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

Text from Pages 1 - 270 of the 1952 volume:

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Akridge Graduated from Temple High School, T e mp le, T e x a s, Principal j. L. Akridge received a B.S. and an M. A. degree from SWTSTC, San Mar- cos, Texas . He did graduate work at Colo- rado State College. By helping the students to achieve the skills and attitudes that help them to function as stude nt s, the schools hope to p r e p a r e them to face successfully p r o ble m s they will meet in later life, to help them mature wholly as individuals, to help equip themto adjust themselves--physically, mentally, socially and spiritually - to the complex conditions and relations which life imposes. To the extent that education at- tains these g oals, it succeeds in maturing the indi- vidual as a whole person. Miss Louise Black Mrs. Grace Bradshaw Gene Braught English, journalism junior High Arithmetic Band Director Mrs. Myrtle Brown Mrs. Hilma Carrell Miss Elizabeth Claypool junior High World History Commerical Work Social Studies English, Speech Miss jean Donalson Mrs. Grace Dixon Elmer Dahlberg English junior High English Basketball Coach john C. Evraets Alfred j. Forman Mrs. Estelle Friend Mathematics Football Coach junior High Mathematics Occupations J. A. Gebhardt Mrs. Estella Godfrey Mrs. Connie Hankal Science junior High Reading School Nurse Mrs. Bonnie C. Harmon Mrs. Verda P. Hightower Mrs. Mary Hoge junior High English junior High Social Studies Reading and Literature x We Mrs. Ava Lee jones Mrs. Elizabeth P. jones Claud jungman junior High English Spanish, English Baseball Coach Drivers' Education , A, 5 -. 3 Leland K. LeMaster Mrs. Sybil Mattar Ray Meyers Industrial Arts junior High Music Track Coach High School Choir junior High Science, Math Miss Sarah Pinson Miss Mary Beth Raymer Miss Georgia Bell Richards Secretary Home Economics Librarian Mrs. Irene Robertson Emma Mae Smith Mi s s Martha Stalling S History Mathematics Girls' Physical Education Mrs. Arm Swann J. R. Tocquigney Mrs. Lurlyne Tompkins Commerical Work Vocational Agriculture junior High Girls' Physical Education Mrs. Kathryn Thompson Counselor H af' yraau l All work and no play? ? f,,.. ' Q ,4 sv, -an .W- Q ,fy . ,fl 4 ,L,.,.,, , , ,, n rw fe 1 if il 1: 'S jf,'52i7zemi 5 W ,H , , Mr -fn , , Q, W ' Y . k . JM if ,M sa' 1-nl' 4,-' vi' ,f i 41 yffffff f X ,MQW fb? ' NM Q fi M ff? iff f' if f f ,A nflfi'-1 ,i. 11l -4-1-i 1-11-1: ' AV A 9' AS- Al- R- :,y,1s1w- 15: -22 355, 3' ':' .jlf Y J , . x ' 5 ,Wg ,, .HEI 5 .4 4. 1 .25 f ra '51 4 t ,..,- , mwt X H -X fe ' 7 .tx is x x 'Y ' SPONSORS john Evraets SPONSOR Miss Emma Smith FN R s 153,55 Ifwrfffla S Q X N X x X XT A Q X x A Q X so XX v1cEo512vEsx,JENT SECRETARY TREASURER June Smith Evelyn Haas STUDENT COUNCIL STUDENT COUNCIL T Sun C121-lr 13-1. v..:,1.L ff1ffwwwavfsasmQ-fglsgggggggfvim:' H .nr - , ..: . .M-W ,..,,...,.. , I . ' ' f l f 1, . l v r,,. i 2 aoee 4 E mf' 7 I if .rf f Sw ,QS 15 f 'TS if P hoee eaaoae 1 +1 R aaa C A Y I 1? I' AA ' P :' A ,', P P K,1, 'f .IEANNIE BLACK F.H.A. Historianglsit- tle Broadwayg Thes- pian Societyg Pep Squadg Choir ADA BARBOSA Rm Ame-ricanForumg F. H. A.g Choir GEORGE BEAMAN Basketballg Footballg Baseballg TrackgLet- te:-men's Clubg HI- LIFE Staff Mgr.Foot- ball, BasketballgTen- nis. KEITH BROWN F.H.A.g LA PALMAg In Donnag F.H.A.g G. A. A.3 Y - Teensg Pep Squad NINFA CARDONA Ho nor Societyg Pep Squadg Softballg Sec.- T r e a s. Soph. Classg Pres. Shorthand Class TONY BARBOSA Footballg Trackg Let- termen's Club MARY LOU BENBOW Bandg F.H.A.g G.A.A.3 Choirg Pep Squadg Mgr.g Girls' Basket- ball qi L A. L. BROMLEY Footballg Baseballg Basketballg Trackg I..ettermen's Clubg F.H. A. Sweetheart EMILIO CASTRO Footballg Basketballg Trackg Football Cap- taing Lettermen's Club J OHN BLANKE NSHIP DEL EATON Make - up Editor HI LIFE3 Band SUE CLARK Choirg Bandg Girls' Sextetg Girls' Tr iog Imagination 3 LA P A L M Ag Editor HI- LIFEQ Quill SaScrollg Honor Societyg Little Broadwayg Student Councilg Y-Teensg Song Leaderof Y- Teensg Little Broad- w a y Student Council Representative g S r. Class Representative JANIE DAVIS - Cheerleaderg F.H. A.3 G. A. A.3 Secretary- Treasurer of junior Classg Tennis HOMA FREASIER LOWERY GARRETT Secretary of G.A.A.p F. H. A.5 Volleyballg Basketballg Softball HARVEY LEE ,COONTS HI-LIFE staffgChoirg Ba ndg Little Broad- wayg Football, Trackg Basketball Mgr. FRANCES DYER F.H.A. Pre sidentg Parliamentarian,De- gree Chairmang G.A. A.g HI - LIFEQ LA PALMAQ P e p Squad IGNACIA GARCIA F.H.A.g G.A.A. JERRY GILMORE LA PLAMAgPhoto- grapher HI-,LIFE SELMA FRASE F.H.A.3 Bandg Pep Squad IR MA HERNANDE Z EVELYN HAAS Pres. of G.A.A.g Vice Pres. junior C la s sg Treasurer Sr. Classy Cheerleaderg Y- TeensgPopu1ar Soph- omore, junior G i r lg T e nni sg Basketballg Baseballg Volleyballg Outstanding Girl Ath- lete 1951 ED HENRY Letterme n'sClubg Footballg Trackg Sec- ond String All-Valley Football 2 5 X 1 MARY HOLMES Vice President of F.H.A.g Student Coun- cilg Pep Squadg Pan American Forum LOUIS JOHNSTON BandgChoirg All State Ba ndg Student Con- ductor of Band JAMES GODWIN ESMERALD HERNANDEZ HI-LIFE staffg F. H. A.g Choirg Pan A- merican Forum TERRY HOLMAN Footballg Key Club JOYCE ANN KEEN Y-Teensg G. A. A.g Choirg Little Broad- way EVAN DALE HINTNER Bandg Footballg Key Clubg I.,ettermen's Clubg Boys' State PAT LASITER Y-Teensg F.H.A. Pep Squadg G.A.A.g Pres. of F.H.A. LLOYD KIDWELL Key Clubg Boys' State IDA KRUMMEL PATIA LINK Bandg Twirlerg HI- LIFE staffg Thespian Societyq Little Broad- wayg G. A. A.g Y- Teensg Laziest jr. Girlg Most Beautiful Sophomore Girl GEORGE MADDEN Footballg Basketballg Key Clubg Choirg Stu- d e nt Counci1gWho's Whog In Harlingen Choirg Boxing BOB KNIGHT F o o t ba 1 lgBasebal1g Basketball g T r a c kg L ettermen'sClubg Student Counc 11, Y Teen Sweetheart TERESA LANCASTER Y-Teens3ChoirPres.5 Student Conductorg Band P1-es.g Student Conductorg Social Chairmang Sec.- Treas. Student Coun- cilg All Valley Bandg Little Broadwayg Girls' Sextetg Girls' Stateg Editor LA PALMAQ Honor So- cietyg Most Talented jr. Girl FRANCISCO LUNA JR. Footba11gTrackg C ho irg Letterrnen's Clubg Baseball SUE MCALPIN Y-Teensg Make-up Editor of HI-LIFE5 Little Broadwayg Girls' Sextetg LA PALMAQ Bandg Pep Squadg Quill and Scrollg Choir MARIA LEAL Choirg F.H.A.3 Pan American Forum ELVA MUNOZ BOB MCINTOSH FootballgBaseba1lg Basketballg Trackg Lettermen'sClubg Football Captain, 19513 Second Team All-District BLANC A MORALES DILLIE OTTO Honor Societyg HI- LIFE staffg LA PAL- MA staffg Bandg Choirg Girls' Sex- tetg Y-Teensg Stu- dent CouncilgLitt1e Broadwayg Pan A- merican Forumg Sec.-Treasg of Bandg Noisiest, Wittiest jr.Girlg Imagina- tion BARBARA POLK Choirg F.H.A. MACK MILLER F.F.A. OLGA MORALES LOU POINBOEUF F.H.A. Pianistg Busi- ness Manager of HI- LIFE, LA PALMA NOELIA RAMON Choirg F.H.A.g Pan American Forum JANE OEHLER Choirg Girls' Sextetg Bandg Quill at Scrollg Honor Societyg Little Broadwayg All- State Choirg HI-LIFEQ LA PALMA ISMAEL RAMOS SIDNEY RANKIN JACKIE ROBERTS Choir, Y-Teens, G. A.A., F.H.A., Band Choir, Band RONALD RENNESCHEIDT JUNE SMITH Pres. Student Coun- cil, Y - Teens, Sec.- Treas. Senior Class, Band Sweetheart, HI- LIFE staff, Quill gl Scroll, Honor S o ci- ety, Best All Around Sophomore, junio r Girl, Best Natured junior Girl JIMMY SWINNEA P res. Sr. Class, Vice Pres. Soph. Cla s s, Sr. Dir., Sec.-T rea s. Key C lub, Student Council, Honor Soc., Quill gl Scroll, LA PALMA, HI- LIFE,Choir,Boys' State, Basketball, Football, Basebal1,Trackg Letter- men's Club, Best All A- round Boy in W. H.S., Athletic, Studious Jr. Boy F. H. A. Parliamen tarian' F. H. A His- torian, Thespian So ciety' LA PALMA staff HORTENCIA RINCON F HA ' Choir' Pan American Forum WARREN STANBURY Footba1l,Baseball, Basketball, Track, I..ettermen's Club, President of -Ir. Class, Who's Who, Most Popular Sopho- more, junior Boy SOCORRO TORRES JACKIE RYAN F o o t ba l1,Baseball, Basketball, T r a c 14, Lettermen ' s C lu bg A 1 l-Valley Football Honorable Mention, Hi-LIFE Sta ff, LA PALMA staff, Quill Sz Scroll, Y - Teen Hero, Best Natured, Witty Jr. Boy EUGENE TRUITT Slide Rule Club American Forum DONALD WATKINS President of Key Club, Bandg and Stu- dent Councilg All State Bandg Footballg Lettermen'sClubg Most Handsome Sophomorehjunior Boyg Most Talented junior Boy Vs MARGIE WILLS Key C lu bg Baseballg I Lettermen'sClubg JULIA VALADEZ BaseballgC1. A.A.3 Pep Squadg Pan A- merican Forum MARCELLA VASQUEZ MARY WALLER Y-Teensg Choirg Pan Y-Teensg Choirg LA PAL MA staffg Bandg Little Broadway L Jo ANNE WILSON HI-LIFE staffg Little Bandg Twirlerg All Broadwayg Y-Teensg Valley Bandg F.H.A. Choir MADIA WOMBLE Bandg ChoirgY-Teensg Little Broadwayg F. H.A.3 Pan American Forum . M. ' . ,R sf , -i, M X - , 1 A . .TOY WILEY Vice Pres. Sr. Classg Edi- tor HI-LIFE and LA PAL- MAg Honor Soc.5 Student Councilg Quill 81 Scrollg Girls' Sextetg Choirg Bandg Y-Teens3Girls' Stateg Sec.- Treas.ChoirgLittleBroad- Wayg Most Ambitious, S 'tu- diou s Jr.5 Hlmaginationug Panther Sweetheartg Chee r- leaderg Beautiful CAMERA SHY Isaias Castillo Socorro Torres 6, X VICE PRESIDENT A. C. Fuller 5 --- 1 SECRETARY Julia Sleeth PRESIDENT David Rogers XX TREASURER 0 Charles Rupert SPONSOR SPONSOR SPONSOR Mrs. Irene Robertson joe Gebhardt Mrs. Ann Swann Patsye Akin Nettie Bradford jesus Cantu Emelia Campos , 3 4 ,Q jay Cloud Ken Cook Ki Alicia Garza Nora Garza Teresa Gonzalez Charles Griffin A , r ., L, Km eri, . , 5 Q. L , L ' 5 'K L 5 'I .A f f W' N5 '-XL ff f 1 ,,,, W Q, . .WJN if K wi' '25 pi if L '45 N A ww if if W E f A 'K 3 L , 1, Fred Buss - .v sig. lj . ' 'lgijiik rffpf.: S i Q G 4 1 Hp Q. , M , if ga Q 4. 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SECOND ROW: Pemelton, Miller, Hernandez, Hinojosa, Garza De la Cruz, Harrison, Quijano, Le Leon, Ivy FIRST ROW: Garcia, Go nza le S, Garza, Garza, Moralez, Abrego Bray I7 ii 5 ll Wad! I we It THIRD ROW: Tatum, Ontiveroz, Wray, Hinojosa, Levine, Cuellar Vera, Mendoza, Russell SECOND ROW: Mrs. Hoge, Strickland, Scott, Elston, Waddell, Smith, Southerland, Davis , Osbourn. FIRST ROW: Gilliam, Gilliam, Villarreal, Perez, Montgomery, Eoff, Mixon. err , OHV 'HIRD ROW: Hightower, Campos, varcia, Vasquez, Garcia, Dye, Boyd ECOND ROW: Mrs. Friend, C. fiarshall, Coats, Sherry, Clark, Lnott, Hoffman 'IRST ROW: Caskey, Clark,Ross, llark, Turner, Queroz. ,Q 1 '1-H--1-Hi-T I W aku.: I UUU FOURTH ROW: Car dona, Miller, Garza Champion,Cl1ampi0 Garza, Nicola THIRD ROW: Mr s jones, Castenada Gorhum, St. joh Manis, Warren SECOND ROW:Coue C o ok, Corus, Rena Sepulveda, Martinez FIRST ROW: Alvara do, Clayton,Leonove Tomez, Black, New bauer, Emery, Gil more THIRD ROW: Rivera, Sepulveda, Tullis, Williams,Rodrigues, Vallejo SECOND ROW: Garcia, Hank S, Reyes, Trevina, Sharon, Bar- low, Godwin, Mrs. Godfrey FIRST ROW: Tijerina, Coy, josefa, Cardena, Brixey, Mzxekey , . 1 waz., , L, ' 1 '41 ww 'I .fn ,ia , ,c ,, E isllvf-, . V. e.fage1s,. W' T U alll -N.-M , , an I .f5z.,..,... bil, , ZLTL 'VJ'f ft . il, K, 'FDU is THIRD ROW: Harren, Harrison, Held, Cassity, Barnett, Barbosa, Garcia, Garza, Basaldna, Garcia, Garza, Mrs. Bradshaw SECOND ROW: Anderson, Holzapfel, Barbosa, Garza,Chevez, Gooseman, Garza, Flores, Maldonado, Reyna, Briones, Perez FIRST ROW: Campbell, Alfiro, Faires, Caldwell, Hernandez, Dyer, Copeland, Blankenship, Crosby, Hughes, Hernandez, , , , f M - V , I 3-1. 3, 5,1 V Q , , . .,.. .Y , . ,.,, N ,AL by K- THIRD ROW: Alvarado, Carreon, Carreon, Cavazos, Gollarado Garza, Molina, Vela, Alanis, Sainz, Garza, Sanchez SECOND ROW: Woods, Davis, Ermel, Reyna, Garcia, Geraughty Gorhurn, McDonald, Vallejo, Casarez, Valdez, Mrs. Brown FIRST ROW: Gonzales, Alamarez, Guillot, Glynn, Cummings Earth, Fuller, Gilliam, Drake, Castro, Numoz, Avalos 'FEV FOURTH ROW: Drake, Ross,Coy Orsiola, Puente s, Pena,Tamez Rodriguez THIRD ROW: Beechie, Ruiz,Pena Nicola, Hill, Ramirez, Reyna,Mrs. Tompkins SECOND ROW: Meave, Braly,Gon- zalez, Colvin, C a stro, F ue nte s Castaneda, Newby FIRST ROW: Ramos, Stocking, Car- denas, Fox, R a mo S, Cano, Ander- son, Barbosa, Castaneda. ,,,,,,,,,,,,. ?lllll1 BACK: Molina,Gon zales, Whalen, Wea therford, Lugo, Lo pez, Mrs. Mattar Valdez, Lopez,Neza Almendarez, Pena MIDDL E: Pinalez Vernon, Thompkins Scho ber , Swinnea Reed, Stevens,To mez, Sierra,Loya Gutierrez FRONT: Smith Vera, Newby, Shel ton, Russell, Whi taker, Thompso Pena, Ochoa, son. 5', 3 FOURTH ROW: Gonzales, Pena, Ochoa, Poinboeuf, Wilson, Pena, Phippeny, Perez, Oliva, Mrs. Dixon THIRD ROW: Zavala, Rice, Ma- lone, Link, McKee, Lopez, Lopez, Ybarra, Holloway SECOND ROW: Mendoza, Mendo- za, Hargett, Cowling, Smith, Es- quivel, Salazar FIRST ROW: Moreland, Harring- ton, Scott, Pe r e z, Lugo, Knott. I 'Q 1. af ual! W Q2 , , 'W' '. H V iw if , . . ,Mft ' 1' V Qi , rf' EIGHTH GRADE OFFICERS: Ann Smith, Kathleen Sherry, Barbara St. john, Billy Russell, Gilbert Campos, jerry Strickland Mike Emery, Ann Caskey, Sandy Cook, Barbara Hanks, Maria Garza, Ninfa de Leon V nf' wavy.-Q N fav' .-we-ng. rl? Hi 5 54 ,ft M ' 19 ? . ' . ' 4 ' A , V- gk y, .. at X ,Z .. 1 ' ' , , Z ,4,4, , QL w k , P -s ,Q I U22 ii zines...- ,,, SEVENTH GRADE OFFICERS: Ruben Barbosa, Butch Barnett, Ernesto Lugo, Pablo Pena, Leo Hernandez, Margaret Colvin Juanita Drake, Shirley Ermel, Binnie Lou Braley, Jane Hargett, Linda Link, Linda Phippeny Y W ...Cz I w Q r 2ilE t r y X H 1. 3 by Hcareer Day., Planners Posture Contest Winners :A O 1 . aff rn! Kei 0 s ,Ai ' W Fire Prevention Theme Winners , M, A 935,23 .f ' X. Girl State Representatives Kid Day City Officials x 7 X AQM l x f ff f X51 5 Q9 fgffff -- A1- A, - Y Q-fifa' 1- 43 AQ-v4 , 45- I BUSINESS CO-EDITOR SPONSOR Joy Wiley Miss Louise Black ORGANIZATIONS Jane O ehle r FEATUR ES Sue McA1pin 6 , , .,,.-:va . fra , 1 , P ' 4,1 ' A L CLASSES Sue C lark Q A O X ,xi ORGANIZATIONS Carolyn Holzapfel 'Y if ' ' w r- we f w Q 11- 1 'C 3' FEATURES Fred Buss CLASSES Patsy Emery CLASSES BUSINESS MANAGER -rx, L 1rA,,1..--.. 1' ,... DAG,-.h.-.auf CO-EDITOR T eresa Lancaster BOYS' SPORTS Jimmy Swinnea GIRLS' SPORTS Keith Brown SNAPS Dillie Otto ART Patsve Akin PRODUCTION SPONSOR Mis s Jean Donalson BOYS' SPOR Jack Ryan li , GIRLS Ma ry Waller SNAPS Jerry Gilmore ART Sidnev Rankin SPONSOR Mis s Louise Black EDITOR Joy Wiley N.. . l1.-- - 1 52- fOIlfU7L l1I !Qs EDITOR Sue Clark Quill and Scroll SEATED: Smith, Otto, Oehler, Clark, Wiley, McAlpin STANDING: Beaman, Swinnea. Ryan, Rupert, Miss Black BUSINESS MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT EDITOR Harvey Coonts Lou Poinboeuf jack Ryan Charles Rupert BACK ROW: Hernandez, Smith, Eaton, Coonts, Beaman, Otto, Gonzalez, Wills, Polk, Poinboeuf Miss Black- FRONT ROW: IvfCAlnin. 'nvo-r, Iinlf T Dvnn W Dvan Onkla-H MISL... n....,...4. 1-1-..1- v PRESIDENT COUNCIL Donald Watkins The Student Council, an organization com- posed of student representatives, is primarily VICE PRESIDENT june Smith ficial to the students and the school. for the purpose of furthering all causes bene- SPONSOR SPONSOR J. L. Akridge J. A. Gebhardt -3 f - r A E. E. .fi 2 5' ' BE EN? QEVCQEEENK IE 5 Gorhurn, Geraughty, Crosby, Roberson, Mohle, Holmes, Akin, Kaufman, Gebhardt, Rut- ledge, Clark, Smith, Watkins, Oehler, Madden, Stevens, Waddell, Ackridge, McManus, Fuller, Otto, Buss, Leon, Heathcock. I K' fmt sl is 'ga , 9553 in Q , ' f W 1 1 5 I t J VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT TREASURER SECRETARY SPONSOR Charles Rupert Fred Buss Ninfa Cardona julia Sleeth Mrs. Irene Roberson NAT I GNN' .. - - ' Y M H: 6 K 9 1 I - 1 1 COUNCIL - - 1 The National Honor Society is an - Q 5 'L V Q: organization of students selected to T 5 E -,2' promote character, scholar ship, leadership, and service in the school. BACK ROW: Miss Louise Black, Rupert, Rogers, Swinnea, Buss, Montgomery, -I. L. Akridge, Miss Robertson MIDDLE ROW: Mrs. Elizabeth jones,Kaufman, Lancaster,Koester, Akin, Sawyer,Oehler, Cardona FRONT ROW: Smith, Roberson, Sleeth, Clark, Wiley, Kaarup PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT Donald Watkins Fred Buss Council Awww 3 1 .' - L I f 2, I I 1 if R I 1 4 f L SECRETARY SPONSOR Charles Rupert J. L. Akridge The purpose of the Key Club is to develop initiative and lead- ership, to serve the school and community, to prepare for use- ful citizenship, and toaccept and p r o m o t e certain constitu- tional objects of Kiwanis Inter- national. nmanraqlr f ' --'nm1- j in i L mir 4 9211, N.. may l FIRST TABLE: Buss, Watkins, Mr. Akridge, Rupert, Webb, Cloud, Hintner SECOND TABLE: Montgomery, Cloud, Beatty, Carter, Sitton, Waddell, Harren, Mr. Evraets THIRD TABLE: Madden, Fuller, Rogers, jones, Cook, Mohle FOURTH TABLE: Bach, Swinnea, Holman, Truitt my VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SECRETARY jose Ramon Charlie Mohle Ginger Roberson I Council The purpose of the Pan-American Student Forum is to promote better un- derstanding and relations between the peoples of the two Americas. SPONSOR Mrs. Elizabeth jones - - y .- - 1 v - - ..: i A : I A . I A 1 1 1 1. L 1 .. LA l L n 1 , n I 1' ' ,M if' '- H if - u FIFTH ROW: Smithey, Crosby, Levine, Montgomery, Willis, Cook, Webb, Cloud, Madden, Watkins, Caston, Swinnea, Bach, Rogers, Stephens, Buss, Castillo, Cloud, Kaufman, Roberson, Mohle, Anzualda, Garcia, Leal, Cardenas, Hightower, Golden, Otto Cuellar, Campos, Reyna, win, Holrnes, Sizemore riguez, Elizondo, Luna, Ramirez, Mendoza, Torres. FOURTH ROW: Bacter, Emerson, Anderson, Polk, Valadez, Hernandez, Cardenas, Olivarez, Ramon, Ramirez, Cardona, Fields, Kaarup, Ross, McManus. THIRD ROW: Akin, Cloud, Bagwell, God- Rincon. SECOND ROW: Waters, Leach, Kaufman, Copeland, Stahl, Rod- Hinojosa, Garza, Vela, Simo, Cantu, Torres, Thomas, Meyer, Holzapfel, Boyd, Ramon. FIRST ROW: Mrs. jones, Wiley, Christensen, Cook, Allen, Perez, Sepulveda, Perez, Garza, Leal, Campos, Vasques, Barbosa, Benitez, Rodriguez, Diaz, Vernon, Bustos, Aldridge, Saw- yer, Harrington, Molina, Leal, Luna. SPONSOR VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SECRETARY Miss Mary Rayrner liixvy Holmes Pat Lasiter Patsy Emery if .Q W if - 1 xXx ,O X Purposes of the Futur QX Homemakers Associatio X are to promote apprecia tion of homemaking an family life, to encourag A democracy, to foster th O development of c r e ativ XX leadership, and to furthe X the interest in home eco X nornics. wg W V V COUNCIL FI' 392.1 ',5'f. iff? iiiiiilfl '1 W FOURTH ROW: Miss Raymer, Benbow, Emery, Cardenas, Newby, Lasiter,Holmes, Ran- kin, McKissack, Roberts, Luna THIRD ROW: Minyard, Cantu, Garza, Godwin, Greenway, Rodrigues, Molina, Robles, Espinosa, Cardenas SECOND ROW: Hernandez, Reyna, Dyer, Brown, Dyer, Cueller, Va sque z, Rodriguez, Creraughty FIRST ROW: Yoder, Sepulveda, Leeper, Blankenship, Kielman, Brixey, Ramon, Lasiter, Butler, Reed, Frase 1.-ni A-in -1 m lil -gl -1- l 1 l .- .- -Q: -- SECOND ROW: Griffin, Hampton, Gray, Gatton, Miller FIRST ROW: .Ia C o b s, Stanfield, Luna, Rose, Fuller 1 lf SPONSOR PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT Tocquigney A. C. Fuller Mack Miller SWEETHEART SWEETHEART Nell Koester Edith Stevens The Future Farmers of America is a national organization of bo y s s tud y i ng agriculture in public secondary schools. F.F.A. is an intra-curricular a c tiv ity having its o r i g in and root in vocational agriculture. sf fx FOURTH ROW: Mr. Tocquigney, Griffin, Gatton, Jacobs, Miller, Bandemere, Miller, Gray, Brixey THIRD ROW: Martin, Robles, Luna, Hampton, Williams, Walker, Potter, Wilson, Goolsby SECOND ROW: Rennescheidt, Pemelton, Mitchell, Rutledge, Maupin, Luna, Koester, Stevens, Rose, Hughes, Fuller, Nunn, Malone FIRST ROW: Stanfield, Cowling, Donker, Veach SIXTH ROW: Miss Stallings, Copeland, Haas, Sleeth, Wiley, Otto, Smith, Koester, Williams, Mrs. jones. FIFTH ROW: Cook, Sawyer, Newby, Puckett, Womble, F. Lasiter, Kaufman, Meyer. FOURTH ROW: Rob- erson, Akin, Hankal, Link, Phippeny, Waller, Stevens. THIRD ROW: Stahl, Lott, I... Roberts, -I. Roberts, Sizemore, Polk. SECOND ROW: McAlpin, Lancaster, Kaarup. FIRST ROW: Holzapfel, P. Lasiter. 1 .M l - Y-Teens is a s e r vic e organ- ization of sophomore, junio r, and senior girls devoted to the t a s k of r e a li z i n g the ideals of personal and social living as Christians. 1 .r y , .,,,, kyii if SPONSOR SPONSOR Miss Martha Stallings Mrs. Elizabeth jones VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SECRETARY Evelyn Haas june Smith julia Sleeth Even the boys help! COUNCIL Miss Stallings, Williams, Haas, Smith, See, Sue is donating Something! Koester, Sleeth, Mrs. jones, Otto, Wiley Y-Teen Football Banquet Y-Teen HERO jack Ryan TEEN SWEETHEART Dale Hughes Bob Mclntosh, Panther co-captain, joy Wiley, Panther Sweetheart, jack Ryan, Y-Teen Hero , June Smith, Y-Teen Presidentg Emilio Castro , Panther co-captain. SQTAWM SPONSOR john Evraets r 4' E 'QU ' 11' 6 The Stamp Club encourages Q ff 'it students to c o lle ct stamps and to ff? -if if-4 learn the history of stamps of the United States and tho s e of foreign SECRETARY PRESIDENT Countries. Corner Baxter Ray Rutledge 'I , Ramirez., Schober, Tompkins, Evraets, Rutledge, Rodriguez, Molina, Baxter, Anderson, Davis. : ' V i 1 ff H 'B EU B T- A A B F ICE 0 F RS ,l V ,A,, 53-i ., VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SECRETARY Lowery Garrett Evelyn Haas Paula Sue Strong l 11 in- 1. The purpose of the Girls' Athletic Association is to promote interest and participation in sports among high school girls, SPONSOR Mis s Martha Stalling s FOURTH ROW: Butler, Phippeny, Rohrbaugh, Colvin, Lasiter, Stalling s, Stahl, Haas, Ross, Allen, Christensen, Cook, Garza, Luna, Strong, I-ink, Waller THIRD ROW: Newby, Puckett, Bagwell, Errne1,Roberts, Roberts, Lasiter, Benbow, Dyer, Minyard, Copeland, Kaufman SECOND ROW: McManus, Leach, Leeper, Geraughty, Card, Cloud, Waters, Frase, Lott, Garrett, Stevens, Roberson FIRST ROW: Sizemore, Williams, Garrett, Brixev 2 lEEiTElEEiR3E 1E ill! 1 Coach Forman . Coach Dahlberg The objective of the Lettermen's Club is to promote sportsmanship, leadership, and Coach Meyers to create more interest in athletic activi- ties. Any boy who earns a letter in any sport is elegible for the honor of member- Coachjungman ship in the Lettermen's Club. WESLACO BACK ROW: Robles, Cantu, Dahlberg, Ramon, Mohle, Cook, Rogers, Yarbrough, Swinnea, Buss Gatton, Rutledge, Hintner, Watkins, Forman FRONT ROW: Castro, Henry, Mclntosh, J. Ryan, Stansbury, Fuller, Rose, Willis, Beaman IXl3KFILE3'UE-- -23 I3 1 ' Q o q 3 AQ 'W' E K si Q R L G are F K VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDENT SEC. - TREAS. David Rogers Teresa Lancaster joy Wiley The purpose of the Weslaco High School Choir is to teach students to enjoy music, add to their cultural development, and provide entertain- ment to the school and to the com- munity. DIRECTOR Mr S. Sibyl Mattar - STUDENT DIRECTOR Teresa Lancaster ACCOMPANIST STUDENT DIRECTOR Ellen Boyd Pat Kaufman The Governing Body Soloists The Sextet 8 o'c1ock Rehearsal , ,mm - I 2 oi l Q21 f ' Concert Girls' Chorus , , , . 2 Choir Sweetheart--Sue McAlpin Concert Boys' Chorus - m Q-4 Concert Robed Choir Back Row: Hightower, Ramos, Iones,Cloud, Castillo,Valdez,Cook, Stevens, Montgomery Mohle, Bach, Swinnea, Rogers, Rupert, Webb, Cloud, Ramirez, Fields. Middle Row: Harrington,Yoder, Hankal, Waters,McManus,Crosby,Oeh1er,Otto, Kaufman Buss, Lancaster, Keen, Roberts, Koester, Wiley, Cellum, Clark. Front Row: Aldridge, McAlpin, Reed, McKissack, Allen, Wills, Polk, Boyd, Leach, Akin Oehler, Awwiler, Holzapfel, Sleeth, Ramon. .4 ,.1f Q A ff Y F e 91 1 n X h I X I E E ,E ' W E :-LA Q H H A H PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY-TREASURER Teresa Lancaster june Smith Dillie Otto Y X mit.: The Weslaco High School Concert and Marching Band is attempting to meet the mu sic a l needs of the com- munity in the instrumental field, to de ve lop cultural attitudes in the stu- dents, and to develop the ability of each student to perform well on a given instrument. COUNCIL Concert Band DIRECTOR Gene Braught 1145 f if w-r. K ABL, L! . ,, Ly.-. TWIR LERS ,.,. E, Patia Link, Martha Oehler, Nell Glynn Koester, Patsy Hankal, Io Ann Wilson 21 V y N llla Q K .. as ,, , W QV' DRUM MAJORETTE Nell Glynn Koester SWEETHEART PRESENTATION June Smith Sweetheart The Marching Band STUDENT CONDUCTORS ig-ima, llh. n X,-fl.,-.. new 11. - ' , W 4- A, ,fu ,,,'. 1 1 fy T. 1' -1 , x , Q..-311.4 'v w 71i.,f'Ti 2,31 ull. 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L E-ii. 5 f Mrs. Elizabeth jones--Sponsor MQ? fix Glenda Willis--Mascot r'f'vv'2Q,4 ,, . --'qv-v:- fE !:r'.-zrifra-qv,:,wvs-'w. .V -W. ---- M, lu Tommie .Io Lott ------ -I unior ' A , W, ,, . , joy Wiley ------ Senior ' Evelyn Haas--- I 435' 4,-. ---Head Cheerleader Pat sye Akin ------ junior Janie Davis- ----- Senior waxmmmam SXIEETGUEA T ff, ff 3 WSW f Xl f fi ij M W ff f if f W- 'Z'-A ' X Y , -Ar, 4b--1 4 Ar, A tr,-F-,ggYA 47 -, A -E i 4.77- A A A 'PEE T -iw, wash to bP,l'?'Y'C 0. LGTXCLKLIEK, For the offsge 04' one vm vw 1-- Nw v.s-,swufgn Summa s4U.a.n+ Lawn Fav Hut Lorvwwu SF s'h. -Q qivdlfm ,Jn 'Mp Awww! Q?+1m,Qm1m.? .Q . ..l xx,m.,. ihfh W. ,.f,,. fm Ptcwf' ntl .. in ..Z, QfJfXMf,11.fs mi my-,fi.qi.u-14 yu cfficc, ELECTION 1 Il, 6' if-.Jfnf -a The petitions started the . . . v fgwqqgg lt The ballots were cast . . . . and counted . . with the se re sultsz I PRESIDENT F red Bus s VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY-TREASURER ' ' D-L--.- Al.:- IQ sf PN LSCQQLA - 'l' U!E DNE-ACT PLAY CONTESTANTS 2. L. Tatom, Dillie Otto, Jane Jehler, Teresa Lancaster. REGIONAL CONTESTANTS Darrell Bach, Charles Rupert joy Wiley, julia Sleeth, Marilyn Kaarup LITERARY CONTESTANTS Allie Aldridge, Marilyn Kaarup, Erin Sutherland, Barbara Manis Not Pictured: Dell Eaton COMMERCIAL CONTESTANTS Betty Meyer,julia Sleeth,joy Wiley, Darrell Bach Not Pictured: Tommy McMann, Blanca 1:--,-1-, SENIORS AMBITIOUS AMBITIOUS STUDIOUS TALENTED TALENTED BEST ATHLETIC Dyer ATHLETIC Swinnea BEST Watkins NATURED Haas Stansbury NATURED WITTIEST S mith Ryan WB-:UQ S AMBITIOUS STUDIOUS Wiley WM.. AMBITIOUS AMBITIOUS STUDIOUS TALENTED TALENT ED BEST NATURED STUDIOUS NOISIEST Rupert Aldridge ATHLETIC LAZIEST Sleeth Buss Rogers WITTIEST Williams Y Y if ,3.,g WITTIEST BEST BEST NOISIEST LAZIEST NOISIEST DRESSED DRESSED Madden Bromley Otto LAZIEST Ramos Link WMU LAZIEST McMann EST NATURED ATHLETIC WITTIEST WITTIEST BEST BEST NOISIEST Cloud Lott Akin Mohle DRESSED DRESSED Stevens J U N 'O Koester ' cook , 2, f 1' f f L ENGLISH S HOR T HAND TYPING .Toy Wiley WGSQ S IOURNALISM Charles Rupert HISTORY Carole Sawyer K 0 ,.N ,,, PHYSICS Julia Sleeth G SPANISH PLANE EOMETRY Ginger Roberson ALGEBRA Patsye Akin x , v .1 ' ,1 A 's IN BOOKKEEPING Tony Barbosa M - ,,,,, , SOLID GEOMETRY Tp-rosa Lancaster ,f I ,f 'N ff 1 SPEECH Jimmy Swinnea WMO ,it-it Qs. AGRICULTURE A. C . Fuller IOME ECONOMICS Datricia McKis sack -1, , df .Q .51 1' , -5 BOYS' P. E. John Blankenshin lf' v', 8 f 'bi' my P SHOP Jerry Gilmore f GIRLS' P. E. Julia Valadez rw be V MECHANICAL DRAWING Bob Knight CHOIR Jane Oehler TRIGONOMETRY Eugene T ruitt BAND Donald Watkins P C9 UE R I W 5 7 IETQI C The Candidates Jr . I-hgh Rec ru1ts MPM! ' ' A-li! ZF! Is there a doctor 1n the house '? ? Country Style in 39 my +4331 469 img W QW? ,Law ,N 'ZS' C5-1 ik' my 4 Q. 'V I 2 2 ' 41 may- as 'W 5 X 4 WNY M33 fn rzmw UWA X ': W, ff 1, ,X X ,f fm, iff f MQ f 'Q' X my X 1 Z X NEW C f Z:-f?-:,:i1 i fl X Stansbury - Back Fuller - Back Barbosa - Back 5 Mohle - Tackle Stansbury Streaks Goalward on Intercepted Pass Hintner - Tackle Castro Rose - Back All-District Back Swinnea - Tackle Robles - End Watkins - Back McIntosh Halts Rampaging Curry Hampton - End McIntosh - Back Luna - Guard I. Ryan - Center A11-District Guard 1 4 . Ramon - Center N Rogers - End Gatton - Back W. Ryan - Center Wilhite Hinders Panther Drive Henry Knight - Guard A11-District Tackle 'fs iw 1 Bromley - Tackle C0019 ' End Rutledge - Back Gatton Escapes Would-Be Tackler Buss - Guard Coonts - Manager Beaman - Manager . . ........,,.l.,.mn.,v.sa' ' I Rop Row: Beaman, Coach Forman, Henry, Rogers, Hintner, Barbosa, Robles, Castro. Second Row: Swinnea, Luna, Buss, Rutledge, Cook, Mohle, Catton, Ramon, Coonts. First Row: Bromley, W. Ryan, Fuller, Knight, Stansbury, Mclntosh, Rose, I. Ryan. ,X f 2 5 4 COACH ASSISTANT COACH co-CAPTAIN Forman Dahlbefg CO-CAPTAIN 1 M, l J Q - 5 A -TEAM LINE-UP V ? V.LV f 81 Q3 7 912,11 ,, if? Fourth Row: Lugo, Rutledge, Williams, McKin, Tolson, Caston, Hawk Third Row: Pena, Henrickson, Gonzales, Leal, Luna, Reblado, Weatherford Second Row: Coach Meyers, Sherman, Thompson, Waddell, Cardenas, Miller, Collin, Davis, Cardenas First Row: Hughes, Akin, Moyer, Hankal, Walker, McA1pin, McIntosh, Goolsby, Gray ,E N J -any 1' f: I K ' ,af an xl A, ,- . if I 5 COACH MANAGER I co-CAPTAIN Meyers Cardenas co-CAPTAIN B-TEAM LINE-UP Q KIQQ ,V A 3 A Third Row: Garza, Alanis, Harrison, Williams, Puente, Barbosa, Leal Second Row: Coach Jungman, Weatherford, Lackey, Barnet, Heathcock, Cassity, Ivy First Row: Conley, Pemelton, Anderson, Martin, Hill, Ray, Tullis fn, ' .i ,V A 7 n N all I lf in co-cAPTA1N COACH co-CAPTAIN jungrnan - ..- 1 .,,,,,,,,, JUNIOR TEAM LINE-UP Swinnea, Captain Mohle, Forward A11-District Center Beatty, Guard All-District ew 2 MSE Q' QQEIWHIP 'i Cook, Guard McIntosh, Forward A11-District Rogers, Center I. Ryan, Forward Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Weslaco Knight, Forward 31 Z3 37 38 Z4 Z1 Z8 27 37 Z4 Fuller, Forward Weslaco Weslaco '1'Weslaco CONFERENCE 41 Mission 44 Mercedes 51 Rio Grande 49 Edcouch-Elsa 39 Donna 33 Raymondville 57 Mission 44 Mercedes 60 Rio Grande 46 Edcouch-Elsa 46 Donna 44 Raymondville 42 San Marcos P1FRegional Stansbury, Guard 38 40 44 Rutledg e , Guard G. Cloud, Guard Elmo Dahlbe rg Coach of the Year District 32AA I. Cloud, Guard 1. - Rose, Guard NON-CONFERENCE Weslaco San Benito Weslaco La Ioya Weslaco Edinburg Weslaco P.-S.J.-A. Weslaco McAllen Weslaco Harlingen Weslaco P.-S..T.-A. Weslaco San Benito Weslaco St. Joseph Weslaco La Joya Weslaco La Joya Weslaco San Benito Buss, Forward W. Ryan, Guard Back Row: Luna, Rutledge, Anzaldua, Torres, Ramon Front Row: Young, Hankal, Leal, Robledo, Thompson, Gray CO-CAPTAIN CO-CAPTAIN -iaifrfcx N LINE-UP COACH Meyers Back Row: Harren, Carter, Waible, Lackey, Nlartin, Hill, Conley Front Row: Gray, Madden, Reed, Swinnea, Hightower, B. Nicola, L. Nicola, Lewis, Ross ' DISTRICT CHAMPS ALL VALLEY CHAMPS CO-CAPTAIN CO-CAPTAIN COACH Iungman LINE -UP BACK ROW: Stansbury, McIntosh, Davis, Swinnea, Miller, Carter, Garza FRONT ROW: Mendoza, Luna, Thompson, Caston, Weatherford I ! 4 I - W- .F fff-r-r BACK ROW: Carter, McIntosh, Swinnea, Bach, Davis FRONT ROW: Thompson, Luna, Stansbury, Weatherford COACH BACK ROW: Miller, Thompson, Stansbury, Caston, Ray Meyers Garza FRONT ROW: Luna, Weatherford, Mendoza R551 e COACH f y 12'f 361- ' Jungman M, .11-., . Z : N, .,,, I Back Row Willis Suarez Williams I Ryan Truitt Akl ' H Auu W il in i r PM : 1 1 3 0 1 1 t A as 5, qu Bradford, Beatty W 2 Front Row: Sitton, Ramon, J. Cloud, G. Cloud, Walker ':: C aptain Captain MANAGER LINE -UP l , ,g5 'q f .ci rt, 3' Back Row: Williams, Truitt, J. Ryan, Cook Terry Young I I I I I ll I Front Row: W. Ryan, Brown, Mohle, Rutledge , Elizando u I ll' I ' I I INFIELD I'l I IIII H so lro at? FIX! Captain Back Row: Cook, Rutledge, W. Ryan, Mohle Front Row: Brown, Robledo, Elizando, Bearnan SEIEEREFETEEH REGIGNAL CHAMPS A and B Teams I 'fav I 1, ? f' B 3 SPONSOR Mis s Martha Stallings M a n a 3 e 1' S N ewby Benbow Ermel Bagwell Cloud Haas Christensen W i R 1 0 1 S 5 8. IT! S i m it : Q' nz ' i:-ffl: f , 5-','i'f'f:1 fi YIIL - 'A ' ' -' 3' Xgxxx l E gg MANAGER Mary Lou B enbow MANAGER Y vonne Newby CAPTAIN . f C Maria Cadena M 'Bk ,- ,X Second Row: Mary Catherine Schreck, Aline Minyard, Mary Catherine Ermel, Evelyn Haas, Mary Lou Benbow, Delores Luna First Row: Tommy Io Lott, I.. nnd 11 R b y e e o erts,Dorothy Bagwell, Maria Cadena, Paula Strong KK-If-5 KIA Q i- COACH 1-+l-.- C4--11 .....,-. wo EEE! . K :ess B 5 f A, . 12 5 M. -fe r ii-3 i . if ,isle-',: aif'1.f3f:, s .il 1 A, , ,. s A S ' 1 r r film MANAGER Mary Lou Benbow MANAGER Yvonne Newby CAPTAIN Mary E rm el COACH KA kin-v-+k-, C+n11'nn.- Q! Ab Second Row: Tommy Io Lott,AlineMinyard, Evelyn Haas,Mari C d a a ena, Frances Lasiter, Paula Strong, Delores Luna First Row: Lynndelle Roberts, Sue Copeland, Ginger Roberson, Mary Catherine Ermel, Dorothy Bagwell GIRLS' TEAM: Schreck, Simo, Cook BOYS' TEAM: Ryan, Rutledge, Waddell SINGLES: Strong g 2 DOUBLES: Haas, Lott YS' , . . . , -V ua ' ' v 5 fill- K f K , . H I .J 1. ' if , . rw, f '. ' 2 -4' ' 'H' vw, . v-t--1 f ' -' ,- . M . . v . A- fn H?4i.m, ?:4'a14imfagf-h:,5iW'::viii? N' ' '. 4 . 1 I . W ' ' ' '- 'JH' fffbi .gf . . RZ Q- 1'i?'Q.-Z, i' 'G-'iw -, asf' in , . '5 ,lf '. ' , ' , 'V' A-M ' .5 V av' V - 7 9-',v'.'f'- 5 I 1 5 '5- f--Y ' 'af ' ' QT aim. 1: jj f A A V M ARC HERY BASE BALL , H.. BASKE T BALL TU MBLING k xx is BOX ING VOLLE YBAI. L ,ka ! f ff .h 4 My I' iff X' Sf fffff x Z 2 ix 5 2 .X ,ni f X lf! - ZZ- 'H 21... -- ii- Qf 15:5 A Y ,viii fi 4g -y.f4., A A Y A SALUTATORIAN HIGH BOY June Smith Jimmy Swinnea W f 5 new , 23 r r Fourth Row: Gilmore, Ramos, Bromley, Castillo, Mclntosh, Link, Norman, Third Row: Watkins, Barbosa, Eaton, Stansbury, Ryan, Coonts, Beaman, R Second Row: Oehler, Keilman, Keen, Roberts, Rankin, Polk, Holmes, Dyer, Brown, First Row: Tucker, Wilson, Frase, Benbow, Smith, Wiley, Haas, Balli, Krummel, He rnande VALEDIC TORIAN Joy Wiley CLASS 1952 arcia, Moroles, Barbosa, Valadez, Womble, Ramon, Cardona, Garrett. Killer, Madden, Henry, Godwin, Truitt, Kidwell, Knight, Freasier. asiter, Wills, Poinboeuf, Lancaster, Otto, McAlpin,Rincon, Hernandez, Clark, Vasquez. loroles, Leal, Munoz . ' A Processionalz Triumpha1March --Verdi 4. f.. 'mv Y 'Ho1y , Holy , Holy ' ' --Heber Vocal Solo--Jane Oehler . xx F Sermon--Rev. H. D. Barlow, Pastor First Baptist Church, Weslaco D. A. R. Citizenship Award American Legion Citizenship Awards Joy Wiley Teresa L.ancaster,Jimmy Swinnea Arion Award Donald Watkins Literary Revue Homemaking Silver Thimble Mary Holmes AWA Fx D 5 of . W All Lions Club Journalism Awards Sue Clark, Charles Rupert Band Parents' Award A11 Senior Band Members M--...EN Rotary Girl and Boy June Smith, Warren Stansbury Knot pictured, B . P. W. Com- mercial Award Ninfa Cardona X, QH'I5'wif 42 uf 'ff .. 9 fx Y wa 1 J mf L1 ' Q ,ww.vsQvfu lvl 5 'gif I f 4 U? t an Q ll i A fu ,. ya A N ,fem The Green Vine ll Bandera or Bust! We basked in the sun . . Swam - - - Played . . . Rode . . Paraded . . L., 5 1 X. f , 'fe' f d P .1.T4lsL -O .sein . im 4 J...--'Sm ,V x f Went to a rodeu . . Had a Bar-B-Q . . And even played pool enior Play Makes it with Audience he Green Vine, Senior class play, kept the aiiciicnces I 'ing the performances last Thursday and Friday nights i fhool auditorium. e play centered around the deceased Cousin George, wi iack to his home, The Green Vine, to give his relative nd financial assistance. His frequent reniurks were nally by the actors, uho always became mutually fi end. Cousin George settled in his old chair and smiled work. which was completed with satisfaction. orge Beaman played realistically the part of Cousin pungent remarks caused a great deal or ri-zuusioii. as he' existed in the minds of others. Jturing the laughter of the awiliew - ' ' ' voice, easy-going June Myrtle Brand. -ntion. all locker owners :ies for messy or or I lockers are U' t2l damag' :ed noses f look wh:-2 0 a slr not lu- hten 5' px-omisi. o,x 9' are's my W E iowdercdl l? - Weslaco stiu. r seekers? No. ual school picl llonday. irday found the ng hard in prep: ie coming junior- et. 'lf work is w to have a successful then this ye:1r's affair iam, e the best yet. 'trying :Georges fiqcers for Y liosen by Cla 1 sses in senior high met in various noon sessions last week to :heir officers for the year. The seniors, juniors, and freshmen .ed their elections, but the sophomores have selected only their fit and their secretary. Sponsors for the various classes were ii by the school administration. Officers and sponsors are as NIORS: President, Jimmy Swinneap vice president, Joy Wiley: y, June Smith: treasurer, Evelyn Haas: Student Council rep- ives, Sue Clark and George Madden. The class sponsors Emma Mae Smith and John Evraets. lll- JUNIORS: President, David Ro- gersg vice president, A. C, Fullerg ' secretary, Julia Sleethg treasurer, ngs, Gates! By now, you d have put your rubber representatives Edith Stevens and Dewayne Rutledge. The class sponsors are Mrs. Roger Swann. Mrs. Fred Robertson, and J. A. Gebhardt. SOPHOMORES: President, G. L. Tatomg secretary, Ginger Rober- son. FRESHMEN: President. Walter vay in your closet. Come -..A ---J ALJ- ...--1.n, ..,.,.- The Weslaco Hi-Life iEiglii Journalists lpant-hers Hrs V gMuke Quill 8. Scroll 1 l 1 . jstaff-seven seniors and one Jun- -ior-have been recommended for 4,-inbership in Quill and scroll. C 0 izigm members of the HI-LlFEl 4 I- iniitional honor society for school journalists, hy Miss Jilack, sponsor. They are B D Q... M, ..., J... y owning Mission Friday Night June Snntl l H,-im l The Weslaco - We started the district basketbal ' ,ng l of the '52 seasf Mission 41 to si iast Frid The scorf en greater if Coach Dahl -'esteil the -cond and third teams pl: If o A ' ' ' .418 A Dis- played the entire first The last half of the ga with Weslaco. Howe o team saw action. E hat he was in, and C .i-point man for Missic n the B team gam 'ion beat Weslaci game played 4 -enito came up ico 42 to 32. Du -cond quarters, with the h fig 18 to 14. uarter San Bi ly: and in the hen Jim Swinn .sore was.. 32 tc favor. After. rture Weslaco se 'part at the seams, fito took quick adva by scoring 11 point 1' 5 minutes of play. Swinnea took high . in the for the game by h points: Cook was 1 High man for San the san Montalvo with 11 pr 39 last -W.H.S.l t game. Alex F.F.A. to Have I 'ifxi From Their Chic. e Chickens raised b will provide meat fc cue at Edith Stevei row night, accom Tocquigny. 'aol talent fbecu PUBLISH if ZS ly you and xl heard sc I other night MAR'l'H.A- DELLE w , lang Qf Wei ,s Dig Jim an... UW WUI- palm. nigh: behind , Slmaklng -re Ken Cook and Charlie Semin , . D2 ci'giliZiiigJL:iQoI with eight point. each. In the milk 'V ' 1' - th good bo l Pl'lER l KOESTFIR. . up e work' vs. Charles Rupertg Student Council- DOWH WALLER. Lure fu. ifind what you were looking .1 . Date of the week goes to l 1.- ongratulatlons are in order 'for Stanley Keathley, ex-student LEN and BILLY JACK- Keep wand star quarterback of Weslaco, ' i up, kids. Whats this? BOB and EVELYN decided to go swimming at night? Q Kind of chilly, wasn't it? , JOY and JIM w e r e together l over the weekend, as were PATSY and EDWIN. By the way, I hear f that as of last Tuesday JOY and YIM! Ln-.A L--- ..-:..A no V .n - for being selected on the second- 'string Junior College All-Amerl- can team. Stanley, in Wharton Junior Col them to win second p conference through attacks. :La Palma I- V-i.l ll' . 'Oo nf M, 0 . X 1 1 . s 'w. , J . X, X XKW ,V 5 , Q , M vf' ,j A 4. ax' I Q5 WESLACO HI-LFE THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951 V 5. Grady Hester, new superinten- dent of XVeslaco schools, is no stranger to W. H. S., as he was head football coach here from 1944 to 1948. During that time his teams won four district and bi-district championships, one regional, and a tie for regional. Mr. Hester, who was born in I ott, Texas, graduated from Waco High School in 1931. He holds B. S. and M. A. degrees from Southwest State Teachers College, San Marcos, with majors in ad- ministrative education and social science and a minor in physical education. His experience includes coach- ing positions at Bracketville, Ma- son, Raymondville, Weslaco, and Corpus Christi. At Bracketville he was also elementary school prin- cipal, and at Mason high school, principal. In February, 1948, Mr. Hester left Weslaco to become head coach at Corpus Christi. Last No- vember he was made athletic di- rector and health and physical education director of all Corpus Christi schools. Mr. Hester stated that he is looking forward to this being one of WHS's most successful years. He said that he is very proud of the new faculty and expects great things of them. itW.H.S.J- Gertrude - W e l l, a n y w a y, George dresses like a gentleman. Bertha-itlndeedl I never saw him dressing. Thirteen New Faces Counted in Faculty Including Principal J. L. Akridge, Weslaco Junior-Senior High has an even dozen new teachers this year. Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, who is back as director of the high school choir after an absence of a year, makes a thirteenth. Miss Georgia Belle Richards, librarian, comes to Weslaco from Henderson State Teachers' College in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, where for the past two years she has been assistant librarian. Degrees of B.S. and B. S. in L. S. were obtained by Miss Richards from Texas State College for Women, Denton. She also served 42 months as an army hospital dietitian. Another new member of the faculty is J. A. Gebhardt, who teach- es general science, biology, and physics. Mr. Gebhardt is from Penn- sylvania, where he taught at Williamsport, Kingston, and Wilkes- New principal of Weslaco Jun- ior-Senior High is J. L. Akridge, who comes here from Pleasanton, where he was high school princi- pal two years. Mr. Akridge was born in Tem- ple and graduated from high school there in 1942. In 1947 he received a B.S. degree in educa- tion from Southwest Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos. From 1944 to 1946 he was elemen- tary principal at Rock Springs, and from 1947 to 1949, high school principal at Halletsville. -tW.H.S.J-- Mother is a boy's best friend, and if he comes home late enough, he may find her there. Barre. He received his Bachelor of Scienc Degree at the University of Pennsylvania and is at present working on his Master's. Taking over the duties of typ- ing and bookkeeping is Miss Eliz- abeth Claypool, formerly of Bee- ville, Texas. Miss Claypool re- ceived her B. B. A. degree at Bay- lor University in Waco. In Bee- ville last year, she taught in Jun- ior High. Miss Claypool succeeds Miss Louise Williams, who resign- ed during the summer. Miss Jean Donalson, a gradu- ate of Weslaco High, is now teach- ing sophomore and junior courses in English here. She attended Sophie Newcomb College, New Or- leans, but later went to-the Uni- versity of Texas, where she re- ceived her B. A. degree. Miss Don- alson taught junior high English in Weslaco one year. For the past two years she taught senior high English in Crystal City. Mrs. Verda P. Hightower of Weslaco is teaching freshman English. Mrs. Hightower pre- viously taught freshman English at Harding College in Searcy, Ar- kansas, and high school English in Tom Bean, Texas. She holds a B. A. degree from Asutin College in Sherman, Texas. --tW.H.S.J- Barbara: I wonder if Warren loves me. Edith: 'tOf courseg why should he make you an exception? THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951 ,im SEE IT Welcome back to the old halls of learning, you studes. School, football, and all the trimmings are rolling again. Now come along with me around the cam- pus, and I will give you the news AS I SEE IT. Vlleslaco High also welcomes Grady Hester, our new super- intendent of schools in Weslaco, J. L. Akridge, our new princi- pal, and all our new teachers. Here's wishing them all the luck. It looked as though a reunion was being held at W. H. S. last week. Some of our ex-grads were visiting around the campus. Among them were Kaye Clark, Jim McLeaish, Eleanor Bradshaw, Elden Wren, Tony Guerra, Arm- ando Cueller, Bondy Harmon, Hal Potts, Ballard Bennett, Dewey Barnett, John Robert and Julian Hill, K e n n e t h Jones, Robert Fields, and of course lots of last year's seniors just couldn't seem to stay away either. It was really good to see them all. Sign my annual, was a fam- iliar phrase heard around school lalst week. The LA PALMAS had just arrived, and we were really glad to get them. Last year's staff deserves a cluster of medals for the grand job they did. This year's staff certainly has a challenge before it. Have you wondered why the seniors are running up and down the hall holding their left hand, third finger, in such an odd posi- tion? Don't worry, their fingers aren't broken. They are just being sure everyone notices their new Senior rings. Juniors, we bet you can't wait till next year for yours. Say, boys, were you surprised to have that peppy send-off so early Friday morning by the band? Before the boys left we got to hear a few words from co-captains David Rogers and Tony Barbosa, and see a last- W.H.S. Welcomes New Faces New faces and new personalities bring new ideas. Progress is the main result of new ideas. So, welcome, new faculty members and new students. We stand ready for further progress and success. VVe sincerely hope you will learn to be one of us and truly love our school and town-make it your school and your own hometown. As for Hold students, it is our job, or rather our pleasure, to become acquainted with the new people and help them feel at home. If you have ever found it necessary to move from one school to an- other, you will well understand the trials and tribulations of the new student. Come on, kids! Let's all do our part as hosts and hostesses of W. H. S., of Weslaco, and of the Valley. In Victory Or Defeat We'II Stand The pep meeting last Thursday seemed to lack the fire and en- thusiasm of a good pep rally. We have a fine football team, and it is up to the student body to back it and our school. Perhaps if we stop and remember the words of our school song, we can better attain that spirit which we lack. VVeslaco High, our faith in you 'shall never, never die- We must have faith and confidence in ourselves and in what we try to do, to show that we believe in our school, no matter what happens. 'WVeslaco High, our hearts are trueg we'll raise your name on high- What we accomplish should never be for our personal glory, but for the school and the whole student body. In victory or defeat we'll stand, unmoved by friend or for- The fact that we lost the Robstown game shouldn't discourage us, for there are other more important games. The boys did their best, and that is what really counts. Your spirit be our guiding hand, as on through life we go. Let's get behind the team, gang! The spirit of Weslaco High will help us win the game. minute dash for the bus by Jim- my Spectators Vaughn. F-i-g-h-t! f-i-g-h-tl This was one of the cute new yells the cheerleaders introduced Friday night. You all certainly did look pretty in those new purple and white uniforms, gals. Patsye Akin and Tommie .lo Lott, our new cheerleaders, did a swell job. 'tFirst squad to the rear, March! No, this isn't the Ma- rines marching-only the Greents Gold Band led by Drum Major Nell Glynn Koester doing one of their snappy new routines. They really looked good at the Robs- town game. Also Patia Link, .Io I Anne Wilson, Martha Oehler, and Patsy Hankal did some fancy twirling with the band. We think those new marching steps are SUPER Favorable comments are being heard around the campus about our flag-raising ceremony Mon- day morning. After the fanfare, Louis Johnson played Call to the Colors, as Lloyd Kidwell raised the flag. Donald Watkins, presi- dent of Student Council, led the student body in the pledge of al- legiance. As MacArthur said, I shall return! Oct. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951 Weslaco To Engage McAllen Bulldogs Friday Night After a week of hard practice following the Robstown game, the purple and white boys from 'Weslaco will be guests of the McAllen B u l l d 0 g s tomorrow night. tYith no injuries, but many aches and pains after the Robs- town game, the Panthers are ready to face the McAllen Bull- dogs on the gridiron for the first time in ten years. In 1941 the Panthers bowed to the boys from the Palm city with a score of 21-0. This will be McAllen's first game of the season, While the Panthers will be out for a come- back win. McAllen is boasting a light but fast backfield this year, sparked by such backs as Richard and Reuben Gonzales working in the half-back slots, Noe Galvan, a hard-charging fullback, and Gil- bert Torres doing the chores in the quarterback position. Working from a T formation, McAllen depends on speed, decep- tion, and a fast-charging line to gain ground. As for the Panthers, Emilio Castro and Don Yarbrough will be handling the ball as half backs, with Warren Stansbury working in the quarterback slot. A promis- ing passer for the Weslaco team is Dewayne Rutledge. Manning the line for the Panthers are such stalwarts as Bob Knight, Bob Mc- Intosh, and Ed Henry. The probable starting line up will be as follows: Rogers-right end Cantu-right tackle Knight-right guard Ryan-center McIntosh-left guard Henry-left tackle ' Panthers Lose Hrst Grid Game I8-6 to Roost-own Cot-l-onpiclcers Local Lads Play Better Ball Second Half, But Fail To Overcome Robstown's Lead Coach Al Forman's hard-fighting Panthers dropped an 18-6 thrill- er to the Robstown Cottonpickers on Robert Driscoll Field last Fri- day night. The Pickers, led by Earl fBubbal Jalufka and Billy Earl Wright, were never behind. Jalufka started the scoring late in the first quaiter with a short scamper off tackle. Ja1ufka's conversion was wide. and the Rolistown crew led 6-0. Weslaco immediately bounced back to give Robstown a scare '. l'en Swinnea covered a bad center on the 35-yard line. Castro fought his way to the 12, but a set-back put them back on the 19. Two in- complete passes ended Weslaco's threat. The two teams played on even terms during the second quarter until a bad fumble by Gatton on the 12-yard line. The Weslaco for- ward wall held but had to punt from deep in their own territory. W.H.S. Panthers To Play Ten Games-Four Here The VVeslaco Panthers are scheduled to play ten games this season. These are as fol- lows: Date -Tea m-Place Sept. 7-Robstown, there Sept. 14-McAllen, there Sept. 21-San Benito, there Sept. 28-Edcouch-Elsa, here 5-Open Oct. 12-Falfurrias, there 'Oct. 19-Mercedes, here 'Oct. 26-Raymondville, there Nov. 2-Rio Gr. City, there Nov, 10-Donna, here Nov, 16-Mission, here 4'-Conference Games i-fW.H.S.l- A bachelor is a fellow who fail- ed to embrace his opportunities. Monologne- One woman talk- ing, Catalogue-two women talk- ing. A gossip is a woman with a keen sense of rumor. Swinnea-left end Stansbury-quarterback Castro-right half Barbosa-left half Yarbrough-fullback That put the ball on the 27-yard line. A Jalufka-to-Hankins pass was good for 15 yards and a first down. Another pass, this time to Jalufka, put the ball on the 2. Jalufka plunged over to end scor- ing in the first half. . An inspired Weslaco team came back in the second half with fight- ing spirit. Stansbury intercepted a pass on the 40 and carried to the 15-yard stripe. However, on the next play from scrimmage, Stansbury threw a pass that land- ed in the arms of Martin Perez, who raced 85 yards untouched. Conversion again failed, and Robs- town ended their scoring for the night. But Weslaco hadn't given up. They started a passing game, with Rutledge handling the chores. A Rutledge-to-Rogers pass was good for 25 yards. Another pass from Rutledge, this time to Swinnea, was good for 11. Then two more completed passes meant a touch- down for Weslaco, w i t h Yar- brough on the receiving end. The try for point failed. The game ended with Robstown on the long end of the score. The Pickers also held the edge in stat- istcis with 10 first downs to 7 for the local lads. Weslaco completed 5 passes for 13 tries, while Robs- town completed 4 out of 10. Outstanding for Weslaco were Mclntosh, Bromley, and Rogers in the line, while Rutledge, Cas- tro, and Yarbrough shone in the backfield. Outstanding for the Pickers were Jalufka and Wright. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1951 1: t x Loose Ends Lancaster Chosen 'Q ' O Mr. Gebhardt was giving in- , t V .structions to on. of hi. .' B d P d gl classes. XVantiiig to qgettlmrie E9 . class roll, he started a sheet of Teresa Lancaster W3 S elected VVell, your Super Snooper is on the job again with loads of news to start the school year off with a bang! Ye ole Snooper did a bit of snoopin' around Band practice last week and beheld ROYCE Mc-t ALPIN tenderly holding JAN T'URNER'S hand as he walked her to band. This younger gener- ation!! There were many couples at the Wes-Mer Drive-In over the week- end. Some of them were FRED BUSS and SUE MCALPIN, CHAR- LIE MOHLE and NU, KEN COOK and TERRY LANCASTER, BOBBY POTTER and LINNIE GREENWAY, BOB BUNCH tDon- nah and RUTH NORMAN, BOB and PATIA, KENNETH JACOBS and JIMMY SWARTZ iMercedesl, say'KEN, who was in the back seat with CHARLES? Could it be an interest in Mercedes? SUE and FRED have been see- ing a lot of each other lately. Old romances never die! paper around the room. Write your last name first and your first name last, he said hurriedly. How's that again? asked Gay Cloud. Like l said, replied Mr. Gebhardt. Backwards, Gay shrugged his shoulders. Then laboriously he write: Yag Duolc. At the new swimming pool over the weekend were: PATSY HAN- KAL and EDWIN, EVELYN and BOB, and TERESA and KEN. The Pool isn't just for couples. Also there were, GLEN HAAS, RAY DEMPSEY, BOYD DAVV- SON, JAY and GAY CLOUD, DICK RYAN, CHARLIE MOHLE, DAVID ROGERS, DONALD NVATKINS, DILLIE OTTO, EL- LEN KAUFMAN, BOBBY STAHL, FRED BUSS and many many others. BUSTER WORTHAM is home this week and is SUE on cloud seven! president of the band during class period last Wednesday. Other officers are June Smith, vice president, Dillie Otto, secre- tary, Fred Buss, Student Council representative and social chair- mang Alle Aldridge, head librar- ian, David Rogers, uniform man- agerg Richard Herren and Darrell Bach, property managers. Near the end of the 1950 school year, Patia Link, Martha Oehler, and Joanne Wilson were chosen twirlers for the band, with Patsy Hankal as an alternate. Nell Glenn Koester was selected as drum major. CHARLES SAWYER and JANE OEHLER went to the Ritz over the weekend. Joining SUE on cloud seven is PATSYE AKIN. Why? STANLEY was home for the weekend! Your Snooper will be back next week with more gossip than ever, now that school is further under way. Chief Knuckle-Head to -Predict Because of an atomic bomb, Last week's scores: blast in the desolate land called Donna, Chief Ima Knuckle-Head, son of chief Iva Hole-in-my-Head, grandson of Chief Mud-in-Your- Eyes, and great-grandson of Ima Grin-in-the-Face, was forced to re- treat in his flying saucer to Blue- town, where a new tribe dwells. The long line of prognostica- tors was almost extinguished in the atomic bomb blast, but before Chief Iva Hole-in-My-Head passed n to the Happy Hunting Grounds, on to the Happy Hunting Grounds, he bequeathed his knowledge to Chief Ima Knuckle- Head, hoping that he would carry on with a high percentage. Chief Ima Knuckle-Head called a meeting of his finest warriors. VVhen they were seated around the the campfire, the chief rose to speak, and the crowd hushed. I am Chief Ima Knuckle-Head. First, I will give you last week's gridiron scoresg then I will polish my crystal ball and bring you the predictions for the coming week. Mission 13, l'.S.-LA. 7--The Eag- les showed they were to be reck- oned with in the 32AA race. Donna 37, Edinburg 14 - The Redskins proved to be too power- ful for the inexperienced Bobcats. Mercedes 38, LaFeria 0-The Lions didn't have a chance. Falfurrias 18, Rio Grande City 0 -The Rattlers never really got started. Rio Hondo 7, Fremont 7-Both lines held tight. Bishop 12, liyford 0--The Bull- dogs put up a good fight. Aransas Pass 2f't Raymondville 6-The upstate boys proved too much for the Bearkats. St. Joseph's 20, La .Ioya 14-A good start for their new coach. Robstown 18, VVeslaco 6--The fighting Panthers were outscored, but not outplayed. Now to polish the crystal ball and look at next week's games: Brownsville to squeeze past Donna-The Eagles should prove too powerful for the Redskins. San Benito o v e r Harlingen- This will prove to be a close one. l'.S.J.A. over Mercedes - The Bears are out to revenge their de- feat at the hands of Mission. Mission to paste Edinburg- The Eagles should prove too strong for the inexperienced Bob- cats. Miller High fCorpus Christi? overAliee-TheBuccaneers should have an easy time with the Coyotes. Rio Grande City over Rio Hondo -The Rattlers are out for their first win. I+'alfurrias to slip past Raymond- vilie-This should also prove to be a close one. Xveslaco over McAllen - The Panthers boast a powerhouse that should go a long way. Chief Ima-Knuckle-Head will be back again with next week's pre- dictions. He urges everyone to come out and support the Pan- thers at McAllen. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1951 l . DAVID ROGERS David Rogers, president of this year's Junior Class, is pictured above. David has also taken part in ac- tivities on the campus. He plays on the football, basketball, and -'cl-' teams, and is a member of the Lettermen's Club. He is also a member of the Band and Choral Club. Last year he was secretary ol' the Band, and in his freshman year he was president of his class. In the popularity contest last year, he was chosen as the soph- 0.1 ore candidate for most hand- some boy. The Junior Class feels that David is capable and will make a good president this year. ivvvvvvvvivvi Malone, Ermel Chosen Jr. High Cheerleaders Two new junior cheerleaders were chosen after an assembly Tuesday afternoon of last week. Nancy Malone and Shirley Er- mel were elected in homeroom meetings after eight girls had tried out on the -stage. The girls had met with Mary B. Ross, who has been elected head c h e e rle a de r, and Ann Smith daily after school to prac- tice yells before the election. The other seventh grade mem- bers who tried out are Mary Ellen Fuller, Margaret Colbin, Lynda Phippeny, Betty Joyce Guillot, Judy Rice, and Linda Ilillk. , AAAAAAAAAAAAA l l Qfficers for Year Chosen by Classes Classes in senior high met in various noon sessions last week to choose their officers for the year. The seniors, juniors, and freshmen completed their elections, but the sophomores have selected only their president and their secretary. Sponsors for the various classes were assigned by the school administration. Officers and sponsors are as follows: SENIORS: President, Jimmy Swinneag vice president, Joy Wiley, secretary, June Smith, treasurer, Evelyn Haas, Student Council rep- resentatives, Sue Clark and George Madden. The class sponsors ar Miss Emma Mae Smith and John Evraets. JAMES SVVINNEA Jim Swinnea, newly elected president of the Senior Class, is pictured above. For several years Jim has been active on the campus. He belongs to the Lettermen's Club, and plays on the football, basketball, track, and baseball teams. Last year he was sports writer for the HI- LIFE and sports editor of LA PALMA. He was vice-president of his freshman class, secretary of the Key Club last year, three years a member of Student Coun- cil, and a member of Quill and Scroll. Jim has also received honors in sports, was chosen all-1 around boy in W.H.S. last year, and was Y-Teen sweetheart his sophomore year. VVith this record behind him,l the Senior Class feels confident that he will make an excellent president. l JUNIORS: President, David Ro- gers, vice president, A. C. Fuller, secretary, Julia Sleeth, treasurer, Charles Rupert, Student Council representatives Edith Stevens and Dewayne Rutledge. The cla s s sponsors are Mrs. Roger Swann, Mrs. Fred Robertson, and J. A. Gebhardt. SOPHOMORES: President, G. L. Tatom, secretary, Ginger Rober- son. FRESHMEN: President, Walter Thompson, Vic e president, Bill Malone, s e c r e t a r y, Ruth Ann Cloud, treasurer, Marie Fields, Student Council representatives, Judy McManus and Royce McAl- pin. The class sponsors are Claude Jungman, Miss Mary Beth Ray- mer, Mrs. Verda P. Hightower, and Miss Elizabeth Claypool. -tW.H.S.l? Texas U.-A. 81 M. Have Rivals in Rivalry Did you know there are other rivals besides Texas University and Texas A. 8a MI? According to Mr. Gebhardt, W.H.S. s c i e n c e teacher, there are. This fact was brought to our at- tention last week when Mr. Geb- hardt indignantly denied that he was from the Universtiy of Penn- sylvania as was stated in the HI- LIFE. It seems that he graduat- ed from Penn State, at State Col- lege, Pennsylvania, not the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania at Phila- delphia. Mr. Gebhardt also reminded us of the Cotton Bowl game between S.M.U. and Penn State two or three years ago. The S.M.U. team with Doak Walker and Gil John- son tied Penn State 13-13. Mr. Gebhardt feels that if the Penn State Nittany Lions had had a little more time, they would have won! THE WESLACO 'HI-LIFE TI-lURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1951 fl ,E SEE IT if Greetings, Gates! By now, you should have put your rubber boots away in your closet. Come on over and read this week's news -AS I SEE IT. Speaking of mud and rain, the Band had a rather desolate time on, one of the busses that stalled on the way home from the game Friday night. The parents were very worried, but judging from the noise in the bus, the kids were just bored. .,.i..l.- The first subscriber to the HI-LIFE this semester was Billy Hankal, who turned his quarter in before the Journal- ism class started soliciting. Jim- my Rogers was the first ex-stu- dent to subscribe, along with Janet Lester, who gave her money before she moved last year. A total' of 127 subscriptions had been turned in by last Friday. Let's support the school paper and subscribe before the next HI- LIFE comes out! ,l.i.T. The pep squad uniforms will be worn at this week's game. The effect should be very im- pressive. All the girls will wear purple skirts and white blouses. .i....i- The marching b a n d brought their lunches and ate at the band house last Friday. It was too wet to march on the field, so they practiced forming M's and W's in the street. A few motorists were so surprised that they stopped to watch. ...iii- Congratulations to the offi- cers of the respective classes and organizations. lVe're sure the students have done a good job of selecting leaders who will do their best. -- Congratulations are also due to Nell Glynn Koester an d Edith Stevens, who were select- ed F.F.A. sweethearts last week. There's a REAL Bargain! Attention, bargain hunters! iAre you looking for a real buy? Then subscribe now to the HI-LIFE and get double your money's worth! The price of this year's HI-LIFE has been cut in half, and you can now receive all the latest news for only 250 a semester. A keen bargain, no? This reduction in price has been made possible by the in- crease in appropriation by the School Board of funds for this ycar's publications. The Journalism Class has high hopes for this year's paper, which will be full of an up-to-the-minute summary of sports, special events, features, and of course the t'Super Snooper. Back your school paper, and subscribe now for only 25 cents a semester. Watch Out! Have you ever stopped to think about the labor and expense be- hind the sprinkling, trimming, and mowing you see being given our campus every day? Your HI-LIFE reporter has checked with some of the men who supervise the daily care given the grounds, and the facts they have stated may make us think twice before we cut a cor- ner across the grass. An estimated S1000 was spent last year for labor, equipment, and water sprinkling to encourage a healthy growth of grass all over the campus. Already this summer, about S600 more has been invested in preparation for the coming season. In spite of these expenditures, large, unsightly bare areas still remain to mar the beauty of our grounds. Previous attempts to cover these spots have failed, costing time, money, and effort. Another attempt will probably be made later this year during the wet winter season. ln three months a program of watering, seeding, and fertilizing can produce a healthy carpet of grass, even over the hard packed spots on the campus where rain has bared the clay subsoil. ' During the first part of this period when the grass is young, damage done to the first stage of growth will stretch the period necessary to grow a lawn over the bare areas by a considerable length of time. This effort to make our campus a place Weslaco can be proud of can succeed only if the grass is allowed te grow without damage. You now have the facts. How about a renovated campus for Weslaco High? Members of the Typing I b B - classes saw movies last week on the correct way to type. How- ever, most of them still don't hit all the keys correctly. Under the able supervision of Mrs. Swann and Miss' Claypool, they will all be excellent secretaries at the end of the year-if the teachers survive! Adios and don't forget to yell at pep rally tomorrow! ey u egms I Year's Business A discussion of new members andthe decision to elect a Student Council representative were high- lights of the first meeting of the Key Club last Week. The meeting was held in the Homemaking room, with J. L. Akridge, new sponsor, present. Officers elected last May were Donald Watkins, president: Fred Buss, vice-president: and Charles Rupert, secretary-treasurer. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1951 Weslaco to Meet San Benito Friday n Reseca City The Weslaco Panthers will meet the San Benito Grey- hounds tomorrow night at 8 o'cloek on Greyhound field. The Greyhounds, with a 0-1 record, are expected to be a tough hurdle for the Panthers to clear. Although the Grey- hounds lost to Harlingen last week, they are still rated to win. They have two good players in Vernon I-Iallbeek and Pete Mal- donado, both of whom showed up well in the game last week. The Greyhounds, running off the single wing and split forma- tion, use the platoon system. As they have reserve strength, Coach Al Forman figures a rough time of it. The Panthers, who lost to a fan- cy McAllen crew, will be boasting a heavy line and light backfield. Emilio Castro and Don Yarbrough will carry the load in the back- field, while Dave Rogers, Bob Mclntosh, and Bob Knight are the stalwarts in the line. The Pan- thers will be out for their first win in two starts. Coach Al For- man and Line Coach Elmo Dahl- berg have been working the boys on blocking and tackling all week and are hoping for different re- sults tomorrow night. The starting line up for the Panthers will not be announced until Friday night. itVV.H.S.li Loose Ends It happened in the lobby of a New York theater. A man kept coming back to the box office to buy another ticket after get- ting one a few minutes before. He did this a number of times. Finally a man who had been watching stopped him. Look, he said, it's none of my busi- ness, but I hate to see you wast- ing your money like that. All you need is one ticket. I know, cried the man pit- eously, but can I help it if that jerk over there at the door keeps tearing them up? Panthers Chewed 40-7 by Bulldogs Speed And Powerful Line Are Factors ln AAA Team's Easy Victory Last Week The Panthers underwent a thorough chewing last Friday night at the hands of the powerful McAllen Bulldogs with a score of 40-7. Although the field was damp and the ball slick at times, it did l'lOt ing rampage. hinder the fast-moving and peppy Bulldogs from their wild scor- McAllen started in the early minutes of the game with a 67-yard drive. Rankin made an end run for the needed six yards and the Bulldogs' first score. Rankin carried again for the extra point. On the kick Weslaco returned the ball to mid field, and McAllen took over on a fvmble. Richard Gonzales took the ball on a pitchout and scooted 24 yards for pay dirt. . l 5 . Tomorrow night the fighting Panthers will be looking again for their first victory of this season. The opposition will be furnished by the San Benito Greyhounds. The contest will be played in San Benito. Good lurk., Panthers. i Injury has plagued the Pan- thers and the Juniors. Dewayne Rutledge will be out for quite a while with a broken leg. Cliff Car- ter will also be out for a long spell, as he chipped a bone in his knee. Everybody Wishes them a quick recovery. - After two weeks of hard prac- tice, the B team is ready for its first game. These boys will play Edinburg there, tonight. I.et's all go out and support them. The fighting 110-pound team is shaping into another district win- ner. About 35 boys are out for practice. Wheen asked about the team, Coach Bill Lane said, We'll be rugged. Even a woodpecker owes his success to the fact that he uses his head. In the second quarter Gonzales passed to Bill Dietrich on the one- yard line, where he was shoved over in the tackle. The try for the extra point failed. With the Panthers still score- less the Bulldogs added another six points to their credit with Robert Young going 55 yards for the tally. With two minutes left in the second quarter the Panthers made their only score when Tony Barbosa went around left end for a 42-yard run. Jackie Gatton car- ried over for the extra point. The third quarter was scoreless, but McAllen was good for two more touchdowns in the last per- iod. Reuben Gonzalez took the ball on the 44-yard line and went all the way for the Bulldogs' fifth score. Gary Rankin carried over for the extra point. The last Mc- Allen tally was made when Rey- naldo Torres hit Dietrich with a 30-yard pass. Reuben Gonzalez carried for the extra point. The skies, although cloudy, held back the rain until the last six minutes of the game, when a downpour drenched the players and the crowd. Outstanding for the Bulldogs was the entire forward and line, with Reuben and Richard Gon- zales, Reynaldo Torres, and Ro- bert Young as highlights in the backfield. As for the Panthers, the back- field was sparked by Emilio Cas- tro, Don Yarborough, and Tony Barbosa. vi' THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1951 suosiz TT , SNGDPIRQ TTE F The old Snooper really got rain- ed on this week, keeping up with you guys and gals, but all of you had so much fun, he will have to forgive you. Ole Snooper trailed JUDY and BILL to the Drive-In Saturday night and BARBARA and WAR- REN to the RITZ. My, two dates in one night! Which one were you with, JANE -CHARLES or BUD? Three's a crowd, boys. DIANNE'S house took the place of the Drive-in Saturday night for DALE, RUTH ANN, and BILL. Was it in the rain? Seen at the Pharr game were NU and CHARLIE, EVELYN and BOB. SUE and FRED, and PA.TSYl11 and DAVID. Wet game, huh? JEANNETTE, is it true that you and Walter had a spat? . . . I heard some awful noises the other night. MARTHA, NANCY, and LYNN- DELLE were with three suburb- ians of..Weslaco tMercedesI Satur- day night. Speaking again of Mercedes, Poor Puul's Plight Somewhere a bell rang. Paul sat with a look of strained anticipa- tion. Another bell rang. He leaped from his seat and pushed toward the already crowded door. Once out in the corridor he broke loose, running pell-mell in- to person after person. With a look of wild frenzy, he surged for- ward, only to be pushed back.i This would never do! Again andl aagin he renewed his hopes andi spirits, only to meet disappoint-I ment. f'Try, try again being his I cruising around Saturday night' were JUNIE SMITH, NELL, WPEERHI KOESTER, and WI-I DOW WALLER. Have fun, girls? I Find what you were looking for'?l Date of the week goes to EL-' LEN and BILLY JACK. Keep ni up, kids! I What's this? BOB and EVELYN E decided to go swimming at night? I Kind of chilly, wasn't it? I JOY and JIM were together over the weekend, as were PATSY and EDWIN. By the way, I heari that as of last Tuesday JOY and JIM have been going together for! three whole years! Congratula- tions. you two. A Provokes Pity motto, Paul gritted his teeth, set his feet firmly on the floor, and as he lowered his head, gave one great shove. His objective in sight, nothing could deter him now. He stood there trying to collect his wits into a semblance of order. He could relax, all there was to do now was wait. Paul waited for an unknown length of time, ever moving bit by bit forward. Finally! The moment supreme! He lowered his head as if to bow, but he didn't. He reach- ed for a small black button and pressed it. He drank long draughts of cool, clear water! Now he could go to his next class, where he would wait for the time when he could go through the same to r tu r e again for another drink. How was San Antonio, EDITH and A. C.'? JIMMY HAMPTON and TOM- MIE JO were together after the game Friday nightg also- BAR- BARA and WARREN, A.C. and EDITH, SUE and FRED, and JOY and JIM. JOANNE WILSON, why are you walking on clouds? Could it be that CATO is at home? SELMA and MEL were togeth- er over the weekend, but nothing new about that. Ku-nckle-Head Grieved over .500 All are asleep in the tiny met- ropolis called Bluetowng that is all except Chief Ima Knuckle- Head, whose tent has a small glimmer of light rising from it. Knuckle-Head can he seen sit- ting c'ose by the campfire with his head bowed in silence, as though he were weeping over his meager .500 per cent for last week's games. As the sun begins to rise on the silent vi lla ge, Chief Knuckle- Headls hopes jump at the thought of being able to redeem himself by predicting the games for this week. Immediately he sets about to find his crystal ball. But first, let's look at last week's scores: Harlingen 13, San Benito 0- The high-flying AAAA Cardinals were too much for the Grey- hounds. Brownsville 30, 'D o n n a 7 - I knew the Eagles wouldn't let me down. Mercedes 12, P.S.J.A. 0-The Ti- gers are stronger than I expected. Mission 19, Edinburg 0-The Eagles came through with their second win. I Miller High tforpns Christil 12, Alice 0-The Buccaneers were held down because of rain. Rio Hondo 18, Rio Grande City if!-The Bobcats will never be un- derestimated again. Falfurrias 8, Raymondville 0- This was closer than I had ex- pected. McAllen 40, VVeslac0 7-The Bulldogs gave the Panthers a thorough beating. Now let's look at next week's scores: McAllen over Harlingen - The Bulldogs are a powerhouse in the ,-Valley. , Brownsville over Raymondville --I'm fairly sure about this one. Mercedes over Edinburg-The Tigers showed that they had pow- er against the Bears. Donna to paste Freer-The Red- skins are a darkhorse in District 32 AA. Rio Grande City to slip past i 'yr-The Battlers can't let me down twice in a row. XV. B. Rav tCorpus Christi! over Kerrville-I hope to raise my average on this one. Rio Hondo over Benevides- The Bobcats should come through with another win. Weslaco over San Benito-I'll hold my breath on this one. Come on, Panthers. Fight! Fight! Fight! Everyone go down to San Ben- ito and back the Panthers, and be back next week to see if Chief Knuckle-Head raised his average. THE NVESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1951 Student Cwnfil students Hola city Orgunizes for Year Seven people were elected as officers during the Student' Coun- cil meeting last Thursday. Don- alii Watkins, president, presided. Officers chosen were June Smith, vice-president, and Jane Oehler, secretary. J. A. Gebhardt was elected faculty adviser. Committee chairmen e'lect'ed were Fred Buss, civic committee, Sue Clark, bulletin board, Edith S.evens, assembly, George Mad- den, recreation, Ellen Kaufman, lil:-rary. Each chairman will ap- point his own committee. In addition to the president', who is elected every spring by the student body, representatives are chosen from the senior, junior, sophomore, and freshman classes to act on the council. The representatives from the various clubs are Jane Oehler, choir, Charlie Mchle, Key Club, June Smith, School Publications, Mary Holmes, F.H.A., Fred Buss, band, Travis Crosby, Stamp Club. The eighth grade will elect two representatives each six weeks to sit in on the council meeting. I However, they do not' have voting! power. 'l he club will meet on the sec- ond and fourth Tuesdays of each month. -fW.H.S.li Miss and Mr. Posture To Be Chosen in W.H.S. Hey! Stand up straight! Hold your shoulders up! Watch how you sit! These familiar words have been heard during the past few days be- cause of posture posters that have decked the halls of W.H.S. Each girl enrolled in P. E. class was asked to make a poster on posture. The purpose of the campaign is to make the boys and girls of W. H. S. conscious of their position while standing or walking . If you have tried improving your posture - then keep it up. Who knows? You may have the best posture in school. Time will tell! A boy and a girl will be elected by the girls' physical education classes for having the best pos- ture in W.H.S. It may be you! l I l I l I Cffices Saturday Nine students of Weslaco High took over the running of t'he city government on the Kiwanis-sponsored National Kids' Day, last Satur- day, after assuming office early that morning. Acting as officials were Warren Stansbury, mayor, George Madden, cit'y manager, Bob McIn- tosh. fudge, Jim Swinnea, fire chief, Dudley Rutledge, police chief, and Kenneth Cook. Edith Stevens, Nell Glynn Koester, and Tommie Lott. city commissioners. These students were elected last Friday at noon on the school campus after a campaign of a day and a half. Saturday, the officials had a busy day learning to run the city's government. Wiley, Clark to Edit l-ll-L!FE This Term This year's new HI-LIFE staff was recently elected during a Journalism class periozl. The staff is as follows: Editor, .lov Wiley: assistant ed- itor, Sue Clark: business mana- ffers. l.ou Poinboerf. Jackie Ryan, Harvey Coonts: headline writers Charles Rupert, Oscar Gonzales, circulation manager, Jane Oehler, make-up editors of regular and small HI-LIFE respectively, Sue McAlpin. Margie Vlfills, exchange edi'or. Barbara Polk: feature wri- ters, Patia Link, June Smith, Del Eaton, boys' sports writers, Jack Ryan, Wesley Ryan, George Bea- man, Harvey Coonts: girls' sports Frances Dyer, As I See It,'l Dil- lie Otto, typists, Frances Dyer, Jane Oehler. Esmeralda Hernan- dez, sponsor, Miss Louise Black. Next semester a new staff will be elected in order that each stu- dent may get experience in other types of newspaper work. -lW.H.S.Ji Help P.T.A. to Help Us! Urge Mom fo Join A drive for members is being made by the P.T.A. The students are asked to bring S1 to their homeroom teacher so that the parents may become members. The P.T.A. needs this money to place conveniences in our school for our use. Come on, students! See that your parent becomes a mem- ber of the P.T.A. Turn S1 in to your homeroom teacher by Fri- day. v A session of court was held which taught Judge Mclntosh how to fine people. Fire Chief Swinnea and Truman Lyles, wh o s e office Jim held, spent an entire morning repairing the sprinkling system at Ver- halen's. Police Chief Dudley Rutledge learned to work the police files and was told the dut'ies of the po- lice chief and the policemen. The city commissioners were shown the process of computing taxes, and earlier passed a bill to spray the city. Though voting was open to all, only 236 of the 572 student's in junior-senior high availed them- selves of the privilege, J. A. Ack- ridge, principal, said. Voting in the different races was as follows: Mayor-Warren Stansbury, 89, Don Yarbrough, 82, A. C. Fuller, 68, Johnny Hughes, 44. City Manager-George Madden, 92, David Rogers, 86, Wade Hawk, 53, Joe Leal, 49. City Commissioners-Nell Glynn Koester, 81, Edith Stevens, 80, Tommie Jo Lott, 79, Ken Cook, 79, Joy Wiley, 72, Sue Clark, 68: Wayne Gray, 62, Ginger Rober- son, 61, Frankie Golden, 56, A. L. Bromley, 54, Velda Leeper, 52, Dale Waddell, 50, Teresa Lancas- ter, 49, Dorothy Bagwell, 46, El- len Kaufman, 40. City Judge-Bob Mclntosh, 87, Fred Buss, 76, Patsy Puckett, 60: Virginia Christensen, 59. Fire Chief - Jimmy Swinnea, 115, Royce McAlpin, 70, Tommy McMann, 53, Johnny Goolsby, 43. Police Chief-Dudley Rutledge, 85, Jackie Ryan, 72, Jay Cloud, 71, Jo Ellen Phippeny, 51. