Del Campo High School - Decamhian Yearbook (Fair Oaks, CA)

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lrene Swope. one of Del Campos Physical Education teachers for girls, had an opportunity at one time to try her hand at show-biz. The year, 1954. The setting, Nogales, Arizona, the location for the filming of the movie Oklahoma. She was an extra who danced throughout the movie. Many of her scenes, however, were cut from the final version. Mrs. Swope's unusual experience was no free-for-all. She was up at two-thirty every morning, and often times did not return to her dorm at the University of Arizona until eleven in the evening. The costumes were heavy. The weather was murderous, 117 degrees on the average everyday. The pay was S15 per day. lrene Swope soon found out that Hollywood was not all that glorious. Art teachers are artists too! Betty Vogel designed and constructed a stain glass window for the Arthur Turner West Sacramento Library this year. lt was an exciting and challenging project for Mrs. Vogel. She gives her students as much freedom in the classroom as possible for creativity, without neglecting structure. For her it had proven to be the best policy. Marilyn Herman, a Foods teacher in the Home Economic Department, and her husband used gold and silver in the making of jewelry, as a hobby. The process, similiar to casting, involved making a duplicate of the piece of the jewelry out of wax, setting it in an investment, and burning out the wax in an oven as hot as 1500 degrees, After the wax burned out, they would add molten metal, and obtain the finished product. Her other pasttime, being a rockhound, supplemented her jewelry-making hobby. If Mrs. Herman had a million dollars, she would use it to buy all the apparatus she wanted. If Lois Franchimone, reading teacher, had a million dollars, she would like to buy a ranch. Her wish stems from the fact that she was raised on a cattle ranch in Lincoln, California. Mrs. Franchimone's childhood was different. There were no children to play with. Consequently, she did a lot of reading. Their house had no electricity or running water. When bath time came around she would have to fetch the water and heat it up on the stove, Early every morning she would get on her horse and check the .sig fir S' ees BM K ..f:': A , i gf. ' Vi? . 2 .., il iii ri ef A-an-H Cattle Spread out over the 8000 acre pasture. lt was a life that Lois Franchimone missed very much. Ron Smith began his second year as a psychology teacher in the fall of 1975. In addition to teaching full-time, Mr. Smith was finishing his Master of Science at Sacramento State University, After a few more years of teaching and studying he would like to start a private practice as a Clinical Psychologist in a small town. As a member of DC's original faculty. Barney Jones had taught Spanish to students for 13 years. An obvious change in the last seven to eight years he saw and experienced was theimode of dress. Under the unwritten dress code we had to wear a coat and tie everyday. The women couldn't wear any pants or shorts, dresses only . . , I love it. Originally a downhill snow skier, he switched to cross country because, You can get into nature. away from people. Its a really neat experience. Mr, Jones also enjoyed hiking, camping, canoeing, snow shoeing, and traveling. The summer of 1975 he spent three weeks hiking alone in the German, Austrian, and Swiss Alps. He stayed in hotels in small towns, or in mountain huts. He hoped to take a group of students to Mexico for the summer of 1976. Eve Thompson and Maureen Pedersen patiently await the end of a rally. lil Eleanor Brown conducts business as usual from her gaily adorned office. l2l Laura Bell, Eugene Robles, and Sylvia Huffman get a bird's eye view of a basketball game from atop a table. l3l. People react to rallies in different ways, as seen on the faces of lrene Swope, Betty Vogel, and Marilyn Herman. l4l Lois Franchimone holds up a birthday cake given to her by her students during a surprise birthday party. l5l To the delight of his team, Ron Smith gets into the action. l6l. At the Spanish party, Barney Jones converses with students from Mesa Verda. l7l

