Mission High School - Mission Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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FALL + 1943 The news is out . . . the graduation list has been posted . . . the mad rush is on . . . no name on list . . . means no graduation . . . list is really a sight . . . Anglo-Saxon names are not too frequent . . . there's an abundance of pulysylla- hics . . . Mission is a real melting pot . . . then there's the matter of given names . . . Butch's carefully guarded dark secret is now re- vealed . . . the real name , . . is . . . Clarence . . . fate is awf'ly cruel . . . as names appear here . . . so they appear on coveted dip- lomas . . . by day's end the hall is again deserted . . . but evidence of the struggle remains . . . the once- clean glass covering the list . . . is now blurred with Finger- and nose- prints . . . of every member . . . of the class of june, 1944. 0 Eleanor Simonsen, the other person who made the Senior Prom the success that it was. Vice-president of the Girls League and CSF member, she filled an important niche at Mission. Sommers, -lark Thygeson, Howaid Wiirrall, Lois Soulis, Pauline Titus, Bernice Xenakis, Bessie Stafford, Bruce Togo, Sidney Yakovletf, Genevieve Stariha, Virginia Tryforos, Sophia Zimheck, Le Ora Summers, Gerald Tulitan. Frances Zutli, jane Telleria, Charlotte Vizcarra, Lucille Zunino. Lorraine Thiele, Carl Wliitc, Hazel PAGE TWENTY-ONE

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Ronneberg, Bertrand San Fillippo, Josephine Scrivner, Delores Rossnvich, Eleanor Santuccio, Lena Seaton, june Roudabush. Bruce Scheppclman, Herman Shctler, Pauline Russell, Charles Schiehold, Paul Simonsen, Eleanor Rybicki, Marie Schneider, Kenneth Siu, Tim Samoulides, George Schumacher, Dorothy Skiadas, Ernest Scourkes, Theodore Solis, Olga PAGE TWENTY CLASS OF 0 One of Mission's oldest traditions . . . panoramic picture of each graduation class...started in 1927 . , . testifies its tradition . . .by pic- ture-lined walls in main lobby . . . H4's raise heck . . . scramble for front row chairs . . . legless and backless chairs . . . which remain on field of battle . . . are matters about which high 'n' mighties pro- fess complete ignorance . . . but when photographer says Ready! . . . each nose is powdered . . . each curl in place . . . each tie is ad- justed properly . . . a quiet group faces the lens . . . seniors will not have it otherwise . . . for genera- tions to come . . . posterity will point to brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends . . in class picture of june, '44 . . . and say with pride . . . See, they went to Mission, too. 0 O Wayne Alexander, capable varsity tackle, leader in activities of the senior class of the fall of 1943, has transferred his ability to get things done to a far greater field-the United States Marine Corps.

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Adamson, Robert Ahrens, Doris ', W X1V'3T3'H'tf Herne Amundsen, Patricia Arias, Manuel O Augustus, john Bagatelos, Anthony Baker, Elnor Baker, Jeanne Baker, Robert MISSION HIGH SCHOOL Balian, Elise Banda, Rosemarie Barkman, Barbara Bartholomew, Corri Bayol, Eugene O Heare, Marjorie Bechtolt, Rav Bclluomini, jane Bender, Gcorgetta Bergess, jcannc Betts, Charles Biakanja, Krist Biasotti, Enrico Billmire, Dolores Boblitt, Gordon Bourns, Geraldine Brinegar, Claude Brown, Beatrice Buono, john Klalvctti, Rose I Campbell, june tlapella, Elaine Ciardenas, Antonin farlson, Frank farlson, Harry FIFIQ PAGE TVVENTY-TVVO H ,f , f,Q,fi5'???7 ,Jfff M Lf mi 1 I U V ,NG CLASS or sPR1 f'J