Palo Verde High School - Olympian Yearbook (Tucson, AZ)

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'l't7t'StJN. .XRIZIDXL MAY 26, 1944 llll C 'XC US Chronicle Ball Sends Papers To ar Zone Colorful Decorations Have Patriotic Theme . . . l Lights, hlting' laughter, the rhythm' ol' dancing feet, and the magical music of the swing handg beautiful girls onl the arms of their escorts, parading around examining the decorationsg swaying couples, swirling' skirts of every hue of the rainbow, the delight- ful aroma of gardeniasf-and we had arrived on the threshold of the li fth an- nual Caetus Chronicle Hall. After much deliheration and fore- thought, we decided to ehristen the dance the Chronicle Buddy Ball. This had originated through the idea to use the proceeds to send our sehool paper to former students who are now in the service. In order to earry out our plans, we spent as little money on the danee as possihle. Honor Rolls Displayed W'ithout splurging. gorgeous andl unique decorations were designed: thei committee searehed out every scrap, of red and hlue crepe paper to he found in the art room and made huge tes-I toons for the walls. Under them were? put llonor Rolls with the names ofi ahout one hundred of our classmates, now serving lfnele Sam: the tops of the windows were covered with stripsi of red and hlne crepe paper hanners,l decorated with white stars. Our ef- forts were well-rewarded hy the many etnnpliinentary remarks we heard lil- tering through the air. i Une of the most important features of the evening was the red, white, and lmlue hooth, covered with American military decorations. where those who wished eould huy a iFl,00 siilmreriixtieiii to he sent to some certain huddy. Ily the end ot' the evening 53100.00 clear, protit had heen made with which to! underwrite this inost worthy project. L i l l Military Dance Programs ! l . l l ii It 1 , r l l i , y N,l - 'Weber Starns and Gretchen Gerhart. co- business managers ttop left, rightlz Editor- ial Board, tabove, left to right! Viole! Ep- stein, R. D. Whitacre, Pela Shearman Qfront rowl, Lanny B'gglestone. Jackie Mc- Clanahan, Sally Bacon, Edith Sykes, Donna Mae Rogers, Marguerite Wolfe tback rowjz Janice Friedman, circulation manager thot- tom rightl. Novel prograins, designed in ii:tti'i-,Adveftisillg oth' colors and with a military motiij l'eatured the theme of the danee: From the Home lfront To the Battle Front- i To our boys on the sea, l on the land, in the air 5 Wle send the Chronicle! Q Since the more - than - suceessfull Chronicle Buddy Hall, over one hun-l dred copies of each issue of the paperj have heen sent to servicemen, not only? to those in the United States but top those overseas. .-Xnd in return manyl letters of thanks and appreciation havel ht-en sent to us, telling of the welcome with whieh the news from home is re- ceived. Proves Successful Do you see that guy walking into the Fox Theater without buying a ticket? He's on the ad staff of the Chronicle. Ile may see the movie, aeeidentally, hut, of course, the only reason he went in . . i was to get the ad. So goes the im-i portant, hut exhausting, lite ot om' business staff. lf you read the razz issue eare- tully, you would have noticed a few interesting tid-hits in the advertising too. Those hot-shot salesnrn even sold lieu half-page ads on war bonds! as

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i 4 M ' Farewell To Our School , , lift . f' Daze Quill and .S'c1'oll. and Colztmlviu S t'llHltlXilit' I'rc.v.v ,l.v.vnciulim1.v NIAXY 20.10-l-l No. 21 Kcllcy Rullings, editor-in-chief of the Cactus Chronicle ttopj, and Miss Alice L. Vail, advisor, belowl feet. She had inadvertently gotten a little smudge on the carpet. ln a tit ol' revenge another memher put a shiny copper penny into the slender, out- stretched hand ot' the .Xrah-garhed statue oi a hlackamoor which provided decoration. lfollowing this, we all made hets as to how the personnel would divide the penny. .Xll through our pleasurahle year we have held repeated hull sessions in the cleaned-up ottice. XX e have hepn to strange and wondertul places, and have done stranger and less wondertul things. lt has heen fun. CACTUS CHRO- ICLE ' HIGHE T PRESS A ARDS SCHOOL JOUR ALISM iSchooI Paper Completes Twenty-Fifth Year As One of Nation's Top Papers l In High School World Capturing a total of U75 out of a thousand points, the Cactus Chronicle. otlicial puhlication of Tucson Senior lligh School, earned lthe prized Nledalist award given hy Columhia Scholastic l'ress ,Xs- isociation. ratings were received in 3-lf out of 35 score sheet , items. This is the highest score ever awarded to the paper. .Xdver- :tisin-f received a ierfect score. E Praised as decidedly a leader among high school lltlllliflitlllllu tlns year hy national judges, the Chronicle has an ,outstanding record in Journalism. l'l'wenty-tour highest awards have heen won hy the paper since it was Big Slwls Thrive On Re reshments, Pin- lips, ,Ioviality Those times we spent at the print shop and our Friday afternoon seances writing' heads really have heen in- teresting, to say the least, l'erhaps everything was a hit noisy. hut it took :rx to get the rag out, in spite of l lop or six-page extravaganzas. .Ks we sat dazedly counting lk, 2LfQ, 3, 4, -lk . , . ad infinitum, two voices hroke the monotony, with a remark ,directed at one of our charming' edi- torial hoard memhers. lst voice: l'm llurma, the Oriental dancer, Znd: Shake-2 NYe shall have to delete the resulting confusion. lt seems that lthere are numerous intriguing pin-ups land high-class literature at the print ishop which tend to hrighten the lan- i l guage and thoughts of those who have the pleasure ot coming' under their i spell, Unique Drinking Glasses During moments of relaxation re- lfreshments such as cunmaronis, cup haked cookies were distrihuted among those present. tCandy. also when availahle.l Xte even had drinking glasses painted in unique designsl founded twenty-tive years ago. ln ad- dition, twenty-First-place and ,Xil- .Xmerican awards have heen received. These have heen presented hy three great press associations: National, Quilland Scroll, and Lfolumhia Scho- lastic. Students Win Honors llighest individual Quill and Scroll medals were won hy lfdith Sykes in interviews. llarhara BlcCarron in edi- torials, Gretchen Gerhart and Kelley Rollings in ad designing, Xtlinning first places in Rocky Mountain Divi- sion were Alice Gihhs in headline and Harry Gin in sports writing. Circrlation reaches 1600, including' 150 mailed to former students now in i the armed forces. Twenty issues were pnhlished during the school year. The greatest staft' in history, over 225 stu- ldents, has participated in making the l Chronicle a real student paper. ,cakes, hamhurgers, or tasty home-N Paper Comes Out! .Xs the deadline for the special Christmas edition approached, circu- lation managers, editors, reporters, and otiice staff dashed clown to the print shop and madly folded the lil-page edi- tion, while others raced to and from school transporting the tinished copies. The paper came out! To deaden any noise that might arise 'n the ottice, sound-proofing with the instruction Quiet Please was in- stalled. lt also helps cover up marks left on the ceiling hy a pair of old ten- nis shoes aud a red '44 in lipstick, re- moved hy decree, .Xt the close of the year the staii held its annual hanquet at which grad- uating memhers of the Chronicle were rewarded for their service hy heing presented with gold, silver. and hronze pins. hearing' the Chronicle crest,

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L'lllQUNlC'l.li PQXGE .... w 1 's f A an 1 Pictured above, top to hottnm, are the writing and business staffs of the Cactus Chronicle during the school year 1943--1944: Staff A writing division, Staff B writing division, Service and Advertising staffs, and circulation distributors.