Fort Meade High School - Fomehiso Yearbook (Fort Meade, FL)

Text from Pages 1 - 84 of the 1953 volume:

F O CV) E H I SO 953 Published by THE SENIOR CLASS FORT MEADE HIGH SCHOOL Fort Meade, Florida Volume IX Advisor, MRS. NELLIE MAY WHITE Editor OLIVER REEVES ANNUAL STAFF Seated: Martha Milling, Historian; Charles Lee, Lawyer; and June Peacock, Typist. Standing: Max Logan, Assistant Editor; Mrs. White, Advisor; Oilver Reeves, Editor; Leo Durrance, Prophet; Alice Hedden, Art Editor; Earl Collins Typist; June Kurish, Typist; Betty Lou Cannon, Sports Editor; Dorothy Lunsford, Snapshot Editor; and Peggy Dotson, Business Manager. Not Shown: Lillian Wind- ham, Art Editor. HI DEDICATION It is only fitting and proper that we, the class of 1953 express our gratitude to our splendid sponsors for their generous aid and guidance through these, our final school years. Their sincere interest, service, kindness, fairness, and a broad wealth of knowledge have been devoted to a pro- fession given in building a better world through better education. Therefore, we respectfully dedicate this,our 1952-'53 R. D. MITCHELL Supervising Principal MRS. CAROLYN DOTSON Commercial Senior Sponsor CHARLES S. HARRISON Athletic Director Science Senior Sponsor MRS. KATHERINE BELL DAVID M. BLACK RUPERT CARLTON Secretary Physical Education Band Director Psychology T. A. COCHRANE MRS. MARY COMEGYS CLAYTON CURTIS Agriculture School Nurse English Spanish MRS. WINIFRED EVANS MISS HELEN GODWIN MRS. MARION HART Administrative Assistant Social Studies Social Studies Mathematics Mathematics MISS SARAH LETT Girls' Coach Physical Education EUGENE H. LUTKE F. N. McCULLARS Assistant Coach Agriculture Social Studies MRS. BARBARA ORR DAVID W. SAWTELL MISS MARTHA SMITH Home Economics English Librarian MRS. ORRILLA SMITH MRS. NELLIE MAY WHITE MRS. LORRAINE YOUNG English Mathematics English Science PEGGY DOTSON, Secretary: Class 1, 2, 3, 4; Officer 1, 4; FHA 1, 2, 3,4; Cheerleader 2,3,4; Basketball 2,3; M Club 2,3,4; Class Play 3; Annual Staff; Black and Gold Staff 3, 4;Class Notable. JULIUS DEAN, Treasurer: Class 1,2,3,4; Class Officer 4; Foot- ball 3,4; All Conference 4; Track 3, 4; Baseball 4; M Club 3,4; Class Notable. Senior JOHN GORDON, President: Class 1,2. 3,4; Class Play 3; FFA 1. 2, 3,4; Student Council 2; Boy's State 3; Class Notable. MAX LOGAN, Vice President: Class 3,4; Annual Staff; Class Notable Officers MARTHA MILLING, Reporter: Class 1,2, 3,4; Class Play 3; Basket- ball 2,3; FHA 1.2, 3,4; Black and Gold 3,4. MILLY NEMEC, Reporter: Class 2, 3, 4; Officer 2, 3,4; Black and B Gold 2, 3,4; Homecoming Sponsor 3; I Band 2. 3,4; FHA 2, 3,4. JEAN BARNETT: Class 1.2. 3,4; Band 1,2,3; FHA 1,2,3, 4; Class Play 3; Black and Gold 2, 3. BARNEY BASS: Class 1,2,3,4; Stage Manager 3; FFA 1.2. 3.4; Football 3,4. JOYCE DAVIS: Class 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; M Club 4; FHA 1,2,3,4; Black and Gold 4; Band 2. BOBBY DEVANE: Class 1,2, 3,4; FFA 1.2,3; Football 2. 3,4; Baseball 3,4; MM Club 3,4; Class Notable. BETTY LOU CANNON: Class 1,2, 3, 4; FHA 1,2, 3. 4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4, Captain 3,4; M Club 1,2, 3,4; Annual Staff; Class Notable. EARL COLLINS: Class 1,2, 3,4; Class Play 3; Black and Gold 2. 3.4; Band 1,2. 3,4; Annual Staff. LEO DURRANCE: Class 1,213,4; Class Play 3; Band 1,2, 3,4; Black and Gold 3,4; Annual Staff; Class Notable. WINIFRED GILLISP1E: Class 1,2, 3,4; FHA 1.2,3; Band 4. i LA VERNE GUEST: Class 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; FHA 1,2,4; Band 2,3. MARJORIE HANCOCK: Class 1, 2, 3, 4; FHA 1,2, 3. 4; Ush- er 3; Class Notable. ALICE HEDDEN: Class 1, 2, 3, 4; Cheerleader 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1,2, 3,4; M Club 1,2, 3,4; FHA 1,2, 3, 4; Band 1,2, 3,4; FFA Sweetheart 1; Black and Gold 1,2, 3,4; Girl's State; Student Council 4; Annual Staff; Class Notable. LUCIAN HENDRICK Class 1,2, 3,4; Officer 3; FFA 1.2, 3,4; Baseball 1,2. SHIRLEY HOWZE: Class 1, 2, 3,4; Band 2; FHA 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4. LUCILLE IVEY: Class 1,2, 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; Co-Captain 3; FHA 1,2, 3, 4; M Club 2, 3,4; Black and Gold 4; Class Notable. SHELTON JACKSON Class 1,2,3,4; Class Notable. BILLY JERKINS: Class 1,2, 3,4; Football 3; Baseball 2,4; Basketball 4. JUNE KURISH: Class 1,2, 3,4; Class Play 3; Band 1.2, 3,4; Black and Gold 2,3,4; Annual Staff; Glee Club 1, 3; FHA 1.2, 3,4; Class Notable. CHARLES LEE: Class 1, 2,3,4; Class Play 3; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Officer 4; Black and Gold 3,4. MORRIS LUNN: Class 1,2, 3,4, President 2, 3; FFA 1,2,3,4, President 1,2,3; Parlia- mentary Procedure Team 2,3,4, Captain 3,4; Student Council 3,4, Vice President 3, President 4. DOROTHY LUNSFORD; Class 1,2, 3,4; Officer 2; FHA 2,3, 4; Usher 2; M Club 1.2. 