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Eve Thompson was a Girl's P.E. instructor at Del Campo since 1963. Mrs. Thompson saw the changes in students over the years. She believed they transformed from a body of non-questioning students to a rebellious student body of nonconformists in the late 1960's. During the 1970's there was a leveling-off. The students would question regulations and procedures with respect, and had become conformists again. Growing up on a ranch was exciting for Maureen Pederson. They had an old runway on their property, where her father taught her to fly. From her flying experience, Mrs. Pederson dreamed of owning a plane. Following in her father's footsteps, she had been raising cattle on her own ranch for five years. She also hoped one day to have the best show herd of cattle. Skiing and reading were high on her list of special hobbies. however, hunting deer, ducks, and pheasant was one of her favorites. Mrs. Pederson taught Girl's P.E. to all grade levels, as well as one adoptive P.E. class, which was for students who were recovering from operations as serious as open heart surgery, to simple broken bones. After her first year as a vice principal, Eleanor Brown described the spirit at DC as fantastic. Del Campo has its own character, it's very optimistic. l would never have thought that three thousand people would go to one basketball game! Everyone has pride and genuine interest in their school. A mother of three boys, Mrs. Brown said she spent much of her time off doing out doorsy, sportsy things. As a family, they snow skied, hiked, and camped. 42 On her own she indulged in reading and music. l listen to all types of music from classical to rock. It all depends upon my mood. If she had a million dollars, Mrs. Brown would share some of it with her friends and charities, and use the rest to travel. l'd like to explore the East coast. lt has a character very different from that of the West coast. After that . . . l'd head to Europe. Not only was she a teacher of typing, shorthand, and world history, but Laura Bell was a world-wide traveler. She had seen Europe, lived in the Far East, and traveled throughout the U.S. excluding Alaska and North Dakota. Snow skiing, tennis, and bowling headed Mrs. Bell's hobby list, with sewing and flower arranging close behind. Eugene Robles was a science teacher for ten years, however, this past year he switched to administrative work. l felt a need for a change. l enjoy teaching, but felt there were other challenges l wanted to get into. Del Campo had grown and expanded since his first year. The school has taken on more flexibility and positive changes. There is a lot more responsibility on the students now than 'ever before. We have pretty much taken care of our needs and wants. An outdoorsman, Mr. Robles camped. backpacked, and snow skied with his family. Two of his goals were to be an effective administrator, and to get into fish farming. He wanted to raise catfish to sell commercially and to the Parks and Recreation District. Sylvia Huffman began her second year as a math teacher at Del Campo in the fall of 1975. Along with teaching, Mrs. Huffman was working diligently at the University of San Francisco, where she hoped to get her Master of Education by June of 1976.

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lf he had his druthers, Mike Geraghty Spanish teacher, wanted to make his classes smaller, and give more individual attention to his students. An avid golfer, he found relaxation in playing the game two to three times a month during school, and more often in the summer. In the summer of 1974, he took a group of students to Mexico for a month. Scottish born Robert Currie filled the role of French teacher at DC. He lived in Scotland for 24 yrs. before coming to the U.S. l like Del Campo, he stated, but l have mixed feelings. I would also like to know students from all over the district. Mr. Currie spoke of some changes in the school like the Relaxed Effort of students and teachers, everyone seems to have an open outlook: they are more honest to each other. A rancher in Lincoln, Mr. Currie raised cattle, and kept a quarter horse. Madeline Thomas commenced working as D.C.'s bookkeeper six months prior to the school's opening, in September of 1963.Her success with the students was simple, l like teen-agers. l get along with them because I treat them like people. One DC faculty member who was dedicated, but rarely seen, was Ethel Noguchi. The DC school nurse for ten years. she felt the students had matured since her first year, and the spirit was higher than before. In her time off Mrs. Noguchi enjoyed 244 snow skiing with her family. lf Lois McMullen had a million dollars she'd enlarge the school library. Mrs. McMullen had been taking courses in journalism, and would like to travel around the world after she retired and write articles for travel magazines. Originally a legal secretary, Evelyn Williams became an English major and began her teaching career. She taught English, typing, and shorthand. During her stay at DC, she noted the changes in the Drama and newspaper departments as the most prominent. The Drama department was very, very small when I first came, and it wasn't doing anything like it is now. The newspaper has also grown tremendously. They're both fine departments. lf Dee Gobbatto, typing, shorthand. and business math teacher had unlimited resources, she wanted to obtain up-to-date textbooks, machines, and take her students on field trips. l'd like to take my students to the Capitol, department stores, and hospitals so they could get a first hand look at the jobs they are training for. Mrs. Gobbatto served as the advisor for the trackettes. A woman with many goals, Lynda Gantenbein taught Business for eight years. She would have liked smaller classes in which all material was job related. She wanted to start a class in which all students would be placed in office jobs that were