White Oak High School - Roughneck Yearbook (White Oak, TX)

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Shorthand, Typing Garner Points in District Five participants from White Oak were able to compete in the District 14AA UIL Typing contest. Of these five, Gwen Ham placed first, Roxanne Downey took third, while Joe Carrington fin- ished fourth. In regional competi- tion, Gwen and Roxanne failed to place. Mrs. Janet Hasley sponsored this event. Under the direction of Mrs. Shirley Stracener, Shorthand stu- dents Cheryl Griffin and Tammy Weeks placed first and second respectfully in district competi- tion. They represented White Oak at the Regional meet in Arlington. Cheryl proved her skill as she placed third which allowed her to advance to the State Meet in Austin. There, she ERNE, | i ial teas found the competition too stiff Kim Muckleroy, Gwen Ham, Joe Carrington, Brenda Hayes, and Roxanne and failed to place. Downey participated in UIL Typing. The sponsor was Mrs. Janet Hasley. : oe “We i ae Participants in UIL Shorthand were Tammy Weeks, Cheryl Griffin and Julie Brock. Mrs. Shirley Stracener was the Shorthand sponsor.

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Slide Rule, Number Sense Sweep Competition In District Slide Rule com- petition, sponsored by Mr. Bill Rogers and Mr. Jack Hale, Don Carpenter took first, Joey Phillips finished second, while Meg Ander- son placed fourth. Carpen- ter and Phillips advanced to Regional where they placed first and third respectively. This enabled them to gain the valuable experience of competing on the State level. In Number Sense, also sponsored by Mr. Rogers and Mr. Hale, Timmy Vaughn took the top spot while Joey Phillips took run- ner-up and Don Carpenter placed third. In Regional competition, Phillips and Carpenter placed fifth and sixth respectively. Competitors in Number Sense were Timmy Vaughn, Joey Phillips, Don Car- penter and Meg Anderson. Mr. Jack Hale and Mr. Bill Rogers were the sponsors. we ag Joey Phillips, Don Carpenter, and Meg Anderson competed in U.I.L. Slide Rule. Spon- sors were Mr. Jack Hale and Mr. Bill Rogers.

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Science, Journalism Events Draw in Points District Science competition saw Mr. Vernon Eastepp’s students fare well, as Robbie Little finished second and Tim Hill placed third. They both competed in the Regional Meet, but neither one was able to score high enough to place. Journalism, a four division event, saw Mrs. Vera Porter's students make sure of a place in all four events. In Feature Writing, Mike Cavel finished second, and Terry Pace took fourth. In Editorial Writing, Sandy McCardle finished third while Mike Cavel captured fourth. In New- swriting, Terry Pace finished in fourth place. In Headline Writing, Sandy McCardle captured first while Terry Pace took fifth. Cavel was able to compete in the Regional Feature Writing contest, but failed to place. Sandy finished third in Regional Headline Writing, but this was not high enough to compete at the State level. oF Competitors in Science, sponsored by Mr. Vernon Eastepp, were Robbie Little, Cindy Pickett and Tim Hill. Participants in Journalism, sponsored by Mrs. Vera Porter, were Terry Pace, Mike Cavel, Susan Ishee, Debbie Remy and Sandy McCardle. 26