Lompoc High School - La Purisima Yearbook (Lompoc, CA)

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l HOME NURSING COURSE Ooh, that tickles! My gosh, guy, youlve got a rapid pulse. VVho is he? Those corners aren!t really square! Be carefulg don't let her drop! You just contaminated yourselfli' Such exclamations could be heard coming from Room 33 for the first twelve weeks of 1943 as two groups of junior and senior high school girls took the Red Cross Home Nursing Course. As any member of a Home Nursing class knows, the remarks were the re- sult of : bathing a bedridden patient, counting a pulse, making a bed, making an occupied bed, nursing a patient with a contagious disease. The course itself was a very interest- ing and enlightening one, since few of the girls had had actual experience with correct sickroom procedure. Under the capable direction of Miss Mary Gray, the American Red Cross instructor, the girls were inspired to prepare them- selves for service in time of illness or emergency, either in their own homes or in the community. Of the ninety or more girls taking the course, approximately sixty-five com- pleted it. Many of the girls earned the Standard Home Nursing Certificate, and the younger, or the less ambitious, worked for the junior Certificates. Plans have been made to organize the girls into a more or less permanent group which will meet at regular inter- vals for reviews and reports of actual home nursing experiences.

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Senior Play The XVh0le Town's Talkingu was given by the Senior Class of 1943 on April 9, 1943, before a packed house. The play was given in cooperation with the Play Production Class with Mr. Lazarus directing and Buren Scar- borough as Production Manager. The play dealt with Chester Binneyls mythical love affair as it was in- vented by his prospective father-in-law, Henry Simmons. The furor of these love affairs not only accomplished their purpose of winning Ethel Simmons for Chester but also brought renewed har- mony between the film star, Letty Lythe and her director-fiance, Donald Swift. After a fight in the dark the play ended happily for everyone. Several tight moments were experi- enced by everyone in the cast and staff, especially when a picture that was nec- essary for the action of the play was mis- NOTES FROM THE PLAY PRODUCTION DIARY, New class organized by Mrs. Lazar- us Znd semester . . . Produced radio- dramatization, Sire dv lWalC1froit's Door, for the Talent Night and the USO . . . Produced Senior Play, IfVlz0le Townlr Talkifig . . . tsupper-dance afterwards, thanks to Senior Mothersj . . . Also for the USO and the Senior Varieties, pro- duced several skits-these directed by student-Orsons . . . Everybody in the course experienced acting or directing or staffing . . . not to mention voice- culture . . . ah. ee, oh . . . clipping final t's like that-t . . . posture+correct sit- ting, rising, Walking with heads erect enough to balance books . . . And an expert lecture-demonstration by Mrs. Hull, on the principles and practices of make-up for the stage . . . All this and placed. the instructor's theory of the drahmah too . . . VVar-situation foiled trip to Pasadena Playhouse . . . Nevertheless a profitable, successful, and fun-ful se- mester. Note: The staff regrets that no pictures were available of either the Junior or the Senior Play. l-Iowever, it feels that they made a lasting and pleasant picture in the minds of their audiences. Henry Simmons, a paint manufacturer ................ Walter Elliott Harriet Simons, his wife .................................... Virginia Pannell Ethel Simmons, their daughter ...,.. Theodora Westmont Chester Binney, Simmon's partner .... Letty Lythe, a motion picture star ,....... Donald Swift, a motion picture director Roger Shields, a young London blood .,.... ....... D uane Woodfin Llla VV1lSO1'l, frlencl of Ethel .....,..,,....,.. .,.,,.,,..., E valyn Rennie Sally Otis, friend of Ethel ...... Annie, a maid ..........,,...,...... Sadie Bloom .... Taxi Driver ..,. Mrs. Jackson ,,,,.. Violet Galloway Mary Alice Gray Virginia Matasci Shirley Tognetti Blll Proud Virginia Gaggs Gerald Dutra Jeanette Lafourcade -25- Thi- Great Lover

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Alice Englert ...... President 'Xlaix .lane Dutra .... Secretary 'Nloima Martin ,,,.,.A.,. Treasurer ' .1 PRE-FLIGHT T The Pre-Flight class was organized at the beginning of the second semester this year by Mr. Garrison at the re- quest of a group of boys interested in aeronautics. During the course they The C.Y.O. is an organization com- posed of all the Catholic girls in the school. It is under the supervision of Miss Ruth Mary Green. The main purpose of the C.Y.O. is to give the girls an opportunity to meet for sports and other social activities. f C. Y- O. have been studying the theory of flight and its practical applications. That sev- eral of the members intend to take the C. A. A. test for Aeronautical Know- ledge Certificates shows the importance of this Wartime course. The group hopes to establish a tradi- tional tea honoring newcomers to the organization. The organization also stands ready to serve the school whenever it is called upon to do so. l -27- I' I