The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-05-09

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Politics at Key West High, even
the defeated candidates would ad-
NIT, is more fun than the state and
county variety. The speeches were
shorter, and the posters funnier.
After short but hot campaign,
elections were held May 2 for the
Senior Student Council offices. The
big, important job of president
went to Ira SHERMAN. Evelyn Net
ties is vice-president. Carol Dalton
will be recording secretary. and
Betty Cooper corresponding secre-
tary, while Jeanne Canova will be
treasurer. Shirley Trudeau will be
editor of our school paper, The
Snapper, and Gail Parrish the
ninth-grade editor Of The Snapper
Patsy Johnson viii be the editor of
the Student Council Bulletin.
The polls were in the hall of the
Senior High Building. Voting was
by ballot because this year our
elections came so soon before the
county elections that we could not
borrow a voting machine. The cleo
ton judges set up long table on
which the blank ballots, the regis
tratieH lists. and the numbered bal
lot boxes were kept. The registra-
tien lists were the current home
room rolls of all ninth to twelfth
grade homereoms. II anybody
! thinks that ballot box stuffing went
on, he's wrong. The eagle-eyed
judges sat at the table all day,
checked off each voter in his home
room, issued only one ballot to
him, and watched him put his bal
lot in the slot. Eugene Roberts,
Terry Parrish, Blanche Alligood,
and Pam Russell were some of the
judges.
Other candidates for the offices
were: Jack Wells and Bob Slaves
for president; Barbara Pritchard
for viee-president; Dee Touchton
ferrecording secretary; Katherine
Baaz and Joyce founders for cor
responding secretary; Paul Avery
and Ray Wrinkle for treasurer; and
Vita Barroso for Snapper editor.
The campaigns were slightly diff
feFent from the state political cam
paigns. Each candidate made only
one speeeh--in the assembly April
"a. The candidates did not attack
their opponents but ran on their
past records in the school. (Of
course, for joke Shirley Trudeau
promised free all-day suckers and
sedas in the water coolers but not
even the ninth graders believed it,
On the clever posters the csndi-
dates were endorsed by Donald
Duck, Nanny Yokum and Edu-
Gated Jones of Degpsteh, Peytt
girls, and other prominent persons.
Other posters advised the voter
not the 'half-safe" but to be sure"
and still others featured original
verse in favor OF the candidates.
1t was fun, no one is angry, and
We think We have good student
Council for next year. The only
question is. How can President Ira
out-talk all those girls who have
all the other offices?
Nay Day Plans
BY Betty Rowan
Miss Hughes fifth period physi-
cal education class is busy prscti-
cling dances for the May Festival
next week, May IL They are doing
two numbers, the Danish Schottis-
che and the Step-Slide Step.
The girls participating are
Myrna Curry. Dale Mitchell, Carol
Reeves, Teresa BsrdweIl, Dolores
Smith, Jeanne Carbonell, Barbara
Pritehard, Shirley Trudeau Edyth
Hampton, Vita Barroso, Evelyn
Nettles. June Yates, Esther Smith,
Lucy Hulzing, Freda Weech, and
/ Gail Varela.
The girls are praeticing hard and
hope to make a good showing al
/ the May Day Festival.