Rocky Ford High School - Le Cantaloupe Yearbook (Rocky Ford, CO)

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Senior Class History In the fall of 1940 mounted on our tricycles we the class of 1946 peddled into Rocky Ford High School as terrified eringing bits of msignrtr cant humanity We seyenth graders starting on our journey down the road to high school educa tion were amazed at our upperclassmen s apparent sophistication and undoubtedly were the greenest small fries ever to pass through the portals of dear old R F H S As we oozed into the posr tion of eight graders we were just beginning to grow out of our gawky meekness and had learned the hard way that you take your life into your own hands when you travel down the halls ot our school After two years apprenticeship as junior high students we entered school as full fledged high school freshmen and transferred to bicycles We picked our own classes used lockers helped save the tomato crop and took part in senior high activities with all the zest of typical frosh Thar We started out thinking we owned the place and ended up by knowing we didnt In 1943 we swarmed to school as sophomores under the leadership of Glenn Yeater begging rides occasionally from the car ownmg upper classmen Mr Alden McKinley Mrs Lois Kelly and Mrs Donna Mae Imhoff were baffled as to what we would do next You see by now we felt sure we were intelligent worldly wise and adult To put it bluntly we were the B g Dogs We thoughtj That was the year we took a patriotic spree and challenged the rest of the school in war stamp sales During the forth war loan drlye vue came out first by purshasing a total of 35 556 55 worth of bonds and stamps Our class picnic that year one of those gay sand in your eyes affairs held at Holbrook Lake was a huge success In September 1944 we embarked upon one of the busiest years in our history with Eddie One hundred twenty six bobin at the wheel By then some ol us were driving our own cars Being extremely mercen ary we hterally dragged in the money We be gan by sponsoring the first dance of the school year and adding to our treasury 850 O0 Our junior play Tiger House an overwhelming suc cess packed in one of the largest crowds ever assembled in the high school auditorium The proceeds gathered from our unusually profitable junior class coke and candy stand added to that made on our various other money making ventures combined to make our unique Old Dutch Gar den prom one of the biggest social successes of the year Our junior class picnic held at Aprchapa Dam was a memorable affairs In spite of the fact that half the class felt the need for their yearly bath causing a shght discoloration of the river water and although the sponsors Mrs Olive Slaughter and Mr C F McKee felt like modern Balboas when they finally discovered the location of the dam after searching over half Otero county Last but by no means least came our senior year the triumph of our high school career Again money mad we were lead by Eddie Gobxn to financial and social fame We originated the cour tesy award given to the student voted most cour teous for the week Our class play Come Rain or Shine was again a huge success as well as our sneak day and Easter breakfast This year has been a maze of work and worry as well as crazy exciting mischievous exents which go to make a memorable history Miss Ruth Lytle and Mrs Elnora Schmitt have kindly guided us on our way to graduation And so as we the drgnifldied seniors finally come to the end of our journey we recall the many delightful incidents of these past years which have been the milestones in our high school tlreers It is these milesstones that will remain with and influence us as we go out onto the road of lrfe W Q Q 1 ' - ' ' 1 I ' I ' . I X , Q . . . . - , , U - A i . 4 I 7 ' ., I U . Y , ' ' U ' ,rr - - . . . , U y H . . . .h . . . ' ' X u - I A ,v 1 . u . , . W, . , . . . . . , , . - ' D 7 ' ' ' Y 3 was quite a perplexing year in our lives all right. for it, everyone had a hilariously good time. . . , . 7 , ' I - ' ' as - . ,, . ' 1 1 ' D . Y . . , . v . . 7 Y U i -,, , . . . . p V . ' ' 7 l . I V , VA . . . 1 . 1 I . Y I 3 , . . ' . . H . y , . 1 1 U ' . , . ' L , , a 1 4 1 I 1 I 1 I y I Y