Martin Digital History

The Sailfish : Martin County High School yearbook, 1955

Item

Title

The Sailfish : Martin County High School yearbook, 1955

Description

Includes portraits of school administration, including principal John C. Gray's message, superintendent John W. Martin, Mr. R.S. Hill, faculty, staff, student awards, students (7th-12th grade).

Group portraits of student groups and clubs, including the Beta Club, Key Club, Quill and Scroll, Southwind Staff, annual staff, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, Los Picaros, DCI, band, play, "S" Club, Blue and White, football team, basketball team, cheerleaders, and girls' tennis team. Also includes photos of the Christmas formal, prom, homecoming, Miss MCHS, Miss 1955, photographers Art Ruhnke and Earl Dyer Ricou, and school buildings.

Advertisers with photos of their business in their ads include Hunter's Auto Supply, Chason's Garage, Hart's Trailer Park, Superior Meats, Kindred's Superette, Stuart Drug, Stuart Auto Camp, Rowell's Service Station, Larry's Barber Shop, Ricou Photo Center, Citizen's Bank, Randall's Woodworking Shop, Greene's Dry Goods, Dandee Bread, Pelican Beauty Salon, Sailfish Lodge, Poinciana Gardens, Lyric Theatre, Stuart News, Higbee Electric, Gulf Oil Distributors, Rich's Ice Cream, Wall's Groves, Seymour's, Jack's Cookies, Causeway Grill, Horton's, Hummel's, Naco Fertilizer, Pittman Service Station, Nekrasoff & Son, Velda Ice Cream, Boutwell's Dairy, Bill Greene Chevrolet, Osceola Electric, Arthur M. Dehon, Hotel Pelican, Slocum's Flowers, Bailey Boat Company, Quinn's Grocery, Lovett's, Gooley Service Station, Ulmer Motors, Deerfield Groves, Andy's Drug Store, Pence Construction, Pence Laundry, Reliable Feed Store, and Casa Lumber.

Source

Scan gift of Stuart Heritage Museum.

Publisher

Martin County High School (Stuart, Fla.)

Date

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

184 p. : photographs ; 11 inches

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

2024.031

Original Format

Book

Citation

Martin County High School (Stuart, Fla.), “The Sailfish : Martin County High School yearbook, 1955,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/15696.