Antioch High School - Panther Yearbook (Antioch, CA)

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The admired TirsTsTrir1qers, TraclcsTars, or swimminq champs. This would be The sTarT, The qirls ThouqhT oT The Gv.A.A. WiTh The same look aT The Tulum, They parTicTpaTed wholohearTedly in The seasonal sporTs, The honor oT The Emblem A was Their qoal. The would-be acTors in our midsT came To The surTace in The annual Freshman Play. The MinsTrel Show was our inspiraTion. Black-Tace, Dixie ballads, soTT shoe rouTines, made up The scripT. Besides The TradiTional lnTerlocuTor and Mr. Bones, The audience was TreaTed To a comic: balleT, ably perTorrned by a chorus oT black-Taced ballerinas. As The lasT curTain closed we TelT The saTisTacTion oT a success- ! T A ,. QS .E ' . 2.3253 TW Y 1 ,W-A was fd' Tul play. The enioymenT by Those waTehinq, was sIiqhT in comparison To ThaT TelT by Those oT us who sanq and danced Tor Them. We were happy Treshrnen. As The year rolled To an end, we awaiTed iTs Tinish wiTh boTh reqreT and anTicipaTion. We enioyed beinq The younq- sTers7 enioyed malcinq Triends and meeTinq The new siTu- aTions which conTronTeCl us in This TirsT year. And wiTh reqrel we looked To The qraduahnq OT The seniors who were our idols. AlmosT beTore we were aware OT iT, The days were qone. We were sophomores. ' FMT . T948 ANTHONY BULCAO FLORETTA BECK PATSY BRANDT FRANK CAROLLO BETTY CAKEB READ AURORA CANADA ARNIOND CASOUEIRA BEVERLY CASE CLEO CART HENRY CESA ELIA CHIARADIA ARMANDO COTA EUGENE CRANE BETTY COMSTOCK STEVE CROCKETT VIRGINIA CRAWFORD

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SENIORS ooizis ALEXANDER RALPH ALCOCER PATTY ANDREWS PEGGY ARNETT LOUIS ARATA JANICE BATES NADA JOY BATES LOUIS BRIONES BARBARA BELL JAMES BROWN PAT BENNETT BOB BU RNETT DOLORES BOYD JAMES BOYD MARY BAGGETT CAROLYN BURTON Like The proverbial ugly duckling we, The class oT '48 began our Treshrnan year in SepTernber, I944. Unsure, awe-sTruck, a liTTle bewildered, we wandered Trom class To class on ThaT TirsT day oT school which rnarked Tor us The beginning OT Those long awaiTed Tour years. We were green. Unce-rTain, we were yeT deTerrnined Thai one day we would Till The places leTT by The seniors upon whom we gazed wiTh worshipping eyes. And we were Thrilled, Too. Our Junior High days were oyer. This was l-ligh School! we were Treshrnen and how well we were made aware of The TacT on The nighT oT our recepTion. Green ribbons, name signs, and lipsTickA-so skillTully wielded by The upperclass- men-branded us. DoughnuT and pie-eaTing conTesTs, Three- legged races, peanuT pushing anTics, leTT us shaken, buT aware also OT The welcome exTended To us. We were in, As we becarne adiusTed To The new school year, we began To look Towards The exTracurricular acTiviTies oTTered. We ioined The organizaTions which appealed To us, ioined wiTh The cooperaTiveness and spiriT needed Tor working TogeTher. WiTh The iniTiaTiye and ingenuiTy Tound in The class. Treshman orienTaTion clubs were organized, and in This war year we were able To do essenTial services, srnall Though They were, The boys oT The class Turned To sporTs. WiTh hopeTul hearTs--and a liTTle elbow grease- --They looked To becoming .-ff' -ni' 7 .o ms., il

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GLENNA DAVIDSON LAVERNE DEBRAKE MATTHEW CRAWFORD JOAN DENSMORE RALPH DAVIS KAY DEPIAZZA MARY DETINA CONRAD DIETHELM BEVERLEY DORN BOB DOZIER SHIRLEY ELLIOT LUPE FLORES MARIE GUERRELHAS IAURIEL HANSEN LOUIS HERNANDES BETTY HASKINS This was IIN: second year. 'WIIII wnaf smuqness we Iooked on me ervferlnq Fresnman CIass. Ikue memory of our own IIrsI IeeIInqs of InIerIorIIy was ye-I new In our r'nInds and so we aIIempIed Io Iite Im- pressIve. TI1Is IaIse Ironf did nof IasI as wr- fared HIP Iac' Ikvaf we were SIEII underdassmen. We couId easIIy be cIIsI7nquIsIwed Ircm IITC Mlner masses. Qur easy qoInq, careless manners marked us and proved IIIaI we Iaad Iosr our IIrsI bewIIdermen'r, Sopkmomores were everywhere. PrompIIy IIIIod brafs by ine senIors we neverfneless manaqed Io keep our dass In Inc: IImeIIqI'1I by our unwIIIInqness Io sIay In IIne background. Tlne IaII IDrouqI'1I us ouI In supporI oI Ikue IooIbaII Team. This was Ilne IIIrsI year of Ikve counIy c.IIampIonsInIp Ior Ine IfmrInf4 PfIrIIIners and we yeIIed Iouder Inan UI, Inc oIIIers. Our boys were kneqlnmnq Io show Ihrir skIII an me VarsIIy and Junlor Varslfy Teams. SIEII second and Ihird sIrInqers, IIneIr IaIen?', were nof eompIeIreIy Hidden. WIIII an eye I0 'IIC Imure we dave rlnem our supoorI. Noebra, Iypmn, SpanIsI'I, and kIIsIory were our sIumbIInq knocks. To sfudy, or nw? Io sIudy, Ina? was ine kno quesIIon. BUI sopIwomore name: were never IackInr1 Irom IIw kmoner reII or CSF. Our dass was represenfed In everyIIIInq. We kweqan 'Io be known on Ine Sfudenf Body CouneII, In Inc GAA., Ior Ine IIrsI Iime In Ikwe I3Iock A, and In many oII'Ier orqanizafions and cIasses, We were socially conscIous, Ioo. UnwIIIInq Io be wall- IIowers we qraced wIII1 our presence each evenI, aeIIvIIy, er dance IInaI was kIeId. We wouId ncII be IQII euIoIII'1eIun. ,sv