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Yesterday and Today
A photo of BRHS in 1968 and BRCHS 2000. The picture at right is at a much different perspective than that of the one on the left, thus, one must squint their eyes a bit. OR, focus on the flagpole in the two photos since they are located in the same place, and just mosey around a bit!
And from the
J.C. Mitchell
School
archives		 These strolling accordion players invaded the Winfield Park shopping area last week to warm up for the "Tots through Teens" talent show. The show, sponsored by the Junior Women's Club, will be held Friday at Boca Raton Elementary School auditorium. The musicians are Raymond Deckard (left front) and John Strippoli . and Frances Downey (left rear) and Gail Gutzmer.
King and Queen of the Bookworm Club at J. C. Mitchell School were David Peters, 7, the club's champion reader with 35 books to his credit this summer, and Ruth Ann Noble, 7, who won the queen's crown for her championship attendance record. The Bookworm Club is made up of boys and girls who participated in the summer library program, part of the Summer Educational Enrichment Program of Palm Beach County Schools.
MOD SQUAD
This photo displays the short-lived "Mod" look (winter of 1967). The paisley pattern on the shirt is somewhat subdued for the time (bright colours and polka dots were more the norm), but check out that belt buckle! The only thing missing is the John Sebastian - Dutch boy painters cap.

Kind of a late, pre-Hendrix motif!
Mini Diplomas
The class of 1968 received wallet-sized, "mini diplomas" tucked neatly inside the cover of the real diploma. All one had to do was to flip the card over to see that it was sponsored by Boca Raton Federal.
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AFRICA USA
One of the country's first wildlife theme parks, Boca's own Africa USA was featured in the August 1, 1960 edition of Life magazine. For more information, there's a nice article from the Boca Raton News in our "...and in the News!" section. You can see that by clicking here!

Thanks to David Agnew for turning me on to the photo of the magazine cover.
  Youth Government Day is still alive and well. It's just the faces are much younger. This year was the 40th anniversary of Youth Government Day. It was started at JC Mitchell School in 1961 by Principal Paul Matwiy. He is still a member of the Rotary Club and was there at the luncheon. For those of you who attended JC Mitchell and remember Mr. Matwiy, he has not changed at all and looks just the same. He is enjoying his retirement here in Boca Raton.
   Both Boca High and now Spanish River High School share some 43 positions here at the city. They replace all council and management positions and also many other positions within the city. They start out with their mock council meeting then visit and tour the department with the person they are replacing for the rest of the morning. They are then guest of the Rotary for luncheon.
                                                           Diane St. Jean King
                                                          Class of 1971
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