VOL. XXIII
ELBERT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ELBERTON, GEORGIA 30635, DECEMBER, 1974
NUMBER 4
RHONDA BELL KIT BROWN
True Success
Is Not Wealth
What is success?
It is achievement.
How do we measure it?
By the benefits that it con
fers.
Wealth is not necessarily the
yardstick, for mian may be suc
cessful and never be rich, or he
may be rich and fail, to find
success.
True success is measured not
by dollars but by service and
character, understanding, and
work. These are the elements
of each individual’s success.
J. McMullan Sees
Col. Sanders, Butz
BY LEROY WHITE
Recently Judy McMullan at
tended the 53 rd annual 4-H
Congress held in Chicago, from
November 29 th thru December
6 th, as a state winner in pub
lic speaking. Her encounters
and memories are not few.
Some of her fondest memories
are:
■—Get-acquainted dance
—Staying in the largest ho
tel in the world (Conrad Hil
ton) .
—Pop concerts conducted by
Arthur Fielder.
—-Meeting Col. Sanders of
Kentucky Fried Chicken.
—Seeing the tallest building
in the world (Sears Tower).
—Banquets.
—Hearing Miss America and
Earl Butz speak to the group.
—Meeting the donor of her
trip (Union Oil Co. of Califor
nia) .
—Radio and television in
terviews.
'—Live entertainment at
each meal.
—Witnessing her first rodeo
(the qmnual Livestock Exposi
tion) .
—Another first, meeting,
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
-—And then encountering the
saddest moment of the trip, the
farewell dance.
Also attending the trip were
Tom McCall and Roger Adams.
Adams was named national win
ner in the 4-H Dairy program,
and was awarded a $709 schol
arship by the Insurance Comr-
pany of North America.
JURY McMULLAN
Georgia Power Co.
Sponsors Editorial
Award In State
The Georgia Power Com
pany, for the 13 th consecutive
year is sponsoring its Jack Mc
Donough Editorial Award com
petition for Georgia high
school students.
The competition, named in
honor of the utility’s retired
board chairman, recognizes the
high school junior or senior
who writes the best editorial
on free enterprise in America
and has the editorial publish
ed in his school newspaper
during the 1974-75 school
year.
To be eligible, editorials
must appear in the newspaper
that are members of the Geor
gia Scholastic Press Associa
tion.
The contest winner will re
ceive a $75 ! 0' scholarship to the
University of Georgiaj’s Henry
W. Grady School of Journal
ism, a plaque / and an electric
typewriter. In addition the
teacher of the winning stu
dent’s newspaper will receive
an electric typewriter.
There is no limit on the
number or length of articles an
individual or school may sub
mit.
Entries should be sent to
Dean Warren Agee, Henry W.
Grady School of Journalism,
University of Georgia, Athens,
Georgia 3 09 02.
Recipe For A Very
Merry Christmas
Use one crisp-cold December
night topped by sparkling stars.
Add a pinch of frost and a
layer of crunchy snow.
Prepare a crackling hot fire
place.
Sprinkle in some holly and a
dash of fir.
Mix gently with a prepara
tion of family and friends.
Top this mixture with the
joy of a get-together.
Let simmer in the warmth
and good will of each one’s
heart.
Season with a few smiles and
a bushel of love.
Set before an evergreen tree
tinseling with silver and topped
by the star of hope.
Serve to the strains of a
Christmas Carol.
Feel the goodness of living.
And the yield is one VERY
MERRY CIIRISMAS.
Christmas Is ...
BY MAX BLACK
Caring for others
Hoping for peace
Rejoicing in love '
Indulging in feasts
Singing carols
Thanking Jesus
Making gift®
Asking for presents
Sending greetings
18 Year Old Boys
Must Register
BY LINDA FAY PERRIN
Young men reaching eigh
teen years of age must still
register under the Military Se
lective Service Act even though
no one is presently being in
ducted. The annual lottery
will be held and young men
must continue to register and
local boards will classify them
as to their availability for pos
sible military service.
These young men have three
obligations: (1) They must
register within a sixty-day per
iod beginning thirty days prior
to their eighteenth birthday.
Elbert Countiane may register
with Major Lee Abbott, Na
tional Guard. Armory in Elber-
ton, Georgia. (2) they must
notify their local board of any
permanent address 1 change, and
(3) they must carry their
status cards with them until
their liability expires, which
for most men, is age 26. There
are also three important years
to remember: At the age of 18
you must remember to regis
ter; and at age 19 the lottery
number is to be drawn, and at
age 29 1 this is the prime year
of vulnerability to draft (each
year thereafter, chances of ever
being called are considerably
lessened).
