Williams High School - Tusayan Yearbook (Williams, AZ)

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On the dance floor of the p3.V1llOI'1 I saw the spot l1ght pxck up Judy Tlssaw and her ballet partner Jlm Frederlck The1r act was most unusual because Jlm balanced a loaf of bread on h1s nose wh1le dolng the ballet Thelr act was followed by those famous Kadoodle Klckers Bob Sandoval and Marxe Barnett At the same t1me another dance team known as the Kadxddle Hoppers came 1nto the spot l1ght 1n competxtxon w1th Bob and Mar1e The Kad1ddle Hoppers were made up of Tony Munoz and Stella Lopez As I left the dance pav1l1on and contmued on my way to the mam tent of the c1rcus I was Jomed by Robert Gardner who spoke to me but con t1nually kept looklng upward I was cur1ous and he told me he was the head alrplane spotter for Underground C1ty Th1s seemed rather peculxar to me because there are no a1rplanes underground When I mentloned the fact he gave me an annoyed look and lt was then that I reallzed that Robert was the same as when I knew h1m back IH 53 always domg somethlng to keep from go1ng to work A loud raucous vo1ce attracted my attentlon and I strolled toward a s1de show where I found Burl Srmth on a platform yellxng and wav1ng an old battered straw hat 1n the d1rect1on of three hula glrls The hula glrls were all from our class Jeanxe Plumber Betty Bunney and Marxe Garcxa I fmally reached the ma1n tent and found two men tak1ng t1ckets and play1ng checkers Smce they d1dnt even look up when I offered my tlcket, I yelled at them D1Ck1E Way who was one of the players had a s1x foot Whlte beard for the slmple reason that he was too lazy to shave Hxs asslst ant was Sammy Martmez They both sald Hello told me to go 1nto the mam tent and 1mmed1ately resumed thelr checker game Just as I was about to enter the tent I heard a loud commotlon The no1se was so great that It xnterrupted the checker game I turned to see Sandra Schnell w1th 12 l1ttle boys aged 1 through 12 dressed 1n sa11or su1ts She recogmzed me and brought the l1ttle boys over to me explalmng that she brought her 12 youngest boys to the c1rcus once a week and thxs was the day She went on to say that she had 12 more but they were all 1n the Navy Fred Av1la came bouncmg up about that tlme and scared the wxts out of Sandra s 12 l1ttle boys who scattered 1n all dxrectxons wlnle Sandra tr1ed to catch them I dxdn t recognlze Fred 1n h1s clown su1t and h1s grease palnt but he spoke to me and sold me some peanuts Fred was glad to see me and walked 1nto the b1g tent Wlth me The show was under way and the flrst performer I saw was Jeanette Donovan and her tralned zebras She had a very unxque act for the zebras chased a mouse wh1le Jeanette r1d1ng bareback on a kangaroo chased the zebras . . . . 7 , . ' KK ' H! I 7 C, . Q, . . . . . . ' H ' 77 1 ' a ' ' 9 7 . . , . . 7 - . , y . . -- and they were putting on the weirdest hula dance that had ever been seen. . . . , . ' 1 r ' ' ' GK Y! l ' ' I Y , . , . Y ' 1 , . , , . . . . ' 1 1 . u . , 7 9

