Atascadero High School - Santa Lucia Yearbook (Atascadero, CA)

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enioz Lifvt The most vivacious class to leave Atascadero Elementary School was none other than the Class of '41 . . . who burst into AUHS the following fall with all intentions of taking over the school as a whole . . . Louie Gularte being the head dictator, or, as some call it, class president. Of course, this attitude was quickly changed, due mostly to the initiation given by the high and mighty Seniors to show us who was boss . . . we found out. It took the majority of us the rest of the year to recover to a point where we could look a Senior in the eye without trembling in our boots. On December 7th of our Freshman year, the Japanese caused a little trouble with our Navy . . . the result being that the United States entered into World VVar II. Although school activi- ties came to a standstill, we Freshies were very up and coming . . . and turned out the most successful dance of the year. The highlight of its success might be due td the spiked punch which we never dared mention until we became upper classmen. Near the end of the year we gave ourselves a swell class party . . swimming at the plunge . . baseball and a lot of food at school afterward. In this manner we ended our flying start into AUHS and we owe all of our success during our Freshman year td our wonderful advisor, Mrs. Bishop. We came next to the second note in the scale when we became Sophomores. During our Sophomore year, we gave a quite successful Hallowe'en 'tBlackout Dance, another dance in March, and we had our annual class party. This was also the eventful year in which we chose our class rings . . . the best in AUHS, according to us. Our class officers during this year were -president, Betty Southwick . . vice-president, jenis McDonald . . secretary, Ralph Kunkee . . treasurer, Pat VVhitsett. At last . . the long awaited day, we became upper classmen . . and in September 1943, we began our -lunior year. Our class officers for this year were: Ralph Kunkee, president . . Dick Graham, vice-president . . Bill Searle, secretary . . Bob Vs7addell, treasurer-At our first class meeting we started off with a bang, deciding on dues to be payed immediately, deciding on a date for, and appointing committee for, our first dance of the year. VVe continued at this fast pace during the first semester by giving a number of dances and we also took charge of conses- sions at the football games. At the beginning of the second semester we decided not to give any more dances until the junior-Senior Prom which was held on May 12th. The committee chair- men for the Prom were-decorations, Barbara Stoltey . . refreshments, Betty Southwick . . programs and invitations, Barbara Moore. It was held in the auditorium of the Atascadero El- ementary school at 8:30 in the evening. The theme was music, which was carried out in the colors of white and silver. The auditorium and stage, which held the band, was decorated with silver notes and staffs on a background of narrow white streamers. The programs and refresh- ments were also done in white and silver. The music was provided by a dance band from Camp Roberts which went by the name of the Snafu Six. Not long after the Prom, one of our classmates, Bill Searle, left for the Merchant Marine and Merry Lou CGrantj Hatton was made secretary of the junior class. It was this year, also, that we lost our friend and classmate, Patricia Whitsett. VVe ended our Junior year with our self-established tradition, our class party. In September of 1944, we began on the last note of our scale . . we began our Senior year in Atascadero Union High School. We started out with LeRoy Dodge as our class president . . johnny Proud as vice-president . . Merry Lou Hatton, secretary . . Evelyn Guy, treasurer, at the first two class meetings, we made arrangements for initiation, Freshman reception, and our Senior play. The initiation was held Friday, Sept. 29th, and the reception was held that evening in the library. The next event that came in this year was the Senior Mid-Winter Ball, held on January 17, 1945, in the high school library . . Mary Maryett was refreshment chairman . . Barbara Moore, decorations . . Barbara Pigott, invitation . . Barbara Stoltey, programs, and Betty Southwick, music. The Ball was another great success to add to our record. Shortly after the ball, both LeRoy and johnny left to join the Navy, and as a result Bob Narum hecame our new class president. At the beginning of the second semester, Betty Wofford was elected class secretary in place of Merry Lou Hatton who left school at mid-term. On May 25, we gave our Senior Play, Spring Fever, which