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

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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

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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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FTA Serves Community Through Various Projects First row: Jenkins, Cline, Sadler, Montgomery, treasurer; Gurley, historian; Mingus, president; Navey, vice-president; Springs, secretary; Sanders, Fox. Second rou’: Mrs. Hush, adviser; Roberts, McCall, Curry, I lelsabeck, A ' bisnant, McFarland, ' hite. G. Black, Gardner, Fo.xx. Third row: Suddreth, Melton, Ramsey Clarke, B. Black, Hipp, Ilassen, Epley, Randall. Fourth row Geddings, Hirst, W ' hitley, Neel, Phillips, Huggins, Sell. Future teacher Alice Sadler helps update the county F.T.A. scrapbook by adding recently received information. As the climax of the year, members of the Future I’cachcrs of America attended the state F.T.A. Conven- tion at Wake Forest College in Ahnston-Salem. Upon assignment as assistants to one or more teachers, club members taught classes in some subjects during Youth Appreciation WT ek. Club acti ities included services to the community through preparing a Thanksgi ing box for a needy family and entertaining the elderly residents at Green cres. In addition the F.T.A. members taught classes at Tuckaseegee Elementary School and seined refresh- ments to W ' est teachers at the close of the first semester. In the spring the club obseined students at a school for the handicapped. Grading papers, F.T.A. assistants Phyllis Montgomery and Beth Ramsey help the teachers to whom they are assigned. Page Thirty