Williams High School - Tusayan Yearbook (Williams, AZ)

Text from Pages 1 - 120 of the 1956 volume:

Presenting THE TUSAYAN Edited by the Class of 1956 Published By WILLIAMS HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMS, ARIZONA Tusay an Staff ALICE BURRAGE Co-Editor MARY F. BENHAM Co-Editor TOM AUGENSTEIN Business Manager ROBIN LARUE Business Manager GERTIE TORREZ Art Editor DELORES SANDOVAL Art Editor BEN SANDOVAL Photo Editor HARVEY MAJOR Photo Editor Bruce Gum Jerry Lee Pat King Larry Fowler Laura McMahan Catherine Mayes Sally Southworth Ned Vigil Irene Lucero Tony Alvarez Mary Ann Way Vickie Padilla Luis Corona Irene Juarez Royce Smith Dale Payne Glenda Gum Earlene Kennedy MR. CHAPMAN Art Advisor MR. KING Sponsor We, the Senior Class of 1956, take pleasure in dedicating THE TUSAYAN to Mr. Del Zeiger. His ideals of Sportsmanship and fair play have been an inspiration to the students of Williams High School. School Board Families . . MR. ARTHUR BOWIE Math MR. JAMES KING Chemistry I Faculty MRS. RUTH WILLIAMSON Home Ec and Science MR. VIRGIL HENGL Biology MRS. OLIVE KING Home Ec. and Science MR. PAUL A. FRASCA Math MRS. FRANCES CLARK Spanish, Library MR. WARREN CHAPMAN Art Supervisor MR. HENRY MARTINEZ Commerce MISS MARION HIGHAM English MR. DEL ZEIGER Leather Work, Civics, Coach MR. DICK POWELL Music Supervisor MISS DORA YOUNG English, History MR. JACK PATTON Shop MR. FRED AUGENSTEIN Bus Driver MISS FERN RIGG Secretary MR. LEROY WIRTH Custodian Faculty Families The Martinez Family The Augenstein Family The Powell Family iman T. AUGENSTEIN Social Manager J. GRAVES Freshman Rep MR. KING Sponsor B. GUM Senior Rep N. VIGIL Senior Rep. L. SMITH Sophomore Rep. Seniors Senior Class Off ,V R. BRINIA S Vice President S. SOUTHWORTH Secre� ry B. SANDOVAL Treasurer Antonio R. Alvarez Football 2, 4; Basketball 3, 4. Thomas C. Augenstein Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; All Northern B” Squad, Second Team 3; Baseball 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; All State Honorable Mention 4; All Northern 4; Class President 2; Class Rep. 1; Tusayan Staff 3, 4; Prom King 4; W Club 2, 3, 4. Mary F. Benham Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatics Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Viking Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 3; Thespian 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Rifle Club 1; Softball 3, 4; Tusayan Editor 4; Class Play 3, 4; W Club 4. Robert D. Brinias Class Vice President 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 1, 2; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Attendant Junior-Senior Prom 3; W” Club 4. Alice F. Burrage Class President 1; Band 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Trio 3; Dramatics 1, 2, 3; Thespian 3, 4; Viking Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum and Bugle 1; Cheerleader 2, 3, 4; Head Cheerleader 3, 4; Rifle Club 1, 2; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Swing Band 3; W” Club 2, 3, 4; Vice President 4; Tusayan Staff 3, 4; Editor 4; Prom Attendant 3; Prom Queen 4; Prettiest Girl 4; Class Play 3, 4; Girls’ State 3. Richard D. Cox Thespians 3, 4; Class Play 3; Rifle Club 2, 3, 4; Dramatics 3- Luis Corona Football 4; Basketball 3, 4; W Club 4. Arlyn C. Cureton Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3; Head Twirler 4; Pom-Pom Girl 3, 4; Head Pom-Pom Girl 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatics 1, 2, 3; Band 3. Virgil R. Curry Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; All Northern Football 3; W Club 3, 4; Honorable Mention ”B” Squad Basketball 3. Robert C. Dean Football 1, 2; Band 1, 2; Class Play 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Thespian 4; Baseball 4; Rifle Club 1, 2, 3. Larry N. Fowler Football 2; Band 1, 2, 4; Thespian 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; Rifle Club 1, 2; Tusayan Staff 4. Cheri D. Gardner Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; W” Club 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club I, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; Pom-Pom 3, 4; Head Pom-Pom 4; Sports Editor 3, 4; Thespian 4; Rifle Club 1,2. Amparo Garcia Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Art Club 3, 4; Viking Staff 4. Bonnie R. Grantham Drum and Bugle 2; Twirler 3; Majorette 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Viking Staff 2; Dramatics 1, 2; Band 3; Miss Football 4. Howard B. Gum Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; W Club 2, 3, 4; Senior Rep. 4; Football All Northern Honorable Mention 3; First Team 4; All State Honorable Mention 4; Basketball. All Northern First Team 1; Basketball Captain 4; Boys' State 3; Class Officer 1, 3; Band 1; Class Play 3, 4; Tusayan Staff 4. Clara Jo Hardy Clarkdale, Cottonwood 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 4. Gilbert W. Hodgin Highland High School, New Mexico 1, 2; Glee Club 3, 4; Band 3, 4; Student Director 4; Rifle Club 3, 4; Swing Band 3, 4; Tusayan Staff 3; Boys’ Quartet 4; Clarinet Quartet 4. Jo Ann Karger Corona High School, Corona, New Mexico 3; Glee Club 2, 4; Softball 1; W” Club 2, 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 2. Earljean Kelso Miami High School, Missouri 1, 3; Glee Club 2, 4. Patrick J. King Football 1, 2, 3, 4; All Northern, Second Team 3; Co-Captain 4; All Northern, First Team 4; All State Honorable Mention 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council 3, 4; President 4; Vice President 3; Tusayan Staff 3, 4; Boys’ State 3; W” Club 2, 3, 4; President 4; Glee Club 2, 4; Best All Round Boy 4; Class Play 3. Robin E. LaRue Glee Club 1. 2, 3, 4; Viking Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Tusayan Staff 3, 4; Pom-Pom 3; Cheerleader 2, 4; Art Club 4; Class Play 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 3; Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4; Thespian 3, 4; W” Club 3, 4. John J. Lee Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Thespian 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 4; Class Play 3, 4; W” Club 3, 4; Rifle Club 2; All Northern Football Honorable Mention 4; Most Popular Boy 4; Class President 4. Irene G. Lucero Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball 3, 4; Pom-Pom Girl 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; Dramatics 1, 2; ”W Club 4; Viking Staff 3, 4; Rifle Club 1, 2; Tusayan 4. James H. Mahan Flagstaff High School 1, 2; Rifle Club 3; Class Play 3. Harvey C. Major McNary High School 1; Football 3; Basketball 3; Student Council Rep. 3; Class Play 3; Tusayan Staff 4. Wilma C. Mayes Class Play 3, 4; Dramatics Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Student Council Rep. 2; Secretary-Treasurer 4; Viking Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; Editor 3, 4; Tusayan Staff 4; Dance Band 3, 4; Trio 4. Marlene J. McCallister Seligman High School 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 4. Hershel R. Mosier Central High School, New Mexico 1, 2; Football 3, 4; Basketball 3, 4; Class Play 3; Glee Club 4; All Northern Football, Second Team 4; W Club 3, 4. Laura L. McMahan Drum and Bugle 3, 4; Dramatics 3; Thespian 4; Softball 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Trio 2, 4; Class Play 4; Viking Staff 3, 4; Tusayan Staff 4; W Club 4. Raymond J. Montoya Deanna L. Plummer Glee Club 1, 2, 3. 