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HOMECOMING QUEEN IS
CHOSEN: MYRA LUNSFORD
BY JAN THOMASON
Homecoming arrived at E. C.
H. S. on Friday, October 11.
Weeks of preparation, days of
anticipation, and hours of spec
ulation would soon be over.
The winners of the parade
would be announced soon. A
question of the Blue Devils
wipning their Homecoming
game would soon be answered.
The naming of the Homecoming .
Queen would cause some lucky
girl to weep.
The Homecoming Parade
started at 4:0'O. The floats and
cars lined up on Forest Avenue.
The winners of these exhibi
tions, were: 1st place—Interna
tional Relations; 2fid-S Senior
float; 3rd—a tie between the
Sophomores and FFA. An hon
orable mention went to the
Junior float. Among the cars’,
Alpha Beta received first place,
second- place went to Athena
Tri-Hi-Y, and the French Club
received third place.
Pre-Game Activities
The pre-game exercises began .
at ,7:3Ot At this time the
VOIi. XXHI FT,BERT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL., ELBERTON, GEORGIA 30635, OCTOBER, 1974
NUMBER 2
Turner Reports
Halloween Is Here Today
ROTC Activities
BY JULIE GRIMES
The ROTO Department re
ported several promotions.
Greg Mann and Kit Brown were
promoted to Cadet Captain,
Seven 1 received a Second Lieu
tenant rank. These were: Jim
Campbell, Kent iSaxon, Greg
Rucker, Greg Fortson, David
Hulme, Paul Oreason, and Don
ald McCalla. First sergeant
ranks went to Len Hodges, Joe
Taylor, Ronnie .Hood, and Tim
Little.
The Department also report
ed that there would be various
acivities in the following
months. Upcoming events in
clude: Company and ROTC
Band Parade, Drill Team Meet,
and Rifle Team Dual Meet.
Col. Turner says, “Each com
pany and the ROTC aBnd are
wiorking to become proficient
enough to have a parade prior
to Thanksgiving. This first
one will be for practice and
possibly a parade before Christ
mas for the entire student body
if all goes as planned.”
He continued, “The Drill
Team is preparing for the first
meet of the year on November
16, and the Rifle Team at
North Georgia College for a
dual meet on October 26.”
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BY DONNA WILLIS
Halloween has a somber his
tory. It all started with the
Druids, an ancient order of
priests in Britain. They be
lieved that on October 31st the
lord of the dead gathered to
gether all of the condemned
souls of the dead and decided
which animals they would en
ter the next year. The Scots
believed that witches rode
broom-sticks through the air to
meet the devil. Trick-or-treat
ing started in Ireland when
peasants begged money from
door to door to furnish their
Students Elected
To MuAlphaTheta
Twenty-two students at El
bert County High School have
been honored this week by elec
tion to Mu Alpha Theta, inter
national high school and junior
college mathematics club.
The announcement was made
by Dr. Harold V. Huneke, na
tional secretary-treasurer, who
is a professor of mathematics
at The University of Oklahoma
where the national office to lo
cated.
Only those schools with ex
cellent mathematics programs
can earn membership in the
club since all courses in mathe-
where the national office is lo-
matlcs and the qualification of
the mathematics faculty and
■students are examined in detail
by the club’s governors and na
tional officers.
To be eligible for member
ship, minimum requirements
are that a student must have
completed with distinction at
least four semesters of college
feasts. Among the Roman
Catholics, Halloween is the eve
of All Saints Day, a time for
vigil and feasting.
What is Halloween today?
It’s clammy masks and chalky
make-up and starchy, spangled
costumes. It’s jack-o-lanterns
dripipng with mirth under full
yellow moons. It’s- bags full of
candy, popcorn balls, and gum.
It’s a carnival spook-house with
grape eyeballs and spaghetti
brains. It’s eggs and toilet pa
per and paint. It’s corny, it’s
spooky, and it’s here again to
day.
preparatory mathematics and
be enrolled! in [the fifth semester.
He also must have an overall
grade average of at least a “B”
in all of his high school work.
“Membership in Mu Alpha
Theta is the highest honor pos
sible for a high school or junior
college student of mathema
tics,” Dr. Huneke said. “Club
activities consist of work in
areas of mathematics not usual
ly covered in the classroom.”
Mrs. Goddard serves as the
faculty sponsor for the Mu
Alpha Theta Club at Elbert
County High School.
