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

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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.

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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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POLLY RAMBO One cold night at 9:00 p.m., to be exact it was on February 19, 1940, one cold child weighted in at the Community Hospital in Reading, Pennsylavia. This baby's name just so happened to be Pauline Dorothy Rambo. Yep, that was mel Well, when I was two, I was still cold, so we decided to move to th-at never cold place called San Pedro, California. When I was three, my mother noticed something was wrong with me lno, not in my headlj so she took me to the hospital where they chose a name from the dictionary lspondylitisl and said I must have that. It means T. B. At the age of five, I attended kindergarten. I flunked sandbox, but they passed me anyway. I attended Harlan Shoemaker and then went on to Dana Jr. High, but then back again to good old Harlan Shoemaker where I graduated. I came to Widney and now after four short years I am again preparing to graduate. After school, I hope to go to Harbor Junior College. CARL E. BAILEY On August 27, 1938, the stork flew over a little country town called Romance, Arkansas, and left a good-looking blue eyed baby boy. After about a year and a half, my parents discovered a slight defect in me. It was cerebral palsy. On August 7,'1951, I arrived in Bellgardens, California. The following September I was enrolled in Pacific Blvd. School. After I graduated from there, I came to Widney. After graduation, I am planning to get a iob and maybe continue my education. FAYE POTTS My name is Faye Potts and I was born on a Monday morning at 2:30 a.m. on November 20, 1938, in Dallas, Texas. I am the fifth child of a family of 7 chil- dren. At the age of 2, I was very ill with rheumatic fever. We left for California in 1949 and I started to go to school at the age of 5. I attended Lincoln Grammar School, Willowbrook Junior High, and Centennial Senior High until we moved to Los Angeles and then I attended Los Angeles High School until October, 1956. From October to November I was in the hospital because of another attack of rheumatic fever. On February 4, 1957, I started coming to Widney. I would like to express my appreciation to all the teachers at Widney for all the kindness they have shown me. JIMMIE LEE ABLES On May 9, 1938, in General Hospital, a little boy weighed in at 2 pounds 13 ounces. I, Jimmie Lee Ables, was that little boy. I had to spend fifty-two days in an incubator because I was so small. When I was about eight months old, the doctors decided that I had C. P. Nothing eventful happened until I was eight years old, at which time I was attending the Spastic School. Then a fall from the top of a slide at school put me in the hospital with an infected knee. I was there eight months during which time I learned to walk with canes and the doctors decided I should have regular schooling. So, I then went to Pacific Blvd. School and from there to Widney High, where l've spent three happy years. My ambition is to be a public speaker or disc iockey.