The Plainsman Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 7, 1965 Page: 1 of 4
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NUMBER 15
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1965
LEVELLAND. TEXAS
VOLUME 7
Clubs Plan Gala Fiesta Week For May
Many Activities
Set For Students
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Beauty Contest
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Kita Colley,
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The annual Caprock Beauty
Contest has been set for Tue.
night, May 4. Candidates for the
contest will be selected for
each club and organization on
campus.
Some thirty SPC pledges took
the Phi Theta Kappa oath last
Thursday night, April 1, as the
president, Marcheta Ownbey,
told the group of their achieve-
ments in “wisdom, aspiration,
and purity.”
Canada before reporting.
He completed his post-gr.
duate work at South we stern Bap-
tist Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth in the spring of 1963
and could be ordained as a min-
ister at any time.
He is presently a lay preacher
and is great demand as a ban-
quet and youth group speaker.
He expects to eventually enter
some sort of Christian youth
work.
Elaine Stokes,
Terry Darling,
Turnbough.
DELEGATES
STUDENT DRAMA — Shown above are the members of the cast
of the play “Suppressed Desires”, a comedy in one-act. The
play concerns a woman who is obsessed with psyco-analysis
and who leans toward divorce. The play, written by Susan Glaspell,
will be staged the 27th and 28th of April. Those pictured above
are from left to right James Hogue, Brenda Mullinax, and Keitha
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They will score the beauty
contestants according to their
poise, appearance, grooming,
posture, and impression.
Mr. Stroud and Mrs. Elkins
are in charge of the entire
affair and have announced the
deadline for entries as Apr.
14.
CONVENTION
Members of the Circle K
Club went to Amarillo to attend
a three day convention for the
purpose of electing officers.
Those who attended the meet-
ing were Eddie Smith and
Eddie Puckett as voting dele-
gates and Steve Hall as alter-
nate delegate. Mr. Lucke went
as advisor.
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SWi"T‘IRARF - Miss Linda
Fmbick has been chosen as
Basketball Sweetheart by the
Texan team. Linda is a fresh-
man from Hobbs. N.M,, and is
serving as a cheerleader this
year. Linda is majoring in Phy-
sical education.
The BSU and the college will
observe Religious Emphasis
Week during the week of Apr.
12-16. Bill Glass of the Cleve-
land Browns will be on campus
to deliver a special program in
two all college assemblies at
10 a.m. on Apr. 12 and 13.
Mr. Glass came to the Browns
for the 1962 season. He had been
the Detroit Lion’s No. 1 draft
choice in 1957, but he played a
year with Saskatchewan in
“Those of you who are now
members of Phi Theta Kappa
represent the top ten percent
of some one million junior
college students,” was the
statement made by Dr. Marvin
Baker president of South Plains
College, as he told members
and their guest a brief history
of the scholoastic organization.
By Carol Martin
Fiesta Week currently sche-
duled for May 3-7, is a last
fling of activities for South
Plains College students.
It was proposed by the United
Political Organization (both the
Young Democrats and Young
Republicans united together)
and approved by both the Ad-
ministration and the Student
Council.
This will be the last activities
of the school year and is con-
veniently scheduled two weeks
prior to “dead week” and three
weeks prior to final exams.
With sutdents, enthusiasm
and participation, members of
both political clubs believe that
Fiesta Week will be a giant
success.
To kick off the Fiesta Week,
fiesta day will be held on Mon.
May 3. The fiesta day will con-
sist of a Bar-B-Que and a West-
ern Dance. It will be sponsored
by the Rodeo and Ag. Clubs.
On Tuesday, the featured acti-
vities will be a game afternoon
sponsored by the Flaming
Spurs, followed by the Caprock
Beauty Contest that night.
As the mid-week activity,
there will be a Scavenger Hunt,
and other activities sponsored
by the religious clubs on Wed.,
May 5.
May 6, Thur., the UPO will
host a mock political conven-
tion to begin at 12:30 p.m. The
purpose of the convention being
to inform the students of the
workings of a political conven-
tion and the mechanics of our
nation’s political parties. The
convention will be composed of
selected delegates from all the
clubs and dormitories on
campus.
Bart of the < invention’s acti-
vities will includ a mock elect-
ion of Student Council officers
and an actual election of a
Fiesta Week King and Queen.
