The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1984 Page: 5 of 10
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER tM«*-THK ALTO HERALD 0T ALTO. TEXAB-PAGE FIVE
Where Ajre They Now?
Alt© Team of 1960 had a perfect season, too!
BY BETTY HARDIN
Where era they now? In 1M0-61
the Alto Ydlowjeckete had a per-
fect 1(H) record in season football
games that has never been mat-
ched. Until now. The Mean Sting
have completed a perfect year of
football this year with ten wins and
no losses. Many of the players that
were a part of the 1960-11 season are
still very much a part of the Alto
community and their Head Coach,
Terry Ted Moore, while no longer
coaching, is an all-time favorite
teacher, still at AHS.
We spoke with Coach Moore
about his winning team of 1960-61
and with some of the players that
made it a winning team. It was a
very close team, said the coach,
and they have retained that
closeness. Many of the former team
members, even those that live away
from Alto, come to as many home
games as possible.
Last year The Alto Herald did a
feature story on Steve McCarty
(class of ’61) when he was named
Coach of the Year as head coach at
Nacogdoches High School. McCarty
is now Associate Athletic Director
at Stephen F. Austin State Univer-
sity.
Travis Smith was know as
“bulldog” back in 1960 when he was
voted Friendliest in the Class of ’61.
Smith is a teacher at AHS where his
son, Britt is on the winning team of
1984. Britt also carries the
nickname of "bulldog.” Last week
Britt was named one of the
“Players of the Week” in The Alto
Herald.
In 1960 Alto ISD Superintendent
was George T. Williams and
Lawrence Smith was high school
principal. McCarty was class
president with Smith as vice-
president, Glaydene Helm was
secretary and Mary Maddux was
senior class treasurer.
Sara Lee Lindsey (who was to
become Sara McCarty) was Drum
Major and voted Most Beautiful.
Gerald West was chosen as Most
Handsome and Homecoming Queen
was Neta May (who would soon be
married to Travis Smith). Most
Athletic Boy was Dickey
McGaughey and the Biggest Flirts
were Sammie Harrison and Mike
Trevathan!
In the “where-are-they-now
category” Billy Fred Burt went on
to be named All State, and is now a
vice-principal in Jasper, Texas.
Jerry Byrd is principal of an
elementary school near Houston.
Coach Moore described Byrd as a
player who always knew what the
calls would be, “it was like radar
with him” said the coach.
Pat Craig, known back then as
“husky” works with the Texas
Mental Health Assoc, in Austin and
Ronnie “slats” Smith is an
executive in Pennsylvania. James
“sugh” Rice works with Nepco in
Nacogdoches and Dickey "duke”
McGaughey is business manager
for a firm in Whitehouse. Jim
“tank” Bice is a dairyman in
Nacogdoches and Mike Felder is a
doctor of genetics at the University
of South Carolina. Harrison Black
works for Westcraft and Larry
Womack has his own business in
Trinity and Ronnie Arnold was a
member of that winning team.
In the Junior Class some of the
football team members included
Ray Todd who is a successful bus-
iness man and Clyde Weaver, an
orthodontist in Tyler. Robert Cum-
mings is a speech therapist in
Lufkin and Stuart Hoffman went in-
to teaching-coaching as did Mike
Trevathan, who was named All
District Halfback. Local
businessman, Charles Dean Davis
was named All District and All East
Texas Guard, as was Travis Smith.
The coaches in 1960-61 were Terry
Moore and Don Nations and the
captains included Steve McCarty,
Billy Burt, Dickey McGaughey and
Travis Smith.
Alto was in District 20-A that year
and the scores that Alto tallied
against their opponents were
awesome (this year’s scores are
pretty great too!). Playing against
Garrison it was 28-6, with Gaston,
24-0, Alto beat Rusk that year, 32-6
and Hemphill 41-8. Corrigan lost to
the Mean Sting by 48-0 and Elkhart
was beaten 36-12 Trinity went down
for a count of 48-0 and poor
Grapeland succumbed to 61-12 (!)
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It Was A Perfect Football Season
Twenty five years ago the Yellowjackets had a 10-0 season and this
year, for the first time, it was matched. Pictured above are from
left, Britt Smith, a tackle on this year's team, his father, Travis
Smith who played tackle on the 1960 Yellowjacket team, Terry Ted
Moore, Head Coach in 1960 and Lowell McCuistion, Head Coach,
1984. Please see related story on the two teams, “Where Are They
Now.” ...photo by betty rardin
Alto beat Diboll 24-8 and the best
anyone could do against the
Yellowjackets that year was
Groveton who came up with a score
of 20 against Alto’s 36.
The bi-district game that year
was against Shelbyville and (sadly)
they beat Alto 20-12. This loss in no
way diminished the wonderful year
that Alto had in 1960-61. It was a
Year To Remember As Coach
Moore put it, “Those boys were
winners all the way. They were
great team mates with no rivalry or
jealousy, they were one for all and
all for one. They were good students
and everyone of those young men
have gone on to become successful
businessmen, teachers, doctors,
lawyers. Whatever fields they went
into they have done just great. I just
hope this year’s students go on to be
as successful in their lives as the
class of i960,’’ concluded Coach
Moore, whose son, Ted Moore is a
teacher at AHS.
Alto Head Coach Lowell Mc-
Cuistion, “Coach Mac” as he is
called, compared his football team
ot 1984-85 with Coach Moore’s,
“They are very much like that
other winning team. These guys
stick together and there are no
jealousies, no black, white issue,
they are all good friends and work
together. They go to each other’s
homes and study together,” Coach
Mac said
This year's school athletic
programs have had to contend with
the new Texas education laws stat-
ing that any student not passing one
out of four major subjects is placed
on the ineligible list and cannot par-
ticipate in sports for a given length
of time. This has caused problems
in most schools in Texas with some
top athletes “benched” for major
football games. Not so at Alto High
School. According to Coach Mac,
not one football player has had to be
put on the ineligible list this school
year. They are keeping up their
grades, he said, “and are really
working to do well academically.”
