'EM-WILL THEY KEEP Marilyn McMann--I resolve to find out the difference between Oedogenium, Wothrix, and Gleo- capsa. Betty Neighbors-I resolve to quit annoying the studes in Band. Coach Hester-I solemnly re- solve to build a fence around all my football boys next year. Marjorie Rogers-I resolve to stay in my own hotel room if we take another trip next year. Robert Joe Potts-I resolve to start on my diet January 31, at twelve midnight. Ilouis tflgiel Heatheock-I re- solve to eat more wheaties this coming year. Mrs. Carruthers-I resolve to buy a larger supply of chalk so that I can throw more in my fifth period Spanish Class. Darlene Scott-I resolve to go 4Slf!lllV just ten times this coming l year. 5 Mrs. Rolwrtswn - I resolve to ,find a route to Podunk. Kenneth Sherry - I resolve lnever to sleep with McFarland, Pickard, or Day again as long as il live. Julius Knebel-I resolve to get a date for the Jr.-Sr. banquet this year. R'-lv Guess--I resolve to spend more of my time with Mary Sue now that football is over. Norman Watson-I resolve to vet me a larger jacket when I go into a store. l l l l l l l I l l I l l I A l l l The basketball team, led by Jim- my Ba.sket Vllaggoner and Jim- my Beanpole Kelly are out to avenge their one game win sea- son last year. Last year they won one game, from Donna, which made them feel better. The team has an abundance of lettermen, with plentiful experience. It is rumored that the lettermen coming back to play another year for the Panthers are afraid to play in the Junior-Senior game. This tussle will be played in about two months. but the seniors have spread rumors of a potential T. N. T. back. Bondy Killer Harmon, arch enemy of Ed McLeaish, is the Senior hope of a win. The Panthers, during their trip to Houston, led by Ray Tine Cleckler and Donald Demolisher Jenkines. almost demolished the Rice Hotel in Houston. Owing to their big hearts, however, Ray and Donald left the structure standing. l'pon leaving, Donald tried to carry off an elevator op- erator, but coultirft find room for her in his baggage. teachers' grading day. 5. Stephen F. Austin and North VVard students will attend school en the nineteenth?????? THEM? physique. Miss Black-I resolve to heed my ex-students' advice and pour lt on. Bobby Ray Little Brother Jackson-l resolve to stay as far awav from a hospital as I can. resolve to keep nice and shiny. -I resolve not more than four Mr. Murphy-I mv new red floor Reece MeAlpin to take Patsy out 'inies a week. Im--een Yoder-I resolve to be at school on time every day. James Forrest-I resolve not to be such a pest. Ballard Bennett-I resolve to keep my Scottie and not let it Ed Meileaish-I resolve not tof go up town in my Catalina bath-- ing suit and show off my manly run away. If-n Schrltter-I resolve to keep -thinking of horses and Oklahoma. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas. january l5, I947 HAPPY TIMES IN W.H.S. RECALLED BY PICTURES The above pictures symbolize the many good times W.H.S. strides have had the first semester. Front now on. these can only be called memories. The cheer leaders-ltosalie Live- Fenther Cagers Get Off to Good Start The Weslaco Cagers started the basket season in good style Mon- day, January 6, by defeating Stu- art Place 36 to 17. Although the XVeslac:o boys had- n't had over three or four good work-outs before the game, they showed plenty ot' spirit and team- work, which won the game. Jerry Xvaggoner, a veteran of last year's team, is an excellent shot with the ball and is at pres- ent high point man. Other veterans of last year's team are Bob Guess, Homer Ryan, Hal Potts, Jimmie Kelly, and Red Martin. Other boys reporting for their first year are Billy Joe Day, Roger Fike, Ray Cleckler, and James Forrest. v l l i l l ly, Marjorie Rogers, Betty Jean Voelkel, and .Iofly Farina-revive memories of some wonderful and historic games. Drum Major Loret- ta Shields reminds VV.H.S. ot' the important and colorful part the 'liand played in every football game. lhe scene l'rom'the annual Girl Reserve Football banquet shows the Iid1'Li-Xi'0l'Iill1Q,' l'ant.hers in one ol' their moms nts oi' relaxation, r w , Palmer New Member Of W.H.S. Faculty A new member has been added to Weslaco Junior-Senior High School faculty to take care of one section of the sixth grade which has been transferred to the Junior High because of crowded condi- tions in the Stephen F. Austin school, according to Joe H. Wil- son, Superintendent. The instructor is Marvin Mike TC. Palmer, who attended Edin- burg Junior College and Texas College of Arts and Industries and who has a B. S. degree. When asked for a comment on the school, Mr. Palmer, without a moment's hesitation, replied, I think it's a wonderful school and a very friendly one, too. Speech Class Holds ilnterview Program 1 Stud:-nts on the Campus was ithf- subject ol' the broadcast over fliGl3S by the Speech class Tues- iday, .lanuary 7, in the Junior High i auditorium. i Iwillie Nic-klas acted as mistress iot' ceremonies and interviewed students and teachers on their iviews of student activities, gen- ieral campus behavior of the stud- ent body, and plans by students latter graduation. i Twelve students and teachers I participated in this program: Jody lli'arina, Rosalie Lively, Oralia Mo- irales, Viola Villarreal, Glenna lltutli Holman, Ballard Bennett, lliminy llcAlpin, Patsy McBride, ilCloise Harrison, Principal A. C. Alurphy, and Misses Anne Bauer and Jean Spratt. PAGE TWO THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Wllswvoc. Ag. Team Places Znd lnmludging Nelson, McWhorter, Thompson Score 1,080 Points The Weslaco High School judg- ing team, composed of James Nel- son. Charles McWhorter, and George Thompson, Won second place in the second 'Valley Vege- table Show held at the Model Lynn Citrus Groves plant between Pharr and San Juan last Friday and Sat- urday. The boys had 1,080 points out of a possible 1,200. The Pharr- San Juan-Alamo team won first place, with 1,095 points, and the McAllen team third, with 1,035. In the student exhibits of vege- tables Charles McWhorter, of the Weslaco group, won second place in turnips and third in eggplant and green tomatoes: Russell Vos won second in broccoli and George Thompson third: Raymond Smi- thy placed third in green peppers and fourth in green tomatoes: and Pat Klag first in freak vegetables. YV.H.S. vocational agriculture hovs. accompanied by their in- structor, H. M. Smith, attended the show, which was sponsored by the Pharr Chamber of Com- merce. Approximately five thous- and people visited the two-day ex- hibit. 18 LA PALMA Pages Sent to Steck Co. Eighteen pages of LA PALMA were sent to Steck Company last week, according to Ballard Ben- nett, editor. The pages are as follows: title page, table of contents, five pages of snapshots: group pictures of sophomores, freshmen, eighth and seventh grades: officers of the Junior and Senior Classes: Choral Club, Band, and scenes from the air of the campus and buildings. A cover design was recently chosen by the annual staff. The next shipment of copy will be sent February 7. Adios and 30 Since this is the final edition of this semester's HI-LIFE, we, the editors, would like to thank you, the students of Weslaco High, for your support of the paper. We have attempted to give you a sheet which is both interesting and accurate and which reflects the spirit of Weslaco High. We have also tried to publish a paper which would be of interest to the ex-students of W.H.S., and their comments have been favorable. It is with sincere appreciation and regret that we leave our posi- tions as editors. We wish the new editors the best of luck and hope that they will enjoy their work as much as We did ours. BONDY HARMON and ANN WALLER Among Our Memories With the second semester in sight, we can now look back on the activities carried on during the first half of this school year. The first semester of 1946-47 will be remembered in Weslaco High School history for many reasons. Not only did the Panthers gain the title of Regional Champs, but the HI-LIFE won the honor of being the best page in a local paper in t.he state, and the Band won first division in a Valley-wide marching contest. Many school socials will be long remembered--the dances spons- ored by Little Broadway, the football banquet given by the Girl Re- serves, the supper in Reynosa after the Donna game for the football boys and their dates, and numerous others. Other groups have been active in their indiivdual ways, too. Nearly all the clubs have had the concession stand at least once. The Rolikis gave a very successful hayride, the Science Club entertained with a buffet supper and dance, the Future Homemakers had their annual tea, and the F.F.A. held a Weiner roast. Sweethearts were elected for the football team, the F.F.A., and the Future Homemakers, while the Girl Reserves elected a football hero. With the thought of so much fun just a memory now, we enter the second Semester ready to do new things and looking forward to many more good times. Panthers Cagers Band to Receive Lose in La Feria New Unifgrmg Tournament The Panther Cagers were eli- minated from the Feria Tourna- ment Friday night when the Mer- cedes Tigers defeated them 31-13. Since this was double elimination and the Panthers had previously been beaten by the Harlingen Cardinals, the Panthers were out of the tournament. The first game was played last Vifednesday night at the Mercedes Gym. The Purple Panthers beat the Donna Redskins in a 23-14 turn out. The second game was played the following Thursday night at the H.A.A.F. field house. The Panthers were taken for a 34-10 beating by the Harlingen Cardi- nals. V The following night the Pan- ther Cagers went into action with the Rio Grande Rattlers. At the 7 The Weslaco High School Band ,will receive new uniforms some ftime this week. Sample uniforms arrived last Week. l They will be the same color and ,made exactly like the old ones. If i possible, the Band will order white gloves for marching. The purchase of the uniforms was made possible through contri- butions from Band Parents and the School Board. I end of the game the score was 18- llR, so the game had to be extend- led three minutes to get a Winner. The game ended with a 21-20 score in favor of Weslaco. The final game was played be- tween the Panthers and the Mer- cedes Tigers. The game ended with a score of 31-13 for the Mer- cedes Tigers. w THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE THREE 3 . non 'rail gflnstma -.. .1-1-1-1 The Panther eagers, led by .ler- Ty Basket Wlaggoner, have shown their ability to play basket- ball by winning their first two games. Their first defeat was at the hands of the strong Harlingen cagers. Although they were Ge- featcd, the score showed that they were out there fighting. The score was 34 to 14. Outstanding new members of Weslaco purple and white Pan- thers are Ray Cleckler and Bob Guess. These two boys have shown considerable improvement during the past weeks. The Region 10 champions, the Vlfeslaco, Panthers, were treated to a champion barbecue by 0. F. McFarland and J. C. Hill at the McFarland home Sunday evening. Red Martin and Donald Jen- kines took top eating honors. The hospitality was enjoyed by all that attended. - Pat Keen: Can you type? Ann Waller: Well, I use the old Columbus system. Pat: What's that? Ann: I discover a key, land on it., and then thank God. Little Broadway Dance Pronounced Lovely Affair Approximately forty couples en- tjoyed dancing amidst beautiful Deep Purple decorations at the, Little Broadway formal dance last Saturday night in the Stephen F. Austin auditorium. Purple and white crepe paper was strung from the chandelier to the walls on either side, while lovely floral arrangements of white and silver gladiolas graced the stage. piano, and refreshment table. Purple bougainvillea and fern were also effectively used about the auditorium. Bondy Harmon, club president, welcomed the guests. The program consisted of a ivocal solo by Dillie Nicklasg three piano selections by Bobby Hankalg and a playlet, Love Conquers All, starring Grady Hester, Buck Henson, Martin Palmer and Miss- es Ann Bauer, Jean Spratt, and Marjorie Miller. Miss Ann Bauer directed the iumixer dance, in which every- lone participated. l Punch and purple cake squares, llxearing the club's initials, LB., lwerc served to the group. 3 Invited guests, other than Lit- 'tle Broadway members and their guests, were members of the .lun- Yior-Senior high school faculties. l Misses Anne Bauer and Marjo- rie Miller are the sponsors of the club. 15SychloilisifswiiriDTSSTUEYTHALLW Heaven hlep a poor study hall teacher! Study hall is that period of the day when all the students of high school with nothing to do try to find something to do with- out letting the study hall teacher know that they're doing it. Let us walk into one of these queer institutions and study the unusual inhabitants that dwell t.here. For the sake of convenience, let us dividefall of its occupants into six classes. Don't ask us which is worst. tFor your information there is no perfect study hall stu- derltj The first case is illustrated by Johnny and Jack. They are the show-off type. When the teacher turns her beak, Johnny will leap up and hit Jack with a paper wadg whereupon Jack will retaliate with a right to the body. The fight is on, and it ends with two fewer Lpeople in study hall but two more in detention hall. l Next comes the nervous type il- lustrated by Jane. She is never still, but always on the go. If it isn't a book to be checked out, it's a pencil to be sharpened, or a book that she left in her locker. This type is very annoying, and medi- cal science has yet to find the cure. Then we find the person who does things just for the meanness lof it. He considers this a gameg and when he escapes detention hall one out of five times, he con- siders himself an expert. Nearly everybody suffers from this pest. Now it is time to study the per- I l F.H.T. Area Meeting To Be In February l l Plans for accommodating Fu- ture Homemakers from other parts of the state for the area meeting to be held in Mercedes in February were discussed at the regular meeting, January 7, at the home of Betty Jean Voelkel, of the local chapter. Each officer of the club gave a short talk on her duties. White tee-shirts and sweat-shirts were 'issued to the girls who ordered them. 1 Refreshments were served by the hostess after the meeting to approximately 35 members and the sponsor, Mrs. Jack Bain. 1 :Awards to Be Given Panthers of '46 Herbert G. Foster, president of the l.ife Insurance Company of Fort Vvorth, Texas, has written a letter to Joe H. Wilson. superin- tendent of schools, informing him that the company is going to send to Weslaco High a trophy, for its successful football season. The torphv will be sent as soon as it has been engraved, Mr. Foster lstated. l l 1 First Stude: Did you know that my teacher talks to herself? A Second: So does mine, but she doesn't know it. She thinks some one is listening. HEAVEN son who just can't keep quiet, She lhas probably been moved from every seat in the room, but she still manages to ramble on. tlt is eMiss Spratt's belief that she lis- tens to too many tobacco-sponson ,ed radio prograrnsl l Then in every group we always have the jolly type. Anything ainuses him, from an innocent fly walking across a table, to a person trying to memorize Shakespeare. Last, but not least, comes the gum chewing type. This person always managed to find gum to chew, even in its most scarce war years. He gets a great kick out of hearing the Hpoppin' sound and always leaves his cud where some- one will sit on it. I'll use myself to illustrate this last tyep. I told you there was no perfect study hall studel b Ll PAGE FOUR i THE WESLACO I-II-LIFE 1742 24 DNew students A , , vnu at-l5::1:,A11 fb l 5 Y I Q . From the amount of dirt picked up this week,-F it looks almost as if .we .did'sp'ring cleaning! Here is a small portion of it. Say, VVOODY, you seem to find Donna an awfully interesting town now! It seems you were with BARBARA BOYCE twice and K A T H IC R I N E MCWHORTER A once. You really had a full week- end, no? PAT KEEN appears torn be- tween two guys-HAL and WIL-i LIAM BACH. Can't you make up your mind, PAT? NORMAN and BETTY JUNE are seen together constantly. Nice going, kids. EMMA JEAN and PEGGY are pretty fond of Mission, W'onder why? Seen at the Little Broadway formal Saturday night were HAL and PAT, SCOTTY and BAL- LARD, BETTY LEE and DON- ALD, JULIUS and MARY JO BENNETT, KENNETH JONES and HAZEL, KENNETH and ZOE, ED and ELLA DEAN, PEG- GY and C. V.. BILLY JOE and EMMA JEAN, ED MCLEAISH and DOREEN, DORIS JEAN and MAURICE, FRANCES HUDSON and MAURICE ALLEN, REECE and PATSY, RAY and PATTIE SUE, SUE ECCLES and ROGER FIKE, KITTY SUE and MERCER. JAMES FORREST and FLORINE WILSON, MARY ANN CLIF- FORD and' BILLY FORD, and BETTY ROBERTSON and JIM- MY McLEAISH. HOMER, you certainly made the rounds over the week-end! I can't make up my mind whether the date of the week should go to you and ELLA DEAN or you and SUE THOMPSON! Last summers romance is bud- ding again! KENNETH WOODS flbonnai has been coming to Wes- laco to see DOREEN! It seems there isn't enough room for the rest of the dirt: so bye-bye till next week. And keep up the dirty work! She was the optician's daughter. Two glasses and she made a spec- tacle of herself. l l dents since November. New Juniors len, Mercedes: Ashland, Ohio. Sophomores Davenport, San vis, Edinburg: and Helen Haynes, Ashland, Ohio. The Freshman Class has added lvlaurice Allen, Mercedes: George and Roger Fike, are Mary Nellel Antonio, Bob Da- are Jacqueline Al- Boggs, Alabama: Joan Bruns, Ne-3 hraskag Patsy Ann Cade, Kosse, l l Texas: Donna DeMorrow, Steven-l ville, Michigan: Mary DeMorrow, Stevenville. Michigan, Ray Davis, Edinburg, and Yrena Feston, Ze- phyr, Texas. New eighth graders are Clifton Davenport, San Antonio: and Har- vey Simmons, Rockdale, Texas. The seventh grade additions are Alfonso Carreon, Joan of Arc NVardg Janie Davis, Edinburg: Emiliano Gonzalez, North Ward: Juanita Hatfield, Iowa Park Vlfard School: Benito Hernandez, North Ward: Gaylord Long. Sinking Spring, Ohio: Ann Maddox, Hol- land: .lose Sanchez, North Ward: and Martha Ann Smith, La Feria. Mid-Term Exams To Begin Today Mid-term exams will begin at 9 o'clock today, as scheduled. according to A. C. Murphy, principal. The complete sche- dule is as follows: Wednesday: First period-9 to 10:30. Third period-11 to 12:30. Fifth period-1:30 to 3. Thursday: Second period-9 to 10:30. Fourth period-11 to 12:30. , Sixth period-1:30 to 3. i Students of Junior and Sen- ior High will not report to classes Friday, as this is the , teachers' grading dav, Mr. Mur- , phy stated. Sweet young thing: My hero, my great big hero, How did you break your arm? Football player: The bench turned over. l Greetings, pals! Here I am again with all of the latest gab. Are you ready? Ilere goes. Little Broadway checked off an- other successful dance last Sat- urday night. That club has really got he-pl XVe didn't realize the tal- ent that could be found around W.H.S. if we would only look. The teachers here really can put on an act! The football boys must have stuffed themselves at the barbe- cue given them last Sunday by Mr. J. C. Hill and Mr. O. F. Mc- Farland. Those guys get treated by practically everybody. The reason for all of the sudden hilarity on the part of Doreen and Ballard last Friday is really very understandable. The first ship- ment of the annual had been sent off, and these hard-working edit- ors can at last breathe a sigh of relief-until the next shipment is due, that is. Have all of you studes subscrib- ed to the HI-LIFE for the second semester? If not, it still isn't too late. Dig but with 35 cents in a lump and save money later on. What about it? The time has come to W.H.S. when the teachers want your note- books, book reports, and practical- ly everythnig else that you have. Yes, the mid-term is finally here, bringing with it all of those hor- rible cxams. What have we done to deserve this? This is absolutely the last time you'll have to put up with me as the writer of this column. Us that shouts of joy or tears of sor- row that I hear in the distancc?l The new HI-LIFE staff will take ver their positions next week. They were elected last week by the Journalism Class. 'Nuff said-so bye-bye. Beneath the moon he told his love. The color left her cheeks, But on the shoulder of his coat, It plainly showed for weeks. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE.--Weslaco, Texas, january 22, I9-17 CXSTXNEDA, SENIURg HULL, JUNIOR, , . TO EDIT H1-L1FE THIS SEMESTER 47 Semqr Pla Heading the HI-LIFE for the second semester will be Ventura Castaneda and Peggy Hull, who will.be editor and assistant editor respectively. ' Ventura, a senior, was assembly reporter and typist for the HI- LIFE during the first semester. He is also secretary of the short- hand class, a member of Little Broadway, snapshot editor of LA PALMA, and was a member of Choral Club. Speaking of grades, Ventura's are in the top bracket of his class, and he has a gleam Hill, Lobitz Chosen For All-State Band .Jimmy Hill, cornetist, and Carl Lobitz, trombonist, have been chosen from the Weslaco Band to play in the All-State High School Band to be held in Galves- ton February 6-8. This band is sponsored by the Texas Music Association. It is made up of seventy-five students, chosen from bands all over Texas, Mr. Bellamah stated. Band to Present Program at S.F.A. The Weslaco High School Band will present a program of marches and novelties at the Stephen F. Austin School Friday, January 31, at 10:30 a.m., according to Joseph L. Bellamah, director. A young lady after a broken en- gagement returned all the gent's letters marked, Fourth .Class Male. . 