The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1955 Page: 4 of 4
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THE WESTERNER WORLD
Friday, February 18, 195$
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13 Debaters
Enter Meet
At Baylor
LHS debaters will journey to
Baylor University in Waco this
week end for the annual practice
tournament given by the Univer-
sity for all branches of speech
competition.
The students will leave in pri-
vate cars early Friday morning
and will return Sunday afternoon.
Making the trip will be the fol-
lowing teams: Craig Austin, Don
Ledwig; Gordon Graves, Tommy
Heagor; Ronald Purtell, Willis
Taylor; Virginia Bray, Cornelia
Childs; Wiletha Caperton, Marga-
ret Rankin; Alton Abbott, James
Bone; and Su?anne Johnson.
The meet wiil begin by each
contesting team being allowed
four preliminary debates. The 16
top teams will compete until the
winning team has been chosen.
Winning debaters will receive a
year’s scholarship to Baylor Uni-
versity.
Mr. J. W. Reid, debate coach,
mentioned that a girls’ debate
team took first place in the latter
1930’s.
By Jo
Hey there VICers! For the first
time in the history of LHS, an-
nuals are being published for the
VIC members of Chapter 95. The
50-page books will cost $2.50 each.
This ’55 edition will be dedicated
Junior, Irma Galindo,
Valentine Sweetheart
Irma Galindo, Lubbock High
School junior, danced her way to
the sweetheart title Thursday
night at the third annual Valen-
tine Sweetheart Contest and Var-
iety Show sponsored by the Lub-
bock Rebekah Lodge No. 321.
Irma placed first over 11 other
contestants. She presented a
Spanish dance complete with cas-
tanets.
Joan Powell, Lubbock High
junior, placed second in the elim-
ination. She presented a roller-
skating act.
Gail Westmoreland, sophomore
accordionist, and Sara Rochelle,
who presented an Indian toe-dance
number, tied for third place.
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to VIC seniors and their co-ordi-
nator, Mr. Waymon Mulkey.
Pictures featuring activities,
sports, individual trades, and the
VIC Chapter 95 “Sweetheart” will
be among the many features of
this VIC yearbook. James Fread is
editor, Audrey Davis is publisher,
and Wayne Jacobs is photograph-
er.
Homeroom 133 has chosen its
new officers. Tex Stephens is pres-
ident; Sondra Hill, vice-president
and program chairman; Jean
Brown, secretary-treasurer; and
Sally Petty, reporter.
Thalian Theatre members have
chosen officers for the new semes-
ter. They are Charles Blazi, presi-
dent; Terry Miller, vice-president;
Phoebe Proctor, secretary; Anne
Cole, treasurer: Barbara Schul,
gen, clerk; and James Hollars, re-
porter.
Quill and Scroll is giving a Mar-
di Gras for all pub office workers
and their dates March 10. Using
a St. Patrick’s Day theme, the tra-
ditional “Shamrock” will be fea-
tured with a color scheme of green
and white. Tickets will go on sale
March 1 at 35 cents a person and
50 cents a couple.
Attention Band Girls! The Box-
Supper and* Square Dance which
was scheduled for Friday will be
postponed until a later date.
Attending the State Teen Age
Library Convention in Fort Worth
are Nancy Jones, Nancy Rochelle,
Janis Jobe, Patsy Watson, Barbara
Writh, and Claudette Hill. Barba-
ra will be candidate for nomina-
tion of vice-president. Sponsors
are Mrs. R. T. Groves and Mrs. D.
L. Jones.
"Meet My Folks Nite will be
Tuesday night in the LHS cafe-
teria at 7 o’clock. FHA girl’s par-
ents and dates are invited to the
covered-dish supper. The “Moms
and Dads” will present the pro-
gram, Carolyn Tapp, FHA presi-
dent, reported.
236: President, Warren Dunn;
vice-presidents, Dorothy Bond and
Tommy Bird; secretary, Nona
Gregg; sergeant-at-arms, T. A.
Pool; and reporter, Patsy Knight.
See you next week,
Jo
Dr. J. Chess Lovern
Speaks At Banquet
“Consider every date a person
who is potential husband or wife
material; and if that person does
not prove to be the character ma-
terial that you would like in a
husband or wife, do not have any
more dates. You are wasting
your time,” Dr. J. Chess Lovern,
pastor of the First Methodist
Church, advised at the Y-Teen
Sweetheart Banquet Monday
night.
