Delano High School - Del Ano Yearbook (Delano, CA)

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Our Delano High Sfuclenf Body 1 O i Slav, Korean, Jewish, Ifalian, Negro, Chinese, Mexican, Japanese, Russian, French, Greek, Swedish--all unifed af Delano l-ligh info IOO70 Americans. We are whaf we are - and whaf we are was revealed in a school-wide survey made fhis fall by fhe Del-Ano sfaff. We range in age from I3 fo 35, in weighf from 7O fo 247 pounds, in heighf from 4'7 fo 6'4 . Only 4470 of us were born in Cali- fornia. Mosf of our mofhers are housewives, and I370 are foreign born. Our dads, I870 foreign born, follow 83 frades and professions. Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas lead California as nafive sfafes of our parenfs. Cf fhe 5670 of us nof born in California, 5270 came fo fhe sfafe during or affer World War ll. Only 2770 of us graduafed from fhe same elemenfary school in which we sfarfed. Alfhough I370 of our mofhers have iobs ouf of fhe home, Mr. Dowling, shown below wifh his fwo sons, represenfs fhe fhe resf, like Mrs. Kyfe, below, keep busy as housewives. 6570 of our dads who make fheir living from fhe soil. I 2 T1

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ifrong, Sympafhefic, Capable eadership Adminisfralors deserve much of Jrhe credil' for developing Delano High School info a firsl-rale secondary school. This year a peak enrollmenl of l,O55 was reached in Oclober. Mr. Millard Gibson was appoinled This fall lo complele lhe Board of Truslees lerm of Mr. Ted Conrad, who moved from lhe dis+ric+. In March 'rhe Board approved a conlracl of 599,500 'For 'rhe conslruclion of a bus mainlenance building. The conslruclion ol The new building will clear The shop areas for addilional mechanics classroom space. Mr. Dan Della, Miss Dorolhy Morey, and Vice-principal Ray Frederick make up Delano High's counseling slaff. Al' lhe righf, Board of Truslee mem bers are Mr. Millard Gibson, Mr Mahlon Levis, Pres. Lloyd Hamlin Clerk Harold Marshall, Mr. Al Wold Mr. H. R. Olson serves us capably as chief adminislralor.

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Our lavorile food and drinlc? 'lhahs easy-fried chicken We come in various shapes, weighls, heighls, and sizes, and millc. Nelda and Gary lind il easy lo lake, loo. as illuslraled by lhe oddly assorled group shown above. Hours spenl in homework vary greally, bul mosl of us, like Duwaine below, sludy wilh a background of lavorile radio programs, Jack Benny, l-lil Parade, Bob Hope. Above, abou? 6022, of us ride school busses +0 school, spending from I5 minules +o 2 hours per day over The wheels. We have I4 large busses. Is Exacfly Like No Cfher