Way Back Wednesday
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, November 23, 2016
- Nov. 23, 1967: Here are a couple of big reasons why Reserve Coach Joe Keller smiles when he thinks about the future. The big tackles pictured, both eighth graders, are Donald “Big Red” Vicknair, 275 pounds, left, and Glenn “Big Daddy” Guyton, 305 pounds, right. Between them, to emphasize their size, are Johnny Remondet, 100 pounds, and Tommy Holmes, 105 pounds.
Nov. 24, 1977: Food Galore is what the Woodland Elementary School 4-H Club collected for 10 needy families. Pat’s Supermarket of LaPlace donated seven chickens. Major contributors to the food project are, from left, Michelle Jones, 4-H club president; Lisa Hodges, who brought in 50 canned food items; Juan Watkins, vice president; Julie Usey and Orland Mason, club members who helped pack boxes; Linda Roundtree, 4-H club leader and Emily Watkins, principal of Woodland School.
Nov. 22, 1997: Ascension of Our Lord students in Pam Secrease’s and Denise Vermeulen’s third-grade classes studied Earth in social studies, covering balloons with coats of paper mache, then painting the finished globes and adding continents to complete the project. Pictured, from left, are Ashley Bratcher, Secrease, Danielle Dallimore and Sarah Laurent.
