Ponce de Leon High School - Cavaleon Yearbook (Coral Gables, FL)

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ff 7 ,7 x ff I IN' J ,f tffl Efgjzuf L First row: Nancy Smith, .loyce Wheeler, Bud Smethurst, Betty Ann Harding, Dick Crock- ford, Jack Mueller, Frances Garcia, Ava Nell Gordon, second row: Frances Woolcott, Phyllis Blakey, Sally Hunter, Pat Arnold, Ann Heres, ,lackie Jones, Patsy Crosby, Love Ellis, Marta Bufano, Clarrissa Deyg third row: Jane Fuchs, Beverly Douglas, Edith Hjort, Elizabeth Hor- lamus, Peggy O'Neill, Betty Black, Maroline Creel, Gladys Mitchell, Jeanne Bagley, Marion Conley, Faith Adams, Mrs. Edith Masong fourth row: Earl McQuaide, ,lay Clarke, Happy Kneale, Moie Tendrich, George Solberg, Jimmy Deen, Nancy Lefholz, Mary Lou Hunt, Nancy Gramleyg fifth row: Ronald Berry, Fred Gahr, Henry Dunn, Wfalter Pierce, Robert Rath, Judge Welch, George Corrigan, Newton Bollinger. ? 49 4 Sponsoring an anti-cheating campaign was tl1e main project of the National Honor Society this year. Scholarship, leadership, character, and service are the requirements for membership to the National Honor Society, and to become a member of this organization is the highest honor a student can attain. The society has two tappings each year in assembly, the new members being voted on by the memhers and the faculty. Mrs. Edith Mason is sponsor, and the present officers are: Bud Smethurst, president, Sam Daniels, vice-presidentg Betty Ann Harding, secretary, ,l ack Mueller, treasurer, Dick Groekford, corresponding sec- retary, Youth Center representative, John Cornell.

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Show Managers To present student ideas to the faculty is the primary purpose of the Student Council, Ponce show managers. Under the direction of Miss Catherine Megibben, the Student Council has completed many pro- gressive projects making Ponce a better school. Sponsoring a 'LHey Day at Ponce start- ed the year off with that needed friendli- ness between old and new students. Honor roll pins and booster buttons also lifted the morale of the school. The Student Council initiated a new idea when they gave a prom for the February graduating seniors, and another by giving an Honor Roll banner to the home room with thc highest percentage of students on the Honor Roll each six weeks. Dances given by the Student Council Seated: Nancy Gramley, Mary Lou Hunt, Brad White, Dick Crockford, Betty Ann Harding, Sam Daniels, George Bedell, Patsy Crosby, Dinah 0,Brien. Standing: Jack Mueller, Bud Smethurst, Bill Kerdyke. on Fridayis third lunch provide recreation for students hard at work the rest of the day. Selling Senior Play tickets, and buy- ing new ilags for the school and for home rooms who did not have liags are other acts of the busy Student Council. Sam Daniels, president of the Council, has done an excellent job, assisted by Nancy Cramley, vice-presidentg Betty Ann Harding, recording secretaryg Dinah 0'- Brien, corresponding secretaryg George Bedell, secretary of stateg Jack Mueller, secretary of interiorg Mary Lou Hunt, sec- retary of linanceg Bill Kerdyke, secretary of defense, Bud Smethurst, secretary of publicityg Dick Crockford, secretary of student recreationg Bradford White, par- liamentariang and Patsy Crosby, chaplain.

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Aces of the Arena As one of the oldest service organiza- tions under the Ponce Big Top, thc Key Club strives each year to work harder for the benefit of all the people of our school. Netting S375 for the Heroes' Phone Fund was the result of one of their first projects. Then the Junior Kiwanians sponsored a hall of fame, consisting of pictures of outstanding Ponce students, and also the annual intra-class track meet. Perhaps the biggest job of the year was their donating the War Mem- orial, an ice-water drinking fountain. Choosing their members on a basis of leadership and citizenship, the Key Clubbers are sponsored by the Kiwa- nians of Coral Gables, They are grate- ful to Mr. Carl Fien, faculty adviser, and Mr. Willard Ware, Kiwanis ad- viser, for their valuable aid and advice. Top performers for this year include Bud Smethurst, president, Sam Daniels, vice-president, Pic Brannon, secretary, Frank MeNellis, treasurer, and Brad- ford White, corresponding secretary. Miss Betty Ann Harding, senior, was honored this year by being chosen Key Club Sweetheart. 72 Tor PICTURE: First row: Fred Gahr, Bud Smethurst, Sam Daniels, Frank McNellis, Pic Brannon, Judge Welch, second row: .lay Clarke, Robert Rath, David McDonald, Jack Brasington, Bert Trafford, George Solberg, Benny Klotzg third row: Bradford White, Bill Kerdyke, Richard Cassidy, Jack Raudenbush, Bill Vogt, George Pena, fourth row: Jim Wright, Robert Kirkland, Read Montague, Talbot Trammell, Edgar Montague, Mr. Carl Fien, faculty adviser. SECOND PICTURE: Sam Daniels, George Bedell, and Benny Klotz count the money donated by students to the Heroes, Phone Fund. This drive, sponsored by the Key Club, was a great success, as evidenced by the gifts, totaling 3375, from Ponce alone.