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

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SENICR WILL We, the Crusaders, Winter '57, of Dr. Joseph Pomeroy Widney High School, declare this to be our last will and testament, revoking all others. I, Robert James Andrade, leave to Janice Woo,our two kids Bobby and Janice. To Joe, Jimmy, Eddie and Polly, I leave the new students, I leave the mystery of Homer and Hugo to solve, to Miss LaVine and all the members of the faculty, and to all the students, I leave my hearfelt thanks for a wonderful four years at dear old Widney. I, Rita Halliburton, will to Verna Mae Tucker, my seat in study and hope she will get more work done than I did. To Mike Lynton, I will my seat on the bus. To Mary Pearl Eichmeyer, I leave the memory of all the talks we had on the bus. To all the teachers, I leave my thanks for all their help and understanding. I, Gloria Molinari, will all my love to Aunt Jenny Mota. To Barbara Acquistapace, I wish for a silent partner. To all my teachers, I wish to give my thanks for all their understanding. To Mrs. Powell, I give my thanks for her help and understanding, and hope I didn't cause her too much trouble. I also want to wish Mr. Perez lots of luck as one of Widney's best principals. I, Joan Wagner, will to James Ables, my seat on the bus, so he can be close to Verna Tucker. To Mr. and Mrs. Carlson, I give my thanks for the wonderful time I had at the Nobles cabin. To Cloudy Manning, I leave my bookkeeping book and much good luck. To all the teachers, I leave my thanks for the help they have given me. To Carl Bailey, I leave loc ker 57. I, Joe J. Gonzales, Jr., being of sound mind, leave to Mr. Perez, the ten years I have aged since riding with him to Widney in his ever dependable Nash. To Miss LaVine, I leave a pair of crossed fingers, arms, toes, legs, and eyes for luck against anyone stepping on or running over her while going down the street in that undernourished pocket sized miniature of a kiddycar she calls a Nash and the advice that a Chevrolet is much better. Isn't it, Mr. Perez? To Mr. and Mrs. Carlson, I leave my heartfilled thanks for a swell weekend up at their cabin and everything else, too. To everyone in the corner, I'd like to thank for all the fun l've had this year. I would like to thank Jimmy Terry and Eddie Edwards expecially THREE TIMES, and Robert Andrade, if he was awake. I, Patsy Bailey, will to the teachers and staff at Widney, my thanks and appreciation for be- ing so patient and understanding with me. I will to someone with a strong alto voice, my place in the Six-Eighth Notes. I will my place on the bus to Pat Robinson so she can sit by Barbara Ross. I will my place in the Lettermen to Carl Bailey. I, Ronald Beckerman, will to Pat Williams my English book so she can work out of it as much as I did. I also will to Mrs. Currin another boy to run the proiector for her in music. I will to Miss Steele another bay to run the slide proiector for her. I will to Jimmy Terry, another helper with the proiection. I, Shawn Salomon, will all the chuncks of paint and plaster that I knocked off the walls to the teachers of Valley Branch in hopes they can replace them. I will my wheelchair to anyone who has a well rounded personality from the bottom up. I will my job as proiectionist to Chuck Pack- ard and I wish him good luck and hope that the projector keeps running the rest of the semester. I will the years of good times I have had at Widney to the new students and I hope they have as many good times as I have had. I. Carmen Mora will to Jennie Moto, Manual Lopez. To Ray Price I will a comic book. To Miss LaVine I leave her old mimeograph machine. To Jimmy Terry, I leave his iacket for Pat Robin- son. I will to the faculty and staff, my thanks and best wishes. In witness thereof, we do hereby inscribe our names and fix our seal to this, our last will and testament, and seal and date Nineteen hundred and fifty-seven.

