K·9 "Bird-dogs"toil through long week to become K-9s "Bird-dog" was an unwelcomed cry to the fo urteen new K-9 pledges tha t wee k. Compl etin g a thorou gh peri od of initia ti on. th e pl edges we r e gl ad to he full -fledged members of th e K-9 soc ial cl ub. The K-9s were ori g· in ally called th e Nine Knights and is the oldes t cl ub in th e Academy. After a hard day of work and a l ot o f wor ry_ K-9 president Timmy Rhodes welcomed eve ryone to the annua l cowboy banquet on th e evening of Feb ru a ry 16 at the "Spr ing Rou nd-Up." The smot hered stea k. baked bea ns. and appl e pi c w ith even mor e trimmings e,anl y fit the a ppet ite of th e hung ry cowboys and co\\girl s. A highli ght of the ba nqu et was Mr. Bill Hampton, speaker of th e eve ning, wh o deli ghted guests with hi s humorous ta l k a bout ta les o f the old wild west. A later fun cti on of th e yea r was a deli cious trea t for the fellows. All of the club membe rs' moth e rs volunteered to bake a number of pies for the boys for a " pi c a la mod e" pa rty whi ch was h eld during the lalter part of th e spring. OfFleEiS. Rhodes, Pres.; Burks, V -Pres .; Cosey, Sec. Treos . NOT PICTURED; o Connor, Koonce. Nyrop. t ~, t, Edmond leigt-. Jerry Nevins Carroll Osburn Jim Owens Manuel Poseyesua Pot Rol ston Philip Rhodes Timmy Rhodes Wayne Sherrod Ken Simmons Bob Smothers James Stovall Sid Tat. John Und e rwood De e Van Winkle Tommy Bryant Carlton Burke Lanny Casey Chris Dean Dickie Dean Jack Evans Cliff Ganus Jimmy Hawkins Dickie Holbert Johnny Jones Roger Lacy Jimmie Lawson WESTERN style bonquelS ore a yearly CuSTom for the K-9s . Ice cream atop a piece of homemade cherry pie is 0 treol. 223
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