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Freshman-Sophomore Dance
Had Wild West Show Theme
Last Friday night, the Conyers Street Gymn was trans
formed into the setting for a Wild West Show as the Student
Council sponsored the annual Freshman-Sophomore Dance.
Slink Fincher's General Store.
Herman Romper's Bank, Jones’
Smithy, and Heartbreak Hotel
lined the main street of Coving
ton, a ghost town of the Mid-west.
Black swinging doors led to the
Golden Nugget Saloon, which, no
doubt, had more customers than
any other store in town.
The West side of the gym was
decorated like an old fashioned sa
loon with a bar and poker tables.
The East side of the gym was de
corated as a typical western scene.
There was a telegraph office at
one end of the gym and on the
stage several tables and chairs.
Several members of the Student
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Council dressed up as dancehall
girls. They were: Robin Dennison,
Kathie Hardy, Linda Partee, Nan
cy Spears, and Selma Spears.
They did a short dance step and
later were called upon for an
encore.
Bill Wood and Kathy Butler
reigned over the dance as King
and Queen. The following fresh
men girls and sophomore boys
were candidates: Glennis Banks
ton. Sheila Bates, Lillian Benton,
Kathy Butler, Dianne Dooley,
Cheryl Gregg, Kay Kirbou, Kay
McAllister, Dottie McKay, Rita
Rutledge, and Charlyne Stubbs;
Gary Bloodworth, Billy Edge, Mac
Newton High News
Information About Student Government, Clubs, Teams, Band and Social Activities
Gay, Charles Lassiter, Larry Mc-
Michael, Joe Parker, Bob Richard
son, and Bill Wood.
Anne McKay, Student Council
vice - president, served as chair
man of the dance, with Kathie
Hardy. Sally Hardman, Cheryl
Pannell, and Judy Laseter serv
ing as chairman of the various
decoration committees.
Ficquett School
News Briefs
Eighth Grade News
Hurrah for Ficquett! Wednes
day, September 25, was certainly
a big day at the school where
most of us have been attending
for seven years. Our studies were
not so hard, when we knew we
would choose cheerleaders and
officers that day. Every girl’s
heart was beating faster as Mr.
Hutchinson, our principal, an
nounced the lucky girls that won
the honor of being cheerleaders.
The cheerleaders who will cheer
our basketball teams into victory
are: Lisa Callaway, Captain; Betsy
Robinson, co-captain; Baxter
Pratt, Susan Smith, Linda Hoff
man, Becky Blair and from the
seventh grade Susan Kirkland and
Joan Lassiter.
Class officers chosen by their
classmates as dependable people
who will do their jobs well and
still keep up with other school re
sponsibilities are: Mr. Carney’s
room — Becky Blair, President;
Don Floyd, vice-president; Susan
Smith, secretary; Carol Hood,
treasurer. Mrs. Carlton’s room -
Richard Allen, President; Mary
Lewis, vice - president; Terry
Schell, secretary; Lisa Callaway,
treasurer. Mrs. Rowe’s room: Jud
Callaway, President; Elaine Wood,
vice-president; Betsy Robinson,
secretary and John Lamar Calla
way, treasurer.
Even though we lost our first
Student Baby Rams football game,
which was played at Sharp Field
vs Jackson, we hope to do much
better in the upcoming games
which will be played with Morgan
County. Athens Y and Jonesboro.
Thursday. September 26. we had
our first fire drill. We were lack
ing practice, but we made it out
of the building in 50 seconds.
Everybody is all for physical fit
ness. We are taking the Presi
dent’s advice seriously. Each day
we take part in 15 minutes of
vigorous exercise.
The eighth grade at Ficquett
welcomes several new students.
They are as follows: Keith White
head, Deborah Argo, Paul Camp
bell, Peggy Lassiter and Betty
Ann Gregg. New students, we
hope you will enjoy being one of
the 102 eighth graders in the
class of 1963-64.
Dorothy Hardman
Kathy Pratt, reporters
The Football Season Opens
Today was the day — the day
of the first big football game of
the season. Hour by hour I thought
of this. Soon it was time to play.
Tension mounted high. I lined up
ready to kick-off. I started one
step, two, three, five, six — kick!
Oh! No! It was a crummy kick.
It went just past the line into the
backfield. I went in towards the
runner; I helped in the tackle.
Time ran fast and I got knocked
around.
It was time to kick again. This
one was fairly well booted. They
ran with the ball awhile and then
we got the ball and started to
march, but time killed us.
