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

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Patsy Bailey, Joan Wagner, Joe Gonzales, Rita Halliburton, Shawn Solomon Joe Gonzales, Rita Halliburton, Joan Wagner, Patsy Bailey, Carmen Mora, Gloria Molinari, Ronald Beckerman, Robert Andrade, Petra Flores Patsy solos with Pat, Linda, Jaye and Valerie

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SEASONED SPACEMEN THE CRUSADERS W' 57 FAREWELL, WIDN EY On behalf of the graduating class of Winter, '57, I would like to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the members of the faculty for all the help and understanding they have given us during our stay here at Widney. Our years at Widney have helped us to meet and understand the problems and new experiences which we will encounter in the years to come. The teachers have been wonderful with all their help and understanding, and we will never forget the friends we made here at Widney. Robert Andrade Senior Class Pres. QE? 4, ADQ, fi-'jx - .zlzfli si .2 Q if , ' N

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SENIOR AUTOBIOGRAPHIES Jos GONZALES, JR. I was born on March 12, 1938 in the town of Albuquerque, New Mexico. When I was iust 4 years old, my parents dragged me out of that beautiful town. Oh, well, you can't have everything. They dragged me to the worst town in the whole of the United States, Los Angeles, California. I've regretted my parent's mistake ever since. Every single minute! When I was 10 I was dragged off to a hospital where I was held against my will. After 8 months, I was released. A few months later I was committed to the Orthopedic Hospital. Three months later I was again released. This time only to be committed to the Shriners Hospital. Now I'm about to graduate from Widney High School only to loaf until next September when I will attend East L.A.J.C. ROBERT JAMES ANDRADE One day in the summer very early in the morning, at 4:05 to be exact, on June 26, 1938 a new member was added to the Andrade household. That mem- was a boy whom they chose to call Robert Andrade fl got the James at my Confirmationl. I was baptised at Holy Family Catholic Church and have attended there ever since. The first school I attended was Wilmington Park School. I went there till the fourth grade when the doctor put me in Hawaiian Avenue School. I went there for about a year and then all of us in the handicapped classes were put in a brand new school, Harlan Shoemaker School. After graduating from Schoemaker I came to Widney. Here I stayed for four long years till I was finally paroled. My ambition is to attend Harbor Junior College, get married and raise a large family. PATSY BAILEY I was born on November 6, 1939 in Houston, Texas, to Mr. and Mrs. Eligha Bailey. At the age of twelve, in January 1952 it was discovered that I had bone cancer in my left leg, and it had to be amputated. After that I still led a happy and normal life. I was out of school quite a length of time. When I did go back I was so happy and eager to learn that I made the honor roll in two weeks. After going through four years more of schooling in three years, I came to Los Angeles. I went to regular school for a week. I was then transferred to Widney. I didn't like it at all, and wanted to go back to Texas, but my Father encouraged me to go on, in hopes that I would learn to like it, which is just what happened. I am now 17 years old, and my plan for the future is to further my education in a higher institution. RITA HALLIBURTON The stork flew over the Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in Glendale on December 27, 1937. Shortly after I was born, the doctors detected a slight defect. I had cerebral palsy. I started at Washington Boulevard School when I was seven. After graduating from there, I came to Widney. My life here has been very pleas- ant and active. RONALD BECKERMAN I was born on a nice fall day on October 20, 1938. I went to John Muir School when I was five. Two years later I went to Devereux Ranch schools and there I learned the three R's. Seven years later. I came to live at the Institute for Child Study where I am still living. I went to the Washington Boulevard School and later entered the portals of Widney High School.