3,4; Cheerleader 1,2,3; Annual Staff Class Notable. BYRON MABRY; Class 1,2, 3,4; Class Play 3; Foot- ball 2,3,4, Captain 4; Baseball 1, 2,3,4; Basketball 3,4; M” Club 1.2, 3,4; Black and God 4; Track 4. MARY ETHEL McMILLAN: Class 1,2, 3, 4; Class Play 3; Band 1.2. 3,4; Majorette 2, 3,4; FHA 2, 3,4; Black and God 3,4. JOYCE McOUIEN: Class 1,4; FHA 1,2, 3,4; Black and Gold 4; Future Physical Edu- cation Teachers Club; Class Nota- ble. BOBBY MITCHELL: Class 1,2, 3,4; Class Play 3, Foot- ball 2,3,4, Co-Captain 4; Base- ball 1.2. 3,4; ”M Club 2,3,4; Band 1, 2, 3,4; Class Notable. MARJORIE PAINTER: Class 3, 4; Black and Gold 4. KENNETH PARRISH: Class 1,4; Track 1. JUNE PEACOCK: Class 1,2, 3,4; Class Play 3; Basket- ball 1,2, 3,4; M Club 2,3,4; Cheerleader 2,3,4; FHA 1,2, 3,4; Black and Gold 2, 3,4; Football Sweetheart 3; Annual Staff; Usher 3. LAREACE POWELL: Class 1,2, 3,4; FHA 1,2,3; Band 1,2,3, Band 1,2, 3,4; Black and Gold 4. OLIVER REEVES: Class 1,2, 3,4; Footbal 3; Black and Gold 2, 3,4; Usher 3. EDNA MAE RIVERS: Class 1.2. 3, 4; FHA 2,3,4; Usher 3. VIOLET ROGERS; Class 1.2. 3, 4; FHA 1,2, 3,4; Black and Gold 3, 4. J. C. ROWELL: Class 1,2, 3.4; FFA 1,2, 3,4; Foot- ball 3.4; Track 3,4. FRANK SCHOONOVER: Class 3,4; Football 3; M Club 3,4; FFA 3, 4. IMOGENE SIMMONS: Class 1, 2, 3, 4; FHA 1, 2, 3, 4; Black and Gold 4. A. J. SMITH: Class 4; FFA 4. LAVONNE WALDEE: Class 1. 2. 3,4; Officer 1,2, 3; Class Play 3; FHA 1,2, 3,4; Band 1,2, 3, 4; Majorette 2, 3,4; Black and Gold 3,4. BILLY WEST: Class 1,2,3,4. DOROTHY WILLIAMS: Class 1.2, 3,4; FHA 1, 3,4; Band 3; Black and Gold 2,3,4; ”M” Club 2,3, 4; Majorette 3, Basketball 2. 1 LILLIAN WINDHAM: Class 1,2, 3,4; FHA 2; Black and Gold 2,3,4; Annual Staff. IN MEMORIAM LYALL GRAFF A great grief came on March 6, 1952, to the faculty and students of Fort Meade High School with the passing of our dear classmate, Lyall Graff. We sorrowed deeply even while knowing that the Lord doeth all things well. For today and for the infinite tomorrows, that grief becomes a hallowed memory forever etched upon our hearts. We loved Lyall Graff, we miss him today, and we shall always number him a member of the Class of 1953. Class Mistory CLASS COLORS - - - Green and White CLASS FLOWER-----White Rose On the morning, September 2, 1949, you could almost hear the rolling ripple of Peace River in the wind that was blowing clear and fresh against a lot of slightly shaking Freshmen as we arrived on the campus and knocked the phosphate mud out of our shoes before entering that large and enormous High School for the first time. Little did we know of the fun and happy experiences that same eight o'clock bell would ring down in the history of time for us. Our sponsors, Mr. and Mrs. McCullars, helped us to get adjusted to Changing Classes. We elected A. C. Pierce for our President. Every Freshman glowed with pride when Peggy Dotson was given the honor of being Miss Fort Meade High, and of course, we could never forget the hilarious rat day we had! We dived into our Sophomore year full force! It appeared we had wasted no time in getting acquainted. By now we were spread out in every activity in school: football, band, basketball, cheerleader and others. The teachers always got a strange look on their faces when we were called Sober Sophomores. This was the year we earned our motto - We Have Honesty. With our president, Morris Lunn, the class and our Sponsors, Miss Noland and Doc Harrison, all working together, we made a big profit out of our magazine sales and concession stand. With a big summer of swimming, skiing, or just loafing in the Drug Store behind us, we were all eager to start our Junior Year. This was a year of heavy subjects for all of us but we managed to live up to our title Jolly Juniors. After a good fight, we became Volleyball Champs for the third year straight. Morris Lunn was elected President. Mrs. Dotson and Miss Lett were our sponsors. The biggest thrill of the year was showing our new class rings to all the under classmen. First we sponsored a Leap Year Dance, next we took over the basketball concessions again and then we had a smash hit play. You'll Die Laughing. We gave the Seniors a big banquet at the Yacht Club in Lakeland, using the eye catching theme of Show Boat. Dignified Seniors!!!! This is what we have worked and studied