Litchfield High School - Wickiup Yearbook (Litchfield Park, AZ)

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9i N Kneeling, left to right: Fran Hawkins, Belen Soto Donna Rayner Carol Truman Roberta Callan Sitting back row: Pauline Jefferies, Mrs. Billie Jean Pavlich Gratia Trask Arlyne Rodgers Front row Martha Burns Mary Alice Morales, Tanya Andrade, Herlinda Pariga. GIRLS' LEAGUE HAS ACTIVE YEAR The Girls' League of Litchfield High School is organized for the purpose of promoting friendliness, co-operation, and social activity and of serving as a guidance for all girls at tending the school. Due to the careful planning of the Council the Girls League had a very successful year Hot dogs and coffee were sold to finance the various activities which included an All Girls Party, Hamburger Fry, Twirp Dance, Winter Fantasy and after game dances The officers for i953-54 were: Belen Soto, President, Pauline Jeffer- ies, Vice President, Arlyne Rodgers, Secretary, and Mary Alice Morales, Treasurer, Senior Representatives, Ro- berta Callan and Gratia Trask, Junior Representatives, Frances Hawkins and Tanya Andrade, Sophomore Represen- tatives, Donna Rayner and Carol Tru- man, Freshmen Representatives, Mar- tha Burns and Herlinda Pariga. Girls pick oranges to aid the Girls' League Treasury. g

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Left to right: Billy Barnett, Robert Ludlow, Richard Zeigler, Laddie Coor, Mr. L. W. Pierce, Gratia Trask, Linda Cooper, David Johns, Jackson Barnett, Jerry Hall, Belen Soto. STUDENT COUNCIL HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR The Student Council, the school's government, has had a successful year in all of its activities. During the school year of l953-54 the Student Council sponsored the Homecoming game with Florence, a polio benefit basketball game, a Western Day, and the All-school picnic. ln addition to this, it also sponsored many after game dances, including the April Frolics Dance. The members of the Council, including the four class presidents, attended the monthly meetings of the Salt River Valley Student Body Presidents and Vice-Presidents Association. They also attended the Student Council Convention held at Chandler. For the first time the Council ran off the Student Body elections as near to the real elections as possible. The students were required to register before being allowed to vote. This method proved to be very successful. The members of the Student Council for the year i953-54 were: Laddie Coor, Presi- dent, Bill Barnett, Vice President, Gratia Trask, Secretary, Bob Ludlow, Business Manager, Jackson Barnett, President of Boys' Alliance, Belen Soto, President of Girls' League, David Johns, President Senior Class, Jerry Hall, Junior Class President, Dick Zeigler, Sophomore Class President, Linda Cooper, Freshman Class President. Mr. L. Pierce was the Student Council Advisor.

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BOYS' ALLIANCE Boys' Alliance has been more active in past years than in the l953-54 year, but many movies and guest speakers were brought to Litchfield High School to in- form the boys of matters of importance and, also, for their entertainment, Some of the guest speak- ers were: J. W. Garms of the Traffic Division of the Ari- zona Highway Department. Mr. Garms spoke about the traffic problems faced by Arizona motorists. He also showed a film entitled, A Day ln Court, which de- scribed the seven types of traffic offenders. Mr. William Cardwell, I from the Franklin Hospital in Phoenix, came to L.H.S. to speak to the student body on the effects and treatment Jackson Barnett, Boys' Alliance President of alcohol on people. Mr. Gordon Mitchell from the Reynolds Aluminum Plant in Phoenix spoke on jobs and job opportunities at the Reynolds Plant. Two representatives from the United States Navy spoke on the opportunities in the Navy for young high school graduates. Howard E. Poland, known as the Man of Fire from the Bureau of Mines, spoke about fire, its causes, and ways to prevent as well as fight fires. This was considered by the students to be one of the best programs of the year. The Boy's Alliance elected only one officer this year. The i953-54 Boys' Alli-- ance President was Jackson Barnett. wg Man of Fire demonstrates the combustability point of various inflammable liquids.