Winter Haven High School - Wha Hwa Hta See Yearbook (Winter Haven, FL)

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Ne' . . . The Armed Forces visited us in the form of a special assembly, informing the iuniors and seniors of the opportunities in the dif- ferent branches of the service . . . Education week was observed by an assembly and a play written, directed, and acted by Mr. Sloan's creative writing classes . . . College Day came for the seniors, and they met and talked with representatives of their chosen colleges . . . Finalists in the I Speak for De- mocracy contest were Mary Ann Taylor, Joanne Race, Ramon Delgado, Terry Barkin, Ed Blate, and Suzy Norman . . . the top orator was Joanne, with Ramon and Ed fin- ishing second and third . . . The Blue Devils trounced WauchuIa'l3-6 in our last out-of- town game of the season . . . Wednesday, November 24th began our big Homecoming weekend . . . for the past few days students had been working feverishly on floats for the parade . . . the festivities got under way with a pep rally in the stadium . . . the sen- ior football players looked darling as cheer- leaders, and vice-versa . . . the yelling con- 5 ,C so Joanne reads her prize Winning 5 E 35-I Democracy speech ' W, , to Ed and Ramon. I If i ' f Terry's fan club. test between the classes and the band was a five-way tie . . . then the parade, with over twenty-five floats . . . the hard-working clubs with the winning floats were the Hon- or Society, the Spanish Club, and the Latin Club . . . at six we met at the Junior High for the snake dance. . . led by the band, the line ran twisting through town and down to the field for the bonfire . . . everyone cheered and sang, and the Bartow dummy was burned . . . Thanksgiv ng Day was spent, of course, around the dinner table, but at eight everyone was at the stadium rooting for a Blue Devil victory, but we dropped the game 6-O . . . the game was exciting, the half-time show was great . . . At last, the danceflQing Bobby and Queen Tweedle reigned over the happy crowd . . . GOVERNME T, SPCRTS Bartow burns at Homecoming bonfire, sag,

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f o 25 4 l l Keith, Bobby, Roy, Dick, and Bill expertly test Everyone worked hard polishing school on Clean-Up oranges at the Citrus Exposition. day. EVENTS OF A BUSY WNTER . . . The Haven Hotel was the scene of the Latin Club banquet the night of December 7 . . . The student body met the officers of the F.F.A. and F.H.A. and learned the purposes and activities of the two clubs in a special assembly on December 8 . . . The Key Club feted the faculty at a tea given in honor of our hard-working teachers on December 9 . . . Then they were served more at a tea given them on December I5 by the F.H.A. . . . In our last assembly before the Christmas holidays, we carried off a successful White Christmas with each room outdoing itself filling Christmas Dinner boxes for needy families . . . Back to school after New Year's vacation . . . Talent that sounded professional was displayed at the assembly given by the students from Florida State University . . . A busy three days for mem- bers of the Band and Glee Club-the event? State Music Clinic at Tampa, of course . . . Culture came to our town with the Community Concert Series and the monthly productions at the Com- munity Playhouse . . . An insight on teenage problems was afforded us by Dr. Grace Overton in a special assembly . . . Another distinguished guest visited our town-Norman Vincent Peale, the famous author . . . SCHOOLS OUT! Only for one clay but out nevertheless-What a time we had at the Florida Citrus Exposition, trying all the rides, seeing all the sideshows and getting sick on all the hot dogs, popcorn, and cotton candy . . . Freshmen delivered a polished performance in their talent assembly on January l9-every- thing from skits to piano playing to singing . . . Everyone in town heard and saw, the Band at the Band Concert in Nora Mayo the Night of January 27. .. I pledge allegiance to the flag . . . Coach Ausley accepts small gift from Dad's Club L. --qw