West Mecklenburg High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Charlotte, NC)

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Betty Blythe Skip Joyner Linda Gray Shayne Arrowood President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Beta Club Climaxes Year with State Convention Membership in the Beta Club consisted of those juniors and seniors who comprised the top three per cent of their respective classes. In addition to scholastic achievement, members exhibited qualities of leadership, honesty, and dependability. As its primary objective the Beta Club undertook the editing and selling of the student directories. The North Carolina Beta Club Cont ' ention, which was held in Asheville on April 15 and 16, highlighted the year. Susan Bridges Sammy Burgin Pam Burt Nancy Cashion Joyce Davis Kathy Earnest Janet Gibson Sandra Greene Floyd Ftenderson Alan Kerley Jay Kistler Meg Latty Dickie McCoy Cathy Navey George Petrides Mary Ramsey Carson Rhyne Paul Scott Barbara Simpson Marianne Sosenko Marsha Springs Bill Stokes Norman Taylor Vija Teilans Steve Van Malssen Reggie Whitley Mark Wingate Vicki Yandle

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First row: Mr. Murray, adviser; Joyner, president; Strawn, vice- president; Zimmerman, secretary; Fiorello, treasurer; Kistler, Combs. Second row: Moore, Schroeder, Brookshire, Bowman, Austin, Beam, Sadler, Mathis. Third row: Tevepaugh, Hollings- worth, Watson, Rhyne, Self, Turner, Navey. Fourth rouu Severs, Pvothwell, Blanks, D. Brown, Brigman, N. Brown. Key Club Renders Services to School, Community Club members ]ames Sadler and Mike Combs sell programs at the Carrousel Parade. Mike Beam arranges the names of the basketball team on the Indian head in the gym. Sponsored by the Mecklenburg Kiwanis Club, the Key Club stror ' e to achieve its goal of rendering services to the school and community. Memhership in the club is comprised of those hoys from the student body who exhibit outstanding qualities of scholarship and leader- ship. Raising and lowering the American flag, registering student cars, hanging an American and a North Caro- lina flag in the gym, and serving at home hasketball games as student workers were among the numerous school service projects undertaken by the Key Cluh. In addition as community projects, club members parked cars at the Mecklenburg Fair and sold programs for the Carrousel Parade. Highlights of the year included the District Training Session in October and the Key Club Con ' ention held in Columbia, South Carolina, in March. Barry Austin helps Gary Moore raise the flag as they fulfill one of their duties as Key Club members. Page Eighteen

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Junior students John Payne, Nanci Hipp, Sandra Greene, and Reggie Whitley learn the fundamentals of good journalism. BOW AND ARROW Has Campaign Against Smoking Shayne Arrowood Joyxe Davis Co-Editor Co-Editor As typists, Carol Bailey and Sandra Furr prepare all copy that goes into the newspaper. Comprised of second year newspaper journalism stu- dents, the Bow and Arrow staff wrote news and sports stories, features, and editorials to keep the student body well informed of current school acti ’ities. Staff members began work in the summer selling ads and continued work- ing throughout the year, editing eight issues of the news- paper. During the year the Bow and Arrow undertook two major campaigns. Early in the year the paper competed in a nationwide health contest sponsored by the Tuberculosis Society. In conjunction with this contest, the paper printed set’eral articles on emjihysema and conducted a poll through- out the school on smoking. Then, the week of February 14-18, the newspaper initiated a campaign promoting safety. Mike Comhs, Roberta Brown, and ISlaucy Lyerly construct posters during the safety campaign. Page Trventy