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

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JIMMIE POLLARD Class 1,2, 3,4; Class Officer 2; M Club 1,2, 3,4; National Honor Society 3,4, Officer 4; Football 1,2,3,4; FFA 1,2, 3, 4, Officer 3,4; Baseball 1,2, 3,4; Annual Staff; Black and Gold Staff 4; Class Notable; Student Council 3; Usher 2, 3; Homecoming King 4. JUNE WILKES Plant City 1,3; Class 2,4; Band 2; FHA 1, 2, 3; Class Notable; Glee Club 3,4; Annual Staff; Basketball 1. SUE SHIELDS Class 1,2,3,4; Class Officer 1; Band 1,2, 3,4; FHA 1,2, 3,4; Student Council 2, 3,4, Secretary 2, Vice President 3; Black and Gold Staff 2,3,4; Annual Staff; National Honor Society 3,4. Officer 4; Glee Club 2. 3,4; Basketball 4; Class Play 3; Girls' State 3; Class Notable. EARL THOMPSON Class 1.2, 3. 4; FFA 1,2, 3,4; M” Club 3,4; Football 3,4; Track 3,4.

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Class History Tonight we launch--Where shall we anchor? COLORS: Blue and White FLOWER: White Gardenia Although it seems only a short while ago, it has been nearly twelve years since our mamas unwillingly left us to the care of Mrs. Lila Johnson, Mrs. Dorothy Gabriel, and Miss Mable Wells. On Through the Green Gate and Down the River Road we traveled until we were no longer little schoolers. Higher and higher we climbed the ladder of learning, and one day awoke to find ourselves Freshmen in Fort Meade High School. We may have been green but we certainly weren’t yellow; proved by the fact that we plunged right into all sports and activities! S. E. McDaniel was our class president during that first year. Mrs. Barbara Orr and Mr. Forrest McCullars were our sponsors. Together they were able to guide us Frosh safely through that crucial year. Then we were Sophs, and the tempo began to pick up. We began to think of fattening our heretofore empty treasury. An unusually successful magazine sale soon had it bulging with funds. Our president was Jimmie Pollard; our sponsors, Mrs. Margaret Chapman and Chief Lutke. Soon after we acquired the title Juniors we ordered our class rings. There were many triumphs for us that year. Grandad Step» Out was presented to a full house on the evening of November 20. We became a little arrogant when one of our number, JoAnn Davis, was crowned queen of Homecoming. Then came basketball season, and we took over the concessions. Orange Juice Kids” they called us, but our well-operated refresh- ment center paid dividends. For the Junior-Senior Banquet, we invited the Seniors to Hitch Their Wagons to a Star and enter our celestial palace, hardly recognizable as the gymnasium. S. E. McDaniel was again our president and Miss Helen Godwin and Mr. David Black served as our sponsors. As Seniors we found ourselves enveloped in a maze of activities. We were off to an early start by electing George Evans president. Miss Grace Godley and Mr. David Black had a full time job as our sponsors. First on the agenda was a highly successful chicken supper, served in the gymnasium. Hard work, it was, but our efforts once again paid off. We sponsored the post game football dances, and with Homecoming two more stars were added to our crown of successes. Our entry in the Homecoming parade, urging the Fightin' Miners to Put Auburndale's Bloodhounds in the Doghouse, won first prize. Seniors, Jimmie Pollard and Winifred McMillan, were crowned King and Queen of Homecoming. On April 1, we presented our second play, Love Is in the Air, a howling success. A little later we were the guests of the Juniors at their Junior-Senior Banquet. Now we are looking forward to June and the night when-- We shall launch—Where shall we anchor?” Sue Shields Historian