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

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50 COUHGAR CAPERS FRESHMAN PARTY: FUN FOR EVERYONE March I4, T947 Q The green oT Sl. PaTrick's Day was well represenTed when The Freshman Class presenTed an Evening in Ireland aT Palm School March I4. STarTing aT 8:00 a good crowd oT young people enjoyed dancing and games. The kids played Bingo, Cards. and Monopoly. The en- TerTainmenT was Turnished by Eva's and Jerry's singing. ReTreshmenTs Tor everyone included cookies. punch. doughnuTs. and sandwiches. ANNUAL SPRING' CONCERT HELD March I9, T947 . The High School Band and Chorus and Junior Band presenTed Their annual spring con- cerT Wednesday evening To a capacily crowd. The concerT was under The direcTion oT Miss JeaneTTe Greenhaw. High School music di- recTor. g Many well known selecTions were presenTed by The diTTerenT deparTmenTs. Several oT The numbers played were Under -The Double Eagle. Francaise MiliTaire. and ConcerTo, TeaTuring a clarineT solo by Tom lsgro. Jackie SmiTh and Jean Chris sang The lTalian STreeT Song. TRANSPORTATION DAY INCREASES LINIMENT SALES March 20. T947 TransporTaTion Day came To B.U.H.S. March 20, and Tound- many poor sTudenTs lugging books down The hall. TransporTaTion Day is a new experience Tor mosT oT The sTudenTs and resulTed in many sore arms and backs buT iT neverTheless resulTed in loTs of Tun Tor every- one. JUNIOR SENIOR BANQUET sHELD KNOTTS BERRY FARM March 28, T941 Planning Tor .The Annual Junior-Senior Ban- queT came To an end March 28. when The big evenT Tinally arrived. 1 The dinner sTarTed aT 7:30 wiTh a welcome by 'The Junior Class presidenT, Johnny Shaw. Dick Harrison, Senior Class president gave The response. HighlighTing The dinner was The reading oT The Senior.,Wil:l and Prophecy. Members of The Junior'.Class Turnished good enTerTainmenT in The way Aofsongs, dances and piano solos, and everyone had loTs of Tun. Speeches were given by Mr.'Sewell and Mr. Crane. I For dinner everyone had TruiT cocklail. salad, souThern Tried chicken. mashed poTaToes and gravy, .vegeTables, hoT biscuiTs. homeemade iam and berry pie. - . KnoTTs' Berry Farm is locaTed near Fulle.rTon and boasTs, in addiTion To iTs good Tood. a ghosT Town wiTh many relics ol days pasT and many liTTle shops Tor souvenir hunTers.' BLIND SPANISH PROGRAM HELD March 24, l947 Three Mexican boys sang and played Tor The STudenT Body, March 24. They were unable To speak English and, even more inTeresIing, They were blind. The boys sang well known Mexican songs including a love song. a song To moThor, The ever popular Rancho Grande. La BorrachiTa. and many oThers. Following Their songs a demonsTraTion of The value of braille was given by Their direcTor. This assembly was boTh valuable and enTerTaining and has helped sTudenTs To realize how lucky They are To have Their sighT. SENIOR DAY HELD AT RIVERSIDE COLLEGE April II, l947 While The resT oT The School aTTended classes, The Seniors spenT Friday. April ll. aT River- side College. This was our Senior Day. STudenTs visiTed The various deparTmenTs where demonsTraTions were given. The mosT popular demonsTraTions were Tor The girls. CosmeTology and Newspaper. while The boys chose AeronauTics and Radio. The day consisTed oT TirsT. The regisTraTion in The college Library. Then The presidenT wel-'i comed The group and insTrucTions were given. Following This, open house and visiTs To The various deparTmenTs were held. Luncheon came and was Tollowed by some really Top noTch enTerTainmenT by The College STudenTs. Senior Day was loTs oT Tun Tor everyone. ,, EASTER VACATION WELCOMED March 29. April 6, T947 STudenTs enioyed eleven glorious days oT Spring vacaTion from March 29 To April 6. BAND GIVES ASSEMBLY April I7. T947 A , April I7. The High School band gave a program before The STudenT Body. Under The direcTion oT Miss Greenhaw They played selec- Tions of marches. overTures and a number of concerT solos. ' SCHOLARSHIP DITCHES April ls, l9-17' . - Membersi'oT The Scholarship SocieTy had pu-lenTy 'of Tun 'on 'Thieir annual DiTch Day. This year The members!spenT The day in GriT- TiTh Park' in Los Angeles doing pracrically everyfhing ever ThoughT oT. AT noon came a big and super picnic lunch wiTh everyone Tillod To The brim aT The end. In The aflernoon some oT The group visiTed The ObservaTory and Then Tor The wholegroup To ChinaTown Tor a real Chinese Tamily sTyle meal. ATTer a Tour of Chinky Town The parTy conTinued To The Pasadena Playhouse and en- ioyed Shakespear's As You Like lT. lT was a Tired bunch of scholars ThaT climbed inTo The bus Tor The homoward Trip afTer The play wiTh Their advisor, Mrs. Long. HICK DAY CARNIVAL SPONSORED BY LIVE OAK April 29, i941 Hick Day was iusT as zaney This year as TT has been in all previous years and iusT as much Tun. Dressed in whaT even The caT wouldn'T drag in. The sTudenTs raised whoopee. The concessions and prizes Tor everyThing were aT Their besT. Many