Interscholastic League Texas High School Press Association Notes
The text lists roles for Panhandle High School Press Association staff including Darryl Morris sponsor editor Carol Higley associate editors Rickie Turner Karen Trosper Betty Smith sports editor Mike Starkey club news reporter Ginger Boggs and others. It names exchange editor Betty Smith and a team of editors, photographers, filing and feature editors, art manager and typists.
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Texas High School Press Association
Panhandle High School Press Association
Darryl—Morris
Carol Higley
Rickie Turner
Karen Trosper
Betty Smith
Mike Starkeyers
Pam Hughes
Ginger Boggs
Roy Southern
Jimmy Czewski
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Gain Access to Specialists
The Texas Education Agency has started a program to aid high school vocational agriculture teachers and adult farmers by assigning specialists in entomology farm shop and farm welding located at Texas A&M College. Head of Agricultural Education E V Walton says more specialists will join as they are hired. J R Bell Reporter.
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The
Texas Education Agency
Texas A&m College
E. V. Walton
Department of Agricultural Education
J. R. Bell
Assembly Program Given By Rev Norman
Rev Tom Norman pastor of Central Christian Church addressed Childress High School during activity period. He spoke on love from 1st Corinthians 13 4 7 noting teen dating can lead to early marriage and its economic and divorce risks. He warned early marriages disrupt education friendships and social life and closed with love is patient and kind.
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Tom Norman
Central Christian Church
Childress High School
Norman
St. Paul
13Th Pier
It's All Yours Bobcat Activities Highlight Busy Period
The Bobcat squad promotes at Dumas Breck Enridge game with program sales raising 167 dollars. A broken foot injures Charlotte Jordan in a basketball incident with James Holton. The band performs at home games while freshmen lockers display coats. Various student notes cover parliaments lessons, play tryouts, lockers, and lockers with ball decals. The mumps affect several students and a teacher as seniors work on career themes and speeches.
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Bobcat
Linda Bridges
D. W. Joplin
Charlotte Jordan
James Holton
Celia Farha
Hughes
F.H.A
Jane Vaughn
Carolyn Washington
Tarzanette
Tutor
Hart
Gary Dorman
Doug Seal
Johnny Larned
Johnny
Gay Morris
Gay
Charlotte
Senior Personality: Jimmy Diffee Profile in Childress
A 17 year old, Jimmy Diffee, described by his mother Mrs. Lynn Diffee as a promising high school student. He plans to attend San Angelo Junior College to study mechanical engineering and lives at 207 Ave G North. He weighs 145 pounds, has hazel eyes, and his pet peeve is drivers of old stick shift cars at 25 mph.
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Jimmy Diffee
Lynn Diffee
Jimmy
San Angelo Junior College
207 Ave. G. N
Graham
B.S.A. Club of
Childress
December Birthdays in Betty Smith’s Column
Pity the December celebrants listed by Betty Smith. Names include Lenon Bean Brenda Brittan Judy Burkett Caroline Byrd Chesta Carter Harold Cheatham Bobby Court Mary Coyle Carolyn Sue Estell Larry Evans James Hamm Gary Hassell Jettie Hicks Carl Lee Ray Gene Lummus Robert Meason Lynn Morris Roy McCain Johnny McConnell Danny Newson Linda Pickrel Doug Seal Darrell Sehorn Peggy Southerland Ben Teague Jimmy Trent Roy Wilks.
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Lenon Bean
Brenda Brittan
Judy Burkett
Caroline Byrd
Chesta Carter
Harold Cheatheam
Bobby Court
Mary Coyle
Carolyn Sue Estell
Larry Evans
James Hamm
Gary Hassell
Jettie Hicks
Carl Lee
Ray Gene Lummus
Robert Meason
Lynn Morris
Roy McCain
Johnny McConnell
Danny Newson
Linda Pickrel
Doug
Rookie sluggers reach 20 homers in AL history
Ken Hunt slugged 25 homers in 1961 and Joe Thomas hit 24, marking the 19th and 20th rookies in American League history to reach at least 20 homers in their first season.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
Ken Hunt
Joe Thomas
Ever Wish To Change Name
Betty Smith presents a playful list of CHS students and their suggested name variants. The piece reads as a whimsical exploration of how names might sound if altered, mixing common given names with punny or altered surnames.
