Benicia High School - Panther Yearbook (Benicia, CA)

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JACK MCKEOWN MILDRED DAHNCKE PAT GRIFFITH BOB JEHA President Vice-president Secrefary-treasurer Manager founal The sTudenT council is a represenTaTive body Tor The sTudenTs, made up oT The sTudenT body oTTicers and a boy and girl represenTaTive Trom each class. This group, meeTing wiTh The principal, Mr. Laurence l-lamann, discusses school problems, makes sTudenT body purchases, arranges acTiviTies, and seTs The school calendar. The TirsT acT oT The council was The decision Tor The colors oT The senior sweaTer. The issue was debared over blue and gold or green and whiTe. ATTer heaTed discussion, blue and gold was accepTed and will remain The oTTicial colors unTil The class oT '52 graduaTes. The revenue Trom TooTball games and The sale oT colces and programs gave a sub- sTanTial increase To The school Treasury. The sTudenT council used This money Tor The purchase oT warm-up garmenTs Tor The baslceTball and baseball Teams. The council arranged Tor The appearance OT Tour guesT arTisTs Tor assemblies Through- ouT The year. This proTessional enTerTainmenT was Thoroughly enjoyed by The sTudenTs. The council members have worked hard in Their aTTempT To please The sTudenT body, whom They represent and Their eTTorTs have been rewarded in a successful school year. COUNCIL MEMBERS FIRST ROW, IefT To righT: Garland Benion, Jo Ann Miller, BefTie Chamberlain, Lorraine Thompson, Phyllis Thompson, Kay Carson, Pal' Griffifh, Lloyd Chorley, LaJuana Knighf, BeTTy Jane Padqef. SECOND ROW: Mr. Hamann, David Young, Bob Jeha, Carolyn Graham, Mariorie Sloner, Mildred Dahncke, James Pierce, Morgan Sanborn, Gary Dunn, Jack McKeown. Nof pidured: Ray PainTer, vice-presidenT second semesfer.

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BOB JEHA LEON HURTADO CHARLOTTE BROSCH Presidenf Vice-president Secrefary-Treasurer ' JL Klan, Wav OFFICERS GIRLS' COUNCIL MEMBER IFaIlI, ,,,, A,A,,,,,,,, ,,,, ,,,,,, , , B ETTY PADGET BOYS' COUNCIL MEMBER lFaIIl ..,,,,,, ,,,.,,,AA,, ,,,,, D AVID YOUNG GIRLS' COUNCIL MEMBER lSpringl ,,,...,,, PI-IYLLIS THOMPSON BOYS' COUNCIL MEMBER lSpringls,, ,,,, , DAVID YOUNG CLASS ADVISER IC-3irlsl,. Y,,,,, ,, MRS. RUTI-I Cl-IORLEY CLASS ADVISER lBoysl ,,,,.,,, , .. , MISS JEAN LONKEY The Senior Class of I947 reTurned To sTudies on SepTember IO, I946 wiTh TorTy-seven sTudenTs deTermined To make Their lasT year aT Benicia a prosperous one. This year a planning commiTTee was organized To acT Tor The class in handling pre- paraTory deTails Tor The various senior acTiviTies beTore presenTing Them To The class Tor Tinal decision. On This commiTTee were Lafern and Louise Oakley, Jack Lund, Bill Jansen, Anne Mahan, Bob Jeha and Clay FugaTe. Their TirsT work was obTaining inTormaTion on senior sweaTers. The class Tinally selecTed a blue sweaTer wiTh a gold block B emblem on which were embossed The blue numbers '47, The commiTTee also made The selecTion of senior announcemenfs and handled The wriTing oT The class will and prophecy. , ' The seniors collecTecl and disTribuTed iosh presenTs aT The annual ChrisTmas assembly on December 20. In February, The seniors selecTed Sing Tor Your Supper as Their senior play, which was presenTed on April I8 wiTh a casT oT senior sTudenTs direcTed by Miss Alice Crooks. The varsiTy Teams were made up largely of senior boys, wiTh ArneTT, GaIbreTh, I-lurTado, Jansen, Jeha, Jerome, Lund, MaTThews, and Shields playing TooTball, and Jeha, McKeown and Young on The TirsT sTring in baskefball. The senior girls compeTed in all inTerclass compeTiTions and came ouT on Top in A and B volleyball. Socially, The seniors had a wonderful Time aT Their annual picnic and swimming parTy, and They had one eleganT Tormal banqueT and ball on May 9. As graduaTion approached, The seniors were busy disTribuTing, personal cards and phoTographs and having Memory Books signed by school Triends. They selecTed an American Tlag Tor The audiTorium and a scoreboard Tor The Tield To presenT To The school as Their giTT. And on Wednesday, June 4, The seniors oT '47 received Their diplomas aT impressive ouTdoor ceremonies. e If