The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1965 Page: 3 of 6
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But We’re Thankful
Thursday, Nov. 25, 1965
Paducah High School
No. 11
From Whom All Blessings Flow
In one part of this world
a starving baby cries with
the aching of an enaty
stomach.
In another place a man
pleads for mercy in the
terror of a Communist
Camp.
And in this same world
in a warm home with our
family and loved ones,
we’ll sit down to a feast
before us to celebrate
Thanksgiving. But will we
even pause to thank God
for his mercy toward
us in this land of plenty.
Or will we go to church
the next Sunday to exer-
cise our freedom and praise
God for it?
Yes, we have much to
be thankful for, probably
more than any other
people, but are we really
grateful enough to show
it?
Thankfulness is worth-
less unless evident. The
fathers who found this
country and gave us our
freedom are dead, but the
Heavenly Father who con-
tinues to provide our bles-
sings lives forever.
Praise be to Him from
whom all blessings flow.
Bearcat Acts (Up) In Memorial Show
What was a cute thing j ing us a little overly sen-
turned out to be not so sitive.
funny in the half-time cere-
monies of our last football
game with Henrietta.
The Bearcats brought
with them a very lively
and spirited mascot. The
girl dressed, in a bearcat
suit made an amazing and
entertaining performance
during the Henrietta half-
time show. It was even tol-
erable to a good sport for
this cat to dance among
the Dragon band as they
tried their best to make
an impressive last perform-
ance in spite of the constant
obstacle. But when the
Dragon Band and Boy
Scouts began their long
practiced presentation in
memory of Veteran’s Day
and the cat continued with
no instruction or incentive
to leave the field, this, was
carrying things just a little
too far. We believe it is
one thing to want your
school spirit shown at all
times but something else
to compare it with our na-
tional anthem and hi&r the
mood to a memorial service.
This was not only oUr na-
tional song but it had been
Veteran’s Day in Henrietta
also.
The feelings of both
teams were continued after
the half when Paducah
dedicated “Alley Cat” to
their opposers and Henri-
.etta in return satirically
played “Sugar Lips,” think-
We do not blame this cat
alone but believe this school
might have shown more
respect not only to us but
to our country’s dignity.
We do regret that our
last football game of the
season, and last ever with
Henrietta who are (moving
to AA) erided on such bad
notes with indifferent feel-
ings, but we regret even
more that the seniors who
were performing in the PHS
Band for their last time
had to be bothered by a
silly ole’ cat.
Kids Gather Loot
At Carnival Time
Cotton candy, popcorn,
and peanuts along with
teddy bears, and stuffed
snakes were part of the
scene of the Lions-Jaycee
carnival that was here last
week-end.
Glen Crumpler, PHS sen-
ior was known to have
won six teddy bears and
nine snakes at the bottle-
throwing booth.
Tommy Brown, sopho-
more, won a snake while
thowing at bottles with a
broken arm.
, After spending their
money, and waiting in line
in the cold of night the
students were glad to say
good-bye to the carnival
since they had gotten their
prizes anyway.
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AA Speaker
Speaks On
Alcoholics
“You are the only per-
son who knows for sure
that you are an alcoholic,”
was one of the many im-
pressive statements made
by Mrs. Neva Greeson, a
member of Alcoholics An-
onymous, in assembly last
Wednesday.
“Others may recognize
some of your characteris-
tics as those of an alco-
holic ,but you are the only
one who really knows,” she
continued.
Mrs. Greeson, who took
her first drink at the age of
fourteen and later became
addicted to the depressant
gave the student body a
first-hand account of an
alcoholic.
According to her, there
are three avenues the un-
arrested alcoholic takes: in-
sanity, prison, or violent
death.
“Alcoholism is no respect-
or of personality. Ninety-
seven per cent of the al-
coholics are our next door
neighbors. Sixty-five per
cent acquire the disease
over a twelve year period,
while thirty-five per cent
are born chemically and
physically allergic/’ she said
in telling some of the sta-
tistics of the disease.
The speaker who was a
cheerleader all through her
school years, remarked that
the young person who sug-
gests picking up the liquor,
consumes it with his
friends, and later is in bet-
ter shape than any of them
after consuming as much,
often turns out to be an
alcoholic.
Also in her very arousing
talk, Mrs. Greeson describ
ed some of the character
istics of the alcoholic, and
the flags that warn of its
presence.
In closing, she asked
Who needs it? Who really
DOES need it?”
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Munday and
Wichita Record
Praise Dragons
Munday footballers had
high praise for the Dragons
after their district-clinching
win over Crowell last Fri-
day night.
The Wichita reporter
questioned the Munday
coach and players after
their surprising upset. The
players compared Crowell’s
team, on the whole, as
playing up to par with Pa-
ducah’s.
The Munday High School
Student Body also sent the
Dragons a letter expressing
their enjoyment of the
game and wished the Dra-
gons luck in their future
games. “This was a very
sportsmanlike thing for
Munday to do,” said Coach
Maxfield, “and we wish
them the same.”
One of the Dragon’s was
reported as saying, ‘“I nev-
er thought either Munday
or the Wichita paper would
ever say anything nice
about us.” Although this
was the general feeling of
the Dragon team, everyone
was happy to see this in
print.
Run, Man, Run
Three-hundred and thir-
ty-five yards for one touch-
down!
Yes ,that’s what it said in
The Paducah Post about
last Friday night’s game
against Henrietta. Someone
commented that 335 yards
yards was a fine yardage
for the entire team dur-
ing one game, much less
for one run. But whatta
man Mints did it! Whether
he was running around in
circles ,around the football
field, or up and down -the
stands is yet undecided!