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1951 N , f . , .- I ,B -- 1 U' MIG' O ' 3 lllt , tv-nfs-u-anne. ' 1479- Sitting placidly on top of W. H. S.'s beloved coke machine, I glee- fully observe all happenings and report them to you AS I SEE IT. From my perilous perch, I no- ticed several girls limping about as if they were in mortal pain. Upon inquiry, they reported that too much exercise in their P. E. classes was getting them down. Don't worry, girlsg you'll live. Rome wasn't built in a dayg neith- er are muscles. How is your Pos- ture Contest coming along? It took a great deal of stretch- ing, but I managed to get a glimpse of the presidents of or- ganizations and classes as they assembled to have their picture made. WVe have a fine group of leaders this year. Oops! Slipped off my coke machine. Stretch- ed too far, I guess. As I peeked around the corner and over the shoulder of an an- nouncement carrier last week, I spied the announcement that ex- cused the football boys from prac- tice until a later hour so that they might shoot their limit of birds. I can't imagine why there was such an uproar. One might think the boys wanted to go hunting or something. Did you all get your limit. guys? ' ,Qi-.. One, two, three, kick! Did you see the band tripping QI use the term loosely? down the field Friday night? It was Conga Din, none other! The drill was certainly a good one. It 'show- ed the result of long hours of work. Fine job! ...-..- Climbing back on my coke ma- chine, I saw VVarren Stansbury running around making like a Mayor, practicing for National Kids' Day. But, seriously, the idea of the project was to fam- iliarize the younger generation with the government of our fair city. Did you all learn a lot, fel- low citizens? All the classes really put on a great campaign, balloons and all! OU Can Help Win Tomorrow Night Did you know that you can help win or lose a game? It's true. Each student can help be a deciding factor in a football game. Tomorrow night marks our first conference and home game. Even though we have lost our first three games, our record is still clear. Up to now, we have been playing larger schools, but with the conference games come teams that presumably are more equally matched. XVI' must show our team tha.t we are backing them. VVe can prove it by yelling till the last minute of the game, whether we are the score is against us, we are letting the team down. VVe play al- winning or losing. Iif we become discouraged or give up because most as important a part as the team. VVhen we quit, it is our fault if the team loses spirit. llet's all be out tomorrow night to help those Panthers win their first conference game! ,i.1,-.-,-- Congratulations, New Officers To all the new officers of classes, clubs, and organizations, the HI-LIFE extends congratulations and best wishes. These students, who have been elected to lead, their respective groups, are to be commended, for upon them rests new responsibility as well as honor. The fact that they were chosen indicates that their classmates consider them persons of ability, leadership, personality, and reliability. Before each officer is the challenge of making his class or club a better one, and urging the cooperation of members. Better clubs and better classes will help make an even better W. H. S. Again, to our school officers we extend sincere congratulations and wish them a successful year. .., New Staff Accepts Challenge Who do you know is responsible for your having the HI- LIFE to read? Do you realize the time and work that go toward publishing a paper to record for you the latest events around the campus? .lust recently a new staff has been organized to work on the paper. The HI-LIFE staff and its sponsor are tlae persons we speak of. These students are to be commended, for each has been chosen to do a special job to help make our school paper better than ever before. This year the price of the HI-LIFE has been cut in half, as the School Board has given the publicafons department a sub- stantial increase in the school budget. Moreover, we hope to have at least one picture in each edition of the paper. These facts, plus our new staff with new ideas, should mean that this year will be one of the best the HI-LIFE has ever had. Perhaps by now you are realizing that the paper doesn't just publish itself. Lets back our new staff and support the paper! Buy a HI-LIFE-only 3 cents! It's not too late to save money by sub- scribing-only 25 cents a semester. Is the entire student body suf- fering from a loss of vocal chords? Mr. Akridge has prom- ised us a brand new ceiling for the auditorium iflwe blow the old one off-by yelling at pep ral- lies, that is! The Junior High students are now in the middle of a big sub- scription campaign. May the best team win. Te amo y adios. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1951 anthers to Meet Yellowjacfcet-s Cn Barbee Field Friday Night Panthers Outrun 27-0 Friday Night By Gre hounds The San Benito Greyhounds used their size and speed to give the Weslaco Panthers a 27-0 drub- bing last Friday night on Grey- hound Field. In the first few minutes of play the' Greyhounds got' the break that almost meant a touchdown. A Wes- laco punt was blocked on the 27- yard line. The Hounds worked the hall to the 7, where the Panther wall tightened and held. The Panthers earned a first down that put them on the 2-yard line. Two more tries were short of a first down, so Stansbury punted out to the 45. Pete Maldonado carried to t'he 10 on a pitch out from Parsons that set up the first touchdown. Hallbeck crashed to the 3 and Mal- donado to the 1. However, the Panther wall put up a stout de- fense from the 1 foot line, and it took two consecutive line plunges before Hallbeck tallied. Hallbeck's conversion was good, and the Hounds led 7-0. It' wasn't until midway in the second quarter that the Grey- hounds scored again. This came on a long punt returned by Bob- by Morrow. Morrow covered 66 yards for the T. D. Hallbeck's conversion was wide, and the Greyhounds led 13-0. But thel Greyhounds hadn't ended their scoring for the half. Pete Mal- donado returned another punt 55 yards for a third Greyhound touchdown. Hallbeck converted, and the Greyhounds led at the half 20-0. The Hounds came back after the half and started a sustained drive that went to the 7-yard line, and Bridges plunged over from there.- Hallbeck again converted, and the Greyhounds ended their scoring for the night. Edcouch-Elsa Out for Second Win 5 Weslaco Looking Forward to First The purple and white Panthers, after a hard week of practice following the loss to the San Benito Greyhounds, will meet the de- termined and enthusiastic Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets on Barbee Field tomorrow night in a District 32-AA opener. The Yellowjackets have a clean record so far, with a 15-0 win over La Joya, while the Panthers season. are out for their first win of the Edcc-uch-Elsa boasts a light but fast backfield this year, with Barber and Jackson in the halfback positions, while Castillo runs from the fullback spot. 'Taking over as quarterback and calling plays, will be little Ed Coffman. Manning the forward walls in the Jackets' line will be such hard- hitting men as Clark and Stewart. - -- - 1 Publishers Regret Mistake in Annual You may wonder why there! wasnit an autograph section inf your LA PALMA this year. I The contract with the publish-f ers of the annual provided fort an S-page autograph section ing every copy of the book. However,l in some way a mistake was made,l and the books were bound without! the extra section. The LA PALMA staff has re-1 ceived a let'ter of regret from? Steck Co. and a refund of 31225. This year's LA PALMA will have' an autograph section. The Panthers didn't quit. They, started a drive, with McIntosh and Gatton doing the running, that went to the 12-yard line! There they gave the ball up on tlowns. The game was really closer: than thc score reveals. The 'lan' thers had 9 first downs, a 20- yard passing and a 27 yard punting average, while the Greyhounds had 9 first downs, a 56 yard pass- ing and a 26 yard punting aver- age. Outstanding for the Panthers were Gatton, McIntosh, and Full- er in the backfield, while Ryan and Knight shone in the line. Outstanding for the Greyhounds was the whole forward wall, with Maldonado and Morrow doing ex- ceptionally good running in the backfield. The burden of carrying the ball for the Panthers will be placed in the hands of speedy Emilio Castro, Warren Stansbury, and Don Yarbrough as halfbacks, and A. C. Fuller in the quarterback slot. Two hard-charging boys al- ternating in the fullback spot will be Bob Mclntosh and Jackie Gat- ton. Filling the holes on the forward line for the Weslaco Panthers will be such stalwarts as Bob Knight, Bob Mclntosh, A. L. Bromley, and David Rogers. Although the Panthers have the edge in weight, the Yellowjackets should put up a good fight. Ed- couch-Elsa, usually considered the underdogs, will prove more than just an obstacle in the 32-AA race this year. The Panthers' probable starting line up will be as follows: Rogers-right end Cantu-right tackle Knight-right guard Ryan-right guard McIntosh-left guard Henry-left tackle Robles-left end Fuller-quarterback Barbosa-left half Castro--right half Yarbrough-fullback --CW.H.S.Di 1t's a fact! L. Akridge claims fell from the roof of his house without injuring himself. 'I had on my light fall suit! he explained. he I THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1951 3 i 1 , D' f 1 SNGDPUII - . Deciding on a peaceful evening at the Sky-Vue Saturday night, your Snooper, not wanting to be late for the first feature, jumped into his car and dashed down Sixth Street, where he almost ran into PATIA and BOB. Where were you going, kids? Upon arriving at the show, af- ter it had started,, he was sett- ling down to a good mystery, when he saw a queer-looking oh- ject outside his window. Upon further investigation, he discover- ed DAVID'S new jeep parked backwards, with DAVID and DIL- LIE, SUE and FRED making plenty of noise. Adding to the general commotion were CHAR- LIE and NU , KEN and TER- RY. Among the younger set there were JANE MONTGOMERY and DEE, ANN CASKEY'and PAUL RAY, DIANE GILMORE and TERRY YOUNG, JUDY Mc- MANUS and BILLY SHERMAN. Some of the stags seen were RALPH. BUDDY, BETTY MEY- ER, KATHLEEN, ANN, JEAN- ETTE, and DIANE ROSS. Drawing the conclusion that he wouldn't see much of the show, your Snooper left for the Wes- Mer. where he saw DORA SUE and BOYD, MYRNA and GENE ROSE, JANE and CHARLES, PATSY BREWER tMcAlleni, and PUD HALL. JANET and JACK- IE, and NANCY and J. V. ADAMS iMercedesi. It seems that the Cactus at- tracted LYNNA DELL and WAR- REN CLARK iMercedesJ, WARD HEMENVVAY talso Mercedes! and MARTHA. After leaving the Drive-In, old Snoop saw EVELYN and BOB riding around. Have fun, kids? Later, he spotted GENE MCMUL- LEN'S car parked in front of SUE CLARK'S house. Wht's this we hear about IACKIE DALE'S riding around i l n I l Seven students head the various clubs and organizations of XVes- laco High. Sitting on the steps, left to right, are Terry Lancaster, president of the band and the choir, Pat liasiter, Future Homemakersg Evelyn Haas, Girls' Athletic Associationg and .lune Smith, Y-Teens. Standing are Ray Rutledge, Stamp Club, Donald Wvatkins, Student Council and Key Clubg and A. C. Fuller, Future Farmers. EtI:g:'vil1::.:x:ii:ZivV?i'SGy IT With Music' In HI-LIFE Contest Charles Rupert, junior, won the free annual in the HI-LIFE subscription campaign, which closed last Thursday. He was first with 50 subscriptions. George- Beamfm was second with 34, and Esmeralda Hern- andez third with 29. By Thursday of last week the H!-LIFE had increased its sub- cription list to 226 people. Of these 187 were students of jun- ior-senior high, 19 were facui- ty members, and 20 were ex-4tu- dents. In addition, t.o the sufs- scripfions, 120 papers were sold' on the campus at noon, giving the little one-Azheet paper a c'1-- culation of 341 copies for the day. Students nifty still sub crib'- to the HI-LIFE and save riouev rather than buying it at 3 cents a copy. KAAAAAAAAAAAA with three girls ! ! What youl A RIYTQBK1 3 COW say ! l You want to know whichi i'Z9DhYI'- 1 three girls ? ! ? Well, the Snoop-I She was an amlable hgphyl' But when he drew near, er won't divulge all, but one wasi SHG bit Off his ear Bild 0119 WHS And HOW hens considerably ELLEN KAUFMAN. dephyr. 1 i I l I I For WHS Guys, Gals Although it is not spring, we find many of our W.H.S. love birds are saying it with music. Who? Lend an ear! Charlie to Ginger, 'I VVant To Be With You Always. Patia and Bob, Beautiful Brown, Eyes' Allie and J.C., 'tWhy Do I Love You? Jeannie and Dennis, t'l'll Get By. Dale ard Mary, Let's Live a Little. Margie and Sam, 'I Love You So Much. Dillie and Jackie, Would You? Lou and Bill, Bill.' Jimmy and Joy, I Want to Play House With You. Sue .to Fred, 'tAlways Late. Lynnie to Boh, t'Too Young. Rosle Simo to Corpus Christi boys, My Heart Cries for You.' David Rogers to all the girls in W.H.S., 'Come on-a My House. W.H.S. girls to David, 'tWhere Is-a Your House? Patricia to John, Our Very Own. Q 'THE WWTSLACO l-ll-LlFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1951 TW' B VS '.A e 'l Accordion Artist F. F. A. Convention Three W.H S. boys have been given an all-expense-paid trip to Kansas City for the National F. l-TA. convention October 8-ll. These boys won in the F'.F.A. Fotton Contest sponsored by the lVeslaco Farm Bureau. Cotton grown by A. C. Fuller, president of the F.F,A., took first place rating. Second place was given to Bernard Boecker. a 1951 graluate. Dave Nliller, sophomore, with his cotton. Dave will attend but A. C. will re- o to fll furtcr- in the Wesl'c:m- took third place Bernard and the convention, roam in Vfeslai back positfoa lfalfurrias game. After being chosen top three out of seven who entered the con- test. these three winners compet- ed for the prize of S600 in the Xallry-wide contest. Fotton was rated according to yield, grade, and staple. The results of this con t esp have not yet been an- nounced. --ilV.H.S.l-- A lady opened her refrigerator door. and a rabbit was sitting there. She said, XVell! What are you doing here? The rabbit said, l'his is a Westinghouse, isn't it? 'tYes, said the lady. Then the lit'le rabbit siifd well. l'm westin'. To Give Program Lloyd La Vaux, tithe Poet of the Accordion, will present a var- ied musical program in the second special assembly Friday, October 12, at 9 o'clock, in the auditorium. Mr. Le Vaux began the study of the accordion at the early age of five and has performed solo concerts on three different continents. After his release from the Allied Intelligence Service, he made three nation-wide concert tours of the United States. The music world was vvvvvv'vvvvvv' Davis, Fuller, Smith, Wrqv Win. Contests Janie Davis, senior, and A. U. win- pos- Fuller, junior, were named ners last Thursday of the ture contest conducted by the high school girls' physical edu- cation classes. XVrite - in nominations w e r e made XVednesday and a run-off among the highest candidates was held Thursday. Those in the run-off and the number of votes received are as follows: Girls: Janie Davis, 35: Min- erva Rodriguez, 313 Julie Sleeth, 293 Blanca Morales, 26. Boys: A. U. Fuller, 649 and R-eynaldo Garza, 59. Junior high winners were Ann Smith and Paul lVray. Only girls of the seventh and eighth grade voted on these. Voting was done by write-in hallot. t'f.ALaAAsAAAmAAA. We There secmcd to be plenty of pep at the downtown rally last Friday, held in preparation for the Panthers' first conference game, that with El.-a-Edcouch on Barber- Field. quick in recognizing the ability of Mr. Le Vaux's accordion playing. He showed the world brilliant ideas and harmonies never before associated with the accodion. Admission for this assembly will be 25 cents, and tickets may be obtained from any member of the Journalism Class or Miss Black. More information about Mr. La Vaux will be given in the next HI-LIFE. Sinister Figures. Seen Around City A mysterious gathering of kids was seen in the vacant lot behind the post office last Saturday night. After being divided into groups, these bluejean-clad, sinis- ter-looking figures began roaming around the town. Many peculiar questions were asked the resi- dents of Weslaco by these groups, like 'tDo you have a mustache cup? Many people began to wonder if a Gallup Poll was be- ing held. The hours passed swiftly, and the kids started straggling to the finishing place, the City Park, tired, weak, and hungry from walking all over town. After de- livering the information they had gathered they were rewarded with a snack of hot dogs and cokes. Being refreshed by food and drink, all enjoyed an im- piognptu talent show. Soon it was time for the merrymaking to cease, and the members of the Xlleslaco High School Band had to retuln home, where, no doubt, many dreamed of the goofi time they had on tlieir party and scav- anger hunt. -1W'.H.S.l? Fred Turner Insurance Agency, and the W e s l a c o Insurance ' Agency. THE WESLACO H1-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1951 I n l lnuqrviviv Soy aqui. ?Esta bien? Still being rather involved with perilous perches, I discov- ered from an upside-down posi- tion on the flagpole a very im- pressive flag - raising ceremony Monday morning. The band played The Star Spangled Ban- ner, which added just the right finale to the program. Those who weren't there really missed something. 11.-.i Climbing down from my perch on the flagpole, I observed sev- eralt'?D students walking on the grass. What has the sidewalk ever done to you? That's no way to make the grass grow! iii- Roses are red, Violets are blue, I put up my coke bottles- How about you? ,....- Y-Teens, those posters to cheer on the football boys are certainly swell. Keep up the good work! ,,..-i Sitting on the scoreboard, I dis- covered the cheerleaders gleefully decorating the goalposts for the first home game this year. Bush- els of tiny sweetheart roses to little Glenda Willis, our cheer- leaders' new mascot. She's really sweet. Standing in the sweatbox, tchoir room to the uneducated? I heard the choir members trying out for robed or concert choir. This group seems to be thriv- ing, for there are 85 members now enrolled. Best of luck to you-all! Yea, purple! Yea, white! Boy! We really did have a swell rally Friday. With a fanfare and a flourish the band led the football boys to our first down-town pep- rally. lt must have been a doo- zymaroozeyj' if pep rallies inspire the boys, because they surely did a mighty fine job last Friday night on the field. More power t0 'eml ,Z Z caiiiw sewage YN-v-. 2 Do You Have u Ticket? HQ-yi Stop that! Th:lt's as far as you'll get, young man! Johnny had had it all planned for a whole week. In fact, ever since he'd heard that the circus was coming to town, he had been thinking of a scheme to sneak into the show tent without paying. It seems that during the previous week he had spent his time foolishly and had failed to earn the money to pay his way to the big event. Consequently, he had attempted to see the circus without paying the admission price, only to feel the hand of justice, in the form of a policeman, take hold of him. Are you another Johnny? Have you neglected your school- work and found yourself without the knowledge necessary to pass that certain course? Have you, like Jolmny, been planning a way to cheat for the sake of a good grade? Stop now, before the hand of failure and disappointment reaches out for you. Let's take our exams honestlyg and if we fail some of them, let's suffer the consequences now rather than later. Then, next six weeks we can start right with a better attitude toward our work. What do you say, studes? Sitting on top of the post office, I noticed that the first band party of the year was a bang-up suc- cess. The scavenger hunt led from one live chicken to five red ants tno more, no lessb. The en- tire party was financed by band! members who play extra notes, and many kind people who give us discounts. Thanks! Bushels of roses to Janie Da- vis, A. C. Fuller, Ann Smith, and Paul lVray for winning the Posture Contest, sponsored by the girls' P. E. classes. Studes noticed the clever posters all last week. Fine job! Te amo ma! Mas y mas. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1951 9 fb I Panthers Crush After three straight losers, the P a n t h e r s finally made their way into the win column last Friday by defeating Ed- couch-Elsa 25 to 0. This was a field day for Jack Gatton, who made all four touchdowns. Let's keep up the good work, boys. The Junior team kept their clean record safe when they de- feated the Edcouch-Elsa Juniors 34 to 0. W. C. Weatherford made 3 touchdowns and 2 extra points, Bobby Lackey made a touchdown Jackets 25-O Weslaco Takes Conference Game, Gatton Scores Four Touchdowns The purple and white tide from Weslaco flowed over the Ed- couch-Elsa Yellowjackets last Friday night to break the Panthers' losing streak with a 25-0 win. In the first minutes of the game Jack Ryan broke through the Yellowjackets' line and blocked a punt on Edcouch-Elsa's 30-yard line. Weslaco covered the ball. This set the Panthers on their way to the first tally, which was called back. The T.D. was made good lfoiir plays later with Gatton carrying over. The try for the extra point and kicked one extra point, all made a touchdown, and ango made an extra point. line played a fine game as held Edcouch to only one Roy- Dur- The they first failed because of a penalty. After the kick, Edcouch-Elsa brought the ball back to Weslaco's 48-yard line, where they lost it on downs. Castro took a pitchout and traveled 43 yards to the Jackets' 7-yard line. Gatton carried over once again. and McIntosh's conversion was good. down. Everybody on the team got to play. There was a bit of mis- fortune, however, as Ralph Stev- ens broke his arm. The 110-pound team started off their season last Saturday with a 6 to 0 win over Mercedes. Larry Swinnea scored the winning t o u c h d o w n on a quarterback sneak. Why don't more of you students go out and cheer for the mighty mites? There will be no game on Barbee Field tomorrow night, as the Panthers have an open date. Let's all go out and see the Juniors or the B team play. The Juniors play Harlingen there tonight, and the B team meets the Harlingen B team on Bai-bee Field tonight. Both games will start at 7:30 p.m. Rousing Spirit, Pep Displayed at Rally Yea, team, fight! Yea, team, fightll' Pep and vigor reigned as studes lined up behind the band to march to town. Off they went with a snappy mai-ch sounding in the air. School spirit spread like wild fire as the cheer leaders led the yells. If noise like that was made at the pep rallies in the auditorium Mr. Akridge would surely have to re- place the roof! Little Glenda Willis has been chosen as Panther mascot for the coming season. - Following an exchange of Watkins, Buss to Go To Club Convention Donald Watkins and Fred Buss, president and vice-president, re- spectively, of the Key Club, were chosen as representatives of the club to attend the district conven- tion for Oklahoma and Texas October 5-8. The boys will leave for Okla- homa City tomorrow morning. They will spend four days study- ing the operation of Key Clubs, and then will elect a district gov- ernor. In a recent meeting, Charlie Mohle was elected Student Coun- cil representativeg Jim Swinnea, senior director, and David Ro- gers, junior director of the club. In a meeting held at the home of Fred Buss last week, the board of directors discussed making a gavel to give to the Key Club In- ternational President. The pro- ject was approved by the mem- bers during their last meeting. ifW.H.S.J- A soldier parked an army jeep and started walking down the street. A policeman called after him: 'iHey, buddy, drop a nickel in that parking meter. Put it in yourself, the GI yelled bcak. That jeep belongs to you as much as it does to me. l i punts, Gatton took the ball and scooted 61 yards for the next six points. The try for the extra point failed. In the third quarter, with the score 19-0, Edcouch-Elsa kicked off to Weslaco. Gatton took the ball on Weslaco's 25-yard line and, with pretty broken-field running. marched over the Yellowjackets' goal for the fourth time during the game. McIntosh's kick was wide. After several plays, with the ball in Weslaco's hands, Warren Stansbury went around end and ran 32 yards for a touchdown, which, however, was called back on a penalty. The game, on paper and on the field, was VVeslaco's from the be- ginning. The Panthers had 15 first downs, while the Yellow- jackets had only 4. Edcouch-Elsa went to the air 19 times and com- pleted 7 passes. Weslaco attempt- ed 10 passes and completed 3. The Panthers were forced to punt only one time, good for 25 yards, while the Jackets had to kick out eight times. With the help of a strong Panther line, the ball Was moved forward 277 yards for Wes- laco. Edcouch-Elsa was held to a mere 19 yards of rushing. l He thought he'd found The speed of sound, But he had to- stop For the traffic cop. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1951 ,1 If .AH QA L' 11112 f Dear Diary, A most unfortunate accident has occurred. My best friend, Super Snooper, was lost Saturday night at the Band party. Band members won't give me any de- tails, but I suspect that one of the chickens from the scavenger hunt ate him. Therefore, I shall refrain from m o u r n i n g long enough to report the news. NVhile I was vainly hunting for my dear departed friend, I spied BILLY SHERMAN, JUDY Mc- IXIANITS, KAY LEACH, and DON- ALD MCINTOSH walking down the road. They must be the out- door type. Continuing my search, I passed a yellow truck loaded with kids. Desperately hanging on the sides were MARY and SONNY, MINTA and JACKIE, MARY B. and W.C., ANN and JIMMY, VIVIAN and TERRY, SANDY and DUDLEY, JANE and DEE, KATHLEEN and DONALD, JOAN and BOB- BY, LILA and NORMAN, BABS and PAUL, ANN and DEWAYNE. Going to the cemetery, kids? Attention, DON YARBROUGH 'an clib members! There is a new recruit. NANCY MALONE seems to react when Don walks by. Some new couples were seen after the game Friday night. Among them were NELL GLENN and DAVID, DILLIE and HREDJ' and JACK GATTON and MYRNA COOK. As I drove on, I saw chauf- feur BOBBIE STAHL with the 'Tone Rangers SHERRY AL- LEN and ELLEN KAUFMAN. JANE OEHLER is trying her best to get a monopoly. She was sitting with three f'co1lege men Friday night at the game. BOBBY CVMMINGS has just joined the ranks of motorists. Helping him shift gears were JACKIE TATE and SONNY I-O'r l'. Be careful, boys! A merchant addressing a debtor m l A Remarked in the course of the, lebtor That he chose to suppose A man knose what he oseg And the sooner he pays it the bebtor. - A. ,.-. ,. - Y,-.. VI-ni . Ffiiiflq tmcv frightl and assistant editor, Sue Clark fleftl, seem satisfied as they look oyei- the paper. In addition to being editor, Joy is vice -president of the Senior Class, secretary-treasurer of choir, a member of the girls' sextet. song- leader of Y-Teens, and a cheerleader. Joy was assistant editor of the HI-LIFE last year. Sue is also active in other activ- ities on the campus. She is Stu- dent Council representative from the Senior Class, a member of the hand, roll checker in choir, chair- man ofthe bulletin hoard committee in Student Council, and a member of the girls' sextet. I You're in u Rui? Try These Suggesrons Are you having trozihle getting off to a goofl start? Maybe the trouble with yoii is your attitudeg you can get in a rut, you know. The one who uses the radical twist gets ahead. These sugges- tions might Felp you get that twist. First: If routine gets you down, take a day oi' two off. Teachers admire indepbndence. Second: Bc infoimal and frirnfl- ly. Call your teachers by their first names. Third: Don't bot'cr cuses, etc. Make it easier for the office. Fourth: Your study hall time is your o'vn. llorrow zi car from a ftculty member and get a bite to eat. Fifth: Don't force yourself to get up in the morning. A drowsy person wastes his time in school. Sixth: If you don't like your teachers, tell them about it. Your parents are paying their salaries. Seventh: Walk on the grass. Keep our sidewalks clean. If you need more advice, add- ress a card to your reporter, 'Z7 General D e l iv e r y, Singapore, India, where he'll be waiting for this to blow over. Vi'lI.h F' '- E NVinners in the recent Posture Contest sponsored by the girls' phys cal education classes are seen holding one of the many por-:tens that deel-fed the halls of junior-senior high last week. Junior High winners tleftu are Paul VVray and ,Ann Smith. Miss and Mr. Posture for Senior High are Jamie Pavis and A. C. ll nller Krightl. I THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER ll, 1951 Ready to take over the job of editing the 1952 LA PAIAIA are .loy Wiley fleftl and Teresa Lan- caster lrightl. In addition to the new job these girls have undei taken, Teresa and .Toy participate in various other activities in W.H.S. Teresa is both president and student d ire c t o r of band and clioir. She is also a member of the girls' sextet and Y-Teens. Joy is editor of the HI-LIFE, vice-president of the Senior Class, secretary-treasurer of choir, and treasurer of the shorthand class. She also is a member of the sex- tet and Y-Teens, and is a cheer- leader. -lVV.H.S.D- Garza Talks on Tennis At Key Club Luncheon Kaye Garza. a member of the Junior Davis Club Development Coirinittee from Harlingen, gave an interesting talk on tennis to the members of the Key Club last week. Donald VVatkins, president, pre- sided. and called the meeting to which was donated by Clifford order with the club's new gong, Scott and other members of the Kiwanis Club. 'Y-Teens Observing Roll Cul Week Highlights on W.HS..'s campus this week is the Y-Teen organiza- tion, which is observing its annual National Roll Call Week. The Y-Teen girls are attempting to enlist new members and to publicize the club. A bakesale was held Saturday in town, which netted 839. This sale actually began the roll call campaign. Various p r o j e c t s undertaken since Monday are as follows: Posters were d'is playe d in school and in town: all teachers of junior-senior high received ap- ples: collections were taken for Chocolates for Christmas to be sent to Greece, Burma, or Fin- land. The Y-Teens will attend church as a body next Sunday. Every member of the club has worn a tag saying either 'AI am a Y-Teen or HI want to be a Y-Teen. The group has ordered pen- nants to be sold later. They will be puiple and white with a pan- ther displayed, and will cost 50 cents. ilW.H.S.l-- Agriculture Class Makes Field Trip The Agriculture I class went on a field trip last Thursday to the farm of H. I.. Schmalzried in the Edcouch f a r m i n g a r e a. Mr. Schnialzried, who is a breeder of registered Duroc Jersey hogs, gave a talk on the management of hogs, which included feeding and breeding. The class then participated in practice judging of hogs. The class has recently been studying the different classes of poultry. They have discussed various poultry diseases and how to get the best production from hens. Agriculture students are look- ing forward to the livestock show in Mercedes in March. Fifteen calves are being prepared for the show. Wee Willie: Grandpa, did you once have hair like snow? Grandpa: Yes, my boy. Wee Willie: Well, who shoveled it off? . Holzapfel, Smithey Win First in Essay Contest Carolyn Holzapfel, Joy Wiley, and Betty Meyer, senior high school students, were named first, second, and third place winners respectively in t.he essay contest sponsored by the Vl'eslaco mem- bers of the Insurance VVomen's Club of Hidalgo County. frames smnht-y, Billy Hankal, ami Chris Tompkins were junior high winners in the order named. Ten essays were entered from each of the two groups. Awards of S4, S2, and S1 were presented Monday by Fire Chief Truman Liles to the winners in each division. Though consolation p r iz e s had not been announced, the oth- er fourteen students were given 50 cents in cash and a ticket to the Ritz Theatre. These were as follows: SENIOR HIGH-Jimmy Swin- nea, Patsy Emery, Allie Aldridge, .Iulia Sleeth, Ralph Montgomery, Ginger Roberson, and Bobbie Stahl. JUNIOR HIGH-Barbara Har- rington, Diane Ross, Jane Mont- gomery, Sylvia Quijano, Nancy Malone, Linda Link, and Daniel Alfaro. Judges had difficulty in pick- ing the winners, as all the papers were excellent, said Miss Mil- dred Gloss, chairman of the group sponsoring the contest. The teen- agers showed themselves to be good citizens by turning in such good work. --CW.H.S.l- Loose Ends There once was a man named Esau Wood who liked to saw wood: and all the wood Esau XVood saw, Esau VVood would saw. Usually WVood would 'saw wood, but one day VVood's wood saw would saw no wood and thus the wood VVood sawed was not the good wood W'ood would saw if XVo0d's wood saw would saw WVood. So Esau sought a saw that would -'-'aw wood. Fi- nally one day Esau saw a saw saw wood as no other wood saw NVood saw would saw wood. In fact, of all the wood saws W'ood saw saw wood, Wood never saw a wood saw that would saw wood as the wood saw VVood saw would saw. So he bought it! THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER ll, 1951 ea -' f . W T All aboard! Climb on my new jet go-cart and let's make a tour of ye ole campus. Roaming through Study Hall one day at noon, I saw a very small group of students being called to order. Upon inquiry, I discovered that it was a class meeting. Talk about amazed peo- ple! I was under the impression that class meetings were sup- posed to be attended. They aren't called unless it is necessaryg so letls go to the meetings and show a little interest! Lloyd La Vaux will be at WV.H.S. tomorrow at 9 a.m. for the second special assembly of the year. Tickets may be ob- tained from any member of the Journalism Class for 25 cents. Hear unbelievably beautiful music by an incomparable artist. Flash! Flash! J. L. Akridge, principal' of our fair school, re- ceived a parking ticket Friday afternoon! Guess no one is ex- empt from 'fthem ticket things. The teachers really appreciat- ed the P.-T.A.'s reception !Ved- nesday of last week, held in the Music Room following the reg- ular meeting. The teachers in- troduced themselves and told what subiects they teach. Sixty- nine parents and teachers at- tended. I hear that they also had some good entertainment. Boy! The Y-Teens have been busy and a half lately! This is Roll Ca Wll teekthta ETAOINL Roll Call Week Cthat's the reason for the apples and all the posters.l They had a real fine bake-sale Saturday. Keep smiling! Congratulations to the win- ners in the Fire Prevention essay contest. Orchids are due for Carolyn Holzapfel, Joy Wi- ley, Betty Meyer, James Smith- ey, Billy Hankal, and Chris l E Red - Yellow - Green - Go ! The light turned to redg The motorists were there. John jaywalked across, Because he didn't care. New signal lights have been placed on the corners of Sixth and Illinois. The purpose of these lights is to protect students at the intersection. Our city fathers realized the hazard and have taken nu az-ules to correct it. Motorists have shown cooperation in obeying the signal. Surpris- ingly enough, it is the students themselves who have failed in con- l'oi ming to the rule. The pedestrian is just as respensil-le as the motorist in using the correct procedure at the stop lights. He should cross only at the corners when the signal is green. Students who jaywalk or who cross against the light are defeating the purpose of the light. It is our duty to support our community and its projects. Let's accept the responsibilities that are given to us instead of ignoring liein. Watch out for the light! I Knowledge CAN Be Useful! A frantic scream pierced the air! Fire! Fire! l-lilly immediately ran to the nearest alarm box and sounded the alarm. He then rushed back to the scene and began helping the people escape from the burning hofne. Billy had learned about what should be done in case of fire from his parents and from teachings and lectures in school He had made fire posters and written themes, just as students of W.H.S. have done every year. Consequently, Billy was a help and not a hindrance when fire broke out. This past week we have written the annual fire prevention themes. But did we actually realize what we were writing about? Are we really learning what to do to prevent such disasters as those we wrote about? I.et's hope we did pro'it from our work and will strive to make the world safer by observing the rules of carefulness. The HI-LIFE takes this opportunity to congratulate the winners of the fire-theme contest. It is an honor to win such an award, be- cause it shows much thinking and planning on their part toward making their themes good ones. Again, congratulations! The junior high kids are really on the ball. Their pep rally could be heard for miles! Every Wednesday afternoon a number of students go out to the band house and sling their arms about. No, they're not crazy- just, learning to direct the band. Having fun? ' --iW.H.S.li Help the Y-Teens send choco- lates to Greece. Give your money to any Y-Teen right away! I'll see you next week. Good- Baxter, Ramirez Made Stomp Club Officers The Stamp Club met last Tues- day for the purpose of electing other officers. Those chosen were Comer Cash Baxter. secretary- treasurer to replace Charles An- Uerson. and Gerardo Ramirez, club reporter. Chris Tompkins was enrolled as a new member of the club. A wise old owl lived in an oakg The more he saw the less he spoak. The less he spoak the more he heardg i Why can't we be like that old Tompkins. bye, dahlings. beard? t THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1951 4 ' Q Jackie uattou has just made a score in the third quarter of the l'anther-Yellowjacket game on a quick play. Making thc hole for the tally were Jesus Fantu 1731, Bob Knight !63l, and Jack Ryan f53l. Herr-'s hoping that many such plays are seen during the game tomorrow night when the Panthers meet thc Falfurrias Jerseys in Falfurrias. 'r-ra 0 G9 V I .we . A ,A-Xia .. if xl First, lct's congratulate the Juniors for beating the Harlin- 1 gcn team last week, 13-6. Al- though trailing 6-0 at the half, the Kittens bounced right back in thc second half as XV. fl. WVeatherford tied the score on a touchdown. This time Lackey made the extra point. Stand- outs were lVeatherford and Lackey in the backfield, and the whole line, who played an outstanding game. This was thc Kittens' third straight win, and they have no losses. Keep up the good work, boys! If you wondered where all the noise w a s c om in g from last Thursday. it was from the foot- ball field. Seen helping t???l the cheerleaders were some of the A team. The ones making the most noise were A. C. Fuller, Jackie Ryan, Roh Knight, and Warren Stansbury. Everybody is sure the cheerleaders enjoyed this yelling. Some of last ycar's graduates who are still playing football are Ray Dempsey, Stanley Keathley, Bobby Benbow, Billy WVright, and Jimmy Vaughn. I I i B Team Wins I9-I 3 Dver Harlingen B's The Panther B team defeated the Harlingen B team 19-13 in a hard-fought game here last Thurs- day night. The Cardinals were the first to score, when little Armiro Vallejo Went around end. The conversion was good. Both teams held each other scoreless until the third quarter, '- Fardenas from Weslw- broke loose on the Panther 45 and went down to Harlingen's 10-yard line. Cardenas again took the ball and went over. The try for the extra point Was good. Later in the third quarter the Cardinals added another six points when Vallejo took a pitch-out and marched over Weslaeo's goal. The conversion failed. Minutes later Weslaco covered a Harlingen fumble to set the Panthers on their Way to even the score. Billy Hankal Went around end and carried the ball G0 yards down to Harlingen's 5- yard line. Cardenas carried over N for the tally, but the try for the extra point failed. Barber to sleek-haired young man: Do you want a haircut or just a change of oil? Marching Bond Wages War Against Enemy Kill that one! Don't let it get away! These cries can be heard when the band practices marching at night on the baseball field. Kids passing by recently won- dered why the band studes were slapping, hitting, and scratching. It looked as though they were fighting an invisible enemy. This remained a mystery until they came close to the practiceg then they quickly discovered the an- swer. Ask any band kid about the mosquito problem, and he will immediately show you his battle scars! After the kick-off Harlingen lost the ball on a fumble, and the Panthers made their final march for the winning six points, with Cardenas going the last yards. Try for conversion failed. Harlingen's inability to hold the ball proved fatal for them when NVeslcao made good after every fumble. Outstanding players in the Pan- ther line were McAlpin. Weather- ford, and Rutledge. Sparkpiugs in the Weslaco backfield were Han- kal, Cardenas, and Hughes. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1951 Dear Diary, I found so very much gossip this week that I'm about to burst with it all. The first thing that caught my eyes was a party at JEANNETTE WATERS' hom e Friday night. Among the couples there were GINNIE and PAT, DALE and DIANNE, KAY and BILL, JUDY and BILLY, SHERRY, DAVID, and COMER. Also there were ERIN and JOHNNY. Say, Martha, I thought you were interested in G. A. tMerce- ,est Who was the second one Saturday night? At the B team game Thursday night a big commotion was going in the bleachers, and the ole fam- iliar cry could be heard-t'Turn it on. What was all this for? Why, MISS DONALDSON and MR. GEBHARDT were at the game. I think it should be date of the week, don't you, kids? By the way, JACKIE, who were those two little girls you and HARVEY took home after the Donna-San Benito game? Is it a secret? Also in San Benito seeing the game were EYELYN and BOB KNIGHT. PATIA and BOB, GIN- GER and CHARLIE, and NELL GLYINN and DAVID, Eyeing the Mercedes-Elsa grid. battle were DEWAYNE and ANNg and at the McAllen game were JUIIA and WARREN. PATSY AKIN, wry were you so dreamy-eyed over the week- end- Coulzl it be because STAN-l LEY was home fo: two Whole days? MARY trade ltcr wfekly trip to see DALE this weekend and kept up her rccor-.l of three letters a day. This must be serious! A. C. and EDITH wcre in San Antonio again this week end. Is this a habit, kids? SUE was with BOYD Friday night. Renewing an old romance, I hope! Flashing a senior ring around school is NANCY AVVWILLER, but not a Weslaco ring. Boys, you better watch Mercedes! How is BUSTER, SUE? Two couples to add to the list of steadies are JACKIE and' ALEX, and TERRY and KEN. Nice going, kids. Well, diary, that's all for now, but love and kisses till next time. -tW.H.S.J-- Definition of a bird that got caught in a lawnmower-Shred ded Tweet. ' Wiley, Lancaster Head Annual Staff Ioy VViley and Teresa Lancas- tcr, senio' s. were recentlv chosen co editors of the 1952 LA PALMA. These girls will head the new staff, which is as follows: Business manager: Lou Poin- boeuf: art, Sidney Rankin, Patsye Aking snapshots, Jerry Gilmore, Dillie Otto. Margie Wills, Oscar Gonzales, c l a s s e s, Sue Clark, Frances Dyer. Patsy Emery, Pat Kaufman, organizations. J a n e Oehler, Carolyn Holzarfelg fea- tures, Sue lXTcAlpin, Fred Bussg boys' sports, Jim Swinnea, Jack Ryan, Harvey Lee Coonts, George Beamang girls' sports, Mary Wal- ler, Keith Brown, typist, Frances Dyer. This year Miss Jean Donaldson will sponsor the production staff of the annual, and Miss Louise Black will be rseponsible for the business management. Steck Company will again pub- lish LA PALMA, and Yoder's Studio has been given the photo- graphy contract. --tW.H.S.ll- What If Dillie were still and quiet? A. L. made an A? Chief Mighty Low' Average. .593 Chief Knuckle-Head' can be seen sneaking warily from his tent. Why??? His average for last week dropped to .429, and his overall average dropped to .593. About all the teams let me down this week, with the excep- tion of a few faithful ones. This is the lowest my average has ever dropped, and let's hope it doesn't go any lower. All I need to pull me out of my slump is a mere 1.000 this week, and since Wes- ' nf' mv average will rise considerably. Before I bring you this week's predictions, let's look at last week's scores. Last week's scores: McAllen 39, PSJA 0 - Why weren't all of them this easy to p'ck??? Lamar tl-Ioustonl 40, Browns- ville 13-This was supposed to be an upset by Brownsville. San Benito 32, Donna 6--The, Q Greyhounds showed plenty of power in every department. Rio Grande City 12, Raymond- ville 2-Well, the Bearkats held them 2 to 0 until the fourth quar- ter. Mercedes 7, Fdcouch-Elsa 6- This almost turned out to be the ut sf-t of the week. Harlingen 27, Jefferson 21- The Redbirds showed plenty of spirit, which was easily the mar- gin of the game. La Feria 19, St. Joe 12-The Lions haven't let me down yet. This week's games should turn out as follows: McAllen over Mission-I wish they were all this easy to pick. Brownsville to stomp PSJA- The entire Eagle line-up should see action. Kingsville over San Benito- The Brahmas h a v e a team to watch in District 8-AAA. l Alice over Edinburg-The Coy- otes should come through with a win. Bv':lcke ridg'e over Harlingen- The Eagles should have an easy time with the Cardinals. Donna to massacre Raymond- ville - The Redskins take a breather after last Week's shell- acking. Mercedes over Rio Grande Citv -The Tigers had better do better than they did last week. Fdcouch-Flsa over Rio Hondo - T h e Yellowjackets s h o w ed plenty of fight against Mercedes last week. VVeslaco ove r Falfurrias - I hone ta raise my average on this one. f'o 'e on. Panthfrs: keep up the hustle and fight you showei against Edcouch-Elsa. Everyone back the Panthers at Falfurrias this week and be back next week to see what happened to my average. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1951 Halloween Ghosts Out Eorly? Sounded Like! Does XY.H.S. have ghosts? Strange noises were heard in many rooms last week, and kids were wondering what was hap- pening. Weird sounds, especially in the afternoon classes, could be heard all over the building. At different times excited voices or low moans followed by murmur- ings of t'steal, run, and hit that one. floated through the hall. These mysterious sounds had the school astir with curiosity and interest. Rumors spread that the police might be called in to in- vestigate. However, the amateur detectives of W.H.S. got on the job and discovered the cause of the disturbance. They found no ghost, but only kids listening to the VVorld Series over the ra- dio in several classes. l Sue Mc-Alpin contributes to the fund f'll0i'0Vflff'-'S for Christ- n::fs. heinq collected by Y- Texns Julfa S'eeth and Patsy Hankel Hopi. Below, a group of collectors pose. Though the lioys holding the poster pub- licizing Roll Cali SVeek, are not members of the Y-Teens, they helped with the Chocolates for Christmas campaign. A familiar scene that takes place on YV.H.S.'s campus Mon- day morning before school is the flag raising. Here David Rogers and Fred Buss raise the flag while tht-band plays a fanfare. The ceremony ends with the singing of The Star Spangled Banner. Watkins, guss High Club Cfrqces Donald Watkins, president of the Key Club, was elected gover- nor for the Texas-Oklahoma District, in a Key Club Convention held in Oklahoma City Cctober 6 and 7. Fred Buss, vice-president, was elected lieutenant-governor of Division II. Donald will have his way paid to the National Key Club Conven- tion in Chicago next June, by the Texas-Oklahoma District Clubs. Everitfs, Everofs! Too Much for Smith They say that variety is the spice of lifeg but when a class of twenty geometry students unwit- tingly managed to spell one name in thirteen different ways, their teacher, Miss Emma Mae Smith, decided that was just too much variety. The name causing all the trou- ble was EVRAETS. Miss Smith ,had asked her class to hand in on a piece of paper the name of their math teacher the previous year. Arrangements of vowels and syllables which Mr. Evraets him- self would never recognize were handed in. Everitts, Evarets, Hldvreatsj' and Everats turned up on some papers. When he hears of this, we feel that Mr. Evraets may be inclined to change his name to something simple-like Chyznyopolowitz. Key After committee meetings Sat- urday morning, a luncheon was held in the Biltmore Hotel. The International President of Key Clubs and the Kiwanis Inter- national President for the United States and Canada were among the speakers on the program. A welcome to Texas was given by the acting president of the district, and the response by the president of a Dallas Key Club. After officers were elected, an installation service was held in which they were presented pins with their office inscribed. Entertainment in c lu d e d a dance, given by the Oklahoma City Key Club, and a tour of the city. Approximately 125 boys attend- ed the convention. -LIWHSJL Baby Ear of corn: Where did I come from, Mama? Mama Ear of Corn: 'tHush, dear! The stalk brought you. THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1951 U E Q Us- 5 . A I X ,x 6 . N Z I A. 4 Q Q I . ,X ' L -- -l . v J Hop aboard my slow rowboatl ' I, I F E S A F F and we'll paddle over the campus to S99 what Cooks besides Kenny, Editor.. .. ,.,. .. .. .,,,.,,..... . , ,. .,,.,,,,,A,, .,.. , ,Y,,A . ...........Joy Wiley To-1. Assistant Editor... ,,,,,, , ,,,,, . ,Y,,,,,,A,A,,,,,,, ,Sue Clark W l Business lVlanai!ers .....Jack Ryan, Harvgy Lee C-oonts The Y-TCPIIS, IIS D311 of thE'iI' gf'ild1illQ W it0 S ' .. Charles Rupert, Oscar Gonmlis Roll Cllll xveek, intended the Ikfgirgkllguyilmzpmlm' ' ' ' L 4 , ' . . . . ,,,,,,,, ..., . .. . lresbyterian Fhurch in a group Exchange Iflfliior. , ,, , H ,, ,, ,,,, M ,,,,,,,i:arbam Polk llllflily, The guy-gl d' 1 F92liUf'f'S . .. June Smith, Pa'ia Link, Del Eaton it H y , y ,ld ofjk Sports Writers . . . Hzxxvcy Coonts, Wesley Ryan leen a together in their white -+I.-im. Downw V V Salma Maman crosses and blue ties. Chi:f iintlriaf--iieltti .. .lat-it Ryan Girls' Sports ,,,... . Frances Dyer All Aboard ' .. . . . .. . .. Dillie Otto I rovved my Slow boat down to Dear Diary .. .... .... ..... . ,,,,. ,,,,,......,.,, . .'I ? if Photographer ....,,. ,,...,..., . . ....,.,, ,.,. .. .. ,.... ,,,,,,,...,, J erry Gilmore Harlingen over the weekend to see how ole Dale Hughes was get- ting along. He seems to be doing real fine. We're all thinking of ya, Dale. The Mariner Scouts raised the flag Monday morning in full uni- form. Where did you all get those tr-ic-ky get-ups? Boat-loads of daisies to Don- ald VVatkins and Fred Buss, who were elected governor and lieutenant-governor of the Tex- as-Oklahoma Key Club district at the recent convention. W'e're proud of you, boys! The band didn't seem any too happy about marching through sand dunes Friday night. Whatza inatta-don't people eat sand any more? Everyone will be very happy when Falfurrias builds a new football stadium. Harken, scholars! Hustle over to the gym and purchase some dandy ice cream from the G. A. A.'s! It's on sale at all hours talmostl. The Student Council sponsored a drive to collect funds for the Gonzales Warm Springs Founda- tion this week. Thanks to every- one for your aid. The LA PALMA subscription campaign will get underway next Monday. Subscribe early! We're going to have a book and a half this year. Until next Thursday I bid you farewell, Sweet Dahlings. l Typisis... . Sponsor ,.., . . .lane Ouhler, Esmeralda Hunerdez, Frances Dyer Miss Louise Black Lei's Get Our Annual Underway Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! lBon't miss the bargain of the year! Good for a lifetime! And it's all about you! ' Yes, it's that time again. For the very low price of 353.50 and maybe even lc-ss, you will receive 120 pages depicting life in W.H.S.-and the reprint of the HI-LIFE, which will have rec- orded events as they happened on the campus. A good deal of work goes toward making your annual one that you will be proud of. You, yourself, help finance it when you at- tend the special assemblies sponsored by the publications department and when you enjoy a coke from the machine in the front hall. YVQ appreciate your willingness to help us and your desire to buy an annual, but we need your support now in the form of money, for current bills must be met from month to month. Be one of the proud ones to exhibit your annual next year. Sub- scribe next Monday. And if you have a friend who needs a bit of prodding, why not help him along? He'll appreciate it later. I.et's all get in the groove and back our LA PALMA. How about it, studes? -1,,l..-4 lrlnrd Work Shows Results! Heel-toe, heel-toe, twin-kle, twin-kleg Heel-toe, archg heel-toe arch: Step-touch, step-touch, twinkle, twin-kle. A sizable percentage of students of W.H.S. will instantly realize what this seemingly senseless jabber means. Yes, the band students will tell you that these are the words to the dance step which the band has used in the past two drills. The clever ditty is only one of the many things taught to the band by Gene llraufzlzt, new director. At the end of the summer. when rehearsals began, many stu- dents werc doubtful as to the success oF the new type of marching. However. cooperation, combined with many hours of rehearsal, has sliown what can be Cone if the spirit is there. Rehearsals have been held several nights each week to increase progress in learning the new steps and formation. The Weslaco Band has always been known over Texas for its superior playing and marching ability. With the help of i'Mr. Gene the hand should be better than ever before. Our congratulations to Mr. Brought and each member of the hand for a job well done! The title admiral comes from If all the land of the earth were the Arabian words HAmir al covered with the salt of the sea, Bahrj' meaning Ruler of the it would make a layer 400 feet Sea, K deep. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1951 Panthers, Tigers to Meet Here Friday Night in Tough Game Panthers Defeat Jerseys I 9 to I3 The Weslaco Panthers contin- ued to hold the stick over the Fal- furrias Jerseys when they defeat- ed the Dairy City boys 19-13 on Jersey field last Friday night. Being watched by the famous Jedge Perry NVinkle inspired the touted Jerseys. They started early by taking advantage of a fumble on the 27-yard line. The hard-charging Panther line set the Jerseys back three yards be- fore a tricky screen pass gave them a touchdown. Jiminez was doing the throwing and Fraser the receiving. Charnotski's con- version was wide. After an exchange of the ball, the Panthers found themselves on their own 31-yard line, From this point a blocked punt could have meant another touchdown. The Jerseys did block the kick and were again breathing down the Cats' neck. A short pass from Jiminez to O'Neal was intercepted by Bob Mclntosh on the 34, and he raced down the sidelines be- hind good blocking untouched. The Jerseys made another touchdown before the half, but it was nullified by a clipping pen- altyg so the halftime score read 6-6. The Jerseys started the second half with a boom. The windmill arm of Jiminez found the arms of Charles Giddens, who raced over from the 15. Chartnotski convert- ed, and the Jerseys le.l 13-6. Early in the fourth quarter Stansbury took a handoff from Fuller and scampered 45 yards for a touchdown. Gatton tried the end for the point but failed. The Panthers Weren't satisfied yet. It looked like victory for the Jerseys until a pass play from Fuller to Cook covered 70 yards and a touchdown. For the point, Fuller again passed to Cook. Thus the Panthers led 19-13. The game ended with the Panthers in pos- session fo the ball on the Jerseys' 30-yard line. ' Nine-year Record Against Mercedes Shows Eight Wins, One Tie for Weslaco Tomorrow night Coach A1 Formants fighting Panthers will clash with the tough Mercedes Tigers in a District 32-AA conference tilt on Barbee Field. With no injuries and only a few bruises following the highly exciting game last week in Falfurrias, the hometown lads are ready to meet the gridsters from the Queen City in what should prove an equally thrilling fracas. Weslaco will depend on such speedsters and hard chargers to move the ball downfield as Quarterback A. C. Fuller, Emilio Castro, and Warren Stansbury in the halfback spots, with Gatton and Mc- Intosh alternating in the fullback position. I . C To start with, let's congratu- late both the winning teams, the Panthers and the Juniors. The Panthers beat Falfurrias 19 to 13. and the Juniors trounced McAllen 32 to 7. This wa-Q the Juniors' fourth straight win. Though the B team and 110- pound team did not win their games, they fought all the way and did not give up. The B team lost to McAllen 32 to 7, and the 110-pound team went down before St. Joan of Arc 19 to 0. This week the Panthers play a n 0 t h e r district game, that against Mercedes here tomor- row night. The Panthers will be looking for their second con- ference win. Iiet's go out and cheer them to victory. It seems that a San Antonio paper got a little mixed up, Sat- urday it said that we lost to Fal- furriasg however, the paper pub- lished a retraction on Sunday. It seems that it couldn't get Warren Stansbury on the right team. On Sunday there was still an error- it didn't give Ken Cook the credit for his touchdown. Doing the blocking and tackling in the Panther stronghold will be s u c h huskies as Swinnea and Bromley as tackles, Knight and Cantu filling the holes at guard, with Ryan and McIntosh backing up the line. The Tigers, out for their sev- enth win. are depending, as usual, on the running abilities of Tony Ortega in the fullback spot, along with his teammate Dennis Clif- ford as halfback and Bobby Grant- land in the quarterback slot. Working in the Bengals' for- ward line will be Imel and Card- enas as guards, with Jim Edwards and Ray Don Lynch as ends. In the last nine years Weslaco has come out on top eight times with one tie. The past scores are as follows: Mercedes Weslaco 1941. tno record available? 1942 0 19 1943 13 33 1944 0 13 1945 0 28 1:-140 0 24 194.7 0 46 1948 7 25 1949 V6 6 1950 7 21 3 1.-51 ? '?? -lW.H.S.l- So sorry, conductor, the lady passenger apologized, but I'm afraid my little dog has eaten my ticket. Then 1 suggest, Madam, said t h e unimpressed ticket - taker, that you buy him a second help- ing. ' THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1951 ! old WHS Arm-ChaulA559mbIY Monder- ' ' tim Bemuses Scribe To cummemome Dear Diary, Hello! Hello! I've so much to tell you! I saw JOY over in JIlVI'S front yard Saturday afternoon helping i?J him clean the yard. SUE McALPIN looked lonely over the week-end. Must have been because UFREDDUSH was in Port Isabel. Also on the lonesome list was KEN COOK. TERRY went to the Trinity-A.8LM. game in San An- tonio. WARREN and BARBARA were out in a new white Ply- mouth Saturday night. Some peo- ple are just lucky! TOMMY was out seeing GEN Saturday. It was a long time, wasn't it! LOUIS SITTON was with SHIRLEY NORRIS. Very good! Let's see more of this. Certain boys from Mercedes were in Falfurrias to see certain Weslaco girls Friday night. How about that, NANCY AWWILLER? In McAllen viewing the movies Saturday were NELL GLYNN and DAVID and JAN and DON. Among the regulars over the Weekend were PATIA and BOB, ALLIE and J. C., EVELYN and HOB, and A. C. and EDITH. Who is your new friend, WAYNE WALKER? Is she from Pharr? Date of the week goes to MR. They were at the Falfurrias game EVRAETS and MISS RAYMER. Friday night. Students of W.H.S. were glad to see MR. HENDRICKS, former principal at VVeslaco. It seemed like old times. At the Keno Saturday night were DORA SUE and BOYD, HOMA and JOYCE KEEN, JOY and JIM, and SUE and BUSTER. Good-bye for now, Diary. I have a few unimportant lessons such as English IV and Algebra II to finish. See ya' next week! In the last ten years, Merce- des has not beaten the Pan- thers, although in 1949 the Ti- g6l'-S did tie them 6 to 6. This year WVeslaco will try to make it eleven in a row. That chair you're sitting in has been supporting plenty of trou- bles for the last twelve to fifteen years. If it's like most chairs in Weslaco High, it has been here since the late 30's. During that time it has withstood the squirm- ings and shiftings of ten to fifteen thousand sittings, and the sweat- ings of roughly three hundred six weeks' and semester tests. Probably a couple of yards of pencil lead and more than a quart of ink has been scratched onto hundreds of packages of notebook paper right on the spot where your arm is resting. Where you're sitting, other students have been interested and bored, satisfied and discouraged, awake and asleep, laughing and brooding, working and loafing-all a part of the daily routine that has been here for years. You probably know more than a few adults who have spent hours in the seat you're reading this paper in. Some who sat in your chair when it was new are now over thirty. What do all these facts prove? NOTHINGQ but, incidentally, they have helped this feature writer put off his algebra for an extra hour! ---tW,H.S.l-- LA PALMA Campaign I To Begin Monday The annual subscription cam- paign for LA PALMA, school yearbook, will begin next Mon- day morning, according to Lou Poinboeuf, business manager. The goal is 250 subscriptions by VVednes1lay, Nov: -ber 5. The down payment will be 952, and the sale price of the an- not be greater than price of last year's annual staff hopes to le.-us, if possible. nual will 53.50, the book. The sell it for The 1952 LA PALMA will contain 120 pages and probably several new features. LA PALMA salesmen are as follows: Joy VViley, Sue McAl- lzin, Jane Oehler, Sue Clark, Dil- lie Otto, and Frances Dyer. Stu- dents should get a receipt when they make their down pay- ment, Lou stated. U. N. Week United Nations Week will be observed in Weslaco High School with a United Nations Assembly n e x t M o n d a y afternoon at 2 o'clock. The program, sponsored by the Social Science Department, will begin with the presentation of the United Nations and the Unit- ed States flags by Gay and Jay Cloud, Sea Scouts. Donald VVat- kins, Student Council president, will preside over the presentation of the flags and the pledge of al- legiance to the two flags. He will th en introduce Dewayne Rut- ledge, chairman of the program. The program will include the following: The Meaning of U.N.O. Weeki' -Dewayne Rutledge A Prayer for Peace -Carole Sawyer What Is the U.N.O.? -Ralph Montgomery , HBattle Hymn of the Republic '-High school choir America, My Ownl' - High school choir Our Responsibility as Mem- bers of the U.N.O. -Brad Smith The program will be closed with the singing of the school song. ---tW,H.S.Ji Didya hear about the poor little Rice Krispie? He ain't got no pop. Two children were talking. Know how to tell a lady worm from a gentleman worm? one asked. Oh, sure, said the other. You've heard that a worm turns. Well, if it turns without putting out its hand, it's a lady worm. --tW.H.S.Ji Loose Ends VVhen the day of their twenty- fifth wedding anniversary came and Pa started about his busi- ness as usual, Ma snapped: Don't you realize what day this is? Yup, said Pa. Well, how are we going to celebrate? she persisted. Pa thought that over a moment, then suggested mildly: How about two min- utes of silence? 'PHE NVESLAFO HI-LIFE THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1951 Community Chest Funds Collected 1-lomeroom meetings were held Tuesday morning for the purpose ol' collecting money for the Com- munity Chest. ln homeroom meet- ings the matter was presented, and students were asked to con- tribute the money they woulil Spend on movies in one week. The goal of WHS. was N002 contribution. As the Hl-LIFE went to press Monday, the amount collected cannot be given. Last year the school contributed 337.97 to the lied Feather campaign. '68 Students Listed On Two Honor Rolls Thirty-three students of junior-senior high school made the su- perior honor roll and 35 the honor roll for the first six Weeks, accord- ing to J. li. Akridge. principal. 'Po be eligible for the superior honor roll, a student must be tak- ing four or more academic subjects and must have Ats in all of them, All of her grades must be A or B. For the honor roll, a student must have three A's in academic subjects, with all other grades A or B. Students fulfilling the-so requirements are as follows: .luue Smith ffl- lltl'l'l, Band' Sweetheart, has just been jfven a bouquet by Terry Lancaster trighth, president of the band. On the lef! is Nell Glynn Koester, drum major. June was presented be- tween halves. of the XYeslaco-Mt-rcexles game last Friday night. Loose Erds 1G'rls' P E Classes s Dear Dad: GueSS what I need moSt of all? Tl1at'S right. Send it along. B4-Sit wiSl1eS. Your Son, Sant Dear Son: Nllthing much ever happens here. XYe kN0w you like your school. WYrite us Ilxotllvl' letter aN0n. N0w we have to say goodbye. Dad. I I S art New Sport Although the intramural vol- is being play- school, soccer leyball tournament ed this week after ball. a new and more active sport, in the classes. has been taken up Each girl in l'. E. class was gi- ven a skill test last week and put in a specified class according: to her ability to play volleyball and E Superior Honor Roll Seniors.: Jane Oehler, June Smith, Joy Wiley. Juniors: Allie Aldridge, Nell Glynn Koe'ster,'4'I'ommie Jo Lott, lDavidlA'RogersQ 'Charles Rupert, 1Carole Sawyer, Julia 'Slee-th. Sophomores: Billy Boyd, Mari- ilyn Kaarup, Ellen Kaufman, Gin- i ger Roberson. Freshmen: Jimmy Akin, Ellen Boyd, Maria Castro, Lynna Del Crosby, Jerry Griffen, Billy Han- lkal, Barbara Harrington, VVade Hawk, Karin Hunley, Paula Rohr- q baugh. l it l tennis, 'Ilhe th'ec clzrs' es are be-l ginner, intermediate, and advanc- ed. This test will be given in each sport to see how much the girls have improved. Eighth Grade: Erin Sutherland, Emily Corns, Ann Smith. Q Seventh Grade: Shirley Ermel, Mary Ellen Fuller, Shirley Ger- aughty, Lewis Jones, Rennie Lou Rraley, Nancy Malone. Honor Roll Seniors.: Stie Clark, Jimmy Swin- nea. Juniors: Fred Buss, P a t s y Emery, Patsy Hankal, Patricia Mc- Kissack. Sophomores: Martha Oehler, G. li. Tatom. Freshmen: Sherry Allen, Clo- tilde Cano, Lazaro Cardenas, Vir- ginia Christensen, Ruth Ann Cloud, Travis Crosby, Joe High- tower, James Smithey, Ronald Tolson, Jeanette Waters, Francez Yoder. Eighth Grade: Joyce Davis, Jane Montgomery, Martha Scott, Lila Waddell Ann Caskey, Birbirw Clark, Edwin Hightower, Joseft Cadena, Karen Sue Mackey, Mary Louise Emery, Barbara Jean Min- is. Seventh Grade: Richard Holzrp- fel, Larry Swinnea, Gloria Knoit, Linda Link, Sandra Moreland. --fW.H.S.l- Butcher to housewife: l'wo pounds of steak! Would you Ike it to be gift-wrappedf?' THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1951 Jump on my air - conditioned pogo-stick and we'll pop about the c a m p u s and investigate this week's news. First of all, 'tacres of the very sweetest violets to June Smith, Band Sweetheart. VVe're all so happy for you, June. Congratu- lations! Hurry, Hurry! Subscribe for your LA PALMA early this year! Snap! Next! Where's my comb? It's picture-taking time again for the annual. Smile prettily for the birdies, studes. We surely do appreciate the new water fountains, don't we, kids? They help a lot. Truckloads of bluebonnets to Pat Kaufman, who was the out- standing member in Choir for the first six weeks. He is not only tenor section leader, but student conductor also. Twenty-nine Y-Teens attended their candle light installation service Sunday night at the Meth- odist Church. That means there were a few absentees. Good going, gals! Boy, the Band surely did a fine job Friday night. ivho ever heard of waltzing on a football field? But seriously, we really like your drills. Guy, look out! You almost sliced my foot open! What's all this? Only a game some bored per son dreamed up - Knife throwing or Spread or some thing. Just be careful, kids. We flon't want any casualties. I hear faint forecasts of a cold front supposed to hit the Valley some time soon. I hope it does. I have lots of Winter clothes I'm just dying to wear. Goblins'lI Geichal Watch Out! W'hen you think of ghosts, pumpkins, witches, goblins, or black cats, what day comes. to mind? Xvhy, I-lallowe'en of course! Yes, it's right around the and fun galore! corner, bringing chills, thrills, One of the main attractions on Halloween is the annual carnival at Stephen F. Austin. Many forms of entertainment can be had here, For instance. the cake walk lWin a cake and let your friends help devour itl, the fortune-telling tHave your future revealed to you before it's too latel, fishing at the fish pond tCatch a prize you'll treasure for lifel, eats, eats, and more eats CStuff yourself so you'll have a stomach ache the next dayb, and, of course the fun of tossing confetti tYou'll be eating confetti for weeks afterwardl. Yes, Halloween is simply loaded with fun and good times. but letis all remember there's a limit to fun. Let's try not to be destruc- tive or mischievous this year. Be seeing you at the carnival if the goblins don't get you before the time arrives! Congratulations are in order for Bob Mclntosh and Fmilio Castro, who were elected by the football team as captains for this year. Fach week an hon- orary co-eaptain is to be chosen. The Junior Class really clean- ed-up at the football game Fri- day night. They had the conces- sion stand this week. Remember, students, that you're helping pay for the Junior-Senior Banquet when you buy from them. Much luck and many funds to you all. This columnist never thinks of anything new. To cob a line, I conclude: What do you call frozen water? Iced water. What do you call frozen ink? Iced ink. I You're telling Me! See ya' next week. 'Ten to Represent local Council The Weslaco Student Council will participate in a Student Council Convention to be held next Tuesday, October 30, in Har- lingen. Jack Skaggs, Harlingen lawyer, will be the main speaker. Each town represented will be respon- sible for the discussion of one or more given topics. VVeslaco's top- ics are Faculty and Student Council Cooperationl' and What Should Be the Objectives of a Good Student Council? Students going from here are Dale XVaddell. Sue Clark, June Smith, Jane Oehler, Dillie Otto. Ellen Kaufman, Ginger Roberson. and Edith Stevens. Mrs. Kathryn Thompson and J. L. Akridge will ac-company the group. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1951 'e'ST e' Panthers Sl-age I3-6 if To Raymondville Friday Night The Weslaco Panthers will tackle the winless Raymondville Bearkats tom orrow night on Bearkat field. The Bearkats will be looking for win number one tomorrow night after losing six straight games, three of these being con- ference affairs. The Kats will boast a light line and backfield. Expected to carry the brunt for them will be Ignacio Mendez in the backfield and Kenneth Ro- berts in the line. Mendez is rated among the top backs in the Val- ley. The Weslaco Panthers, still celebrating their victory over Mercedes, will be looking for win number four. The Panthers have won their last three encounters, two of these with conference foes. The Weslacoans will rely on the hard running of Bob McIn- tosh and Jack Gatton, who will be aided by Emilio Castro and War- ren Stansbury. The line slots will be held down by such stal- warts as Ed Henry, Jim Swin- nea, Jesus Cantu, and Merle Shep- perd. They will be aided by David Rogers, Bob Knight, Jack Ryan, and Reynaldo Garza. 'VVVVVVVVVVVV Halloween Carnival To Be Biggest Yet! Hot dogs, hamburgers, ice cream, candy! Bingo, cake walks, fortune-telling, and a stage show! Yes, things are well under- way for the biggest and best Halloween carnival ever held in WVeslaco. The P.T.A. and the Mothers' Club, assisted by practically every other club in town, are preparing new features as well as the old favorites for this year's gala celebration. The place is the Stephen F. Austin school groundsg the time, next VVednesday night, October 31. Be saving your nickels, dimes, and quarters for an evening of fun and good eats! xAAAAAAAAAAAA Upset' on Tigers Weslaco Breaks Mercedes' Perfect Season Record Before 4500 Fans The determined Weslaco Panthers upset the tough Mercedes Ti- gers by a score of 13-6 to break the Bengals' 6-game winning streak, on Barbee Field before a crowd of 4500 excited fans last Friday night. The Panthers, rated slightly as underdogs, came back in the last periol to set the mighty Mercedes Tigers back a notch in the 32-AA district title race. In the first quarter Ortega took the ball on a Weslaco. punt and marched to the Panthers' 28-yard line, but because of Weslaco's strong line Mercedes was unable to move. Later in the second period, with the ball in Weslaco's hands, Fuller overthrew Stansbury, and Mercedes intercepted. The Panthers again held the Queen City boys on downs and the ball exchanged hands. However, Weslaco, making no ground, was forced to punt. Ortega took the ball and sped 33 yards for the first score of the game. Lynch's conversion was blocked. Following a series of intercep- 'vvvvvvvvvvvilried it back to Weslacols 45-yard Mclntosh, Castro Chosen Co-Captains Bob McIntosh and Emilio Castro were elected by the team as co-captains of the 1951 Pan- thers, Tuesday of last week. These boys were chosen for their dependability and their ability as leaders. McIntosh plays guard and fullback on offense and line- backer on defense. Castro plays right half on offense and line- backer on defense. Another co-captain will be elected before each game to help in the games when the two captains are out. AAAAAAAAALA A Halloween Party Given For F.H.A. by Rankin Sidney Rankin was hostess to the Future Homemakers Tues- day night at a Halloween party. A Halloween theme was car- ried out in decorations, complete with spooks and jack-o-lanterns. A prize was given to the best dressed girl representing Hallow- een. Gifts are now being collected to send oversea s as part of the C h r i s t ni a s Festival that the Homemakers take part in every year. Anyone wishing to partici- pate in this project may do so by contacting any F. H. A. member. in the Tigers' hands on their own 15-yard line. They moved the ball down to the 30-yard line, where Weslaco took over on downs. Rut- ledge hit Robles on the 19-yard line, and on the next play Rut- ledge heaved the pigskin to Rogers over the goal to even the score. McIntosh's kick was blocked. Ortega took the kick-off and car- ricd it back to Weslaco's A5-yard Line. The Panthers dug in and held the Black and Orange' team for four downs. With the ball in the Purple Cats' possession, Fuller passed to Stansburyg and with pretty downfield blocking, he gal- loped all the way for the decid- ing six points. Rutledge passed ic- Mclntosh for the extra point. After the kick-off Barbosa in- tercepted a Bengal aerial and moved the ball to the Merce'des one, where the final gun ended a hard-fought game. The Panthers earned 8 first downs to 4 'for the Tigers. Wes- laco went to the air 11 times to complete -l. Mercedes passed 4 times and completed none. Mer- cedes traveled 109 yards upfield, while the Panthers had 126 rush- ing yards. 4CW.H.S.l-4 Jackie: You look scared to death. What did you see-a ghost? Bob K.: No, I just got through riding with Evelyn. