Dunbar High School Scrapbook - 2b

Splash Day

Jones Lake
Fete Slated

Jones Lake Park and swimming
pool will open for the 1961 sea-
son here Saturday with a Splash
Day program scheduled to begin
at 1 p.m.
Activities will include a parade,
two beauty contests, a carnival,
and other special events.
Miss East Texas of 1961 will
be chosen from a field of six
girls in one beauty contest and
Miss Senior of 1961 will be se-
lected from seven contestants in
the other contest.
Candidates and their sponsors
in the Miss East Texas competi-
tion include Lillie Stephens, Marks
Beauty Shop; Myrty C. Richards,
McGruder Beauty Shop; Virginia
Howard, Berry Beauty Shop; Mar-
via Brown, East Texas Funeral
Home; Lurlene Hale, Community
Nursery; and Wilma Colquitt,
Berry's Washeteria.
Candidates and sponsors in the
Miss Senior contest include Ada
Marie Daniel of Crockett, Ralph
Bunche High School; Loletha
Johnson of Crockett, Ralph Bunche
High School; Ruth E. Lewis, Dr.
C. A. Allen; Oscar V. Kennedy,
Johnson's Beauty Shop; Shirley
Fleming, Sanders Beauty Shop;
Marvin Sumlin, Temple High
School; and Joyce Nash, Mattox
Service Station.
All contestants have been re-
minded to gather at Brandon Ele-
mentary School at noon Saturday
to meet the judges, Mrs. Auste-
rine Gilbert, T. Freeman, and
Mrs. Frank Johnson.
The Splash Day program will
begin at 1 p.m. with a parade.
Ceremonies at the park will get
underway at 2 p.m. with Law-
rence Kirksey serving as master
of ceremonies.
National anthem and prayer
See Jones Lake, Page 7