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CHS
Linda Key
Linda Lock
Carolyn Mooney
Carolyn Sunny Johnny Wright
Johnny Wrong
Ronnie Kindle
Ronnie Match
Carolyn Washington
Carolyn Lincoln
Paula Leach
Paula Parasite
Celia Farha
Celia Neargiggle
Julia Stamps
Julia Postmark
James Self
James Mebody
Darlene Parks
Arlene Forrests
Willie Wilcoxson shines as Bobcats' rising star
Sports personality of the week highlights Willie Wilcoxson alias Willie, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Wilcoxson. A dead-eye from beyond the free throw line with a fine set shot, he is a capable ball-handler and quick mover. Returning next year, Willie is one of two sophomores who lettered last year, tall and 140 pounds, expected to play a lot this season.
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James Wilcoxson
Willie
M. K. Wilcoxson
Bobcats
Johnny Thornton Emerges As Rising Cats Player
The seventeen year old Johnny Thornton, son of Mr and Mrs Orvil Thornton, is highlighted as a top aggressive Cats player. He is a strong rebounder and ball handler who stands 63 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds, lettered as a sophomore and will be available for next year.
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Johnny Thornton
Orvil Thornton
Johnny
Cats
Cats Corner: Bobcats Rout Panthers 59 44 at Home
The Childress Bobcats defeated the Seymour Panthers 59 to 44 to win a third straight game. McCain led with 24 points while Hamm added 9 and Thorton 11. Hamm pulled 18 rebounds and McCain 17 as the team built an 8 point lead by the end of the third period.
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Hamm
Cats
Beal
Self
Hopkins
McCain
Freshman Girls Named By Colorful Adjective List
A quirky OCR fragment lists freshman girls by playful adjectives such as Flirty Jeannie Collins and Romantic Gwen Naron, with other nicknames including Elegant Diane Bracy, Humorous Caroline Byrd, and Neat Janie Glover. Carol Denny appears as a final item.
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Jeannie Collins
Gwen Naron
Diane
Hogan Led Golf Money List in 1942 With 13143
The 1942 top money winner Ben Hogan earned just 13143 in tournament winnings an amount tiny by today's standards. The line highlights Hogan's financial lead during wartime golf years.
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New York
UPI
Ben Hogan
Longest Bare Knuckle Fight Recorded Near Melbourne 1856
Melbourne reports a historical note on a bare knuckle fight near the city that lasted six hours and 15 minutes between James Kelly and Jack Smith on November 19, 1856. The event stands as a legendary endurance bout in early Australian combat sports.
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Melbourne
Australia
UPD
James Kelly
Jack Smith
Orville Mahan Featured At Sims Supper Service
Orville Mahan, 1 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Mahan, is pictured at Sims Supper Service. He stands 5 8 inches, weighs 160 pounds, with blonde hair and blue eyes. The youngster has two brothers and four sisters, and plans a trade after graduating. Craughan's School to add a new wing next year as Linda Kay Jones prepares for attendance after graduation.
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Orville
A. L. Mahan
F.F
Craughan’s Business School of
Lubbock
Linda Kay Jones
Robert G. Jones
Robert Jones
C H S Band members earn All Regional band honors
Saturday December many C H S Band members travelled to Borger for All Regional band try outs. Mildred Long the clarinetist and Sheila Davis the drummer earned spots on the band while Larry Harris the cornetist was chosen as first alternate. The McMurry band members joined Bobcat Band hosts after the concert in the high school auditorium.
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C.H.S
Borger
Mildred Long
Sheila Davis
Larry Harris
McMurry
Bobcat
Starkey And Snider Make Selections
Starkey and Snider name their ideal partners from a list of peers with attributes across hair eyes complexions smiles and physiques. The excerpts present named students and their chosen traits in a dated high school style racial and gendered portrait.
