Brandon High School - Eagle Yearbook (Brandon, FL)

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Prophecy Rev NILES BASHAW gave the IIIVO catIon the first day and The Star Spangled Banner was sung by our own BETTY SPENCE The greatest surprIse of all came, when I saw MARGIE RUSHING and CATH ERINE SWINGLEY leadlng cheers for the Georgla Senator who was a candldate for the presIdentIal nomInatIon I learned that the wIfe of the senator, the former BARBARA SUMNER, had orgamzed the cheerleaders Speeches were long and numerous, and there was a note of festIVIty too I saw BILL GORDON and BUCK SCOGIN sellIng balloons to a group of young matrons, and I walked over to them, after recog nIzIng MARY HARRIS I learned that sh was workIng for her husband, a candI date for nom1natIon for vIce presIdent, and was urgmg the group to help her WIth her were EDITH PADGETT, CAROL RAGSDALE, BETTY BIRCH, GEORGIA PATE and ELIZABETH LANE I later learned theIr new names, as all were happIly marrIed At the thIrd sessIon I attended, I sat by the former MILDRED DENHAVI who explalned that she and her husband, who was a delegate from Flor1da, were com bInIng pleasure wIth busmess and had left theIr chIldren at home She told me that her older chIld was takIng pIano lessons from ROBBIE JONES MIldred saId they had just bought a home whIch had been buIlt by ELGENE SIINIPSON and that Gene and BEVERLY QHOGANJ were get tmg along fine together wIth theIr two chIldren Wfhen the conventIon adjourned, I went back to the hotel to eat before I left for the aIrport to return home by plane The cook there was ESTHER MILLER By the way, the hotel was owned by RALPH HARRIS and DOIN ML CATTY, whose wIfe was ELOISE STONE WhIle rId1ng out to the aIrport I saw ANITA HOLTON, SHEILA REGAR and SHIRLEY RIMES comIng out of the large buIldIng of a model agency When I arr1ved, the plane was bemg checked over by the mechamc, LEE HERHAN As soon as we got aboard I recognmed MARY COX, the aIrlIne hostess, who Sald we would leave In a moment So many of the passengers on board looked famIlIar There was ARLENE HANNAWAY, HILDRED PARIS, CAROL VEN DITTO, GAIL WARREN, and EVA MORGAN, all on theIr way to FlorIda for a short VacatIon from theIr dlfferent jobs In the MldWCSt In front of me sat BARBARA PAUL, a famous commercIal artIst, wlfh her ZSSISYHDI, MYRA DOLLAR I Enally arr1ved In Tampa It surely was nIce to be back At the aIrport I met HELEN GILL and LORENE RICH MOND on theIr way to New York to organIze mISsIons In the large cIty I walked outslde and caught a taxI whIch I had to share wIth CAROL HARRIS who was plannIng to WFIIC a book about her recent tour of the U S Cn the way to the bus statIon I saw O ANN BROWNE In a car wIth the SIgn ust MarrIed on ICS trunk Cur bus drIVer was JERUM FOWLER He Informed me that DAVID CURRIER and ROBERT EVANS also worked for hIs bus company There were many places of busIneSS enroute to Brandon We passed by an AnImal HospItal operated by VeterInar ISHS JIMIMY ZINK and WILLIAM GILL Farther on I saw a bIg machnne shop wIth the names CARLTON PREMER and WAYNE MCCLAMMA on It, and InsIde I glImpsed FREDDIE PICKETT workmg After a wh1le we reached Brandon, now a Small town noted for IIS school and athletncs The new head coach was ALBERT STANDARD AS I passed the grocery store I notIced Jo ANN CHILDERS comIng out wIth an arm load of grocerIes on the way home to her husband and famIly CELITA BLEVINS was behmd her and she had wIth her not only grocerIes but also two chIldren As I got off the bus and rode home I thought of how wondeful It was that we could hase such a democratnc country In whIch we could have such a conventIon as I had been to JAR ICE DYRES Pug lu nh I . 4 4 ' ' 4 . ' u , 4 4 H . . . Y t - 4 C L ' 4 . 4 4 . 4. , 4 . 7 ' . . . . . 4 . 4 - 4 ra 4 4 4 a t L 5 -- D u 4 , J , :cj - rs ' 4 . 4 4 4 4 L 4 4 4 6 - t ' . I . 4 4 4 4 4 4 v -- . Y I . Y - L I . 1 ,c' z

