Gonzales High School - Spartan Yearbook (Gonzales, CA)

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.6laM,. The Odyssey oT The Class oT 'Sl in iTs journeys To The Land oT Knowledge began in SepTember, I947, when The gallanT IiTTIe class oT sixTy-six Freshmen em- barked upon iTs TirsT expediTion and enTered The yawning and unexplored porTals of Gonzales High School under The brave leadership oT Alva Rodri- gues, PresidenT: BerTha Ramirez, Vice-PresidenT: Joy GilchrisT, SecreTary, and wise guidance oT Mrs. LoveTT, Miss Warren, Mr. Hill and Miss Gaddini, counselors. ln Their Frosh ear, The presenT Seniors bore Their iniTiaTing Trom The upperclassmen wiTh courage. ln The annual Freshman-Sophomore Tie-up, The Frosh boys bowed To upperclassmen buT The plucky Frosh girls were vicTorious in Their baTTles. The Frosh class boasTed some ouTsTanding aThleTes on The varsiTies: J. Jaso, TooTball: Alva Rodrigues, baseball. and James Moranda, John Daoro, AlberT Hook, Henry Rianda and ArThur Frolli on Track. AlberT Hook was an assisTanT Yell Leader. A large number oT The Freshman boys belonged To The F.F.A. Joan Hoye and Sam Lloyd were The only Fresh- man represenTaTives in The Honor SocieTy. Sam also was The Freshman represenTaTive on The Annual sTaTT and PresidenT Alva served on The sTudenT council. Virginia Simpson, Wanda YaTes, Sam Lloyd, Mary FlorenTin and Barbara WagsTer were The Frosh who made band Their TirsT year, while Ophelia Gonzales, Joan Hoye and Joyce Gilliam were The Frosh song- sTers in The Glee Club. In midyear The Freshman class gave Their annual ReTurn ParTy and enTerTained The Sophomore class and enTire sTudenT body. The Class oT '5I sTruck shoals, boTh in Tinances and acTiviTies, almosT as soon as They embarked upon Their Sophomore voyage. AT The Freshman-Sopho- ore Tie-up, The Sophomores losT The baTTIe, and be- cause oT Tinancial problems could noT enTerTain The Freshman Class aT iTs cusTomary parTy. ForTunaTely The Senior Class came To The Sophomores' aid and assumed command. The class under The plucky leadership oT Alva Rodrigues, President Virginia Simpson, Vice-Presi- denT, and Paul BauTisTa, SecreTary, gave several noon dances and cake and candy sales ThroughouT The year To recoup Their Tinancial deTiciencies. Class members also served cake To The Wednesday nighT Tolk danc- ing class. This year Sam Lloyd and DoroThy CaThcarT were The only Sophomores in The Honor SocieTy and Sam was Vice-PresidenT The second semesTer. On The SparTan sTaTT, Sam Lloyd represenTed The class and PresidenT Alva Rodrigues was on The STu- denT Council. Miss Vail and Mr. Bougher were The counselors who helped The class navigaTe These Troublesome Sopho- more waTers. Boys' Block G ranks were increased This year when Junior Garcia, Sam L.loyd, Henry Rianda, Virgil STerling, John Daoro, Angelo Gonzales, and Tommy Aguinid were iniTiaTed inTo iT, and Ophelia Gonzales and Virginia Simpson ioined Girls' Block G. Vir- ginia was also elecTed assisTanT yell leader. Sophomore members oT The band were Mary Flo- renTin, Alva Rodrigues, Sam Lloyd, Barbara Wag- sTer, Delma Barlow, Virginia Simpson, Mariondell Lawson, Jimmie Galanida, Leroy Rianda, MilTon GuidoTTi and Francis Cavalli. This year a Dance Band was Tormed and Alva Rodrigues was The drummer. The CenTral CoasT CounTies Honor Band