Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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wearing the horn-rimmed spectacles is Jayne Traller, who conducts a column of advice to the lovelorn. She is now consulting with Dick Hatton, holder of the world's record for the 50-yard dash, about his latest love affair with Dorothy Melton, that torrid Spanish dancer from Hawaii . . . Dick fears he's losing his light-of-love to Harry Bond, now a prosperous Fresno milkman. lLove among the milk bottles! What could be sweeterlj Oh! Here's a late- comer. Our old friend Emil Woosley, who tells us he is now replacing Mrs. Boynton in the Torrance High attendance oflice, and has every student in school scared to death of him. Just now he's Writing a book, Ten Thousand Reasons Why Promptness Is Best. The same old Emil! SENIOR CLASS WILL We, the benevolent, colossal, magnanimous, and illustrious Summer Class of Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-Five, realizing the disastrous loss which be- falls the School upon our departure, deem it wise to bequeath upon our Alma Mater lasting and impressionable gifts, and do hereby solemnly declare this our last will and testament, and so do bequeath the following: To our successors, the Senior B's, we leave our dignity. To our ever- beloved Alma Mater, Torrance High, We leave the beautiful memory of a perfect class. Betty Adams leaves her slow manner of speech to Marcella Sharp. To Tracy Grifhth, Ted Adzovich leaves his shy, bashful way in all public gatherings. Guy Bartels leaves his inimitable dancing ability to Ray Steidel. Carroll Bender bequeaths a hopeless jumble of radio diagrams to anyone who can make heads or tails of them. To Louie Zamperini and Aggie Lou Rippey, George Bradford and Mary Ann Taylor leave that ancient motto. True love never did run smoothly, knowing that they will then understand why they have their little quarrels. Hazel Briney leaves the library to Adeline Morisset. Roland Brown leaves that lady-killer smile to Madore. Jane Burkert leaves her demure ways to Ruth Barnard. David Clark leaves his copy of the Missing Link to Benny Smith. Keith Coast is so elated at getting out of school that he cannot decide what to leave. James Coil leaves his book, How to Be a Second Camera, to Talmadge Ulrich. Margaret Condon, ever willing to oblige, leaves her dignified manner to Eva Basile. Maycie George, her pleasant personality to Eugene Dunlop. Ruth Granger leaves her slow drawl to Doris Pullman. To any weak and suffering B'7, Iona Green leaves her astounding gift of sarcasm, to be used sparingly on superior upperclassmen. Jim Grubbs leaves a lock of his curly hair, which in all probability will be used as a penwiper by some ignorant B Freshman. l28l

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putting on a bit of free entertainment. Ah-h-h! murmurs a voice in our ears, their dancing is like a poem! Well, it's the renowned poet, David Clark, especially famous for his odes to flowers, who is watching the dancers in this enthralled manner. Doesn't he look too sweet with that wreath of flowers hanging on his ear! The sweet lassie in the Salvation Army bonnet is our little goldilocks, Mildred McMullen, who. after divorcing three millionaires, two movie actors. and one prince, has decided that wealth and glamour are not for her, and is setting out to reform the world. The two distinguished-looking young women wearing the monocles and carrying the walking sticks are Ruth Granger, the new ambassador to Eng- land, and Margaret Condon, senator from California. They are discussing politics, in terms we can't even understand, with George Miura, who is the owner of a string of Japanese colleges. Good grief! What's Earl Smith doing standing on the dining room table on one foot with his arms outstretched? Why, posing for the paint- besmeared young lady, whom we now recognize as the distinguished painter. Wilma Whitney, and who has decided that Earl is the perfect model for her portrait of Cupid. A roaring louder than the rest of the New Year's noise brings everyone to the window in time to see our own homeroom teachers, Miss Mabee and Mrs. Bull, step out of a gyroplane that has landed on the roof garden. They tell us that they had lost .limmie's address, but the peculiar noises coming from this penthouse sounded so much like their old Senior homeroom that they found us