Beaumont High School - Live Oak Yearbook (Beaumont, CA)

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i EYTENS, RAYMOND usiness Mgr. Annual Sialf 3. 4 Baslcelball 3 Band l Scholarship I, 2, 4 Honor Roll I, 3 McCLAlN, JOYCE Class Secreiary 2 Class Treasurer 3 G.A.A. 2, 3, 4 Girls' Varsiiy 4 Thespians 3. 4 !Thespian Presidenl 4 Paper Siafi 4 Annual Slaff 4 ri ! 7 xj Wifi KM! KAROLY, NICHOLAS Transferred from Belmonl High Baslcelball 2 RAINER, MONlCA Sfudeni Body Secrelary 3 Siudenf Body Represenfafive 2 Class Presidenl 4 Tennis Club 3 Honor Roll l, 2. 4 THOMPSON, ELISE Scholarship l, 2, 3, 4 Paper Siafl 3, 4 Siudenl Council 4 Class Treasurer I, 2 Annual Edilor 4 Assisianl Annual Edilor 3 Honor Roll l, 2, 3, 4 Valediciorian K .P NESBITT, RICHARD Transferred from Redlands High Foolball I, 2, 3. 4 Varsify Club 2, 3, 4 KUHN, BETTY Sludenl Body Represenlaiive 3 Chorus I, 3 Paper Sialf 4 Annual Sfaif 4 Here Comes Charlie 3 Thespian Club 3. 4 Tennis Club 3 Scholarship -1 ' KING. CHARLES Siudenl Body Presideni 4 Sfudeni Body ViceAPresidenl Here Comes Charlie 3 Varsiiy Club 2, 3, 4 Varsity Presidenl 4 Class Presidenl I, 2 Fooiball 3, 4 Baslrelball I, 2, 3, 4 Band l, 2, 3. 4 u 25 ,R X D yi? Qi il

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24 sirixiioik iriiriii coixnriimiuiirio f and Pinky Meyers. Some ol lhem came iuil aller lhe slarl ol lhe Freshman year, and some nol unlil lale i lhe Senior year, bul lhey all look such an inleresl in school Ii e lhal by lhe lime ol gradualion lhey were as much a parl ol lhe class, lhe school, and Beaumonl as lhe sludenls lhal had slarled in Beaumonl's schools in kindergarlen. The class was changed also by lhe lrans- lerring lo olher schools ol lormer class members: Joanne Genlry, Virgil Koscheski, Thelma ayflsabelle Chaves, Barbara Carpenler, and Louise Powell. Rem ber lhem? ' ' , So many lhihs happened lhal yearl Firisl was lhe eleclion ol class ollicers: Monica Rainer. Dick Harrison, Belly Rallill, Delilah Courlney, and Paul Marlin. Their lirsl evenl was lhe pre- senlalion ol a super dance, Nighl in Shanghai, al lhe Palm School Audilorium. They hired a lhree-piece band sand pul up Chinese lanlers and.olher decoralions lo achieve a weird ellecl. Everybody came. at Aboul a monlh aller lhe dance, lhe Senior Class was again allracling lhe allenlion ol lhe sludenl body. This lime il was an individual allair--lhe llashing and collar-polishing and showing oll ol lhe new rings. The lunny lhing was, lhal proud ol lheir rings as lhey were, lhe Senior boys didn'l keep lhem very long! All lhe lime ol coure. lhey kepl wearing lheir beaulilul pearl-grey swealers wilh lhe black B's and lhe year nineleen lorly-seven. Beaumonl's mosl lhrilling loolball game was wilh Banning, wilh lhe linal score: Beaumonl 3l, Banning 0. Yel lhe olher games were exciling, loo. Beaumonl won over San Jacinlo and Sherman wilh high scores, bul was delealed by Coachella and Hemel. Cheer leaders during loolball season were Anna Mae Holl and Twila Blain. Boys' Varsily really had lun inilialing Bob Dixon and Dick Nesbill and some non-Seniors belore lhe sludenl body. There were balhing suils, union suils, diapers, caslor oil, and delicious pie. Each Varsily member had such a good lime because he could remember lhe gory clelails of his own inilialion. Seniors on Varsily were: Charlie King, Bill Roberls, Richard Lozano, Richard Rios, Tony Chavez, Arl Holmes, Bob Vernoy, and Richard