for ail these years! By special request we had Mrs. Dotson and Doc Harrison for sponsors, and they served us well. To make money we sponsored football dances and our very successful Senior Play. Johnny Gordon was our class president, and Morris Lunn presided over the Student Body. Though we started out with an enrollment of sixty-five, we now have forty-five graduates. Some classmates left us, but fortunately some have been replaced. The class of '53 has been spread to all parts of the earth, like a handful of phosphate sand blown away by a playful gust of wind. Some will accomplish success, while still others may be failures, it is up to them. Our most cherished memories will be of those that guided us into maturity, the time spent in class rooms, in the halls and on the campus, but most of all the friends we are leaving behind us in Fort Meade High. Martha Milling Class Historian Cast Will and Zest ament May it be known to all men by these present that we, the Senior Class of 1953, being of sound body, disposing mind, doubtful memory, and of a firm hope of a successful life hereafter, do make and publish this, our last Will and Testament, hereby destroy- ing all former wills made by us at any time thus far. During the course of our various careers we have obtained an abundance of knowledge and experiences, by our own physical and intellectual exertions with this and that we have inherited from preceding classes. We bequeath and dispose of as follows: Section I: To the faculty individually and collectively we leave our sincere thanks and appreciation. Section II: To our Sponsors we leave our most sincere gratitude for their help and understanding. Section III: To the lowly, undignified and irresponsible Junios, we leave our superior knowledge of all things, also the front seats in Chapel and the newly ac- acquired privilege of coming in last. Section IV: To the Sophomore class we will our courage and ingenuity to overcome all obstacles. Section V: To the ignorant and unsuspecting Freshmen we leave a deep sense of pity. VIOLET ROGERS leaves her ability to make speeches to LOLA STARLING. EARL COLLINS leaves his athletic ability to EDWARD ADAMS. LEO DURRANCE leaves his small, trim figure to LLOYD IVEY. BOBBY MITCHELL leaves his ways with women to his bosom buddy GEORGE EVANS JUNE PEACOCK leaves her extra boy friends to EARLENE LEACH. JUNE KURISH leaves her bird-like voice and legs (also bird-like) to ROSE MARY THOMAS. MARY ETHEL McMILLAN leaves her sweet voice to WINNIFRED McMILLAN. LA REACE POWELL leaves her book on good posture to SUE SHIELDS. JOYCE DAVIS leaves her 18-inch waist line to SHARON LASTINGER. MAX LOGAN leaves his old clothes, size 10, to JIMMY POLLARD. OLIVER REEVES leaves his ability to get to school two days out of a week to DICKIE MULLINS. A. J. SMITH leaves his elevator shoes to MR. HARRISON. ALICE HEDDEN leaves all her extra muscles to ADOLPH BELCHER, hoping they fit. BILLY JERKENS leaves all his uncultivated girl friends under 12 years of age to JIMMIE COLLIER JOHNNY GORDON leaves his ability to raise cows to W. F. MARTIN. FRANK SCHOONOVER leaves his ability to sit through two of MR. SAWTELL's class- es a day and learn absolutely nothing to JOEL SLOAN. BARNEY BASS leaves all his uncracked and slightly craked jokes to ROBERT BELL. BOBBY DEVANE leaves his ability to smoke cigarettes in school without getting caught to MELVIN LAMB. JULIUS DEAN leaves his latest book, (a horror thriller) Marooned on an Island with Ten Beautiful Girls to ALVIN HOWARD. LUCIAN HENDRICK leaves his easy going manner and friendly ways to JAMES WILLIAMS. SHELTON JACKSON leaves his studious ways to DWAYNE JOHNSON. MORRIS LUNN leaves his political prowess to JACK BRONSON. KENNETH PARRISH leaves his book H0w to Finish High School in Eight Years to ( anybody that wants it. J. C. ROWELL wills his crew cut to JAMES MILLER. BILLY WEST leaves his masculine ways to JOHN COLLIER. JEAN BARNETT leaves her ability to be married and go to school at the same time to HAZEL O'BERRY HANCOCK. JOYCE McQUIEN leaves her quiet studious ways to KITTY LIGHTSEY. BETTY LOU CANNON leaves her athletic ability and beautiful red hair to SUE DURRANCE PEGGY DOTSON will her secretarial ability to the next senior class secretary. WINIFRED GILLISPIE leaves her ability to write love letters to KATHRYN COCHRAN. LAVERN GUEST leaves 20 lbs. to JO ANN DAVIS. MARGIE HANCOCK leaves her sweet and quiet ways to MARIE ARD. SHIRLEY HOWZE just leaves and wonders how she made it. LUCILLE IVEY leaves her ability to like a boy and keep it a secret to JACKIE McDOUGALD. MARTHA