Coachella Valley Union High School - La Conchilla Yearbook (Coachella, CA)

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G.A.A. - Left to right: ROW l: Deanna Hartnett, Doris York, Esther Herrera, Oribia Ruiz, Bea Lendrum, Evelyn Savoy, Dolores Munoz, Mari- lyn Wilson, Pam Williams, Arlene Jones, Virginia Hamlin, Elizabeth Peabody, Nannette McCurtain, Betty Callison, Betty Lendrum, Sue Van Blaricom, Becky Allison, Sylvia Mapula. ROW 2: Gail Moore, Carolyn Brumwell, Marie Davidson, Stella Villegas, Ernestine Martinez, Sarah Swingle, Barbara Newcomb, Barbara Kenslow, Harriet Fuller, Sue Cooper, Virginia Mclntosh, Naomi Johnson, Connie Lopez, Amelia Calla- way, Margit Chiriaco, Donna Neher, Janis Poates, Nancy Schisler, Ann Kennedy, Jackie Savant, Nancie Marshall, Bobbie Tidwell, Virginia Zie- barth, Miss Jean Stewart. ROW 3: Betty Criner, Carole Welch, Flora Hale, Gloria Salgado, Alice Lopez, Kathy Lee, Kathy Kroeger, Eileen Heimark, Pat Mclntosh, Royann King, Sally Hoskins, Ann Macpherson, Nell Mason, Lois Yensen, Diane Rayburn, Naomi Salcido, Mary Pal- omarez, Jo Archuleta, Vera Alatorre, Sally Gamboa, Jean Preston, Clara Gonzales, Josie Vega. Lettergirls' Club, one of the new clubs on the CV campus, consisted of G.A.A. members who had earned their large letters and sweaters. The club was organized by the G.A.A. Board and G.A.A. spon- sors, Miss Jean Stewart and Miss Carolyn Fisher. Taking over the iobs of club officers for the first year were: Rita Ruiz, president, Zelma Ballard, vice-president, Phyllis Sharr, secretary, and Pat Salcido, treasurer. Meet- ings were held on the fourth Monday of every month dur- ing the activity period. Their activities for the year were co-sponsoring of G.A.A. Play Day in April and co-sponsoring of the G.A.A. Mother-Daughter Banquet on May 20. Members also worked with G.A.A. members on the elementary school Play Day, March 27. The club was sponsored by Miss Jean Stewart. 2 . LETTERGIRLS' CLUB - Left to right: ROW 1: Julia Garcia, Adrian Garcia, Rita Ruiz, Sarah Swingle, Betty Lendrum, Alice Munoz. ROW 2: Sue Van Blaricom, Barbara New- comb, Wilma Lund, Pat Salcido, Zelma Ballard, Mary Villa. ROW 3: Miss Carolyn Fisher, Jo Archuleta, Esther Carrillo, Phyllis Sharr, Miss Jean Stewart. PAGE 83

