Westwood High School - Chipmunk Yearbook (Westwood, CA)

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Griffith, Amo— Ever in motion, blithesome and cheery. Transferred from West Side High School. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1925; “Clarence” (4); Annual Staff (4); Winner Essay Contest (4). Vernon. Clyde J.— Love me little, love me long, is the burden of my song. Princess Chrysanthemum 1): Hi Skule Sirkus (1, 2); P.asketball (2, 3, 4); Captain (4); Vice-President Student Body (3); Chairman Legislative Committee (3) ; Baseball (4); Track (3, 4); Secretary Junior Class (3); “Clarence” (4); Football (4); Secretary-Treasurer Boys Block W Society (4). Jacobsen. Anna— Makes up for her size by what she knows. Princess Chrysanthemum (1); Basketball (2, 3, 4); Art Editor Chipmunk (2); Track (3, 4); Editor Chipmunk (4); Salutatoriam Rosentreter. Milton— He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staples of his argument. Hi Skule Sirkus (1, 2, 3); Orchestra (1, 2, 4). Sharon. Joseph M.— Hero of the gridiron. Princess Chrysanthemum (1); Basketball (1, 2, 3, 4); Baseball (2, 3. 4) ; Captain Baseball 3. 4); President Boys’ Block W Society (3) ; Track (3, 4); “Seven Keys to Baldpate” (3); Vice-President Class (3); Executive Committee (3. 4); Football (4); “Clarence” (4) ; Awards Committee (4). Atkins. Fred R.— Young as I am. yet f would do my best. Transferred from Chickamauga Nigh School, Chickamauga, Georgia, 1924: High Skule Sirkus (3); Assistant Veil Leader (3); Orches- tra (4); Boys’ Athletic Manager (4). Shults. Ella I.— I’m off for the pot of gold at the foot of the rainbow. Transferred from Red Bluff High, Red Bluff, 1924; Girls’ Block W (3); Basketball (3); Track (3, 4); Second Prize Essay Contest. Parker. Homer— Men may come and men may go. but I go on forever. Transferred to Stockton High, 1926. [Fourteen]

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Costar. Howard E.— He owns the universe who can put it on canvas. Princess Chrysanthemum (1); “Come Out of the Kitchen” (2): “Seven Keys to Baldpate (3); “The Trysting Place” (3); Annual Staff (3, 4) ; Vaudeville (3) ; Clarence” (4). Boyer. Clayton I.— want to climb the ladder myself and not be pushed up. Transferred from Stockton High School, 1924; Ili Skule Sirkus '3); Basketball (4). Corbett. William C.— Laugh and the world laughs with you. Princess Chrysanthemum (1); Basketball (1. 2, 3); Sophomore Class President (2); Baseball (2. 3. 4); Hi Skule Sitkus (2); Annual Staff (3); Vaudeville (3); School Yell Leader (4); Orchestra (1, 2, 4) ; Block W. Society (2, 3). Gilbert. Harry L.— Oft times our greatest men are those of whom we know the least. Basketball (2, 3, 4); Track (5, 4); Football (4). Pratt. Patricia— My favorite dish is dates. Transferred from Santa Rosa High. 1924; Treasurer Junior Class (3); Annual Staff i3); The Trysting Place” (3); Hi Skule Sir- kus (3). Lane. Earl B.— No cares beyond today’s. Princess Chrysanthemum (1); Hi Skule Sirkus (1. 2); Orchestra (1, 2); “Seven Keys to Baldpate (3); Vaudeville 3); Annual Staff (3. 4) ; Track (3, 4) ; Football (4). Sexton. Virginia— An amiable girl of very good abilities. Transferred from Stockton High. Stockton. 1925; Basketball (4); Scholarship Committee (4); Track (4). Atkins. Richard C.— Happy as the day is long. Transferred from Chickamauga High School. Chickamauga, Georgia, 1925: Football (4); Track (4).

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Class of 1926 in 1940 While I was eating in a Klondike Mining Camp in the heart of the gigantic mountains, a gentleman came in dressed like a city dude, or salesman. He seated himself next to me and gave me a couple of hard looks. When he smiled, two words entered my mind. Those words were Petroleum Akins.” I at once slapped him on the back and said, “Hello, Akins. I mean Atkins. What have you been doing all these years, and have you happened to have seen any of the rest of the gang? Do you remember the last time I saw you?” “Let’s see,” he said, No, I don't believe I do.” Well, when I was in San Francisco, five years after we graduated you and your brother were just finishing a course in Science. What have you done, Dick, quit your profession? And what is your brother doing? And tell me if you know anything about the rest of our Class of '26.” Doggone the luck! There goes the whistle, Dick, old boy. Try and amuse yourself until this evening and I will meet you here and after supper we will talk over old times.” That night while coming down the street, I met Dick with a big smile on his face and a letter in his hand. He said, Do you remember Miss Sexton?” “Who? Virginia Sexton ? Why, yes.” “Well, you see I am a saleman for a large oil concern in the Middle States, a crude oil company, and Miss Sexton is one of the best stenographers in this company which I represent.” He showed me her name at the bottom of his letter from the Manager. “Say, Dick, do you know where Clyde Vernon is or Shiek Sharon?” He laughed, “Vernon is one of the best lawyers in the state of New York. His home is at Long Island. I suppose you know that Clyde is married and has a nice family.” I tried to think who Clyde went with, but he went with so many that I could come to no conclusion. “Joe Sharon is one of the greatest baseball managers in the big leagues. His team has won the pennant for the last five years, and Joe gets big money. “Now, how about Toots Felion? He used to be Elsie Steed’s side-kicker, you remember. Do you know where they are?” Well, the last I heard of Toots he was back in Minnesota on a large farm and doing very nicely; and as for Elsie, I heard she had become a journalist and has become very famous.” “Well,” said I, “I am very glad of that, because she always seemed to be the star in Miss Lord's English 4 Class. I guess you remember that, and if I remember right she was the Valedictorian of our class. I guess she earned it. Where is Fred Morrison? You know who I mean. Monk.” “Oh, Fred is still working in Westwood. He is head camp foreman of all the Red River Lumber Company’s camps. I was in Westwood last year and happened to meet Fred down at the Club, you remember that was our old hang- out; he asked me about you and some of the rest of the gang and he took me to dinner with him.” “Only two of our class are in Westwood. They are Fred and Harry Gilbert. Harry is a bachelor and a good one. Harry took Mr. Frodsham's position as efficiency expert, and is very highly respected by all his friends.” “Earl Lane is in British Columbia and has one of the largest fur farms in the [Fifteen]