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Talent Show March 20 Congratulations Devils and Devilettes For a Good Season VOL. xxiii NEWS BRIEFS DELEGATES ATTEND CONFERENCE A Teenage Nutrition Confer ence is being held today an Athens, at the University of Georgia. The program ■will deal with such topics as fad diets, health foods, and new t foods which are on the market. ECUS Clubs were invited fo send delegates'. Those clubs which chose to send representa tives were: Alpha Beta, Athena Tri-Hi-Y, Blue Sword, Delta Beta, FBLA, FFA, FHA, French, Hi-Y, Interact, Key, Mu Alpha Theta, National Honor, Pep Club, Thespians, and Y.O.T. MILITARY BALL The Annual Military Ball will he an event of March 14. The featured band will be Chocolate Buttermilk. The dance Is open to the school with attire for non-military participating males being coat and tie and formal for girls. The cost will be $5 per couple or $3 stag. TALENT SHOW PLANNED The Drama Department, un der the instruction of Mrs. Felice McBride will sponsor a talent show on March 21. Ev eryone is invited to come and display their talents. Auditions are being held today in the old gym from 1:15 until the talent runs out. Monetary award twill be presented in the amount of $30.00. The first place win ner will grab $15.00, second place winner will take $10.00 and the third place winner will rwalk away with the $5.00 prize. The show will be held in the old gym during fifth and sixth periods. ROTC PROMOTIONS The ROTC Department hast made several promotions in re cent weeks. Those being pro moted from Company Com mander to Staff are Rodney Little, Dan Jones, and Larry Ayers. Sam Baker is current ly on the Staff as Adjutant atad has been promoted from Captain to Major. New company commanders are Mike Fontson, Joey Loving- good, and Jack Watts. Lieu tenant rank has been awarded to Jeff Jones, . Tony. Bryant, David Kay, and Linton Huff. On March 22 the ECHS Drill Team will be traveling to At lanta for a 30 team meet. FRENCH CLUB WEEK HELD The French Club held their annual French week, the week of February 10-15. Members of the club gave the devotional and blessing services over the intercom in the French langu age. Posters were also display ed around the school greeting the students in French, along with the English translation. 1E3C A(S®!K ELBERT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ELBERTON, GEORGIA 30635 FEBRUARY, 1075 ECHS STAR Student, Teacher Named Tommy Howell, second from left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Howell, has been named Elbert County High STAR student. He selected Mrs. Carol Goddard, left, as his STAR teacher. Walter McNeely, chairman of the Elbert County Chamber of Commerce’s Special Activities Committee, pre sents Howell his certificate as Mrs. Dorothy McDonald, Cham ber manager, looks on. / Howell Named STAR Student BY HOLLY ADAMS AND JULIE' MANN A resident of the Rock Branch community, Tommy Howell is the 1975 STAR student ait El bert Counity High. School. In turn, Howell chose Mrs. Carol Goddard, a math instructor, as STAR teacher. Tommy, a senior, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Howell. He plans fo enter college, but as of now he is undecided oh what institute he will attend or what field of study he will pur sue. Selections were announced by the Elbert County Chamber of Commerce and Walter McNeely, Special Activities Chairman. The chamber sponsors the pro DECA clubs. He is employed by West End Grocery. Tommy was recently chosen as one of the twenty students for recog nition as Who’s Who. “i was honored to be named STAR student,” he said. In selecting Mrs. Goddard for the faculty honor, Hoiwell said “I am especially interested in mathematics and Mrs. Goddard has helped to develop that in terest.” A native of Nashville, Tenn., and a resident of the Bowman community, she is married to Mr. Bruce Goddard. Mrs. God dard is a graduate of the Uni versity of Georgia and Georgia State. Honor RolN # BY NANCY DUBOSE AND AUNDRA BOLTON The Hexagon staff would like to recognize and congratulate the following 6 6 people for making the; second nine weeks and the first semester honor roll. In order to make the A honor roll a student must main tain grades ranging from 93- 100. To capture the A-B hon or roil the students may fall between 86-100. The following people are to be congratulated for this effort: 9 Weeks A Honor Roll Tommy Bryant, Sheila Grimes, William Staples, Carol Winn, Drucelle Whittner, Pam Mixon, Steve Bond, Brenda Bond, Rhonda Bell, Elaine (Continued on Page 4) , FOWLERflAMED MERIT FINALIST BY NANCY DUBOSE Robert Fowler, a senior at ECHS, has been notified that he is a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship competition. He will receive a Certificate of Merit and will be informed between mid-March or early May if he has won a Merit Scholarship. Robert shares this honor with a highly selected group of less than one-half of one pier cent of the nations’ graduating seniors. Of the 14,000 finalists only 25 per cent of V these will receive Merit. Scholarships. In informing Robert of his attainment, Elizabeth Jacka, executive vice president of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation pointed out, “You have demonstrated outstanding academic ability and have shown potential for becoming one of our nation’s future lead ers in your chosen field.” She urged, however, that “This po- LARRY AYERS AyeTs Nominated To West Point BY JULIE GRIMES R.O.T.C. Cadet Captain Lar ry Ayer® has been nominated to the United States Military Acad emy. He is eligible for this nomination by the R.O.T.C. De partment because the E.C.H.S. unit was designated as an Hon or Unit with Distinction during the annual Federal Inspection last year. This nomination to West Point is not a final ap pointment; however, i|t does mean that Larry’s Qualifications wiili be reviewed. In considering Larry, a copy of 'hi® grade® were sent along with recommendations from counselors and teachers. In addition, Larry will undergo an extensive physical aptitude test. He will be ' notified around April of the Academy’s decis ion. Larry is the son of Mrs. Omer Ayers. He is vice-president of the Mu Alpha Theta and is an active member oif the Blue Sword and the Future Farmers of America clubs. He is also a member of the Rifle team. tential will be realized only through perserveranee and the most extensive training and preparation you can obtain.” gram, along with the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce. The top student is a member of honor clubs, including the National Honor Society and Alpha Beta. He is also Yreslr dent of the Mu Alpha Theta and Employment Good Says Mr. Gaines BY DEBBIE HAYNES The monthly meeting of the Distributive Education Club of America was held recently. The club was honored to have had as their guest speaker, Mr. George Gaines, personnel su pervisor of the Granite Asso ciation and a former graduate of Elbert County High School. Mr. Gaines spoke to the club about the present situation of Elberton’s unemployment rate in the granite business. Accord ing to Mr. Gaines, Elberton is not suffering more unemploy ment than normal. Different types of jobs were discussed and also the steps to take in applying for a job. The meeting was concluded with a question and answer session. Tommy and Mrs. Goddard will join other county winners at a district banquet in Au gusta this month. The state wide banquet is planned for April at the Marriot Motor Motel in Atlanta. Students Attend 9th District Clinic Seven Elbert County Band students participated in the an- i nual Ninth District Clinic Band, I hold in Blairsville, Ga., on Feb ruary seven and eight. Selection of students was 1 based on the director’s recom mendation of their ability. Each student was placed in one of two bands, pending an audition, j This year’s’ participants were Mary Lawrence, Sandra Hamm,; Charles Dunn, Tammy Boger, I Samantha Abner, Joyce Dunn, | and Pam Mixon. Following a series of long re- | hearsal®, the two bands pre sented a concert on Saturday evening at 7:30 in the audi torium of Union County High School. Principal Paul Abernathy (right) presents a certificate of merit to ECHS senior Robert Fowler (left) for being nam ed a finalist in the 1975 Merit Scholarship competition.