was Tormed Tor The TirsT Time aT HollisTer, and Sophomore Sam Lloyd was one OT The Tive boys Trom Gonzales qualiTying, The oThers being upperclassmen. The Class oT '5I was also well represenTed by a good number oT girls in The Glee Club, Girls' League, and by boys belonging To The F.F.A. By The Time These hardy SparTan voyagers were ready To embark upon The Third parT oT Their Travels in The search oT knowledge, They had been so buT- eTed by The waves OT learning ThaT They were worn and sobered and beginning To assume The serious digniT They would have as Seniors. This was The year The girls Took over and The Class of '5I was led by The Amazon crew oT Ophelia Gonzales, Presi- denT: Joy GilchrisT, Vice-PresidenT, and BeTTy Lou Sale, SecreTary, wiTh Miss Rodgers and Mr. Hines, counselors. As Juniors, The class became wideawake and or- dered and received Their class rings in November. WiTh a heavy program before Them, They goT busy and sold hoT dogs, cokes and hoT coTTee aT home TooTball games and cokes and candy aT The baskeT- ball games. A movie, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, neTTed Them some more proTiT. In March The class presenTed The play, Campus OuaranTine, which was a Tinancial success, also, and The Junior Carnival was very proTiTable and helped swell The class Tund considerably. This year The Class oT '5I was proud oT Turnishing many oT The aThleTes on The TooTball, baskeTball, Track, and baseball Teams and I4 boys won Their blocks This year. The class was especially proud oT John Daoro in making The all-C.C.A.L. LighTweighT baskeTball Team. Girls Trom This Class oT 'Sl also helped swell The ranks oT Girls' League and Girls' B'ock Virginia Simpson served anoTher year as assisTanT yell leader. Music sTill had charm Tor The class, as eleven mem- bers were in Band, Chorus and Dance Band, Alva

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BETTY LOU SALE Class Sec. 33 Spartan Hi-Lile 43 Junior'Senior Play Production Crewg Girls' League I-2-3-43 Seri- ior Skit, GLORIA SANCHEZ Girls' League I-2-3-43 Junior-Serv ior PIay3 Talent Show 2-33 Spartan Hi-Lite 43 Transferred to Bonita High 4, EVANGELINE SAVEDRA Girls' League I-2-3-43 Beqinners Band 23 Glee 3. ROSE SIAS Girls' League l-2-3-43 Junior Play Production Crewg Spartan I-li-Life 4. VIRGINIA SIMPSON Class Vice-Pres. 23 Yell Leader 4, Assistant 2-33 Junior Play3 Girls' League l'2-3,43 Honor Society 4, Sec.3 Class Treas. 33 Band I-2-3-43 Block G 23-4. VIRGIL STERLING Block G 23,43 Track l-2-3-43 Journalism Slrits 43 Spartan Hi' Lite 4. BETTYE SWINBURNE Transferred Irorn Reagan Junior I-liqlw, Texas, 23 Junior Play3 Sen- ior Play Production Crew3 Girls' League lf2f3-43 Glee 3-4. MICKEY SWINBURNE Senior Slcitsj Spartan I-Ii-Lifeg Journalism Slrits3 Track 43 Foot- ball 3-43 Block G 43 Junior Play: Senior Play Production CTCWI Talent Show 33 Enlisted in Air Force, April, l9'5l. ARTHUR TOMASETTI Football 3-43 EFA. 3-4. BARBARA WAGSTER Girls' League l-2-3-43 Band Iv2'3' 43 Junior Play Production Crewg Senior Play Production Crew3 Spartan Staff 43 Spartan I-Ii-Lite 43 Senior Skils. WANDA YATES Band IgGirIs' League I-2-3-4, Sec. 43 Girls' Block G 3-43 Journal' isrri Skits 43 Spartan I-li-Lite Edi- tor 43 Spartan Staff 43 Glee 3-43 Junior Play Production Crewg Tal' ent Show 2'3r4: Journalism Skits 4.

