Antioch High School - Panther Yearbook (Antioch, CA)

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gf The niqhl sei lor The Prom drew nearer, Anxiously we loolced Io presenfinq our Iirsl formal dance. Dancinq in Ihe Dark became our fherne. Iyieelinqs and plans, pain? and pallerns Ioolc up our spare Time. Silhouelled Iiqures and a mirrored chandelier, pasIeI colored crepe paper Coyerinq The ceilinq was Ihe basis of our deeoralinq scheme. We were proud oi ourselves Ihai niqhl. The Crowne inq of Ihe Prorn Queen endinq in a Grand March was Ihe Climax Io a well remembered Junior Prom. Wilh Ihe iirsI rush oi adiyilies over we beqan Io seflle back. This year we Ihouqhi more seriously of whal end of school would mean. We beqan Io pick up Ihe courses we skipped, worked on grades, and look a more acfiye inferesl in our relalionship To whal was qoinq on around us. Our class was Ihe firsI and only Io have IOO por ceni dues paid. We ouInurnI3ered Ihe olher Classes on fha SIudenI Body Council and look an acIive and worlcinq par? in ii. Our cake ralfle and coke sales was profil qained. We souqhI +o haye a successful year, we worked iowards if, and saw i1 fulfilled. The niqhl of Ihe Luau was a bid one. The G.A,A. qirls who had sIrived lor Ihe honor oi beinq in The Emblem A were accepfed. As Ihe Senior Class prepared for qradualion we were Conironfed wifh Ihe fad Ihar we were facing our lasl year. II slariled us. We had iinaliy reached Ihe lasl sfep. As fhe ond of classes came, we looked ahead Io Sepfernber and Ihe beqinninq oi Ihe senior year for The class of I948. ,waf- M4-if fi 4' ii ,vm af mmm. ad! LETA RYE PATTY ROSS HUMBERTO MERCADO NATALIE SCUDERO BYRON MORRIS BETTY SALZMAN GLORIA SANTOS ARTHUR NAJERA GLORIA SHAFFER ADOLPH PETERSEN CARMELITA SILVIERA JOAN SMITH MANUEL PERRY BARBARA THOMAS MARILYN THUT FRED PITT

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Uppemiazsnierm. Pioudiy we Tiaunied Ihr: fine, This waf, The sIaiI ei an imporfanf year. The beqinninq of QcI1ooI carried wifn if a rush of aefiyifies for Inf- dass of '48, FooIIfvaII Season anoII1or bin one Ion' The Panihers. We painted Io II'1e Iineup of iuniors on Inc Ieam. We would nof be ouIdone by H10 -wenior piayerr., Takinq adyanfaqe oIII1e season we launched our scnernes for raising money in aniicipafion OI a remembered Junior Prom. The I'UTiI6d biue and qeid pornpems carried byII1eIanS were made by we en1erpri5inq iuniers. Drink coca-ceia was our baffle ery. We Iiiied IIIQ booms I 4 DOROTHY NOVERO LEE JONES BETTY PATRICK STANLEY HUNT ELEANOR PFAFFENBERGER MARY ANN POSEY WESLEY KIRKPATRICK YVONNE PUTNAM JAMES MARTIN GEORGENE QUICK SHIRLEY RICHARDS JOHN MARTIN GLORIA ROCHE AMOS MOSS LEOLA RODRIGUES NAOMI ROSE .,-f v T9 3 3' aeI up ui II1e dame: and ordered and :old coke: In IIie II1ir5Iy crowds, Fro7en Iinqers, incorreei change, upsei Dixie Cups, creared a qenerai diiemma, buf we me? Ilne demands of fine Panfher fans. Cakes we had and eoIces we soid. The niqhi oI Ine iuniorx vs. seniora qamo at TIM- end TNI Inv Heason was a bio one. II wal, a preyuo of our senior yr-ar and in a Haze oI qlory we won, II was a moral vidory, foo. We conquered ine senior Ieam who Inad Ted ine Panflners Io Irie cI1ampionsriipIorII'me second Time. We were eonfidenf of ourseIyes. The rinqs arrived. Proudiy we dispiayed Inem Io anyone we Qoufd corner. The idenfieai qoid seffinqs Iinked us Cioser Ioqefner, II was Ine individual eymboi oI our dash, our day! rinq, ' ....,-...q M

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THOMAS MINAKER CAROL TURNER BETTY VALDEZ TOM POPE MYRTLE VARNELL DICK QUINN JOANNE VIERA JACK TAILLEFER RENO RIDOLFI GERTRUDE WEBB JESSE ROMO TILLIE VIERA NANCY WRING CLIFFORD ROSE NORMA WALKER MELVIN ROSSI The hiqh and rniqhiy senior, This our iasi year we would rnake the besi year. As we began io faire over fhe rnany acriviries fo be deai? wirh by rhe seniors we ihouqhibaCi1Toihai'1iirsi'ireShr'nan year. We were bowiidered rhcn, and Thai hrs? iriqhrened feelinq oi rreeiinq sornerhinq new carne over us aqair. Wirh excirernenr we began ro pian for ihe biq year. Puriinq our bes? faces Forward, we posed For rhe phofoq- rapher, upsef ciasses, and creaied a qenerai sfir 'rhrouqhour The schooi. Senior pfiures were The dorninaiinq issue oi rhe day, Sfruffinq rhrourzh rhe haiis, we iiiced fhe sfranqf: feeiinq of The cap ano qown we had fried for size foreyue of corninq affracrion. The picrures came, brinqinq abour iasf rninurc ordcrinq and recouniinq of friends and reiariyes. Cards and announcernenfs was fhe second quesfion fo be conrended with. Whar sryic to choose, whai fo do apour middie names, and how rnany fo order were The rnain fopics of discussion arnonq seniors. in berween fhis were our siudies, iasi rninuie proqram changes, and foofbaii aqain. We seniors were in fhe iinneiiqhf and ihe boys aqain quided fhe Panfher fearn To a Third sfraiqhr year of The C,C.C.A,L. Championship. We pursued our srudies wirh as rnuch inieresi as we could rnus+er4beinq seniors, Sfiii, we were serious when we rhouqhf of posraqraduafion plans and our ciass icepr irg name on ihe honor roii and in rhe C.S,F, Aimosi before we were aware of ii rho week scheduied for our Bail was upon us. King Neprunffs Kinqdomu was rhe seiiinq for rhis reqai aifair. Mulricoiored fish, fiowers, coral'--a whoie undersea panorama furnecl ihe qym info a blue-qreen reairn fir for royaliy. We forqof ihe days of ,ff Nwww 5 ,sw 5 sf ? i w-...M