North Hollywood High School - El Camino Yearbook (North Hollywood, CA)

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Word .iloffywoocl CAM 0 'IXUZI4 WILLARD ALLEN MONTEITH Class Presideni MARY ANN MURPHY , Vice-Prasidenf Word .iloffywoocl .Szniomi .xdrmeol .Szzruicw WHO WOULD HAVE GRADUATED IN W'44 JAMES WELLER ANDERTON JAMES A. BASTION RICHARD NEAL DILL DONALD D. HASTINGS GEORGE W. JOHNSON EDWARD ORMSBY CHARLES WAITE WADSWORTH BONNIE IANE BAKER CWENDOLYN IANICE CABLE X

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I, Bud Olive, being sound in mind and body? do hereby in the presence of two witnesses will my curly hair and civilian clothes to Bob Beeman, a lowly Senior B. I, Viola Pazzelli, will m gym shorts to Angie Mina be- cause she needs them very badly. I, Shirley Perry, will my ability to sunburn to Jean Hodges - as if she needs it. I, Bill Priester, do hereby leave to anyone who takes Chemistry 3-one well-worn gas bottle, two discolored test tubes, and one accumulation of smells therein. I, Ralph Putman, will my southern accent to anyone who would be interested. I, Helen Quinley, will my long finger nails to Miss Fawley. I, Pat Quirk, do hereby leave North Hollywood with all my memories of the past. Donna Race -I will to my sister, joy, my ability to sing. Heaven help her! Barbara Reynolds -I hereby leave my ability to keep my dheart interests a secret to Beverly Whitaker. She'll nee it. I, Ethel Rich, will all of my 4 ft. 1154 inch. to Patti Wood, who needs it so badly. You're welcome, Patti. I, Eddy Roberts, do hereby in the presence of a Senior A and an ugly Senior B, will all the good Ui jokes in N.H.H.S. to Poppa Gamer to make up for his lousy ones. I will all my Thursday night phone calls to Barbie Stowell. - Lauralie Robinson. I leave my ability to get along with Mrs. Van Winkle, to any intending to take Latin. - Dick Roemer. Phyllis Roesinger - I do hereby will all the luck and fun, that !I've had since I've been in this school, to Ardanne Busc . I leave my victory gavel to the next unwilling president of that organization. - Bill Seiden. Frank Smith - I do hereby will the marvelous education, which no money can buy, that N.H.H.S. has offered me to anyone who wants to work hard for it. I Jacqueline Smith, having served my tenn at North Hollywood High, do hereby bequeath m typewriter in journalism, gavel in Harlequin Club, and, uncomfortable seat in Promotion Bd. to anyone who would also like a nervous breakdown. I, Carolyn Spencer, will to Gladys Holbert the gym charts willed to me by Gladys Pruett, S '43. Ruth Shaw-I bequeath mon homme, Larry, to mon uncle, Sam. I, Lois Stee, will my religious gym sox to Lila Newfield and Mildred Durell. I will my ability to cut fAm I kidding?l to my sister, Betty. - Ria Stickelmaier. Ross Stiffelman - To Miss G. Miller, I bequeath Chem- istry, the Short and Easgf Way and to the next editor's personal stooge, my brie case. Imogene Sweeney-I will Mr. Betts two girls for his next year's trig. class. Because one gets too lonely. I, Norm Switzer, will my job at Nancy's to Walter Catts so he can get out of school? 1 hour earlier. Emma Gene Taylor-I will my fgigglel laugh to Pat Elliott. jean Threlfall -I will my dark glasses Cwith red rimsl to Miss G. Miller, because all her students are so bright. I hereby will my nickname Queenie to Barbara Parry so siie can't acquire it the same way I did. - Bette Town- sen . I will my bottle of shinola to Uncle George Betts to keep his forehead shining. - Dean Vausbinder . . . Esq. Keith Vincent - I will my ability to grow a goatee to Don Kirkman, who has a hard enough time growing whiskers. I will all my broken bats to my fat friend, Tucker Thompson. He needs 'emg he can't hit a thing. - jack Van Nostrand. Mary Wallace-I will my sparkling wit and my scin- tillating humor to Glenn Dicus . . . anything is better than his. I, Maxine Whelan, will Frenchie Everette to whoever is lucky enough to get him. I, Stevie Whitman, will and bequeath my traditionally unorganized? Cmessyl notebook to the ever immaculate Mary Hoch. I, Lowene SMableJ Wilkinson, will my stiff gym socks to Beverly Mil er, a mighty A10. I will Gus my Lil Abner shoes for next football season. - Carleton Williams. I, Wyn Williams, bestow upon Paulie Strong my unique iigure that's so-oooooooo accented by my stage crew uni- form. Also my ability to take those rugged cracksq I will my ability to all of the B10 shorthand students to pass theory tests in Shorthand IV. - Barbara Young. I, Marguerite Shembri, will my ability to disagree with all suggestions at the Senior A meetings, to anyone who believes that it will be of any help to him. Qjracluafion of 66156 JS 214 On the athletic field dedicated to former NH principal, Mr. Claude Sandifur, two hundred and eighty graduates will assemble to receive their diplomas, A boy or girl may face many occasions in his or her life which may be destined to remain long in the memory, but at the time of graduation, there is a particular senti- mental note. Parents gather to see their sons and daughters ready to accept the responsibility of adulthood. This graduation is very special, indeed. Our country is involved in a conflict from which none of the graduates can be excluded. Boys and girls are takin positions in the world for which their parents did not gan . . . boys become men, fighting heroes, girls become women, cour- ageous defenders of all that is good. That is how the inscription reads on the diplomas . . . the groundwork for your life has been laid, it is your turn to use it wisely. CEM Two hundred and eighty students of the graduating class of Summer '44 gathered together to display their senior sweaters. With a roar of applause, members of the eleventh and twelfth grades expressed approval of the slate gray-royal blue combination. The sweaters are in the same colors as the colors that the North Hollywood High School has adopted. Once a year, tradition marks the celebration of the Seniors' pre-announcement of graduation with class day. In a fitting manner, the Seniors make the announcement by dis laying the sweaters which have come to symbolize the high rank of a Senior A in the High School. All of the Senior students, proudly showing off their And so, with great ceremony, seven Ephebians are com- mended on their excellent scholarship and high ideals which all Americans represent. What America Means to Me was the topic chosen by the Valedictorians who speak for the class. Mr. Roscoe L. Frasher, rincipal of the school, will present the class and award flue diplomas to the graduates. At every graduation ceremony, specific awards of schol- arship are awarded to deservin students. The boys' vice- principal, Mr. J. C. Holt, wig present the awards of honorf, , The orchestra at the commencement will be the NH orchestra, conducted by Mr. Richard Betterage, music advisor. With the layin of the recessional, members of the graduating clgss ofg Summer '44 will join their arents with the best wishes from the faculty of North Hollywood Senior High School. ibn, T44 merited prizes, stood before their audience and sang the class song, which was composed by Bob Cushman with lyrics written by Marilyn Hoffman and Mary Louise Roemheld. The singing of the class song was the climax of an hour's program in which much of the talent of the Seniors was exhibited. The performers were Bill Collins, joan Dona- tella, Mary Lou Deyling, Bill Crandall, Walter Mikesell, Gary Ross, and Class president, Emcee, Victor Basche. And when the processional was played, the NH student body watched the Seniors march down the aisles in antici- pation of another day soon to come . . . the day of graduation. tion. ,

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