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25, 1951 I I if ! Aloha! IT's Thai F'T1 E Y Dear Diary, Some exciting things have hap- pened this weekend, so I'll start writing. Goodness, I hope I can remember them all! A gang of Weslaco girls surely were having fun at Mercedes Wed- nesday, Thursday, and Friday. nights. Isn't that right, DILLIE, NELLIE, JUNIE , and MARY? By the way, Mary, who gave you that pretty bracelet you're flashing around? Could it be that DALE sent JACKIE shopping? DEWAYNE and ANN had their usual week-end date, also EDWIN and PATSY. .IO ELLEN was with WARD from MERCEDES Saturday night. These out-o-town boys! NELL and DAVID, SUE and FRED, and GINGER and CHAR- LIE we-nt to the she-W in McAllen. Long ride hc-me, huh! ' LOUIS and SHIRLEY and ED and NANCY were at the show Saturday night. Visiting the same vicinity Fri- day night were BARBARA and WARREN, PATIA and BOB, and EVAN DALE'S new TRUCK. By the way, PATSYE AKIN, what were you pointing out? Doubling over the weekend were JACKIE and MYRNA and TOMMY and JIMMY. A. C. and EDITH had their usual date. A parade of 20 cars went to Mercedes Friday night, among them being TOMMY'S, BOBBY'S, JACKIE'S, JOE RAMOS, and DIL- LIE'S. By the way JACKIE RYAN, that truck was rather crowded! Couples at the Keno Friday night after the game were JIM and JOY, SUE and BOYD, ED and NANCY, EVELYN and BOB, TERRY and KEN, and NELL and DAVID. How about those steaks, kids! Receiving three letters a day is JOANNE VVILSON. Don't you wish you had the real thing? KAY and DONALD and JUDY and BILLY were on a scavenger hunt this weekend. What happen- ed to JOHNNY, ERIN? Has HOMA taken over JOYCE ANN? Howoiion Touch! Have you been blinded lately as you walked past a glaring spot of color in the hall by the office door? Have you looked at it and afterwards seen spots on the blackboard which weren!t there? Have you wondered why it made you stagger down the hall cross- eyed? Your rcporter was curious about this irizlescent spot of colorp but he found that every time he tried to look at it, his eyes would wa- ter and go out of focus. VVhat was this mysterious thing in our halls which defied identification? Arm- ing himself with a pair of sinoked sun-glasses, your reporter prowl- ed the halls, waiting until the mystery object appeared . Last Friday morning he got a good look at it through his sun- glasses. He now has this report for the Waiting world: J. L. Ak- ridge has another Hawaiian neck- tie! VVhen informed of the devas- tating effect his ties were having on student visual activity, mor- ale, etc., Mr. Akridge had this to say: I wondered what was fad- ing my shirt-fronts! --iW.H.S.!-- Mrs. Forman: 'AI made a terri- ble mistake this morning. I gave Al a dish of lux flakes instead of cornflakesf' Mrs. Da h lb e r g: Was he angry? Mrs. Forman: Angry! He foam- ed at the mouth! It takes the seventh graders to start the dancing this year. They have had a hop every Saturday night for some time now. Among the kids we-re NANCY MALONE, SANDRA MORELAND, WILL- IAM CROSBY, JOE HERREN, LINDA LINK, and JUDY RICE. Well, upperclassmen, how about your dances? Well, Diary, it's about time for me to turn in. I've had such a busy weekend. So long unt'il next time. High School Choir Sings Monday The Weslaco High School con- cert choir sang Monday afternoon for a Valley-wide m eet i n g of Presbyterian Wornen at the local church and also for the United Nations Day assetnbiy program. At the beginning of the school year officers were elected by the 85 members of Choial Club. They are as follows: Trresa Lancaster, president: latte Oeliler. Student Council iepresentitivez David Ro- gers. v'ce l'!lC7IfCl'1tI Joy VViley, secretary - treis zrciq A ll ie Ald- ridge, librariar: Sue Mc ilpln and Sue Clark, roll c cc!fers: Ellen Boyd ,accorianis-tt Teresa Lan- caster and Pat Ka f'1im, student conductors. Yrs. Sl' yl Mattar is director. .At the cn l of each six weeks an outstanding cc' oir s t u d e nt is named. Pat Kaufman is the out- standing studen 13 for this six weeks. Points taken into consid- eration are attendance. attitude, posture, and accomplishment, Forty five members were chos- en to wear robes as a result of recent tryouts. Several selections learned this year are t'Battle Hymn of the Re- public, HSo1netimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, and a mod- ern arrangement of Flow Gently, Sweet Afton. Solo tryouts for special selec- tions are scheduled in the near future. --tW.H SJ- XVo-:lnco High Has Tunes for Typing Are dancing classes being held in W.HS..? Where is all that wonderful music coming from? There is a rumor that Arthur Murray is teaching a class at Weslaco High. Students on the tennis courts during P.E. classes bounced their balls to the tune that was floating out of some classrooin window. Everyone was p uzzleil at the .Younis of click. c!'c11, elicit, aafl tap, tap, tap, trat accompanied the music. Many stud' s wondered if perhaps an original African vei sion of a war dance with na- tive drums were takini rl ce. After sone investigation and research it was difcovercd that the cause for the disturbance was only the typing classes practicing their lessons to music, trying to get rhythm in their strokes. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1951 Assembly Dates for Year Announced By Student Council Committee A full schedule of assemblies has been arranged for this school year by the program committee of the Student Council. Each de- partment was asked to prepare a program to be presented some time during the year. Though several assemblies have already been held, they are being named in order to make the list complete. The schedule is as follows: Date, iliype, Sponsor, Period Held Sept. 4-General Sept. 5-High School Sept. 11-Special assembly-Journalism Class-5 Oct. 12-Special assembly-Journalism Class-2 Oct. 22-U. N. O.-Social Science Dept.-5 Oct. 31-Student Council Installation-Student Council-6 Nov. 9-Armistice Day-Speech-3 lNov. 15-Special assembly-Journalism Class-2 Nov. 21-Thanksgiving-Student Council-6 Dec. 20-Christmas-Choir-1 Jan. 16-Special assembly-Journalism Class-2 Jan. 30-Commercial assembly-Commercial Department--3 Feb. 5-Math assembly-Mathematics Department-4 Feb. 13-Special assembly-Journalism-2 Feb. 20-English assembly-English Department-1 March 4-Spanish assembly-Spanish Department-5 March 18-Homemaking assembly-Home Making Dept.-6 March 25-Special assembly-Journalism Class-2 April 1-Shop-Industrial Arts-4 April 18-Special assembly-Journalism Class-2 April 25-Physical Education-Physical Education Dept.-3 May 8--Band assembly-Band-4 Messer-Uppers Box and Cox Set For November 15 Obstruct WHS Halls Watch it. Sorry.' Get out of my way. Wondering what the deal is? It's only some poor, new, uneducated student trying io struggle his way along the halls of W.H S., before being trampled underfoot in the scurry- ing stampede that occurs every hour on the hour. Slow down, and you can figure out some of the peculiar types of hall traffic mess- er-uppers. The Hall Hog: This type is a corridor caperer that everybody loves. The poor kid doesn't even know 07 that he is gently knock- ing people down or causing a brain concussion by hitting some- one in the head with a locker door. The Ambler: Starting at the east door of the hall, this sweet thing leisurely creeps toward the trophy case, holding up traffic for a city block and whistling a cute ditty like Always Late. No one likes to hurry in the hall, and this ambler is appreciated by everyone. The Stranger: Many think this Box and Cox or play, will be presented day, November 15 at 10 in the high school audi This will be the third vvvvvvvvvvvi One Is ilarious Thurs- o'clock torium. in the Divided by Two, Il n' l'0 series of seven special p obtained from Southern grams School Assemblies and sponsored by the Journalism Class. It is said that more p ances have been give o farce than any other sh erform- n this rt play in the history of the English or American stage. More details will be ven in 4 gi next week's I-II-LIFE. A LAAAAAAAA AAA specimen must come from Mars. He walks calmly down the hall at a moderate rate, he doesn't knock anyone down, and he offers an apology if he does hit you. If you see this student on the loose, call a doctor, because he crazy. Sharpen up your pen check the type of hal messer-upper you are. must be cil and l traffic Spirit Dispirited No Pranks to Play! We were mildly shocked last Tuesday when we opened our HI-LIFE filing cabinet and dis- covered a somewhat bleary-eyed and bewildered-looking ghost sit- ting in the darkness moaning to himself. Our supernatural friend seemed to be a bit dejected. What are you doing here? we asked. ' 'fWouldn't you like to know? he retorted gloomily. Aren't you out a bit early? we queried. Halloween isn't here until tomorrow. 'Tm from the Intelligence of- fice, he sighed. This stumped us. How interestingl' 'we exclaim- ed in a rather uncertain tone. What does that mean? That means I'm the ghoul who goes around before Halloween and plans pranks for the rest of the spirits. Well-what have you found? we asked. He moaned and rubbed his forehead. Nothing There's nohting left. You mean there's no pranks left? we exclaimed. He nodded sadly. You humans have got all the good ones planned already. With a discouraged moan he continued: We were going to hide Mrs. Robertson's list of annual Amer- ican History jokes, cancel Mr. Evraets' subscription to Nuclear Physics Monthly, string Harvey Leels guitar with rubber bands, switch Charlie Mohle's book of cowboy ballads for a collection of opera favorites-. The sobbing little ghost could go no further. We had to quietly close the cab- inet door and let him wail in peace. ifW.H.S.l- 150 Hy-line Chicks Purchased by F.F.A. The F.F.A. chapter has pur- chased 150 Hy-line chicks to raise. This breed is rather new in the field of poultry. It is the result of several generations of inbreed- ing two breeds of chickens and crossing the result of inbred strings. Hy-lines produce greater vigor and higher egg production. -M I THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1951 0 Board my jet magic carpet and let you'uns and me'uns see what has happened this very eventful week. Simply acres and acres of vio- lets to Ann Smith who was voted Kitten Sweetheart lately. Ain't life grand?! Congratula- tions. While I was flying low Hallow- een night I saw the Girls' Sextet and the High School Orchestra performing at the carnival, which was a huge success. It seems that We have many talented people floating about these days! Only 50 cents! Buy a pen- nant! All week the Y-Teens have been selling these little Strips of felt. Be sure to help them out by buying one. Boy, the Band really got wound up on the football field Friday night. No, they didn't blunder, they were supposed to do that way. Spirals,l' they call them! Will wonders never cease? , The LA PALMA staff feels that they must have at least 250 down payments for the an- nual or there will be no LA PALMA this year. Come on, kids. Get behind your annual! Show them your support with subscriptions! 'Phe Seniors really had a Ndoozyinaroozy' of a barbecue Monday night. Many, many thanks to the homeroom moth- ers. They really worked hard! Flash! Flash! The late order of senior rings is here. You all have certainly waited a long time. I'll bet you're proud of them. --fW.H.S.l- Why haven't you mended the holes in these socks? he' de- manded. You didn't buy that fur coat I wanted, reminded his Wife. So I figured if you didn't give a Wrap, I didn't give a darn. 1-.. I 0' O Propaganda as a Weapon Last week a letter from Lowell Davina, an ex-student of WV.H.S. and now a P.F.l'. in the Army, was received by Miss Black. In his letter Lowell sent an example of the propaganda which our boys are subject to in Korea. The following state- ments are quotations from a circular which Lowell picked up from the top of Hill 851. Hl+lRl4I'S WHY YOU ARE FIGHTING! 'Back at home, an army of money grabbers are fighting a dif- ferent war. The Battle of the Bulge--bulging bank accounts. Here is their Communique tfrom a small sector of the frontl: Profits 1949 Profits 1950 l.Ian.-Sept.l fJan.-Sept.l General Motors .. .. S502 million S702 million Du Pont ..... .. S136 million S218 million U. S. Steel ..............., ....... :B 133 million S3178 million General Electric .,...... .. ., ' SS 67 million 55112 million tFigures from the Wall Street Journal? A 'Fvery clip you fire means more dollars in the till for the Rocke- fellers, Du Fonts, Morgans, Harrimans, IX-IacArthurs and their whole pack of croneys. You die, the folks at home get poorer, the rich get richer. And that's Why you've been sent 5,000 miles from home to kill the Korean and Chinese people. t'Your folks are praying you'll return safe and sound. Here's your chance to make their prayers come true-and at the same time get out of this rotten, unjust war that you never asked for or Wanted. 'Alf you put down your arms and come over-WE GUARANTEE: 'tWe shall not harm you nor take your belongings. You will get MEDICAL CARE, FOOD, SAFETY in the rear and in the end YOU'I.l. SEE YOUR FOLKS AGAINX' ' , tSigned1 The Chinese Peoples Volunteer Forces This is a sample of the propaganda lies that the Russians are handing our allied troops. alt illustrates the type of pro- paganda which Mr. Smith spoke of in his speech 'last Monday. , As ,far as our knowledge goes, none of our boys have accepted such 'ian offer as that made in this circular. We feel- that the reason for this is that our boys know it is propaganda and that they know the probable source from which it camen Freedom, democracy, peace, and unity will be ours if We, all of us, continue to uphold our Amer- ican idealism and refuse to be duped by such hoaxes. fr'vi'r '+ 169 w.H.s. students See Shrine Circus Oh! I liked the bears the best! , 'tl'Jidn't the ape scare you? Ann Smith Presented As Kitten Sweetheart Ann Smith, eighth grader, was presented as Kitten sweet- heart of the 1951 team preced- ing the Raymondville-XVeslac0 Kitten game on Barbee Field last Thursday night. Ann was elected at a team meeting XVed- nesday, according to' C o a c h Claude Jungman. Herman Xvilliams, K i t t e n player, presented her with a corsage. This is vAnn's second year as junior high cheerleader. QKAAAAAAAAAAA t'Gee, I wish I could have gone. Approximately 169 students of junior and senior high traveled down to Harlingen last Wednes- day to see the Shrine Circus, ac- ,cording to J. L. Akridge, prin- cipal. Valley Transit Buses and school buses were provided for students who needed transportation. About 155 VVeslaco students to-ok ad- vantage of this opportunity. They lreported the circus as fine enter- tainment. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1951 Chief 'Does It Again--Hits 1.000. Your ole Chief Knuckle-Head did it again. For two weeks in a row I have hit 1.000. Before I purchase a larger hat, I would like to make a correction on my average. Because of my lack of knowledge in arithmetic, I have been f i g u ri n g my average wrongg but since I had no in- tention of cheating to make it high, I will correct it. My aver- age for this year is .750, but a few more 1.000's will bring it up. A thousand pardons for my many mistake.-: in my average: however, I will keep it right ville and McAllen. Kingsville 14, Edinburg 7-This was much closer than I figured. The Bobcats have an improved ' team. Robstown 26, PSIA 7-The Cot- tonpickers are a c in ch to win their district. Donna 55, Edcouch-Elsa 6-The Redskins downed another district foe to keep in stride in District 321AA. ' '.Mission 31, Rio Grande City 0 -The Eagles made a great come- back from last week's thorough lstomping. from now on. I Weslaco 36, Raymondville 12- Now, let's look at last week's1The Bearkats had an appropri- perfect score and then see thelate dedication for the game, and predictions for this week. lthe battle was much closer than McAllen 20, San Benito 0-The the score appears. Bulldogs are a team to beat in? Now to try for 1.000 again this District 8-AAA. it looks like agweekz photo finish between Browns-! San Benito over Edinburg- The Greyhounds will be back af- ter their defeat at the hands of McAllen. ' Harlingen .over Tech tSan An- toniol-The Redbirds should take an easy victory. Brownsville to trample Alice- The Eagles have a winning team that should take District 8-AAA. Kingsville over PSJA - This one should prove fairly close. Mercedes over Mission - This one could easily go either way. Edcouch-Elsa to ease by Ray- niondvillc-This is a fight to the finish for the cellar. XVeslaco over Rio Grande City -Many a game is lost. on over- confidence. Come on, Panthers, play the best you can. i. qi,- Here's hoping I hit 1.000,,again this week so that my average will rise to an all-time high. Everyone .travel over the hills to Rio Grande City to back the Panthers. Panthers to Meet T- I .QT eg, Hurd luck Ruhlers UWN if ff - V In RioMGrunde Ciiy The Purple Panthers from Wes- laco will don their battle togs and journey westward over the hills to distant Rio Grande City to meet the Rattlers in a conference clash Friday night. The Ratlers have a record of three losses and one win for the season, while the power-packed Panthers are tied with Donna for first place in the 32-AA District title race, with a no-loss record in conference play. The hard-luck boys from the Ancient City will place the bur- den of hall handling on the backs fodf pile-driving Don Kaigler as fullback, along withLWilliams and ,Garza as halfbacks. Calling plays and working from the, quarter- back spot will be Joe Collins. Coaches Dahlberg and Forman's boys should have an easy time with the Rattlers by relying on the speed y and hard-charging Panther backfield made up of Mclntosh, Jack Gatton, Em- Castro, Warren :St-ansbury, A. C. Fuller. The throwing of Dewayne Rutledge pass- Bob elio and a-rm A W . Mu- A ' First off, let'.-3 congratulate the Juniors and the B team on their victories. The Juniors de- feated Raymondville 25 to 6, and the B team beat Raymond- ville 21 to 14. Let's keep these winning ways intact. Out of a cast and back into a cast-that is the plight of De- wayne Rutledge. Dewayne had his leg broken in the Robstown game and got out of his cast' about three weeks ago. Last Fri- day night he suffered a bone sep- aration, and his leg is back- in a cast. Everybody hopes it will heal in a hurry. ing specialist, will not be in ac- tion this week because of an in- jury received in last week's game with Raymondville. The Panther line, which has become powerful since the first of the season, will ,be bolstered by such., sparklers as ,,big,,,lim Swin- nea','and,,-Ed Henry ,as tackles, Cantu' and Knight as guards, and such pass-receiging ends as Ro- gers, Cook, and Robles. Last Ivednesday the Ilions' Club gave the football boys a lunch. The boys really ,enjoyed it, especially the entertainment. Weslaco and Donna are cur- rently tied for the District 32-AA lead, but Donna has played one more game than Weslaco. The standings for District 32-AA are as follows: W L Pct. Donna 4 O 1.000 Weslaco 3 0 1.000 Mercedes 2 1 .666 Mission 2 1 .666 Rio Grande City 1 3 .250 Edcouch-Elsa 0 3 .000 Raymondville 0 4 .000 In the scoring race in the Val- ley, Tony -Ortega, Mercedes speed- ster, is still on top. Weslaco's Jack Gatton is tied for tenth place with Bob Herod, Brownsville. The top ten scorers in the Valley are as follows: Name Team A TDPAT Tot. T. Ortega,Mercedes 14 1 85 S. Curry, Donna 13 0 78 E. Capers, Donna 9 3 57 J. Solis, Brownsville 9 A 0 54 R. Young, McAllen 9 0 54 K. Wilhite,'Donna 6 8 44 C. Jackson, Ed-Elsa 7 1 43 T. Villarreal, Br'ville 7 0 42 C. Esquivel, Edinburg 7 O 42 J. Gatton, Weslaco 5 9 31 R. Herod, Br'ville 2 19 31 THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1951 Panthers Claw Bearlcats 36-I2 To Keep Perfect 32-AA Record Juniorgiwin First Raymondville Puts Up Good Fighi In Tqufnumenf iln Game Dedicated To Philip lobe The Juniors won the double elimination volleyball tournament last week by coming through the entire tournament undefeated. By winning the first tournament of the year, the juniors took the lead toward winning the intra- mural trophy. The sophomores took second, while the seniors came in third. Starting line-ups for the final game between the juniors and sophomores were as follows: Juniors: Nettie Faye Bradford, Delores Luna, Alline Minyard, Tommie Jo Lott, Edith Stevens, Paula Sue Strong, Janet Sizemore, and Patsye Akin. Sophomores: Verna Frase, Frances Lasiter, Sue Copeland, Myrna Cook, Mary Catherine Er- mel, Gigner Roberson, .Io Ellen Phippeny, and Lynndelle Roberts. Outstanding players on the two top teams were Nettie Faye Brad- ford, Alline Minyard, Paula Sue Strong, and Patsye Akin for the juniors, and Verna Frase, Sue Copeland, Lynndelle R 0 b e r t s, Myrna Cook, and Mary Catherine Ermel for the sophomores. The Juniors beat the freshmen 15-1, 15-53 the sophomores 15-8, 15-133 and the seniors 15-13, 15-9. Jack Ryan presented the tro- phy to Alline Minyard, captain of the junior team. The class gets to claim the trophy until another tournament is held. Loose Ends At 45 miles per hour, sing: Highways are Happy W'ays. At 55 miles per hour, sing: Pm But a Srtanger Hereg Heaven Is My Home. At 65 mile-fs per hour, sing: Near-er, My God, to Thee. At 75 miles per hour, sing: When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder, I'll Be There. At 85 miles per hour, sing: Lord, I'm Coming Home. -Swiped The Raymondville Bearkats took a 36-12 shellacking at the hands of the Weslaco Panthers last Friday night on Bearkat field. The Kats played a hard, clean game in dedication to their junior fullback, Philip Jobe, who was killed just that morning in an acci- dent on his scooter. The Panthers started the scoring early in the first period. A 2- yard plunge by Emelio Castro climaxed a 54-yard drive. McIntosh's kick was low, and Weslaco led, 6-0. The two teams fought on even terms during the second quarter, with Raymondville threatening once. A 30-yard pass from Garcia to Maddy was good to the 15. From this point the Bearkats moved it to the 8 but lost the ball on downs. The half ended with the Panthers leading 6-0. - A The touted Cats from Weslaco again started a drive. McIntosh carried to the 25. Castro made his way to the 11 and then to the 2. From this point Castro again Seeing Double ? ? No, IT's Just Twins , Did you know we had several sets of twins in our school? Mary and Minta Clark are so different in their personality that I'll bet you didn't realize that they are twins. On the other hand, Jay and Gay Cloud are so much alike you probably didn't even know there were two of them. Minta and Mary moved to Wes- laco in the second grade from San Benito. Their favorite foods are steak and chicken, and they both dislikexturnips and okra. Mary likes music and hopes to major in it in college, while Minta enjoys sports and intends to be a P.E. teacher. Don't think they don't fight either, because scored. Mclntosh's kick was good for the thirteenth point. The longest run of the night came on the kickoff. Rodriquez took the ball from two yards be- hind the goal and carried the pig- skin for the first Raymondville tally. The try for the point failed. and the score read 13-6. The Panthers made an addition to this score when Rutledge took a lateral from McIntosh and raced 35 yards for a T.D. The try for the point was good, to make it 120-6. Q Weslaco gained a safety when the Raymondville center snapped the ball over the kicker's head and into the end zone. they surely do! Minta got angry - , ' at Mary one day and knocked out E t R31YYf00ndV1uis Rfk ' Og Vgegt one of her teeth with a rock. 0 elf OWU - W ere 31' 0 3 Mary has given Minta a fewigathered it in and scampered 15 bloody noses' lyards. Mclntosh carried it to the Jay and Gay look so much alike 5, and Barbosa crashed over from that one day in the eighth grade there. Mclntosh made his third they took each other's place. Inlextfa Domi Of the mght to make saying their poems for Mrs. Har- mon, Gay said both poems by sit- ting in .lay's chair the second day. It's said that they even change dates! They enjoy anything to eat, but their favorite dish is strawberry shortcake. Both like sports and music. After finishing high school, Jay and Gay plan to go to A. Kr M. and major in Busi- ness Administration. 'the score read 29-6. Q The last Cat tally was made by .Gatton, who covered 49 yards for the T.D. The kick was good for Weslaco's last point of the night. Raymondville scored in the closing minutes of the game with Mendez going over from the.,1-V inch line. The kick was blocked, and the final score read 36-12. THE NVESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1951 Sextet members Joy Vlliley, Sue Mc-Alpin, Teresa Lancaster, Dillie Otto, Sue Clark, and Jane Urhler give their version of Italian Streetsongsf' one of the numbers which they sang at the Halloween Carnival. Tuesday and XVednesday they performed for the Lions' Club and Kiwanis Club ri- pectively. Mrs. Sibyl Mattar is the directo , and Ellen Boyd, pianist. Seniors line up for choir at the barbecue given by home- room mothers last week. Approximately sixty of the seventy- tivo class. members attended the affair a the City Park. Mr. Gebhardt: David, what is the outside of a tree? David: Don't know, Mr Geb Ray: Must I stick the stamp on hardt myself? bag? Gebhalndt: Bark' David' Mr. Evraets: I think you'll ac- David faftel. Slight pausek BOW, complish more if you stick it on wow, wow! the package. i i l I Ssh! Top Secret! Don'T Tell Donna! In a press interview held yes- terday l'ehind closed doors, Wes- laco Highls coaching staff re- leased facts about a recently re- ceived shipment of radically new football equipment planned for use in the coming Donna game. Demonstrated by several Pan- ther linemen was a portable barb- eil-wire fence, which Head Coach Al Forman believes will bolster the defensive line to a great ex- tent. To further aid the linemen, a course in laying land mines is being planned. For the backfielr' Mr. Forman has several bean traps, snares, and other obstacles which can be shifted quickly be- fore each play. Halfbacks and full- backs are busily learning the art el' lassoing to complete their ground defense. Concluding the list of new equipment is a porta- ble anti-aircraft gun and several shotguns to aid the' Panthers' pass defense. ' ' However, the one drawback to the scheme, Mr. Forman admitted ruefully, is that it won't be needed , to beat the Redskins! Get your pennant! Only 50 THE WESLAUO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1951 'vvvvvvvvvvvv Make It Hot for Donna At Big Bonfire Rally Grab up an armload of wood and bring to the southeast corn- er of the football field tomor- row night at 6:30. N0, this iisn't to be a barbe- cue. It's a bonfire pep rally to spark the Panthers on to vic- tory over the Donna Redskins Saturday night in Donna. Everyone is asked to bring wood and plenty of spirit to make this the best bonfire l.Ves- laco High has ever had. The high school band will be there to help the cheerleaders out. KAAAAAAAAAAAA Hop aboard my Cessna and let's buzz the campus to find this week's news. The choir has been sight-read- ing this week tThat means .sing- ing music that you've never seen beforehg and what are they sightreading? Christmas Carols! Some fun! How did you like the cold weather we had? Chilly, no? It's not too late-yet!! Sub- scribe to LA PALMA right a- way! Tomorrow is the deadline. Remember - 250 subscriptions by tomorrow or no annual this year. Hurry! Subscribe now! cents! The Y-Teens are still selling them! Hmn-long arms, big chest, size 40 for you, my boy. What's this? you say. Why, the football boys and senior cheerleaders were measured for those Panther jackets! Will they get here before the cold weather leaves for the year? Here's hop- ing! Well, with toothpick in eye, I bid you farewell till next Week. Game of Year Is Almost Here! VICTORY! VICTORY! -- is our cry!! The game of the year is almost here-the Vlfeslaco Panthers vs. the Donna Redskins! VVh0 will win? That is the question supreme. However, with the team we have, and with the spirit and pep behind it, how can we lose? The Panthers have proved their ability to win by taking all their conference games so far this year. At present they are tied with Donna for first place in district play, though Donna has play- ed one more game than Weslaco. Tomorrow night a bonfire pep rally is to be held on the corner of the football field. Saturday at the game, the traditional hanging of the Indian will be performed. Then the big moment will arrive at last! Let's all go out and back our boys at the pep rally, the bon- fire, and of course the game. Let's cheer the team to the victory that will mean so much to us all! Our Part in World Peace There will be peace for the World! This will be the war to end all wars. Yes, World War I was to be the last war, and America would insure peace for the world. Therefore, when fighting stopped, Arm- istice Day, November 11, was proclaimed and became a national holiday. Since then, World War II and perhaps the beginning of World War III have stilled the thought that there will be no more wars. But the hope is still there. The situation has almost left the hands of the generation who so firmly believed that World VVar I would be the last. We as future voters and leaders of our city and country must realize our opportunities and responsibilities. Some of us may have. in coming years, a definite part in the affairs of the world during this period of unrest and strife. You ask what we can do? Perhaps nothing tangible at present. However, we can do everything possible to prepare ourselves to help in the situation. We can be good citizens of our school, city, and nation. We can obey the laws that are given us and study to un- derstand how our government functions. We can get an education. We should get the most that We can from our studies. This will be helpful to the boys who enter the armed forces as well as the girls and boys who will attend institu- tions of higher learning and those who will apply for jobs. By doing this, we will not only help to make ourselves better citizens, but we will be doing our part to make America a better and stronger nation. Indirectly we shall be helping the world gain peace. Let's all go to the bonfire to- morrow night and show the football boys how much we're behind them. Our attendance goal-100 per cent! The Band party was postponed indefinitely, because the party committee thought it was too cold ' for a box supper. They could just . imagine everyones trying to bal- ance hot chocolate in a box! Order For '51-52 Jackets Placed This Week Measurements were taken last Friday and Monday for the 1951- 52 football jackets, according to Al Forman, head coach. Approximately twenty - eight boys will receive letters this year. The three senior cheerleaders, .Ia- nie, Joy, and Evelyn, and the Pan- ther Sweetheart will also receive jackets. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1951 Panthers Crush Ruttlers 45-65 Keep Record Clean The Rio Grande City Rattlers, making their first score of the game in the opening minutes, ended by bowing to the Purple Panthers last Friday night in Rio Grande City with a score of 45-6. Stansbury opened up for the Panthers in the first few minutes of the game by taking a Rio Grande City punt and running it back 60 yards for their first score: however, it was called back on a penalty. The Rattlers took over on downs: and with a short Col- lins-to -Vela pass over center, they racked up their only score of the game. With the ball back in Weslaco's hands, Castro carried over from the 11-yard line following ground gains by Stansbury and Mclntosh. McIntosh's kick was blocked. Following a fumble after the kick-off, Rogers carried the ball deep into the Rattlers' territory, where Castro carried over once again from the 6-inch line. The extra point failed on a McIntosh- Cook running pass. Several plays later, with the Purple Cats in possession of the pigskin, McIntosh carried over from the 8-yard line after a 34- yard run by Castro. McIntosh's kick was good. The Panthers, still on the move, marched on as Castro intercept- ed a Rattler pass and marched over Rio Grande City's goal line. McIntosh's kick was once again good. After the kick Ryan picked up a Rio Grande fumble. A play la- 'ter McIntosh struck off around end for a pay-dirt run of 61 yards. His kick was wide. Weslaco once more took over the ball on downs, and Barbosa carried over from the 50, but the score was called back. The T D was made good several plays la- ter With McIntosh intercepting a Collins' pass and Stansbury tak- ing the ball and speeding 54 yards for the 6 points. Rio Grande City, trying to make a late comeback, went to the air, but was stopped when Stansbury intercepted Kaigler's pass and ran to the 20. Twice in succession Fuller tossed to Cook on the 2- yard line .Barbosa carried over from here, and McIntosh's kick was good for the last score of the ball game. The whole Panther team had a part in the glory, with everyone playing. Was it Kyle Rote?? Doc Blanchard?'? These questions were asked as a new backfield star was discovered in the Rio Grande City game. It was neither of these men, but just Jack Ryan, center. It seems that Jack picked up a fumble and used a wicked stiff-arm to make 9 yards. Teacher: Johnny, I will have to ask your father to come and see me. Doctor's son: Better not. He 'charges fifty dollars a visit! Some of the younger set at the show this week end were DALE WADDELL and MARIE FIELDS, WALTER and JEANNETTE, BILL and DIANE, and JAN TURNER and JAMES CAPP I fDor1nal. Knuckle-Head Nets .790 o Far Your renowned Chief Knuckle- head nearly did it again last week. I missed 1.000 by a mere 7 to 7 tie between Edcouch-Elsa and Raymondville. The Yellowjackets were in scoring position three times but were unable to tally on the Bearkats more than once. I've been told there would be weeks like this. Since your chief is honest, I will count the tie as a miss to make my average for this week .850. This boosts my average for the year to .790. Although my cranium is greatly swelled from the past three weeks' predictions, I will reveal last week's scores and polish the crystal ball once again to look at this week's hap- penings. Last week's scores: San Benito 21, Edinburg 6-If the Bobcats keep up the good work, they are going to surprise someone before the year is over. Harlingen 66 ,Tech iSan Anto- nio? 0--Everyone on the Redbird line-up saw action. Brownsville 48, Alice 25 - At least the Coyotes scored on those Eagles. Kingsville 20, P.S.J.A. 0 -- The Brahmas won a slow starting game. Mercedes 18, Mission 13 - This one proved fairly close, as expect- ed. Edcouch-Elsa 7, Raymondville 7 -This is the one that messed me up. XVeslaco 56, Rio Grande City 6 -The Redskins are next on the list, Panthers. Let's go! Keep up the fight! Harlingen to take Laredo - The Cardinals showed plenty of power last week in the thorough stomping of Tech. San Benito over Alice - This should be a little closer than ex- pected, but the Greyhounds ought to come out on the long end of the score. McAllen to ea-se by Kingsville -This should be an easy one for the Bulldogs. Brownsville to stomp Edinburg l -Just a stepping stone in District 8-AAA for the Eagles. Mercedes to trample Raymond- vlile-Terrible Tony should have a field day against the Bearkats. Mission over Edcouch-Elsa - The Eagles will be back after their defeat at the hands of the Mercedes Tigers. Rio Grande City over St. Joe fLaredoW-This is purely a guess. Wleslaco over Donna-Come on, Panthers. Give everything you've got and then some in this a1l-im- portant game. The district hinges on this encounter. Here's hoping I hit 1.000 this week, especially on the last pre- diction. Everyone come out on Saturday night and back the Pan- thers in this vital grid tussle. --tW.H.S.li Judge: I sentence you to thirty days in jail on bread and Water. How do you like it? Defendant: Toasted. A newspaper editor got the fol- lowing report from one of his men: 'tChild fell in front of moving train. More later. An hour later more came in: Nobody hurt. Train was back- . ing up. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1951 Panthers Hope to Avehge I950 Loss in Cfaslv with Redskins 0 I 4 . . sash f' ' I Y Ff T'l :a Dear Diary, I certainly did gather up a lot of information this week. Several little gremlins left over from Hal- loween saw to that. Tlre first report I got was that JIMMY ROGERS and PATSY AKIN were together Halloween night. Were your hands cold, PATSY? I What's this? DILLIE OTTO and RALPH MONTGOMERY have been seen together quite often lately. Better watch these two. MISS RAYMER and COACH JUNGMAN seem to enjoy each other's company. How many times were you together over the week-end? TERRY and KEN are still to- gether-constantly, it seems. SUZIE CLARK was made happy this week-end. BUSTER came home again. Say, ELLEN, was that .IACKIE RYAN you were with Saturday night? I think this twosome rates date of the Week, don't you? The cold weather didn't seem to keep some people from the drive-in Saturday night. The snow birds were WARREN and BAR- BARA, ED HENRY and NANCY, and WARD tMercedesl and MAR- THA. Did you find whom you were looking for, SUE and BOB- BY? Also seen there were JACKIE and MYRNA. Say, JANE HARGETT, who is your latest flame? MARTHA LOU SCOTT and EARL WALKER were together Sunday afternoon. My little gremlins didn't make a report on the 'tyounger set, but I saw a couple of them for myself. Has anybody asked BIL- IIY FHITITI-.IAN whom he was with Saturday night? Oh! Itm behind time. LOU POINBOEUF and BILL ARCH- ER have been going steady right under my nose, and I haven't even known it. Three weeks is a long time. Burbee Field Tuss.e May Determine Championship of District 32AA The powerful Weslaco Panthers will try to keep their slate 'clean Saturday night when thev meet the strong Donna Redskins at 8:15 on Rarbee Field. Both teams have won 'four games and lost none in conference tussles. The Redskins will be on the warpath trying to take the district crown for the second year. On the other hand, the Panthers will be out for revenge of the I3-0 defeat at the hands of Donna last year. The Skins will rely on the hard running of fullback Steve Curry and halfback Edgar Capen, who will be aided by Richard liscobar, the passing of Van Talbert, and Elizar Escamilla. In the line Donna will lay her hopes in the hands of Elmer Tyner, who will be aided by Ken VVilhite and Frank Rutledge, ends, and Red Perez, guard. 0 6 M , This week VVeslac0 renews its rivalry with Donna. These two teams are currently tied for the leadership of District 32-AA, i and the outcome of Saturday night's game will probably de- cide the district champion. Let'S all go to the game and yell long and hard for the Panthers. l l ' The Juniors won their sixth game in a row as they defeated Rio Grande City 26 to 0 last Thursday night on Barbee Field. Standouts were Lackey, Har- ,r1son, and Weatherford in the? backfield and Hill, XVilliams, and Martin in the line. Keep up the good work, team, In the rivalry with Donna, Xicslaco is behind one, as the Pautl.e's have won 12. lost 13, and tied 1. This year the game l will be bitterly fought, and the district championship may go to the winner. 1 .u-TANNIH BLACK and DEN- lNIS ClI.II4'FORD lMercedesl had their usual dates over the week- end. l Well, Diary, I must close this episode for now, but never fear, little ones-I'm still on the look- iout for gossip. See ya next week! The Panthers will depend on 'lacks Emilio Castro, Tony Bar- bosa, and Warren Stansbury to carry the burden, and on the pow- er running of Bob McIntosh and Jack Gatton. Big Ed Henry and Jim Swinnea, tackles, and Bob Knight and Jesus Cantu, guards, will bolster the middle of the line. Dave Rogers and Reynaldo Garza, ends, and Jack Ryan, center, will fill the bill for the Panthers. The Panthers, who will enter the game as underdogs, will play under the same circumstances as last year-both teams have one game remaining after the Armis- tice tussle. The game Saturday night should decide the district championship, with the winner playing bi-district two weeks la- ter. TERESA, KEN. and DILLIE flew to the SMU-Texas game in Austin Saturday morning. It seems they were so sleepy from coming home at 4 a. m. that they missed a little school Monday morning. Have fun, kids? The TWINS tCloudl had dates over the week-end wtih DIANE ROSS and JEANETTE WATERS. JUNE, what happened to your date with DARREL BACH Sat- urday night? ---iW.H.S.l-- In Sympathy ln behalf of the student body and faculty the HI-LIFE extends deepest sympathy to A. L. Brom- ley. wl'o recently lost his father. THE WESLACO H1-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1951 First i 'Color Day ' Proves Big Success Hear ye! Be it resolved that XVeslaco High S chool officially pro- claims Friday, November 9, 15251, from 8:30 to 4:30 as Color Day and that the wearing of school colors, purple and white, be requested by Student Coun- cil of each individual of the student body. Be it also re- solved that the school spirit of the student body be in accord with the slogan 'Beat Donnal' Signed: Donald XVatkins, presi- dent of Student Council: June Smith, vice-president: and Jane Oehler, sceretary-treasurer. The proclamation was observed by almost all of the' students of W.H.S. in some shape, form, or fashion. Some of the styles seen around W.H.S. were a pur- ple pennant pinned across the back of Ralph Montgomery's shirtg Beat Donna stickers across the fronts of many white shirts, purple scarves, ribbons, ncekties, skirts, blouses, shirts, and-Say did you get a gander of Dewayne Rutledge's new cast with Beat Donna stickers plastered over it? Clever-yes! Color Day was a huge success and was enjoyed by all. ---tW.H.S.l- 272 Down Payments Made on '52 LA PALMA WVeslaco High will have an animal this year! When the fi- nal reports were turned in last Friday afternoon, it was found that 272 had made down pay- ments on the 1952 LA PALMA. For two weeks the subscrip- tion campaign moved slowly, a total of only 133 receipts having been written when the HI-LIFE went to press Monday of last week. However, with the alter- native of reaching a goal of 250 by Friday, November 9, or not having an annual this year, VV. I-LS. students responded, with the result that the goal was reached and exceeded by 22. Joy WViley won an annual by selling 93 subscriptions. Fran- ces Dyer was second with 58. Picture taking, which had been halted during the sales campaign, was resumed this week. L s 5 Kenneth Cook is shown making one of his two touchdowns, both the results of passes which he caught. The first was from Mclntosh, the second from Fuller. Cook also caught a pass for the first extra point. WHS Groups Hove Port in Vulley Fair ' Weslaco High School win again be represented in the Valley Mid- Winter Fair in Harlingen the Weekend of November 17-18, with entries in the exhibits, all-Valley choir, and parade. The band will march in the morning parade, and the choir is to participate in the all-Valley mixed chorus. Last year the all-Valley choir numbered more than a thousand voices and made a very impres- sive sight in the different colored robes. The choir is to sing Hymn of Freedom in the massed group. Comer Cash Baxter, well known young artist of W.H.S., is enter- ing a landscape and a portrait in the art exhibit. He has taken a number of first-place blue rib- bons in past years. Swinnea's Picture Seen in Keynfoter t It was announced at the Key IClub meeting last Week that a picture of Jimmy Svvinnea ap- peared in the Keynoter, Inter- national periodical of the Key Club which is published in Chi- cago, Illinois. Jim was shown in a picture with Fire Chief Truman Liles, when he was elected hon- orary Chief in the National Kids' Day contest sponsored by the Ki- wanis Club, in September. --fW.H.S.7- Thanksgiving Assembly Planned by Council Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving- 195l, a timely skit about cur- rent situations, with characters appropriate to the theme, will be presented ,by the Student Council in an assembly next Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, according to Mrs. Kath- ryn Thompson, s c h ool coun- selor. 'PHE MVESLACO Hl-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, l95l Do you want to know the news? VVell, hop aboard my roller skates and Iet's survey the situation. Rejoice and be glad, students! The LA PALMA went over the top! We will have an annual this year! The bonfire last Friday night was a roaring success, and I do mean roaring. NVhy did you keep backing up, students? Was the fire hot? Many thanks to VVeldon Swin- nea, who donated the gasoline for the bonfire. WVithout it the fire might not have ignited. What is it?? It's blinding me with its brilliance! Why, it's the trophy case all clean and sparkl- ing. The F.H.A. girls did a fine job polishing the case and its con- tents last Thursday after school. The first meeting of the Pan- American Student Forum was held last week during the lunch hour. It seems that a great many -students are interested in this organization. NVe're proud to announce that the dance after the Donna game, sponsored by the Student Council, was a success. Although it took a little while to discover how to make the music start, many stu- dents came and danced! Purple and white, purple and white, and more purple and white! The studes really showed whom they were pulling for on Color Day last Friday. People who didn't have anything pur- ple to wear even went as far as buying pennants to pin on their backs to be patriotic! That's swell going! The G.A.A.'s made and gave away little pieces of cloth last week with Panthers printed on them. They also gave away the Beat Donna stickers you saw pasted on windows, doors, and people's shirts. The-y're really on the stick! You Played a Good Game, Panthers 'tln victory or defeat we'll stand unmoved by friend or foe. Vileslaco lost to Donna Saturday night on Barbee Field. Though the Panthers hoped and tried to win, they were defeated by the powerful Indians. Now the game is over, and the score is history. Let's forget the game and look t'or other, brighter things. Basketball season will soon be here and, later, track and base- ball. We can strive to do our best in these sports as we have football. Let's not allow the loss of one game to dampen our spirits. VVe did our best, and that is what really counts. Let's look for- ward to the football season next year. Better luck then, fellows. in Editor Dreams Editorial! For an hour I have tried to think of a good topic for an editorial. The thought of writing one in time to meet the HI- LIFE deadline has bothered me considerably. But I have at last reached the decision of not writing an editorial at all. I think instead l'll tell you about a dream I had last night. I seemed to be in a strange and hazy place. Upon opening my eyes, I found myself surrounded by--books! There were books above me, around me, and even beneath my feet. Everywhere I looked I saw books. They were indeed so thickly surrounding me that I felt a difficulty in breathing. Struggling for air, I lunged forward and managed to break through the barracade into free air. I found my breath and looked about me. What did I see but thea- tres, radio stations, and a huge bulletin board plastered with notices. Among those that I recall now were: THERE WAS NO PRINTING IN ENGLISH 500 YEARS AGO! THERE WERE FEW NEWSPAPERS and MAGAZINES 200 YEARS AGO! THERE WERE NO NOVELS 250 YEARS AGO! THE SHORT STORY IS NOT YET 150 YEARS OLD! On a smaller bulletin board which was next to this one, there was a brilliant and colorful display of book jackets, with notices reading TRAVEL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES! LEARN ABOUT FAMOUS PEOPLE! READ BOOKSH!!! Yes, more about books! l couldnlt yet discern the reason for all of this. I realize now that the theatres stood for the fact that many movies are based on books, and the radio stations announced that many, many quiz shows find books essential for their questions. During the time I was visiting all this literature I was shown the true value of reading. IVhy, it would be hard to imagine and even harder to live in a world without books! There are books about history, love, travel, art, music, biography, adventure, drama, and even more. Think of the knowledge that passes to and from and about all parts of the world through books, magazines, newspapers. After standing for what seemed to be hours, with books and facts about books confronting one, I awoke.. However, all morning I was so busy that I had no chance to think about my strange dream until the first of this period, when I began looking once more for an editorial topic. Then I learned that this week is 'National Book Week. I got the idea of telling you about my dream instead of writing an editorial, because my experience really meant some- thing to me. I'm on my way now to check out a book from the school library! THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1951 Weslaco Scalped 30-I 4 by Donna The powerful Donna Redskins smashed the hometown Wes- laco Panthers on Barbee Field last Saturday night with a count of 30-14. An overflow crowd estimated at more than 5,000, witnessed one of the most thrilling high school contests of the state. Donna, led by scat-backs Eli- zar Escamilla and Edgar Capen, was never behind after taking a 14-0 halftime lead. The first quarter was a duel between the lines, with neither line letting up. A long punt return in the second quarter started the Indian melee. Ken Wilhite re- ceived a kick on his own 20 yard stripe and retrieved it to the 28. When he was stopped by two VVeslaco tacklers, he lateraled to Ed Capen, who raced the remain- ing distance for the touchdown. Though there was a discussion as to whether the referee blew the whistle or not, the touchdown was okayed, and Steve Curry plunged for the extra point. With only a minute left in the half, Escamilla set up the next tally for the Redskins on a 45- yard juant through the entire Panther team. The strong Pan- ther line held on the one-yard line for three plays, then Van Talbert climaxed the drive on a quarter- back sneak. Wilhite converted, putting the Redskins in the lead, 14-0. The next I n d i a n touchdown was made on a reverse play that covered 16 yards. John Rogers was on the receiving end of the reverse. Wilhite again converted. On a return kickoff Stansbury fumbled on the 9-yard line. A pen- alty put Weslaco back to the 4, and another setback put the Cats on the 1. Bob Mclntosh was tack- led behind the goal for a safety, to give Donna 23-0. Donna scored again late in the third quarter, with Capan going over from the 12. Wilhite con- verted. VVeslaco began to take to the air in the final quarter. Bob Mclntosh flipped a short pass to Ken Cook, who raced the re- maining yards for the T.D. Mc- Intosh lined up to kick the point but threw another pass to Cook. Panthers-fo Play Eagles Here Friday Outcome of Game Might Affect 32-AA Teams' Conference Standing After a hard week of practice, the Weslaco Panthers will go against the Mission Eagles tomorrow night on Barbee Field in the last scheduled game of the season for both teams. . Last week the Panthers lost nearly all chances for the district crown by dropping the Armistice game to the power-packed Donna Redskinsg therefore they will hang up their battle togs following this game. This year the Mission Eagles have come a long way in the title race, with nearly all of their team being first-year lettermen. They run 'from both the single-wing and T formation, depending on speed and the air to rack up points. The Eagles' backfield is made up 0-f such sparkling players as Jorge Gonzales, pile-driving fullback, Peter Flores, speedy halfbackg and the pigskin-heaving quarterback, Ray- mundo Canales. The main targets for the Mission team will be ends Mateo Cavazos and Bobby Daniels. W.H.S. Group Hostesses For Donna Visitors The Weslaco cheerleaders and twirlers gave a dinner at the Cor- tez Hotel for the cheerleaders and twirlers from Donna last Satur- day evening at six o'clock. This courtesy is observed each year, with the towns alternating as hostesses. After acquaintances were made during the meal, the girls donned their game their places the football came rivals evening. lfW,H.S.J- After a week of hard practice following their loss to Donna, WVeslaco will tackle the Mission Eagles here tomorrow night. VVeslaco will be out to avenge its loss to Donna. Let's all go out and back them. uniforms and took on opposite sides of field, where they be- the remainder of the Again XVeslaco went to the air for the final tally. A. C. Fuller passed 25 yards to Cook who made a spectacular over- the-hcad catch and ran the re- maining yards. McIntosh con- vertcd. Weslaco threatened again when Mclntosh passed to Cook, who for a moment seemed to be off for another score. However, he was tackled by the Redskin safety to end the goalward threat. Carrying the oval for the Wes- ilaco Panthers will be Warren Stansbury, Emilio Castro, and Tony Barbosa as halfbacksg Bob McIntosh and Jack Gatton alter- nating in the fullback spotg and A. C. Fuller as down-under man. Making the holes will be such Panther linemen as Swinnea and Henry as tackles and Cantu and Knight as guards. Cook, Rogers, and Garza will be the main pass- receiving ends. Mission, having lost only to Donna and Mercedes in confer- ence play, will be out to take at least one game from one of the Big Three teams. They also want revenge for last year's game, which VVeslaco won 49-7. Probable starting line-up for the Panthers will be as follows: Garza-right end Henry-right tackle Knight-right guard Ryan-center Cantu-left guard Swinnea-left tackle Rogers-left end Fuller-quarterback Castro-right half Barbosa-left half Gatton-fullback -CW.H.S.J- The B team lost to Donna 19 to and the 110-pound team also 'lost to Donna 20 to 7. Earlier in the week, however, the 110-pound team beat La Feria 6 to 0. 6, THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1951 AIV: I Dear Diary, Gosh! What a weekend! I hard- ly had time to think. But I'll try to remember most of the happen- ings. A slumber party Friday night started the weekend popping. Those gathering at DILLIE's house were TERRY, MARY, NELL GLYNN, NU, JOY, SUE MCALPIN, SUE CLARK. GIN- GER provided the entertainment for the evening. At the game Saturday night, many new couples were seen. Among them were PAT LASITER and UMR. X from San Benito, JOSEFA CADENA and ??. MIKE CONLEY had two girls. Now how did he rate that? C H A RLE S GRIFIN, whom were you and KENNETH JACOBS with at the game? You kids introduce these lovely people to us. We'd like to know them! Many interesting couples were at the Student Council dance af- ter the game, Diary. But as I ran around the dance floor bumping into couples, I couldn't see all of their faces. Dancing cou ple s were JAN TURNER and JAMES CAPP tDonnal, KATHLEEN SHERRY and BOBBY CAPP tDonnaD, LILA WADDELL and CHARLIE HUGHES, DAVID HOLMAN and ERIN SUTHERLAND, TOIMMIE JO and JIMMY HAMPTON, BAR- BARA HARRINGTON and BIL- LY BOYD, and ROSA SIMO and RODOLFO RAMOS. In the gloom I couldn't see whom MADIA, CONSTANCE GARCIA, and IG- NACIA GARCIA were with. Date of the week goes to GAY and JAY, who were with DIANNE ROSS and JEANETTE WATERS. Or is it backwards? I'm confused. Many W.H.S. exes were home this week. Among them were IRVING WILLIAM, TOM PEP- PER, and ED COMPERE. Wel- come home, boys. A chemistry professor asked his class what they considered the most outstanding contribu- tion chemistry had made to the world. The first student to an- swer shouted: Blondes National FHA Week Observed by Girls National Future Homemakers' week was observed last week by the F.H.A. girls of W.H.S, A window display in the J. C. Penney store showing the differ- ent phases of homemaking was the main project of the week. The girls donned their working clothes Tuesday and planted red roses near the Home Economics room. Vlfednesday afternoon the tro- phy case in the hall was cleaned by the group. On Thursday a pic- nic lunch was spread under the shade trees on the campus. Homemade candy was sold Fri- day, and ref! and white ribbons with 'iF.H.A. Week printed on them were worn all week hy each girl. The Area X meeting in Corpus Christi Saturday rounded out the full week by the local chapter. -tW.H.S.l- Pictu re-Taking For Annual Resumed HL - PICTURE-TAKING 1-14 Picture taking for the annual has been resumed, according to Joy Wiley and Teresa Lancaster, editors. There was a delay because of the illness of Frank Yoder, photographer for the LA PALMA. Ira Badger will finish the photo- graphy for this year's annuel. In- dividual pictures of freshmen and sophomores were taken by Mr. Yoder before he became ill. Mr. Badger will take individual pic- tures of juniors and seniors and group pictures of organizations and the seventh and eight'h grades. Jerry Gilmore, LA PALMA staff membe'r, will also assist in taking pictures for this year's annual. --tW.H.S.l-- Rankin Demonstrates Corsage Making How to make corsages from old nylon stockings was the program for the regular F.H.A. meeting, which was held last Tuesday. Sidney Rankin gave the demon- stration on making these corsag- es, which she learned at F.H.A. camp the past summer. Plans for the annual Silver Tea were also discussed. Refreshments were served by Frances Dyer, Patsy Emery, Ora- last Year's Annual Entered in Contest The 1950-51 LA PALMA has been entered in the annual con- test of the Valley High School Press Confeernce, according to Miss Louise Black, sponsor of the volume. The annuals will be judged by thc Journalism Department of TSCNV, Denton. The divisions for judging will remain as they were last year, with three classes. The larger schools, Brownsvile, Har- lingen, San Benito, Edinburg, and McAllen constitute one class, P.- S.J.-A. Donna, Weslaco, Mercedes, Mission, Raymondville, and La Feria form a second groupg and Santa Rosa, Rio Hondo, and Ed- couch-Elsa compete in a third group. First, second, and third places will be awarded in each division. These awards will be made at the V.H.S.P.C. Banquet, which is to be held in Harlingen December 13. The Weslaco High School Girls' Sextet will sing as part of the ban- quet program. Plans for the contest and ban- quet were made at a meeting in Mercedes one night last week. At- tending from Weslaco were Joy Wiley and Teresa Lancaster, edit- ors of this year's annual, and Miss Louise Black, s p ons o r of last year's LA PALMA. 1-tW.H.S.J-- lt's That Time Again! Student to librarian: Oh, will you help me? I'd like a book that's very short, I have to make a book report. I want a book with good big print And quite a lot of pictures in't. VVith margins wide and pages stout- I don't much care what it's about, But I must read it through to- night, And then there's the report to write. , Last month our teacher gave us warning It must be in tomorrow morning. --tW.H.S.J-- The city girl asked a dairyman why cream was so much more ex- pensive than milk. It's the cows' fault, Ma'am, was the explana- tion. t'They find it much harder to sit on the small bottles. lia Cuellar, Mary Dyer, and Yvonne Newby. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1951 Gobblers Lament State of Country Thanksgiving turkeys are num- bering their days: and across the country, people are checking their supply of stomach pills in antici- pation of happy indigestions-to come. Thanksgiving is one h o l i d a y which everyone celebrates. The white men rejoice in taking the country from the Indians, and the red men get the last laugh be- cause they wouldn't take the coun- try back if they could. Students gladly leave their teachers, and the teachers are just as glad to leave the students. Oldtimers can boast about the good old days, and their grandchildren can smile svnugly and mention the electric iange' in which the turkey was baked to a turn. In fact, the only Americans who can't appreciate Thanksgiving are our feathered friends, the turkeys. Finding amid a table setting of parsley and cranberry sauce does- n't seem to cheer our conventional holiday gobbler. Yet we can't blame a turkey 'for feeling glum about the who-le thing. The' situ- ation was neatly summed up re- cently by one gobbler, who re- marked with a sigh, Everything's goin' to pot! -tW.H.S.lh- Studes to Scatter During Vacation Get' your ax and head fo-r the sand hills of Monte Alto! No, Mr. Akridge isn't after you with his tennis racket. It's Thanksgiving, and you'd better get your turkey for that big holiday dinner. Weslaco High will be loosed on this fair city two whole days, al- though some are turning traitor and are planning to take in a few foreign football games. Others in Weslaco will jump in their rods and 'tburn up Mercedes or honor Donna by their presence for their holiday relaxation. It's also whispered that a few kids are going to have real, live dates. The poor ones that don't 'chick- en out' and go to Yankee Terri- tory or don't have dates and zoom around in their jalopies will pro- bably stay at home and study for their semester exams. fOh, yeah?J 'VVVVVVVVVVVV Hip, Hip, Hip, Hooray! Holidays Begin Today! Attention, VV.H.S.! Those long awaited Thanksgiving Holidays are finally here! School will be dismissed this afternoon after the assembly and resumed Mon- day, November 26, at 9 o'clock, a c e o r d i n g to Superintendent Grady Hester. Because of these holidays, the HI-LIFE will not be published next week, Joy Wiley, editor, stated. AAAAAAAAAAAA. Y-Teen Banquet Set For December The S.F.A. cafetorium will be the scene of the annual Y-Teen football banquet, which is to be held Saturday, December 1, ac- cording to June Smith, president. Committees chosen for the event are as follows: , Place cards and programs, Joy VViley, Sue McAlpin, Mary Wall- er, Barbara Williams, Julia iSleeth, Patsye Akin, and Marilyn Kaarupg program, Ginger Rober- son, Edith Stevens, Teresa Lan- lcaster, Frnaces Lasiter, Yvonne yNewby, and Madia Wombleg de- corations, Nell Giynn Koester, gPatsy Hankal, Tommie .lo Lott, lEllen Kaufman, Dillie Otto, Bob- bie Stahl, and Betty Meyers. Carolyn Holzapfel will be in ,charge of the food, and the re- lmaining Y-Teen's will decorate fo rthe dance, which will follow the banquet. --tW.H.S.l- Three F.H.A. Girls Win ' Blue Ribbons at Fair Three Future Homemakers won blue ribbons on their entries in the Valley Mid-Winter Fair, according to Miss Mary Beth Raymer, club sponsor. These were Yvonne Newby, pillow slips: Pat Lasiter, diaper shirt: and Sidney Rankin, a nylon corsage. In the Women's division Keith Brown took second with her tuft- ed rug and Lynna Dell Greenway third on her skirt. 1tW.H.S.l--- Mr. Gebhardt: What do ele- phants have that no other ani- mals have? , George: Baby elephants! Rupert's Play Given In Assembly Today A Thanksgiving program, spon- sored by the Student Council, will be presented this afternoon at 2:30 in the auditorium. Uncle Sam's Thanksgiving, a short play written by Charles Ru- pert, will highlight the assembly. Co-directors for the play are June Smith and Jane Oehler, Stage manager is Ellen Kaufman, and p r o g r a m chairman, Edith Stevens. - Students taking parts in the play are Fred Buss, Mary Holmes, Judy McManus, Dewayne Rut- ledge, Edith Stevens, A. C. Fuller, George Madden, Travis Crosby, Charlie Mohle, Ginger Roberson, Richard Holzapfel, Jimmy Akin, Daniel Alfaro, and Josepa Cadena. The girls' sextet, consisting of Jane Oehler,' Sue Clark, Dillie Otto, Joy Wiley, Teresa Lancas- ter, and Sue McAlpin, are Kon the Television Program Uncle Sam is getting. Dale Waddell also ap- pears on it. , --tVV.H.S.l- Victims Vying In Voicing Pet Peeves Pet Peeves have been voiced by a number of W.H.S. studes. A few are given here, as follows: Allie-J.C. J. C.-Allie Harvey-Two-faced people and story tellers. George-People who Want to borrow paper all the time Uackie Dalel. June - Kids who call me Junie. Xvesley-People who eat like Jerry Willis. Barbara-People that think they are better than others. Jackie-Boys that smack While eating or chewing gum iHarveyl. Lou-People who call Bill--Bil- ly Jack--that's so childish. Margie - U. S. Postal Service when mail is late getting to me from Korea. Dillie-People t h at tr ip me when I have a whole box of pen- nies selling HI-LIFES, and bio- logy specimens. - Charles - 'People who squeeze toothpaste tubes in the middle instead of at the bottom. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1951 YQ, 0' lf! 5 -1 f . Ab , , , 4 M11 ' - Climb aboard my invisible B-29 f .W . .--. gi, .,1.-. .. .- and let's visit the beloved campus 4. mix ---'- ' Aull If iii.- QQ, ' ,, - of old W.H.S. 5 . ' -'--1- f -,11 '-.1 r f..p, 'W-' xi 'K ' 1 f ..g.f ..,, '1'i11'L2 A Last Fridays football game Q52 X Q-12331, .-lv was the last game a lot of Sen- X ' ,rf . 1 I 'W ior football boys will ever play .:., , I' Ig- 1 I I ', F 'l ' 4 fa' in high school, at least. Every . Jw ti, Vg l senior class has had its last H F football.game, and most of the sf-. un' graduates survive, so don't feel , if ' 1 , 1 blue. The band drill last Friday night was dedicated to this year's foot- ball team. It was a fine job and a thoughtful tribute. This afternoon the Student Council will present a program in assembly-a short play de- picting the world situation on this Thanksgiving Day. Just because the campaign is over, don't think you can't still subscribe to LA PALMA. You can! Down payments are only S2. The Y-Teens are busily making plans for their annual Football Banquet. This year they will again hold a formal dance imme- diately after the banquet. Better start chummying up to a Y- Teen, boys! Since the HI-LIFE likes a holiday as well as the next fel- low, there Will be no paper the week after Thanksgiving. Never fearg we will be back on the job with a better-than-ever pa- per week after next! Sardines? NO, just 1,500 people all on one stage! Yes, our own choral club again participated in the All-Valley choir, which sang Sunday night in Harlingen. All will grant that the Municipal Au- ditorium stage in Harlingen is big, but 1500 people make a big group, tool The Green and Gold Band is planning to participate in the ninth Pigskin Jubilee Marching contest, which is to be held in McAllen this year on December 6. Best of luck to you all! p ffl' But Don 1 Forget The Purpose Y'- 'iixl , TEA- 1 -N 1 A T If ' N. l .- Turkey and dressing, pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, and all the other good things! What does this mean? Why, Thanksgiving, of COLIFSB. Every year since our forefathers made America their home, Americans have observed Thanksgiving. On this day many families attend special church services and thank God for the blessings given to them. , This ye'ar, especially, we have many things to be thankful for, despite the Korean War. We live in a democracy, where we are free and may live and think as we please. Let's not forget to stop for a moment before we eat Thanksgiving Dinner, and remember our ad- vantages as an American. How are you going to spend the holidays? Hunting? Fishing? Sleeping? Eating? Reading? Picnicking? Have a good time, but don't forget to come back to school next Monday-and don't eat too much! Pun-American Club Elects Officers Approximately fifty students at- tended the first' meeting of the Pan - American Student F o r u m, which was organized recently to further international relations be- tween the United States and Mexico. Lack of time prevented a full election of officers, but the ones chosen were as follows: Charlie Mohle, president, and Joe Ramon, vice-president. Mrs. E l i z a b e t h Jones is the sponsor of the group. Several other similar organiza- tions have been formed in the Rio Grande' Valley and have been very successful in their purpose, Mrs. Jones said. A trip into Mexico was discuss- ed, although no definite plans were made. F1F.A. Hogs Eating New Wonder Drugs F.F.A.'s are using wonder drugs for their hogs, according to Joe Tocquigny, sponsor. Recently discovered feed, con- taining antibiotic wonder drugs that have cured human diseases and are speeding up animal growth, checking disease, reduc- ing mortality, and eliminating runts, is being fed to F.F.A. charg- es to produce bigger and better show hogs. These new feed supplements have been known of for about a year. ---tW.H.S.J--- Report Cards Issued Thursday, Nov. 29 Report cards will be distribut- ed at homeroom meetings Thursjt day, November 29, according to J. L. Akridge, principal. 1 Where there's a will there's THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1951 District Championship The only district winner VVeslaco had this year was its Junior High team. The Kittens played nine games this year and won all nine. Bobby Lackey and YV. C. VVeatherford were elected captains for the year. The team was coached by Claude Jungman, who has been coaching the juniors for 4 years. The entire list of the Junior team and future Panthers is as follows: Bobby Lackey, WV. C. lVeath- erford, Clemmie Harrison, Jen- nings Ivy, Ornolfo Alanis, Cliff Carter, backsg Jerry Hill, Dee Pemelton, Ralph Stevens, cen- ters: Herman VVilliams, Butch Barnett, Mike Conley, Ronald Cassity, tacklesg Charles Ander- son, WVendell Hethcock, Nor- man Johnson, Jose Leal, Pedro Fuentes, guards: Fred Martin, Paul Wray, and Roel Garza, ends. These boys did a fine job this year, according to Coach Jung- man. LAAAAAAAAAAAA s N , - The Panthers finished t heir football season with a 14 to 13 loss to Mission. Their record was 5 wins and 5 losses. This record was nothing to be ashamed of. The B team defeated Edcouch 27 to 6 and the 110-pound team beat Edcouch 8 to 0 last week. These games closed both seasons. The B team elected Lazero Carde- nas and Dudley Rutledge as cap- tains. Congratulations, boys. This week there is no practice, as the basketball practice does not begin until next week. When the basketball season starts, you may look for two things-a good team. and a new name for this Panthers Yield to Eagles Ill-I3 in Final Game of Season W,ggj,j,ggq,fj Q Weslaco Holds Lead Until Second Half, When Mission Sours Ahead The Mission Eagles edged by the NVeslaco Panthers last Friday night in a hard-fought game with a score of 14-13. The Eagles, fighting to the final gun, made a dramatic come- back in the third quarter to top the Weslaco Panthers by only one extra point. In the second quarter Weslaco started on its way to a seemingly safe margin when after several downs Warren Stansbury intercepted a Mission pass on his own 45 and, with good downfield blocking,,tra- veled all the way to pay dirt. McIntosh's kick was blocked. YV VVVVVVVVVVY Panthers Prepare For Basketball Bouts The Senior basketball team will begin practice next Mon- day, according to Coach Elmo Dahlberg. The Panthers' dis- trict schedule is as follows: Date-Team-Place Jan. 4-Mission, there Jan. 8-Mercedes, here Jan. 15-Rio Gr. City, here Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 18-Edcouch-Elsa, here 22-Donna, here 25-Raymondville, here 29-Mission, here 1-Mercedes, there 8-Rio Gr. City, there 12-Edcouch-Elsa, here 15-Donna, there 19-Raymondville, here .AAAAAAAAAAAA Girls' Basketball Team To Enter Tournament A pre-season basketball tourna- ment will be played in Los Fres- nos from December 11-15, accord- ing to Miss Martha Stallings, W. H. S. coach. The district schedule for the Pantherettes is as follows: Date - Town - Place Jan. 10-McAllen, There Jan. 17-Donna, Here J an. 24--Mission, Here Feb. Feb. 7-Donna, There 14-Mission, There On each of these nights the B team will play at 7 o'clock and the A team at 8 o'clock. Admission will be 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students. Mission, quick on the retalia- tion, started back when Canales tossed to Trdla on a screen pass. Pena took the ball on a hand-off and rambled 60 yards for the TDQ however, this was called back be- cause of an ineligible receiver. A few plays later, McIntosh in- tercepted Canalez' pass and ran the ball back 55 yards for the Panthers' last score. McIntosh converted for the extra point. The half-time score was 13-0 in Wes- laco's favor. ' Mission opened up in the third quarter when the Eagles were placed on Weslaco's 9-yard line on pass interference. Canalez took the ball and smashed to the 3-yard line. From here da la Garza plunged over the remaining ground. Cavozos kicked for the extra point. Several plays later Canalez once again took the ball and went 55 yards off left tackle for the score. Once again Cavazos converted for the deciding point. Statistics for the game are as follows: Weslaco Mission 9 First Downs 4 19 Passes attempted 11 7 Passes completed 2 3 Interceptions 2 8 Punts 4 37 Punting average 36 1 Fumbles 1 4 Penalties 2 30 Yards penalized 10 -CW.H.S.7-- always a relative. There are meters of accent. There are meters of toneg But the best way to meter, ' ls to meter alone. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1951 T1 1 .. seals w.- r-an , Dear Diary: Brrrrr! What a cold weekend! If my teeth will only stop chat- tering for a moment, we'll look into the happenings. Now, DON, which shall it be- DORA SUE or JANET!! After the game Friday night, we saw EDITH and A. C., FRED and SUE, JOY nad JIM, PATIA and BOB, BOB and EVELYN, TOMMIE and JIMMY, JACKIE and MYRNA, DON and DORA, JACKIE and ELLEN, KEN and TERRY, HNELLIEH and DAVID, GINGER and CHARLIE, ALLIE and J. C., BARBARA and WAR- REN, ED and PATSY, and many others. All eyes were on the new love birds, JACKIE and ELLEN, this week. Seen going to the show Friday afternoon were DONALD THOMPSON and JIMMY SCHO- BER with three girls, NANCY HARRINGTON, BETTY GLYNN, and GLORIA PEREZ. Who was with whom, I wonder. Did I see a dark blue Mercury on the levees Friday night? How about this, ED? JOANNE WILSON was having a fine time this week in Brown- wood. How about those college boys, JOANNE? What was the boy's name from Brownsville?. Flash!!! Who is DILLIE'S new love? She Won't tell, but can any- one guess? JACKIE and MYRNA, and JIMMY and JO were doubling Saturday night. How sweet! Sigh-BUSTER will be home tonight, but SUE was r a t h e r lonely over the weekend. Your reporter is very curious as to the secret love life of DEL EATON. W'hy don't you give some of the girls a thrill, DEL?? FRED took his car to the Fair this weekend with KEN, JIM, DAVID, and the TWINS. Right behind them in DILLIE'S car were JOY, SUE, SUE, NELL GLYNN, and TERRY. It seems the choir had to sing. These two groups got together at the fair and afterwards. lP.S., RALPH had to ride the bus.l Well, that's all for now. Happy Thanksgiving! Emily Post Was Never Like This! Advice on dining room eti- quette, or ways to be popular, might be useful. You might try out these few helpful hints in our lunch room and see what kind of impression you make. 1. If you want seconds, be have good taste and are used to only the best. 3. If there is but one roll left, 'be certain to pounce on it before anyone else has a chance. This shows the others in line that they lcan't put anything over on you. sure to ask the lady serving forl each item separately. She will like this, because walking back and forth will make her seem import- ant. 2. Be sure to criticize the food on all occasions. It shows you Sizable Audience Attends Box and Cox An audience of 342 attended the performance of Box and Cox or UOne ls Divided by Two last Thursday morning. Many laughs were shared as the comedy trio presented this hilarious one-act play. Written more than a hundred years ago, the play has been pre- sented more time-s than any other play on the English or American stage. This was the third in the series of special assemblies being spon- sored by the Journalism class. -iW,H.S.l-- Loose Ends WVaitx-ess: Hawaii, gentlemen. You must he Hungary. Customer: Yes, Siam, and we can't Rumania long, either. Venice lunch ready? Vlfaitressz l'll Russia table. VVhat'll you Havre? Customer: Anything at all, but can't Jamaica little speed? VVaitress: I don't think we can Fiji that fast, but Alaska.' Customer: Never mind asking anyoneg just put a Cuba sugar in our Java. VVaitress: Sweden it yourself. Pm only here to Serbia. Customer: Denmark our bill paid and call the Bosphorus. He'll probably Kenya. I don't Bolivia know who I am. Wlaitressz No, and I d0n't Car- ribbeani' Boss: Samoa your wisecracks? VVhat s got India? Do you think arguing Alps business? Customer: Canada noiseg Spain in the neck. Abyssinial' --iXV.H.S.l-- Six weeks' tests were given the last of last week and Monday of this week. l I 4. If you want to talk with a friend, lean over to the next ta- ble, and don't let the person with a plate in her hands stop you. 5. If you have important busi- ness, don't wait to take your plate back to the kitchen. After all, you have something else to do, and anyone would enjoy carrying your 'plate for you. l 6. Never think about anyone lelse but yourself. You are the im- portant one. Just go right ahead and gobble your food. If someone should say your noise bothers him, that's all right. After all, people should learn to eat faster. You have always believed in the old saying that he who eats fast- lest leaves the dining room first. 7. Never Wait for anyone else to get thorugh the door first. You know that all man are created equal. 8. There has always been some rule about putting elbows on the table. You must of course knock over someone's milk in the pro- cess of putting yours there. When this has been accomplished, smile and everyone will admire your sense of humor. .