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Chapter Showcase
By Kathleen Rice, Texas State Historical Associationver 500 students repre-
senting thirty-two chap-
ters participated in the
60th Junior Historians
Annual Meeting and
History Fair in Houston
on April 9th and 10th, 1999. All activi-
ties took place at the Houston Hobby
Hilton Hotel.
Junior Historian students and
sponsors set up their historical exhib-
its on Friday evening, while History
Fair participants presented their per-
formances and documentaries. Some
chapters took field trips to the Battle-
ship Texas, the San Jacinto Monu-
ment, or other historic sites in the
Houston area. Many students enjoyed
seeing old friends and making new
ones at the Junior Historians Dance
Friday evening.
Sponsors and students attended
breakfasts Saturday morning, presided
over by Kathleen,Rice and Sammy
Skinner, respectively. Then Junior
Historiansgathered in the ballroom
for the general session, which opened
with the Stovall Middle School of
Houston presenting the colors and
leading the group in the pledge of
allegiance to the United States and
Texas flags. Lincoln King, sponsor of
the Gary, Texas Junior Historians, told
the assembly of the work his chapter
has carried on for the past twenty-five
years in their publication TheLoblolly.
Other highlights of the general pro-
gram were the re-enactment of the
lives of Lizzie Johnson and Will-
iam Barrett Travis of the Alamo.
Students got to ask questions of
Johnson and Travis.AWARDS CEREMONY
Teacher Awards
At the Awards Ceremony teachers
and students received recognition for
their achievements in Junior Histori-
ans. Both Lincoln King of Gary High
School, in Gary, Texas, and Lonnie
Wheeler, Hutchinson Junior High
School in Lubbock have worked with
Junior Historians for twenty-five years,
while Anna Shepeard, Creekwood
Middle School in Kingwood and Linda
Pelz, MarshallJunior High in Marshall
have been Junior Historian Sponsors
for twenty years. Helen Bradley,
Chester W. Nimitz High School in
Irving received recognition for 15
years' service, and Pat Brown,
Edgewood Junior High in Edgewood,
Ted James, Edgewood Junior High in
Edgewood, Kathy McCown, Jackson-
ville Middle School in Jacksonville,
and Sammie Skinner, Creekwood
Middle School in Kingwood received
recognition for 10 years' service. Spon-
sors who received five-year certificates
were Lorraine Coyne,John Tyler High
School, Tyler; Lisa Dishongh, Alice
Johnson Junior High, Channelview;
Ila Kaye Griffin, Alex W. Spence Acad-
emy, Dallas; Sandra Richardson,
Moore Middle School, Tyler; Brian
Tarrant, Thomas J. Rusk Middle
School, Nacogdoches; Billie Tremble,
Price T. Young Middle School,
Marshall; Ann Tucker, Haggard
Middle School, Plano; and Jennifer
Ater-Utzman, Foster Middle
School, Kilgore.Three very special teachers were
recognized for their dedication to the
Junior Historians. The first was Lyndall
Gillen-Goetze of Clarendon High
School in Clarendon, who won the
Winfrey Award. A new award went to
two other teachers. The David C.
DeBoe Award honors the long-time
Director of Educational Services at
the Texas State Historical Association,
who died in 1998. The teachers hon-
ored with this award were Anna
Shepeard of Creekwood Middle School
in Kingwood and Margaret Sanford of
Hallsville Junior High in Hallsville.
Junior Historian Awards
Adopt-A-Building. For completing
the four phases of the Adopt-A-Build-
ing Contest, Clarendon High School
Junior Historians received a plaque.
Historical Papers
HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION
Minnie Fisher Cunningham Award.
"The Eyes of Influence: Dr. Ray
Karchmer Daily," Janis Cooper,
Eisenhower Ninth Grade High School,
Houston.
Kate Harding Bates Parker Awards.
First place, "Technology Controls the
Sea: The Galveston Story," Jonathan
Surratt, Jersey Village High School,
Houston. Second place, "Cubes,
Tubes, and Other Foods: Adapting
Science, Technology, and Inventions
to Feed Our Space Explorers,"
Stephanie Davis, Eisenhower HighMay 1999 / 5
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