That night as I was trying to
climb out of my football pads I
thought, pain, grief, agony and
all that “crap”. I got ready and
went home. Here I ate supper,
took a bath, did my homework
and went to bed with football still
on my mind.
Nicky Sammons
A Wonderful Trip to the Fair
Bright lights, whirling rides and
the smell of cotton candy and hot
dogs are all part of the fair. It
is a pleasant smell, that is, until
you get too much of it.
It is terribly funny to be on the
Tilt-a-whirl eating cotton candy
and suddenly realize it is blowing
into your face. You’re all sticky
the rest of the day.
It is also equally funny to be
on the scrambler with a candy
apple and have it slung out of
your hand — only to hit some
poor innocent person walking along
calmly by the side of the ride!
Something else that is just too
funny is to be on the Rock-o-planes
Newton High Club News
Last Wednesday several of the school organizations met
for the second time this year. Given below are the highlights
from these club meetings.
N.C.H.S PEP CLUB NEWS
The Newton County High Pep
Club met Tuesday, October 2. We
had with us three very distinguish
ed guests who gave us our pro
gram. They were Jimmy Wiley,
Lanier Crawley, and John Glass,
members of the Newton Rams
football team of which the latter
two are co-captains,
Jimmy told us about the his
tory of football and some inter
esting and significant things that
have happened since football be
gan.
Lanier told us about the Physi
cal fitness of a player and John
spoke to us on “What football
meant to him.”
The Pep Club Project for this
month will be to clean up the
football locker room and the pro
ject of washing the jerseys each
Saturday will be continued.
Each member of the club who
had gone to any of the games got
their membership card punched
for each game attended. This will
be done for the rest of the football
season. Any member who misses
two home games or more will be
expelled from the club. Each mem
ber will also be required to learn
the motto and creed which will
open every meeting.
Following the program the club
had the opportunity to see the B-
Team Cheerleaders for 1963-64 do
one of their cheers. Some offi
cers of the club taught us a new
song “Go Rams” which they had
made up. Then the Varsity Cheer
leaders led us in several yells
and the meeting was adjourned.
Keep Up Girls:
(Covington F. H. A.)
By Lou Anne Tuck
All right boys, you may take
off your glasses and put them in
your pockets now. The latest word
from the fashion center of t h e
world informs us that skirts are
and have your pocketbook come
open — and then tickets, money,
billfolds, pencils and everything
else come tumbling out to the
floor. Now this is something diffi
cult — picking up all this stuff
while you are turning upside down.
Then something, I’m sure you
would enjoy is to be running —
fast, faster, trying to reach a car
on the bumper cars before some
one else — and to fall flat on your
face on the slippery floor. Now,
that is what I call fun.
It is just as amusing as the
rest of these hilarious things I
have mentioned to wait in line
fifteen to twenty minutes waiting,
waiting — in the blazing hot sun,
for your turn to ride. Now, it is
your turn: You're stepping up to
the ride. A slight feeling of “oh
this will be fun” tugs at your
heart. Once around, twice around,
and off you go — just to buy an
other ticket. Oh, well, all this just
goes with the fair— and I love
every minute of it.
Dorothy Hardman.
I coming down this year .Those I'em
> inine legs have been exposed too
: long.
The pillbox hats, pleated skirts,
■ spike heels and bouffant hairdos
are fading away fast. Replacing
. these are A-line skirts, suede suits
• and double woven knit. Os course
' the shift, which resembles slight
ly the “sack dress” of several
years ago, is in perfect harmony
with this year's new styles. Wrap
: around skirts and action skirts are
also good. Cranberry, olive green
and carmel brown are the lead
ing colors.
i Hair styles this year are soft
er; not so extremely bouffant but
in appropriate style to the shape
of the face. “Garbo” hats and
■ hats with brims are especially
stylish.
i Brown is the leading color in
shoes and heels tends to be wid
। er. leather-stacked, with squared
off toes. Loafers are considered
I [ appropriate for school.
These are only a few of the
I changes that are constantly tak
; ing place in the world of fashion.
■ Are YOU keeping pace? Ask Lou
• Anne Tuck, Covington Future
i Homemaker.
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SPANISH CLUB
> On Tuesday, October 1, Mr.
• Tucker, our Spanish Club advisor,
• spoke to the club expressing hi s
hopes of making the club into an
organization in which the mem-
I bers might learn more about the
■ Spanish — speaking countries of
; the world and especially those in
the Americas.