-fW.H.S.J-- Thirty-two Girls Out for Basketball Thirty-two girls have come out for basketball this year, according to Miss Martha Stallings, coach. Eleven of these are freshmen. Returning lettermen are Mary Catherine Ermel, Tommie Jo Lott, Sue Copeland, Paula Sue Strong, Patsy Puckett, Frances Lasiter, Mabel Garrett, Lynnadelle Rob- erts, Alline Minyard, Evelyn Haas, Lowery Garrett, Ellen Kaufman and Ginger Roberson. One major change has been made in girls' rules. An unlimited number of dribbles is now allow- ed. Miss Stallings stated that the first practice game would proba- bly be December 4. --iW.H.S.l-- Men still die with their boots on-but usually one boot is on the accelerator. THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1951 Jane Oelller to Sing In All-State Choir Laura Jane Oehler, senior, was chosen one of 22 students from the Valley area to sing in the All- State Chorus in Mineral Wells, Texas, February 6-9, according to Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, choral club director. Applications from the ten Tex- as areas were submitted by the directors, and the 22 best quali- fied singers were chosen from each area. Laura Jane has sung in the school choir four years, has been a member of the girls' sextet three years, has studied private voice two years, and has given numerous solo performances at school, church, and clubs, Mrs. Mattar said. During the choral clinic stu- dents Will study music and be in- structed in tone production. The clinic will be climaxed with a 220-voice concert. -fW.H.S.i- Annual Silver Tea Held by FHA Girls The Future Homemakers held their annual Silver Tea last Sun- day afternoon at the home of Mary Lou Benbow. Receiving the guests at the door were Mary Lou Benbow, Pat Lasiter, Mary Holmes, and Patsy Emery. Presiding at the tea table were Velda Leeper and Pat Mc- Kissack from 3 until 4 o'clock, and Emelia Cardenas and Sidncy Rankin from 4 until 5 o'clock. Lynndelle Roberts was at the guest book, and Yvonne Newby was in c h a r g e of background music. Others in the house party were Delores Luna, Velda Leeper, and Miss Mary Beth Raymer, club sponsor. Red roses and chrysanthemums c a r r i e d o u t the decorations throughout the house. Refreshments of sandwiches, cookies, nuts, mints, tea, and cof- fee were served to the guests that called between 3 and 5 o'clock. First-year girls were in charge of dishwashing. v I l i l 98 W.H.S. Students Make Honor Rolls List Shows Increase of 30 Over Previous One, 49 Named Superior A total of 98 students of Weslaco Junior-Senior High School qualified for the honor rolls for the second six-weeks, period, accord- ing to J. L. Akridge, principal. Of these, 49 are on the superior honor roll and 49 on the honor list. , To be eligible for the superior honor roll, a student must be tak- ing four or more academic subjects and must have A's in all of them. All other grades must be A -or B. For the honor roll, a student must have three A's 'in academic subjects, with all other grades A or B. ..: Those on the two lists are as follows: SUPERIOR HONOR ROLL Seniors: June Smith, Jimmy Swinnea, Joy Wiley, Teresa Lan- caster. Juniors: David Rogers, Charles Rupert, Carole Sawyer, Julia Sleeth, Nell Glynn Koester, Pat- sye Akin, Allie Aldridge. Sophomores: Marilyn Kaarup, Ellen Kaufman, Martha Ann Oeh- ler, Ginger Roberson, Darrell Bach, Billy Boyd. Freshmen: Julia Ramirez, Ellen Ruth Paula Boyd, Virginia Christensen, Ann Cloud, Travis Crosby, Rohrbaugh, Ronald Tolson, Jean- nette Waters, Terry Griffin, Billy Hankal, B a r b a r a Harrington, Wade Hawk. Eighth Grade: Emily Corns, Mary Louise Emery, Barbara Jean Manis, Barbara Jane Mont- gomery, Ann Smith, Martha Scott, Lila Waddell, Josefa Cadena, Ann Caskey, Edwin Hightower, David Hoffman, Mary B. Ross. Seventh Grade: Bennie Lou Braley, Richard Holzapfel, Lewis Jones, Shirley Ermel, Mary Ellen Fuller, Shirley Geraughty, Jessie Gorhum, Linda Link. HONOR ROLL Seniors: Laura Jane Oehler, Sue Clark, Bob Knight. Juniors: D e W a y n e Rutledge, Jerry Wnlis, Patsy Hankal, Tom- mie Joff Lott, Betty Meyers. Sophomores: G. L. Tatom, Don Yarbrough. Freshmen: Johnny Moyer, Jim- my Akin, Federica Alanis, Fran- cisco Barbosa, Diane Ross, James Smithey, Robert Saurez, Frances Yoder, Marie Fields. Joe High- tower. Eighth Grade: Robert Champ- ion, Diane Gilmore, Paul Wray. Joyce Davis, Vivian Elston, Reda Osbourne, Erin Sutherland, Rene lGarcia, Karen Sue Mackey, Ninfa DeLeon, Sylvia Tuijano, Kathleen Sherry, Barbara Clark, Minta Clark, Jan Turner. , Seventh Grade: Gary Beechie, Dalia Cardenas, Cleatilda Casten- ada, David Anderson, Jiminy Schober, Larry Swinnea, Gloria Knott, Magdelena Lopez, Nancy Malone, Mary Ann McKee, San- dra Moreland, Ramona Perez, Linda Poinboeuf, Barbara Wilson. ifW.H.S.l-- Student Council Works On Unfinished Business Unfinished business was con- sidered at a meeting of the Stu- dent Council last week. A fine for late Council dues was set at 10 cents a day after December 3. The civic committee is to work on a recreation ques- tionaire for the school and will also serve with the city recreation committee. The library committee is to make arrangements for a bottle of ink to be placed in the study hall. If the students treat this courtesy with respect, it will he continued. Council meetings are to bc weekty until all important busi- ness is completed. -tW.H.S.l- Woman Shopper: I don't like the looks of that mackerel. Butcher: If you want looks,- Madam. why not buy a gold fish? 4 The Y-Teens are selling tuber- THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, DECEMBER G, 195l me First of all, acres of big white mums to Joy Wiley, Panther Sweetheart for '51-'52. Many con- gratulations, Joy. None the less important is Y- Teen Hero, Jack Ryan. It doesn't seem appropriate to give a boy a bushel of flowers, so we simply extend to him many, many con- gratulations! How does it seem to be a hero? Everyone go to McAllen to- night and support the band. The Pigskin Jubilee is an important contest to the bands of the Val- Icy. The Y-Teen banquet and dance was a real success. All that at- tended enjoyed a good meal, and the decorations were outstand- ing. The Y-Teens must really have worked hard on it. Mr. Hes- ter made a very effective talk about football. Twas the Night Before Christmas! The Choral Club is practicing Christmas music for th e ir annual program. Boy! They certainly are k e e p i n g busy! To raise money for the Robe Fund, the choir is having a rummage sale Saturday. Best of luck, kids! culosis bangles this Saturday. Good work for a worthy cause! -tW.H.S.l-- Many thanks from the Y-Teens to the eighth grade girls who served at the banquet. You all did a fine job. They also thank Char- lie Mohle for presenting such a fine program. We really enjoyed your songs, Charlie. Our hats are off to those 98 industrious tand brainyl stu- dents of junior-senior high who made one of the honor rolls. Most of these also participate in various activities. I You've Achieved a High Goal! Say. now, that's good Work, studes! Let's keep it up. We're speaking of the honor rolls. For the second six weeks' period a total of 98 names were listed, 30 more than last time. This just goes to show what a little work and effort will do. To be on the superior roll, all A's in academic subjects and other grades of A or B are required, for the honor rolls, one must have at least three A's in academic subjects and all other grades A or B. These standards are highg therefore, when a student attains these grades, he deserves recognition. W.H.S. has had an honor roll to publicize these students almost as long as there has been a Vleslaco High. From time to time re- quirements have varied, and they are now at their highest peak. The honor roll is intended to give recognition to those students, who are outstanding in academic work, excluding the grades in Band, PE. and Choir, because these organizations receive recognition through their public performances. Again we say hearty congratulations to all of you who made the grades! You Chose Well, Boys Congratulations to Joy Wiley, Panther Sweetheart of 1951! She truly deserves the honor. Joy entered Weslaco High in her freshman year, having moved here from Harlingen. Even then, she gained prominence by her superior grades and her sense of responsibility. In her freshman and sophomore years, Joy was a member of the Student Council as well as several other organizations on the campus. At the end of her sophomore year, she was elected a cheer leader for the Panther team. Joy has gained a reputation for dependability, leadership, and enthusiasm among the students as Well as the faculty. At the end of her junior year she was chosen one of the representatives to Girls' State from Weslaco. In addition, she served as assistant editor to the HI-LIFE the second semester. This is Joy's last year in W.H.S. Her honors and important po- sitions are many. Besides being editor of both the HI-LIFE and LA PALMA, she is vice president of the Senior Class, a member of the choir and the girls' sextet, and a member of Y-Teens. Yet she makes excellent grades in her studies. The HI-LII-'IC staff is very proud of .Toy-not only as this year's Panther Sweetheart, but as an editor, a leader, and a friend. Choral Club to Have Rummage Sale Saturday A rummage sale sponsored by the choral club will be held on Saturday, December 8, at 10 A.M. in front of the Weslaco Lumber Company, according to Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, director. Money from the sale will be used to help buy new robes. Among the items of merchan- dise to be sold are clothing, cos- tume jewelry, toys, shoes. and miscellaneous household articles donated by choral club members and their parents. Committee chairmen in charge of the rummage sale are Darrell Bach, sorting and pricingg Teresa Lancaster, locationg Patsy Akin. publicityg David Rogers, booth buildingg and Sue Clark, work schedule. :-tW.H.S.l- Dad, puzled a teen-aged boy, Hwhat makes a man always give a woman a diamond ring? t I'he woman, Dad sighed. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1951 Teams Honored With Barbecue The annual Quarterback Club barbecue in honor of the three Weslaco football teams was held last Thursday night at the V. F. VV. building. The menu included a half chicken or more to each person, with potato salad and beans. Soft drinks were served at the coun- ter. This banquet was attended by more people than ever before, the club stated. Parents of many of the players were present. The highlight of the evening's program was a talk by Rev. Ken- neth Hemphill of the McAllen Methodist Church on sportsman- ship and teamwork. For entertainment several dance numbers were gvien, and humorous fictitious biographies of the three coaches, prepared by Bones Pearson, were read by the coaches. Ty Cobb was master of ceremonies. Football captain Emilio Castro was introduced to the group by Coach Al Forman. The other cap- tain, Bob McIntosh, was present earlier but had left. Pantherettes Win First Game 39-32 The Weslaco Pantherettes won their first game of the season last Friday night by defeating McAllen 39-32. Paula Sue Strong was high scorer with 17 points. Evelyn Haas was captain for the night. Starting line-up was as follows: Forwards, Tommie Jo Lott, Mary Catherine Ermel and Paula Sue Strongg guards, Lowery Garrett, Evelyn Haas, and Lynndelle Ro- berts. Other girls seeing action dur-, ing the game were Sue Copeland, Nettie Faye Bradford, A l l i n e Minyard, Frances Lasiter, a n d Ellen Kaufman. The B team lost to McAllen 31-14. Dorothy Bagwell was high scorer with 7 points. Dorothy was also captain for the night. Future Homemakers To Meet December 13 The F.H.A. girls will meet De- cember 13 in the Home Econo- mics department, according to Miss Mary Beth Raymer, club sponsor. At that time the girls will make plans to have a Christmas party, Pat Lasiter, president, said. All members are urged to be present. 0 -. -af' t1.f'f :2'-z-. ,-,-fiff Football is over For another long year, But did you all know Basketball season is here? Yes, with the changing of -seasons comes the change of sports: and now that the grid- iron hattle-togs have been laid gently to rest, all eyes turn to gym, where there is a scene of much activity every afternoon. This activity happens to be bas- ketball practice, if you are won- dering. If you don't believe me, just ask Jim Swinnea, Jack Ryan, Bob Knight, VVarren Stansbury, Bob McIntosh, Ken Cook, Dave Rogers, Fred Buss, Don Beatty, the Cloud twins, Gene Rose, Wes Ryan, A. C. Fuller and Charlie Mohle. Thanks a lot is the response heard from all of the Panther football team for the Y-Teen Ban- quet. I'm sure every one enjoyed it. The boys just wouldn't know what to do if it wasn't for you gals. Again, they say, t'Thanks! PAT KAUFMAN was on hand at the basketball game Friday night to tell GINNY that she played a good game. How gay! .Chief with . 00 Average Knuckle-Head, has outlived his career and must now depart for the happy hunting grounds. I have had a fairly successful sea- son, although I didn't hit 1.000 every week. Although Kingsville and Alice tied 0 to 0, this game doesn't count against my season record, because in case of a tie, I don't count the game either way. I didn't end with quite as good a record as I planned, for I want- ed to go over the .800 mark, but I closed my season with .800. Be- fore bringing you last Week's and week-before-last's scores, I hereby will my prognosticating power and ability to next year's pre- dictor. Last week's scores: Donna 52, Cuero 6-The Red- skins scalped the Gobblers in a game in which the reserves play- Brownsville 34, Edison fSan Antonio! 7-It took the Eagles three quarters to get started, but after they began rolling, the game turned into a rout. Week before last's scores: Austin 34, Harlingen 13-The up-staters proved too much for the Cardinals, but Harlingen is back in 8-AAA next year, and they will give other teams some- thing to think about. Brownsville 26, McAllen 7- The Eagles have a great team that should go a long way. Edinburg 30, P.S.J.A. 6 -- The Bobcats finally came through to put the Bears in the cellar posi- tion. W. B. Ray tCorpus Christi? 37, Miller iCorpus Christi! 14. The one as good as the next, that nev- Kingsville 0, Alice 0-The Brah- mas should have taken an easy win, but one can never tell. Donna 13, Robstown 6 -- The Cottonpickers made a good show- ing, but the Redskins came out on the long end of the score. Now, I'll make my last two predictions before I depart for the happy hunting grounds. Temple over Brownsville-This is one game where the Eagles will meet their match. Furthermore, the Eagles will probably be han- dicapped because four of their regulars will most likely be out of the game. Donna to ease by Lamar Con- solidated -- Here's wishing you lots of luck in this quarter-final game. You have a great team, fel- lows. THE NYESLACO HI-LIFE TITURSDAY, l'7ECENll'3ER IS. lSl5l v 1 Being honored are Joy VViley, Panther Sweetheart, and Jack Ryan, Y-Teen Hero. Pictured are Bob McIntosh, captaing Joy, Jack, June Smith, Y-Teen President: and Emilio Castro, captain. Wiley, Ryan Honored Ai- Y- Teen Banquet Joy VViley and Jack Ryan were presented as Panther Sweetheart and Y-Teen Hero, respectively, at the annual football banquet, held last Saturday night in the Stephen F. Austin Cafetoriurn. Joy received a bouquet and a banner from the football team as the boys and their dates sang i'Let Me Call You Sweetheart. After this ceremony Jack was presented a silver identification bracelet with Y-Teen Hero of 1951-52 The room was decorated streamers and pennants. On arrangements. 14 1 Q a 0 s ,f c 1 -A L f-'-1 u MARY and DALE have been going to the Drive-Inn lately. It's certainly swell to have DALE in circulation again. Right, MARY? MARY CLARK and SONNY, MINTA and JACKIE TATE make quite a four-some, don't they? JANE and CHARLES have been seeing a lot of each other lately. Say, for instance, Friday night, Saturday night, and Sun- day night. Some fun. eh? engraved upon it. with purple and white crepe paper the table were purple bougainvillea After the welcome by June Smith, Y-Teen president, and the response, given by Bob McIntosh and Emilio Castro, football cap- tains, Charlie Mohle sang two songs. Al Forman, head coach, then gave a short talk on the Panther team, and introduced G rad y Hester, superintendent, who spoke on the subject I Won- der .... The Panther Sweet- heart and Y-Teen Hero were presented, and the banquet ended with the singing of the school song. A dance was held after- wards in the cafetorium. In addition to Y-Teens and their dates, guests were Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hester. J. L. Akridge, Mar- ! The Y-Teen Banquet took most of my time last week-end. I had fun, and so did TERRY and KEN, HJUNIEH and JACKIE, ELLEN and WESLEY, PATSYE and DE- WAYNE, JOY and JIMMY, ED- ITH and A.C., PATSY and ED iHenry, that isl, SUE COPELAND and DON, BARBARA and WAR- REN, MYRNA and JACKIE, PAT and A.L., PATIA and BOB, and TEACH and COACH JUNG- MAN. That's not all, either- there were many more! BUSTER was home for Thanks- giving fthe one last weekl and ole SUE was on Cloud 7 again. Didja have fun? Say, did I see several cars at the drive-inn after the Y-Teen shindig? Could have been SUE and FRED, NELLIE and DAVID. DILLIE and DONALD. RED and MARY. Did I see JEANETTE and WALTER, and DIANE and DALE at the Sky-Vue Saturday night? vin W. Jones, and the sponsors, Miss Martha Stallings and Mrs. lMarvin W. Jones. : Eighth grade girls who served at the banquet were Kathleen Sherry, Ann Smith, Mary Clark. Minta Clark, Sandra Cook, Lila Waddell, and Mary B. Ross. THE VVESLA CO HI-Lll9'E THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1951 ME'liQliiFBf EE E -E Senior Activities Committees were appointed in a class meeting last week to begin plans for senior activities. Those committees are as follows: Flower. color, and motto--Selma Prasei chairman, Mary Waller, Ninfa Cardona, Keith Brown, Mary Lou Benbowg Senior- play- Sue Clark chairman, Joy' Wiley, June Smith, Jim Swinnea, Del Eaton: Senior trip-Even Dale Hintner, chairman, Ignacia Gar- cia, Warren Stansbury, Dillie' Ot'- to. Evelyn Haas. Suggestions from the floor were made concerning the place for the Senior trip. These suggestions, which will be investigated and discussed by the committee, were Bandera, Corpus, Galveston, pa- vis Mountains. Big Bend National Park, Garner State Park, and San Antonio. Senior home room mothers had offered to give the class at Christ- mas party if it was wanted, but the suggestion was voted down because of busy holiday sched- ules. 1tVV.H.S.l Choir Sale Success! S94 Netted for Robes Oh, no! Not my good shoes! shrieked Mrs. Mattar as Ralph slyly placed a five-cent price tag on them. But that's how it went Saturday as the choir held their rummage sale to raise money to buy new robes. A total of S94 was realized from 9 A.M. to 8 P.M, according to Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, choir director. Since sales were promising and the choir is eager to make more money, another rummage sale will be held this Saturday, if possible, she stated. The choir will appreciate any ru m m a g e that students will bring. TtW.H.S.l- Ag Boys Vaccin.ate Calves for Boeckers Members of the agriculture class and their sponsor, Joe Tocquigny went to the Boecker farm Wednes- day of last week to vaccinate 25 calves for black-leg and shipping fever. The greenhands, the first-year boys, worked two hours and vacci- nated l5 calves, while the chapter l I l W HQSS. Band Rated First Division Link, Wilson in First-Rating Twirlersg ' Honkul, Oehler Placed in Second 1 . The Weslaco High School Band under the direction of Gene Braught, received a first-division rating in Class A at the annual Pigskin Jubilee in McAllen last Thursday night. 7 ' Patia Link and Jo Ann Wilson, twirlers, were rated first-division in both solos and duet. The other two twirlers, Patsy Hankal and Martha Oehler, received second-division ratings in solos and duet. Formal Dance Honors Bond A 'formal Christmas dance was given for band students and their dates last Monday night in the La- bor Camp auditorium. The Band Boosters organization, a group of band parents, made all plans and arrangements for the occasion. The decorations and the refreshments of punch, sand- wiches and cake followed a pink color scheme. Betty Kay and her orchestra supplied the music for the dance, which was a program affair. The reception line included Mr. and Mrs. Gene Braught, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Koester, Nell Glenn Koester, June Smith, and Terry Lancaster. Mr. Braught and Mrs. Koester led the grand march. Preceding the dance there was a reception for all band parents. -tW.H.S.- Y-Teens Sell Banglesp Club to Meet Today The Y-Teens did their part in the campaign to raise funds for the fight against tuberculosis by selling bangles in town last Sat- urday. A regular meeting of the club will be held this afternoon at 4:05 in the auditorium for the purpose of discussing sending a package to Korea for the benefit of Korean children, according to June Smith, president. farmers worked for one hour and vaccinated ll. Seventeen Valley high school bands participated in the event. A grand entrance was given by the massed bands at the begin- ning of the program. Each band had practiced on its home field the formations for the pre-contest entrance. After the regular routines, each band gave a specialty number. The Weslaco band went through a series of intricate steps and turns. Following the contest, the twirl- ers of all the bands assembled and twirled together as a finale. Judges for the a ffair were Verne Adams of Texas A. 85 M. College, Oakley Pittman from S.M.U., and Roy Swicegood of Longview. A crowd of approximately 7000 witnessed the colorful and im- pressive show. -fW.H.S.l-1 YVVVVVVVVVVV' Christmas Holidays Set for Dec. 21-Jan. 2 Classes will dismiss at 3 p.nl. Friday, December 21, for the Christmas holidays, according to J. L. Akridge, principal. Classes will run as scheduled throughout the day. At 9 a.m. the choir will give an as- and at high. ill be a Christmas program in sembly for junior high, I0 o'clock for the senior Homeroom parties W held in Junior High only. Students will return to class- es at 9 o'clock, Wednesday, Jan- uary 2. LAAAAAAAAAAAA 'l'Hl'I XVl'ISl,AC'O HI-LIFIG THURSDAY, D15ICl7IlVIl3FIR 125, 1951 X wr Next time you go by the trophy case, peek in the third cup on the left on the second shelf from the bottomg you'll find me-. That's where I snoop from. If you don't believe me, just look for yourself! From my dusty hideaway I see about fourteen students from the publications staffs all Uspiffed up for the Press Banquet in Harlin- gen tonight. The winners of last year's annual competition will be anounced at this affair. Boatloads of congratulations go to the Xveslaco High School Band, which received a first- plare rating in the Pigskin Ju- bilee. VVe're proud of you, gang. UI want that one!!' Aw, you're nuts! This one's the best! Yes, again it's time for the Sen- iors to choose their Commence- ment invitationsg therefore one day last week all the seniors anx- iously gathered to choose theirs, They voted and voted and voted again. Finally, just as the second bell rang, a choice was made. Laugh, underclassmeng your turn will come. Out came my binoculars!! From my infinitesimal tthat's a good word! spot in the trophy case I strained my eyes all the way out to the Labor Camp to spy on the band dance. All there seemed to be having a Hdooyma- rooy and a half of a time. Get your ice-cold tbrrrl ice cream from the G..-LA. girls out at the gym-only 5 cents. tP.S. -don't forget to put the wrap- pers and sticks in the waste- basket!! Study Hall inmates, the Student Council has decided to supply the study hall with ink. Don't abuse the privilege of using it tfree of chargel, and the service will con- tinue. Mechanic: 'tLady, 1've found the trouble with your car--you have a short circuit in the wiring. Lady: Well, for goodness' sake, lengthen it. t 1 t l l l l l l l l l l ! l l l ,I GEEN ' 122352-Mr Q Camera Crashers Cost Cash! Have you ever noticed these shy creatures around W.H.S. who dash to the scene every possible time they can when they see the camera-man coming? Perhaps it is natural to want one's picture taken, but there is an old saying that one can go too far and overdo a thing. Did you know that the annual staff strives to vary pictures so that the same people do not appear in the majority of them? Did you know that many pictures are discarded simply because an unwanted head tc-r heads! appears in the back ground? Let us remind you that these discarded photos mean wasted money. Now if you'd think about the matter a while, we know you'd realize the inconvenience that we are confronted with when certain sombodie's persist in being in every picture. Remember the ones who get left out of the snaps just because the camera fanatic ruined the picture! The next time you see' a creature on his mad dash to the camera, grab his shirttail and hang on, won't you? Congratulations, Band! Congratulations, Band! That was really a good performance. We want to commend you for the snappy drill you performed at the Pigskin Jubilee. Those weeks of practice paid off, didn't they? And to you band members who perhaps got behind with some of your schoolwork, this honor won will serve as an incentive to your efforts as you make up any unfinished assignments. , VV.lfl.S. will back us up as we say again, congratulations! THE VVESLACO Hl-LIFE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1951 '52 Team to Have Ten lettermen Coach Al Forman will have ten lettermen back next year to carry out duties, but he will lose an even larger number. He will lose thirteen seniors, those being Bob McIntosh, Bob Knight, Ed Henry, Jack Ryan, A. L. Bromley, Jesus Cantu, Emilio Castro, Reynaldo Garza, .Iim Swinnea, Antonio Bar- bosa, Evan Dale Hintner, Donald Watkins, and Warren Stansbury. Lettermen returning will be Alex Luna, Joe Ramon, Gene Rose, Jack Gatton, A. C. Fuller, Dewayne Rutledge, Don Yar- brough, Fred Buss, Ken Cook, and David Rogers. All of these re- turning lettermen saw plenty of action this year. Coach Forman expects some good B-team prospects next year also. He will have several squad- men back that saw a little action during the past season. -ifVV.H.S.- Pantherettes Playing In Week's Tournament The Pantherettes played Donna Monday night, but because the HI-LIFE went to press at noon Monday, the outcome could nc-t be given. Tuesday night the A team play- ed in the Los Fresnos Invitational tournament. If they won Tuesday night, they will play again to- morrow night. If that game is won, they will play at 8:30 Satur- day night. If Friday's game is lest, they will play Saturday night' at 6 o'clock for third place. On December 19 both A and B teams will play McAllen in McAl- len. lLW.H.S.H- Movie Struck? Maybe, But It's Boys, Not Girls! Click! t'Take ours again! 'tBut I'm an officer, too! Such remarks as these were ut'- tered last week as annual pictures of organizations and classes were taken. The boys proved them- selves more camera crazy than girls, they joined tor attempt- ed to joinl organizations on the spur of the moment. Individual pictures of senior high students and teachers were taken recently. Re ,ionul Tourney Ends Munduy The annual Edinburg Regional College Tournament opened Tues- day of last week. with the Pan- thers losing their first game in the last minute and a half to the San Benito Greyhounds, 28 to 25. The Panthers led the Hounds from 8 to 10 points until the half- way mark of the third quarter. Donna beat Raymondville, Mis- sion downed La .Ioya in an over- time, and McAllen eased by Ed- inburg. On Thursday San Benito stomp- ed Donna, Mission edged Ed- couch-Elsa in an overtime, and Mercedes thrashed McAllen. On Friday Donna forfeited to Weslaco, Rio Grande City beat Raymondville, Edinburg took Ed- couch-Elsa and La Joya blasted McAllen. On Saturday Weslaco stopped La .Ioya 51 to 43, Edinburg beat Rio Grande City, Mercedes edged by PSJA, and San Benito stomped Mission. Games played after the paper went to press were Mercedes-San Benito for the first place trophy. Weslaco-Edinburg for the second place trophy, and P.S.J.A.-Mission play for the third place trophy. Awards will be given after these games have been played. vvvvvivvvvvvz Panthers' Schedule For T952 Announced The VVeslaro Panthers will play ten games next year. They will play the same teams that they played this year with the exception of Faliurrias, and Harlingen will take that place. The complete schedule is as follows: Opponent--Date-Place Robstown, Sept. 5, here McAllen, Sept. 12, here Harlingen, Sept. 19, there San Benito, Sept. 26, here tiliio Gr. City., Oct. 3, here Open, Oct. 10 til-lil.-Elsa, Oct. 17, there - ithlercedes, Oct. 25, there 'fRayondville, Oct. 31, here iillonna, Nov. 11, there 'Mission, Nov. 21, there 'Wonferenre games. .AAAAAAAAAAAA O -, X .-..,....-.-,-.-r. .gn w-.-.'.'f'rx''-:.'.'.'g-'-1-wgq... , ,igig 5:5:E5:2:5:f:?:-:?:?:223-z22I:2:IfI:1:I::::F:-12:2-:-:2-rl:-:.:.::f..-....-.--1-:-:ef-1 The Panther cage team lost its first game in the Edinburg Reg- ional Tournament to San Benito, with a score of 28-25. This placed them in second position. The Pan- thers played the Edinburg Bob- cats last Monday for second place. Either a win or a loss has no ef- fect on the District 32-AA race. Tomorrow night the Panthers will begin play in the annual Brownsville Tournament. This meet includes all Valley towns regardless of class or district. In a press conference held last week several A-team basketball players were asked this question: f'What are the Panthers' chances for the District crown this year? 'Don Beatty-H'I'he going will be tough, but I think we'll take dis- trict and maybe more. .lack Ryan- Our team has got that fighting Panther spirit! Bob Knight-f'We have a lot of good boys out there. We have just as good a chance as anybody. ' Bob McIntosh - 'tWe'l1 get by all of the Valley teamsg the rest will be tough. WVarren Stznnsbury'- We have a good team, and I think Weill go a long way if we just pep up the hustle. .lim Swinnea-- We have a good chance, because every one wants to winf' Last T h u r s d a y, Don Yar- brough, one of Wleslaco Higl1's students, underwent a serious operation on his back. WVe are happy to announce that he is doing fine. YVe all hope to see him around again soon. Have you noticed anything odd about llc-wayne Rutledge? Vt'ell, in case you haven't, he is without his favorite east on his leg. This was the third cast he wore during football season. The Kittens opened their bas- ketball season last Monday eve- ning with the mighty Edinburg Bob Kittens. VVe are behind the Kittens 10095. They are part of W.H.S., too. She: Doesnit the bride look stunning? He: Yeah Doesn't the groom look stunned? ' THE NVESLACO Hl-Lllfllil THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1951 V Q 'The XVeslaeo High School marching band stands ready for its part in the annual Pigskin Jubi- lee, which was held la,-it Thursday night in McAllen. The band added another Division 1, ttop rating! to their list of honors. - -fe -In 'Scribe Summarizes Invitations, Cards 'll lf my eyes will stay open for a few seconds, I will endeavor to write to Dear Diary. Not having vecovered from the Band dance Monday night, I vaguely remem- ber seeing MARTHA and WARD fMercedes7. JUNE and CRAIG, MARY and EVAN DALE, DILLIE and RALPH, JEANETTE and JAY CLOUD for was it Gay?l TERRY and KEN, JO ANNE and HOMA, DON and JAN, DAVID and NELL GLYNN, J. C. and ALLIE, SUE and FRED, PATSY and ED, JULIA and TOMMY, JANET and GENE, NANCY and J.V. fMercedesJ, and many many other lively people enjoying the beautiful ball. You pick the date of the week. Seen at the Drive-in over the weekend were MARY and DALE. Say, CAROLYN, I just heard about that date you had with BUD HALL. What's this? CHAR- LES GRIFFEN seems to be in- terested in nothing but Mercedes girls. Ale you going steady, CHARLES?? If you see LOU looking overly happy, it must bc because of a letter from HILL. Right, Lou? Somebody ask Harvey what his girl friend's name is, please. Siudes' Suggestions What do you want most in your schoc-l annual? Evelyn-Cartoons. Bobby-Something unusual. Tommy Me-Lots and lots of everything. Barbara-Sweetheart page iWar- ren and mel. Verna-More drawings. Mary-More autograph space. Del Eaton-Mc-re pictures of me. Betty-More snap sections. Miss Stallings - Clever title pages. Jamea Godwin - HOW about some girls in bathing suits? June - More agriculture plc- tures. Johnny Moyer-More pictures of freshmen. George-4 by 4 pictures of sen- iors. .lack-Every page with my pic- ture on it. Harvey-Same' as Jack's, --iW.H,S.J- Teacher: 'tHave you ever heard of Julius Caesar? Pupil: 'iYes, sir. Teacher: HWhat do you think he would be doing now if he were alive? Pupil: Drawing an old age pension. Teacher: UGive me an example of a collective noun. Stude: Garbage can. Chosen by Seniors The Senior Class of Weslaco High School chose their invita- tions and personal cards last Thursday morning in a called meeting. The officers met' earlier in the room of Miss Emma Mae Smith, senior sponsor, and selected three invitations for the class to choose from. Orders for personal cards will he taken this week and next week. 'l he invitations will be ordered some time after Christmas, Miss Smith said. -4W.H.S.- Loose Ends A little girl went to see the president of a bank and explain- ed that her girls' club was rais- ing money, and would he please contribute. The banker laid a dollar and 1 a dime on the desk and said, 1 Take whichever you want. The little girl picked up the dime and said, My mother al- ways taught me to take the smallest piece. However, pick- ing up the dollar bill also she added, 'but so 1 won't lose this dime l'll take this piece of pa- per to wrap it up in. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 Red-Nose Rudolph Changes Colors! Oldtimers here in Texas tell a tale that's true, though tall, About one night when Santa came with reindeer, sleigh and all. Now you all know the North Pole cold don't faze Ol' Nick a bitg But this time Santa got here when a Texas norther hit. The cold was mighty bitter. so 'Twas hard to make his critters 80, But Santa weren't no quiter, though, So on he rode that night. Well, Santa hit the Valley when the wind was at its peakg And pretty soon his reindeer started actin' slow and weak. To fix 'em up he fed each-one a quart of Anti-Freezeg But Santa found 't would take much more to stop their shakin' knees. The cold was mighty bitter, so 'Twas hard to make his critters 80, But Santa weren't no quitter, though. So on he rode that night. Well, by the time that Santa'd gone his route, the world around, -tW.H.S.J- Christmas Dreams Intrigue Sfudes A pocket radio with ear phones for me when I'n1 bored with my teachers-Tommy Mcylann. Duplicates for boys who like the same girls-Gladys. Hearts that can't be broken- Patsy Hankal's boy friends. A television set with nothing showing but classes at Edinburg College-June, Dora Sue, Jackie Faye, Laura Jane, and Donald W'atkins. A Band Dance every night- Darrell. San Antonio closer to Weslaco -Sue and Lou. A table in every class to prop my boots on-Evan Dale. Just Freddus-Sue. Something to keep me from fainting after losing a basketball game-Tolnlnie Jo. Nerve to ask ALL the girls for a date-Wesley. To be graceful in basketball- Jackie. I WHS Faculty Have Vacation Plans Students of VV.H.S. are not the only ones who will be enjoying themselves over the holidays. The faculty have various ideas on how to spend an enjoyable brief vacation. Mrs. Elizabeth Jones expects to entertain her daughter and guests from the North. A few days will be spent in Monterrey, Mexico, making arrangements for the Pan-American Student Forum trip in January. Miss Elizabeth Claypool will be going home to Waco. She also expects to see a musical play in Dallas. - Miss Georgia Bell Richards will travel to Grapeland, Texas, to visit her mother. She will also go to Houston to see her sister and to do some shopping. Miss Emma Mae Smith will spend a few days with friends in Vic- toria and then return to VVeslaco. The H. L. Bradshaws will visit in Belton and San Antonio, but they plan to be in VVeslaco for Christmas. Miss Martha Stallings will fly to Florida to see the Orange Bowl game. Mrs. Tommy Tompkins plans to visit relatives in Nacagdoches. Pedro Garcia said he will just rest at home. Gene Braught and his wife will visit the Joe Bellamahs in Alpine, Texas. NVhile there, they will do a few dance jobs together. Mrs. Roger Swann wi ll be painting her kitchen. As an added thought, she stated, Any help will be greatly appreciated. A. J. Forman may visit friends in Corpus Christi, but otherwise he will stay at home. Mrs. Connie Hankal, for the most part, will be at home. She hopes to visit her son, Bobby, in Austin. Miss Jean Donalson will just rest and rest. Mrs. Hilma Carrell will 'tflitter away her time preparing for a final examination on social psy- chology at Texas A. 8: l. She will also meet relatives at New Braunfels. Elmo Dahlberg will hang around Weslaco, refinish the gym floor, and go deer hunting. Mrs. Hankal added a bit to his plans by stating that he hoped to be- come a 'fproud papa during the holidays. The Joe Tocquignys are going to Carrizo Springs to visit rela- tives and to hunt deer. Mrs. Phil Dixon will go to Mont- rose, Colo., to visit her daughter. Mrs. Mary Hoge plans to re- main in Weslaco, as do Mrs. Es- tella Friend, Mrs. Irene Robert- son, L. K. l..eMaster, and Ray Myers. Mrs. Myrtle Brown is going to San Antonio to visit relatives. Mrs. Ava Lee Jones does-n't know yet whether she will visit relatives in Castroville, Texas. Louise Black's plans are the family of her sister in Miss to visit Kermit, Texas. From there, she expects to go to Las Cruces, New Mexico, to see another sister. J. A. Gebhardt said he would remain in the Valley area to rest, relax, and take it easy after a hard four months of work. Mrs. Kathryn Thompson will stay at home to entertain her brother and his wife from Mid- land, Texas, and her sister and her sister's husband from Dallas. Likewise, Mrs. Verda Hightow- er will be entertaining company from Sherman, Texas. John Evraets said he will sleep, hunt, and visit in Edinburg. If his brother arrives from New York City, a trip to Mexico City is planned. Miss Sarah Pinson has no plans at present. Mrs. Bonnie Harmon will be visiting relatives in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Miss Mary Beth Raymer is go- ing to see her relatives in Hills- boro. She will also attend the Cotton Bowl game. J. L. Akridge will travel to Troy, Texas, his home. If he can get tickets, he will go to the Orange Bowl game. Mrs. Estella Godfrey will be entertaining relatives from Houston. THE WESLACO I-Il-LIFFI THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 co 6 Get your roller skates and hop aboard to dig the news for the week. Normally there are 21 to 26 articles in the I-II-LIFE: there- fore this week the staff pats itself on the back because there were 31 articles in last week'-s paper! Only about once every year does this happen. Flash! Flash! Bobby Hankal, W.H.S. ex-stude, now attending the University of Texas, is play- ing Santa Claus for children in an Austin department store. Acres of orchids go to last year's annual staff. The 1951 LA PALMA won first place in Class A in the Valley High School Press Conference con- test for Valley annuals. f'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing! The Choir is having its annual caroling party tomorrow night. After they pile into a truck and sing, they will have a party. The Lions' Club Talent show Was really a Whiz-bang. I didn't know Weslaco had so much tal- ent, especially Mr. Hester! Yea, Donna! Last Friday two busloads and dozens of cars full of Donnaites invaded our campus during sixth period and gave -several yells for the Red- skins, who lost to La Vega at Alamo Stadium in San Antonio last Saturday. It only shows good sportsmanship to yell for our successful competitors. Oh! how wonderful! The G. A..-L finally has a trophy case. It stands proudly in Teach's office. Go out and see it some- time. .lack Ryan came sheepishly into .lournalism class last week and announced that the coke ma- chine had been repaired. It seems that one tiny, unsuspecting mouse wandered into the machine and fl AN t MW if T: ifit i Customs Differ in Various Lands think of good As Christmas draws near, everyone begins to things to eat, the smell of the Christmas tree, customs we observe during the holiday season. become excited with anticipation, and parents tinkering with the toys they have purchased for Other countries, too, celebrate the birth of Christ. Although the traditions of other nations seem strange to us, they have been in practice for hundreds of years. and the many Little children secretly enjoy the little ones. In England, for example, the children go from house to house singing carols. England gave us many of our customs. Believe it or not, the idea of hanging mistletoe came from our mother country. Uddly enough, the small fry are the only ones to receive gifts at Christmas time in France. The adults exchange presents on New Year-'s. The French people send greeting cards enthu- siastically, and the person who receives less than a hundred feels slighted. As we well know, the pinata is characteristic in Mexico. This clay figure filled with candies and small toys is broken on the last night of the holidays. The Christmas tree came to us from Germany. 0n Christmas Eve in Germany, the family gathers together to tell the story of the birth of Christ. ln Italy a yule log is lit, and the little ones dance around it and recite verses to Jesus. Their gifts are left by the lady, Befana. In Sweden the celebration lasts for one month, and a straw goat takes the place of our reindeer. XVhile we are opening our gifts on Christmas Day and re- counting the story of the birth of the Christ child, let us remem- ber that young people our age all over the world, regardless of the language they speak, are celebrating the birth of Christ in their own way. Let us pray with them that there will be- peace on earth, goodwill toward men. Shorthand Class Clears S75 ofn Ribbon Sale The Shorthand Class has made approximately 9575 from its annu- al sale of football ribbons. The largest number was before the Donna game, when over 1100 rib- bons were sold, according to Mrs. Roger Swann, shorthand teacher. In past years the class has pur- chased fans and venetian blinds for the commercial rooms, and the clock in the study hall. lt has also contributed to the Edin- burg Polio Clinic. The class has not decided what i Christmas Party To Be Held 'in Jr. High Junior High School students will hold a joint Christmas party tomorrow afternoon in the audi- torium. The Christmas tree in the hall will be moved on to the stage with all the presents placed un- der it. Presents will be distri- buted after a brief program. Re- freshments of cakes and cookies will be served in the homerooms by homeroom mothers. Each stu- Mgummed up the works. this year's money will be used for. ident is to receive a candy cane. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 O f, First thing, let's congratulate the basketball teams. The Pan- thers turned back Pharr and Harlingen, the B- Team beat Pharr, and the Juniors defeated Edinburg and La Feria. Congratulations are in order for one of our exes. Stan Keath- ley, now at Wharton J. C., made the All-Conference team in their region. Luck to you next year, Stan. The Pantherettes proved that they are worthy of notice from this column by defeating Los Fresnos in the finals of the Los Fresnos tourney. By the way, that was the second year for you girls to grab. the crown, wasn't it? It seems that XVeslaco didn't need any rooters at the Browns- ville tournament. The whole Brownsville Junior High seemed to be against McAllen instead of Weslaco. XVe want to congratulate Donna, even if they didn't beat LaVega. They won the state quarter finals and a lot of rec- ognition for the Valley. Three top scorers for Weslaco are running a close race. In six games, big 6 ft. 3 in. center, Jim Swinnea, leads with 80 points. liight behind him is Bob Mcln- tosh with a total of 54. Don Beat- ty is next, having sunk 34 points. We are all happy that Don Yar- brough is getting along all right. TV1- have something else to be proud of in athletics. Coach Claude Jungman, Junior coach, has yet to see his record marred this year. His boys were un- defeated in football and have started a good season in basket- ball by taking two victories. 'He gives all of the credit to his boys, although l believe we ought to give him much, since he teaches good sportsmanship. La Palma Wins First -f In Yearbook Contest Plaques Awarded Winners in Three Divisions at VHSPC Banquet Dec. T3 The 1951 LA PALMA, Weslaco High School annual, won first place in the Class A division of the Valley High School Press Con- ference yearbook contest, it was announced last Thursday evening at the VHSPC banquet in Harlingen. Dick Shockley and'-David Robertson were co-editors of the annual, and Miss Louisef Black sponsored the staff. Mercedes and Mission took second and third places respectively in this class. Other schools in Class A competition were Donna, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo, Edcouch-Elsa, La Feria, and Raymondville Winners in Class AA were McAllen, firstg Brownsville, secondg San Benito third. Those in Class B were Lyford, firstg San Perlita, secondg and Rio Hondo, third. Choral Groups Sing Twice Tomorrow The Weslaco High School Choir will give two Christmas programs tomorrow, December 21. The first will be for junior high at 9 o'clock, and t h e s e c on d at 10 o'clock for senior high. The program is as follows: High school choir- Lo, How a Rose, Hark, Now, O Shep- herds UCarol Noel, Carol of the Bells, O Holy Night! Eighth grade girls' ensemble- t'Angels O'er the Fields, Broth- er James' Air, Silent Night? Solo - Pat Kaufman - Sweet Little Jesus Boy. Sextet and girls' chorus-i'Na- tivity Carol, Holy Night, 'iLift Thine Eyes, Ave Maria. Mixed chorus--'tThe Night Be- fore Christmasj' HO. Come All Ye Faithful, The Lord :Bless You. The White Gift Processional will be a group of junior high students. Accompanist is Ellen Beydg and student directors, Teresa Lancas- ter, Pat Kaufman, and Martha Scott. -tW.H.S.J--- lf you're tired of dancing, let's sit down, and have a little tete-a- tetefi No, thank you. After such a big supper I really couldn't eat a thing. Plaques were presented to the first place winners in the three classes by Archibald MacPhail, speaker at the banquet. Joy Wiley and Teresa Lancaster, editors of this year's LA PALMA, accepted the trophy. The books were judg- ed by the Journalism Department of TSCW in Denton. Program for the banquet in- cluded a talk by Archibald Mac- Phail of the Valley Morning Starg a girls' trio from San Benitog an accordian solo from Santa Rosag a girls' sextet from Weslacog and presentation of awards. Criticism sheets from judges will be mailed out to individual schools. Favorable comment was made on the inclusion of the small HI-LIFE in the LA PALMA. Seventeen from Weslaco at- tended the banquet, which was held at St. Alban's Episcopal Parish House. Pan-Am Forum Adopts Constitution for Club The Pan-American Forum vot- ed on a constitution for the club in a meeting Wednesday of last week. The executive committee drew up the constitution. and sub- mitted it to the club for approval. The club approved it, and it has been submitted to the. Stu- dent Council for approval. At .the next called meeting, a Student Council representative Will be THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 ' 4? nur Friday, on DALE HUGHES' birthday, he and MARY celebrat- ed by going to the drive-in. Did you give him the sweet birthday card you planned to, Mary? STANLEY was at home last weekend. Did you see PATSYE flo atin g around on a cloud, studes? , It seems that Saturday night TERRY, DILLIE, SUE, and JOY got their wires crossed. Why did you girls go all the way to Brownsville just to eat a hambur- ger? EDITH and BARBARA were there, too! Wha' hoppened?? Many congratulations tkin da latel, go to JACKIE GATTON and MYRNA COOK, who are now in the steady world. SUE and FRED and GINGER and CHARLIE were together over the week-end. Glad to see that some people like good music. BUSTER was home again this weekend. Some fun, eh, SUE? MARY CLARK had a date Fri- day night with JIMMY AKIN! . Some of the usuals I kept run- ning into over the week-end are PATIA and BOB, JANE and CHARLES, ALLIE and J. C., JAN TURNER and that Donnaite, MINTA and JACKIE, EDITH and A.C. tkinda cold at the drive-in, eh, EDITH?l. LOU has been getting long, lonesome letters from BILL AR- CHER, our soldier boy! It may seem a bit strange, but JACKIE RYAN and HARVEY LEE were actually studying one day this weekend. Did you get those themes finished, boys? Well, Diary, that's just about all for this week. The cold weath- er scared most of the studes, I guess. But next HI-LIFE day, I should have plenty of gossip about 'the holiday dates. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!! -tW.H.S.ll Two girls were worrying about their college courses. I'm flunking Physical Educa- tion. Why? What kind of marks did you get? I haven't any marks yet-just n I I I New Trophy Case Installed by GAA's Say! Have you seen the new at- traction in Miss Martha Stallings' office in the gym? Well, then, just take off in that direction and see for yourself. Yes, after several years of wait- ing, the girls finally got a trophy case. It was installed last Wed- nesday afternoon. The Girls' Athletic Association raised the money for the case by having two rummage sales and a bake sale. Paula Sue Strong was in charge of getting the case built and installed in the gym. R. T. Gray, bus driver, helped Paula Sue with the finishing details. To date they have 16 trophies in the case, the latest being the one they received last Saturday night in the Los Fresnos tourna- ment. The others included are 5 other basketball trophies, 3 soft- ball, 4 track, I volleyball, I G.A.A. class trophy award, and 1 out- standing girl-athlete trophy. Below the case is a space for Did you all enjoy the show? ,a few bruises. storage- Q ' Q 0 1 ' I Q O Q 0 ' OQ .. If V. I OQ 7 W . OQ 7 if . I QQ . 'Q 0 0' 'Q 0 ' o' .Q ' ' o' 'Q 0 Dear Chubby Cheeks, How about putting Bill Archer in my stocking for Christmas? Lots of hugs, Lou tWes-Mer Widowl Dearest Santa, Let me clue you to the fact that I would like to have my watch repaired. A certain Ada Claire Meyers in Mercedes broke it. Sincerely, 'tHoney Bun Watson Hey, there, Nicky Boy! Rush a book down here on how to keep a certain Mississippi belle from writing to me, now that I am going steady. Thanks, .lackie Joe Gatton Dearest Butterball, Send me some tricks where I can make myself disappear. Love always, Hoodini ,Baxter Sweet Santa, I just want Sherlock Holmes for Xmas so that I can always know what Warren is doing. Yours lovingly, Barbara Williams Dear Santa Claus, All I want is just a scooter so that I can ride out to see Dale every day. Thanks loads, Mary Olena Hey Santa! How about a diploma? Patiently yours, A. I.. Bromley Dear Santa, I could use a couple more Haw- aiian sport shirts. Love and kisses, .l. L. Akridge Dear Santa, I hardly know where to start . . David Rogers Dear Santa, Please send me a bottle of tape- worm pills. Yours truly, UI-log VVillis Dearest Santa, . . . more muscles than Bob . . . Yours truly, Patia Dear Santa, Just drop a certain little gal from San Benito in my stocking. Thanks a lot, Harvey Lee Dear Cuddles, Please send a little red wagon down here for Ralph and me. It seems that his daddy a l w a y s wants the car. Devotedly yours, Dillie Margaret Dearest Santa, All I want is a crystal ball so that I can find out what boy to go with. Lovingly, Jeannette Waters Dear Lover Boy, We want some little black books so that we can keep our dates straight. Dale Waddel Bill Malone Walter Thompson 'THE NVESLACO H1-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952 Baxter Pointing Even To School An oil painting of a beautiful Yailey scene may be found hang- office of Mrs. Kathryn ing in the Troinpson, school counselor. This picture w Thompson a s presented to Mrs. by Comer Cash Baxter, freshman in W.H.S., for the coun- s'clor's office. Comer painted this picture in atort twenty hours. He made sereial charcoal sketches of vari- ous scenes around the Valley and then reproduced them together in oil paints, adding his own colors. HI tried to put in all the colors of the Valley, Comer stated. The title of this picture is Summer. Having had an interest in paint- ing since he was three, Comer be- gan studying art in 1948 with Mrs. Gibby of Weslaco. His first real painting was done on a piece of ply-board with house paints. For the past year, he has stud- ied landscaping and portrait work with Hoy Keister, a commercial artist from Chicago now living in Weslaco. Last summer Comer attended Arlington State College Art School, where he studied free- hand drawing, fashion illustra- tion, and modern art. Next sum- mer he plans to go to Laguna Beach, California. Of the eleven paintings Comer has entered in the art exhibit at the Harlingen Mid-Winter Fair, ten have won awards. He re- ceived three first ratings, five seconds, and two thirds. After graduation Comer plans to attend a good art college and then become a commercial artist. -LKW. H.S Ji F.H.A. Rummage Sale Set for Saturday The girls met Tuesday in the Home Economics Depart- ment to make plans for the annual Sweetheart Banquet to be held February 9. The nominees for the F.H.A. sweetheart have not yct been chosen. The F.H.A. will also have a rummage sale this coming Satur- day in front' of the Service Gin Co., according to Miss Mary Beth Raymer, club sponsor. ROY MAYER Roy Mayer, Magician, To Be Here Tuesday Roy Mayer, well known magician, will, with the aid of his nimble fingers, present a program of magic in a special assembly next Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Mr. Mayer, who presents magic in a different light, is past president of the Society of American Magicians. Included in his reportoire are features called Clear as Mud, UFlying Silks, A Lesson in Magic, Fountain of Youth, Thought Group Discusses lA PALMA Plans A meeting of the annual editors and sponsor during the holidays featured discussion of the theme, dedication, and page arrangement of the 1951-52 LA PALMA. At an earlier meeting of the complete staff, the theme and dedication were voted on. These will not be disclosed however, un- til the annual is published, as is customary. The first annual shipment will be sent March 1, and will prob- ably include' some class pictures and some sports pictures. Plans are being made by the feature editors for the annual popularit'y contest, which will be held the last Week of February and the first Week of March. Transferencej' 'Ttobin Hood's Ad- venture, The Touch of King Midasf 'tEnchanted Bracelets, The Chef's Holiday, and many others to provide an hour of fas- cinating entertainment. Mr. Mayer, who has also ap- peared on radio and television, has received enthusiastic approv- al on his programs. Humor as well as mystification keeps the audience entertained, according tc comments from schools Where he has appeared. Tickets may be bought from any member of the Journalism class or Miss Black for only 25 cents. -tW.H.S.J-- Mrs. Buss- How did you per- suade your boy not .-to go around with his shirt tail- outside his pants? . 1 Mrs. Mohle- Oh I just sewed a lace ruffle around the bottom, THE VVICSLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952 we at f Well, students, this is the last column I shall write tsobl. A brand new slave to the pen will take over next week, so let's make ai final trip over the campus to find this week's news. Ex-students by the dozen were home over the holidays. It would be a physical impossibility to list all of them, but here are a few: Elden NVren, Tommy Pepper, Patsy Potts, Mary Ann Dreyer, Eleanor Bradshaw, Mary Pattie Sigler, David and Betty Robert- son, Kaye Clark, Joy Stallings, Robert Joe and Hal Potts, Peggy Kirgan, Kenneth, and Zoe Sherry, Robert Fields, Carl and Carline Lobitz, Cato Cristensen, Manuel Garza, and many, many others. It was really swell to have you all at home. Attention! Notice! VVith this paper your subscription runs out! Yes, again it's time to sub- scribe to the HI-LIFE. For only 25 cents a semester you can re- ceive this big bargain weekly without worrying about your 3 cents. Congratulations go to seven of our band students who have been chosen to attend All-Val- ley Band January 18-19 in Brownsville. They are Nell Glenn Koester, Teresa Lancas- ter, David Rogers, Donald Wat- kins, Evan Dale Hintner, Dar- rell Bach, and Billy Boyd. Viva, el espanol! Si? Yes, the Pan-American Student Forum is in the final stages of planning its trip to Monterrey this weekend. Hope you kids have a wonderful time! Can you pull a rabbit out of a hat? Roy Mayer can, but that's far too elementary for him. Just wait and see the magic marvels he performs at the special as- sembly sponsored by the Jour- nalism class next Tuesday morning at ll o'clock. 0nly 25 cents will admit you to an hour crammed with entertainment. NEW SEMESTER 05555 Le'r's Discard The Bud Habits! How did your grades average this semester? Could they have been higher? A new semester begins next Monday. New grades are recorded, and t'he old ones are forgotten. Everyone has a chance to start over, discard his bad study habits, and make better marks the last half of this school year. Let's dig in this semester and do our best! The results are well worth the extra time spent studying! ,..lii..l.i- Second Semester Sees New Stuff With all the changes that the New Year brings, comes the change of the HI-LIFE staff. Yes, your next HI-LIFE will bring you a new variety of editorials, features, and news. Though the same students compose the staff, positions are inter- changed, thus providing variety in the paper, and at the same time giving the journalist the opportunity to try his hand at several phases of newspaper writing. The staff have done' their best' this past semester to bring to W.H.S. and to the public the current activities occurring on the campus. As this is the last HI-LIFE of this semester, we look back and commend the retiring staff for their effort and work and time spent in bringing the paper to W.H.S. Locking forward to more news and entertainment next semes- ter, with new positions best of success. and new ideas, we wish the 1952 staff the Ginny-t'VVhy do you marry me? want to charm and your fat'her's money, I feel that we were just made for .Timmy e- 'iDarling, with your each other. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952 O ,f Congratulations are in order for the Kittens for .stretching their winning streak to five games. The Kittens, paced by Bobby Lackey, edged by the Brownsville Red Ants 39 to 36. 'Smile for the birdie was the expression heard last Thursday When pictures of the Panther varsity squad, favorites in Dis- trict 32-AA, were taken in the gym. The B-team lost to the San Benito B-team 51 to 39 last week after a hard-fought game. The B-team was led by Alex Luna, who -scored 17 points. They played the Mission B-team last Friday night and were edged once again by a score of 36 to 32. Although the varsity led the San Benito quintet nearly all the game, the Greyhounds took the lead in the final quarter and won by a score of 42 to 32. Swinnea led the Panthers' attack by scor- ing 14 points. Close behind him was Ken Cook with 9 points. The Panthers won their first district game, which was with Mission, by a score of 41 to 31. Once again leading the Pan- thers was big Jim Swinnea with 9 points. Right behind him were Ken Cook and Charlie Mohle with eight points each. Keep up the good work, boys. Congratulations are in order for Stanley Keathley, ex-student and star quarterback of Weslaco, for being selected on the second- string Junior College All-Ameri- can team. Stanley, who plays for Wharton Junior College, helped them to win second place in their conference through his passing attacks. -LiW.H.S.l-- Girls at college Are of two strata: Those with dates And those with data. Panthers Win First District Game lil-31 Cogers Open Conference Season By Downing Mission Friday Night The Weslaco Panthers started the district basketball competition of the '52 season by beating Mission 41 to 31 last Friday night. The score would have been greater if Coach Dahlberg had not rested the A team and let the second and third teams play the second half of the game. The A team played the entire first half, and the half-time score stood at 33 to 9. The last half of the game was slow, with Mission trying to catch up with Weslaco. However, the lead was too great. The entire Weslaco team saw action. Big Jim Swin- nea racked up 9 points in time that he was in, and Charles Mohle and Ken Cook both hit for 8. High-point man for Mission was Bobby Daniels with 12. Basketball to Music? That's What They Say! Did you ever see anyone play- ing basketball to the tune of sweet music? Well, then, perhaps it would give you a good laugh to drop by the gym during the sixth period and watch Coach Elmo Dahlberg practicing with his boys for a few minutes. This scene takes place while the girls are in the recreation room studying different variations of dances. Among the dances to be studied and learned, according to Mrs. Tommy Tompkins, junior high P.E. instructor, are the waltz, rumba, polka, foxtrot, folk danc- ing, group dancing, square danc- ing, and ballroom dancing. Mrs. Tompkins stated that the dancing will be a six weeks' pro- ! ject. incidentally, we h e a r it wouldn't be a bad idea for some' of you boys to get in on this. ?VV.H.S.- 'These eggs are very small, complained the young housewife to her grocer. 'Straight from the farm this morning, Madam, declared the grocer. t'That's the trouble with these farmers, she persisted. They're so anxious to get their eggs sold they take them off the nest tor soon. In the B team game beforehand, Mission beat Weslaco 32 to 28. In a game played on January 1, San Benito came up and defeated Weslaco 42 to 32. During the first and second quarters, Weslaco had a lead, with the halftime score standing 18 to 14. During the third quarter San Benito climbed steadily, and in the fourth quar- ter, when Jim Swinnea fouled out, the score was 32 to 31 in Wes- laco's favor. After Swinnea's de- parture VVeslaco seemed to fall apart at the seams, and San Ben- ito took quick advantage of this by scoring 11 points in the last 5 minutes of play. Swinnea took high point honors for the game by hitting for 14 pointsg Cook was next with 9. High man for San Benito was Montalvo with 11 points. iW.H.S.J- A little girl, sitting in church, watching a wedding, suddenly ex- claimed: 'tMummie, has the lady changed her mind? 'tWhat do you mean? the moth- er asked. She went up the aisle with one man and came back with an- other. -tW.H.S.l-- Mrs. B.- That Mrs. Simpkins is just plain rude. She yawned half a dozen times while I was talking to her. Mr. B. - Maybe she wasn't yawning-Maybe she' was trying to say something herself. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1952 We Make 'Em--You Break 'Em. Your HI-LIFE scribe submits some New Year's resolutions. W'ere they actually made by the students? you may ask. Well, maybe they were-or may- be they should have been. Here they are: I resolve to tone down my dazz- ling technique in band so as not to embarrass the less fortunate members. - Bobby 'tBiedcus Boyd Ifm going to forget all the Donna boys, now that Terry and I go steady.-Keith Brown I promise not to chase in my pickup. Patsy Hankal doesn't like it.-Ed Henry We hereby re'solve not to trick people on Whc's Who. -Jay and Gay Cloud This little girl is going to be a 'tbig girl next year. ils this pos- sible?l-Mary B. Ross I'm going to make my little white car the best girl-getting car in Weslaco.-Kenneth Ke'lly I just want to throw a bigger New Year's Eve party next year. -Bobbie Stahl I want to start giving lessons in the proper way to play and sing like Lefty Frizzell.-Harvey URighty Coonts I am going to play my best in basketball so that I can letter.-A. C. Fuller I hereby resolve to really get down and study in first-period study hall.-David Holman I resolve to keep my mind on my studies and off a certain girl whose' initials are PAT- RED- FORD.-Bubba Madden We intend to work hard in band so that we can be drum majors. -Joe Hightower, Joe Dan Jones I resolve to strive harder every glay to grow up like my big bro- ther Jackie.-Wesley Ryan I resolve to concentrate on Wes- laco boys for a while and forget about Harlingen.-Barbara Har- rington I resolve to quit getting 12 words a minute in typing and make my goal 40 words.-Warren Stansbury . . saab A ! 'Y 3113 Dearest Darling Diary, The basketball game drew a large crowd F r i d a y night. PATSYE AKIN and STANLEY were there among all the girls watching My so-and-so play. After the game did I see SUE and FRED, JOY and JIM, TERRY and KEN? PAT KAUFMAN and GINNY CRISTENSEN, J. B. RUTHER- ?ORD and MARIE FIELDS, BILL MALONE and HTOOTSIE BABY CLOUD were all at the drive-in Friday night. Am I right? Where did you go Sat'urday, ERIN SUTHERLAND and BOBBY CAPP? I heard you had a date. Over the holidays another couple were added to the steady world, JANE O E H L E R and CHARLES SAWYER. Ain't love grand? Date of the Week goes to none other than tshockll BAR- BARA HARRINGTON and JACK tHarryl FIELDS! DIANNE, whom were you all waiting for Friday night? Could it have been DAVID? SANDY MORELAND has start- ed the semi-formals this year with a dance Saturday night. I have been seeing JACKIE ROBERTS and a beautiful hunk of man together lately. I'll bet the's from Harlingen. Seen riding around on his motorcycle lately were RUTH NORMAN and RAY CLINE tMer- cedesl. Could this mean a new love affair? DON and JAN were sporting around in a new car. No more flats, huh, DON? ' I was going home Saturday night when I saw WAYNE GREY and MARY CATHERINE ERMEL just talking in front of her house. ELLEN KAUFMAN and JACKIE Romeo RYAN seem to be seeing a lot of each other late- ly-more and more each day, as a matter of fact. I JANET, whom were you and MARY JOE with Saturday night? And oh, yes, JUNE, who is this you were with over the weekend? A car full of potential women haters was parked in front of me at the drive-in. What's the mat- iter, JAY, GAY, DAVID, RICHARD and CARL? You all aren't ugly. . Are you bashful?? Also seen Saturday night were DALE HUGHES and MARY WAL- LER, ED HENRY and PATSY HANKAL, WARREN and BAR- BARA, ANN and DEWAYNE, JACKIE and MYRNA, JOY and JIM. Say, JACKIE, why did Lin- coln grow whiskers? GEN BALLARD and TOMMY were together Friday and Satur- day nights. Making up for lost time? MARTHA O E H L E R, whom twere you with Saturday night?? Ha! LOU POINBOEUF is engaged to Scribe Names Ten Important Stories In the journalistic world, polls are taken to determine the top ten stories of the year. VVell, this is one opinion of the top articles that have appeared in the HI- LIFE this first semester. Listed in the order in which they appeared in the paper, they are as follows: l. Officers for Year Chosen by Classes. 2. Seven Assemblies to be Spon- sored by Journalism Class. 3. Students Hold City Offices Saturday. 4. 272 Down Payments Made on '52 LA PALMA. 5. S82635 Raised In Magazine Campaign. 6. First Color Day Proves Big Success. 7. Wiley, Ryan Honored at Y- Teen Banquet. 8. 98 W.H.S. Students Make Honor Rolls. 9. W.H.S. Band Rated First Di- Vision. 10. LA PALMA Wins First in Yearbook Contest. BILL ARCHER. That certainly is a beautiful ring. Best of hap- piness to you all. VVell, I guess this is about all, for this week anyway. Yours truly, 'R THE 'WESLACO Hl-LlFlQ, THURSDAY. JANUARY l7g'19,52H ,At 'he lf -ver left June Smith is recording wt-i ghts and measurements of S9lli0l'4 for caps and gowns. Others from left to right are J. L. Akrid re, Mary lion Ilenbow, .lt-znmic Black, Mary Ann Keilntan, Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, and Noelin Ramon. rim Membeiig ot if I Society Chosen I Members for the National Honor Society, a chapter of which will be organized in XVe'slaco High School this semester, will be chosen by the council of seven people this week. according to J. I.. Akridge, principal. The coun- cil members will give unbiased opinions on eligible students' character, service. and leadership. The National Honor Society of Secondary Schools was 'founded by the National Association of Sec- ondary-School Principals in 1921, with the granting of Chapter Number One to Fifth Avenue High School, Pittsburg, Pennsyl- vania. Today there' are more than 2700 senior chapters and 300 jun- ior chapters in senior and junior high schools of this country. Chap- ters of the National Honor Society are found in every state of the lfnion, and in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, the Phillippines, Panama, Argen- tina. and Fhina. I I I Boys Take Home Ec! Girls Have Voc. Ag! Boys taking Home Ec. and girls studying Agriculture? ls this happening in W'.H.S.'? You bet it is! No, this will not go on all year. Miss Mary Beth Raymer, Home Ec. teacher, and Joe Tocquigny, Agriculture teacher, have ex- changed classes for this Week only. The purpose of this exchange is to give the boys and girls a broad- er outlook on these two subjects. Monday morning they met to- gether to see a film. On other days they met separately. Some of the topics presented to the boys by Miss Raynier were food selection, table manners, cooking, and personal grooming. Subjects for the girls were pre- sented by Mr. Tocquigny. They were how to dress and cut p'ou1- try, breeds and types of livestock, the relationship between cuts of meat and the part of the animals I I I I I I I 1 I Monterrey Tou red By Spanish Group Fourteen students, accompanied by Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, head sponsorg John Evraets, Miss Georgia Bell Richards, Mrs. J. S. McManus, Mrs. J. C. Allen, and Miss Elizabeth Claypool left Wei:- laco 'for Reynosa on a trip to Monterrey Friday morningf The students and the sponsors arrived there Friday afternoon. toured Monterrey, and had a banl quet at the Ancira Hotel. They also went to the movies, visited the shopping section, and took sightseeing trips. Students making the trip were Sherry Allen, Kay Leach, Diane Ro-ss, Judy McManus, Terry Grif- fin, Joe Dan Jones, Joe Hightower, Comer Baxter, Charlie Mohle, Fred Buss, David Rogers, Bubba Madden, Dale Waddell, and Lonnie Duffield. The trip was sponsored by the Pan-American Forum. 4 they come from, and a review of the agricultural situation in thc' Valley. Anybody want to join in? Q. 'rms w1csi.Aco H1-L1r'lfifLl'1iiIRs1mAi', JANUARY 17, 1952 -, o me 'come On, kids, ffshagfi a ound the campus with your new columnist, and let's see what's DEW. Do you have a big head? Some Seniors think they do. Last Fri- day morning about 51 of the Senior Class were measured for their caps and gowns by J. L. Akridge and Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, and some startled kids just couldn't believe their head size. Isn't that right, Eve- lyn? Here's hoping no one got thrown into the lake beside Edith Stevens' house last Friday night. The' F.F'.A. boys and their dates had a big whing-ding barbecue with all the trimmings. The food must have been awfully good, be- cause everyone was complaining that he ate too much. Jalisco is the favorite song of all the Pan - American Student Forum members who went to Monterrey last weekend. The trip is all they can talk about this week, but who can blame the' l lucky people! Subscribe to the HI-LIFE now! Don't put it off a day! Members of the Journalism Class are eagerly waiting to collect the 25 cents subscription fee. Get your slide rule out and figure the money you can save by sub- scribing! 'tOh, why didn't I study? was the mournful cry heard in the halls when report cards were handed out today. Please, don't give up hope and jump off the railroad bridge, studes. Keep a stiff upper lip and really fly into next seme'ster's work. tWow! Look who's talking? Let Me Call You Sweetheart. No, silly, not you. The Y-Teens are going to discuss their an- nual Sweetheart Banquet, held with Mercedes, at their meeting this afternoon. The members say Editor ...,..,...,,,,..,,,,,.. Assistant Editor .. Business Managers . Headline Writer .. . ....Sue Clark .. .. . .,,, ,.,, ,....,,, C h aries Rupert . 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This semester HI-LIFE subscriptions will be a quarter, which will be a saving of 26 cents over the weekly price of 3 cents. In ad- H1323- dition, this semester, the staff is offering the Scholastic Roto zine' free to each subscriber. The Scholastic Roto is a monthly magazine of eight pages of pictures, contests, articles on food and photography, cartoons, and many other subjects of interest to every junior-high and senior-high student. X More than a million Scholastic Roto magazines are published each month anfl sent to 1,400 school newspapers over the United States. lt is published by the National Scholastic Press Association and has been edited and distributed by this organization since its origin ten years ago. Get your subscription now so that you won't miss the first issue of Scholastic Roto! In addition, you'll be showing your loyalty to your school paper, which tries to report fully and faithfully the events occurring on and off the campus of W.H.S. i Target in Sight' Hit or Miss? The young Indian brave studies the bow and arrow in his hands. He realizes the great responsibility resting upon his shoulders. The challenge is before him to uphold the honor of his forefathers' flaw- less record of marksmanship with the bow and arrow, which have been handed down through the years from father to son. He must hit his target dead-center. A similar challenge has been put before the new HI-LIFE staff by the staff of the previous semestter. The target is before usp the bow and arrow are in our hands. We will strive to preserve the outstanding record of past achieve- l'll9l'llS. it really is going to be a super- duper deal this year at the El Sombrero Cafe. Did you exert your little brains trying to figure out the tricksof Roy Mayer, magician, at the special assembly Tuesday? Early last Friday morning, while all you studes were just coming out of shock caused by the exams, some of the HI-LIFE staff were at school busily work- ing on this paper so that you l could get it today. Remember, the I show-oh, I mean the HI-LIFE must come out. VVhile creepin' through the hall last Friday with my magnify- ing glass I discovered the poor teachers grading exam papers. l'll bet they wished they had asked Santa for grading ma- chines or all A pupils. This completes the tour forvthis week. Right now, I have to burn down and get my bicycle inspect- ed. Re good. tHa! Ha!! THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1952 Panthers Hold lead By Toppling Tigers The Weslaco cagers continued their domination of 32-AA teams by trouncing Mercedes last Tues- day night 44 to 23. Weslaco, paced by big Jim Swinnea, held the lead through- out the game except at the first, when Mercedes scored a free throw. VVeslaco caught up and was never headed after that. The halftime score stood at 26 to 9. During the second half the Ti- gers made a valiant effort to catch the Panthers, but seemed to lack the necessary punch. Jim Swinnea led the scorers, with 19 points, which was his highest scoring spree of the year. Swinnea was followed by Bob McIntosh, Panther guard, who collected 8. Mercedes' scor- ing punch came from Pape San- chez, their 6 ft. 3 in. center, who hit the bucket for 8 points. He was closely followed by Jackie Schwarz, who racked up 6. Last Friday night, Weslaco de- feated the St. Joseph's Blood- bounds in a non-conference game. The Panthers took the game by the score of 54 to 31. However, the Panthers needed a scoring spree in the third and fourth quar- ter to beat the visitors. The half- time score was 26 to 22 in Wes- laco's favor. The third quarter score was 40 to 27. St. Joseph's played a brand of ball that was different from all the other teams played by VVes- laco. St. Joseph's would fast break. and this kept the Panthers on their toes throughout the game. Ken Cook led the field of scorers by bucketing 13 points, Jim Swinnea was second with 11. High point man for St. Joseph's was Duran. who got 14 points be- fore he fouled out in the third quarter. J Q l n l 1 l 1 In the preliminary game Wes-A laco's B team defeated the St. Joseph B's 34 to 32. Tomorrow night XV e sl a c o plays h 0 s t to Edcouch - Elsa. Though the Ycllowjackets are not rated one of the district con- tenders, they should play XVes- laco a good game. The Pan- thers will be paced by Swinnea and Cook, while Edcouch will be led by Stuart and Cummings. Pant-fi erettes Win First in Tourney The' mighty Weslaco Pantherettes took top honors Monday night in the girls, division of the twenty-first annual La Feria tournament by defeating the Los Fresnos Falconettes 41-20. High point scorers were Mary Catherine Ermel with 19, Tommie Jo Lott with 11, and Paula Sue Strong with 10. The captains, Tommie Jo Lo-tt and Evelyn Haas, were presented the huge trophyg in addition, each of the fourteen players received a gold miniature basketball. 0 , 2 - -.34 '. 