Antioch High School - Panther Yearbook (Antioch, CA)

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THOMAS MINAKER CAROL TURNER BETTY VALDEZ TOM POPE MYRTLE VARNELL DICK QUINN JOANNE VIERA JACK TAILLEFER RENO RIDOLFI GERTRUDE WEBB JESSE ROMO TILLIE VIERA NANCY WRING CLIFFORD ROSE NORMA WALKER MELVIN ROSSI The hiqh and rniqhiy senior, This our iasi year we would rnake the besi year. As we began io faire over fhe rnany acriviries fo be deai? wirh by rhe seniors we ihouqhibaCi1Toihai'1iirsi'ireShr'nan year. We were bowiidered rhcn, and Thai hrs? iriqhrened feelinq oi rreeiinq sornerhinq new carne over us aqair. Wirh excirernenr we began ro pian for ihe biq year. Puriinq our bes? faces Forward, we posed For rhe phofoq- rapher, upsef ciasses, and creaied a qenerai sfir 'rhrouqhour The schooi. Senior pfiures were The dorninaiinq issue oi rhe day, Sfruffinq rhrourzh rhe haiis, we iiiced fhe sfranqf: feeiinq of The cap ano qown we had fried for size foreyue of corninq affracrion. The picrures came, brinqinq abour iasf rninurc ordcrinq and recouniinq of friends and reiariyes. Cards and announcernenfs was fhe second quesfion fo be conrended with. Whar sryic to choose, whai fo do apour middie names, and how rnany fo order were The rnain fopics of discussion arnonq seniors. in berween fhis were our siudies, iasi rninuie proqram changes, and foofbaii aqain. We seniors were in fhe iinneiiqhf and ihe boys aqain quided fhe Panfher fearn To a Third sfraiqhr year of The C,C.C.A,L. Championship. We pursued our srudies wirh as rnuch inieresi as we could rnus+er4beinq seniors, Sfiii, we were serious when we rhouqhf of posraqraduafion plans and our ciass icepr irg name on ihe honor roii and in rhe C.S,F, Aimosi before we were aware of ii rho week scheduied for our Bail was upon us. King Neprunffs Kinqdomu was rhe seiiinq for rhis reqai aifair. Mulricoiored fish, fiowers, coral'--a whoie undersea panorama furnecl ihe qym info a blue-qreen reairn fir for royaliy. We forqof ihe days of ,ff Nwww 5 ,sw 5 sf ? i w-...M

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gf The niqhl sei lor The Prom drew nearer, Anxiously we loolced Io presenfinq our Iirsl formal dance. Dancinq in Ihe Dark became our fherne. Iyieelinqs and plans, pain? and pallerns Ioolc up our spare Time. Silhouelled Iiqures and a mirrored chandelier, pasIeI colored crepe paper Coyerinq The ceilinq was Ihe basis of our deeoralinq scheme. We were proud oi ourselves Ihai niqhl. The Crowne inq of Ihe Prorn Queen endinq in a Grand March was Ihe Climax Io a well remembered Junior Prom. Wilh Ihe iirsI rush oi adiyilies over we beqan Io seflle back. This year we Ihouqhi more seriously of whal end of school would mean. We beqan Io pick up Ihe courses we skipped, worked on grades, and look a more acfiye inferesl in our relalionship To whal was qoinq on around us. Our class was Ihe firsI and only Io have IOO por ceni dues paid. We ouInurnI3ered Ihe olher Classes on fha SIudenI Body Council and look an acIive and worlcinq par? in ii. Our cake ralfle and coke sales was profil qained. We souqhI +o haye a successful year, we worked iowards if, and saw i1 fulfilled. The niqhl of Ihe Luau was a bid one. The G.A,A. qirls who had sIrived lor Ihe honor oi beinq in The Emblem A were accepfed. As Ihe Senior Class prepared for qradualion we were Conironfed wifh Ihe fad Ihar we were facing our lasl year. II slariled us. We had iinaliy reached Ihe lasl sfep. As fhe ond of classes came, we looked ahead Io Sepfernber and Ihe beqinninq oi Ihe senior year for The class of I948. ,waf- M4-if fi 4' ii ,vm af mmm. ad! LETA RYE PATTY ROSS HUMBERTO MERCADO NATALIE SCUDERO BYRON MORRIS BETTY SALZMAN GLORIA SANTOS ARTHUR NAJERA GLORIA SHAFFER ADOLPH PETERSEN CARMELITA SILVIERA JOAN SMITH MANUEL PERRY BARBARA THOMAS MARILYN THUT FRED PITT

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work and worry in planninq ihe decoraiions as we danced rhal niqhl Io Ihe music ol l-lenry Gallaqhers Orchesira. We were proud of ourselves--eproud oI lhe beauly we had pu? inlo our Senior Ball -a never lo be Ierqollen evenf. Diich day and The class of '48 assaulled Marsh Creek a day ol iood, lun, and foolishness, Exhausiinq ourselves wi'rh swimminq, dancinq, baseball, and ealinq we fook Iuii advanlaqe of Ihe day away from classes. Oriqinalily was Ihe keyword as we senior characfers wandered aimlessly Ihreuqh Ihe halls on our dress-up day. escapinq ihe daily wear oi swealers, skiris, and levis. ll seemed Ihe weeks were Ilyinq kyv and we were Cauqhl in Iheir wake-Ihe evenls piled up, swampinq us. Rehearsals, cosluminq, slaqe se-Hinos, all qave way Ir, lhe iinal day ol Ihe Senior Play wilh all Ihe Irivoliiy ol Ihe Gay Ninelies' Revue, W 1 2 M ww lf- The final nerve-rackinq week arrived wiih semeslei exams heraldinq Ihe end oi anolher year our lasl year, The seriousness ol the Baccalaureale Service leli us wilh an adull impression. We Iully realized we had reached Ihe peak ol our hiqh school careers. Senior niqhi was a 'nixiure ol rioi and wonder as we Vslened Io our class wills and prophecies, laid our class plaque on ihe Ironl walk, and placed our piclure in The man hall wilh Ihose qraduaiinq seniors ol: years qone by. The rehearsals and pre-qradualion iillers melled info one huqe lump in our Ihreafs as we look our places on Ihe slaqe, jraouaiion niqhl, lin fronl oi adrnirino Iriends and relalives. This was ii. We knew Th's would be fhe lasl Time Ihe class of 48 would be Ioqelher as a whole. This was Io be se'f aside in our memories as one ol Ihe mosl momen- Ious occasions in our lives. pawn HATHALIE WARD BILL STUCKER BARBARA VICTOR BILL STILES WANDA WALLER NOMA WILLIAMSON CHUCK STAPLETON LOIS WILSON RAY WELCH SARA ZAMORA BETTY ROYCE MAYER WOLFE JUANITA NABAS