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this week salutes Senior Track star Richard Giannini. Rich hails
from Crestwood, New York and has been living in Winter Park for
the past 9 years. At Glenridge he was active on the football, basketball,
and track teams. Moving on to WPHS Rich played two years of J.V.
basketball and was a part of the valiant Wildcat football squad.
This Parker's fine track record will enable him to letter for the
third consecutive year.
Recently, Rich broke "Mighty" Mike Mosher's
discus record of 145'7" by a good 9 feet. The record now stands
at 154'2". Richard has thrown the discus farther than anyone
else in class A this year. He ranks 5th in the state for discus
out of classes A and B. in the Florida Junior Olympics, he took
2nd place in the discus.
When asked about his future plans, this 6'1-1/2"
210 pound Senior replied, "College...I'd like to go to any
college that'll let me throw the discus on their track team!"
Richard's goal in life is (of course) to win the 1964 Olympics.
Good luck, Rich. Hope you make it!
Another track star that deserves special mention
is shot putter Jim Fleming. In the past few track meets Jim has
been chucking the old shot past the 50 ft. mark. Great show, Flem.
Also a tip of ye old coffin lid goes out to the
WPHS Baseball team...a good group of real winners. |
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'Benched'
By "Sturge"
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It
was a hot day and we really felt sorry for all of those poor little
baseball players standing out in all of that dirt -- especially
Timmy Hartung who had to stoop down for just about the whole game!
Tim was wearing this heavy, heavy armor in a bright orange -- one
of the season's most fashionable colors -- plus the craziest Halloween
Mask!
Then we spotted tall, blonde Jackie Billingham,
waving his arms in the middle of the BASEBALL COURT! Mr. "B"
looked absolutely adorable in his knickers and knee socks. However,
we were quite peeved at Jack because he kept throwing the ball at
this Apopka boy who held out this long stick to protect himself!
Finally, one of the "Blue Darters" got very angry and
hit the ball right AT Jackie! You should have heard everyone yell
when the ball missed Jack and landed right in one of the outfielder's
gloves!
We must mention at this time that none of those
baseball boys had any "Fashion Sense" whatsoever! Why
they only wore ONE leather glove, which was too big anyway, and
which did not even MATCH their "duck bill" caps or their
spike heel shoes!
Bob Danforth really looked lonesome without his
bicycle to ride, so he used up his energy by hitting that tiny little
baseball with one of those STICKS! In fact, Bob tried to aim at
one of those fellows in blue, but, unfortunately, for Bob -- he
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The
Prom . . . As
'62 Sees It
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Pamme Anderson
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On
Friday, April 28, the Junior Class of WPHS saw its dream materialize.
All week long, among the fury and frenzy of decorating much time
was also spent anticipating what the "great night" would
be like. Well, it was just "out of this world," which
was quite appropriate since the theme was "Seventh Heaven".
Some of the Juniors dancing starry-eyed under
the clouds were: Marty Wellinger and Lance Howden, Dodi Simmerson
and Greg Holland, Jane Mitchell and Bill Dick, Claudia Musselwhite
and Sandy Andrews, Gail Cannon and Dave Smith, Marcia Fosgate and
Bob Mikesell, Pamme Anderson and Fred Grinnell, Melodee Eddy and
Ricky Miller, Liz Bennett and Ned Whitner, Ellen Igou and Buster
Judy, Judi Kirkpatrick and Tim Hartung and ever so many, many more.
Each girl present looked as though she belonged
on one of the beautiful white silken clouds descending from the
roof of the gym. The gorgeous array of colors presented in the form
of floor length and short formals, semi-formals, and cocktail dresses
contrasted beautifully with the multicolored flowers in the "garden".
The "Stairway to the Starts" was the highlight of the
evening. The couples would stroll right up "into the heavens"
and have their pictures taken for a happy remembrance of one of
the most understatably wonderful nights of their lives.
Yes, as it is plain to see, the Junior-Senior
Prom of '61 was a huge success, and I'm willing to bet that every
girl who attended will be "on a cloud" for quite a while
to come. After all, who could forget a "night in heaven?"
. . . And that is just what "Seventh Heaven" was.
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