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An entry In the Journal of JanIce Dykes In the summer of 1960 I left my famIly behInd and set out for the bIg polItIcal conventIon In ChIcago, IllInoIs Upon arrIvIng at the rallroad statIon, I went straIght to the tIcket wIndow where ALICE SMITH was clerk After talknng wIth her, I found that JIMMY WHEELER and HAROLD ALMAN were both workmg there as engIneers WhIle I was Waltlng to depart from Tampa, I met PAT VINSON, KAY CLEM ENTS, JACKLYN YUHAS, and BARBARA LUMSDEN, all teachers In Hlllsborough County, on theIr way to FSU for a teachers meetIng Somewhat later, I walked over to the newsstand, and to my great surprIse, whose pIcture was on the cover of a movIe magazIne but SYLVIA STONE and her manager, HUBERT KING' I bought a newspaper and hurrIedly turned to the sports sectIon I recognIzed Coach BOBBIE HUNNICUTT pIctured wIth hIs champIon basketball team on wh1ch DENNIS WALDROP was the star player Farther down on the page I notIced that coached by DOROTHY LOWE, had won theIr seventh game at the school play days Then I heard the conductor call, All Aboard , and I hurrIed to the traIn After I boarded the traIn and found a seat, I resumed readIng my newspaper On the front page I read about a notor IOUS gangster who had just been appre hended by GEORGE PINEGAR, a famous FBI agent, assIsted by ALICE M MAHAN, hIs secretary When I had become tIred, I looked around at the other passengers Across the aIsle I notIced IRMA QVAN VAEREN BERGHJ and WALTER ROBERTSON and spoke to them I learned that Walter had a good Job as an aIrcraft mechanIc In Tampa, and that he and Irma had a nIce home In a small subdIvISIon of Brandon called Palm RIver After a whIle, we stopped In a sIdIng at a town, to Walt for another traIn to pass I stepped outsIde for a moment, and to my amazement, I saw HILDEGARDE VALTIN and THERMAN FERTIC, who ex planned that they were waItIng for some Page Tu M113 Four Class cattle commg In on another tram for theIr adJo1nIng cattle ranches At last, we arrlved at Chlcago and I proceeded to haIl a taX1 The drIver was none other than EARL HINTON, who drove me safely to the hotel, where DOYLE HARRIS, the doorman, helped me out of the taxI and took my baggage InsIde In the lobby I saw MAXINE WOOD, CAROL HARRIS, DONNA HOOD, LINDA JOHNSON, JACKIE MARTIN, EVELYN BRY ANT, DORIS MAYS, and DORIS ADAMS, a few of the large number of secretarles attendIng the conventIon to take notes When I went over to regIster, I dns covered the man In front of me was DANIEL SMITH, the banker, a delegate from Florlda He explamed that he had left SARA QLANIERJ at home, as she worked as a reglstered nurse, but had brought wIth hIm CALVIN MII LER, an accountant In the bank where he worked Later, whIle walkIng around town, I JUNE MCCLINTOCK a n d FLOURINE STEARNS who had left theIr chIldren at home and had come to attend the Con ventIOn wIth theIr husbands Soon after, whIle loOkIng for 1 good place to eat, I met FRANK THOMAS, now a prosperous archltect He told of some plans he had recently drawn One was a large super market for MILTON LOVE LACE, another, a new laboratory at a famous college where GEORGE NOBLE was professor of Chemlstry The conventlon had a great openIng the next day There were many people I had known takIng part RICHARD MC PHERSON led the band wh1ch played there NILA JONES played the Organ for the sIngIng I also caught a glImpse of WILLIAM CUMMINS and HERMAN LOPEZ workIng as televIsIon technIc1ans The beautIful flowers on the platform were Sald to be from GUYAN BARRY,S nursery Was I surprIsed to learn that CHARLES NAUGLE was Speaker of the House and that hIs lovely Secretary was none other than BETTY HAGIN' 7 , . . the girls' volleyball team at B.H.S., met SHEARER SMITH, NAOMI ROBERTS, ,, , ,... . . . . . ' C- '

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ueYul x Last Wtll And Testament We the Semors of Brandon Hugh Sehool, belng our usual phys1cally Ht and sanely opt1m1st1c selves, do w1ll and bequeath all our property, mtangrble though rt IS, as follows 1 To our school, our eternal love and gratltude for the happlest, most earefree years of our llves 2 To our prnnclpals, Mr McLane and Mr Burns, our sm eerest appreelatlon for the1r tnnely adv1ee and guldanee 3 To our teaehers and hbrarlan, our fondest affeetxon for the1r patlence and thoughtfulness 4 To our sponsors, an undymg devotlon for lovmg us, not so much for our faults but IH splte of them 5 To our coaches, Hfteen rahs, and season after season of undefeated teams 6 To the lunchroorn staff, our humblest apologles for grlpmg about lunehes YVl11C,l'l were both Hllmg and wholesome 7 To the 1954 Sennors, our most eoveted prnxlege, hrst plaee ln the luneh hne 8 To the umors, the altogether rmposslble task of servmg and pleasnng next year s Semors 9 To the oncommg Sophomores, young and unsoph1st1cated as they wlll be, a map of our eampus rn order that they wlll haxe no excuse for W3l'1ClLI'lI1f' almlessly xn seareh of the1r elassrooms 0 , . . , . - 1 7 . . . . e . . . I O C O e - . a, 3 N, . . e . S j is ' I C 1 I 1' C I . . e . . . . I C 0 i H A e . J 1 Y - 'x 'y' x ' W1 I ' 1 ' J e . , . 7 C , , e - w, 1 .7 L . X h. . 3 . N N 7 , . ,. g 'eng-Si