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flaws, Pfw In the year 2009 I ret1red from my mxsslonary work and moved to Under ground C1ty In order to have somethmg to keep my m1nd occupled I be came a SOC13l worker Fortunately wh1le I was workmg I learned that all of mv classmates of the Wxlllams Hlgh School class of 53 were l1v1ng 1n Underground Cxty I dec1ded one morn1ng to locate all my old classmates and fmd out what they were domg Therefore one Sunday mornxng I Roberta Mu1rhead re txred m1ss1onary and part t1me soclal worker started on my quest Underground C1ty IS the largest cxty under the world and was deslgned by former archltect John V1ck I say former arch1tect because I found John 1n the looney b1n whlle I was dolng some of my soclal work He was sxttmg 1n a corner playmg w1th some blocks He had used so much braxn power ln deslgnlng th1S great c1ty that he had no sense left when he com pleted h1s Job Rlght m the m1ddle of Underground C1ty IS a c1rcus wh1ch puts on contlnuous performances The government ordered th1S form of entertaxn ment to help keep the morale of the 1nhab1tants h1gh because we had been engaged 1n an atom1c war for the past ten years I dec1ded to v1s1t the c1rcus because I was qu1te sure I would fmd a large number of my classmates engaged IH some act1v1ty not related to actual work The cxrcus sounded l1ke just the place to f1nd them I soon reached the center of town and as I drew near the ma1n tent my attent1on was attracted by a huge tank of seals performmg for a large and enthuslastlc audlence A b1g slgn proc1a1med to all that BARTLES TRAINED SEALS PERFORM DAILY I was anxlous to see Duane but I had trouble f1nd1ng h1m unt1l I notxced one of the seals wearlng a hat Then I reahzed that lt wasnt a seal after all xt was Duane' Bartle was one of the mam attractlons because he competed Wlth the seals 1n catch1ng the flsh thrown by the tra1ner The tra1ner looked famxhar and when she looked at me and smlled I recogn1zed Marlene Olson She stopped feedmg the seals long enough to tell me that although Bartle owned the seals she got the Job of traxmng them after Bartle falled because the seals were smarter than he After leav1ng the seals I entered the dance pav1l1on where I found W1l11e Whxtakers Crow P1ck1ng Orchestra swxngxng and swaylng Hls orchestra featured such sensatlonal musrcmans as clarlnet play er Carollna Garcla saxaphonxst Rudy Santana and banjo player J1m Rea I also found Paul Carl satlsfylng h1s urge to hug somethmg by sequeezmg an accordlon 1n W11116S band The theme song of thelr orchestra was Ill Get You Yet You Stmker You . 1 ' . , , . . . , . . . ., , - v n w v ' - Y h - - xc sy - , . 1 1 . . . . . . - U , n - ' 7 . . , . Q ' Y , . 7 3 . . . , U . . ,, . . . .Q . . . . y , 1 , . ' ' ' Y ' sc 1 ' v ' n , .

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In the center r1ng I saw some hons The l1on tamer was on the ground domg trxcks wh1le the l1ons cracked the whlp It took me a l1ttle tlme to recogmze .I1m Chessh1r but that s who lt was He was the hon tamer but of course not reahzmg that the l1ons should have been doxng the tr1cks he had the act backwards I reahzed that there was a t1ght rope act gomg on hlgh aboxe me and w1th the a1d of some b1noculars I p1cked out Mary Navarro Her act was unlque because she d1d her t1ght rope act wlthout a tlght rope In the th1rd rmg a muscle man was performxng and I recogn1zed mx old heart throb Moose Bockleman as he put on a strong man act I felt rather sorry for Ronald because durmg h1s act a l1ttle dog ran away wlth one of hrs 2000 pound we1ghts The show was mterrupted for a couple of mmutes wh1le the pollce threw out two bums they had caught sneak1ng mto the clrcus They were caught very close to the place where I was s1tt1ng and I recogmzed Joseph Rodrlquez and Joe R Rodnguez before they made the1r hasty eX1t I had heard that they had become profess1onal athletes rlght after the1r lngh school graduatlon but after they dec1ded that athletes had to work too hard they had become professmnal bums After the show was over I was qu1te hungry and stopped at a l1ttle stand to get a hot dog Imaglne my embarrassment when I found no monev 1n my purse As I tr1ed to explaln my predxcament to the man runnmg the stand I felt someone tap me on the shoulder and I turned to fmd Fred Augenste1n and Bxll Harr1s standmg there w1th sheep1sh grlns on the1r faces They handed me some money and told me lt was m1ne They had been havmg a very good day p1ck1ng pockets and they d1dn't recogn1ze me unt1l after they had taken my money They expla1ned that they worked under a very strlct code of ethxcs that prevented them from steahng any th1ng from the1r fr1ends Thexr p1ck pocket un1on gave them a permlt to plck the pockets of strangers only Thls all goes to prove that Mxss Hlgham s statement back m 1952 was correct when she sald Ten out of every f1fteen teenagers go off therr rockers Of course the class of 1953 had a hlgher percentage than that be fore we got out of our teens and here we are 56 years later st1ll rock1ng madly' Roberta Mulrhead . . . , . . 3 ' 7 7 Y 9 . . - . . v 7 , . . . . . Y 7 . s va 3 , . . 1 s v v 1 r . . . , . . U . . a . sa ' - - v , .