NSBNEWS.net video by Sera King. Video highlights: Members of the New Smyrna Beach Class of 1955 recently celebrated their 53rd reunion at Clancy's Cantina on the beachside with song, merriment and a few classic memories. At left is Ken Phillips, star basketball player, and at right is Peter Mallory and Sandy Roberts. The video is dark due to lighting, but is worth checking out, especially for the less than stellar singing of Bobby Howard. So take a stroll down memory lane when times were gentler and poodle skirts were en vogue.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Bettie Johnston will never forget the day she and the other cheerleaders wore short skirts for the basketball squad against St. Augustine: "The boys walked right off the court!"
"We always wore our skirts past our knees, but not for this game," recalled Johnston, now 72, of what had to be the most bizarre turn of events for the New Smyrna Beach Class of 1955.