Hernando High School - Leopards Growl Yearbook (Hernando, FL)

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'll 5 'ill 11 In our f1rst year of Jumor Hlgh School we ga1ned qu1te a few members Annabelle S1nger returned from Sprmg Lake and brought her cousm Mary Sue WSTBICRS Also from Spr1ng Lake came Ben and Mary Ruth Batten Sylv1a Bond from V1rg1n1a An1ta Gldeons from Otter Creek and Homer Truett from Tampa helped to enllven the class Mar1on Welch who left us 1n the f1rst grade returned but left agamn and returned to stay 1n the mnth grade Alfred Scott came to us from Alabama 1n the emghth grade and helped to make thmgs more mnterestlng for the g1r1s Tyrone Chap man came from Lake L1ndsey Jack Crump came to Flor1da to es cape the cold of l1l1no1s and Herbgrjgook w1th h1s real cool trum pet blew ln from New Jersey Our Rat Year Mar1e Coco arrlved from Cleveland Just 1n t1me to get a wh1ff of perfume and see the remams of 11PSt1Ck Our Sophomore year we took the Sen1ors to Red1ngton Beach for our Sophomore Sen1or party Bay rejomed us that year from Fort H5555 Then came our Jr year After hard work and a wonderful Jun1or play Beauty and the Beef we f1n1shed the year off as p1 rates at the Jr Sr Prom Joyce Waller left Inverness and moved here Chr1st1ne Bearden parted w1th Alabama and Joyce Debusk from M1ch1gan At long last after eleven years our Sen1or year f1nally dawned We crowned Joyce Garland M1ss H H S at the Holly Hop work ed l1ke mad for money for Washmgton and crossed our f1ngers unt1l graduat1on. For the last m1le, Gall Black reJo1ned us Delores Sch1ll1ng came from Lakeland, Loren Hanson from Tavares, Jerr1 H1cks from Tennessee, and Carolyn Mltzlaff, from New York, and Ca1v1n N1le from Malne. As the year draws to a close, we remember and marvel at our mlstakes and our accompllsnments As we venture 1nto the world of tomorrow, we w1ll always cher1sh the memorles of our school days as our dearest and best and w11l never forget our years at Ole H H. S. uf' 4 l l W ,J X . L , xl . l Y I ' 3 . ' 3 . ! ! ..-.,,, v ' , . ,, ,, . . . . l Y . . ,, ,, . . . , - I 5 , , ' ' - ' I I V O , - . . . ,

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ClASS Way back 1n September 1944 1n the northern s1de of the lunch room a great event took place The Sen1or Class of 1956 was born There under the gu1d1ng hand of Mrs Frazee and Mrs Floyd f1f teen scared mdependent ex ectant 1nd1v1duals began the long cllmb upward RQXO Hara the Class reamboaQ Blll Hope as slow and easy go1ng as ever Evelyvrig-33,1 and V1rg1n1a Mackenz1e w1th p1g ta1ls ark and Bobby Carlton fresh out of C1eorg1a were all there James Pa 1ck probably h d a baseballw1 ven then Joan Peterson and An the curllest ha1r of the bunch s1e Jean Wernlclgg and her cous1n Annabelle S1nger were there as were Marlon Welch Joyce Garland and Barbara Jack son We all remember the honor 1twas to color the days onthe cal endar In the second grade welooked forward to go1ng up the steps to the b1g grammar school bu1ld1ng Theresa Puckett Jomed us from Floral C1ty She st1ll holds the t1tle of shortest 1n the class Gall Black came too and she and Vlrglnla looked enough al1ke to be tw1ns Somehow we advanced to the th1rd grade and Mac Johnson Jomed us from Georgla CarolShell came from Lake L1ndseyandEla1ne A.lde1man 1o1ned us from-SLLBE-.t,e Ray declded to tour Flor1da and left our fa1r Clty The fourth grade found some of us upsta1rs anda greatthrlll It was to cl1mb the steps every day RuthAllen wlthher frlendly smlle Jolned us then as wellas M1ldredSeles We lost Annabelle that year but we retahated and ga1ned Wayne A1ken from Sprmg Lake The f1fth grade came and we were fxrmly entrenched 1n the upsta1rs We galned Wanda Young from Lake Llndsey and our favor1te pastlme became hauntmg the l1brary next door When we were mthe s1xth grade we were the oldest class mn the grammer schoolandwe really feltb1g B1llyWh1tehead came from North Carolma and became pres1dent of almost everth1ng Wlllene Jackson came from Alabama and Robert Waldron from Garden Grove JA All V. s 1 ' I U , 1 I I 1 ' 1 : y , L , . f - 1 Q , . 1- . . . . . , ' 9- 1 '- I 1 1 : , Ci . U El , r v 1 1 ' . - Q 1 4 f a , 4 g.,...-- a Q 'ufi--- Q a 1 r 1 o 1 C n 9 D o n 9 l . 7 M, , s I' .lk .

