Carlmont High School - Yearbook (Belmont, CA)

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dedication we, the class of 1971, formed in September 1967 to become the largest class at Carlmont with 580 students. as freshmen we attended our first hi-day rally with a cheer of we are great, we have fun, we ' re the class of ' 71. paul contos, heidi aspoy, and cathy trimble led our class through a freshmen fun nite, sales days, and bury the dons at homecoming. we said good-bye to one of our original advisors mrs. betty lou hoblar who went to live in hawaii. at the end of our freshman year we participated in the ugly man contest, and went to the first senior car- nival. the following September our class returned as sopho- mores and feeling quite a bit more sure of ourselves, we felt superior to the new freshmen. that year mike gilmore, tony king, and joan penrose guided us as a class. we recall spending hours poking paper mache into our pickle for our homecoming theme pickle the dons and held pizza sales to help build up our treasury. for the Christmas dance we decorated a charlie brown tree and lost. we held a post game dance and had a sophomore fun nite remembering the tacos all over until we vowed never to look at another. we entered a car in the soap box derby and had a booth at the senior carnival. in the fall of 1969 we returned once again to carlmont — this time as juniors and upperclassmen. we started the school year off on flexible scheduling and a new dress code. mike gilmore, lisa gruman, and amy bonnemaison became our new officers. we held a junior fun nite and of course there were tacos for dinner. as we prepared for junior prom we made money from concessions at football games, sales days and post game dances. at homecoming our theme bug the dons made us the most spirited class at carlmont and we went home with the spirit trophy. in spring on april 11 we held our prom scherazade in the school gym. jean cain reigned as princess at the dance. time went on and finally we were seniors and the leaders of our school. don huber, george wightman, and vicky grundmeier headed our class. we went to our last hi-day rally and once again walked off as the most spirited class, we introduced our exchange student ana chaux. that night we welcomed the new freshmen with the traditional sock hop. once again as we prepared for our senior ball we held candid apple and donut sales, a car rally and sold con- cessions at the homecoming game, our theme became seeifrog the dons and ursula christmann reigned as the 1970-71 homecoming queen. we held our senior ball at the sir francis drake hotel in san francisco on april 24. but then the school year came to an end. finals were over and the senior breakfast, picnic and other activi- ties came. our class spent the last week of high school toer before graduation and grad nite. after june 10, 1971 we no longer were a class of students but citizens of the world. 17

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class of 1971

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senior officers row one: Helen sears, linda stovall, joann lee, sue scott. row two: anita tager, joelle Huntington, viva morris, fran vella, carin scHwartz. row three: mary rench, peggy perry, janell saber, jean cain, paula litzius, Jennie lew. row four: cathy trimble, alonza chase, vicky grundmeier, connie wade, lorri tognoli. 18