Palm Beach High School - Royal Palm Yearbook (West Palm Beach, FL)

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PALM BEACH Post-Times, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 9, was -- -,.---.... ,-,.---..- ,- r-.aHfJ'r'4g15,v:.-v---v-rv-vvvvv-Aww - Stadium Slants . . .. ..---..- wer.:-s-fsfv-.-v.n4ur:,----v Honest Effort as edis Cree - By DICK TAYLOR Tl1ere's little that 'we can do. other than to join the hundreds of friends of Reid Whittington who deeply mourzn his death. Our association with Red had profound effects, and to the thousands of persons in this community who were influ- enced by his ideals and ex- treme honesty, no idoubt . t.he effect was the same. noocin desire. or disinteerest in the sport. itself. ' He was the first friendww made when we came to Woe! Palm Beach in 1949. M a icndor age of 24, impressions vvorv formixlg, and time association with Red has made zz lasting illlllfilfi sion, and lnzipo-xl us to form guide-lines for living. We bring this np, for :fone obviously, this some imprceeailon has-4 been madr- lf!-ern Red We Ieanied, Q ,, Vq q1, literally thousands of young practice figld' gn iii, . , . 'i'L .,,VQ ' on win: worked under lied. Itk and on the bench, th irefg i i ' ifi1 f that he f'0i'f 'f'i mmf promise was fgny, gln, f ii 'boys w in his oarcfer at hgnegt, That to Beach Hzgh, ami a good than your best Wag fiii go f them constitute our and dishonest. And eqee .feie . . mzens Gif, mdzfy' , that he head n-lore' true friends in 'time area scorn for mage be ciassnfzed a der him who so stannch were they in fooled 'someone by iiiiiiie 5999011 of hlS work. by on partial effort. It was a way of life with him. Anyone who agreed with . t h e s e concepts, understood easily the whys of his Way of coaching a team. To those who failed to grasp Reefs search for honesty, both in mental and 'physical forms, thought he was too tough on his boys. But Rec! hated to see a ivoufngster waste hm true po- faeiiel 3'?9??5Fl4w1'?S5z.h'?k of A iHis passing is a much greater loss to this community than most people realize, for he was carry- ing his devotion to his career as an educator, a true builder of character, on in his work at Rivi- era Beach Junior High School. Red is the type of person, had he lived a half-century earlier, to whom monuments are built. Red's monument is his record, both on the scoreboard and among men. He was a great man.

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fl QI'l'LOI'l.UITL mr. Howard cmecf M flfWllt'ttl.l'lgtOI'l Beloved Coach of Palm Beach High School

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-I y . f . Q ' ze , J, 5 X 1 A 1 . I I , ,HRV 5 ,.. -,f :V 0 .lltiigg 1 Iwi lily 'Ami , - ,v,,,.,W. 4 czculty 2fi.4.I....2.4.isJ 1 W S 1 di-1,fwmv'ii4fo7mf1lf4f9 4 'Z NISE-...KJ I , . ,f ,V-fffff w,, WM ff' ,f 4, 5:9 ' ,V ' , O4 'w, ,, ' MISS MARY LOVVORN B.A., M.A. 'Latin MRS. MARGURITE SAVAGE B.A., BJ. English MRS. BIRDIE MOORE B.A. Spanish, Latin MRS. FRANCES HENNESSEY B.A. French, English MRS. MARY JANE FLESHER B.A. English MISS SARAH ROWBOTHAM B.S. American History MR. C. M. REDDING lstandingl B.S., M.A. School Treasurer, Business Mgr. MR. JOHN KEHLE B.S. Physical Education MR. GEORGE McCAM-PBELL B.S. Psychology MR. HARLEY McGHEE B.A., M.Ed. Twins MRS. ELIZABETH MEYER B.S. English MRS. MARY DEASON B.A. American History MISS ELSIE LANIER B.A., M.A. Related English MRS. LAURA WATSON B.A., M.A. English, Journalism MRS. ROSEMARY CHILLINGWORTH B.A. English MR. DON WHITMER Cstandingl B.S., M.A. Mechanical Drawing DR. RICHARD JACKSON B.A., M.A., Ph.D. Spanish MR. STUART CUSHMAN B.A. Social Studies MR. JOHN BLAKE B.S., M.A. Mathematics MR. CLINE CRAIN B.A. Chemistry