Wewahitchka High School - Gator Yearbook (Wewahitchka, FL)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1957 volume:

THE GATOR 1956 - 1957 WEWAHITCHKA HIGH SCHOOL WEWAHITCHKA, FLORIDA PUBLISHED BY SENIOR CLASS GATOR STAFF Steve Harden Charles Brogdon ............................Co-Editors Michael Roche Jerald Alford.............................Class Editors David Tanton..............................................Sports Editor Alice Faye Hawkins...........................................Who’s Who Delores Lanier Genell Hall..................................Snapshots Hurtis Alford ........................................Business Manager Gene Gay...................................................Photographer Mrs. I. C. Mayfield, Jr.........................................Advisor 2 MR. and MRS. I. C. MAYFIELD, JR. I DEDICATION For your understanding attitude, untiring effort; for your unrecognized help and devotion, we dedicate this, the 1957 GATOR, to you, Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield. We appreciate every service you have performed for us which has enabled us to carry on in a most efficient manner the things we have undertaken. Thanks to you for your help to us in our clubs, activities, and classes. The 1957 GATOR Staff 3 THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKS As always during any school year, we have had our ups and downs this year but we can look back and see the good that has been done and the things that have been accomplished. I hope this issue of the annual will be one of our most cherished possessions. We know that it represents many long hours of work by the staff. R. C. Maddox Principal MRS. CLYTEE MAYFIELD Senior Sponsor Business Education University of Mississippi B. A. and M.B.E. MR. WILLIAM LINTON Coach, Mathematics, and Science Florida Southern College B.S. Florida State University M.E. MR. HARRELL HOLLOWAY Sophomore Sponsor Driver and Physical Education Mississippi Southern B.S, and M. A. MR. I.C. MAYFIELD,JR. Junior Sponsor Social Studies and Sr. English University of Mississippi B. A. and M.E. MRS. LAURA HINTON Librarian Florida State University B.S. MRS. CHARLOTTE BROWN Home Economics Florida State University B. S. MRS. JUNE FRYE Freshman Sponsor Jr. High Math Northern State Teachers College of South Dakota MR. ROBERT WOLL Band Director and 7th Music Ohio Northern University B.S. Florida State University M.S. MR. HUGH SEMMES Vocational Agriculture Alabama Polytechnic Institute B. S. and M. S. LOIS SMITH BRANCH Class Secretary 3; Glee Club I; Track 1,2; Basketball I; Class Play 3; 4-H Club 1,2; Folk Games 2; Photography Club 1,2. Staff fERREU- Band ' • sx Staff 4- Sectetaty jOANN£VW fha l,2 3 Staff 4 cV and Ctafts 5 Co™e„ 2 FFW «  r2. ftes. Sraphy ,. p sident;’4' Secret ry 2. . C,a«PJav, . ' : Basket- sCOT, CUss Ptesiacu Vice Preside eibaU 2-3- 2. pFA Ouatt ther David  Student Council • ,T™N Counc4i 'nnUaI St ff 4'FBLACAA 3! Paper 4:Photog rWi.2;e4 7 JOYCE ACKISON JOHN HANLON ODIE HOLMES ANNETTE PITTS MARY ELLEN STOKES JIMMY HARPER ROBERT KIMBRELL FRANCES LINDSEY JUNIORS JEANIE LONGSHORE CLARIE MARSHALL MARY LOIS STEPHENS G.L. BOOTH ETHAN BRANCH TOBY GAY JR. SOPHOMORES BILLY BURNHAM WARREN DAVIS GINGER HUGHES 15 THELMA LAND SOPHOMORES HAMP LINTON !j| gm BENNY LISTER JEAN SMITH JERRIE NATIONS SANDRA SMITH 16 ELAINE PURS WELL LAMAR TAUNTON PHILLIP SMITH JIMMY McCORVEY GEORGIA LEE MeCQRVEY CSLIN McBRIDl LINDA StA OSCAR 1UEWOI ROLAND WARI JENCIE WEEKS NELL WEEKS ward McDaniel EIGHTH FIRST ROW (Left to Right): Bennie Jean Adkison, Jimmy Armstrong, Linda Atwell, Lamarr Bateman. SECOND ROW; Jimmy Beatty, Wayne Blackburn, Jean Croft, Earl Boone Estelle Davis. THIRD ROW; Yvonne Davis, Ann Ford, Ray Hanlon, David Harper, Mary Hodges. FOURTH ROW: Bubba Hughes, Juanita Jenkins, Sarah Johnson, Eugene Jones. 