1 -tl . A . ,hand tools for the laboratory. l in his eye when honors are men- tioned. Peggy, a junior, and the second junior to have the position of as- sistant editor this year, wrote As I See It for the HI-LIFE during the first semester. Peggy is a member of Little Broadway, Girl Future Homemakers, PALMA staff. Peggy's Reserves, and LA grades are also in the upper brack- et of her l'nder two, the maintain class. the editorship of these HI-LIFE is expected to its high standards student journalism. Science Club Adds of New Equipment The Science Club has recently ,added S275 worth of equipment- to the laboratory, according to ,Carl Lovett, head of the Science Department. The club obtained this money from the concession stands at the football games and other miscel-l laneous affairs. Among the new! equipment is a complete set of W-l ' L Report Cards to Be Issued Tomorrow l Report cards will be issuedl Thursday morning after the third period, at 11:45, according to A. C. Murphy, principal. Sections will report to their reg- 1 ular homerooms to receive their report cards. , A girl speaking of a'Navy man i she had been out with: I think he's chief petting officer-.'T I , H i Selected B Committee Rehearsals Begin On Almost Summer Almost Summer, a comedy in three acts by Christopher Sergei, has been selected as the Senior play hy a reading committee, and the tentative date of production has been set for February 28. Five boys and five girls com- pose the cast of actors. Paul Jones, il senior in high school. is going into a cram session, so that he 'can make at least 95 on a semes- ter history exam. to he in the up- per third of the class. His steady, Jane. is going to a summer camp. where Paul wants to go also as another boy is trying to go with .lane. If he doc-sn't make this 95, he will be required to attend sum- inier school. in order that he can attend the University. Try-out will he held Monday of this week according to Reece Mc- Alpin. president. of the Senior class. The cast will be announced in the week's HI-LIFF1. The events that follow make a very laughable comedy. Practice is being held every aft- ernoon from 4 until 7 in the high school auditorium. Miss Anne Bauer is directing the production. Feel a Verse? Well, ,Write It Downg Win 'A Prize-Maybe Mary Hardin-Baylor College is sponsoring the Texas High School Poetry Contest for the twenty- ,fifth consecutive year, according to a letter received by Miss Louise Black, head of the English depart- ment. All students of Weslaco High are eligible to enter this contest. iAny poem may be entered which has been written since March of last year. Trophies, scholarships, and trips to the poetry program iheld at the college will be given as prizes for the different win- ners. Any student wishing additional information may contact Miss Black. .L: . . ..L .' PAGE TWO THE WESLACO HI-LIFE E K, Mornin'! Your new columnist sincerely hopes that all of you have recovered over the weekend from those terrific mid-term ex- ams. I wonder how many of you have vowed and declared to keep your notebooks in A-1 condition this next semester! Why, oh why, do teachers have to issue report cards? After those mid-term exam grades go on the cards, you'd better think of a good excuse to tell your folks! On behalf of all my fellow- I studes, I would like to say that we hope that Miss Miller will be happy in her new position with the bank, in St. Augustine, for we shall surely miss her. VVe also welcome Mr. Carl M. Fischer to VV.l-I.S. Let's try to make him feel at home. Did you see those Roliki boys working on the flower beds ar- ound the Senior High building Fri- day morning in the cold, damp air? Things like this prove that we are really proud of W.H.S. Say, are you one of those wiser mes who has already subscribed o the 1-II-LIFE for the second emester? If you haven't, I would advise you to do it this week, to- day, now! You may subscribe from any member of the Journalism class, but hurry! tYou can still save I6 cents.l Kids, with the first semester behind us and a new one to look forward to, let's all settle down and get to work. Wouldn't it be wonderful not to have to cram the night before the finals? Attention, Seniors. Juniors, and Sophs! Start looking around at your classmates, because the an- nual spring popularity contest is just around the corner. Do you have any likely beauties or pop- ular studes in mind? Well, gotta run now. See ya' next Week. A New Staff Takes Over Under the capable editorship of Bondy Harmon and Ann Waller, the first semester HI-LIFE was very successful. As we begin the new semester and as the new staff takes over the production of the paper, we shall endeavor to maintain its high standards and to exceed them if possible. To do this we shall have to work hard, and . we hope we shall be as successful as other staffs have been. Not only shall we try to bring you the news of the week, but we will also try to present an accurate picture of school life here in 'W.H.S. We shall strive to do this in such a way that our stories and features will be of interest to our readers here in school, to our ex-students, and to our readers everywhere. We hope you do not feel that because the football season is over, the paper will not be interesting. It is our task to keep it interesting. Among our plans for the second semester are a new column and a new type of sports feature. Some of you have already subscribed for the second semester. We really appreciate your support and cooperation. As this is the first issue produced by the new staff, we hope you will not judge us solely by it. iRemember, it was produced under the pressure of mid-term examinationslh lf you have not already subscribed, you still have a chance to save money by doing so right away! Let's Get Off on the Right Foot! The first semester in W.H.S. has been busy, exciting, and full of fun and work. There have been times when we thought we were asked to do the impossible, but most of us managed to pull through. fH0wever, there were some students in our school that seemed to 'think the teachers would pass them-passing grades or not. Now after taking the mid-term exams, they realize the mistake they made in not studying. With the new semester most students resolve to study' harder and not do all that last minute cramming. This is a very good resoluion, but it lasts only for a few weeks. Then there we are-back in the same old rut. , This year let's make it differentg let's start the new semester on the right foot and study. School will be much easier that way. How about it? Send Thought Wave- lBut Not a Note! Friends, Romans, and country- men, lend me your ears-take my ladvice and don't pass notes. The teachers of W.H.S. have a bad habit of reading your notes to the class! Coach Hensen's third period ,study hall is learning fast that passing notes only leads to certain discovery. It seems as though he knows all, sees all, and reads all. ,And this is sometimes embarrass- ling. isn't it? lWe won't mention ,names THIS time.l lniaariondrlans Made by Club Plans for the formal and inform- al initiations of new members were made at the regular meeting of Little Broadway Tuesday, Jan- uary 20, in the junior high audi- torium. A new co-sponsor for the club was also discussed, since Miss Marjorie Miller, sponsor, resigned to return to her home in St. Aug- ustine. The club decided to clean the stage and have a picnic lunch at the next regular meeting. 'rum wEsLAco H1-LIFE PAGE THREE viclllf title lwg Dion UP ALl.?lrlE Dillq Well, here I am again, folks, with another vacuum full of dirt. To start this week off, DONALD and BETTY LEE. HOWARD and MARGE, JACK and MARY IMC- Alleni. RAY JACKSON and BET- TY JEAN, and BALLARD and SCO'l'TY were seen at the VVa- gon. These kids seemed to be en- joying themselves thoroughly. PAT KEEN seemed to he busy over the weekend, starting it off with HOMER RYAN Thursday night, HAL POTTS Friday and Sunday nights, and WILLIAM BACH Saturday night, fBy the way, HOMER, was the show in Pharr any good?i Seen at BETTY LEE'S slumber party Thursday night were PAT KEEN, PATTIE SUE, MAR.IO- RIE ROGERS, ZOE BARBEE, SCOTTIE , BETTY JUNE. ANN, BETTY JEAN, and LORETTA. Say. girls. wasn't it a little cold in the Little House ? Enjoying an excellent show in Pharr Friday night were BILLY JOE and EVA MAE and MAUR- ICE and JACKIE. At MARJORIFTS one night were HOWARD and MARJORIE, and ZOE and KEN. They enjoyed the record I Cried For You very much. tBy the way, boys, if any of vou like good records. UBUD- DY. MARJORIE'S brother, has Sflme VCFV good ones he would enjov playing for youi. JACK, We hear you had a good time at MCFARLANDS' house Sunday night. Oh, man, this fire- side romance! RAY, you seem to be seeing quite a bit ot' JACKIE. aren't you? Is this getting serious? ED and ANN and NORMAN and BETTY JUNE were seen in Pharr Thursday night. KANN, are you two getting serious or some- thing?B .IAMES HOWARD and CATH- ERINE were seen together Sun- day nightfls something brewing between you two? Rumor has it that VENTURA had a date with RITA SALDANA, newcomer to VVeslaco, Saturday night. ' What's the matter with you, W.H.S. Invited to Be Winkler Member On January 1, 1947, Weslaco High School was admitted into the order of the Winkle Gang. This district honor is enjoyed by only a picked handful of schools who through the years have prov- ,ed their school spirit, sportsman- ship, and courage in the face of overwhelming odds. l The Winklers, under the di- rection of Perry Judge Winkle, l l l I 1 l 4 dean of South Texas sports writ-' ers, is a unique organization, in- ideedg and in order for Weslaco to Qbe accepted into the clan every 'boy and girl in high school must donate a nickel to the Red Cross, and a receipt for this must be in the Jedge's hands by February 1. The responsibilities of a Wink- -ler are defined by the Jedge, :be prepared to meet the shock of xincreased fury from their athletic foes. I Weslaco will receive a large picture tprcsumably of the 'Jedge'J known as the 'XVinkle Hex,' and room where the boys must salute it before going out to meet their rivals. l l l l l l himself, as follows: XVeslaco must l 'this is to be hung in the lockerl ' ln return, the school will re-' ceive a membership scroll, and ,Coach Hester will receive a diplo- wma for graduating from the 'Col- lege of Football Knowledge' tThis seems to stem from the fact that the 'Jedge' picked Hondo, who has been a 'XVinkler' for seventeen years.J For many years now, the Win- ikle Gang has been distinguishing litself. In the mit-idle thirties 'Donna was a member, and it was iduring this time that they won :their last regional crown. A a Winkler is not always expected ito win, but a Winkler is expect- led always to show clean sports- lmanship and to fight on to the lend, no matter how far behind. lAs the Jedge says, Football is ilike life. You have to hand it out and take it. Nothing is free. I I lOle Vacuum Cleaner? Are you fempty so soon? Yes, kids, the lvacuum Cleaner says it's empty but that it'll be full of dirt by lnext Wednesday morning, believe :it or not! . l l l Two Pla s To Be Presented ln Harlingen Macbeth Offered By Well Known Duo January 28 Henry Joyner and Daisy Vivian, two well known Shakespearean actors from the famous Ben Greet Company, will present The Mer- chant of Venice aml Macbeth in Harlingen Monday and Tuesday nights, January 27 and 28, respect,- ively. at the Junior High School Auditorium. These two actors belonged to the former Ben Greet company, which was nationally known as one of the greatest Shakespearean troupes, Its originator, Ben Greet. who was knighted by the late King George V for the exceptional work he did in Shakespeare's works. emphasized the acting ra- ther than elaborate scenic details. Henry Joyner and Daisy Vivian, the last of this great Ben Greet company, accomplish the feat of presenting the Shakespearean dramas without the aid of a sup- porting cast. A- running narrative, which will be carried over the loud speaker system, tells the con- tinuity of the story. Rv their act- ing ability they are able to create the imaginary supporting cast, who seem actually present. These actors have presented these two plays in all parts of the country to students of literature in high schools, colleges, and uni- versities. The comments from the students who saw them were very favorable, A number of English IV stu- dents are planning to attend this performance, as well as some of the English III students, who will studv the plav next year, accord- ing to Miss Louise Black. If a suf- ficient number of students wish to attend, a school bus will be taken, stated Joe I-I. XVilson, sup- erintendent of schools. Student and faculty tickets are on sale in Miss Black's office for 50:3 and adult tickets for 31.00, both prices including taxes. i . ' NAC-E. FOUR THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Miller Resignsg Fischer Employed Carl M. Fischer has been recent- ly added to the faculty of Wes- laco Senior High to replace Miss Marjorie Miller, English instruct- or, who has resigned. Mr. Fischer, originally of Ke- wanse, Illinois, was graduated from the University of Illinois and has taken graduate courses there and at the University of Chicago. His previous teaching experiences were at Gulf Coast Military Academy, Gulfport, Mis- sissippig and Loi-as College, Du- buque, Iowa. During the war Mr. Fischer was a U.S.O. Club Director at Biloxi, Mississippig Beeville, Texas, and Corpus Christi, Texas. He was al- so employed by the Government on the Manhattan Project, which was the Atom Bomb Project. Mr. Fischer, who took over his position in W. H. S. Monday of this week, has high school English as his principal teaching work. Miss Miller, who came to W. H. S. last year from Saint Augustine, Texas, plans to leave the teaching profession and work in the bank at Saint Augustine. l The longest word in the English language is the one following the phrase: And now a word from our sponsor. W.H.S. Cagers Play Twice This Week The Weslaco Cagers lost their second seasonal game last week to the Pharr Bears 14-13. The Panthers were slow to start in the first half, throwing the ball away time after time, and when the first half ended, the score was 12-5 in favor of Pharr. The second half saw a little more action on the part of the Panthers, and the Pharr boys were checked in the final period to two points, while the Panthers rang up eight before time ran out. The outstanding and high point 'man for VVeslaco was Ray Cleck- ler. The Panthers played the Lyford 'Bulldogs yesterday afternoon on lthe Weslaco Gym, and they will meet La Feria this afternoon at 4:15 o'clok at La Feria and Pharr Friday afternoon at Pharr. Members Work on Varled Projects Almost all the Science Club members have projects this year, according to Carl Lovett, sponsor of the club. Among the projects are a va- cuum still for distilling woods and oils, which is being made by Arn- old Dryerg an electric panel board to be used in physics experiments New HI-LIF E Staff Chosen by Class IF or Second Semester The HI-LIFE staff for the sec- ond semester was elected recent- ly by the Journalism Class. The complete staff is as follows: Editor-Ventura Castaneda Assistant Editor-Peggy Hull Make-up editors-Ann Waller, Doreen Yoder Headline writer-Kenneth .I ones As I See It -Patsy Keen Exchanges-Emma Jean Bar- ber, Doris Jean Potts Features-Jacqueline Allen, Jul- ius Knebel Sports-Kenneth Sherry, Nor- man Watson, Jerry Waggoner Girls' sports--Kitty Sue Allen Sports features-Ed McLeaish From the Side1ines -Homer Ryan Reporters - Ballard Bennett, Jimmy McAlpin Typists-Emma Jean Barber, Patsy Keen, Julius Knebel Sponsor-Miss Louise Black by Horace Coakerg radios, Elden Wren, Tommy Pepper, and Billy Griffing photography, Ann Wal- ler, Doreen Yoder, and Betty June Bolesg and additional cabinets be- ing made by Jimmy Clark. 1 TRY TO STUDY Fon A IVIIDFERM ERXM 'I ' tThe followinghisia class theme written as part of an English III mid-term examination. Since it is ,I heard a loud banging on the 3door. In burst Marilyn McMann and Caroline Goodson, two of my so typically high schoolish, Werdearest friends, but not at this decided to publish it. The author, Suzanne Eccles, is a new junior in W. H. S. She was formerly from Columbia, Ohio. Suzie is interested in writing and recently submitted an entry for a contest being held in her former school.l I remember well that it was a textbooks and notebooks that was sufficient for three students, I sat down at the desk. Little did I dream of what was in store for me that night! Hence. with a clear mind and good intentions I began to study. Sounds simple, doesn't it? Well, it was for a time. My family had thoughtfully gone out for the evening. the dog was sleeping, and the only sound was the scratching. of my Den. Suddenly moment. It seems that they were planning a party, and I was to be ,in charge of the entertainment. l0n and on they babbled. ' -'we-'11 have Bobbie play. 1 like ,the boogie piece of his. Maybe llvliller will sing. You remember! Round and round went the min- lute hand on the clock. Finally I tried. with tact. of course, to sug- lgest that perhaps they had to .leave now. l 'lLeave! VVhy no, we've got lots 'more to tell you! It was a good l l Tuesday evening. With a load ofl lhour later before their spring of lchatter unwound itself and they took their departure. ' 1 With an audible sigh of relief ll reseated myself at the desk. llilurving my head in my notes, I lcopied page after page of materi- lal. I laid them all neatly on the edge of the desk and adjourned to the kitchen for a short snack. ,But when I came back! There in ,the middle of the room was' the Qdog placidly chewing on my his- tory papers. I screamed: I yelled: kl cried! This made little impres- lsion on herg she just kept on gshredding Reasons for the Dis- lcovery and Settlement of Ameri- 1ca. Well, I tried to tell myself cheerfully, writing them again will only help me to learn them -better. Then came the glorious mo- lment. I was done! I could rattle loff ten reasonsfor the Revolution jlike the ABC's. I laid my note- lbook gently down and turned with la smile of satisfaction to mv bed. I As I lay there in that void be- ltween slumber and consciousness, 'a hazy thought came into' my amind. Slowly it materialized. I 'sat up with a shriek and then ifell back, lilmp, upon the pillows. iThursday was my history exam. -English .wasetomorrowl . l l THE WESLACO H1-LIFE.-Weslaco, Texas, January 29, I947 79 Pupils Listed on Honor Rollg 8 Make Superior, l Honor Seniors Lead With 20.05715 Sophomores Rank Second With 16753 Juniors Lowest Seventy-nine students are listed on the honor rolls for the third six weeks, according to A. C. Murphy, principal. This shows an in- crease of 24 over the last honor roll. Of the 521 students, including one section of the sixth grade, who are attending Weslaco Junior-Senior High School, 15.1073 are on the honor roll. The Senior class had the highest percentage with 20.05'Z,g the Sophomore Class came second with a 167273 and the eighth grade third with 15fZ,. The Junior Class had the lowest average with 7.593 of its students on the honor rolls. The complete honor roll for the third six weeks is as follows: Cagers Lose Close l Games to Lyford. Pharr, and La F eria , Last Tuesday the Weslaco cag-I ers lost a close game to Lyford by a score of 17 to 18. The next day three points meant defeat for the Panthers when the La Feria Lions outscored them 15 to 12. The high flying Pharr Bears de- feated the Panthers 36 to 18 last Friday evening. l Showing excellent ball handling and ability to hit the basket, .Ter- ry Wheelhorse Waggoner, Red Martn, Bob Guess. and Rav Cleck- Q ler have turned in sterling per- formances during this season. l Coach Buck Henson starr-rl that , the new basketball warming up equipment has arrived. , The Panthers will play the La' Feria Lions tomorrow, but thel place had not been determined when the HI-LIFE went to press. X HI-LIFE Group Will 1 Attend Meeting L Ventura Castaneda, Peggy Hull, , Ballard Bennett. Ann Waller, and l Miss Louise Black, sponsor, will! attend the executive meeting of the Vallev High School Press Pon- 5 ference at the Edcouch-Elsa High 1 School Thursday night at 7-30. The purpose of this meeting is to plan the spring conference and , the VHSPC newspaper contests. l Representatives from all school , papers in the Vallev havo heenl invited to attend. Ballard is sec-, retary-treasurer of VHSPC. Q SUPERIOR ROLL can A'si Seniors: Ballard Bennett, Juani-- ta Cantu, Ventura Castaneda. Juniors: Peggy Hull, Margaret Kobeck. Hal Potts. Sophomores: Sergio Garza, Peg- gy Ann Kirgan, Tommy Pepper, Bill Pickard, Betty Jean Robert- son. Freshmen: Kaye Clark. Eighth: Caroline Carrothers, Mary Ann Dreyer, Gene McMul- len, Charles Sawyer, Sue Thomp- son, Marilyn Weber. Seventh: Sarita Bailey, Eva Campos. Ninfa Cardona, Kathleen Geraughty, Delia Gutierrez, Delia Hernandez, June Smith. Sixth: Carole Sawyer, Coralyn Ann Roberson, Shirley VVise. HONOR ROLL 13 A's, others Bl Seniors: Barbara Crosby, Glen- na Ruth Holman. Kenneth Jones, Patsy Martin. Reece McAlpin, .ler- ry Waggoner. Juniors: Marilyn McMann, Ma- ry Katherine Way. Sonhomores: Mary Ann Clifford, Arnold Dreyer, Kathryn Eoff, Dix- ie .To George. Frances Hudson, Fred Rav Jones. .limmy Mclleaish, Leola Mav Norman, Dolores Trip- lett, Elden Wren. Freshmen: Charlie Cardenas, Augustin de los Santos, Manfredo Garza, Sally Nicklas. Tommy Wag- goner. Eighth: Genevieve Ballard, Earl Lee Pike. Patsv Potts. Robert .Toe Potts. David Robertson, John Womhle. Marshall Wortham. Seventh: Domingo Cardona, Gra- ciela Monteagudo, Elva Ochoa, Lee Nicklas. Rufino Ramirez, Warren Stansbnrv. Jackie Fave Roberts, Donald Watkins. Thelma Woods. Sixth: Emma Cardenas, Roberta Can You Draw? Take Try at Cugatg S100 Prize Offered Say, you study hall artists, here's your chance to become wealthy and famous! Instead of your usual art work on all of the ,school magazines, papers, and text books, try your hand at drawing on plain paper and have your chance at S100 and a good time at the Charro Days events. Xavier Cugat, the famous or- chestra leader, is offering a prize of S50 to the stude who draws the best caricature of Mr. Cugat. Char- ro Days will add an extra 350, which will give the winner 3100, plus a free trip to Charro Days and a conference with Cugat him- self. l Not only this-but Mr. Cugat has said that if the winner is real- ily outstanding, he will make an geffort to find him some Holly- iwood employment, provided, of lcourse, that the student is inter- iested in such a thing and is of lproper age, etc. 1 A photograph of Mr. Cugat, to lbe used as a model, is on the hul- lletin board in the hall by the coke lmachine. The dead line for all caricatures is February. 10. The entries will he indeed hv Mr. Cugat when he -arrives in Brownsville. Entries should he mailed to Charro Days. Brownsville. Texas. Fischer Elected Club Co-Sponsor Carl M. Fischer was elected co- sponsor of Little Rroadwav at its regular meeting Tuesdav, January 21. Mr. Fischer. English instructor in VW-islaco High. was chosen to replace Miss Marjorie Miller. who resigned recentlv to return to her home in St. Augusitne. Plans for the informal initiation of fourteen new members were made. It was decided to hold the initiation after school some day this week. The cluh also voted to clean the stage and have a picnic lunch at the next regular meeting. Cardenas, David Rogers. VVesley Ryan, Imogene Salsman, Jesus Sepulveda, James Skaggs, Joan Steiner, Angelina Tamez, Darvl ,Tysdal, Madia Womble, Jerry Wil- lis PAGE TWO THE WESLACO I-Il-LIFE we ll VACUUM tltllii ' r QWE PICKUPALLRE Dmfl Hello, fellow victims. How do you feel this morning? Fine, hey? Well, if you Want to stay that way, let your eyes stray from this column, because the Ole VACUUM CLEANER is bulging with dirt and in just a few more minutes will spill everthing it knows. The Edinburg Junior College Joe 'n' Jane Dane seemed to be the main social attention in the Valley last Friday. Among the Weslaco couples seen there were KEN and ZOE, EMMA JEAN and MAURICE, EVA MAE and BILLY JOE, LORETTA and DRAWERS, ROBERT and CAR- LINE, ANN WALLER and MIL- LER, and our date of the week, GEN and ODELL GODWIN. By the wav. ANN, isn't it great to dance with a boy who can smoke a pipe? Say, you girls had better get to work on VAN JOHNSON SAWYER and BAKER OSBORNE if vou don't want them to stay in Edinburg all of the time. Your roving reporter really had to cover ground Friday night to catch all that went on. However, we hear that KATHERINE CLECKLER and V.C., and BOB- BY GOODY and SAGGY were having a gay ole time. The CACTUS Friday was the scene of much merrymaking. If you don't believe us. ask DORIS JEAN and JERRY, and JIMMY KELLY and PATRICIA DAVID- SON. Two sides of the eternal triangle were there also. Thev were KENNETH JONES and MA- RY ANN CLIFFORD. and JULIUS and BETTY JEAN ROBERTSON. Speaking of eternal triangle, a new one has sprung up on the campus of W. H. S. which is com- posed of SUE ECCLES. ROGER FIKE, and FRANCES HUDSON. Frances, did you and ROGER have a good time at the Drive-In Saturdayif? The Donna Band Banouet at- tracted ouite a few young Wes- lacoans, Seen there were BETTY JEAN VOELKEL and DI7ZY, and UBONDY BOY and BARBA- Do You Support Your Paper? HI-LIFE! Buy a HI-LIFE and read all about it! Read the scoop of the week! Yes, studes, buy a HI-LIFE and support your school publications. After all, the publications department is doing you a service by bringing you the news of the week for only 3 cents a copy or 35 cents a semester. Just think! You get all the gossip of the week, news and views by your As I See It columnist and comments on sports by the Writer of From the Sidelinesf' In addition, you get all sorts of features, sports features, and all the important news of past and future events. Have you ever stopped to think how fortunate you are to attend a school where the publications department offers its services for such a low price? Don't think that because the football season is over, the HI-LIFE isn't going to be interesting. Believe it or not, kids, the HI-LIFE is going to be good: so come on, pitch in and buy one, or subscribe to it while you still have the opportunity to do so. ,...-.- Have You Joined the March of Dimes? As most of you probably know, the time has come again for the annual March of Dimes. The Roiiki Club is sponsoring the drive in W.H.S. and cooperating with this nationwide movement to give aid to those who have been afflicted with the dreaded disease of infantile paralysis. Since W.H.S. has taken an active part in this drive, the help and support of each and every student is needed. You have undoubtedly been asked to give a little somewhere-in a theater or some organization. Let your dime, small as it may seem, march along with the thousands of others to aid those suffering from polio. Let's help those who are unable to help themselves as much as we can. Remember, you might be next. A high school student hand- ed in the following as the prin- cipal parts of a Latin verb: Slippeo, slippere, falli, bum- pus. The returned paper read: F'allio, failere, funco, sus- pentium. RA BOYCE. By the way, Dolores, whom were you with?? Say, C. V., MARY JEAN BOY- ER seemed unusually lonesome Saturday night. Could it have been another date with KATHERINE? Well, your Ole VACUUM CLEANER is about empty, so good-by till net week-and don't he too good! SF HCT to Meet ifgb 34 With Doris Potts Further plans for the Future Homemakers' Area Meeting in Mercedes February 8 will he made at the Weslaco Chapter of Future I-Iomemakers' regular meeting Februarv 13, at the home of Doris Jean Potts. according to Mrs. Jack Bain, sponsor. . The program will include a guest speaker: however. definite plans have not been made as to who the speaker will he. Hostesses will be Doris Jean Potts and Jov- eta Johnson. Doris: Elmer save: he's going to marry the prettiest girl in town. Eva Mae: The idea! Why, I don't even know him! 'rim wEsLAco H1-LIFE PAGE THREE Shop Classes Begin Busy Semester Upon entering the second se-l mester of school, the shop boys are engaged in many activities. The electricity classes are stu- dying amplifiers, test panels, bat- tery chargers, one-tube radios, and power supply. The Laboratory of Industries classes are working on projects in woodwork, sheetmetal, machine turning, foundry, and drafting. Some of the proiects of the ad- vanced wood class are as follows: Louis Hethcock, lawn chairs: Jim- my Kelly, modern end table: Ruben Ortega, piano bench: Paul Pate, mahogany office desk: and Leonardo Garcia, end table. The general wood class is work- ing on table lamps, book ends, magazine racks, smoking stands. wall shelves, and drafting boards. New students that have entered shop for the last semester are as follows: Ramiro Quijano, Thomas Ayala. Bobbv Mitchell, Donald Schultz, and Darrell Schultz. Funnels, lunch boxes, lathe dog, pitchers, plane handles. and guide yokes are among the drawings of the mechanical drawing class. G.R.'s to Make Plans For Spring Banquet Plans for the annual Sweetheart Banquet will be made at the reo- ular meeting of Girl Reserves to- night at the home of Patsv Mar- tin, club president. Prospective members for the club and a radio program to be given over KGBS will also be discussed. Who'll Get ,laclcets- Boys or Girls? You football boys had better watch the W.H.S. girls, because you don't have a chance! When the news spread around school that the football jackets might arrive about the first of February, the mad scramble for a football player began and has been going at a hair-raising speed. You can slow down, girls, as the boys say that they are not going to give up their well earned awards. Well, they may keen their iack- ets the first day, but the girls will get thcm in the end-maybe. 