4 :-'-'-'-:-:fri-1,' ' .S ,.,.5:5: Roses are red, Violets are blue, Most people back the Panthers, But, do you? The top five averages for the Panther team are as follows: Games played in Name Ks tot. pts. 8: ave. per gm. Jim Swinnea-1 42 11-8.3 Ken tlook-51 7-7 .4 Bob M clntosh-80 1 1-7 .3 Charlie Mohle-32 6-5.3 Don Beatty-57 1 I-5.2 The Juniors stretched their win- ning streak one more game last week as Bobby Lackey led the Kittens to a 26 to 16 win over the B r o w n s ville Redants. Lack- ey scored a total of 16 points. The games scheduled for to- morrow night in 32-AA and 8- AAA respectively are as fol- lows. Ima Knuckle-Head will attempt to change his power as a prognosticator from football to basketball. Since he started out with an average of 1.000, he'll try to keep it that way. Predictions: VYeslaco to stomp Edcouch- Elsa-Favorite in the 32-AA race. Mission to ease by Raymond- ville-Close. Donna over Mercedes-Easy win. Kingsville over San Benito- Good guess. Brownsville over McAllen- lly 10 points. Edinburg over PSJA - Toss- up. Here's hoping the Chief hits L000. See you next week. Previous games played by the Pantherettes in this bout were on January 8, 10, and 11, with Donna, Mission, and Los Fresnos at the Rio Hondo gym. The Pantherettes edged Donna Bravettes with a 23- 15 victory. High point scorer was Paula Sue Strong with 13 points for W e s la c o, while Elizabeth Young pushed in 7 for Donna. Next in line came Mission, and the girl cagers outplayed that te-am with a 41-9 victory. Mary Ermel banged in 16 points, Tom- mie' Jo Lott 14, Paula Sue Strong 9, and Ginger Roberson 2. Her- nandez was high scorer for Mis- sion with 5 points. Friday night's game put the Pantherettes on top when they trimmed the Los Fresnos girls 38- 30 in a hard-fought game. Starting line-up for this game included Paula Strong, Mary Ermel, and Tommie Jo Lott, forwards, Evelyn Haas, Lowery Garrett, and Lynn- delle R o b e r t s, guards. Strong again was high point scorer with 15, while Mary Catherine laid in 14, and Tommie Jo 9. Frances Lasiter was the only other girl to see action during the game. Tonight at 7 p.m. the Panther- ettes play their first district game of the season, when they meet the' Donna Bravettes here. Both A and B teams will play. Admis- sion is 25c and 50 cents. Mr. LeMaster: tto a new girll I'm putting this rivet in t'he cor- rect positiong when I nod my head, hit it real hard with your hammer. Thatis all he remembered until he awoke in a hospital. XVhen a fellow breaks a date, He usually has to. When a girl breaks a date, She usually has two. The B-team barely eked out a win over the St. Joseph B-team 34 to 32. Once again Alex Luna set the pace by scoring 14 points for the winners. Tlllfl WlCSl.AC O Ill-lillflfl, 'l'HllRSDAY. JANUARY lT, 1952 4 ' ' ' , l . . seals YHTQ1 E 1 Sue LTIHPK and Charles Rupeit begin their term as editor and rzsffstaut eii or ref-reciively wi'h this weeks l-ll-LIl E. in Zltltlltrfll to ?fi.1-Q eglltor. S110 Clark is Stuxxcnt Council repre- serittti' e -rcrn 1' e E-euici' t'l1Ss, roll checker in choir, chairman of the bul ctn bozuil tonzirittce in Student Council, and a member of the irls' sextet g . Charles Rupert, assistant editor, is treasurer of the Junior Class, secretary-treasurer of the Key Club, and an active member ot' the choir. Charles will a111om:1tically bcconfe editor the first semester next year. odiccil Robert I I Rapidly Reviews Realizing that all the teachers arenlt just trying tc- be clever when they talk about term exams. our friend Robert decided that if sttudy he must ,... he would do or die. Study, he reflected. We had that word in a spelling test once, I remember it well, but what does it mean? Robert, conscientious as he was, took all of the unused, dusty books from his locker tfinding un- expectedly a sweater he had lc-st after the first northerl and carried them carefully home. After stopping several times to chat a bit, he arrived at home, ready to study. Now let's see. What does he need? A table to work on, conveniently placed in front of the television set and-oh, yes, a coke and four or five sand- wiches tin case he gets hungryl, and-his books. Now, perched placidly behind his table, actually looking indus- trious, we find Robert. As he reaches to crack a bookga stunned look comes over his face. What do I study? Nothing le-ft to do l I F.F.A. Boys, Dates Enioy Chicken Barbecue About fifty' people were pres- ent at the EFA. barbecue last Friday night at the home of Edith Stevens to enjoy the boys' home- grown chickens, according to Joe Tocquigny, sponsor. The group in- cluded the boys and their dates, Superintendent and Mrs. Grady Hester, Principal J. L. Akridge, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stevens, and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tocquigny. They were entertained by Fred- dy Rogers, a Negro guitar player. Greenhand and chapter farmer pins were presented to members of the l!'.F.A. J. L. Akridge, prin- cipal, spoke briefly: then Grady Hester, superintendent, discussed the advantages and disadvantages of farming. h1R'E1i1 it SOIIJGOIIXTHHCIYYVOYUT After a 25-minute gossip session with Bill, he gets the review pages clearly in mind. Setting down to real work again, Brainy Boy begins flicking pages back and forth like mad. Uh-Oh, time for the wrestling matches! . . . Well,, back to study, the fights lasted only 45 minutes . . . There goes the phone again- and so on, far into the night! l l 1 l Yawni Dear Diary, yawn! Oh I'm so sleepy! Everyone was out cele- brating tloe end of exams this last' weekend, Let me try to remem- ber some of them. TERRY LANCASTER gave a slumber party Friday night. The lights went out, and the art of hypnoii:-:ing began. Those under th e spell 471 were JIM SWIN- NEA, JOY WILEY, KEN COOK, DILIAE OTTO, SUE McCALPIN, TOMMY MCMANN, SUE CLARK, anal JANE OEHLER, How was it, kids? RALPH MONTGOMERY had a date with CAROLYN HOLZA- PFEL Saturday night. Chaperons for the occasion were CAROL SAWYER and JULIA SLEETH. Seeing the movie Cyrano after exams were ELVA MUNOZ and OSCAR. SELMA has been with CHAR- LIE quite' a bit hese past months. Aha! Here are sc-me couples we havenlt heard much from this year: ESMERELDA and DAVID, LYDIA and JOE, GRACE and RO- LANDO, MARY' and DAVID RI- VERA, ELIDA and QBOYL, and DALIA and BEBE. JEANNIE BLACK and DEN- NIS CLIFFORD are dating regu- larly now. MARGIE is in the clouds also. She hears that SAM will he home in two months. Date of the week goes to FRED RUSS and JEANETTE WATERS. Accompanying them were the CLOUD TWINS, KAY LEACH, and JUDY MCMANUS. LARRY SWINNEA is going steady with CORA JEAN CUM- MINGS. Do you have his brace- let, Cora? The kids who went to Monter- rey had a grand time! Just ask any of them! , JACKIE was with ELLEN Sat- urday night at the movies. Other regulars were EVELYN and BOB and TOMMIE JO and JIMMY. 'PATIA and BOB were riding on a motorscooter, no less! I Well, that's all for now, Diary. 'See ya' soon! -tW.H.S.J-- Cong ratulations, , Pantherettes! :m'- THE WESLACO H1-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, i952 96 Stucferitsjlyialce Honor Rolfs T For Third Six Weeks Period f50 Named Superior, 46 Honor f Seniors Chosen For Various Honors Elections formed the chief item of business in a meeting of the Senior Class last week at noon. Patia Link was chosen to repre- sent the class at the Mission Cit- rus Fiesta, while Joy Vtiiley was elected to attend the Edinburg Sergeanettes' Dance. Their es- corts will be Bob Mclntosh and Jimmy Swinnea respectively. June Smith. Joy Wiley, and .lime Oehler were elected for fac- ulty consideration for the annual entry in the Daughters of the American Revolution contest. One ot' these three will be selected by the faculty. Bob Knight was chosen to re- place George Madden as a Stu- dent Council representative, as George is now ineligible. ---tVV.H.S.t- Smith Speaks to Clubp Boys Adopt Proiect 'iGet your parents to pay their poll tax and vote was a project presented to the Key Club last week by Kiwanian Ralph Swan- zey. The boys whose parents do not do this will be fined by the club. Brad Smtih, editor of the NVes- laco News. spoke to the club. His subject was Symposium on Na- tional Events. A committee to make plans for the annual Key Club barbecue was appointed by Jim Swinnca, senior director. Mohle, Boyd Play For Rotary Club Charlie Mohle and Billy Boyd were guest entertainers at the Rotary Club last week when the 4 i i 4 l 4 !Seventh Grade List Incomplete C T A total of 96 students of Junior and Senior High School were eligible for the Superior Honor Roll and I-lonor Roll the third six weeks, according to J. I.. Akridge, principal. The list is incomplete' because of the absence of Mrs. Myrtle Brown, seventh grade teacher, Mr. Akridge stated. The Superior roll had 50 students' as compared with 46 on the Honor roll list. . A-vii' To be eligible for the Superior Honor Roll, a student must make all A's in academic subjects. The honor roll requires three A's in academic subjects and the rest A's or B's. , The rolls are as follows: SUPERIOR HONOR ROLL Seniors: Teresa Lancaster, Joy XViley. ' Juniors: David Rogers, De- wayne Rutledge, Carol Sawyer, Julia Sleeth, Mary Jo Thomas, Nell Glynn Koester. Sophomorcs: Darrell Bach, Billy Boyd, Joe Dan Jones, Marilyn Kaarup, Ellen Kaufman, Martha l lAnn Oehler, Ginger Roberson. E Freshmen: Jimmy Akin, Ellen Boyd, Virginia Christensen, Ruth Ann Cloud, Travis Crosby, Bar- lbara Harrington, NVade Hawk, I l l I l I l l Julia Ramirez, Paula Rohrbaugh, Ronald Tolson, Frances Yoder. Eighth: Emily Corns, Mary Louise Emery, Barbara Jean Ma- nis, Bobbie Boyd, Edwin High- tower, David Hoffman, Ann Cas- key, Barbara Clark, Mary B. Ross, Joyce Davis, Jane Montgomery, Erin Sutherland, Ann Smith, Jo- sefa Cadena, Ninfa de Leon. Sr-ve-nth: Shirley Ermel, Mary Ellen Fuller, Shirley Geraughty, .Iessie Gorhuni, Linda Link, Nan- cy Malone, Mary Ann McKee, Ro- mana Perez, Barbara Wilson, 'Bennie Lou Barley. HONOR HULL 1 Seniors: Tony Barbosa, Keith Mercedes Rotarians w e r e guests 1 of the Weslaco group. Charlie, playin g his guitar, sang two songs, and Billy followed with two numbers on the piano. Each week one senior boy is in- vited to be a guest of the Rotary Club, according to J. L. Akridge, principal. Jerry Gilmore was last week's guest. 1Brown, Ninfa Cardona, Sue Clark, Ignacia Garcia, Bob Knight, June Smith, Jimmy Swinnea. Juniors: Charles Rupert, Patsye Akin, Fred Buss, Patsye Emery, ,Patsy Hankal, Betty Meyer. l Sophoniores: Nancy Awwiller, l.Iames Caston, G. L. Tatom. Freslinwn: Lazara Cardenas, iMaria Castro, Marie Fields, Terry lGriffin. Billy Hankal, Joe High- l l Boys Nominated For F.H.A. Sweetheart, Five boys were nominated by the F.H.A. girls as sweetheart of the Future Homemakers in ,a re- cent meeting. They will be elect- ed by popular vote, each vote costi- ing a penny. Candidates and their campaign managers are as follows: Tony Barbosa - Dolores Luna, Emelia Cardenas, Minnie Cuellar, and Mary Sepulvedag Terry Holmanf- Keith Brown and Pat McKissackg Gene Rose-Mary Dyer, Pat Em- ery, and Frances Lasiterg Bob Knight-Sidney Rankin and Lyn- na Greenway, A. L. Bromley- Selma Frase and Mary Ann Keil- man. The banquet, which has been changed to February 23, will be held at the Stephen F. Austin Cafetorium, according to Miss Mary Beth Raymer, club sponsor. tower, James Smithey, Buddy Thomas. Eighth: Diane Gilmore, Jan Tur- ner, Paul Wray, Vivian Elston, Reda Osbourne, Martha Scott. Lila Waddell, Rene Garcia, Karen Sue Mackey, Dee Pemelton, Tom- my Tullis. J I Seventh: Betty Gui110t,,fG101-ia' Knott, Magdelena Lopez, sandra Moreland, Gloria A Perez, Lynda ' Phippeny, Linda, Poinboeuf. Gary Beechie, Ruben Pena. :J .2 THIS WESLACO Hl-l.lI lfl THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1952 Hey, gang, how about cruising around the school with me and really digging up some dope? Got your shovels? Let's get going. Wonder what the theme is going to bc was the question being shot around last week. You guessed itg the Junior-Sen- ior banquet is on its way. The Juniors really got going on their committees at their meet- ing last week. Looks like it's to be a big deal. A mysterious group of people met at the Cloud twins, house last Friday afternoon, but with a little spying the cause of the meeting was uncovered. The en- tertainment c o m m i t t e e of the Band has planned another party. This time it's a box supper at Patia Link's house, February 2. You boys had better start saving those pennies so that you can bid on your girls' boxes. How would you like to see the Key Club Members in aprons? Some of the members are going to help at the Literary Review's annual Mexican Dinner tonight. Let's hope they don't get nervous and upset things too much. Some mighty peculiar look- ing little boxes and cans are being seen around the halls this week. It's the Future Home- makers' camp aign for their Sweetheart. He will be crowned at the F.H.A. banquet February 23. Candidates for Sweetheart are Bob Knight, Tony Barbosa, A. L. Bromley, Terry Holman, and Gene Rose. NVho kicked the bucket? Oh, I forgot-the Y-Teens were only doing their duty last Saturday morning and collecting money in buckets for the March of Dimes drive. They also took care of the Xlfishing Well in front of the Post Office. Come on, kidsg give to the March of Dimes. Remember polio doesn't have favorites and could strike in your own home. A Step in the Right Direction Home Economics for boys? Agriculture and shop for girls? lt is not such a far-fetched idea, as was proved in XVeslaco High last week when some Ag boys and Home Ee girls traded laces. p Rarely do we find a man who doesn't have to shift for himself at one time or another-be he a confirmed bachelor or married. Times are when the little woman will be going home to mother or, in some way, will become incapacitated. Who is going to darn the socks, replace buttons, clean house, and fix the meals? .Yes, that Home Fic course would come in very handy. Likewise, women find themselves alone with a blown-out fuse, a stalled car, an old hen to dissect hurriedly because the boss is com- ing for dinner unexpectedly, or a few cows, pigs, and chickens to tend while hubby is laid up with a broken leg. Certainly a course in shop or agriculture would prove a great help here. One step has already been taken toward this end in that girls in WV.H.S. are offered a household mechanics course. I.et's continue the progress in this direction. Gymnasium Has Proved Its Value Three cheers for our basketball teams! VVhen we say teams, we mean ALL of the teams-girls' and boys,' and jun- ior and senior teams. Four years ago the new gymnasium was completed, and for the first time the cagers had a place to work. The Panthers' and Pan- therettes' reputations grew quickly, and they soon gained a top spot in the rating of Valley teams. This year both the Panthers and the Pantherettes have unusual- ly good records so farg and as the season progresses, they expect to show us that this year will be the best one since we've had a gym- nasium. Our hats are off to the coaches as well as the students who are working to have winning teams. You are reaching the goal that you have set before you. The school is proud of you. Keep up the good work! Baxter Chosen Prexy For Second Semester Congratulations to Pa t i a Link, Mission Citrus Fiesta rep- resentative, and Joy Wiley, rep- resentative to the Edin burg Sergeanettes ' Dance for be- ing elected from the Senior Class to attend these affairs. The Seniors feel that the girls will do them proud. Leaving before daylight and re- turning after dark, the ten stu- dents from the journalism and speech classes and their sponsors had a busy but profitable day at the Student Activities Workshop in Kingsville last Saturday. Some of the kids in the second car thought they would end up in Corpus when Mrs. Hilma Carrell, speech teacher, forgot to turn at the right street. New officers were elected by the Stamp Club last Tuesday for this semester. Officers c h o s e n were Comer Cash Baxter, president, Ray Rut- ledge, vice-presidentg George Col- glier, secretary-treasurerg and Ger- iardo Ramirez, club reporter. Five members of the Student Council journeyed to Laredo, yesterday to attend the winter District Meeting of S t u d e n t Councils. Did you have a long trip? We had better put our shovels away for another week or we'll be charged with destruction of pro- lperty. So long! T, X . I..-' I1 . ,,f,fL THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, l952 .A ' O , 'i:3f!r2'I:1f2-I'I'Z'J-I-I-.'I'Z'If.fI-I-9?-2.:J:PZ-1-'.'I'Z'!-I-I-Z-:3:I' ---. The WHOLE ,Kitten team star- red last week in the defeat of Rio Grande City 34 to 20 and Ed- couch-Elsa 42 to 20. The Kittens stretched their winning streak to 8. Keep up the good work, fel- lows. The B-team once again barely eked out a wing however, this time it was a district foe. They beat Mercedes 33 to 28. Congratulations are in order for the Panther team for taking the lead in District 32-AA. The Pan- thers have a record of 4 district wins and no losses. The closest competitors are Donna and Mer- cedes, with 3 wins and 1 loss. Stay in the lead, Panthers, and go on to Regional and State. And now Chief Knuckle-Head will tell you the sad news about his predictions for last week. He missed 2 out of 6 for an average of .7503 however, the Chief has the never-say-die attitude and will just try harder to pick them all right this week. Last week's scores: XVeslaco 49, Edcouch-Elsa 38- The Yellowjackets weren't an easy task for the Panthers. Mission 44, Raymondville 39- Close, just as I expected. Mercedes 27, Donna 19-This is a miss that I don't mind. San Benito 60, Kingsville 39- What a stomp, and a major catas- trophe to my average. Brownsville 37, McAllen 32- The Eagles played true to form. Edinburg 41, PSJA 29 - The Bears weern't able to upset the Bobcats as they did McAllen. This week's predictions: W'eslnco to stomp Raymondville -Everyone SHOULD get to play in the game. Donna over La Feria-Should be an easy non-conference win. Mercedes over Mission-An im- proved team. Rio Grande City to ease by Ed- couch-Elsa-Close. Here's ho p i ng the Chief im- proves his average this week. ,. ' W' L E? A ra- A - Yrrf JL- 4 Dear Diary, I know you've been waiting for the latest tidbits, so ,here goes. Friday night after the game were DALE and MARY, EDITH andtA.C., PATSY and ED, JANE and CHARLES, PATIA and BOB, BARBARA and WARREN, GIN- GER and CHARLIE, ELLEN and JACKIE, DORA and EDWIN, JOY and JIM, DAVID and NELL GLYNN, and I never was able to find out which one of his girls FRED was with. By .way of grape vine it's said that JANE HARGETT has a crush on JAY CLOUD. How about this, JANE? Doubling at the Drive-In Satur- day night were MYRNA and JAC- KIE vyith ELLEN and JACKIE, and EDITH and A.C. with GENE and FRANCES. SUE'S BUSTER was home this week end, and they were every- where. Date of the week goes to JU- NIE SMITH and JOE WATSON. I hear EVAN got left out. How about this, JUNIE? The seventh graders had their dance again Friday. Kids attend- ing were DAVID ANDERSON, D O N A L D THOMPSON, CORA JEAN C U M M I N G S, LARRY SWINNEA, JIMMY SCHOBER, NANCY' MALONE, LINDA LINK, RALPH S T E V E N S, NANCY HARRINGTON, J U D Y R I C E, SANDRA MORELAND, and C H R I S TOMPKINS. JOANNE AND BOBBY have been having fights again. Whose fault was it this time? NANCY and SHIRLEY were with some cute Yankees at the basketball game Friday night. Girls, there are quite a few in town. Boys, if you want to get a date Twirp Week,'i you'd better get busy and ask the girls for dates this week end so that they'll re- turn the favor. This means you, taWES.:r Why couldn't you walk Satur- day morning, BOBBY STAHL? It could be that horseback ride you took at 3 o'clock in the morning! An old love affair is burning again. How about this, BARBARA and CARL? 23 Panthers Given Jackets Monday In Called Assembly Twenty-three boys and four coaches were awarded their foot- ball jackets in a called assembly Monday morning at 11:45. The jackets were distributed by Coach Al Forman. The following boys received jackets for their last time in high school: Reynaldo Garza, Evan Dale Hintner, Jim Swinnea,'Ed Henry, A. L. Bromley, Jesus Can- tu, Donald Watkins, Tony Bar- bosa, Emilio Castro, Bob'Knight, Warren Stansbury, Bob McIn- tosh, Jack Ryan, and Harvey Lee Coonts. ' Returning lettermen are Ken Cook, David Rogers, Joe Ramon, Fred Buss, Don Yarbrough, De- wayne Rutledge, A. C. Fuller, Jackie Gatton, and Gene Rose. Alex Luna's jacket didn't ar- rive in this shipmentg however, it should be here shortly. The four coaches are Al Forman, Elmo Dahlberg, Ray Meyers, and Claude Jungman. The cheerleaders' jackets didn't arrive in this shipment, either, however, they should come short- ly. Girls eligible are Joy Wiley tSweetheartJ, Janie Davis, and Evelyn Haas. The jackets, which are reversi- ble, with wool on one side and satin on the other, are purple on both sides, with white trimming and monogram. Boys that lettered for the first time this year didn't receive stripes on their monograms as is the custom in many schools. DILLIE and RALPH and TER- RY and KEN were seen doubling over the week end. DAVID, don't you think it was ugly to have two dates Saturday? Why not give someone else a chance? GLADYS and CHARLIE were together as usual over the Week end. DONALD and ALLIE were to- gether every night over the week end. Have JAN and J.C. stepped out of the picture? 'l'l'l I lVl 9l Xi . .. J, .,. Nloking Cookies l Intrigues Boys l,ookE My very first. Watch out: 1'm taking mine out! CReporter's co1nment:l-Danger -men at work! Sixteen Ag boys were taking their first cooking lessons. After fifteen minutes of discus- sing the ingredients of cookies, Miss Haynier took the hoys on a tour of the kitchen, where they learned how to light a gas and electric stove, and the process of cooking. lf you heard a big groan about this time, it was after the ques- tioii, You know how to fix dish- water, don't you? Yes, boys, tFat's part of cooking too. The only thing that was really familiar to them was the rolling pin. 1At your age-'l'sk! tskll Now hack t., c 1 a s s r 0 o m for more instructions. iThey kept me runningh After the boys were divided into groups of two or three, the recipe for cookies was given. When the task is finished, Miss Raymer commented, you will have about fifty cookies, and you are not to eat them all. You're rightf' a thoughtful boy suggestedg 'Awe should save some for Carte1 s pig. ----iW.H.S.l-- Kill o Chicken? ThoT's Not Fun! I won't! But you'll have to. 'Tm not going tog I cant It's part of the class work.' i'Well, l don't want to. imagine. killing a chicken! You guessed it-girls! Mr. Tocquigny recently took 22 Home lic. girls for a hilarious week of learning. 4Note to boyszl Don't be alarm- ed if when you're driving down the road your girl yells. HLookl lt's a Guernsey, while pointing to what you always called a cow. And when you eat out, watch itg they also learned the most expen- sive and choicest cuts of meat. HI won't kill a chicken. t'You're supposed to! She did. l I 4 5 v 'O lll-Lllflll, 'l'l'lllRSDAY, JANUARY Zl, H752 The alt of baking cookie.-4 is being explained to a group of agriculture l'oys by Miss Mary Beth Raymer. The small mea- suring cups and spoons seem a little strange to boys accustomed to liandlixpg feed by the bushel or gallon. Home Ec. girls, under thc instruction of Joe Tocquigny, are observing a cow. Though they're interested in knowing that it's a Hel-et'ord, they're also attracted by the thought of the many 'l'-hone steaks and choice roasts it is capable of furnishing. Loose .Ends Money, dear money, how fm long- ing for yon, 'l here's a book from the library that's way over due. Tuesday, a handbook: lVednesday, a ring: Thursday I'm left without a dog- gone thing. LIFE snliscription, Friday it's two-bits for the game admission. You hny a pennant to take to the game, You don't buy a pencil, and it's a dirty shame. Three cents for a HI-LIFE to read your name, And they never spell it twice the ' l same. Monday lt'S a n'ckel to see the . Niuumg Money, money, money is all you i' ' ' ' . H hear, Tuesday lt a fifty for a tvorkhook Q . . in H.if,m.f,. i lint ld give my kingdom fol an- l'hnrsday it's tivo-hits for a HI-i OYIWI' yvill' kill W-H-S-5. TH EI VVIGSLACO H1-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 Meditating on their new honor are nineteen of the twenty NYJ-LS. students chosen to be charter members of the National Honor Society. Front row, left to right, they are. Julia Sleeth, Marilyn Kaarup, Carol Sawyer, Sue Clark, Joy Wiley, Ninfa Uardona. In the back row, left. to right, are, Ginger Roberson, Martha Oehler, Nell Glynn Koesfer, Charles Rupert, Patsy Akin, Ralph Montgom- ery, Ellen Kaufman, David Rogers, June Smith, Jim Swiuuea, Teresa Lancaster, Jane Oehler, Dillie Otto. Not shown its Fred Buss, who was ill. 20 Students Named To Honor Society 8 Seniors, 8 Juniors, 4 Sophomores Become Charter Members of Club Twenty students of Weslaco High were initiated as charter members of the newly formed local chapter of the' National Honor Society of Secondary Schools in a special assembly this morning at 10 o'clock. Members of the San Benito society were in charge' of the impressive candlelight service. These twenty-8 seniors, 8 juniors, and 4 sophomores-were elected last ueek by the' executive council of the local chapter from a list of eligible students from the three classes. These charter members are as follows: Seniors - Ninfa Cardona, Sue' Clark, Teresa Lancaster, Laura .lane Oehler. Dillie Otto, June Smith, .lim Swinnea. Joy Wiley: jun- iors-Patsy Akin, Fred Buss, Nell Glynn Koester, .Ralph Montgom- ery, Charles Rupert. David Rogers, Carol Sawyer, Julia Sleeth: soph- omores - Marilyn Kaarup, Itlllen Kaufman, Martha Oehler, Ginger Roberson. Shoe shine, mister? 'tNo. I can shine 'em so you can see your face in 'emf' I said no. C'oward! To be eligible for membership in the National Honor Society, a student must have an 85 per cent average in all subjects: he must be a candidate for an academic diploma or state that he will be a candidateg and he must be a sen- ior, junior, or sophomore, I 1 z A total of 11 seniors, 12 juniors, and T sophomores were scholas- tically eligible at the beginning of second semester t h i s year. the These were individually rated by the ter. executive council on charac- service, and leadership. The ratings for each student were averaged, and those with the highest scores in -each class were offered membership. Not more than 15 per cent of the Senior Class, 10 per cent of the Junior Class, and 5 per cent of the Soph- omore Class may be elected. The executive council this year is composed of J. L. Akridge, Miss Louise Black, Mrs. Irene Robert- son, Mrsp Elizabeth Jones, Miss Martha Stallings, .lim Swinnea. president of the Senior Class, and .lune Smith, president of the Stu- dent Council. The twenty students elected were presented with invitations to the society by Mr. Akridge in a special assembly last Friday afternoon. In issuing the invita- tions, he stated that members of National Honor Society were ex- pected to be regular in their at- tendance, ready to accept respon- sibility, and recognized for their good sportsmanship, good citizen- ship, and wholesome attitude. ' THE VVESLACO Hl-LIFIC fl1bll'lRSDiAY, JIAILTLIJARY 31, 1952 Better hurryg we're going to leave you. The train is pulling out for a tour of W.H.S. and all points on the campus. Grab your chapeau and let's blow! p w Last Friday afternoon, on this spot, the 20 ,new charter members of the National Honor Society got shot. Please, don't get the wrong idea: they only got their picture taken. The new W.H.S. m e mbe rs were really hanging onto those invi- tations, but who wouldn't? Did you smile pretty for the birdie, kids? 1 just can't seem to remember whether I belonged to that club or not. Don't get the wrong ideag it isn't an amnesia victim- just the poor, forgetful seniors. They were racking their brains last week to think of all the clubs they had belonged to and the offi- ces they had held during high school so that they could turn them in to LA PALMA. Hope you didn't forget anything. Did you notice the boys stop- ping traffic on the main high- way last Saturday? No, they weren't highjacking cars and trucks. The Key Club members were collecting for the March of Dimes drive with their trusty -tin buckets. Dale Waddell seemed to be really raking in those dimes. Dale, let ns in on your secret. Ride 'em, cowboys! Bandera, here we come! The Senior Class has decided to go to a ranch in Bandera for their trip this year. A committee of five with John Evraets, senior sponsor, and J. L. Akridge, principal, visited ranch- es around Bandera last Saturday. lt will take a lot of work to raise money enough to get thereg but if the class backs this trip 100 per cent, it's a sure thing. Dig into your old bones and trunks and hunt those snap- shots you had so much fun t . I. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE W We Salute Theiwentyl Sincere congratulations to the 20 students who have been elected to the National Honor Society! Students who are elected into the Honor Society not only have a high scholastic average, but they also possess qualities of character and leadership that make for superior'Ust,udents. The National Honor Society is recognized throughout the United States. Not only are members respected and appreciated in their own school, but in colleges and universities as well. To the rest of us, there is a challenge to do better school work and to improve our citizenship. We have a goal to strive for. To you who have set the pace for scholarship and high standards, we say, HCongratulations! You have attained a high rank and Well deserve the honor you have won! ,i..l. -l- LeT's Do Our Puri! No one is safe from polio-yet. Experiments are being carried on constantly in the fields of science and medicine to combat the dread disease, but no preventive nor cure has been perfected. However, we of W.H.S. can play an important part in this fight of 'tMan vs. Malady by joining earnestly in the March of Dimes. The March of Dimes was begun January 30, 1938, with President. Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday ball. All proceeds from the ball were turned over to the National Foundation for infantile Paralysis, founded by Mr. Roosevelt, a polio victim. The March of Dimes cam- paigns, officially begun January 30 of each year, have since sup- ported the Foundation. We may have given some already, but if we pass up another movie or candy bar for such a worthy cause, it won't hurt us too badly, will it? ' Come on, kids. Let's dig down deep! showing your friends. If you think they could be used in LA PALMA, don't be selfishg let other people enjoy them, too. Turn these snaps in to Joy VVi- ley, Teresa Lancaster, or Miss Donalson. ' Have you paid your poll tax? Oh! I forgotg we carrt vote. The Y-Teens were running all over town last Saturday pinning tags on people who had paid their tax ,and asking those who hadn't to remember to pay theirs. We won- der if people ever realize how lucky they are to have the right to vote. Buy a hat! Come on and look at this pair of shoes! The Future Hoxnemakers were really doing the business at their rummage I l ! sale last weekend. Vlfe heard you' New Constitution Discussed by Council The presentation of a new con- stitution was the main subject of business at the Student Council meeting Tuesday of last week. Donald NVatkins, president of the council, resigned his office b e c a u s e of grade ineligibility. June Smith, vice president, was elected to fill the vacancy. A vice president is to be elected later. The new constitution is to be presented to the classes for ap- proval. really cleaned up on it and had a lot of fun. What happened to you, Alline Minyard? Cupid says to remind you there are only thirteen more days till Valentine's. I better be shoveling off. ' 1 . THE VVESLACO Hl-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 O -. ,:,5.5.9,...,,.,.5.5. -n '. .,. -4 1 'Q-.'.'.':gag-1.'.:.'g-5-2-'-:qw V .5523 The Panthers are winning tgamesh , In their district, you know, But where would they be lf you didn't go? Here are the team averages in District 32-AA up until Tuesday of last week on both offense and defense. Offense, average points per game 1. Edcouch-Elsa-47.8 2. Weslaco-44.8 3. R.G.C.-42.2 4. Mission-39.4 Mercedes-37.4 6. Raymondville--35.2 7. Donna-33.4 Defense-Opp. ave. pts. per game 1 2. Donna-33.8 . VVeslaco-30.6 3. Mercedes-34.2 4. Mission-38.2 5. R.G.C.-43.6 fi. Raymondville-44.4 7. Edcouch-Elsa--55.2 The Juniors won two more games last week, thus stretching their winning streak to eleven games. They beat Raymondville 42 to 19 and San Benito 34 to 22. Although Bobby Lackey scored 21 points in the Raymondville game-- the WHOLE team once again starred in the wins. The B-team also won two games last week, taking Edcouch-Elsa 34 to 17, and Donna by a close score of 23 to 21. Keep up the good work. boys. Congratulations are also in or- der for the Panthers on winning two more district games, thereby increasing their district wins to fi. Win them all. Panthers. It looks as if I, Chief Knuckle- Head, am not quite as good a prognosticator in basketball as I was in footballg however, I have at least four more tries to fatten my average. As Donna played PSIA instead of La Feria on Fri- day, that game doesn't count for or against it. My average for this week and thus for this season is .667 Now I'll give you last week's scores and this week's predic- tions. Last week's scores: Panthers Out-toss Redskins, Kutsp Get Grip on 32-AA The high-flying, district-lead- ing XVeslaco Pa n th e r cager team took a firmer grip on the District 32-AA crown with their wins over the Donna Red- sins Tuesday and the Raymond- ville Bearkats Friday of last week. 1 The Redskins were to he one of Weslaco's main threats, but the fast-moving Panthers proved to be too much by beating them 39- 24. The Panthers started the scoring session and kept a safe margin throughout the game. The half-time score saw W e s la c o marching ahead with a 16-9 lead. Don Beatty and Bob Mclntosh, Panther forwards, tied for the high-spot of points scored, with 10 points each. Ken Cook, Wes- laco forward, and August Weise,l Donna center, tied for secondi place with 9 each. The excellent defensive work of Jim Swinneaf and Charles Mohle was also a main factor in the defeat. Weslaco continued its march to- the crown by defeating the Ray- mondville Bearkats with a score, of 33-21. Corwin Maddy, Bearkat center, led the game in points with 11. Follow-up in the scoring. .field was Jim Swinnea with 9.1 'Panthers fast to start scoringf led at the half 20-9. Tomorrow night the league- 3 leaders will meet their main 1 obstacle, the Mercedes Tigers, in the Tigers' territory. Merce- l des, having beaten Donna for second place in the district race, 7 will be fighting to stop the T ' Panthers in their victory march. Y LQWHSJ- i And then, of course, you've' heard of the little girl who signed her algebra paper 'tMae VVest because she done 'em wrong. i W'eslaco 33, Raymondville 21- 'Over-confidence has lost many a ball game. 1 Mercedes 42, Mission 32-Run-1 ners-up for the District title. R.G.t'. 54, Edconch-Elsa ??- A Pantherettes Add Two Other Wins XVeslaco's mighty Pantherettes won two more victories last week in non-conference play against La Feria and Los Fresnos. Thursday night the Panther- ettes outplayed the La Feria girls 47-16. Nettie Faye Bradford was high scorer with 11 points. ' Girls see'ing action during the game were Tommie .Io Lott, Sue Copeland, Paula Sue Strong, Gin- ger Roberson, Mary Catherine Er- mel, Nettie Faye Bradford, Alline Minyard, Patsy Puckett, Evelyn Haas, Frances Lasiter, Lynndelle Roberts, and Ellen Kaufman. Victory over Los Fresnos was won by a 36-20 score in Friday night's game. High-point-girl was Paula Sue Strong with 15 points. Tommie Jo Lott made 12, iwhile Mary Catherine Ermel p u s hed in 6. Tonight the Pantherettes will play a g a i n s t McAllen. Tomor- row night they will be hostess to the Los Fresnos girls. Game time for both of these affairs is 7 p.m. --CW.H.S.J-- Loose Ends Mr. Gebhardt called his biology class to order shortly after the lunch hour. Our special work this after- non, he said, will he cutting up and inspecting the inward work- ings of a frog. I have a frog here in my pocket to be used as a specimen. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a paper bag, shook its contents on the table, and out rolled a nice-looking ham sand- wich. Mr. Gebhardt looked at it, perplexed, scratched his head and muttered: Thnt's funny! KI dis- tinctly r e m e m b e r eating my lunch vw XVhy did it turn out this way? This week's predictions: XVeslaco over Mercedes 4 An- other district foe that MUST fall. Edcouch-Elsa to ease by Ray- mondville--Let's hold our breaths on this one. Mission over R.G.C.-A toss-up. That's all until next week, kids, but be back next week to see how much my average has risen. tl hope! 'l'lfll'l XIVESLACO I-ll-LIFE THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1952 ff ,As E ' , ' 11-1 D Ole VV.H.S. is postiively chuck full of gossip this week. I cruised around in my yellow Buick con- vertible over the weekend, and guess what I saw! Saturday night the Methodist hay ride drew many familiar and several strange couples. Some of the studes who went were JACK- IE and ELLEN, EVELYN and BOYD DAWSON, DAVID and NELLIE, NU and CHUCK- IE BOY, TERRY and KEN, JUDY MCMANUS and JAY KGAY was sickp, WILLARD HALL and MARY ELIZABETH tMcAllenl, JANE and CHARLES, KEITH and TERRY, MARGARET and TOMMY, SUE COPELAND and WARREN, COACH and MRS. LANE, MARY and DALE, and RALPH and CAROLINE. I saw MINTA and JACKIE burning around over the week- e'nd. MARY and JIMMY too. J. B. and MARIE, and RUTH ANN, UTOOTSIE BABY, and BILL were at the Drive-In. So were PATSY and ED. JOYCE and ED, what did you do Friday evening? JEANETTE and FRED went to league Sunday night. LYNNADELL C R O S B Y and WARD H. tlviercedesi went skat- ing Saturday night. Along with them went ZETTA BAUM and JOHNNY M O S I E R tMe'rcedesl. These foreigners! NANCY and J. V. have been to- gether more than just once over this weekend. You better look outg Twirp Week is getting even closer! I don't hear much from our group that somehow has a yen for M e r e c e d e s. How about t.hat, CHARLES, JOE and HOMA? You all should make more noiset?J Say, SUE, who asked you for a date over the weekend? Why didn't you give those College men a chance? JOYCE GODWIN, who is that boy I see you with all the time? Do you go steady? Cruising about, as I usually oc- cupy myself, I spotted PATSYE AKIN and it looked like a half dozen men or so-almost. Who are they, PATSYE? l If you were voting for Presi- dent of the United States whom would you choose? Here are some of the students' ,viewsz Charlie Mohle - t'Anyone but Tait. Shirley Norris - Ulke. I tl0n't like Truman! I Paula Sue Strong - I don't lthink anyone could have done beiter than Truman: I don't think we need a mlitiary man. 1 Joy Wiley - Eisenhower. He knows how to deal with political and military life. James Caston - Stassen. He'S just a good man. Many Holmes - Eisenhower. I wouldn't like the present presi- dent to get it. David Rogers - 'tBeing a good Democrat, Ild say Dewey. Keith Brown - Truman, He's U per Classes Hear Hell from Texas U. Johnny Goes a-Courting' was thc subject of a talk given by Dr. C. W. Hall, head of the Wesley Bible Chair at the University of Texas, in an assembly for juniors and seniors last Thursday morn- ing. Dr. Hall spoke to the students about dating and marriage. After he humorously defined marriage las a a young man's catching the 'young lady who has been chasing him, he advised students to con- sider their age, the other parent 'for their children, and religious environment before picking a mate. The assembly closed with the singing of the school song. Date of the week goes to JER- RY WILLIS and MAVIS ANN CHILDRESS! Say! What boy in VV.H.S. has That look on his face since someone left for college? Ha! Ha! Ha! So long till next week. 5 Eisenhower Wins n This Poll , ! Only Two True To Truman 1 President and knows all about it. Edith Stevens - 'll think GOV- ernor Warren should be Presi- ldent, because he has a wel'-eztnb' l I lished home life, and I like him. Lowery Garret -- Eisenhower, 'tI'd vote for anybody before I would vote for Truman. Marie L1-al - liisenhowcr. 'tile deserves to be President. lgnacia Garcia - Uliisenhowei' is a good man, and I think he should be President. Ixlva Munoz - MacArthur. I think he knows more about the situation of the world than any other man. Sidney Ruth Rankin - Eisen- hower. Anyone but Truman! --tVV.H.S.i- Ode to the Typewriter By at Victim Well, old thing, I guess you've won. l've tried and tried, but now l'm done. From your place you sneer at me. I'll get eveng you wait and see! Every day, your keys, they stickg For all the world they won't be quick. I peck away. Oops! Lost my place! Don't sneer at me with that hor- rid face. lYour spacer skips, your tab is old. i l I 1 Now, don't just sit there looking bold. We're finished-through. I'll have no more. Our friendships been an awful bore. lDedicated to all students who failed typing, as I did.i . ...-!W.H.S.i--- Skit by Rupert G'iven In Commercial Assembly A skit, arranged by Charles Ru- pert, was given in assembly yes- terday by the Commercial De- partment. Students of the typing, short- hand, and bookkeeping classes took part in the play, which hu- morously demonstrated the meth- ods of good and poor secretaries. The girls' sextet sang popular music at the end of the' program. THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952 March 4, are being made by Student Council members Fred Buss, Sue Clark, Ellen Kaufman, June Smith, and Jane Oehler, with the assistance of Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, school counselor, and Mrs. M. K. Stevenson, from the WVoman's Study Club. WHS Career Day Planned for Mar. 4 Through the combined ef- forts of the Student Council and the VVoman s Study Club, jun- iors and seniors of Weslaco High School will have a Career Day March 4 during Public Schools Week, March 2-8. Sen- ior classes from Mercedes, Don- na, and Edcouch-Elsa will be invited to attend. This project was discussed in an executive board meeting of the Student Council la s t Thursday after school. Mrs. M. K. Steven- son, president of the Woman's Study Club, was present and pre- sented several ideas for the pro- ject, which was suggested by the General Federation of Women's Clubs nation-wide movement to t'Build Freedom Through Youth. The purpose of this Career Day is to give students an op- portunity to look into the pro- fessions or trades that they wish to enter after graduation. An interest survey will be taken, and the number and type of professional C0llS.lllUllltS will be determined in this way. This Career Day provides an opportunity for adults and youth to work and plan together, stat- ed Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, school counselor. t'Career Day will be handled like many con- ventions, with a general session my Five Represent Y-Teens At Inter-Club Council Ideas for Sweetheart banquets and socials were discussed by the members of the Valley Y-Teen Inter-Club Council last Saturday morning in Mission. Members and their s p o n s o r representing the Y-Teens from Weslaco High were June Smith, presidentg Ginger Roberson, social chairmang Mary Waller, Ellen Kaufman, and Miss Martha Stall- ings, sponsor. The Y-Teens of Mission, who were hostesses, served lunch after the meeting adjourned. and then various discussion groups. A luncheon for the consultants and Student Council m e m b e r s will be he'ld March 4 at the home of Mrs. Harold Lehman of the Weslaco Woman's Study Club. At the executive meeting last Thursday, the following com- mittee chairmen were appoint- ed: publicity, Sue Clarkg pro- gram, June Smithg luncheon, E I l e n Kaufman, hospitality, Bob Knightg and correspond- ence, Jane Oehler. Mrs. Thomp- son and Mrs. Stevenson will act as advisers tor the student planning committees. -tW.H.S.Jl She: 'WVhere do all the bugs go in the winter? He: Search me. She: No, thanks. .lust wanted to know. Joy Wiley has been chosen by .ge senior high faculty as the scl.ool's 'Good Citizenn to be en- tered in the annual Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Pilgrimage contest. Ste was one of three senior girls elected by the Se ilor Class for faculty consideration. The other two girls were June Smith and .lane Oehler. Qualities considered in the elec- tion were dependability, service, leadeshfp, patriotism, and schol- arship. Joy will receive a Good Citi- zenship Certificate oi' award from the National Society of the D.A.R. and will be entered in the district contest. vvvvvvvvv X4 'cf' -ff 9 587.04 Raised in W.H.S. For March of Dimes A total of 587.94 was collected in VVeslaco High School for the March of Dime , according to J. Il. Akridge, principal. The Shorthand Class donated 310: the collection taken during assembly given by the commer- cial department netted 5819.213 and 357.83 was obtained from the March of Dimes Cards dis- tributed in classrooms. The Key Club and Y-Teens helped the city in various ways to collect donations. Proceeds from the Rotary- ltions basketball game held in the high school gym were 53106.- 23, Mr. Akridge said. , LQAAAAAAAAAAA THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952 e es aco 1- 1 e l Hey, kids, ii you really want to . h H d W I 5253: 522tS.es.at.uH:.?-Sill H9 GOT H'ST 6 l Ur GY- really clue you to the facts. Got He was 'illst a big' 'fhmfsy foumry boy' but urlonest Abel, your hearing aids tuned up? Well, let's get going! What page? Where's my book? Do you have any paper? Wesley Ryan asked these com- monly used expressions in the Commercial Department As- sembly last week. He really threw himself into the play. From the reactions of the audi- ence, the sldit was definitely a success. Watch itg there goes my mu- sic! Band kids could be seen scurrying over the City Park last Thursday night at a concert for tourists trying to round up their music. With the aid of clothespins to hold it in place, the show Went on at the scheduled time. Fred, who was the little birdie in The Hot Canary? Since it is so near Valentine's Day, the sixth period P.E. girls have really been practicing on archery: They seem to think the boy situation around W. H. S. is in a bad way and that Cupid needs some help from them. Better watch where you aim those arrows, girls. I didn't kill him! You can't make me confess! These cries could be heard in the auditorium last week. The Junior High School probably thought the police were giving someone the third degree. However, the speech class was only having tryouts for its one- act play. Hope there weren't any nervous breakdowns. Mysterious groups of kids can be seen clustered around trees and bushes or chasing things over the campus this week. These peo- ple act as though they had just escaped from an institution. Upon closer inspection, it was discov- ered that the biology classes were desperately trying to catch in- sects for their collections. had that certain Nsomethmg' that helps make a man great. Modesty, kindness, humility, integrity -- all these qualities he had, but one of his greatest traits was an insatiable hunger, for an education. Every book he could lay his hands on, he studied intently. Books were few for Abe. When he had a few moments, he read, many times by dim candlelight, because he had that fervent desire to better himself. We have access to any number of books. We have teachers who have spent years preparing themselves to help prepare us for the call of responsibility in life. We have practically every advantage for a good education dumped right into our laps! And what do We say about it? Oh, it's such a bore, a drudgery, a necessary evil in life's plan, many of us complain. Abe said, I must study and prepare myself so that I will be ready when the call comes. How are we going to meet that call? llet's think it over. Valley Weather Defies The Calendar The calendar says that it is winter, but in the Valley it's spring! If you've ,noticed the trees around the campus, you know that they are sprouting new leaves. And-have you observed the look in many students? eyes? You have? Do you know what it means? You don't!! It's love! Yes, love is sprouting out all toms are easily identified. over the campus, too. The symp- For instance, if you see students staring aimlessly into space with a crooked grin all over their faces, you know it's love! Spring is a little different this year, though, it's the' girls' turn to walk around in a daze. Yes, since it's leap year, the girls can fall under the spell of spring fever. Take off your coat, eevrybody! Spring is here! tUnless a norther blows in.J Did you notice those blue and gold ribbons that were be- ing sported around the cam- pus last Thursday? The twenty charter members oi' the Nation- al Honor Society received them in an imprrssive candlelight ceremony conducted by the San Benito Chapter of VV.H.S. The WVeslaco High School kids real y did appreciative the San Benito Chaptc-r's installing the new members. The seniors have been 'track- ing their brains on ijeas to make money for their trip. The Cen- tral Committee, to plan the work. met with the Senio' Class moth ers and planned the campaign to earn money. ,You can buy your candy from tleem at haskcthvll games. Ag Classes Preparing For Coming Contests The agriculture classes are now preparing for the District FJ .X Leadership Contest on Febramry 2, in which 20 teams are entering. Four of these teams are then to go on to the state conte't. Me - bers of the Agriculture ll class are going to make up the Napier conducting team, which will take up parliamentary procedure .1 -the contest. I The project of the whale clrss ,at this time is the ll'l'lSf21.l0l ol' their cotton land, uhlch is tl In planted about If'eTiruary 255. l Some boys are now buildizig feed boxes for tl eir calves for u e :xt the Mercedes Livestock Show. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952 O -. -Q:-1 . va-1 ' 1' 4 : ' ' :J- 'f2Z' ' 292932 . Zg2g.f2rI:Jf13'2fZ'2-.-I-.'Za-.'.-.-.-tffftkmslliiz.-.42.6-I-:-:es...-.-1-1-:-'-'-' The juniors downed two more foes last week to once again add to their wins. This time they defeated Brownsville Tech 42 to 19 and Mission 37 to 19 and thus stretched their consecutive lVillS to twelve games. Win them all, fellows. The total points for the juniors thus far this year is 423, while their op- ponents have scored only 231. The B-team once again barely eked out a win, this time over the Donna B-team by a score of 36 to 20. Keep up the good work and win the tournament in Mercedes, fellows. The high-scoring P a n t h e r s took a firmer grasp on the Dis- trict 32-AA title last week by defeating Mission 57 to 28 and the stubborn Mercedes Tigers 44 to 27. The Panthers have to win only two of the four re- maining district games to be- come champions and get to at- tend the Regional Tournament at Victoria. Keep winning, Pan- thers. Tow, if Chief Knuckle-Head's cranium is not swelled too tight from making 1.000 on last week's predictions, he will bring up to Panthers Still Lead In District 32 AA Defeat of Mercedes Friday Night Virtually Clinches Championship The Weslaco Panthers won their eighth district victory in a row by defeating Mercedes last Friday 44 to 27. Mercedes held Weslaco on even terms for the first three periods, but in the last quarter the Panthers scored 20 points while holding Mercedes to 4. The first half of the game was slow in scoring, and the halftime' score stood at 11 to 11. The third quarter found both :teams hitting the baskets, but the Panthers held a 24 to 23 lead at the end of the third quarter. Weslaco found the spark in the fourth quarter and piled up the points. date on his scoring average. This brings his average thus far for this season up to .75O. Now, be- fore his head swells again, he will bring you last week's scores and this week's predictions. Last week's scores: Weslaco 44, Mercedes 27-The Tigers Hplayed high over their heads. Edcouch-Elsa 37, Raymondville 27-Closer than expected!!! Mission 44, R.G.C. 8 - Both iteams have improved. This week's predictions: XVeslaco over R.G.f'. - Watch yourselves, PANTHERS. Donna to ease by Mission- Here's hoping!!! Mercedes over Edc0uch-Elsa- Not an easy victozy, though. i 4 The Fighting Five almost certainly cinched the District SZAA championship last Friday night when they defeated the Mercedes Tigers 44-27 in the second round of conference play. Rig .lim Swinnea centers the picture and the team. On his right are Charlie Mohle and llon Beatty: and on his le-ft, lien t'o'mk and Bob Mclntosh. ! E i l l i I r I 1 All the Panthers kept Mercedes pretty well in check during the game, but Charles Mohle was conceded to be outstanding player of the game. Mohle racked up 14 points and was getting rebounds off both baskets. Jim Swinnea, with 11 points, was also getting his share of rebounds. Pepe San- chez was the high point man for Mercedes with 9 and was closely followed by C. W. Roe, who made 8. The Mission Eagles were the victims of the Panthers' seventh district win Tuesday of last week by a score of 57 to 28. At one time during the first quarter Wes- laco had a 14 to 2 lead, but Mis- sion cut it down to 18 to 10. Mis- sion never did really threaten af- ter that. The halftime score stood at 31 to 13. During the second half Weslaco continued scoring, and Coach Dahlberg put in his scrubs, who di-il well. Five Wes- laco players had just about the same number of points. .lim Swinnea led with 11, Charles Mohle had 9 and Bob Knight, Ken Cook, and Bob Mclntosh 8 each High point man for Mission was No.0 Cavasos, wlzo had 9. ---4w.H.s.ii Roberstn Discusses Banking at Key Club O1-dell Roberson gave a talk on banking to members of the' Key Club in their meeting last week. The other gtest from the Kiwa- nis Club was Walter Baxter. Plans are being made for a bar- becue to make money for the Key Club Convention to be held in thlczi o in the near future. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1952 Money Ain't Hay When GalsDMust Pay! TWIRP-that means The Wom- an Is Required to Pay, or in good old English, the girls ask for, make all arrangements for, and pay for all dates during a design- ated time'. Sounds fascinating doesn't it? Your busy beaver reporter, on the job till the end, has gathered the following opinions from W. H. S. frequenters: Shirley Ermel- It's okay some- times. It all depends on how much I have to spend. 3 Tommy McMann- This ought to be encouraged. Comer Baxter - This should turn out very interestingly. Allie Aldridge - I guess it's' one of the necessities of every girl's life. After all-how can I catch a man any other Way? lik. Gebhardt,- I like it, and I also think every year should be leap year. Frances Lasiter-'Turn about's fair play. Kay and Judy - 'Alt gives US poor mistreated girls a chance. Pat Kaufman - I only wish there was some way to make sure the girls have the money. Coach Dahlberg- I think it's a good idea. Girls should pay all the expenses and find out how it is on the boys. Julia Sleeth- NOW look Whois going to have to worry about be- ing asked for a date! Mr. Akridge - What do you think Leap year land twirp sea- sonl is for if it isn't for bachelors to get hooked? Jerry Gilmore - I guess it's pretty good. Myrna Cook-Yea, I like it, but it'll make me go broke. Ginger Roberson-It's fine, but the way Charlie eats-Oh, gosh! 1 . ' FT B ,, VVell, you lucky people, here's the latest and lowdown on the lovelife in W.H.S. The Mercedes basketball game was the scene of many heart throbs last Friday night. Seen there were DON and JO ELLEN, B A R B A R A and TOMMY Mc- MANN, and PATSY and ED. Cruising around after the game were' JACKIE and ELLEN and WARREN and SUE MCALPIN. Oh, oh!! Has anybody noticed J UNE giving s o m e o n e that certain look? Just watch as JOE WAT- SON passes. In the younger set, we find heartbreak, too. MINTA and JACKIE TATE have broken up. Say MINTA, who is that little boy that you've been making eyes at lately? Together Friday night were BILLY RAY and MAVIS ANN. These new girls get around. JAY and GAY and JUDY and KAY tor vice versa! were seen at the show in McAllen. DAVID and NELLIE were also there. If you are wondering why DORA SUE seems to be in a daze, some say WARREN is the an- swer. Could be! MABEL GARRETT was with MORRIS BINGHAM three' times over the weeld-end. That's a lot of each other's company! ALLIE was with DONALD Fri- day. ALLIE, please make up your mind. Tennis Teams Try Strange Strategy There is more in tennis than meets the mind! For instance, what would you do on a tennis court with your partner, the required tennis rack- ets, and balls? Play tennis, you say? How dull! The first period P.E. class has invcnte'd something w o r t h an- nouncing. But, after discussing it, the girls decided not to tell every- one. You see, the school board might use the idea and save mon- ey by not buying so many diffe'r- ent kinds of sports equipment. On the other hand, if the school board s av es money on sports ey to buy more books. If there wgre more books, what excuse would we haverfor 'sitting with our neighbor? Howeverffthis would benefit the' teachers, who are constantly calling down stu- dents who are sitting together, reading together, and - talking together. Loose Ends His wife asked him to copy down a radio recipe. He did his best, but got two radio stations at once. This is what he wrote down: Hands on hips, place one cup of flour on your shoulder, raise knees and depress toesg mix thoroughly in one-half cup of milk, repeat six times. Inhale quickly one-half teaspoon of 5 Nosey Newshound Finds Activities Practical experience is being ,obtained in the bookkeeping 'class which is keeping books for R. R. Dean, a wholesale grocer. The typing classes are also llo o k i n g toward the future by learning to type business letters. The Homemaking classes are very proud of their new electric 'hot water heater which the school has bought. The first-year girls are at present studying house' planning: Home Ec. Il is discus- sing and preparing foodg and the Ythird year group are considering :personal grooming. i Among projects being finished equipment, it might use the,rnon:,A ,iby the girls' household mechanics lclass are serving trays by Lowery Garrett, Velda Leeper, and Vir- lginia Vernon, a floor lamp by Pat Lasiterg and a wooden handle for a kfnitting bag by Sidney Ran- kin, who is also refinishing a serving tray. The class will begin leather projects soon, each girl making a key case and a leather book. baking powderg lower the legs and mash six hardboiled eggs in a sieveg exhale, breathe na- . turally, and sift in a bowl. At- tention! Lie on the floor and roll in the white of two eggs I backward and forward until it comes to a boil. In ten minutes remove from the fire and rub smartly with a rough towel. Breathe naturally, dress in warm flannels, and serve with tomato soup. Q THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1-1, 1952 Poetry ls But Love's xpression- T I Love Myself ls One Confession He says to her With blackened eye. 'tl'lease, let me live. Oh. sweetie pie. If the people mentioned in the following Valentine love l'?l l poems will tlizest them without 5 ll hoard in hand, l shall begin: l I love you: N Bob to Patiu l lhmk NO11'1'e Sweet- 1fWhy do they fight all the time7J The only trouble is- l 1 Shes really mine. Youye got big' feet. .loy to Jimmy tGee! look at the rest of himll 1 Sl'1e's really sweet, . . . She promised me Re my wife. Oh. please be mine. t Hut don't expect A A valentine. Buster to Sue , A valentine, .lavkie to Ellen fllid she, boy7l ' He's long and tall lXYe Can't afford itll 1 Youre my love: And klinda-well. l think you're dandy- Q Cute, and bashful. M? -Qfnerdml only . l l like him swell. Xl here s my candy? l M v , N , Vaaroline to Ralph l Nollw to Dfwlfl tN0 offense. plegisf-it 1 1t'an't you just see him hlushll He loves her trueg He never knocks her. But you should see Their messed-up locker. Ken and Terry tlt's number 79.3 This Valentine Shows my affection 'l'o you, my dear- My own reflection. Mr. Akridge to Mr. Akridgr- ll know who's expelled nowll On all occasions Where girls there are. You're sure to find His old guitar. Nu to f'llut'kie tHe goes with itll THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1952 Come on, now, put away all those comic Valentines you got to- day, and let's burn a r o u n d W.H.S. and dig up some dope. First off, our heartiest con- grats to Dale Hughes, who was presented as Weslaco Y-Teen Sweetheart at the annual Sweetheart dance last Saturday night in Mercedes. Dale, did Mary finally get that glittery crown on your head, and what happened to your speech? The kids that zoomed to Min- eral Wells last week for the band and choral club clinic really did have a lot to tell us when they returned. Donald, what was the matter? Why did you and Evan Dale forget to check out of the hotel? Sweets for the sweet! Buy some candy! The Seniors were giving their best sales talks last Monday trying to sell the candy they made to earn money for their trip. We hear you are going to have a rummage sale, too. These kids are really working. Attention, Seniors! Take a walk down the hall to the water foun- tain by the office door and peer at the b u l le t i n board? What's that? What are we loking for? You seniors had better get a move on and put the number of invi- tations you want by your names on the lists. You better not forget! A few studes were seen gulp- ing their food and shagging back to school in a hurry last Friday at noon. Upon snoopin' around we uncovered the first meeting of the National Honor Society at W.H.S. What am Ilgoing to wear? Do you think this hat will do? No, there isn't going to be a style' show around here. It's only the Choral Club girls trying to decide on what to wear to the opera this weekend. We know you are go- ing to have a good time in San Antonio. The Weslaco H:-Life Even Editors Wax Poetic C!! ! Roses are red, Violets are blue, Sugar is sweet, . And so are you. Grandpa probably quoted these familiar lines to Grandma as he handed her a dainty bouquet of blossoms when he Went sparking on St. Valentine's Day. When Mom and Pop were courting in those H23-skiddoo days, the popular refrain accompanying a pretty Valentine box of candy was Sweets to the sweet. Hurryg Off with the lid! 7 Mm! The candy is scrumptious, - Hut, oh, you kid! As the era of the blazers and peg-top pants fades, the bold, bobby-sox beaus of today grace the scene. No blossoms nor boxes of candy come from these gay Galahads. They unselfishly give THEM- SELVES with such passionate ditties as My shot-rod is gasless. VVith my money I'm tight, ' But' I'll be glad to come over , 'J For T.V. tonight. Here's u Double Borgoin! Valentines! Valentines! They are a token of love! If the fact that people who are in love lose their appetites is true, then many WVJ-I.S. students are in love. Yes, we must have that problem, because the cafeteria is losing trade. This year the cafeteria has been operating differently from pre vious years. Instead of sell-ing cold drinks and candy, milk and a balanced diet of food have been offered each day. However, students have failed to support the cafeteria as Well as they should. Grady Hester, superintendent, made' this statement The cafeteria is self-sustaining and must have the students' support to maintain the standard of food that is being served. Mr. Hester said that although fewer students have eaten at the cafeteria because of the recent warm weather, the overhead remains the same. Mr. Hester urges the students to eat at the school, where they will get meat, vegetables, and milk every day. Besides being nourishing, the meals are served at the nominal fee of 30 cents. It's up to us to support the cafeteria. The challenge has been put before us. Let's accept our responsibility! The Green and Gold Band has been invited to march in one of the parades at Charro Days in Brownsville. This parade will go into Matamoros this year. The hand kids had better get the corn plasters ready after that long march. The F.F.A. boys are excited about attending the livestock show in San Antonio this Week- end. Weslaco is going to be Well represented in that town. Wish 3 ll of us could go! The Homemaking II girls served a dinner for the school board members, their wives, ad- ministrative officials, and their wives last week. The food and decorations were prepared by the girls. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1952 'e'i 5 P Changes in Rotary Rattlers 60-37 The Weslaco Panthers came within one short thrust of cap- turing the district crown last Friday night by downing the Rio Grande City five by the count of 60-37 on the Rattler home court. The Rattlers started fast, tak- ing a 12-10 lead at the one-quarter mark. Then the Panthers surged ahead with McIntosh and Swin- nea leading the way. By the end of the half, Weslaco held a 22-16 margin, which was widened be- fore starting the final period by a count of 41-23. Ernest Vela lengthened his in- dividual scoring leadership by dropping 17 points through the hoop for the Rattlers. Joe Collins and Don Kaigler each hit for 8. Swinnea and Mclntosh led Wes- laco, both getting 15. Mohle trail- ed close' behind with 10. VVeslaco will take on the Don- na Redskins tomorrow night under the lights at Donna. Don- na will be led by August Weise and Dick Marshall. The Panthers p l a y e d Ed- cuch-Elsa last Monday night. Since the I-II - LIFE went to press before the game was played, the sco re cannot be given. -iCW.H.S.J- Bohmtalk Explains Rotary Awards Dr. Stanley Bohmfalk spoke at a senior class meeting Wednesday of last week about the Rotary awards, which are 3550 scholar- ships for one boy and one girl chosen from the Senior Class by the school. At the same meeting June Smith was chosen to represent VVeslaco High School as a Duch- ess of the Lantana Coronation of 1952 at A. and I. College during their annual festival March 14-15. The Baptist Church will give a semi formal banquet for the grad- uating class on Thursday eve- ning, February 21, a n n o u n c e d Jimmy Swinnea, president of the Senior Class. A WGTCTS AHDOUDCGC! Changes in the nature and time of the annual Rotary award to two seniors and also in the rules governing the award have been made by the Board of Directors of the Rotary Club on recommenda- tion of the club's Youth Service Committee. From now on, instead of awarding a watch or some other lasting gift to the Rotary Boy and Rotary Girl, a S50 cash scholarship will be given to each. H owever, the awards will be made only after the students have shown authoritative evidence that they have en- rolled in a college, university, or business school. Buss Chosen Prexy Of Honor Society Fred Buss, junior, was elected president of the Weslaco Chapter of the National Honor Society in a meeting last week, according to Mrs. Irene Robertson, sponsor. Other officers chosen are Char- les Rupert, vice presidentg Julia Sleeth, secretaryg Ninfa Cardona, treasurerg Carole Sawyer, histor- iang and Jimmy Swinnea, Student Council representative. Mrs. Robertson gave a copy of the society's constitution to each member for examination. The constitution will be explained at the next meeting. Society pins were discussed, but no definite action was taken. Tennis Teams Take Mercedes Match The Weslaco tennis teams won their first match of the year by defeating Mercedes last week. Wesley Ryan beat Roy Don Lynch 7-5, 9-73 Jerry Willis out- classed Lawler 6-2, G-43 while Dale Waddell lost to H. B. Rogers 6-1. 4-6, 2-6. In the doubles match Wesley and J. L. Akridge played Dennis Clifford and Bobby Jack Grantland. The score was tied one set each when the teams agreed to quit. The boys are getting ready for the Falfurrias Heart's Delight Tennis Tournament. Trophies will be given to winner and run- ner-up in each division, and the Heart's Delight Challenge Award will be given the team with the highest number of points served in the tournament. In order to qualify as a candi- date for the scholarship, a stu- dent must announce his candi- dacy in writing to the high school principal, the deadline this year being March 1. ' Shortly before the end of the school year, the high school fac- ulty will select three senior boys and three senior girls from the candidates. Qualifications to be considered by the faculty are ex- tra curricular activities, citizen- ship, cooperativeness, personal- ity, and scholarship. In addition, the candidates should exemplify the Rotary motto, Service Above Self. Later, in assembly, the princi- pal will again mention the Rotary scholarship awards, explain the qualifications of candidates, and announce the nominations made by the' faculty. Immediately thereafter the student body will select one boy and one girl from the nominees. No time will be given for the students to election- eer for any person. In addition to the S550 scholar- ship awards, the names of those receiving them wlil be inscribed on a bronze plaque already placed in the high school building. Each student receiving the award will be given a smaller plaque with his name, year of presentation, and qualities required of candi- dates. -tW.H.S.l- Membership Drive Begun by Stamp Club The Stamp Club is having a membership campaign to increase its enrollment. Each old member is to get at least one new mem- ber, according to Comer Baxter, president. Plans to enter the McAllen Sports and Hobby show were made at the regular meeting of the Stamp Club Tuesday. 'PHE WESLACO Hl-LIFE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1952 1 Y' Yglg Dear Diary Well, here's your old Snooper again with lots of news about the love life in W.H.S. There is so much, I hardly know where to start. Seen at the show Friday night were ED and PATSY and ALLIE and J. C. Can't you make up your mind, ALLIE? While cruising around Friday night, I saw WAYNE and MARY CATHERINE and BILLY RAY and MAVIS ANN. Could this be a new romance, MAVIS? This younger generation surely does get around. It seems that CHARLOTTE MARSHALL held a slumber party. MARY and MIN- TA CLARK, JOAN COUCH, ANN SMITH, LILA WADDELL, MAR- THA COATS, VIVIAN ELSTON, and many others attended. Were you stopped for disturbing the peace while riding around in that pick-up? There also seems to be a new romance blooming in the younger generation. Is this right, CARL GENTRY and MARTHA COATS? The big event happened last Saturday night. This was the joint banquet of the VVeslaco and Mercedes Y-Teens. Couples at- tending the banquet from Wes- laco were BOB and PATIA, JUNE and DEL, BOB and EVELYN, A. C. and EDITH, FRED and JULIA, DALE tsweetheartl and MARY, CHARLIE and NU , JACK and ELLEN, WARREN and BAR- BARA, GENE and FRANCES, PATSY and RICHARD iEdcouchl, NORMAN and PAT, KEN and TERRY, DAVID and DILLIE, JACKIE and MYRNA, ED and PATSY, DON and JO ELLEN, JIMMY and PATSYE, BUBBA and DORA SUE, CHARLES and MARY ANN tMercedesl, and KENETH and JACKIE CMerce- desl. NANCY AWWILLER and J. V. ADAMS tMercedesl were togeth- er over the weekend. Is this get- ting to be a habit? JOHNNY MOYER had a party over the week-end. Did you have fun, BILL MALONE, GINNY, JOHNNY, and DIANE? AAAAAAJQIAAAAA Aunt Beulah Offers Valentine Advice Now listen, all you chillens, Tcause ah'm gona give you some hints on how to get yo' man nex' Valentine's Day. It'll work, Ah knows - I's done tried it on Sambo! First ya eat all o' dat candy- Gain about twenty pound: Always keep dat temper handyg Treat dat man just like a hound! Never wear a smile, Act like you's mad! Wear a face long as a mile, An always take yo' dad! tOn yo' dates, that ish When yo, date is at eight Jes' run around de place' Until you is good and late. Jes watch dat man's face! tHe, Hel An I done tol' ya, gals, An if ya take my add-vice You'll follow dat man both day 'n night. Why, soon I'll be a-throwin' ' rice! Ha, Ha tAt someone else, that is. Not youlll 444444444444 Choir Group leaves Saturday for Opera Approximately forty members of the choir who are going to at- tend the opera in San Antonio this weekend plan to hit the sack early Friday night in order to arise at 5 o'clock Saturday morning. The group will leave on a'ETA The group will leave on a school bus accompanied by Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, director, Mrs. Frank Koester, Mrs. Henry Otto, Mrs. Frank Yoder, NV. J. Bach, Dr. Wil- liam Kitchell, Al Forman, and R. T. Gray. Lunch will be eaten at Christie's on Saturday, and the choir- willstay, at the Bluebonnet Hotel Saturday and Sunday. The operas to be seen Saturday night are I Pagliacci, and'Caval- leria Rustic-ana. A The group will return Stinday afternoon. -CW.H.S.l- JANE, who met you when you came home from, Mineral Wells? Could it have been CHARLES'?'?'? Hughes Announced Y-Teen Sweetheart Dale Hughes was presented as Weslaco Y-Teen Sweetheart at the annual Sweetheart banquet and dance held by the Mercedes and Weslaco Y-Teens Saturday night in the dining room of the El Som- brero Cafe. Dale was given a billfold with his name, Y-Teen Sweetheart, and the year. He was elected by secret ballot in a meeting last week. Other candidates were Warren Stansbury, Gene Rose, and A. C. Fuller. Weslaco was in charge of the banquet program, consisting of a tap dance by Niki Lettunich, a song by June Smith, and a ver- sion of The Lighthouse' Keeper's Daughter, by David Rogers, Fred Buss, Del Eaton, and Charlie Mohle. Mercedes gave the dance floor show, and their Sweetheart, Bobby Jack Grantland, was pre- sented with a banner and gift. In keeping with the Valentine motif, the room was decorated with red bougainvillea, hearts, and crepe paper streamers. Doily place cards and programs served as mementos of the occasion. A total of 120 people attended this banquet and dance. --lW.H.S.l-- Literature Class Has Lincoln Program Feb. 12 The first-period American liter- ature class observed Lincoln's birthday last Tuesday with a Lin- coln program. A sketch of Linco1n's personal life was given by Patsy Akin, and Ralph Montgomery d i s c u s s e d briefly his political career. Fred Buss then related several ance- dotes about Lincoln, and Patsy Hank,al reviewed s o m e of his greatest speeches. The f'Gettys- burg Address was recited by Pat Kaufman. D e w a y n e' Rutledge gave a description of the Lincoln Memorial 'in Washington, D. C., illustrating his talk with pictures. Edwin Markham's poem Lin- coln, the Man of the People,- was recited by Carol Sawyer. The playing of an album of rec- ords, The Lonesome Train, con- cluded the program. THE WVESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1952 Bensen Challenges 1 College, Career, Days A ' Y To Be Held in WHS. In Assembly Talk Yon are the America of to- morrow. Thus began Dr. Geo. S. Benson, president of Harding College, in his talk, Today's Challenge to American Youth, lnefore the senior high school students in a s s e m b ly la s t Thursday. Dr. Benson volunteered for missionary work in China in 1925 and has since lived under fifteen foreign flags. Having seen many countries bow to totalitarian rule I eciuse not enough people would fight to preserve their freedoms, he was more certain than ever upon his return to the United States that the secret of American prosperity was to be found in her freedoms. An imaginary jet plane was used by Dr. Benson to take VV. H. S. students on a tour. Stops were made in China, the Rus- sian border, Switzerland, and England before returning to the United States. China has no freedom for individual op- portunity because of banditry and lawlessness, Dr. Benson said. In Russia, since the gov- ernment owns all the indus- tries and farms, 'the people have no hopes or dreams, for there is no f r e e d 0 in of individual opportunity. Switzerland offers a sharp con- trast to China and Russia, the speaker declared, for they are the richest and happiest people in Europe, the reason being that they do have freedom of indivi- cl ual opportunity. In England standards of living have been low- ered the last six years, because at the end of World War II the gov- elnment took over the industries and supplies, thus lessening the freedom fort-individual opportun- ity. Dr. Benson-'then cited stat- istics to show the prosperity of the llnited States. The United States has more national income than any other six countries: it educates more people than the rest of the world, and its people drive four times as many automobiles, he The Weslaco High Student Council will be host to seniors from Elsa-Edcouch, Donna, and Mercedes schools on College Day Thurs- iay, February 28, and on Career Day, Tuesday, March 4, according to Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, school counselor. On College Day representatives from colleges throughout Texas will meet with the students to discuss the colleges. This conference, which will be held only in the afternoon, will open with a general assembly: then the students will go to rooms to talk to the represen- fative from the school of their choice. f 77777 v VVVVVTY WHS Green 'n' Gold Band ,To March in Parade The 1Veslaeo Green and Gold Band will march in a Charro Days parade to m orrow at Brownsville. The band will ex- ecute some of its new maneu- vers during the parade. For the first time, the parade will terminate in Matamorosg thus a long march is expected. Band busses will leave VVes- laco about 9 o'clock Friday morning 'and will return before 4 p.m., Gene Braught, band di- rector, stated. YVVVVVVVVVVV' Rupert Chosen Prexy Of '52-'53 Key Club Next year's Key Club officers were elected at the February 12 meeting in the Home Economics room. -The officers were as follows: President, Charles Rupertg vice president, Ken Cook: secretary, Fred Buss. lt was decided that the Key Clubbers will serve at the Kiwa- nis Chuck Wagon Supper March 2. told the group. XVe ought to thank God every day for what we have, he declared. Our faith in God, our representative constitutional government, and our great productive economy are the things which bring us our blessings. .. Youth should keep faith in the American way of life, work together, dream together, and go on raising the standard of living. Dr. Benson concluded. l l I A whole day will be devoted to f'Career Day, ' Mrs. Thompson stated. Career Day is for both students who plan to enter col- lege and those who expect to find jobs after graduation. Consultants from universities, colleges, and business colleges, as well as lead- ers in the field of agriculture, business, commerce, the military service, and the trades and crafts will speak to the students about the advantages and disadvantages of their professions. The Wome-n's Study Club will be hostess to the consultants, Stu- dent Council members, and spon- sors in a luncheon at the home of Mrs. Harold Lehman on Career Day. Letters are being sent to the parents of the juniors and sen- iors of Weslaco inviting them to take part in both 'Career Day and 'iCollege Day. --tW.H.S.J- Choral Group Mixes Pleasure, Business Droopy-eyed, but not undaunt- ed, members of the Choral Club who attended the opera last week- end returned to school Monday morning after a fun-filled trip to San Antonio. More than one purpose was ac- complished by this trip. They heard two operas, had fun, ant. the officers had an event-packed meeting on the bumpy ride home. The officers voted to hold a rummage sale Saturday to help raise money for the robe fund. Also to help acquire the nee'ded money, they decided to give a concert April 9, and charge S1 for main floor seats, and 50 cents for balcony seats. It was also decided to let each student purchase a folder for his music for practice and concert. