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Gray's Class Receives Ford's Letter
BY HOLLY ADAMS AND
JULIE MANN
A letter from the President?
This is what the students of
Mrs. Leslie Gray’s) American
History Glass received Novem
ber 12. Her classes wrote to
■the President on his speech to
the judicial subcommittee and,
in particular, the answer he
gave to Senator Edwards. He
had asked if Prelsident Ford
could explain to a high school
class the pardon of Nixon in
conjunction with the concept of
equal justice under law. Ford
replied that Nixon wtas the on
ly President to resign with dis
honor and disgrace and that
was punishment enough. The
classes based their thoughts and
letter contents on whether it
was a good reply to the ques
tion.
'Two classes were asked their
opinions on the subject. These
are some of their opinions:
Bobby Webb—“President Ford
iis trying to cover Nixon’s em
barrassment by trying to dis
miss the whole, issue, but Lt.
Calley was: embarrassed, w:h|at
waS done about him?” Brian
Veal—“I agree with the Presi
dent’s decision, Nixon has been
through enough and should be
left alone.” Montery Black-
well—-“He (Nixon) should have
been impeached a long time ago
and should serve time as any
one else would do with no spe
cial privilegeis at all.” Judy
McMullan—“He (Ford) wasn’t
fair in showing justice and
Nixon should be treated like
any other citizen. I think he
avoided the subject of justice.”
Joe Taylor—-“Some of the other
men involved were sent to jail,
why not Nixon?” Jeff Jones—
“I think Ford and Nixon had
a plan.” Phyllis Thompson—
“Nixon shouldn’t be pardoned
but Ford did it for the good of
the country. 1 ” Donald McCalla—
“Nixon is supposed to be in
court now but he supposedly
got sick before it was time to
testify, I don’t think he is sick,”
Mary Consins—“I disagree with
the pardon, he should pay for
the crime and he knew before
resigning that the would be
pardoned.” Kay Graves—“The
economy is more important than
who should be put in jail.”
Mrs. Gray—“I respect Ford’s
right to mlake his decision and
I’m very glad he respects my
right to disagree with him.”
“Will the real story ever
come out?” asked Kay Graves.
Mrs:. Gray replied that history
has a way of unraveling things
and that Watergate will not be
like some of the mlany scandals
previously ignored in American
History.
GOOD LUCK +
DEVILS
AND
DEVILETTES *
VOL. XXIII
ELBERT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ELBEKTON, GEORGIA 30635, NOVEMBER, 1974
BE THANKFUL
. FOR
WHATEVER
* YOU HAVE
NUMBER. 3
HONOR ROLL
FOR NINE WEEKS
The following students made
the Honor Roll for this nine
weeks. In order to make the
A honor roll, a student must
maintain grades of 93-100 only.
To make the A-B honor roll a
student may have grades of 86-
100. Congratulations to these
people.
A Honor Roll
Don Jones, Max Black, Rhon
da Bell, Patricia Griffith, Rita
Brown, Pam Mixon, Tommy
Bryant, William Staples.
A-B Honor Roll
Charles Dunn, Tommy How
ell, Arnie Lingle, Shirley Baker,
Brenda Bond, Debbie Bone, Dee
Gunter, Charlotte Maxwell, Deb
bie Rowland, Michael Partain,
Brenda Pleas, Sammy Sanders,
Beth Dean, Mike Collins, Janis
Chastain, Paul Creason, Rhonda
Howell, Patty Holloman, David
Hanks, Mary Lawrence, David
Hulme, Donna Willis, Sharon
Year gin, Wiayne Wright, Mar
tin Williams, Julie Grimes,
Donna Eavenson, Kathy Eth
ridge, Kay Graves, Steve Bond,
Margaret Bell, Marcia Bond,
Tammy Boger, Pam Bryant,
William Irby, Russell Chandler,
Gary Anderson, Melanie Ram-
pey, Neal Mills, Joyce Dunn,
Kathy Gaines, Sheila Grimes,
Maurica Webb, Droueelle Witt-
net, Carol Winn, Margie
Thompson.
“Instead of letting it all
hang out, try tucking a little
back in:”
Howard To Speak At
Elbert Co. Grid Banquet
Frank Howard, assistant to
the president, former athletic
director and head football
coach at Cleinson University,
will be the featured speaker at
the Elbert County High School
Blue Devil football banquet
scheduled at Camp Harmony
on Monday, Dec. 9, beginning
at 7 p. m. Coach Howard, as
most people refer to, him, has
been active in the, college
coaching ranks for many years
and is one of the most sought-
after speakers for affairs of
this type in the entire South
east,
In announcing plans for the
annual banquet, Blue Devil
Head Coach Billy Cloer said
that jackets and other awards
will be presented at thiis time
and that a capacity crowd is
expected.
Beefy Eaves will prepare the
meal and Mr. and Mrs, Bo Ruff
will head up the ticket sales.
Other parents of current team
members/will assist with the
arrangements.
