Senior

<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>   |   <A HREF="junior.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Junior">Junior</A>   |   <B>Senior</B></div> <div> <B><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </B></div> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="VOID" RULES="NONE" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1842 WIDTH="700"><div> <I><B>1962 - The Senior Year </B></I></div> <div> <A HREF="senior_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Senior 1">The Senior Year</A><A HREF="senior_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Senior 1"> </A><A HREF="senior_1.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Senior 1">Photo Page</A></div> <div> <A HREF="id153.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Photo">Special Graduation Items</A></div> <div> At Last!! King of the mountain. Just biding my time until it's over with. Being a Senior is great. Everything reveolves around us.We are the leaders! Life is... PERFCT ...........except....what if I don't graduate this year... what if I do graduate this year... three choises: college, work, or the military.... all are scary.... all my friends will be going away.... I'm on my own and life is for real ... no more playing .....can I make it..... jeeez, can't school last a little longer.... ....uh, oh</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 1962 - U.S. Statistics</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> Vice President: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760620.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760620.h">Lyndon B. Johnson </A></FONT></div> <div> Population: 186,537,737 </div> <div> Life expectancy: 70.1 years </div> <div> Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 20.2 </div> <div> Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 18.6 </div> <div> Homicide Rate (per 100,000): 4.8 </div> <div> US GDP (1998 dollars): $585.2 billion </div> <div> Federal spending: $106.82 billion </div> <div> Federal debt: $302.9 billion </div> <div> Consumer Price Index: 30.2 </div> <div> Unemployment: 6.7% </div> <div> Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.04 </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107517.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107517.h">France</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > transfers sovereignty to new republic of </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107272.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107272.h">Algeria</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > (July 3). </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0814197.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0">Cuban Missile Crisis</A>:<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > USSR to build missile bases in </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107443.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107443.h">Cuba</A>;<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > Kennedy orders Cuban blockade, lifts blockade after </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107909.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107909.h">Russia</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >backs down (Aug.-Nov.).</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0826383.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Pope John XXIII</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > opens </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/search.php3?query=Second+Vatican+Council&in=all&go.x=18&go.y=11" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/search.php3?qu">Second Vatican Council</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >(Oct. 11).</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107443.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107443.h">Cuba</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >releases 1,113 prisoners of 1961 </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0806555.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0">invasion attempt</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > (Dec. 24).</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107374.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107374.h">Burundi</A>, <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107662.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107662.h">Jamaica</A>,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > Western </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108149.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108149.h">Samoa</A>, <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108066.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108066.h">Uganda</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >, and </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108046.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108046.h">Trinidad and Tobago</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > become independent.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0825309.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0">James H. Meredith</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >, escorted by federal marshals, registers at </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0833415.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0">University of Mississippi </A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >(Oct. 1).</FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Pat Brown defeats </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760621.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760621.h">Richard Nixon</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >in the </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108187.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108187.h">California</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > gubernatorial race </FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154857.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154857.">Marilyn Monroe</A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > dies of a drug overdose at age 36.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> The first transatlantic television transmission occurs via the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Comic Sans MS" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0813065.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08130">Telstar</A></FONT> Satellite, making worldwide television and cable networks a reality.</div> <bR> <div> Government regulations force studios out of the talent agency business. </div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154692.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0154692.">Johnny Carson</A></FONT> takes over hosting duties of The Tonight Show.</div> <bR> <div> Movies </div> <div> Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Manchurian Candidate, Divorce-Italian Style</div> <bR> <div> Lt. Col. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/glenn1.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/glenn1.ht">John H. Glenn, Jr.</A></FONT>, is first American to orbit Earth three times in 4 hours 55 minutes (Feb. 20).</div> <div>  Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001364.h">US Staffed Space Flights</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >Mariner II, the first interplanetary probe, reaches </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004448.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004448.h">Venus</A>. </div> <div> Background: <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#00FF00" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001361.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001361.h">US Unstaffed Planetary and Lunar Programs</A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> Unimation introduces the first industrial robot.</div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >The commercially sponsored Telstar </FONT><A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0813065.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08130">communications satellite</A> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" >is launched.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>Deaths</B><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0808132.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Niels Bohr</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0818337.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">William Faulkner</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0157456.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0157456.h">Ernie Kovacs</A> </div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0842364.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A08">Eleanor Roosevelt</A></div> <bR> <div> Record of the Year: "Moon River" Henry Mancini </div> <bR> <div> Album of the Year: Judy at Carnegie Hall, Judy Garland (Capitol) </div> <bR> <div> Song of the Year: "Moon River," Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer, songwriters </div> <bR> <div> Miss America: Maria Fletcher (NC</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>