Madera Union High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Madera, CA)

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FRESHMAN B’S Juliette Biscay, Verl House, Billy Kuehne, Hisako Niino, Grace Nikaido, Bertil Peterson, Morgan Sheldon, and Chew Woo dis- tinguished themselves by making the Scholarship Society. On February fifth, thirty new freshman students began their career at Madera High. These were: Frank Allred, Lawrence Baldy, Alfred Baraldi, Dom- inic Bertoncini, Ray Bertoncini, Rego Bomprezzi, Maxine Brewer, Florence Bryhn, Geraldine Childs, Kenneth Clark, Aileen Conklin, Dora Farinelli, Jared Foster, Dessie Fuller, Marjorie Gokey, Walter Gordon, Tony Graziano, Dorothy Hall, Edward Higuera, Dorothy Ann Jay, Raymond Lasswell, Lawrence McKee, William Maddrell, 3etty Maggiorina, Dorothy Montague, Ralphia Montague, John Her- bert Morse, Douglas Owens, Lester Pluard, Leland Prouty, Carolyn Ricci, Josephine Ricci, George Sandell, Donald Seibert, Harvet Toney, Lupie Torres, Connie Valensuela, Gladine Williams, and Florence Zack.

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Shirley Jones, one of the outstanding class members, won the San Joaquin Valley Future Farmers’ oratorical contest held in November and also the association public speaking contest held this spring in Fresno. In December, Jones placed third in the state finals. He was awarded second place in the Lions Club extemporaneous speaking con- test of 1933. Tong Gong had the distinction of being the first representative of her race eligible to the Lions extemporaneous speaking contest. A large number of sophomores are to be found in the eligibility lists of the various sports including basketball, baseball, and track. ‘These included Maynard Bybee, Harrison Catching, Amando Del Bono, Jim- mie Desmond, Luther Johnson, Shirley Jones, ‘l‘om Kocoris, Victor Olivas, Clarence Pavey, Harry Schmidt, Edward Simonian, John Stefan, Robert Schwartz, Jimmy Williams, and Harold Valensuela. FRESHMEN One hundred and fifty-four freshmen, the largest class that has ever entered our high school, registered here September seventeenth, nine- teen hundred thirty-three. ‘They all gathered in the auditorium where rem an idea of high school life. Mr. Thompson, in a brief address, gave tl i Then in separate sponsor groups, the freshmen made out their pro- grams with the help of the advisers. Friday of their first week in high school marked a memorable day in the lives of these one hundred and fifty-four freshmen. Fach one wore a ridiculous costume and his face was liberally painted in varied colors by energetic sophomores. Realizing that the parents of freshmen were interested in knowing something about Madera High, a Freshman-Parent Night was given in the early part of October in the cafeteria. A musical program was presented under the direction of Miss Denn. Several novelty num- bers were given, also, and included selections by the Haywire Orches- tra. Brief talks were given by Mr. Thompson, Miss Jardine, and Miss Deets. Among the class members who have been taking a creditable part in athletics are Verl House and Richard Sanchez,

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