Washington Union High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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CLASS OF '44 Swlglian. Junior dress up day was held early in the fall before gas and tire shortages became effective. To top off the day, the afternoon was spent in town. The Junior-Senior prom was held May 29 at the Hotel Californian. The boys placed Hrst in interclass football and third in basketball. The girls came in first in basketball and third in hockey. The class sponsors were Gillespie, lUr. Ains- worth, and Mrs. Engleson. VVhen the fall of '43 rolled around, their were just sixty-six Sen- iors enrolled. Some of the boys had been caught by the draftf' others had joined the armed forces before they were drafted. The first thing the class did was to elect their leaders. Gareth Grebbell was elected presidentg Don Cederquist, vice-presidentg Dorothy Trip- ple. secretaryg Althea Moran, treasurerg Elaine Winters, yell leaderg and Pauline Smith and Marvin Amaro, council representatives. Class sponsors have been Mrs. Mudge, Miss Crow, Mrs. Engleson, Miss Sinclair, and Mr. Walton. Instead of having Senior ditch-day later , FACUL'l'Y SPOVSORS. FRONT ROW: Mrs. Engleson. Mr. Walton. BM'K ROW: A' MORAIN' Trpasurer Miss Situ-lzgr! firs, Mudge, lifiiss Crow. . in the year, the Seniors staged it in the fall. lklost of' the class just journeyed as far as Fresno. Some attended a show and others went bowling. The Senior play was presented in December. Daisies on the Car Tracks was the name of the play. The cast included -lean Sullivan, Verna Lee Viau. Thelma Theis, Elaine Winters, Ralph Kisling. Marvin Amaro, Gareth Grebbell, Don Eischen. and Bill Steele. Miss Morsiette was the directorg Norma Ede was the student assistant. For Victory Week each class elected a girl a candidate for Victory Queen. Helen Pacini was selected by class of ,4-l. The girls again took the interclass championship in basketball and also proved their ability by winning in soccer and baseball. The boys had a hard time to even get enough for athletic tmms due to the manpower shortage. The Seniors in the C. S. F. for the first semester were Charles lkloran, Le-Roy Pedersen. Norman Hansen. Kenneth Bixby, Vartue Boghosian, Hasmig Yeramian. Second semester schol- arship members were Kenneth Bixby, Josephine Frediani. Helen Pacini. and Alice Van Gammeren. U31

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