Benicia High School - Panther Yearbook (Benicia, CA)

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. p The PanTher shook The hand of each of These graduaTes on June 4. I947 and offered his good wishes as They wenT ouT inTo The world. And now. Ten years lafer, in I957, leT's see whaf has become of Them. Floyd ArneTT is now presidenT of The American Air Lines. Bobbie Ashburn is coaching The All-American women's fooTball Team. Ronnie Azevedo is drum major for The SalvaTion Army Band. PaT Barlow is The lady in The balcony on The Dr. LQ. program. James Bafes is now a used car dealer: he buys up all The old De Vaux cars so ThaT he can geT parTs for his old De Vaux. Lenora BerTelloTTi is now a privafe secrefary To R. S. Richmond of W.A.A. Tom Bowles is drawing airplanes for M-G-M. Pauline Brookhouser is married, has four children, and heads The Benicia Washeferia. CharloTTe Brosch has Taken over The TaTTIe Tale and models her own designs. Joe Cardenas is now piTching for The Seals and is Trying To beaT Jack Lund's Oakland Oaks. Velberfa Cook's ship came in-she is happily married To her sailor. Lornell Crandell is skinning mules aT The re-opened Benicia Tannery. Mildred Dahncke and her husband are a dancing Team: They have won wide praise as jiTTerbuo e 'f4' Olive Danncke is playing Carmen in a soap opera. Loree Davis is now a dieTiTian, helping To plan The menus aT ST. Francis HospiTal in San Francisco. MaTTa Lou Feemsfer, afTer a Two years' guaranTeed course in shorThand, is now a sfenographer for American Can Company. Richard FenTon is The manager for Coach who is now assisTanT coach aT STanford. Clay Fugafe, well-known concerT pianisT, has jusT made a symphonic arrangemenT of Mairzy DoaTs which he will inTroduce aT Carnegie Hall. Darry Galbrefh is in The used car business, buying up all model T's and selling Them To BHS sTudenTs for 535. DoroThy Gando, who was graduafed from Cal, is now The ass'sTanT To The crediT manager aT Maxwell's in Oakland. Jim Griffin and his wife have a chain of dress shops in Vallejo, Berkeley, Oakland and Benicia, Louis Glosup-you can read Glosup's Gossip column in Screen STar Magazine. Bill Harlan is Teaching his liTTle children To be good Drivers. Paf Harrison is wresTling aT The Oakland audiTorium. Leon Hurfado is a Tobacco aucfioneer in Hawaii. Bill Jansen now has his own orchesfra which is currenTly heard over The radio neTworksY Swing and Sway wiTh B.J. Bob Jeha is now presidenf of The STaTe TheaTer chain. Bill Jerome is now selling Aeronica Chief aT Benicia Sky Harbor. Charloffe Lambro is posing for peroxide adverTisemenTs. Jack Lund is managing The Oaks and Trying his besT To beaT The Seals. Anne Mahan is a law parTner in her faTher's office. Jack Mclieown, an engineer for Yuba Manufacfuring Co., is Trying To Teach Donna how To play golf. lvolue McKinnon is now working as a demonsTraTor for AunT Jemima's pancakes in San Francisco. WilleTTa MiTchell and Bill have now seTTled down in Beverley Hills. George Nance TesTs The r'naTTresses for The BeauTy ResT MaTTress Company. Louise Oakley, now Mrs. Donald DeBenedeTTi, is Taking care of liTTle Don, liTTle Sieve, and liTTle Lyman, her Triplets. Lafern Oakley. who has spenf five years aT Cal Training To become a Teacher, is now concenTraTIng her efforfs on Teaching The DeBenedeTTi1children. BeTTy PadgeT Transcribes shorfhand in a Greek TexT book company. Ramona PeTers and Ronald are now in Alaska-fishing?? Carolyn Proufy is in Paris as a chemisT for Chanel Perfume Company. Winona Ramsey is an exTra aT The Republic STudios. VioleT Silveria is head ushereTTe aT The VicTory TheaTer. Marjorie Sfoner is The privaTe secreTary To The Board of Trusfees of The Benicia Unified School DisTricT. Phyllis Thompson is superinTendenT of The Benicia Public Library. Bud Willis is The cymbal player in The San Francisco Symphony Orchesfra. David Young is now an absenT'rninded professor aT Vallejo J.C. Legend: This piece of liTeraTure does noT necessarily sTaTe The Trufh and is in no offense To members of The Senior Class. . :fa

