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

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I-1l The other big event of every junior year is the Prom, and on May 20th, the class entertained the seniors with a Moonlight and Roses dance which was most successful. Beautiful decorations, a clever program, and exciting music made the evening memorable for both juniors and seniors. Scholarship Society- members for the year were Iune Calvert, Charles Duggan, Hal Iones, Miriam Hanawalt, and Hazel Stone. Emily Garvey served as song leader for the student body, While Hal jones, Hazel Stone, and Emily served on the Welfare Council. On the Bearcat staff were Mary Davis and Charles Duggan, while Melba Stokes, Hazel Stone, Ruth Werkman, Charles Duggan, and Howard Dodge were members of the Echoes staff. Lois Torrey, Miriam Hanawalt, and Roberta Williams were on the Girls' League Cabinet, with june Calvert and Miriam Hanawalt on the Girl Reserve Cabinet. Six boys were members of the Senior Hi-Y, and Richard Werkman was vice-president of Allied Youth. ln the F.l:'.A., james Mount and Wayne Butterbaugh were prize winners at the County Fair. Hal jones was the only junior to achieve membership in the Service Club, and Ruth Werkman and Iosie Sanchez were the only juniors in the Speech Arts group. The class was again very active in the musical groups of the school. Marjorie Creighton and Miriam Hanawalt were members of the Sextette, which sang many times during the school year for different community groups. M. Creighton, K. Funkhauser, L. Torrey, R. Reed, M. Kampmeier, S. Soder, M. Hanawalt, E. Garvey, and C. Shamblin were members of the Girls' Glee Club, and I. Sawyer and H. jones were in the band. H. Cross, C. Lindgreen, M. Audureau, H. jones, and S. Soder were members of the orchestra, and M. Creighton was drum major for the Drum and Bugle Corps. L. Torrey, R. Reed, I. Sawyer, M. Hanawalt, and K. Funkhauser were also junior members of the Corps. In the Radio Broadcast, the musical event of the year, S. Soder, R. Reed, M. Hanawalt, M. Creighton, and I. Laraway all took part as principals. Athletics received a large share of the time of the juniors, with Andrews, Butterbaugh, Dellenbach, Duggan, and Michael on the varsity football squad, and Adkins, jones, and O'Brien lettermen. I. Camacho was the only junior on the X squad. Iones was the only junior on the varsity basketball squad, but Anderson, Andrews, Butterbaugh, Camacho, and Michael were on the B squad, and Moore was on the C squad. Tangeman, Michael, and Duggan were on the tennis team, Groendyke was on the track team, and Hraban, Tangeman, and Sawyer were on the rifle team. In G.A.A., Crystal Shamblin was vice- president of the group, and Rosemary Dominguez, Roberta Williams, Miriam Hanawalt, Hazel Stone, and Crystal were all members of the Pep Club. On the All-Bonita teams, Brydon, lgnasia Dominguez, R. Dominguez, Hanawalt, Metz- ger, Garvey, Shamblin, and Stokes appeared for the juniors. The seniors have completed a happy year. As leaders of the student organizations, they have had a great part in making this year a successful one. They pushed to the fore the idea of an extended student government. As a class, they have had a number of activities. The choosing of senior rings was one of the excitements of the year. On Senior Snow Day, all went to Big Pines for a marvelous day of tobogganing, skiing, snowball-throwing, and general fun. A senior party was held at the cafeteria early in the year. With May, the activities of the class reached alarming proportions, when every Friday, and most of the week days, were filled with events of interest