easily. Back inside, we are all attracted by a strange device that Carroll Bender. Einstein's protege, has rigged up. Carroll asks us if we want to see the people on Mars. Of course, we all gather around while he pulls a switch and throws on the screen an image of one of the Martian cities. And of all people! Walk- ing down one of the main streets, and surrounded by a crowd of curious Mar- tians, we see Marshall Tappin, Ralph Montague, and William Hedrick, the stratosphere explorers. Do we hear the word footba1l ? No wonder! For some of Torrance High's famous athletes are holding a confab. Harold Watson, Torrance's famous fullback, has just returned from northern Alaska, where he's been teaching football to the Eskimos. Carl Paxman is now pitching for the big league, and writing books in the meantime on Why Baseball and Not Foot- ball ls the Great American Sport. Ted Adzovich, who has been traveling in Slavonia giving lecture courses on football, has returned to coach at T. H. S., now that Coach Donahue has been made head cocah of Loyola. Bert Hoffman, who has been coaching in Japan, gives sitting-up exercises over the radio on the side. Now that television has come in, he has thousands of ardent women listeners. Cletue McLean has deserted athletics to go into the movies, where he is fast becoming the heart throb of millions of girls. He slays' em with those blue eyes of his. Here, girls, are the owners of the shop you'd all like to rifle--Keith Coast and Hazel Briney, who have established the finest dressmaking houses in Paris, Keith designs clothes, and Hazel wears them, which combination seems to sell a lot of clothes. Their costumes are especially suited for Campfire Girls, who, with the Girl Scouts, are their biggest customers. This two-hundred pounder l27l

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William Hedrick leaves his quiet, unassuming Ways to Fern Smith. Joy Teglie leaves her typing ability to Donna Marie Toler. Reva Hinkle leaves her formula for getting all A's to Dickie Miller. Olive Bell Huber leaves her appearance of intellectual superiority to Johnny McFadden. Julian Isen leaves the faculty broken-hearted. Gar Johnson leaves his string of fair admirers to unsuspecting Hubert Luck. who will handle them as best he can. Vee Kasper leaves her excess weight to Mary Woosley. Margaret Kibbe leaves her tennis ability to Lucille Stroh. Ella Levy leaves her ability to render classical songs to that songbird of T.H.S., Frank Thompson. Mildred Lukes leaves her business training notes to Midge Higgins. Janet Mastri leaves her ability to charm to Irma Herring. Martha Greaves leaves to meet Gordy. George Miura leaves his excess brains to Fred Ralston. Waneta Mullen leaves to watch Carl and Jayne. Ralph Montague leaves his untiring energy to Melvin Smith. Hubert McClure leaves that Southern drawl to Billy Phillips. Roger McGinnis leaves his shyness and inability to disturb his fellow classmates and the faculty to Louis Murray. Cletus McLean leaves his million-dollar laugh to Reggie Treloar. Mildred McMullin leaves her quiet dignity to the silly, little B7 girls. John Nady leaves his boisterous Ways to Elaine Blackshere. ' Bert Hoffman leaves for Wilmington. Carl Paxman leaves with Jayne Traller. Beatrice Riley leaves to get a wedding ring from Morrison Allman. John Selby leaves his Wonderful ability to spell long words to Vida Jones. Jay Slover leaves his physics book to any junior who thinks he is smart enough to translate Jay's marginal notes. Dorothy Melton leaves her ready smile to George Isbel. Earl Smith leaves his business ability to Mr. Haig in hopes that it will beneiit the future Torrance High School. Hal Smith takes Bettye Stevenson with him. Marie Smith leaves her quietness to Ruth Nagayama. Al Stevens leaves his inimitable way with the faculty to Harry Oswald. Marshall Tappan leaves his mechanical genius to Rudolph Shimmick so that he can fix the 'lTibe's car. Ray Tucker leaves his ability to cook to Jack Mclntyre. Jeanne Volz leaves her citizenship record to Billy Russell. Harold Watson leaves his meek voice to Joe Gossiaux. Bob Wertz leaves his Walteria address book to Clarence Sharp. Wilma Whitney leaves her cooking ability to Jack Kent. Fern Wright leaves her studious ways to Jack Piper. Dick Hatton leaves his bold Ways to Marguerite Darling. In witness hereof, we hereby affix our seal. SUMMER CLASS OF I29l