4 I I I I l I 1 A 1 l l r I l l r l Q HANDSOME TROPHIES RECEIVED BY '46 CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM l l Pictured above are the captain, tChampions of. 1945. This trophy Ballard Bennett, and co-captain, was presented by District 40,A. Jack Freasier, of the Weslaco Pan- thers with two trophies - last year's trophy and this year's special award. - The smaller trophy, held by Ballard, is the bi-district trophy, which acknowledges that the Pan- thers were District and Bi-district Money Can Still Be Saved: Renew Now! Approximately one hundred and twenty-five students and teachers had subscribed to the HI-LIFE for the last semester Monday, when the paper went to press. This is only a little more than half the number who subscribed the first semester. Students who haven't renewed yet can still save money by subscribing now. McWhorter Speaks To Roliki Club C. M. McWhorter spoke on My Trip Through Canada at the reg- ular meeting of the Roliki club Wednesdav. January 22. Mr. Mc- Whorter told of his hunting trips and his many thrilling adventures while camping in the mountains. Members of the club were given cards which were to be filled with dimes for the March of Dimes by the next regular meeting, l l l l i 1 V 1 i l n I I The mammoth gold trophy near Jack was presented by the Life Insurance Company of America with T e x a s Interscholastic Leagueg Class A Regional 10 Championsg Football 19469 Wes- laco High School engraved on it. Girls' Tennis Team Begins Practice Practice for tennis is being held iveryafternoon by Weslaco High's zirls' tennis team. The team mem- 'iers are .lean Elston, Betty Blan- ton, and Wilma Walker. ' I The girls will play Pharr at Bharr some time in February, ac- cording to Coach Grady Hester, in charge of the activity. Speech Class Plans Guidance Program A radio broadcast sponsored by the Speech Class will be given Tuesday, February 4, over Station KGBS, according to Miss Anne Bauer. The theme of the broadcast will be guidance. The fifteen-minute orogram will give the public an idea of what the student guidance director, Mrs. V. C. Thompson, is doing in our school. PAGE FOUR 'nm wEs1.Aco I-Il-LIFE Y ,B qfijgjgi . me Four Journalists .f SJ , Recommended For .T . N gig- flDEl.lN S Quill and Scroll mm - Four members of the HI-LIFE IT N' ' --1 staff have been recommended for . ' membership in Quill and Scroll, Greetings and salutations.-And how is everyone this morning? This has really been a busy Week. I'll tell you some of the things that have happened. Friday night the Panthers and guests devoured mucho barbe- que. The Quarterback Club feted the boys with a barbeque on Bar- bee field and everyone thorough- ly feasted. Did you see those girls mowing lawns, buying groceries, and car- ing t?J for babies last Saturday? It seems that the Future Home- makers will do anything for mo- ney. They chose Saturday as their hobo day and went about doing odd jobs to collect money for the club. Good experience, girls! Oh, it's beautiful! Golly, just look! These exclamations were heard by those few lucky ones who have seen the regional and bi-district trophies. They will be presented in an assembly today. Approximately seventy-five stu- dents attended the presentation of Macbeth and Merchant of Venice Monday and Tuesday nights in Harlingen. Everyone agrees that they were marvelous performances. lYou next year's English IV kids should benefit by it.l Hey, Jane, look at that pre- historic man! Calm down, June: it's only a Charm-day-beard. No kidding, people not acquaint- ed with this annual celebration might Wonder whether the men of South Texas had ever heard of a Gillette blade. if they could see some of these bearded men run- ning around! We can certainly say our Cag- ers have the fighting spirit. True, the scores have sorta been against us. but the boys keep plug- ging on. Good luck, fellas. The LA PALMA staff can be found working on the annual near- ly everyday after school now, for If you happen to hear any foot- ball player call another a glory hound, think nothing of it be- cause pictures were taken last Thursday on the football field. The Quartcrbask Club honored the football team with a barbecue on Barbee Field last Friday night at 7 o'clock. Tickets were sold to the Public for 51.50. Comments from those who attended the bar- becue were very favorable. Fleetfoots of the school started work-outs for track last Monday afternoon. No definite practice schedule has been set. but the boys are riunning to get their legs in shape for some good workouts. The basketball warm-up equip- ment has arrived at last, and the basketball boys are going to be sporting it in their next game at Lyford. The jackets are solid pur- ple except for the collar and sleeve cuffs, which are White. The jackets have W-E-S-L-A-C-0 in white let- ters across the back, with the small white numbers on the top of the sleeve. The pants are solid purple with small white numbers on one leg. At the bottom, the legs gather and snap. Cover. Color For LA PALIVIA Chosen The color for the cover of the annual and the design were chos- en by the annual staff recently. The color for the feature section and the first eight pages was also selected. A number of sports pictures have been taken recently and staff members are preparing the second shipment to be sent to Steck Com- pany February 7. the time is drawing near to send another shipment to the publish- ers. Don't forget to subscribe to the HI-LIFE. Remember. girls, the Girl Re- serve Sweetheart Banonet is Feb- ruary 15, and you'd better get vour dates soon. international honorary journalism society, by Miss Louise Black, sponsor. These are Jerry Waggen- er. Ventura Castaneda, and Ken- neth Jones, seniorsg and Peggy Hull. junior. These students have met the re- ouircrnents for membership into the society by ranking in the top third of their classes scholastical- ly, by having published at least 60 inches in the HI-LIFE, and by being recommended by their sponsor. Applications will be sent to the Executive Secretary at North- western University, Chicago, Il- linois. If approved by him. pins and membershp cards will be sent. Several other members of the staff are expected to meet this re- quirements bv the end of the pres- ent six weeks' period. What's Going On In Other Schools According to the Donna Toma- hawk, Donna now has a Teen-Age Canteen in the lobby of the Plaza Hotel. Jobber: I can read my wife like a book. Gabby: Yeah, but you can't shut her up like one. Edinburg Bobcat A ruffled school teacher de- manded of a bright-eyed freshman how long he had studied his poor- ly-recited lesson. Well, drawled Larrv Cook, I studied from 'Blondie' until the 10 o'clock news. Falfurrias Heart's Delight An article in the McAllen Wheel said that George Strohmever, former Bulldog, has been chosen for the All-American second string team. McAllen High School now has a magazine, Salud, to which stu- dents contribute essavs, poems, short stories, and book reviews. Teacher fto new pupill: Now, I hope you thoroughly understand the importance of punctuation. Pupil: Oh, yes, indeed, I always get to school on time. ruary 5, to nominate their can- THE WESLACO Hl-LIFE-Weslaco, Texas, February 5, I947 Popularity Contest To Be Held ebruar 5-155 15 Candidates To Be elected Toda S-ophomores, Juniors, Seniors Will Elect Five Nominees Each In Home Room Election time is coming. Preparations for the popularity contest for LA PALMA are now complete, according to Peggy Hull and Ann Waller, feature edltors. Rules for the contest are the same as those used in previous years, with the exception of the system used in voting. Ballot boxes for each grade will be prepared, with the names of the students marked off the respective class rolls after voting. Other rules are as follows: 1. The candidates for the popularity contest will be the most beautiful girl, most popular boy, most popular girl, most handsome boy, and best all-around boy or girl. Five candidates, one for each of these positions, will be elected by the Sophomore, Junior, and Senior classes, For the best all-around pupil, there will be one candidate from each class. Either boy or a girl may be elected. aa ---Y-a---W-M --i-'I 2. The Sophomore, Junior and I Five Seniors Will Take Pepsi-Cola ' Senior classes will meet in home lrooms today, Wednesday. Feb- Scholarship Exam Five seniors have been chosen to take the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship examinations Friday, February 14, according to Principal A. C. Mur- phy. These students are Ballard Bennett, Juanita Cantu, Ventura Castaneda, Bondy Harmon, and Reece McAlpin. This scholarship p r o g r a m, which was inaugurated in 1945, pays full tuition for four college years, a S25 monthly allowance while in college, all fees regularly charged to students, and traveling expenses at the rate of 3 -cents a mile for one trip home each year. A scholarship is offered to each of the two students making the highest grades in each state and the District of Columbia, and one each for Alaska, Hawaii, and Puer- tofRico. In addition, each of the five runners-up for each scholar- ship receives a certificate of merit worth S50 upon college entrance. The examinations are general aptitude tests, which are to be ad- ministered by two high school staff members. Winners are select- ed' on a competitive basis by the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship Board and will be announced April. -18, --1947. I didates and to choose managers for them. 3. A special assembly will be held Wednesday, February 12, for the purpose of introducing the candidates. Each class will have 15 minutes to present its five can- didates. 4. The contest will run from Wednesday, February 5, to Friday February 14, when voting will be held on the campus. Every stu- dent in junior and senior high will be allowed to vote with the exception of the sixth grade sec tion. 5. Presidents of all classes or home rooms will hand in a com- plete roll of membership to Bal- lard Bennett or Miss Louise Black by Tuesday, February 1-1. 6. All candidates, to be eligible for election, must have been en- rolled in W.H.S. for two full sem- esters preceding the contest. This rule was retained by vote of the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes during homeroom meet- ingiasf Friday, January 31. p - The winners of the contestiwill- I 1 I I I I enior Play Cast Chosen McAlpin, F arina Have Leading Roles In Comedy The cast for the Senior play, to be presented on February 28, was announced by Miss Anne Bauer, director, Monday, January 27. aft- er try-outs had been completed. The cast is as follows: Paul Jones, a boy who goes on a cram session-.lim McAlpin: Mrs. Jones, his mother-Glenna Ruth Holman: Mr. Jones, his father-Rubin Minton, Junior, the kid brother-Kenneth Jones: Ma- ry. Paul's sister-Patsy McBride: .Iack, Mary's boy friend-Ed Bar- nett: Jane, Paul's girl-Josephine Farina, Mr. Smudgely. the princi- pal-Reece McAlping Anna, the maid-Dillie Nicklas: Lilah .Ion- son, a part of somebody's past- Rosalie Lively. The play revolves around Paul, who is hoping to go to summer camp, where he will be with his girl. Janeg however, before he can do this, he must score at least 95 on. his history exam. In his at- tempt to make good on his test he gets into serious jams,. anfl the process of getting himself out proves to be hilarious. Hobos Invafleiilrair 4 Cnty Of Weslaco , . It's a tramp: it's a hobo! No, it's a Future Homemaker.. , . If you noticed hobos around Weslaco on Saturday. January 25, there is nothing to be excited about. because your fair city has- n't been taken over by tramps, The Future Home-makers' annual Hobo Day was Saturday, January 25. The girls in the club cared for children, ironed, and washed dish es, clothes, and cars in order to raise monev. Mrs. Jack Bain. sponsor, an- nounced that 320.60 had been turn- ed in by the time the HI-LIFE went to press. be announced in the February 19 issue of the HI-LIFE, and full page pictures of them will be put ln the Favorites section of the annual. - .PAGE Two THE XVESLACO HI-LIFE 'mf l , WCUUM tltlllil , , , , , fWE Pack UP ALLXHE liafl Q.. f , A 3 Hi ya, kids! Here's the old dirt column again! This certainly has been one busy week-end! It seems that MERCER GOOD- SON and KATHRYN CLECKLER have been hitting it off pretty well! Say now! CORKY and BOBBY GOODY were together at the show in Mer- cedes Friday night. This wasn't the first time they've been toge- ther, either. LAURETTA RYAN and ERN- EST PATE have been seen toge- ther quite frequently lately! A few of the couples at Mac- beth were BETTY JUNE and NORMAN, BETTY LEE and DON- ALD, SUE ECCLES and ROGER FIKE, MARILYN MCMANN and BOBBY HANKAL, CARLINE and ROBERT PICKARD, and JACKIE ALLEN and RAY JACKSON. The usuals, HAL and PAT, SCOTTY and BALLARD, BET- TY LEE and DONALD, PATTIE SUE and RAY, celebrated PAT'S birthday with a surprise dinner party Saturday night. Say, PAT, we really do like those pretty ear- bobs HAL gave you! WOODY and B A R B A R A BOYCE tDonnal are certainly get tnig along well togethes! It's been rumored that they're together at least once every weekend! VEN, who is the McAllen girl that attracts your attention so much?? Why was MARTIN so sad Fri- day afternoon? Could it have been because he and ELIDA have brok- en up? Don't worry, kidsg you will make up again! From all that's been said, it seems that NORMAN and ED aren't very good cooks! For fur- ther information ask BETTY JUNE and ANN. JACKIE ALLEN was with her old flame, RONNIE ACKER tMer- cedesl Saturday. Have you forgot- ten URAY BOY already? HOMER and LORETTA were seen at the Drive-in Saturday night! Was the show good? Yak- yak! Well, farewell, dear friends, un- til next week. You Have the Opportunity! But knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unrollf' -Gray's Elegy Yes, this was true of the people whom Thomas Gray described in his famous Elegy, However, it is not true of a pupil in the study hall of a modern high school. Some of the lucky students finish their studies and have time left over. Of these some of us spend our spare time day-dreaming, while others grasp the opportunity to read books with delight. Books, when read for thought, are entertaining as well as educational. Through books we enjoy the vicarious adventures as though we were really experiencing them. Some books take our imagination on a world tour so that by the time we have finished them, we have traveled approximately 25,000 miles around the surface of the earth. Other books, which we may not know are in our library. bring us stories of love, romance, chivalry, and battles. Another type of book is the one that explains or teaches us how to do something. Everyone can profit by reading this kind. Let's use our spare time in some Way other than day-dreaming. Let's read the library books instead of gazing at them on the shelves. -T-1 Do We Need Traffic Signals? Say, students, what impression do you suppose a visitor would get if he came to W.H.S. between periods? Do you think it would be a Very good one? With everyone pushing and shouting at the top of his lungs, there is quite a bit of confusion. It isn't necessary to bang that locker door or to rush down the hall like a madman, is it? Let's remember that we're not at Grand Central station, but at school. Weslaco High is a school that each and every student should be justly proud of, but can W.H.S. be proud of its students? After all, we studes are really the ones who make our school what it is- good or bad. Weslaco High is no stronger than her weakest student, just as a chain is no stronger than its Weakest link. Would you as an indi- vidual be ashamed for a visitor to come to our school between periods. or can W.H.S. be sincerely and justly proud of you? A Studeaisffvisfoiiy '- Filtration Plant Approximately thirty members of the second-period biology class went through the Filtration Plant north of Weslaco on their first field trip last Tuesday. Miss Jose- phine Dillard, who is from an en- gineering plant in Houston. show- ed the students every step in the purification of the city water. The students went to the plant in cars and were accompanied by Mrs. Leila Carrothers, biology lteacher. , Weslaco, Mercedes Plan G.R. Banquet Weslaco and Mercedes Girl Re serves will hold the annual Sweet- heart Banquet Saturday evening, February 15, in Mercedes. The banquet will be in the high school cafeteria and the dance in the gymnasuim. Committees for the banquet were appointed at the last meet- ing, January 29. G , A , THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE THRl:Lh Cagers Play Games With Donna, Lyford The Weslaco Cagers played two games last week. They sustained a fifty per cent average for the week, losing one to Donna and winning the c-ne with Lyford. The game with Donna was on Wednesday afternoon. Both teams played a hard game, consequently the score was close. Time ran out on the Panthers, and the final whistle found the score 27-25 in the visitors' favor. Kelly and Led better were high point men for their respective teams. The next day the Panthers jturneycd to Lyford to tangle with the Bulldogs. Playing another close game and coming from be- hind, the Panthers won 19-16. Another minor skirmish took place on the basketball court Fri- day afternoon. It was a benefit game between the juniors and sen- iors. The proceeds went to the March of Dimes. Though the jun- ' iors outplayed the seniors all over the court, they outscored them only one point. Potts and Ben- nctt were the hot-shots on their respective teams. It has been rumored around that the male members of the fa- culty will tangle with the basket- ball boys soon in another benefit game. The faculty will sport such big wheels as Hester and Hen- son. Unattached Boys, Beware! W.H.S. Gals Are on the Prowl! Run for your lives, boys! Or have you already been at- tacked by one of these girls look- ing for a date to the Girl Reserve Sweetheart Banquet that is taking place in Mercedes February 15? All of the old steadies have dates, but the lone wolves are surely on the prowl. If you are approached by such a girl, humor her and go, because she is in a dangerous frame of mind! Please don't forget to turn in your money by February 5, girls, because it would be embarrassing if you didn't turn it in before the dead-line-your tall, dark, and Va-nsome would be very disap- pointed. . , 51,3 ,, FROM THE E N QIIDELINES V U 4 5 The main sports event of last Iweek was the junior-senior basket- gball game to benefit the March of .Dimes. The juniors won with a inose-out score of 12-11. The game lbrought approximately 344. High point men were Ken Sherry for lthe juniors and Ballard Bennett for the seniors. Ray Cleckler, Norman Watson, and Corky Block, the three tough- ies of the campus, weighed in for the Golden Gloves tournament that started Monday night, XVe wish them all the luck. These windy days have made the football field popular with the younger boys. Every after-' noon boys from the grade school come to fly their kites. Nice place to fly them, don't you think? 1 All track boys have their reg- ular schedule now and will under- l go some hard workouts. All 440-1 yard prospects will run 300, 400,1 and 600 yard races for endurance and speed, and run the 440 fort time. The distance men will rung long distances for endurance andl short distances for speed. . I Homemaking Dept. Adds Equipment 5 ' A new hot-point-electric rangel has arrived and an electric refri-5 gerator has been ordered for the! Homemaking Department, stated 9 Mrs. Jack Bain, Home Economicsl instructor. During the coming weeks the, Home Economics Department will l be occupied with several activities. On February 6 it will entertain the Board of Education, with al dinner. Members of the clothingg class will participate in a stylel show in the high school auditori- um February 12. Area Eight of the Future Home , makers will meet in Mercedes February 8, and Ella Dean Barber and Clara Faye Garnett will take part on the program.. 1 . ., . , l 17 F .F .A. Members Attend Stock Show In Houston Seventeen Future Farmers of America and their sponsor, H. M. Smith, attended the annual stock show held in Houston January 31 and February 1. The group was accompanied by the F.F.A. boys from Pharr and their sponsor, C. E. Choate. While in Houston the boys at- tended Gene Autry's Champion- ship Rodeo and visited the Farm- ers' Market. Over 8,000 F.F.A. members from Texas were pres- ent at the stock show. The boys who attended from Weslaco area are as follows: Carl Ermel, Donald Miller, Ray- mond Smithy, Russell Vos, Dale Jackson, Dean Dillan, Vtfeldon Strickland, Bill McKee, Donald Schultz, Bobby Bembow, Gene Barth, Charles McWhorter, Bob Mitchell, Darrel Schultz, Ray Dyer. Marion Rose, and Charles Tisdale. Plans For Annual Banquet Made Plans for the annual Girl Re- serve Sweetheart Banquet to be held in the Mercedes Gym Satur- day, February 15, were made at the regular meeting Tuesday, Jan- uary 29, at the home of Patsy Mar- rin. club president. Candidates for the Girl Reserve Sweetheart were nominated. They were Hal Potts, Glen Martin, Jack Freasier, Donald Jenkines. Bal- lard Bennett, and John Ellis Saw- ver. Voting for the candidates took place on Monday and Tues- rlav of this week. Miss Anna Moseson. Girl Re- serve Secretary of the Valley, was also present at the meeting. Bellamah To Attend State Convention Joe Bellamah, band director, will attend the Texas Music Edu- lcators' State Convention in Gal- iveston February 6-8. Headquart- ers will be in the Buccaneer Ho- tel. ' Methods of teaching, contests, and other matters of interest will be discussed. r PAGE FQ1,1R-,- 'rms WESLACO ul-LIFE QQ A - 1 - - Lav on Niacduffl A xvffl .Q I -I. y .L . . Fl Rev.. Allen Roe We-Ve Had E,,.,ugh,- S EIL 0 Cracks Freshman ' A -. E D , It was an interesting group that l Pr L' 3' 'LS witnessed the tragedy Macbeth V ' Tuesday night of last week in Har- Hey, you-! Are you busy? Well, settle back and let me tell you about W.H.S. this past week. The Girl Reserve Sweetheart was elected yesterday, but no one knows who it is yet. I wonder whether it's Jack, Hal, Snout, Ballard, or who? There was quite a bit of campaigning carried on. And did ya' know that Hal was the only JUNIOR? Uust couldn't rcsist a plug for the Junior Classll Say, do you prefer to wash dish- es or mind babies? VVou1d you rather play chess or work cross- word puzzles? These and many more questions were asked on the preference tests given seniors and juniors last week. With a score of 12 to 11 the juniors pretty well showed the seniors how to play basketball last Friday. VVhat's the matter, seniors --gettin' old? l We have some prospective mo- dels at school, and I'1l bet some of you didn't even know it. The Home Ee: Alr, department will spons- or a style show on February 12 in an, .assembly , beforewthe student bodyi-5. I QQ' ' f foci. Say, those sweetheart verses were right clever, .even though Miss-.Bkack did have to punctuate them- correctly: -Francis Hudson and Susie Eccles were responsi- blenfor them. A . Have you seen the new warm- up jackets the Cagers have? They're really pretty, fellas! What will Little Broadway do next? Monday afternoon and Tues- day new members were initiated and how! Say, Jenkines. you should go into business selling-, well, just selling! You girls had better get your dates to the Sweetheart Banquet quick! 