Iowa Test Results Returned For Chil dress seniors
The Iowa Test of Educational Development results for the senior class have been returned to Mr. Terrell and Mr. Sanders. Parents may schedule conferences. tests cover social studies science expression and thinking, with reading, vocabulary, and library usage components. The senior class scored in the 88th percentile overall.
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Iowa
Terrell
Sanders
United States
Inferio
Childress High School
Do's and Donts For Parents Chronicle of Household Conduct
A list of guiding precepts for parents covering home as sanctuary of love and devotion, honoring teachers, avoiding blind loyalty to faults, steering children from law-breaking peers, limiting temptations and material excess, enforcing modest dress and moral example, and prohibiting children from bearing arms except in national service.
Knute Rockne Coached Notre Dame Teams Record
Knute Rockne's seasons as Notre Dame head football coach produced 105 wins 12 losses and 5 ties. The famed man led the program at South Bend Indiana delivering a storied era in college football history.
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Knute’s
South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Big John Bragg Portrait From a High School Profile
Profile of John Bragg known as Big John. An 18 year old El Centro native born September 15 1943 stands 62 inches tall weighs 195 pounds with brown hair and eyes. He enjoys fried chicken steak hunting with greyhounds and reading Gone with the Wind. He favors blue and white cars especially a 1957 Chevrolet. He admires Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando and plans Fort Worth College after graduation. His ambition is to succeed in life and he dislikes smart alecks. He has won a physical education award and lettered two years in football. His ideal girl is 5 ft 5 in with brown hair and eyes and initials D S.
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Big John
John Bragg
el Centro
Calif
John
Elizabeth Taylor
Marlon Brando
D.S
Officials Attend Organization Meeting For District 5AA Schedule
High School Principal Harland Terrell Superintendent J W Hamilton and Coach Joe Warren attended a Vernon meeting on Wednesday December 6 1961 to set up a District 5AA basketball schedule for the 62 63 season The towns represented were Quanah Iowa Park Electra Hirschi High of Wichita Falls Olney Seymour and Childress Hirschi High will be in the 62 63 basketball season though it will not play football Judson of Electra was elected Executive Officer of District 5A for the 62 63 football and basketball season A previously held meeting set up a football schedule.
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Harland Terrell
J. W. Hamilton
Joe Warren
Vernon
Quanah
Iowa Park
Electra
Hirschi High
Wichita Falls
Olney
Seymour
Childress
Judson of
Hughes F H A Meeting Reports Christmas Project
Hughes F H A held an auditorium meeting Monday December 4 with President Celia Farha presiding. Sherry Snider led the program Youth Measurers featuring Cynthia Howard Carolyn Washington Sharon Molloy Linda Key and Pat Compton. New officers included Pat Compton treasurer Gay Morris historian and Sherry Snider pianist Rose Ann Hamilton and Monte Rogers Song Leader. The group planned sending Christmas cards to a Wichita Falls hospital and made scrapbook and yearbook preparations.
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Sharon Molloy
Hughes F.ha
Celia Farha
F.H.A
Carrie Keates
JoAnn Mitchell
Sherry Snider
Cynthia Howard
Carolyn Washington
Linda Key
Pat Compton
Freshman Boy Friendly Names in School Rowdy Mix
A list of freshmen with nicknames and descriptors. Names include Jimmy Don Wilson Barry Baxstron Bruce Evans Ricky Hamm Phil Self Dwight Souter Mike Reeves Steve Fanning Rhert Maxwell kay Dave Arganbright and a collective Youthful ALL FRESHEN indicating a playful label for the cohort.
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Jimmy Don Wilson
Barry Baxstron
Bruce Evans
Ricky Hamm
Phil
Dwight Souter
Mike Reeves
Steve Fanning
Rhert
Maxwell
Kay Dave Arganbright
One Nighters Stage Poor Man Rich Man
The first period speech class presented the play Poor Man, Rich Man on December 4 in the audi trium. Paula Leach chaired the program. cast included Carolyn Bruce, John Steed, Gail Whitten, Linda Ham, and Ray Hamilton. David Adcock presided. Celia Farha read minutes. Harold Simmons named Carol Higiy next program chair. After critiques, Adcock adjourned the meeting.