4; Band l, 2, 3, 4; Librarian 4; Class Play 3; Viking Staff 2, 3. 4; Dramatics 4; Swing Band 4. Elberta Sanchez Viking Staff 1, 2, 3. 4; Dramatics 1, 2, 3. 4; Art Club 4. Edward B. Sandoval Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 1, 2. 3; W Club 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1; Tusayan 4. Dolores R. Sandoval Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Viking Staff 3, 4; Art Club 2, 3, 4; Secretary 4; Tusayan 4. Sally S. Southworth W” Club 2, 3, 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Vice President 3; Secretary 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; President 4; Viking Staff 1, 2; Editor 3, 4; Dramatics 1, 2, 3, 4; Rifle-Club 1, 2; Vice President 2; Class Play 3; Tusayan 4; Class President 3; Class Officer 1, 2, 4; Most Popular Girl 4; Girls' State 3; Miss Basketball 4. Kathleen A. Taylor Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball 1, 2, 3, 4; Thespian 3, 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Secretary 3; President 4; Class Play 3, 4; Dramatics 1, 2, 3; Viking Staff 1, 2, 3, 4; W Club 2, 3, 4; President 4; Best All Round Girl 4; Viking Co-Editor 4. Mary G. Torrez Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Art Club 2, 3, 4; Viking Staff 1, 2, 3; Tusayan Staff 4. Victoria Padilla Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Softball 3, 4; Viking Staff 3, 4; Tusayan 4; W Club 4; Dramatics 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Rifle Club 1. 2. Mary A. Way Drum and Bugle 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Art Club 3; Dramatics Club 1, 2, 3; Viking Staff 1, 2, 3; Tusayan Staff 4. James C. Whitaker Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Baseball 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; W Club i 4; Basketball, Second Team All Northern 1; Basketball, Second Team All Northern 2. MISS HIGH AM Advisor A History of the Class of ’% By SALLY SOUTHWORTH, Class Secretary In the fall of 1952, 48 frightened freshmen registered in Williams High School. S. SOUTHWORTH After being officially initiated by the sophomore class we settled down to business. The first class meeting was held to elect class officers, who were as follows: Alice Burrage, president; Robert Brinias, vice president; Sally Southworth, secretary; Bruch Gum, treasurer; and Tommy Augenstein, Student Council representative. In October, we sponsored the annual Halloween party. Our first year of high school ended in May with a picnic at Oak Creek Canyon, at which we were hosts to the sophomores. We began our sophomore year in 1953 with 47 members in our class. We lost Seburn Bennett, Carl Willman, Howard Thurber, Barbara Taylor, Jim Parrish, Melvin Mc-Keever, William Lockwood, William Knight, and Dolores Martin. Our class was joined this year by David Cox, Barbara Hurt, Joan Karger, Jean Kelso, Jimmy Mahan, Harvey Major, Laura McMahan, and Jim Thornbrugh. The following were elected to class offices: Tommy Augenstein, president; Robert Brinias, vice president; Connie Dixon, secretary-treasurer, and Catherine Mayes, Student Council representative. Fifteen of the sophomore girls were members of the Drum and Bugle Corps with Connie Dixon as twirler. Alice Burrage and Robin LaRue were elected cheerleaders by the student body. During the year Pat King, Tom Augenstein, Bruce Gum, and Ben Sandoval lettered in football. Bruce Gum lettered in varsity basketball. Jim Whitaker and Tommy Augenstein were chosen Second All-Tournament for the B” squad basketball team. We ended up our second year of high school as guests of the freshman class at a picnic at Oak Creek Canyon. In 1954 we began our first year as upperclassmen with a class of 43. Our class lost Kate Fuller, Connie Dixon, Maria Rodriquez, Clara Hardy, Joan Karger, and Jean Kelso. We were joined by Wayne Hodgin, Hershel Mosier, and Bertha Sanchez. Junior class officers were chosen and they were as follows: Sally Southworth, president; Robert Brinias, vice president; Bruce Gum, secretary; and Harvey Major, Student Council representative. Alice Burrage and Barbara Hurt were elected cheerleaders by the student body. Pat King was elected student council vice president. We had 15 girls in Drum and Bugle, with Bonnie Grantham as a twirler. In May we joined the senior class in giving the Junior-Senior Prom. Robert Brinias and Alice Burrage were chosen attendants to the King and Queen at the Prom. Alice Burrage and Sally Southworth were chosen as Representatives to Girls' State; and Bruce Gum and Pat King were chosen as Representatives to Boys’ State. In football, Pat King and Virgil Curry were chosen All-Northern Second Team. Bruce Gum was All-Northern Honorable Mention. In March we presented a very successful play, The Baby Sitter. We closed our junior year in May. In 1955 we began our final year at Williams High School with 40 members. We lost Zola Fowler, Etta Proctor, and Bob Thompson. We were joined by Joan McCallister and rejoined by Clara Hardy, Jean Kelso and Joan Karger. Class elections were held and the following W'ere elected: Jerry Lee, president; Robert Brinias, vice president; Sally Southworth, secretary; Ben Sandoval, treasurer; Bruce Gum, student council representative. Three seniors were elected student council officers with Pat King as president, Tommy Augenstein as social manager, and Catherine Mayes as secretary-treasurer. Bonnie Grantham was appointed majorette for Drum and Bugle. There were 16 senior members in the Corps with Arlyn Cureton as head twirler, Catherine Mayes and Mary Francis Benham, head drummers, and Dolores Sandoval, head bugler. Laura McMahan and Gail Taylor played the cymbals, and Cheri Gardner, Victoria Padilla, Irene Lucero, Gertie Torrez, Mary Ann Way, and Sally Southworth were buglers. Alice Burrage and