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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.” IF YOU HAVE . . . eloped . . . been drafted . . . been robbed . . . been married . . . bought a car . . . sold one Please let someone on the Hexagon Staff know! We’re desperate for news! 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.