Alameda High School - Acorn Yearbook (Alameda, CA)

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Tori Nahnsen Reigns As Queen , ‘ Bur ar Junior Prom Queen was Tori Nahnsen. On the night of February 16, the Class of 1969 presented their Junior Prom, “In the Still of the Night.” The gym was decorated in Tahitian decor, outlined with many tropical plants. An overseeing ramp lined with flowers welcomed the students who attended the dance. Music was provided by the A. Simmons Blues Complex. The highlight of the dance was the crowning of the Queen, Tori Nahnsen by Manager Ben Garfinkle. Juniors decorate the gym. The Junior Prom Court included Princesses Sandy McAfee, Vicki Salinas, Queen Tori Nahnsen, and Princesses Alex Higginbotham and Shirley Schacht. 27

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au Ps ” - M y rw It’s been a long, hard day. Kahuna Goes Wild “Kahuna,” this year’s Soph-Hop, took place in the A.H.S. gym in late October. The theme was car- ried through with Hawaiian decorations, fountains and colored lights. Candy leis were a traditional highlight of the dance. Manager Gig Codiga and Co- Manager Nancy Nelson announced that the dance was a big success for the sophomore class. Custom made surfboards by Barry Conner? Kahuna!! 26

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Birgir and his “brother,” Tom Henninger, at their locker. Alameda Obtains Birgi and Britt One could say that Alameda High was a very foreign exchange student-minded school, as two students this past year have visited A.H.S., and one A.H.S. student has gone abroad. Britt Soderstrom, a sister city exchange student from Lindingo, Sweden, lived with four different Alameda fam- ilies this past summer. While here, Britt visited the Moth- er Lode Country, Big Basin, and the Mariposa Redwood Groves. One day while she was staying with the Alfred Slaters, she accompanied her “‘sister” Jeanne to summer school at A.H.S., where she visited Jeanne’s chemistry class. An exchange student has studied his “foreign” lan- guage in school, or perhaps he hasn't. If it is the latter case, on the way to his “country” he takes a cram course on the language in which he will have to communicate for a number of months. Carol Roberts, A.H.S.’s American Field Service representative, was one of the students who didn’t know the language of the country in which she was to spend a month and a half. Carol visited the little town of Ebersborg, Germany dur- ing the past summer. Since Ebersborg is but a small dis- tance from the Alps, Carol and her “family,” the Joseph Hefbauers, often went hiking. Carol also went to school two weeks with her sister, attended dances, rode bi- cycles, and attended a country folk fest. A summer in a strange land is quite a challenge, but consider what a year would be like. Birgir Mortenson, our A.F.S. student from the Faroe Islands, Denmark, spent the year with the Alan Henningers. Birgir part icipated in such activities as Slave Day dur- ing Spirit Week, and a Viet Nam debate which was pre- sented to the Student Body at one of its regular meet- ings. Are the hills alive with the sound of music, Carol Roberts?