East Bakersfield High School - Sierran Yearbook (Bakersfield, CA)

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Audrey Foster, our charming student body secretary, has undoubtedly been one of the most active and hard-working students ever to attend East High. The little girl with the maroon convertible was our delegate to Girls State, be- longed to the Rally Club, Service Club, Iunior Statesmen. Girls' League, and is still remembered for her performance as the mother in the junior class play last year. Audrey also has to her credit the writing of a school song. So many athletic honors have been bestowed on Iim Riley in football, basketball, and track that it would be useless to try to list them all. Our All-Valley back was also senior class president, second alternate to Boys State, King of the Girls' Date, belonged to the Letterman Club, was on the Board of Commissioners, in the Service Club, Newman Club, Rally Club. and played the Zowie role of Andy Hardy in last year's iunior play. He-like the other five- helpod make Mrs. Woodruffs second period English class famous for infamous?J. Perfection is the only word to describe this outstanding senior, Virginia Zachery. Popular, beautiful, intelligent, active-all fit this little red-headed girl. She was editor of this book, president of the Service Club, Song Leader, was on the Board of Commissioners, Queen of the Midnight Masquerade, active in the C. S. F., Girls' League, and Rally Club. Virginia has represented E. B. at many affairs. including the opening of the Tehachapi Highway and the Tournament oi Roses Parade at Pasadena. THEY REPRESENT THE SIX MOST OUTSTANDING MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS THE CLASS OF 48

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Chosen for his myriad activities on behalf of the student body was our well-liked student body president, George Poulos. Besides being an outstanding athlete in three sports. George served as senior class yell leader, was in the Service Club, Rally Club, Iunior Statesmen, Newman Club, Letterman Club, was E. B. delegate to Boys State. presided over the Board of Commissioners, and was one of the hilarious Brazilian admirals in the senior play. Because of his reliability. a keen sense of humor, brains all over the place, and a finger in many pies, Donn Byrne was selected as an outstanding senior. Besides being Kernal editor and assistant editor of the Sierran, he was elected C. S. F. treasurer, chosen first alternate to Boys State, and belonged to the Service Club, lunior Statesmen, Quill and Scroll, Board of Commissioners, and Radio Work- shop. Many hours of excellent work for E. B. are to Donn's credit. Known far and wide for her thoughffulness of others and her consistent activity in school affairs, lovely Clotean Helm is another outstanding senior. She did a wonderful iob as president of the Girls' League. As feature editor of the Kernal, Clotean wrote the crusadinq column, At the Helm. She was also active in the Service Club, Rally Club, the Radio Workshop, the Board of Commissioners. and served as publicity manager of the C. S. F. THE OUTSTANDING SENIORS WERE CHOSEN BY VOTE OF THE ENTIRE E. B. FACULTY

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IIM RILEY President, first semester HAHRIET ROGERS Secretary Mr. Irving Lane, senior class adviser, was qreatly respected by the members ol the class. Here we find a scene from the annual Senior Banquet which was held at the Palm Room of the Bcrkersiield lnn. Approximately 135 seniors and exactly THE BIG And here we have the '49ers themselves' ffthe big dogies of the student body, the seniors. Way back in 1945 when they first arrived at East High as poor little freshmen, they made the student body stand back and take notice. As sophomores they gathered momentum and demonstrated to E. B. their ability to S. S. S.-f Show School Spirit. By the time this very outstanding class had become juniors they were unbeatable. When they were seniors-yippy, yi! What a class! ! Everyone acknowledged them to be Without a doubt one ot the peppiest, the most in- dustrious, the best classes ever to leave their golden markat E. B. Graduates at the mid-term ceremony were lback rowlz Perry Lalfoon, Ioe Montes, lim Swartzwelder, Richard Rutherford. Larry Eyraud, Kel 'A