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Camacho, lack Laraway, Shirley Moore, and Herbert Cross were on the D bas- ketball squad. Truman Groendyke and Hal jones were members of the X track squad and Charles Duggan was on the tennis team. A number of girls were out for G.A.A. teams. At Fairmont Park, the class had its big celebration of the year on a Saturday afternoon. As sophomores, the members of the class took a more prominent place in the life of the school. Class leaders included George Crenshaw, president, Charles Duggan, vice-president, Crystal Shamblin, secretary, and Ruth Werk- man, treasurer. Those who found prominence in the Music Department included Emily Garvey, only sophomore principal in the operetta, and Darlene Buck, Marjorie Creighton, Kathryn Funkhauser, Emily Garvey, Miriam Hanawalt, Iosie Sanchez, and Lois Torrey in the Girls' Glee Club. Charles Duggan, Hal Iones, and james Sawyer were members of the band, and Marie Audureau, Charles Duggan, and Shirley Soder were in the orchestra. Iune Calvert, Miriam Hanawalt, and Hazel Stone continued their excellent records, and were again members of the Scholarship Society. Mary Davis, Barbara Phillips, Bill Westlake, and Roberta Williams were members of the Bearcat staff, while Phyllis Bapple, Marjorie Creighton, Milford Good, Miriam Hanawalt, Barbara Phillips, Hazel Stone, and Roberta Williams contributed poems and stories to the 1937 Echoes. Kathryn Funkhauser was the class's only representative in the Speech Arts activities for the year, while Hazel Stone and Barbara Phillips represented the girls of the class on the Girls' League Cabinet. Several students were members of Iunior Hi-Y and Girl Reserves, as well as the many activity period clubs for the year. In sports, the class contributed a great deal to the school. On the varsity football squad were T. Groendyke, H. jones, and E. 0'Brien, while Andrews, Butterbaugh, Crenshaw, Duggan, Michael, Moore, and Williams were on the C squad. Squack Moore was a member of the championship D basketball team, Dick Yoder, Ioe Camacho, and Bob Andrews of the C Team, and Hal lones of the B team. Andrews and Crenshaw were the class's representatives in baseball, Groendyke and jones in track, Duggan and jones in tennis, and Hraban, Tangeman, and Sawyer on the rifle team. Barbara Phillips was the only girl to make an All-Bonita G.A.A. team-in tennis. W. Michael and R. Williams were the capable managers of the varsity basketball team. After much discussion, the class determined upon a skating party, which was held at Pomona on April 23rd. Royal blue and white class sweaters marked the appearance of the junior class on the campus. Hal Iones was again class president with Earl O'Brien vice- president, Crystal Shamblin secretary, and Ruth Reed treasurer. Roberta Wil- liams was selected as social chairman, with Hazel Stone the Welfare Council Representative. As the class play, A Lucky Break was presented, with Ruth Werkman and Clyde Gillam in the leading roles. The large cast included R. lohnson, I. Laraway, H. Stone, M. Hanawalt, M. Stokes, Richard Werkman, Roberta Williams, M. Creighton, C. Duggan, E. O'Brien, C. Shamblin, L. Torrey, I. Mount, A. Batchelor, E. Garvey, and little Dorothy Brandt, Richard Stone, H. jones, S. Soder, M. Kampmeier, S. Moore, B. Dellenbach, and B. Andrews. Kathryn Funkhouser and Ruth Reed worked as call girl and prompter respec- tively. lil

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to the class. The play was presented on May 12, with a large and enthusiastic audience attending. Qn the following Friday, the Iunior-Senior Prom at the San Dimas Masonic Clubhouse was a beautiful event, and on the next Friday the senior G.R.'s were honored at the annual Senior Farewell banquet. G.A.A. girls entertained the seniors on lune 2, and on Iune 9, the seniors checked in at the office to mark the beginning of the end for graduation. Baccalau- reate on the evening of Iune ll brought crowds of students and parents, and the great day of Commencement came on Iune 13. The four student speakers were Mary Davis, Ruth Werkman, Earl Q'Brien, and Iames Sawyer, speaking on Youth Considers Democracy. The Senior Breakfast was a jolly affair. This was the last activity of the seniors as a class and as members of Bonita's student body. The seniors of this year were a fine group and Bonita is proud of them and of their capable leadership. They have indeed attempted to live up to the motto of the school- I Serve. Iack Anderson was on the Varsity football team, the basketball team, and the track team. He was a member of the Boys' Glee Club, the Lettermen's and the Sports Clubs, and served on the Bearcat Council. Robert Andrews par- ticipated in football and basketball. The Phy-Chem club elected him as pro- gram chairman, and he served on the Assembly committee. Marie Audureau was chosen May Queen. She was also Campus Chairman for the Girls' League, belonged to the Business Statistics Club, the Make-up Club, and participated in the Music Festival. Marie has contributed much to the school with her music. Phyllis Bapple has been a member of the Nature Club and the Sewing Club this year, and has contributed her charming poetry to the yearbook. Alfred Batchelor acted as Phy-Chem vice-president and continued his services as secretary-treasurer of Senior Hi-Y. Mildred Baugh was a member of the Nature Club, the Current Events Club, and the Sewing Club. Her service as literary editor for the Echoes was much appreciated. Lois Billsborough, still fairly new in her senior year at Bonita, was recognized for her capable direc- tion as food chairman for Girls' League. She was also treasurer of the senior class. Evelyn Brubaker has been this year a member of the Charm Club, the G.A.A., and Girls' League. She was one of the two attendants for the May Queen. Mae Brydon served on the G.A.A. cabinet, and on the Girls' League cabinet. She was a member of the Pep Club, and also played in the orchestra in all musical affairs. Wayne Butterbaugh was on the varsity football and basketball squads this year, was Bobby's big brother in the senior play, and was a member of the Service Club and the F.F.A. Iune Calvert was this year vice-president of the Girl Reserves, and has continued her membership in several activity clubs. She was one of the two attendants for the May Queen. Roy Carter has been a member of the Bearcat Council, and also in the Sports Club this year. Marjorie Creighton was this year Drum Majorette for the Drum and Bugle Corps. She was one of the Singing Nine, a soloist in the music festival, and also was in the operetta. Herbert Cross was this year a mem- ber of the F.F.A. and continued his fine work as a musician in the orchestra and in the music festival. Mary Davis has served most capably as Girls' League president this year, and was editor of the Bearcat for the second semester. In the senior play she was Penny's big sister, and has served well as joke editor I-I