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' in We, lhe Senior Class ol I947, being ol' sound body and mind, do here and now sel lorlh lhis lasl will and leslamenl. I, Floyd Arnell, do bequealh my abilily lo cenler lhe ball lo lhe wrong lellow lo Pele Young, and hope he may prolil by il. I, June Benson, do bequealh my ice skales lo my sisler Dolly. I, Bobbie Ashburn, do bequealh my shorlness lo Chrisline Meisler. I, Ronnie Azevedo, do bequealh my lwirling abilily lo Pele Young. May he prosper by il. I, Pal Barlow, do bequealh my glasses lo Carmela Cramer. I, Jimmy Bales, do bequealh my brillianl hislory answers lo Ken McConIogue. I, Lenore Berlellolli, do bequealh my knowledge ol shorlhand lo Chrisline Meisler. I, Tom Bowles, do bequealh my abilily lo go wilh oul-ol-lown girls lo Ray Painler. I, Charlolle Brosch, do bequealh my admirers lo Julia Hurlado. I, Pauline Brookhouser, do bequealh my abilily lo open lockers easily lo anyone who will benelil from il. l,Joe Cardenas, do bequealh my arl ol pilching lo Bill Couey. I, Velberla Cook, do bequealh my diclionary lo Billy Lou Moore. I, Lornell Crandell, do bequealh my abilily ol gelling old cars and iunk heaps lo Salvador Sanchez, who is as car crazy as I. I, Mildred Dahncke, do bequealh my dancing abilily lo Belly Ann Passalacqua. I, Olive Dahncke, do bequealh my abilily lo say I am ol age lo someone who probably wishes he were-Eugene Carmichael. I, Loree Davis, do bequealh my complexion lo anyone who nee-ds il. I, Malla Lou Feemsler, do bequealh my acling abilily lo my sisler Eloise. I, Richard Fenlon, leave my seal in lhe Spanish room, which l've held lor lour years, lo Bob Seward, who, il seems, will need il as long. I, Clay Fugale, do bequealh my solo posilion in lhe clerinel seclion lo Anne McKeown. l, Darry Galbrelh, do bequealh my game arm lo Gary Dunn: il proves a helplul excuse somelimes. I, Dol Gando. do bequealh my abilily lo go wilh college men lo Carol Helzel, who goes wilh lower classmen. . I, Louise Glosup, do bequealh my long hair lo Kay Carson, who can use il. I, Jimmy Grillin, do bequealh my abiIi+y in aulo mechanics lo Douglas Johnslon. I, Bill I-Iarlan, do bequealh my lhree-lendered car lo Bob Seward, who will have one ol his own if he isn'l carelul. l, Pal I-larrison, do bequealh my energy lo Beverlee Alves, who can make use ol il. I, Leon Hurlado, do bequealh my masse shol in pockel billiards lo Jimmy Whalen, who needs il. I, Bill Jansen, do bequealh my sax abilily lo Jim Wesson. I, Bob Jeha, do bequealh my big leel lo Pele Young, who needs plenly lo sland on. I, Bill Jerome, de bequealh my abilily lo lly lo lhe coach, who will need il soon. I.CharIolle Lambro, do bequealh my dillerenl shades ol' hair lo Barbara DeBrake, who seems lo be doing all righl wilh her hair. I,Jack Lund, do bequealh my middle name lo Mickey O'Connor. I, Anne Mahan, do bequealh my shorlness lo Fronee Graham, who is swell iusl lhe way she is. I, Jack Mclfeown, do bequealh my D leam lo Ray Painler, who would gel in anyway. I, lvolue McKinnon, do bequealh my arl abilily lo Jimmy Precour. I, Raymond Mills, do bequealh my laxi service lo Bill Rul. I, Willella Milchell, do bequealh my l-I2 02 'formula lo Barbara DeBrake. I, George Nance, do bequealh my knowledge ol working on hol rods lo Dick Uhl. I, Lalern Oakley, do bequealh my lwin lo Donald Delienedelli, who will probably gel her anyway. I, Louise Oakley, do bequealh my Donnie lo NO ONE. I, Belly Padgel, do bequealh my sewing abilily lo anyone who needs il. I. Ramona Pelers, do bequealh my abilily lo gel a man and keep him lo my sisler, Georgina. May she prolil by il. I, Carolyn Prouly, do bequealh a nail lo Mr. McCall so lhal he can hang up lhe mirror in lhe band room. I', Winona Ramsey, do bequealh my alhlelic abilily lo Beverlee Alves, who needs il. I, Violel Silveria, do bequealh my sewing abilily lo June Edwards. I, Mariorie Sloner, do bequealh my A's in Spanish lo Earl Book. I, Phyllis Thompson, do bequealh my abilily lo keep quiel lo Lorraine. I, Bud Willis, do bequealh my abilily lo make E's in U.S. hislory lo George Lambro: feel proud, George, il isn'l everyone lhal does il. I, David Young, lHool Monlll leave nolhing. To lhe juniors, we bequealh our envied places in lhe balcony. ' To lhe sophomores, we bequealh our brighl and sunny disposilions. To lhe freshmen, we bequealh our dignified manner in lhe hall. And lo lhe lacully, we bequealh our apprecialion and besl wishes.

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EUGENE CARMICHAEL MARY LOU FRANKLIN JULIA HURTADO Presidenl Vice-president Secrefary-Treasurer ' c JUNIOR GIRLS FIRST ROW, leff ro righl: Miss Rosselto, Norma Culhberfson, Beffie Chamberlain, Sally Springer, Hope Paedon, Julia Hurlado, Beverly Benneff, Edna Benfo, Anne McKeown, Dewina Cullum, Cora Feiro, Yvonne Kilby. SECOND ROW: Doris Eddy, Pa? Lansford, Lorraine Reed, Anna Garland, Lora Lee Sanz, Mariorie Rhorer, Janice Herrlin, Pal Griffilh, Mary Lou Franklin, Lois Slewarl, Imogene Price. THIRD ROW: Myra Silva, Belh Moore, Gayle Driver, LaVonne Bandy, Elvira Andrade, Berry Brookman, Joan Murray, Chrisline Meisfer, Susanne Reeves, Carolyn Graham, Phyllis Mollenkopf, Carol Helzel, Barbara Douglass.