was a huge success, according to everyone. Our class was also quite pleased with the play, which owed its success to Bob Narum, Jimmy DeCou, Dick Narum, Barbara Moore, Roberta Faes, Betty Wofford, Betty South- wick, juneln Bell, Mary Maryett, Marion Hambly, Bob Hewitt, and Ralph Kunkee and, of course, its two directors, Miss Ruth Doser, and Mr. Derby Wallace. Our Prom was given for us on April 21st by the junior class in the Elementary School audi- torium. The theme was the Gay Nineties and we Seniors had a most enjoyable time. As soon as the play was over we started making plans for Senior Day, Baccalaureate, Senior Tea, Graduation and the Reception. Our Senior Day was on Thursday, May 31. We went to classes during the morning, but left in the afternoon to go swimming at the plunge. After swimming we returned to school to whet our appetites with barbecued chicken plus all the fixings. An enjoyable time was had b all. y Here we end our four years of fun and frolic plus the three R's. We have spent the happi- est four years of our life, up to date, within the walls of AUHS, and we sincerely hope that the following classes in the years to come, can begin to have a particle of the fun we did. Best of luck always, SENIOR CLASS OF '45

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mice CW!! DON ANDREWS, since he is no longer a high school student, wills his careful UD driving and stamp collection to Bill Caldwell. i .BRUCE ARNOLD wills his pipe to Bonnie Andrews who, he is sure, will en- joy it. JACK BARRICK wills his good CU grades to John Norris. JUNELN BELL wills her ability to ditch and get away with it to Bob Rice. BETTY BENANTI wills all her everlasting pep to Norma Slankard. DOROTHY GORSLINE wills . . . on second thought, she will keep him. JUNE BUSHNELL wills Doris Moen's companionship to Martha Cassady. LAWRENCE CURNEEN wills his halo, although rather rusty, to Frankie Platz, who needs one, rusty or not. LEROY DODGE wills his executive ability to Jimmy Heggarty who is a can- didate for Senior president in '48, MARY STRAUB and JOHNNY WEBBER jointly will their ability to or- ganize to Benny Maddalena. AGNES ESTRADA wills her pitching ability to Phyllis Pierce. MARJORIE EVANS wills her long, loud shirts to Betty Bennett. ROBERTA FAES wills her position in the Swingerettes to Doris Lannon. ROY F INCH wills his capacity to pay attention to other people's business to Paul Donatelli. EDSEL GOULD wills his little jalopy to George Ziegler. M INIQIERRY LOU HATTON has nothing to will, as she is saving it all for CK .,Y EVELYN GUY wills the Republican party organization in A.U.H.S. to Jimmy DeCou. MARION HAMBLY wills his ability for distance running to Pat lNIcAuliffe, who may need it soon. PAT HAMILTON wills her ability to get A's while dreaming to Deenie Akers. KATHARINE HEPBURN and LAURA HEPBURN leave with great sat- isfaction to carry on their sister act to the Jordan, Killion, and Roza sisters. MARVIN JASTER wills his cast and crutches to the referee of the first game next fall . . . he hopes! RALPH KUNKEE wills his mania for drawing stars on the blackboard in the Trig room to Jimmy Wescom. She's lovely! She's engaged!! So JENIS MCDONALD wills her jug of Pond's to Mitzie Young so she can catch 'em and keep 'em. WILMA MAGGETTI wills her quietness to lllartha Bennett. DIARY MARYETT wills her way with Mr. Wallace to her little sister. FRANCES MECHAM wills all her A's to Reed Sherman. BARBARA MOORE wills her angelic disposition and half of her conscience fshe may need the other halfl to Chris Jespersen, who needs it. BOB NARUM wills his lease on the fountain outside the library door to Lucille and all hers .... but this doesn't include Pat. BOB OTTO wills his job as platter jockey to his brother, Don . . . which may have the effect of bringing him in fromloutside. BOBBIE PIGOTT wills her never ending worry over her studies to Bob Hewitt. JOHN PROUD wills his wolfish instincts to Benny Arebalo. EMMA RIGHETTI wills her three years' annual experience to Peggy Simp- son, plus all the white hairs that it gave herg Cto add to her own collectionj. DANNIE SMITH wills his modesty to Tommie Vitt. BETTY SOUTHWICK wills her naturally red hair to Doris lkloen. BARBARA STOLTEY returns Bob Hewitt and Ralph Kunkee to the hard- ware shelf . . . may they grow rusty in peace. GLENN TRUSSELL wills his capacity for beautiful friendship, as demonstrat- ed with Johnny Webber, to Robert Galli and Charles Edgar. LUPE VILLA wills his basketball deadeye to Jack Estrada. BOB WADDELL wills his Buick to the Los Angeles Police Department. BOB WILSON wills his noisiness to Richard Estrada. BETTY WOFFORD wills her good sportsmanship and her everlasting athletic ability to Hazel Ramos.