Williams High School - Tusayan Yearbook (Williams, AZ)

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THE TUSAYAN CLASS PROPHECY On May 27, 1949, our class met as a unit of Williams High School for the last time. Mr. King, our class sponsor, told us that a famous scientist wished to talk to us. Mr. King then introduced Dr. Ignatious Z. Ignatz who is known the world over for his research work in the field of chemistry. Dr. Ignatz started his talk by telling us that untold wealth and prosperity awaited each and every member of the class, if the class would join with him in an experiment that would benefit all mankind. He then went on to explain that he had discovered a serum that would extend the life of the human race by 200 years. He had been administering the serum to animals and insects and had succeeded in extending their life span four times their normal life expectancy. He had now reached the stage where he needed people who would be willing to take the serum to find out ii it would work as well for humans as it worked for animals. In other words he was asking our class to volunteer as a unit. After many hours of discussion among the members of the class, the entire group voted to take the serum to find out what effect it would have on human beings. Dr. Ignatz had pointed out that the serum would take effect in a period of 24 hours and that we would look exactly the same fifty years from now as we looked on the day we took the serum. The following Monday, May 30, was set for the day for the experiment to start, and on that day we would all take the serum and wait for the next twenty-four hours to see what effects the serum w'ould have. We dreaded that twenty-four hours because that would decide how we would look for the next 200 years, IF THE SERUM WORKED. On the morning of May 30 we all appeared and took the step that decided our whole lives. The twenty-four hours passed, and we were all alive. Our facial features appeared exactly the same as they had been but our bodies had all undergone changes. No two people reacted to the serum in the same way. Naomi Whitted, for example, grew to be eight feet tall and she was so strong she could whip anyone in class. Margaret Elizabeth Fisher had become the world’s largest woman, tipping the scales at 945 4 pounds. Grant Smith’s body grew smaller w'hile his feet grew larger. Lula Mae Willsey and Mildred Williamson had been sitting next to each other during most of the day, and they grew together with one body and two heads. It was immediately realized that a chance of such a person getting mar-red was out of the question because it is all a married man can bear to have a wife with one mouth going all +he time. No man could stand up under the terrific strain of listening to two he Is talking all the time. We were a sad group of people for the rest of the day. We talked the s tuation over wondering how we would make our way in the world. Since the experiment was a failure as far as bodily appearance was concerned, we knew that fame and fortune had passed us by. Suddenly an idea dawned. We would form a freak show and travel around the world and become famous as the largest collection of freaks ever assembled under one roof. And so, in the year of 1999, The Viking Freak Show features the former senior class with each of the members having the same facial appearance that they had fifty years before. Pictured on the following page is each and every member, and you can all see the effects of that terrible serum. 12

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THE TUSAYAN SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In the autumn of 1945 our freshman class of 28 entered high school. The first class meeting was given over to electing class officers. David Mowry was elected President; and Nadine Hon-wesima, Secretary-Treasurer. After our ritual freshman initiation, we felt like full-fledged members of W- H. S., who would be able to put on the annual Hallowe’en Dance. Mark Byrd and Collin Owens joined the football squad. Our first year of high school came to an end in May, 1946. Our sophomore year started out wTith the freshman initiation which was concluded with a school dance. The class took more interest in the extra-curricular activities. We were represented on the Viking Staff, the Drum and Bugle Corps, and the Girls Glee Club. Naomi Whit-ted was elected to a twirling position. During the year she received a hundred dollar bond from the State Art Contest. Retta Melick received a superior rating for her solo at the Music Festival. Class officers for the school year were Collin Owens, President; James Pedigo, Vice-President: Bill Iluster, Secretary-Treasurer. Juniors and upper classmen, we felt mighty proud, all twenty-five of us. We lost a few of our classmates, but we gained a few new members in return. Jeanne Wakefield, Robert Maichel, Clyde Poison. Billy Baker, Estermae Armstrong, and Elaine Thomison were the new members who were added to the junior class roll. The class elected Mark Byrd, President; Tom McKinney, Vice President; and Grant Smith, Secretary-Treasurer. “Salad Days”, was the name of the play, which the junior class presented. The play was a great success. That year, we ordered our class rings and were very lucky to receive them before Christmas vacation. Naomi W’hitted, Bonnie Blanton, and Margaret Fisher were officers in the Art Club. Eleven of us were members of the Dramatic Club. Eight, six of whom were editors, were on the Viking Staff. Eleven were in the Girls’ Glee Club, and eight of us were members of the Drum and Bugle Corps, with three of us holding offices in the Corps for that year- The high school was awarded a typing pennant, with six of the juniors helping to achieve this award. Naomi Whitted and Bonnie Blanton were twirlers. Barbara Bowden was a cheerleader. Retta Melick was elected to head drummer position. One of the highlights of our junior year was the Junior Prom. The theme for the Prom was Inferno. Our junior school year came to a close when we played host to the senior’s on the Junior-Senior picnic. Autumn, 1948, we started the last lap of our four-year journey. We lost nine of our classmates, leaving the senior cl ss with only sixteen members. Class members elected to offices for the 1948-49 school year were Grant Smith, President; Bonnie Blanton, Vice President; Lula Mae Willsey, Secretary; and Nadine Honwesima, Treasurer. Even with the few members that we had left we were well represented in the various schc ol activities. We had members on the Viking Staff, in the Glee Club, in the Dram’.tic Club, in the Thespian Club, and in the Drum and Bugle Corps. Retta Melick and Lula Mae Willsey 14