Fort Lauderdale High School - Ebb Tide Yearbook (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

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Petite, blonde Sandy Koch beams happily as she is awarded the title and crown of 1958 Homecoming Queen by Bob Lewis, president of the Student Council. Homecoming Week, Brim Full of Activities, Spirit ran high as L.H.S. students, chanting and cheering, charged breathlessly through the streets during the Student Council's Snake Dance.

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Tho solemn, happy faces of these initiates reflect the sorious- ness of the occasion, as those girls pledge their devotion to upholding tho nigh standards of their club. Civitan Calendar cover girl, Alice Schmidt, smiles regally while she proudly displays her impressive trophy. Surrounding her is the bevy of twelve glamorous Lauderdale girls who were chosen as girls of the month in Civitan's second annual contest. School Swings on With f'Study” a Byword You can buy a 1959 EBB TIDE for only 400 pennies. 80 nick- les. 40 dimes. 16 quarters. 8 half-dollars or four dollars. so went the advertisement and apparently Phil Pauze and Bob Greve took Patty Nickle at her word because here they are. pennies in hand, to get an EBB TIDE. Horror of horrors! They have only 399 pennies! Nevertheless they got their EB8 TIDE. Every year during this season, you see Orange faces appear in the familiar throng of students. These weird apparitions are usually found with footballs, basketballs and tennis balls taped to their hands: they have pigtails, wear burlap sacks and old sweat suits and make a generally frightening spectacle. These are the mighty L's. varsity lettermen who were invited into the L club and still wonder, if after that day of torture, it was worth it. 35

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queen. Thrilled nominees. Sylvia Cross. Patti Cavaretta. and Sandy Aanes are among the first to offer congratulations. Every fall the time rolls around when the fa- mous Flying L spirit reigns supreme on the L.H.S. campus. During Homecoming week, excitement electrifies the air and enthusiastic students find plenty of outlet for their boundless energy. The festivities began on Monday night with the Stu- dent Council sponsored snake dance and bon- fire. The streets of downtown Lauderdale rang as voices shouted. Give me an '1'! Later that evening couples danced to recorded music on the outdoor blacktop area. Wednesday of Homecoming Week was de- clared color day. Flying L’s cooperated by wearing blue and white to school. Thursday was the day of the gala Homecoming parade. Club members got out of classes to decorate floats. That afternoon, sunburned and grimy, they viewed their masterpieces as the floats wound through town. Friday night the Lauderdale Flying L's met the Curley Knights on the gridiron. Spirit was high, but not high enough, as Lauderdale surrendered to a superior Curley eleven. Climaxing the ac- tivities, lovely Sandy Koch was crowned Home- coming Queen for 1958 at half-time. Has Finally Arrived Anchor clubbers whoop for joy after hearing that their Scalp ‘Em theme won the coveted first prize in float com- petition. It ain't much but it's a float, proclaims a sign on the entry of Mr. Sullivan's homeroom to the Homecoming float com- petition. A bar of Ivory in a jar of water, that's not a float. Or is it? 37