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

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I-ii WESLACO HI-LIFE XX'IiSl.ACO. TEXAS tHIIlAl,GO COUNTYI, XVEIJNICSDAY, Sl'Il'Tl-YMBICR 16, 1959 Fifteen Join WHS Faculty For 'I959 60 XX HS ldded 10 new teachers to lts fleulty The 'ttltlll1O'1S ale thlee new co lches Rohelt Booth C nz ll Ftlslel lnd NlilLUllll Rtlllllllls Also Mls Btlllllll, Beasley ll Hleh home ee Xlls M llld Cdlrl 7ales Spmlsh lI Mls Dolothy Hestel offlee pl letlee bookkeep mg typlnb I flellltlltl Pe-lez tl'1tlll lstlv physles genelal sclence Mls Silill West EUgl1sl1IV Xlrs Wlnnell Alhleeh JI Hlgh sue al studles Xlls Xla tha Foster 7th glade speech and 8th glad lel 1112 hll's Je 111111110 Nl'111l1 JI Hlgh Pl' Mls Cola Fallls Fngllsh l Blll Fd1llS tth glade hlstolx lnd Nllss Xlalla D Bal Il Hleh I na, 181 Judy Nlmg Opens lst WHS Assembly Welet me new faculty mem hels new tudents and flesh lnen Judx Xllllil plesldent OL the q1lltlfl11 Ctlllllill opened th 11151. 'lSNQllllllX ot the chool vell h thlllellgllle, the students both nexl 'lnd old to uphold the ll itll 1101111 fllle splllt ll1l7LllSl'llp ll d hlgeh S1lIlKllltlS of WHS Phno I lv plllltlpll of WI-IQ 1Y1UOKlULE,tl Glldy Hestel slpel lntendent of XX eslaeo schools bkllltlllig not the town not the teaehels but you the students nllke XX HS the hest hlgh school ln Qouth lexas X11 Hestel gave two examples The tltle of ehanlplons has been Qlven to the WHQ gl een and gold hlnd lnd the tl1QIl1tI tlophy won ln lIll61SCll0l tSllC, lL'1L,Ll0 Xll Iolx exmessed hls 3131318013 tlon to the student bodx fol co 1113911111121 ln keeplng oldel 'md fol helplng to keep us the cam pus ltllllltli He then lntloduced the facultx 1l16,IlllJ61w JL dx Nllll'-7 pltslded Xllth Xlls 5 Xlcllhelan 52,'lXl!1g the lnlocatlon L lendi Coll the SLIIIJIUIE lQ3ll111CC md lfllllse leasdlle as the song lfadel lhc 'tSiQl1llllX closed ulth tht 91115111 of tht school song NEW COACHING STAFF for WHS IS Robert Booth asslstant coach Malcolm Robblns llne coach and Cozel Foster head coach WHS Welcomes Coachmg X l1Sl1X team faces lts new sea son lllltlll the Ll116Cl1Ol1 of l Ollllltlj next roachlllg st lff Phe neu Ctlllllkn 'lle Logel FOSIGI Xlllillllll Rohhlns 'llltl Rohclt Booth 3 200 Now Enrolled Thlee thou and txlo hunched students 'ue enlolled thls 5931 ln the XXeslleo Pllblltj School lhe XS'Clll emploxs 1-10 te'lchels Foulteen thous'1nd new telct lJO0lxs XXKIC houffht hx the school sxsteln Illls teal Flwe hunched and sexentw one students 