5'Fore5 long -all those big handsome men t?J will be,-gone., Students Football Trophies Are Presented For every step in science we advance, we must take two steps forward in character binding, stated the Rev. Allen C. Roe, pas- tor of the First Methodist Church of Weslaco, in his talk on Youth Looks at the World made in as sembly last Wednesday at 10 o'- clock. V At the beginning-of his talk he gave these conclusions an air- traveler reached while flying over Cuba: ill Cuba is only ten mln- utes wideg hence, the world is getting smaller by the 'minute be- cause of faster travelg 123 We must have cooperation with other na- tions to secure lasting peaceg' and C35 if we would love others as our- selves, this peaceful world could be accomplished. Man, who is not a puppet on the stage, but a moral creation of God, learns to choose the right and wrong sides of questions, -he ex- plained. Mr. Roe concluded by saying, The world will be as the youth of the world want it. This part of the assembly was presented by the Social Science Department. Preceding the talk., Hal Potts sang The Lost Chord, accom- panied by Frances Hudson. After the talk Hal made a short talk on the March of Dimes being sponsored by the Roliki Club. Official presentation of the foot- ball trophies was made by L. R. Graham, superintendent of Mer cedes Schools, and Joe H. Wilson, superintendent of Weslaco Schools. The two trophies were accepted by Coach Grady Hester -and the two captains, Ballard Ben- nett and Jack Freasier. Brad Smith, editor ofthe WESLACO NEWS made pictures of 'the 'pre- sentation and lof the captains hold- ing the tr0phies.,,,z , J j , T i lingen. Of the seventy-five that went, the most enthusiastic were the seniors, who had studied the play earlier this year. Some got so ex- cited that they swallowed their gum, while others were content merely to quote line after line of Shakespeare before Macbeth got around to it. Those who hadn't studied the great tragedy and therefore had not acquired a taste for the Bard of Avon drew unfavorable com- ment and ridicule from the sen- iors who insisted that these cri- tics were uncultured peasants because of the slurring remarks theymade throughout the play. This lack of -culture is best il- lustrated by the wisecrack a lowly freshman made by mumbling that Macbeth should try oxydol when all Neptune's ocean failed to wash away-the blood on his hands. However, most of those that attended were greatly moved by Macbeth's tragic death, and, after the final, curtain call, dragged themselves mournfully back to the bus, where in silent melan- holy they opened their hearts and sang Chickery Chick. e 14 New Members ln.t1ated Monday Fourteen new members of Lit- tle Broadway were informally in- itiated into the club Monday after- noon February 3. The initiates were made to go through various ordeals on the campus. The following day they appeared as farmer boys and girls wearing placards saying I joined Little Br0adway. 'They also per- formed for the student body on the steps of senior high at noon. The formal initiation will be held at the club's next regular meeting. Correction The HI-LIFE staff regrets that the names of Carl Lobitz and Ro- bert Fields Were omitted from the third six-weeks' 'honor roll. The' error was .due to'ove'rsights by their home room teachersi ' THE WESLACO HI-LIFE--Wzslaco, Texas. February IZ, l947 WHICH FIVE WILL REPRESENT W.H.S. IN ANNUAL? W.H.S. STUDENTS VJILL DECIDE THIS QUESTION FRIDAY l-'ive of the students pictuied above will be chosen Friday to represent W.H.S. in the feature s ction of LA PALMA. Represent- ing most beautfiul girl, mf-st hand- some boy, most popular girl, most Chalk Artist to Be In W,H.S. Feb. 26 Howard Ellis, chalk artist, will present a program February 26 in the high school auditorium. ac- czlrding to A. C. Murphy. principal. The Rev. Allen Roe of the First Methodist Church of Weslaco will introduce Mr. Ellis, who will speak and draw pictures about his sub- ject, religious work. Bellamah, Students Attend Convention Joe Bellainah, band director, Carl Lobitz, and Jimmy Hill left last Thursday morning to attend the Texas Music Educators' State Convention in Galveston Februa- ry 6-8. They planned to return to VVeslaco Saturday evening. popular boy, and bcst all-around s tzdent iespectively, left to iight, bottom row: Rosalie Lively, Ro- bert Hendrickson, Glenna Ruth Halman. Glen Martin, Recee Mc- Alpin, seniorsi second row: Betty June Boles, Kenneth Sherry, Ann Walltr. Homer Ryan, Billy Joe Day, juniors, top row: Katherine Adkins. Robert Stoelk, Pattie Que Schellhammer, Ray Jackson, Ray fltcklcer, sophomores. Style Show to Be Colorful Affair The third year homemaking class will spcnswr a style show entitled 'fDolly's Daring Day Dreams to be presented at 2 o'- clcck today in the junior high auditorium. Dolly Dibrell will play the role of a school girl dreaming of her wardrobe. The narrator will be Patsy Martin. The program will include an aerobatic dance by Eloise Harrison, solos by Rubin Minton and Dillie Nicklas, and a number by the girls' trio. Slacks, aprons, baby clothes, suits, coats, afternoon tea dresses, street dresses, sports dresses, ev- ening gowns, school froeks, holi- day dresses, and a dress made of cabbage leaves will be modeled by approximately eighty students and small children. Dance Discussed At Meeting I A lzenefit dance to be given in March was discussed at the reg- ular meeting of Little Broadway Tuesday, February 4. The money 'aised from this dance will be put into a fund to buy a new cyclo- rama. The club voted to rewrite its constitution and to approve it at the next meeting. Members cleaned the stage after the meeting. Chorus Working on Difficult Piece The High School Chorus is working on 'iThe Kolo, a Jugo- Slav song. This number is a very fast and difficult piece, but the members voted unanimously to keep it. The F.F.A. boys are very grate- PAGE TWO TH WESLACO. HI-LIFE S1355 IT ii' in Hi, there, what's new? Your re- porter has quite a bit to tell you this week. The chief topic of conversation around W.H.S. this week is the popularity contest. Classes met last Wednesday and chose candi- dates. It's really going to be close this year with all those swell kids running. The assembly will be Friday morning and voting will be on the campus-at noon. Congratulations are in order to Jimmy Hill and Carl Lobitz, who went to .Galveston last week to play in the State Band. W.H.S. is really proud of these boys. 'Fore long Valentine's Day will be here. You girls had better re- fer to this week's editorial con- cerning said matter! tGood advice therein!! More congrats are due Margaret Kobeck and Jean Barber, who were elected area representative to the state meeting and area vice- president, respectively at the meeting of the Future Homemak- ers in Mercedes Saturday. This is a very nice honor for both girls. ful to the W'eslaco Kiwanis Club, which paid their expenses to the Fat Stock show in Houston recent- ly. The HI-LIFE staff would also like to express their appreciation to the VVESLACO NEVVS for the various references given the school paper this year. Brad Smith editor of the NEVVS, has made several favorable comments about the HI-LIFE, and this is very en- couraging to journalists. ln an assembly this afternoon approximately eighty girls will model various clothes. Say, Mary Nelle. do vou think you'll need any help? fMary Nelle is stage man- ager, and she has to keep the small frys.l Have all you girls asked boys to the Sweetheart Banquet? VVell, it's too late now, for last Friday Roses Are Red, Violets Are, Blue - Does Cupid have a magic wand of some kind? Perhaps he does, because he just can't be stopped from performing his duties Every year at this time we find him busily working at the job of mending broken hearts and trying to break others so that he can mend them again. He seems to get a big kick out of it, doesn't he? Yes, the stores will be out of candy, especially those heart-shaped chocolate boxes. You lucky girls who have a steady had better treat him right, at least until Saturday, the day after St. Valentine's Day. Some of the less lucky ones might round up some of the wolves on the campus and see what they get. As for the boys-well, I guess we just can't stop Father Time from coming to the fourteenth day of February every year. It's not so bad, after all, though, for in the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Vote Your Choice Friday Once again the time has come for the annual Popularity Contest, in which Senior, Junior, and Sophomore Classes all choose their candidates for the most beautiful girl, the most handsome boy, the most popular girl and boy, and the best all-around student, and present them for our approval. The candidates were chosen by their classes last Wednesday at homeroom meetings. Friday morning they will be presented to the entire student body in assembly, and Friday noon will be election time. . Each student from the seventh through the twelfth grade will be allowed to vote. Remember, last year some studes with a misplaced sense of humor cast more than one vote or voted for students who were absent, hence the election had to be lield again in homerooms. This year there will be a ballot box for each grade, and the students' names will be checked as they vote. Be sure to vote, your candidates may win! interscholastic League Contests To Be Held in Pharr D. U. Buckner, superintendent Cox to Replace Bain in Ho.-Ee. Dept. , Miss Berryl Cox has been em- ployed in Weslaco High School to replace Mrs. Frances Bain, who recently resigned as instructor of the Home Economics Department. Miss Cox, who is formerly from Mathis. Texas, attended Southwest Texas State Teachers' College in San Marcos. She was previously employed to teach the second grade Mathis Public Schools. She took over her position in W.H.S. last Mondav. was the deadline. The Mercedes and Weslaco Girl Reserves will hold the banquet. together in the Mercedes cafeteria and the dance in the Merceds gym this Saturday night. Boy, those kids in the Band sure- ly are lucky. They get to go to Charro days in Brownsville Thursday. Have a good time, kids. Well, au revoir, adios, and bon voyage-or something like that. l l of Pharr-San Juan-Alamo schools, was appointed director general of the Interscholastic League Meet to be held in Pharr March 28-29. Dave Coleman, P.S.J.A. coach, was appointed athletic director. Softball and the literary meet will be held March 28, while track will be held March 29. Other directors appointed are as follows: Debate, Joe Wilson, Weslaco, declamation, J. B. Smith, La Feriag extemporaneous speech, H. C. Baker, Rio Grande Cityg spelling, Forrest Groves, Donna, ready writing, Miss Louise Black, Wes- lacog one act play, Leon R. Graham Mercedes: number sense, Jack Porter, Lyford, choral singing, H. A. Barber, Mission, slide rule, B. L. Blankenship, Mercedes, and shorthand and typing J. C. Brandt, Raymondville. 'nm wnsmioo m-url PAGE THREE Best Teacher ln ation ill Win Z, 00 Students Also Have Chance to Win 602 Cash Prizes Hey studes, don't get excited if the teachers bring you apples to school. There's a reason. A nation wide contest is being sponsored by the Quiz Kids pro- gram and Radio Station KRGV. Teachers want to be recommend- ed because The Best Teacher of 1947 wins a cash prize of 552,500 for advanced study at any college or university, and the three next best teachers each get an award ol' 3500. Students are to write let- ters on The Teacher Who Has Helped Me Most if that teacher is still teaching. No help is allow- ed from the parents or teacher. Students also win prizes. First prize is 85100, second prize 350, the next 100 best letters each re- ceive S10, and the next best 500 letters are given S1 each. Also all 602 prize winners will receive Quiz Kids gold keys making them hon- orary Quiz Kids. The student must tell clearly and honestly how the teacher help- ed him, must include his age, name, grade, and school and the name ol' his teacher and school. The letters which may be any length, should be addressed to 'The Best Teacher Contest, either in care of KRGV, Weslaco, Texas, or to the Quiz Kids, Chicago, Illi- nois. The contest closes on mid- night of March 8, 1947. Dr. Paul Witty, professor of education at Northwestern Uni- versity, Dr. Willard Olson. profes- sor of education and psychology and director of Research in Child Development at the University of Michigan, and the Rev. Philip S. Moore, dean of the Graduate School of Notre Dame University, will judge the letters submitted. Pismo: Why the tooth brush in your lapel? Gismo: It's my class pin. I go to colgate! Paid Your Poll Tax? You Don' t Have To To Vote Friday Have you paid your poll tax? Well, don't worry, because it isn't necessary in this election. If your class president has turned in the roll, you are eli- gible to vote. Each cla ss, the seventh through the twelfth, will have X a separate ballot box. As you vote, your name will be check- ed off the roll. l The following students will 1 be in charge of the ballot boxes: 1 Senior-Kenneth Jones and A Woody Harmon: Junior-Doris I 'Jean Potts and Jean Barber: N l Sophomore - Kitty Sue Allen and Doreen Yoder, Freshman- , Pat Keen and Norman VVatsong I Eighth-Jackie Allen and Peg- . gy Hull, Seventh-Julius Kne- l bel and Jerry Waggener. Cagers Win One Game Out of Two Played The Weslaco Cagers won one out of the two games played last Week, winning over Stuart Place and losing to Rio Grande City. In the game with Stuart Place the Panthers took an early lead in the first quarter and held it throughout the game to win 39-34. The game was played at Stuart Place at 4 o'clock Wednesday. Waggoner was the high scorer of the game with 15 points: Cleckler ran second with 10 points. Rio Grande City stomped the Panthers in the second game with the score of 24-9. At the half the Panthers were losing 2-8, but in the third quarter they almost caught the Rattlesnakes. The third quarter end-ed with the score 9 to 12. The Rattlesnakes then broke loose and scored 12 more points in the last quarter. The game ended 24-9. Raymondville will be the first opponent for the Panthers in the district basket ball tournament to be held in the Mercedes gym Feb- ruary 18-22. This game will be played Tuesday, February 18, at 9 o'clock. The rest of the games will be scheduled by the winners of the games. A double elimination will decide the winners. i 1 l I 1 l l i I I 15 ominees Chosen From Classes Five to Be Elected By Balloting Fifteen candidates were chosen for the popularity contest by the Senior, Junior, and Sophomore classes in home room meetings XVednesday, February 5. Five students from each class will run for the positions of most beautiful girl, most handsome boy, most popular girl, most popular boy, and best all-around boy or girl. Candidates from the three clas- ses are as follows: Seniors: Most beautiful girl, Ro- salie Livelyg most handsome boy, Robert Henrickseng most popular girl, Glenna Ruth Holmang most popular boy, Red Martin: best all- around boy, Reece McAlping cam- paign manager, Julius Knebel. Juniors: Most beautiful girl, Bet- ty June Boles, most handsome boy most popular Kenneth Sherry, girl, Ann Wallerg most popular best all-around boy, Homer Ryang boy, Billy Joe Day: campaign man- ager, Susie Eccles. Sophomores: Most beautiful girl, Katherine Adkinsg most hand- some boy, Robert Stoelkg most po- pular girl, Pattie Sue Schellham- mer, most popular boy, Ray Jack- song best all-around boy, Ray Cleckler: campaign manager, Zoe Barbee. Because of the Home Economics style show today and the Band's attending Charro Days tomorrow, the assembly presenting the can- didates will be held Friday morn ing instead of today as previously announced. Voting will take place on the campus at noon Friday. Mrs. Robertson: What do you know about Atlas? Ann Waller: He was the world's greatest gangster. Mrs. Robertson: Gangster? Where ddi you get that idea? Ann Waller: The history book says he held up the world. PAGE. FOUR THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Wolfrahundra and Cupid Involved in Mortal Battle The scene is February 13, onehistory of the world, his ruin. day before St. Valentine's Dayg and what do you think of on St. Valentine's Day? Why, Cupid, of that plump golden lock, it is that's bow in anti- course. Speaking of little fellow with the who do you suppose merrily stringing his cipation of another successful trip on the morrow? As we draw nearer to this great est archer of all time, we find him innocently sharpening his arrows, confidently expecting- them to bring down in defeat some nice, strong boy or innocent lass who might happen to be in radar range of each otherg and why shouldn't he? Since the beginning of time he has methodically one by one thin- ned out the herd of those blissfully few who have managed to take cover from his never ceasing rain of arrows. tWho knows? Maybe you will be next!! However, little does this sym- bol of innocence, purity, and love know that dark forces of evil are plotting, for the first time in the I The question is, will they succeed? ,Will the forces of evil overcome ,those of love and innocence? If it 'is possible, it will take the ulti- lmate in wickedness to accomplish this phenomenal feat. But is it possible??? tChuckle, chuckle, ,what do you think? I The scene changes. It is one lnight later. We find a boy and girl sitting on the bleachers at the football field innocently watching 'a beautiful full moon climb above ,the athels. Suddenly this scene of lpeaceful tranquility is interrupted with a rustling of wings. As we turn our heads, a twang from a re- leased bowstring breaks the peace- ful silence, and two arrows leap ,through the night air on their mis- ision of destruction to burv them- 'selves with an. unmerciful ven- geance in the hearts of our two tvictims. Oh. tragedy of tragedies. Cupid has struck again. The boy and girl have fallen in love. fDo ,you stlil expect a happv ending? Be patient. be patient! However, if We had not turned our heads the moment Cupid struck, we would have seen a hor- iible and appalling scene. For out of that beautiful full moon, gliding in softly from that oiher W.,.rl.! where darkness reigns and terror :rules the roost, came Wolfrahund- ra, the master of evil. Like a da k 'cloak he cast his spell ovrr the blissful couple. For a brief mo- iment two powers cleared, and to ! 4 I i our horror we saw a demoralizing sight. He had slipped a ring onto l . . N the b1rl's finger! Happily Cupid sailed awnv. thinking himself crci iz-we the v i c t o r, while Wolfrahunira. ichuckling fiendishlv. vnporizefl in- to the full moon, knowing that he was the true winner. For the rin? that the boy had slipped 0:1 the girl's finger was his senior rinff. ,the one for which he had scalferl 'fifteen bucks, the one he XV'llll'l never see again. Good-'w. justice: the master of evil has tri'-mphwl asrain! E VACIEJT1 glilllt IWE Pack UPCALtTi-1E limi Well, studes, the 'ole VACUUM CLEANER is in the repair shop today. The poor thing was kept so busy over the weekend sweeping up all the dirt that it is just com- pletely exhausted. Friday night was the gala scene for the Kid Dancet' held by the Episcopal League. Having a won- derful time were CARLINE LO- BITZ and ROBERT PICKARD, KATHERINE CLECKLER and MERCER GOODSON, LORETTA SI-IIELDS and HOMER RYAN, FRANCES HUDSON and ROGER FIKE, SUE ECCLES and DON- ALD CHANDLER, and MARILYN McMANN and BOBBY HANKAL. This one rather confuses the CLEANER. EVA MAE was with CHARLES POLLY and BILLY JOE was with EMMA JEAN BAR- BER Friday night. My! My! SCOOP!! ANN WALLER and ED FISHER are, as of Friday night, going steady! Isn't this ra- ther sudden? I though that ANN had a date with MILLER. BETTY JEAN VOELKEL was with DIZZY tDonnal over the weekend. Nice going! lt's no wonder the bed fell in at 'lTN'S slumber1ess party Friday night. There were only ten girls on it! SCOOP NUMBER 2: JACKIE ALLEN and HRAY BOY JACK- SON are in the fad. They, too, are going steady. SCOOP NUMBER 3: LAURET- TA RYAN and EARNFST PATE are going steady! My! My! Hey, VEN, it looks as if you land RITA have broken up for good! I hear that you were with LUCY McAllen! twice over the weekend. WILMA MINTON and MARY CATHERINE WAY were with soldiers over the weekend. Wow! KENNETH SHERRY seemed to have a wonderful time popping corn in San Benito over the week- end. What were the rest of the kids doing? PAT KEEN was with BOOTS COMPERE Friday night. What time did you get home, PAT? Well, dear friends, that's all for now. See ya' next week. P.S. Since it's the fad, won't somebody go steady with me? Homemakers Attend !Area Meet Margaret Kobeck was elected as nominee for a state office, and Emma Jean Barber was chosen vice president of Area VI at the area meeting of the Future Home- makers held in the Merceies High School Auditorium Saturday, Feb- ruary 8. Approximatelv nine hundred members of the Future Homemak- 'ers attended the all-dav meeting. Annatole Morrsion. president of Area VI, presided at the meeting. Reports were given bv various officers, and the Mercedes Choral lClub and band entertained the lgroup. Lunch was served in the Mer- cedes Cafeteria. Approximately thirty-five from iWeslaco attended the meeting. l 1 I Advice for speakers: Be sincere: ,be brief: be seated! ! Didja hear about the little mor- on who: Wanted to die with his boots on so he wouldn't stub his toe when he kicked the bucket. THE BEAR'S TAIL THE WESLACO H1-LIFE-Weslaco: Texas, February l2, I947 Exchange Editors Rustle For News Students of W.H.S., being no different from' other people, are interested in what's going on in other schools. The two enterpris- ing exchange editors of the HI- LIFE thus diligently delve into other school papers. Here are their latest findings: On Hobo Day the Harlingen Future Homemakers earned 873.- 75. The Freshmen Class of Mer- cedes High School sold -Love-o- Grams last week. All proceeds were donated to the choir for the purchase of robes. The students and teachers of Falfurrias schools contributed 881.88 to the polio drive. The Boy Scouts of Falfurrias will celebrate National Boy Scout Week, which is February 7 to Feb- ruary 13. The seniors of P.-S.J.-A. are planning their annual trip to Mon- terrey. A good way to end this is to pass on the piece of advice found in the Greeley, Colorado, College High Courier: Use your head, even the person who invented spaghetti used a noodle ! Little Broadway Adopts Revised Constitution A new constitution, recently written by a special committee, was read and approved at the reg- ular meeting of Little Broadway Tuesday, February 18, in the jun- ior high auditorium. This consti- tution will replace the old one ad- opted when the club was formed. Radio programs to be given over KRGV for the next fifteen Satur- days were discussed. Sue Eccles was appointed chairman of a com- mittee to select a program for the first broadcast. Committees for the benefit dance to be given in March were also appointed. Exams to Be Given Next Week Six weeks' exams will be given any time during the week of Feb- ruary 24-28, according to A. C. Murphy, principal. The day for each exam will be set by the indi- vidual teacher. Report cards will be issued in homerooms March 6. Juniors Win Three Out of Five Places in PopularityfContest Sophomores Elect Two Candidatesg Adkins Defeats Lively by Only Five Votes in Race for Beautiful Girl ' For the second consecutive year the Junior Class won a majority of three out of five in the annual Popularity Contest sponsored by LA PALMA by electing Ann Waller as most popular girl, Kenneth Sherry most handsome boy, and Billy J oe Day best all-around student. The Sophomore Class followed through with the other two: Katherine Adkins as most beautiful girl, and Bobby Ray Jackson as most popular boy. The Seniors did not place, however the contest was a close one. ,Closest race in the contest was for the title of most beautiful girl, Katherine for Kay Kay l defeating Rosalie Lively, senior, by only five votes. The closest was between Ray Cleckler and Billy Joe Day for best all-around student. Billy Joe defeated Ray by only six votes, while Reece McAlpin ran close behind, lacking eleven votes of hav- ing as many as the winner. Winning candidates are all prominent on the W.H.S. campus. Informal Coffee Honors Miss Cox An informal coffee honoring Miss Beryl Cox, new Home Eco- nomics teacher, was given by the Homemaking department last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The guests, members of the jun- ior-senior high school faculty, were greeted by Sally Nicklas, Ma- ry Sue Hampton, Mrs. Frances Bain, and the honoree, Miss Cox. Refreshments were served buf- fet style from a prettily appointed tea table, both refreshments and decorations carrying out the Val- entine motif. H On behalf of the faculty, A. C. Murphy, principal, presented Mrs. Bain, who resigned recently, with a hammered aluminum tray. After the coffee, guests were shown the new Hotpoint electric range and the Hotpoint refrigerat- - or recently purchased for the Homemaking department. Assisting in hostess duties were Nancy Solether, Martha Ann Knapp, Kathryn Eoff, Helen Haynes, Naomi Tisdale, Hilda Rodriguez, Tommy Sue Bartleyg Joveta Johnson, Belen Garza, Gwen Johnson, and Peggy Ger- aughty. Seniors selected their invita- tions last week. This year's invi- tations will have etchings of the building on them. Ann is vice-president of the Sci- ence Club, reporter for the Band, member of the Girl Reserves and of the LA PALMA and HI-LIFE staffs, and secretary-treasurer of Little Broadway. She was assist- ant editor of the HI-LIFE last semester and reporter of the Soph- omore Class last year. Kenneth was manager of the '46 football team, is a member of the Roliki Club, and business man- ager of the HI-LIFE and LA PAL- MA. Q' , Billy Joe played center on the football team during the 1946 sea- son, and back during 1945. i Katherine is a well-known soph- omore. Ray played on the football team during 1946 until he was injured in a fall from a truck. He was named the Girl Reserve Hero ai their annual Football Banquet. Balloting was held last Friday at noon on the campus. The clas- ses presented their candidates Fri- day morning during an assembly held first period, and students re- ported to their class voting boxes between 12:30 and 1 o'clock to name their choice in candidates. Approximately twenty-five votes had to be thrown out because the students failed to sign their names to their ballots. The five winners of the contest will have full page pictures in IA PALMA, Weslaco school annual' 'rim WESLACO H1-LIFE PAGE THREF ADKINS, SHERRY, WALLER, JACKSON, DAY WIN IN ANNUAL LA PALMA CONTEST Picured above are the winners of the popularity contest. They are, top row, left to right, Kath- erine Adkins, sophomore, most beautiful girlg Kenneth Sherry, junior, most handsome boy, Ann Waller, junior, most popular girl, bottcm row, left to right, Ray Jackson, sophomore, most popular boy, and Billy Joe Day, junior, best all-around student. Those students were nominated by their respective classes and were elected by the studnt body last Friday through secret ballot. The closest race was that be tween Katherine Adkins and Ros- alie Lively, senior. Katherine won the title of most beautiful girl by five votes. Seven Candidates Nominated for Band Sweetheart Seven candidates for Band Sweetheart were nominated Tues- day, February 11, during the third period in the Band House. Those nominated were Doreen Yoder, Sue Thompson, ELa,m',gis. lgludsog, Emma Jean Barber, Ella Dean Barber, Eva Mae Betts, and Shirley Bullard. Band members elected the sweetheart last Wednesday by secret ballot, but her identity will not be known until the dance to be given in her honor. The date has not yet been announced. f AFDON me IIDELINES Blood thirsty? No! He had rath- er box than eat. Baldwin Thomp- son boxes for about twenty-five minutes every day during the sixth period with anyone that has ever had a pair of boxing gloves On. Thompson is champion of the sixth period. Members of the track team are going through some very stiff workouts in prepartion for track meets to be held in March. The Purple Cagers are making Explorer: We were surrounded by savages. They uttered awful cries and beat the ground with their clubs. Weary Listener: Golfers, pro- bablyf' Was it a good show? the man in the audience was asked. Not bad at all, he answered. 