Blountstown High School - Saber Tooth Yearbook (Blountstown, FL)

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Biit While We Live Weil Ever Cherish. ALUMNI and guests recall days of Auld Lang Syne during the annual alumni dinner held in the school lunchroom. Nancy Pridgeon, Joan Parker, Marcia Ann Redd, Sylvia Peacock, Joyce Yon, and Sandra Eldridge are selected to attend the Homecoming queen. . . Homecoming 154- 755 Blountstown Public School's '54-'55 Homecoming opened with an Alumni dinner Thursday, October 14. Alumnus Wallace Finlay was guest-speaker. 108 alumni and guests attended. I. Frank Morris, McClenny, Florida, came the farthest distance, the class of '43 had the largest representation. At ll a. m. , Friday, October 15, Frances Ayers, class of '55, was crowned Homecoming queen by football captain Johnny Rooks, during a general assembly in the gymnasium. The afternoon parade consisted of 25 floats, the band, cheerleaders, school patrol, and Brownie Scouts. The senior float won first place for beauty, the Juniors and the first grade tied for originality. Homecoming festivities officially ended with Blountstown's Tigers defeating Crawfordville 24-0. I8

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. . . SPECIAL EVENTS CALL FOR BIBS AND TUCKERS, SWISHLNG , PETTICOATS, QRCHIDS - PER- . HAPS. . . ' F. F. A, Advisor Lamar Jones, .. Legislator Marion B. Knight, ,m ,N-ig 1 - - ' Emcee Bobby Tyre, F. H. A. Advi- Q ,fy ig, J O sor Mrs. Evelyn Gaskin, and F. H. A. nr Ki' N.-:A-.3 ::g'1f,, chapter president Joan Parker wel- , N ,ffgfi ' U O . come parents and guests to the QR' s if .z ' F. F. A. - F. H. A. joint Banquet. Former Governor Fuller Warren congratulates Coach Ted Cooper, Most Valuable Player, Charles Ray Howell, and all-conference Football Players, Virgil Smiley, Richard Leath, Johnny Rooks, and Donnell Whitfield during the Quarterback Club's annual banquet , for B Club members. F. S. U. 's School of Journalism Dean, Dr. Laurence R. Campbell presented Betty Jane Whitehead and Sara Williams with state awards for outstanding work on student publications at the Saber Tooth Staff's first annual buffet supper, jointly honoring Mr. James Vea- sey, high school faculty member to whom the '55 edition is I 'h xkis A ,f avwugj.. nw, .0 . 7 xIX'7 ' dedicated, and prospective members l J of next year's staff. lf' 1 ne K Soon. Its Da 5 Are Done . I7 5 1 -fi. 4 ,- 4 1 I

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FRANCES AYERS reigns as 1514-'55 lfloriiccmning Queen. . . JOHNNY ROOKS, Tiger captain congratu- lates Queen Frances as student council president PATRICIA FINLAY and escort JOHN WYNN applaud. The SENIOR CLASS' float cops first place for beauty, .. The TIGERS trounce CRAWFORDVILLE 24-U. . . ,gnu 215 i 5 rr ' 3 x - . 35 a . ?,3,.. dqzffrzz' .g,.., W .... ' ' t 1 If 'V' ' ,gp ' 3--'r A S4 .F f 4 , fx.. , -.7 -i m VER, 'rrfi I -' 'I ik?-' - r T . W, p,. T 'fa ' w ' .I-if 'cf ' I an 1 ' as - A S 1 4,.. ' f ps ,Rs -s X , 4 'MQ v 9 Friendslups Here Begun