South Gate High School - Rams Yearbook (South Gate, CA)

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Ma A 5 W 40 CIMA Hi tory o Six years ago, when South Gate first opened her portals to junior high students, we the graduates of W'4O, entered the B-7. We were a wide-eyed, frightened crowd. , it was a new experience. ' The next semester we had lost that scared expression. We acquired self confidence to ,QD 'We didn't know where to go or what to do but we were game for a try and at least S such an extent that we became rowdies. And how the senior high students hated us! lt was during this semester that we became interested in strikes' 'and even went so far as to stage one in class - much to the irritation of our dear teacher. Luckily, that , tage of growing up passed and so did we - into the eighth grade. About this time we became acutely conscious of athletics. The boys lingered around the gym and worshipped the outstanding players in the sport of the moment. The girls - played for all they were worth in gym and waited for the time when they could go out for GAA sports. All of us supported games with an enthusiasm that was un- matched. And so the year passed. ninth grade was upon us before we knew it. Many other students joined our ks this year, thus enlarging the class, We came to school at 8 o'clock of a morning had lockers in the building just like the big shots. We went out for sports and s e fthe boys showed promise of becoming big track, baseball, and football men. e an to join clubs and to make ourselves better known to other students. ' grade graduation was one of the biggest moments of our lives. And then our irst school dance! The boys stood on one side of the room and the girls ,st d on the other. What an exciting time we hadl 'N In he tenth year we could tell you the names of everybody in school. Of course, only ' knew who we were but we were contented because we figured our time was ' coming. This year we showed decided improvement in athletic ability. lt came to be a known fact that our class had its share of heroes. We all thought we were stuff and , ' ' that we knew all the answers. But we soon discovered we didn't. level lthey treated us like wormsl although we have our doubts. Anyway, we entered the eleventh grade in a rather sober mood. The home work had begun to pile up and we ' started having social obligations. We took a serious and active interest in things and left the horse play and booing to the seniors. We began to think about our class as a ' whole and we were surprised to discover that we weren't bad at all. ln fact we decided E 3 3 ,Qerhaps it was having senior high lunch period that brought us down to our rightful we were pretty good. 5 We voted for class officers. We selected our beautiful beige and brown sweaters. We bb .Q became outstandingly prominent in athletic clubs, student body affairs. We supported this and that and the other thing. We had Senior Recognition Day and we presented the school with a tree. .E Our senior year was, of course, our biggest. And, incidentally, our most expensive, too. All in all we think we're a pretty nice class. We are proud to be the graduates of W'4O and we are doubly proud that South Gate High is our alma mater. i241

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SCHOFIELD, EVELYN MAE SHOREN, RALPH CONRAD SMITH, IESSIE ANN, Pep Club, junior Orch., junior Vaudeville, Hardys in Politics, Drama Club, Sweater Com., Girls' League SILVESTER, KENNETH C. SMITH, EARL WILLIAM, Honor Society, B Football, Rambler Staff, World Friendship, Dance Com. STONE, WILLIAM EARL, V.-Pres. Ilth Grade Hi-Y, Pres. Sr. Hi-Y, A, B, C Track, A, B Football, Knights, Thespians, Athletic Manager SUTTON, RAYMOND EUGENE SWIGART, GEORGE WELDON TAYLOR, CONSTANCE MARIE TILLMAN, CATHERINE MAE, G.A.A,, Pep Club, Orpheus Club, A Cappella, World Friendship, Drama Club, South in Sonora il , YOUNG, KENNETH A, f , ,ffl ,A WAKEMAN, IEAN, Girls Glee Club, Marriage of Nan- nette, Christmas Cantata WARD, MARGARET MAE, Glee Club WILCOX, BILL, A, B, C Track, B Capt., B Football, A Cappella, Marriage of Nannette, South in Sonora CAMERA SHY LONGWORTH, DELBERT MITCHELL, THOMAS REGAL, ARTHUR LEE SAVAGE, JUNE BERNICE SCHOLARSHIP SEALBEARERS IRA DUDLEY WARREN GUSTAFSON FLORENCE HARRIS IRENE HART ENID MILLER IEAN ROEMHILD RENA ROSENBLATT MAXINE SPARKS GRADUATION SPEAKERS WILLARD D. BRETZ MILDRED BUDINISCH WARREN GUSTAFSON EPHEBIANS BETTE CASTLEMAN WARREN GUSTAFSON Cap ' ' owne i231