'They advertised a beauty chorus of 60, and not one of them looked a day over 553' a fine record for W.H.S. in basket- ball this year. For the past two years the cagers won a total of three games, whereas, this year they have already won six. The cagers still have the district tourn- ament to go through. Best of luck to you, basketeers! PAGE TWO THE WELA00 HI-LIFE Fashions of '47 Presented By tudents Show Pronounced Colorfulg Music Adds Background Dolly Dibrell portrayed the role of a school girl dreaming of her past wardrobe, and Patsy Martin was narrator, describing each en- semble. Clothes for all occasions includ- ing street dresses, suits, sports dresses, slacks, evening gowns, school frocks, and holiday dresses were modeled by approximately eighty students and children. Among the variety of fashions which attracted much attention was the dress made by the home- making classes entirely of cabbage leaves and modeled by Katherine Adkins. Wilma Minton, attired in a white satin evening gown, also challenged attention. Frances Hudson furnished a musical background on the piano. While various groups of costum- ers were being shown, appropriate music was rendered as follows: Some Sunday Morning, East- er Parade, and A Pretty Girl, by the girls' trio, For Sentiment- al Reasons, by Rubin Mintong All of My Lifef' by Dillie Nicklas, and Always, by Rubin and Dil- lie. Eloise Harrison, dressed in a bunny suit, did an acrobatic dance, and Tillie Garcia danced to the music of a Mexican selection. The clothes which were modeled by the students were either made by the homemaking girls or were exhibited by courtesy of various WVeslaco stores. A floral decoration of green and yellow, which included palm leaves, fern, moss, and lattice work, furnished an attractive set- ting for the stage. A promenade extending from the stage to the aisle was used by the models in exhibiting the clothes. The style show was under the direction of Mrs. Jack Bain and Mary Nelle Davenport, stage man- ager. Citizens of W.H.S. Go to Polls A milestone that will long be remembered in W.H.S. was reached last Friday and placed among our other cherished memories. At noon when the students went to vote, it was just like the citizens of a city going to the polls to cast their ballots. Each class from the seventh through the twelfth grade had a roster or class roll from which the names of the students were check- ed as they voted. This same method is used at the City Hall when our parents go to vote. If we should compare our election with a city election, we would find that the campagins are pracitcally the same. Both of these elec- tions have either a campaign manager or friends and supporters who work continually to present their candidates to the students or the citizens. The assembly introducing the candidates to the student body last Friday had all of the enthusiasm of a Republican or Democratic con- vention presenting the candidates to the delegates. We should really be proud of W.H.S. for its democratic type of gov- ernment. Weslaco High is just a little world, and its citizens, we stu- dents, will be the citizens of the world of tomorrow. l-1 ' Congrats Are In Order! This week congratulations go to the Home Economics students and their sonsor, Mrs. .lack Bain, for the style show which they pro- duced Wednesday of last week. W.H.S. is really proud to have such talented students as Dillie Nicklas, Rubin Minton, Emma Jean and Ella Dean Barber, and Loret- ta Shields, who sang various numbers, Frances Hudson, who playedg Tillie Garcia, who danced the Mexcian Hat Danceg Eloise Harrison, who performed several acrobatic feats, and all the students who par- ticipated in this colorful affair. We were indeed glad to have among us a number of visitors, who we are sure enjoyed this event as much as the student body did. It's too bad that we can't have a night performance in order that more members of this community could have an opportunity to see the style show. To the Home Economics Department and to its supervisor, Mrs. Bain, we extend our sincere congratulations. Farewell Party ' 115 students Reach For Mrs. Bain Given A surprise farewell party was given for Mrs. Frances Bain by the girls that were in the style show and the Home Ec. classes last Friday afternoon after school. The girls presented Mrs. Bain with a glass tray having a floral design engraved on the bottom of it. Refreshments of pineapple juice and cake squares topped with red hearts were served. 30 Words in Typing Fifteen typing students have al- ready passed the 30 word mark, according to Miss Louise Williams typing teacher. Joveta Johnson, sophomore, has reached the high- est speed this year, with 68 words per minute. Typing students began typing to the rhythm of music last week, ,and this week they are typing per- sonal and business letters. PAGE. FOUR . THE WESIACO HI-LIFE INTERVIEWING TI:-IE FAMOUS IS NO EASY JOB! The students of W.H.S. just don't appreciate us tsobl. We work ourselves, to death trying to get a sensational story fsobl, and all we get is a tsobl bang-! Yes, dear friends, you have just read the detailed account of the end of an attempted interview with a famous personality Thurs- day by several weary but ambi- tious W.H.S. reporters in their attempt to become eligible for Quill and Scroll. In case you didn't know, Xavier Cugat was in Brownsville during Charro Days, and yours truly, al- ong with two or three other re- porters, decided that Mr. Cugat should be interviewed for the HI- LIFE. Happily the first reporter decid- ed to get a scoop and interview Cugat by herself. She bravely sneaked' into the El Jardin Hotel lobby and to her surprise, found Mr. Cugat calmly standing there. OVAQEJEE tl! PWE PICK UPALLTHE Dmitri Greetings, gates! How's every little thing? Your old cleaner real- ly picked up the dirt last week! First, let's take a run down to Mercedes! Seen at the Sweetheart Banquet were WILMA WALKER and BURTON, FRANCES and MILLER, LORETTA and R. L., P MMA JEAN and CORKEY, CAROLYN GOODSON and DICK CHENIK, ROSALIE and JACK, and many more. FLASH! EVA MAE and BILLY .TOE are going steady. It seems that this is getting to be a fad in W.H.S. Say, something new has been added! DONALD CHANDLER and SUE EC-CLES seemed to be having a good time together Friday night! It's too bad she's a Yankee, DON! CARLINE, you'd better find some new Uflirtin' fluid ! DORIS JEAN was with LENDON at Char- ro Days. ' ELLA DEAN and MAURICE were together Friday and Satur- dav nights. Oh, wow! DOREEN- was having a good time at the carnival Charro Days. It couldn't be because BILLY GRIFFIN was along! Or could it? This was the first attempt: Reporter: Mr. Cugat, my name is Ann Waller, and I would like to have a short interview with- Cugat: What did you say your first name is?H Reporter: Ann-, and she was politely handed a paper stating To Ann, Xavier Cugat! 1 Reporter: Thank you, Mr. Cu- gat, but I'd like to interview- Cugat: 'Tm sorry, I must go to the bullfightsf' This did not discourage her. She patiently waited until afternoon, when Cugat was asleep, and tried again. This time she found him lin his hotel room. This was the second attempt: Cugat: Who's there? Reporter: Have you any time for a short interview now? Cugat: Well, you know that I was born in Spain? Reporter: t'Yes, sir. What do you think of the Valley? I Cugat: I like it, but I came here to rest! Reporter: tleaving quicklyl Thank you, Mr. Cugatf! - Well, studes, then yours truly tried. Arriving at his hotel room with another reporter friend, we knockedg and Mr. Cugat quickly answered the door but to our sur- prise, he had no shirt on! As you guessed, he was just shaving, and we could get our interview in the lobby when he finished dressing. However, as we were going to hear the Pittsburg Symphony in Harlingen,. we were forced to give up. Of course, we tried to get an interview with Fritz Reigner, con- Iductor, bht we arrived backstage only to be hopelessly turned back: the men were dressing! Hereafter, the HI-LIFE staff hopes that you will take note of the features. Goodness knows, we 'go to enough trouble to get them. I wonder if DAVID ROBERT- SON missed the band bus Thurs- day because of a certain Browns- ville girl! ' Gee, it's certainly nice to have a boy friend around Valentine Day! Ask CARLINE, ZOE, and JACKIE, who all received candy, i fyou don't believe me! Speaking of candy, the younger Generation is doing all right, too! MARY WALLER received a box of Hersheys from a boy in Kings- ville. KETCHA LOPEZ was having a i gay ole time in Mexico over the iweekend. , Well, chums, the Vacuum is 1 empty now, but there will be more dirt next week!!! ef ! A5 lgit At long last the popularity con- test is bver and through! The skits were presented last Friday morning, and voting was held on the campus at noon. I'll bet the five days from Friday to XVednes- day were the longest our candi- dates ever went through! VVell, it's all past now. Congrats to the winners. - Kay Kay, Kenneth, Ann, Billy Joe, and Ray Boy. Those G.R.'s can really get down and work when they have to, can't they? The result of their intense labor was a beautiful, well-planned Sweetheart Banquet and dance last Saturday night in the Mer- cedes cafeteria and gym respect- ively. Hal Potts, W.H.S. junior, was crowned sweetheart of the Weslaco G.R.'s, while Bob Steer received Mercedes' crown. Did you all notice an especially well-polished floor in the Merce- des gym? Well, you see, our own Jody, industrious soul, undertook the polishing job herself-with the aid of a few more girls! Vlielcome to W.H.S., Miss Cox. Mrs. Jack Bain, former Home Economics teacher, resigned last week and was replaced by Miss Cox. We'll miss you, Mrs. Bain. Open the door, Richard!! Have you heard that sung out by throaty Weslaco High School-ites lately? It seems to be the current fad around school for the last week or three. What would we do with- out Kilroy, Mairsy Dotes, or the new Richard? I guess all these things go to make high school what it is. On behalf of the faculty and entire student body, we should like to express sympathy to Van Sidener on the death- of his mother. THE WESLACO Hi-L.iFE--Weslaco, Texas. -. February 26, i947 5' A , 97 ' Eight F.F:A..Boys most Summer, Senior Pla , to e Given Frida February 28, at S.F.A. School Production Expected to Offer Hilarious Entertainment There will be laughs galore and an evening of relaxation for those who attend Almost Summer, three-act comedy by Christopher Sergei, which will be 'presented by the Senior Class in the Stephen F. Austin Auditorium at 8 o'c1ock Friday night, February 28. Admission will be 30 cents for students and 50 cents for adults, both including tax. The scene is the living room of the Jones home three days before school is out. The Jonses, composed of Mr. Jones, Rubin Minton, Mrs. Jones, Glenna Ruth Holmang Mary Jones, Patsy McBrideg and Junior Jones, Kenneth Jones, is a typical American family. Paul has been planning the summer to be spent at the lakes with his girl, Jane, played by Jody Farina, when Mr. Smudgley, principal of the school, portrayed by Reece McAlpin, notifies him that he has to make at least 95 on his history exam to be in the upper third of his class--a condition the university requires for entrance. 'i 'T' ' ' Fm' This is terrible news. If he WOHDS. Cage'-S Take Ldoesn't make this 95, he will have Place In lto attend summer school and let 'Jane go to the lakes, where Kane 'T0l.ll'l'lal'I1ellt Cramer, who has a new converti- The Weslaco cagers took third place in the district 32A basket- ball tournament held in the Mer- cedes gym February 18-22. Merce- des won first place by defeating Pharr 57-38 in the closing game of the tournament Saturday night at 9 o'clock. Pharr was second place Winner. The Panthers were classed as the underdogs in all the games and weren't expected' to win any of' their ,vschebduled affairs. Al- though losing .to Pharr in the semi-finals by a-score of 29-31, they were one of the scrappiest teams from Weslaco to take the court. Outstanding for the Panthers were Jerry Waggener and Ray Cleckler. Jerry was the high point man in all the games except the one with Rio Grande City, in which Ray was the high point scorer. The games Weslaco played in the tournament are as follows: We They Raymondville ,..... 29 24 Mercedes . . 14 28 Rio Grande City . 26 25 La Feria 25 19 Pharr-San Juan-Alamo 29 31 ble, will be. Paul doesn't want 'Jane to go with Kane, consequent- ly he decides that the only way lout is a cram session. However, complications set in. l And do they set in!! Anna, the maid, played by Dillie Nicklas, seems always to be in a rampaci- ions mood when Paul is on one of his cram sessions. Jack, a friend iof Paul, portrayed by Ed Burnett, 'helps Paul cram until he decides to do other things. Lilah Johnson 'iRosalie Livelyb is a cute girl who turns up in some-b'ody's past, 'much to the disappointment of :u certain person. l Miss Anne Bauer, speech teach- er, is director of the production, with Patsy Martin assisting her as i student director. Committees for the play were appointed recently by Mrs. Fred Robertson and Mrs. Lelia Carroth- ers, sponsors, and Miss Bauer. The stage crew is headed by Jack Freasier. Other members are Maurice Clevinger, Baker Os- borne, Jerry Waggener, and John E. Sawyer. Ballard Bennett is chairman of the properties committee, with Attend District Banquet Celebrating National and State Future Farmer Week, approxi- mately 175 Future Farmers of the Valley attended their district meeting in Pharr Friday, Februa- ry 21p Eight boys and their spons- or, M. N. Smith, were present from Weslaco. A banquet was held in the Pharr High School Cafeteria. Following the banquet a program, given by five F.F.A. Chapters in the Val- ley, was presented. The principal speaker of the evening was W. H. Friend from the Experiment Sta- tion in Weslaco. C. D. Parker, area supervisor of F.F.A., and Leon Kreidel from the A. 85 I. College were also guests. The boys who attended from Weslaco were as follows: Gene Barth, Bill McKee, Pat Klag, Donald Miller, Carl Ermel. Albert Hinojosa, Cruz Perez, and Fred Ray Jones. Adanis AAJQSQQS Roliki Club Feb. 19 Glenn Adams, president of the 20-30 Club, made a short talk on the history and projects of his club last Wednesday to the Roli- ki Club. One of the outstanding projects of 'this group is the sponsoring of a safety campaign, with twelve Safety Sallys distributed at in- tersections around the school grounds. Red Martin, Ed Mclreaish, and Norman Watson as assistants. The make-up committee is head- ed by Eloise Harrison, with Mil- dred Pate, Barbara Crosby, Viola Villarreal, and Lucille Puri assist- ing her Bundy Harmon, chairman, Ven- tura Castaneda, Juanita Cantu, Donald Jenkines, and Herminia Guerra compose the publicity com- mittee. Mildred Pate, Maria Alvarez, Anadelia Garza, Oralia Morales, Elia Perez, Janet Rankin, and Rosemary Jennings make up the house committee. James Forrest is in charge of lighting and the curtain.. Julius Knebel is chairman of the sound effects, with Bill Ford as helper. TWO Tll WKLACU HI-LIFE ' .-,o-... tg -fr? . ,-t 1 1 l' A, . , . t K f?7't , 'ft S . li rr-:::i1'f ' f l E YVSS- Q V g .iii N .52 Q 'N g I- ' AS I SEE IT, this last week . . ' found W.H.S. pretty busy. Settle Try to Sell lt! back, and, let me tell You about What would the world be if everyone were allowed to do as he all the goings-on. pleases., Those publicity hounds kept Doreen on the run taking their pictures. Pals, snaps, and several club pictures were taken on the campus Thursday. ' Those football jackets are beau- tiful, boys. Even though the wea- ther is regular summer weather, most of the boys sport their jack- ets to school, and keep them on all day! A few of the girls have al- ready taken their boyfriendsl jackets. How about that, Ray Boy? Some day, along with our long- awaited gym and new bleachers, we may have an active Student Council and school constitution. Our present Council is hard at work writing the constitution for the day when you junior high studes will be in high school. Have you forgotten that the who's who contest is right ar- ound the corner? Be looking for the laziest boy, wittiest stude, and so on, in your class. This old world just runs in cir- cles. Six weeks' exams are here AGAIN, and that dreaded-report- card-day is just around the corn- er. Kids on the LA PALMA staff were on the job early Saturday morning, however, something was missing - Doreen with the pic- tures! Nevertheless, in she came after a short while, and several more pages were finished. Our photographer, Mr. Yoder, has been rushed at times this year, but he has always given us excellent pic tures. The Seniors may be seen cou- suming great quantities of food between acts every afternoon. All work ann no FOOD makes Jack a dull boy. The play is this Friday night, so let's all attend. Hey, Judy, will you go to the dance with me? Well, it's the Chaos and tumult would be the tyrants of the world, as they sometimes have been because a Hitler or Mussolini was not stopped in time. Even our school would not be recognized as an institution of learn- ing if all of us took our liberties. Some of us have as our pet diversion autographing desks. Others of us like to block traffic in the halls. However, writing wisecracks in magazines has become a nuisance in the study hall. Miss Jean Spratt, librarian, has had to put up the magazines. since some students with a misplaced sense of humor and no regard for property rights have been commenting on pictures. Let's all learn to appreciate periodical literature and cooperate with Miss Spratt in the proper use of the magazines. If some of you think you are good artists or cartoonists, send your work in to some magazine. Perhaps they will take it. Hey! Keep OFF the Grass! Hey, you! Don't walk on the grass! What do you think the side- walks were made for? This seems to have become the battle cry of the Science Club members. During the past few weeks many VV.H.S. studes have heard this yell. The Science Club is sponsoring this campus beautification grass- planting project as one of the activities of the club members. The ground West of the Science Department has been sodded and a sign, 'Please keep off the grass, posted. The club asks that we students please not walk on the grass, but use the sidewalks. W.H.S. has a very pretty campus: and if we co-op- erate with this project, it will be even prettier. It's worth it, isn't it? Well, let's try it!! Girl Reserve Boyless dance to be ,held March 7 with Mercedes and 3Donna. Get your dates early, girls. ,Also on the G.R. agenda is a week- ,end at camp with the same two ltownsg however, the date is not definite yet. What's the matter, Seniors? The Juniors just walked away with 'the popularity contest last week, and the Sophs were right there with one less. Now, we aren't bragging or anything, but results more or less prove which class is the best in school! Better luck in college, kids. tEditor's note: XVe had to give the Juniors a chance. 'The Seniors are tired of having all the honors.l With that last slurring remark fand so that I can get a good start on the Seniorsll, I shall say adieu! Adieu! Science Club Gets Enlarger, Printer Five members of the Science Club are now furthering their work in photography, according to Carl Lovett, sponsor. A new Federal enlarger and a Champion 5x7 Contact Printer, purchased by the Science Club, have been received and installed recently in the school darkroom. Those engaged .in photography work are Doreen Yoder, Ann Wal- ler, Betty Lee Crawford, Betty .Tune Boles, and Glennis Adkins. Each of these is required to pro- duce five good pictures a week in order to remain a member of the club. Theme song for the next Peace Conference will be: To Each His Zone. ' Tlll WEBLAOO H1-LIFE PAGE. THREh HOT OR COLD, WEATHER DO ESN'T MATTER WHEN PANTHERS' FOOTBALL JACK ETS ARRIVE PICTURED ABOVE is what the well dressed students are wearing these days around the campus. The jackets were presented in assembly Tuesday, February 18. Though the boys were forced to swelter a few days when temperatures rose to mid-sllmmer levelus, they were relieved last Thurs- day when a norther conveniently blew in. W.H.S. Teachers In Charge of Various League Events Literary and athletic events of the Interscholastic League con- tests will be held in the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo High School March 28 and 29. The following teachers will be in charge of preparing W. H. S. students: Marvin E. Palmer, debateg Miss Anne Bauer, extemporaneous speaking and one-act playg Carl M. Fischer, declamationg Mrs. Bonnie Harmon, junior spellingg Miss Louise Black, senior ready writers and senior spellingg Mrs. Ava Lee Jones, junior ready writ- ers: Carl Lovett, slide rule: Miss Louise Williams, typewri'ing and shorthand: Miss Sibyl Fowler, singingg and Coaches Hester and Buck Henson, and senior track and field. choral Grady junior tennis, and playground ball. Heard in an incubator: Last one out is a rotten egg! Class Sets Record- l And What a Record! Well, the popularity contest is over, and with the cheering still beating in his ears, this sad re porter ta senior naturallyl sits down with pencil in hand to record the aftermath of the strangest election in the history of Weslaco High. Records were made and brokeng and with the closing of the polls at 1 p.m. sharp, the greatest advertising campaign, which literally covered every bit of available space, came to a dynamic close. The news of the winners af- fected the juniors, sophomores, and seniors in different and amus- ing ways. The juniors, who tied a record made by the '46 class, were overjoyed with the news that three of their candidates won, while the sophs became hysterical with joy when they found that the two remaining winners were from their class. They can chalk up a record for being the first Sophomore Class in W.H.S. to Library Receives Set of Blographles Calling all history students! The opportunity to gain added infor- mation ,about a famous personali- ty has arrived! Twenty-two volumes of the t'Dictionary of American Biogra- phy were placed in the library last Wednesday for the benefit of all industrious students who wish to use them. Among these 22 vol- umes is one which contains a gen- eral index. The set, which is red with gold lettering, can be found on the top shelf, left-hand side, of the Encyclopedia table. have two of their candidates elect- ed. The Seniors, who got skunk- ed in the election, came through with a very amusing alibi. They claimed that they were just try- ling to retain their chain of records which they set in their sophomore Land junior ,years by being the lfirst Senior Class in the school's ihistory not to have a favorite , elected. PACE FOUR THE WESLACO I-II-LIFE Z2 Panthers eceive Gray Jackets Coaches, Managers, Cheerleaders Also Presented Awards After much eager anticipation the football boys finally received their jackets. In a special assem- bly last Tuesday Coach Grady Hester presented the awards aft- er a short talk about the boys and their superior work this year. The jackets are gray with pur- ple W's on the left side of the jacket. On the left arm is apatch in the form of a purple football bearing white letters-'Regional 10A Champions, 1946. The following boys received jackets with two stripes: Ballard Bennett, Jack Freasier, Ed Mc- Leaish, Ed Barnett, Homer Ry- an, Maurice Clevenger, Donald Jenkines, 'Red Martin, John El- lis Sawyer, Hal Potts, and Ray Cleckler. . Panthers receiving jackets with one stripe were Ray