28 Girls Chosen Sr.
ROTC Sponsors
The R.O.T.C. Department re
cently released the list of spon
sors for this year’s senior mem
bers. They are as follows:
Jennifer Hughes for Ronnie
Hood, Pam Mixon for Tommy
Turner, Geneva Hawes for Sam
Baker, Patricia Griffith for
Rodney Little, Rhonda Howell
for Rod Christian, Rhonda Bell
for Dan Jones, Susan Deane
for Joey Lovinggood, Linda
Perrin for Mike Moon, Sally
Ardister for Gene Allen,' Mel
anie Rampey for David Brown,
Janice Hyde for Kit Brown,
Jeanie White for Anthony
Gary, Yvonne Edmond for Wal
ter Heard, Angela Walton for
Calvin Hill, Bessie Clark for
Harold Huff, Rosalind Moon
for Donald McClendon, Marian
Bell for Joe Montgomery, Judy
McMullan for Connally Veal,
Carolyn Smith for Terry Willis,
Lee Ann Abbott for Larry
Ayers, Joanne Stowers for
Randy Cordell, Debbie Couch
for Charles Dunn, Diane Pay-
ton for Dennis Richardson,
Robin Rucker for Greg Payne,
Brenda Bond for Tim Black
mon, Vickie Scarborough for
Ronnie Payton, Nancy Dubose
for Greg Fortson, and Mary
Cousins for Joe Taylor.
These young ladies have va
rious responsibilities in the R.
Anchor Club Taps
Two for Honors
The Anchor Club of Elbert
County High has announced
their Captain and First Mate
for the month of January.
They are Kit Brown and Rhon
da Bell, both seniors here at
E.C.H.iS-.
Kit is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Julian T. Brown, Jr. He
is a member of the Key Club,
the Devil team and is also the
photographer for the school’s
annual.
Rhonda is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Bell. She
is a member of the National
Honor Society, president of the
international Relations Club,
Treasurer of the Mu Alpha
Theta Club, and Secretary of
the Alpha Beta Club. The An
chor Club is proud to have
these two seniors and their
contributions to the school.
VOT Sends Toys
To S. R. Hospital
BY DONNA WILLIS
The Vocational Office Train
ing (VOT) Club will deliver
toys to the Scottish Rite Hos
pital in Atlanta on December
21. They will also take other
festivities and sing carols while
there. The children receiving
the gifts will range in age 1-
16 years. The following clubs
are sponsoring and making the
projects possible: VOT, Athena
Tri-Hi-Y, Spanish, FBLA,
VICA and Alpha Beta,
feelst that his club is, taking on
feels that thas club is taking on
an honorable project that will
not only bring recognition to
the club but ECUS as well. We
feel that all clubs sponsoring
this project are to be commend
ed for their time and giving
unselfishly.
O. T. O., department. They
boost the morale of the men,
serve at various dinners and
luncheons as hostesses for vis
iting inspectors, are honorary
members of the Blue Sword,
and most important of all, plan
and carry out all activities sur
rounding the Annual Military
Ball.
ATHENA TRI-HI-Y
HONORS HOLIDAYS
BY JULIE GRIMES
The Athena Tri-Hi-Y has been
busy this month preparing for
Christmas, Their projects in
cluded a party on December
12 for the children of the E,
C. H, S. faculty. The children
were entertained with music,
stories, games, and food re
flecting the Christmas mood.
A Christmas Mailbox was spon
sored by the club and was set
up in the lunchroom.
“It’s Christmas Everywhere”
was the theme for past weeks.
A poster gallery was on display
depicting Christmas greeting in
foreign languages. Each morn
ing on the P. A. system mem
bers of the club told how
Christmas is celebrated in a
selected country. Other an
nouncements told of Christmas
legends. 'Some of the legends
discussed were the Christmas
tree, stocking, tinsel, greeting
cards, and mistletoe.
The club took up a collection
of toys to be contributed to the
VOT toy drive. These toys will
be taken to the Scottish Rite
Hospital Children Hospital in
Atlanta bn December 21. At
the annual White Christmas
program the Athena Tri-Hi-Y
sang Christmas carols.
The club has also organized
a basketball team to play dur
ing the month of January.
The first game is on January
4 and E. C. H. S. will be
hosting fifteen other schools
on that day. The team will be
playing Greene County Tri-Hi-
Y girls.
Two representatives, Patricia
Griffith and Edie Hall, are now
preparing for Youth Assembly
in Atlanta. With the help of
local attorneys the two are
writing up a bill.
Christmas
Christmas is a great time,
Christmas is a religious time,
Christmas is a giving time,
Christmas is a receiving time,
Christmas is the greatest day
of all.
But most of all,
Christmas 1 is God’s day,
Greatest day of ALL.
’ —By Mike Wallace.