MILLING leaves her ability to always; know the latest gossip to MARY LLOYD. MILLY NEMEC wills her ability to stick to diets to JO ANN BARNETT. MARGIE PAINTER leaves her MARILYN MONROE figure to PAT HARRIS. IMOGENE SIMMONS leaves her quiet unobtrusive ways to MARY ELLEN OLIVE. DOT LUNSFORD leaves her small body to SHARON LASTINGER. DOROTHY WILLIAMS leaves her ability to keep a secret to GLENDA GILLISPIE. BYRON MABRY leaves all his unused concussions to BUZZY THOMPSON in hopes that he won't LAVONNE WALDEE leaves all her younger boy-friends except Byron to anybody that wants them. I, CHARLES LEE, leave my parking place next to the Ag. Building to MR. SAWTELL. The foregoing instrument, consisting of 3 pages, was on this day, June 8, 1953, in our presence, signed, sealed, published, and declared by the said Senior Class, the testators named therein, as and for their last will and testament, whereupon we, the undersigned, at their request and in their presence and the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witness- es thereto: WITNESSES: (Seal) CLASS of 1953 end up with a head as flat as his. CHARLES LEE Class Lawyer June 21, 1963 Dear Diary, Here it is time for our class reunion. While all my former classmates are talking over old times and having fun. I'll still be here in jail. Yes, I’m serving my time for clowing up the schoolhouse on graduation night. I wasn't the only one who had a hand in it, but I was the only one whose hand left any fingerprints. Since I can't go to the reunion, I had EARL COLLINS, who is now a private detective, bring me his file of newspaper clippings about our former classmates. I could at least read about the things they’ve been doing for these past ten years. Here are the facts: MAX LOGAN is campaigning for president. He’s still using his slogan Vote for Logan— the biggest little man in politics. WINIFRED GILLISPIE is president of the world's largest correspondence club. She's giving up eating to devote more time to her writing. SHELTON JACKSON has an observatory on the moon. Wonder what he observes? LA VERNE GUEST won the Featherweight Championship of the world wrestling in Madison Round Gardens. BARNEY BASS is running a funeral home now. He has introduced his new Lay-Away Plan - - you pay him in advance and he'll lay you away, in time. MARY ETHEL MCMILLAN is singing her theme song, A Sloppy Lagoon in a swanky new place built by BILLY JERKINS called Jerkins Juke Joint. MARJORIE HANCOCK and LAREACE POWELL are manufacturing double-jointed specta- cles for two-faced people. SHIRLEY HOWZE and LUCILLE IVEY have quite a fashionable business in New York. In fact, it's the only filling station on Fifth Avenue. MORRIS LUNN and JOHN GORDON have taken over John's father's feed store. At the present they are having a sale on Vitaminized Supersonic pellets for run-down turtles. After receiving his degree from college and getting some practical experience in a circus, BOBBY MITCHELL is well equipped to handle every situation in his position as principal. KENNETH PARRISH is still trying to perfect a tricycle with four-wheel drive. IMOGENE SIMMONS and VIOLET ROGERS have retired in a suite on the top floor of the newly completed Skeleton Hotel, owned by BOBBY DEVANE. They made their millions on Imogene's new breakfast food, Simmons Slurpy Slop, the world's only silent cereal. It doesn't snap, crinkle, gurgle or pop; it merely oozes silently out of the bag. EDNA MAE RIVERS and JOYCE DAVIS have their hands full running a kindergarten for people in their second childhood. FRANK SCHOONOVER and DOROTHY WILLIAMS are married and he is now working on another invention. His latest was a typewriter with fluid drive. ALICE HEDDEN and LILLIAN WINDHAM are really going places as painters. They're painting the yellow stripes down the middle of the highways. BILLY WEST is coaching the Fort Meade Miners now. They've won the Ridge Champ- ionship for three years straight, (just like old times) LUCIAN HENDRICK has a ranch out West. Out West of Bowling Green. JUNE PEACOCK go so tired of going back and forth to Reno, that she finally bought her a house there. A. J. Smith, the famous lawyer, was her thirteenth husband. JULIUS DEAN is in the movies now. His latest film was Tarzan Versus the Tapeworm. ” No, he wasn't Tarzan or even the tapeworm, but a stand-in for one of the monkeys. JUNE KURISH has received world fame because of her latest hit song entitled Sweet- heart, If You Don't Love Me Anymore, Try to Let Me Know By Saturday Night, So I Can Get Another Date. LAVONNE WALDEE has just returned from a