Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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Page 30 The Petrolia June 1937 Juniors Score New Heights In Efforts The Junior Class rose to new heights this year in sports, typ- ing, dramatic, oratory, operatic, and social activities. Both the boys and girls proved themselves champions of Inter- class Basketball. The typing students won the Interclass title to add to the achievements of the Juniors. In dramatics three or four mem- bers always headed the list for each play. They were represented in the Cantata, Follies and the Mikado with three, two, and four class- mates, respectively. In social doings the juniors ac- complished more than any o ' her class. They originated the idea of having regular noon dances in order to teach many eager pupils. A Karmel popcorn sale w a s held. And a swimming party was enjoyed. But the main event of the year was the Class Dinner Parly. The year was complete when the colorful farewell re- ception to the seniors was given. This completed the end of a successful year by a cooperative and progressive class. LOST AND FOUND 1936 Lost a good Sophomore Class. Junior Class Holds Grand Opening Junior Class members distin- I guished themselves on March 19 | when they held the grand opening I of the night club. El Emparra- do De Uvas, at the Social Hall. Students who had obtained res- ervations for the dinner dance, wended their way up the winding stairs, which were decorated as a grape arbor. After they had been met at a swinging ga e by the host, Neil Obert. and the host- ess, La Verne Spear, and bad pass- ed the hat-check girl, Mary Lou Abshier, the guests entered the hall decorated in keeping with the name El Emparrado De Uvas or the Grape Arbor. Willie , the head waiter, 1 e d them to one of the dimly candle- lighted tables placed in -a half circle around the dance floor. Mcst of the guests danced be- tween courses, and all were enter tained throughout the dinner by Ben Boreham ' s orchestra and sev- eral musical and dance numbers, introduced by Boh Becker, mas- ter of ceremonies. Little six-year old Shirley Shea tapped her way into the hearts of the guests when she danced to the tune of The Bowery. Jessie Hunter, a new member of the junior class, supplied a bit of novelty enter- tainment by an acrobatic dance. Dorothy Rector and Marie Lea- hy, two prominent soloists, each rendered two vocal selections. Juanita Guthrie a n d Ruthene Tune lent a touch of Mexican at- mosphere to the program when they danced the Jarahe Tapa- tio. the national Mexican dance. Jackie Boreham and Lucy Lay, dance partners, and Merilyn Johnston completed the program with tap dances. Latin Classes Revive Rome In Celebration 1937— Found a better Junior Class. Rome in all her glory was re- born four days after the Ides of November at the high school w h e n approximately sixty-five costumed students of past and present Latin classes were rais- ed from their Roma n graves ' where they had lain for 2,000 years, and partook in the events of a Roman Holiday. Master of ceremonies John Mc Collum, and Mary Alley, his noin- enclator. summoned the guests from the arena, where they had gathered, to the Roman banquet hall where their tombstone place- cards awaited them, and slave- waiters under the direction of Agnes Falenzer stood at atten- tion. During the course of the ban- quet, a program of speeches, so- los, and orations took place, aft- er which the guests retired to the arena for the gand march, games, songs, chariot races, and gladiator fights over which the Vestal Virgins presided. The outstanding costumes of the evening were worn by; Phyl- lis Kelly, a Roman maiden; Bob Scow and Willard Coutts, bar- barians; Farrell Stewart, a war- rior: Norma Hoag, the goddess Diana of the Chase; John Calla- han, a typical Roman senator; Jean Anderson. Grace Ann Gold- baum. and Marcia Arlett as the contestants for the golden apple granted by Paris. When the dinner was finished, most of the tables were removed and the rest of the evening was spent in dancing and card play- ing.

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June 1937 The Petrolia Page 29 SWIMMERS IN THE SEA .lusi as the tides drift in and out, the students drift through the school year. Many arc drag- ged out l y the under-current while others rest peacefully on the sand. For we are all. like swimmers in the sea. Poised on the top of a huge wave of fale Which hangs uncertain to which side to fall. And whether it will heave u.s up to land. Or whether it will roll lis out to sea. Hack OUl to sea. to the deep waves id ' death, We know not. and no search will make us know; Only tin- event will teach us in its hour. ' This picture caught George La- cey, the swimmer, off guard. Mary Koda and Loree Vergon remain where there is little danger, and Howard Loesby is content to watch the tide from the distance. LIFE ' S VARIETY Participation of the Sopho- mores in the school social life of the past year may well be com- pared to t!-e three classes of ac- tivity in a plunge. .Margaret McBee, Louise Hun- ter, Frank Mechalis, Ann Alley, Jerry Taylor and M a r i e Sparf Were the live wiles wllO SWaill around in social life, playing a prominent part. Robert Mcintosh and a u n e s Hensley represented the scholars who sat on the edge of the plunge all year waiting for a shove of encouragement. They were too bashful to swim. Some of the more retiring stu- dents; namely. James Bruce. Mar- garet Good, Virginia Mabon, and Margate! Prenatt were content to remain in the background to bask in the brilliance of their com- rades. Doris Jones, who missed many of the events, finally gain- ed enough self-confidence to dive into the social whirl.

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June 1937 The Petrolia Page 31 Junior High Student Body mi o %Oi Left: Standing; Odell, O ' Neill. Honsal. Sitting: Kidder. Hum. Johnston. Right: Standing; Rushen. adviser. J. Anderson. Burton, Davis. Smith. Boyles, Zahn. district nurse. Sitting; Parr. Violette, McKinney. Mart:n. McClendon. B. Anderson. Mitt- n;»cht, Seamon, Clem. Junior Hi Has Active Routine The Junior High Student Body has had a regular business meet- ing on the third Tuesday of each month throughout the year. Fol- lowing each meeting was a pro- gram consisting of musical num- bers, readings, and short skits or plays. Numerous noon dances have been held in the Social Hall for the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades respectively. There were, as a rule, two dances per week, and an attempt was made to help those who wanted to learn to dance. On St. Valentine ' s Day parties were held for each of the class- es. The seventh grade had a par- ty and served refreshments. Student Body Officers were: Ar- loa Kidder, president; Anastnsia May. vice-president : succeeded by Corney O ' Neill; Bill Honsal, sec- retary: and Marie Hunt, treasur- er. Junior High Adopts New Poll System Coalinga Junior High School adopted a new system of elect- ing student body officer ' s this last year. Officers were elec ' ed at the end of the current year instead of at the opening of the en- suing fall term was the pre- vious practice. For several weeks before the election, students conduct- ed campaigns for the nomi- nees, candidates campaigned for themselves, and others ap- poin ' ed campaign managers. As a result of this new sys- tem, students learned the qual- ities of the candidates and were therefore influenced to- ward intelligent voting. Jr, Red Cross At Convention Tlrs year ' s junior hign school graduating cla was the large: I In ill.- history of the school li consisted of 127 graduates. Representatives of the Coalin- ga Junior Red Cross and their sponsors attended the annual con- vention of the Junior Red Cross at Tulare on May 1. Each sponsor spoke upon one of the following topics: planning of programs, and the organizing of councils. Students conducted open forum discussions pertaining to work in their own chapters for the past year. Those attending the convention from Coalinga were: Marie Rush- en, sponsor: Marie Arlett, presi- dent: Roberta Dunsmuir. Eunice Dewhirst. Bill D o d d, Merilyn Walker, Margie Bartels. Jim Do Witt, Be ty Felt. Bruce Ander- son. Walter Killion, Dale Hery- ford. ( ' .race King, Ruth Whitener, Paula Pilgrim. Dick Garrett, Bet- ty Byles, Charles Damron, and Dwayne Mahaffey. See page 36.