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

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Happy LHS-ers spend a contentod Sunday afternoon lazily soaking up the sunshine, and Rain, rain, go away! —and it did after successfully soaking Faye Eddie. Skip Beisler. and Molly Nicols. APRIL Creeps I'll go if you bring me flowers. teases Nancy Connor be- fore she accepts Lindsay Eve's invitation to the Sophomore Class dance. April arrived bringing with her a wave of spring fever. With summer already in view, students slowed down to the pace of spring and thought of love. Balloons, clowns, and pretty girls filled the stage of War Memorial Auditorium in Anchor and Wheel Club's annual variety show, Melody Circus. The crowning of Miss Melody climaxed the event-filled evening. War Me- morial was also the scene of Key Club's annual Youth Rally. Guest speakers were political leaders from all over the state and entertainment was provided by local per- formers. Aspiring journalists got a glimpse of a real, live news- paper as Press Club journeyed to Miami to visit the Miami Daily News offices. Miss Sears, Latin teacher, was voted teacher of the year at LHS and juniors got their first taste of competitive tests as National Merit Exams were given to their class. Romance was in the air as Flying L Romeos escorted their flower-like Juliets to the sophomore class dance. Summer tux and shimmering formals in pastel shades blended in rhythm as couples danced to the strains of Come Softly. As graduation drew near and college plans became vitally important, seniors took weekend visits to prospec- tive campuses and returned to LHS with a collegiate air enveloping them. Shouts of Got that Spirit? Yea, Man! echoed through the gym as cheering tryouts went into the final week.

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“B-E-A-T! shout varsity cheerleaders as they dem- onstrate their cheers at the tryouts for the varsity squad. Regaining her poise, Senior Judy Colby beams with delight as she reigns as the 1959 Basketball Queen. Her attractive attendants are Kathy Fairfield and Noel Doepke. Holidays March shivered in on the crest of an unseasonable cold spell providing a chilly setting for the Flying L's victory over Stranahan in the swim meet. Also, sportswise. seniors came out victorious in the inter- class track meet and baseball tryouts got underway. Juniors made their debut into the world behind the footlights with the comedy production. The Curious Savage. Seniors presented Neptune's Palace. The soft lights and slow music almost lulled them into forgetting that this was their last class dance. Science students were given a special assembly by the Nuclear Institute at Oak Ridge. There was a discussion on The Atomic World : but the big thing on the seniors' minds was the problem of finding a job for Senior Work Day. When the day finally rolled around close to 500 seniors invaded the world of business to earn money for the six scholarships to be given on class night. The highlight of the month was the Easter Holi- days. Everyone made plans for parties and lazy days at the beach with the annual college crowd. Vaca- tion over, suntanned L's returned to school and an- other month faded from view. 47 Co-chairman of the Senior dance, Bruce Dempsey, and division chairmen, Dian Scott and Sandy Koch, discuss plans for decorat- ing for Neptune's Palace.

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PARTIES GALORE IN APRIL . . . Even April showers failed to keep Lauderdale students away from the beach. Beach parties, coke- tail parties, bermuda parties or whatever the ex- cuse might have been, Lauderdalites were on the party craze. Wheel Clubbers, in keeping with the festive mood, presented their annual Service Club Ball for LHS's seven service clubs. With baseball season in full swing, the football hero was forgotten. April Fool's jokes began the month, but for seniors, things were taking on a strange seriousness, as April passed from view and L's went into the final month. trying to forget such things as school. Lazily in With a Wave of Spring Fever Four lovelies, Suzi Smith. DeEtte McPheron, Barbara Roman, and Marsha Mitson, make up a portion of the Melody Circus chorus line. Don't get your hopes up, says Jeff Little to himself as Jill Spavin falls for that old April Fool's trick. It’s empty. 49