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

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Senior Class Prophecy A class rcunron Ten years ago rn 1946 as we came to the end of our road to educatron we thought rt '1 ratnel srllx ldea yet here we are progressrng up the recenrng lme rn the new Rocky Ford Hrgh School ballroom Recenrng us are Eddre Gob1n our sen1or class presrdent of 1946 and hrs francee Alrce Irym MISS Ruth Lytle 'Vlrs Elnora Schmrtt our sen1or class sponsors our pr1nc1pal Vlr S1mmons and h1s wrfe and our superrntendent Mr Wrlson lmmedrately after the recerxmg 11ne we meet V1r g1n1'1 Hoff that famous pol1t1c1an and her very capable secr tarx Mrldred Altoff o e 'md more people are arrrwng and so the pro gram begrns The rnrtral number rs a v1o11n duet b Mary Ann Cr rwford and Mrs Homer Grbson the former Connre Basrnger They are bemg accompanred by the great prano xrrtuoso Robert Hancock Next Eddre Gob1n steps up to the mrcrophone ard calls for srlence He announces that two of our former classmates are about to perform a feat of strength Buddv Coxer the Mangler and Jerry Conger the Re' Terror step rnto the rmg and the frght IS on The referee defeats them both After the match a telegram IS read to the assemb lage The message states that Barbara Gavagan and Larry Irxrn who are now rn a state of matrrmonral bhss w1ll not be able to attend due to complrcatron at the orphanage wh1ch they are now runmnv rn Mrn nesota Oxer rn a corner we frnd Barbara Burrell who re Jected sexeral offers from Francls Whrtney presrde rt of the Natronal Broadcastrng Company for her pro gram TGSSIQ Faces Lrfe She has become a psychlat drscoxer what Jewel Engle drd wlth her sexenth husband V1x1an Swedhrn Esther Bender Head Nurse at the Burp S1 booma Health Gltlllg Sulfer Baths and B111 Call a r1ch patrent are moxrng slowly out on the dance floor B111 rs a mrlrlonarre now He struck O11 whrle drggrng for potatoes Melwrn Grrtz world renowned preacher and B111 Burrell are dlscussrng farm produce B111 recently pur chased Reserxorr H111 from the crty He has not as yet announced h1s plans for the H111 Naleoru Hasur who rm ented a machme that Wlll not only top onrons but slrce them and carry them to the table lS renewrng h1s frrendshrp wrth Klml Honda How ex er Yutaka Taguck1 seems to be grvrng h1m a brt of cornpetltlon In another oorner we fmd B1ll1e Dean Fox st11l tellmg those Jokes Lrstenmg to them are Lorrame Cunnmg and Lorna 1Vlae Hendr1e Both grrls have be c me famous as toe dancers They wrll open rn a new Rogers Hammerstem Jr show next month Rachel Corf and Sus1e Harada have Just Sllnked l'l attrred rn glamourous black gowns These grrls are now known as agents Z and X 1n the secret serv1ce VVx nette Zrmmerman IS also worklng Wlth them She IS now takrng frngerprrnts Thats one way to get to hold hands Wayne Ratlrff and hrs eff1c1ent secretary Bett Johannes are comrng 1n together Wayne 1S now prrx atc detectrxe rn the Crrme New er Pays Assocratron He and Betty haxe long been delvrng rnto the under world to new that shadowy zone where dwells the hardened crrmrnal 'VIartha Jane Johnson and Pat Matthew are the envy of eycry woman present Thexr ravrshrngly beautlful gowns desrgned by styllst MISS Matthew are orrglnals w hlCh come strarght from Mrs Johnson s exclusrxt dres shop m New York Weston LEWIS Just telephoned that he would be late Hes f1ll1ng a drug prescrrptron for some poverty strrcken old woman Hell probably make her pawr her store teeth Just to pay for It rf she has any Shrrley Krefer and Helen Mason wont be able t ome lhey have been workrng day and nrghr trylng to perfect somethrng that rs more destructrve than the atom bomb Pardon me whrle I answer the telephon They ye found lt-one of therr cakes' B111 'VIcBr1de, our famous class orator la.-. Ju t walked out of those gray stone gates and ls a tr man agarn Ten txmes he has had a l1fe sentence bu due to h1S amazmg abrhty as an orator he has ta k 1 hrmselt out of rt every time Russell LIIUCYS love for the army has made h1m a f1ve star General and grven hmm a l1fe career Glenn Yeater and B111 Lyons are strll attrr d 1 Bell Bottom Trousers and at the moment are out rn the South Pacrfrc undoubtedly v1s1t1ng one or th 1 many grrls rn every port.' We next meet Jackre Ratllff Jaclue who was Lre mendously rnterested 1n aeronautrcs last tune we saw her, has a cast on one leg and voguelsh patch on a slrghtly drscolored eye Miss Ratlxft has been testrn parachutes for the Super Duper Pay If You Land concern of whrch Phyllls Watters IS presrdent hen K1do and Jenny Kurrama saleswomen for the Sutc Shoato to Pluto Company, have recently conwnc u M1ss Watters that 1t would be advrsable to purcnas several of therr new speedy rocket sh1ps deslgned by dangerous' Just rn from havrng his book He Dldnt Get Ho Unt1l Dawn banned rn Boston IS the 1m1.nent author Kenneth Yankey and h1S lovely wrfe the former Bet y Veatch He and Betty w1ll go to Carnegre Hall fro here v here Betty IS preparrng to shock the world wlth her latest song adaptatron of Beethovens Flfth Sym phony In Boogre Woogre Back ln the days of 1946 the Hollywood catch phrase was Gables back and Garsons got h1m Now 1tS Russells back and Rolanders ready Bud has Just returned from Parls and Marge IS back agarn from Reno After therr reumon they w1ll go to Hollywood to co star rn the current RAMAD productron Passlon Personrfred' Lee Hamrlton has Just come rn followed by the Red Heads Lee 15 now therr coach Happy land ings Uncle Lee Rosemary Loomls IS teachrng Junror Hrgh rn Rocky Ford now She accepted the posrtron when Rosre Shell man resrgned and left to lrve wlth her srster Zelda in Hawan Helen Hamm and Phyllrs St John brought free books to be presented to each member present The grrls are authorrtres on etlquette now that Emrly Post IS gone They wrote the book under the pseudonym Helphyll Mr and Mrs fformerly Patsy W1l11amsJ Bob Sprrn kle are runnlng a newspaper rn Trmpas now Thev remarked on arrry 1ng at the reunron that ram IS dorng extensrve damage to the Scholl and Yeater celery frelds I wonder rf that w1ll rate Pats catty cracks c lumn rn the Trmpas Report Nrneteen frfty srx and we are together agam' Backward turn backward oh trme rn your flrght Make me a semor Just for tonrght' one hundred twenty scxcn '1 0 1 ' ,V J - 5 1 ' : Y Y ' ' ' 1 ' ' Y ' ' W - . 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