Jacob A Riis High School - Viking Log Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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Viking Knights In the winter of 1935 a Mr William Rea Heath at the time one of our phy slcal educatlon instructors came to a de c1s1on that if the administration and stu dents would get together and form some kind of an organization there would be a better relationship between faculty and mzation became the Viking Knights Smce that time there has been several sponsors of the Knights Mr Heath was the first and our present sponsor IS Mr Raymond E Vandruif also our school reglstrar In this the completed school year of 1949 50 officers of the knights are Art Carrlsoza President Joe Cle SETI vice presldent Al Barone secretary and Art Saxs treasurer Other members mclued B111 Kampmann Robert Morton Mel Buford Ed Bouldln Roger Ketelsle ger Raul Jimmez Denny Foreman Sam Salas and Bob Rogers A great deal of credit goes to Leonardo Vlllahermosa our Grisham our co captain and to Ray Rios Judge Besides their regular duties during school hours the Knights also sponsor dances and other activities for the school Applications are open to any and all stu dents who wish to Join and all members agree that this is a great organization O O l . i Y I . . ., . - . . 3 7 3 a ,n n - u u , . n e u u a , Q - 1 , , - ,. . , L - n . 1 y , Q n c , -, . . ! students. His idea worked and this orga- present captain of the guards, to Richard Q 7 . o . , ' - 1, u 0 . . 1 - I v 1 ' -

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One of the most entertalnmg assemblles thls year was the Talent Show a repeat performance of last years great show Fea tured on the program were eleven students of R115 Hxgh School and two guest artlsts H1ghl1ght of the show was the Mr Rus con test Wlth Henry Carrlzosa w1nn1ng the t1tle of Mr R115 of 1950 Muslcal entertamers were Danny Hood Roy Mllton Charles Bowers and Bob Rogers That Old Black Maglc was the approprlate tltle of an act of maglc staged by Allen Grant a student at R115 To open the program master of cere momes Bob Str1ckland mtroduced Bob Rogers who played h1S own composltlons The 69er BOOg19 and To be or not to Cry1ng accompamed on the plano by MISS McKee the school l1brar1an Tenor Roy Mllton showed flne vocal tal ent by smglng Some Enchanted Evening He was accompanled by Mxss McKee Stu dents and faculty were presented w1th speclal surprlse vocahst Angel Montenegro who was a hlt as he sang Fool That I Am Angel a V1k1ng Alumnus IS now a student at East Los Angeles Junlor College To conclude the muslcal portxon of the program Bob Rogers Charles Bow ers and Roy Mllton got together on a SQFICS of muslcal numbers called Stompm at the Vlklng s Hall ' Bob and Charles furnlshed the plano muslc and Roy showlng flne muslcal ab1l1ty on h1s tenor sax played Three Llttle F1sh1es Encore numbers were The Huckle Buck and Cornbread and featured Roy on the sax and Bob on the 88 What It takes to be a maglcxan was shown by Allen Grant who put on flfteen mlnutes of the old rabblt out of the hat tr1ck Only ln th1s case Allen pulled out a chlcken Allen a student at Rus also d1d some rope trlcks and other acts The last but not least event was the Mr R11s Contest wh1ch was won by the popular Henry Carrlzosa who placed second 1n last vears event Howard Hlllman came back to take second place wlth thlrd place golng to Phllllp Poretta Rav Moody was awarded the best legs wlth Hlllman takmg the best back award Carrlsoza won the abdomen and chest contests w1th Tom Shelly anc' Rlchard Strlegal runmng close second and thlrd respectlvely The best arms went to Carrlsoza wlth Chuck Jackson close be hlnd hlm The most muscular also went to Carrlsoza as he walked awav wlth the tltle of Mr R11s of 1950 Judges for the contest wexe Babe Stansbury Wllbul Counts and George Redpath The show planned as an annual event was produfefl by Bob Rogers under the dlrectlon of Mlss Downs one of the Eng llsh teachers Effectlve llghtmg was plann ed bv Mr Law rence Brvant Q sound crew wlth Wayne Brownlee and Al Barone as chlef operators . .... y . . 7 9 H . . . ,, Y Y' ' , as . vs u u -1 1 ' 4 y U .. ,, - - - 1 ' v Y . , . I . . 4 . .. . , . - s 1 ,, V . . . D , ' ' ' . ' I 4 7 u Y . - . . . l V . . K4 ' li ll D Q 1 . 1 0 Be Bop. The popular Danny Hood sang ' . u sr, . . Q y n - n a I ' ' u ' v: 1 Q G ' Y . 7' . I S . Y . . I , ' ll Y! ' Y 7 , U , g . . . .- ,, . . . A r YY 1 ' 7 , f . , 1 1 7 I in n. ' . . A ' ' an ' v - ' ' Y 4 ' I l . . , , . .