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This year the Girls' Athletic Associa- tion was piloted by the capable hands of Jackie Savant. She was assisted by the executive board consisting of: Phyl- lis Sharr, first vice-president, Barbara Newcomb, second vice-president, Eileen Heimark, recording secriftaryp Sarah Swingle, corresponding secretary, Mary Carrillo, treasurer, Sue Van Blaricom, historian, Jeanne Yerty, senior represen- tative, Gail Moore, junior representativep and Kathy Sharr, sophomore representa- tive. G. A. A. continued sponsoring after- game dances again this year. The dances, like all G.A.A. dances, were big successes. On December 'l6 the G.A.A. mem- bers proved that they were not only rillo, Rita Ruiz, Gail Moore, Sarah Swingle, Kathy Sharr, Phyllis Sharr, Ccpvble athletes bull also asplrlng musl' Miss Jean Stewart. cians, for they spent that evening sing- ing Christmas carols to shut-ins in homes and hospitals. Sixty-seven new members were initiated on January 18. As usual, old members spent weeks prior to ,this date thinking up horrible tasks for these girls to perform. The most horrible, of course, was the annual denial of conversation with boys for the initiates. But then no boy would want to talk to a gal with her hair half combed and lipstick half on. More than one initiate was seen crawling to class during the day. At the close of this hectic day, a pot-luck supper was enioyed by all the members of G.A.A. The executive board went on a frolicsome trip to the snow in March. A few members added skiing to their list of achievements and a few bruises and bumps to their anatomies. In April the G.A.A. sponsored its first playday with the help of the Lettergirls. A circus theme was chosen. Each school participating put on a skit worked out around this theme and all the decorations were done in the circus theme. Banning, Beaumont, Hemet, and Palm Springs were invited to send representa- tives to take part in the individual and team sports. To bring another successful year to a close, the Lettergirls and G.A.A. co-operated to have a Mother- Daughter Banquet on May 20. The new officers were installed and G.A.A. letter winners were honored. Miss Jean Stewart and our new gym teacher, Mrs. Betty Hoff, who replaced Miss Carolyn Fisher, were the G.A.A. sponsors this year. Their wise advice was a great help in this year's activities. G.A.A. BOARD - Left to right: SEATED: Eileen Heimark, Jackie Savant. STANDING: Mrs. Betty Hoff, Jeanne Yerty, Barbara Newcomb, Mary Car- G.A.A. - Left to right: ROW 1: Lillian Mizutani, Estella Gomez, Josephine Perez, Carol Roggero, Mary Carrillo, Esther Carrillo, Lucy Ogaz, Helen Alvarez, Lupe Roma, Karen Morton, Susan Sharp, Helen Brazell, Mildreene Knox, Rachel Torres. ROW 2: Rosie Ortega, Julia Garcia, Lola Stranger, Dolores Garcia, Barbara Allen, Phyllis Sharr, Kathy Sharr, Myra Davis, Cheryl Bonham, Toni Sosnowski, Jennice Ballard, Kath- leen Snider, Mae Ellen Williams, Stella Jennings, Nellie Garcia, Esther Pizano, Pauline Chiriaco. ROW 4: Yolanda Rodriguez, Aggie Matsui- shi, Alicia Lopez, Vada Cox, Erle Ann Briggs, Jyl Batsford, Pauline Calderon, Lily Garcia, Isabel Canel, Dorothy Rivera, Mary Louise Villa, Mary Molinar, Julie Freeman, Earleen Churchill, Judy Hayes, Zelma Ballard, Rita Ruiz, Wilma Lund.

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Under the able coaching of Frank McDaniel and Walter Hackett, the CVU HS Arab varsity football squad swept to an undisputed championship in the Riverside County League for the first time since 1946. Strangely enough, both championship teams made identical scores of 176 points for the season. The Arabs, sporting a more experienced, bigger, and faster team than in recent years, brushed aside all opposition to record an undefeated, untied league season. Fourteen returning lettermen from last year's squad reported for practice under Coaches McDaniel and Hackett, both back for their second year at CVU Alex Alexander, center, asks Coach McDaniel what formula he used to bring CVU HS its championship, while Coach Hackett patiently waits to add his views on the subiect. HS. Pre-season predictions placed the Arabs as the top team in the league, and an Arab squad composed of a powerful and aggressive line and a fast and tricky backstop justified the predictions. Halfback Joltin' Joe Rodarte, in addition to topping the touchdown score in the league with 66 points, was unanimously voted the Player-of-the-Year in the Riverside County League. Ignacio Lopez scored 50 points to place second in RCL touchdown scoring. Their teammates elected Bob Carr and Tom Smith as co-captains and voted .loe Rodarte the most outstanding player of the Arab squad. In their season opener, the Arab varsity played Blythe. The Yellowiackets, a power in the C.l.F. foot- ball circuit last year, squeezed by the Desert Raiders, 13-6, behind the power of the Guilin brothers. The fighting Arabs then invaded Chino. The veteran Chino squad edged the Arabs as it scored two TD's. The numbers on these boys' ierseys were much in evidence during the season In the final stanza the Arabs bulled over for six points but coulcln't follow up their success, and the Chino Cowboys powered to a 12 to 6 victory. A first week bye gave the Arabs a rest before they went into league competition, their first game being with the Palm Springs Indians. The Arabs' crunching ground attack smashed the Indian line time after time, and the Arabs battered to a half-time lead of 19- O. On a 91-yard TD scamper by Ignacio Lopez, the Arabs added six more points. With two TD's in the last stanza, the C.V. gridders routed the Indians for an easy 38-0 victory. In the second league encounter, the C.V. boys played San Jacinto on the home field. The Arabs got an early start and roared to d 27-O halftime bulge. Then they went on to score the second highest score in CVUHS foot- ball history 45-O. The Desert Raiders chalked up a decisive 14-7 edge in first downs and had a total of 401 yards gained. They belong to Tom Smith, co-captain, Joe Rodarte, the RCL's PAGE 84 Most Valuable Player, and Bob Carr, co-captain.