Clermont High School - Highlander Yearbook (Clermont, FL)

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History Among the twenty-nine graduating Seniors there remain only nine of the scared little young'ins that first appeared here in the fall of 1944. The first moming Sandra Anderson, Lettie Beals, Marquerite Boyd, Pat Dees, Eleen Kimball, Tanya Hutsell. Jimmy Carroll, Lynn Crews, and Gilbert Pierce had the unforgettable experience of meeting Mrs. Ware. Our first year passed quite serenely with only twelve teachers. Our second year started with a bang with the welcome addition of Lynn Brantly, Ruth Cummings, Anna Mary Priebe, and Bob McCown. This year we had only two teachers. Our third year was a succession of bubble gum, marbles, tops, jacks, and-- more teachers. This year Gloria Hough and Bill Aslunore joined our ranks, Fourth and fifth grades went along quite quietly except for the additions of Roger Godwin and Jean Harden. Remember the weekly spelling bees with Anna Mary always Champion, the daily penmanship lessons, the morning specials, and Friday afternoon radio programs? These were what Royce Wells and Hazel Smith found when they joined us in the sixth grade. Oh! at last we made it--Junior High--weren't we the wheels though. James Graves arrived our eighth year to add greatly to the general confusion. With the beginning of our Freshman year, we first began to realize that we might get out someday. This year Nancy Smith, Julia Faye Rogers, Golan Helmuth, and Leonard Pennington enlarged our ranks. We were thrilled to have two of our number in the Cheering team, and several basketball players. As Sophomores we set a record for magazine sales that still stands. Shirley Simmons, Margaret Mitchell, Julia Welsh, and Tanya Hutsell, who returned from several years in Nebraska, contributed much to this success. Our Junior year was taken up with presenting the smash hit-- Cheaper By The Dozen, planning a prom of Moonlight and Roses, getting our beautiful class rings, and doing as little work as possible. At last we are Seniors--It has been a long road producing the Senior Play, Old Doc that was a roaring success, ordering calling cards, announcements, and caps and gowns. These all drive home the fact that it won't be long now. Mary Lou Rorabaugh and Albert Haines arrived this year to swell the class of '56 to twenty-nine. We are proud of our class and as we scatter after graduation, we shall have many memories, good and bad, to take with us and use in the years to come.

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Valedictorian NA NCY SMITH Salutatorian MARGUERITE BOYD Honors ,Q L: 1' - f 3 V L Q A. A p A A Third Fourth JULIA WELSH BILL ASHMORE SLL ,. 9 I , A 13, 1 ,zllb 1 Q . Fifth Sixth Seventh MARY Lou RORABAUGH LYNN BRAN-1-Ly ANNA MARY PRIEBE

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Class Will LYNN CREWS wills Gordon Lewia his surefire way for cutting off pounds. JULIA WELSH leaves Daye Turville and Gwen Page her one way ticket to Grove- land. Have fun girls! JAMES GRAVES wills Jack Patterson his ability to light a Little Joe in a windy car. RUTH CUMMINGS wills Carolyn Oswalt a big smile, dimples and ability to get along with others. GILBERT PIERCE leaves Charley Seaver and Duane Pontius a book on Charles Atlas method for building muscles. ELEEN KIMBALL leaves her title of the tallest girl in the Senior Class to Marilyn Nagel and Dianne McLean. BILL ASHMORE leaves Jack Judy and George Bishop his skill in fouling out of basketball games. GLORIA HOUGH and ANNA MARY PRIEBE leave Phyllis Weideman and Loretta Fish their ability to pick oranges during classes without being caught. GOLAN HELMUTH wills Dan White his bench behind the locker rooms. JULIA ROGERS leaves Pat Smith her ability to act smart but remain stupid. ROGER GODWIN and SANDRA ANDERSON leave their old parking places to Mike Schoenholz and Maxine Swearingen. LYNN BRANTLY leaves her ability to clean up after the angelic little ones to Sue Allen and Joan English. ROYCE WELLS leaves his ability on the football field to Dan Sheldon. MARY LOU RORABAUGH leaves Ned Henderson and Bill Rorabaugh her front- row seat in English class. BOB McCOWN bequeaths Speedy Wolfe his ability to avoid accidents. MARGUERITE BOYD and NANCY SMITH will their ability to get along with Mrs. Schlott to David Black and Helen Harper. PAT DEES and JEAN HARDEN leave John Toole and Don Vauglm their quiet manner. Use it well, boys! LETTIE BEALS and SHIRLEY SIMMONS leave their wedding plan book to Jean Creech. JIM CARROLL wills his book on How To Relax to Earl Purvis. HAZEL SMITH and MARGRET MITCHELL leave to Douglas Kelly the ability to avoid trouble. LEONARD PENNINGTON and AL HAINES leave to Ruby Harris the map of Minneola. TANYA HUTSELL leaves Carolyn Arey her black book of boys' addresses.