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NEWS
BRIEFS
Band Receives
Excellent Rating
The Elbert County High'
School Concert Band recently
received a rating of excellent
for their performance of Ameril-
cans We, Chanit and Jubdlo, and
Overture in B Flat at the 9 th
.District Music Festival held an
Gainesville. For the first time
in several yeans the band re-
■etived a superior rating in
sight reading. The band is un-
der the direction of Mr. Tom
Tapscott.
FBLA Makes Plans
The local Future Business
Leaders of America Chapter is
making preparation for the
State Leadership Conference
which will be held April 10-13,
in Atlanta. The members will
be staying at the Marriott Motor
Hotel in Atlanta. The mem
bers will leave around lunch
time Thursday and will return
Sunday morning 1 . The cate
gories in which the club will
be participating are: public
speaking, Miss VOT, Miss
FBLA, accounting, data pro
cessing, scrapbook, parliamen
tary profcedure, poster, state
officer, exhibit, annual aotivir
tiels report, FBLA Week, Chap
ter membership, and delegates.
Those who are entering these
events will be released soon.
Candy Sale Results
The Junior Class candy sale
ended with a gross amount of
$2,496. The profit for the
class equaled approximately
$1000.
Cash prizes were given to the
Junior students who sold the
largest amount of candy. The
winners were: first prize $20,
Norman Grimes; second prize
$15, Jessie Robertson'; third
prize $10, Angela Maxwell. Oth
er winners were Margaret Al
len fourth, Becky Bennett fifth,
and Debbie Rowland sixth.
These girls all received a cash
prize of $5.
Proceeds are to be used for
the Junior-Senior Prom to be
held on Maiy 10, 1975.
Pitching Machine
A Jugs Curveball Pitching
Machine was delivered to the
E.C.HJ3. gym on March 22. The
machine will throw a fastball
up to 110 mph. It also throws
any kind of breaMng pitch,
i.e. curve, slider, knuckle etc.
The baseball team should be
congratulated for their fine ef
fort in selling greeting cards.
In addition to the money made
by the sale, the V.F.W. donated
$200 towards the project.
FFA Quartet
The Elbert County High
Chapter of the Future Farmers
of America is busy preparing
for competition at the district
level in quartet singing. The
quartet is composed of Sam
Bowman, Mike Fortson, Willie
Norman, and Horace Willis.
The quartet has made appear-
VOL. XXin ELBERT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, ELBERTON, GEORGIA 30635, APRIL, 1975 NUMBER 7
I. R. C. Delegates Travel
ToN.A.I.M.U.N.Meeting
BY JULIE MANN
Miss Bell Finalist In Essay^Q^pfe
Rhonda Bell, center, has been chosen as a finfdisj
1975 ability counts survey contest. This was on tin
an essay written by Rhonda on the subject Full Em!
Opportunity; “Does it exist for the Handicapped.”
Mrs. Bryant, left, her English teacher, and Mr. Paul Abernathy
have been invited to the annual awards luncheon at the gov
ernors mansion on April 11, at which time winners in the con
test will be announced.
After several months of
learning parliamentary proced
ures from Myra Lunsford, nine
Elbert County International Re
lations Club members attended
N.A.I.M.U.N. (North American
Invitational Model United Na
tions) in Washington, D. C.,
March 6-9. The members in
clude Nanci Smith, Jan Parham,
Celisa Snellings, Karen Hill,
Janice Hyde, Greg Mann, Com-
nially Veal, Olds Harris, and
Sharon Sanders, also, Mrs. Sa
rah Vincent, the club advisor.
The ECHS students' repre
sented the Middle Eastern coun
try of Jordan. A Jordanian at
tache gave the delegates in
formation on the country and
Jordan’s stand on questions
«oming bejfore the assembly.
Other information was obtainr
ed from books at school. Be
fore leaving, the group studied
the culture, politics and ge
ography to gather some knowl
edge of how the people felt on
the issues. They represented
the government at the General
Assembly and how Jordan stood
in the Arab Block. Greg Mann
pled her cause at the Security
Council. The group was to
ances in two talent shows and
is practicing weekly under the
direction of Mr. Charlie Mc
Lendon. The first competition
will be the week of March 31-
April 4 at Wilkes County High
School.
sponsor the PLO (Palestine
Liberation Organization) but
Israel’s representatives refused
them because of their Jordan
ian interest.
All nations of the U.N. were
represented by students from
the mainland U, S., Hawaii,
Alaska, and Puerto Rica, ap
proximately 15,000 students.
The ECHS students flew to
Washington on an Eastern Air
plane and stayed at the Shore-
ham Americana Hotel.
