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

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Speakers and Debaters Place at District The contests started early for debaters this year. The first few meets were held around Longview. Debaters did not fare well around home, but they moved on to bigger towns and competition and did very well. Ferlin Blood and Lori Barnes debated at Lake Worth, a small town out of Fort Worth and Barnes came home with the most outstanding Debater award. The teams also went to Ennis, outside of Dallas, but did not do well. The next com- petition was District held at Tyler Jr. College. Lori Barnes and Brad Crittenten paired up and came home with third place. This victory got them to Regional, but they failed to place. Debbie King also debated at various contests with her partner, Clay Carpen- ter. The Debate teams were sponsored by Cheryl Stem- bridge. This year’s extemporanéous speakers claimed several hon- ors for White Oak. The stu- dents brought home trophies from every meet. At District Lisa Vickery placed first and Tricia Hill made it to finals. Randy Hill also competed at District. Janet Capps, Rebecca Han- cock, and Robin Blood repre- sented White Oak in persua- sive at the Dis- trict Meet. Janet and Rebecca advan- ced to Region- al and Janet went on. to State competi- tion where she failed to place. Mrs. Sandra Koonce’ and Mr. Robert Bohn — spon- sored these events. Debate partners and sponsor Cheryl Stembridge devoted a lot of their time to research and the District contestants in Informative Speaking and sponsors Robert Bohn, and San- dra Koonce. sapaer. ee Ss 3 rs 18 organization of their materials.

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Curtains Open for One-Act Play Cast and Crew eee = ei ae. One-Act Play cast and crew put many hours of hard work and determination into their production of “Snow White.” The One-Act Play, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, did very well in competition, but before they ever went to competition, prac- tice was of upmost importance. The first prac- tice performance was for the White Oak Ele- mentary School. Everything that could possi- bly go wrong, did, but the next performance, at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches was much better. The third performance was for the White Oak High School. The fourth performance was at Angelina College in Luf- reo en cae . The Dwarfs are in shock at an unfamiliar site for them — it’s a girl! kin. All of these practice performances paid off, because at Zone competition in Lindale, the play won. Three students made All-Star cast. These were: Robin Blood, James Webb and Rebecca Hancock. Honorable mention was Randy Hill. The play advanced to District at Hawkins, but failed to place. Two students made All-Star Cast, Rebecca Hancock and Pat Voss. Honorable Mention was given to James Webb. Mark Pepper tries to revive Robin Blood with one of his life- giving kisses. Hi! Ho! The hard-working dwarfs finally get to go home.

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Poetry and Prose Contestants Cite Selections for Points in District Mrs. Sandra Koonce took full advantage of the Tuesdays and Thursdays set aside during the annual ‘Activity Periods’ to prepare her Prose and Poetry contestants for | the District Meet. The hours of read- |} ing and recomposing paid off in the | end. Poetry contestants were Paula Chappel, James Webb, Larry Rice, and alternate Sherry Webb. Larry Rice and Paula Chappell advanced to the finals and Larry Rice brought back the third place medal and advanced to Regional. The Prose contestants, Pat Voss, Debra Payne, and Becky Donald, all advanced to the finals from Preliminary competi- tion. Debra Payne won the second place medal and earned her place at the Regional Meet. Prose and Poetry together contributed 15 points to the overall Literary victory. | ma ie | ad Competing in Prose UIL this year were: Debra Payne, Pat Voss, and Becky Donald. They were sponsored by Mrs. Sandra Koonce. bi Poetry contestants were: Brenda Robinson, Tina Humphrey, Gail McConathy, Larry Rice, Paula Chappell, James Webb, and Sherry Webb. Mrs. Sandra Koonce was the sponsor.