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History records Homecomings past
Although it is easily overlooked in
the excitement of surrounding
events, a reason does exist for all this
Homecoming hoopla. And that
reason is the football game.
Considering the team's erratic
performance this year, many people
would probably prefer to let the
game take a back seat to .all the
parties, but a backward glance will
show that Homecoming games were
sometimes turning points for losing
Tar Heel teams.
Such was the case in 1967. Coach
Bill Dooley's team beat Maryland to
break a 12-game loosing streak and
give Dooley his first win at Carolina.
The 1947 Homecoming game was
another exciting match. Not only
was it the first time Carolina had
played State in three years, but the
famed Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice
was also in the lineup.
The State-Carolina games had
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V-I Tart postcards, notecards, Christinas cards
Sjjr i baskets and folk art
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is a tabloid supplement published
each Friday by the Daily Tar Heel.
Michele Mecke
Editor
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Lou Bilionis, Editor
Chuck Alston, Managing Editor
Betsy Flagler, Features Editor
Mark Scandfing, Arts Editor
Lee Pace, Sports Editor
Allen Jernigan, Photography Editor
been discontinued in the mid-'40s
because World War II had taken
much of the schools' football talent.
But after three years, popular
demand brought the two teams back
together. - -
Carolina whipped State, running
up the biggest score (41-6) of the
archrivalry. Choo Choo was
instrumental in the victory and had
his best day of the season in the
passing and- running departments.
Carolina Coach Carl Snavely
cleared the bench, using 46 men in
what was truly a team victory. As
1947 headlines read, culture -had
beaten agriculture once again.
Like Homecoming games.
Homecoming queens tend to blur"
together as years pass. But there are
exceptions here, too.
The 1959 queen, for example,
wore galoshes on the field. Mrs.
Douglas Murray, then Gertie
Barnes, recalls that is was pouring
down rain that day, and while the
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galoshes kept her feet dry, they
didn't do much for the Carolina
team, which lost to Tennessee 29-7.
Another notable winner was the
1975 queen er king. That year
Delmar Williams won the election for
Homecoming Queen, to the
affrontment of the athletic
department, which said Williams was
making a mockery not only of
Homecoming activities but of
deparment as well. Williams said he
was merely seeking his rights under
Title DC.
Although the athletic department
at first threatened to cancel the half
time ceremony if Williams remained
on the court, a compromise was
reached. An honorary Homecoming
Queen was first announced, and .
then Williams was crowned
Homecoming King, receiving the
honors normally given to a queen.
SARAH WEST
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