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Newspaper
Lompoc Record
Location
Lompoc, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1969
Page
10
Lompoc High School announces that David Ross and Norman Westborn are semifinalists in the 1969 70 National Merit Scholarship Program. About 15 000 semifinalists nationwide will compete for roughly 3 000 merit scholarships awarded in 1970.
Lompoc High School Future Farmers club expands under new teachers Claude Feaver and John Morgan. About 75 to 100 members plan homecoming parade float, peanut sales, projects from hamsters to a vegetable garden, home improvements, and five judging events including cattle. Officers include Jack Rose president and Dennis Hayes vice president. The program adds Horticulture with two flower crops to be sold commercially. Merit Scholarship details show 21,600 scholars awarded and $67 million in aid to date.
Lompoc High School plans a send off for its football team before traveling to Thousand Oaks to face the Lancers at 2 p.m. The pep club and cheerleaders organize the event with a 11 a.m. rooter bus departure and 7 p.m. return. Last week Lompoc lost 26 to 13 to Hueneme.
Cabrillo prepares for Homecoming with the theme Look To The Stars and a dance tentatively set for October 11 from 8 to 12. Ticket prices range from 2.50 to 3.50 depending on ASB status and tickets. The Junior Class sponsors the event with Steve Payne leading activities including a parade and queen crowning on a track. The Homecoming game opponent is South Bakersfield and alumni will join a pregame car caravan.
October 18 ACT test at Cabrillo. October 15 closing date for SAT. November 1 SAT of CEEB at Lompoc High. November 19 closing date for CEEB. December 6 CEEB at Lompoc High.
After Cabrillo's home game the Tierra Royale staff hosts a dance in the gymnasium with Soul On Ice providing music. Tickets are 50 cents with an ASB card or 75 cents without. admission requires student ID or alumni ID plus ASB ticket 33. Prizes include a 1970 Tierra Royale. Dance runs 9:30 to 11:45, shoes checked at entry.
The La Purisima yearbook staff at Lompoc High School began selling yearbooks in Room B3 at noon and after school. The $5.95 yearbook includes a free plastic cover during the first two weeks and features prizes and contests to boost sales. The first drive lasts one month to complete orders. a second drive will follow with price changes.
The final yearbook price will rise to 6.50 with orders sent to the printer after Christmas. Students may pay 1 down and settle the rest in April. The Yearbook staff includes Rick Minerd editor and Kathy Preece sales manager among others. Preece notes several offers and contests to boost sales.
Cal-Aero Airways hires only girls under five feet to crew Cessna 402As seating 10-12. Publicist calls it a gimmick and a fit for petite women unable to meet other airlines height rules. Government PR shifts target to teens with Social Security materials led by Jackie Bennington in Baltimore.
Debbie Finley and Terry Davis were chosen as Cabrillo High freshman class cheerleaders with Lisa Gautreaux as alternate from a 36 person pool. Finalists performed for a six member panel including varsity cheerleaders and faculty.
Richard Pickens known as Slim becomes Lompoc High’s new mascot six foot six wearing buckskin attire and a beaded chest plate. He will attend games and serve as a student council voting member while also managing the marching band and holding a part time job. Louis Carson assists Slim as spirit leader and AF S club president.
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