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1952 Hop aboard the sagebrush spe- cial for a bustling buzz around the campus with your sleepy col- umnist. That late cramming for six weeks' tests does it every time. Have you heard the news? Jane Oehler was elected to rep- resent the Senior Class at the Jane and Joe Dance in Edin- burg. We know you'll make a good one, Jane. The seniors also decided to wear purple gowns when they receive their diplomas this year. What a day that's going to be! Did you know how drums or- iginated? Well, the lucky kids that went to the paid assembly last week found out and plenty more things too. Bobbie Robert- son beat out some hot numbers. Billy Boyd surely looked inter- ested during the drum exhibitions. Some tired, but very gay Choral Club members were seen holding their eyelids up with toothpicks last Monday. From the tales of their weekend trip to the opera in San Antonio, they must have had a time of their life. How did that bus ride, kids? Hey there, Seniors! Better get out that box of Christmas sta- tionery and write a letter to J. L. Akridge, principal, if you want to compete for the Rotary Award. Remember, you only have till the end of February to submit your letter. All right, 1et's take that again. Are you wondering what's up? Well, if you heard some solid music coming from the band house last week, the only explanation is that the orchestra was rehearsing. It really sounds smooth. Say, was his talk interesting? I really enjoyed it. These re- marks could be heard around the halls after the informative talk by Dr. Benson, president of Harding College, Searcy, Arkan- The Weslaco H1-Life Under The White Wig, Red Hair! February 22-What special day is that? Your birthday? A school holiday? Never!! It's George Washington's birthday! We have all read and heard about George Washington since we were little kiddies. For instance, everyone is familiar with the com- ment he made when his father asked him if he cut down the cherry tree. We know, too, that he crossed the Delaware on the ice on Christmas Day and defeated the British. ' However, there are some personal details about the great man that few of us know. George Washington grew to a height of 6 feet 3 inches, just one inch shorter than Abraham Lincoln. He weighed 220 pounds and had oversize feet and hands. Did you know that? Most people don't. The Father of our Country had bright red hair! In all his pictures and in descriptions of him, his white wig is seen. Actual- ly Wlashington was not too proud of his hair and was probably glad that it was customary for the gentlemen to wear wigs. Our first President was modern for his day in at least one aspect. It may seem strange to us, but George Vlfashington owned one of the' first sets of false teeth. Yes, he was given one of the early models, which were connected and controlled by a spring. The teeth would automatically snap shut if he relaxed his mouth for a second! Need- less to say, he often became provoked with these dreadful dentures. VYhy do we tell you these things? To detract from Wash- ing'ton's graetness? Not at all: it's just to show you that this great man who was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen was also a very human person. Graduation Plans Being Discussed Plans for Commencement and sas, last week. We certainly did appreciate Dr. Benson's speaking to us. Edith Stevens and Nell Glynn Koester, F. F. A. Sweethearts, represented the Weslaco chap- ter of the F.F.A. at a banquet in Donna last night for the se- lection of the district sweet- heart. Wie heard you looked very pretty, girls. Were you nervous? Gen Ballard, '51 graduate of W. H. S., headed the all-star stage revue when the San Marcos Air force presented its show last Fri- day. She sang three solos in the six-act revue. Gen is a freshman at Southwest Texas State Teach- ers College and majoring in mu- sic. Nice going, Gen. --lW.H.S.l-- He: May I hold your Palm- olive? She: Not on your Lifebuoy! He: I guess l'm out of Lux. She: Yes. ivory foamed. f Pony Express Sweetwater, Tex.l Baccalaureate services Were dis- cussed recently at a meeting of the Senior Class officers, class sponsors, Grady Hester, superin- tendent of schools, and J. L. Ak- ridge, principal. Other plans for graduation were discussed at a Senior Class meet- ing Thursday of last week. The seniors voted to march single file at commencement in alphabetical order. The g r o u p also decided to wear purple gowns and have white tassels on the caps. Jane Oehler was elected to rep- resent the Senior Class at a Jane and Joe dance sponsored by the Freshman Class of Pan-American College in Edinburg February 23. She is to choose her own Joe, THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1952 Essay Contest Open To W.H.S. Students An essay contest for high school students is being sponsor- ed by the local Kiwanis Club, ac- cording to the Rev. C. I. Kelly, chairman of the t'Boy and Girl committee of the club. . The purpose of the contest, in which a S30 cash prize is to be given for the best essay, is to re- view the history of American democracy and to show that it was built on strong moral and spiritual basis. The essays, which may range in length from 750 to 1000 words, are to be completed by April 1. A complete set of rules and reg- ulations concerning the contest, and a suggested list of topics may be read on the bulletin board in Room 12 or Room 2. --cw.H.s.u1 Deliberation Delayed By David's Downfall There was a sudden clatter, a deathly silence, and then Mr. Ak- ridge calmly stated, One less Student Council member. Yes, it was last Tuesday. The ambitious Student Council was m e e t i n g in the auditorium as usual. The sun was brightly shining fThis has nothing to do with the story, but it sou nds goodl. The me'eting was being carried on with its usual grace and ease when suddenly out of a clear blue sky, David Rogers' seat suddenly left the group of seats and joined tlie floor. As David peered up from his recumhent position with a rather amazed look on his face, Mr. Ak- ridge calmly stated One less Student Council member. It seems that one of the seats in the auditorium broke! Both Panthers, Pantiverettes Become District Champions I Weslaco Quintet Keeps Perfect Record, Looks Toward Regionals After defeating the Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets Monday and the Donna Redskins Friday of last week, the Purple Panthers now have a clear field ahead for the District 32AA crown. Only one game away from the Regional Tournament, the Weslaco cagers have a per- fect district record, with no losses. ' Monday of last week the Purple Cats smacked the Edcouch-Elsa Yellowjackets down with a score of 46-24. The Jackets startedithe ball rolling and led. through the half. Midway time score was 18-1.4 in Edcouch-E'lsa's favor. Following the half, the' Panthers made a terrific comeback paced by big Jim Swinnea, who scored 21 points and took high-point place. Bob McIntosh and Don Beatty were fol- low-ups with 9 points each. Feature Writer Can Always Say- I What if- ! Seniors weren't trying to earn money for their trip to Bandera? The Y-Teens didn't give the football and sweetheart banquets? - There were twice as many boys in W.H.S. as girls? tWait, girls, I said What if? l Charlie couldn't sing and play the guitar? Dillie didn't own a top locker? tKeithl W.H.S. had no steadies? Girls never fussed about show- ering in P.E.? The Junior Class wasn't pre- paring for the .lunior-Senior han- quet? Bobbie Stahl was six feet tall? James Bray wasn't always talk- ing? The eighth grade girls didn't sing in P.E.? Students really studied? iPar- donll Margie Wills had black hair? Dorothy Bagwell didn't make ihose witty remarks? Fred were always on time? Mrs. Thompson didI1't Stand in the hall between classes? We had no schools? Everyone in W.H.S. bought a HI-LIFE? fDon't faint, staff: it's iust a good thought!! The Purple and White boys rolled on in their triumph by de- feating their one last threat, the Donna Redskins, to the tune of 46-38. The game got off to a quick start with Weslaco scoring the first point. The Panthers held a safe margin throughout the game. Halftime saw Weslaco in the lead 26-14. Don Beatty and Jim Swinnea were tied for high-point men with 13 points each. Runners-up in the scoring were Dick Marshall. Donna forward,-and August Weise, Donna center, with 10 each. During the game three of Donna's men fouled out, sure proof of a hard-fought game. Tuesday night the Panthers played the Raymondville Bear- cats. --tW.H.S.l- 21 New Members Added To G.A.A. in Initiation Twenty-one new members of G.A.A. were informally initiated Tuesday. New members wore blue jeans, white shirts, and white caps, and carried miniature bats and balls. Plans were made for this initia- tion in a business meeting last Friday. Patsy Akin was appointed to Stahl to plan an Intramural Tour- nament. i' Student Council representative, Ginger Roberson, urged members to attend the flag raising cere- mony every Monday morning. plan a Fun night and Bobbie, THE VVESLACO HI-l,lI4'lC THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1952 Dear Diary, Ah! What fun! This weekend, your nosyt??l reporter has been kept plenty busy trying to see everyone at once! Having a good time dancing to the famous piece, 'tMi Cafeta1, by Carlos Gonzalez Orchestra, were the following, who were seen at the Senior Barn Dance': IDA and CHICO tDonnaJ, LUCINDA and NOE, ESMERALDA and ALFRE- D0 ROGERS tDonnal, EMELIA and TONY, ADELINA and TO- MAS, ELIA and TINO, SULEMA and REYNALDO, ORALIA and TEMO, GRACE and REYNALDO ADALIA and ENRIQUE, ELIDA and JOE CADENA, ADA and LUIS GARCIA, EDILIA and EF- RAIN, EMMA and ABEL, MARY and VEN, JODY and HECTOR, HERMILA and CHELO, NOELIA and JOE ROBLES, and ROSIE and JOE CANO tMercedesJ. RICHARD GARZA was seen with BLANCA HINOJOSA tMer- cedesl, and last time I saw him he was in Mission. Where to next, RICHARD? MADIA WOMBLE came home walking in the clouds from her trip to Monterrey. Wonder why? The date-of-the-Week honors go to the lonesome gang, who for the first time were seen dateless, EMILIO CASTRO, JOE OLIVAR- EZ, JOE GARZA, JESUS SEP- ULVEDA, JESUS CANTU, and TOMAS TORRES. V The Corpus flame, ROSA SIMO, has suddenly turned Weslacoan. How about that, R.G.R.? CONNIE CHAVEZ and AL- FONSO MARTINEZ tMercedesl have been having a good time over the weekend. Nice going, kids! ORALIACUELLAR is going steady with TEMO HERNAN- DEZ. Question of the week: With whom are NIEVEA, DAHLIA, and EMMA going steady? Should I tell, girls? Seeing the sights at the opera were DILLIE and RALPH, FRED and JEANETTE, TERRY and KEN, GAY and PATSYE AKIN, JAY and NELI. GLYNN, and many others. Have fun, kids? I One of these lucky five will be elected FJ-LA. sweetheart and crowned Saturday night at didate has a manager, and votes the F.H.A. banquet. Each can- are one penny each. From left to right they are Terry Holman, Tony Barbosa, Gene Rose, Bob Knight, and A. L. Bromley. English ETpisTIeDrows Deep Deluge Gf Pen Pols for Sophomore Smith VVhen S o p h o m o r e James Smith completed a world his- tory as-ignment last October, he got more than he bargained for. Mrs. Hilma Farrell had ask:-d her class to write to a ' school in Japan to r e q u e s t names and addresses for pen- pal correspondence. James did this, and since December he has received 27 letters from Japan- ese high school students! The cause oi' the surprising flood of replies was that a popu- lar J apa nese magazine, Radio Text, pri n t e d James' request. When asked how he was going to carry on a correspondence with 27 people, James replied, I can't answer them all, so l've given most of them to others who are interested in exchanging letters. The letters, written in good English, describe life in .Japanese Barber: Do you want a hair- cut, sir? George: Well, l came in to get! them all cut. h o m e s and schools. 'Japanese teen-agers don't seem much dif- ferent fro m Americans, James commented. They wear the same clothes, play the same games, go to movies, and enjoy hobbies. They enjoy baseball, tennis, hunt- ing, swimming, skiing, and other similar sports. James was impressed by the eduwtion o f f e r e d in Tokyo high schools. Many students take co u r s e s in surveying, chemical analysis, technical ra- dio, and other subjects which Americans study in college. One 13-year-old boy is studying trig- l onometry, he declared. 1 Several photographs and trink- 'ets have been sent with the let- ters. 'tThe Japanese seem eager to describe their way of life and find out much as possible about ours, he explained. Eyeing the thick stack of let- ters on his de-sk, James conclud- cd, Having 'pen pals' is fine, I guess, but it's got me worried -they all want to come to Tex- as and visit me! THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 Career Day to Be March 4 In WHS Ten vocational consultants will be at Weslaco High School on Career Day. Tuesday, March 4, according to Mrs. Kathryn Thompson. school counselor. The consu.tants are to speak on the following vocations: Secretarial work - Mrs. Annie Myrl Pike, secretary, Gulf Distri- buting Co., Weslaco: accounting and bookkeeping-Albert VVhite, certified public accountant, Har- lingen: stock farming - Alton Clifford, Weslaco: farming-Gor- don Potts, Weslaco: teaching- Mrs. Hazel Blackwell, principal of Stephen F. Austin, Weslaco: mo- tion picture industry-Jack Ver- ser, Weslaco: nursing - Mrs. Maudie Finney, McAllen: journal- ism-Brad Smith, Weslaco: and engineering-Joe Winston, Wes- laco. Career Day will open with a general assembly at 9:15, with June Smith, president of the Student Council, presiding. Rev. C. I. Kelly, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will give the invocation. After Jane Oeh- ler, secretary of the Student Council, welcomes the visitors, J. L. Akridge will introduce Herbert Pike, m a yor: V. C. Thompson, city manager: John C. Mcllann, Chamber of Com- merce manager: VVilliam Jen- kines, Jr., chairman of the VVes- laco Citizens C o m mit t e e on Public School XVeek: Ferguson Mar-Tin. civic and service club president: Dick Yorton, publi- city chairman of Pu lic School Vfeekz and Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, school counselor. Grady Hester, superintendent, will speak briefly on Choosing a Vocation, and will then in- troduce the consultants. The group vocational confer- ences will begin at 10:15 a.m. fol-' lowing the assembly. A- lunch- eon, for the consultants, Student, Council. and advisers, will be held at the lorne of Mr. and Mrs. Har- old lehman. It will be sponsored by tire Womans Study Club of Weslaco. Tlie afternoon will be spent in vocational conferences. I7 Consultantsirliere For College Davy I Choosing a College will be the theme of f'College Day, to be observed this afternoon, with representatives from seventeen 'colleges throughout Texas discussing their 'schools with juniors and seniors of WVeslaco High. Seniors from Mercedes, Donna, and Elsa-Edcouch have also been invited. The project is being sponsored by the Weslaco High School Student Council and 1 Counseling Department. The following colleges will be represented: Baylor Univer- sity, Austin College, Durham's Business College, Southern Meth- odist University, Pan American College,'Texas Southmost Col- lege, Abilene Christian .College, Texas ,State College for Women, Texas College ofg-Arts and Industries, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, the University of Texas, University of Cor- pus Christi. Del Mar College, Texas Christian University, the Armed Forces, and McAllen Business College. 65 Seniors Attend W.Nl.U. Banquet Dr. John W. Cobb, president of the University of Corpus Christi, spoke on the advantages of church-related colleges at a ban- quet given by the Women's Mis- sionary Union of the B a p t i st Church last Thursday evening. The occasion honored the Senior Class of Weslaco High. A patriotic theme was carried out in decorations, floral ar- rangements, napkins, place cards, and individual programs. Near the entrance of the banquet hall a table bearing a framed picture of George Washington stood be- tween two flags instandards. An open Bible lay on the table, and a i red candle burned in a hurricane I lamp. ' The singing of America the Beautiful preceded the invoca- tion by the Rev. H. D. Barlow, pastor of the' Baptist Church. The welcome was given by Mrs. W. L. Wagers, of the W.M.U., and the response by Jimmy Swinnea. president of the Senior'Class. The girls' sextet sang two numbers. J. L. Akridge, principal, serve'd as toastmaster. Dr. Cobb was intro- duced by Mr. Barlow. Approximately sixty-five sen- iors attended the banquet. Others present were Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Barlow, Dr. John W. Cobb, Mrs. W. L. Wagers, J. L. Akridge, principal, Miss. Emma Mae Smith, senior sponsor,,and Miss Louise iBlack, honorary sponsor. I I I I l 'College Day, will begin with a luncheon in the cafeteria for Student Council members: Grady Hester, superintendent: J. L. Ak- ridge, principal: Joe Gebhardt and Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, Student Council sponsors: junior and sen- ior class sponsors: and the seven- teen consultants. The luncheon is a courtesy of the Lions Club. Following the luncheon a gen- eral assembly will be held in the auditorium with June Smith, president of the Student Council, presiding. Teresa Lancaster will lead the assembly in a sing-song: the invocation will be given by Rev. Val Sherman, pastor of the First Methodist Church: and Fred Russ, vice-president of the Stu- dent Council, will present the Wel- come. Superintendent Grady Hester will introduce VValter Bach president of the Board of Education, J. L. Akridge, and Mrs. 'Kathryn Thompson. Mrs. Thompson will acknowledge the people who have helped with College Day. Mr. Hester will next present Dr. Otto Neil- -sen, vice -president of Texas Christian' College, w h o w i I I speak on XVhat This Day May Mean to You. 9 After the talk Mr. Akridge will introduce the consultants, and the groups will go to var- ious places for discussion of the different colleges. - ---tW.H.S.l+- Science may accomplish many things, but television never will replace the key holei THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 Hello, everybody! Yes, it's time to make the weekly rounds and find out what gives from the guys and gals. Are you ready? Well, let's go. First off, this week, go our congrats to Gene Rose on get- ting F.I-I.A. sweetheart. Gene was crowned last Saturday night at the F.H.A. Sweetheart Banquet. We heard you had a swell banquet and dance, girls. What size did you order? Did you get a stone in yours? Yes, the time has rolled around again for the Junior Class to or- der their senior rings. Think about it, kidsg you have only sev- en more months to wait for them and then you'11 be full fledged seniors! Whaw-ha! The Senior Class is sponsor- ,ing a Mexican Supper Satur- day, March 22, to make money for their trip to Bandera. If you and your family like Mexican food, be sure to get a ticket. lVe heard it's going to be super! Did you notice a bunch of girls wearing bluejeans, tennis shoes, white caps, and carrying baseball bats last week? Well, the G.A.A. was only having an initiation of new members. Where did you ever learn that cute song, girls? Wasn't that a grand banquet? The seniors certainly enjoyed and appreciated the courtesy of the Baptist Woman's Mission- ary Union last week. It was held in the basement of the Bap- tist Church, and a George Wash- ington theme was carried out. You made a good toastmaster, Mr. Akridge, with all your jokes! Say, how about looking for some of those cute snapshots you have stored aw ay somewhere? The annual staff needs some suit- able ones for this year's LA PAL- MA. You can give' them to Dillie Otto, Teresa Lancaster, Joy Wi- ley, or Miss Donaldson. 0 0 The Weslaco H1-Life An Open Letter to All Weslaco Citizens 615 Illinois Weslaco, Texas February 28, 1952 Dear Citizens, During the week of March 3-7, Texas Public Schools Week, you are extended a cordial invitation to visit our school and observe how classes and activities are being carried on. Regular classes begin at 9 a.m.: but if you can get to school by 8:15, you may hear the high school choir rehearsing in the junior high building basement, or on some days, see the I-II-LIFE staff getting the paper ready to go to press. Girls' and boys' P.E. classes are conducted in the gymnasiumg and north of the gym is the band building, in which the high school band assembles at 11 a.m. Southwest of the gym are the agriculture and shop buildings, where many interesting projects are being car- ried out. You are invited to eat in our cafeteria, which is in the junior high baseemnt, at 12 noon. Any time during the day, we should be glad for you to look over our collection of books in the library-or drink a coke in the hall of senior high lProfits go to school publicationsb. VV.H.S. is really yours as much as ours, and you are welcome to visit us at any timeg however, we would especilaly like for you to come see us on this occasion. If you need any help in finding your way around, just ask one of us. P.S. Be careful on your approach to the school. We also have driv- ers' education classes! Sincerely, W.H.S. Students and Faculty 1...i-l..li- Let's Tidy Up u Little! None of us who take even a smattering of pride in our school like to hear W. H. S. premises described as 'messy or untidy. But let's look around us during the noon hour. VVouldn't a person be justified in using this term to describe our school's appearance? Maybe we have let candy and gum wrappers, discarded notes, and coke bottles lie around, and pencil marks stay on walls so long that we hardly notice them. We have abused the privilege of eating lunch in the study hall by leaving scraps on the desks and floor. Between March 3 and 7, which is Public Schools Week, people of our community are urged to visit Weslaco schools. Do we want them to see our school in its present condition? Let's each one ot' us begin our own clean-up campaign now. Let's put trash in trash cans and put pride in the heart of every W'eslaco citizen. Today and next Tuesday sen- iors from Donna, Mercedes, and Edcouch - Elsa, representatives of c o l l e g e s, and consultants from the business and profes- sional world will be vi-siting our school. Visitors, we welcome all of you to our campus and hope you'll enjoy your stay with us. If we can help you in any way, call on us! The little boy was scrutinizing the little old lady who had just arrived and Whom he had never seen before. So you're my grand- mother, are you? Yes, she replied sweetly, on your father's side. Well, you're on the wrong side. I I'll tell you that right now. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 0 f', :g5r5:E1E?5s:.513rEi1-5:3-irgeaiikl-55:SI:i.f:-Eriafrffszsef..,.,..,.,,..f:f5i First of all, congratulations are in order for Coach Dahl- berg upon being named basket- ball coach of the year here in the Valley. Also, congratula- tions are in order for Jim Swin- nea, who made all-district for the second year: Bob McIntosh and Charlie Mohle, who made second string all-district: and for Donn Beatty and Ken Cook, who made honorable mention. The PANTHERS should also be commended for completing their district games undefeated and for leading District 32-AA both on offense and defense. The percentages for all the teams in the district are as fol- lows: OFFENSE 1. Weslaco ....... .. 47.1 2. Mercedes . . ....... 42.3 3. Rio Grande City ...... 39.8 4. Donna ...... .. 39.6 5. Edcouch-Elsa . . . . 38.8 6. Mission ...... .. 36.6 6. Mission . . . . . . . 36.6 7. Raymondville . . . . 31.4 DEFENSE 1. XVeslaco . . . . . 30.8 2. Donna ...... .. 33.4 3. Mercedes ...... .. 34.7 4. Edcouch-Elsa . . .... 42.4 5. Mission .... .... 4 3.25 6. Raymondville ........ 43.33 7. Rio Grande City ......, 45.9 The PANTHERS leave today for Victoria to play in the Reg- ional Tournament. I-Iere's wish- ing you lots of luck, boys. Everyone who can should go up and back the Panthers. Here's what the Panther squad think of their chances at the Reg- ional tournament: lf we don't draw Refugio or San Marcos first and if we get off to a good start, we have a good chance of winning the tourna- ment. We hope that we play up to par. If we do, we are going to give some teams a good fight. The Pantherettes also play in a Regional Tournament: how- ever, theirs is not until next week and will he played in Kingsville. Hope you win, girls. I I Panthers Lav Today For Regional Games Eight Teams to Compete at Victoria For Honors, Winner Goes to State The champion Panthers leave today for Victoria to participate in the regional tournament. Eight teams have been entered, with win- ners of Districts 25-AA through 32-AA participating. Ifthe Panthers win three games for the championship, they will goto the state meet in Austin next week. The Weslaco Panthers, led by all-district winners Charles Mohle and Jim Swinnea, eked out a 44 to 40 win over the' ,surprisingly strong Raymondville Bearkats Tuesday night of last Week in their final conference game. Five Pantherettes Put on Top Teams Five of the Weslaco Panther- ettes were named on the two top teams of District 28AA last Tues- day night by four coaches, accord- ing to Miss Martha Stallings, coach of the district winning Pan- therette's. The first team consists of Paula Sue Strong, who was the only one to receive an unanimous voteg Kathleen Cheever, Donna, Mary Willsman, M c A 1 le n, forwardsg Lynndell Roberts, Evelyn Haas, Weslaco, and Marilyn Garrett, Donna, guards. The second team consists of Lanelle Musch, McAllen: Jo Hern- andez, McAlleng Tommie Jo Lott, Weslaco, forwardsg Lowery Gar- rett, Weslacog Martha Ledbetter, Donna: and Cora Gaynes, Mc- Allen, guards. Honorable mention went to Mary Catherine Ermel, Weslaco, forward, and Patsy Levins, Mis- sion, guard. ifW.H.S.J--- Dry your little eyes, everybodyg report cards don't come out again for another six weeks. Don't be' too glumg life is still worth living, because it's leap year! When Cupid hits his mark, he generally Mrs. it. --CW.H.S.J- Mr. Akridge: Who is this speaking? Janet: This is my father. Raymondville jumped off to a 10 to 6 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Panthers rallied and led 20 to 24 at half. Raymond- ville pulled ahead in the third quarter and led at the end of the quarter 36 to 33. In the last quar- ter the Panthers defense held Raymondville to a meager 4 points while they were collecting 11. High point man for Weslaco was Mohle with 18 points. He was closely followed by Swinnea, who 'collected 15. Corwin Maddy led Raymondville with 12. Last Friday night the Panthers walloped the La Joya Coyotes, 32-A champions, 62 to 47. The Coyotes made a game of it in the first quarter but were' trail- ing 14 to 12 at the end. The Pan- thers started rolling and piled up the points. Halftime score stood at 27 to 20. In the second half the Panthers just about hit every- thing they shot, and the score mounted. Mohle took high point honors with 21, but he was closely followed by Swinnea, who had 18 Reyna was h i g h for La Joya with 15. Last Saturday night the Pan- thers met a superior San Benito Greyhound team and were de- feated 36 to 23. -CW.H.S.ii Coach Forman - What's this you're serving, dear? Is it devil's food? Mrs. Forman- Yes. I intended it for angel food, but it fell. 'FIIE WIGSLACO Ifll-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, N952 at the F.H.A. banquet held last F. Austin cafetorium. Crowning him is Mary Holmes, his cam- paign manager. Seated on his left is his date, Frances Lasiter, also a campaign manager. Saturday night in the Stephen gB lfk 1 Dear Diary, At last I take time to write up the super gossip of the week. Having a grand time at the F.H.A. banquet were FRANCES LASITER and GENE tSweet- hearti ROSE, KEITH and TER- RY, MARY and EDDY, EVELYN and BOB, SUE and RUSSELL, VELDA and RONNIE, PAT and LEON, MARY BELLE and BOB- BY tEdcouchl, MAVIS ANN and DON YARBROUGH, YVONNE and DON tEdcouchl, ELLEN and RALPH, PAT and JOHN, LYN- NA DELL and BOBBY, EMMA and JOE, MINNIE and OSCAR H., MARY and BEN, and, of course, MISS RAYMER and COACH JUNGMAN. LOWERY GARRETT, w h o m were you with Saturday night? Could it have been someone from l I l MARY CLARK and JIMMY A KIN seemed to be having a gay time over the weekend. How about it, kids? The seventh grade d a n ci n g fclub had another dance Friday l I night given by CHRIS TOMP- KINS. A few of the kids seen there were LINDA and RALPH, CORA JEAN and LARRY, JUDY RICE, SANDRA MORELAND, D A VID ANDERSON, L OU I S JONES, MARY ELLEN, DON- ALD, NANCY, JOE HARREN, and GLORIA KNOTT. .IEANNIE BLACK and DEN- NIS CLIFFORD seem to be doing all right too. How about it, JEANNIE? MISS DONALSON and MR. GEBHARDT were seen enjoying the ball games Friday night along with many others. Well, Diary, it is time to quit until next wcek, when more gos- sip will come your way. Oh! l almost -forgot! The date- of-the-week goes to MISS CLAY- POOL and MR. EVRAETS. Fjdcouch? I Bye for now. Rose Presented As F.H.A. Sweetheart Gene Rose was crowned F.H.A. Sweetheart at a banquet given in the Stephen F. Austin cafetorium last Saturday evening. Approxi- mately seventy-three people at- tended. Patricia Ann Mclfissack presid- ed as mistress of ceremonies. The singing of two songs by the group opened the entertainment. The remainder of the program was as follows: Invocation, J. I.. Akridge, principal: welcome by Pat Lasiter, club president: response by Mrs. O. D. Emeryg a humorous talk by Superintendent Grady Hesterg pi- ano solo by Ellen Boydg reading by Patricia McKissackg and songs by John Blankenship and Harvey Lee Coonts. The crowning of the sweetheart by his manager, Mary Holmes, formed the highlight of the ban- quet. After the ceremony the group sang Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Red roses with white candles formed the decoration for the head table, with green leaves, red bougainvillea, and nosegays plac- ed down the other tables. Red and white paper streamers hung from the ceiling, with little hearts and cupids suspended from them. Guests invited to the banquet besides the girls and their dates were Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hester, Miss Elizabeth Claypool, J. L. Ak- ridge, and the club mothers and their husbands, who are as fol- lows: Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benbow, Mr. and Mrs. S. G. Rankin, Mr. and Mrs, O. D. Emery, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Leeper, and Mr. and Mrs. .lack Roberts. Miss Mary Beth Raymer is the club sponsor. -lVV.Il.S.ll Junior Class Chooses Senior Ring for '53 VVhich do you like best? UI can't make up my mind. How about you?I' These remarks could be heard Monday of' last week as the Jun- ior Class officers chose three types of senior rings for the class to select from. These three types of rings had rectangular, hexagonal, and oval designs. The class chose a rec- tangular style. Stones may be had in either red or blue. 'f THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 Career Day to Be March 4 In WHS Ten vocational consultants will be at Weslaco High School on Career Day. Tuesday, March 4, according to Mrs. Kathryn Thompson. school counselor. The consu.tants are to speak on the following vocations: Secretarial work - Mrs. Annie Myrl Pike. secretary, Gulf Distri- buting Co., Weslaco: accounting and bookkeeping-Albert White, certified public accountant, Har- lingen, stock farming - Alton Clifford, Weslaco, farming-Gon don Potts, Weslaco, teaching- Mrs. Hazel Blackwell, principal of Stephen F. Austin, Weslaco, mo- tion picture industry-Jack Ver- ser, Weslaco, nursing - Mrs. Maudie Finney, McAllen, journal- ism-Brad Smith, Weslaco, and engineering-Joe Winston, Wes- laco. Career Day will open with a general assembly at 9:15, with June Smith, president of the Student Council, presiding. Rev. C. I. Kelly, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, will give the invocation. After Jane Oeh- ler, secretary of the Student Council, welcomes the visitors, J. L. Akridge will introduce Herbert Pike, mayor, V. C. Thompson, city manager, John C. Mclilann, Chamber of Com- merce manager, Wvilliam Jen- kine-s, Jr., chairman of the VVes- laco Citizens C o m m i t t e e on Public School Week: Ferguson Marin. civic and service club president: Dick Yorton, publi- city chairmau of Pulilic School VV e e k: and Mrs. K a t h ry n Thompson, school counselor. Grady Hester, superintendent, will speak briefly on Choosing a Vocation, and will then in- troduce the consultants. The group vocational confer- ences will begin at 10:15 a.m. fol- lowing the assembly. A lunch- eon. for the consultants, Student Council. and advisers, will be held at the F onze of Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Lehman. It will be sponsored by the VVoman's Study Club of Weslaco. Tlte afternoon will be spent in vocational conferences. I and seniors of XVeslaco High. I7 Consuftants Here For College Day Choosing a College will be the theme of College Day, to be observed this afternoon, with representatives from seventeen -colleges throughout Texas discussing their schools with juniors Seniors from Mercedes, Donna, and Elsa-Edt-ouch have also been invited. The project is being sponsored by the VVeslaco High School Student Council and l Counseling Department. The following colleges will be represented: Baylor Univer- sity, Austin College, Durham's Business College, Southern Meth- odist University, Pan American College, Texas Southmost Col- lege, Abilene Christian College, Texas State College for Women, Texas College of Arts and Industries, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, the University of Texas, University of Cor- pus Christi. Del Mar College, Texas Christian University, the Armed Forces, and McAllen Business College. 65 Seniors Attend W.Nl.l.!. Banquet Dr. John W. Cobb, president of the University of Corpus Christi, spoke on the advantages of church-related colleges at a ban- quet given by the Women's Mis- sionary Union' of the B a p t i st Church last 'Thursday evening. The occasion honored the' Senior Class of Weslaco High. A patriotic theme was carried out in decorations, floral ar- rangements, napkins, place cards, and individual programs. Near the entrance of the banquet hall a table bearing a framed picture of George Washington stood be- tween two flags in standards. An open Bible lay on tlie table, and a red candle burned in a hurricane I lamp. The singing of HAmerica the Beautiful preceded the invoca- tion by the Rev. H. D. Barlow, pastor of the Baptist Church. The welcome was given by Mrs. W. L. Wagers, of the W.M.U., and the response by Jimmy Swinnea, president of the Senior Class. The girls' sextet sang two numbers. J. ll. Akridge, principal, served as toastmaster. Dr. Cobb was intro- duced by Mr. Barlow, Approximately sixty-five sen- iors attended the banquet. Others present were Rev. and Mrs. H. D. Barlow, Dr. John W. Cobb, Mrs. W. L. Wagers, J. L. Akridge, principal, Miss Emma Mae Smith, senior sponsor, and Miss Louise ,Black, honorary sponsor. I I ! College Day, will begin with a luncheon in the cafeteria for Student Council members, Grady Hester, superintendent, J. L. Ak- ridge, principal, Joe Gebhardt and Mrs. Kathryn Thompson, Student Council sponsors, junior and sen- ior class sponsors, and the seven- teen consultants. The luncheon is a courtesy of the Lions Club. Following the luncheon a gen- eral assembly will be held in the auditorium with June Smith, president of the Student Council, presiding. Teresa Lancaster will lead the assembly in a sing-song, the invocation will be given by Rev. Val Sherman, pastor of the First Methodist Church, and Fred Buss, vice-president of the Stu dent Council, will present the wel- come. I Superintendent Grady Hester will introduce VValter Bach, president of the Board of Education, J. L. Akridge, and Mrs. Kathryn Thompson. Mrs Thompson will acknowledge the people who have helped with College Day. Mr. Hester will next present Dr. 0tto Neil- -sen, vice-president of Texas Christian College, vv h o w i l I speak on VYhat This Day May Mean to You. After the talk Mr. Akridge will introduce the consultants, and the groups will go to var- ious places for discussion of the different colleges. ---tVV.H.S.l-- Science may accomplish many things, but television never will replace the key hole. THE WESLACO HI-LIP E THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 The Weslaco H1-Life Hello, everybody! Yes, it's time V i to make the weekly rounds and find out what gives from the guys and gals. Are you ready? Well, let's go. First off, this week, go our congrats to Gene Rose on get- ting F.I-I.A. sweetheart. Gene was crowned last Saturday night at the F.H.A. Sweetheart Banquet. We heard you had a swell banquet and dance, girls. What size did you order? Did you get a stone in yours? Yes, the time has rolled around again for the Junior Class to or- der their senior rings. Think about it, kidsg you have only sev- en more months to wait for them and then you'll be full fledged seniors! Whaw-ha! The Senior Class is sponsor- ing a Mexican Supper Satur- day, March 22, to make money for their trip to Bandera. If you and your family like Mexican food, be sure to get a ticket. We heard it's going to be super! Did you notice a bunch of girls wearing bluejeans, tennis shoes, white caps, and carrying baseball bats last week? Well, the G.A.A. was only having an initiation of new members. Where did you ever learn that cute song, girls? Wasn't that a grand banquet? The seniors certainly enjoyed and appreciated the courtesy of the Baptist Woman's Mission- ary Union last week. It was held in the basement of the Bap- tist Church, and a George Wash- ington theme was carried out. You made a good toastmafster, Mr. Akridge, with all your jokes! Say, how about looking for some of those cute snapshots you have stored away somewhere? The annual staff needs some suit- able ones for this year's LA PAL- MA. You can give them to Dillie Otto, Teresa Lancaster, Joy Wi- ley, or Miss Donaldson. An Open Letter to All Weslaco Citizens 615 Illinois Weslaco, Texas February 28, 1952 Dear Citizens, During the week of March 3-7, Texas Public Schools Week, you are extended a cordial invitation to visit our school and observe how classes and activities are being carried on. Regular classes begin at 9 a.m.5 but if you can get to school by 8:15, you may hear the high school choir rehearsing in the junior high building basement, or on some days, see the HI-LIFE staff getting the paper ready to go to press. Girls' and boys' P.E. classes are conducted in the gymnasium: and north of the gym is the band building, in which the high school band assembles at ll a.m. Southwest of the gym are the agriculture and shop buildings, where many interesting projects are being car- ried out. You are invited to eat in our cafeteria, which is in the junior high baseemnt, at 12 noon. Any time during the day, we should be glad for you to look over our collection of books in the library-or drink a coke in the hall of senior high tProfits go to school publicationsl. VV.H.S. is really yours as much as ours, and you are welcome to visit us at any time: however, we would especilaly like for you to come see us on this occasion. If you need any help in finding your way around, just ask one of us. P.S. Be careful on your approach to the school. We also have driv- ers' education classes! Sincerely, W.H.S. Students and Faculty Let's Tidy Up u Little! None of us who take even a smattering of pride in our school like to hear W. H. S. premises described as messy or untidy. But let's look around us during the noon hour. VVouldn't a person be justified in using this term to describe our school's appearance? Maybe We have let candy and gum wrappers, discarded notes, and coke bottles lie around, and pencil marks stay on walls so long that we hardly notice them. NVe have abused the privilege of eating lunch in the study hall by leaving scraps on the desks and floor. Between March 3 and 7,,which is Public Schools Week, people of our community are urged to visit Weslaco schools. Do We want them to see our school in its present condition? Let's each one of us begin our own clean-up campaign now. Let's put trash in trash cans and put pride in the heart of 'every WVeslaco citizen. Today and next Tuesday sen- iors from Donna, Mercedes, and Edcouch - Elsa, representatives of c o l l e g e s, and consultants from the business and profes- sional world will be visiting our school. The little boy was scrutinizing the little old lady who had just arrived and whom he had never seen before. So you're my grand- mother, are you? Visitors, we welcome all of you to our campus and hope you'll enjoy your stay with us. If we can help you in any way, call on us! Yes, she replied sweetly, on your father's side. I Well, you're on the wrong side. I I'll tell you that right now. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 . ', .f.5:fg::,:jg.fgzfig:,:Q.3335,g:ff,QQQ5Eggf:ffffIf.f:5E:5f5:3:-r-.,.,....,,,1:1i First of all, congratulations are in order for Coach Dahl- berg upon being named basket- ball coach of the year here in the Valley. Also, congratula- tions are in order for Jim Swin- nea, who made all-district for the second yearg Bob McIntosh and Charlie Mohle, who made second string all-district: and for Donn Beatty and Ken Cook, who made honorable mention. The PANTHERS should also be commended for completing their district games undefeated and for leading District 32-AA both on offense and defense. The percentages for all the teams in the district are as fol- lows: OFFENSE 1. Weslaco ........ . . . 47.1 2. Mercedes . . ....... 42.3 3. Rio Grande City .39.8 4. Donna . .......... 39.6 5. Edcouch-Elsa . . . . . . 38.8 6. Mission ..... . 36.6 6. Mission . . . . . 36.6 7. Raymondville . . . . . . 31.4 DEFENSE 1. Weslaco . . . 30.8 2. Donna ....... 33.4 3. Mercedes ..... 34.7 4. Edcouch-Elsa . . . . . . 42.4 5. Mission . . ..... . . 43.25 6. Raymondville . . . . . .43.33 7. Rio Grande City ...... 45.9 The PANTHERS leave today for Victoria to play in the Reg- ional Tournament. Here's wish- ing you lots of luck, boys. Everyone who can should go up and back the Panthers. Here's what the Panther squad think of their chances at the Reg- ional tournament: 'Alf we don't draw Refugio or San Marcos first and if we get off to a good start, we have a good chance of winning the tourna- ment. We hope that we play up to par. If we do, we are going to give some teams a good fight. The Pantherettes also play in a Regional Tournamentg how- ever, theirs is not until next week and will be played in Kingsville. Hope you win, girls. I Panthers Lav Today For Regional Games Eight Teams to Compete at Victoria For Honors, Winner Goes to State The champion Panthers leave today for Victoria to participate in the regional tournament. Eight teams have been entered, with win- ners of Districts 25-AA through 32-AA participating. If the Panthers win three games for the championship, they will go to the state meet in Austin next week. The Weslaco Panthers, led by all-district winners Charles Mohle and Jim Swinnea, eked out a 44 to 40 win over the surprisingly strong Raymondville Bearkats Tuesday night of last week in their final conference game. Five Pantherettes Put on Top Teams Five of the Weslaco Panther- ettes were named on the two top teams of District 28AA last Tues- day night by four coaches, accord- ing to Miss Martha Stallings, coach of the district winning Pan- therettes. The first team consists of Paula Sue Strong, who was the only one to receive an unanimous voteg Kathleen Cheever, Donna, Mary Willsman, M c A 1 1 e n, forwardsg Lynndell Roberts, Evelyn Haas, Weslaco, and Marilyn Garrett, Donna, guards. The second team consists of Lanelle Musch, McAlleng Jo Hern- andez, McAllen, Tommie Jo Lott, Weslaco, forwardsg Lowery Gar- rett, Weslacog Martha Ledbetter, Donna: and Cora Gaynes, Mc- Allen, guards. Honorable mention went to Mary Catherine Ermel, Weslaco, forwardg and Patsy Levins, Mis- sion, guard. 1tW.H.S.l-- Dry your little eyes, everybody: report cards don't come out again for another six weeks. Don't be too glumg life is still worth living, because it's leap year! When Cupid hits his mark, he generally Mrs. it. -tW.H.S.J-- Mr. Akridge: Who is this speaking? Janet: t'This is my father. Raymondville jumped off to a 10 to 6 lead at the end of the first quarter, but the Panthers rallied and led 20 to 24 at half. Raymond- ville pulled ahead in the third quarter and led at the end of the quarter 36 to 33. In the last quar- ter the Panthers defense held Raymondville to a meage r 4 points while they were collecting 11. High point man for Weslaco was Mohle with 18 points. He was closely followed by Swinnea, who collected 15. Corwin Maddy led Raymondville with 12. Last Friday night the Panthers walloped the La Joya Coyotes, 32-A champions, 62 to 47. The Coyotes made a game of it in the first quarter but were' trail- ing 14 to 12 at the end. The Pan- thers started rolling and piled up the points. Halftime score stood at 27 to 20. In the second half the Panthers just about hit every- thing they shot, and the score mounted. Mohle took high point honors with 21, but he was closely followed by Swinnea, who had 18 Reyna was hig h for La Joya with 15. Last Saturday night the Pan- thers met a superior San Benito Greyhound team and were de- feated 36 to 23. ?tW.H.S.l- Coach Forman - What's this you're serving, dear? Is it devil's food? Mrs. Forman- Yes, I intended it for angel food, but it fell. 'l'IlE WESLAVO HI-l.lI l4I THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1952 at the F.H.A. banquet held last F. Austin cafetorium. Crowning him is Mary Holmes, his cam- paign manager. Seated on his left is his date, Frances Lasiter, also a campaign manager. Saturday night in the Stephen ,B l 5 I A I . . seals ' Y ' ?'-7 G 1, Dear Diary, At last I take time to write up the super gossip of the week. Having a grand time at the F.H.A, banquet' were FRANCES LASITER and GENE fSweet- heartl ROSE, KEITH and TER- RY, MARY and EDDY, EVELYN and BOB, SIIE and RUSSELL, VELDA and RONNIE, PAT and LEON, MARY BELLE and BOB- BY tEdcouchl, MAVIS ANN and DON YARBROUGH, YVONNE and DON tEdcouchl, ELLEN and RALPH, PAT and JOHN, LYN- NA DELL and BOBBY, EMMA and JOE, MINNIE and OSCAR Il., MARY and BEN, and, of course, MISS RAYMER and COACH JUNGMAN. LOWERY GARRETT, w h o m were you with Saturday night? Could it have been someone from I I I I I I MARY CLARK and JIMMY A KIN seemed to be having a gay time over the weekend. How about it, kids? The seventh grade dancing club had another dance Friday night given by CHRIS TOMP- KINS. A few of the kids seen there were LINDA and RALPH, CORA JEAN and LARRY, JUDY RICE, SANDRA MORELAND, D A VID ANDERSON, L O U I S JONES, MARY ELLEN, DON- ALD, NANCY. JOE HARREN, and GLORIA KNOTT. JEANNIE BLACK and DEN- NIS CLIFFORD seein to be doing all right too. How about it, JEANNIE? MISS DONALSON and MR. GEBHARDT were seen enjoying the ball games Friday night along with many others. Well, Diary. it is time to quit until next week, when more gos- sip will come your way. Oh! I almost forgot! The date- of-the-week goes to MISS CLAY- POOL and MR. EVRAETS. Edcouch? I Bye for now, Rose Presented As F.H.A. Sweetheart Gene Rose was Crowned F.H.A. Sweetheart at a banquet given in the Stephen F. Austin cafetorium last Saturday evening. Approxi- mately seventy-three people at- tended. Patricia Ann Mcliissack presid- ed as mistress of ceremonies. The singing of two songs by the group opened the entertainment. The remainder of the program was as follows: Invocation, J. L. Akridge, principal: welcome by Pat Lasiter, club president, response by Mrs. O. D. Emery, a humorous talk by Superintendent Grady Hester, pi- ano solo by Ellen Boydl reading by Patricia McKissack, and songs by John Blankenship and Harvey Lee Coonts. The crowning of the sweetheart by his manager, Mary Holmes, formed the highlight of the ban- quet. After the ceremony the group sang 'iLet Me Call You Sweetheart. Red roses with white candles formed the decoration for the head table, with green leaves, red bougainvillea, and nosegays plac- ed down the other tables. Red and white paper streamers hung from the ceiling, with little hearts and cupids suspended from them. Guests invited to the banquet besides the girls and their dates were Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hester, Miss Elizabeth Claypool, J. L. Ak- ridge, and the club mothers and their husbands, who are as fol- lows: Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Benbow, Mr. and Mrs. G. Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Emery, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Leeper, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Roberts. Miss Mary Beth Raymer is the club sponsor. --4W.H.S.l-- Junior Class Chooses Senior Ring for '53 i'Which do you like best? I can't make up my mind. How about you? These remarks could be heard Monday of last week as the Jim- ior Class officers chose three types of senior rings for the class to select from. These three types of rings had rectangular, hexagonal, and oval designs. The class chose a rec- tangular style. Stones may be had in either red or blue. - THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1952 F.F A. Boys Enter t..1.....k Sh... IOIMalce Honor Rollsg Various divisions of the an- nual Valley Livestock Show at Mercedes are being entered by members of the F .F. A., ac- cording to Joe Tocquigny, spon- sor. The show began yesterday with the entering and sifting of the livestock and poultry. Hereford calves were entered by Gene Rose, Joe Boecker, Cecil McKee, Mack Miller, and J. B. Russell. Bill Malone, Robert Lu- na, and A. C. Fuller entered Char- bray calves, and Earl Walker a Santa Gertrudis calf. Nineteen hogs were entered in the show as follows: Johnny Hughes and Robert Luna, spotted Poland Chinasg Billy Maupin and Bill Malone, Duroc Jerseysg Don- ald Mitchell, Ken Jacobs, Joe Stan- field, A. C. Fuller, and Gene Rose, Berkshires. Four pens of fryers were also put in the show. These belonged to Doyle Pemelton, Mack Miller, Joe Boecker, and Billy Maupin. Today features the Fat Calf Judging Contest. A team from Weslaco, consisting of Gene Rose, Earl VValker, and Mack Miller, has entered the contest. The Showmanship' Contest is also scheduled for todayg how- ever, Mr. Tocquigny hadn't picked his team for this contest when the paper went to press. I I On Saturday afternoon the hogs , will be auctioned off, and that night the fryers are to be sold. The calves are to be auctioned off' Monday. The F. F. A. boys are now -selling tickets to the Beef Syn- dicate Barbecue at ten dollars apiece. This money will be used to pay for the high premiums they are to be given for their animals. The animals are sold at a higher than market price, and this money is set aside by business men to pay for the extra premium. -tW.H.S.l- Key Club Heclrs Friend Speak on Agriculture Bill Friend spoke to the Key Club at their meeting last week in the Home Economics room. I 4 Mr. Friend discussed the oppor-N tunities in the field of agriculture. He advised the boys on college subjects to take if they were plan- ning an agriculture major. 52 Rate Superior Under strict orders from headquarters not to let anyone see the grade sheets before report cards were issued, the HI-LIFE editors crouched stealthily in a dark corner last Thursday morning conceal- ing from the searching eyes of passers-by the precious top-secret documents, and began tabulating the 101 names which make up last six weeks' honor roll. Fifty-two students in Junior-Senior High rated the superior roll tall A'sl, while 49 made the honor roll t3 A'sg other grades A or Bl. The seventh grade holds top place on the roll with 29 students. On the superior roll are Shirley Ermel, Mary Ellen Fuller, Shirley Geraughty. Jessie Gorhum, Lewes Jones, Jimmy Schober, Larry Swinnea, Bennie Lou Braly, Delia Cardenas, Cleotilda Castaneda, Linda Link, Nancy Malone, and Barbara YVilson. On the honor roll are Daniel Al- faro, David Anderson, Robert Garza, Joe Harren, Richard Holz- apfel, James Blankenship, Noe Hernandez, Leonardo Vela, Betty Guillot, Andres Osornio, Magde- lena Lopez, Mary Ann McKee, Romana Perez, Lynda Phippeny, Max Balderas, and Maria Mata. The eighth grade boasts nine- teen students this time. They are, on the superior roll, Ninfa de Leon, Paul Wray, Joyce Davis, Jane Montgomery, Reda Os- bourne, Erin Sutherland, Ann Smith, Emily Corns, Mary Louise Emery, Barbara Jean Manis, Ann Caskey, Barbara Clark, David Hoffman, and Josefa Cadenag on the honor roll, Vivian Elston, Martha Scott, Mary B. Ross, Jan Turner, and Karen Mackey. The 24 freshmen on the roll are, in the superior rank, Jimmy Akin, Ellen Boyd, Ruth Ann Cloud, Travis Crosby, Billy Han- kal, Barbara Harrington, Joe Hightower, Luis Mendoza, Paula Rohrbaugh, 'and Robert Suarezg on the honor roll, Billy Brixey, Bobby Brown, Maria Cantu, Laz- aros Cardenas, Virginia Christen- sen. Marie Fields, Mary Geraugh- ty, Terry Griffin, Wade Hawk Velda Leeper, Mary K. Schreck, James Smithey, Ronald Tolson, and Jeanette Waters. Nine sophomores met honor roll qualifications. Those with superior rating are Darrell Bach, Billy Boyd, Marilyn Kaarup, El- len Kaufman, Ginger Roberson, and Don Yarbroughg with honor roll ratings are Mary Elena Ca- dena, James Caston, and Martha Oehler. Five juniors. Patsy Emery, Nell Concert on April-9, Planned by Choir Inactive is not the word for the Choral Club of Weslaco High School. Under the direction of Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, this group is working diligently to earn, money for new choir robes. A More plans have been made for their paid concert April '9. This money will be used for new robes, stated Mrs. Mattar. Us- ually, we don't charge for a con- cert, but this time we hope every- one will buy a ticket and help us with our project. The choir will sing at the Mer- cedes Livestock S how tonight, along with the choirs from Mer- cedes, La Feria, and Donna. Dur- ing their fifteen-minute program the girls' sextet will sing several numbers. All dividends that the choir receives from this perform- ance will go to the robe fund. Glynn Koester, Charles Rupert, Carole Sawyer, and Julia Sleeth. made the superior roll: and five more, Patsye Akin, Allie Aldridge, Patsy Hankal, Ralph Montgomery, and David Rogers, made the hon- or roll. Keith Brown, Del Eaton, Joy Wiley, and Teresa Lancaster are the four seniors, who rated superior. Six seniors made the honor roll. They are Ninfa Car- dona, Sue Clark, Jane Oehler. Jack Ryan, June Smith, and Jim- my Swinnea. ' THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1952 Come on, buddies, let's get on our way: It's time to start shag- ging around again and finding some dope. Ole W.H.S. is really bursting with some sound news this week. W.H.S. enjoyed being host to the Mercedes, Donna, and Elsa- Edeouch seniors Tuesday on Career Day. The occasion proved to be very interesting to most kids. The Student Council and the school coun- selor can be commended on sponsoring Career Day and College Day. It was a plea- sure to have all the visitors on our campus. The Green and Gold Band zip- ped to Harlingen last week to hear a concert by the Brownsville Eagle Band. Did you get tired of hearing those snappy duets by Donald iLouis Arrnstrongb Wat- kins, and Del 1Frankie Sintrah Eaton? Say, those post cards with picture of the marching band on the front are really neat! I can't wake up! Boy, it's early! These remarks could be heard around 7:45 o'clock last Thursday morning, w h e n the basketball team left for Victoria. The band sent them off with a rousing pep rally. We're mighty proud of the record the basket- ball team has made. We wish the Pantherettes luck in their quest for regional title this weekend. The F.F.A. boys seem to be well represented at the Merce- des Livestock Show this week. They have entered show calves, fryers, and hogs. VVe hope you come back with a lot of ribbons. Are those hay beds soft, boys? Strangers probably wondered- why there was such a gloomy at- mosphere around here last Thurs- day at noon. Bet you could guess why. Those prison records, called report cards, had been distributed if 1 L The Wes aco HI- :fe LeT's Realize What We Have! Several months ago Governor Allan Shivers issued a procla- mation calling upon Texas to observe a Public Schools Week. Mayor Herbert Pike also issued one, asking VVeslaco citizens to observe the week. Evidently the public schools are important in the life of our country. Iiet's find out why. Public schools give everyone the opportunity to get an education. Even the poorest citizen can send his child to school and know that he will receive the same education and opportunities that other chil- dren are offered. Schools have come a long way since the era of the little red -school house. More than the 'tthree R's is being taught stu- dentsof today. Science, foreign language, commercial, agricul- tural, homemaking, shop, and music departments are just a few of the additions to the curricula of the schools. In the days of the little red school house, students often walked miles to school in all kinds of weatherg whereas today busses are provided for those who live in areas distant from the school. The public schools are supported partly by taxation of the local citizens of communities. In other words, our parents and even those who have no children a r e m a k i n g p o s sible our education. Let's appreciate our opportunities and take advantage of them to the fullest extent. ,.l.1...-.1-- Take a Tip From Schoolwork, Inc. Is the honor roll an incentive to us? It should be. The roll, you might say, is a list of names of those who put forth just a little extra effort in their school work, but that extra effort can reap great personal dividends. Likewise, using a few dollars to buy stock in a large corporation can bring big returns. Of course, we' probably aren't thinking of buying stock, because most of us don't have much money, but We possess as much effort as we Wallt to geflefate. Now, here's a friendly tip. Schoolwork, Inc., a very reliable and stable firm, is first-rate on the market right now: so a little effort invested in a few shares of this organigation will bring a heap of dividends. And Who knows? We may even find our names listed among the top stock holders next six weeks! ' for another six weeks. Things will probably pep up when We get on the good side of our par- ents again. A bunch of tired, sleepy-eyed. faces were seen around here last Monday morning. The kids that went to Victoria to see the boys play saw some 'treal fine basket- ball games. We heard that a big gang from Weslaco was at the midnight show there Friday night. Did you get much sleep, kids? We better be on our best be- havior tomorrow because our moms and dads may be at school for Parents' Visitation Day. We hope they will all come, because we are really very proud of W.H.S., even though we do call our report cards prison records! I had better put my leaky pen away for another week. Bye, bye. -iW.H.S.J- Neighbor: I heard your Kid , bawling last night. l . Parent: 'Yes, after four balls he got his base warmed. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1952 N , '-5-ge 'P -'-'-'-'-'ages-:-: '-'Q-J-:-: sf. . :-:- Although the Panthers lo s t their first game to San Marcos by a score of 44 to 42, they played the Rattlers a close game, which ended with Donn Beatty's making the tying two points just a second late. The boys played such a good game that it was decided they could stay over for the finals Satur- day night. It has been said that Weslaco was a poor loserg however, this was proved false after they were beaten by San Marcos, because nearly all the Weslaco fans and players rooted for the Rattlers in their other two games. Spring training in fo o t b all started last Monday for the Pan- thers: and if you hear any of the football players groaning as they walk by, you'll know the reason why. These drills will last for one month, and ALL the boys plan to work hard so that they can have a CHAMPIONSHIP team next year. The Pantherettes leave for Kingsville today to play in the Regional Tournament on Fri- day. Here's hoping you carry the name of VVeslaco to state, girls. ktW.H.S.J- Honor Society Holds First Regular Meeting Various business matters were discussed when the National Hon- or Society met recently in the Home Fconomics department. A report from the executive committee was given by Fred Buss. president. Dues were an- nounced as 50 cents a semester. The constitution was explained by Sue Clark. Amendments will be voted on at the next meeting. It was decided that seniors in the society should be privileged to wear gold tassels on their caps at commencement exercises to indi- cate their membership in the hon- or society. A committee to make plans for a hanquet was appointed by the president. The group decided upon the third Friday of each month as the regular meeting date. -x Pantherett-es Seek Regional Title Girls Leave Today for Kingsvilleg Hove Won I9 out of 21 Gomes The title-seeking Weslaco Pantherettes will leave today for Kings- ville, where they will play in the regional tournament tomorrow and Saturday. In the Class 8-A and 8-AA eight teams will compete for the championship, with the winner going to state. Seven teams are scheduled to play in the Class 7-B match. The two divisions will play alternately in the single elimination contest. Leading Weslaco's mighty Pantherettes will be Paula Sue Strong, who has a total of 278 points for the season, Tommie Jo Lott with 255, and Mary Catherine Ermel, with 204. Along with the Panthers lose To Son Marcos H. S. By Only Two Points A high-spirited W'eslaco Pan- ther five was downed by the smooth-working San Marcos Pattlers by the score of 44-42 in the Regional Tournament at Victoria last Friday. The Panthers and Rattlers started a little slowly because of nervousness, but the action pick- ed up as the game progressed. The Rattlers began the scoring early in the game on a field goal. This score was increased to 25-15 at halftime in favor of the San Marcos five. This seemed to be the main factor in the outcome, since Weslaco ne'ver fully over- came this 10-point advantage. However, the Panthers out- scored the Rattlers in the third quarter, basketing 18 points to their 13, and also in the fourth quarter. scoring 9-6. Tricky floorman .Iohn Stephen- sen tallied 17 points to take high point honors for the night, while his teammates Jack Roady and Ponte Morena hit 11 and 9 re- spectively, Charlie Mohle led the Panther attack with 14 points. Ken Cook and .lim Swinnea had 9 and 8 respectively. three outstanding forwards, the guards have held their opponents to a 803-521 score in the 21 games they have played, 19 of which they won. ' The g r o u p, accompanied by Miss Martha Stallings, coach, and R. T. Gray, bus driver, will make the trip in a school bus. The girls plan to stay through the finals Saturday, whether they have been eliminated or not. YVVVVVVVVVVV' W.H.S. Looks Forward To Visitation Day Friday Y - Teens, S t u d e n t Council members, and teachers are pre- paring for Parents' Visitation Day tomorrow, according to Principal J. L. Akridge. Dressed in white dresses and blue ties, Y-Teens will register visiting parents at a table in the junior high hall. Student Council members will be wearing ribbons, which de- signate them as guides for the parents. Some teachers are preparing special exhibits for the occasion. ' AAAAAAAAALAL San Marcos advanced to the finals by defeating Del Rio High School 43-37, but went down before the strong French of Beaumont in the finals by a score of 51-50. French will ad- vance to the state play-offs in Austin next week. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1952 . .L 1 wgfi v I left in my super ten-cylinder car and decided to follow the bas- ketball boys to Victoria. Couples seen together after the games were EDITH and A.C., JUNE and TOMMY, JACKIE and ELLEN, BOB and PATIA, SUE MCALPIN and CHARLIE, JIM- MY SYVINNEA and ? CRefugioJ, MYRNA and JACKIE, and DALE and MARY. HARVEY, didn't you get tired of standing on the street corner? I understand some of the boys got picked up. I believe I heard someone say that GEORGE, WESLEY, JER- RY, and EUGENE went to bed when the chickens woke up Sat- urday morning. How did you girls staying in the Denver Hotel enjoy the roof dance at 4 a.m.? Aren't basketball teams wonderful? A.L., where did you spend all of your money? HOMA and TOMMY had a pret- ty good time visiting the rooms in the Denver Hotel. By the way. DILLIE, who was so interesting on the third floor? BETTY MEYER was certainly surprised with her surprise party Saturday night. Date of the week goes to AL- LIE and BILLY SHERMAN. Down Progreso way we found RALPH and BUTCH vis i ting NANCY and LINDA at NANCY'S house. They were also at the show together. JEANIE and DENNIS had their usual weekend dates. Well, it seems that my super ten-cylinder ran out of gas, but it will be filled by next week. -tW.H.S.D-- Puntherettes lose To Ben Bolt 54-45 The Weslaco Pantherettes lost their second game of the season to the Ben Bolt girls Tuesday night of last week by a score of 54-45. By pushing ahead in the first quarter, the Ben Bolt girls man- aged to keep the score in their favor for the remainder of the game. Fhe score by quarters were i'i1'st., 17-63 second, 27-171 third, 37- 1 Please Peruse Proposals ' ' Ah For lmpressing Parents Courtesy and respectful man- ners should be aired freely on Parents' Visitation Day tomor- row. Here are some rulesg if you follow them you are bound to gain . . . well, almost any- thing!! Here's Low Down On Jr.-Sr. Banquet Scarlet and purple! Orange and pink! After much deliberation, Jun- iors chose tOops! It's a secret!! as colors for their Junior-Senior ban- quet color scheme at a recent class meeting. The color commit- tee was headed by Pat Kaufman. Now that the colors are finally chosen, the place card committee, headed by Paula Sue Strong, can begin work. As soon as a color scheme was decided upon, you could hear 'Pat's decorations committee begin buzzing. Those tblankl colored streamers should go right there. I think we should put little teen- soredl all around here, don't you think so? suggested Edith Stev- ens, table decorations chairman. Patsy Emery, chairman of the menu committee, announced that tlzere will be t??l for the main dish, with this and that to go with it. and for dessert there will be some scrumptious t!!l tYummy!l These facts may seem a little vague, but at least we know that the Juniors are really cooking up a humdinger of a banquet with the theme of-tIt's all top secretl! 263 and at the final sound of the bell Li-45. High point honors went to Tom- mie .Io Lott with 22 points, while Paula Sue Strong pushed in 13, and Mary Ermel hit 10. Maria Garcia sacked up 33 points for her team. Starting line-up other than the tlzree high scorers were Lowery Garrett, Evelyn Haas, and Lynn- dell Roberts. Alline Minyard was the only other girl to see action during the game. The B team also lost by a score of 45-21. High scorer for this game was Patsye Akin. 1. If any parent should ask di- rections or anything, giggle hy- sterically: one mustn't seem too sober. 2. Talk out in all of your class- esg you're certain to make a big hit. ' 3. Cut classes all dayg that will show you're independent. 4. Don't answer questions if a teacher should ask you to re'cite. What does she tor he! want to do, anyway-show you up in front of your parents? 5. When the class dismissal bell rings, dash out of the room like mad. Heaven forbid that you should appear lazy! 6. Shout interestedly down the hall to a friendg it proves you have one. 7. Shut your locker doors extra loud several timesg the noise will make the parents think you're healthy. tThey say that noisy children are healthy children, you know.l 8. Elbow your way down the hall as usualg you'll make them feel at home. Sl. Best of all, wander through the halls with your best dream- boat, holding hands and giving those cow-eyed looks, you don't want the people to think you are a square or something. -tW.H.S.l-- Gory Murder in W.H.S.? There WAS Cutting! Nobody was around, so I crept down the corridor. Don't use that to cut him! somebody cried from a room near-by. I was half-way out the door be- fore I realized that it was stuck and I couldn't even open it. Oh, well, continued the voice. I guess you'll have to get rid of it. You're bleeding 'em on the wrong side, chimed a disgusted person. Now who cut her head off? I heard someone whisper. Oh, no! was the reply. 'tGet rid of it be- fore someone finds out? I tried the door again. Still stuck! 1 marched right into the room. Will someone help me open the door? I asked the annual staff. HI left the paper cutter in my car. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952 Pantherettes Win Regional Championslvipg Go to State Mercedes Group Presents Assembly Judging by the applause last Tuesday, everyone enjoyed the fine talent show that the Merce- des Student Council presented in assembly. Student Council president, Fred- die Garza, introduced the program and acted as Maste r of Cere- monies. The forty-five minute variety show included numbers by Jean Knapp, who sang Domino, ac- companied by Mary Ann Rush- tong Marvin Edgar, who played the harmonicag Abel Flores, selec- tions on his electric guitar: and Therese Cernosek and Barbara Estes, piano numbers. Ronnie Fer- nandez sang t'Ave Maria, and Carlos Hinojosa, Because of You. Dance numbers further varied the program. Ada Claire Myers demonstrated a toe dance: Mary Ann Decei, a tap dance: and Rena Jo and Zeta Baum, a duet boogie tap dance. Afira Galvan presented a Spanish danceg and Eva Garza and Alex Yriate the Mexican Hat dance. ' t1W.H.S.J- Homemaking Girls Take Home Nursing Course How dirty! 'Kline are clean now. No, this is not an argument- merely statements made by girls of the third-period homemaking class concerning their hands, as Mrs. Connie Hankal introduced a home nursing course to them. The girls have already learned how to put on an apron when their hands are dirty, how to re- -nove it, how to make paper bags out of newspapers to pin on a pa- tient's bed for soiled tissues, how to make paper cups, and how to properly wash then' hands. Those girls who complete the twelve-hour course will receive a home n u rs i n g certificatef Mrs. llankal stated. Weslaco 'Amazons' Down George West, Uvalde, Port Lavaca To Gain Tiile The stateward bound Weslaco Pantherettes took the Regional Championship last Saturday night in the A-AA finals by defeating Uvalde 32-29. This game was one of the best played in the tournament. The Pantherettes started scoring early in the period and led by a 15-11 score at half-time. During the third quarter the Uvalde girls loosened up and came within a one-point tie of 22-21. A very tight game was played in the fourth quarter, with first one team and then the other scoringg how- ever, the Weslaco girls managed to push ahead by three pointsiand hold the lead until the end of the game. Paula Sue Strong led scoring erine Ermel hit 10. HI-LIFE! HI-LIFE! Puh-leese Buy One! HI-LIFE - three cents! Get your red hot news fresh off the press! No, get your subscriptions from the people sitting in the chairs. You get the drift-a poor scribe on paper day! Sad Sack Sam, your little vir- tuoso of the printing press, gets his stack of papers, a little box with exactly 25 pennies, and tears eagerly on to the campus every Thursday at l2:32w on the dot to sell HI-LIFES for all he'sAworth. Can't you picture his blissful face as finally he persuades someone to purchase one of his gems of wit and wisdom? On down the sidewalk meanders our traveling salesman. Hey! Look out there, fellow! fSma1l boy is chasing directly toward our friendll Hey! Look where you're going! Oops! Oh, well, I wanted to spend 15 minutes pic kin g up strewn papers and those horrid, evasive pennies, anyway. 'tThis week's edition is simply chuck full of good t?l features! HI-LlFE-three cents! --fW.H.S.!? Spectator: HHow's Ryan in the high jump? Any good? Coach: UNO, he can hardly clear his throat. with 13 points, while Mary Cath- Before reaching the finals, two more wins were put behind them, those being over George lWest, 34-27, and Port Lavaca 44'-37. Tommie Jo Lott was high scorer in the George West game with 16 hits while Mary Catherine sank 12. In the Port Lavaca game the score was 39-37 one minute from the final period. The guards man- aged to hold the defensive side down while the forwards hit five, l thus putting the final score 44-37. Mary Catherine Ermel sparked the Pantherettes in the ga-me with 24 points, while Tommie Jo sank 14. 1 t The girls left this morning for Austin, where the state play-off will be held Friday and'Satur'day. The trip was made on a'sch0ol bus driven by R. T. Gray. I think that the girls played very wellf' said Miss Martha Stallings, coach. They went up there with a determination to win. A team that has the spirit the girls had at Regional would be hard to beat any time. QCWHSJQ About 25 students are proud possessors of either Quill and Scroll or National Honor Soci- ety pins, which were presented this week. Some kids have both kinds! lt's time to complete until next week, when I hope to return I to you without my malady of mumps. .l.. white coveralls. These tags en- ! registering the parents d u r i n g THE WESLACO Hl-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952 kj , 0 The Weslaco Hr-Life stiff i 1 535' fggiesrihioucaiizii fm 1 Congrats, Counselor ond Council! your columnist? Well, put all those marbles and let's get going. away Some of the biggest news around W.H.S. is the Popularity Contest. It's just a guess who the eighteen lucky candidates are going to be. This weekend will. The Hl-LIFE wishes to congratulate the school counselor and the Student Council for bringing such profitable days as College and Career days to W.H.S. Doesn't it create an inward glow of importance to think that busy people are interested enough in the welfare of our futures to take some of their precious time and, in some cases, travel many miles to help us plan for tomorrow? No doubt, many of us made big decisions, which will determine the course of our lives, as a result of helpful guidance received dur- probably be packed full of work!iHg College am! CHYOGF GHYS- on skits and posters. You'd better 1 So, how about a hearty round of applause for those who made keep those skits a secret untilwhese Occasions possible? next Friday! Thanks, everyone! The best of luck to the Pan- theretbes. who will enter the state tournament this week-end. ou certainly did play some won- derful games in Kingsville last week. Miss Stallings, that little mascot must bring your team- hlck. No kidding-we'll all be rooting for you, and we know you'll give a good account of yourselves. W.H.S. has been taking away her share in honors. Mack Mil- ler, vice-president of the F.F.A., won the Grand Champion award for his Hereford calf and first place for showmanship at the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show in Mercedes. tSay, boys, what happened to that scheme about switching calves?J We're awfully proud of the F.F.A. chapter. Wasn't that fun! Did you see' the monkeys? You guessed it- the circus has been to town! The Lions' Club sponsored the Hagen Brothers' Circus here last week. The seniors sold tickets to the cir- cus. I hope you kiddies weren't scared of the animals! Buy a tag from me! No, me! Now, let's not argue. The band sold tags last Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. You could see kids scurrying up and down Texas Avenue in their Are You o Johnny ? Johnny's mother is worried about Johnny's grades. She knows that he has always been a good student, but this year his grades have fallen down considerably. VVhat has happened? Let's take a look at Johnny's books and see what his subjects are -Algebra Il, English III, typing, physics. Those aren't too hard, since his mother said he has always been a good student. But look! Here's a little black book with Johnny's activities in it. Let's see what it contains. This page lists the things Johnny had to do for one week. Mon- day: first, second and third periods, district meeting of drama lovers in Donnag fourth period, Student Council rneetingg after school, band practice, followed by one-act play practice. ! Tuesday is nearly the same. In the morning there is a practice for an assembly. All afternoon Johnny was gone to a track meet. He had choir practice that evening and a council meeting of the League of Student Voters. Wednesday and Thursday Johnny was gone to a stock show with the F.F.A. Friday he missed classes to practice for the typing con- test. Saturday, Johnny worked all day on the annual. This is a little exaggerated, of course. It wasn't the school's fault that Johnny is so busyg Johnny is just putting his finger in too many pies. My goodness! No wonder he doesn't make good grades, , sighs his mother. Is your name, Johnny If it is, slow down, boy! And you'd better dig in on those lessons! titled people to attend their concert Monday night. The money is to be used for new instruments. The Senior Class has chosen its play. The selection was made after a committee had picked three suitable ones. The only problem now is who will play what. You certainly did choose a cute play, kids. Did you notice the Y-Teens in white dresses and blue ties last Friday? Well, they were busy I 4 Visitation Day. We enjoyed hav- ing our parents visit ole W.H.S., and we hope they had a pleasant day. , --CW.H.S.l- Yarbrough Becomes President of Sophs Don Yarbrough is now presi- dent of the Sophomore Class. Don succeeds G, L. Tatom, former president, ,who recently resigned. Wayne Gray was chosen vice- president to fill Don's previous position. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952 Fourteen Pantherettes and their coach, Miss Martha Stallings, left this morning for Austin to take part in the girls' state basketball contest. 0n the first two rows are the Pantherette A team, regional champs. On the front row, left to right are Lowery Garrett, Tommie Jo Lott, Frances Lasiter, Nettie Faye Bradford, Paula Sue Strong, and Mary Catherine Ermel. Second row is Miss Martha Stallings, coach, Dora Sue Fopeland, Ellen Kaufman, Gin er Rober- son, Lyndelle Roberts, Evelyn Haas, and Alline Minyard. Also on the A team is Patsy Puckett, third row, third from right. Tennis Teams Play In Phurr Tourney The Weslaco High tennis teams won their first round of play last Thursday in the T-Tour- nament at Pharr, but lost in the second round. Entered in the girls' division were Myrna Cook, Rosa Simo, and Katherine Shreck. All of these girls won their first match. En- tered in the boys' division were Dale Waddell. Dewayne Rutledge, and Wesley Ryan. Myrna and Rosa played on Thursday morning. while the oth- ers plfiyed later on. Wadclell heat Lawler of Merce- des 6-0, 6-0 in an easy match. He lost on Friday to Higenis Hino- josa from Benavides 6-0, 6-0. Rut- ledge and Ryan beat the Robs- town doubles team in a tight match 8-6, 6-35 however, they lost later in a quarter-final match to Harris-Richmond of Raymond- ville 6-1. 6-1. This doubles team from Raymondville went on to win the tournament in their division. This was a tune-up match for the district meet to be held later on in the month. College, Career Days Liked By Students in ' All students interviewed this week expressed their complete ap- proval of College and Career Days, and each thought they should be continued each year. Here are a , few comments: 1 - . 0 -, M,,:.1,::,'o,.5.:, -.1-3.5. 43.5,-,v,-,v5.:,:.:,-,f,o5v.:.:,:q. x 5.5. Fongratulations a n d bushels of orchids are in order for the HAMAZONSH upon winning the regional tournament. The girl-a left today for the state tourna- - ment in Austin. H1-re's wishing you lots of luck. Everyone hopes you will l'ring back the first place trophy, girls. The Panther track team is pre- paring for the Magic Valley Re- lays, which are fo be held in- Pharr this Saturday. Although our track team is small, the boys should bring back some honors for VV.H.S. Weslaco High Madia Womble-'II know more about what l Want to he, Wlzat college to attend, and the' courses I should take. Ignacia Garcia - I got first- hand information about my car- eer, and decided what kind of col- lege to attend. Barbara Polk - I think it is something everybody benefited from. Ken Cook-t'Very educational! Ginger Roberson - 'Alt helped me decide my career, college, and the courses I should take. Mary Waller-- I enjoyed then' both: I also decided the college I want to attend. Rd Henry-'tCollege and Career Days helped me decide my career and college. Uarolyn Holzapfel-'They gave me a clearer picture of what car- leer and college to choose. .lo Anne Yl'ilson - t'They gave me a better understanding of the work I want to enter. Mary Lou Benlxow - I think they should be held annually. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1952 We saw some Weslaco hombres mingling Bv4? thetjcattle over at the Valley Show in Mercedes last 'sweek-end--BUBBA, EVAN DALE, TOMMY McMANN, GEORGE BEAMAN, and MERLE, to name a few. The usual couples were there-such as FRED and JANET, JAY and JUDY, ED and PATSY, .j'GAY a n d KAY, a nd EDfIT?H and A. C. FULLER. CHARIQQIE was with RUTH ANN CLOUD5 and RICHARD HAR- REN'hpi1t inpa surprise appear- akfce with DIANE ROSS. Such gun shootin', ball throwin', and goin's-on we haven't seen in a long, time. . H After band 'practice last Satur- day night, KEN and TERESA, BUSTER and SUE, and CHAR- LES and JANE drove off to the Wagon for some dining and dancing. All of JUNE SMITH's acquaint- ances have been poking tenderly behind their ears lately-seems that JUNE has the mumps! WINNIE GLEE CARD, whom were you with at the Livestock Show? 'RALPH and DILLIE were at the Drive-Inn over the weekend. Say, Ralph, what happened to your back window? Also seen Friday were NANCY AWWILLER and J. V. Everyone seemed to behaving loads of fun at JERRY ANDER- SON's party Friday night. CHARLES, RUPERT, BETTY, CAROLE, BARBARA, J U L I A, CAROLYN, and RALPH were at the stock show Saturday. Cruising around, we saw BOYD, TOMMIE JO, BOBBIE STAHL, PINKY DAY, and RICHARD CHILDRESS. Did you get your hair dyed, boys? The girls' game in Kingsville attracted BOB KNIGHT, HOMA, JIMMY H A M P T O N, WAYNE GRAY, PATSYE, and BOBBIE STAHL. We'll have to stop writing here. or we'll crowd into the space for the next article below-see ya next week! St. Peter: How did you get here? New Arrival: Fluf' Talent Show Draws Even Faculty Profs Wild Nell, the Pet of the Plains, a hilarious pantomime featuring Supt. Grady Hester, J. A. Gebhardt, John Evraets, Gene Braught, Claude Jungman, and Miss Jean Donalson, with Princi- pal J. L. Akridge as narrator, was the highlight of the Talent Show sponsored by the Senior Class Wednesday morning in a special assembly. ' , Running a close second were Miss Louise Black and her Black Cats orchestra composed of Don- ald Watkins, trumpetg Terry Lan- caster, saxophoneg Nell Glynn Koester, clarinet, Evan Dale Hint- ner, tromboneg Gene Braught, drumsg and Miss Black, piano. Nine 'girls from the class- pre- sented a skit called Dress Re- hearsal. Other numbers featured songs by the girls' sextet and gui- tar numbers by Fred and Ed Ro- bertson, two Negro boys. Jack Ryan was announcer for the occasion. The talent show was one of the many projects of the Seniors to raise money for their Bandera trip. --lW.H.S.l- Loose Ends r Lawyer tto rattled witnessi- Did you, or did you not, on the forementioned day, Tuesday, January nineteenth, feloniously and with malicious aforethought listen at the keyhole of the third floor rear apartment then occupied as a residence by the defendant in this action on Sev- enteenth Street near Park Ave- nue, and did you not also on the Friday following the Tuesday in January before referred to communicate to your wife the information acquired and re- peat the conversation over- heard on that occasion with the result that the 'gossip of your wife gave wide and far currency to the overheard con- versation before mentioned? Did you or did you not? Answer Yes or No. VVitness- Huh? Miss Claypool: HWhy are you late? James Godwin: Class started before I got here. Win Two Show Tickets! En.ter This Contest! To liven t.he paper iand in- crease its circulationl, the HI- LIFE herewith publishes a list of eleven questions. The first student who turns in a correct set of answers to these ques- tion-14 will receive two tickets tcourtesy of Manager Jack Ver- serb to the Ritz 01 -the Gem theater. All members of the HI-LIFE staff are excluded from the con- test. Answers may be turned in to HI-LIFE editors Sue Clark or Charles Rupert or to Miss Louise Black, sponsor. The win- ner will be announced in next week's paper. Here are the questions: 1. What is Jerry Andersen's locker number? 2. What color is Mr, Akridge's shirt today? 3. What is showing at the Ritz and Gem theaters today and to- morrow? 4. What color are Emily Corns' eyes? 5. How many years has Miss Pinson worked at Weslaco High School? 6. Who is president of the Stamp Club? 7. Who is sponsoring the cur- rent essay contest? 8. What is the cafeteria's menu for tomorrow? I - 9. For what are the profits from the coke machine in the hall of senior high used? 10. Where are the garbage bar- rels placed on the campus? ll. How many made the honor roll last six weeks? --tW.H.S.J- Whot's Happening Here? Stop and Take cs Look Hasn't it been three minutes yet? 'tHush! Now keep your mouth shut! You might have overheard something like this if you were passing by the Homemaking room this past week. It's all the result of Mrs. Connie Hankal's home nursing course. She is also teach- ing the girls to notice the symp- toms of diseases, how to take a personts temperature, how to read a thermometer, how to shake a thermometer down, how to make an occupied bed, and how to make a patient comfortable. Last, but not least, the girls are getting medical vocabulary lessons as they go along. THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 Six of these eighteen will be chosen for the feature section of the 1952 LA PALMA tomorrow at noon in a campus election open to all students of junior-senior high. Reading from top row to bottom, the candidates are as follows: Best all-around: Senior --Jane Oehler, Jack Ryan: juniors - Julia Sleeth, Charles Rupertg sophomores-Ginger Roberson, Don Yarbrough. Most beautiful and most handsome: Seniors-Patia Link, Bob Knight: juniors - Nell Glynn Koester, Don Beatty: sophomores - Patsy Puckett. XVayne Gray. Most popular: Seniors - June Smith, Bob Mclntosh: juniors - Barbara XVilliams, Charlie Mohle: sophomores - Ellen Kaufman, .lose Ramon. 'vvvvvvvvvvvx The Green Vine fo Be Bandera or Bust Fund Senior Play of '52 Now Beasts Cash The Green Vine' was the play Rah! Rah for the Seniors! They now have S700 in their Bandera or Bust fund, accard- ing to John Evraets, class spans-or. 'l i.a anfl other bits of import- ant news were brought to light at a class meeting last Friday. KVe'll ring the lrells of the future with the ropes of the past was chosen as the class motto. Purple bougainvillea and white carnations are to be the flowers, carrying out the class colors of purple and white. selected to be presented by the Senior Class, according to Miss Emma Mae Smith, sponsor. The play, a Comedy in three acts. Wes Chosen from three suitable plays presented by a committee. The playbooks have been or- dered. Miss Smith stated that the cast would be selected as soon as possible' after the books arrive. --CW.H.S.l-- During a history lesson Mrs. Robertson asked one of her stu- dents: 4 Jerry, what are the Phoe-f nicians noted for? Key Clubbers to Carry Program to Edinburg The Kev Club will present ar owrchanffe' proinri totno 'e oiv for the Key Club in Vdinbure. Mr. R:'ru'1Ft's Stardusters will be the first number on the pro- gram. according to Richard Har- ren. progfranf chairman. V A skit, 'The Lighthouse Keep- er's Daughter, will climax the occasion. The cast is composed of David Rogers, the daughter, Gay Cloud, the keeperg Darrell Rach, the hero: and Jay Cloud, KAAAAAAAAAAAI Jerry: t'That's easy-blinds! i narrator. THE VVICSLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 ip Me X? Get out of that parked car and le+'s see w h at rn a k es the olii school tick this week! Although th os e AMAZONS didn't quite make state, we're proud as everything of their regional record! Congrats to you all. Boy! Just peer at these many, many cute littlei?J signs for the Popularity Contest! Be sure to vote for the tcensoredb. Proud also are we of the band. Not just everyone can make firsts. Say, kids, did they make you warm up in cow stalls? Rosebuds to you! Those busy little warblers ichoir students, I mean? are go- ing to sell cokes at the Garden Club's Flower Show next week! They're still after money for their robe fund. Say! the Whole school went ape last Thursday trying to discover the color of Mr. Akridge's shirt when the HI-LIFE contest came out. Mr. Akridge, that shore was a purty shirt. California style, you know!! Say, Mack Miller, what's the idea of giving all those Milky Ways to the first period history class? If you can't find better ways of spending your money, see me! The Bandera or Bust cam- paign is still in high gear. The talent show made S117 for Mr. Evraets' little money bag. Want to try the best Mexican food west of the Pecos? Well, come to the Senior Mexican Supper Saturday night, from 5 until 8:30 p.m. at the Stephen F. Austin Cafetorium. Any Senior will gladly sell you a ticket for 51.00. Well, spit the dust out of your mouths and let's hope for rain. See ya' next week, lovers. 9 . The Weslaco Hi-Life X as iff . il R I Compoign Copers Coll for Courtesy Well, tomorrow we'll get a whole hour of contest candidates' campaign capers when the three upper classes present their popularity skits in a general assembly. Of course, most of us have already chosen our favoriteas for whom we'll applaud and laugh loudest, but let's give a hearty hand for the others, too. Although we want our choice to win, we can at least show our sportsmanship by extending every courtesy to all the groups, who have put a lot of time and effort into their campaigning. Get Your Posy from the Bouquet VVhat have we here? A bouquet of flowers? My goodness! Whom are they for? They're for everybody! How is that? Well, read on and find out! First, wc'll take the roses and give them to the basketball boys. They worked many hours and honored our school when they won district and went to regional. , Whom are all these cornflowers for? The F.F.A. boys, of course. They made an excellent showing at the stock show in Mercedes. Next, we'll find all the little pansies and give them to the Nation- al Honor Society members. In their ranks are many of the leaders of our school. And now, some gay sunshiny daisies for the band and indivi- dual members who won high ratings at the contest last weekend. Daily practice hours and many night sessions have brought about enviable results. Chrysanthemums go to the basketball girls, who not only won district, but regional, too! Although they were defeated in the state finals, we are very proud of what they have done. All of the camellias in the arrangement are for the members of the Journalism class who made Quill and Scroll. Those students spend much time working on the paper. The little nasturtiums around the edge of the bowl are for the students who have been on the honor roll every six weeks this year. You see, all the different flowers are for someone. So, con- gratulations, y'all. Have a posie! -,-,-.vp . . Q .vnzw fra 1'n'.'.'.',v'v'.- -,-, vu.-,-, 5.1. '. ., .33 go 1 1... s -. . 4 a . 4, -. -. - 5. .'.-, ,.,.,.,. Although t h e Pantherettes lost their initial game in the State Tournament at Austin last Friday, everyone is still very proud of the showing they made. They lost to McLean 49 to 32. Better luck next year, girls. T h e junior - senior basketball game was played last Monday nightg howeevr, as this game was played after the paper went to press, the results can't be given. Everyone knows that the seniors COULDN'T have lost with such STARS as James fDeadeye1 God- win, Emilio fShrimpl Castro, anxl Terry tThe Mohlel Holman! Only two track boys from VVeslaco entered the Magic Val- ley Relays in Pharr last Satur- day, and neither of them placed for the finalsg however, they made a good showing. These boys were VVarren Stansbury and Jim Swinnea. Warren ran the 100-yard dash and partici- pated in the b-road jump. Jim threw the discus and entered the high jump. The track team is now getting ready for the Donna Relays March 29. THE VVTSLE CO Hl-LITFI, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 The all-star cast of VVild Nell, the Pet of the Plains takes a moment to watch the birdie after the performance in the recent Senior Talent Show. Left to right are Principal J. L. Akridge, narrator: Superintendent Grady CU - Tell - 'Emi Hester: Braves Claude Jungman, Gene Braught, and John Evraetsg Miss Jean lW'ild Neill Donalson: and the Pennsylvania Texan, J. A. Gebhardt. Baseliallers Open District Play April 8 The NV.H.S. baseball team will play eight conference games this season, starting with Mission on April 8 at VVeslaco. The complete schedule is as follows: Date-Opponent-Place April 8 Mission, Here April 11 Pharr, Here April 15 Raymondville, There April 22 Rio Grande City, There April 25 Mission, There April 29 Pharr, There May2 Raymondville, Here May9 Rio Grande City, Here The Panthers will have six re- turning lettermen. These include Charles Mohle, Ken Cook, Eugene Truitt, George Beaman, Ignacio Elizondo. and Jack Ryan. Promising prospects are De- wayne Rutledge, Wesley Ryan. Royce McAlpin, Bobby Brown. Jerry W'illis, and Robert Veach. As practice will not start until spring training is over, the Pan- thers will only have a few days' workout before they swing into action. -fW.H.S.J-- Your husband has a new suit. No, he hasn't. 'tWell, somethings different. 1t's a new husband. Thar's Gold in Them Thar Calves 'n Pigs! A cow's not a cow and a hog's not a hog any more to several Weslaco F.F.A. boys. What Web- ster calls a mature female of any bovine animal is a four-legged gold mine to them. A moo or a runt sounds like a cash register bell. Why? They're just getting a taste of the money a good farmer can make with a calf or a hog and something to feed it with. Take Mack Miller, for instance. He invested S280 in a Hereford, fed it, groomed it, and took it to the Mercedes Livestock Show ear- lier this month. He came back with S1729 and a big smile-he'd made a profit of more than 500 percent. A .C. Fuller took a S300 calf to the show with him and came back with 8500, a 70 percent profit. Gene Rose paid S370 for a calf and eleven months' worth of feed and sold it for 3423, a pro- fit of 893, or about 25 percent. Robert Luna and Johnny Hughes found that hogs aren't a bad in- vestment, either. So you wanna keep a cow in the back yard now? Not a bad idea!! Pantlierettes lose 49-32 to Mclean ln Quarter Finals ' The Pantherettes went down to defeat 49-32 before the girls from west-Texas, McLean, in the quarter-finals of the state basketball tournament for girls last Friday afternoon. Weslaco started scoring early in the game and had a 15-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. Mc- Lean came from behind and shot in 17 points during the second quarter, leading at halftime by 2 points in the 25-23 score. McLean made good the 2-point lead and managed to stay ahead for the remainder of the game. Top scoring honors went to Tommie Jo Lott with 12 points, while' Mary Catherine Ermel and Paula Sue Strong each hit 10. Bonita Bailey and Sue Lively were high for McLean with 17 and 11 respectively. Starting line-up other than the three high s C o r e r s mentioned were Alline Minyard, Evelyn Haas, a n d Lynndelle Roberts, guards. Lowery Garrett and Fran- ces Lasiter also saw action during the game. The team made the trip on a school bus accompanied by Miss Martha Stallings, coachg Mrs. Con- nie Hankal, school nurse: and R. T. Gray, bus driver. llVV.H.S.l-1 Two Will Represent FHA at Convention A discussion of ways of raising money for an organization and of new spring fashions, given by Keith Brown, highlighted the reg ular F'.H.A. meeting Tuesday ol las' week. Emelia Cardenas was elected representative from the Weslaco chapter to attend the state con- vention in Dallas April 24-26. Pat- sy Emery will also attend, since she is a district president. Pat McKissack, Patsy Emery, Minnie Cuellar, Emma Rodriquez, and their sponsor, Miss Mary Beth Raymer, attended the dis- trict meeting in San Benito last Saturday. THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952 ,Q .9 Why don't people stay at hone anymore? Saturday night I hit the Wagon again and found FRED and JANET, NELL GLYNN and DAVID. Have fun? The track meet in Pharr also called people from Weslaco - JACKIE and MYRNA and PATSY and ED. RAY RUTLEDGE was with MARGARET COLVIN Friday night. Don't you think 10:30 is too late to be out, RAY? COMER BAXTER, were you With a girl Saturday night? What senior boys were happy when the basketball girls came home from Austin???? J A N I E MONTGOMERY was wtih TERRY YOUNG Friday night. Why were you locked out of the car, JANIE? I am happy to report that RALPH and DILLIE sat quietly through the show at the Wes- Mer Friday- night without another broken window. Say, now, this is good news! BARBARA and WARREN had a date Friday night and were seen together Saturday night. lt's hard to break old habits, huh? Have' fun in Lockhart, CHAR- LIE and KEN? Whom did DAVID send a letter to? CHARLES GRIFFIN seems to be having a little difficulty with MARY ANN RED DECEL from Mercedes. Things are still rather quiet on the home front. JUNE still has the mumps, BETTY MEYER, TOMMY Mc- MANN, RALPH, CAROL, and PATSYE had a lot of fun Satur- day working on Junior Class posters. --fW.H.S.J- ingenious Mohle Finds Enjoyable Substitute And be sure to clap after every number, warned Charlie Mohle, program chairman for a recent Key Club meeting. With these instructions in mind, Key Clubbers adjourned to the choir room to hear Mrs. Sibyl Mattar's all-girl chorus execute their noon rehearsal. After a brief introduction by Charlie, in which he again peti- tioned applause, the chorus sang Lift Thine Eyes, by Mendel- Midnight Bell Brings Outh Creeping, Climbing Figures 'Twas the night before Popu- larity Contest, And all through the school Not a creature was sleeping- Not even Mr. Akridge. Where are you? I can't see a thing! Over here under the palm treeg someone has to hold the ladder for Jimmy. t'Who has the tacks? I dunno. Exactly at midnight Mr. Ak- ridge rang the bell, pulled all the light switches, and declared the contest open. Sopliomores, juniors, and sen- iors, with posters galore' in every hand, r u s h e d frantically into Shorthand Scribes Seek Spending Spree Any person strolling about the ca 's pus an'l buildinfrs of Weslaco High School would perhaps be aware oi' small items, such as the fan and venetian blinds in the shorthand room and the clock in the study hall. left by the short- hand classes of past years. The class of 1952 earnestly de- sires tbat its little reminder be as useful to the school as those left by the classes in the past. There is approszrnately S75 in the treasury with which to buy this little memorial. The question now under consideration is, 'tWhat shall be bought? Members of the shorthand class are now searching their little brains as wildly as the Klondike miners searched for gold. --tW.H.S.J- Mrs. Cloud: Jay, there were two pieces of pie in the pantry this morning, and now there is only one. How did this happen? Jay: HI guess because it was so dark in there that l didn't see the other piece. ssohng Let Us Break Bread To- gether, a spiritual arranged by Bellg and Giannina Mia, by Friml. The unusual aspect of this oc- casion was that Charlie was re- minded at second period that he was to have the program for the noon meeting,-the subject being The Objects of the Key Club. l XV.H.S. and plastered it! fNot wi h plaster, silly--with postersh All this while, Mr. Akridge oc- cupied himself by running glee- fully up and down the halls being a regular nuisance whenever pos- sible. The seniors, with the aid o' Miss Srnith's pale blue ladder. got a flag secured on the old junior high flag pole. A piercing screech suddenly cut the night with its dagger-like tongue. A sly junior hanging a banner from the roof of the sen- ior high school was about to break his neck. The sophs-well, they made like beavers fbusy, you knowb. They were just everywhere. Lay on, Macduff! was the- you guesed it-seniors' battle cry. lCould be they are studying Mac- beth in English IV?l Such strategy as was shown Thursday night compares only with the Battle of Bull Run! --tW.H.S.Jl Midget Mascot Makes Mischief Who determines the victories or losses of the Pantherettes? Why, Nicodemus, of course. The basketball girls are indeed lucky to have this faithful little supporter. tln case' you don't know the power of the team, it's 'tTeach's tiny dog.J Most of the time before a game is spent looking for shoes Nicki lias so thoughtfully Mput away for the girls. The rest ls used up trying to get the shoes on. tlt seems the mascot is an expert on tying knots in shoestringsl Nicodemus continues to spur the team on as he helpst?l them get ready. As time for the event approaches, Nicki is dressed for his role as mascot. tBy the Way, if anyone has lost a purple-top sock, it is now a miniature swea- ter.l The game starts with the little- mascot fast asleep. Oh, well, you'd be tired too if you had all those girls to take care of before- a game! THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952 Seniors Win Four of Six Places, g ingfopugty Contest Election Press Banquet to Be In Plnarr in April Plans for the annual spring banquet of the Valley High School Press Conference, to be held in Pharr at the Texas Hotel April 17, were made at an executive con- ference in Mercedes recently. Sue Clark and Charles Rupert, editors of the HI-LIFE, and Miss Louise Black, sponsor, represent- ed Weslaco at the planning con- ference. The group discussed the newspaper and individual writing contests and formulated rules for the competition. The HI-LIFE will be judged with all papers in the Valley in- stead of in Class A as it has been done in previous years. Individual contests for editorials, features, columns, news stories, sport stor- ies, interview stories, and adver- tising are' also held. Points from both contests will be totaled to determine a grand champion from the papers. Awards from the contests will be made at the banquet at Pharr in April. ivvvvv9vvvvvw 472 of 660 Students Vote in Campus Election In the Popularity Contest election, 294 students in senior high voted, while 56 failed to exercise their voting privilege, a c co rd i n g to J. Ir. Akridge, principal. This represents 84 per cent of senior high who voted. Eleven seniors, 7 jun- iors, 18 sophomores, and 20 freshmen did not vote. In junior high, where 310 stu- dents are enrolled, 178 voted and 132 did not, an average of 57.4 per cent. AAAAAAAAAAAA. Miss Smith: Now, George, if I subtract 10 from 24, what's the difference? George Be'aman: Yeah, that's what I say. Who cares? Oehler, Ryan, Smith, Link, Beatty, Ramon Elected by Student Body They did it again! For the fifth consecutive year the seniors of Weslaco High have seen a majority of their candidates elected in the Popularity Contest sponsored by LA PALMA. This time they placed four in the coveted positions, while the juniors and sophomores placed one each. Senior candidates elected were Patia Link, most beautiful girlg June Smith, most popular girlg Jane Oehler, best all-around girlg and Jack Ryan, best all-around boy. Donn Beatty, junior, was named most handsome boyg while Joe Ramon, sophomore, was Voted' most popular boy. The closest races were for best all-around boy, in which Jack Ryan defeated Don Yarbrough, sophomore, by only ten votesg and most popular boy, in which Joe de'feated Bob McIntosh, senior, by tcil votes. Several of the winning candi- dates are prominent on the W. H. H. S. campus. June is a member of the National Honor Society and Quill and Scroll, secretary of the Senior Class, president of the Y- Teens, vice-president and sweet- heart of the band, and a member of the HI-LIFE staff. Jane is also a member of the National Honor Society, Quill and Scroll, and the girls' sextet. She is Student Council representative from Choral Club, secretary of the council and circulation editor of the HI-LIFE. Jack is a prominent participant in boys' sports of all kinds, a member of the Lettermen's Club and Quill and Scroll, sports col- umnist of the HI-LIFE, and sports editor of LA PALMA. Patia is a twirler in the band and a member of Y-Teens, girls' basketball team, and the HI-LIFE staff. She was elected this year to represent the Senior Class at the Mission Citrus Fiesta. Donn Beatty, taking an active part in sports, is on the football and basketball teams, and is a member of the Key Club. .loe Ramon, vice-president of the Pan-American Forum, is also active in boys' sports. After a week of campaigning, class skits presenting candidates were given last Friday morning in assembly. Balloting was held 1 Akin, Sleeth Chosen For Girls' State Patsye Akin and Julia Sleeth have been chosen by the senior high faculty to represent Weslaco High School at Girls' State in Aus- tin June 16-22. V The American Legion Auxiliary will sponsor Patsye, whose alter- nate is Carol Sawyer. Julia, whose alternate is Nell Glynn Koester, will be sponsored by the City Fed- eration of Women's Clubs. Only junior girls are eligible for Girls' State. They are chosen on leadership, character, c o u r a g e, honesty, scholarship, cooperative- ness, and physical fitness. Girls' State is a mythical forty- ninth state, where, for one week, city, state, and county govern- ments are organized. As regular election procedures are used, the citizens introduce and argue their own bills in a legislature. The purpose' of Girls' State is to educate young people in the du- ties, privileges, rights, and re- sponsibilities of A m e r i c a n cit- zens. on the campus during the noon hour. The six winners of the contest will have full-page pictures in LA PALMA, Weslaco High's an- nual. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952 liao , . Ll F The -.Weslaco Hi-Life Come on, kids. Jump into your jalopies and whiz around W. H. S. with us. Hold on tight, because it's going to be a fast ride! The Popularity Contest really took over in,Weslaco High last week. With the murder, the guitar strumming and singing, the dropping of picture show passes from an airplane, the arrest of three prominent juniors, and other advertising schemes, there wasn't a dull mo- ment! Umm, that was good food. This comment could be heard at the Mexican Supper sponsored by the seniors last Saturday night. Some of the girls should be able to roll enchiladas and fix tacos Umuy , pronto now. That trip to Ban- dera is getting closer and closer, with the profit of about S300 add- ed. Congratulations to Patsye A- kin and Julia Ann Sleeth on be- ing elected to attend Girls' State in Austin this summer. Nell Glynn Koester and Carol Saw- yer were elected as alternates. The Senior Class sponsored an- other Hbang-up dance at the La- bor Center last Friday night. Kids from all over the Valley attended. Evelyn, what's this about your wanting to learn to dance the Mambo? Purple socks, white socks, now yell! This sounds like foot- ball season, but it's just cheer- leader tryouts for another year. If you see any sophomore girls limping down the hall, you'll know they have been putting in some practice sessions. Did you enjoy the special assem- bly this week? Roger's Novelty Act had some awfully interesting features. All that juggling and cycling looked hard to do! --tW.H.S.i- Ellen: You'd be a good dancer except for two things. Jackie: What're they? Ellen: Your feet! A Tip for Teen-Agers Come on, kids! Let's show 'emi Many current articles on teen-agers play up sensational de- linquencies and seem to throw an unfavorable light upon teen- agers as a whole. As we read these articles, the thought may enter our minds sev- eral times that it appears as if dope peddling, smoking, drinking, and other immoral acts are the latest in fashion fads, and we begin to wonder if we're missing a lot by not indulging. With so many of these degrading accounts being issued, it's hard to realize that they are written about only a minority of this age group and that the majority denounce such degeneracy and earnestly seek growth of character. However, an article in the March 15, 1952, Collier's, Our Teen- agers - How Good Are Their Morals?, by Dr. and Mrs. Judson Landis, shows statistically that delinquency is declining. This can be an incentive to us. Since we young people are being brought more and more to public attention, we can prove that high teen-age standards can command just as much, or nioret prominence as low standards. Are You on Engine or o Caboose? Once upon a time there was a ltitle train. It had a little black engine at one end and a little red caboose at the other end. The little black engine went chug! chug! chug. The little red caboose went schloog-ity, --schlrag-ity. Now, the little black engine liked to be at the head of the train. He enjoyed chug, chugging. Since the' little red caboose seemed to enjoy schlrag-itying, it is presumed that he would rather drag along behind. W.H.S. has many little black engines but also many little red cabooses. Students who are conscientious about their studies seem to chug, chug, and those who don't care seem to schlrag-ity. Although school will draw to a close soon, there are nearly eight weeks to go. Seniors, there is still a chance to be exempt from our final examinations! Hey! Let's don't be cabooses. Everybody, chug!! VVVVVWVVVVVV Most Groups Need Money But This One Doesn't Talk about money! That seems to be the topic of conversation lately. The choir needs money for choir robes. The juniors are planning the Junior-Senior Banquet. Seniors are working constantly to make money for their trip to Bandera. The journalism class has to raise about 32,000 during the year for the paper and the annual. Clerk: These are exceptionally strong shirts, sir. They simply laugh at the laundry. Customer: Yes, I know that kind. I had some come 'back with their sides split. NVell, you've heard of all these clubs and classes needing money and not having it, but have you heard of one that has the money and doesn't know what to do with it? That's right! It seems that the shorthand class just can't-decide what to do with their money! THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952 Popularity Skits Range From Knights to Narcotics Vl'ith an auditorium as decor- ated as a Republican National Ponvention Hall, and students as vociferous for their candi- dates as the representatives to the convention are, the assem- bly to present the candidates from each class got underway last Friday. The seniors, who began the as- sembly, paraded their contestants around the auditorium with drums and cymbals. Podunk Pen, home of notorious crooks, was the setting for their skit. Since the Pen was holding a popularity contest of its own, Warden tJiml Swinnea called in the contestants and had them prove that they were the best. The best all-around bank robbers, Jane Oehler and Jack Ryan, most popular dope peddlers, Bob Mc- Intosh and June Smith, and the most handsome and beautiful pickpockets, Bob Knight and Patia Link, reenacted their crimes. Odd- ly enough, all the criminals had been captured by McGoo tDon Watkins? and his nephew Waldo rEvan Dale Hintnerl. The Junior skit took place in King Arthur's court. Named The King's Flight, the story began when King Arthur tDavid Rogers! decided that he wanted Lady Nell tNell Glynn Koesteri for his stupid son Prince Gay tGay Cloudl. The king sent three of his dashing knights, Donn Beatty, Charles Rupert, and Charles Mohle, to get Lady Nell from King U-Betchum-Gottum's castle. WVith pans upon their herds, sheets as armour, and as- sorted weapons, t h e n 0 bl e knights stormed the castle, con- quered King U - Betchum - Got- -fVV.H.S.J-- Young Wins Possesp Mystery Mr. Coming Terry Young, freshman, won two passes to the Wes-Mer or Sky- Vue drive-in by submitting the first set of correct answers to last wee'k's questions. No contest is offered this week, but watch next week's issue of the HI-LIFE for the Mystery Mister contest! Who will be the first to identify the unknown per- son from the clues given? tum's warriors, and captured Lady Nell and her two sisters, Lady Julia tJulia Sleethb and Lady Barbareba tBarbara Wil- liamsl. The highlight of the skit was the chorus line consisting of Dewayne Rutledge, Ralph Montgomery, Ja ckie Gatton, Karl Stephens, and Tommy Mc- Mann, which appeared before each scene. The Sophwood Publicity Agen- cy, headed by Mr. Soph U. Moore fBilly Boydl was the location of the Sophomore skit. Such talent as the child prodigies, Ginger Ro- berson, dressed in a blue pina- fore, and Don Yarbrough, attired in cowboy outfitg Joe Ramon, cowboy singer, Patsy Puckett, the beautiful girl who could do noth- ingg and Wayne Gray and Ellen Kaufman, talent with no talent, were brought to the agency. Also prominent in the skit was Mr. Peabody's dumb secretary, Nancy Ohlendorf. At the end of each skit the class introduced its candidates. Two surprising additions to the show were little Dottie Stans- bury, who rooted for the Sen- iors, and Owen Johnson, local policeman, who gave three jun- ior boys warrants containing complaints from the citizens of WVeslaco and urged everyone to vote for the sophs. 1lVV.H.S.l- Man, placing lost ad in news- paper: I want to offer a S100 re- ward for a lost cat with a white star on its forehead. Newspaper secretary: I s n ' t 58100 a lot to offer for the return of a cat? Man: No, it's my -wife's cat: I drowned it yesterdayfl By the way, don't forget to make a down payment of S2 on an annual by April 1 if you haven't already done so. See Miss Black in her office. It's about time to rest this pen- cil lead for another week. You better be careful. Next Tuesday is April Fools' Day! Dark Wind Given In Pluyofontesi Dark Wind, Weslaco's one- act play, was presented last night in Mercedes at the district one-act play contest. The cast was com- posed of Dillie Otto, Terry Lan- caster, Jane Oehler, and G. L. Tatom. Last week three one-act class plays competed in rehearsals for Miss Gloria Wingert, speech in- structor from McAllen, to choose the one with the best possibilities for the district contest. The three plays were Smoke Screen, Sky Fodder, and Dark Wind. The play Dark Wind takes place in the pneumonia ward of a hospital ship in a mine-infested sector of the Pacific while a ter- rific storm is raging outside. The plot deals with three nurses aboard and their reactions to strain. Miss Wingert selected Jim Swinnea as the best boy actor and Dillie Otto as the best girl actor. Patia Link was runner-up. Thursday of last week Mrs. Hil- ma Carrell, Weslaco speech teach- er, was critic judge for declama- tion and extemporaneous speech s tu de n ts from La Feria High School from 1 to 2 o'clock. The La Feria speech teacher in turn was critic judge for a rehearsal of 'fDark Wind. 'VVVVVVVVVVVV Cheerleader Tryouts To Be Held April I Cheerleader tryouts will be held at an assembly on Tues- day, April 1, according to Eve- lyn Haas, one of this year's cheerleaders. Three girls will be elected by the school as next year's leaders. Patsy Akin and Tommy Jo Lott will be carried over from this year. Girls trying out are Frances Lasiter, Verna Frase, Mary Er- mel, Yvonne Newby, Lydia Rod- riguez, Amelia Cardenas, Ginger Roberson, and Ellen Kaufman. Fandidates f or cheerleaders must be of sophomore standing, must have a grade of at least 75 in each subject, and must have been a VVeslaco student for at least two semesters. AAAAAAAAAAAA. THE WESLACO H1-LIFE, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952 Elected to attend Girls' State in June are, left to right, Pat- sye Akin and Julia Sleeth. Alternatcs are Nell Glynn K08Stel' and Carol Sawyer. All are juniors. Patterson Speaker For Key Club Program Bill Patterson, counselor In-service training at A. KL I. lege, Kingsville, spoke to the Key for I Col-- regular meeting Tuesday of last week. Mr. Patterson is a member of the Kiwanis Club at Harlingen. In the same meeting the mem- bers of the Key Club discussed plans for their Pancake Supper to W.H.S. Ag Classes Plant Cotton to Buy Tractor The agriculture classes h ave planted eight and one-half acres of cotton in a tract of land behind the agriculture building. They will attempt to make e n o u g h money to buy a tractor next year. The work is all being done by the boys themselves. Irrigation of the land has been going on for about four weeksg in addition, they have bought a .Iaeger pump to help them with their watering. -fW.H.S.l-M Civics Class Pays Call To Weslaco City Hall The civics class eagerly hopped into Ed Henry's truck for a tour of the City Hall the third period Tuesday of last we'ek. Yes, all five of them and their teacher, Mrs. Robertson, boarded the muddy green pick-up and jaunted merrily to the City Hall, where Virgil Thompson, city man- ager, showed them around and explained how a muincipal gov- ernment works. Nothing like seeing how a Club on 'Choosing a College' andxhe held on April 18, according to thiUg'S 110119 fiFSi hand, H11 the i'Teaching as a Career at the! Fred Buss, vice president. .students admitted. The impression most stu- dents have of Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, Spanish and English in- structor here in Weslaco High, is undoubtedly a favorable one -her students like her. She's the proud mother of a daugh- ter, now attending Oklahoma University, and a son, who's just starting schoolg she looks the part. However, despite the dignity these high offices im- part, Mrs. Jones has an aspira- tion which modern convention would probably deem rather un- usual for a woman of her sta- tion-she longs to play drums in a jazz band! This ambition has been with her since her first teaching job in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, a thriving metropolis of 1,669 citi- zens, which boasts of being the spot where Billy the Kid finally Here's One for Ripley: Our Mrs. Jones Longs to Be Drummer in Jazz Band! met his fate. persuaded the principal to teach VVhen Mrs. Jones arrived in Fort Sumner some years ago, it was a wild frontier town where she saw cowboys greet the introduction of electricity by slfooting out the electric street lights as they rode past her hotel window. Because her duties as teacher ofj five daily classes, supervisor ofl the school paper, librarian, soph- omore sponsor, and dramatics coach left her with little to do on off hours, Mrs. .lones became' the pianist in a six-piece jazz band, which played for school dances, box suppers, and American Leg- ion parties. The school principal, who was also its band director, played drums, directed the re- hearsals, and managed the vocals. i I I l l l l r The climax of her musical career' was reached when Mrs. .lones her to play his jazz drums-a tal- ent which she has not exercised recently, much to her regret. Mrs. Jones, of course, has oth- er interests besides jazz drum- ming. She devotes much of her spare time to the Girl Scout movement, being a member of the regional and national pro- gram committees. Square danc- ing is also a hobby of hers. She belongs to the Circle Eight club, a local square dance or- ganization. By the end of each school year, however, the .lones family has usually had enough teaching, drumming, and dancing for a while, and off they go for their summer cottage in the mountains. HColorado, Mrs. Jones remark- ed, is the answer to any jazz drummer's prayer. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952 rvvvvvvvvvvvw HI-LIFE Saves Honor! HI-LIFE editors breathe eas- ily now that a shipment of Scholastic Rotos have finally arrived. At the first of this semester the paper printed an announce- ment that the Rotos would be distributed at no cost to HI- LIFE subscribers. VVhen word came from the Roto publisher that the order could not be filled because of the national demand for the picture supplement, the staff printed an explanation and apology and waited to see if orders would be shipped to 'schools on the waiting list. Now the Rotos are here, the staff is pleased to be able to fulfill its promise and offer all its read- ers a free April edition of the Roto. The HI-LIFE makes their of- fer to interest VVeslaco students in subscribing next year to the Roto, which is a nationally popu- lar school supplement contain- ing pictures. and articles of in- terest to teen-agers everywhere. May editions will be distribut- ed only to subscribers of the HI-LIFE. MAAAAAA 4 AAAAA Student Council Election ls April I5 April 15 was set as the date for the Student Council elections by the council at its meeting last Tuesday. The group also voted to present the new point system in that election. The new constitution states that the elections are to be held the last week of March, and in case of a tie, a run-off election would be held the first week of April. How- ever, since the constitution was ratified too late to hold the elec- tion this week, the council mem- bers found that a new date was needed. The point system, which will al- so be presented in the election, is a system tc enable more students to take leadership in school. The Student Council has been working on the system since the beginning of school. It will be explained to the students and teachers in class meetings before the election. Cast- for Senior Play Chosen by Judges Part of the cast for the senior play, The Green Vine, was select- ed last Friday, and rehearsals have begun, according to Miss Emma Mae Smith, sponsor. The Green Vine is the story of a greedy and vain family who return to their dead uncle's plantation for various reasons. The play has ten parts-five men and five women. Although the men's parts had not been filled when the HI-LIFE went to press Monday, the others have been chosen as follows: Myrtle Brand Knan, a so-called singer, June Smith, Mary Brand Tennant, an actress, Jane Oehlerg Peggy Brand Mason, a college girl, Patia Linkg and Messalina, Mrs. Fuller's hired girl, Dillie Otto. 5vvvvvv9v?vvfl Second Payments On LA PALMA Due Now Second p a y m en t s on LA PALMA, VV.I-I.S. annual, may be made at any time now, accord- ing to Miss Louise Black, busi- ness sponsor. Those students who are sub- scribers to the HI-LIFE this semester owe 31.25, while those who do not have subscriptions owe 51.50. At the beginning of the second semester, a reduc- tion of 25 cents on the second annual payment was offered to all who subscribed to the HI- LIFE. A total of 174 took ad- vantage of the offer. Payments should be made to the same one to whom first pay- ments were made, Miss Black stated. Students should be sure to get a receipt for the pay- ments. May 1 has been set as the deadline for second payments. Those paying after that date will receive their annuals a day la t e r next September t h a n those who pay by May 1. Club Constitution. Read to Members At the regular meeting of the Stamp Club last week the consti- tution of the club was read. The purpose of the club was discussed, along with the proper procedure of conducting a meeting. Plans are being made for a whim-bangi' party to be held next September, according to Comer Baxter, president. Students who were interested in trying out for the Play. were given a sheet with a brief descrip- tion of each character in class meeting last week. The play was read to them by Ginger Roberson, sophomore, at noon, Friday. Try-outs for the play were held Friday afternoon. Mrs. Hardy Aldridge, Mrs. Clifford Scott, and Mrs. Myrtle Brown picked the students for the parts. Each stu- dent was limited to reading three parts. Miss Smith stated that about 25 members of the Senior Class tried out for parts in the play. The Green Vine will be pre- sented April 25. Men's parts, stu- dent director, and other positions, will be announced later. -tW.H.S.b- Key Club Hears Plans For National Convention A preview of the National Key Club convention to be held in Chi- cagc in June was presented before the weekly Key Club meeting Tuesday of last week, 'by vice president Fred Buss, presiding of- ficer. A board meeting of Key Club of- ficers was planned for Thursday night at Ralph Montgomery? home to make plans for a Key Club pancake supper. Concluding business of the meet- ing was an announcement by Charlie Mohle that a committee, formed to cc-nsider Key Club spon- sorship of basketball games be- tween school organizations, had decided against the project. Mem- bers of the committee, Charlie Mohle, Jim Swinnea, Louis Sitton, and Don Beatty, felt that it was too late in the school year for the project to be successful. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952 leaf' The Weslaco Hi-Life thflivi.,iHuF5SfS9VS22d..if3l'3 .333 , hope you -.veren't tricked too .nany times. Listen, kids, you had better be thinking about candidates for the officer election -of the Student Council. They're going to be chosen differently this year. Listen closely when your Student Council representative explains the 1'ules about this election. It sounds like a big deal. A caravan of cars silently stole away from the Campus Tuesday night of last week. Within a few minutes they had reached their destination in Pharr. What's hap- pening? Well, the National Honor Society members and their spon- sors were attending a program given by Alpha Chi, national scholastic society, foi honor so- cieties all over the Valley. Hey, I didn't know they did that kind of work. The Indus- trial Arts Department certainly presented an interesting program last Tuesday. Those displays surely were interesting. How do you do it, kids? Was I ever scared! This re- mark was heard last Friday af- ternoon during the Senior play tryouts. The Green Vine, a comedy in three acts, is the name of the play. Rehearsals have already started. The Future Homemakers had a successful rummage sale last Sat- urday. They're also having a style show next Tuesday night. Say, boys, we heard they're going to have some pretty models. Bet- ter get your tickets now. Congrats are in order for So- phomores, Marilyn Knarup and Darrel Bach. Marilyn won first place in senior girls' declama- tion last week in the' literary contest of the Interscholastic League meet in Mission. Darrell placed first in typing. We Wish you luck at Regional, kids. Just o Dreom-but o Nice One The janitor carried the plaques of assorted sizes to the end of the hall and began to hang them along the wall. The first two plaques were for the volleyball boys and girls. Their season lasted only a Week, but they won the district championship. Next five little individual awards were placed on the wall. They were for the five students who made high honors in the lnterscholas- tic League Literary contests last week. Worthy of mention also, is the one-act play. Although the play did not place in the district contest, the student's Worked hard to overcome the obstacles that our stage presents. Naturally, we don't have any of these plaques to hang in the W. H. S. hall of fame. However, we are proud of all the students that have won honors. A bushel of medals to you! , A Nice Compliment, but- This is one of the best audiences I have ever performed before, stated Roger Ritenbaugh after giving his novelty act for Nveslaco Junior-Senior High last week. Similar comments on our conduct in assembly were heard from faculty members. . But let's not start patting ourselves on the back yet. Let's think of our actions preceding and following our display of good manners. Minutes before the dismissal bell rang, a number of us were already trying to gain entrance at the auditorium doors and were reluctant when asked to return to classes for roll check. When the bell did ring, however, we converged stampede style upon the entrances, practically battering the doors down and ignoring the frantic cries of ticket takers to line up and proceed in an orderly manner. Then with the closing of the curtain, we made a bee-line for the exits without waiting for announcements or further instructions. Hmmm - on second thought, maybe a pat on the back isn't so well deserved. after all. NEW CONSTITUTION--2-36-2 - 81.6 PER CENT VOTE-2-24-2 Hey, band, don't give up hope. It seems that you're still going to have that box supper party. The date hasn't been set. You'd better start thinking up some tricky designs for your boxes, girls. If you haven't started coloring eggs, remember there's only ten more days till Easter. See you around, Doc. Although the official annouce- ment will come in next week's pa- per, remember that we have two days off for the Easter holidays. On Friday, April 11, and Monday, April 14, there will be no school. Relax 'from all your studying i?i. Y-Teen Scrapbook To Be Put in Contest Plans for Spring Conference, to be held at Valley Christian May 3 and 4, were discussed at the regu- lar Y-Teen meeting last week. Barbara Williams, chairman of the scrapbook committee, appoint- ed other members. They are Edith Stevens, Dora Sue Copeland, Bet- ty Meyer, Patsye Akin, Mary Wal- ler, and Carol Sawyer. The scrapbook will be entered in competition against scrapbooks from seven other Y-Teen clubs. Last year Weslaco placed third in this contest. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952 . ' , 1 I.,-4, 5 5. yu.: '.. -rv' 35.9-.-.:,:iq.:.:,',:g.:.:.:,:::,.x I .QE 3?ffZi?fk'IfI'2'2-lf:-R?'2gZ'b5592-:I'Z-1-ff'.'!4-If!-2-:-:If-rv Congratulations are in order for Ed Mitchell upon being chosen one of the 'trookiesu to play with the Harlingen Capitols next sea- son. Ed is now working out with the Capitols in their spring train- ing drills, and played in one of their practice games against the Odessa Oilersg however, he didn't see action against Fort Sam Hous- ton of San Antonio. Keep up the good work, Ed. The Donna Relays were post- poned until Tuesday because of rain. Although our track team is small, it can still go a long way. TVarren Stansbury was chosen captain and David Ro- gers, co-captain. This is a little late: however, Jim Swinnea was chosen cap- tain of the basketball team. Congratulations, boys!!! Promising prospects for base- ball are as follows: pitchers- George Beaman and Joe Ramon, infielders - Ken Cook, Wesley Ryan, and Bobby Browng out- fielders--Eugene Truitt and Jer- ry Willis. The baseball team has a good chance to take district. Everyone come see the sen- iors play the faculty tonight at 8 o'cl0ck. The senior team consists of Jim Swinnea, Bob Knight, Jack Ryan, Warren Stansbury, and Bob McIntosh, while the faculty will be led by Coaches Dahlberg and Jung'- man. --tW.H.S.l- Ryan, Waddell Entered In Tennis Tourney Entries in the district tennis meet scheduled for today and to- morrow were announced by Coach J. L. Akridge. In the junior boys' singles, Dale VVaddell will try to bring back district honors. Since there aren't enough boys out for the team, there will not be a junior doubles entry. Representing Weslaco s e n i o r singles will be Wesley Ryan. Wes- laco has possibilities in both divi- sions, since P-SJ-A is in a higher classification. WHS Baseball Team Begins Practice The W.H.S. baseball team start- ed practice last Thursday after- noon at 3 o'clock. Practice was delayed until then because of spring training. Twen- ty boys reported for the workout. These included returning letter- men Eugene Truitt, Jack Ryan, George Beaman, Ignacio Elizondo, and Ken Cook. Charles Mohle, another letterman, will report within a week. He has been kept out because of a broken hand. Others out include Wesley Ry- an, Jerry Willis, Robert Veach, Robert Saurez, Buddy Thomas, Bobby Brown, Lewis Sitton, Donn Beatty, Amado Robledo, Gay Cloud, Jay Cloud, Darrell Bach, Jose Ramon, and Crew Williams. The Panthers played a practice game against Pharr yesterday at Pharr. The district opens next Tuesday when the Panthers play Mission here at 4 o'clock. -tW.H.S.l-- FHA Style Show Set For April 8 at Ritz The annual F.H.A. style show has been set for the night of April 8, at the Ritz theatre, accord- ing to Ruby Faye Godwin, gen- eral chairman. t'Spring will be the theme used in carrying out the decorat'ions. Twenty-five models consisting of high school girls and boys and three tiny tots will be on hand to show the latest in fashions. Sports and beach wear, casual togs, Eas- ter fashions, and formals com- prise the different divisions. Besides displaying their own creations, models will show fash- ions from the local department stores. All of this plus the regular fea- tured show, 'tSo Close to My Heart, can be seen for only 60 cents. Tickets may be bought 'from any member of the F.H.A. It is rumored that t'here will be one surprise entry. Ten to Represent WHS in Track Meet The Weslaco track team is set for a hard struggle in the district meet Saturday at Donna. Representing VVeslaco will be Warren Stansbury, Jim Swinnea, To n y Barbosa, D avid Rogers, Bert Davis, Jimmy Carter, J. B. Weatherford, A. C. Fuller, Julian Mendoza, and Raul Garza. Warren and David, co-captains of the team, will be entered in the 220, 440 yard relay, and mile re- lay if Weslaco enters this event. In addition to that, Warren 'will broad jump and run the 100. Swinnea will throw the shot-put and discus and high jump. Bar- bosa and Fuller will be on the 440-yard relay team. Barbosa will also run the 100-yard dash. Carter and Davis are the pole vaulters entered. Fuller will be on the mile relay, while Mendoza and Garza will run the mile. ---tW.H.S.i-- Guess Mystery Ma'n 7 Win Banana Split To win this week's contest, just write the name of the per- son who you think is described in the Mystery Mister poem, and give it to Sue Clark, Char- les Rupert, or Miss Black. The student submitting the first correct answer will win a free banana split or its equival- ent from the TVeslaco Drug Store, which is the exclusive local dealer for Russell Stover Easter candy. Here is the poem: The Mystery Mister is simple to guess. He has a big brother, but that's not the best. A sister has he, and brothers two more. As for big brotherhe can't get through the door. The seventh grade he graces with pretty fair grades. With C.J.C. he goes-yes, she's his maid. His name-that's the question at hand, so you see, Rack all of your brains-just who can he be? THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952 Here are most of the candidates for cheerleaders this year. They are as follows: First row-Ellen Kaufman, Frances Lasiter, and Ginger Roberson: second row-Mary Catherine Ermel, Lydia Rodriguez, Amelia Cardenas, and Verna Frase. Not pictured is Yvonne Newby. The decrepit old car drove up to the toll bridge. f'Fifty cents, cried the gate- man. Sold! replied the driver. ---iW.H.S !-- Lowly Rubber Band Saves Sad Situation Johnny on the spot saves the day! The moment was tense! An om- inous object sat menacingly in front of us on the platform! A very handsome boy hovered over the object with dubious in- security. He, lifted his head and urgently requested an elasticized musical group tthat means a rub- ber band to youll We won't mention names, but two exceedingly w e l l -k nown teachers of W.H.S. volunteered to save the day. Don Hood of San Benito grate- fully accepted the rubber bands and fixed them securely on the broken music stand, then the con- cert began. By the way, you might want to know-this happened in Pharr Tuesday night of last week at the National Honor Society affair. Choir Sings Over KRGVp Makes S15 for Robe Fund Tlze W. H. S. Choir netted S15 for their robe fund by selling Cokes, candy, and sandwiches at the Garden Club Flower Show on March 26-27, according to Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, choir director. Thirtv-five choir members sang over KRGV last Saturday on Ty Cobb's 11:15 a.m. program. The selections were O Sacred Head by Bach: Roy Ringwald's arrange- ment of The Holy City , Halle- lujah, Christ ls Risen by Austris A. Wihtolg i'Onward, Christian Sol- diers by Sullivan, and Spirit of Weslaco High by Young-Kraule- dat. The gre-up was accompanied by Ellen Boyd, pianist. 1CWH.S,J- Bill caught up with Gus on his way back to camp from deer hunting. 'iAll the boys back yet? Yep, 'fAll six of them? t'Yep. And they're all safe? f'Yep. Thank goodness, said Bill. I must have shot a deer! '.Iuniors, Seniors Name 'Who's Who' Tomorrow ut Noon The LA PALMA Whc's Who contest in the junior and senior classes will be held tomorrow at 12:40 in separate class meetings, according to Joy Wiley, editor. Ballots on which junior and sen- ior students name their choice for the most ambitious girl and boy, most studious girl and boy, most talented girl and boy, best na- tured girl and boy, most athletic girl and boy, and laziest girl and boy will be distributed tomorrow at the beginning of the meeting. Senior high teachers have been askel to select from various class- es outstanding students, whose names will be revealed in next week's HI-LIFE. The classes from which these students will be se- lected are English, Spanish, jour- nalism, shorthand, bookkeeping, typing, plane geometry, algebra, solid geometry, trigonometry, physics, history, speech, mechani- cal drawing, shop, agriculture, home economics, physical educa- tion Cboys' and girls'D, choir, and band. The results will be announced in next week's paper, and pictures will be in the annual. ---CW.H.S.l-- Two First Places Won in Contests Several places were won in the literary division of the Inter- scholastic League Contests last week. In the district one-act play con- test, 'fDark Wind, directed by Mrs. Hilma Carrell, won fourth place. A first place ribbon was pre- sented to Marilyn Karup in de- clamation. Marilyn Wrote her own declarnation. Typing honors of first place went to Darrell Bach. Julia Sleeth won third place. Being only one point below the first place winner, Joy Wiley re- ceived second place in shorthand. First place in W a r d s c,ho ol ready writing went to Erin Suth- erland, eighth grade. THE WESLACO HI-LFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1952 Teachers Select Outstanding Ones In Various Courses Eighteen students have been selected from twenty-one high school courses as Who's Who in Classes. These students, chosen by teachers of the repre- sented classes, will be pictured in the VVh0's Who section of the 1952 LA PALMA, Eleven seniors, six juniors, and one sophomore constitute the group. Joy Wiley, senior, was selected from three classes, Gin- ger Roberson, sophomore, from two classes, and the other stu- dents from one class each. The winners and the subjects in which they were chosen are as follows: English, Joy Wiley, sen- ior, journalism, Charles Rupert, junior, Spanish, Ginger Roberson, sophomore, shorthand, Joy Wiley, typing, Joy Wiley, bookkeeping, Tony Barbosa, senior, speech, Jimmy Swinnea, senior, History, Carole Sawyer, junior, physics, Julia Sleeth, junior, alge- bra, Patsye Akin, junior, plane geometry, Ginger Roberson, soph- omore, solid geometry, Teresa Lancaster, senior, trigonometry, Eugene Truitt, senior, mechani- cal drawing, Bob Knight, senior, shop, Jerry Gilmore, senior, agri- culture, A. C. Fuller, junior, home economics, Patricia McKissack, junior, band, Donald Watkins, senior, choir, Jane Oehler, senior, girls' P. E., Julia Valadez, senior, and boys' P. E. John Blanken- ship, senior. -iW.H.S.J-- Boys' Play Parts Cast, Rehearsals Begin The male parts for the Senior play, 'tThe Green Vine, to be presented April 2, have been se- lected, according to Miss Emma Mae Smith, sponsor. The five parts are Uncle George, the deceased uncle, George Bea- man, Geoffrey, an actor, Warren Stansbury, Tom, Jack Ryan, Pet- er, Jim Swinnea, and J a p h et Twilliger, Harvey Coonts. Rehearsals are' being held daily. -tW.H.S.li Miss Smith trapping her deskl: Order, please. John Blankenship lat the back of the roomlz Pepsi-Cola for me. Seniors, Juniors p Choose 'Whos Who' The annual Whos Who contest for Junior and Senior Classes, sponsored by LA PALMA, ended with ballot-counting last Friday, after voting in class meetings at noon. The contest this year was a very close one in many cases. In the Junior class Patsye Akin and Barbara Williams tied for wittiest girl with only two votes more than Betty Meyer and Julia Sleeth. David Rogers was chosen athletic boy by a one-vote margin over Dewayne Rutledge and Ken Cook. Tommy McMann lost by two votes to Fred Buss for position of noisiest boy, and Fred lost by two votes to Ken Cook for best-dressed boy. Most talented girl, Allie Aldridge, received two votes more than Nell Glynn Koester. Gay Cloud was selected best-natured boy by three votes over Jay Cloud and David Rogers. Fred Buss was chosen ambitious boy by a two-vote margin over Charles Rupert, and Julia Sleeth won ambi- tious girl by three votes over Carole Sawyer. The only other race in the Junior Class was for best-dressed girl with Patsye runner-up to Nell Glynn Koester. The Senior Class race was not quite so tightly contested. The closest race here was for ambi- tious boy, which Warren Stans- bury won by one more vote than Jimmy Swinnea. For best-natured positions Jackie Ryan edged George Beaman by three votes, and June Smith received five more than Frances Dyer. Jimmy Swin- nea c o n c e d e d most athletic to Warren Stansbury by four votes. The three top vote-getters in the Junior Class were Charles Rupert, studious boy, Julia Sleeth, studi- ous girl, and Fred Buss, noisiest boy. In the Senior Class Evelyn Haas, athletic, and Donald Wat- kins, talented, tied for most votes, Patia Link ranked second as laz- iest girl, and Dillie Otto and Bub- ba Madden tied for third highest as noisiest girl and boy. Here are the final results: Seniors: Most ambitious girl, Joy Wiley and Frances Dyer ttiedl, most a mb i t i 0 u s boy, VVarren Stansbury, studious girl, Joy NVi- ley, studious boy, Jimmy Swin- nea, talented girl, June Smith, talented boy, Donald Watkins, best-natured girl, June Smith, best- natured b o y, Jack Ryan, most athletic girl, Evelyn Haas, most athletic boy, Warren Stans- bury, wittiest girl, Dillie Otto, wittiest boy, Jack Ryan, best- best- dressed girl, Patia Link, dressed boy, Ismael Ramos, nois- iest girl, Dillie Otto, noisiest Bubba Madden, la zi e s t boy, girl, Patia Link, laziest boy, A. L. close Akin Bromley. I Juniors: Ambitious girl, Julia lSleeth, ambitious boy, Fred Buss, studious girl, Julia Sleeth, studi- ous boy, Charles Rupert, most IIIOSK talented girl, Allie Aldridge, talented boy, David Rogers, best- natured girl, Barbara Williams, best-natured boy, Gay Cloud, most athletic girl, Tommie Jo Lott, most athletic boy, -David Rogers, wit- tiest girl, Patsye Akin, Barbara 1fVilliams ftiedh, wittiest boy, Char- lie Mohle, best dressed girl, Nell Glynn Koester, best-dressed boy, lKen Cook, noisiest girl, Edith Stevens, noisiest boy, Fred Buss, ,laziest girl, Barbara Williams, laziest boy, Tommy McMann. Of seventy-four juniors and ,seventy-two seniors, only thirty- 'four and forty-three, respectively, Iexercised their voting privilege. Q Pictures of the winning stu- Idents will be published in the i Who's Who section of the 1952 L LA PALMA. 4 Cheerleader Election 'Postponed to April I8 The cheerleader election, which was to be held April 1, has been changed to Tuesday, April 15. This general election will be held in conjunction with the Student Council officer election, according ,to J. L. Akridge, principal. Tryouts will be held next Tues- day morning. Contestants include 1 Ginger Roberson, Ellen Kaufman, Verna Lee Frase, Frances Lasi- ter, Yvonne Newby, Emelia Car- denas, and Lydia Rodriquez. 1 . , THE WESLACO HI-LFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1952 Come, kiddies, let's all take a deep breath and shout Hallelu- jah! Six weeks' exams are over! W'ell, look at that! The F. H. A. had their annual Spring Style Show at the Ritz Theater Tuesday night. Say, we didn't know so many girls could sew. You surely did look slick, girls Oh! sorry, Fred and War- ren. You looked cute, too. The brass ensemble from Sul Ross College in Alpine certainly gave an enjoyable program in as- sembly last week. Everyone seemed awfully glad to see Mr. 'tJoe again. He's the laziest. Yes, it was just some poor kid trying to figure out the person he was gonna vote for in VVho's Who. Say, juniors, who's this dark horse you voted on for laziest girl? Better be careful, Julia. Juniors or seniors, seniors or juniors, which way should it be? If you witnessed the senior and junior basketball game last week, you'd probably understand. The rivalry was terrific. It reminds you of a neighboring town, Donna. You'd better start saving those pennies, chillun. The time has rolled around again for the second payment on LA PALMA. It's only 81.25 for everyone who subscribed to the HI-LIFE and 81.50 for you forgetful ones. W.H.S. was well represente'd at the track meet in Donna last weekend. Weslaco walked off with some nice honors. Dorothy Bagwell, did you enjoy the Hap- py Birthday song that the kids sang to you? It was better than a spanking! If you noticed a bunch of kids running around the halls with stage make-up on, think nothing o fit. The Speech Class has been presenting plays all this week in the auditorium. Stu- dents have been applying the make-up themselves. '1'hat's the answer to their odd looks. The Weslaco H:-Life LeT's Go To Church Sunday Next Sunday is Easter. To us it is observed in memory of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection. To our little sisters and broth- ers Easter means Easter egg hunts and the Easter bunny. There are some things about Easter that are interesting, yet little known. Eastrc was the goddess of spring of the ancient Anglo-Sax- ons. YVhen Christianity was taught to the people, they gave up their pagan gods. They celebrated the resurrection of Christ, but the day was known as Easter after the old goddess. Thus we also call the holiday Easter. A little known fact is that the Easter rabbits and eggs both are symbols. Easter eggs symbolize young life to be born. The rabbit is symbolic of abundant life, because rabbits bear so many young each year. Purple is frequently used as a prominent color for eggs in some European countries because it is a sign of royalty. To early Christians Easter was the greatest festival of the church year. New converts were baptized on Easter Sunday, and during t.he following week they wore white robes as a sign of their purity. Easter does not fall on the same date each year. It is determined by certain calendar rules that are held over from early Christian times. Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon that comes on or after March 21. If the' full moon falls on Sun- day, Easter is held the following Sunday. The customs that accompany Easter apparently do not detract from its true significance. More people attend church on Easter Sunday than at any other time. Let's join our friends at our own church to commemorate Easter. Does u College Education Pay? will it pay off? Certainly most of us have wondered, Can I make more with a college degree than with a high school diploma? A consensus recently obtained from a group of teachers and counselors on this question was that college graduates, in the long run, will make better money than will a high school graduate. CHOW- ever, this is not always true. Many people think that a college degree is an open sesame to a pot of gold, but, when consulted, degree holders will usually say that they had to start on low salary, but that their advancement was more rapid than that of the holder of just a high school diploma. But let's not consider this from only the monetary angle. Education provides inner resources. The more education we get, the more valuable we'll be to our employers, and the more we'll get from it. Exactly what we get from education depends, of course, upon how we use it. So, we find that a college degree, although not indispensable, can secure both cultural and monetary advancement. Does this mean we should all try to go to college? Well, let's take this question up next week. The old doors of W. H. S. close this afternoon, not to open till next Tuesday. Dry your lit- tle eyes, kiddiesg we know how much you hate to go on a vaca- tion. As all the Amazons would say, Be seein' you around. That's ity now go over it again. You think this seems strange? The Senior Play cast has been working outl' every afternoon, and they plan to go on right through the Easter holidays.. From all we've heard, it must be a pip of a play. THE WESLACO HI-LFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1952 - I- lndustrlal Arts Program Presented The Weslaco High School In- dustrial Arts department present- ed a program arranged by the in- structor, L. K. LeMaster before a joint assembly Tuesday morning of last week. The program was intended to give the student body an idea of the variety of different shop courses available and what each deals with and requires of students. A musical background was provided for narrator Evelyn Haas by a small band from the music department. Managing the exhibit on the stage were James Godwin and Mike Ramos, who demonstrated the uses of such devices as infra- red and ultra-violet light, a film developer, a volt meter, a conden- ser tester, an oscilloscope, a day- light screen, a transmitter, and a telephone generator. Also exhib- ited were manual arts projects such as radio and television cab- inets, wall shelves, lamps, boxes, and similar household appliances made by shop students. -tW.H.S.l-1 Softball Tourney To Be Held April I9 The girls' softball practice got under way last week with nine returning players from last year's team out for practice. The Pantherettes failed to de- fend their title in the La Feria Softball Tournament, since they were at the state basketball meet in Austin. Returning lettermen are Maria Elena Cadena, Tommie .Io Lott, Lowery Garrett, Mary Ermel, Lynndell Roberts, Delores Luna, Paula Sue Strong, Evelyn Haas, and Alline Minyard. Last Tuesday the girls played their first game against Merce- des. Saturday, April 19, has been set for the district tournament to be held here in Weslaco, accord- ing to Miss Martha Stallings, coach. ---CW.H.S.l- Well, Diary, that exhausts my supply of dirt for this week. But, never fear, I'll be back week after next with more. I'm taking a hol- iday next week. Student Council Election April I8 Next Year's Officers to Be Chosen By Noon Balloting on Campus The president, vice president, and secretary-treasurer of the Stu- dent Council for next year will be elected by secret ballot in a gen- eral election Friday, April 18, according to June Smith, present pres- ident. Qualified voters will be eighth through eleventh grades. students who are enrolledin the The president of Student Council will also be the president of the student body and must be a senior who has been a member of the council in Weslaco High for at least one year. The vice-president must be a junior or a senior and also have been a member of the local Student Council for one year. The secretary-treasurer must also have been a member for at least one year. if -QW nillli ss The baseball team lost to PS JA last week 11 to 8 and then Friday and beat A c a d e m y of to 4 three days Beaman was the winning pitcher. turned around St. Joseph's Brownsville 5 later. George losing and the Keep up the good work, fellows. Last Thursday night, the fac- ulty lucked out over the seniors 44 to 42. The seniors led into the third quarter by about ten pointsg however, the faculty took the lead in the latter part of the fourth quarter and went on to win the game. The winning two points were made by Mr. Gebhardt. If you don't believe me, just ask him. The preliminary game matched junior and senior boys that were not on the basketball team. The seniors won by a lopsided score of 36 to 13. Although the track team only took fourth in the district meet, congratulations are in order for the ones who placed first and second and get to attend the regional meet in Kingsville, and for Warren Stansbury, who took the high point honor with 18 points. Eligible students may become candidates for the offices by filing with the Election Committee a petition stating their candidacy and signed by ten qualified vot- ers. Tuesday, April 15, is the deadline for filing for candidacy. Bob Knight, David Rogers, Ellen Kaufman, or Jimmy Akin, may be contacted for blank petitions before this deadline. Final approval of the point sys- tem was adopted in the Student Council meeting last Tuesday. The purposes of the point system are as follows: 1. To provide an opportunity for all students to take part in ac- 'tivities and to encourage them to do so. 2. To develop individual ac- complishments and provide social training through group activities. 3. To uphold and carry out the highest ideals in fair play, hon- esty, reliability, self-control, and co-operation. I 4. To develop good citizenship. 5. To provide an opportunity for more students to accept re sponsibility. 6. To encourage students to do one job well, rather than to do several jobs haphazardly. Copies of the point system will be on the bulletin boards, and it will be discussed in class meetings. -tW.H.S.J- Say, RALPH, you seem to be tripling your troubles by turn- ing it on to CAROL. Oh, RUTH, how are you and RAY tlvfercedesl getting along?2'? THE WESLACO HI-LFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1952 Hello, Little One. Lots of news this week, so here goes . . . Friday night seemed to be a big night-some of the couples I saw havin' a gay time were JAY and JUDY, NU and GAY, JAC- KIE and ELLEN, and WESLEY and DORA SUE. Say, MARGIE, what's so spe- cial about 1953'?? I hear there's something big behind it all. Date of the week goes to AL- LIE and BILLY BOYD. This is something for the books, to my Way of thinking! Say, BARBARA HARRING- TON, are you sure you know what you're doing? I have heard tell that you don't. Could be-huh? Oh, J. C., what are you occupy- ing your time with now that AL- LIE is interested in some of the other fish in the sea? JAN and DON were seen in church Sunday morning. Let's see more of this kind of dating among the studes of W. H. S. Who was the redhead we saw you with at the Wes-Mer, PATIA? Another two are added to the engaged list. PAT LASITER and SGT. JAMES McDONALD and MARY and EDDIE are engaged now. This is getting to the fad stage in W. H. S., I do believe. Oh, JOY, did you ever find JIMMY Sunday morning? The grapevine has got word to me that PAT KAUFMAN had a date' with GINNY over the week- end. Relighting old flames, PAT- TIE-BOY? These junior high kids sure do get around. LYNDA PHIPPENY and JIMMY SCHOBER, JUDY RICE and DONALD THOMPSON, and CORA JEAN CUMMINGS and LARRY SNVINNEA are all going steady! Now how about that? Tomorrow is going to be a big day fthe Air Force willing? for LOU and BILL. They are going to join the ranks of the old mar- rie'd couples. Congrats, kids. CHARLIE and DOROTHY BAG- WELL were at the track meet Sat- urday night. Oh, JUNE, who is that hand- some young college man who is interested in you? I hear he's mighty cute. I Spring Revue Given At RITZ by F.H.A. The Weslaco Future Homemak- ers presented their annual Spring lR.evue at the Ritz theatre last Tuesday night, with Jim Cook, KRGV commentator, as master of ceremonies. Escorted by Fred Buss, each model stepped onto the stage, which resembled an open patio, through a fashion magazine as Warre'n Stansbury turned the pages. Sports ensembles, casual togs, the Easter Parade, and formals composed the different divisions. Patia Link, Jeanette Waters, Ruth Ann Cloud, Patsy Hankal, Blanca Morales, Judy McManus, Patsye Akin, Niki Lettunich, and Dottie Stansbury were in the sports division. Casual dresses were displayed by Dillie Otto, Mavis Ann Child- ers, Virginia Christensen, Sue Brixey, Jo Ellen Phippeny, ETA Brixey, Jo Ellen Phippeney, Yvonne Newby, Frances Haynes, and Rusty Johnston. Mary Holmes, Selma Frase, Elma Jean Black, Pat Lasiter, Ginger Roberson, Mary Geraugh- ty, and Carolyn Hall modeled their HEaster Parade dresses. The surprise entry, Miss Jean Donalson, dressed in a 1920 Eas- ter dress, was in this division. Formals were modeled by June Smith, Evelyn Haas, and Noelia Ramon. Furniture for the stage was through the courtesy of Lo-Texg flowers, Link Floristsg carpet grass, Garza Funeral Homeg wear- ing apparel, Terry Farris, J. C. Penney, C. R. Anthony, Crisson's, Jack 'n' Jill, Schoen's, La Mode, Wylette Joynerg and boys' suits, Mattar Brothers. Beauty shops which styled the hair of some of the models Were Oriental, Vanity, Modern, and Johnston's. Through the courtesy of Jack Verser, Ritz Theatre manager, the club was given half the profit made on tickets that were sold before the show. --tW.H.S.