fashion show in Bongo Bongo, Africa where she picked up some catchy ideas. She and BYRON MABRY naturally got married and he keeps the house while she works. Speaking of marriages, CHARLES LEE and MILLY NEMEC now have eight children. They lived with Milly's folks for six years, but tired of that. Now they run a fruit stand out on Charleston and are living with Charles’ folks. MARTHA MILLING is really attracting attention as a florist. The other day she cross- ed a dandelion with a snapdragon and now she's spending all her profit building a cage to keep it in. BETTY LOU CANNON has the whole world excited over Cannon's Chocolate Covered Chlorophyll Clumps. PEGGY DOTSON and JOYCE MCQU1EN do a little number in a Miami nightclub that really brings in the customers. (Comedy, no doubt?) MARJORIE PAINTER is lecturing on 3134 Ways to Outwit a Husband. JEAN BARNETT and DOROTHY LUNSFORD keep quite busy helping their children with their homework and knitting. OLIVER REEVES runs a baby-sitting service all over Florida. In order to finance this business, he is writing a book of poetry. J. C. ROWELL is president of the S. P. C. M. U. O. (Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Mentally Unbalanced Oysters.) My strength fails; I can write no more. Leo Durrance Class Prophet Most Dependable MARJORIE HANCOCK JOHNNY GORDON Most Likely To Succeed ALICE HEDDEN SHELTON JACKSON 4 I. „ CLASS OFFICERS President - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --S. E. McDANIEL Vice President - — — - -- -- -- -- -- - — - -- -- -- -JOEL SLOAN Secretary................................................................SHARON LASTINGER Treasurer..................................................WINIFRED McMILLAN Reporter....................................................................SUE DURRANCE EDWARD ADAMS MARIE ARD JO ANN BARNETT ROBERT BELL GLENDA GILLISPIE BETTY GRAVES PATRICIA HARRIS ALVIN HOWARD LLOYD IVEY DWAYNE JOHNSON MARY LLOYD W. F. MARTIN HAZEL O'BERRY MARY ELLEN OLIVE LOLA STARLING ROSE MARY THOMAS MELVIN LAMB KATHERYN LIGHTSEY JAMES MILLER RICHARD MULLINS JIMMY POLLARD SUE SHIELDS EARL THOMPSON CLASS OFFICERS President---------- Vice President - - Secretary -Reporter Treasurer---------- - JAMES WILLIAMS - - - MARTIN GILES BARBARA HENDRICK RUTH ANN HODDON James Beacham Adolph Belcher Ronald Bevis Redia Bloodsworth Nancy Broyles Clairene Bowen George Green Nell Green Kathryn Hancock Kenneth Hancock Gary Hansel Alene Hendricks Sally Howell Laverne Howz.e Delores Kilpatrick Frank Kimbril Ray Lamb Earlene Leach James Newsome Rubby O'Hara LaVone Pollard Doyle Powell Joe Rahme Virginia Reeves o William Rogers Carol Russ Richard Schoonover Dennis Simmons Roberta Sturgis Kathleen Swartzel Reece Taylor Zoella Tuggle Robert Walker Mary Lou Waller Doyle Williams Wylene Williams. Barbara Young Blva Prine Winifred Page Imogene Simmons CLASS OFFICERS President------ Vice President Secretary - - • Treasurer — • Reporter------ SANDRA HANCOCK - - DAVID MARSH - LEAINE WATSON - ROBERT PAINTER ELSIE JEAN TILLIS Judy Allen Patricia Baker Janice Benton James Biggers Jerry Bowman Paula Sue Bowman Estelle Bronson Marjorie Brown Martha Burrows Bobby Cannon Julia Ann Cone Roland Henderson Marilyn Cook Carolyn Corbitt DeVaughn Corbitt Freeman Crews Joe Davis Shirley DeVane Ann Dial Leon Dickerson Billy Farris Woodie Fralic John Gaither Brantley Gabriel Phillip Gillispie Barbara Guest Audrey Grant Josephine Howard Kenneth Howze Beth Ivey Darrell Kilpatrick Patty Knight Florence Lightsey Gloria Manley J. W. Manley Elwin Matthews Ronald McQuien Nellie Mosley Evelyn Moore Janice Morgan Danny O'Shea W. G. O'Berry Joan Owens Joe Parrish Tarley Parrish Elizabeth Prine Jennie Rehbinder Bobbie Roberts Aldwilda Smith Timothy Shurtleff Steve Southerland Phyllis Stephens Johnny Thomas Shirlene Vaughn Ronald Weeks Jerry West Warren Woods Donald Young EIGHTH GRADE Front row: Louise Rowland, Betty Carol Revell, Audrie Price, Freida Devane, Betty Lou Jacobs, Julia Childress, Frances Keller, Jerry Faye Windham, Barbara Russ, Betty Ann Walker, Janice Durrance, June Kayto, Virginia Nelson. Second row: Marcella Johnson, Hellon Donaldson, Betty Lou Thomas, Jackie Burchett, Zelda Adams, JoAnn Taylor, Mary Williams, Betty Logan, Sylvia Stephens, Faylene Campbell, Dolores Smith, Jeanette Bloodworth, Horace Woods, Robert Martin, Mrs. Young. Third row: Russell Barefoot, Billy Richard- son, Arlie Powell, Judy Gaither. Elaine Storey, Joyce Olive, Linda Wilson, Judy Kilpatrick, Effie Mae Graves, Betty Martin, Eugene Collier, Clyde Johnson, Tyrone Page. Fourth row: Leonard Martin, Robert Every, Robert Hunt, Ralph Durrance, Billy Thompson, George Chapman, William Albritton, Dickie Corhn, Ronnie Sansbury, Hugh Burnsed, Robbie Kennard, James Thomas, Josie Bell Hag- wood, Travis Kimbril, Mack Belcher, Eugene Layton. Fifth row: Gerald Pollard, Jody Jones, Johnny Gantt, Cecil Jacobs, Rouie Rowell, Bill Gillispie, Jimmy Barnett, Bill Smith, Harley Anderson, Max Chesser, Ernest Hendrick, J. W. Burt, Jack Tillman. m SEVENTH GRADE Front row: Joe Belcher, Garrett Hancock, Willie Fred Skinner, Alan Brummett, Joyce Brackin, Celeste Nelson, Mary Frances Parrish, Nila Allen, Ruth Milling, Sue McAdams, Martha Moore, Sandra Powell, Pierce Carroll, Clyde Kelly, Richard Adams. Second row; Stella Maits, Betty Sue Whidden, Brenda Reeves, Eva Mae Albritton, Verna Wright, Elizabeth Turner, Mary Sue Lancaster, Betty Jane Helms, Roberta Bowden, Margy Hendrick, Judith Bowman, Becky Richards, Margie Ard, Julia Bronson. Third row: Jean O'Hara, Mar- garet Taylor, Janis Hawkins, Katherine Cook, Quetta Corbitt, June Logan, Linda Newsome, Gloria Smith, Janice Hancock, Karen Han- cock, Billie Sue Frost, Martha Griffis, Betty Sue Cox, Glenda Stephens, Elizabeth Mosley, Judy West, Barbara Jean Westbrook. Fourth row: Clayford Layton, Gary Larramore, Ray Acuff, Richard Yates, James Rogers, Lowell Holton, Johnnie Giles, Dempsey Rowell, Paul Simmons, Robert McDaniel, Curtis Young, Jack Lewis, Randall Morgan, Morrison Harrell. Fifth row: Sherrod Cochrane, Clyde Wyser, Arthur Tillman, Michael Kurish, Billy Crosby, Roland Johnson, Gene Bass, Larry Hansel. Bobby Durrance, Minor Jones, Carrol Jones, J. D. Lloyd, Herbert Edwards. BAND TRUMPETS-Audrey Grant, Ruth Hedden, Charles Lee, Leonard Martin, Josephine Howard, George Green, Martha Burrows, Barbara Guest, Hugh Bumsed. CLARINETS-Joan Burt, Janice Benton, Robert Bell, Shirley Devane, Julia Cone, Sue Shields, Bobby Mitchell, Brantley Gabriel, Joan Owens, Gloria Manley, Effie Graves. TROMBONES-Earl Collins, Lee Durrance, Jerry Bowman, Aldwilda Smith, David Marsh, Phillip Gillispie, Alice Maits. ALTO HORNS-JoAnn Barnett, Bety Ivey. BARITONES-Kathleen Swartzel, Alice Hedden, Ralph Durrance. DRUMS-Elsie Jean Tillis, Milly Nemec, June Kurish, Jean Barnett, Shirlene Vaughn, Judy Allen, Janice Morgan. BASS HORN-Danny O'Shea. ALTO SAXOPHONE-Jean Coleman. FLUTE-LaReace Powell. MAJORETTES-LaVonne Waldee, Jackie Burchett, Florence Lightsey, Mary Ethel McMillan, Leaine Watson, Winifred McMillan. MASCOTS-Pastene Williams, Connie Carefoot. DIRECTOR-Rupert Carlton. STUDENT COUNCIL Seated: Jeanette Bloodworth, Jean Coleman, Ralph Durrance, Sue Shields, Morris Lunn, Ruth Ann Hed- den, Jerry Bowman, Alice Hedden, June Logan. Standing: Jack Lewis, Jimmy Pollard, Audrey Grant. SAFETY PATROL Front row: Horace Woods. Robert Martin, Billy Richardson, Michael Kurish, Paul Simmons, Gerald Pollard, Ray Acuff, Garrett Hancock, Morrison Harrell, Bill Ivey, Mr. Black. Second row: Hugh Burnsed, Billy Thompson, Dickie Corhn, J, W. Burt, Clyde Wyser, Clyde Johnson, Robert McDaniel. Third row: Jack Tillman, Cecil Jacobs, Max Chesser, Bill Gillispie, Gene Bass, Caroll Jones, Bill Crosby, Larry Hansel, Arthur Tillman, George Chapman, Robbie Kennard. NURSE AND ASSISTANTS Sharon Lastinger, Nancy Broyles, Mrs. Comegys, Paula Sue Bowman, Joan Burt, Earlene Leach, Kathryn Hancock. FUTURE PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS CLUB Seated: Lucille Ivey, Katheryn Lightsey, Joyce McQuien, Jackie McDougald. Standing: Miss Sarah Lett, Betty Lou Cannon, Rose Mary Thomas, Zoella Tuggle. MAJORETTES Connie Carefoot, Jackie Burchett, Leaine Watson, LaVonne Waldee, Winifred McMillan. Mary Ethel McMillan, Florence Ann Lightsey, Pastene Williams. Seated: Jimmie Collier, George Evans, Marie Ard. Standing: S. E. McDaniel, Sue Durrance, Wayne Cannon, Lola Starling, Mary Ellen Olive, Kathryn Cochrane, Jack Bronson, Sue Shields, Jo Ann Davis, Glenda Gillispie. JUNIOR PLAY CAST F.F.A. Front row: Kenneth Hancock, James Williams, Earl Thompson, Drexel Mosley, Lloyd Ivey, Lucian Hendrick, Johnny Gordon, Jimmy Pollard, Billy West, Jerry Bowman, J. W. Manley, Sue Durrance. Second row: Mr. Cochrane, Horace Woods, Robert Hunt, Leonard Martin, Ronnie Sansbury, Billy Richardson, Arlie Powell, Gerald Pollard, Tarley Parrish, Hugh Burnsed, Clyde Johnson, Robert Every, Dickie Corhn, Rouie Rowell, George Chapman, Mr. McCullars. Third row: Travis Kimbril. Warren Woods, W. F. O Berry, Phillip Gillispie, Brantley Gabriel, Elwin Matthews, Johnny Gantt, Jimmy Barnett, Ernest Hendrick, Ralph Durrance, David Marsh, J. W. Burt, Russell