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

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UNUSUAL WEATHER couoAR IN BEAUMONT Vol. I BEAUMONT STUDENTS BACK TO THE GRIND SepTember 9. I946 School sTarTed in BeaumonT High Today wiTh The Freshmen Trying To decide wheTher To be scared or happy, The Sophomores lwhich incidenTly means wise Toolsl Teeling and acTing lilce big sTuTT, while The Juniors reveled in The luxury of being in The upper braclreTs and The Seniors iusT composed a group of happy people. The enTire STuclenT Body meT in The audi- Torium where Mrs. CurTis, new Teacher, was inTroduced To The sTudenTs. Then Mr. Sewell Told The sTudenTs someThing oi whaT was To be expecTed oT Them during The year and welcomed The Freshmen. Following The assembly everyone leTT The audiTorium Tor Their TirsT classes of The year. FRESHMAN INITIATION HELD BY SOPHOMORES SepTember II, I946 Some oT The members oT The Sophomore class decided To sTarT school oTT wiTh a bang by iniTiaTing The Freshmen. The Freshmen boys soon Tound Themselves adorned wiTh lipsTick and wearing Their cloThes backwards, while The girls were made To loolc like a Woodbury Ad wiTh cold cream and lipsTiclr. To complefe The picTure They sporTed onion necklaces Tor accessories. VINCIENT BURNS ENTERTAINS AT FIRST ASSEMBLY OcTober 3, i946 The TirsT oT The NaTional Assembly Pro- grams was held on OcTober 3, TeaTuring VincenT Burns, noTed poeT and enTerTainer. Prizes were given To The sTudenTs who recognized Mr, Burns' porTrayal of various char-acTers. ' SENIOR DANCE IS A SUCCESS OcTober 4, l94b The Senior Class opened The coming season wiTh an enTirely new Type of Theme when They sponsored The TirsT dance of The year aT Palm AudiTorium. The audiTorium was beauTiTully decoraTed in a Chinese moTiT. Palm branches and bamboo lined The wall while imiTaTion Chinese lanTerns swung Trom The ceiling. Colres were served in a bamboo and palm Tharched huT. Music Tor A NighT in Shanghai was Turnished by a Three-piece orchesTra. TENNIS CLUB MEETS TO ELECT OFFICERS OcTober II, I946 The Tennis Club meT in The gym 0cTober ll, To elecT oT'Ticers. ElecTed were: PresidenT, Colleen Hansen: Vice President RoberT Bopp: SecreTary-Treasurer, Fern Souleles. The CIub's advisors are Mrs. CurTis and Mr. FosTer. SPEAKER PRESENT AT ASSEMBLY OcTober I7, I946 The World Friendship Club sponsored The visiT oT Mr. Norcross. who spoke before an assembly oT' The STudenT Body, OcTober I7, MAY 29, I947 4' 'T 'STTTTTTTWT'-'T-TZ.iii on The HeiTers Tor Relief ProiecT. The Senior Service ScouTs have planned a Calf Carnival To Talre place somefime in Nos vember, The proceeds oT which will go To The T-Ieifer ProiecT. RIOS NAMED STAR IN RIVERSIDE LEAGUE OcToIaer IB, T946 Richard Rios, Cougar Fullbaclc, was chosen as besT player oT The week in The Riverside CounTy League. Richie spenT an evening in Riverside as The guesT oT Ernie Peeler. sporTs announcer Tor KPRO. Orchids To Richard Rios Tor his abiliTy on The Tield and his sporTsmanship boTh on and OTT The gridiron. TEACHERS ,VISIT OTHER SCHOOLS OcTober 2I, T946 There was a vacaTion on Monday. OcTober 21, Tor The sTudenTs of B.U.H.S. School was noT held as The Teachers were visiTing oTher schools in Riverside CounTy To geT new ideas on Teaching meThods. MINSTREL SHOW IS SPONSORED BY FRESHMEN OcTober 25, I946 The Freshman Class' TirsT acTiviTy oT The year was To sponsor a MinsTrel