Since our club is relatively new,
we are still trying to get it or
ganized. A motto and a name
have to be chosen and the out
line of the club’s program for
i mulated. At this meeting we were
11 given suggestions for our motto,
■ one of which will be chosen at our
i next meeting. Our dues were set
■ and suggested topics for later pro
: grams were discussed. We also
, discussed decorating the room in
; which Spanish is taught, using
। the Spanish theme.
Although our club is new, our
officers, advisor, and members
are willing and ready to work to
make it one of the best clubs at
Newton County High School.
Mary Moore, Reporter
Latin Club
Newton County High School was
paid a visit by some of the more i
fashionable female citizens of An
cient Rome Tuesday, October 2, as
several of the Latin Club mem-|
bers acted out their parts in full I
costumes in a pantomime known |
as “The Day of the Wedding.”
In bright silks and homemade
costumes the story of the pre
parations of a bride-to-be was
enacted at the Latin Club’s month
ly meeting. The purpose of the
pantomime was mainly to put be
fore the club members the ancient
dress of Roman brides, mothers,
and slaves, described in detail by
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Blue Rambler
Band to Perform
At Game Friday
When the victorious Rams tra
vel to Winder-Barrow on Friday
the Blue Rambler Band will be
ready with a sparkling half-time
show.
The Blue Ramblers will make
their grand entrance with the
“National Emblem March”, mov
ing down field into a company
front spread. Then with a series
of squad turns they will go into a
block formation followed by a ser
ies of squad flanks and back into
the company front. The opening
drill sequence of the Blue Ram
blers will conclude on the 50 yard
line.
At this point they will go into
a diamond formation playing Di- j
rector Basil Rigney’s arrangement j
of “Marche Slave” by Tschaikow-1
sky. From this diamond the
Ramblers will cross over into an I
I X formation, closing up into a
double line which meshes through '
into a reverse double line follow-|
ed by a series of flanks into a
split company front.
The final salute of the Blue
Ramblers will be an oblique into
a company front across the field,
and their last number will be
“Stepping High.”
This year, to the delight of mu
sic lovers, Director Rigney is us
ing concert selections which are
' appropriate for marching. These
j selections are a challange to the
। student and require a lot of hard
work and practice. The result
each week has been an excellent
and sparkling performance by
this fine top ranking high school
marching band.
Lila Jo Callaway
Elected "School
Citizen of Week"
In its regular weekly meeting
on Monday, September 30, the Stu-'
dent Council elected Lila Jo Calla
) way as “School Citizen of the'
Week”. Lila Jo is very active in
| school organizations. She serves i
as Editor of the “RAM”, Devo
tional Chairman of the Senior Tri-
Hi-y and a member of the Blue
Rambler Band. Lila Jo is a mem-।
ber of the Beta Club, a honor so
ciety, and was elected by her
senior class as a Superlative: Most
Intelligent.
The Student Council congratu
lates Lila Jo for her outstanding
achievement.
the narrator. Edgar Callaway.
Those taking part in the fashion
show were: Marteal Dial, Pris
cilla Prosser, Dale Jones, Babs
Stubbs, Belle Thigpen, Brenda
Gibbs, and Judy Moseley. As the
play ended the actors left the
scene. The procession was led by
the bride, Babs Stubbs, on her way
to the wedding.
Charles Lassiter, Reporter I
President's Message
Among the many things that we
students love and appreciate about j
our high school is the opportunity
it gives us to express ourselves. :
Last week we had the time of
our lives planning the Freshman -
Sophomore dance. We took full j
responsibility — it was our party. |
We put our hearts together and
came up with the idea of awes-1
tern theme.
Those who worked to make it a
success gave untiringly of their'
time and energy. Anne McKay, the
Vice president of the student body, !
was overall chairman. We ha d
faculty advisors who held us in I
check when our ideas might have
been a little too wild. For the
most part, it was our party
planned and executed by us. If
lessons were forgotten for a day
or two, we believed that we were
learning some of life’s larger les
sons of responsibility, initiative, i
leadership, and cooperation.
It is a nice, warm feeling to
know that we have the backing of
our adult friends in the commun- '
ty. Many individuals and business
firms have been so generous in
lending property and services that I
we are ever mindful of the fact;
that we could not have done it |
without them.
That seems to me to be the
right atmosphere and relationship
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808 TRAVIS
between the generations. You, as
a community, give us the oppor
tunity to grow. You encourage
and help; yet, you let us try our
own wings occasionally. We like
that. We like to see responsibility
and accept it in these things.
We believe we are preparing
ourselves for bigger places in the
world tomorrow. It's fun to live
and grow in Newton County.
Bob Travis, President
Student Body