'll1EI1tlXVlhlq Thls 18 eonl paled to 501 C'1'l10llCtl 'lt thls tune llst XE'l1 Two lilllltllfltl 'ind sexentx fue lXs and 281 s a e emo lll XX HS ll'l1N ls the numher 3CCOlillI1gZ to elols es l'1Psl1l'llCll 2 J SODl10ll10l e l JUIHOIS QLVIIUIN f the DIOQCHI 111110 480 stu lt nt 'ut LIl10llf1tl1l1 lll11l0l H1 h taff Phe coaches come 1110111 Fagle P'lQs whele thu coached fol the past fOLl1 Xeflls Fhell If.C01tl ln clud 'l 1311 dlsttlct chalnplon Sll113XX11l1 e es83 82121 '1 l 1 Coach Poster 'El held coach IQ 'l n'ltlve of Pll1lllpS rlLX lq FOSttl attended l1l5.,l1 sehool ln Phllllps and DllVLtl on the team 36115 He attended West Texas state College 'lt Camon P1101 to cowchlng at Eagle Plss he iQ1X9Cl 'ls head coach 'tt Slnnettt fol flve wears Llne Coach Rohhlns IQ 'l gm duate OfTI'11111y C ollege He co lch ed at Y01li10XXIl P1101 to COCtCl1ll1g ll Flgle 1 lss Asslstant Coach Booth 19 'l gm dllate of XVest Tex ls S1111 tollehe lnd has coached at F lgle l 'tss pllor to colnlng to XX eslaco -Xll of the coaches Fostel ua chosen of 26 aopllcarlts A deaf old lady entered e Ch1l1Ch ulth an eal she was SCtIl1l1 ' herself ln sflt an usher came 0201 X lllspeled Llsten Xltdam toot and out you go 'ne lTl'1ll19tl 1.10111 l fleld 11111111561 Ll 'll1t 0116 I ' S 1 H. 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BAND Band members are Parlsh Elhson, Meek, Lehman, Roethe, Blackwell Andersen, Adams Casares Cortez, Garcxa, Garza, Catton, Molma, Moore, McAdams, Dawson Sxmpson, Hall Tux-berv111e Peery Castellanos, Arce, Bu-ch, de Ia Rosa, de los Santos, Hampton, Jenkmes, Olson, Payne, Sohs, Vargas, Garc1a, Brooks, Nash, Sluls, Ram1rez, Perez, KIOUS, Clayton, Carr, Bohmfalk Rros, Loza Also Rodrlguez, Castro, Garza, Horton, Lopez, Mauldm Meave, Pearre, Robledo Sanchez, W1111amson, Huffman, Garza, LeMay, Pena, Aww111er, Sudduth, McLean, Torres, Leal, Ybarra, V1da1ez, Sanchez, Pena, Klrkpatnck, K1ous, de los Santos, Garcxa, Chfford Sherxdan, Dean, de Leon Hays, Zamora, Horton, Moralez Leadmg the band were jean Pea.rre, Mary Robledo, Shxela Turbervxlle Drum Majorette Lmda Wxllxamson, Nancy Lehman, LaVerne Mau1d1n, and Molly E111son CHOIR FIRST ROW Rennsche1dt, Norms, Lmderman, Frerkmg Connor, Acree Whltt SECOND ROW Lee, McMullen, Mendxola, Calloway, Barbosa, Ennque, Norman THIRD ROW Gonzales, Moore, M1xon,Jones, Hubbard, Rohr Sutton Hanks, Enms FOURTH ROW P1na1ez, Ram1rez, Fuentes, Woods ! Y l I i l 5 7 , . I ! I Y ! K 2 I n . - X 1, .. K . X . jf V, f, ... I, M . Y - k r A Cv 5 , 1 v - : , , . . , , . : ' ' .

