McFarland High School - Recuerdos Yearbook (McFarland, CA)

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'IZECUIQIQDQS .LLLLLLL 4.4.44 CALENDAR 7-Special debate with Bakersfield. 17 2-1 29 lt is hereby solemnly resolved, etc. Bakersfield won. -Alumni partyg and they weren't one bit dignined, like this year's seniors. -Honor Society assembly. ls Fran- ces still praying, Give me a inan?'V' Eldon, COLllCl1'1it you help her out? -My, my, the juniors are so busy hunting Mr. PorterHeld's car. lt disappeared at play practice. 31-Junior play, ONLY ME -and it was fine. Idus Lessley and Geral- dine Gossage took the leading parts. April 1 5 7 11- -Hi-Y party. VVhat's this we hear about getting in at three or four? just April Fool. Oratorical try-outs. Earl and Frances winners. Senior party at Kern County Park. They're privileged characters this time of year. Bakersfield brass quartet enter- tains. One ol the finest this year. 13-Hick Day-Oh boy, did that ice- cream taste goodl Best of all, no school until Monday. 20 25 28 Interclass semi-linal debates. Sen- iors and Sophomores champs. Oratory contest at Delano. Home Economics girls give a tea and show off all the dresses they made. Play day for grammar schoolg but what about us? May 12 13 26 23 31 Forensic Club spring program. Evening gowns and tuxes. Are we ritzy? Orchestra plays in Bakersfield. Picnic before in Jastro Park. -juniors and freshmen give seniors and sophomores a party because the latter sold the most annuals. Extempore Contest at Shafter. Interclass debate finals. june 2 4- 6- 9- ...46, junior-Senior Banquet. Baccalaureate Services. Senior Assembly QAnd what an assernblyll. Senior Picnic. Commencement Exercises. Y otro mio se ha heclzo en Reczcerdos

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CALENDAR December 26-Senior Asseml ly. Earl and Osie 16-Junior Class party. They were still sleepy and dirty on Monday. Also the first basketball game of the season. Wfasco beat us. 20-Had debate with Shafter here. The other team went to Taft. Took them both. 23-The furnace is broken down. Grand! One more day for Christ- mas Vacation. One more day, that is, for everyone but the debaters. They put in the day by a gasoline heater, getting up a case. january 3-Back to school and at it again. J-Myrtle comes to school with her dress on backwards: and worse than that, she forgot to iron it. 14-Basketball game with Shafter here. just waitg we'll get even with them if it takes a year. 17-Debate with Taft here and Shafter there. XVe win. It's a wonder, after the ride those debaters got with Mr. Porterfield. 19-F. F. A. Initiation. Now they are real farmers. 20-Basketball game with Shafter here. 23-Hostess Club meets to plan their big party. It was moved and pass- ed that each girl invite a boy. Say, you ought to see Margie! -45 take the cake. Oh yes. Paulita is the sweet little sister. 27-Basketball game here with lliasco. G. A. A. holds German dinner. YYhat nationality are we, anyway? As the curtain falls on the first semester. February 3 Honor Society gives banquet to 4- 9- 10-- ,1- 24 parents and teachers. That's one way of polishing apples. You the club didn't do the cooking. Hostess Club party. VVhat a break for some lucky girl! Doris G. still can't remember when she got home. Annual Y. M. C. A. banquet in Bakersfield. G. A. A. gives mothers a party. One debate team off to Delano. The other team stayed here and met Bakersfield. Hi-Y bean feed. VVe were all ready to call the undertakers, but they survived. March 1- 6- Box luncheon for debaters by the home economics class. They found that debaters eat as much as foot- ball players. Honor Society quarterly meeting.

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LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL .933 WHY SCHOOL IS A PLEASURE Glenn Crockett- VV'hat's the best way to teach a girl to swim? George Alexander-'WVell, you want to take her down to the water, put your arm around her waist, and- Glenn- Oh, cut it out. It's my sister. George- Oh, push her off the dock. Miss Lourenzo- Richard, come up here and give me what you've got in your mouth. Richard N.- I wish I could-it's the toothachef' irfkilfifvk Miss Harder- VVhat are the products of the VVest Indies? jean Richardson-HI don't know. Miss Harder- Come, come! lvhere do you get sugar from? Jean- Wife borrow it from the neigh- bots. PEC 54 P? 154 Katherine Rister- Delbert is so origi- nal! He says things to me that no- body else would dream of saying. Thelma Moore- What's he been up to now-asking you to marry him? Pkviivlfvkif Mary Thompson, visiting her uncle on the farm, was watching a cow chew- ing her cud. HPretty hue cow, that, said her uncle as he came by. Yes, said Mary, 'ibut doesn't it cost a lot to keep her in chewing- gum? Myrtle Mooinaw-l'I'm going away to study singing. Gladys Petersen- Good! How far? :li Pls :F :lf 514 During history class Mr. Janes asked, What happened in 1483? A'Luther was born, answered Lewis Wimberley promptly. Correctl VVhat happened in 1487? Lewis after long pause, 'tHe had his fourth birthday. I want, said Claude Phillips. a small place in an isolated position- somewhere at least five miles from any other house. HI see, sir, said the agent, with an understanding smile. You want to practice the simple life. Not at all. I want to practice the Cornet. if if Pl! 24 A party of tourists was enjoying the wonders of the Grand Canyon. The driver of the car asked a native who was passing by: I say, neighbor, can you tell us what caused this terrible gorge? VVhy, they say a Scotchman once owned a ranch near here, and one day he lost a golf-ball down a gopher hole. Casting Director- VVhat experience YY have hou had as an actor? Clarence Robinson- I was the fellow that called up on the telephone in the third act of our senior play. Ruby Chavers-HVVill you play 'Down by the Old Mill Stream'? Claude Phillips- Sorry, Ruby, but I'm dated up for this week. Xflfilvkbk Eldon Baker-'ACome on. l'll show you how to milk a cow. Frank Hancock- Perhaps I'd better start on a calf. VVho is the tightest man in the world? The Scotchman who fell in front of a steam roller and turned sideways so it wouldn't take the crease out of his trousers.