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Richard Parker
I have an owner at our RV Resort whose grandfather married Dan McCarty’s mother; Francis Lardner Tylander (Moore). You may recall that Dan McCarty died while serving as Governor of Florida.
Dan McCarty was born in Ft. Pierce, the son of a prominent local family, and grew up in a large house on Indian River Drive just south of the present courthouse in downtown Fort Pierce. He attended local public schools including the University of Florida While in college he was extremely active within Florida Blue Key, Student Government, the Sigma Phi Fraternity, and ROTC. After finishing his education in 1934, McCarty became a cattleman and citrus grower in Fort Pierce. He married Olie Brown with whom he had three children.
On February 25, 1953, shortly after assuming the governorship, he suffered a debilitating heart attack and died on September 28, 1953 in Tallahassee; For months McCarty struggled to regain his strength, spending most of his days working in the Governor's mansion. Finally, in early September he contracted a severe case of Pneumonia and died on September 28, 1953
It was the grandson who brought me a this 1931 copy of the Santa Lucian. I hope you enjoy it.
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History of the Class of 1931
On September 17, in the year of our Lord 1927, a dashing group of garcons and jeunes filles entered the school of Fort Pierce High where they would learn the arts necessary to be a musketeer or a lady-in-waiting to the queen. A gallant fellow, Monsieur Lloyd Taylor, was selected by his comrades to lead them in all adventures. He was assisted in these duties by two fair Mademoiselles, Louise Summerlin and Ruth Foster.
Many tournaments and boons were undergone. However, not all of their days were those of toil, for several .png) festivals were given. As a reward for this year’s work, each one was given a pass from King Emmett Taylor, permitting him to enter the ranks of a Sophomore. As special merits for their work, Mademoiselles Florance Gewert, Louise North, Katharine Mack, and Monsieur Howard Warren were awarded school letters. Duenna Easter Russell and Duenna Ina Elder acted as chaperones for these beaux and belles in all of their tournaments and fetes.
In 1928, this band was no longer Freshmen but was elevated to the ranking of Sophomores. This year Duenna Lillian White, aided by Captain Cozine, were chaperones. For this year, a goodly lad, Monsieur Raymond Tylander, Mademoiselles E’Lois Padrick and Edith Van Landingham took the lead of the band. As in the previous year, a number of them participated in the tournaments and jousts of the school. In the spring, a Beach Fete was given the Seniors. As the year closed they were given passes by the same King, permitting them to enter the realm of upperclassmen.
For the year 1929, Mademoiselles E’Lois Padrick, Florance Gewert and Monsieur Harold Kinsey were chosen to lead their comrades, with King Robert H. Adams reigning, and Duenna Lillian White and Duenna Ezelle Gober were chaperones. The first social event of the year was the Junior Ball, given on Armistice Night  at Castle Dixon. After the Christmas festivals plans were made for a pageant and on April 11 the Junior Pageant, “A Full House,” was given and it proved to be a brilliant success. Fulfilling the traditions of the school, these gallant beaux and belles arranged a most sumptuous feast in honor of the departing Seniors, which was a most fitting climax for the year.
Confronted with more responsibility than in the previous years the future seemed a difficult one. However, with Mademoiselles E’Lois Padrick and Florance Gewert and Monsieur Tylander the prospects brightened. The careful guidance of Duenna Gober and Captain Donald Seward and the wise ruling of King Harold E. Spaulding gave them much help. During the first of the year a Beach Festival for the Knights and Ladies of the faculty was given. In October, the first Senior Ball was given; and another, in December. On December 12 a Stunt Pageant was held under the supervision of the Seniors, at which time Mademoiselle E’Lois Padrick was selected as the most popular belle by the whole school. After the Christmas festivities, the Senior Pageant, “A Lucky Break,” was started and was given March 16. Until this time the mademoiselles had had several fetes of their own but on February 16, Mademoiselle Irene Frambach entertained the whole class with a Mardi Gras festival. Before the end of the school year many more accomplishments will have been achieved, but the history of the jeunes filles and garcons will not be finished but continue on into the years, for the Class of ’31 that has so nobly lived up to the ideals of F. P. H. S. for the past four years has passed on into higher realms.
Class Song
(TUNE: March of the Musketeers)
In the year nineteen-thirty-one, there was a class
With quite a claim, to name and fame.
For four years they had labored with a will,
Labored until, their work was done
And a new life must be begun, so far away,
From Fort Pierce High where they had spent many a day.
For years they had tried, side by side,
To work for the Green and White,
For her to fight, with all their might,
Loyally.
Here’s the song of the class of thirty-one:
CHORUS:
We are a gallant band,
Of ladies sweet and fair,
And goodly lads to stand,
When there is much to dare—brave and true.
At Fort Pierce High we’ve been
Striving so hard to do
Tasks that will make us win
“Nothing Less Than the Best,”
The motto for which we have strived.
