Bonita High School - Echoes Yearbook (La Verne, CA)

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Senior Prophecy Anchors aweigh! Ship ahoy!-and stuffl The S S. Bonita is three days at sea. Wouldn't you like to come aboard my speedy number? We'l1 catch up with it, see who's on it, where they are going, and Why. Thus we speed to sea. A large white ship comes into view. Ah, yes, my little sea-urchins, the S. S. Bonita! As we go aboard, the first person we meet tto our utter amazement? is Captain Burkhart, who, genial person that he is, takes us on a tour of the ship. As we start our tour, we see many familiar faces. Look in that deck chairl There are those two famous people who won radio's popularity contest. Haefer outshone Bergen, and Flader outdummied McCarthy. We recognize the figure leaning over the rail as Skeet Fischer, wealthy dude rancher whose cowboy hat, famous even in high school days, is in the National Museum. We now approach the dining room and discover Babe Dale, famous mannequin, with Rachel Bell, social worker, still nibbling on choice morsels of food. Pitching woo at another table we find Mary Ellen Blackwell and Porter, Ida Dugay and Marshall, too absorbed to notice the waiter Waiting for orders. At another table we find Theda Butterbaugh, who is on a search for buried treasure so she and Colburn can be married. Dave Cartrnell is on his way to a convention of Salvation Army Band Leaders. Pearl Davis, the famous candy-maker, has a new slogan- Try a chew, and furnish your own dentist. Eltha Bradley is on her way to the Alps to practice yodeling, while Dr. Haber is in search of material for a book on social problems and economics. Near the center of the room, and the center of attention, we find Alice Hershey, the famous artist, and Mildred Kryder, the equally famous child psychologist, chatting with Clayton Lehman, who in on his way to Cuba to show the Cubans how to play rhumbas. Alice expects to paint pictures of tropical flowers and fish, and Mildred is going to see whether it is possible to persuade a child to do what you want him to do without using physical force. Robert Metzger, the California Farm Administrator, is surrounded wherever he goes by anxious farmers, travelling for the express purpose of discovering just what Bob wants them to plant on that spare forty next spring. Miss Michael, in the diplomatic service, has been sent by the State Department to the Near East to settle all disputes between warring tribes. On our way from the dining room to the lounge, we meet Mrs. Bixby Daniels conversing on family problems with her husband, but, as we hear the afternoon music start, we soon go on our way to listen to Lois Clark, world- famous soprano, who is accompanied by Sue Russell, pianist and composer. Melvin Ganger, millionaire oil-operator, is discussing ways and means of limiting tax payments with his secretary, Opal Gary, as he listens to the music. In a corner, Iames Morris snores peacefully. On deck again, we are blocked by a crowd of reporters, surrounding Iohn Gilman, presidential candidate for 1948 on a platform which demands a balancing of the 1938 budget. Leland Newcomer leads the pack of newshounds who have Gilman at their mercy. A bit farther along, we see those two famous naturalists, Dr. Hazel Miller, and Dr. lean Iohnstone, in deep discussion of the flora and fauna of Germany. We hear a loud noise-surely not Bowden-that substitute fog-hornl Re- member when he used to yell through that megaphone? Closely following Bowden in his noisy progress down the deck, we see Ebersole and Flora-co- authors of Live Alone and Like It as Long as Possible -attempting to escape from the mob of blondes, brunettes, and red-heads pursuing them. In the library we find librarian Helen Bowman conversing with the famous

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Gardens the class put on a beautiful farewell for the seniors. A grand five piece orchestra from Pomona with a vocalist was obtained to provide the dancing entertainment and for those who did not care to dance, games were provided. With this as the crowning event of the junior year, this class set their eyes toward the last rung of their school adventure-the senior year. So, under the leadership of Ray Burkhart as president, Ernie Haber as vice- president, and Helen Bowman as secretary, the class worked hard to make their last year a year that would be remembered by all. In this last year the seniors took hold of the reins and led Bonita through a most successful year. Most of the major and even minor clubs were under the leadership of seniors. Of course, we find the names of seniors in the athletic limelight too. In football, basketball, track, baseball and tennis seniors predominated. Not only did the boys enter into sports, but also the girls made the G. A. A. program successful. In the middle of the year the seniors threw a party at the lohnstone's home. This was a most memorable occasion, as a great many of the class turned out for a grand time. Dancing, skating, and games were provided, and later in the evening the group ate to their heart's content. And again later in the year a grand Senior Ditch Day took place where the whole class journeyed to Big Pines to spend a most enjoyable day in the snow. Then on Friday, May 13 at 8:30 o'clock in the evening, thirteen seniors put on a three act play called the Black Flamingo, which turned out to be a grand success. The thoughts of graduation began to float into the minds of the seniors and a vote of what to wear for graduation was carried out with caps and gowns losing out. On Sunday, Iune 12, the seniors met at the Bell's for a lovely gathering for tea in the afternoon, to be followed in the evening by the Baccu- laurate service. Also, the class followed in the steps of the class of '37 by having class speakers instead of outsiders. The theme of Life as a Glorious Adventure was most capably carried out by Doris Way, Hazel Miller, Iohn Gilman and Don Haefer. On Wednesday morning, lune 15, the class gathered for breakfast. As this would be their last time together as a group, many made a special effort to attend this occasion. With regret, but with a new spirit for a new adventure in life, the class said Goodby and good luck to all.