Robin LaRue were elected cheerleaders by the student body. A number of seniors were chosen as favorites this year. Gail Taylor was chosen best all-around girl, Sally Southworth was chosen most popular girl, Alice Burrage was chosen prettiest girl, Jerry Lee was chosen most popular boy, and Pat King was chosen best all-around boy. Bonnie Grantham was elected Miss Football and Sally Southworth was elected Miss Basketball by the junior class. In football, Bruce Gum, Pat King, and Tommy Augenstein were named All-Northern First String; Hershel Mosier was named All-Northern Second Team; and Jerry Lee was given Honorable Mention. Bruce Gum, Pat King, and Tommy Augenstein were given Honorable Mention on the All State Team. In November, we presented our senior play, A Cat Has Nine,” one of the most successful plays ever presented. In May, we joined the junior class and held the Junior-Senior Prom. Alice Burrage and Tommie Augenstein were chosen king and queen of the Prom. Our senior year ended with Baccalaureate on May 13 and Commencement on May 18. Of the following seniors who graduate this year, 20 of them attended the first grade together at Williams Elementary School. They are as follows: Gertie Torrez, Alice Burrage, Sally Southworth, Mary Ann Way, Dolores Sandoval, Victoria Padilla, Arlyn Cureton, Robert Brinias, Robert Dean, Tommy Augenstein, Pat King, Catherine Mayes, Amparo Garcia, Jerry Lee, Luis Corona, Jimmy Mahan, Jimmy Whitaker, Tony Alvarez, Ben Sandoval, Virgil Curry. i -A i C. MAYES 77 ? IF 7 Compiled By CATHERINE MAYES I, Tony Alvarez, will the school to all the freshmen. I, Tom Augenstein, will my height to Jon Smith. He'll need it to make the basketball team next year. I, Mary Frances Benham, will my nicknames to anyone who wants them. I, Robert Brinias, will my ability to stay out of love to any smart guy around. I, Alice Burrage, will my ability to keep everyone guessing about my marital status to Betty Hancock. I, Luis Corona, will my great ability in Spanish to Arthur Santana. I, David Cox, will my glasses to Jim Walker. If he isn't tall enough to see the girls well enough, maybe my glasses will help him find them. I, Arlyn Cureton, will my ability to be true to my one and only love to Bonnie Willsey. I, Virgil Curry, will my shoes to Floyd Willet so that he can ski to school in the winter. I, Robert Dean, will my ability to go to sleep during a basketball game to Mr. Hengl. I, Larry Fowler, will my interest in the out of town ranch (east of Williams) to Lee Strange. I, Amparo Garcia, will my ability to be quiet in class to Glenna Blevins because she is so noisy. I, Cheri Gardner, will my ability to get along well with the boys to Nancy Peckumn. I, Bonnie Grantham, will my ability to catch a man to Patty DeVaney. I, Bruce Gum, will my Rod” to Royce Smith so that he and Dennis will both have tanks to ride around in. I, Clara Hardy, will my quiet nature to Sue Ann Peckumn. I am sure with her own qujet nature she will hardly need it. I, Wayne Hodgin, will my love for chemistry to any poor sophomore who will dare take it. I, Pat King, will my job as the official baby sitter of the freshman girls to Dale Payne. I, Robin LaRue, will my ability to giggle to Lucy Smith. I, Jerry Lee, will my ability to make a splash at Pep rallies to Joan Pearson. I, Irene Lucero, will my scatterbrains” to Bruce Thompson because Bruce has already got a head start. I, Catherine Mayes, will my ability to think, to reason and not to get excited to Auntie Carol Sutton and her nephew, Pork Chops Sutton. I, Laura McMahan, will my big mouth and carrying voice to Patty Nelson. I, Jimmy Mahan, will my flashlight that I use to go home from Lavonne’s to Irene Juarez so that she can at least find her locker even if she doesn't find anything in it. I, Harvey Major, will my driver's license to Ned Vigil on the condition that he can get it out of hock. I, Larry Meir, will my Willys to Henry Miller because that is the only thing that will slow him down. I, Raymond Montoya, will my passing grades to Eddie Sandavol. I, Hershel Mosier, will my freshman harem to Peter Gardner. Take care of them for me, Pete. I, Victoria Padilla, will my ability to argue to my good friend, Robert Jackson. I, Deanna Plummer, will my California interest to Glenda Gum. I, Bertha Sanchez, will my interest in history and civics to David Uban” Russell because he is already starting to take subjects over for me. I, Ben Sandavol, will my beautiful sounding pipes to Alvin Reed. His car needs something. I, Dolores Sandavol, will my interest in the Army to Emma Sanchez. I, Sally Southworth, due to the fact I have nothing to will, give nothing to Mr. King because he needs nothing. I, Gail Taylor, will my shapely figure to Cynthia Oppliger. I, Gertie Torrez, will my fancy hairdo to Carolina Saiz. I must warn Carolina that this hairdo has a peculiar fascination for boys. I surely have fun fighting them off though! I, Mary Ann Way, will my ability to see and talk in the dark room to Penny Perkins. I, Jim Whitaker, will my ability to get kicked out of study hall to Eddie Bochat. I, Jean Kelso, will my quiet voice to Jim Miller. Something someday may quiet him down. I, Joan Karger, just leave. I, Joan McCallister, will my ability to chase sailors to Betty Cochran. FOWLER Class Prophecy By LAURA McMAHAN and LARRY FOWLER On May 1, 1956, the Senior Class of Williams High School was visited by the world famous scientist. Professor Peuter P. Potter. The Professor spoke to the class and explained that he was traveling around the country talking to graduating high school students to point out to them that this nation of ours is sadly lacking in the production of scientists and inventors. The professor went on to explain that the government had passed a law requiring that all graduating high school students enroll in colleges, in universities, or in special schools for the production of scientists and engineers. It is now May 1, 1986, and a survey has been made by the government to check on the results of the law that was put into effect thirty years ago. Each high school class has been studied as a unit and the following is the result of the survey made of the Class of 1956 from Williams High School. The first members of the class covered by the survey are Virgil Curry and Robert Brinias. These two men finished their scientific training course and immediately began work on a time machine that would project scientists into the future. As the government men entered the laboratory, they found an attendant watching a screen. He informed the government