Calipatria High School - Hornet Yearbook (Calipatria, CA)

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Prophecy Continued - - I decided to depart from the Howlin' House and go visit my good friend Charlie McLaury, the Admiral of the ship The Silver Slipper, which had been designed by that great architect, Ralph Morehead. After I arrived at the .ship and had begun talking to Charlie, the cab' in boy came in ,fwith drinks, he was, of all people, Donald Jones. Charlie told me that Jack Merrill and Jim Sparks had Just completed the digging ofthe seco-nd Panama Canal. This didn't astonisli me much, though, be- cause I knew Jack and Jim were accomplished ditch diggers. Their old cronies, Melton Huffman and Herman Howington, had gone their re- spective ways, Melton to become president of a mining concern and Her- man a technician for airplane manufacturer, Duane W ilkinson. Joe Panosh, the photographer who had become so famous for his pic' tures of that ravishing redhead, Janet Pond, was soon going to invest money with his friend Raymond Harp, that Multi-Millionaire Oil Ty- Coon in the promotion of Richard 'I'nurman's Cross Country Railroad Co. While on the Silver Slipper, Charlieand I saw the Olympic finals on television, and were greatly amazed to see Jan Smith win the World's Speed Walking Contest , and Arthur Cox won the title Mr, America of 1962. . Dluring this program, there was a news flash in ,which we saw John Cox, the outstanding scientist, and his able assistant, Josephine Chavez, discover crunriadchymatous ffor those who do not keep up with the news that is the mixture put with gasoline to add to the power of modern-day cars ll Charlie asked me if I knew that my dear frie-nd, Rose Marie Kee-le, had become the Nation's leading Western Singer and Cowgirl, and all her movies are produced by that Texas Millionaire, Steve Benson, own- er of world famous B-Bar-B Ranches . I left the Silver Slipper to board a Transcontinental plane, piloted by Paul Dumbrique Cwinner of the contest entitled, More Planes Crashed, Less People Killed J to go visit my old friend, Pat Williams, owner and founder of Lucky Pal Cigarettes. Just after leaving the San Francisco Airport, I picked up the newspaper and turned to the society column, I found to my astonishment that the beautiful divorcee, La Rae Hubert, had just won her fifth divorce and was now tryng to hoo-k the Nation's Leading Bachelor , Eddie Dicker- son. Upon arrival in Chicago, I, Willa Layne, was rushed to a rest home to recuperate after so many shocks during the past 24 hours, after seeing what had happened to my former classmates of '51.

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Ditch Day Continued - - About three, we woke all the sleepers there and finally they all decided to play. Two bright little girls, Elsie and Rose Marie, decided to stay up all night, and sure dealt misery to the poor devils who tried to sleep. Thanks to them, Monday morning WE arose early. Those who were smart, and locked their doors, arose late. We left Big Bear Monday, shortly after we had lunch. The procession came down the mountain in the cars and order in which we went up, but after we stopped in Redlands for gas, everyone scattered and found their own way home. Around six o'clock Monday, a Weary and sleepy bunch of Seniors drove into -Calipat after enjoying three glorious days in Big Bear which will remain forever in our memories. A-xx-1 PROPlIfCY In 1962, as I was returning to this country from a brief six-year jaunt in the Orient, where I had been visiting my friend, Freddie the Great , who had attained world-wide fame as a. crystal ball maniufacturer with his friend, Wesley Taylor, I stopped at San Francisco. While I was there I took a turn around town, and found to my great surprise, Duane fSkinnyJ Howland was proprietor of a large gambling Casino, the How- lan' House . After being ushered inside by hostess, Elsie Crockett, I saw to my great surprise the M. C. was none other than Gene Sones, the Comedian, of the Year . The floor show consisted of a couple of organ numbers by Doris Less- lcy, and an acre-batic act with Dwight Lamb and Elsie Burns. The big attraction of the entertainment, however, was a dance by the famed En- chantress of Hindustanf or Armida Singh as she is better known to us. After her performance ,she came to my tableg and, while we talked of old times, she told me that Haskell Nickell had become famous as the manu- facturer of permanent waves for men, and on-e of his best customers was none other than Melchor Abubo, Television's Greatest Wrestler. About this time, there entered the Casino a very dainty -woman, dripp- ing with mink and diamonds, I was very astonished when I saw it was Teruko Kido, the owner of Kido Sr Kido, Used Car Agency . The secret of her success lay in the fact that Ray White, her head mechanic, was so cross-eyed he was able to change old jalopies like Oldsmobiles, into larger Oldsmobiles. Her head bookkeeper was Johann Maerki.

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IIISWR7 In the fall of 1947, we, the class of 1951 entered Calipatria Union High School as terrified, cringing bits of insignificant humanity. On the first day, we learned the hard way, that you take your life into your own hands when you travel down the halls of our school. We were Melton Huffman, Herman Howington, Eddie Dickerson, Charles McLaury, Ralph More- head, Raymond Harp, Richard Thurman, Donald Jones, Joe Panosh, Jan Smith, Gilbert Rosas, Wesley Taylor, Willa Layne, Doris Lessley, Duane Howland, Jack Merrill, Josephine Chavez, Duane Wilkinson, Paul Dum- brique,Te11uko Kido, Armida Singh, Gene Sones, Dwight Lamb, Rose Marie Keele, Elsie Crockett, Janet Pond, Elsie Burns, LaRae Hubert, Freddie Singh, and Haskell Nickell. - At the beginning of the year we were given a hearty welcome in the form of an initiation by the Sop-homores. Miraculously, we survived this and thus become full-ledged Freshmen. We showed our gratitude to the Sophomores by giving them a- desert party in the latter part of the year. The following year, we, as Sophomores, ,returned to school with two new members. They were Jim Sparks and Melchor Abubo. The long- awaited initiation day finally came. It was a huge success-for us. This was a perplexing year in our lives-we started out by thinking we own- ed the place and ended up by knowing we didn't. Our Junior year was probably our busiest and most memorable year. We received our class rings, our Senior sweaters, presented a successful class play and sponsored the J unior-Senior Banquet. That year we wel- comed Arthur Cox, John Cox Johann Maerki, and Ray White as new members. . Last, but by no means least, came our Senior year with Pat Williams and Steve Benson as our new members. Led by our president, La Rae Hubert, we have given lower classmen an excellent example of dignity, responsibility and intelligent behavior. We found, among the pleasant aspects of the Senior year are the front seats in assembly, Ditch Day, and of course Commencement! And so, as we, the dignified Seniors sadly bid adiegu to our school, we recall the many delightful incidents of the past four years. We shall always cherish our school memories, because they will remain an in- fluence us in our future.