San Rafael High School - Searchlight Yearbook (San Rafael, CA)

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KEN TESTA CAROL HORE BILL FRYER CARL WEHRLI KEN KENNEDY WILMA STEINERT MAXINE JURICK . DAVID SCHIESER . ALICE BOGNI . PATTY JO WILCOXSON . BETTY RHODES . JERRY WILDER .JACK CHADWICK . BOB MYERS . ALICE ISELIN ERIC BRAUSS ELLEN GILLETTE GEORGE WILSON RAMONA CHRISTOPH :JOSEPHINE KORTEUM ROBERT SOLDAVI NI . BETTY BACIGALUPI .VIRGINIA FRACCHIA , EDNA AND BOB ANGEL . JERRY MILLER . BEVERLY STEWART , ED LANG

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ELIISS HISTUIW JUNIOR YEAR Well. believe if or nof, fhe day finally arrived when we became, al long lasf, Upper- classmen. Soon affer school sfarfed, fhe iunior class elecfed ifs officers and held meef- ings. The fopic of fhese meefings during fhe fall semesfer was fhe purchase of class sweafers for our senior year. The color chosen was maroon, wi+h sfeel-gray blocks edged wifh maroon. Aldo Dell'Era was our new sludenf body prexy. Foofball season was in full swing by fhe end of 'rhe firsf monfh of school. Our season was nof one fhaf could be called successful, buf if was considerably beffer fhan in The pasl' years. Our ramblers beaf fhe Tamalpais foofball feam wi1'h a vicfory score of I8-6. Our varsify fried hard buf we losf. The score was close, 7-O. We all remembered 'fhe fad lhaf sfruclc San Rafael al' fhe end of fhe fall semesferz fhe ulces and fhe shoufing of Mule Train as if echoed fhrough fhe halls will always re- main a memory. - ln January. Winfer Wonderland, fhe Ra Ravas-Les Coufs formal, was given and was a huge success. Miss O'Brien was our class adviser. Elecfion fime rolled around again and +he new spring officers foolc office. A swim- ming parfy, wifh a dance following, was given. Hawaiian Holiday was 'rhe fheme, and fhe decorafions were beaufiful. The weafher was a nice warm, made-fo-order day, and fhe parfy was really wonderful. Wifh June came The Senior Ball, which was held af Aquafic Parlc in San Francisco. Finally graduafion, and we became seniors when fhe class of '50 swifched fheir fassels on fheir caps as graduafes. Alfhough we were 'all happy fo be fhe new senior class, many of us had regrels, realizing fhe old school would nof be quife fhe same affer fhe class of '50 was gone. SENIOR YEAR If was a happy day, on fhaf opening day of school on Sepfember IZ. I95I. We did 'rhe usual fhings, gafhering in assembly, wafched fhe flag ceremony, wenl fo classes, and chaffed wifh our friends. lf seemed odd af firsf 'lhaf we were seniors, bul' if didn'f 'lake long +o gef used fo fhaf. Tom Cagwin was our new sfudenf body presidenf, and a really good one. Doug Fox was elecfed senior class presidenf. Then fhe usual whirl began. Firsf came fhe Frosh recepfion, enfifled Cradle Crawl, and fhen foofball season opened. Nr fhe close of fhe season we ranlced very low, and Tam really lciclced our feelh in, wifh a score of 63-O. Ouchl Hello Day. 'rhe Magazine Drive, various dances puf on by clubs, plays, assem- blies, and Searchlighf acfivifies were all fhings which we as seniors supervised: wheels now-no less! January rolled around wilh ifs 'lime for fhose sfudenf body elecfions. Believe if or nof, S.R. had a girl prexy. Breaking wifh fradifion, Shari Ruegg proved fhaf a girl could adequafely fill a boy's shoes as presidenf. Tom Cagwin 'roolc over as senior class presi- denf and made arrangemenfs fo have 'rhe Senior Prom af fhe Fairmont Slaves were seen on roller slcafes. in lcilrly-cars, bandannas and everyfhing imaginf able. Conrad Mueller did a good iob as aucfioneer on Slave Day. Rhapsody in Blue, fhe besl' dance of fhe year, was presenfed by fhe Ra Ravas and Les Coufs. And who will ever forgef 'rhose Fairdays and Barn Dances? Snow frips, variefy shows, frolics, aquacades, fesfivals, parfies, senior picfures. and millions of fhe liffle unforgefable incidences are now all a 'rhing of fhe pasf. To you, fhe new up-and-coming seniors, we leave fhe responsibilify of holding up 'lhe repufafion of S.R.l-l.S., and we wish you fhe besf of luclc. In spife of being glad fo graduafe, we leave ye olde insfifufion and Alma Maier wifh lumps in our fhroafs and aches in our hearfs. JERRY WILDER, l-lisforian. A

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BOB MAYO LORETTA PARIANI HERB. BRUNER RUBY WOOD ALAN LOVETT CAROLE CHRIST CLOVIS GARRETT MIKE HILL MARION MOTT . WALT RATHAUS . RICH CERUTTI . BILL GILSON . JEAN SANDSTROM , ARLINE ARBINI . JAYNE WILLLQAS . CODY SALAZAR . RENEE LACOSTE . HARRIET DOW . MARITA ANDERSON . BILL NEWMAN . HELEN FERREIRA . CLAIRE PAYTON .BILL HONSINGER .JEAN JOHNSON . LOVELLA SISSON . OUIDA PADGETT . PAT PATTERSON