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

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Bus Drivers Transport Area Students to Concerts Pouring from the school buildings are students who depend on the buses for their transportation home at the end of each day. For many West students the school day begins with departure from a school bus. llesponsible for as many as one hundred or more students’ transportation to and from school, a bus driuer must be a dependable person of good character. Each dri ’er must keep accurate daily records of the number of students on his hus. He is also responsihle for keeping his bus clean and reporting any misbeha ’ior by students, d o become a bus drix’er, one must attend a class and pass a written examination and a road test. Aside from their regular duties, drivers transported elementary and junior high students to and from the youth concerts at () ' cns Auditorium. First roiv: Payne, Zealy, M. Byrum, Harris, Morriscin, Pruett, Huggins, Butner, G. McIntosh, Hallman, Hagler, Reid. Second row: I. Hearn, Wise, Braclham, Taylor, Helms, Millner, Ellis, Blythe, Hopkins, Milholland. Third row: Beaty, Htiskins, Sing, Gager, Hovis, Hartman, Barnes, B. McIntosh, V ' entz, Chronister. Fourth row: Miller, Correll, Baldwin, Judson, M’est, Gaddy, Burns, Jonas, Ramseur, Fifth row: R. Byrum, Armstrong, Auten, R. Hearn, Deese, Smith, Cobb. Self. Parks. Si.xth rotr; Price. Berry, English, Schnibben, Suttle, Cox, Page Twenty-eight

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Card Sales Finame Trip for Cluh members Nikki EasterVmg and David Brigman increase their Spanish vocabulary playing hangman. ' ' Summer Exchange Student Greg Morgan and Johnny Rickelton rehearse a skit for the Spanish Fiesta. As one of its projects, the Spanish Club, in co-oper- ation with the French Club and Latin Club, helped finance the trip for a foreign exchange student from W ' est Mecklenburg for the summer of 1966. Bv selling all-occasion cards, the members of the club co-operated to make this project successful. 1 lowever, the year was not all work for the club mem- bers. The Los Conquistadores sponsored its annual fiesta as the highlight of the year; and, as a new idea, the club also sponsored a Spanish talent show with club members as participants. First row. Rendon, B. Baucom, A ' olfe, Seay, Stowe, Narey, president; Teague, secretary; Nance, vice-president; A ' . Baucom, Robinson, Lockinan, Fox.x. Second row. Mr. Hartley, adviser; Kiser, Norman, Montgomery, G. Black, McClure, Russell, Beck, Bright, Morris, Hipp, W ' hisnant, Cooke. Third row. Turner, Phillips, Carriker, Robinson, Godfrey, McFarland, Easterling, Sanders, B. Black, Borden, Gaddy, ' ilkinson, Reavis, Chronister. Fourth row. Kelly, Greene, Pruett, Coley, Capps, Aderholt, Reagin, Helms, McMahon, XAhdght, Altman, Cline, Vi ' illiams. Fifth row. Overcash, Cousar, Flawkins, Houghton, Hedden, Jud- son, Trth, Whitley, Pearson, Rollins. Sixth row. Doane, King, Marion, Meacham, Blanks, Rhyne, McAlpine, Cathey, Morgan. Seventh roiv: Turner, Long, Beam, Blackwelder, Terres. Brab- enec, Clark, Shaw, Parker, Sigmon. Page Twenty-seven

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Collecting food for a needy family are Troy Brooks, Suzanne Mingus, and Becky Sides. Using the Bible as a reference, Mr. Bone answers a question for Bible students Barry Austin and Lenore Blanks. Hospitalized Children Receive Halloween Treat Supervised by Mr. Bone, the Bible Club rendered many services to people all over Cbarlotte. For cbildrcn wdro were in the Presbyterian Hospital on I lalloween, the cluh brought candy and cookies and placed them in colorful bags. As a Thanksgiving serr ' ice several of the club mem- bers entertained the residents at Elizabeth Nursing First roir: Ledford, Borden, Cochran, Loy, president; McClure, Sides, treasurer; Blanks, secretary; Ballard, Sosenko, Powell, Carter. Second row: Howard, Buchanan, Mabry, Morris, Ivester, Cathey, Mingus, Sims, McMahon, Suttle. Third rotr; Mumpower, But- I lome with hymns and a de ' otional service. For the Christmas season the clubbists collected canned goods for needy families. Participating in a project spon- sored by The Charlotte Observer, The Charlotte ISleivs, and se ’eral radio stations, ser’eral members wrote to the North Carolina soldiers stationed in Vietnam. ner. Cash, Ashley, Hipp, Brooks, Austin, Altman, Howell. Fourth row: Mull, Millner, Puckett, Holland, Gibson. Mullis, Brown, Abernathy, Blackwelder, Pearson. Page Twenty-nine