H B Plant High School - Panther Yearbook (Tampa, FL)

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TUNE CLASS TUBILANT We were a big class-one of the largest cvcr to enter Plant. And we were a class always ready for fun. If we ever calmed down enough to be serious for a while, we didn't stay that way very long-there were too many among us to laugh at. I can still see the amazed expression on the faces of the different teachers that first day we popped up at Plant. You could almost see them thinking: How in the world will we ever drill some sense into such an 'addic- pated' bunch as this? Oh we had a glorious time that first year! Yes, sir, we were grown-up now-we were in high school! Of course, during the first few weeks in school, when the jibes and jeers of the juniors caught us painfully between the shoulder blades, that attitude wasn't helped a bit. And each time that we got lost and spent half the period trying to find our next class didn't help much either! But, like the blithe and bouncing babies that we are, we didn't let such insignificant things like that dampen our spirits. We selected call, lanky Billy Martin for president of our class, dark-haired Herbert Livingston for vice- presidcnt, and little blonde June Stratton for secretary. We were thrilled by our first Pan- therilla, we could talk of nothing else for weeks. After much hubbub and ado, we sent June Stratton and Mark Hampton to the Pantherilla court as our maid and courtier. The next year we really were on top of the world! The seniors still cramped our style considerably, but we weren't the under- dogs anymore. New teachers, homework, tests and exams, Honor Society programs, operas, lunch period capers, and the regular routine of going to school! Billy Martin was again elected president of our class, and Mark Hampton was re-elected courtier of the Pan- therilla court. Jeanette McArthur came in second as vice-president of the class, and Mary McCarty took top honors by becoming both secretary of the class and maid of Pan- therilla court. Summer has come and gone once again, and here we are in our last year at Plant. We've calmed down some. The sophisticated seniors are soberly striving to set a solid example for the school. Billy Martin still heads the list of notables, being the president of the Student Body and King of Pantherilla. Mark Hamp- ton comes in for his share as president of the senior class and for the third time, Pantherilla courtier. Those two boys really have some- thing on the ball! Mary McCarty, vice-presi- dent of the Student Body and Pantherilla maid and June Stratton, Queen of Pantherilla, place on the list of feminine notables. The secretary of the senior class is Jeanette Mc- Arthur. Oh, oh! This is going to be a job! Here you want to know about the students who have received honors during their stay at Plant, and here's just oodles and oodles of them! Well, let's start with the Honor Society first! All-in all, there are thirty-five senior A's in the Honor Society: Charles Hein- miller, Anne Macfarlane, Jack Reese, Mary Jane Garrison, Sara Frances Friday, Billy Martin, Mark German, Frances White, Jean- ette McArthur, Ruth Kaigler, Roberta Pro- basco, Frank Montgomery, Mark Hampton, Joseph Maas, Kathryn Craft, Mary Foster Perry, Ruth Fox, Marjorie Carlton, Bill Brorein, Billy Bluemle, Anbrown Willis, June Stratton, Evanell Klintworth, Bettie Jane Harriman, Barbara Berlin, Bette Campbell, Marjorie Clark, Martha Anne Gilliam, Doris Green, Grace McElvy, Betty Purvis, June Siegel, John Spencer, Mary Smith, Gerry Padgett. The Pep O'Plant has a very large staff this semester, and almost all of them are senior A's. Changing a custom which has prevailed at Plant for many years, the staff for the year book, made up of Senior A's was named by C. Phil Peters, principal this year. Evanell Klintworth was named editor-in-chief, Bill Brorein, business manager, Mary Jane Gar- rison, assistant editor, June Siegel, assistant associate editor, Joe Maas, assistant business manager, Barbara Berlin, art editor, Dottie Eifler, assistant art editor, Frank Mont- gomery, art technician, Emmett Anderson, boys' sports editor, Margaret LaMotte, girls' sports editor, Frances White, feature editor, Mark Hampton, historian, Claude Harnett, snapshot editor, Norris Stanley, assistant snapshot editor, Betty Purvis and Edith Scott, typists. The football heroes of our class are Billy Martin, Donnie Hansen, Joe Di Bona, Richard Bryan, Warren Loftis, Laurence Williams, Buddy Zendegui, and Broughton Williams, and fmiracle upon miraclelj some of them are not bad-looking at all! Jumping up and down the sidelines are our three senior cheerleaders, Cliff Bailey, Margaret LaMotte, and Donald Bunch, some- times aided by our honorary cheerleader, Berta Anderson. Those senior A boys who are officers in the R.O.T.C. are: Jimmie Shaver, Billy Spark- man, Warren Loftis, William Reading, Jeryl Hart, Bill Ray, Jimmie Livingood, and Evans McLendon. Anbrown Willis and June Stratton are the senior R.O.T.C. sponsors. Outstanding in the basketball spotlight are the seniors Billy Martin and Broughton Williams. Plant will also lose its tall, slim drum majorette when Esther Bloodgood graduates in June. This June class is indeed jubilant over its many honors heaped on many heads. Manx HAMPTON Prexiilenl JUNE S1'nA'r'roN Vive-Prcsizlenl JEANETTE MCARTHUR Secrelary