At last that time has arrived
And now our four years here are o’er
And we must say good-bye
To all the friends that we have made in dear
ole Fort Pierce High.
But we will hope in future years, when we are far away
The class of thirty-one will be remembered for aye.
For wherever we may be and until we die,
We’ll always be fighting for Fort Pierce High.
Class Prophecy
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There was a lull in the court, excitement seemed to wane. The gay dance music had ceased, and the jeunes filles and garcons stood about in groups talking and laughing as people of the court are wont to do. Suddenly the Queen stepped forward in all her beautiful array of silk and jewels, and the noise hushed.
“I have in my garden a magic pool which will foretell the future for everyone of you. Because of the feeling that I have for you, I, too, will be most interested in what it has to say. You are soon to leave my court and go .png) out into the world. Would you not like to go to the pool now?”
Excited murmurs filled the room.
“Tres charmant! Vive la Queen Ezelle Gober!”
The air in the garden was heavy with the perfume of many flowers and filled with music of the fountains. The lights twinkled on the jewels of the ladies. In the center of the garden was a pool, with the jeunes filles and garcons grouped around it.
“Now . . . who wants to be first? Vous, Monsieur?
Maurice Register stepped forward and looked into the pool. He saw a setting of Hollywood, California, with brilliant costumes of a “movie set.” He saw himself as a famous writer of “gags” for pictures, one of the cleverest of the staff, and very famous in his own line.
Next they saw E’Lois Padrick as a famous actress, playing opposite Conrad Hardie, the great “screen lover,” taking the place of John Gilbert. This pair had made great success together and had a large following of fans.
In the same studio, in Hollywood, Harriet Niemeyer was shown . . . a famous theme-song writer, working on songs for the pictures. She created “I Love You—Toodle-ooooo,” which was featured by Dorothy Clark, in her groups of songs on the stage in Los Angeles and in her new talkie.
In Colorado, the scene changed. Bill and Ned Summerlin were shown—famous cowpunchers of that section, and prominent in rodeos.
A great city—Chicago, now appeared. A group of friends were found there. Harold Haskew, as a “Super-.png) Salesman” for a stock brokerage firm; Anna Mary Coolidge seen as a head of a kindergarten for the children of the slums, rivaling the famous Hull House.
Frances Buky appeared as the happy wife of the Head of the Police Force, living in constant fear of bombs, but happily, nevertheless.
Elizabeth Baggett heads a chain of popular and fine beauty shops, with which R. E. Slay works as a salesman of cosmetics.
Next they clearly saw the dome of the Capitol! Washington.
Representing the group there were Harold Hornbeak, a prominent Senator and well known in the politics of the city, originator of the bill in which the government is to furnish free powder to kill potato bugs in St. Lucie County.
Margaret Keane was seen as a government clerk in an office there, working for the government.
Lloyd Taylor, the famous architect, was seen at work on plans for the new modernistic White House, to be constructed by the Raymond Tylander Construction Company, one of the largest in Washington.
Next they found a group of their friends in New York; Joseph McManus as a great cartoonist, taking the place of George McManus, creator of Jiggs.
.png) Frank Sullivan, blues singer, boxer, artist and devoted husband, popular dancer on the New York stage, was seen next.
Harold Kinsey was busy coaching the football team of Notre Dame, and a very popular one.
On Long Island, Blanche Brinson, was seen as a famous head of a woman’s baseball league and Edith Van Landingham, one of the greatest nurses in New York.
Actress Lillie Mae Lott, was at work in the eastern studios of Paramount, then visiting Marjorie Hubbs, clever artist, in her Greenwich Village.
Nina Buchanan was living happily on Long Island as the millionaire possessor of a great yacht in which she sometimes cruised back to her old home town, and saw her old friends.
Back in the old home town, Julia Brewer became the first woman mayor, having started out as a secretary and then as clerk in the office.
Florence Johnson was the head of a large chain of hat stores.
One of the most successful Home Economics experts of Florida was Rena Kickliter.
Irene Frambach became a success as a lawyer of somewhat great fame one criminal cases, and Louise North a successful chemistry and physics instructor in the high school.
Lloyd King worked as the head of a group of electrical engineers, with Bernard Gibbons in the same company.
In Germany there were two living, Helen Wagenknecht studying music in Berlin, and Florance Gewert living happily in Hamburg.
The noted critic, columnist, and reviewer, Katharine Mack, then in New Orleans “covering” the Mardi Gras, was .png) well known in the journalism world.
Dorothy Rogers became an aviatrix of great note, flying between Fort Pierce and Fiji Islands.
Howard Warren appeared as a famous doctor at Johns Hopkins University, a specialist in brain diseases.
Martin Pedersen’s inventions were world-famous. He was then at work in his laboratories in Brooklyn.
With this this last reflection, the pool cleared and Monsieur Warren stepped away from the edge of it. The Queen smiled and they all began to move back toward the ballroom. The music began again and they murmured together about the things that they had seen, as they left the beautiful garden and proceeded to enjoy the last night that they would be together.
