Vernon High School - Jacket Buzz Yearbook (Vernon, FL)

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Attention, The staff of our school paper, The Jackets' Sting, is a very busy group. Not only do they just write the copy, but news must first be collected. Re- porters have to dig deep to find out all the facts about the latest. Reporters. In order to publish the paper you have to have funds. To raise the needed money, the staff ventured to the nearby towns and sold ads. JACKETS' Editor-in-Chief - - - Assistant Editor - - - - Business Manager - - ---- Assistant Business Manager - Feature Editor ------- Assislaill Feature Editor - - Art Editor -------- Assistant Art Editor - - Alumni Editor ----- Assistant Alumni Editor - - - - Boys' Sports Editor ----- Assistant Boys' Sports Editor Girls' Sports Editor ----- Assistant Girls' Sports Editor STING STAFF - - -IULAINE JOHNSON - - - - -IRIS HUDSON - LORETTA T, COOK - - - - MILBRA BROCK BARBARA MCFATTER - - -YVONNE RAMSI-I - LINDA HIGHTOWER - -FOYE LAWRENCE - - SHIRLEY JENKINS - - VIRGINIA MOODY - -MELVIN DIETZ, JR. - - - HILTON KELLY - - - -REA HAMMOCK - - - - MARGARET HADDOCK

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Hzgh Notes VHS band was organized in 1951 That year it may not have been so good. The notes were some times sour but the band played on As years passed the members of the band learned more about the instruments and the music. Later they attended disl trict festivals and in 1955-56 participated They played and marched away with superior rating, the highest honor given. That year they attended state festival in Gainesville and received excellent rating As the majorettes pranced the band marched in the West Florida Championship Rodeo parade for several years. Highlights of this year were attendance at district and state festivals and spring concert ln cooperation with the glee club the band presented the Christmas concert. Football games would not be complete without the halftime and band program The outstanding per formance of the year was presented at the home game between the Jackets and Sopchoppy intricate formations included the pinwheel the letter S for Sopchoppy the letter V for Vernon and the hesita Mr Ernest Boone Director relaxes and gets in a httle practice on his own GAIL CALHOUN Mascot , . ' .. .. ' . - tion strut. l - 5 . I

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Vzctory VI -9-W-232 Front row: Cheerleader Yvonne Parish, Reporter, Coach Sam Mitchell, Cheerleader Barbara McFatter, Secretary. Second row: Buddy Dietz, Vice President, Rodney Parrish, Johnny Calhoun, President. Third row: Theodore Simmons, Preston Haddock, Hilton Kelly, David Mitchell. Fourth row: Royce Pippin, Bud Bruner, Jimmy Goodson. Fifth row: Wayne Carter, Clinton Hicks, Kenneth Faile, Jackie Roche, Jack Dorch. Sixth row: Charles Simmons, Daniel Martin, Wadell Jenkins, Herman Jenkins. Seventh row Junior Ferguson, Jim Harrell, Larry Morrell, and Eli Carter. The V-Club has been in existence since the beginning of athletics at VHS. This particular club con sists of boys and girls who have eamed letters in athletics. A highlight of the year was their banquet on March 14 honoring the school athletes.