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Sue Trapnell
Anne Laing
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"howdy" and a handshake was the indication of a
new school year at Winter Park High School on Opening day.
The traditional Howdy Week began August 31, and ended September
2nd with a dance held in the school cafeteria.
On Wednesday, the first day of school, all
the students were given cards with their names and section
numbers printed on them. These cards were to introduce the
newly enrolled to the old students. Because of the large number
of students presently enrolled at Winter Park High, they were
unable to all meet in the auditorium, where their schedule
cards would have been issued. Instead, the seniors met in
the auditorium, the juniors in the lunchroom, and the sophomores
in the gymnasium.
The first day of school was not the mass
of utter confusion so often identified with opening day. Students
entering classes with these words, "I couldn't find my
room," were accepted and told that they would be expected
on time for the rest of the school year. The second day still
some "tardies", as the first.
Friday seemed to find everyone in order,
that is if you didn't venture in the office. Poor "Mr.
Fitz"!! The line of students wanting schedule changes
never seemed to stop pouring in.
Friday night the conclusion of Howdy Week
bopped in with music furnished by the Gators at the Howdy
Dance. The dance was held in the school cafeteria and the
free refreshments were complements of the new student council.
Among the cabinet members and officers there with their dates
were: Sandy Cash with Bill Lane, a Boone student, Connie Shoup
with graduate Chet Cornwall, Chan Muller and Susan Carter,
Suzie Miller and Bob Wiser. Other present were Max Morris,
John Bordley, Susan Chace, and Lynn Furr. The parents and
teachers who chaperoned were Mrs. and Mrs. Bordley, Mrs. and
Mrs. Horvath, Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Mrs. and Mrs. Eloquin.
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number of former WPHS students were seen reminiscing and renewing
old friendships. These included Linda Prevatt and Bill Blackburn,
Bill Rosenfelt with Anne Laing, Colin Crews and his steady
Donna Shaw, Joanne Horvath and athletic star Mike Mosher.
It was fine to see so many sophomores having
a good time and meeting new people. The Howdy Week was a big
success. As the year goes on, each student will get to know
more and more students in class and especially at the games.
But many times friendships begin with cheerful smiles and
casual "hello's" in the halls. If we are going to
have the colorful school spirit we want, we have to start
out with "howdy's" and handshakes. Let's make Winter
Park High a school of friendliness and high school spirit.
We're off to a good start, so keep it up.
Attending the Howdy Dance were:
Leslie White, Chad Price, Gerry DeVane,
Steve Wolfe, Randy Hall, Maurine Doggett, Susan Chace, Fred
Grinnell, Martha Baker, Ray Myers, Bill McGinnis, George Mayo,
Dale Potter and Woody Leonard.
Nancy Heinzen, Donnie Nuzum, Betty Sory,
Ginny McLucas, Jean Kingston, Sharon May, Sam Harris, Fran
Ussery, Camille DeFillips, Max Morris, Bret LeReux, Philip
Tope, Margie Myers, Becky Thornton, Linda Wentworth, Charlie
Brooking and Tommy Gibbs.
Elmer Bohannon, Dave Miller, Gary Fuller,
Dennis Rajala, Chip Schram, Jim Caccavo, Larry Elam, Linda
Myrick, Suzie Miller, Rick Deter, Tom Tobin, Warren Wise,
Sandy Cash, Stuart Smith, David Eckhart, Colin Crews, Julius
Mullins and John Bordley.
Steve Toothaker, Linda Heizen, Chip Lipps,
Anne Laing, Bill Rosenfelt, Marcia Gruber, Dave Sias, Nancy
Ann Wrenn, Chip Furr, Terry Gartside, Dodie Russell, Julie
Baldwin, Linda Tindall, John Myers, Tom Harmeling, Jackie
Cook, Carla York, Bob Wiser, Sue Sturges, Bill Lane, Carole
Lober, Nancy Temple, Donna Shaw, Kathy Brown, Sharon Cummings,
Jane Mitchell and Steve Grantham. |
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