Carlmont High School - Yearbook (Belmont, CA)

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The legacy of ' 68 The day has finally arrived when we seniors can rightfully call this year, 1968, our own. But let ' s recall tha t first frightening day back in 1964 when we entered as freshmen. As we stepped off the busses, Carlmont appeared to be a maze iffn ls cluttered with lockers, classro yihs. ancf uppe: classmen. Submerged in our ighorance fought our way to the glen andjbund aurselves lost in the excitement of our fir Hi-a5)sj ly. Our parents drove us to ou5n rst highYchool dance, the Sock Hop. As we danceain our sticking feet and meyfle Tfa K: we cameNo realizt the importance c being a higiaschooler. We imniedi- ately plannecr he organizahtm of ourVlass. d Gulyas, T im PenK» £ . and Kathy en be«mie nir leaders. XVe bravely ptjpsored a sihicessfuNFro Fun-nitew which in turn Traded us toWard more succes Ril years. As cr»ph ii w »« ' - t ' itomppH into if we «5wned the place. WesTTIfted-cmLegos laughed at the new clan of freshmen shy ling in ' ' ?tftfr nil urn wtit UAU i ' iLUL schoolers. Bein sophomores with twige- ' fie res ties moant more work iicfet Cheri C«fsity bara Pev FBd«tr ' ' Simpson on tliQ ieader to help meet jifese responsibiUji . It was a si rited year, and e reall) ouredfit on by holding car wash ; dances, a a milkfshakci sales, whicnftcip eep the cool on hoi sprin days. Our Soph ore Fuq nte, Shipwreck helped swell our treasury Finally, 1966 made--efs ji iiors and ve happily marched into Carlmont as ilpperclas en. Cynioal, and over-worked, we cdnfideniiy jbelieved Ave could make the junior class nTebest Iver witjjf Jim Penrose, Nonie Muir, and Lauri Simpsoiyas oi leaders. We began our surge to greatneSloy sport soring an all-school Fun-nite, the Spaghetti Stomp, which included a dinner of you know what. The proceeds from the fall play . B. pushed us ahead even more financially. Then, on April 1, we attended the greatest junior prom ever held — Sakura, Sakura, where Sandi Paden was crowned princess. Our spirit rew as we became the first class to hold a post- bkskejoall game danc e in the cafeteria. We won th| inegaphojie ai t}i«t spring sports rally and it beiame the stnrool of uur spirit from then on. Then the lalendar tnrned to 1967, the year of Infidenceylaziness, Aj.t ' sup iori ty : we were fniors. We branded se or lawn as roperty of ' 68 and lared amy othejr class to se Jl ' ' ' ' ' ' ' We chose Tim S llivan andy Kin2|«nd Patty Wpng to lead [the way toward our fip successful yejn . Carrying on Iradit n we tj) €w a WelcomeBreshman Sock ' p to reeyke newcomers jitf TiU V ' l ' l L d ver the |ier clasps with njid€ our class wai nick- named mos|;spifTted for homecoming w k. Our football team triumphed at th e hom ecoTning game, and nagjiit was ' SUipi ' lSed lo seelorsteal the mega- phonfapggin this time at the homecomingkrally. Our fill pla37 TfTTg »«sl n i ua provided ' many laughs w irtv4is variety of cornedy and romance. Then, on April D £yentured to the CJabana hotel here weSattendedostsenior ball, |pnetian SalenCTor. ' [he ar was W cked full of rprises: a soap box ierby n ugly m!»n contest, posKgame dances, sluslflBS, pinl bellying f hmen, pizA sales, play- ing bVck-buc on seniorw «,.4Ujrfting on skits , for rallies, and sflariewhere sandwiched in between was an aducationxThe pace [brought iemester fimaT «.«gni )eque, pl ic, breakfast, and finally graduation ind gradlnim. whypi brought us to the end of our iXgh school days. ear 1968 has finally arrived all right, mean- ing we ' re no longer under the guidance of deans, counselors, and teachers. Our diplomas proved it; we were now under the guidance of ourselves. lowed down as June week including bar- H appiness is graduating. 14