Williams High School - Tusayan Yearbook (Williams, AZ)

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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.

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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

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 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.