Barefoot, James Miller. Fourth row: Bobbie Roberts, Joe Parrish, Woodie Fralic, Jerry West, Johnny Thomas, Darrell Kilpatrick, Richard Schoonover, Bill Smith, Laverne Bowze, Charles McCue, Ronald Weeks, DeVaughn Corbitt, Edward Adams. Fifth row: Frank Schoonover, J.C. Rowell, Robert Bell, Morris Lunn, Barney Bass, James Beacham, Jimmy Coulter, George Evans, Joe Davis, Frank Kimbril, Harley Anderson, Edgar Dean, Ronald Bevis, Robert Walker, Jody Jones. Front row: Elsie Jean Tillis, Katheryn Lightsey, Dorothy Lunsford, Joan Owens, Ann Dial, Imogene Simmons, Joyce Davis, Betty Lou Cannon, Nellie Mae Mosley, ImogeneSimmons, LaVonne Waldee, Milly Nemec. Jean Barnett, Audrey Grant. Second row: Marilyn Cook, Carol Russ, Kathleen Swartzel, Patty Knight, Martha Milling, Joan Burt, Alene Hendrick, Earlene Leach, Florence Ann Lightsey, Shirley Devane, Jackie McDougald, Jean Coleman, Delores Kilpatrick, LaVone Pollard, Paula Sue Bowman, Barbara Guest, Elva Prine, Mrs. Orr. Third row: Shirlene Vaughn, Evelyn Moore, Rose Mary Thomas, Carolyn Corbitt, Marjorie Hancock, Violet Rogers, Leaine Watson, Janice Benton, Nell Green, Mary Lou Waller, Roberta Sturgis, Julia Ann Cone, Betty Jean Woods, Winifred Page, Barbara Young, Nancy Broyles, Sandra Hancock, Jennie Frances Rehbinder, Janice Morgan. Fourth row: Estelle Bron- song, Aldwilda Smith, Patricia Baker, Mary Lloyd, Hazel O'Berry, Beth Ivey, Edna Mae Rivers, Josephine Howard, Zoella Tuggle, Sally Ann Howell, Barbara Martin, Kathryn Hancock, Redia Bloodworth, Clairene Bowen, Joyce McQuien, Peggy Dotson, LaVerne Guest, Martha Burrows, Gloria Jean Manley, Marjorie Brown. Fifth row: Betty Graves, Phyllis Stephens, JoAnn Davis, Mary Ellen Olive, Sue Shields, Sharon Lastinger, Mary Ethel McMillan, June Peacock. Alice Hedden, Lucille Ivey, Dorothy Ann Williams, Barbara Hendrick, Ruth Ann Hedden, Sue Durrance, Shirley Howze, Rubby O'Hara, Winifred McMillan, Glenda Gillispie, Judy Allen. BOOSTERS’ CLUB First row: Sue Durrance, Glenda Gillispie, Katheryn Lightsey, Joyce McQuien, Peggy Dotson, Rose Mary Thomas, June Kurish, Jean Barnett, Marie Ard, La Verne Guest, Elva Prine. Second row: Mrs. Young, Nell Green, June Peacock, Alice Hedden, Betty Lou Cannon, Dorothy Lunsford, Rubby O'Hara, Earlene Leach, Zoella Tuggle, Alene Hendrick, Barbara Martin. Third row: Ronnie Sansbury, George Chapman, William Albritton, Melvin Lamb, Wayne Cannon, Sharon Lastinger, Lucille Ivey, Joyce Davis, Martha Milling, Dorothy Ann Williams, Jackie McDougald. Fourth row: Leo Durrance, Billy Thompson, Drexel Mosley, Gary Hansel, Shirley Howze, Edna Mae Rivers, Marjorie Hancock, Virginia Reeves, Barbara Hendrick, Joyce Olive, Jennie Frances Rehbinder. Fifth row: Ralph Durrance, Earl Collins, Max Logan, Mary Ellen Olive, Lillian Powell, Violet Rogers, Marjorie Painter, Robert Hunt, Charles Chapman, Dickie Corhn, Robert Martin. BLACK AND GOLD STAFF Seated: Lillian Powell, Joyce McQuien, Janice Durrance, June Kayto, Rose Mary Thomas, Lucille Ivey, Imogene Simmons, Dorothy Ann Williams, Mary Ethel McMillan, Joel Sloan, Earl Collins, Marjorie Painter, Alice Hedden, Standing: Byron Mabry, LaVonne Waldee, Charles Lee, Milly Nemec, Joyce Davis, LaReace Powell, Leo Durrance, June Kurish, Oliver Reeves, Peggy Dotson, Jennie Frances Rehbinder, June Peacock, Mr. Sawtell, Virginia Reeves, Martha Milling. ADULT CLASSES COMMERCIAL HOME ECONOMICS MAY DAY'52 GRADUATING JULIUS DEAN MINERS BYRON MABRY, Captain BOBBY MITCHELL, Co-Captain BYRON MABRY, Captain; BOBBY MITCHELL, Co-Captain; C. S. HARRISON, Coach. BARNEY BASS BOBBY DEVANE FOOTBALL SQUAD Front row: Ray Lamb, Richard Schoonover, Jimmie Collier, W. F. Martin, Byron Mabry, Bobby Mitchell, Julius Dean, Bobby DeVane, Johnny Collier, S. E. McDaniel. Second row: Earl Thompson, George Evans, Robert Painter, Jimmy Coulter, Howard Miller, Doyle Williams, J.C. Rowell, Barney Bass, Frank Kimbrel. Third row: Reace Taylor, Jimmy Pollard, Dwayne Johnson, Richard Mullins, Lloyd Ivey, Joe Davis, Billy Farris, Steve Southerland, Bill Smith. Fourth row: Laverne Howze, Joel Sloan, Edgar Dean, Harley Anderson, Kenneth Howze, Freeman Crews, Woodie Fralic, Ronald Weeks, Donald Young. Fifth row: Assistant Coach, Eugene Lutke; Manager, Drexel Mosley; Coach, Charles S. Harrison. COACHES SCORES Fort Meade 0 Avon Park 0 Fort Meade 0 Wauchula 29 Fort Meade 27 Frostproof 12 Fort Meade 12 Kathleen 0 Fort Meade 6 Turkey Creek 14 Fort Meade 7 Sebring 27 Fort Meade 0 Haines City 7 Fort Meade 6 Audumdale 19 Fort Meade 0 Mulberry 19 Fort Meade 0 Kissimmee 26 Football Sweetheart ELSIE JEAN TILLIS