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author, Robert S. Mills, whose latest contribution to literature is Even Your Best Friends Will Tell You If You Don't Watch Out. We also find Dr. Richard Reedy, going through a volume of Encyclopaedia Britannica, in preparation for his trip to Berlin to witness an operation on a doodle-bug. In the ballroom we find Charles Bowman playing trumpet solos in the orchestra, assisted by the trombone of Art Snell and the famous Montz violin. Mildred Garman and Edward Quiroz are soloists, with Ruth Simmons pinch- hitting on occasion. In the center of the dance-floor Marguerite Waters and Elmer, Betty Rothrock and Iohn, are reviving the Big Apple. As we journey on we find Kenneth Belknap talking with the engineer. Kenny has invented a bodiless Ford without an engine, and invisible wheels-and is he making mil- lions! Sulking in a corner we find Iimmy Arnaz, a convict on parole. The fears that black-and-white sweater gave us are confirmed! We just caught a glimpse of Rusty Caywood and Baby Face Brink, trying to get away from G-Man Godfrey. Out on the deck again we find those honeymooners, Mr. and Mrs. Iohn Baranger CPaula Blackwelll, talking with Gwyn Iones, the famous actress. Robert H. Mills is being comforted by the ship's doctor, Howard Morrison, who really needs comforting himself with those family problems to handle tWinnie and the kidsl. Mills was a great inventor of explosives, but his experiments got the better of him, and he is temporarily an invalid. In the next deck-chair lies Mr. Richard Harbin, M.G.M. Production Manager. He seems to be asleep, but probably has his Argus camera out for a killing. Glenn Iohnson has not been seen. He seems to be lost in the fourth dimension, and it is rumored that he is probing in the fifth. In the ladies' gym we find Babe Eide, American Olympic star, training. Evelyn Lindgreen, the side-show fat lady, is trying to work off pounds by tap dancing, under the tutelage of Ruth Ohms, dance instructor. F loy Strayer was going through some limbering-up exercises in order to keep in training for Wimbledon. In the beauty salon, Roberta Hoover is working over Fern Royster, who is getting a henna pack. Rule, the lack Benny of l948, is playing shuffleboard with Vernie Noah. What would the ship be without Vernie? Iust like the ark without Noah. Frank Shannon, Melvin Slead, and Henry Sneed are absorbed in deep conversation. Shannon is going to Denmark to study cooperatives, Slead and Sneed are archeologists, who got their start digging for fish worms back in '38. A dashing woman passes us-the ship's hostess, Doris Way-on her way to Muriel Paul- son's stateroom to discuss bacteria. Mertice Weaver is in her stateroom getting ideas for peace posters she is going to paint for Hitler. About to knock on her door is Forrest Winthers, matinee idol with the Gene Raymond hair, minus a few coat buttons tauto- graph huntersl. Eleanor Wardall is discussing racial equality with Ena Bruesch, Home Service Director for African Cannibals, specializing in tand out of? stews, and Ray Brubaker, the air conditioner. When the ship's heating unit breaks down-he goes on his own steam. In a deck chair we find the seasick expert on foods and their preparation, Ianellyn Price, deeply engrossed in the book, Why Bring That Up? Frankie LeClere is playing catch on the A deck with a flying fish. As we swing up to the sun deck-lo and beholdl There sits Grandpa Snazzy Sutton fryin' eggs between 440 dashes around the deck. What's that wailing noise coming from the crow's nest? As we look closer, we see that it is Clarice Nichols bemoaning her fate-a broken engagement with Eugene Watton. With this sad little episode we end our tour. We go back to my ya-say, where is my yacht? Maybe those dangerous characters escaped in it. I could stand a rest from the humdrum of my busy life, couldn't you? Let's go with them. I always have wanted to climb the Eiffel tower.