people that Curry and Brinias had completed the machine a year before and that they had taken off for the year 2086. The screen had revealed that Curry and Brinias had landed in the year 2086 with no difficulty, but had landed in a strange land in which all the men had been killed so that only women remained. The way the attendant explained it, Curry and Brinias soon broke contact with the time machine and had made no attempt to return. The next members of the class reported on were Gail Taylor, Sally Southworth, Laura McMahan and Alice Burrage. For the entire time since they had left school they had been conducting the same experiment and had enjoyed no success, although their idea was fundamentally sound. They had spent all their time teaching the Navajo language to carrier pigeons to be used during war time so that the pigeons could carry the messages and speak them when they arrived at their destination. Thus wear and tear on their legs made by the metal message carriers used in previous wars, could be eliminated. (All four of the girls knew one word of Navajo, and they couldn’t get the pigeon to speak it. The word was, Yatahay”). Larry Meier and Wayne Hodgin were next on the survey, and when the survey people found them they were shooting snipes in the city park. It was soon revealed that these two worthies had invented the bow and arrow. Of course theirs was different from the ancient weapon we know because their bow was built on wheels. They explained that they were now trying to get financial backing to develope their invention. Pat King and Jerry Lee were the next two members of the class to come under the survey, and it was found that they had spent the years teaching ducks how to write with a ball point pen under water. Their idea had two fundamental ideas. First, to produce educated ducks and secondly, to sell more ball point pens. By this time the government men conducting the survey were rather discouraged and planned to take a day off. So, on a bright and beautiful Sunday morning the survey people sneaked off to the amusement park. There they found something they had never seen before. Side saddles for old ladies who liked to ride the horses on the merry-go-round. One of the survey party shook his head sadly and said, This must be the work of the people we are surveying, so we might as well face it and find out who they are. It didn’t take long because Clara Hardy, Bonnie Grantham, Arlyn Cureton, and Joan McCallister were riding around and around on the merry-go-round testing their invention. The day was ruined for the survey people. They discarded their holiday plans sadly and decided to check the next people on the list. It was not long before they found the laboratory of Jean Kelso and Robin La Rue in the back of an abandoned brewery. These two half pints had spent their entire time trying to invent a potion that would make them grow, similar to the one in Alice in Wonderland.’’ Something was wrong with their calculations and experiments because they had both shrunk to a height of 3’ 6”. Bruce Gum and Larry Fowler were next on the list, and when the government people proceeded to the address where they were supposed to find these former members of the Class of 56, they found only a large hole in the ground. Inquiries in the neighborhood revealed that one day there was a terrific explosion and Gum and Fowler dis- McMAHAN appeared without leaving a forwarding address. The next two members on the list were Cheri Gardner and Catherine Mayes. The surprising thing about these two members of the class is the fact that they had given up their scientific work and had become housewives. Their scientific training had manifested itself, however, because they kept experimenting with new baby formulas for their children. Each had 12. A candy factory was the next destination of the people making the survey, and in checking their list, they found Mary Ann Way, Mary Frances Benham, Deanna Plummer, and Jo Ann Karger busily making candy suckers and discarding them. The survey people asked what was being accomplished, and Mary Ann told them that the group had spent years working on a candy sucker that would never wear out. Success had eluded the group up to that time, but they figured their efforts would soon succeed because their candy suckers made awfully good canoe paddles. Of course, right at the moment, the market was over-stocked with canoe paddles. The government people left the candy factory to cover their next assignment in the survey. As they reached the street, newsboys were selling an Extra” proclaiming the disappearance of two scientists. It was soon learned that Hershel Mosier and Jim Whitaker had been successful in building a flying submarine, but on a test flight they had tried to submerge in Mount Fujiyama and Fuji erupted at that instant and up went submarine and inventors. This had happened the day before and the submarine had not come down. The next laboratory visited found Amparo Garcia, Bertha Sanchez, and Dolores Sandoval completing years of work on a new medicine that would cure all stomach ailments. Of course the three dogs they had tried it on had all died, but the ladies were not discouraged. They had named their potion, Kickapoo Joy Juice. In the rear of this same laboratory the survey people found three more members of the Class of 56 working on a new type of perfume. It was a strange odor that led to the location of Vickie Padilla, Irene Lucero, and Gertie Torrez. When finally it was found, it was revealed that these three had perfected a new perfume for catching men. The perfume had been named The Osculation.” When asked what strange powers it had, the girls explained that it caused , . . an anatomical juxtaposition of two orbicular muscles in the state of contraction.” Put into plain language this meant, a kiss.” Noticing smoke drifting in from the street, the government people went out to investigate and learned that a hot rod driver had invented a car that threw up a smoke screen that paralyzed the police. The survey people had a feeling that they should find these inventors because they probably were on their list. Sure enough, when the police revealed their names, they were Harvey Major, Jim Mahan, and Bob Dean. Skid row was the next destination on the survey, for that was the address of Tony Alvarez, Luis Corona, Raymond Montoya and Benny Sandoval. When last heard of some years previously, it was learned that these four had formed a partnership to perfect a substance that would change the spots on playing cards. When they were found, the four