Junior

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=169 style=" border-bottom: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="017a0ad1dyxtip.jpg"> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="698" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER HEIGHT= 111 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="00d69690.jpg" border=0 width="105" height="105" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=CENTER><NOBR><div> Waxahachie Independant School District    <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >               Waxahachie, Texas</FONT></div> <div> <B>Waxahachie High School Alumni 1962</B></div> <div> <B>WHS Seniors '62</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=268 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="01f9b9c3.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="freshman.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Freshman">Freshman</A>   |   <A HREF="sophomore.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sophomore">Sophomore</A>   |   <B>Junior</B>   |   <A HREF="senior.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Senior">Senior</A></div> <div> <B><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="12" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1806 WIDTH="706"><div> <I><B>1961 - The Junior Year</B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="junior_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Junior 1"> </A><A HREF="junior_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Junior 1">The Junior Picture Page</A> </div> <bR> <div> I can't wait to be a Senior!!! Those lucky people are going to be getting out of here soon. Seems like I've been going to school here FOREVER! Thank God for sports and dances or I'd go crazy. Maybe I can get a car this year. The thing I like best about school?? PEP RALLIES!! </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>1961 - U.S. Statistics</B></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >President:</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760619.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760619.h">John F. Kennedy </A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Vice President: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760620.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760620.h">Lyndon B. Johnson</A> </div> <div> Population: 183,691,481 </div> <div> Life expectancy: 70.2 years </div> <div> Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 19.1 </div> <div> Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 17.5 </div> <div> Homicide Rate (per 100,000): 4.7 </div> <div> US GDP (1998 dollars): $544.8 billion </div> <div> Federal spending: $97.72 billion </div> <div> Federal debt: $292.6 billion </div> <div> Consumer Price Index: 29.9 </div> <div> Unemployment: 5.5% </div> <div> Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04 </div> <bR> <div> US breaks diplomatic relations with <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107443.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107443.h">Cuba</A></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT>(Jan. 3).</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0806555.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0">Bay of Pigs</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >(April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >East </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107568.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107568.h">Germany</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >erects the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/berlinwall.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/berlinwal">Berlin Wall</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >between East and West </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0807195.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A080">Berlin</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13).</FONT></div> <div>  Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0812840.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0">The Cold War</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >USSR detonates 50-megaton </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0824719.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08247">hydrogen bomb</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >in the largest man-made explosion in history (Oct. 29). </FONT></div> <div> Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0836143.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08361">nuclear weapons</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >There are 2,000 US military advisers in South </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108144.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108144.h">Vietnam</A>.</div> <div>  Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001292.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001292.h">Vietnam War</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0836844.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0">OPEC</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formally constituted</FONT></div> <div> . </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0819782.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Robert Frost</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > recites "The Gift Outright" at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0827379.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">John F. Kennedy's</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > inauguration (Jan. 20).</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.h">First US astronaut</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >, Navy Cmdr.</FONT> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0844849.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Alan B. Shepard, Jr.</A>,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > rockets 116.5 miles up in 302-mile trip (May 5).</FONT></div> <div> Virgil Grissom becomes <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.h">second American astronaut</A>, making 118-mile-high, 303-mile-long rocket flight over Atlantic (July 21). </div> <bR> <div> Patsy Cline releases "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy." The success of the songs help her cross over from country to pop.</div> <div> <I>West Side Story</I> is adapted for the big screen, and will go on to win <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148869.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148869.h">Oscars</A> </FONT>for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (George Chakiris), Supporting Actress (<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0759658.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0759658.">Rita Moreno</A></FONT>), and Directing (Robert Wise and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154904.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154904.">Jerome Robbins</A></FONT>).</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154778.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154778.">Audrey Hepburn</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > delights as Holly Golightly in </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0152124.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0152124."><I>Breakfast at Tiffany's,</I></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > but </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0760968.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0760968.">Henry Mancini</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > emerges as the real star. He won two </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148869.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148869.h">Oscars</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > and four </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0150541.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0150541.h">Grammy Awards</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > for the score, which included the hit "Moon River."</FONT></div> <div> Movies </div> <div> <I>West Side Story, The Hustler, Judgment at Nuremberg, La Dolce Vita</I></div> <bR> <div> Music Patsy Cline, "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy"</div> <bR> <div> Moscow announces putting first man in orbit around earth, Major <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0819983.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Yuri A. Gagarin</A></FONT> (April 12) Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001365.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001365.h">Soviet Staffed Space Flight Programs</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Gherman Stepanovich Titov is launched in Soviet spaceship <I>Vostok II</I>: makes 17 1/2 orbits in 25 hours, covering 434,960 miles before landing safely (Aug. 6).</div> <div>  Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001365.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001365.h">Space Exploration</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0844849.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Alan B. Shepard</A></FONT> becomes the first American man in space aboard the <I>Freedom 7</I>.</div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > Background: </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.h">US Staffed Space Flights</A> </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Jack Lippes develops the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0807671.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08076">contraceptive</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >intrauterine device (IUD). </FONT></div> <div> Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113931.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113931.h">Birth & Contraception</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deaths</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0806731.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Sir Thomas Beecham</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0812699.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Ty Cobb</A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0826767.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Carl Jung</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0157812.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0157812.h">Chico Marx</A></div> <bR> <div> Record of the Year: "Theme From A Summer Place," Percy Faith </div> <div> Album of the Year: <I>Button Down Mind</I>, Bob Newhart (Warner Bros.) </div> <div> Song of the Year: "Theme From Exodus," Ernest Gold, songwriter </div> <div> Miss America: Nancy Fleming (MI)</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></B></div> <div> Questions, Comments, Suggestions or to Report a Broken Link .......<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Contact: </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="mailto: webmaster@whs62.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto: webmaster@whs62.net">webmaster@whs62.net</A></FONT></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=42 style=" border-top: 1px solid #CCCCCC;" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="0182a2f1dyxtip.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="http://whs62.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net">Home</A>     <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Roll" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Roll">Roll Call</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/In_Memory" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/In_Memory">In Memory</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Long_Ago" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Long_Ago">Long Ago</A>    <A HREF="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/">Our 50's</A><A HREF="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.whs62.net/Our_50s/"> </A>  <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Reunions" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Reunions">Reunions</A>   <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Today" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Today">Today</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Contacts" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Contacts">Contacts</A>    <A HREF="http://whs62.net/Links" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://whs62.net/Links">Links</A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>