Show. The show was presenTed To a Tull house, The evening oT OcTober 25. Players in The Show were members oT The BeaumonT-Cherry Valley Grange. JUNIOR CLASS I HOLDS DANCE November I , I 945 In honor oT Hallowe'en, The Junior Class sponsored The GhosT Town Shag in Palm School AudiTorium. CommiTTees Tor The dance were composed oT Leona Rhoades, RoberT Bopp, Roma Jo MonTgomery, Bobby Sharp, and Mrs. CurTis. The Junior Class is graTeTul Tor such loyal, unselTish members. ARTIST ADDRESSES STUDENTS: ILLUSTRATES LECTURE November I4, I946 Anyone can draw, said Bob Wood. car- ToonisT and Tormer Marine, aT The assembly November I4, which was The second in The series of NaTional Assembly Programs. He wenT on To demonsTraTe how an arTisT makes use oT his knowledge of anaTomy in drawing a head, and showed how easy iT is To creaTe a carToon characTer. FOOTBALL FAREWELL GIVEN BY SOPHS November 22, I946 The Sophomore class gave The FooTball sea- son a farewell in The Torm of a dance aTTer The San JacinTo game. which is The lasT game of The season. , Things were really done up righT wiTh a good crowd, good decoraTions and good music. VARSITY CLUB HOLDS INITIATION December 3, I946 Tuesday, December 3, The VarsiTy Club held Their annual iniTiaTion oT new members. The members iniTiaTed were Those who received an A leTTer in TooTball and included Dick NesbiTT, Johnny MaTThews, James MinTon, Bob l.aFleur, Bob Dixon, Tommy lsgro, Dale Lieu- allen, and Charles Freeland. L As a parT oT Their iniTiaTion The boys were dressed as girls and were Torced To bow To all VarsiTy members. 1 I. PADUA HILLS VISITED BY SCHOLARSHIP December 5, I946 V Members oT The Scholarship SocieTy, wiTh Their advisor Mrs. Long, visiTed Padua Hills December 5. They enioyed a Spanish dinner and The Spanish ChrisTmas play presenTed by Spanish acTors. WINTER WONDERLANDH HELD AT WOMANS CLUB December I3, I946 WinTer Wonderland was The Theme oT The Girls' Formal This year wiTh soTT lighTs and sweeT music combining To malre a Truely mem- orable evening. Twila Blain and Bob Dixon were chosen as queen and Icing and crowned wiTh due cere- mony. The Girls' ChrisTmas Formal is The annual presenTaTion oT The G.A.A. and is The one Time of The year when The girls inviTe The boys. The dance was held This year in The BeaumonT Woman's Club. BAND GIVES CONCERT IN ASSEMBLY December I3, I94b The BeaumonT Music DeparTmenT presenTed an inTeresTing concerT before The STudenT Body, December I3, under The direcTion oT Miss Greenhaw, music Teacher. The selecTions pre- senTed were boTh old and new, including WhiTe ChrisTmas, Jingle Bells, SilenT NighT, and many oTher old ChrisTmas favor- iTes. CHRISTMAS SEASON OPENS December I9, I946 ChrisTmas vacaTion Tor BeaumonT Public Schools began SaTurday, December 2I, and lasTed unTil January 2. The High School made plans To celebraTe ChrisTmas in The TradiTional manner aT Palm School. The enTerTainmenT began wiTh a drama enTiTled ChrisTmas Tor Cinderella, presenTed by Mrs. Snyder's Drama class, Jean Chris sang SilenT NighT and WhiTe ChrisTmas, accompanied by Hildegarde Hiller, beTween scenes of The play. T Following The play The Senior Class inviTed SanTa Claus To preseni' giTTs To all of The sTudenTs who have been good all year. Charlie King, STudenT Body president doubled Tor SanTa Claus. The Senior ChrisTmas ParTy has been a TradiTion in BeaumonT Tor many years and was aT iTs besT This year. ,