19 EIGHTH FIRST ROW (Left to Right): Patsy King, Patricia King, Billy Knowles, Rodney Laird. SECOND ROW; Dimples Lanier, Roy Lister, Mildred Ludlam, Jenny Pitts, Sharon Rester. THIRD ROW; Joseph St. Clair, David Sinclair, Tweda Smith, Junior Strange, Betty Taunton. FOURTH ROW; Ronnie Ward, Robert Weeks, David Carl Whitfield, Kenneth Wiley, Inez Williams. NOT PICTURED: Jimmy Bozeman, Gladys Gay, James Ellis Grey, Beverly Mclnnish. 20 SEVENTH GRADE FIRST ROW (Left to Right): Carlos Adkinson, Gale Barber. SECOND ROW; Larry Bateman, Connie Birmingham, Thomas Boone, Charlotte Borders, Ellis Brogdon. THIRD ROW; Martha Clayton, Henrietta Daniels, Jacque Davis, Kathy Gaskin, Betty Ruth Glass. FOURTH ROW: Raymond Griffin, Shirley Holmes, Faye Key, Aimer Land, Bert Lanier. 21 SEVENTH GRADE FIRST ROW (Left to Right): Mildred Legrone. SECOND ROW; Robert Ludlam. Cecil Melvin, Gaston Meredith, Robbie Nations, Douglas Nunery. THIRD ROW; Frances Nunery, Gayle Poole, Virginia Roemer, William Smith, Mike Stripling. FOURTH ROW; Feddlen Theobalt, Jerry Turner, Mary Ann Ward, Ave Weeks, Sandra Woll. NOT PICTURED: J.M. Smiley, Othell Hoover, John Thomas Darley. 22 • A WHO HURTIS ALFORD JOANNE MAYHANN WHO’S CHARLES BROGDON DELORES LANIER 11 SEATED: Jeter Ann Hughes and Mary Ellen Stokes. STANDING: Jerrie Nations, Toby Gay, Camell Stokes, Jimmy Harper, Danny Brogdon, and Jean Mayhann. JOANNE MAYHANN MICHAEL ROCHE STUDENT COUNCIL Advisor I.C. Mayfield, Jr. President Charles Brogdon Vice President Bill Lamb Secretary Barbara Gay Treasurer Freddie Whitfield Freddie Whitfield, Mildred LeGrone, Dimples Lanier, Irene Lister, Carol Sue Hal- man, Charles Brogdon, Hamp Linton, Bill Lamb, Barbara Gay, Michael Roche, Mr. I.C. Mayfield, Jr. LIBRARY COUNCIL Advisor Mrs. Laura Hinton President Michael Roche Vice President David Taunton Secretary Reporter Sandra Smith Gene Gay, Phyllis Faulks, David Taunton, Jerald Alford, Sandra Smith, Michael Roche, Mrs. Laura Hinton. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Advisor Mr. Hugh Semmes President G. L. Booth Vice President Jack Brockett Secretary Jerald Alford Treasurer Benny Lister Sentinal Deward Bass Reporter Bill Lamb FIRST ROW: Rodney Green, Allen Legrone, Ethan Branch, Colon Alford, Gene Gay, Toby Gay, Jimmy Harper, Max Fleming, Tommy McGlon, Carnell Stokes, Hurtis Alford, Charles Mayhann, Steve Harden, Mr. Semmes. SECOND ROW; John Hanlon, Heany Hall, Broward Brogdon, James Hanlon, G.L. Booth, Jack Brockett, Jerald Al- ford, Benny Lister, Bill Lamb, Deward Bass, Jimmy Wade, Roland Ward, Oscar Redd, Danny Brogdon. THIRD ROW; Robert Weeks, Hamp Linton, Earl Boone. Jimmy Beatty, Roy Holmes, Ward McDaniel, Warren Davis, Terry Joe Glass, Lamar Taunton, Phillip Smith, John Melton Whitfield, Jack Hall, Jimmy Flint, Ellis Gray, Jimmy Arms- trong. FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA FIRST ROW: Jerrie Nations, Joanne Mayhann, Jeter Hughes, Faye Hawkins, Mary Ellen Stokes, Flossie Biair, Mary Lois Stephens, Joyce Ackison, Delores Lanier, Sandra Smith, Carolyn Davis, Annette Pitts. SECOND ROW; Ann Knowles, Linda Atwell, Jencie Weeks, Iris Ward, Gennell Hall, Carolyn Bailey, Iris Merle Alford, Ginger Hughes, Barbara Gay, Doris Davis, Phyllis Faulks. Mrs. Brown. THIRD ROW: Edna Bailey, Yvonne Davis, Linda Sue St- okes, Georgia Lee McCorvey, Jean