Jackson, Jer- rv Waggener, Howard MCFRT' land, Robert Pickard, Billy Joe Day, George Thompson. Jimmy Choral Club Gives Program Over KGBS The Choral Department of W.H.S. broadcast over KGBS last Tuesday at 4:30 o'clock. The entire chorus sang Sibon- ey. Other selections were An Irish Lullaby, Clara Fae Garn- ettg The Old Lamplighter, girls' triog My Kentucky Babe, jun- ior choirg and t'My Curly Headed Babyf' by Francis Hudson. The program was under the di- rection of Miss Sibyl Fowler, with Jimmy McAlpin as announcer. McAlpin, Bob Guess, and Baker Osborne. X Two boys-Freddie Carr and Marion Rose - received reserve i jackets. Norman Watson and Kenneth Sherry were presented managers' jackets, while Jody Farina and Rosalie Lively, senior cheer lead ers, and Marjorie Rogers, Panth- er Sweetheart, also received them. , Eleven boys playing their last year of eligibility or graduating seniors received gold footbal , ,with raised purple W's and Champions 40A, '46 and the in- itials' of the player engraved on them. These were Ballard Ben- nett, Jack Freasier, John Ellis Sawyer, Homer Ryan, Ed Barnett, Maurice Clevenger, Donald Jenk- ines. Red Martin, Robert Pick- ard, Terry Vtfaggoner, and Baker Osborne. What Scribes Will Do to Sell Papers! V, Exrta! Extra! Read all about it! That sound became a familiar one to the studes of W.H.S. last Wednesday morning. No, the school didn't fall in, nor did the world come to an end: however, the HI-LIFE staff had the biggest scoop of the year-- announcement of the winners in the popularity contest-and the members wanted the world to know about it. One enterprising salesman grab- bed students as they left the bus and invited them' to buy papers. tHe later threatened not to let the students off the bus and found that to be very effective.l Several figures were seen com- ing to school in the gray dawn of morning. What could they have been doing at that hour of the day? They came to fold papers he- fore they were to go on sale so that the news could not be seen at a casual glance. The scoop was well worth while, because more papers were sold than at any other time this year. I went out with a nurse yes- terday, he murmured, hoping to make her jealous. Never mind, she cooed. Per- haps in a year or two your mother will let you out without one. While Monte Hale, popular young western movie star, was signing autographs for his fans and answering the many ques- tions being asked him, your in- quiring reporter was trying to get enough of his time for an inter- view. After shoving and pushing through the crowd. I finally got close enough to ask a few ques- tions. H0w do you like the Valley? I inf-uired. I think the Valley is the 'gard- en spot of America' and has the most beautiful girls in the world, he said with a twinkle in his eye. At this remark loud, cynical laughs came from Donald .Ienkines and Burton Tidwell, who had met Monte in Houston, where he lives. That s what you said in Hous- ton, Donald told him accusingly. Scribe Braves Crowd to Interview. Actor there now. He laughted as he spoke. Monte is a tall, good-natured young star with wavv brown hair ,and blue eyes, who likes being in lthe movies. He made his first pic- ture, Home on the Range. three years ago. When Monte was a boy, he picked cotton. With some of his savings he bought a guitar and -learned to play it. During the War he went on a ,bond tour, playing his guitar and singing. A talent scout saw him 'and offered him a contract with Republic pictures. He rode a freight train to Hollywood, where the signed an eight-year contract. Monte was put off the train five ltimes before reaching his destina -tion. l Wyoming is the picture he y Unlike some movie stars, Monte enjoys seeing picture shows. His favorite actress is Jennifer Jones and Robert VValker is his favorite actor. One of M-onte's most embar- rassing moments came while mak- ing a flying horse scene. X I ran and jumped, expecting to land on the horse, but I went fly- .ing over his head instead. Be- lieve me, that was embarrassing! For the last four months Monte has been making a tour of stage lappearances for Republic. He has appeared before 950,000 people 'since he began the trip. i Manly people have the idea that being in the movies is all play and no workg however, Monte says. l It's no picnic. It is just like hold- ing a job of any other kindf, THE WESLACO Hi-LLF'E-Weslaco. 'l'c:.as. Wednesday, March 5, i947 Band Sweetheart To Be Presented March 8 Presentation of the Band Sweet- heart will be made at the dance to be given at the Woman's Build- ing in Donna, March 8. The dance is being sponsored by the Banc! Parents' Organization. The sweetheart, whose identity is not yet known, will be crowned at the dance. Candidates nominated by the l and members were Eva Mae llotts, Shirley Bullard, Francis Hudson, Ella Dean Barber, Emma .lc-an Barber, Doreen Yoder, and Sue Thompson. Voting by secret ballot took place about two weeks ago. Old lady lat edge of crowd gath- ered outside churchi: What hap- pened here? Young Scamp: A policeman went in the church and brought the bride out. Old lady: Oh, my! What had she done? f Young scamp: Married the .Panther Cagers of '47 Best In 'Five Yearsg End Season Third ln District Tournament Team S-Lows Remarkable Development During the Year 3 Waggoner High Scorer IW1tl1 163 Pointsg Cleckler Next l By developing from a mediocre ball club into a coordinated team vluc.. finished third in the district tournament, the 1947 Weslaco cagers broke the lethargy which has engulfed Panther basketball teams for the past five years. The Panthers began the season by defeating a comparatively weak Stuart Place five. They then participated in the La Feria tournament. where they scored victories over Donna and Rio Grande City but were soundly trounced by Harlingen and Mercedes, powerhouses ol' IGAA and 40A respectively. The next few weeks saw the Panthers tliop seven games, with only three victories. Up until this point the team had followed about the same pattern as their predecessors: hence it is little wonder that they were ceded thebottom position in the district tournament. ln the first game w.tli Raymcndville the Weslaco boys showed surprising power by turning under the Bearkats 24 to 19. They then dropped a 25 to 1-l battle with the Mercedes Tigers, tournament favorites. pniicemangr Mit.. a dticat mairing their tournament record the determined -- ' f-f A-sf 'ff fw- -------- lPanthers faced Rio Grande City in 'a loser's bracket match. The Rio PLAQUE WON IN RECENT CONTEST PICTURED ABOVE are the four HI-LIFE editors for this year l'1'l.llllly di-playing the plaque received from Texas High School Press Conference for having the best page in the local newspaper in the state. The plaque reads: State Champion, Page-in-Locab Newspaper, Texas High School Press, HI-LIFE, Weslaco High, 1947. This is the third successive plaque won by the HI-LIFE in its division. From left to right are Bondy Harmon and Ann 1Valler, first semester editorsg and Peggy Hull and Ventura Cas- taneda, present editors. City boys led most of the way, but a heroic rally in the last four min- utes of play knocked them from the contest to the tune of 26 to 25. The next game found the sup- posedly underdog Weslaco team knocking the props 'from under the La Feria Lions by a 29 to 23 count to advance to the semi-fin- als. In their last game of the sea- son the Panthers narrowly missed advancing into the finals by fall- ing before the Tri-City Bears 29 to 31. The Panthers were placed in the sccring department by forward Jerry Waggoner, captain, who ac- counted for 163 points during the season. Ray Cleckler, also a for ward, was second with 62 mark- ers. The best average for free throws belongs to Red Martin, who dropped in 23 baskets out of 43 attempts. A great amount of credit for the Panthers' success should go to Coach Buch Henson, who literally pounded into the cagers the funda- mentals which they so sadly lack- edg moreover, he is looking for- ward to next season with antici- pation, as only two boys are lost from this year's squad, the best Weslaco has produced in five years. PAGE TWO THE WESLACO In-LIFE 'IT-IE . I 6 I -' VA la ! We DncKUoALfllnE!D1RTI kN'-QX f,,,, 5 Be careful! The VACUUM is F- - full of dirt, and it might explode in your face. Here it goes: Date of the week: CHARLES McWHORTER and PATTIE PRE- GENZER were at the Senior play Friday night. Also seen at the play were FRANCES and ROGER, JACK and MARY, BETTY LEE and DONALD, WARREN NICKOLS and JANICE LAMBERT iMcAl- lenl, JIMMY CLARK and MARY 'LICE LAMBERT, HOMER and PAT KEEN, PATTIE and RAY, LORETTA and HAL, JEN and BUSTER BENNETT 1DonnaD, KENNETH and ZOE, ANN and ED, NORMAN and BETTY JUNE, BOB and JANET RANKIN, ED COMPERE and SARITA BAILEY. DUANE SCOTT and PATSY ROSS, JOVETA and RONALD CURRY, and many more. New steadies are BETTY JEAN and DIZZY. Congratulations! DONALD CHANDLER and SUZIE ECCLES, MARILYN and ARNOLD DRYER were seen at the Citriana Friday night. Having a good time Friday night were VAN SIDENER and MARY ANN CLIFFORD. BILLY JOE and EVA MAE, ELLA DEAN and MAURICE Were together at the play. This is be- coming a constant four-some. SFOTTY, why don't you make up your mind between BALLARD and OTTO? PAT and REECE, RED and JO- DY were at the Drive-In Saturday nicht. ' Saturday night -MARGE and HOWARD, JACKIE and BOBBY RAY. CARLINE and ROBERT, 7OE and KEN, BILLY JOE and EVA MAE celebrated JACKIE'S birthday. That is a mighty prettv ring that Rav gave you, JACKIE. Also at the Drive-In Saturday night were JEAN ANN and BIL- LY. My, my, what a popular place! GLENNA RUTH, is ERNIE'S company so interesting that you don't even remember much about the shoot-,em-up show Saturday! night? It seems that the Vacuum Clean- er is empty now. but watch out. Next Week it might get you! Cagers Make Excellent Showing This year, in spite of several handicaps, the Weslaco Cagers, under Coach Buck Henson, made an excellent showing by winning third place in the Mercedes Basketball Tournament held recently. This fact not only shows that the basketeers had determination and teamwork, but it is also encouraging to other organizations to see that these boys overcame the obstacles which they encountered and never gave up. Th Weslaco baskteers, without a gymnasium, had to practice out in the open, several times in cold, rainy Weather. Classed as tournamnt, ing out in Weslaco third place. the underdogs in every game that they played in the the cagers certainly disappointed some teams by com- High School is indeed proud of the Panther Cagers for their successful season. We extend our congratulations to Coach Henson and his baskeeters. We Texans Don't Brag! Texas, our Texas, All hail that mighty state! You know, studes, most people have no trouble remembering that the Fourth of July is America's independence day, but how many of you can tell me what the second of'March is? Oh-, shame, and 3 citizen of Texas, too! I thought perhaps you could guess. One hundred and eleven years ago last Sunday' Texas declared her independence from Mexico. Now you remember, don't you? Oth- ' er states in the Union say that there is nothing in Texas but brag- ging. Texans don't brag, we just state facts-don't We? Say, did you know that: The Texas timber belt is as large as In- diana? Not only that, but seven other states can be conveniently placed in the area of Texas. We are NOT bragging! The maxi- mum length of Texas is 801 miles, its breadth is 773. Texas boasts also of the roughest winds, the highest peaks, the deepest val- leys, the most rainfall, and the best production of foods. Water 'covers 3,498 square miles of Texas with plenty of dry land left. There are 254 counties, some of them large enough to be states. Hey, Texans, that isn't bragging, is it? Of course, We realize that you foreigners from other states can never appreciate Texas as we native Texans can, but We thought ! you might like to learn a few facts about our state. o5TiA?tg!fA11f150nTJ !Report Cards SBS Knock Our Heads Off t'Ouch! Can't you take that coat off your locker? l The most popular habit with lW.H.S. girls is to hand their coats on locker doors, consequently the poor souls with lower lockers1 bump their heads, coats fall on them, and books are dropped in their laps. This peculiar little habit has been going on for generations and will probably continue for many A Issued Tomorrow T Report cards will be issued at lthe end of the third period to- ymorrow, according to A. C. Mur- 'phv. principal. Classes will re- port to regular home rooms for their cards. fmore. The only solution to this 'problem is a new coat room. Well, lgirls, your great-granddaughters ,Will probably still hang their coats on locker doors in W.H.S. THE WESLACO I-I1-LIFE PACE. THREF Seniors Score uccess With Class Play Almost Summer Makes Hit With Full House The hilarious comedy, Almost Summer, presented by the Senior Class of 1947 in the Stephen F. -Austin Auditorium Friday night, February 28, was pronounced a. success by the large crowd that attended. The play dealt with the efforts of Paul Jones, a senior in high school, to make a 95 or above on a history exam so that he would be recommended to the university. Only in this way could he spend the summer with his girl at the lakes. Many difficulties arose, how- ever. He was accused of breaking into the principal's office and stealing the exam questionsg his brother, sister, mother, and dad were always interrupting his studying, thus making it harder for himp and Paul ran into the principals car, smashing a fender. These were only a few of the many difficulties that he had to oveicomeg nevertheless, he did win out and got the privilege of going to the lakes. Jimmy McAlpin aptly depicted Paul Jones, a good-looking high school boy of eighteen with all the cxmplex problems that face youth of today. Mary, Paul's sister, a typical teen-ager with a steady desire for new clothes and the ambition to go with someone who had a con- ' e' tihle, was well played by Patsy McBride. Mary was concerned with her.own problems and was extremely critical of Paul. Jack, Paul's best friend, who considered himself a killer with the girls, and no wonder, since Marv could hardly conceal her feelings, was satisfactorily por- trayed by Ed Barnett. Jack was the easy going type, but he, too, had some of the same problems as Paul. Jody Farina capably handled the part of Jane, Paul's girl, who was beautiful and was really a girl any man would go for. She Bailey, Garza Head .lunior Chorus Sarita Bailey and Delia Garza were elected advisers by the Jun- ior Chorus Tuesday of last week, according to Miss Sibyl Fowler, director of the group. The Junior Chorus, which has been organized about two months, is composd of approximately thirty sixth and seventh grade members. This group sang Kentucky Babe, by Adam Geibel, in the .brcadcast over KGBS on Tuesday, February 18. This broadcast in lwhich both the Junior and Sen- ior Choruses participated, origin- ated in the Music Room of the lnmioi- High building. l The Junior Chorus will also sing in he Spring Concert to be presented May 2 in the Stephen lF. Austin Auditorium, according ,to Miss Fowler. The group is showing a con- lsiderable amoun of interest and iis steadily improving, Miss Fow- ler stated. didn't let Paul become discourag- ed: instead she spurred him on to do well. The part .of Junior, played by Kenneth Jones, drew many laughs as the kid brother, crafty and sly. How innocent he looked, but how ,guilty he was! As Paul's younger Wbrether, he was a slource of great trouble and amusement. Rubin Minton had the role of Mr. Jones, a hard working man of forty-five, who considered him- self pretty good. Mr, Jones had very little patience and didn't 'understand the complex problems of youth. I Glenna Ruth Holman was con- avincing as Mrs. Jones. a very sym- ,pathetic mother, living with her children in their joys and sorrows. l As Mr. Smudgely, a school prin- lcipal, tall, formal, and strict, Reece McAlpin rated much applause. Lilah Johnson, acted by Rosalie Lively, was a very petite and pret- tv girl with doll-like features. more lover. she appeared in the life of lnone other but the Woman hater ihimself, Junior. , Dillie Nicklas played the role of lAnna, the maid, who has to clean lup after the Jones children. and that was a job! 3 Between acts Ballard Bennett presented Miss Anne Bauer, di- rector, with a beautiful array of flowers and a gift in appreciation iof her work. Ellis Gives Chalk Talk in Assembly V Howard Ellis, representative of the Methodist New Life Movement with headquarters in Chicago, presented a program in assembly last Thursday, February 27. The Rev. Allen Roe, pastor of the First Methodist Church, introduced the speaker and artist. Mr. Ellis, a chalk artist, illus- Lrated his talk with drawings. He told the story of a man who failed at every task he tried to accomplish. At the age of 50 he succeeded in his race for Presi- dent of the United States. By put- ting several pieces of felt together he constructed the picture of the man, Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Ellis compared this to the task of put- ting the world together. The second point he brought out was that of the changing world, which he illustrated by drawing the picture of a baby, changing it into an adolescent, and then into an adult. Mr. Ellis related the story of two men who wanted to become artists but lacked the financial means. The older gave up his am- bition in order to work and allow the younger to attend school. One afternoon as the artist came in from work, he noticed the older man with his hands clasped to- gether in prayer. The artist then realized that the older man had ruined his talented hands by working to send him to school. He decided to paint the picture of the hands and give it to the world. From this decision the world gained Albert Durer's Praying Hands. To illustrate this story Mr. El- lis drew a pair of praying hands. Club Gives Variety Program Over KGBS A variety talent program was presented over radio station KGBS Tuesday, March 4, at 4:15 o'clock by Little Broadway. Included on the broadcast were piano solos by Bobby Hankal and Frances Hudson, a reading by Emma Jean Barber, and a vocal solo by Carline Lobitz. Susie Ec- cles served as the announcer. This program was one of a series' being presented every other week over KGBS by some school organization. PAGE FOUR THE WESLACO lil-LIFE wig' KJ 03 ISEE It AS I SEE IT, this is the.fs7ay things have gone in school since the last issue of the HI-LIFE came out. Even though the seniors lost in the popularity contest, they really chalked up a winner in the Senior play- Everyone thought it was swell, kids! Talk about glory hounds! Did you see those lettermen with their pictures last Thursday? tThey were good picturesll Everyone seemed to enjoy the two assemblies last week. The chalk artist on Thursday kept the studes' undivided attention. Cy Pickens' tumblers were really in- teresting, Weren't they? Several times the audience thought they'd find little Jose or Pancho in their laps. We enjoyed it very much, bays and Mr. Pickens!! Say, we're pretty lucky to have a tumbling teacher who also runs close competition to Perry, Fran- kie, and Bing! Mr. Pickens' rendi- tion of Abdul Scavinsky Scavar 'simply sent the audience last Fri- lay. He was ably assisted by Bal- ard Bennett. It seems that with the Panthers being regional champs, the bas- ketball boys having such a good sesaon, the kids in W.H.S. having such a swell school, and all the other advantages we have, those few who don't respect W.H.S. and all that it offers would at least not drive all over the campus in cars. If driven over in rainy wea- ther Cas it was last Wednesday!D, the campus retains the tracks and rms for a long time. Let's all re- spect W.H.S. by not damaging the campus!! Come April 1 the Journalism r-lass is going to publish an April fool paper tand WHAT A PA- PER!!-for a nominal fee, of course-only 10 cents. Sighs of relief were heard Fri- rlnv afternoon at 4 o'clock design- ating the end of six weeks' examsg however, the worst is yet to come, Boys Presented In Tumbling Stunts Thirteen boys from North lV:u cl School, under the direction of Cy Pickens, tumbled in a assembly Firday afternoon at 3 o'clock. The boys, very natty in whitf Tee shirts, khaki trousers, and standing in stairsteps, entertain- ed the audience with various tum- bling stunts. Some of the different feats were as follows: headstands, somer- saults, flipovers, handsprinfzs, cartwheels, pyramids, backrolls, and a demonstration by Mr. Pick- ens on how to stand on the little fingers. Although the boys are only beginning and are still not sure of themselves, they perform- ed even the difficult stunts with dexterity, sometimes being forced to repeat them until they were perfect. In bringing the program to a close, ten boys formed a pyr- amid. Ballard Bennett and Mr. Pick- ens gave an impromptu rendition of ::Abdul Scavinsky Scavarf' The school song was led by Rubin Minton. F ather-Daughter F.H.T. Supper Given A Father-Daughter Mexican supper was given by the Future Homemakers in the cafeteria at their regular meeting Monday evening, March 3, at 7:30. Tacos, tamales, enchiladas, avo- cado salad, and coffee were served to approximately thirty-five fa- thers and the Advisory Council of Future Homemakers composed of Mmes. V. C. Thompson. Fred Tlobertson, Charles Rogers, L. R. Clifford, and L. W. Schellhamer. A short business meeting follow- ed the supper. The program to be ffiven at the Girl Reserve Stunt Night was discussed, and commit tees were appointed. report cards tomorrow. Good luck. kids. As I SEE IT, we'll all need it! The boys win 'em and the girls will care for 'em, meaning the trophies, of course. Saturday morning found some of the more energetic Girl Reserves earnestlyl shining all the trophies. With this I leave you until next Wednesday. Negro Spiritual Program to Be Given March 12 Emanuel Mansfield, distin- guished negro concert tenor, will sing spirituals for W.H.S. stud- ents at 3 p.m. Wednesdav. Mtu'c'1 12 in the Junior-Senior High School auditorium. Rolwcrt ll!--rn-:, lndian, will be accvmpanist fir V Mr. Mansfield. Mr. Mansfield will sing 'l'hn-- Art Risen, Water Boy, Song of the Heart, Tally Ho! and many others. Mr. Evans, piano soloist, will plav Little David, Play on Your Harpf' Peter, Go Ring Dem Bellsg 'fSwing Lowg and Heab- en. Admission for this program will be 25 cents. -A program for the general pub- lic will be held on March 17. Both programs are being sponsored by the local Parent-Teachers' Asso- I ciation. Why All the Rings? just WHS's New Sport Rings by the hundreds have sprung up around the campus of W.H.S. in the form of a competi- tive sport. Yes, you can observe these slick operators in action at ,almost any time, though the P.E. classes offer the bcstvopportunity to watch them. Workouts consist of thirty min- utes of the twiddling of one's thumbs, followed by a 50-yard dash on your hands and knees. After this strenuous workout the players line up, lag for position. and the contest is on. These marble games are rapidly gaining in popularity, and it is rumored that the contestants are Going to petition Mr. Murphy for an indoor arena to use on rainy days. Mission F .F .A. Group 'wbated Here Ten officers of the Mission Chapter of Future Farmers were initiated bv the Weslaco F.F.A. Thursday, February 27, at the agriculture building. The Mission Chapter was start ed this year and now has forty- three members. The ten officers will initiate the rest of their chap- ter in the future. Refreshments were served after the initiation. THE WESLACO Hl-LIFE-Weslaco. Texas. Wednesday, March l2, I947 56 St d t TCAST OF'ALMOST SUMMER' PICTURED ll ell 5 lBELow IN SCENE or PRODUCTION Are on Honor Rolls o WH 23 Make Superior, 33 on Honor List Fifty-six students have made themselves eligible for the fourth six weeks' honor rolls, according to A. C. Murphy, principal. Of the fifty-six, twenty-three were on superior list. The seventh grade led the lists with eighteen, the eighth grade was second with fourteen, and the sophomores were third with eight. The seniors had six: the juniors and freshmen each had five. The complete honor roll for the fourth six weeks is as follows: SUPERIOR HONOR ROLL tAll A'sJ Seniors: Ballard Bennett, Juani- ta Cantu, Reece McAlpin. Juniors: Hal Potts. Sophomores: Sergio Garza, Peg izy Ann Kirgan. Freshmen: Charlie Cardenas, Paula Resendez. Eighth: Genevieve Ballard, Car- oline Carrothers, Mary Ann Dryer, .lohn Womble, Deto Gonzalez, 4 ene McMullen. Veventh: Delia Gutierrez, Rex Nunn, Elva Ochoa, Sarita Bailey, Yunette Clifford, Lee Nicklas, Jo- :--e Sanchez, June Smith, Ninfa Cardona. HONOR ROLL lThree A's, rest B'sl Seniors: Ventura Castaneda, Kenneth Jones, Patsy Martin. Juniors: Margaret Kobeck, Peg- gy Hull, Loretta Shields, Mary Catherine Way. Sophomores: Tommy Pepper, Betty .lean Robertson, Patricia Ross, Dixie Jo George, Zoe Rarbee, Mary Ann Clifford. Freshmen: Nancy Solether, Kaye Clark, Manfredo Garza. Eighth: Sue Thompson, Chris- tine Carr. Marshall Wortham, Jo Ann Pacef Mary Pattie Sigler, Aline Henrickson, Charles Sawyer, Marilyn Weber. Seventh: Saul Barbosa, Graciela Monteagudo, Kathleen Geraughty, Teresa Lancaster, Simmy Parker, Eva Campos, Israel Benavides, Ru- fino Ramirez, Julia Valadez. l'l1'Tl'RElJ ABOVE is the cast of Almost Summer, the Senior Play recent'j' presented. The characters from left to right are Jimmy McAlpin, Jody Farina, Kenneth Jones, Rosalie Lively, Rubin Minton, Glenna Ruth Holman, Patsy Mcllride, lid Barnett, ltillie Nicklas, Reece Mr-Alpin. Evans, Mansfield .To Give Concert Today for Students Emanuel Mansfield, negro con- cert tenor, will appear beI'ore the student body this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Junior- Senior high school auditorium. Accompanying the singer at the piano will be Robert Evans, Indian. Emanuel Mansfield will sing the following numbers: Thou Art Risen -Taylor, NVater Boy -Robinson. Song of the Heart -Johnson. Tally Ho! CEnglish Huntingl Songi,Le0ni. The Birth of Mom tWords By Dunbar?