“You might fall in love with
someone with whom you would
not be happy,” he continued. “You
should avoid those associations
that tempt you to live down, and
seek those associations in which
you are challenged to live up.”
Included on the program were
couples representing “Sweethearts
Through the Ages.” As the 13
couples entered the cafeteria with
music or a reading symbolic of the
lives of the sweethearts which
Basketball Theme
Highlights Party
Basketball was carried out as
the theme of the senior class par-
ty held in the boys’s gym last Fri-
day night after the Borger-Lub-
bock game.
Helping to carry out this theme
were a group of 1954 Westerner
senior football lettermen who step-
ped onto the court in women’s
fashions to win the game 8 to 4
over the senior girls’ team.
Leading the 175 students attend-
ing in yells were Wayne Culp, Dick
Millsap, and Sam Vaughter, ac-
cording to Mr. Robert Knight,
sponsor.
The presentation of the 1954-55
Westerner basketball team by
Coach David Cook after the exhi-
bition game, was followed by
dancing.
Large basketballs with the
Westerner basketball players
names on them decorated the gym.
Refreshments were served in the
hall.
they were portraying, Jane Shaw-
ver narrated.
Neil McMullen and Sharia Pap-
per, representing the caveman and
his wife, entered as Nan Kelly
sang “Let Me Go, Lover.” The
Notabelles, consisting of Mary
Bagley, Marsha Brock, Carole
Jean Delaney, and Yvonne Skin-
ner, sang “Whither Thou Goest”
as Camille Parrish and E. J. Ho-
lub, Ruth and Boaz, came into
the cafeteria. Strains from “Min-
uet in G” came forth as Carole
Jean furnished piano music for
Linda Taylor and Don Hogue,
Martha and George Washington.
As Liz Creson read “How Do I
Love Thee,” Jean Shawver and
Billy Wienke, Elizabeth Barrett'
and Robert Browning, entered.
Ann Pendley and ex-Westerner
Jimmy Joe Stanford, Marilyn
Monroe and Joe Dimaggio, made
their entrance as the Notabelles
sang “Take Me Out to the Ball-
game.” Toni Bannister and Sam
Vaughter, Lucille Ball and Desi
Arnez, came into the cafeteria as
Carole Jean played “Brazil.”
Entering as Verna May Lewis
sang “You Belong To Me” were
Carolyn Hobgood and Gary Don
Ketron, Cleopatra and Antony.
Marsha sang “Desiree” as Bette
Pigford and Robert Boyd, Jose-
phine and Napoleon, entered. “In-
dian Love Call,” sung by Mary V.
Dawson, was heard as Sandra
Sherrill and Dan Johnston, as Po-
cahontas and John Rolfe, made
their entrance.
Roy Day and Linda Chappell,
Samson and Delilah, entered as
Mary Bagley sang “Nevertheless.”
Jan Higginbotham played “Pomp
and Circumstance” for Joy Herod
and Larry Merriman, Queen Eliz-
abeth and Lord Essex, to enter.
As Sharon Chick gang “It Had To
Be You,” Pat Stanley and Dwain
Woody, Priscilla and John Alden,
entered. Roma Caviness and How-
ard Collins, as Dolly and James
Madison, came into the cafeteria
as Carole Jean and Yvonne played
“Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Frank Clover
Frank Clover Gives
Speech At Session
Of Carnegie Course
Frank Clover, junior, presented
a two-minute talk entitled “How
I Conquered Worry” at the twelfth
regular session of the Dale Carne-
gie Course, an adult education
prorgam, Feb. 7, and won a copy
of “Biographical Roundup” by
Dale Carnegie.
Three months ago Frank was
awarded a scholarship to the Dale
Carnegie Course for his ability in
writing and originality of ideas,
Mrs. Charles Bourns, essay writing
instructor, revealed. The scholar-
ship entitled Frank to the com-
plete 16-session course.
Last year Frank won a $5 first
prize in the Oct. 1-8 Current His-
tory Contest conducted by the
Amarillo Globe News. He was
also awarded $25 for placing sec-
ond in “What I Can Do About Soil
Conservation,” an essay contest
sponsored both locally and state-
wide. §
Because of his outstanding writ-
ing ability, Frank was one of the
eight sophomores chosen for the
Sophomore Who’s Who in last
year’s WESTERNER.
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The Westerner World (Lubbock, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, February 18, 1955, newspaper, February 18, 1955; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth662422/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lubbock High School.