Parents and friends of team
members 1 will be given first
priority on tickets. They Will
have until Monday to place
their orders. Remaining tick
ets will be offered to the gen
eral public on a first come,
first serve basis. Mrs. Ruff
said that attendance will be
limited to 260' persons.
SIX FROM ECHS CHOSEN FOR THE
GOVERNOR'S HONORS PROGRAM
BY JULIE GRIMES
Six Elbert County High
School students have been
chosen as semifinalisits in the
Governor’s Program. An addi
tional six have been named al
ternates. This instructional
program is, to challenge and en
rich educational opportunities
for gifted upcoming 11th and
12 th grade students. The pro
gram also aids students 1 in rec
ognizing their potential.
Instruction is offered in the
following curricular areas:
English, modem foreign langu
ages (French and Spanish on
ly), mathematics, natural sci
ences, social studies, visual art,
drama and music.
Elbert County High School
semi-finalists are Mike Collins
in social studies 1 , Paul Creason
in science, Julie Grimes in
math, Mary Lawrence in music,
Judy McMullan in English, and
Elaine Taylor In art.
Alternates are Beth Dean in
science, Len Hodges in music,
Stacy McCurley in drama, Deb
bie McDonlald in Spanish, Pam
Mixon in social studies,, and
Donna Wililis in English.
Humanities Class
Releases Agenda
.BY LEROY WHITE
The Humanities Class, a qlass
for young gifted intellectuals,
announced recently that they
would be attending various’ per
formances throughout the year.
On November 28, the class
will attend a production of
“Twelfth Night,” a Shake
spearean play to be presented
at Boh Jones University in
Greenville, S. C. After Christmas
they will view a production of
the “Nutcrackers” to be per
formed by the Atlanta Ballet
Company,
In March, the class will wit
ness an Italian opera, Vineenzio
Bellini’s “Norman.” A French
play is on the agenda of activi
ties for Maiy. The play is enr
titled “Cyrando de Bergerac.”
Members of the class are:
Rhonda Bell, Tim Blackmon,
Crystal Brotwn, Miike Collins’,
Randy Cordell, ■ Nancy Dove,
Kathy Ethridge, Edie , Hall,
Keith Madden, Kim Phelps,
Elaine Roberts, Susan Simpson,
Jock Watts and Martin Wil
liams.
E.C.H.S. ANCHOR CLUB SALUTES
PATTI HOLLOMAN, WILLIE HEARD
The Anchor Club, sponsored
by .Mrs. Ann Eckler, has begun
a monthly project where they
name ai Captain and First Mate.
The club chooses 1 students who
exemplify qualities of leader
ship and responsibility that
should be recognized.
For the month of November,
the Anchor Club has selected
Patti Holloman and Willie
Heard. Patti, who has a friend
ly personality, is the daughter
of Mrs. P. 0. Holloman Jr.
Patti makes her home, in Sunny
Acres on the Ruckersvillo
Road. Willie iis the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Heard. He plays
on the varsity football team.
His interests include playing
drums, fishing, and hunting.
Due to printing, and publica
tion, conflicts, last month’s Cap
tain and First Mate were not
featured; they were Gary An
derson and Mary Ruth Adams.
ECHS Rifle Team
Wins Two Matches
BY JULIE GRIMES
The Elbert County High
School Rifle Team shows prom
ise of having a winning season
this year. All members’ of last
year’s team, except one, are
back this year and some have
made a remarkable improve
ment. The most improved
shooters are Mike: Moon, Larry
Ayers, and _ Jimmiy. Joslyn. ~ Mike-
and Larry have ranked 1st and
2nd in the two matches already
2ompleted this year and have
been the difference between vic
tory and defeat. Joslyn has
become a steady shooter in
■ ;pite of having to spend most
of his spare time on the football
field; he ranks number three.
Richard Fulbright, Rod Chris
tian, and Greg Mann have not
yet regained the form they at
tained last year, but they are
all capable marksmen. Mike
Wallace suffered a severe case
of appendicitis and missed the
first part of the reason but was
able to rank 4th in his first
match. He accomplished this
with only four days practice.
Jim Campbell injured his knee
last spring and has not been
able to compete m a match so
far this year. He says hi^ knee
has, now improved considerably
and he plans to resume prac
tice in liate November. The two
victories by our team came over
a strong Clarke Central Team
from Athens and the Georgia
Military College team of Mil-
ledgeville.
The ECHS Team is part of a
regularly organized region team
under the supervision of the
Georgia High School Associa
tion. In addition, to, the teams
named above, other teams in
the region are Cedar Shoals,
Macon Central, Rockdale Coun
ty (Conyers) and Robert E. Lee
Institute. These teams provide
the toughest competition found
anywhere, in the nation. The
Robert E. Lee team has won
the state championship for
many years and has ranked no
less than third in National com
petition for the last five years.
The Bitter Truth
Aren’t you worried that Joe
will tell lies about you, Janie,
now that you have broken up?”
“I don’t care If Joe tells lies
about me. But if he ever dares
tell the truth, I’ll slug him
senseless.”