of them were in a terrific argument. While playing poker, all four had come up with four aces. You know,” said one of the survey men, I think these four guys have been successful in their experiment. But what are they going to do with it?” The survey was nearly over with only two names remaining on the list. However, no matter how hard the government people searched, they could not find the last two members of the class. Finally, in desperation, they returned to Williams High School to see if they could learn where these two characters could be found. Lo and behold! They found the two lost members, Tom Augenstein and David Cox. Mr. Zeiger was old and gray, but he still had Tom and David in Civics and was just about ready to pass them on despite their 25 average in the course. Mr. Zeiger told the investigators that he was ready to let them take over the course because he was old and tired. They should know it, he said; they've had the course 31 times.” I d write some more about this class, but my typewriter is about worn out, and because where I am they won't let us have sharp objects. Laura McMahan Larry Fowler As Our Mothers Knew Us .. . Jean Kelso J. Mahan J. McCallister I. Lucero B. Gum D. Plummer L. McMahan L. Fowler Alice Burrage Wayne Hodgin David Cox S. South worth G. Taylor M. A. Way C. Hardy C. Gardner V. Curry C. Mayes M. F. Benham T. Augenstein Robin LaRue Juniors • Junior Class Officers . . . Henry Miller Richard Olguin Dale Payne Nancy Peckumn Gerald Pena Betty Walker Howard Walker Elzabeth Whiteley Bonnie Willsey Mr. Jack Patton, Advisor Junior Class David Russel Delphin Sanchez Alvin Reed Bruce Thompson Marjorie Tissaw Peggy VanBrunt Ned Vigil I Sophomores G. BLEVINS Secretary E. BOCHAT r-S: Glenna Blevins Edward Bochat Sophomores ’58 ___ Ernesto Lugo Esther Lugo Manuel Lugo Michael McNelly Senon Maestas Andrillita Candalaria Patricia Cox Felix O. Gabaldon David Carl Jose Garcia M. Kay Grantham Herminia Griego Betty Hancock Kenneth Harwood John Hayden John Jones Roy Kennedy Sophomores ’5 8 Carolina Saiz Alberto Sanchez Arturo Santana Lucy Smith Carolina Martinez Miguel Martin Patricia Mecham James Miller Charles Morris -- Jose C. Olguin N, - ' J Sue Ann Peckumn Jimmie Petitt Laurence Royce Ben Trujillo Paulette Stokan Betty Strange Frederick Tuller Carla Jane Vance Jimmy Walker Lucy White Floyde Willett Stanley Yoakum Mr. Frasca, Advisor freshmen Freshman Class Officers « B. DUFFIELD Secretary R. GLASSBURN Treasurer ALBERT SANDOVAL President freshmen ’59 Beverly Allen Manuel Avila John W. Bolles Robert E. Bortrec Douglas W. Brenn Billy Joe Brownd Doris Bunney Steven Burrage Ramon Candalaria Pedro Castro Minnie Chesshir Betty Lou Cochran Julian Corona Patricia DeVaney Elizabeth Duffield Dixie C. Fuller Joe Garcia Ray Glassburn Margaret Glasscock Rodney J. Graves Beverly Harwood Paul L. Jackson Ray Jackson Marcos Lopez Barbara Mackay Mary Maennche Matthew Magill Enrique Maldonado Frank Martinez freshmen ’59 Ira J. Massey Audry LaVonne Miller Irene Montoya Judy Morgan Mary A. Nagiller Mona P. Nelson Cynthia Oppliger Joe Manuel Otero Alva Pearson Penelope Perkins Margaret Phillips Joseph Robidoux Edward Rocha Dolores Rojo Roy R. Rojo Jimmie Runyan Mary Sanchez Manuella Sanchez Albert Sandoval Mary Stephenson Margaret Stewart Sydney Stewart Theresa L. Strange Kenneth Talakte Roberta Taylor Lee Oren Treece Jon White William Weigel Mrs. King, Sponsor Mrs. Williamson Advisor ( I I JP favorites D. A. R. Best Citizen junior - Senior Prom Queen—ALICE BURRAGE Attendant—BONNIE WILLSEY King—TOM AUGENSTEIN Attendant—DALE PAYNE Boys’ State . . . VIRGIL CURRY Co-Captain MR. ZEIGER Football Coach PAT KING Co-Captain PAT KING All Northern All State. H.M, TOM AUGENSTEIN All Northern All State. H.M. BRUCE GUM All Northern All State. H.M HERSHEL MOSIER All Northern, Second DELPHIN SANCHEZ All Northern DALE PAYNE All Northern. H.M JERRY LEE All Northern, H.M. EDDIE GARCIA All Northern. H.M. PAT KING VIRGIL CURRY Pat King going 49 yards and a TD against Cottonwood. DELFIN SANCHEZ LUIS CORONA BRUCE GUM TOM AUGENSTEIN Jim Whitaker returned a punt for 30 yards JIMMY WHITAKER EDDIE GARCA against St. Johns. JERRY LEE HOWARD WALKER Dale Payne returned a kickoff 35 yards against Snowflake. DENNIS DONOVAN DALE PAYNE BOB THOMPSON ROYCE SMITH Jerry Lee intercepting a Seligman pass. HERSHEL MOSIER FLOYDE WILLETT ROBERT JACKSON Fred's Field JIM PETTIT FRANK FREDERICKSON BILL WEIGEL JIM MILLER Starting Eleven TONY ALVAREZ 0 0 0 Junior Varsity . . . a o •7 1 TV 1 ili M 'BIB lift E. BOCHAT B. SANDOVAL MR. MARTINEZ MR. FRASCA R. Candalaria, R. Lopez, M. McGill, N. Glassburn, J. Corona, A. Sanchez, O. Treece, J. Graves, F. Martinez, K. Talakte, P. Jackson, B. Brownd, J. Jones, J. Garcia. Basketball DALE PAYNE Co-Captain MR. HENGL Coach BRUCE GUM BRUCE GUM DALE PAYNE VIRGIL CURRY B. Gum in action. V arsity ). Sanchez lays one up. TOM AUGENSTEIN PAT KING EDDIE GARCIA I� e ws, Dale goes in for a shot. JERRY LEE ROBERT BRINIAS HERSHEL MOSIER Varsity TONY ALVAREZ DELPHIN SANCHEZ JIM WHITAKER Hershel Scores. JIM MILLER ROYCE SMITH ERNEST LUGO LUIS CORONA BUDDY GARCIA B” Squad GERALD PENA MIKE MARTIN ALBERT SANCHEZ Roycc Smith fires one! „ DENNIS DONOVAN JON SMITH BOBBIE DEAN BRUCE THOMPSON MANUEL LUGO B” Squad 8uddy got the tip. COACH ZEIGER FELIX GABALDON JIM PETTIT FLOYD WILLETT Glassburn, Treece. Weigel, Brownd, Jackson, Mr. Otero. Martinez. Talakte, Corona. Graves. Gug-lielmo, McGill. Rojo, Sandoval. Boles. White. Massey, Higginbotham. ROBERT BRINIAS JIM WHITAKER JIM MILLER KENNETH TALAKTE LARRY FOWLER BUDDY GARCIA JIM WALKER BILL WEIGEL BILL BROWND AUGENSTEIN. LEE. WHITAKER. MOSIER VIRGIL CURRY JERRY LEE PAT KING EDDIE GARCIA HERSHEL MOSIER DELPHIN SANCHEZ DALE PAYNE TOM AUGENSTEIN MR. MARTINEZ Coach Girls’ Softball SALLY SOUTHWORTH GAIL TAYLOR ALICE BURRAGE MARY F. BENHAM LAURA McMAHAN CHERI GARDNER JO ANN KARGER IRENE JUAREZ EARLENE KENNEDY IRENE LUCERO VICTORIA PADILLA LUCY WHITE MR. ZEIGER Coach ROBIN LA RUE ALICE BURRAGE Football Considering the fact that injuries took key players at different times during the season, the season's record of three wins, three losses and one tie all add up to a successful season. Coach Del Zeiger put a smooth working eleven together and when they were at full strength they were hard to beat. The Vikings surprised Kingman in the first game of the season when they handed the Bulldogs a 32-0 defeat on Kingman’s home field. Dale Payne and Pat King each scored two touchdowns and Jim Whitaker scored one. Payne's scores came on a 16-yard run and a short plunge through the