Th. onvention will be high-
lighted by a key note speaker,
who will be either State Repre-
sentative Jesse George or one
of the outstanding political lead-
ers of the community.
The climax of the week will
come on Friday with a full
schedule of activities. As Acti-
vity Period, the SEA will pre-
sent a “Shindig.” That night,
there will be a Pancake Supper
sponsored by the Cam-Vets, and
an informal dance presented by
the Student Council.
Everyone is invited and en-
couraged to participate in all
of the activities, since the
Fiesta Week promises to be a
fun-time for all.
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Judges for the annual event
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men and women of the
community.
semester member of the Dean’s
honor roll, campus editor of the
Plainsman Press, president of
the Student Education Associa-
tion, and active in many other
campus organizations. She
plans to major in secondary
education and after graduation
from SPC, she wil l attend Texas
Tech.
Bob Ellis is a member of
the Student Education Associa-
tion and plans to continue his
education at Texas Tech, con-
centrating his efforts on a major
in history. Bob is the manager
of the student union building
every weeknight.
Other students nominated for
the honor of class favorite were
SPOilOM Ri 1 \VeRil • t ar lyo i Singletery and 3cb Ellis,
both sopho.no students from Brownfield, were chosen as class
favorites during an election held Mar. 31.
The national junior college
honor society is known as Phi
Theta Kappa and the South
Plains College captor is the
Kappa Mu chapter.
Those students taking the oath
were as follows: Troy Abell,
Jim Burtner, Deanna Cathey,
Beverley Crawford, Martha
Tipps, Robert Decker, Carolyn
Franklin, Georgia Gauntt, Jack-
ie Hargrove, Bill Harris, Marie
Haynie, Larry Henrichs, Bar-
bara Jackson.
Kennety Kelsay, Keitha
Kever, Ann Lassiter, Linda
Lynch, Carol Martin, Bobbie
McDonald, Jill Palmer, Sharon
Pittman, Judy Putman, Donald
StClair, Cindy Salser, Carlyon
Singletery, Elaine Stokes, Cote
Trout, DeLois Taylor, and
Charles Ketchum.
Volleyball Team Wins
Trophy At Pep Meet
SPC volleyball team entered
a tournament at Pep on Mar.22.
There, they played Stanley’s
Superette from Levelland and
won that game with a score of
25-20.
On Mar. 26 at Pep, the team
played against the First State
Bank from Morton and lost with
a score of 28-13.
However, they went back on
Mar. 27 and played Us from
Pep and won the third place
trophy.
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Carlyon Singletery and Bob
Ellis, both graduates of Brown-
field High School and sopho-
mores Ai SPC were selected as
the Sophomore class favorites
for the year of 1964-1965.
Carlyon was recently select-
ed to the honor of Who’s Who
on SPC campus and is a mem-
ber of the Phi Tehta Kappa
honor society. She is a three
SPC Ex-Students
Are Successful
South Plains College has pro-
duced a steady stream of suc-
cessful graduates since 1959,
when Billie Alexander and Mrs.
Rowell graduated. Mr. Alexan-
der is now an attorney in
Odessa, and Mrs. Rowell
teaches in the Level land Public
School System.
The first student to enroll at
SPC, Tom Spencer, Jr., now has
his doctrate and is dean of a
junior college in North Caro-
lina.
David Stanley, a 1960 graduate
of SPC presently instructs here.
Also of 1960 are Charles Ward,
who is working on his doc-
trate in entomology at Cornell
University in Ithica, New York,
and Elaine Simnacher, in the
Peace Corps, serving in Boli-
via.
Graduating in 1961 were Patsy
Fulson, who teaches in elemen-
tary school in Amarillo, and
Harriett Smnacher, who teach-
es P.E. in Winslow, Arizona.
Terry Tubb, graduate of 1963,
is studying in the medical school
at Galveston.
Whitson, Whitten
Exchange Vows
Linda Kay Whitten, 1965
Homecoming queen, and Jimmy
Don Whitson of Brownfield were
married on Sat., Mar. 27 in old
Mexico.
Linda Kay and Jimmy Don
are both freshmen at South
Plains. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. George R. Whit-
ten of Route 1, Level land. Jimmy
Don is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
D.L. Whitson who resided at
1614 East Tate in Brownfield.
Both Linda Kay and Jimmy
Don plan to continue their educa-
tion at South Plains. The couple
will reside at 1604 E. Tate in
Brownfield.
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