The prophecy was over!
Class Will
As the school year 1931 draws to a close, a sad group of musketeers and ladies, the band of ’31, come together to leave their coveted belongings to the band of ’32. This troop has satisfactorily served its Alma Mater and with the same citizenship, ideals, and motto of accepting and accomplishing “Nothing Less Than the Best,” they advance into higher realms of adventure, strife, and pleasure.
As a group they leave:
To the Junior Class, the privilege of being an example for the Freshmen.
To the Sophomores, their sister class, the ability to co-operate, “One for All, and All for One.”
To the Freshmen their initiative, citizenship and high ideals.
Individually, they stand and bequeath to the Junior Class the following:
I, Elizabeth Baggett, to Carolyn McGarity, do bequeath my delightful giggle to match her unusual sense of humor.
I, Nina Buchanan, leave all of the snapshots which I was unable to squeeze into the SANTA LUCIAN to Willie Ruth Lloyd.
I, Harold Hornbeak, to Rue Gewert, bequeath my extreme sense of responsibility and carefulness.
I, Edith Van Landingham, to Rachel Norris, bequeath my unusual ability to get out of embarrassing predicaments, easily and quickly.
I, Specs Kinsey, do bequeath my athletic ability and winning personality to Brian McCarty, and my popularity on basketball tours to David Fee.
I, E’Lois Padrick to Olive Dame, bequeath my dramatic ability.
I, Lloyd Taylor, to Gardner Nottingham, leave my ability to editing a good “Green and White.”
I, Anna Mary Coolidge, bequeath to Ruby Nelson, a book of the latest Paris coiffeur.
I, Conrad Hardie, to Hudson Bullard, bequeath my manliness.
I, Marjorie Hubbs, do gladly leave to “Jo” Travis one and one-half feet to add to her height.
I, Frank Sullivan, bequeath to “Speedy O’Toole” my famed knockout.
I, Florence Johnson, to Dorothy Robb, bequeath my trade card on Eddie’s cosmetic counter.
I, Joe McManus, to Jack DeBerry, my undying sympathy for public speaking.
I, Blanche Brinson, to “Meg” Walling, renounce all claim on the name “Red.”
I, Harriet Niemeyer, leave to Agnes Godfrey, Charline Grey, Thelma Drawdy, Elsie Hubbs, Mavis Holmes, and Bessie Lowry, a group of original compositions for their next Glee Club recital.
I, Harold Haskew, to Charles Hale, leave the eighth volume of my course on “Super-Salesmanship.”
I, Louise North, to Bernadine Rix, Marion Duffley and Hazel Clanton, my serious look.
I, Irene Frambach, leave my poise to Melba King.
I, Margaret Keane, to Ruth Ball, leave my secret of a slender figure.
I, Lloyd King, to Larry Mims, leave my position on the football team.
I, Rena Kickliter, to Olie Brown, leave a bottle of Jo-Cur and a brand new comb.
I, Ned Summerlin, to H. B. McCullough, leave a six-foot rope and a bucking bronco.
I, Lillie Mae Lott, to Magdalene Potter, a loaf of bread, a bread knife, a roll of gauze and a bottle of iodine.
I, R. E. Slay, to Le Moyne Gallentine, bequeath the job of a Pressing Shop’s delivery man.
I, Katharine Mack, to Harriet Huntzinger, bequeath my “hunt and poke” system of typewriting.
I, William Summerlin, to Red Stringfellow and Judson Lennard, leave my high grades in chemistry.
I, Raymond Tylander, to Kenneth Knowles, leave my credit for “Parley-vousing Francais” fluently, and to Willis Negus a book on muscle development.
I, Louise Wolford, to Marie Taylor, bequeath the art of toe dancing, which is probably the only thing that she hasn’t mastered yet.
I, Maurice Register, to Richard Hayes, bequeath my basketball ability and to Robert Adams my popularity at Girls’ Script Dance.
I, Helen Wagenknecht, to Louise Windisch, leave my demure, quiet and sweet personality.
I, Dorothy Rogers, to Josephine Burnette, bequeath my affection for my uncle.
I, Frances Buky, to Martha Cross, my knack for memorizing poetry.
I, Martin Pedersen, to Henry Calhoun, my serious whimsical remarks.
I, Dorothy Clark, to Ethel Peterson, leave the bell-like qualities of my voice.
I, Florence Gewert, to Harriet Gilpin, leave a grass skirt, uke and a lilting Hawaiian voice.
I, Howard Warren, to Bruce Bennett, leave my business-like appearance on the stage.
I, Bernard Gibbons, to Ted Rogers, leave my curly black locks to match his blond beauty.
I, Julia Brewer, to Grace Osteen, bequeath my talent in playing the “Perfect Maid.”
Keepin' the Spirit Alive
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