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GLORIA MOLINARI On February 24, I938, I was born on o cold and snowy day in Providence, Rhode Island. I never walked as well as other children, so the doctors said I had a weakness in the muscles. In Providence, I had a home teacher. Then we moved to California and lived in Long Beach. We moved from Long Beach to Montebello and I had a home teacher for 6 months. I then went to Pacific Boulevard School and from there I came to Widney. CARMEN MORA I was born on April I5, I938 to Mr. and Mrs. .Ioe Mora. This happy event took place at General Hospital in Los Angeles. I lived in a house on Elmaryer Street for sixteen years and then we moved to Evergreen Ave. I spent one year in the Rancho Los Amigos and went to school in Mexico for a while. When I returned, I attended Washington Boulevard School and then went on to Widney. I'm here because I have T.B. of the hip. The organization I ioined is the Lettermen. There I am the secretary. I am also the art monitor for one period. My hobbies are sewing and making blankets. My ambition is to become a nurse. JOAN WAGNER The stork must have had a lot of deliveries to make because I arrived six weeks ahead of time. After the shock was over, my parents named me Joan Friera Wagner. This all started in Los Angeles, California in the year 1938. I went to 99th Street Elementary School when I was 6 years old and was there until the fourth grade when I cought the polio virus. After two weeks at L. A. General Hospital, they sent me to Orthopaedic Hospital. About a year later, I went to Pacific Boulevard School and after I graduated from there I came to Widney. Since I have been here, I have been a member of the Student Council and in the Nobles Society. My ambition is to be a success at the Imperial Gas Company. PETRA FLORES I was born in Mexico in the small town of Mascota, Jalisco. I lived there eight years and from there we moved to Mexicali. I didn't like it very much there because the climate is too hot in the summer. From there we came to Los Angeles. We have lived here eight years and I like it because everything is modern. The first school I went to was Manchester. They put me in the fourth grade. At first I had trouble because I didn't speak English. From that school I went to Fremont. After that I had a home teacher for some time. When I started to feel better, I went to Roosevelt High School. From this school I came to Widney. I hope to finish school and to get better grades. SHAWN SOLOMON I was born one day on a little farm in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the year of our Lord, I939. I and my family lived there for two years and when the war broke out we moved to California so that my father could work in the aircraft plants. For the rest of my life up until now, I have lived in California. When I started school, I went to regular schools to the fourth grade, then my strength gave out and I started to go to a school for the handicapped. The first school was Washington Blvd. I went there through the sixth grade. My family moved to the valley, so I went to the Lowman School. I graduated from there and went to the Valley Branch of Widney High School. From here I plan to go on to college and maior in Engineering. Only the future will tell whether I will make the grade or not. Whatever I do, I owe Widney a lot of credit for my education.

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PROPHECY The Crusaders, graduates of 20 years ago, took a tour through Widney High School on January 17, 1977. It was part of the Back to School Week declared by Superintendent of Schools, Shawn Solomon. Almost everyone was surprised at how Widney had changed. The only ones who weren't were Joe Gonzales, architectural engineer and Robert Andrade, draftsman, who designed the school. Joe did most of the talking as they toured the building. As the Crusaders passed the loading ramp, Joan Wagner commented. Look at those new buses. You know they get their gasoline from the air. They have a special condenser installed by the Beckerman Oil Co. It was Ronalds own idea. I know. I work there. Well, I didn't do all this myself , said Ronald. These are Superpatsy School Buses, built by the Bailey Car Co. Patsy helped me work it out. l think we'd better go inside now, said Joe. There's a lot I want to show you. On their way in, the Crusaders saw the Mora Monument and read the plaque which said, For her help in making this building a reality, we give our humble thanks to her Most Supreme and Serene Maiesty, Grand Duchess Carmen of Lower Lichtenstein. Tears of gratitude came to the eyes of her Maiesty, who had flown over with her husband and twelve children. The children were being cared for by our school nurse Petra Flores. Now, continued Joe, Come into the music department. We really have a surprise for you there. You notice that you seem to grow smaller as you enter the department. That's so that we could get everything in. This process of making everything grow smaller is really a clever one. Rita Halliburton discovered it one day while she was experimenting with shrunken heads. Joe ducked as Rita waved an album menacingly. Luckily, he was saved by our music teacher, Gloria Molinari. Don't break that album, she shouted. It has recordings of all the great masters-Stravinsky, Caruso, Crosby and Presley. If any harm comes to Elvis-look outl Come on, l'll show you more of the Department. As they toured the Music Department, Shawn spoke: The Board is especially proud of this music department. It has every record ever made and every musical instrument ever invented. Petra has been taking lessons on the Central Lithuanian Kazoo here. I know, said Robert. She played Oh, Promise Me on it at my wedding. Sometime I'Il have to show you the movies I took of the ceremony. Bobby, exclaimed Patsy, You mean you took pictures of your own wed- ding? Yeah, I like to do things the hard way. Well, said Patsy, I guess that's not so unusual. When I got married the entire ceremony was performed in a school bus. This is all very interesting, said Joe, But let's see some more of the school. Let me show you the locker hall. Innocently they left the music department and entered the locker hall. As we go to press on February 1, 1977, they have not been locatedl