line. King scored on a three-yard plunge and a 98-yard gallop following a pass interception. Jim Whitaker scored on a six-yard plunge through the center of the line. Williams traveled to Cottonwood for the second game of the season and dropped a 21-14 decision. The Vikings fought an uphill battle after the Red Devils had taken a 14-0 lead in the first half. Williams tied the score on two long runs by Pat King. The Red Devils pushed across the winning touchdown in the last quarter. St. Johns came to Williams for the Vikings’ first home game. The two teams fought to a 19-19 tie in a thrilling game that found the last touchdown coming with only 20 seconds left in the ball game. The Vikings had to come from behind three times to get the tie. The visiting Indians scored first and took a 7-0 lead in the game only to have Williams tie the score on a 12-yard pass from Dale Payne to Bruce Gum. The extra point was made by Eddie Garcia on a plunge through the line. St. Johns regained the lead in the second half, but again the Vikings tied the score at 13-all on a pass from Dale Payne to Eddie Garcia. The Indians scored their last touchdown with only 55 seconds remaining in the ball game. The Indians kicked off and Dale Payne returned the ball to his own 45. On the next play he pushed through the line to the St. Johns' 48. A pass from Dale Payne to Jerry Lee put the ball on the St. Johns’ two-yard line on a play that gained 46 yards. Payne passed to Eddie Garcia with only 20 seconds remaining in the game. The Vikings had a chance to win the game, but the try for point was no good. The next two games found Williams pitted against the two top teams in the Northern Conference, Holbrook and Snowflake. Holbrook won by a 25-6 score and Snowflake topped the Vikings by a 46-6 count. Royce Smith scored a touchdown in each of the games. His score against Holbrook was on a 15-yard run and a 3-yard plunge turned the trick in the Snowflake game. After the two losses the Vikings met Seligman and rapped the Antelopes by a 33-6 score. Pat King started things rolling for the Vikings when he ripped through the Seligman line and scampered 76 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage. Tom Augenstein split the uprights with a place kick to make the score 7-0. A 12-yard pass from Dale Payne to Bruce Gum accounted for the second touchdown and again Augenstein added the extra point with a place kick. Pat King made the score 27-0 on a 35-yard run for his second touchdown of the day. The last score was added by Royce Smith when he romped 17 yards to pay dirt. After the reserves took over, Seligman staged an 80-yard march that gave them their lone score of the game. The Moms and Dads were guests of the school for the final game of the season against Peoria. The student body presented the Moms with giant yellow chrysanthemums and the ten seniors playing their last high school game presented the Moms and Dads with a 25-0 victory. It was an inspired band of Vikings that took the field in that last game of the season. The team had waited a year to even up matters between the two schools following a bad licking at Peoria last year. The Vikings built a 19-0 lead over the Panthers during the first half with Pat King scoring three touchdowns. His first score came on a 7-yard plunge, the second on a 19-yard run and his third on a sensational 76-yard jaunt right through the middle of the Peoria defense. One extra point was added on a pass from King to Gum. The second half produced one score when Rumples Walker plunged through the center of the Peoria line for a touchdown. Peoria tried desperately to score in the closing minutes of the game, but the determined Vikings stopped them cold. The All-Northern team included eight Vikings with Pat King. Tom Augenstein. Delfin Sanchez and Bruce Gum being named to the first team and Hershel Mosier being placed on the second team. The three other Vikings on the list received Honorable Mention. They were Dale Payne. Jerry Lee and Eddie Garcia. Additional honors came to Pat King, Tom Augenstein and Bruce Gum when they were given Honorable Mention on the Arizona Republic’s All-State team. Tommie Augenstein. Tony Alvarez, Jerry Lee, Pat King, Bruce Gum, Virgil Curry, Hershel Mosier, Jim Whitaker, Luis Corona and Bobby Thompson graduate this year. In addition to the players. Ben Sandoval also receives his diploma. He served as manager during the season. Basketball The Williams High School basketball team enjoyed a very successful season with 12 wins and 5 losses plus two wins and two losses in the tournament. In games played against western division members of the conference the Vikings lost only one game and tied for first place with Cottonwood. The season opened with a game at Cottonwood. The Vikings edged the Red Devils 49-45. Bruce Gum with 16 points and Dale Payne with 14 were scoring leaders. Williams traveled to Kingman for their next outing and scuttled the Bulldogs by a 52-42 count. Dale Payne and Pat King tied for scoring honors with 12 each. Bruce Gum had 11 points. Mingus came to Williams to give the Vikings a scare for three quarters of the game. Just before the third quarter ended the local five suddenly warmed up, overcame a small lead and went on to win 60-49. Dale Payne led the scoring parade with 14 points. Cottonwood came to Williams and avenged their early season defeat by rapping the Vikings 45-39. Eddie Garcia had 13 points while Tom Augenstein had 10 for scoring honors. The Vikings had a fight on their hands in Seligman in a rough game that found the Vikings trailing in the fourth quarter. A sudden spurt in the closing minute of the game gave the Vikings a tie and they went on to win by a 56-52 score in the overtime period. Bruce Gum with 16 and Hershel Mosier with 15 were the leading point makers. Williams stepped out of their conference in the next game to meet Class A Flagstaff and took a 65-42 drubbing. Hershel Mosier led the Vikings in scoring. The Vikings set a new scoring record for a Williams team in the next game by rapping Ash Fork 83-36. Robert Brinias set an individual scoring record by swishing the nets for 39 points. The next high men were Delfin Sanchez and Virgil Curry with 14 each. A trip to the Salt River Valley was next on the schedule and the Vikings journeyed to Peoria and surprised the Panthers by handing them a 60-33 whipping. Bruce Gum had 25 points while Dale Payne hit for 10. Seligman came to Williams for the second meeting of the two teams and got soundly trounced by a 62-40 score. Dale Payne with 15 points, Robert Brinias with 