-Leoni. The Marriage License -Keb lam. 'tSummertime tFrom Porgy and Bessl. Mr. Evans will play the follow- ing: Little David Play On Your Harp -Schaffer. Peter Go Ring Dem Bells - Burleigh. Swing Low -Burleigh. Heab'n -Fisher. Weslaco is the last lap of the singer's national tour. His tour will end just before he sails for Copenhagen. Denmark, Where he will appear hefore the internation- One-Act Play Cast Announced lfy Bauer The cast for The First. Dress Suit. one act comedy to be enter- ed by Weslaco in the Interschol astic League contest, was announc- led Monday by Miss Anne Bauer. director. Members of the cast are Zloffiy Hankel, who plays Teddy Hard- ing, a seventeen-year-olcl boyg Glenna Ruth Holman as his mo- ther, Mrs. Hardingg Betty .lune Boles as Betty. Teddy's older sis- ter: and .Jimmy MC'Alpin as John- ny Drake, Betty's fiance. The play centers around the cf- forts of Johnny Drake to obtain Teddy's dress-suit for his sis'er's wedding. Since this is his first formal, Teddy does not want Johnny to have it. Howevei. Mrs. Harding and Betty help to per- suade Teddy to let Johnny use it. The play will he presented on March 29 in Pharr and will be judged with other plays presented by other towns in the Valley. al convention of the Baptist VVorld Alliance. The admission for the program this afternoon will be 25 cents. vldifttt I Qwa Puck UPALLT-:E Dmtl How are the studes of W.H.S. this fine morning? You may not feel so well after the Vacuum Cleaner has started in your direc- tion, so beware!!! Although there were some un- usual couples at the boyless dance, there were also many at the band dance. Some of them were EMMA JEAN and ED, DOREEN and KENNETH WOODS fDonnaJg SA- RITA BAILEY and CLIFTON DAVENPORTQ DELORES TRIP- LETT and BILLY MAULDINg CAROLINE CARROTHERS and ROBERT JOE POTTSg PEGGY KIRGAN and TOMMY PEPPER, GENEVIEVE BALLARD and DA- VID ROBERTSONQ EDWIN STANLEY and CORKY BLOCK, EDDIE HENSON and JUNE SMITH, and BONDY and BAR- BARA BOYCE tDonnal. Seen having a good time at the Baptist hayride was BILLY JOE. When. the cat's away, the mouse will play! Also on the hayride were BETTY JUNE and NOR- MAN, ANN and ED FISHER. MAURICE and ELLA DEAN, BILLY JOE and EMMA JEAN were at the show in Harlingen over the week end. BETTY LEE and DONALD, PAT and HAL, ANN and ED, LORETTA and HOMER, BETTY JUNE and NORMAN, CARLENE and BALLARD, PATTIE and RAY, CARLINE L, and ED Mc- LEAISH had a picnic at Horse- shoe Lake during the week-end. Those at PATTIE'S slumber party Saturday night were PAT, BETTY LEE, SCOTTY, LORET- TA, FRANCES, BETTY JEAN, JEN, BETTY JUNE, ANN, and PATTIE. We heard you had a muy buen tiempo!!! Here's the saddest news of the week! ANN and ED have quit go- ing steady! KENNETH WOODS and DOR- EEN sat with some babies over the weekend! If the Vacuum Cleaner did not go in your direction, it may next week, but for now, it's adios and 30. How Are You Classified? The Senior and Junior Classes of Weslaco High have just recent- ly completed a 'tWho's Who contest, in which the best natured, best-all-around, most ambitious, most talented, best dressed, wittiest, noisiest, and laziest students were selected. Some of these titles are complimentary to us students and tell us that our fellow studes appreciate our efforts. We gain our reputation in W.H.S. by our actions and our attitudes, and whether we are named in Who's Who or not, all of us have a reputation of some isort among our fellow students and our teachers. Just as a leopard is never able to change its spots, so are the chan- ' ces that we will always carry with us the reputation we gain at W.H.S. Is that all right with you, or do you need to change? Let's all check up! Beware of That Disease! Windy March is here again, and it won't be long now until school is out. We have only two months and ten days to go. Once again the budding trees and blooming flowers are wielding their influence on the students. Teachers, if you see a far-away stare or a dreamy look in the eyes of your class, it's because the smell of flowers and the sight of green foliage carry spring-fever bacteria. A student who had strayed away from school had this excuse. The wind blew dust in my eyes, and I couldn't see where I was going. Seriously, students, we have just enough time to determine whether this has been a successful year. Let's put forth a little name effort and make this a really successful term. W.H.S.'s Old Books Go to Bindery TF TP And Come Back With New Faces goes on behind the scenes at a book bindery, and how some of our ' I-Iave you ever wondered what became of the old books in the school library that have been soil- ifavorite stories are once more ed and worn through constant use? Books like t'Little Men, The Yearlingj' Robinson Crusoe and t'Tom Sawyer have been giving ijoy and many hours of wholesome ,entertainment to hundreds of us istudents in W.H.S., but with the ,years they, like people, have be- gcome old and broken. They, how- ever, differ from us humans in .that they need not die when this point is reached. Many of the new lbooks you see Miss Jean Spratt, on display are in reality old vet- erans that have been rebound at the bindery and sent back to Wes- laco High with a new lease on life, looking as spick and span as one of the newest best sellers. Following is the story of what seen on the shelves -at VV.H.S. 1 VYhen a book arrives at the lbindery, the cover is stripped off, land ull loose threads and glue re- gmoved by 11 scuffing process. fEach page is trimmed and mend- fed. After this lengthy process, the ,pages are resewed and the edges Qrounded. The next important step tis to back them. This is done by imaking Il cover for the old copy ,out of library buckram or imita- tion leather which has the title printed on it. 1 This being done, they are cased in by gluing the end sheets to the back. The old book. now complete- tly remodeled, is ready to be ship- ped back to the library, where it may expect many more years of active use. ' librarian, unpacking and placing? THE WESLACO HI-LIFE PAGE. THREE Whos Who ln Classes Named Leading Students In Departments Also Selected Noted and notorious students attained the limelight last Week when the Junior and Senior Clas- ses held the annual Who's Who election. Noted students receiving the most desirable honors were Reece Mcnlpin, senior, and Hal Potts, junior. In the Senior Class, Don- illtl Jenkines, who voted himself lor laziest student, received that litle, while Norman Watson was voted noisiest but at the same time wittiest student. Among the juniors, Carline Lobitz is the nois- iest student, Robert Pickard is laziest, and llari y Lehman is wit- tiest. In addition to the elections by the two classes, teachers from the various departments named eight seniors and six juniors who are outstanding for the Who's Who in Classes. Students who were named out- are as senior, Ventura standing in two classes follows: Reece Mc.-llpin, mathematics and physics, Castaneda, senior, journalism and shorthand: Hal Potts, chemistry and history, junior, Loretta Shields, junior, English and chor- usg and Ballard Bennett, senior, speech and athletics. Other students outstanding in classes are as follows: Carline Lob- itz, junior, typingg Juanita Cantu, senior, biologyg Margaret Kobeck, junior, bookkeeping, Ballard Ben- nett, senior, speechg Patsy Mar- tin, senior, home economics, Rose- mary Jennings, senior, mechanic- al drawingg Paul Pate, junior, ad- vanced woodworkg Jimmy Hill, junior, band. The Seniors elected the follow- ing students for the various posi- :bon 'me l X Innetmtg ... ...-.1-11: The track team attended the Border Olympics Track meet held at Laredo last Friday and Satur day. The trip was enjoyed by the entire team, although the weather was not exactly good for running. Congratulations to Howard Mc- Farland, one of our top track men. Howard was the only boy from lVV.H.S. entered in the Laredo meet who qualified for the finals. Are you tired, sleepy, and worn out? The boys who attended the track meet at Laredo were all feel- ing this way Saturday morning after the poor nightls sleep they got in the Laredo Boys' Club. The sophomore boys are organ- izing a baseball club for the dis- gtrict meet coming up March 28-29. If there are any recruits left in any grades, they are urged to meet with the boys on the athletic grounds at 4 o'clock each after- , noon. E Norman Watson, wittiest and nois- liest studentg Donald Jenkines, laziest studentg Eloise Halrison, athletic girl, Ballard Bennett, ath- letic boy, and Glenna Ruth Hol-l man, best-natured girl. The following juniors were nam- ed for the various positions in the junior division: Loretta Shields, most talented girlg Hal Potts, most talented boy, most ambitious boy, l ,gy Hull, most ambitious girlg Eva lMae Betts, best dressed girl. Kenneth Sherry, best dressed, -boy, Larry Lehman, wittiest stu- ldentg Robert Pickard, laziest stu- ,dentg Roebrt Pickard, laziest stu-1 identg Glennis Adkins, athletic girl: 'Homer Ryan, athletic boyg Shirley 3Bullard, best-natured girl: and 1Billy Joe Day, best-natured boy. l The closest elections were those lbetween Ventura and Reece for tions in the Senior division oflmost talented boy ill Ulf' SPIUOI' Who's Who : Dillie Nicklas, most Class, between Hal and Billy Joe talented girly Ventura Castaneda, for junior' best all-around, and most talented boyg Patsy Martin, between Shirley and Ann Waller most ambitious girly Reece Mc lfor best natured girl in the .Iunior Alpin most ambitious boy, best 'Class. In each case the runners-up all-around student, and best-natur- ,were only one vote behind. Win- ed boy, ners in this contest will have in- Rosalie Lively, best dressed,dividual pictures in the Wh'v's girlg Ed Barnett, best dressed boyg lWho section of LA PALMA. and best all-around student: Peg-i Kilroy Believed To Start New Fad I've been jipped! Give me my money back, you crooks! Many remarks like these and others which we aren't allowed to print were heard echoing through out the halls last week as a pre- vious victim of the latest racket in W.l-l,S. used the gag on a new sucker. An outgrowth of the chain let- ter craze which spread like wild- fire over the country after World VVar I, this new method of obtain- ing ready cash has drawn even such prominent personalities as lVlr. Murphy and Prof. Lovett into lits vicious circle. E Starting with a Can you spare la dime, buddy? the innocent vic- itim, upon being relieved ot' his ldime for what he thinks is a char- litable cause, receives a slip of pa- yper informing him that he has 'just contributed ten cents to buy Richard a key to open the door! No one knows who started this 'new fad unless it was Kilroy. Kilroy Katches , Kuriosity of 4 . Kampus Kids l Have you been wondering what happened when Richard opened the door, Where Kilroy is, what the secret ambitions of teachers are and many more l'luscious de- tails of XN'.l-l.S, Iie so'ia'itief? The only way to find out the answers ,to these puzzling questions is by ,buying a copy oi' the Lirpa Loof QLOW-LIFE. The Journalism Class is work- ing hard again-this time on their four-page colored edition. Do you prefer a yellow. green, 'blue. pink, or orange paper? All colors will be available. This paper has all the news that isn't fit to print. ll' you don't. want to laugh, stay 1awav from the humorous paper: 'but if you want a side-splitting ledition, start saving that dime! Thompson Will Attend Meeting Mrs. Katherine Thompson will ,attend a breakfast meeting of lDeans and Advisers of Girls March 14 at Corpus Christi. The meeting is being held in connection with jthe District 3 Convention of the ,Texas State Teachers Association. PAGE FOUR :nm wmsmco in-1,111-in HI-LIFE, Stories Boys Attend Border Typhoid Shots To Be Entered ln VHSPC Olympics at Laredo Given March 17 Contest Enjoying a week-end of fun Typhoid shots will begin Mon- Approximately twenty schools will participate in the annual spring newspaper contest of the Valley High School Press Con- ference, according to Ballard Ben nett, secretary of the V.H.S.P.C. The banquet, at which the winners will be announced, is to be held at the Casa De Palmas Hotel in McAllen on April 1. Entries will be judged this year by Dr. Dewitt Reddick, director of the Interscholastic League Press Conference and professor of Jour- nalism at the University of Texas. The contest is divided into the following sections: sports, editori- als, news stories, columns, fea- tures, interviews, and newspa pers. All divisions of the contest have been entered by Various members of the HI-LIFE staff, and about twenty persons will attend the banquet from Weslaco. Old Man Weather E ls Up to His Old Tricks Again! Ah! Today spring is in the air, but what will tomorrow say? W.H.S. students can never quite keep up with Old Man Weather. He seems to be playing April Fool jokes early this year. The smart f'?J studes who don't wear coats on chilly mornings, thinking that it will turn warm, always get fooled by a blizzard blowing in. Another type of students wear coats on sunshiny mornings, hop- ine that it will turn cool. ' When the studes wanted to know why they can never wear the right thing, Kilroy promptly replied, All that I have to say for y'all is to wear coats on cold mornings and not wear them on warm ones. Reitz Directs Band ' at Night Rehearsal Lloyd Reitz, a former director of the Weslaco band, directed the group last Thursday night, when it met for a night rehearsal. Mr. Reitz is now in business in San Antonio, being the owner of a music store there. were nine boys, who were running for W.H.S. in Laredo's Border Olympic Track Meet. The following boys attended the meet: Howard McFarland, Ray Cleckler, Ray Jackson, Hal Potts, Ballard Bennett, Jimmie McAlpin, Bob Guess, Homer Ryan, and ,Baldwin Thompson. Although all the boys entered the meet, only Howard McFarland classified for the finals. Howard ,won fifth place in the 440 yard 3dash. l The boys did very Well, but all they really accomplished was ,getting experience for the coming years, Coach Henson stated. , H..-T iFormer Students Receive Honors ' It has been learned that five former Weslaco students have at- tained scholastic honors. Mary Ann Burton, Eleanor Mor- tensen, and Frances Betts have been elected members of honor societies at Ward-Belmont, A. and I. College, and Baylor University, respectively. Jimmy Moyer was one of four students from Hidalgo County to be listed on the honor roll at Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos, while Margie McBride is on the honor roll of Trinity University, San Antonio. Doubtless there are other stu- dents who have received similar honors. The HI-LIFE Staff would appreciate any information of its former students. Chorus, Soloists Prepare for Contest Monday night rehearsal of the choir was the first in a series to be held at night. The chorus is preparing for the annual music contest to be held April 17 in McAllen. Solos to be entered in the con- test include Hal Potts, baritone: Rubin Minton, tenor: Ella Dean Barber, second soprano: Loretta Shields or Francis Hudson, alto: and Clara Fae Garnett or Emma Jean Barber, first soprano. The choir will sing March 26 at 12:30 o'clock for the Kiwanis Club. day, March 17, according to Mrs. Connie Hankel, school nurse. All students who need three shots should begin them March 17. Mrs. Hankel suggests that even if a student had three shots last year, he should take a booster shot this year to keep up his immunity. Science Club Plans Dance for March 13 The Science Club will give an informal dance in the Stephen F. Austin auditorium, Thursday, March 13, at 8 o'clock, according to Billy Griffin, president of the club. Admission is 75 cents for couples and one dollar for stags. Free refreshments will be served. The money raised will be used for new laboratory equipment. Student Counci To Attend Meeting The annual All-Valley Student Council Banquet will be held in Mission Thursday, March 13. Reece McAlpin, Hal Potts, Pat- tie Sue Schellhammer, Katherine Charles Sawyer, and Nicklas will attend the meeting. A. C. Murphy, principal, will accompany the group. Cleckler, Tommy Weslaco Schools To DlSInlS8 Friday Weslaco schools will be dis- missed Friday, March 14, in order that the faculties may at- tend the meeting of District 3 of the Texas State Teachers Association in Corpus Christi, according to Superintendent Joe H. Wilson. ' Students should not get the idea that this is a holiday. lt will be a good day for them to get notebooks in order and to read books in the library, as it will remain open to those who wish to study, A. C. Murphy, principal, stated. Lowell: Do you have any ,trouble using shall and will the right way? Reece: I'll say not! Patsy says, 'You shall,' and I say, 'I will.' THE WESLACO Hl-LIFE.-Weslaco, Texas. Wednesday, March l9, I947 Sub-Kittens Of '41 Produce Champs of '46 S. D. McDaniel Sparks Squadg Was Passer Of '43 Team Tall oaks from little acorns grow. These time-honored words or Fztvitl Everett more than hold true in regard to the WVJ-LS. Panthers' prowess on the gridiron. The pre- cision blocking and flawless tackl- ing displayed by the felines in the c :anipionsliip Regional contest last. fall was not suddenly acquir- ed. Long years of endless practice, however, accounted for VVeslaco's superiority on the field of friend- ly strife. Dating back as far as 19-ll we find several of Weslaco's '46 Re- gional champions first donning their grid suits. This was the last year that the Panthers put forth a losing grid outfitg moreover, it was the last year the Weslaco fans boastefi of a 110 lb. team with rceular playing schedule. l 'urthern'ore, quite a grid nia- c'iine this diminutive crew proved to be. Although their seasonal record was only mediocre, no less than eleven Panther lettermen, and four all-Valley performers of preceding years first demonstrat- ol their grid wares with these Sub-Kittens. Starting down the line, We find Tennis Griffin and Ray LeGrande at ends, Billy Joe Ryan and Don- ald .lenkines at tackles, Jim Moy- er and Olan Parker at guards, and Homer Ryan at center. ln the backfield it was Bill Solethcr, a quarterback, S. D. McDaniel and .lim Loredo as halfbacks, and Ed McLeaish and Ray Purl alternat- ing in the fullback berth. Ballard Tennett, Ray Jackson, and Jim lVlcAlpin, several legmen on the present championship ballclub, Were also prominent members of this motley aggregation. Sparkplugging the squad was S. D. McDaniel, Crackerjack tee- dee hurler of the '43 Panther el- even. Speedy McDaniel. who per- TRAINED PONY AND FIVE DOGS WILL BE FEATURED IN PROGRAM Rose and Mack McCall will pre- sent 'lSpangle, a trained pony, and an unusual dog act, including five white Siberian Samoyedes and one Siberian Husky, in a spe- cial assembly Weflnesday, March 26, at 9 a.rn. in the .lunior-Senior High School auditorium. Admis- sion will be 20 cents. Spangled will present a thrill- ing repertoire of tricks, talking, l posing. and pickouts. The audience will be shown how the dogs are hitched and driven. Mr. McCall will tell the inte est- ing history of these Arctic dogs. This show has been pre-'ented at various Sportsmen Shows ln- cluding the Coliseum at Chicago and the Municipal Auditorium in Minneapolis. Some guys adore a pretty face, Some love a pretty curl. That's not for Normang he must admit He wants the whole darn girl. Formed for the Sub-Kittens minus football shoes, tallied several times dnrinf: the campaign with lengthy touchdown jaunts. All of the Sub Kittens' games were play- ed in the afternoon, and only a few interested spectators attended these grid classics. Season record for the 1941 lfVes- laco 110 lb. team is as follows: Sub-Kittens 20-La Feria 14. Sub-Kittens 7-Edinburg 13. Sub-Kittens 0-San Benito 20. Sub-Kittens 13-Donna 0. Sub-Kittens 41-La Feria 6. Waiter, please bring us each a portion of Tortoni Songinellif' 'Tm sorry, I no can do, gentle- men, You see, that's the proprie- tor. Science Club Dance Claimed Success Approximately fifty couples at- tended the Science Club dance last, Thursday, March 13, at the Steph- en F. Austin auditorium. The auditorium was decorated in a Saint Patrick's Day' theme with green and white crepe paper streamers hanging from the bal- cony and windows. Large green four-leaf Clovers were placed on the walls. During the intermissions. re- freshments of punch and coke squares were served by Ann Wal- ler, while the girls' trio, compos- ed of Emma Jean and Ella Dean Barber, Loretta Shields, and their accompanist, Frances Hudson, sang Choo Choo Ch-Boogie. Profits from the dance are to used to buy new equipment for the Science Club laboratory, ac- cording to Carl Lovett, sponsor. PAGE, TWO THE WESLACO 1u.1.1mi:' K I ti IT Hi, kids! -N- llid everyone work last Friday as he was supposed to? About for- ty teachers were gone to Corpus, but the studes were asked to use at least part of that day studying, Did you? The Science Club was in the limelight last Thursday night with a successful dance at Stephen F. Austin school. Those announce- ments that were sent around last week were OK, too!. lsn't it amazing that twenty- five pennies can bring so much I enjoyment and pleasure? The mus- ical assembly last Wednesday fea- tui ing Emanuel Mansfield and his pianist. Robert Evans, was pro- hablv one of the best of its kind W.H.S. has had in ages! Everyone enjoyed it very much! Congrats are in order to Frances Hudson, thefirst Band Sweetheart that Weslaco has ever had! VVe think it's swell, Frances! New officers for Girl Reserves next year wete elected last Tues- Nav. Food luck to the new cabinet and to Loretta Shields, G. R. presi- dent for 1947-8! 