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| 1916 | First graduating class of the Metcalfe Building |
| 1937 | Largest enrollment in High
School history - 70 graduates First volleyball round-robin tournament |
| 1939 | The Terriers (girls' basketball
team) are undefeated First SHS track team - Coach Jack Toppell |
| 1943 | Junior Class hosts benefit
fight under Coach Jimmy Whitney There are six bouts with two TKO's, one draw, and one decision |
| 1945 | Senior class play is Act your Age |
| 1949 | Senior class play is
Desperate Ambrose Junior class play A Desperate Honeymoon |
| 1954 | First SHS Newspaper. November 12, 1954, ten pages of SHS history publication in Suwannee Democrat December, 1954, Senior class play I Love Lucy |
| 1956 | Northeast Conference football champions |
| 1958 | SHS newspaper is The Bulldog Bark. Editor-in-chief is Marie Martin |
| 1961 | First "Miss Suwannean" judged by the Florida Gator's |
| 1962 | Football team had a record
of 11-0 Football team was Conference Champion and Bowl Champion |
| 1964 | Rear of Metcalfe Building collapses due to flood from Hurricane Dora |
| 1964-1966 | Freedom of Choice Act |
| 1967 | Moved into current buildings
(this was published in 1993) Teachers went on
strike First drill team, "Suwannee Misses" Baseball team was District, Sectional, Regional and Runners-Up in the state - Coach Harold Wallin |
| 1968 | Shift in faculty |
| 1969 | Senior class play was Pillow
Talk End of Rat Day - but of course we were next :) Winningest basketball team - 24-4 record, wins Florida State Conference, District, Sectional, Runners-Up in Regional (beat by 1 point) Suwannee High integrated |
| 1970-1971 | Girls allowed to wear pants
if temperature is 30 degrees or lower Girls first allowed into the Key Club and called the Keyettes |
| 1971-1972 | Douglas High School disband Full integration |
| 1972 | Racial unrest ~ 100 injured |
| 1973 | Integrated Prom ~ a black band played at one end of the gym and a white band played at the other end |
| 1974 | Integrated Prom again |
| 1981 | Dancing Dolls Drill Team wins national Drill Team Championship in Dallas, Texas |
| 1982 | State Wrestling Champions - Coach David Laxton |
| 1987 | Football team wins the Florida State AAA Championship - Coach Mike Pittman |
| 1988 | Football team wins the Florida
State AAA Championship - Coach Mike Pittman SHS Band wins Superior at State Marching Festival SHS Band wins Superior at State Concert Festival State Brain Bowl Champs |
| 1989 | Football State AAA Champs
- Coach Mike Pittman Senior class play Grease Girls' Volleyball team wins District |
| 1990 | Girls' Volleyball team District
and Regional Champs Football State AAA Champs - Coach Mike Pittman Coach Mike Pittman becomes Florida's first coach to win four consecutive Florida State AAA Champions |
| 1991 | State Wrestling Champs - Coach
David Laxton Otis Scott goes to State in Track First Miss Suwannee High School pageant |
| 1992 | New football stadium opens Metcalfe Building demolished School newspaper renamed Paw Print Brain Bowl Champs |
| 2005 | Class of 1970 celebrates
35 year reunion "Elvis has left the building" - but could possibly be persuaded to return for an encore performance |
| Date Hit was #1 | Weeks at #1 | Title and Artist |
| January 3, 1970 | 4 | Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head ~ B.J. Thomas |
| January 31, 1970 | 1 | I Want You Back ~ The Jackson Five |
| February 7, 1970 | 1 | Venus ~ The Shocking Blue |
| February 14, 1972 | 2 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) ~ Sly & The Family Stone |
| February 28, 1970 | 6 | Bridge Over Troubled Water ~ Simon & Garfunkel |
| April 11, 1970 | 2 | Let It Be ~ The Beatles |
| April 25, 1970 | 2 | ABC ~ The Jackson 5 |
| May 9, 1970 | 3 | American Woman ~ The Guess Who |
| May 30, 1970 | 2 | Everything Is Beautiful ~ Ray Stevens |
| June 13, 1970 | 2 | The Long And Winding Road ~ The Beatles |
| June 27, 1970 | 2 | The Love You Save ~ The Jackson Five |
| July 11, 1970 | 2 | Mama Told Me (Not To Come) ~ Three Dog Night |
| July 25, 1970 | 4 | (They Long To Be) Close To You ~ Carpenters |
| August 22, 1970 | 1 | Make It With You ~ Bread |
| August 29, 1970 | 3 | War ~ Edwin Starr |
| September 19, 1970 | 3 | Ain't No Mountain High Enough ~ Diana Ross |
| October 10, 1970 | 1 | Cracklin' Rosie ~ Neil Diamond |
| October 17, 1970 | 5 | I'll Be There ~ The Jackson 5 |
| November 21, 1970 | 3 | I Think I Love You ~ The Partridge Family |
| December 12, 1970 | 2 | The Tears Of A Clown ~ Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
| December 26, 1970 | 4 | My Sweet Lord ~ George Harrison |
1970 Prices: Population: 205,052,174 |
On TV in 1970: The Dean Martin Show ~ The Carol Burnett Show ~ Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In ~ The Mary Tyler Moore Show ~ Hawaii Five-O ~ Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color ~ The Beverly Hillbillies ~ The Flip Wilson Show ~ The Red Skelton Hour ~ Bonanza ~ The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour ~ The Ed Sullivan Show ~ Gunsmoke Top News Headlines June 1970: Jun 1 - "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1 Jun 1 - Soyuz 9 launched into Earth orbit for 18 days Jun 3 - 1st artificial gene synthesized Jun 9 - Bob Dylan given honorary Doctorate of Music at Princeton U Jun 16 - Race riots in Miami Florida Jun 20 - "Ray Stevens Show," debuts on NBC-TV Jun 22 - Supreme Court ruled juries of less than 12 are constitutional Jun 22 - Pres Nixon signs 26th amendment (voting age lowered to 18) Jun 23 - "Red Skelton Show," last airs on CBS-TV, moved to NBC-TV Jun 23 - Rocker Chubby Checker arrest for marijuana pocession Jun 24 - "Catch 22" opens in movie theaters Four students at Kent State University in Ohio slain by National Guardsmen at demonstration protesting incursion into Cambodia (May 4). |
| Academy Award Winners: Best Picture: Patton Directed By Franklin Schaffner Best Actor: George C. Scott in Patton Best Actress: Glenda Jackson in Women In Love |
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