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

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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.

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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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BLACK SILK TOPPERS Tops in dramatics are these Top Haliters, members of the dramatics society. Aimed to bring together the students with dramatic ability, the qualifications for membership are char- acter, leadership, and dramatic ability. New members are pledged once each semester. Behind the spotlights Top Hatters appeared in the follow- ing shows during this year: Spring Scene, HA Mind of Her Own, Variety Show for boys at Biltmore Army Hospital, 'fJerry Breaks a Date, uJunior Miss, the Senior Play, and g'The Unseen, the Class Day play. All were under the direc- tion of Mrs. Marguerite Harvey. Officers this year are: Judge Welch, president, Jack Muel- ler, vice-president, Patsy Crosby, secretary, Mary Lou Hunt, treasurer, and Patsy Crosby, pledge captain. 5725- 7 . A A ggfdq ,Ut ., -0, M V VJJZ First row: Dorothy Williams, Pat Spry, Katherine Hardeman, Bertha Moore, Joy Cobb, Patsy Crosby, Betty Ann Harding, Jackie Jones, Eleanor Conroy, Marta Bu- fauo, Mary Axelson, Jackie Geiger, Ann Richey, Barbara Mizer, Ann Heres, Harriet Quillian, Joan Browne, second row: Richard Cas- sidy, .lack Brasington, Virginia Crispin, Mary Lou Hunt, Nancy Lefholz, Jack Mueller, Judge Welch, Fred Gahr, Pat Arnold, Phyllis Jackson, Pat Gleason, Mary Wfil- kerson, Helen Giersch, Maynette Avery, Bill Kerdyke, Bud Smel- hurstg third row: Nancy Gramley, John Cornell, Walter Pierce, Faith Adams, Nancy Smith, David Bat- rheller, Bill Gobat, Edgar Mon- tague, John Dick, Pic Brannon, Jay Clarke, Bert Trafford, Love Ellis, Dick Crockfordg fourth row: Robert Kirkland, Wilson Smith, Frank W'ileox, Jimmy Harrison, Frank McNellis, Robert Rath, Don- ald Brown, Bradford White, Jim- my Deen. c K SQ 73 fha' NZ'