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gf! A CLASS WILL We, the Sen1or Class of 1956 Berng of sound mtnds and good health do leave these exceed1ngly valuable possess1ons to those who may beneflt most by them W do hereby make declare, and publlsh th1s our Last W111 and Testament To the Faculty we leave our smcere 3Ppl'CC13IlOl'l for a Job well done To the Underclassmen we leave our w1ll to learn And to the Jumors our w1ll WAYNE AIKEN leaves hrs posrtron as Senlor Class Romeo to Buddy Sherouse and hmm Joe Barrett yi the sad knowledge that II w1ll take both of them to f1ll h1s shoes BEN BATTEN leaves to Denny-Peclrlck one parr of SIZE I2 basketball shoes and a shoehorn w1th whlch to force hrs sxze I3 feet 1nto them OBBY CARLTON leaves to Jtmmy Klmbrough hrs descrlpuon Tall dark, and handsome TYRONE APMAN leaves hrs curly halr to Johnny Roush HERB FLOOK leaves to Bobby Meadows hrs ab1l1ty to drlve an automobtle BlL es to Mrchael Bunt1ng h1s ab1l1ty to excel at any sport MAC JOHNSON leaves to Kenneth Allen hrs secret ambtuon to be a hermlt RAY O HARA leaves hrs t1t1e Professor , and hrs love of Itallan Hero Sandwlches to Ivan Placko JAMES PATRICK leaves to Larry Clme h1s deep and passlonate hatred of the Dodgers ALFRED SCOTT leaves hrs never fa1l1ng sunny drsposmon to Tommy Mondon HOMER TRUETT leaves h1s ab1l1ty to sk1p school and get away w1th II to Kent Mansfleld BOB WALDRON leaves h1s he man phys1que and slow blush to Zack Wllson BILLY WHITEHEAD leaves to Alv1n Coogler hrs ab1l1ty to wrrte all hrs Engl1sh themes 1n the f1ISIf1VC mrnutes of Engl1sh Class JE leaves h1s ab1l1ty to sleep m class and get away w1th II to anyone who can get away w1th ELAINE ALDERMAN leaves her dark haxr and ready sm1le to Marcla W1lder RUTH ALLEN leaves to Gerry Sprlngstead her ab1l1ty to always keep the other party guesslng MARY RUTH GROVES leaves to Myrna Rom1ne her ab1l1ty to hook a man before graduauon CHRISTINE BEARDEN and CAROLYN MITZLAFF leave their quletness to V1ck1 Vegera Not tha yo need GAIL BLACK leaves to Phyllls Dah 1n a sllghtly bent baton and two ba1wdw L C leaves h1s warmng to all grrls left at HHS LEAVE BRUCE ALONE MARIE COCO leaves to Jackle Garland her ab1l1ty to be engaged all year and not let anyone know ll JOYCE DeBUSK leaves her qulet ways and bashful att1tudes to Frances Jennlngs EVELYN GAN1 leaves to Audrey Lowe her ab1l1ty to do too many thrngs at one txme JOYCE GARLAND leaves to her slster Jackre the ab1l1ty to smg Use tt welll ANITA WADE leaves to Arlene Peters her ab1l1ty to get married and stlll graduate BARBARA JACKSON leaves her long dark eye lashes to Pat Young WILLIENE JACKSON leaves her decept1ve quxetness and her subscrlpuon to Mad Com1cs to George Everson VIRGINIA MacKENZIE doesn t leave anythmg to anyone She 15 gorng to take ll all Wllh her eaves er auburn ha1r and Venus bulld to V1rg1n1a Garnett JOAN PETERSON leaves her blue eyes and naturally wavy ha1r to Pug Grubbs e shgr-test glrl rn the Senlor Class to DELORES SCHILLING leaves her comlc sneeze to Martha Steen MILDRED SELES her excellent command of s1lence to Zack Wxlson CAROL SHELL leaves her secret love of teachers to Joyce Devme ANNABELLE SINGER leaves her glorlous blond ha1r to Bermce Mullen JOYCE WALLER leaves to Harvard Dukes her frrm farth ln Inverness as a future MARION WELCH leaves to Howard Lee her ab1l1ty to e ELSIE JEAN WERNICKE leaves her ,utterbugglng abihgfvtof E leaves hgtme Short Stuff to Snell Mashburn WANDA YOUNG leaves to Betty Smlth and Joyce Devlne her htdden talent, lf they can frnd rt CALVIN NILE leaves hrs t1tle of Senror Class W1t to Ted Hazelton SYLVIA BOND leaves her quxck smrle to Bob Frozen face Slnger JACK CRUMP leaves to Kelth Looper hrs ab1l1ty to hold down a Job at the A8sP and stlll hve II up at mght LOREN HANSON leaves to Bob Whltehead a set of school books that are ln excellent condruon, because they have hardly been used Stgned thls I5 day of May at Hernando Hlgh School clty of Brooksvrlle stare of Confuslon W1I'.DCSSSd by Mr Irv1ng Graves Mrs Zelda Pekovosky and Mlss Zelda Luther 1Ck1 Vegera metropolrs ' g g I . I I I . e 4 it. . .. . , . . I . . .fn .'! I if it, Vicki, but...CsluQcosxSI Law vxrvxcl ,lull UL 93:29 X!!! Mya, . . . : . ' I Vw 45 '- 1 . . N .. . . . L ,L ' 1 I' N 1 . ' Q - . . an - ne. '