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

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Y, T ffilpglecf vvuffff A Allied YouTh is a club oT high sTanding ThroughouT The counTry. lTs purpose is To show Teenfagers how To have Tun wiThouT alcohol. Every year a naTional conyenTion oT all The posTs oT Allied YouTh is held aT which plans are made Tor The Tollowing year. The convenTion was held This year aT Buck T-Till Ealls, Pennsylvania, Ponce had The largesT delegaTion oT any oTher school in The counTry. We were TorTunaTe in The elecTion oT Ralph Cordes The NaTional RresidenT oT Allied YouTh and lrus Marks Trom Miami l-ligh The ViceAPresidenT. AT The meeTings oT The Ponce chapTer, held in The Coral Gables MeThodisT Church, The club TeaTures prominenT speakers Trorn The greaTer Miami area. as well as Trom diTTerenT secTions oT The counTry. ATTer The speakers' lecTures, sguare dancing and reTreshmenTs are had in The church playroom. Allied YouTh TeaTures many social eyenTs during The year. These include skaTing parTies, sock hops, moon- lighT parTies. and good old Tashioned square dancing. TenTaTive plans are being made Tor a Trip To Nassau in The spring. 1-il 'Fi R 9 ALLIED YOUTH OFFICERS Tor The year were: Norris, Corresponding Sec- reTaryg Millan, Recording Se-creTaryg McKiever, Treasurer, Carrerro, Chap- lain: Cook, Ways and Means Chairman, Millidge, Membership Chairman, Cor- des, PresidenT3 Siogrin, Vice-RresidenTg Paige, ReTreshrnenT Chairman. V

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LeTT To righT, TirsT row: Copelin, Greene, Wooley, Lacy, l-lamley. Second row: Ware, Miller, Casey, Thompson, O'Barslci, Grimes. CavalieTTes, Ponce de l.eon's acTive pep club, has enjoyed a very successTul year. ln TiTTeen years They have become well-lcnown noT only in greaTer Miami, buT also in The enTire sTaTe oT Florida. The biggesT acTiviTy oT The year is The halT-Time drills given during The TooTball games, while The peppy cheerleader squad keeps The sTands cheering Their Team on To vicTory, WiTh Mary Lou lVlaTThews as capTain The CavalieTTes execuTed many Tine precision drills, while Audrey O'Barslci capTained The cheerleaders Through an equally ouTsTanding season, This year The girls aTTended nearly all oT Ponce's ouT oT Town games, wiTh The over- nighT sTay'aT Vero Beach being The mosT mem- WW K5 X N .,.., .., i.., I ,N I Avi, YI, ,K , ,,,. i- , OFFICERS l.eTT To righT: Jordan SecreTaryg MaTThews C a p T a i ng Lawrence, Recording SecreTary Power, PresidenT3 Plan nery, Vice - Presidenlr Miller, Treasurer. orable. The exciTing Orange Bowl TesTiviTies, and laTer on, The gala Gasparilla pageanT in Tampa, puT The Tinishing Touches on The l949 TooTball season. GTher acTiviTies during The year included The semiATormal dance held aT The Riviera CounTry Club, and The annual musicale given in May. To become a member oT The CavalieTTes a girl musT have a B average, a pleasing appearance and disposiTion. TryouTs are held Twice a year when The enTire membership voTes on The candidaTes, aTTer which They pledge Tor a semesTer. uw 1- v ,N 'K ,I :fix v- gf. , uf s . , il i:,Slxi:TT 4' -V

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'iw- ' ii i ii ' T . if 2 ,,'.g Q T 1 T -':-A, 2 T il ' 1 LeTT To righT, TirsT row: BerreTT, Gingers, Claypool, Clouse, Ferndon, C'Connell Shaw, Dare, Belcher. Second row: Frary, Larmon, Lodessen, BuTler, Barnes, Ford WrighT, DieTrich, Mrs, Marley, Wood Keep. Third row: Jennis, Ward, Wal bridge, Qwens, BenneTT, Townsend Shields, lvlansmann, RinhearT, Jordan Lewis. Circle above, oTTicers: Wads worTh, Vice-President Gingras, Presi denTg Wilson, Treasurer: Belcher, AlTer naTe Treasurerg Lodeeson, SecreTarv. gjzemcg igfug The purpose oT The organizaTion in l946 OT The French Club was To sTimulaTe and develop inTeresT in The language, The cusToms and The culTure oT The French people. Since ThaT Time The group has grown under The able sponsorship oT Mrs. lvlarlev unTil now The members number nearly TiTTv. The club engages in singing French songs, playing French games, having naTive French people Tallc To Them, and malcing Tape recordings oT The sTudenTs voices. Qne oT The inTeresTing proiecTs underTalcen by The club is correspondence wiTh sTudenTs oT France. RecenTly The club senT CARE packages To France.