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.6IaM'. Rodrigues being 'The only Junior member in The Dance Band. Sam Lloyd and Mariondell Lawson were Two oT The Tive band members qualiTying Tor The C.C.C. Honor Band which was held in SanTa Cruz and was a very praiseworThy success. PresidenT Ophie Gonzales served in The STudenT Council as Business Manager also. Sam Lloyd, only Junior member in The Honor So- cieTy, served as PresidenT boTh semesTers. Sam also represenTed The class on The Annual STaTT, serving as AssisTanT EdiTor. Junior boys made up The maioriTy of members of The F.F.A. This year. LasT buT mosT imporTanT was The long-anTicipaTed Junior-Senior banqueT, aT which The class enTerTained The Seniors and enTire TaculTy aT lovely Loma Linda. ATTer The banqueT, dancing was enioyed. On SepTember 5Th, I95O, when The Class oT 'Sl enTered The porTals oT G.U.l-l.S. as mighTy Seniors To do baTTle Tor The lasT Time wiTh The demon Knowl- edge, The Timid Freshmen had become sTalwarT war- riors. Time had Thinned Their ranks Trom sixTy-six To a mere TorTy-Three members, buT wisdom was begin- ning To seTTle upon Their brows and digniTy upon Their shoulders. WiTh MilTon Breschini as PresidenT7 Joan Daoro, Vice-President Henry Rianda, SecreTary, and Alva Rodrigues as Treasurer. The boys' ably Took over The leadership of The c ass This year. Miss SouTh and Mr. Force served as experienced navigaTors and guides upon This lasT sTcrmy voyage across The seas oT learn- ing, alThough This Tinal year was noT so TurbulenT as The Junior year. Their TirsT Tinancial venTure oT The year was a dance given Tollowing The King CiTy baskeTball game. This was a Tinancial success. The Seniors also received The proTiT Trom The coke machine. Their nexT big underTaking was puTTing on The Senior play, The Zoozah, which, direcTed by Miss SouTh, was a big success boTh dramaTically and Tinancially. In March The class puT on Their Senior SkiTs aT a sTudenT body meeTing. These were in The Torm of a Television program and were highly successTul, espe- cially The acT where The Senior boys modeled girls' sTyles. Dolores BurneTT was chosen as The Senior candi- daTe Tor The Barn Dance Queen and served as one of The Princesses To The successTul Sophomore Queen. The Senior Class won in baskeTball in The inTra- mural sporTs. Many Senior boys made up The TooT- ball, baskeTball, baseba'l and Track Teams and won Their blocks. Leroy Rianda was chosen TooTball cap- Tain of The year and was given honorable menTion on The all-C.C.A.L. TooTball Team, and Alva was named as a member oT The all-C.C.A.L. TooTball Team. More Senior girls belonged To Girls' Block G and Girls' League. Virginia Simpson was head yell leader This year. Three Seniors belonged To The Honor SocieTy This year, Sam Lloyd, Virginia HigginboTham, and Vir- ginia Simpson. Virginia Simpson served as SecreTary. Marie FlorenTin was EdiTor oT The Annual, and oTher Seniors, BeTTye Swinburne, Wanda YaTes and Ronald BoninconTri were EdiTors of The SparTan Hi- LiTe. AlberT Hook served as PresidenT of The F.F.A. and many oTher Seniors were in iTs membership. There were a number of Seniors in The band again This year, as well as in The Chorus, Dance Band and Dixieland Jazz Band, a new organizaTion Tormed This year. Joyce Gilliam was one OT The maioreTTes. Mariondell Lawson and Sam Lloyd were The Senior band members aTTending The College of Pacific Band Clinic and TooTloall game wiTh Mr. Weigel, direcTor. ln March, during EasTer vacaTion, Sam Lloyd was The Senior who represenTed The Gonzales Band in The CaliTornia-WesTern all-Conference Band aT San Diego. This is The TirsT year ThaT Gonzales has ever had any sTudenTs selecTed To play in The 200-member band which is selecTed Trom high school sTudenTs Trom Tive sTaTes. On May 2nd The Seniors were royally enTerTained by The Juniors aT a lovely banquet which was Tol- Iowed by dancing. The annual Senior DiTch Day was held laTer in The year and The Annual Senior Ball given in The school gym was a gala evenT. Three members oT The graduafing class, Two girls and one boy, were especially advenTuresome and Took upon Themselves The added exciTemenT, dangers and responsibiliTies oT a Trip upon The Seas oT MaTri- mony during The year. The Senior Class has The besT oT good wishes Tor courageous Wanda BurneTT-Ben- neTT, Alva Rodrigues, and Delores BurneTT-Burns in Their venTure and wishes Them all Happy Sailings. GraduaTion upon June 8Th, wiTh The vicTorious voyagers homeward bound, brings mingled Teelings, pride and gladness Tor a fob well done, buT sad- ness aT The parTing Trom Triends among sTudenTs and Teachers, and aT The breaking of school Ties. As The members of This Senior Class go Their ways To oTher schools oT learning, To careers, or To homes oT Their own, The days spenT aT Gonzales High will never be TorgoTTen, buT v.ill grow as Treasured memories as Time goes on.