14, and Hershel Mosier and Jerry Lee with 13 each contributed the bulk of the Williams scoring. A return meeting with the Class A” Eagles at Flagstaff found the Vikings fighting right down to the final gun before dropping a 52-46 decision. Bruce Gum had 12 points. Hershel Mosier 11 and Dale Payne 10 to lead the Vikings in scoring. The second meeting between Kingman and Williams found the Bulldogs taking a 71-31 lacing on the local floor. Dale Payne en- Accompanists K. GRANTHAM Mixed Glee SUSAN COLLINS Small Groups MR. POWELL Music Supervisor Drum and Bugle Corps Twiriers . . . iwMm BL )A GUM rNANCY,JptKUMN ; RLYN MAYES OPPLIGER NAGILLER FULLER KENNEDY BENHAM VAN BRUNT B. WALKER LUCERO A. PEARSON GARDNER MACKAY TORREZ SANDOVAL K. GRANTHAM SANCHEZ MECHAM R.TAYLOR MILLER NELSON Glee Club First row: M. Maennche, M. Way, J. Kelso, C. Saiz, P. Nels LaRue, C. Gardner, I. Juarez, K. Grantham, B. Hancock, E. L. Miller, B. Mackay, S. Stewart, M. Lee, P. Mecham, J. Cha| B. Walker, C. Oppliger, I. Montoya. Second row: B. Duffiel Griego, I. Lucero, V. Padilla, C. Hardy, M. Brill, D. Fulh DeVaney, B. Sutton, A. Candalaria, D. Sandoval, G. Torrez, S. umn, M. Benham, L. Smith, C. Vance, G. Taylor, G. Gum. n, R. row: J. McCallister, B. Willsey, L. McMahan, B. Grantham, A. Cure- Lugo, ton, G. Blevins, M. Nagiller, M. Phillips, B. Cochran, D. Bunney, jman, J. Karger, P. Cox, R. Taylor, B.' Allen, C. Sutton, A. Burrage, S, d, H. Southworth. Fourth row: M. Avila, F. Tuller, R. Candalaria, M. Ma- � r, P. gill, M. Martin, M. Lugo, K. Talakte, E. Bochat, F. Fredrickson, Peck- L. Meier, P. King, H. Mosie. , J. Lee, J. Graves. P. Sutton, B Third Thompson, J. Garcia, G. Frost. Madrigal Choir . . . ner Wayne Hodgin, Mary Ann Way •� The Band MR. POWELL Director Mr. Powell Mahan Devaney Packe Wakefield Johnson Fowler Gum R. Fernandez Corona Mayes M. W Plummer Hodgin Kennedy J Gardner Glassbum j C. MAYES President W. HODGIN Student Director D. PLUMMER Librarian r Larson Hayden Clark Calley Danby Kielhorn 'akefield Yoakum B. Hayden uarez Grisey Brownd Hoffmeyer SWING BAND GIRLS' TRIO DeVaney, Packer, Fowler, Danby, Brownd, Gardner, Hayden, Mr. McMahan, Way, Mayes Powell, Corona, Plummer, Mayes, Hodgin. Small Musical Groups BOYS' QUARTET CLARINET QUARTET Martin, Magill, Gardner, Hodgin Hodgin, Mayes, Corona, Plummer Clubs and Activities Pom Pom Girls HEAD POM POM GIRLS MONTOYA FULLER PERKINS LUCERO MILLER DUFFIELD A. CURETON C. GARDNER MISS YOUNG Advisor E. KENNEDY B. WILLSEY I. JUAREZ Viking Staff C. MAYES Co-Editor S. SOUTHWORTH Co-Editor MR. MARTINEZ Sponsor G. TAYLOR Associate Editor C. GARDNER Sports Editor MARY F. BENHAM LAURA McMAHAN A. GARCIA A. BURRAGE R. LARUE D. PLUMMER I. LUCERO E. SANCHEZ D. SANDOVAL G. TORREZ V. PADILLA Art Club RICHARD OLGUIN President DELORES SANDOVAL Secretary-Treasurer GERTIE TORREZ Social Chairman Manuel Avila Steven Burrage Ramon Candelaria Pedro Castro Betty Cochran Jose Garcia Mary Maennche Henry Maldonado Roberta Taylor Chad Wagstaff I__ NANCY PECKUMN President F. H. A. IRENE JUAREZ Vice President GLENDA GUM Secretary Cynthia Oppliger Carla Vance Carol Sutton Betty S. Walker Bonnie Willsey Linda McKee V Betty Hancock Earlene Kennedy Alva Pearson Beverly Allen Betty Chapman Betty Duffield Patty Nelson Dixie Fuller MRS. WILLIAMSON MRS. KING Sponsors Girls’ W” Club EARLENE KENNEDY ROBIN LARUE VICTORIA PADILLA LAURA McMAHAN IRENE LUCERO MARY F. BENHAM LUCY WHITE MISS YOUNG Sponsor Boys’ Club PATRICK KING President THOMAS AUGENSTEIN Vice President DALE PAYNE Secretary-T reasurer ANTONIO ALVAREZ EDWARD BOCHAT ROBERT BRINIAS LUIS CORONA A- rs - i v VIRGIL CURRY DENNIS DONOVAN FRANK FREDERICKSON EDDIE GARCIA BRUCE GUM ROBERT JACKSON JERRY LEE JAMES MILLER HERSHEL MOSIER DELFIN SANCHEZ BEN SANDOVAL EDWARD SANDOVAL ROYCE SMITH BOBBIE THOMPSON HOWARD E. WALKER JAMES WHITAKER MR. DEL ZEIGER Sponsor In v WrtJX, 1 n .1 . ' - I • 7 Vj Ti N )• r n THE CAST The Cat Has Nine ALICE BURRAGE as Betsy Ann” CATHERINE MAYES as Lynn Kirk” CHERI GARDNER as Jane Clark” MARY FRANCES BENHAM as Hilda Fitzmaurice” ROBIN LARUE as Mrs. Clark” IRENE LUCERO as Honeychile Henson SALLY SOUTHWORTH Assistant Director BRUCE GUM Stage Manager TOM AUGENSTEIN Stage Manager VIRGIL CURRY Off Stage Voice MR. CHAPMAN Director Oratorical Contestant Thespian Club CATHERINE MAYES President JERRY LEE Vice President GAIL TAYLOR Secretary-T reasurer Dramatics Club EARLENE KENNEDY President BETTY SUE WALKER Vice President IRENE JUAREZ Secretary Catherine Mayes Jessie Chapman Pat Nelson Sue Ann Peckumn Barbara Mackay CAROL SUTTON Treasurer GLENDA GUM Public Relations Andrea Candelaria Peggy Van Brunt Dixie Fuller Linda McKee Elizabeth Whitely Elberta Sanchez Cheri Gardner Mary F. Benham Mary Ann Nagillcr Margaret Glasscock MISS YOUNG, Sponsor Betty Chapman Senior Play A. 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GATEWAY CLEANERS 24 HOUR SERVICE Congratulations to the Seniors from JIMMIE LOPEZ Compliments of WAGON WHEEL LODGE CORDON AND NITA McDOWELL Williams Arizona SAM DEWITT CONGRATULATIONS to the Class of 1956 From Autry Bros. CARDS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MANUFACTURERS of the Josten Class Rings LA RUE CATTLE CHUTE Congratulations to the SENIORS FRED AND MILDRED Congratulations to the Seniors From MOUNTAIN STATES AUGENSTEIN TELEPHONE CO. WILLIAMS ARIZONA CALL BY NUMBER Compliments of WILLIAMS LODGE NO. 15 Independent Order of ODD FELLOWS t. a. McGrath NOBLE GRAND VICE GRAND WILLIAMS ARIZONA byron McKinley i. j. Montgomery Congratulations to the Class of 1956 LAING GARRET Construction Specialties PHOENIX ARIZONA joyed a good night with 20 points while feruce Gum with 15 and Pat King with 11 accounting for most of the Viking scoring. The Vikings tied their previous high mark in scoring when they met Camp Verde and took an 85-50 decision from the Cowboys. Jim Whitaker was high man in scoring with 16 points while Pat King had 14 and Bruce Gum had 10. The Vikings traveled to Jerome to meet the Mingus Rams in a return game and handed Mingus a 73-53 defeat. Bruce Gum led in the scoring column with 20 points followed by Dale Payne with 15 and Hershel Mosier who had 14. The Vikings closed out their regular season by drubbing Camp Verde 68-20 on the local floor. Jerry Lee, Jim Whitaker and Robert Brinias each contributed 13 points for scoring honors. In the Northern Arizona Class B tournament Williams drew Sanders in the first round and took a 74-57 decision. Four Vikings hit double figures in the scoring column. Dale Payne was the leader with 23 points followed by Jim Whitaker with 18, Pat King