Palo Verde Union High School - Echo Yearbook (Blythe, CA)

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CALE N EAR 20 — Thanksgiving vacation! 20 — Palm Springs were really sore. Won 13-0. 24 — The same old grind. 27 — Class meetings. Oh goodie, and I didn ' t have my home- work. 28 — Junior class throw a wild one in auditorium. More fun. 29 — We did it again! Needles was at the lower end of the 1 5-0 score. I knew we could do it. Also the Letterman ' s gave their girls a gay ole time at a dance in their honor. 30 — Margie Y. decided to reform. So did Faye and Edna. DECEMBER 2 — Books, books, BOOKS!!!! Yipe! land they carried him out in a straitjacket) . 4 Assembly bell. Oh heck, and just when it was my turn to recite, too. 5 — John Byrd was absent from school a week. 8 — First edition of school paper, The Little Echo, and free to all students. 11 — Clubs again. It ' s wonderful how some people will work so hard to get out of work. 12 — Freshmen and Sophomores have annual wing ding. 13 — Basketball Seven started by game with Gila Bend. We didn ' t win. 17 — During a very interesting assembly Miss Martin ' s Public Speaking Class gave a play called The Xmas Carol. Lot of talent in this school I If you don ' t believe it, just ask us. 20 — Basketball game with Beaumont. Guess what, we lost. Christmas vacation at last. We ' re Free! JANUARY 5 — Here we go again. Startling news! Miss Greer reported engaged. 8 — Class meetings! Very interesting and educational, so they tell us. 15 — Assembly and program, T. B. Stetson, the Cowboy from Texas. 16 — Had a basketball game with 29 Palms. Lost the first game 18-9. Won the next one, 17-15. 20 — New idea. The Social Club was organized. 21 — Teachers go National Defense, entertain soldiers at a party. 22 — Club meetings. Also dues!!! 23 — Basketball with Palm Springs, here. Well!! we can ' t win all the time. 24 — Patriotic assembly. Public Speaking class gets more prac- tice, gives skit about Hitler. 29 — Another assembly. The Stamp Contest started. 30 — Basketball with Coachella, there. Also end of semester and grade cards. We wonder who invented that valentine known as the Unsatisfactory Card ? 31 — Future Farmers have a party with eats. FEBRUARY Did you hear the one about the Scotchman who took his son out of school because he had to pay attention. 2 — Iris named Lions Club contest winner with her essay on Our Nation ' s Security. Johnny Byrd a close second. 5 — Class meetings. 6 — Needles vs. BIythe, there. School let out early. 7 — Assembly, Roy Rogers and tricky tricks. 12 — Assembly, don ' t know what it was. Didn ' t get a bit of sleep last night. 1 3 — We skinned Beaumont this time. 19 — Lettermen ' s banquet on mesa. 22 — The school extends its hearty thanks to George Washing- ton for having been born. No school. 27 — Well, girls, we sure did have fun at the Sadie Hawkins dance, didn ' t we? J RS

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CALE IV DAH .. ' r . SEPTEMBER 18 — The sentence started then, nine months of hard labor with only a few holidays. Yes, Palo Verde ' s doors were thrown open to the mercy of the returning inmates and Freshmen that don ' t know any better. And to think some people pay to go to school. 19 — Initiation over and done with, thank goodness! But there ' s one thing that puzzles us, the Freshmen are still rarin ' to go. 22 — Senior board of control have school and Freshmen well in hand. 23 — Mr. Eliceche tries to assign a lesson. Riot ensues! @ 27 — First football game with Parker. There. We didn ' t win! Score — CENSORED. 30 — Floyd Dunagan decides to report for roll call on time. (We can ' t understand it. Somebody call a doctor.) OCTOBER 3 — The football spirit revives, the rafters tremble aloft. Foot- ball game with Hemet, on their field. 24 to 7. We had the 7. 9 — Latin Club joins Jr. Classical League of America. Mrs. Hallum: What do you consider the greatest achievement of the Romans? Edalyn: Speaking Latin! 10 — Parker won football game. ' Nuff sed ! 20 — Class meetings. Muffled roar coming from room 5, Seniors choosing class rings. Class stones: Freshmen — Emerald. Sophomore — Soapstone. Juniors — Grindstone. Seniors — Tombstone. 23 — Future Farmers awarded medal for projects. Donated old hats to 4-H girls — Needed new ones! 24 — Horrors! We lost another football game. Shh — but we guess our boys fooled Parker. They were saving their strength for the big dance that night. 30 — Mr. Hornaday calls special assembly. Makes announce- ment as follows: We will only have half day of school this morning! Hurrah! from the students. We will have the rest this afternoon. (Remind us to bury that one after assembly. I 31 — Beaumont vs. BIythe. Slaughtered again. 20-6. Oh well, bear with us, this can ' t last forever. (It says here.) NOVEMBER 1 — We hear strange rumors from office that a demerit system will be adopted. Keep fingers crossed! 3 — Book worms ahoy! This is national book week. Don ' t forget. 6 — You can uncross your fingers now. Office decided we could stand a demerit system. Comes the Revolution! Dis- covered a new way to get out of classes. Clubs organized. 7 — Hurrah! Yippee! and all stuff like that there. We beat Coachella in football, 6-0. (A league game, too. I 8 — Gloom clouds hanging low over Alma Mater. Mr. Parker, one of the best liked teachers, leaves today after 14 years of P.V.H. Mr. Ed Vertrees is to take over. 11 — Armistice Day ! Went fishing! Mosquitoes enjoyed Thanks- giving early. 1 1 — Victory again! Yellow jackets romp over Yuma Freshmen. Score inevitable. 12 — Latin Club has a Roman Banquet. Members look like fugitives from a history book. 13 — OOH! Someone said examination ! 14 End of first semester: — Pop! Guess who flunked! 17 — P.T.A. gives horror play, A Scream in the Dark. Teachers show real talent, get lots of laughs!! (Those that laughed as if they meant it got A ' s .) 17 — Teachers go to school for a week. Vacation for us and did we howl! i

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SENIOR PLAY The Mad Hatters was presented by the 1942 senior class under the direc- tion of Mrs. McDuffee, April 23 and 24. It was a three act comedy portray- ing a family who were nuts about their hobbies. Meet the cast: Tommy Freeman, Iris Hemphill, John Byrd, Edna Saxton, Mary Griffiths, Faye McMichael, Bob Campbell, Janice and Maurice Davison, Margaret Hudson, Bob McDonald and Edalyn Ewell. A good play selection and a well directed cast combined to make this year ' s senior play outstanding. JUIVIDH PLAY This year ' s junior play was acclaimed by all a huge success. With the assis- tance of Miss Dredia, Big Hearted Herbert was presented at a matinee Thursday, March 12, and at a night performance March 13. Taking part in this clever play were: Crover Rains. Roberta Sinnock, Tom Tolemen, Jessie Faulkner, Pat Browne, Herman Seeley, Margery Robison, Keith Rice, Carl Wilson, Beckie Conway, Leon Corones and Frankie McKee. I