Homecoming Sponsors JOE DAVIS, ELSIE JEAN TILLIS, OLIVER REEVES and DOROTHY LUNSFORD. I SENIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERS Melvin Lamb, Alice Hedden, June Peacock, Sue Durrance, Peggy Dotson, Jackie McDougald, Zoella Tuggle and Wayne Cannon. M CLUB Front row: Miss Sarah Lett, Charles Chapman, Bobby Mitchell, Alice Hedden, Sue Durrance, S. E. McDaniel, Ralph Durrance, Billy Thompson, Mr. Harrison. Second row: Peggy Dotson, June Peacock, Betty Lou Cannon, Dorothy Lunsford, Rubby O'Hara, Zoella Tuggle, Lucille Ivey, Joyce Davis, Jackie McDougald, Martha Milling. Third row: Earl Thompson, Shirley Howze, Melvin Lamb, Wayne Cannon, Sharon Lastinger, Ray Lamb, Howard Miller, Frank Schoonover, Dorothy Ann Williams, Fourth row: J. C. Rowell, Lloyd Ivey, Bobby DeVane, Dickie Mullins, W. F. Martin, Jimmie Collier, Gary Hansel, Byron Mabry. Fifth row: Lucian Hendrick, Julius Dean, Richard Schoonover, Frank Kimbril, George Evans, Alvin Howard, Drexel Mosley, Jimmy Pollard, Johnny Collier. JUNIOR HIGH CHEERLEADERS Ruth Milling, Mary Frances Parrish, JoAnn Taylor, Sylvia Stephens, Glenda Stephens, Jeanette Bloodworth, Julia Bronson, Nila Allen. SKEETER SQUAD Kneeling: Horace Woods, Richard Yates, Billy Thompson, George Chapman, William Albritton, Carroll Jones, Dickie Corhn, Randall Morgan, Gene Collier. Standing: J. W. Burt, Larry Hansel, Max Chesser, Johnny Gantt, Darrell Kilpatrick, Bill Gillispie, Jimmy Barnett, Herbert Edwards, Gerald Pollard, Coach Eugene Lutke. BASKETBALL A TEAM Kneeling: Martin Giles, Captain S. E. McDaniel, Coach” Eugene Lutke, George Chapman. Standing: Charles Chapman, Johnny Collier, W. F. Martin, Byron Mabry, George Evans, Dickie Mullins, Doyle Williams, Ray Lamb. BASKETBALL B TEAM Kneeling: Martin Giles, .George Chapman. Standing: Wayne Cannon, Melvin Lamb, Billy Jerkins, Charles McCue, Jack Bronson. BASKETBALL A TEAM Kneeling: Coach Miss Lett, Captain Betty Lou Cannon, Martha Milling. Standing: Alice Hedden, June Peacock, Sue Durrance, Earlene Leach, Rubby O'Hara, Joyce Davis, Sharon Lastinger, Lucille Ivey, Shirley Howze, LaVerne Guest, Katheryn Lightsey. BASKETBALL B TEAM Kneeling: Beth Ivey, Alene Hendrick, Barbara Hendrick, Wylene Williams, Leaine Watson, Shirley Devane, Ruth Hedden, Delores Kilpatrick. Standing: Joan Burt, Sandra Hancock, Florence Lightsey, Glenda Gillispie, Audrey Grant, Carol Russ, Roberta Sturgis, Nellie Mosley, Nell Green. JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL Front row: Coach David Black, Kenneth Howze, Freeman Crews, Robert Painter, Joe Davis, Billy Farris, Timothy Shurtleff. Second row: Gerald Pollard, Bill Smith, Bill Gillispie, Horace Woods, Gene Collier, Clyde Johnson, J. W. Burt. Third row: Billy Thompson, Harley Anderson, Larry Hansel. JUNIOR HIGH BASKETBALL Front row: Freida Devane, Billie Sue Frost, Karen Hancock, Joyce Brackin, Betty Logan, JoAnn Taylor, Julia Bronson, Ruth Milling. Second row: Judy Kilpatrick, Becky Richards, Quetta Corbitt, Glenda Stephens, Sylvia Stephens, Mary Williams, Barbara Russ. Third row: Judy Gaither, Linda Wilson, Jackie Burchett, Joyce Olive, Jean O’Hara. BOYS' INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS Left to right: S. E. McDaniel, Richard Mullins, Jimmie Collier, Wayne Cannon, Lloyd Ivey, Melvin Lamb, George Evans, Alvin Howard. GIRLS' INTRAMURAL VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONS Rose Mary Thomas, Glenda Gillispie, Sharon Lastinger, Sue Durrance, Katheryn Lightsey, ROUND-ROBIN TOURNAMENT Freshmen 0 Sophomores 24 Juniors 18 Seniors 0 Freshmen 0 Juniors 12 Sophomores 6 Seniors 12 Freshmen 0 Seniors 2 Sophomores 0 Juniors 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME Seniors 2 Juniors 0 TOUCH FOOTBALL OFFICIALS Kneeling: Johnny Collier, Jimmy Collier. Standing: J.C. Rowell, Julius Dean. TOUCH FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS Front: Max Logan, Oliver Reeves, Billy Jerkins. Back: Lucian Hendrick, Charles Lee, Johnny Gordon. BASEBALL Front row: Johnny Collier, S. E. McDaniel, Bill Smith, Ernest Hendrick, Jimmie Collier, Lloyd Ivey, Steve Southerland, Melvin Lamb, Wayne Cannon, J. W. Manley. Second row: Byron Mabry, Lucian Hendrick, Robert Bell, Alvin Howard, Joe Davis, Bobby Mitchell, Martin Giles, Dwayne Johnson, George Green. TRACK Front row: Earl Thompson, Billy Farris, Steve Southerland, Jimmie Collier, Ray Lamb, S. E McDaniel, Wayne Cannon, Edgar Dean, Second row: Melvin Lamb, Martin Giles, Julius Dean, Alvin Howard, Howard Miller, Byron Mabry, Jack Bronson, Robert Painter. A LITHOGRAPHED — YEARBOOK DALLAS . TEXAS