In conclusion, Coach Mac said he
just hopes that this year’s great
football players go on to be as suc-
cessful in the business world as has
Coach Moore's team of 1960.
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District 20-A Champs
Pictured above are members of the Alto Yellowjacket winning team of 1960-61. Top row from left: Max Corley; James Barron; Ronnie
Arnold; Don Wood; Lee Copeland and Billy Bradley. Second row: Dwain Grogan; James Jeter; Joe Derrett; Pat Craig; Kubba Reed;
Donald Parsons; Don Dial; Joe B. Smith and Billy Brooks. Third row: Ray Todd; Ray Johnson; Sugh Rice; Ronnie Smith; Mike
Trevathan; Harrison Black and Robert Cummings. Fourth row: Tank Bass; Clyde Weaver; Charles Davis; Travis Smith; James Allen;
Dtickey McGaughey; Billy Burt and Steve McCarty. Front: Jerry Byrd, Mgr.; Terry Ted Moore, Coach; Don Nation, Coach and Danny
Schochler, Mgr. ...photo courtesy A.II.S. Stinger of 1961
Alio Volunteer Fire Dept. News
By GENE CROSBY
VFD Reporter
On Oct. 24 at 3:45 a m., three
units and 14 firefighters responded
to a call to Leo Hicks Creosoting
Company on Highway 69 South. The
blaze reported by a passing
motorist was a control burn of
scrap timber.
On Nov. lOat 12:00a.m., two units
and 11 firefighters answered a call
to the Ken McLemore home on
Miller Street. No blaze was in-
volved, smoke was coming from a
ceiling fan motor.
On Nov. 11 at 7:15 p.m., three
units and 18 firefighters responded
to calls from several neighbors to
the Tony and Laura Estes home on
Highway 21 West. The blaze was
quickly brought under control and
contained to one room and porch.
The remaining four rooms of the
dwelling suffered heavy char,
smoke and intense heat damage.
Owners of the property are the
Hubert Davises. Cause of the fire
was eiectrical.
On Nov. 13, one unit and five
firefighters responded to Mutual
Assistance call from the Rusk Fire
Department.
On Nov. 13 at 5:30 p.m., two units
and 11 firdfighters answered a call
to a vehicle fire on Highway 69 Nor-
th.
The Road Block held Nov. 10 was
a big success. Thanks to Alto area
residents and many passing
motorists. The contributions are
still coming in by mail. If you have
not contributed and wish to do so ,
mail your donations to: Alto Fire
Department, P.O. Box 158.
The amount contributed to this
date is $1,780.35.
Thanks for support in this effort.
Birth
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Casey Morgan Cole
Mrs. W.D. Solley announces the
birth of her great-great-grandson,
Casey Morgan Cole, born Oct. 25
weighing 7 lbs. 12 Ozs.
Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Jessie
Cole of Lufkin; Grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey K Morgan of
Lufkin; great grandparents Mr.
and Mrs Ben Jones, Huntington;
and Mr. and Mrs. James
Berryman, Lufkin.
Words of Wisdom
"Experience is a dear school but
fools will learn in no other."
Benjamin Franklin
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This Says it all
We are number 1 and don’t anyone forget it! Especially after the
Yellowjackets win over West Hardin last Saturday night. The
Jackets go into area play this Friday night when they meet Arp at
Henderson High School stadium at 7:30 p.m. ...photo by betty rardin
AHS Student’s
Essay
The following essay on “Classical
Music” was written by Alto High
School Junior, Chris Lewis Mrs
Wanda Bynum, teacher of English
III-5 submitted it to The Alto Herald
with her comment: "It is good to
know that a ‘rough and tumble’
football player can recognize good
music...and like it.” Chris is the son
of Mr and Mrs. Barry Lewis. Glen-
da Lewis is the music teacher at
Alto Elementary School.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
By CHRIS LEWIS
The most calming and soothing
music, in my opinion, is classical
music. Nearly all classical music is
very harmonious, with many dif-
ferent instruments playing a
melodious tune. The classical song
never has a hard guitar chord or a
heavy drum beat. It always seems
to have many different string and
woodwind instruments; such as a
flute, violin, and oboe in a chorus of
chords. .
When listening to classical music,
the most striking thing about it ip
the many different chords it hap.
These chords seem to roll along the
music like the tide coming in and
out on a shoreline.
This chord syncronicity has made
classical music one of the most
calming and soothing types of
music I can think of If a person
cannot listen to classical music and
enjoy it, then that person cannot en-
joy music in general
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Thanks
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
thanks Mrs Mary Ann Davis and
the people of Alto for supporting the
research and education programs
of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Without you, research could not
continue
Cystic Fibrosis, the number one
genetic killer of children and young
adults, affects approximately one
in 1,800 babies. Although the sym-
ptoms of CF are often similar to
other childhood diseases, the
disease is characterized by the very
salty taste of the child’s skin. Other
symptoms may include: chronic
cough, severe breathing problems,
vulnerability to serious respiratory
ailments, and malnutrition, club-
bing of fingeitips, failure to grow
despite large appetite, nasal
polyps, and frequent, bulky bowel
movements For more information
talk to your doctor or call the Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation at 214-871-
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The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 89, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 1984, newspaper, November 22, 1984; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth846735/m1/5/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.