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Ill 40 Clam will -1 D. 0- -...--X ,.,.,.,...Q.Q . J -9---'4 CI! 7.3.1.0 fV ' Q 'ip W , ,. We, the Senior Class, Winter of '40, City of South Gate, C unty of Los , in the state of California, being of sound mind, lsome of usl do hereby declare this our LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, to dispose of our few cherished belongings. We who are about to pass on, appoint our ever guiding sponsor, Miss Creth Chiles, to administer and execute our estate, hoping that she'll be ever faithful to our memory. To the school we love so much, we leave the highly honored and coveted name we have so unselfishly tried to make for it. To our fond rivals, those Senior B's, we leave our poise, dignity and honored posi- tion, with the understanding that never shall they misuse it. We would also like to leave the follow ing personal bequests: I, EDDIE ANDERSON, will. and bequeath my excess amount of oomph to Shir- ley Green .... ELEANOR AQUILAR, my ability to cook a good wholesome meal to Kay Wilke. May it help her in the realms of matrimony .... BILL ARDOUIN land good luck to youl, my Shakesperian coaching from Miss Chiles to Marty Feldman .... IACK BLAKEMORE, my ability to get along with Miss Hardick to Philip Mason. LEWIS BOWERS, my hair style to jack Harper .... MILDRED BUDINSICH, my pearly teeth to any gummer who can use them .... WILLARD D. BRETZ, my middle initial to any poor sucker who needs it land it doesn't stand for what some people thinkl .... BETTE CASTLEMAN, my extra inch of slip lwhich is now displayedl to whoever can manage to hide it .... IEAN ROEMHILD, my quiet manners to lim White head. LLOYD BURNETT, to anybody who will take it, my vocal ability to serenade the fems with .... NORMAN CARPENTER, my red hair to Mrs. Mills .... WARREN GUS- TAFSON, my ability to get good grades from Mr. Blann to forthcoming Physics stu- dents, who have high ideas .... BEI IY ANDERSON, my singleness to those with no intentions .... CATHERINE LACEY, my persistent why? to any question Mr. Merk- ley may ask of his future students so they may always so heckle him lyowl ll. KENNETH SILVESTER, my personality and my singing voice to Dot Mallory .... CATHERINE TILLMAN, my ability to get out of classes to Ethel Graham lwho can't. Hal Hall . . . KAY PAVLOVSKY, my ability to vamp the boys to any Senior B girl who isn't able to .... GLORIA FORTNER, my nickname of Minnie to the rat who started it .... PAUL GROBE, my President's gavel to Bob Watson who in turn will use it for defense when the going gets tough , ELEANOR GOURLEY, my column's title Fem Fashions to Marge Anderson who may either use it or discard it .... IUNE KINCAID, my unconcerned attitude to other students who may be able to get through high school and still keep it. . . EMMET MOSER, my dislike for chemistry to all of a certain teacher's future students .... IACK NEWMAN, my Romeo tendencies to Terry Carpenter .... IRA DUDLEY, my pleas- antness, in trying times, to some of the more embittered teachers. WILFORD IOHNSON, my ability to get along with E. Anderson to Lizzy Packard. . . . BARBARA CARPENTER, my last name of Carpenter to those who would like it for a handle .... RENA ROSENBLATT, my good-naturedness, to anyone, because my inten- tions are to become a teacher, and therefore l won't have any use for it .... DOROTHY PLA'I'I'E, the piano here at S.G.H.S. to forthcoming pianists lNote: Key F-in the bass and Key G in the middle octave need tuningllll .... VERLE RICHARDS, to Paul Sink thi' right to squire Peg Devit from M-6 to the Administration building each third pe- rio . E251