The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1983 Page: 3 of 8
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Rage 3 • Grass Burr • 18,1983
WHS custodians sparkle
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by Alesia Armstrong
Sparkling windows, sparkling
floors, and shining drinking
fountains may all be found in
Weatherford High School.
How did all of these things get
clean enough to sparkle?
Admittedly, high school students
are not the tideist in the world,
just look in some of those
lockers. Did someone walk down
our halls and cast a sparkling
spell on our shcool? No. But the
janitorial staff helps to improve
our surroundings by working
almost round the clock.
This staff consists of Kenneth
Murphee, head custodian; Foy
Bodiford, Helen Simpson, Bill
Kidwell, John Walker, Russ
Ellis, Clyde Sneed, Alan Hodge,
Bill Carr, Sedelie Sneed, and Rex
Hughes.
Sometimes there are larger
problems than tidiness such as
property destruction. But ac-
cording to Mr. Murphee, “This
year has been better than usual
in that not as many students are
writing on walls or carving on
desks.” Mr. Murphee also ad-
... not as many
stuttents are writ-
ing on desks or
carving on desks.’
Mr. Murphee
ded, “I appreciate all the
cooperation from the students,
the teachers, and the ad-
ministration.”
A normal day begins at 4:30
a.m. in the winter, 6:30 in the
spring, when two of the
custodians arrive to turn on the
heaters and warm up the
building. The day ends round
midnight when the second shift
finishes sweeping, dusting and
polishing.
When students return to school
in September it is very evident
that someone has been hard at
work. During the summer a
team of four men strip and wax
the floors; clean the windows,
furniture and carpet, buff the
gym floor and do much more.
Although most people think
that cleaning would be the
largest job on the janitorial
agenda, heating and keeping
everyone comfortably warm is
the largest job, according to Mr.
Murphee.
Cheerleaders on the road
by Alesia Armstrong No other school in our district leave by 4 p.m. in order to arrive
On the road again has been the
theme for the Varsity
Cheerleaders the past seven
weeks.
The girls traveled 2550 miles,
cheering at all district varsity
boys and girls games in and out
of town.
A decision was made in
December that they would not
split the cheerleading team in
half because they were elected
as a team and wanted to remain
one.
Our district contains Sherman,
Denton, Denison, Witchia Falls
High, Witchia Falls Rider.
sent the same group of girls to all
games as Weatherford High
School did. Some did not even
have cheerleaders for home
games.
According to Bob Lee, WHS
principal, “it was a compliment
to the school and the teams to
know that they would give of
their time, especially their study
time to travel such distances.”
Mr. Lee also added “both the
team and coach were very ap-
preciative of the girls’ effort.”
The distances in our new
district often required the van to
by 7 p.m.
Leaving so early did not allow
the girls time to do homework
Therefore the van became a
study hall. Balancing grades
and cheering were rough but had
to be done to meet the
cheerleading grade
requirements.
Jerry’s Chevrolet provided a
van on a day rental basis without
mileage reducing the cost for the
school.
Travel time in the van also
gave the girls time to plan the
Fall Sports banquet. They also
had time to get to know each
other well.
• CHEERLEADERS ON THE GO-The
cheerleading squad traveled many miles in a
rented van during the basketball season. Pictured
are Jerry Durant of Jerry’s Chevrolet, Gay
Bedford, Connie Stevens, athy Brunson, Alesia
Armstrong, Denise Watson, Karla Carter, Brenda
Rice, Sherry Brawley and the van. Photo ourtesy
of Melon Vine.
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The Grass Burr (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1983, newspaper, February 18, 1983; Weatherford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1146737/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Weatherford High School.