Ronny said he preferred
335 but would have to set-
tle for 35 which was the
correct yardage for his run.
Demonstration
In Parliamentary
Procedure
The importance of parlia-
mentary procedure in or-
ganized meetings was
stressed by the FFA boys
last week when they gave
a demonstration in an as-
sembly.
The fresmman parlia-
mentary team consisted of
Steve Worley, George Reep,
Jackie Sanders, Ronald Skin-
ner, Dick Bates, and Steve
Paschall. Members of the
senior team were Jimmy
Jones, Wendell Isbell, Neb-
bie Nash, Dudley Chewn-
ing, Steve Blount, Wayne
Miller, and Bobby Matney.
These boys showed a
fine performance both in
assembly and in the area
contest that was held in
Childress last Thursday,
Gene Bristo. a? teacTier, is
coach of the team.
As the Thanksgiving sea-
son aproaches us, we al-
ways stop to count our bless-
ings. We think about our
great forefathers who es-
tablished this wonderful,
free nation for us to live in.
But, perhaps we should take
a good look at other bles-
sings that we may some-
times forget.
We have abundant food
to fulfill our hunger, so
much that we throw extra
away .But we’re thankful.
We have parents that
give of their time, patience,
and hearts to us. Yet, we
constantly do things to hurt
them, and seemingly ignore
some of their wishes. But
we’re thankful.
There are so many teach-
ers who help us become
well educated adults, but
we always find something
wrong with them. But we’re
thankful.
We have all of those
loyal friends, whom we de-
pend on and who are so
true to us — friends who,
at the same time are ob-
jects of our sharp, hurting
remarks and deeds. But
we’re Thankful.
Let us consider our lives,
there are so many wonder -
we want to live, so we can
ful things to do in life, but
spend our time in wreckless
cars. But we’re thankful.
It seems as though we
probably don’t appreciate
our blessings enough, a.\d
yet, we’re thankful.
Mr. Floyd Hobson, Taylor
Publishing Co. reresentative,
made his regular visit to
the annual staff Friday.
Division pages were se-
lected for the 1965-66 an-
nual.
Taylor on Crutches
After Knee Injury
Claudy Taylor, quarter-
back of the Dragons ,is now
on crutches for an injured
knee.
Claudy first hurt his
knee in the Ropesville
game and it didn’t bother
him much until the Friday
night of the Henrietta
game.
While on the field warm-
ing up, Claudy’s knee sud-
denly locked on him and
he couldn’t move it. He
went back into the field
house and tried to unlock
it. It took him until late
in the first quarter to un-
lock it and just in time, be-
cause Dovid Liedtke broke
his ankle and the Dragons
had to have another quar-
terback. Claudy went on
the field and finished the
game in spite of his knee.
Monday morning his
knee locked again and he
was taken to Childress to
have a doctor look at it.
Mgrs. are All Wet
After Shower Bath
As a way of showing the
players kind hearts, the
Dragons managers were
thrown in the showers fully
clothed, after the game
with Henrietta.
Jimmy Sweeney and
George Reep, who have
done a very good job at
managing the Dragons, re-
ceived a good soaking after
the defeat of Henrietta in
the final football game this
year.
For some unknown rea-
son the two managers have
avoided the showers until
this time. Friday evening
before the game, Bobby
Matney was heard above
the roar (which is not un-
common) saying, “After the
game tonight the managers
are taking showers with
us.”
This has been a custom
of the Dragons for the past
few years.
Speech Class
Presents Play
“The Opening of a Door,”
a mystery drama In one-
act was given by the
Speech Class in assembly
last Friday to high school
students who paid the ad-
mission of ten cents for the
performance.
The play which deals
with a ghost’s revenge for
his murder had for parti-
cipants Dwayne Reep as the
murderer; Jan Harrison, his
wife; Kay Parks, his moth-
er-in-law; Linda Jeter, Jan’s
sister; Glen Crumpler, Lin-
da’s boy-friend; and Shelia
Hand ,a hired girl.
Mrs. Carleen Westbrook,
speech teacher, was director
of the play, and other mem-
bers of the speech class
had charge of the properties
and make-up.
The small admission was
to defray the cost of play
books and production.
Does It Hurt, Son?
I’ll Say It Does—
Mother Knows
Some mothers will do
anything for their sons.
David Liedtkejs mother
hurt her own ankle while
making a sympathetic ges-
ture toward David who had
just broken his in the last
football game. She fell
down the steps at the stadi-
um vas she started down to
the sidelines to see how
badly her son was hurt.
Mrs. Liedtke is now well
recuperated and David is
back in school, but on
crutches.
P-TA Hears Talk
On Education for
Exceptional Child
“Physical, mental, emo-
tional, and social deviates
are the exceptional child-
ren,” explained Mrs. Nena
Kate Lewis, Director of
Special Education at Abi-
lene Public Schools in Abi-
lene, as she spoke to the
P-TA at their meeting last
Tuesday. Mrs. Lewis’s topic
was entitled “The Excep-
tional Child or The Chuld
Who is Different.”
Mrs. Lewis was introduc-
ed by Mrs. Donald Love,
the district vice-president.
Mrs. D. R. Monson presid-
ed over the approximately
50 teachers and parents in
attendance. In the room
count, Mrs. Suttle Majors’
second grade won in Alamo,
Larry Jones sixth grade in
Goodwin, and the sopho-
mores in high school.
Of special interest in the
meeting, was Mrs. Monson’s
announcement that $300
from the P-TA would be
used to buy air-condition-
ers for the schools.
Mrs. Monson also read a
letter from the Pastors As-
sociation commending the
P-TA for leaving off bingo
and other games of chance
at the P-TA carnival.
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