The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, January 17, 1964 Page: 1 of 4
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Six Capture Leadership Honors
For the first time in the history of the contest,
Lubbock High swept all six places in the local Elks
Leadership program.
FIRST PLACE winners Jay Stanley and Sue
Hancock will each receive a $50 savings bond
and trophy. Their scrapbooks were mailed to the
Elks headquarters last Saturday for competition
on the state level.
Sam Henry and Suzy Crain took second place
and will be awarded a $25 savings bond and trophy.
Third place trophy winners were Johnny Walker
and Cathy Leftwich.
THE SIX students who entered the contest
were required to complete individual scrapbooks
containing letters and themes that concerned activ-
ities demonstrating leadership qualities which they
had participated in since the ninth grade.
Some of these letters were written by the stu-
dents themselves; others were written by the con-
testants’ parents, friends, counselors and associates
commending them for possessing fine leadership
qualities. Boys’ and girls’ entries were judged
separately.
FIRST PLACE winners in the state contest
will receive $100 savings bonds and a chance to en-
ter national competition for a $1,000 bond.
The contest, an annual event conducted by
Elks Lodge, was started in 1956. LHS has partici-
pated for the past eight years.
A FORMER president of the student body,
Steve Magee, received high commendation for his
scrapbook from the national contest in 1961.
“All of the books turned in this year were the
very best we have entered from LHS and I wasn’t
surprised that we won all six places,” comments
Mrs. Ethel Short, counselor.
"AND THEN I . . . "—Reviewing experiences that earned them the
six places in the local Elks Leadership Contest are (left) Sue Hancock
and Jay Stanley, first; (middle) Suzy Crain and Sam Henry, second;
and (right) Cathy Leftwich and Johnny Walker, third place winners.
(Photo by Richard Irwin.)
Vocalists Make All-State
VOL. 30
Lubbock High School, Lubbock, Texas, January 17, 1964 No. 18
Junior Rotarian, Girl-of-the-Month
Busy Sen or,
By DEE THURMAN
Two honorees who will never
be caught explaining “No hablo
Espanol” (I don’t speak Spanish)
are Truett Reeves and Linda
Hicks, January’s Junior Rotarian
and Girl-of-the-Month.
BOTH SHARE an active interest
in foreign languages, especially
Spanish. Linda sports two pen
pals in Mexico City as a result of
the tour Westerners gave 30 vis-
iting Senoritas last December.
While they were here, two of
the visitors from the University
of Mexico gave her their address-
es. “As I was mailing Christmas
cards, I ran across the addresses
and decided to write them,” ex-
plains Linda.
"BEFORE I knew what was
happening, both had sent air mail
letters, saying they were happy to
have a pen pal,” she laughs. “So
now I spend most of my time writ-
ing letters.”
Truett, a three-year El Club
Panamericano member, won re-
cognition on a nationally conduct-
ed test of understanding Spanish
last year for his efforts in this
language.
IN ADDITION to Spanish, Lin-
da is currently studying second-
year Latin and acting as assistant
editor of the Gens Togata Club
paper, “Sine Nomine.” Truett
plans to take Latin at Texas Tech
next year because “it will help
with a business administration
major.”
The two January honorees have
taken full loads in high school in-
cluding several honors courses and
havb continuously maintained hon-
or roll grades.
BOTH HAVE also proven their
scholarship in tangible ways other
than grades. Linda was recently
named a semi-finalist in the Na-
tional Merit Scholarship Pro-
gram. Following close on her
heels, Truett was named a Nation-
al Merit Letter of Commendation
winner.
However, other than their in-
terest in foreign language, Truett
and Linda pursue separate fields.
TRUETT LETTERED two years
in Westerner football. “The per-
son who has- contributed most to
my interest in football is Coach
Carl Spoonemore,” the athlete ad-
mits. The senior’s scrapbook is
filled with many athletic accom-
plishments. In junior high, he
played football, basketball and ran
track. Then during his sophomore
year he ran track and as a junior
and senior played football.
Instead of sports, Linda’s inter-
ests center around literary activi-
ties. She was co-editor of the soph-
omore section in the Western3r
yearbook her first year at LHS
and last year was editor of the
curriculum section.
I
FIRST, PUSH THIS BUTTON—
Preparing for another oral prac-
tice session in Spanish, Truett
Reeves, Junior Rotarian, assists
Linda Hicks, Girl-of-the-Month,
with the controls in the lang-
uage lab. The two January
honorees share a common inter-
est in foreign languages. (Photo
by Richard Irwin.)
ALTHOUGH LINDA may not
understand the “T” formation in
football, and Truett does not know
how to crop pictures for the annu-
al, both January honorees “hablan
Espanol” (speak Spanish).
Scheduling Set
For Wednesday
Registration for the spring sem-
ester should be completed by Wed-
nesday, according to Mr. E. C.
Leslie, vice-principal.
The only students who will be
re-scheduled are those who fail a
subject, requiring a change.
Fifth period will be omitted
Tuesday, and all students will re-
port to homeroom at 3 p.m. Those
with no failures will complete two
final registration forms and be dis-
missed. Ones needing changes in
their schedules will stay and work
with their homeroom teachers on
new schedules.
Wednesday morning all sched-
ules will be completed, and stu-
dents will take them to each class
to be signed by their spring sem-
ester teachers.
Six of the fifteen All-State posts
from this region are held by West-
ernaires Beth Sides, Jon Ramsour,
John Pugh, Joe Dennis, Jack Wat-
son and Jack Cowan.
TWENTY-ONE Westerners who
had previously gained places in
the All-Region Choir were among
the 64 trying for the top positions.
The final phase of competition
came last Saturday at Texas Tech.
Seven others gained recognition
as alternates. Placing as a first
alternate was Glenna Brown. Sec-
ond alternates were Sheri Malone,
Sylvia Haught, Mike Haley, Jim-
my Howell, Mark Langley and
Richard Robinson.
THE 21 STUDENTS had quali-
fied Nov. 26 for All-Region by
singing a solo, “Drink to Me On-
ly.” They were then required to
learn eight new songs outside of
choir and perform them in quar-
tets and octets by memory, accord-
ing to Mrs. Mildred Carver, choir
director.
The six All - Staters will be
members of the 255-voice choir
which will perform in Houston
Feb. 6-9.
ALSO REPRESENTING LHS at
the Texas Music Educators As-
sociation meet will be five orches-
tra members.
Six bandsmen will compete in
the area try-outs for All-State
band Saturday at Texas Tech.
'Career Days’
To Commence
Introducing the “Career Day”
Assemblies for this year, Mrs. Jean
Jenkins, who is in charge of place-
ment at Texas Tech, will speak to
seniors next Wednesday.
Mrs. Jenkins interviews repre-
sentatives of various companies
and helps locate Tech graduates
for positions. She worked with
Mrs. Ethel Short, counselor, last
year on the “Career Day” pro-
gram and has helped co-ordinate
this year’s program.
Both juniors and seniors will
participate in this series of assem-
blies, which will continue through-
out April. However, the two class-
es will attend separate programs.
RIDIN' HIGH—Larry Doyle. David Milburn, Gary Washington and
Dorian Clawson help give Coach Max O'Banion a ride to the dress-
ing room after Tuesday's 70-66 win over Monterey. The victory
gave Lubbock sole possession of first place. (Photo by John Guest.)
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