0uchZ Cut it out!! VVatch where you hit me! Yeah-that's right--shots again!! First typhoid shots were given last Monday, the other two will be given soon. This has been typical March weather this last week, hasn't it? Northers hit and hit fast in Texas. Dcn't be discouraged if you bring a coat on a cool morning, and the weather turns warm by noon, be- cause it's just as likely to be cold again at 4 o'clock. Looks as if mumps will catch anyone-even Mr. Wilson. Our superintendent came home from Atlantic City about a week ago already ill with mumps. Hope you have a speedy recovery, Mr. Wil- SOD. That's all, kids. Good Luck, Contestants . A number of students are working hard on several contests such as declamation, debate, spelling, one-act play, and various others. These students, who get little or no publicity, deserve to be com- mended, as they will be doing their best to represent Weslaco High School at the Interscholastic League Meet in Pharr March 28 and 29. These students, together with their teachers, have been steadily working for some time. Weslaco High is proud to see that there are some students who are interested in the academic phase of school work. We are sure that Weslaco High School will win some honors through these students in the various departments. Best of luck to you contestants. l, Let's Be Friendly Do all of us in Weslaco High realize the importance of friendliness over the world? For example, there are those people that think they are much better than others-even in their own race. In reality, though, the friendlier person is usually the one who does not think himself superior to others. Next, let's take those people who think they are more important than people of other countries or races. In some cases, one country or race may be more advanced than the other, but that does not make the residents ol' that country better. Last Wednesday, in assembly, a good example was shown against race prejudice when the negro singer and Indian pianist worked so well together. It makes no difference whether a person's skin is white or black, or brown or yellowg all have the same kind of feeling inside as you and I have. Let's try to remember this if we get that superior A feeling and-be friendly. Pennsylvania Girl Wants Pen Pal , Here's a chance for all of you eager-beavers to get acquainted with a 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl 1 i l l Her name is Caroline Tira, soph- omore in Leechburg High School. ,Caroline has brown hair and Wbrown eyes. She is five feet six inches tall and weighs 115 pounds. Caroline takes English, world history, business arithmetic, bio- ilogy, health, and gymnasium Iwork. Her hobby is writing let- ters. Football and basketball are her favorite sports. For further information, talk to Mr. Fischer. Caroline even en- closed a picture of herselfg so if you want to see her, ask Mr. Fisch- er for the letter. F.F.A. Boys to Attend Mercedes Show Approximately thirty Future Farmers of America will attend lthe annual livestock show to be held in Mercedes Thursday, Fri- lday. and Saturday, March 20-22. The boys will be accompanied by their sponsor, M. N. Smith. I Six calves and six hogs will be entered, and capons will be ex- hibited at the livestock show. The calvestwill be entered by Darrel land Donald Schulz and the F.F.A.3 ,the hogs by Russell Vos, Dean Dillon, Ray Dyer, and Bill McKee. Bobby Mitchell will exhibit the capons. The club will attend the show all day Friday and study the en- tries from other towns. THE WESLACO H1-LIFE PAGE THREE lwe PICKIUPALLEHE DIRTI Dear Richard: Please open the door, Richardg l' have so much to tell you. I've just emptied the VACU CLEANER, so here goes! UM HOWARD MCFARLAND and MARJORIE, RAY JACKSON and JACKIE spent last Friday at Del- ta Lake on a picnic. Flash!! RAY JACKSON and JACKIE ALLEN aren't going s'eadv anymore. What's wrong, you two? Did you have a spat at the picnic? ' Scoop!! JEN SCHRITTER and IIUSTER BENNETT tD0nnal are, going steady. Does that Donna boy give you a thrill, JEN? At the Science Club dance were , the following couples: BILLY JOE and EVA MAE, RAY and JACKIE, KEN and ZOE, CARLINE and ED MCLEAISH, ED and LORETTA, LOWELL MCALPIN and MADEL- INE MCAFEE fMercedesl, BAK- ER and MARY DELL FITZGER- ALD, JOHN ELLIS and BILLIE GRAY ANDREWS. There was one wonderful party given at ZOE'S Saturday night. It was given in honor of HOMER RYAN and ZOE on their birth- days. Seen enjoying the party were KEN, and ZOE, HOMER and FRANCES, REECE and PAT MARTIN, ED FISHER and ANN, NORMAN and ,BETTY JUNE RAY and JACKIE, and HOWARD and MARJORIE. Flash!! ELLA DEAN and ED- DIE were back together over the weekend! Sounds good, kids. KENNETH WOOD and DOR- EEN YODER were together a number of times over the week- end. PEGGY, DORIS JEAN. ELLA DEAN, and EMMA JEAN were seen several times during the week and over the wekeend with some Mission boys. You're not forming a habit, are you, girls? The Frenesi girls seem to really enjoy those slumber parties. They had another one Friday night at PAT MARTIN'S. This is all for now, Richard. I'll write you more next time. Love, Kilroy 'me 30 tudents to Represent VACUUM CRANE W.H.S. in Literary Events At Pharr March 28-29 Twelve Contests to Be Entered in Junior, Senior Divisions of League Meet Weslaco literary entires for the Spring Interscholastic 31 A League Meet to be held in Pharr March 28-29 have been completed, accord- ing to A. C. Murphy, principal. Thirty students from Weslaco will be represented in the literary events. Nine Valley schools-Rio Grande City, Mission, Pharr-San Juan- Alamo, Donna, Weslaco, Mercedes, La Feria, Lyford, and Raymond- ville-will enter the meet. Entries in the literary events are as follows: Mansfield, Evans Present Program Emanuel Mansfield, Negro con- cert tenor, and Bob Evans, Indian accompanist, presented a program before an enthusiastic junior-sen- ior high auditorium Wednesday, March 12, at 3 o'clock. A. C. Murphy, principal, intro- duced the singer, who in turn in- troduced his accompanist. The program was a varied one, consisting of Negro spirituals and semi-classical numbers. During the intermission Mr. Evans played several piano numbers. Mrs. R. P. Sherry, P.T.A. presi- dent, gave a short explanation of the ways the money from these entertainments is to be used. The P.T.A. is planning to sponsor a series of game nights for the stu- dent body. There will be ballroom and folk dancing, various types of games. and refreshments, The first of these is to be soon. W.H.S.'s Neighbors Seem Busy Also The juniors and seniors of Fal- furrias will have their annual ban- quet March 21. The juniors order- ed their class rings February 25. Seventy-eight boys of McAllen High School turned out for spring training on the first day. McAllen High School students have been taking aptitude tests also. The San Benito Lettermen's Club was honored with a Mexican Supper by a cafe owner of that city. Debate: Loretta Shields, Hal Potts, James Forrest. One-act play: Jimmy McAlpin. Glenna Ruth Holman, Betty June Boles, Bobby Hankel. Declamation: Senior Girls' Divi- sion-Nancy Solether, Sally Nick- las, Frances Hudson. Senior Boys' Division-Richard McCollum. Ev- erett McAuley, Robert Fields, Richard Babb. Extemporaneous Speech: Dillie Nicklas, Ballard Bennett. Shorthand: Juanita Cantu, Viola Villarreal. Typing: Carlene Lobitz, .Ioveta Johnson, Carine B1'adford, Jimmy McLeaish. Senior Ready Writing: Ballard Bennett. Junior Ready Writing: Martha Pickard, Mary Ann Dreyer. Senior Spelling: Betty June Voelkel, Jimmy McAlpin, Loretta Shields, Juanita Cantu. Junior Spelling: Kathleen Ger- ,aughty, Ninfa Cardona. I Slide Rule: Kenneth Jones', Hal Potts. Spring Training To Begin March 31 Spring training for the 1947 Panthers will begin Monday. March 31, and will last four weeks, Coach Grady Hester stated Mon- day. Mr. Hester said that during the time fundamentals and principals of football will be taught. He is expecting a large squad to attend spring training. A number of graduating sen- iors, hoping to play college foot- ball, will also attend spring train- ing, Mr. Hester said. PAGE FOUR THE WESLACO I-Il-LIFE 1 571' fgon 40 Teachers Attend W.H.S. Has Une of 7 Meeting in Corpus Wonders of World RRG Approximately forty teachers ls this a jam session? E and principals Of the Weslaco One of the seven wonders of the ' schools attended the annual Dis- The VVeslaco speedsters were in- vited to Pharr-San Juan-Alamo for a practice track meet. Although there were only three schools par- ticipating in the events, it was in- teresting. The purpose of this meet was to find out the weaknes- ses of the teams. Spring is here again, boys. Ye ole gridiron grind will start again March 31. The junior track boys attended the animal Valley Track Meet held at Pharr Saturday. The prelimin- aries were run off Saturday, and the finals were held Tuesday. Wilson Attends N.E.A. Convention lt was the best Administrators Convention I have ever attended, declared Joe H. Wilson, superin- tendent. Mr. Wilson has just re- turned from the Administrators session of the National Education Association Convention at Atlantic City, New Jersey. Representatives from elementary, high schools, and colleges all over the United States were present at the con- vention. Included in the program were the following speakers: Senator Robert H. Taft, who spoke on Federal Aid to Public Schools: Mayor Humphries of Minnesota on improvements Needed in Public Schools, and John Kieran on School Athletics. John Kier- an sa-id, The only way to avoid trouble with high school athletics is to admit all people freeto all games. The topics most discussed were teachers' strikes and financing public schools, stated Mr. Wilson. The entertainment included the New Jersey All-State High School Band and the All-Girl orchestra. Mr. Wilson is having a swell time since his return, as he has the mumps. He flew home from .Atlantic City in order not to have to stay there during his illness. .,.il.. .i. Some very mean man said: There are three kinds of women: the beautiful, the intelligent, and the majority. trict 3 Teachers' Conference held in Corpus Christi, Friday, March 14. Meetings were held at the Ritz Theater, Baptist Church, and the high school auditorium in Corpus Christi. Speakeis for the various meet- ings we e Dr. Ralph Tyler, Dean 'ol' Department of Education at the University of -Chicago: Dr. Harold C. Hunt, Superintendent of Kan- s:.:s City, Missouri. Public Schools: and Dr. Williazn F. Russell, Dean lol' Columbia University. l Man of tlie te'1c e s left for Corpus Christi early Friday morn- ,ing and returned the same day. Typing Classes Vary Routine l All Typing I classes are typing gfiquzes this week. stated Miss lVVilliams. i'They will drill on this lfor a week. Different types of fig- lures will be typed. Among the drawings are dogs, faces, and many other figures. world ing in tween is how the stucles, after be- the hall for two minutes be- classes, are still alive. No- body can quite figure out what ,keeps the students from being mu- ttilated. Perhaps you start for Mrs. Car- rothers' class, but you mysterious- 'ly find yourself in Miss Williams' ,typing class. It is said that studes 'have even been seen walking backwards without knowing it. Those hen-peeked boys that linsist upon walking their stead- ies to class often find it embar- rassing wlien tr :ing to explain to Mr. Murphy why they are late to ltheir own class. They always in- sist that the halls were so crowd- ed that they just couldn't make those last few steps before the bell lang. Soplzs Write Poems Carl M. Fischer's English Il Lit- e atute classes are writing bal- iacls. The ballads are to be on the Martins and the Coys, those reck- 'ess mountain boys. iMcAlp2n. Potts Recently Chosen ,Outstanding Students By Classes ' Pe haps you have noticezl a tall l'l'in1l-haired boy walk across the campus. As he walks, he stops to talk and laugh with different ones as he passes. This good-natural boy, Reece McAlpin. is a senior in XV.H.S., who makes the honor roll and be- longs to numerous clubs and acti- vities. 1 Reece is one of VJ.H.S.'s busiest -boys, being president of the Sen- ior Class and of the Choral Club. Besides being an active worker in the Roliki and Little Broadway lClubs. he finds titre to come everv morning before school to sing in the chortrs. Reece was recently a candidate in the Popularity Contest for best all-around student. He was named the outstanding student in mathe- matics and physics in the Who's Who in Classes poll. He also was chosen the most ambitious boy, best-natured boy, and best ali- around student by the Senior Class. This popular stude played the v part of the school principal in the Senior Play. All of these thinis certainlv prove that Reece is de'initely one of W.H.S.'s best students. Hal Potts, that handsome and brilliant junior who has been re- cently elected most talented boy, most ambitious boy, and best all- around student as well as being outstanding in chemistry and his- itory, is indeed. one of the leading students in W.H.S. l Hal is a second year letterman of the Panther team and has been on the All-Valley team for two years. He also participates in bas- ketball, baseball, and track, Although he comes out for sports, Hal is still on the superior honor roll: and when graduation honors are mentioned, he has a gleam in his eye. Q Hal is vice-preisdent of the Rol- iki Club, vice-president of the Choral Club, Master Counselor of the DeMolay, and a member of the Order of the Arrow. Junior High Boys' baseball team THE WESLACO H1-LIFE.-Weslaco, Texas, Wednesday, March 26, 1947 WH To Be Well Represented In Athletic Events of Spring Meet in Pharr This Week-End Most Events to Begin Saturday at 9 a.m.g 'Finals to Start at 3 p.m. Although the list of the atheltic events for the District Inter- scholastic League was sent to the director general last week, it was not available for last week's paper. The athletic events are to be held in Pharr. Track and field pre- lirninaries will start at 9 o'clock Saturday morning and the finals iwll begin at 3 o'clock Saturday. Entries in the track events are as follows: 100-yard dash-Ray Jackson, Howard McFarland, mile run-Sam Arredondo, James Forrest, 200-yard low hurdle-Ballard Bennett, Baldwin Thompsong 220-yard dash-Ray Jackson, Howard McFarland, Baldwin Thompson. 440 yard dash-Homer Ryan, Ray Cleckler, 880-yard run-Jimmy Kelly: mile relay-Ballard Bennett, Hal Potts, Homer Ryan, Ray Clecklerg 440-yard relay-Ballard Bennett, Ray Jackson, Bob Guess, Howard McFarland. lintries in the field events are as follows: Pole vault-Jerry NVag- goner, Corwin Block, broad jump-Howard McFarland, Ray Jackson, high jump-Ballard Bennett, Ray Cleckler, Bob Guessg shot put- Ballard Bennett, Bob Guessg discuss-Jimmy McAlpin, Bob Guess. In the Junior Division of track :events the following boys are tak- ing part: 50-yard dash-Francisco Luna, Mario Wo-mble. Bobby Bem- bowp 100-yard dash-Francisco Lu- na. Mario Womble, Bobby Bem-- bow, 440-yard relay - Francisco Luna, Mario Womble. Bobby Bem- bowg Hector Garza. The Junior field events are as follows: high jump-Bobby Bem- bow, O. B. Hughes. Hector Garza. broad jump-Francisco Luna, Ma- rio Womble, Hector Garza: pull- up-Francisco Luna, Hector Gar- za, Mario Womble. Baseball events will start at 10 o'clock Thursday afternoon and again Friday at 1 o'clock. The fin- als will start at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. The Senior High Boys' baseball tcam consists of Ballard Bennett, Donald Jenkines, Ray Cleckler, Glenn Martin, Homer Ryan, Bald- win Thompson, Hal Potts, Norman Watson, Ray Jackson, Jimmy Kel- ly, Billy Jordan, and Kenneth Sherry. The Senior High Girls' baseball team includes Corine Bradford, Betty Jean Voelkel, Katheryn Eoff, Pattie Sue Schelhammer, Jean Elston, Maria Cadena, Betty Boyd, Mary Campos, Patty Pre- genzer, and Jane Bartley. i l consists of Floyd McFarland, Maurice Allen, Everett McAuley, Ralph Knott, Dick Ryan, Robert Armstrong, Joe Lackey, Don Mc- Neeley. Bob Guess, Don Blanton, Dale Jackson, and Cato Christen- sen. Junior High Girls' baseball team includes Oleane Riley, Kathryn Cleckler, Rosemary Evans, Ro- berta Goodey, Evelyn Haas, Mary Jean Wortham, Jo Ann Wortham, Edwina Stanley, Mary Sue Hamp- ton, Martha Ann Knapp. VVard Girls' soft ball team is composed of Lorene Eoff, Hazel Link, Shirley Barth, Minifa Car- dona, Mary Bembow, June Miller, Kathryn Geraughty, June Smith, Carolyn Roberson, Shirley Wise, and Madia VVomble. Volley ball events start at 2 o'- clock Friday afternoon and the finals start at 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Senior Boys' Volley Ball team is as follows: Hal Potts, Ballard Bennett, Ed lVIcLeaish, Glenn Martin, Donald Jenkines, Bob Guess, Baldwin Thompson. Senior Girls' Volley ball team: Corine Bradford, Betty Jean Voe- kel, Kathryn Eoff, Jean Elston, Mary Campos, Jane Bartley. FFA Boys Net S234 Profit On Twitfalves Several Ribbons Won on Individual Entries in Show A. profit of S231 was realized by the local F.F.A. boys when two calves entered by the club were solil at auction for S2639 at the Livestock Show held in Merc-ecles Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, March 20, 21. and 22. The highest price from Weslaco was the 39 cents a pound paid for one of the ciilves entered by members of the chapter. The other calf brought a little more than 33 cents a pound. Of the six calves entered. four placed choice and two ,s,'ood. These belonged to Donald and Darrell Schultz and to the F.F.A. Chapter. Three of the calves placed in the IO best Valley-bred calves division. Four hogs placed prime and one placed Hchoicedi' from the hogs entered by Russell Vos. Dean Dillon, and Ray Dyer. Dean Dil- lon's hog received a blue ribbon and the other four received red ribbons. Ray Dyer also won a pi: in the pig scramble. Twenty-four boys from the Chapter and their sponsor, H. M. Smith, attended the show all day Friday. Some attended parts of Thursday and Saturday also. Flu Strikes Profs, Students of W.H.S. The flu struck W.H.S. last week. Miss Sibyl Fowler and Carl M. Fisher were out part of the week and a number of students were or are out with it also. Donald Jenkines: When George admitted that he had cut down the cherry tree, his father didn't touch him. Know why? Eddie Henson: Sure. George had the hatchet in his hand. PAGE TWO THE WESLACO HI-LIFE Time Schedule ls Prepared For eet Ribbons Will Be Given to Winners Final arrangements have been made for the annual conference A Spring Meet to be held at the Pharr-San Juan - Ala ni o High School March 27-29. According to information sent out from League Headquarters, the following schools are eligible to participate in the Conference A Spring Meet: Rio Grande City, Mission, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, Donna, Weslaco, Mercedes. La Fe- ria, Lyford, and Raymondville. Printed ribbons will be awarded to first, second, and third place winners. Only one ribbon will be given to each place in playground ball, volley ball, and One-Act Play. There will be no admission charges at any of the contests of the Spring Meet. Expenses of the Meet will be divided equally am- ong the schools actually partici- paling. The time schedule of events is as follows: Thursday 2:00 p.m.-Debate Preliminaries, Room 302. 6:30 p.m.-One-Act Plays begin. Friday 7:30 p.m.-Declamations in High School Auditorium. Saturday 57:00 a.m. - Number Sense - Eighth Grade, Room 207, High School-High School, Room 208, High School - Shorthand, Com- me.cial Room, High School. 10:00 a.m.-Ready W r i tin g, Room 301, High School-Slide Rule, Room 302, High School. 11:00 a.m.-Typing, Commercial Room, High School, 12:00 a.m.-Spelling, J u n io r High-5th and 6th grades, Room 305-7th and Sth Grades, Room 337-High School, Room 202, Sen- ior High-Extemporaneous Speech High School Library. 1:00 p.m.-Debate Finals-Room They Won't Be With Us Much Longer Just a few more weeks, and 1'll be through! What will I do then? Oh, well, why worry? Others have survived: so can I. Thoughts similar to these run through a seniors mind about this time every year. This year's Senior Class is no exception. Before graduation comes, however, the class is busy with all the spring activities of a graduating class. The seniors have chosen their caps and gowns, ordered invitations, and are planning the commence- ment and Baccalaurate services. The Senior Play has already been presented and Kid Day is being looked forward to with great antici- pation. Some thought has been given to the Junior-Senior football game and the Junior-Senior banquet. Yes, under classmen, the seniors seem to be the most important people seniors, too-maybe. in the world right now, but just think, someday we'll be f-l. Let's Cut the Pushing and Shoving! My, this is certainly an overcrowded school. This might well be a remark made by a visitor at one of our as- semblies, and it is no wonder that he should think so, judging by the way we students push and shove on our way into the auditorium. ' Furthermore, after we are once inside the room, we do not wish to o to the balcony if we are unable to find seats downstairs. It is embarrassing to Mr. Murphy to have to yell at us to go up- stairs every time we have an assembly. In addition to the fact that we don't want to occupy seats in the balcony, we usually break'a Weslaco High School tradition. This tradition is that the Seniors should occupy the front part of the right side and the Juniors the front part of the left one. The students should also remain in their places until all the Seniors have marched out of the auditorium. This is a courtesy which the student body owes to the Senior Class. Let's all be just a little more orderly in assemblies. In closing I should like to say that the students should be com- mended on their excellent attention to assembly speakers. .ii- l-ii. it Won't Be Long Now! Next Tuesday the Journalism Class will put out the most looked forward to paper of the year, the LIRPA LOOF LOW-LIFE. In this paper, our sponsor, who is usually a strict censor, relaxes her censor- ship and permits almost anything to be published. However, all that appears in the LIRPA LOOF is intended as good-natured fun and is as far from the tiiuth as possible. No reflec- tion is cast upon anything or anybody. In this special edition of the paper, only ridiculous situations are described throughout in order to make this an enjoyable paper. These are not intended to offend anyone. The staff promises a very amusing paper which everyone will en- joy reading. Norman to Betty June: You have dancing eyes: they're both over your nose sitting this one out.-Mission Feather. 302, High School. 1 Mr. Sansing: If you had x ap- ples and y oranges and gave 11 of them to your friends, what would you have? Jerry Waggener: I'd have my head examined! 'vrhn WVESLACO HI-LIFE ' PAGE. THREE VACIWXQLLANEP C iw E Pncifuv ALLXHE DIRTI A surprising foursofne at the Wagon Friday night were JOHN ELLIS and MARJORIE ROGERS, BAKER OSBORNE and JACKIE ALLEN! :- KEN arm ZOE, JOHN s1MsoN tAustinJ and DORIS JEAN BIL- LY JOE and EMMA JEAN' were at the track meet Saturday night. CARL LOBITZ ithat woman haterl has finally given the women a chance. The lucky girl is PATSY POTTS..'Ifhey were also seen at the local theater with CAROLINE CARROTHERS and B O B B Y ROSS. ' -it is rumored trier DOREEN YODER is going steady'with KEN- NETH WOOD tDonnaJ. . The couple of the week is DOR- IS JEAN and ED FISHER. Fri- day night this couple went to the Stock Show. I Friday night brought HAL and BARBARA EWING tMercedesl, RAY and PATTIE SUE to the. Stock Show, also. , PAT KEENT was with HOMER RYAN two nights this week. Is this becoming a habit, HOMER? BETTY JEAN and DIZZY aren't going steady now-that's had news, kids. t ANN and ED were together again Sunday afternoon and night. ED was also seen with ELLA DEAN Sunday evening tricky, isn't he? LORETTA SHIELDS and ED BARNETT have been seeing a lot of each other' this week-end. SCOTTY was with OTTO Sat- urday night at the track meet in Donna. PEGGY HULL was with a Mc- Allen boy over the weekend. DORIS JEAN, EMMA JEAN, BILLY JOE, JERRY, and JIM- MY had fun swinging in the swings at the Drive-in. GLENNIS had a car load of kids Friday night at the Stock Show. WILMA, what was wrong with the Neon sign? NORMAN and BETTY JUNE went to the midnight show in Mercedes Friday night. Say, LORETTA, you and ED 25 Girls Compgseu Q Tumbling Class i Oh, my aching back! V This is a familiar remark am- ong W.H.S. girls after the tumbl- ing class for girls organized by Cy Pickens on Tuesday nights. ' Approximately twenty-five girls attended the' first meeting of the class on March 18. Since that time the girls moan about having a twisted back, cracked head, flat- tened nose, or a cauliflower ear. The girls claim that if one wants a new slant on life, the tumbling class is the answer to her pray- ers. The next day after tumbling she will feel tangled, twisted, and upside-down. ' - 5 14 New Members Are Initiated lnto L.B. Fourteen new msembers of Lit- tle Broadway were formally ini- tiated into the club Tuesday, March 18, in the junior high audi- torium. . 1 The auditorium was decorated in purple and gold, with candles and flowers used on the-stage. Julius Knebel, master of ceremo- nies, welcomed the initiates into the club. Ventura Castaneda made the response. New members were given corsages of irises. Forming a circle around the auditorium and holding lighted candles, they repeated the oath of membeighip and marched out. Shields, Castaneda, Are Prominent ln Classes, Activitiesg Win Honors . Loretta Shields, energetic little blond in W.H.S. is one of the most ' popular students on the campus. In the recent Who's Who cont test she was selected by her teach-' ers as the most outstanding stu- dent in English and in Choral Club. The Junior Class also elect- Another outstanding student of WJ-I.S. is Ventura Castaneda. Ventura is a good-looking Latin- Asmerican boy that stands 5 feet 9 inches tall, He has dark, wavy hair,.and brown eyes, and weighs 133 pounds. Ventura was selected by his ed her.as the most talented girl ,teachers as'the best journalism in their class. , Loretta is drum major 'of the Bdand and student director of the school chorus. Since she is so en- ergetid and has excellent ideas for games, she was chosen the social chairman of the Junior Class. ,Although Loretka is very busy with her school work, she will enter the debate and spelling con- tests of the Interscholastic '31A League Meet to be held in Pharr March 28-29. ' and shorthand student of the 1946-47 year. The Senior Class also elected him as the most talented boy of their group. , Ventura is an outstanding per- son on the school paper and an- nual. The first semester he was assembly reporter and typist for the HI-LIFE. He is now editor of the paper. He is 'also secretary of the shorthand class, a member of Little Broaidway, and snapshot editor and typist of La Pallma. Girls' Softball - Team Practices Practices for girls' junior and senior softball teams are being held at 4 o'clock every afternoon. The junior high school team is composed of girls under fifteen years of age, while the senior high team includes girls over fifteen. The junior and senior teams will participate in the District Meet at Pharr on March 27, 28, 29. The girls'will wear uniforms of white shorts and blouses and pur- ple. caps. f BARNETT must be hitting it off OK, as he gave you is football last Monday! It really looks good! A A ' Bulletin Board Kept by Scribes Have you ever noticed the at- tractiveabulletin board in Miss Black's room? Each week a dif- ferent Journalist changes the board twice. The articles are very interesting and educational, and a few funny cartoons can always be found. ' A Q U. Chorus to Sing , For Kiwanis Club The High School Chorus will sing for the Kiwanis Club today ir. the Cortez Ballroom, according to Miss Sibyl Fowler, director. . og . I tl an 't Vi B My O C x c ' ee ' 1 I Q i pr . ' I tes -' . Here's 1, yo c chance for fn ' ls ' , f A A gy a ' u Dr f , 1 f MAP I Ri d.' Just g her w dow ' :1 on't te 0 the Rol'c flo - Qsf. ' ha.e,J1l1 at an last .e girs h'1 'e L e'1 a g n t e tr' c and field e s. ht Gi s o Try F' Cf' etrleader nkin Ro l'e velv Lino Mi- n E11 e ucille Purl, Fon J 1 , no, Or lia M r les. Ruhin Min- ' A. P . zank' ll . Janet R kin. and Viol ll rreal. PAGE, FOUR X mm w 1. Aco gr., 1 e .qv 1 f h ' It ' 'I41S 1 Ht A is , f fl M- iw. N M me M S OW 5 ' K -A . 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