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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1971
Page
5
The Block Party next Saturday at the circle drive invites attendees to enjoy a fun afternoon while raising funds for the Student Council's entrance sign project. Though led by Student Council, many MHS clubs contribute ideas and labor, building on a 1968 event that raised 400 for the Youth Center Project and aiming for even greater success this year.
Students at MHS answer the prompt What is love with short personal lines. Marcella Feger of class 71 says Knowing who your true friends are. Pam Rolle 71 mentions Sharing a potato chip. Sheri Minney 72 notes Having that certain person by you. Cathy Chapman 772 offers a feeling of happiness. Gwen Gola 73 describes a similar mood of affection.
Mexico chapter of Future Farmers of America attended the 43rd annual convention at Jesse Hall auditorium in Columbia last weekend. Highlights included the election of state officers and the State Chapter Award for the chapter. Delegates and members from Mexico and various class years contributed remarks and participation.
Art II and III groups toured Green Chapel hospital Reinhardt mural Jefferson City Benton mural Work in Missouri at Capital House Lounge and Churchill memorial in Fulton on a trip home. Pastel portraits being displayed in the artroom. GAA plans a May Meremac State Park campout with 10 to 15 girls and chaperones. Intermural Volleyball Girls beat Community R VI 3 games to 0 with players listed. Fifty six vocal students plan a bus trip May 24 to Kiel Opera House in St Louis to see Jesus Christ Superstar.
Mrs. Viola Halpin of the Vo-Tech Health Occupations class led a day long tour of Fulton State Hospital for her students and eight area youths from Community RVI and Fulton. Participants described initial fear followed by confidence after interacting with patients, playing patient games, and hearing about music therapy and a poem about the moon landing written by a patient.
The L. B. Hawthorne Scholarship Award provides a $100 gift to an outstanding senior girl or boy choosing any college. Preference goes to students with financial need who plan to enter education. Funded by memorials for L. B. Hawthorne, Mexico Public Schools superintendent 1906 1951, who died in 1967. CTA scholarship applications remain in the counselors office through May 1.
The Freshmen Choir at R-III staged its first solo concert last Friday at R-II High School. It performed without other choirs for the first time, following a previous Christmas Concert with the full vocal department and later spring concerts, an assembly at Hardin, and the Music Festival where they were entered for critique in class M. The group, consisting of about 80 freshmen, also includes its own madrigal choir, which joined the Music Festival.
Principal William E. Lowry announced that MHS was placed on the North Central Association list of approved secondary schools with no violations for 1970 71. The action was taken at the Association’s annual meeting in Chicago last month.
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