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Auditrium
Paula Leach
Carolyn Bruce
John Steed
Gail Whitten
Linda Ham
Ray Hamilton
David Adcock
Celia Farha
Harold Simmons
Carol Higiy
Miss Kennedy
Christmas Choir Plans December 15 Get Together
The C H S choir schedules a December 15 gathering at 7 00 p m to discuss a Christmas outreach. President Sherry Snider leads the meeting appointing two from each church to identify families needing help, Arlyna Caradine oversees recreation and refreshments. A Christmas tree will be decorated and food donated. The group invites all to enjoy planned programs and community club engagements accompany their singing spirit.
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Sherry Snider
Arlyna Caradine
C.H.S. Choir
Islanders Road Uniforms Stand Out In Pacific Coast League
The Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League sport the most colorful road uniforms in professional baseball with loud green and yellow jerseys and pants generating attention on the road.
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Honolulu
Spirit Good For Support Of Big Blue
An expectant hush fills the CHS gym as the Big Blue Cats march in led by Mr. Hemphill. The crowd roars while the Cats display accuracy and teamwork, with Bobcats players scoring from tall and short positions. The piece urges loyal, humble support win or lose.
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Mr. Hemphill
CHS
Bobcats
Cats
BIG Blue
McMurry Concert Band Presents Broad Seasonal Program
McMurry Concert Band directed by Raymond T. Bynum performed at the High School Auditorium on Tuesday December 4 presenting Our United States The Wanderer's Call Fete Calypso Joint If I Loved You and Whistle A Happy Tune from Rodgers and Hammerstein Also The Three Jets by a trumpet trio and America The Beautiful led by band director Hemphill A Casey Jones railroad fantasy and John Philip Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever closed The program featured CHS graduates Betty Black and Darryl Phillips among performers.
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Sharon Molloy
McMurry
Raymond T. Bynum
Bill Spencer
Kirke MacKenzie
Darryl Phillips
Three Jets
Mr. Hemphill
Md@Murry
America the Beautiful
Childress
Casey Jones
Jerry Dean and Company
Scotland
John Philip Sousa
Texas Rangers expand to 62 members after 138 years
Austin Texas. The Texas Rangers expanded from 52 to 62 members, the largest roster since the organization began 138 years ago. The move reflects growth in the historic law enforcement unit and its evolving mandate.
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Don Seal
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Carolyn Loter
Frances Martin
James Darren
Dandre Dee
Bowie
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Rickie Straighter
Ginger Swamps
Don Seals
Don Walrus
Ruthie Jinx
Rex Wheeler
Rex Roller
Raenell Wynn
Raenell Rain
J. R. Chime
Linda Highways
Linda Beef
Joe Don Hopkins
Joe Don Jumpkins
Jo Ann Neal
Jo Ann Bend
Diana Veal
Diana Steak
Jimmy Hamm
Jimmy Park
Linda Sally
Sally Linda
Sue Shamrock
Pat Davenport
Pat Couch
Anthony Shires
Anthony County
Jordan
Charlotte Nile
Phil Tutor
Phil Teacher
June Prince
June Princess
Ellerbrook
Ellercreek
Miss Long
Miss Short
Tanya Lawson
Tanya
Jimmy Jones
Ronald Jones
Ronald Czewski
By Mike Starkey
Cats Corner
Glaner Webb Llikeable
Carol Denny
Sims Supper Service
Orville Mahan
Will Ehrle
Joan Bruce
Starkey and
Snider
Mike Starkey
Judy R
Ginger Bogus
Marilyn Harp
Linda Williams
Ceilia’ Farha
Paulette Cheating
Jo Ann Mitchell
Donna Sanders
Sandra Wilson
Wuld
Bobby Huff
Jimmy Do
Sammy
Robert Maxwell
Jimmy Trent
Keith Fanning
Norman Naron
Glen Bear
Travis McCain
Barry Wakefield
Chicken Mitchell Bushon
Don
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Hla I
Fort Worth College
Fort Worth
By Jimmy Lassen
Betty Painter
Sandra Dement
Spirit
del Shofner
New York Giants
Yankee Stadium
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