with 12 and Eddie Garcia who had 10. Round Valley was next and the Vikings won their second game of the tournament by a 51-35 decision. Dale Payne had 18 points. The Vikings were knocked from the championship bracket by Holbrook, the eventual champion, by a 67-48 count. Dale Payne had 24 points. Williams went out of the tournament when they dropped a 70-44 decision to Snowflake who went on to win the secondary bracket. In the All-Tournament selections Dale Payne was named to the second team and Jim Whitaker was given Honorable Mention. Junior Varsity The B squad under the direction of Coach Del Zeiger had a season's record of five wins and eight losses. Coach Zeiger did a marvelous job with a group that included many inexperienced players. As the season rolled on the team looked better with each game. In tournament play Williams drew the team that finally won the tournament and dropped a 34-33 decision to Kingman. In their next game they defeated Sanders 48-44 and were dropped from the tournament when they lost to Holbrook 54-31 after having played two other games in the same day. Buddy Garcia was named captain of the All-Tournament second team. Junior High Coach Hector Guglielmo had a terrific building job to do in putting a winning combination together for junior high school basketball. The regular season record shows four wins and six losses, but the fact that the team played boys who were bigger and older than they must be considered. In some cases they played against high school juniors, but in games with teams of their own age. they held their own. Baseball THE TUSAYAN is in the hands of the printers long before baseball starts in Williams. Therefore, the baseball summary is always a year late. This review of the 1955 season might seem to be rather old, but the sports editors feel that the members of the team and their coach, Mr. Martinez, deserve this belated recognition. The team's record is outstanding with 13 wins against one loss. Coach Martinez and his baseball team begin their workouts in the gym following the close of the basketball season. In their first game of the 1955 season they took the field against Kingman without a single workout outside. The team had been unable to have any hitting practice and all of their infield work had been done on a floor indoors. Despite these handicaps the team traveled to Kingman for the first game and administered a 10-8 defeat to the Bulldogs. Dale Payne, Eddie Garcia and Jim Whitaker took hitting honors while Gil Munoz took credit for the win by hurling a neat 6-hitter. A trip to Clarkdale for a game with the Mingus Rams produced a thrilling ball game with the Vikings coming from behind in the last inning to take a 5-4 win. Eddie Garcia relieved Gil Munoz on the mound and received credit for the victory. Jerry Lee and Eddie Garcia were the leading hitters for Williams. The weather cleared, out-of-door workouts began and Cottonwood came to Williams for the local team's first home game. The Red Devils were walloped to the tune of 12-1. Virgil Curry, Gil Munoz and Rumples Walker took hitting honors for Williams. Eddie Garcia was the winning pitcher. The Vikings hit the road for a game with Seligman. Williams trailed the early part of the game, but a rally pushed across enough runs to take an 8-6 decision. Gil Munoz was the winning pitcher with Jerry Lee hitting a home run for the Vikings. Williams met Cottonwood in their next outing in a game that found both teams greatly improved since their last meeting. The Vikings took the ball game by a 10-2 count with Eddie Sandoval pitching his first win of the season. Rumples Walker hit a home run for the Vikings and shared hitting honors with Jim Whitaker. Ash Fork was the next victim of the Vikings’ booming bats and went down to defeat by a 12-5 margin. Gil Munoz got credit for the win while Virgil Curry, Rumples Walker and Eddie Garcia led the hit parade. Seligman came to Williams for a return game and the Vikings went out in front in the first inning with five runs. Another rally in the fourth produced seven runs for a final 15-11 win for Williams. Virgil Curry hit a home run and shared hitting honors with Eddie Garcia and Jim Whitaker. Eddie Garcia was the winning pitcher. The Vikings stepped out of Class B competition for the next game when they met the Class A Flagstaff team. Williams gave the Eagles a rude jolt by rapping them 11-5. Eddie Garcia hit a home run and shared hitting honors with Jim Whitaker. Gil Munoz was the winning pitcher. Kingman came to Williams and absorbed a 17-4 licking after the Vikings had scored 9 runs in the first inning. Pat King and Rumples Walker hit home runs for Williams while Walker, Whitaker, and Curry shared hitting honors. Coach Martinez used all of his pitchers in this game, but Eddie Garcia was the winning pitcher. Mingus visited Williams to play the Vikings a 1-0 ball game going into the last of the fourth. In that inning the visitors’ defense collapsed and the Vikings pushed across 12 runs to take a 13-1 win over the Rams. Williams met Ash Fork on the local diamond and handed the visiting Spartans a 13-1 whipping. Gil Munoz was the winning pitcher with Dale Payne and Walker sharing hitting honors. Payne had a home run to his credit. Grand Canyon brought a scrappy young team to Williams and gave the Vikings a bad scare before the local team could pull a 5-1 out of the fire. Pat King and Eddie Garcia were the leading hitters and Eddie Garcia was the winning pitcher. Williams finished the season in the district play-offs in Selgi-man at the close of the regular schedule. The Vikings won their opening game and lost the championship game to Seligman in a game that was hampered by high winds. Prospects for the 1956 season are good with a number of veterans returning. Coach Martinez will have Eddie Garcia, Dale Payne and Jim Miller to form the nucleus of his pitching staff. Other veterans returning include Hershel Mosier, Jim Whitaker, Tom Augenstein, Jerry Lee, Pat King, Virgil Curry, Robert Brinias, Delfin Sanchez, Larry Fowler and a number of freshmen. Girls' Softball As The Tusayan goes to press the girls’ softball team is having considerable difficulty scheduling games. Coach Del Zeiger has written numerous schools, but few games are available. A number of experienced players return for another season of competition including Earlenc Kennedy, Gail Taylor, Mary Frances Benham, Sally Southworth, Irene Juarez, Alice Burrage, and Glenda Gum. Basketball Stars . . . JIM WHITAKER All-Northern Honorable Mention DALE PAYNE All-Northern Second Team s t