Avalon High School - Torqua Yearbook (Avalon, CA)

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m,. t X - A +3 + 'riitgsiroimoua bf- 5 + QQ? I , QQ-I 'tv .,., V 3 - , r -..... . ...., .,- . x .1 ',..l r,-a-1' Xl .' ybzgnf-A i 'L , , , gi- is if E I '1 junior Class History 1 Officers First Semester Office Officers Second Semester ,lietty I-lewer ......... ........... 1 'resident ......... ........... .A.......4 I ' arlazie Reid Ramona Shear ...... Secretary-Treasurer ..... .... l iathryn llnnkle Hltlflf YEARS of our high school litfe have been completed, and now we are ready to enter the Senior Class. We can look back with pride upon what we have done in those three years. Our class has been greatly broken up and rearranged. Only one of our pres- ent number, Kathryn Dunkle, came through the three years without one break. Bertha Peterson, who was origi- nally a member of this class, was absent for a year, but joined us again this fall. WVe have had many new members come to ns this year. Throughout the year we have had quite a few social activities. The lirst ot' May we had a dinner here at school, and in- vited our mothers. The first of June we gave a banquet for the Seniors,,at the St. Catherine, which was truly our big social event of the year. We have been represented in most of the student body activities this year. Neal XfVarwick, lletty l'lewer and l'ar- lane Reid were Comntissionersg Ramona Shear was president of the llranrttfc Clubg Kathryn Dunkle was in the Schol- arship Society both semestersg Rfllllflllll Shear had charge of the folk dancing in the Girls' Physical i':flllC'lllOIl classesg Neal XfVarwick was ntanager of the stu- dent store the lirst seinn-::t::t'g Nr-:tl lfVar- wick and Kathryn llunkle were in'-mberas of the Gamma Xln Sly,'Ill'ljH Kathryn llunkle was editor of the Sugar Loaf, while jewel NVatson, l'arlane Rf-id, lla- mona Shear and ,lack Hewer were o't the stall'g lietty l'l,ewer took part in A Box of Monkeys and Suppressed lie- siresg l'arlane Reid was in Class:-rig Jewel XVatson, lfred llerning, lid lfelt- rop, ,lack Hewer and Kathryn llunkle took part in Adam and lim, ?lllllnNCI1l VVarwick directed the operetta Lady Francesgn Jewell Watson, l'arlane Reid, Kathryn llunltle, Ramona Shear and Neal VVarwiCk were members chosen from our class to help the Seniors edit The Torquaf'

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flihggisi -s'intuiE'1ron2onra+ fi + f5.Q A Message from the Alumni O Al,l, of our former high school friends the Associated Alumni of Avalon ltligh School wishes to extend a most cordial greeting. D This is the first time that we have ntil- ized 'I'!1e 'l'orqna as a means of convey- ing to you the activities and progress of the Alumni, and for this priviledge we are indeed very grateful. Perhaps the most important achieve- ment which we have accomplished this year is the formal organization of the Alumni into the Associated Alumni of Avalon lligh School. 'l'his Association was form.ed in order that closer fellow- ship between the Altttuni themselves and the Avalon High School students might exist. Nlany groups of alumni members of various institutions often make the mistake of waiting too long before creat- ing a formal organization. The result is that all trace of the members is lost or nearly so, and that the close feeling for the school as well as for former school friends practically disappears. On the other hand, an alumni association of some sort tends to preserve these valttable it becomes a very powerful influence in directing aright the traditions and spirit of the school. At our meeting in January Mr. llnnkle was elected an honorary member. 'l'he chief social event which occurs an- unally and is eagerly anticipated by every Alumni tnember, is the Aluumi dance given by the senior high school. We hope to establish another custom of having an Alumni llanquet at the close of school every Alnne, at which time we shall wel- come the new graduating class to our association. 'l'l1e officers of the Alumni Association for the past year have been: Xlalcolm Renton, l'resid,tnt. Klartha Kleyer, Secretary-'.l'reasurc1'. We have tried to gather up information about all our Ahnnni, but, in some few instances, have been unsuccessful. We shall be grateful for any added informa- tion that anyone may be able to send in to us at any time. 'llhe roll of the Aluumi members is as qualities, and, as new members are added, follows: Name and Class Occupation Florence lfeltrop '24 ....... ..... C lerk Tom Daly, '24 ............. ........... l 7. S. C. ........ . Edythe Stone, '25 Blanche Runels, '25 ..... Esther Rose, '25 ...... Betty Berning, '25 .... Shirley Stall, '25 ...... John Miuney, 25 .......... Malcolm Ren ton, '25 ........... Edward Van Alstyne, '25 John Shields, '25 ........ .... lvlartha Meyer, '26 ...... Mary Gibson. '26 .... Doris Wilcox, '25 .... Robert Garcia, '26 ..... 'Ilelephone Operator Nurse, St. l,uke's Clerk . .... 'lleachers' College junior College junior College junior College Residence ....... Avalon l.,os Angeles Avalon San ,Francisco . Los Angeles Avalon San Jose Pasadena flfasadena Pasadena Cal Tech llagmlt-lm 'I'elephone Operator .... Avalon Mrs. l.. Gaylord ...... ,,,, A vnlon Business College Glgmlulc Clerk-W'alker's ...... .,., L O5 Angclcs C113

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I -is +3-f- els In Sophomore Class History Officers First Semester Office Officers Second Semester Juanita Gurasich ...,....... .....,.. . President . ...... ................. J 'uanita Gurasich lona Herning ....... ............ X 'ice-President ........... ......... l ona llerning Marion Miller ..... ......... ........... S . ecretary and 'l'l'4'1lSltl't'l' .... . .... Leta Watson llli SOl'l'lORlOlilf CLASS consists of eleven mighty students: liernice Smith, lona llerning, l..eta Watson, llar- hara LeVitt, ltilora l,amh, Violet Watson, luanila flurasich, Ralph Glfflllllll, Manuel liarba, Stephen Williams and Jack llill- ree. Although the class is small, its memb.ers have held some ot' the highest ofhces in Student llody activities, and they are miehty proud of themselves. Well, who wouldn't be? 'llhe four boys of the class did their best to advance the athletics. Manuel and Ralph, who have each won a letter, played in practically all the team games, such as basketball and speedball. jack, Ralph and Manuel were also on the track team. Not as much can be said of the girls in athletics, for our school does not compete with other schools. 'llhree of them, however, Tona, Juanita and l3.ernice, were among the six who had a sufhcient number of points to allow them to go to Long Beach for th.e l'lay Day, March 3. 'l'he Sophomores were hosts to the Ninth Grade at a Backwards Party on April l ool's evening. Klany games were played, and everyone had a good time. 'llhe rooms wer.e decorated with green and yellow, the colors of the Sophomore Class. Whenever the Sophomores are request- ed to do a thine, it is done with a will and enthusiasm, and when they under- take anything of their own accord, every- one works toeether and it is put over with a bang. 'llhe Sophs can freely put out their chests and say: Glory, glory to the SO1lllUlll0l'.CS, Glory, glory to the Sophomores, Glory, glory to the Sophomores, The best class of them alll We take great pleasure now in wel- coming the incoming class, and in wishing them great success. May they, with their larger numbers, carry honors galore into their junior year.