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VKISI ACO TIXXS lH1lJAlLOlOlNlHl XXI IJNPSDAX SPI IIXIBIR 16 lflfl E E l E 000000000 E55 EE? -' I-I-lull-In r's'nl'n'Hn's As the snhool bull llllg, once 'mgxm be mmm, a nux un uc see m1-mv nun faces m om h llls Most of these ale fushmen hut som: ale l1'lllQf9lS Fccll Plentge fx om Forpus Fhusu ndds to our :hr-1415 neu group of flSll Fntumg thx gODllOlll0l9 Clls 'ue 'lun C l uk 111111.11311 Isles xx ho no hoth fltllll Vl1Ch1t1 Fills Iso llllllfll Nolmun flom Slll Amo mo bhulu Ann Pemelton from Stlllxx nu Ol1lahoma Nl nthi Qhel ton flwlll Domm 'md .Innes Ste phnnson fxom Lclcouch The Illlll0I' Cllss reccnes llllllll lme Hurlng fiom Pd couch Billy Shelton from Don n 1, und luhucl inn Stcplen son from I'1lK0llt h 'lhue no no .xdmlmons to tm Slllllll Cllss We ful these stmhnts ulll l 1 It lt lssct to thc school Stllfltqlth h ne 1 sfrelt dell to do ln olden to lllllll! un the high slllllllltls of olu sc hool Iet s show our sxhool hon much ue tlunk ot lt by btllllg good stu 111 nts 'md citizens Romemhu the XX0lllN to Olll school song XY esl wo Hlgh om t'nth You W lll DPXPI, neur the Xhshco Hugh, our he nts ara hue XM ll 1 use your ll nm on hwh In uctolg 0l fll-'ff' lt ne ll st md I lllll0X ed In flund on foe xtllll Slllllt In our guiding h and As on through llfc ue go ' K ll to fl lk l She L lllglll nn 1 Ido 111 H usu to ln lore ruth huns f X m llllllltlllllllg lu mul lltl cn l'lLll11lIllX tune l xg be lllfcll to 1 hlonde 1 bums hl1 xo mcet 61 lll'w2'1UIAlllLll memhu at hls club Conguss ls commuallx ap pomlmf fmt fmclmg Qolnmlttees uhen whlt we leallx mul me some f1LlflC1llg., COlllIlllT.lL4.S7 To The Students Cf WHS The dlctlonary defines the word heritage as some thmg mherlted, an mherntance, what IS or may be ln herlted, or ones portlon or lot Smce the world began the word hen age has play ed an Important part ln the llves of th human race Each generation has sought to pass on to the next genera hon as Its heritage those things wh ch they thought would be mo t helpful ln llvmg a happy and u eful llfe To most of us the word education means the work that go s on ln schools and colleges Educat on has been def ned as that proc oS by wh ch the best things 1 of a pa tlcular generation are preserved, improved upon xf possible, combined with new things learned, and pass.- ed on to the next generation as their heritage Weslaco H gh School has a wonderful hentage from students who are no longer w th u students who have left us a heritage that makes us proud to say, We are a part of Weslaco Hugh In th fneld of academic achxevement, such people as Travl Crosby, class of 55, who ns now domg graduate work on a full scholarship m an eastern college, Ellen Boyd, class cf 55, who graduated from Texas Womans Ur verslty this past year and was named the outstand nv graduate of the college, Joe Hightower, class of 55 honor g aduate from his college thus past year, Ana Guer rero, valedlctorlan of the 59 g1aduatlng class, these and many more have left us a heritage of wh ch we may be proud Our own Joe Garza, graduate of 59 and h gh rank mg boy for four years work, who so capably and earnestly served as our student body president, has he left us a hernage? ln the flelo of ath'et1cs, has Bobby Lackey, now a senlor at the Unlversxty of Texas, left us a herltage of wh ch we may be proud? In music, have we a herltage from those members of la t year s band who caused thus orgamzatlon to be named the outstanding band for AAA schools ln the S ate? I-'ave we a heritage ln the fact that for the flrst time ln the history of our school, Weslaco H1gh School won the D trlct Interscholastlc League hterary trophy? Have we a herltage m all the many other actlvltles to wh cn so many have contrlbuted so much? A we face this new school year, what heritage will YOU leave WHS? Will xt be m your studies, m your extra cu rncular actlvxtles, m your speaking English on the campus, ln your school splrlt, m your fr endlmess, ln your speech, ln your dress, ln your consideration for your teachers and fellow students ln short, ln your pr de m being a student of WHS? What will YOU leave a YOUR contrlbutlon to this wonderful heritage? Elmo Low The answer IS up to you' Prmclpal, Weslaco High School Vifl. ' . 'l.'.- ,Z ' '1 , 'C HTS ', SIYTC. 5 , I A . . . u - n as -N L . . 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