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SERRA, LAWRENCE 1'Il find u way or malze one. SIPES, LOUISE If xilenee were golden, she'd be a millionaire. Program Chairman, 38, Student Council Representative, 38g Homeroom Secretary, 39g Honor Society, 40, 41, Book Club, 40, Homeroom Treasurer, 39. SPAMER, BILL His friends are many, his foes- has he any? Student Council, 39. SHEALLY, LILA RUTH Brownie The world would be better if more were rut from her pattern. H.R. Sec'y, 37, 38, 39, 405 Pep O'Plant Re- porter, 38, Honor Society, 39, 40, H.R. Vice-Pres., 38, Pantherilla Witness, 40, Girl Reserves, 38, 395 Pep Squad, 38, 39, Editor of Pep O'Plant, 40. SMIT, JOHN A good all-around boy, complete in himself. Football, 37, 38, 39, 40, Captain Football Team, 40, President Student Council, 403 Letterman's Club, 38, 39, 409 Pep O'Plant Staff, 395 Key Club, 39, 40. WEISSING, DENNIS Polite, well mannered, and a friend to all. YARBROUGH, ANN Charm strikes the eye, and merit wins the same. Pep O'Plant Reporter, 39, Program Chair- man, 38g Girl Reserves, 405 Book Club, 40, Honor Society, 403 Senior A Class Historian, 40, January Editor of Panther, 41g Chap- lain, 395 Honor Society Convention Del., 40. Not Shown SULLIVAN, CHARLES, Sully DAVIS, GILBERT One of those men people like I help other.: out of a having around. fellow feeling. R.O.'l'.C., 38, 39, Pep O'Plant Staff, 405 Basketball B Squad, 38.

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ADAMS, WARREN Lefty ALLEN, ELIZABETH MARIE Betty ALVAREZ, MARY ELIVIRA Ax men go-hr's the tops. Neither too stualious, nor too carefree. ' ' Pep Squad, 40. A smzlmg nature that always seems to fit the jwreseril need. Pan-American Club, 38, 39, Treasurer, 40 Assembly Programs, 39, 405 Glee Club 40 Chorus, 40, 41. ALEXAN DER, JAMES ROLAND ALLEN, VIVIAN MAY A nice unparticular man. An equal mixture of goocl humor aml R.O.T.C. Corporal, 39, Second Lieutenant, sensible soft 'melanz'holy. 40, 413 Senior Council, 40, 41, Library Girl Reserves, 38, Secretary Homeroom, Assistant, 405 Glee Club, 40, 41. 41, Pep O'Plant Staff, Mailing Clerk, 41. ALVAREZ, MATILDA GERTRUDE Spanish eyes are thrilling. Pan-American Club, Sec., 39, 40, 41g Glee Club, 40, 41, Chorus, 40, 41, Book Club, 41g Library Asst., 40, 41, Pep Squad, 38, 39, 405 Assembly Programs 39, 40, 41, Stu- dent Council Asst., 40, Program Chair- man Homeroom, 38. ANDERSON, THOMAS EMMETT, JR. Oh, to be a big, bold man. Debate Club, 39, 40, Parliamentarian, 40 Glee Club, 39, 40, 413 Mikado, 405 Flor ida Music Festival, 40, Annual Stall, 41 Homeroom Program Committee, 39. ASHMEAD, LILY-TOM Tomi Her presence makes the heart grow ffmder Psychology Club, 41, Student Council, 38 39, Girl Reserves, 38, 39, 40, 41, Sec., 40 41, Pep Squad, 38, 39, 405 Chorus, 413 Chaplain Homeroom, 39, Usher, 40, Sum- mer School. R.O.T.C. Sponsor, 40, Debate Club, 405 ANDERSON, BERTA Bert The type you can't help but like. Girl Reserves, 38, 39, 40, Sec., 41g Book Club, 39, 40, Pres. 413 Basketball, 38, 39, 40, Volley Ball, 38, 39, 40, Capt., 415 Pep O'Plant, 38, 39, 41g H.R. Chaplain, 41, Sec., 405 Christmas Pageant, 39, Honorary Cheerleader, 40, Pep Squad, 38, 39, 40. ANDERSON, SANDRA Chic Always here, always there, for Sana'ra's welcome everywhere. Pep Squad, 38, 39, 40, Girl Reserves, 38 39, Homeroom Secretary, 40, Chaplain, 38 39, Reporters Club, 40, Pep O'Plant Staff 40, 415 Kiwanette, 415 Quill and Scroll, 41