Trojan Tattler (West, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1975 Page: 1 of 4
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Doors reflect Christmas spirit
If Santa could have seen the
decorated doors in the school this
past week, he would probably
have stuffed everyone’s stockings
with extra goodies. It seems that
he wasn’t in town though, so the
Student Council did the judging
without him.
In the religious category, first
place went to Miss Mary
Dvoracek’s senior homeroom,
with second place going to Milton
Morgan’s homeroom. Miss D’s
door pictured a Bicentennial
religious theme. The door was
adorned with a liberty bell and a
verse from the Bible, "Proclaim
liberty throughout the land unto
the inhabitants thereof.” (Leviti-
cus 25:10)
Morgan’s door showed the
traditional manger scene, with
the theme “Christmas is the birth
of Jesus.”
First place in the traditional
category went to Miss Susan
George’s sophomore homeroom.
A tie for second place was
between Mr. Bill Mabry’s fresh-
man homeroom and Mr. Harley
Johnson’s VAC class.
Miss George’s homeroom de-
livered greetings “From their
homeroom to others” with a
lifesize Holly Hobbie doll as the
decoration. A child’s dream
Christmas decorated Mr. Ma-
bry’s homeroom door. Mr.
Johnson's door pictured a window
box, which contained various
items pertaining to Christmas.
For their hard work and effort,
the winning homerooms
receive $6 for first prize and $4 for
second prize.
According to Mrs. Linda Kana,
Student Council sponsor, winners
were determined by the originali-
ty of idea, time element and
difficulty involved in making the
decorations, overall construction
and the final appearance.
Requirements for the doors
were limited to three things:
avoiding use of damaging materi-
als to the door; avoiding use of
anything breakable; and not
extending the door more than
four inches from the surface.
Commenting on the large
amount of participation this year.
Mrs. Kana said that more
consideration had to be given to
the time element involved,
because all the doors were well
done.
"The judges found it very
difficult to decide the winners this
year since there was so much
oartk-inmtinn ’' uiH Mr Kana
"If we continue this next year,
there will probably be more
categories. Also, any suggestions
for judging the doors will be
annreciated. ”
Shown here are Loretta Raaachaber, Cheryl Poehla, and
Pratka, all sophomores, who decorated Miss George’s ho
door.
Speech entries reach semi-finals
r—Trojan
Miss D’s ___
Pavlicek and Bernice Makovy.
Tattler
West High School
West, Texas December 18,1975
Volume 31
Number 7
Two students made the semi-
finals at the speech and drama
tournament in Arlington Friday.
Lanelle Long and Troy Rash
made the semi-finals in the girls’
and boys’ poetry division. Each
student received a “1” rating m
their division. Lanelle's selection
was "Aren’t Boys Awful” by
Phyliss McKinley and Troy’s
selection was "Let America Be
America Again” by Langston
Hughes. Both students returned
Saturday to participate in the
semi-finals, yet lacked the points
to go on to the finals.
Students in the poetry and
prose division are graded on two
main points, contest of selection
and mechanics. Each point is
broken down to individual points.
Contents of selection has four
points: choice of selection,
adequacy of introduction, insight
and understanding, and charac-
terization. Voice and diction,
communication, and body control
make up individual points in
mechanics.
The debate team of Lloyd Culp
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and Tim Lyons rated a 3-1 in the
preliminaries, and the team of
John Uptmore and Rob Womack
rated a 2-2. Both teams failed to
reach the semi-finals. The debate
topic this year is "World Energy
Resources.”
"This tournament was in
preparation for the M.C.C.
tournament on January 9-10, but 1
think we did very well for the first
tournament of the year," said
speech and drama coach Bob
Gamer, "especially the debate
teams.”
Drama classes
to enact plays
for tournament
Helping bring beauty to anti-
que furniture is a task Otto
Hanak, junior, has learned well
from his job at Heritage Anti-
ques.
“It’s not really hard; it just
takes time,” Otto said as he
explained how he refinishes and
restores antiques. He’s been
doing this for over a year now.
Otto works mainly on old
tables, chairs, and roll top desks
which need restoration. "First,
you sand them down with either
a sander or steel wool. The old
•wood has a special layer on top or
sides called patina, which is a
layer aged in the wood This layer
should remain if the piece of
furniture is to be called antique.”
After sanding, the wood is
stained from a variety of colors.
After this, one coat of a wood
finish is applied. This coat is
sanded and another coat is again
applied and sanded. After a third
coat, wax is applied and buffed to
a dull finish.
Otto also had a hand in
preparing the old West Katy
Depot, built around 1883, for
moving to its new location by the
antique shop and the interstate
highway.
The preparation started about a
month ago when the docks were
torn off and tfje building cut in
half. After a small amount of
digging around the building
which provided room for moving
equipment, and some alter
ations of the interior, the depot
was ready to go to Ks new home.
Future plans for the building
include a museum combined with
a restaurant.
"It’s well Wilt and well
designed!" commented Otto.
Mark PtbU Crafts Necklaces
Mark Pibil, freshman, is a
newly discovered craftsman of
macrame necklaces.
Mark, who has been making
necklaces for about three months,
started his hobby by making
macrame hanging baskets for his
mother s plants. He then started
experimenting with necklaces.
The necklaces are made out of
four knotted cords tied around
fillers.
Mark has sold necklaces at
school, and also sells them at the
Village Shop in West. The prices
vary from S3.50 to S7.
"I have two books which have,
some designs and 1 sometimes
change them around to what the
buyer wants." said Mark. "If
anyone wants a necklace, just tell
me and I’ll make them one.”
Five one-act plays are now-
underproduction in Bob Garner's
drama classes. The plays will be
presented in their classes.
In second period students are
working on. "The Clod."
"Cracked Ice.” and "Once Upon
a Playground.”
"The Clod.” a drama by Lewis
Beach, will 'be presented by
Kathleen Kelly. Timmy Bettge.
Alvin Rauschuber. John Uptmore
and Reggie Gassaway. It is a Civil
War suspense drama.
"Cracked Ice" is the story of a
girl who enters two men's lives
dramatically and leaves tragical-
ly. Members of the cast are Jan
Carter. Marie Hamilton. Lloyd
Culp, Odell Monthie and Tim
Lyons. It is a drama written by
Guernsey Lepellev.
Written by Jack Frakes, "Once
Upon a Plavground" is a comedy.
It revolves around a playground
and the childish games people
play. Heading the cast are Lanelle
Long, Dee Dee Alexander,
Tammy Long. Sandra Hannes,
and Patty Hand. Others are Lori
Goetsch. Lon Young. Debbie
Glatter, and Katherine Matus.
Kim Chandler and Rob Womack
play the victims.
The fourth period class is
doing "The Sheriff" and "Quiet,
Please."
The Sheriff” is a drama
suspense by James W. Arnold.
It s the story of a small town
sheriff who brings law and order
to town resulting in death. Steve
Dulock. Teresa Guillory, and
Peter Hardin head the cast . Kevin
Jupe. Bryan Dulock. Dennis
Dulock. and Joe Dulock play
townspeople.
Troy Rash and Rick Wilde head
the cast of “Quiet. Please” by
Howard Buermann. Concerned
with the silence of two brothers, a
minister tries to mend things,
unsuccessfully! Patsy Martin,
Sam Zahirniak. Chris Archer and
Vivian Vonasek play other char-
acters.
These plays are just prepa
tion for the UIL one act p
tournament in March!’ 1
tournament w ill be in Hillsboro
March 30. "Antic Spring*' v
selected as the UIL play Casti
will begin Dec. 15-19. "Every,
is urged to try out,” Garner sa
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