Bailie. For lhe lirsl lime in ages Girls' Varsily had a big inilialion. Joyce McClain. and Soledad Eslrada were lhe Senior viclims. anyone could lell by lheir plump and picluresque allire-curlers, cold cream and pillow-slulled nighlgowns. Joyce McClain was elecled queen ol lhe beauly parade by lhe iudges' slall con- sisling ol lhe male lacully members. Anolher Senior, Bob Deal. served as lhe lair and square baskelball releree. Because ol his honesl ellorls, lhe Varsily Girls were bealen one hundred lwenly- seven lo nolhing by lhe Amazons. Laler on in lhe year lhey had lhe opporlunily los iniliale lhe .new G.A.A. members. Wilh Chrislmas, came baskelball season and lhe Girls' Formal. They were bolh lun, bul in dillerenl ways! The A's were vic- lorious over Banning. San Jacinlo,.and Ferris, and delealed by Redlands, Sherman, and Hemel. bul Beaumonl's pride and ioy, her baskelballixlsngvibn Qevery maior game. Several special baskelball games were ipldfe Alumni games, Gray's Mall Shop games, and lhen lhe Donkey' askelball game wilhlhe lacully opposing lhe Kiwanis'. Slars ol lllalhgame were Mr. Fosler and Mr. Rigsby. Winler Wonderlands was lhe lheme lor lhe Girls' Formal, carried oul in lhe adorable programs, lhe snow-decked evergreen decoralions, and lhe lradilional Chrislmas lfee. Everylhing was soll lighls, sweel smells, lrills and gliller-and mislleloel As each couple came in lhey casl a vole lor lhe Senior King and Queen ol lhe Ball. Twila Blain and Bob Dixon received lhe honors and were crowned wilh ceremony during an exlra lo lhe music ol Winler Wonderland. Thal was lhe nighll Nexl on lhe program was lhe Chrislmas vacalion. Ol course lhe Senior Class couldn'l lel such a momenlous and marvelous evenl occur wilhoul really doing up lhe Chrislmas assembly. Firsl was a one-acl play, Chrislmas lor Cinderella, presenled by lhe drama class. Then Sanla came oul decked in his big red suil and long whiskers, carrying a big box lull ol lhe sorl of gills lhal kepl lhe sludenl body laughing all allernoon-a I947 Buick, an earphone, a book on adull speech habils, and a map lo lnler- nalional Park were some ol lhem. There was iusl one lhing aboul lhe assembly lhal lhe sludenl body couldn'l undersland: How did Sanla gel his Arkansas accenl wllile living al lhe Norlh Pole. Aller Chrislmas vacalion lhe rush was on. Each new evenl happened righl on lop ol lhe previous one so lhal lhere was no lime lor brealhing, or lor sludies. Firsl lhing righl ell was lhe mid-lerm sludenl body eieclion. Campaign signs were hung all over lhe walls and lrom lhe ceiling, and appeared on blackboards and everyone's lips. Seniors who served lor eilher or bolh lerms were Belly Hulchins, Charlie King, Richard Bailie. Paul Marlin, and Barbara Knak. Four Seniors gradualed aller lhe end ol lhe semes- ler: Twila Blain, Delilah Courlney, Curly Reynolds, and Peggy Haywood. Senior Class ollicers were: Dick Harrison, Bob Dixon. Carl Gordon, Edilh Greenup. and J. C. Moore. ln quick succession came lhe Junior Play, lhe Freshman Dance, lhe Sludenl Body Valenlines' Dance. lhe Talent Show, lhe Spring Concerl, and Hick Day. Sandwiched in among all lhal was lhe Junior-Senior Banquel, held March 28 al Knoll's Berry Farm in Buena Park. There were speeches by all lhe imporlanl people and musical enlerlainmenl by lhe Junior Class. High-lighling lhe evening was lhe reading ol lhe Class Will and Prophecy. Mosl of lhe upperclassmen who allended made a big