Mayhann, Allie Adams, Irene Lister, Nell Weeks. Tweeda Smith, Sharon Res- ter, Lamarr Bateman, Inez Williams. Advisor Mrs. Brown President Odie Holmes Vice President Delores Lanier Secretary Mary Lois Stephens Treasurer Joyce Ackison Parliamentarian Flossie Blair Historian Ginger Hughes Program Chairman Faye Hawkins BETA CLUB Advisor Mrs. I.C. Mayfield, Jr. President Joyce Ackison Vice President Steve Harden Secretary Jeannie Longshore Treasurer Faye Hawkins FIRST ROW: Ann Knowles, Jerrie Nations, Faye Hawkins, Jeannie Longshore, Mary Lois Stephens, Flossie Blair. SEC- OND ROW: Carol Sue Halman, G.L. Booth, Clarie Marshall, Francis Lindsey. THIRD ROW: Gene Gay, Steve Harden, Joyce Ackison, Mrs. Mayfield. F. B. L. A. FIRST ROW Faye Hawkins, Jerald Alford, David Tanton, Michael Roche, Hurtis Alford, Charles Mayhann, Gene Gay, Jack Brocket!, Colon Alford, Charles Brogdon, Frances Lindsey. SECOND ROW: Clarie Marshall, Doris Davis, Carolyn Bailey, Delores Lanier, Jeter Hughes, Joanne Mayhann, Joyce Ackison, Secretary-Treasurer; Steve Harden, President; Ray Hancock, Vice President; Flossie Blair, Mary Lois Stephens, Genell Hall. Carolyn Davis, Iris Ward, Mary Bryant, Mrs. Mayfield. 29 SENIOR ART CLUB Sponsor MRS. IRENE CONNELL FIRST ROW; Billie Burnham, Annette Pitts, Mary Ellen Stokes, Elaine Purswell, Thelma Land, Ginger Hughes, Sandra Smith, Carolyn Davis, Jean Smith, Colon McBride. SECOND ROW: Hamp Linton, James Hanlon, Toby Gay, Robert Kimbrell, Jimmy McCorvey, Ethan Branch. Benny Lister, G. L. Booth, Clairie Marshall, Frances Lindsey, Mrs. Connell. JUNIOR ART CLUB Sponsor MRS. IRENE CONNELL FIRST ROW; Bennie Ackison, Mildred LeGrone, Shirley Holmes, Estelle Davis, Jean Croft, Fedlen Theobalt, Joe St. Clair, Bert Lanier, Cecil Melvin, Ray Hanlon. SECOND ROW: Kathay Gaskin, Betty Witchard, Betty Taun- ton, Inez Williams, Betty Ruth Glass, Junior Strange, Jerry Stokes, Beverly Mclnnish, Roland Ward, Jimmy Bo- zeman, Eugene Jones, Mrs. Connell. SCIENCE CLUB Sponsor MR. WILLIAM LINTON FIRST ROW; Mary Ellen Stokes, Annette Pitts, Billie Burnham, Robert Kimbrell. SECOND ROW; Mr. Linton, Johnny Waldrop, Benny Lister, Jimmy McCorvey, James Hanlon. NEEDLE WORK CLUB Sponsor MRS. ANGELA WHITFIELD FIRST ROW: Patricia King, Estelle Davis, Connie Birmingham, Jackie Davis, Henrietta Daniels, Virginia Roemer, Kathay Gaskin, Sandra Woll, Shirley Holmes, Alma Land, Fay Key, Mary Ann Ward, Charlotte Borders, Tweeda Smith, Mildred Ludlum, Elaine Purswell. SECOND ROW: Juanita Jenkins, Linda Atwell, Allie Adams, Jean Mayhann, Georgia McCorvey, Judy Davis, Sarah Johnson, Patsy King, Jennie Pitts, Nell Weeks, Betty Ruth Glass, Jean Smith, Dimples Lanier, Ann Ford, Martha Clayton, Mrs. Whitfield, Betty Jo Whitfield. BAND Director R.A. Wo 11 President Broward Brogdon Vice President Carol Sue Halman Secretary Jeannic Longshore Treasurer Delores Lanier DRUM MAJOR AND MAJORETTES fluioqictf li6 GATORS FIRST ROW: Broward Brogdon (Manager), James Hanlon, Bill Lamb, Steve Harden, Jerald Alford, John Hanlon, Jack Brockett (Manager). SECOND ROW: Ethan Branch, Rodney Green, Charles Mayhann, Charles Brogdon, Ray Hancock, Colon Alford, Coach William Linton. GO GATORS! GATORS AT END OF SEASON FIRST ROW: Coach Linton, Philip Smith, James Hanlon, Benny Lister, Hamp Linton, Broward Brogdon (Manager). SECOND ROW: Ethan Branch, Ray Hancock, Charles Brogdon, Steve Harden, Bill Lamb. Panama City, Florida BASEBALL LETTERMEN ’56 LEFT TO RIGHT: James Hanlon, Hurtis Alford, Coach Harrell Holloway, Colon Alford, Steve Harden. SCOUTS'® i iiiimuri YEARBOOKS COVER BY MYERS