Widney High School - Maroon and White Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA)

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AUTOBIOGRAPHIES ROGER ALAN cous Around February 10, 1940, the doctors in Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena were expecting a visit from the stork. However, due to a bad case of smog in Pasadena, our fine feathered friend was delayed until February 23rd, which proved that good things are worth waiting for. After spending the first year of my life in El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncu-la, we moved to the booming metropolis of South Gate. At the age of 5, I started pre-school at Washington Blvd. School in February, but changed to Pacific in 1953, two years before they remodeled: it. I spent the next four years at Widney High School. This summer, I plan to start at Compton College, where I'll be for the next two years. After college, I plan to go into writing. DIANN BLACKETT On Saturday afternoon at 2:15 in the Subrom Hospital in South Gate, California, a little girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Grant Blackett. The proud parents named this little girl Celeste DiAnn Blackett. I went to school at Pacific Blvd. School from the first to the eighth grades and in 1953, I came to Widney. Now after four short years, l am going to leave. My plans for the future are to go to East Los Angeles Junior College. JENNIE MOTA I was born on May 20, 1938, in the city of Los Angeles, California. The schools I have attended are Pacific Boulevard and good old Widney. I would like to go to work when I graduate.

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il Prom Committee JIMMIE LEE ABLES Hi-Lutes Staff Prom Committee Lettermen Prom Committee ESPERANZA SAUCEDO Prom Committee, B12 A12 Senior Forty Committee A12 Senior Queen, Field Doy A12 HI-LITES, B12 HI-LITES, B12, A12 Prom Committee FAYE POTTS lTransferred in A Prom Committee

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ESPERANZA SAUCEDO My name is Esperanza Saucedo. I was born in Los Angeles to Mr. and Mrs. Saucedo. The schools I attended were: First St. Grammar School. Hollenbeck Junior High School and Roosevelt High School. I attended Roosevelt for about one year. When I was 16, I had an accident which left me paralyzed in my legs and landed me in the hospital for one year. I then had a home teacher for two years. I came to Widney to finish my last year in high school, because if I continued with a home teacher, I would have to graduate from an old foIk's home. FRANCES ELAINE WILHELM On June 9, 1937, the stork brought to Culver City Hospital a little brat called Frances Elaine Wilhelm. At the age of 5, she started pre-schooling at Huntington Park. Then home teaching followed until she reached 4th grade. She then proceeded to Washington Boulevard School and then on to Widney High School, from which she graduates this June. Her ambition is to further her education at one of the junior colleges. JIMMY L. TERRY On September 28, 1937, a baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Alex Terry, Jr. He was named Jimmy Lee Terry. That baby was me. My home is in San Pedro. Some of the schools I have attended are Barton Hill, Point Fermin, Harlan Shoemaker, and Dana Junior High. It was in iunior high school that I became sick again with rheumatic fever and had to have a home teacher. After I recovered, I came to Widney where I have made many friends. My ambition is to be an electrical engineer. EDDIE EDWARDS On the 21st day of September in the year of our Lord, nineteen-hundred and thirty-seven, a baby boy was born into the Edward household. That was me, Edward Charles. This earth shaking event happened in Burlington, Iowa. After living in many different sections of our country, we eventually settled in Cali- fornia. We Iived in a number of cities until 1948 when we were fortunate enough to find Wilmington. Here I attended the Gulf Avenue Elementary School until the summer of 1949 when while vacationing in San Diego I had an argument with the polio virus. For the next thirteen months, I lived in San Pedro at their community hospi- tal. After that I had home teachers until September, 1955, at which time I was enrolled in Widney High School. Since being at Widney, I have made many friends and had many experiences. Now after two short years, I am going to graduate. My plans for the future are to go to college and further my education.