nighl ol il by going lo lhe Pike al Lon-g Beach. More lun! Yel lhe Banquel did somelhing else besides enlerlain lhe Seniors-il reminded lhem lhalilhey were going lo graduale. Lalely, lhe Seniors iusl hadn'l been able lo lorgel, for lhey had been reminded lo order lheir announcemenls, have lheir Senior piclures laken lor lhe annual, and pay a dollar lo lhe ollice lor lhe renlal ol lheir caps and gowns. How could lhey lorgel lhal horrible Senior Tesl lhey look during second period one morning! There was one lasl big evenl lhal had nolhing lo do wilh gradualion: lhe Senior Play The Visilor, was chosen, a myslery 'aboul a boy who came home aller several years and wasn'l believed lo be lhe lrue son. All lhe way lhrough lhere was lense, dramalic excilemenl! Members ol lhe casl were Arl Holmes. Corky Deu Erge, Jackie Smilh, Bill Roberls, Belly Kuhn, Francesca Kresse. Chailes King and Paul Marlin. Then il happened-wriling in your lriends' copies of lhe Live Oak, lhe Senior breaklasl. Bacculaureale, and Gradualion! The caps and gowns, lhe sell-consciousness, lhe speeches, lhe music. lhe goodbyes, and lhe lears. The nexl crop ol Beaumonl High Sludenls would miss lhe genius ol Elise Thompson on lhe Live Oak, Belly Hulchins on lhe Cougar Flash, and miss lhe conscienlious work ol Raymond Heylens, Paul Marlin, Joyce McClain, Belly Kuhn, Carl Gordon, Jackie Smilh, and Arl Holmes. who worked wilh lhem. They'd miss lhe musicianship ol Charlie King and Paul Marlin from band. They'd miss Edilh Greenup and Jackie Smilh lrom Chorus. They'd miss everyone ol lhe Seniors from lheir classes and lhe halls and assemblies and lhe loolball field. They'd miss Richard Bailie. Nick Caroly, Dick Harrison, Anne Fickes, Carroll Hall, Edgar Elam, Soledad Eslradar, Dean Due Pree. Bob Dixon, Jack Barrel, Richard Lozano, Delilia Courlney, Bob Deal, Tony Chavez, Wade Barrell, Barbara Knak, Belly Laye, Francesca Kresse, Dick Nesbill, Jimmy Moore, Richard Rios, Carmen Valdevia. Monica Rainier, Gwen Parker, J. C. Moore, Bill Roe, Twila Blain, Belly Carr, Slerling Carler, Bill Roberls. Dick Runnells, Lyle Brown, Bill Carler, Belly Rallill and Elhyl Hayward. The Senior Class had become a parl ol Beaumonl High. Thal isn'l all. ln all sorls ol lillle ways which added lo- gelher lo make big ways, Beaumonl High had become a parl ol each Senior. Oh, gradualion mighl mean independence and adull- hood and college and a iob, bul il would also mean saying goodbye lo everylhing which once composed a good ,parl ol lheir lives- lriends, leachers, classes, assemblies, inilialions, bleachers, lhe Live Oak, all lhe funny lillle rules lhey had lo obey-bul, were lhey really glad lo gel oul? You can bel your lile lhey were!

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HALL. CARROLL Drama 4 ELAM, EDGAR Foolball Manager 4 Baslrellball Manager 4 Baslcelball 3 Drama 3 ilfbgf CARR. BETTY C-.A.A. l Chorus 2, 3 DIXON, BOB Transferred from Tusfln H Class Vice-Presidenl 4 Foolball I. 2. 3, 4 Track 2, 3, 4 Varsily Club 2, 3, 4 igln gflbl BLAIN, TWILA Yell Leader I. 2, 3, 4 G.A.A. I, 2 Sludenf Body Secrelary 3 Hiclc Day Queen l Here Comes Charlie 3 Drama I Class Vice-Presidenl 2 ROE. BILL Transferred from El Morlle Baseball 3 Foofball 2, 3. 4 1 TRA .s D, e.A.A. u, 2. , 4 Girls' Varslly Talenl Show BARRETT, WADE Foolball 2 Track I, 2, 3 Varslfy Club 2, 3, Chorus 2. 3 4 L PARKER, GWENDOLYN Chorus 2, 3 N M .yw,',,,f My T CARTER. BILL Slage Crew I, 2, 3