Bayfield High School - Wolverine Yearbook (Bayfield, CO)

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HISTORY Jim T., Millard, Gary A., Sam, Steve, Mr. Starbuck, Dorothy, Gene, Elmer, Dave, George, Shirley, Ted, Mrs. Short, Wyoma, LaVina, Bette, Tiodorita, Marie, Sandra. In September, 1945, three months after the close of World War II, we, the seniors of 1957, started up the ladder of learning. There were nineteen of us, twelve boys and seven girls, under the kind and guiding hand of Miss Eidson. Of those original nineteen members, three still remain in the class, Marie Morrison, Gary Amon, and Elmer Powell. After having passed the first rung on the ladder and becoming second graders, we continued on in the quest of knowledge. With Mrs. Mohney leading the attack, the year passed quickly and we became seasoned veterans in addition and subtraction, reading, and other intellectual pastimes. (Art?) George Cooper entered in March. Promotion into the third grade left two rungs behind us. Mrs. Folsom took over in this portion of our climb, and guided us into the realms of long and short division. Sandra McVicker joined the ranks. By the fourth grade, this business of learning had become old stuff. Mrs. Ostwald stood be- fore us that year, giving us our first glimpses at geography and science.

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LA VINA WOMMER Music 2 Pep Club 4 F.H.A. 3 Annual Staff 4 Paper Staff 4 Fine Arts 4 Junior Play 2 Senior Play 1 Cheerleader 2 Co-editor of Paper Editor of Paper TED MC KINNIS Music 2 Annual Staff 1 Fine Arts 2 Junior Play 1 Senior Play 1 ELMER POWELL Music 1 ”B Club 2 Athletics 3 Annual Staff 1 Paper Staff 1 Fine Arts 1 Junior Play 1 Senior Play 1 •Durango, Sophomore year Transferred From

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The fifth grade and there were four rungs below us on the ladder. Now we were really getting somewhere. Miss Largent was our teacher and gave us our first good taste of English grammar. Among many other entrants that year we gained three regulars, La Vina Wommer, Millard and Gene Gilbert, After steaming through the fifth grade with flying colors, we sailed on into the sixth grade. With Mrs. Smith at the helm we explored the mysteries of strange and unknown decimals and fractions. We also gained another regular crewman, Bette Graves. Mrs. Smith, remained with us, through the seventh grade. Dorothy Frost and Sam Hickman joined the pack. Mrs. Crowell took over when we reached the eighth rung on the ladder. A little algebra and quite a lot of science gave us a taste of what high school was going to be like. Ted McKinnis entered. In September, 1953, we took the long step from grade school to high school Initiation toughened us to the routine and we really began to enjoy it. Mrs. Short, also in her first year at Bayfield High School, was our sponsor. As sophomores, we had the responsibility of initiating the freshmen and many grudges held from the previous year’s initiation were settled. Parties were the extent of our class sponsored activities. Shirley Thompson and Wyoma Randall entered. The Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom and Prom and the Junior Play were highlights of our junior year. A Hawaiian theme was used at the banquet and Jack Norris’s band played for the prom. Our play was entitled, You’re Only Young Once.’’ We also sponsored two dances, the Thanksgiving Dance and the Valentine’s Dance. Both Mrs. Short and Mr. Starbuck were class sponsors. Tiodorita Lucero became a class member. We are now on the twelfth rung on the ladder. It will be the last for many of us, while others will venture farther up the ladder. We have sponsored two dances this year, Thanksgiving and New Years, and still have to give our play. Our final fling will be the sneak sometime in April. Graduation will be the ninth of May. Steve Law and Mice Groves entered this year. They bring our final number to seventeen.