a penney and nickle Tound iTs way inTo The hands of The sponsors of This day. The Annual STaTT. HoT dogs and cokes were consumed in record amounTs and The king and queen were crowned and congraTulaTed. When The day finally wound up everyone was Tired buT happy aT The end of The year's craziesT celebralion. ' rl-ilzll.l.s AlN semen PLAY May I and 2, T947 B-r-r-r-rls They nearly had a murder in The Senior Play. The VisiTor had The audience on The edge of Their 'seaTs To The very lasT line oT This mysTery which was presenTed May l and 2 in The High' School audiToriurn. - THESENIORS DITCH May 9, T947 The Seniors diTched -and had Tun doing iT! Nearly 50 Seniors climbed inTo busses May 9 and headed Towards The beach, beginning wiTh lazing in The sand and shouTing Themselves hoarse. The girls Tried desperaTely hard To geT a sunTan wiThouT Treckles and The boys spenT mosT oT Their Time in The waTer while Their noses burned and peeled. - AT noon came The lunch. EveryThingl The girls prepared iT and everyone aTe iT. sand and all. ln The aTTernoon The kids goT TogeTher and explored Theiwhole area very Thoroughly. ln The evening aTTer a wonclerTul dinner The whole gang wenT To The Pike. This spelled loTs more Tun and aTTer riding Themselves sick and dizzy and collecTing horrible picTures oT Them- selves. a Tired, happy bunch oT Seniors headed Tor home. , BACCALAUREATE SERVICE - HELD FOR SENIORS May 25, T947 BaccalaureTTe was held The lasT Sunday in May. The services were held in The evening and were presided over by Rev. L. C. Anderson. Music was provided by The Chorus under The direcTion oT Miss Greenhaw. - 50 SENIORS GRADUATE FROM BEAUMONT HIGH May 29, 1947 The lasT shouT has died away in The halls of B.U.H.S. and unTil nexT year quieT will reign. When again in SepTember The Tamiliar voices ring and echo, some voices. long Tarniliar, will noT be heard. These voices will be scaTTered in many places. These voices belong To The class oT 47 and soon They wii be in colleges. oTTices, and many oTher places all over The counTry. The lasT Time These sTudenTs were in Their school was May 29. The year was I947. ThaT nighT They wore Their caps and gowns and lisTened To many speeches. Their SaluTaTorian spoke To Their TaThers and moThers and friends welcoming Them To wiTness all of This. Their ValadicToriarl spoke as a represenTaTiveioT each one of Them--her honor as TirsT in The class. The Chorus sang. and Then Their principal called Their names as They one by one sTepped Tor- ward To receive wiTh shaking hands a small paper. Nervously They Tried To smile and Then as each walked back To his place he liTTed The Tassel To The opposiTe side of his cap, signiTy- ing a graduaTe--an alumnus now! ATTer This The worsT had passed and as They were being congraTulaTed There was a Tear in each girl's eyes and a grin on each boy's lips. The TiTTy members oT The Class of 47 had graduaTod. h

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The BeaumonT High School Chorus has been very acTive This pasT year. The TirsT program was presenTed To The members oi P.-T.A. OcTober 2, T946 aT Their TirsT meeTing. Following This, The group performed beiore The Woman's Cllub ovember 5. The sTudenTs of BeaumonT High were presenT Tor The ChrisTmas assembly December I2. AnoTher ChrisTmas program was presenTed Tor The Kiwanis Club, P December I7 which was conducTed under The sTucIenT direcTion of Anna Mae HoIT. During The TirsT monThs oi I947, The Chorus remained compariTiveIy acTive wiih e presenTaTion of several more programs Tor The P.-TA., including one Tor FaThers' NighT, March 5. AnoTher highIighT of The season was The annual Spring ConcerT which Took place in The high school audiTorium and was aTTended by many of The Townspeople. The members oi The Chorus broughT Their season To a close wiTh The parTicipaTion in The Baccalaurealre Services and The CommencemenT exercises. The many fine programs presen'Ted during The year were made possible Through e devoTecI assisTance and guidance of Miss Greenhaw, The direcTor of The Chorus. fl! ITT' ir' MTM FIRST ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Eva Gianclominico. Wanda Crawford, Lupe Valdevia, Jerry Rentfrow, Lorna Urfon, Rosie Summers, Virginia Perhacs. Pat Knak, Jeanie Isgro, Mary Dain, Leona Rhoades, Barbara Garnsby, Jean Chris. I, SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Pauline Womack, Hildegard Hiller, Jackie Smifh, Velma Hall, Phyllis McOsker, Fern Tweedy, Joanne Davis, Peggy Cable. Madeleine Wagner, ConsTance Crosby. Jean Miles, Miss Greenhaw. h THIRD ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Pema Lozano, EdiTh Greenup, Anna Mae HoIT, Suzanne Musgrove, Beverly Black, Lois Green, Norma Miller, Jean Nuzum, Margie Highiower, Doris Beach, Barbara Barrett s .7 fi E-Ezgii up ii' N' 'T' Thus Page Sponsored by ......... ' W SAN GDRGONIO ,ELECTRIC hx 5-Ed 626 Beaumont Ave. W BFHllRllllIl'8 Oldest Elvctrival Storvu 350 E. 6th Street - Phone 983 I I I