- HARVEY LEE and NETTIE FAYE, JOHN and PATRICIA were enjoying themselves at the drive-in Thursday night. School to Dismiss Today for Holidays 'The rumor of approaching holidays mentioned last week has been officially confirmed by Principal J. L. Akridge, who received the good news from Superintendent G r a d y Hester. Other Weslaco schools will be equally fortunate, of course. According to the announce- ment, W.H.S. c l a s s e s will be dismissed at 4 p.m. today for Easter vacation and will not convene again until 9 a.m. next Tuesday. Because of this interruption of school work, the HI-LIFE will be unable to issue a paper the week of April 17. According to Editors Sue Clark and Char- les Rupert, the staff can use a week's holiday from the rush of meeting a deadline. Local Y-Teens Host lnterclub Council The VVeslaco Y-Teens acted as hostess for the interclub council meeting, which was held at the home of Ginger Roberson last Saturday morning. Miss Wanda Swartz from Dal- las was the guest speaker. She spoke on devotionals and how to prepare them interestingly for Clubs. ,i Approximately twenty - five guests were served luncheon by the Delta Literary Review, which sponsors the Weslaco Y-Teens. June Smith, Patia Link, Ginger Roberson, Barbara Williams, Eve- lyn Haas, Marilyn Kaarup, Miss. Martha Stallings, and Mrs. Eliza- beth Jones attended the meeting. 1tW.H.S.J-- Mr. Joe Visits W.H.S. With Brass Ensemble The Sul Ross S tate College Brass Ensemble, directed by for- mer band director Joe Bellemah, played for a special assembly last Thursday. Mr. Bellemah is now assistant professor of music at Sul Ross College. The group played Sonata No. 2, by Johann Pezelg Introduction to Act III from 'tDie Meistersing- er, by Richard Wagner, and a new composition by James Marks, Introduction and Passacagliaf' Mr. Joe stated that it was good to be home, even for a short while. ' THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1952 Pan American Club Jeanette Waters was selected to represent t h e Weslaco Pan American Club at a dance held by the Anahuaca Club in Pharr last Friday night. The group met recently and de- cided to postpone their hayridc until a later date. Mother: Now, Jackie, wouldn't you like to give your bunny as an Easter present to that poor little boy who hasn't a father? Jackie tclutching the rabbitl' The Green Vine, U Senior Play, To Be Presented Tonight- at 8 wafers fe Represent if iAnoTher Performance of Comedy Scheduled for Friday Night 'tThe Green Vine, a three-act comedy by Nan Bagby Stephens, will be presented by the Senior Class tonight and tomorrow night in the high school auditorium at 8 o'clock. The story revolves around Cousin George Brand's ghost, which appears to his young relatives at ,his country home, The Green Vine. The third cousins, Tom, Peter, Peggy, Mary, and Myrtle, come' back to the old home. These distant relatives, whom Cousin George helped rear, were given his estate in his will. Each of the cousins has been a failure for a different reason and has returned to the ol.d house to find solace. Tom has lost his store, Peggy has flunked out of college, Mary's last play has failed, Peter's business is on the rocks, and Myrtle is a failure as an opera singer. I Couldn't we give him Father, instead? Buss, Rogers Chosen l As Council Heads Fred Buss was chosen president of the Student Council in a general election on the canxpus last Thursday, according to J. L. Ak-I ridge, principal. David Rogers was elected vice-president. A run-offl between Patsye Akin and Julia Sleeth for secretary-treasurer will be held, since Patsye did not recieve a majority of votes as the Student , Council Constitution provides. Fred was unopposed on the Spring Concert Planned for May 7 The Weslaco High School Choir's spring concert on May 9 in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. will be the final project for, raising money for the robe fund, according to Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, director. Approximately one half of the necessary funds has been raised, and it is hoped that money made on the concert will provide the remaining cost. Ticke-ts are being sold by choir members for S1 for main floor seats and 50 cents for balcony seats. The student robe committee re- cently selected the design and colors of the new robes. i Of the 283 ballc-ts cast in the Student Council election, Fred received 265, David 154, and Patsye 129. Q presidential ballot. Candidates for Q vice-president were David Rogers, Edith Stevens, and Ellen Kauf-i man. Patsye Akin, Julia Sleeth, and Ginger Roberson were in the race for secretary-treasurer. Sixty-six per cent of the school voted in the all-school election. Since the constitution provided that grades eight through eleven may vote on Student Council of- ficers, seniors and seventh graders were not eligible to cast ballots. The ninth grade led the classes in the number of students voting. The breakdown of the number of students voting in t'he election is as follows: eighth grade, 763 ninth grade, 90, tenth grade, 56g and eleventh grade, 61. itW,H.S.Jk He flew through the air With the greatest of ease, But the funny part was, He forgot the trapeze! i The cousins arrive and are sur- prised to see one another. They agree to cooperate with each oth- er as Cousin George would want them to. Birdie Fuller and her maid, Messalina. and Japhet Twilliger, a local lawyer, add to the humor of the play in their vain attempt to get a share of the estate. Peg's arrival with Mary's fiance, Geof- frey, further complicates the plot. The following students play the roles in the play: .Jimmy Swinnea, Peter: Jane Oehler. Maryg June Smith, Myrtleg Jack Ryan, Tomg Harvey Coontz, Ja- phet Twilligerg Warren Stans- bury, Geoffreyg Dillie Otto, Mes- salinag Frances Dyer, Birdie Ful- lerg and Patia Link, Peg. Chairmen of the committees for the play are as follows: Adver- tising, Lou Poinboeufg costumes and make-up, Joy Wileyg stage managers, Bob Mclntoshg ushers, Mary Holmesg and business man- ager, Eugene Truitt. Tickets for The Green Vine may be obtained from any mem ber of the Senior Class. Adult ticket are 60 cents and student tickets 35 cents. Mrs. Hilma Carrell is directing the play, with Teresa Lancaster as student director. -----tW.H.S.J-- Essentials of a good date gath- ered from W.H.S. boys: She does- n't eat much. She is beautiful. She doesn't eat much. She has per- sonality. She doesn't eat much. She is a good dancer. She doesn't eat much. The Green and Gold Band THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1952 Come on, kiddies, All Aboard for the choicest tidbits of news this side of East Donna. A garland of gardeniasl each to Ginger Roberson, Frances Lasiter, and Ellen Kaufman for being elected cheerleaders for the next two years. We all know that these three girls will do a terrific job leading yells. Don't touch my arm! Yes, Mrs. Hankal started jabbing the unhappy victims last Week for typhoid shots. Why is every- one afraid of a small needle? Congratulations are in order for Fred Buss, who was elected Student Council president for 1952-53. VVe know you'll make a good president, Fred. D0 you know that a devil is on the loose in W.H.S.? Come to the Senior play. The Green Vine, tonight and Friday night and see for yourself! Any mem- ber of the Senior Class will be glad to sell you a ticket. Even Little Black Sambo couldn't have eaten all the pan- cakes at the Key Club pancake supper last Friday night. It was quite a shock to discover that so many boys around school can cook! played last Saturday at the City Park for the Girl Scout Barbecue. What color were those trousers you had on the other night at band practice, Billy Boyd? The class prophecy, will, his- tory, and poem are well under- way. If the Seniors turn out to be what they are prophesied, it will be a catastrophe! It's time to start scraping up those nickels and pennies for your second payment on the LA PALMA. The annual staff The Weslaco Hl-Life are guest editorials. studying editorials as a spe- From a group of editorials nexercise, Editors Sue Clark and Charles Rupert chose the two pieces of work to be published. The first editorial was written by Dillie Ottog the second is Del Eaton's. Note: The editorials this week The journalism class has been cial type of journalistic writing. submitted by the class as a writte Your Turn ls Coming! Our slogan in years to come may not be Bandera or Bust, but it might be Monterrey or Mildew! Yes, fellow underclassmen, some day we'll be seniors and will be working toward a class trip. XVill we want support? Sure as shootin' we'll be slaving on a senior play, and we'll want people to come see it. The other night a bout 8o'clock I wandered in Cquite by accident, you know? to the play rehearsal for The Green Vine. The Seniors didn't see me or they would have tossed me' out on my ear. tSecrecy is of the utmost importance? But, I can tell you my sides still ache from laughing. Is it hilarious?!! The seniors need the money they make on the senior play to defray some of the expenses of their class trip. The cast of the play has worked hard, and a better bunch of actors can't be found-in the Senior Class, that is. How abotu it, studes? l'm going to buy a ticket and go. Are you? Oh, for Some Green Grass! Bill Jones, a typical although fictitious Weslaco High student, was crossing the street by the tennis courts one fine day. His books were under his arm as he stepped onto the pavement, whistling aim- lessly on his way to afternoon classes. Many other students were' in the street or on the grounds east and north of the gym. All of them were reasonably happy, contented, and satisfied . . , UNTIL . . . out of the southeast came a moderately swift gust of wind, driving before it a cloud of brown grit. Bill Jones stopped whistling, and the other students stopped being contented. In less time than it takes to tell, all were covered with a coat of grit. Tempers went up, laundry bills went up, and several hair-dos went down. Maybe nothing can be done about the loose-dust on the grounds to the east of the school. Certainly nothing can be done about the wind. It's easy to see where the dust is coming from, but can it be stopped? There is, undoubtedly, no one in Weslaco High who is not both- ered by the dust. What can be done to end this nuisance? Maybe if it EVER rains, the grass will grow again! has been working hard to make it one of the best. Can you whistle like a bird?l' Paul Leonard presented some in- teresting bird calls as Well as recordings in the special assem- bly program last Week. W.H.S. walked away with several honors at the Regional Interscholastic League meet in Kingsville last week end. Joy VViley placed second in journal- ism, and Charles Rupert won third place. Marilyn Kaarup won third place in declamation. That's good work! -1CW.H.S.D-- Terry Holman: What's that gurgling noise I hear? Keith Brown: It's me, trying lto swallow that line of yours. ' THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1952 JOY WILEY Joy NViley with an average of 95.62 and June Smith with 92.56 have been named valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, of the 1952 graduating class, ac- cording to J. L. Akridge, prin-' cipal. The averages were based upon grades for the junior and senior years. In determining the aver- ages Mr. Akridge and students competing for honors excluded physical education, band, and choral club grades, as scholastic honors are based on academic work. Joy has been active on the cam- pus. She has been HI-LIFE ed- i'or, LA PALMA editor, Panther JUNE SMITH Sweetheart, cheerleader, vice- president of the Senior Class, and a member of the band, choir, Quill and Scroll, and National Honor Socie'ty. Joy plans to at- tend San Marcos Teachers Col- :ge and major in journalism. June has also participated in various activities. She is Y-Teen ipresident, Student Council pres- Fident, Band sweetheart, a mem- ber of band, National Honor So- ciety, and Quill and Scroll, and was chosen most popular girl of Weslaco High in the recent popu- larity contest. After graduation, June plans to attend the Univer- sity of Texas. V I ' ' ' 'JIMMY SWINNEA Jimmy Swinnea has been nam- ed-high-point boy of the 1951-52 Senior Class with an average of 91.6. Jimmy has been active in sports throughout his high school years. He is a four-year letterman in football and basketball. He was captain of the basketball team tltis year and was the unanimous choice for all-district in basket- ball. Jimmy is president of the Sen- ior Class this year. He is also a member of choir, annual staff Letterman's Club, Q u i 1 l and .Scroll, National Honor Society, and Student Council. , In his junior year he was Esports Writer for the HI-LIFE, secretary of Key Club, best-all- around boy, and a member of Roberson, lasiter Kaufman Elected Ginger Roberson, Frances Lasiter and Ellen Kaufman were elected junior cheerlead- ers for 1952-53 last Thursday in a campus election. Tommie Jo Lott and Pntsye Akin will be senior leaders next year. Ginger has been active in school organizations this year. She is a member of Y-Teens, Stu- dent Council, G.A.A., Pan-Ameri- can Forum, and National Honor Society, and is on the' basketball and volleyball teams. She 'Was elected best-all-aroundlgiil inthe Sophomore Class. - Ellen has also had a busy year, as she belongs to G.A.A., Nation- al Honor Society, Pan-American Forum, Student Council, and Y- Teens, and is on the basketball team. She was elected most pop- ular girl in the Sophomore Class. Frances was a cheerleader for the Kitten team in the seventh and eighth grades. She is a mem- ber of the Y-Teens, F.H.A., and G.A.A., and is on the basketball volleyball team. --iW.H.S.li- Three Attend State F.H.A. onvention Patsy Emery, Emelia Cardenas, and their sponsor, Miss Mary Beth Raymer, left yesterday to attend the State' F.H.A. Conven- tion in Dallas. Since Patsy is the District X president, she is auto- matically a member of the execu- tive planning board. Emelia is attending as a representative of the local chapter. State Leadership is the theme for the meeting. Guest speaker is Lawrence J. Taylor, national pro- gram chairman. Recreational pro- grams have been planned for to- night in the Baker and Adolphus hotel ballrooms. On Friday night a Circus Supper will be enjoyed at the Agricultural Building on the State Fair Grounds. General meetings will be held in the Fair Auditorium. The Wes- and lfjuill and Scroll. llaco group will return Sunday. THE VVESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1952 Wiley Eligible For State Contest Joy WViley and Charles Ru- pert won second and third plac- es respectively in the Class A division of the Region VII jour- nalism contest held at A.8cI. College in Kingsville last Fri- day. Marilyn Kaarnp won third place in senior gir's' declama- tion. Joy will enter the state conte-at in Austin next week. Joy amassed 246 points by win- ning second place in feature writ- ing, headline writing, and copy reading, and third place in edit- orial writing. As Joy participated in the shorthand contest also, she entered the copyreading contest five minutes contest. contestant en- late, having only for the 30-minute Each journalism tered five contests-news writing, headlines, and features, editorials, copy reading, points being given in each contest for winners of the first five places. Charles totaled 194 points by winning first place in news Writ- ing and fourth in editorial writ- ing and copy reading. First place individual winner was Marilyn Moore of Sinton with 265 points. Joy and Charles competed with contestants from Sinton, Falfur- rias, Cuero, Beeville, Port Lavaca. and Refugio. Team ratings are also given: but when the HI-LIFE went t0 press, this rating had not been received from Delmar Ash- worth, of A.8zI., director of the regional contest. --KW.H.S.l- Sophs Plan Barbecue As Class Outing Plans to have a barbecue at the end of the school year were dis- cussed at a recent meeting of the Sophomore Class. A committee to make arrange- ments for the party was appoint- ed by Don Yarbrough, president. The committee consists of Billy Boyd, chairmang Mavis Ann Child- ers, Jose Ramon, Emelia Carde- nas, Ellen Kaufman, Gladys Et- ter, Jimmy Carter, and Don Yar- brough. It was decided that each sopho- more would bring 25 cents to help pay the expenses incurred during the Popularity Contest. Plons for District Convention Mode Weslaco is to be the meeting place of the annual Texas-Oklaho- ma District' Key club convention to be held in June. At a meeting held recently in the First National Bank Building, the executive board of the Weslaco Key Club discussed plans for the conven- tion with members of the local Ki- wanis Club. The three-day con- vention is to include, in addition to a schedule of group meetings, a trip to Mexico for an evening meal, an excursion to Port Isabel, and possibly an address by Texas Governor Allan Shivers, who has been invited to speak at the ban- quet by District Key Club Gov- ernor Donald Watkins. Last Friday night, the Key Club pancake supper was served at the Stephen F. Austin cafe- torium. Food was donated by mer- chants of several Valley towns and prepared by T. F. Rives. The supper was preceded by advertis- ing throughout the town. At a recent Key Club general meeting the pancake supper plans were completed and the district ccnvention program reviewed. Cnarles Rupert announced his re- signation as next year's Key Club president. Ken Cook was elected to fill the office, and David Ro- gers was chosen to serve as vice president. Fred Buss resigned as next year's secretary-treasurer at Tuesday's meeting. Kiwanis guests, Messrs. Ordell Roberson and W. D. Puffer, attended the meeting. Cocker Directs Choirp Barks at Musical Errors Oh, where, oh, where has my little dog gone? Lost your dog, huh? Have you looked in the choir room? Somebody's pup has a real ear for music! In addition to trying to get on the stands isorry pup - no rooml, he climbed up on the di- rector's stand with Mrs. Mattar and proceeded to direct the choir with his tail. tHe even 'tbarked at us when we got a little off!! If your dog is a small brown cocker Spaniel, has a real ear for music, a tail that wags to tunes, and a sense of rhythm, it wasn't yours. Nope - it was a tiny black Dear Diary, I'm still in a dither over all the old and new couples I found to- gether over the weekend. First I must tell you about something you have all been waiting to hear. That's right- NU and CHARLIE are burn- ing again. Over at JIlDY'S house Friday night I followed a car of lonely stags. Of course they were fol.- lowing none other than KAY and DIANNE. GAY went to play with the Hampsters, RICHARD to see KAY, and I don't believe PAT found the one he was looking for. Oh yes, CHARLIE stayed in the car. Why? Usual letters received were from BILL to LOU, SAM to MAR- GIE, CATO to JOANNE, and to JUNE from J.D.G. fGuess whol DAVID and NELL took a trip to Raymondville Saturday night. Enjoy the ride-hmm-NELLIE? JIMMY and BARBARA were both lonely this weekend, since JOY and WARREN were in Kingsville. ED, ddi you have a nice week- end with JEAN? What about PATSY? Patronizi 5' the Drive-in over the weekend were JANE and CHARLES, DALE and OLENA, PATIA and BOB, FRED and JEANETTE, MYRNA and JAC- KIE, BILL and GINNY, JUDY and GAY, DENNIS and JEANIE, EDITH and A.C., and DON and JAN. EVAN DALE, why don't you let everybody in on your new flame! JERRY AND BONNIE, how did you enjoy the party at Car- ter's Lake? LINA KAY and MELVIN were together this weekend, as were ELLEN and DALE. J.C., why don't you get wise? Well, room for no mo, until next week. .- and white dog, and its owner has already claimed it. So sorry! With its tail cut short, and its ears cut long - oh, where, oh x-'here could it be? -- Charles Rupert, junior, was recently elected president of the Valley High School Press Conference for 1952-53. Charles is assistant editor of the HI- LIFE this semester and will automatically become editor next year. He is also secretary- treasurer of the Key Club. trea- surer of the Junior Class, and was chosen best all-round of - his class this year. He was pres- ident-elect of the Key Club for next year, but he resigned the post. Band io Use Tables For May 8 Concert I The Weslaco High School band will present an assembly program next Thursday, May 8, in the auditorium, according to Gene Braught, director. The program will include Two Moods Cver- ture,'l Americans We, l'Sequoia -A Tone Painting, t'Storm King, Headlines - A Modern Rhapsody, Joshua f'Three Blind Mice at the Night Club Floor Show, Love's Own Sweet Songj' from the operetta t'Sari, and The Purple Carnival. This will be the last concert for fourteen m e m b e r s of the band who are seniors and will gradu- ate in May. As in the past, it will again be necessary to place tables from the cafeteria in front of the stage on which to seat some of the band members, since the stage is not big enough for the 78 members of the band. THE WESLACO HI-LFE, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1952 Senior Play Makes, Hit with Audience The Green Vine, Senior class play, kept the audiences laugh- ing during the performances last Thursday and Friday nights in the high school auditorium. The play centered around the deceased Cousin George, who had come back to his home, The Green Vine, to give his relatives guid- ance and financial assistance. His frequent remarks were heard occasionally by the actors, who always became mutually accusing. At the end, Cousin George settled in his old chair and smiled happilv at his work, which was completed with satisfaction. George Beaman played realistically the part of Cousin George, whose pungent remarks caused a great deal of confusion. 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This year Fred holds the rresidency of the National Honor Society and the vice- pre-fidency of the Key Club and the Student Council. He was recently elected president of Vl'.H.S.'s Student Council for next year. He is also a member of the football and basketball te:-ms, the band, and the choral club. t'There's a Woman peddler at the door. Tell him we got plenty. The play was directed by Mrs. Hilma Carrell, speech teacher, and Teresa Lancaster, student di- rector. The role of money-loving Tom Brand Powers was well enacted by Jack Ryan. Te'asing the so- phisticated Myrtle was his favor- ite amusement. Being naturally good-natured, Jack did well in portraying the equally-good-na tured Tom. Jim Swinnea, playing the part of Peter Brand, proved to be well- suited for the part of this sensi- ble man of affairs. Peter and Mary Brand Tennant found hap- piness finally with the help of Cousin George. .lane Oehler, as Mary Brand Tennant, was equally well-suited to the part of an actress with a sweet disposition, always think- ing of others, so much like her- self. Patia Linkls portrayal of a 'self- ish young college girl who had secretly married Goeffry Cannon and wanted to go to Hollywood, and Warren Stansbury's depic- tion of Geoffrey, the self-centered young actor, were creditable. Mrs. Birdie Fuller, played by Frances Dyer, and her dominated hired girl, Messalina, enacted by llillie Otto, kept the audience laughing during their short stage appearances, in which Birdie was trying to obtain some of Cousin Georges money. Frances was ex- cellent in the part of Birdie, and Dillie as Messalina, literally brought down the house with her old-fashioned clothes ,and blank stares. up A local lawyer, Japhet Twilli- ger, who was trying tolswindle the Brand family and buy the Green Vine, was played well by Harvey Coonts. THE WIGSLAFO H1-LFE, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1952 Attention, all locker owners! Penalties for messy or open- doored lockers are ill lost books, 12? damaged hooks 133 damaged noses for studes who don't look where they're going, and 143 a sloppy-looking hall. Why not break down and straighten yours out as you've been promising yourself? Wl1ere's my mirror? Hls my nose powdered? ls my hair combed? Have Weslaco studes b e c o m e glamour seekers? No, it was just individual school pictures being taken Monday. Saturday found the juniors working hard in preparation for the coming junior-senior banquet. If work is what it takes to have a successful ban- quet, then this ycar's affair will be the best yet. That was some barbecue that the XIVQSIHCO Syndicate gave for the F.F.A. Anyone else lucky enough to get a ticket tonly SBIG!! enjoyed all the meat they could eat. Hats off to the Syndicate! A roaring success! That's just what the Senior play, The Green Vine, was. George Beaman didn't even look like himself with all his make-up. Say, Jackie, where did you ever find that fish? Dod you notice the portrait of Cousin George at the Sen- ior play? Comer Cash Baxter painted this. It certainly was a likeness of George Beaman. Most of the Seniors will be in bed early tonight, for they leave for Bandera tomorrow morning at 4 o'clock. The ex- citement of going is being felt by the entire school. You'd betf ter set those alarm clocks, kids! The band threw a big box sup- per and hayride last Saturday night. You should have seen the pretty boxes. Allie Aldridge walk- ed off with first prize on hers. The Weslaco Hi-Life Here's Another Bouquet l Hey! lt's that time again! made names for themselves and for our school that we must commend them. Gather 'round expound. So many of our students have my soapbox and li .ten while I Joy Wiley and Warren Stansbury are on their way to Austin to the state journalism and track meets. 'l hey made themselves elig- ible by winning at the regional' meet. Besides shouting praises for what they've done already, we want to wish them luck in the con- tests tomorrow and Saturday. Our two honor stuoents for the 1951-52 Senior Class were recenly announced. Joy Wiley and .lune Smith deserie commendation for having the top averages of the class. Hard an.. constant ttudying pays dividends. Three journalism students won awards at the spring press ban- que in Pharr last week. Wesley Ryan won first place in sports writing, Geroge Beaman, third place in sports writingg and Del Eaton, second place in interviews. Congratulations, boys! Marilyn Kaarup and Charles Rupert both won third prizes at the regional meet. Marilyn won tniid in declamationg Charles in jour- nalism. They were not eligible for the state meet, but their ac-omp- lishment deserves recognition. The play cast and other students who worked on The Green Vine deserve many compliments. That was a humdinger of a play you presented last week! The Seniors worked before school, during lunch hour, after school, duction a success-and it was. and at night to make their pro- From One Staff to Another- A fanfare, Maestro, please! The HI-LIFE is happy to au- nounce that last week in the South Texas Press Association contests, THE WESl.At'0 NEVVS was awarded second place in photography, first place in community service, and first place as best all-around newspaper. However, these awards are but the' most recently received of the many, many honors earned by the NEWS over a period of years, Therefore, it is with all sincerity that the H1-LIFE staff says. UCon- gratulations, Brad Smith and your staffg it is indeed an lionor to be a part of such an outstanding paper? Yeah! Seniors won't have to take all their final examina- tions. Yes, it s true-an aver- age of 85 in any subject will- exempt seniors from taking the final exam on that subject. Sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Best of luck to Joy VViley and VVarren Stansbury, who travel to the State Meet in Aus- tin today. WV.H.S. is proud of the honors you have already won and hopes you'll win oth- ers there. Be seeing ya! I i Sidewalk Artists Have Purpose in Designs Did you notice all those green leaves and vines on the street corners last week? Did you won- der how they suddenly appeared overnight? lt seems that Lou and Margie waited to paint until after dark for fear they might be seen. How- ever, they gave in and put the writing on the leaves Wednesday afternoon after school - people and all. The object of the leaves was to advertise the presentation of the Senior Play, The Green Vine. 'K THE WESLACO HI-LFE, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1952 I Sporting purple and white cheerleader uniforms next year will be these newly elected yell leaders, left to right, Ginger Roberson, Ellen Kaufman, and Frances Lasiter. All three girls :ire sophomores. Father, Son Dinner Held Tonight by FA The F.F.A. will hold a Father and Son Banquet at the Stephen F. Austin Cafetorium tonight at eight o'c1ock. according to .loe Tocquigny. instructor and spon- sor. The banquet will honor all of the F.F.A. boys' fathers and sev- eral businessmen that have given aid to the club. The guest speaker will be D. V. Buckner, superintendent of P.S. J.A. schools. The program will also include an invocation by Jerry Wilson, the F.F.A. Creed, by John Hughesg and brief talks l I on F.F.A. accomplishments by I Gene Rose and John Goolsby. Approximately seventy people are expected to attend. Chofr to Attend Hurl?ngen Clinic While the seniors are happily wending their way to Banders his week-end. the choir, accom- panied by Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, di- rector, will attend the Valley Coral Clinic in Harlingen. This clinic will be under the direction of George Krueger of the University of Indiana. Mr. Krueger was also the director of the All-State Chorus in Mineral Wells in February. The Weslaco chorus, minus the seniors, will participate in the clinicg and a special group select- ed from the choir will take part in a demonstration choir. Those choser were Patsye Akin, Caro- Students Receive Awards for Poems Six Vtfeslaco High School stu- dents recently received recogni- tion for poems submitted for cri- ticism in the National High School Poetry Association. The Association, founded in 1937 and backed by the Univer- sity of California, strives to en- courage young people to write poetry. Poems sent to this or- ganization are judged and rated Honor poem, Special Mention poem, and Honorable Mention poem. From nineteen entries submit- ted for approval from Weslaco. two received ce'rtificates for Spe- cial Mention and six for Honor- able Mention. Marilyn Kaarup. sophomore, won Special Mention for her poem f'Mirrorsg Verna Frase, sophomore, was given Spe- cial Mention for t'Retrospection. The Honorable Mention poems and their authors were Students Lament, Stanley Hawkg Win- ter, Jimmy Carterg On a Pic- nic, Ellen Kaufman, 'tOur Wayf' Gladys Etterg Ectasy of Day- break, Marilyn Kaarupg The Awakening, Verna Frase. Special Mention winners re- ceived brown certificates, while Honorable Mention authors were given blue certificates. A large bound volume of recog- nized poems will be placed in the state sponsored universities. +-CW.H.S.J- EVERYBODY on Time? Yes, at Class Party! Wondering why the halls were not crowded Friday sixth period after the tardy bell had rung? I'll let you in on the secret, the shorthand class had a party. It's a shame Mrs. Swann couldn't be there for the only time she didn't have six or seven stragglers. The cookies, ice-cream and cokes Cfrom the journalism coke machine!! certainly were good, I hear. ... ,, 4 , lyn Holzapfel, Nell Glynn Koes- ter, Joe Dan Jones, Joe Hightow- er, Darrell Bach, David Rogers, and Allie Aldridge. Friday and Saturday, May 2 and 3, will be spent in instruction, with a concert Saturday night. The public is invited. THE VVESLACO HI-LFFLITHURSDAY, MAY 1, 1952 Q9 we Buggy Biologist Baffles bil 4 . . vs .X 9 Curious Com-Crazy Crowd -:J-,EL Yi A H Now, I Want to get this straight enter my mind to inform my little First off, let's congratulate Eu- gene Truitt, George Beaman, and Jack Ryan upon being elected co- captains of this year's baseball team. The baseball team lost two close games last week. Rio Grande City came from behind to eke out a 5 to 4 win, and Mission eased by the Panthers 3 to 0. The Pan- thers lednthe Rattlers 4 to 0 until the sixth inningg however, the Rattlers rallied to win. The Eag- les had a rough time keeping their winning streak, as the Pan- thers held them to only one hit. Let's win the rest of them, fel- lows. I'Iere's w i s h i n g Warren Stansbury lots of luck in the state track meet tomorrow and Saturday in Austin. Warren left this morning and will run tomorrow in the preliminaries: then if he places, he will run in the finals on Saturday. In the regional meet Warren won first in the broad jump and sec- ond in the 220-yard,dash. He will compete in these two events in the state meet. il? The boys' softball team lost to Donna last Friday 35 to 14. It was much closer than the score makes it appear, though, because Donna led by only 10 to 12 points all the way. --tVV.H.S.l-- Junior High Girls' Team Wins Softball Ggme The junior high girls' softball team beat the Santa Rosa girls 19-13 Thursday of last week. Starting line-up was as follows: Mary B. Ross, shortstopg Minta Clark, catcherg Dorothy Gorhum, right fieldg Josefa Cadena, pitch- erg Shirley Ermel, first baseg Sandy Cook, center fieldg Carol Clayton, third base: Lila Wad- dell, second, and Golda Smith, left field. The little Pantherettes played Donna yesterday afternoon, but the results could not be given when the HI-LIFE went to press. from the beginning. Let's have it understood right away. I am not a biology student. 1 was quite a while ago, but we neverl had to catch bugs. tExcuse me,5 teacher, I mean insects? It was yesterdayg and feeling' kind toward my fellow man andl seeing a friend of mine crawling dejectedly along on all fours, I offered to aid and abet her. Am l sorry 1 opened my mouthll in reply she tossed back, f'Sure, l'm looking for protozans! This struck me. Somehow, I remem- bered vaguely that that kind of hug is found in dirty water-yet my little friend was searching on the ground for this 'tprotozoann critter. I shrugged and got down on hands and knees in an effort to appear useful. Although it didl l l friend, far be it from me to spoil her illuion. Besides, she might make me crawl through dirty wa- ter to look for her ole bug, if I told her. Soon and unsuspectedly, pen- demonium broke loose and mass hysteria set in. It seems that Cherubs conceiv- we were looking and passed the several campus ed the idea that for lost money word on to their sweet little chums. It was no time at all un- til a good three-fourths of the stu- dent body were on all fours with nose to the dusty terrafirma look- in g for-the root of all evil- money. Now, I figured my friend had enough help - anyway, she thought sog therefore I departed, . . . . lt makes a good tale. anyway. Wiley, Stansbury In State Contests Joy Wiley and Warren Stans- bury, accompanied by Coach Ray Meyers, Sue McAlpin, and Jim Swinnea. left early this morning for the state journalism and track meets in Austin Friday and Sat- urday. Joy will enter the newswriting, copyreading, headline writing, feature writing, and editorial writing contests. Warren will compete in the broad jump and 220-yard dash. In addition to entering the con- test, Joy and Sue will be present for the 25th Anniversary Conven- tion of the interscholastic League Press Conference, where they will attend lectures and workshops. The highlight of the entertain- ment will be a boat ride up Lake Austin in Austin's only stern- wheeler. The group will stop for a picnic supper and dancing be- fore the return trip. This year's convention will be dedicated to Dr. DeWitt Reddick, the founder of the' ILPC. The group plan to go to Ban- dera to join the seniors after the Saturday morning contests. Panthers Yield To Eagles, Rattlers The Weslaco P a n t h e r s were defeated la s t w e e k by the Rio Grande City Rattlers and the Mis- sion Eagles. Weslaco jumped off to a 4 to 0 lead, but Rio Grande City kept coming back, and in the last of the seventh inning the score was tied 4 to 4. Rio Grande City pushed a run across, and the game was over. Dewayne Rutledge pitched the whole game for the Panthers. Last Friday the Panthers were defeated by the league-leading Mission Eagles 3 to 0. Mission scored in the first inning on a walk, a stolen base, and an error, The other runs came in on a walk, stolen base, fielders' choice, and another walk. Mission collected two hits and Weslaco had one. Elizondo started on the mound for Weslaco, but was relieved by Beaman in the third. Charles Mohle collected the only hit. Tomorrow the Panthers play the Raymondville Bearkats. The Bearkats won the first game 10 to 9. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952 Show Set Br HI-LIFE Receives . Pan Americans Highest Rating For Next Fall The Pan-American Student For- um will present a variety show next fall, featuring Spanish danc- es, songs, and a skit, to raise money for financing representa- tives and exhibits to the Pan- American Forum State Conven- tion in Austin, according to Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, sponsor. The program, which will be presented between football season and Christmas holidays, will show the importance of close relations between Latin-American coun- tries and us. The forum had planned to en- ter the annual artistic and liter- ary exhibits this year but was unable to do so because of lack of necessary funds. The occasion usually takes place in mid-April near Pan-American Day. 1iW.H.S.lk Good Business Letter Gets Job for Eaton It pays to write a good busi- ness letter! This fact was made apparent to Dei Eaton recently when he was offered a responsi- ble position at a dude ranch on the basis of his letter of applica- tion and enclosed letters of re- commendation. Del will be on the staff of Lost Valley Ranch. the Bandera resort which the Senior Class visited last week end. Del had had pre- vious experience in summer re- sort work and wished to find a similar position for the coming summer. He had heard praise of the Lost Valley Ranch and thus decided to take a shot in the darkf' in hopes of getting work there. The long shot paid off. The manager of the resort needed an extra hand for the summer rush and was impressed by Del's letter and recommendations from his previous employers. The letter The Weslaco HI-LIFE was placed in the highest rank of high school papers of Texas in its class when it was awarded a rating of Distinguished Merit at the Interscholastic League state contest at Ausin last week. Joy Wiley, from Weslaco, league contestant in the journalism contest, placed second in copy reading and fourth in headline writ- ing at the meet. The ILPC conference extended from Friday, May 2, to noon Saturday. Awards were presented Saturday. i Juniors Promise Super Banquet This year's juniors are promis- ing a super banquet, according to David Rogers, president. The ban- ouet and dance will be held in the high school gym on Saturday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. ' The juniors chose the colors red and white, but the theme is, of course, a secret. Betty Kay's orchestra will furnish the music. Superintendent and Mrs. Grady Hester, Principal J. L. Akridge, and the Senior High faculty will be guests at the dance. The food will be prepared by the Home Demonstration Club and will be served by sophomore girls. The chairmen for the vari- ous committees are as follows: decoration, Pat Kaufmang enter- tainment, Gay Cloud, dance, and Patsy Hankal, banquetg table de- corations, Edith Stevensg menu, Patsy Emeryg place cards, Paula Strongg and invitations, Patsye Akin. lfW.H.S.J-Q Stamp Club Adds Six Books to WHS Library The last meeting of the Stamp club for this year was held Tues- day of last week, according to the president, Comer Baxter. The club plans to open next year with a big party. This year's project, to give books to the li- brary, resulted in the addition of six new books to the shelves. which the manager wrote in reply to Del's application praised the letter highly and offered Del the job without requesting the cus- tomary interview. Del can tell you. It pays to write a good business letter. In the paper division of the contest each high school paperiof Texas which is a member of the ILPC, received a rating for its publication. The four c l a s s e s were Distinguished Merit, Achievement, Merit, and Honor. Papers were judged from all is- sues published during the year, as each town sent in copies to the ILPC at the time of publication. Joy competed in the state meet with seven regions of Texas jour- nalists. Each region was repre- sented by two contestants. She entered the five divisions-news writing, feature writing, copy- reading, headline writing, and editorial writing. Certificates were awarded to in- dividual winners in each classifi- cation and to high school papers. The three top winners received medals, and the three top-ranking towns were given plaques. The HI-LIFE certificate is now on the bulletin board in Room 2 and will be framed. -fW.H.S.l- Stevens ta Prexy Y-Teens Next Year Edith Stevens, W. H. S. junior, was elected president for Y-Teens for next year at a called meeting last week. She will succeed June Smith, who is now president. Other officers chosen were Bar- bara Williams, v i c e president: Patsy Akin, s e c r e t a r yg Julia Sleeth, t r e a s u r e rg Nell Glynn Koester, parliamentariang and El- len Kaufman, Student Council representative. The date for the formal instal- lation of the officers has not been set. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952 It's time for another trip around W.H.S. Jump on your horses and 1et's ride, partners. Bandera or Bust! The sen- iors certainly seemed to have had a wonderful trip. They've come back with sun tans and stiff backs from so much horse back riding. We heard that Lloyd Kidwcll acted as tele- phone operator and did some sly phoning Saturday night! The F.F.A. had two banquets last week. Say, boys, how do you rate soimuch? Thursday night was their annual Father and Son Banquet at the Stephen F. Austin School Cafetorium. Those were awfully pretty corsages the Chap- ter Sweethearts were Wearing. Didn't the band sound good? Yes, the W.H.S. band present- ed an assembly for the school yesterday. The audience seemed to enjoy the program very much. We're proud of the band land the honors it has brought to our school. Seen dragging to school last Monday mo r n i n g were seven sleepy Y-Teens. They had been on a Lost Weekend at Y-Teen Spring Conference at Valley Chris tian Encampment. What happened to all the coke bottles, girls? The G,A.A.'s are throwing a big party. They are going swim- ming this afternoon. These clubs certainly get around where par- ties are concerned. It's a pretty good way to cool off. Be careful, girls. What's this? Yes, another par- ty. This time the Sophomore Class is giving a skating party. We hear guests are being invited to this affair, too. Say, this school is getting into the swing of things. w The Choral Club sang at the Methodist Church last Sunday night. YVe heard that it was beautiful. The Choral Club has The Weslaco Hi-Life We're Wishing You a Happy Day, Mom ! Who is the one person that is always on our side? Who offers constant encouragement and listens patiently wleile we tell her of our disappointments? Who prepares our meals and fixes our clothes? XfVho is it that sits up with us when we are sick? Who is the one who helps us in every way that she can? Our 'tMom. To all the Moms we say Thanks! W'e might express ourselves like this: Mother, you've done the very best Q To help me in every way, Now I wish you the very best, This happy Mother's Day ,,i-.-.--.-..-,.. English as She Is Spoke ! Maybe this here editoral ain't hardly like most of 'em, its addmited, but it does got a point to put over. Its been roomered around that many high school studes, they some tmies abuse the english language real bad. Abuse it, heck-I say we plum near slaughter it tbeg pardon Mr. Shakes- pearei Some of us talk ungrum - disgram - ungarma - wrongly cuase we thing its elite and some talk thisa way cause we don't know no better and some talk like this here for imphasis and it don't matter what reason it is-Lord, help the english teachers! Seriously, 1et's compare the preceding paragraphs with a paper we ve prepared to hand in to our teacher. Compare them with our conversational English. Are we going to let bad language habits master us, or are we going to master our bad language habits? been working hard for their new robes. They will present their animal Spring Concert tomorrow night. Who will be their sweetheart? Flash! The HI-LIFE was awarded the Distinguished Merit in Journalism given at state, which is the highest rat- ing. Congratulations, also to Joy VViley, who won second in copyreading and fourth in headline writing at the state meet. W.I-LS. certainly can be proud of her and of the HI- LIFE. Ulviy dress is blue. What color is yours? The Junior-Senior Banquet is Saturday night. The juniors have' been Working hard to make this a grand affair. Ru- more are that it is going to be beautiful. Committees Named For Class Night Program Class night for the seniors of 1952 has been set for May 16, and the committees are working on the papers. Those preparing the traditional papers are as follows: Class poem -Dillie Otto, chairman, Jimmy Swinnea, June Smith, and Del Eatong class history-Ninfa Car- dona, chairman, Jane Oehler, Francis Dyer, Teresa Lancaster and Donald Watkinsg class will-- Evelyn Haas, chairman, Keith Brown, Sue Clark, Patia Link, Elva Munos, Warren Stansbury, and Madia Womble, class pro- phecy-Ignaca Garcia, chairman, Joy Wiley, Mary Benbow, Sue McAlpin, .lack Ryan, and Maria Leal. --iW.H.S.l-. Written history is at least 6,000 years old. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, l952 Fred Buss, David Rogers, and Patsye Akin, all juniors, have been elected to head the student body next year. Fred will be president, David vice-president, and Patsye secretary-treasurer of the Student Council. All three are members of the National Honor Society and are active on the campus. 7' Cm' +eaChEE'?wh0 Wanna Fira ' ' man? waHoso Little Boy: HGeorge Washing- ton. Badminfan Awards Two more trophies were addefl to the girls' trophy case Tuesday of last week when several Wes- laco girls took top honors in the San Benito invitational badmin- ton tournament. Capturing first place in singles was Paula Sue Strong, while inve- lyn Haas and Tommie Jo Lott took first in the doubles division. The intramural track tourna- ment for girls has been scheduled for May 14, according to Miss Martha Stallings, director. Discus throwing, shot put, broad jump, high jump, 75-yard dash, 100-yard dash, and the 4-10 relay will comprise the different divisions. Teacher: No, it was Little Boy: HWell, Adam. if you're talking about foreigners, maybe he was. Q-fW.H.S.li Eighth Grade to Have Party at Gym May l5 The gymnasium will be the scene of the annual eighth grade party May 15 at 7:30 p.m., accord- ing to Mrs. Bonnie Harmon, one of the eighth grade sponsors. The class will enjoy an evening of games and fun. Each section will present a skit. The home room mothers will assist the teachers and students with the refreshments. Parents are urged to attend, Mrs. Harmon said. Ano ..- S 1 amaass Although VVarren Stansbury didn't qualify in the preliminar- ies for the finals in the state meet, the -school is still proud of him for doing as well as he did. Helpert from Robstown beat him in the 220-yard dash by inches to go into the finals. Better luck in college, VVarren. The Panther nine won one and lost one last week, and their rec- ord in district play now stands at 2 wins and 5 losses. The Pan- thers play their final game with Rio Grande City tomorrow. R.G. C. won the last game 5 to 4 by rallying in the sixth inning. Everyone come out and hack the ' boys! - Let's congratulate C o a c h Dahlberg upon becoming head coach at Rio I-Iondo. Everyone will be watching him ,next yearl and rooting for him. Hope you have a winning team, Coach!! Although the team's average is what counts with a baseball team, here are the top five averages of the baseball team: H Pct. Name AB Charlie Mohle ....., 19 7 .368 17 6 .368 Ignacio Elizondo Dewayne Rutledge .. 22 7 .318 Jack Ryan ......... 24 6 .250 14 2 .143 -1fW.H.S.P- Strong Heads GAAQ Track Meet Planned Paula Sue Strong was elected p r e side nt of the G.A.A. last Thursday afternoon. Other offi- cers chosen were Alline Minyard, vice'-president: Tommie Jo Lott, secretary: Yvonne Newby, trea- surerg Sue Copeland, parliamen- tariang and Ginger Roberson, Stu- dent Council representative. The group is planning a track meet for May 14. They will also have an awards assembly some time in the near future. Ken Cook ..,....... THE VVESLACO H1-LIFE, THURSDAY MAY 15, 1952 t 1 i f 2 ' ' 1 7 t .' 'Qu ' 't i, ' 4. 1 , if . A 9 I 9 qw Q 'E 5 - A. 'fb .1 T ' +R ' All if'?iM'fm3t 1 Lt rm is . This is the last dash around the ' , campus with your ole columnist. f t f fi Take a deep breath and let's go. i V ii xi, ff Congratulations to the Choral 9 , 'Q-.,,,,m, Mi Club Sweetheart, Sue McAlpin. 't gp 'r You certainly did look surpris- gift? q.L,,,fa ed, Sue. The Spring Concert giv- , 'agp YQ, en by the Choral Club was de- If clared a big success. ' ',', '4t-'F' -- I V ms Candy canes and alll Yes, the , Qifgfqk ,, ,ga Junior-Senior Banquet was one ' .-,.- ' of the cleverest and prettiest ,f'F. ',jffgk'Q,.- J it banquets in years. It was com- plete to the candy house. The Juniors should be given some , uf . candy kisses for putting on such S 5 a gala affair. How did you like that grand march? It seems that W.H.S. tops all the schools in giving parties. Tonight the eighth grade is having a big affair in the gymnasium. This really sounds like a lot of fun, kids. Edith Stevens was elected Val- ley president of the Y-Teens last week. Edith will be going to camp this summer at Glen Rose, Texas. Hope you have fun. The National Honor Society is having a 'twhing ding of a ban- quet Saturday night, at the Little Creek Motel in Harlingen. Two new members may be included in the group. Welcome, Keith Brown and .Tack Ryan! Do I have your card? The seniors received their cards and in- vitations last week. They certainly are pretty, kids. If you see some- one running around passing out cards, you will have the mystery figured out. vvvvvv'vv'vvvv Two More Seniors Named to Honor Society Two seniors - Keith Brown and Jack Ryan - have been in- vited to honorary membership in the National Honor Society by the faculty executive com- mittee of the group. AT Last-The Coveied Sheepskin ! To the Seniors: We, the underclassmen, wish you the best in life. Weslaco High will miss you, but we know that no two years can be the same. We can never forget you or the things you have contributed to our school. We are confident that you can face life with its rewards and disappointments and make the best of them. Best wishes, Seniors! The Underclassmen . Pardon Us if We Brug, Bui- VVe're rather proud of the fact that the HI-LIFE has been awarded the Distinguished Merit rating at the recent state Interscholastic League Press Conference. Rather proud? That's hardly the word for it. We should like to recognize all those who have contributed to the success of our paper this year. We express our thanks to THE WESLACO NEWS staff for publishing our paper, for being patient when we were occasionally late getting a story to press, and for tolerating our rummaging through their mat catalogs and permitting us to use mats free of charge. To the school board for increasing our allotment in the school budget, thus making possible the use of more pictures this year, to the faculty and the students, who have cooperated in furnishing news to our reporters, and especially to you, the readers, whose in- terest has constantly presented us with the challenge of putting out a progressively better paper each week. So, with our courtesies properly expressed, we make our bow for the year. ln the words of Old Sombrero, Adios and 30! Each of these is qualified for membership by having an aver- age of 85 in every subject and by meeting the qualifications of character, service, and leader- ship. If they accept membership, they will be initiated at the banquet of the society Saturday night. They will then be privi- leged to wear the National Hon- or Society pin and to have a gold tas:-el for their caps at thc Commencement exercises. AAAAAAAAAAAA THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952 P9 EMM Fred Buss, David Rogers, and Patsye Akin, all juniors. have been elected to head the student body next year. Fred will be president, David vice-president, and Patsye secretary-treasurer of the Student Council. All three are members of the National Honor Society and are active on the campus. ww aw- LF63Chgl?mi'XVll0 was 'the Tirs-t ' ' man? WOHOSO Little Boy: 'fGeorge Washing- ton. Badminton Awards Two more trophies were addel to the girls' trophy case Tuesday of last week when several Wes- laco girls took top honors in the San Benito invitatibnal badmin- ton tournament. Capturing first place in singles was Paula Sue Strong, while hive'- lyn Haas and Tommie Jo Lott took first in the doubles division. The intramural track tourna- ment for girls has been scheduled for May 14, according to Miss Martha Stallings. director. Discus throwing, shot put, broad jump, high jump, 75-yard dash, 100-yard dash, and the 440 relay will comprise the different divisions. Teacher: 'tNo. it was Adam. Little Boy: Well, if you're talking about foreigners, maybe he Was. QtW.H.S.?- Eighth Grade to Have Party at Gym May 15 The gymnasium will be the' scene of the annual eighth grade party May 15 at 7:30 p.m., accord- ing to Mrs. Ronnie Harmon, one of the eighth grade sponsors. The class will enjoy an evening of games and fun. Each section will present a skit. The home room mothers will assist the teachers and students with the refreshments. Parents are urged to attend, Mrs. Harmon said. Although VVarren Stansbury didn't qualify in the preliminar- ies for the finals in the state meet, the -school is still proud of him for doing as well as he did. Helpert from Robstown heat him in the 220-yard dash by inches to go into the finals. Better luck in college, VVarren. The Panther nine won one and lost one last week, and their rec- ord in district play now stands at t2 wins and 5 losses. The Pan- thers play their final game with Rio Grande City tomorrow. R.G. C. won the last game 5 to 4 by rallying in the sixth inning. Everyone come out and back the ' boys! I 4 I Let's congratulate C o a c h Dahlberg upon becoming head coach at Rio Hondo. Everyone will be watching him next year? and rooting for him. Hope you have a winning team, Coach!! Although the team's average is what counts with a baseball team. here are the top five averages of the W.H.S. baseball te'am: Name AB H Pct. Charlie Mohle ...... 19 7 .368 Ignacio Elizondo 17 6 .368 Dewayne Rutledge .. 22 7 .318 Jack Ryan ......... 24 6 .250 Ken Cook .......... 14 2 .143 -fVV.H.S.J1- Strong Heads GAAp Track Meet Planned Paula Sue Strong was elected 'president of the G.A.A. last Thursday afternoon. Other offi- cers chosen were Alline Minyard, vice'-presidentg Tommie Jo Lott, secretary: Yvonne Newby, trea- surerg Sue Copeland, parliamen- tariang and Ginger Roberson, Stu- dent Council representative. The group is planning a track meet for May 14. They will also have an awards assembly some time in the near future. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1952 , , 1l?'Ynlnar Dear Diary, At last I find a moment to write up the latest gossip of the week. A few of the seniors seen to- gether in Bandera were JUNE and HOMA, PATIA and BOB, LOWERY and BOB KNIGHT, RUTH and JOHN, BLANCA and EMILIO, and KEITH and TERRY. SUE was on cloud seven for a few hours Sunday when BUSTER met her in San Antonio. Enjoy the rides, kids? We hear that SELMA and MARY ANN liked the cowboys at the ranch. How about it, girls? MISS SMITH and MR. EV- RAETS got some mysterious phone calls at 3 o'clock in the morning. VVhom were they from? TERRY, did you see LUCINDA after you got in from Bandera? VVe hear you really missed her. EVAN DALE, HARVEY, 'JAC- KIE, TOMMY, EUGENE, EVE- LYN, BOBBIE, and TOMMIE JO were having a gay time at the skating rink last Thursday. Say, JOY and JIM, and SUE and WARREN, how were the con- tests in Austin? COACH MYERS, MR. AK- RIDGE, and MR. WILEY had quite a time in Bandera Saturday night. Am I right? FRANCES LASITER and EM- ERY BRIDGES tSan Benito! had a date Friday night. What hap- pened to GENE, FRANCES? Say, we hear that the junior high group is really getting around lately. Ho hum! Better stop for now and catch some shut-eye after Bandera. -lW.H.S.l- Hello! Hello! There's A Coll for You, Please Several seniors seem to be in- terested in becoming telephone operators! If you don't believe me, ask Miss Smith and Mr. Evraets. Af- ter receiving news of long dis- tance telephone calls CF! from the operator lLloyd!J they came rush- ing down to the main office look- ing a little sleepy. Choir Concert to Be Tomorrow Night- . Selections of popular, semi-classical, and religious music will compose the program of the annual Spring Concert to be presented by the choir tomorrow night at 8 o'cl0ck in the high school auditorium. The first part of the progra mincludes 'LO Sacred Head, f'Rock My Soul, i'Deep River, Ride the Chariot, and Onward Christian Soldiers by the robed concert choir. The junior high ensemble will present Come to the Fair, Waiting in the Shadows, and Dona Nobis Paeanf' Pat Kaufman will direct the boys' chorus in Hark, the Vesper Hymn. They will also sing Stouthearted Men, and The Bells of St. Mary's,7' while the boys' ensemble will present The Halls of Ivy. - Ode to Vacation, By Scott Shelly l?l Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Thou at length art free- Free from the sound and fury Of functions and co-functions to be! Many a heart shall shed no tear. Free to sleep until noontimeg Free to do as you care. Unless there is grass to be mow- ing- Then will you have time to spare? Many a heart shall shed no tear. Soon you'll be pestering Mother, f'What, tell me what shall I do? l've read every book worth the reading, And done everything there's to do Many a heart shall then shed a tear. Author's note: As I prefer to remain unidentified for obvious reasons, I have assumed the pen name of Scott lByronJ Shelley. Poetic Critic's remark: l can't say this is smelly, But, it sho' don't sound like Shelley! --fW.H.S.l- Luke, author of a book in the New Testament, was a physician. -lW.H.S.!- VVebster wouldn't claim them -but Waitress: Girl who thinks mon- ey grows on trays. Alcatraz: The pen with the life- ' time guarantee. Flood: A river too big for its bridges. Lift Thine Eyes, by the girls' chorus, will be directed by Ter- esa Lancaster. Let Us Break Bread Together and 'iGiannina Mia will also be sung by this group. 'tMalaguena, by the senior girls' sextette, and Schubert's Serenade, by the junior girls' trio, will end this portion of the program. The final selections will be gi- ven by the mixed chorus. t'Show- boat Medley, Country Style, Peter, Peter, Homing, and All the Things You Are will be sung after the presentation of the sweetheart by Vice-president Da- vid Rogers. The Spirit of Wes- laco High will end the concert, according to Mrs. Sibyl Mattar, choral director. This group is ac- companied by Ellen Boyd and Allie Aldridge . . This concert will be the first paid spring concert of the choir in many years. A charge is being made this year so that new robes may be purchased for next year's choir. The pres- ent robes, which are fifteen years old, are threadbare and have holes in them. Half of the robe fund has been raised, and the choir hopes to complete the fund with this paid concert. If sufficient funds are obtained, the new purple and white robes will be made during the sum- mer. 'Tickets for the concert are S1 for the lower floor and 50 cents for the balcony. --lW.H.S.D- A woman is like a stop light. The man has to wait until she changes. f. THE WESLACO HI-LlFE. THURSDAY MAY 15, 1952 Various Awarols to Be Presented A At Class Night Program Fricfaytli Martin Installs New Key Club Officers The formal installation of next yearls officers constituted the pro- gram for the Key Club meeting Tuesday at noon. Weldon Martin. district Lieuten- ant Governor of Kiwanis Clubs, conducted the service, which was held just previous to the business meeting. 1 Officers for next year are Ken Cook, president, David Rogers. vice-presidentg and Charlie Mohle, secretary-treasurer. Rev. C. I. Kelly, Presbyterian minister, gave a talk on Mother's Day to the club last week. Local Clubs, School, ond Other Groups Reward Achievements in Mony Fields Medals, certificates, and other types of awards will be presented to senior and junior high students during the Senior Class Night program Friday. Some of these will be given by local clubs or'civic groups, While others will be from the school. ' ' Awards from local groups and the winners areas follows: g American Legion Citizenship awards - Jim Swinnea, Teresa Lancaster. . D.A.R. Citizenship award-Joy Wiley. Rotary Club scholarships to Rotary boy and girl-Warren Stans- bury and June Smith. i Business and Professional Women's cash award to outstanding commercial student-Ninfa Cardona. Lions' Club cash awards to outstanding boy and girl in journal- ism-Charles Rupert, Sue Clark. Literary Review Club's silver thimble to outstanding homemak- ing student--Mary Holmes. Band Parents' Arion award-Donald Watkins. - Awards made by the school in- - clude medals to the valedictorian, Joy Wileyg salutatorian, June Smithg and high ranking boy, Jim Swinnea, to the editors of .school publicationsg to the Student Coun- cil presidentsg to winners in liter- ary and athletic events of the In- terseholastic Leagueg and to sen- ior and junior high school stu- dents who were named outstand- ing in various classes. A This is the first-year that a- wards have been given to Student Council presidents and to junior high students. Another presenta- tion, revived from other years, will be the giving of certificates to all students having perfect at- E tendance records for the year. - .--fw.H.s-ni- Applicants submitted their ap- plications in writing to the prin- cipal's office on or before March 1, Qualities taken into considera- tion in the election were citizen- Smith, Stanslaury To Get Rotary Awards June Smith and Warren Stansbuly, seniors, were chosen Rotary Girlfa'ndfRotary Boy by senior high stu lent: in homeroom meetings Wednesday of last Week. according to .l. L. Akrirlge, principal. Othei' candidates for the honor were Sue' Clark, llillie Otto, .loy WUI-xy, and Jimmy Swinnea. As winners of the election, June and Warren are entitled to the annual awards, which, this year, are S950 scholarships to a college university. or ltusiness scliooi. The awards will be made on Class Txight. Friday, May 16. ship, cooperativeness, personality, scholarship, and participation in extra-curricular activities. ln addition to the scholarships, the winners will have their names inscribed on a bronze plaque al- ready placed in the highl- school building. June and Warren. will ale so be given smaller plaques.-with their name, year of' presentation, dates inscribed. ll' and qualities required of candi- Take a deep breath and let's go. THE VVESLAUO H1-LIFE, THURSDAY MAY 15, 1952 This is the last dash around the campus with your ole columnist. Congratulations to the Choral Club Sweetheart, Sue McAlpin. You certainly did look surpris- ed, Sue. The Spring Concert giv- en by the Choral Club was de- clared a big success. Candy canes and all! Yes, the Junior-Senior Banquet was one of the cleverest and prettiest banquets in years. It was com- plete to the candy house. The Juniors should be given some candy kisses for putting on such a gala affair. How did yon like that grand march? It seems that W.H.S. tops all the schools in giving parties. Tonight the eighth grade is having a big affaii' in the gymnasium. This really sounds like a lot of fun, kids. Edith Stevens was elected Val- ley president of the Y-Teens last week. Edith will be going to camp this summer at Glen Rose, Texas. Hope you have fun. The National Honor Society is having a Hwhing ding of a ban- quet Saturday night, at the Little Creek Motel in Harlingen. Two new members may be included in the group. Welcome, Keith Brown and Jack Ryan! Do I have your card? The seniors received their cards and in- vitations last week. They certainly are pretty, kids. If you see some- one running around passing out cards, you will have the mystery figured out. vvvvvvvv-vvvv Two More Seniors Named to Honor Society Two seniors - Keith Brown and Jack Ryan - have been in- vited to honorary membership in the National Honor Society by the faculty executive com- mittee of the group. . . c r r . .SY ,.':'J V :A . ' 'Iwi 6 -' I A Avy' ,' Y , I, .h it 5 ,iw :I ., v JW, ge ' 4.1 'gig is t- nl' 5 ' 1 I ,H ill ia -f,,,,.v ' I ii., 13,1 ' . -1,5 qwii , ' Q. -2 is 'V WW , 7' Ps. ,. an ft' T ??rifT15L' x t ..,, X Q , L ' 4 ft, . 14 ,x.-- i W ef' , w s , 5'-I-..,,,,,. an tiff! - , Yip-f, ' 2, Gif ' my-uf f .f '. 1 7 Q1t,,,fi'lEr Z At. T if um. ' t f .w.:.'. fs hawaii- ex ' e Mft ' t 1' t 1f .' .. -' piggy 1 th: , AT Last-The Covered Sheepskin ! To the Seniors: We, the underclassmen, wish you the best in life. Weslaco High will miss you, but We know that no two years can be the same. We can never forget you or the things you have contributed to our school. We are confident that you can face life with its rewards and disappointments and make the best of them. Best wishes, Seniors! The Underclassmen Pardon Us if We Brug, Bui- VVe're rather proud of the fact that the HI-LIFE has been awarded the Distinguished Merit rating at the recent state Interscholastic League Press Conference. Rather proud? That's hardly the word for it. We should like to recognize all those who have contributed to the success of our paper this year. We express our thanks to THE WESLACO NEWS staff for publishing our paper, for being patient when we were occasionally late getting a story to press, and for tolerating our rummaging through their mat catalogs and permitting us to use mats free of charge. To the school board for increasing our allotment in the school budget, thus making possible the use of more pictures this yearg to the faculty and the student's, who have cooperated in furnishing news to our reporters, and especially to you, the readers, who-se in- terest has constantly presented us with the challenge of putting out a f progressively better paper each week. So, with our courtesies properly expressed, we make our 30. bow for the year. In the words of Old Sombrerof' Adios and Q79 Each of these is qualified for membership by having an aver- age of 85 in every subject and by meeting the qualifications of character, service, and leader- ship. lf they accept membership, they will be initiated at the banquet of the society Saturday night. They will then be privi-- leged to wear the National Hon- or Society pin and to have a gold tas:-el for their caps at the Commencement exercises. AAAAAAAAAAAA.. THE WESLACO H1-LIFE, THURSDAY MAY 15, 1952 Barlow to Speak At Baptist Church The Baccalaureate service for seniors will be held Sunday night, May 18, at 8 o'clock, at the First Baptist Church. The program will be as follows: Prelude: Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven. Day Is Dying in the West - KW. F. Sherwin? High School Choir. t'Holy, Holy, Holy - CHeberl High School Choir, Mrs. Fouad Mattar, Director. Processional: T r i u rn p h al March - Verdi. Invocation - Jimmy Swinnea. Onward, Christian Soldiersu - 1Sullivanl High School Choir. Scripture Reading - Sue Clark. Vocal Solo: God Is A Spirit, by Charles F. Scott - Jane Oehler, Ellen Boyd, Accompanist. Sermon - Rev. H. D. Barlow, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Wes- laco. Benediction - Warren Stans- bury. Recessional: Coronation March - Myerbeer. Ellen Boyd and Allie Aldridge will play the processional and re- cessional marches on the organ and piano. itW.H.S.li Honor Students To Give Addresses For Commencement Commencement exercises will be held Friday, May 23, at 8 p.m. on Barbee Field. The theme for the program will be The World Calls to Youth. It is as follows: Prelude - High School Band, Gene A. Braught, Director. Processional: HWar March of Priests fivlendelssohnl High School Band. Invocation -- Rev. Val Sherman. t'True to Our Traditions fSalu- tatoryh June Smith. Trumpet Solo: Londonderry Air - Donald Watkins. These Crucial Years - Jimmy Swinnea. t'To Build a Better World Wa- ledictoryl - Joy Wiley. Presentation of Diplomas - W H. S. Seniors Have Plans for Future When the Weslaco Seniors receive their diplomas on Friday night, May 23, they will cease to be a class and will Wend their sepa- rate ways. Some will go to college, others will Work, a few will marry, and a number are still undecided as to what they will do. The ones going to college and the colleges they will attend are as follows: Pan American, Edinburg - A. L. Bromley, Terry Holman, Bob Knight, Ada Barbosa, Mary Waller, Sue McAlpin, Jan Tucker, and Ninfa Cardonag Wharton Junior College, Wharton - Jack Ryan and Ed Henryg Texas A. and I. - Harvey Lee Coonts, Lloyd Kid- well, Mack Miller, and George Maddeng Sul Ross -- Evan Dale Hint- ner, Donald Watkins, Ruth Norman, Dillie Otto, and possibly Jane Oehler, Seniors to Observe Class Night Friday Senior Class Night will be held in the high school auditorium Fri- day night, May 16, at 8 o'clock. The program is as follows: Prelude Largo - Handel. Processional, Clayton's Grand March - Blake. Welcome by Class President - Jimmy Swinnea. Class History - Don Watkins. Vocal Number - You'll Never Walk Alone 1Oscar Hammerstein! - Sue Clark, Joy Wiley, Sue Mc- Alpin, Jane Oehler, Teresa Lan- caster, Dillie Otto. Class Poem - June Smith. Class Prophecy -- Trombone Solo - Rhapsody In Blue lGeorge Gershwin? - Evan Dale Hintner. Class Will - Patia Link. Presentation of Awards - J. L. Akridge, Principal. Announcements - J. L. Ak- ridge. School Song - Spirit of Wes- lam-o High - Young-Krauledat. Recessional - 'Grand March - Mack. Pianist - Ellen Boyd. --tVV.H.S.D- Why did they hang that pic- ture? t'Perhaps they couldn't find the artist. Supt. Grady Hester. School Song: Spirit of Weslaco High - Senior Class. Benediction - Rev. H. C. Ziehe. Recessional: t'Pomp and Circum- stance 4Elgarl High School Band. Texas University, Austin -June Smith and Del Eatong The Univer- sity of Arkansas, Fayetteville - Patia Link, St. Mary's, San Anton- io - George Beamang Del Mar, Corpus Christi - Sidney Rankin, Durham's Business College, Har- lingen - Maria Leal, Elma Jean Black, Mary Lou Benbow, Keith Bro-wn, Olga Morales, Hortensia Rincong The University of Hous- ton, Houston - Eugene Truittg Draughon's Business College, San Antonio - Blanca Morales, Mary Ann Keilmang Harding, Searcy, Arkansas - Homa Freasierg Abi- lene Christian, Lubbock - War- ren Stansburyg Austin College, Sherman - Sue Clarkg S. M. U., Dallas, Teresa Lancasterg Baylor, Waco, Madia Womble. Students who are going to Work are John Blankenship, Mary Holmes, Ignacia Garcia, Irma Her- nandez, Noelia Ramon, Claricia Balli, Elva Munoz. Wedding bells will be ringing for Sue Clark, Lou Poinboeuf, Jackie Roberts, and Margie Wills. They have already rung for Joyce Keen and Janie Davis. Undecided regarding their plans for next year are Tony Barbosa, lsais Castillo, Emilio Castro, James Godwin, Francisco Luna, Bob Mcintosh, Ismael Ramos, Ronald Rennscheidt, Jimmy Swin- nea, Frances Dyer, Selma Frase, Pat Lasiter, Esmeralda Hernan- dez, Joann Wilson, Marcella Vas- quez, Evelyn Haas, and Joy Wiley. Some of these expect to attend col- lege somewhere. Jerry Gilmore plans to join the Navy, Luis Johnston wants to en- ter the Navy School of Music, Bar- bara Polk hopes to join the Wo- men's Air Force, and Lowery Gar- rett plans to manage a beauty shop. THE WESLACO HI-LIFE, THURSDAY MAY 15, 1952 1 l Five Boys Chosen For Boys' State Five Weslaco junior boys have been selected to attend Boys' State in Austin June 8-14, accord- ing to J. L. Akridge, principal. The boys, sponsored by the Ro- tary Club, Lions' Club, Kiwanis Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion, are Pat Kaufman, Charles Rupert, De- wayne Rutledge, Ralph Montgom- ery and Wesley Ryan. Boys' state is a mythical forty- ninth state, where city, state, and county governments are organized for one week. Regular election pro- cedures are used in introducing and passing bills. The purpose of the project is to educate young people in the duties, right, privi- leges, and responsibilities of Amer- ican citizens. J Alternates are Fred Buss, Da- vid Rogers, Ken Cook, Donn Beat- ty, Jay Cloud, and Gay Cloud. --tWH.S.l-- Are you Donald Watkins? he asked the young man beside the coat rack in the restaurant. No, was the surprised reply. Well, I am, came the frosty rejoinder, and that is his coat you are putting on. w 'C andyldntl' Forms Scene of Banquet-Prom Given by .luniors for Seniors of 1952 'Tandyland' 'was the theme used'.'for the annual Junior- Senior Banquet and' Prom, which was 'held 'last Saturday night in the high school gym- ' naslum. -V - ' ' Welcome to Candylandi' was the greeting on a large-pepper mint pole at the entrance into the gym. Streamers of red, white, and rose crepe paper 'formed the walls and ceiling of the main room. Large silver cotton-candy trees flanked the entrance to the or- chestra alcove. A hand painted ginger-bread house trimmed with lifesavers and marshmallows was the chief motif of the theme. The doors of this house opened into the serving room. Tables were arranged in night club style, with gum-drop trees and marshmallow figures for de- coration on each. Place cards were red and white, shaped like pepper- mint sticks, while the program booklet carried out the same de- sign. The program, lxuilt around the t'amlyland theme was as fol- lows: Divinity, Superintendent Grady Hester: fondant welcome, David' Rogers, Junior Class pre- sidentq hon bon response, Jim- my Swinnea, Senior Class pre- l sident: toffee anil pralines duet, Patsy Hankal and Ralph Mont- gomeryg Un baile dulce, pepper- mint pizzicato, Ju'ly Swann, Ma- ry Goodey: sngarfoot stomp, .lu- dy Mingg taffy solo, Barbara Harrington: and mint music, El- len Boyd. - Tomato juice, chicken, dressing, gravy, cranberry sauce, peas and lcarrots, candied apples, pear and cheese salad, hot rolls, butter, relishes. iced tea. coffee, cherry pie and ice cream comprised the menu, which was served by sopho- more girls. Parade of the candy sticks, led bv Jim Swinnea anil Joy Wiley, David Rogers and Nell Glynn liooster, Charles Griffin and June Smith, A. C. Fuller and Edith Sievens, started the prom. Enter- tcjmneiit during the dance con- sisted of the licorice kid, Charlie lNlo2.le: marshmallow man, Comer Cash Baxter, and electric gum- drops, John Blankenship and Har- vey Lee Coonts. X At the close of the dance the seniors formed a line and the juniors and faculty members bade them farewell. Guests in aldition-to the Senior Class anil its sponsors were Supt. and Mrs. Grady Hester, Principal J. L. Akridge, Mrs. Virgil Leh- man, and members of the senior high school faculty. Eff? S410 , f By TERRY HOLMAN Monitor Sports Editor J Attention: McAllen Fans It was braughLID our attentiowput three homes punrfiuve his line htm! nuuaogalmnguxox with J , mfm li' eet the ulldogs BIG JIM - James Cassity, big ZOO-pound junior at McAllen High Sc'hool, is one reason why the Bull- dogs are on the upswin in the victory department. Jim, 5-ll Dog end, is 157 years old and is added strength to the Battlin' Bulldogs. .'-le was a B-team- er last season and enioys fishing as o hobby. Jim also participates in track and baseball. Wearing number 80 Jim is the son of Mr and Mrs A R. Cas- sity lMonitor Photoi 1 l l l I l I l 4 l This il Roy Co.u1ty's son - remember him they had the little store just lQLlth,0f no here in Weslaco. This kid. was just 0. 11-F518 .fellgy gh.. THE ENGAGEMENT and approachipg marriage of ,Miss Frances Marie Dyer, daughter of Mrs. G. Dyer and the late Mr. Dyer of Weslaco, has been announced by her mother. The prospective bridegroom is Dr. Clev- eland Gerard, of Vlfeslaco, son of Mr. and Mrs. lx Gerard of Youngsville, La. The bride-elect is a graduate of Weslaco High School and Pan American College, and blue prospective briclegroom attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Kandas State University and Tex- as A. 8: M. College where he received his Phd. He is presently employed as soil physicist at the Texas Agri- cultural Experiment Station in Vveslaco. The wedding will take place Nov. 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