Students Gain
'Battered Boot'
Approximately forty students
from ECHS participated in the
March of Dimes Walkathon on
February 8, 1975, collecting ov
er $600.00 and winning for our
school the Battered Boot Tro
phy Award over our arch rivals,
Hart County.
Students participating were
as follows': Deborah Borders,
Connile Bone, Dean Duncan,
Bonnie Evans, Renee Franklin,
Kathy Gaines, Tracey Graham,
Sheila Grimes, Leslie Guest,
Zannette Houston, Doris Huff,
Curt Irby, Louisa Johnson.
Also Russell Mills, Donna
Mize, Melanie Rampey, Bryan
Scoggins, Mike Wadlington,
Sharon Watts, Dianne Wilder,
Carol Winn, Carla Yeargln,
Pamela Perrin, Stephen Bryant,
Lee Fortson, Raymond Fortson,
Len Hodges 1 , Linton Huff, David
Hulme.
Also Pam McIntosh, Angela
Mlaxweill, Greg Rucker, Judy
Veal, Sharon Yeargin, Laundra
Bolton, Sandra Allen, Vicki
Allen, David Brown, Rod Chris
tian, Belinda Harper, Connally
Veal and Carolyn Smith.
Congratulations to all of
these students for a job well
done. Elbert County High
School is proud of you and your
tremendous effort.
Spring Drama Festival
And Talent Show Held
BY DONNA WILLIS
The Spring Drlama Festival
and Talent Show was held in
the old gym on March 20 during
fifth and sixth periods. Most
of the school attended, and re
mained seated in quiet anticit-
pation a® Richard Fortson open
ed the show. He was slick,
funny and just fine as the Masr
ter of Cemeronies.
The comedy “Red Riding
Hood” skipped into first place',
with a cast containing Susan
Goolsby, Angela Maxwell, Pam
McIntosh, Cindy Ruff, Debbie
Rowland, and Brian Veal. Don
na Eavenson narrated. Each
person gave a winning perform
ance. Susan Goolsby especial
ly glowed as a brilliantly red
Red Riding Hood. Brian Veal
was the perfect Big Bad Wolf.
Second place was awarded to
a quartet composed of Mike
Fortson, Ben Bowman, Will
Norman, and Horace Willis.
Their vocal cords produced
such smooth, soulful vibrations
that they didn’t need any back
ground music.
Jimmy Watkins gracefully
battled his way into third place
to the music of “Kung Fu
Fighter.” In hie fUrst dance,
he wore an unusual coat. In
his. second, be appeared bare
armed . and swinging sticks.
The remaining talent was al
so exceptional. It began with
Carol Booth playing the moody
Bridge Over Troubled Water on
piano. Another piano talet was
displayed by Donna Phillips, as
she played the Entertainer.
Pam Mixon accompanied her on
clarinet. Patricia Banks and
Linda Perrin each rendered on
intenlse solo. Two guitarists*,
Kent Saxon and Eddie Grimes,
played and sang three melodies
with polished skill. Two pairs
of dancers moved freely to the
ryfhm of “Party is a Groovy
Thing” — Farris and Thelma
Morrison and Richard Fortson
and Judy Tate. A sophisticated
comedy, “Congratulations, My
Dear” was enacted superbly by
Debbie Bone and Droucelle
Wittner. Another play, “The
Affair”, was a wild melodra
matic spoof of soap operas. Its
characters! were played by Deb
bie Oouch, Many Jane Shaiw,
Patricia Hall, Lucy Maxwell,
Leisa Yoder, Wanda Maxwell,
and Montery Blackwell, who
gave an especially dramatic
performance.
WILSON SPEAKS TO ANCHOR
On Wednesday, March 12,
the Anchor Club met at the
home of Janice Hyde.
Plans were discussed for a
“Hike Bike” for the mentally
retarded. This hike will be for
sixteen miles out the Calhoun
Falls highway. Each rider will
have a sponsor and their spon-
j sor will pay them a certain
amount of money for every mile
they ride. Also at the meet
ing Mrs. Joyce Wilson from {he
Elbert County Hospital, spoke
on the medical records and f iles
at the hospital,
"Battered Boot" Award Given
Tommy Deaton (left) of Athens presented Elbert County
high school student body president Samantha Abner (right) a
plaque of appreciation from the Order of the Battered Boot
at a student body meeting Thursday in the old gym. Hie
Battered Boot Award is given by the Northeast Ga. Chapter
of the March of Dimes. The honor was won when 5 per cent
of the student body participated in fund collections on Feb.
8th and outdistanced arch-rival Hart County.