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Honor Roll The students and faculty of R118 are proud to 1lSt the follow1ng boys who were on the honor rolls for the past year The requ1rements for the scholarshlp 1lSt are at least two A s no grade less than a B and no U s on the report card The requlrement for the attendance 11st IS To have no absences for the ten Week pe rlod November 1949 Januaxy 1950 Scho1arsh1p Burch J D Barone Al Cheek W1ll1a1n Cu1 r1e Douglas Dmgwall Bob Dommgo Godfxedo Fxsher D3V1d Carcla Dan1e1 Garc1a Mlke Genet Durwaxd Lucas Eddle LEVHFIO Gxlbert Moran Pete O1t1z Ralph Porretta Ph1ll1p Attendance Ashe B111 Ort1z Ralph Scholarshlp Barone Al Parke1 James Cheek W1l11am Curr1e Doug Domlngo Godfredo Dlngwall Bob Flsher DaVld Garcla Damel Garcla M1ke Genet Durvsard Lucas Edd1e Lewa11o Gllbert Moran Pete Polretta Ph1ll1p Dalhover Eugene Rodr1guez Ernest Apr1l 19:10 Scholarshlp Ashe B111 Hende1son Kenneth Balone Al H1llman Hox1a1d Attendance B1ox1nlee V1avnePopp Garx Castro B1as1e Ramuez Robert Flsher Daxe Tumex Ed Flores Robert V1llahermosa Leonardo Gonzales Robert W1ll1ams VVa1ren Ashe B111 Baker Campbell Barone Alfred Hernandez Ruben Hunnewell LeRoy Johnson Walter Bradberry Chfford Brlghtwell Earl Burch J D Carreon Tony Carson Carl Cutler Alan Dalhover Eugene Duarte Carlos Fernandez Fred Foreman Denny Garcla Alfonso Johnson Joseph Kunsman Bob Mlller Rlchard Morales Artul 0 Moran Pete V101 an Xwlllldm Neely Harold Ortlv Palfh P 111491 J ames Rodrlguez Ernest Sanchez Arthtu Wllllams btan Attendance Adams Gene Arello Angel Baker M Keffen Beaudoxn Albert Bradber1y C11ff Phlvas Me1v1n Evora Armando Hawcroft Robert Matr1co1ena Don Mon1z W1l11am Moran Pete Mundav Bob Popp Gary Rodrlguez Ernest Sanchez Althul Schwartz She1man Teeple Harr1s Tul ner Rex W1lllamS Walren 1 I , . . u , y .K . 1 1 ' ' , . . 71 1 ' Y 1 . ,' f ' 1 .- 1 . K 1 1 . ' 1 Q 1 1 ' . . 1. 1 1 1 . , ' 1 1 - . . , , 1 1 ' 1 1 - V ' 7 9 1 1 1 ' Y 1. . 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 1 ' 1 , 1 , ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 V 1 1 , 1 , ' 1 ' '1 1 1 ' ' ' , 1 1 1 1 ,1 1 1 . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' V 1 . 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 1 1 1 X in 1. .r , . V ' P31 1 1 1 1' 1 1 , ' 1 1 1 ,- 1 1 + A . . 1 1 , U, L.J , , . ' 1 Y ' 1 - 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 w . . . ., ,