Winter Haven High School - Wha Hwa Hta See Yearbook (Winter Haven, FL)

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WA HWA HTA SEE --- 1941 ---------------------- CLASS HISTORY By Sarah Caluson Four years ago a group of draftees enlisted in the freshman class. At first it was rather difficult to get used to the routine of our new life. We were bombarded on all sides by questions from our colonels, but we weren’t daunted. We tried hard and soon caught on. We weren't as dumb as you’d expect rookies to be. We soon became known as the most spirited division in the entire camp. In our second year we became corporals and the things that had been important when we were rookies no longer occupied our attention. Those corporals were very sophisticated, what with dancin’ and datin' and everythin’! We even went so far as to give our superiors, the second lieutenants, a picnic out at Eagle Lake. Six of our girls became members of the cheering squad—the first time corporals had been given this honor. They were Joyce Hawkins, Mary Louise Kennedy, Florence Phares, Suzanne Russell, Tharasa F.ycleshimer, and Sylvia Chambliss. As sergeants we began to feel the weight of our responsibilities. Many boys went out for football, while quite a few of our girls were Imps. From our ranks came many of the members of various school organizations. Mary Louise Kennedy, Mildred Harris, June Courson, Florence Phares, Martha Teeter, Howard Lucas, and J. T. Barnwell became members of the National Honor Society. Several of the sergeants, with some second lieutenants, helped to start the English Club under the direction of Colonel Munck and Colonel Wolfe. These sergeants were Jeanne Ostrander, June Courson, Florence Phares, Mary Louise Kennedy, Martha Teeter, Mary Rabc, Sarah Callison, Mildred Harris, Cline Helm, Ralph Wolf, Ralph White, and Howard Lucas. One of our most important achievements that year was the play, Who Wouldn't Be Crazy,” with Sergeants Bob Williams and Jeanne Ostrander in the leading roles. As our camp is located in the deep south, we chose a Gone With the Wind theme for our Junior-Senior banquet, and carried out this idea in program and place cards. Finally we entered our last term of service. As second lieutenants we began to help run the camp. Ronny Hutton was elected president of the student body and Mildred Harris, secretary. Under Ronny’s government the monitor system was introduced, and plans were made for a loud speaker system to be installed throughout the camp. Jeanne Ostrander, Sarah Callison, Flora Daniels, Thercse Barfield, and Mary Rabc were members of the National Honor Society. Flora Daniels, Joyce Hawkins, and Ronny Hutton joined the English Club. In sports our lieutenants stood by their colors gallantly. Darrell Hammond was our football captain, and made the second all-conference team and second Polk all-star team. Elbert Layton and Ronny Hutton were also outstanding on the battle field. The basketball boys deserve a paragraph all to themselves, for they routed all the opposing forces and won the South Florida Conference Championship. From our division came champions James Machin, Ralph Wolf, J. T. Barnwell, and R. J. Brown. James made the all-conference team and was elected basketball captain. Henry Whatley starred in baseball, being all-conference pitcher and captain of our team, and R. J. Brown was outstanding in track. The sergeants of this year, familiarly known as Juniors, gave us a banquet with a movie theme. They presented academy awards to the most popular boy and girl, Florence Phares and Watson Bacon; best looking, Elbert Layton and Martha Mitchell; best all-’round, Darrell Hammond and June Courson; most intellectual, Howard Lucas and Mary Louise Kennedy; most athletic, J. T. Barnwell and Margaret Madden; cutest, Roger Krabill and Mary Rabc; wittiest, Cline Helm and Ruby Dobbins. After the banquet we began to work in earnest to get ready for that great event known as graduation. We worked on the annual and the Senior play, Here Comes Patricia,” with June Courson in the title role. We decided not to have a class night because of the lack of time. Now we find ourselves on the brink of what seems to be a very uncertain future. Some boys may enlist in the real army, or navy, while others shall don civilian clothes, and some of the girls may join the order of the apron and broom, while others shall become old maids.” Some of us shall reach the top rank although most of us shall be just average,” but all of us shall remember our enlistment in our Alma Mater.

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