Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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Page 46 The Petrolia June 1937 Standing; DuHd, Falenzer. I.eMunyon, adviser. Cook, Ruiz, Ellestad, Spear, Bnreham. Sitting; S. Berman, Cheney, McCollum. Hay. Ayers, Snyder, Gregory, Whitener. Petrolia Announces Members Of The 1937 Yearbook Staff Members of the Petrolia Staff for the Year 1936-37 Bill Ayers Editor-in-Chief Erundina Ruiz Managing Editor; Crirls Sports Editor Cert rude Snyder Assistant Editor Selma Berman Senior High Business Manager Arvilla Cheney Publicity Manager Lawrence Teale Senior Reporter Berta Jo Cook Senior Reporter La Verne Spear... Junior Reporter Wayne Harrold Society Editor John McCollum Boys ' Sports Editor Margaret Gregory . Photographer Bill Dodd Junior High Business Manager Muriel Gonthier Junior High Reporter Yvonne Hay Art Editor Jeanne Johnston Art Assistant lien Boreham Art Assistant Betty Williamson Art Assistant Howard Loesby Art Assistant Agnes Falenzer Index Compiler Margaiet Ellestad - Index Compiler Jean Whitener Typist Evelyn Glenchur Typist Uutb LeMunyon Faculty Adviser Recognition In recognition of the services of people outside the staff who worked to make this annual a success, the Petrolia extends sin- cere appreciation to the follow- ing: Robert Ozias of The Bee En- graving; Lyle Rennick. Hartsook Slu- lios, and Haglund Photos, pho- ' ogra pliers; Fred French Paper Company; S i 1 v i u s and Schcenbackler. covers ; Henry Cornelius and Frank Jordan of the Coalinga Daily Rec- o-d ; Frank Heath, printing; Carmel Birdwell, ail ; T. A. Ellestad. —THE EDITOR.

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June 1937 The Petrolia Page 45 Drama Classes Enter Events Students of first and second year dramatics classes, under the direction of Miss Harriet Taylor, entered Into many new events this year. T li e y represented Coalinga High School at various town events and school activities hy performing in plays, monologues, pantomimes and skits. November 20tn Ghost Train was present- ed with the following cast: Bob Smith. Nellie Mabrey, Loree Ver- gon. George Lacey, Bob Farley, Yvonne Hay, Norman Smith. Jack Zwicky. Raymond Jewett, and Basil Loftis. The production of Mrs. Moon- light on February 5 marked the second main event of the dra- matics class. The cast included: Bill Ayers. Nellie Mabrey, Rita Brown. Dorothy Odell, Bob Cain, Bruce Barron, Ben Boreham. and Juanita Guthrie. The members who participat- ed were: Jeane Johnston, Dor- othy Odell. Alice Conn. George Lacey, Louise Hopkins, Dorothy Smith, Loree Vergon, Bob Cain. Bruce Barren, Ruth Kitner, Jua- nita Guthrie, Margaret Prenatt, Alberta Henderson, Rita Brown, Karldine Cavener, Winifred Mc- Dowell, Merle Douglas, Basil Loftis, Norman Smith. Agnes Hensley, Mary Alley. Dorothy Friel. Nellie Mabrey. Ben Bore- ham. Bonnie Fant. Betty Wood, Peggy Lahargoue, Raymond Jew- ett. Bob Farley. Bob Smith, Jack Zwicky. and Yvonne Hay. Wallace Culley, Kenneth Abell, Ralph Fairbanks, and Don Van Sandt made possible production of plays and musical perform ances by their splendid woik ab the Stage Crew. Top: Drama classes. Bottom: Standing; Harrold, Koda. Martin. Lacey. Gonthier, Rhoads, Dudney. Sitting: Callahan. Boughan.fAyers. Dean, adviser, Snyder, Gregory. Debate And Oratory Students Participate In Many Contests Coalinga Union High School students, under the instruction of Chester Dean, took active part in the Fresno County League de- bates, oration contests, and a tournament held for the purpose of developing younger students in the fields of debate, oratory, and extemporaneous speaking. Members of the league debate team were: Bill Ayers, Betty Boughan, and John Callahan, af- firmative; Margarett Gregory and Gertrude Snyder, negative. Jack Lacey presided as honorary chair- man. Muriel Gonthier and Gertrude Snyder were selected to repre- sent the high school at the ora- tion contest held at Fowler. Students who took part in the tournament conducted at Reedley for all-around forensic practices were the following: Debating, Mary Koda and Inez Dudney, negative: Kenneth Rhoads a n d Wayne Harrold. affirmative. June Martin entered the oratorical fea- ture: John Callahan, the extem- poraneous division.

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June 1937 The Petrolia Page 47 Snyder, Boreham. Cheney, Hay. Gregory, Spear, Pressey, S. Berman, Frasier, adv tier. Smith. Conn, Hou hun. Cain, McCollum, Dunsmuir. , Gnnthier, J. Berman, Ruiz, Johnson, White- Derrick Staff Beginning with the first edition of The Derrick on December 2nd, the editor worked with her en- tire staff as reporters for the first half dozen issues until, on February 3, after judging the ability of the members, she made the following appointments; City editor, June Herman; art editor, Yvonne Hay; exchange manager. Cert rude Snyder; desk editor, Selma Herman; social ed- itor. Arvilla Cheney; boys ' sports editor, John McCollum; girls ' sports editor. Helen Dunsmuir; reporters, Jean Whitener, Muri- el Gonthier, AJice Conn, Betty Boughan. Hen Boreham. Dale Johnson, Margaret Gregory, La- Verne Spear, Dorothy Smith, .ban Pressey and Nellie Mabrey. High School Paper, Derrick, Published Weekly By Students Due to the fact that the 1936-37 school year found Coal- inga High School with a shortage of teachers, journalism threatened to die out completely, until a group of students who were interested in seeing Coalinga High on the map of school activities formed a staff with Harold T. L. Frasier as their faculty adviser, and, through the courtesy of F. J. McCollum. A. James McCollum and H, M. Ma- son, publishers of the Coalinga Daily Record, issued the weekly edition of The Derrick on Wed- nesdays. The only two members of the staff who had bad previous ex- perience naturally assumed the positions of editor-in-chief (Erun- dina Ruiz i and city editor (June Berman i. Before publication could be at- tempted, the editor had to over- come the obstacle of educating the cub reporters; so, on Novem- ber IS, the first journalism meet- ing was officially opened by H. T. L. Frasier. and A. James McCol- lum. faculty adviser for the pre- vious year ' s Derrick Staff, gave a short introduction into the field of journalism, after which he turned over the remainder of the meeting to the group ' s leader for the purpose of teaching style and journalistic writing.