Students earning the honor
of membership are. Samantha
Abner, Roger Aston, Larry Ay
ers, Rhonda Bell, Max Black,
Crystal Brown, Rita Brown,
Don Cobo, Mike Collins, Beth
Dean, Evelyn Fortson, Tim
Gaines, Patricia Griffith, Julie
Grimes, David Hanks, Tommy
Howell, Arnie Lingle, Keith
Madden, Julie Mann, Susan
Simpson, Judy Veal, Donna Wil
lis.
ROTC Rifle Team
Vies in NG Match
Elbert County High was one
of 16 high schools competing
in Dahlonega on Oct. 26 in the
Third Annual North Georgia
College Junior-ROTC Invita
tional Rifle Match.
According to Lt. Col. Kelly
C. Turner, rifle team coach, El- ;
bert County’s team included'
Richard Fulbright and Jimmy
Joslyn..
Last, year, Elbert County
High placed 14th in the NGC
match, scoring 832 of a possible
1200 points. Elbert County’s
overall record last year was
four victories and six losses.
Norman Attends
Nat'l. FFA Caucus
BY JEANIE WHITE
David Norman was declared
Cotton production wlinnjer of
District 3 which consists of 42
counties of Northeast Georgia,
As a reward, David received an
all expense paid trip to the 43 rd
National Future Farmers of
America Convention in Kansas
City, Mo., Oct. 16-18.
David was one of Georgia’s
delegation of 224 Future Farm
er members and advisors that
boarded five Trailway Scenic
buses Monday morning.
The delegation arrived in
Kansas City Tuesday at 4:00
p. m., after an overnight stay
at Jonesboro, Ark., at the
Holiday Inn.
President Ford spoke to the
convention Tuesday night on
national television.
After the convention the
group left for Atlanta by way
of Nashville, Tenn., Where they
visited the Grand Ole Opry,
Saturday night.
sponsors of the Senior football
players, Homecoming Court,
and Miss Blue Devil were intro
duced. All of these girls were
presented in. convertibles
around the football field. The
football sponsors 'were as fol
lows: Joanne Stowers for
Randy Cordell, escorted by Tim
Little; Brenda Bond for Tim.
Blackmon, escorted by Alan
Harris, Terri Melton and Don
nie Cobo, escorted 1 by Danny
Dixon; Myra Lunsford for Joey
Lovinggood, escorted by David
Brown; Susan Deane for Bryan
"Lunsford, escorted by Roger
Aston; Joy Hall for Jack. Watts,
escorted by Joey Hall; and
Kristy Stevens for Bucky Ply-
ler, escorted by Larry Willis.
The Homecoming Court con
sisted of Libby Higginbotham
escorted by Bud Eavenson,
Nancy Dubose escorted by Tim
Long, Myra Lunsford escorted
by David Brown, Nan Thoma
son escorted by Chuck Martin,
and Jan Thomason escorted by
Mack Bone.
Halftime Activities
During halftime activities
these young ladies were pre
sented on the field. Along with
these who had previously been
chosen by the senior football
players was Susan Deane chos
en as Miss Blue Devil. ;She car
ried a bouquet in the shape' of
a football.
Halftime ended with the
crowning of the 1974-75 Home
coming Queen. Myra Lunsford
was chosen for this honor.
Myra is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Collier Lunsford. She
is a member of the Elberton
Christian Church and is involv
ed in many of the clubs at E.
C. H. S. such as VOT, FBLA,
International Relations, Inter
national Thespians, Athena Tri-
Hi-Y. She is also a varsity
football cheerleader.
The Dance
Putting a Homecoming de
feat out of their minds, many
students attended the dance
sponsored by the Student Coun
cil. They danced to the tunes
of the Jasper band from Atlan
ta from 10:00 to 12:30'.
Note: The photo at the left
is the Homecoming Court se
lected by votes of the student
body. Seated are Jan Thoma
son and Nan Thomason. Stand
ing t-l’-r) are Myra Lunsford
(Homecoming Queen), Nancy
Dubose, and Libby Higginboth
am.
U. Ga. Hosts Top
Scholars, Parents
Athens—More than'380 Na
tional Merit and National
Achievement isemi - finalists,
their parents and high school
guidance counselors attended
the Oct. 26‘ conference activi
ties in the University of Geor
gia law school auditorium.
The scholars heard a fac
ulty panel discussion on “The
University in the Seventies and
Beyond,” music by the univer
sity’s men glee club, took a
walking tour of the historic
north campus, and learned
about the varied academic pro
grams available at Georgia.
Attending the conference
from Elberton was Robert L.
Fowler, Elbert County High
School.