The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-15

Mrs. Edyth Winningham, advisor t.
friend, made up the group heading
down the east coast of the states
for the pleasurable and beneficial
"trip. Malcolm Crawford, repre-
senting the state of North Carolina
as president of the N. C. State Stu
dent Council Congress. made the
trip a day earlier by bus. 1t was
such a memorable trip and so
thrilling to us, who'd never be-
fore visited the sunny state of
Florida, that I'm going to let down
and tell you just how fortunate we
found that we had been to be able
to make the trip through the Stu
dent Government of NHHS. II was
an experience I'll never forget and
1 feel very privileged to have been
one to represent the high school
at the convention.
So here's just a general list Of the
thrills we had and entertainments
we enjoyed.
We covered ground from Will
mington to Ocala, Florida, all day
Wednesday, stopping for a few
minutes at Myrtle Beach to view
the splendid Ocean Forrest Hotel,
and then on again when we were
suddenly jinxed by a flat tire. After
the usual remedy for such we
breathlessly took in the huge
stretching Cooper River Bridge at
Charleston, South Carolina. Dinner
time found US in Savannah, Georgia
and then on across the state line
to Jacksonville, Florida, where we
were just in time for hamburgers,
sandwiches, milkshakes and soft
drinks at one of the Pig N Whistles.
After stopping at Ocala for the
night, we hit the road for Silver
Springs, a spot which offered one
of the most thrilling and extra
ordinary experiences of the entire
trip. There we saw the coloreo
depths and undersea water life
unimaginable and indescribable to
anyone who has yet to witness the
sights at Silver Springs in a glass
bottom boat. Noon found US settl-
ing down on a hot St. Petersburg
street in front of the Soreno hotel,
convention headquarters, with an
other flat tire. This n was duly
attended to while we hustled into
the magnificent lobby of the hotel
where registration was taking
place and the get-acquainted ses'
sion was in full swing.
A general assembly of the eight
hundred and some delegates and
two discussion groups covering
various topics and presided over by
delegates from fourteen states in
the South filled the schedule for the
afternoon.
Another highlight was the formal
BANQUET Thursday night at Webb's
CITY. the worlds most unusua.
drugstore, where everything from
Scotch tape and hairpins to air
planes and automobiles is sold
The drugstore boasts the famous
'Webb's Poster Girls" who. model
ed the latest fashions from the
exclusive fashion department o
the store. Following the banquet
the delegates moved on to the
colosseum, a large and beautlful
ballroom where a band provided
the music. A grand march was
held during the course OF the dance
in which an older couple, acting as
Judges, chose Eddie R. Cook OF
Kannapolis, N. C. and Ann Standi'
fer of Panama City, Florida, te
reign over the Convention Ball as
King and Queen. The Florida Mill
tary Academy offered entertain.
ment as a company and its bano
formed and did several unique
marches.
Friday morning rolled around as
another general assembly took
place in which special projects
from four chosen high schools were
explained and offered as sugges-
lions to the group. Discussion
groups followed.
Noted speakers delivered spirit
ed and inspiring talks to the gen
e-al assembly in the midday bust
ness period. At 8 o'clock the dele
gates swarmed to Treasure Island
Beach for a swim in the Gulf OF
Mexico. The hostess to the Will
mington delegation happened to be
a member of the Bath club, ex-
elusive beach club for St. Peters
burg residents, so she added an
other special enjoyment to us
when she took us furthe~ up the
beach to have supper there. The
club was set on a stubby grass
lawn and was built around a well
coming swimming pool. The club
adJoined the exclusive hotel where
it is said that film stars and
famous personages spend their time
while on visit to st. Petersburg.
An exciting football game be-
tween St. Petersburg High and
Lakeland High added to the glo-
rlous entertainment provided us bv
the genial residents in which ST.
Petersburg High was victorious
with a score of 1876. Not forgetting
our own game with Durham that
same night Sara Kav and rb,r1a.