Desert Sun High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Idyllwild, CA)

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ji Seated: Carolyn Graber, treasurer; Ben Nichols, vice-president; Marcia Hoffman, secretary; Barrett Covington, Wendy Rhodes, Sandy Stein. Staiding: Monty Montgomery, Grant Gutermuth, Jon Groves, Charlie Barr, Al Hill, president. OUR NEXT SENIORS This year ' s Junior Class has made an excellent record in leadership, scholarship, and sports. Besides being class president, Bill Whitehouse served on Student Council as sports committee chairman. Grant Gutermuth was out- standing in scholarship and made C. S. F. both semesters. This well-rounded group of Juniors has greatly con- tributed to Desert Sun ' s progress this year; next year will certainly be a success with these students as our leaders. 19

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CLASS OF ' 59 Sportsmanship and scholarship have been the major goals of the Sophomore class this year, and this class has made outstanding progress towards these peaks. Actively participating in student government, John Wilkins was the first semester Vice-President of the Student Body and Bob Walker was the chairman of the Entertainment Committee during the second semester. Always willing to lend a helping hand in school activi- ties, this class promises to be an alert and cooperative Junior Class next year. Seated: Bill Witherspoon. Laury Wier, Marvin Munsler, Vince Turrell, Flora Hunter, Fred Joyce. Bob Walker, Linda Johnson, secretary; Jack Sutherland. Diane Leigh. Standing: Jack Russell, Jeiiri Bash, Jane Tappan. Leon Atwood; Andy Longfellow, Shay Cameron, president. Eugene Elman. Tom Hancock.

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PARENTS FORECAST FUTURE All the students have arrived at the dancing parlor of Madame Searles and the little boys have lined up across the ballroom from the girls. The proud parents are all sitting in a corner contemplating the future of their offspring. Sleeping Charlie is being prodded by the teacher to stand up. Herbie is chasing all the girls who aren ' t getting their pigtails pulled by Woody. Several of the mothers are comparing the merits of their sons and daughters. Just you wait, my Charlie is going to own the whole Palo Verde Valley farming area when he grows up, says Mrs. Sires. Now you can afford Herbie ' s services as a doctor. He is going to be very exclusive and known the world over, replies Mrs. Baron. Both of them can have their pictures taken by Woody when he gets his chain of studios. Suddenly Mrs. Lesser jumps up and rushes across- the room to slap Stevie ' s hand as it is about to snatch an unguarded cupcake. The dancing teacher, whose hair is beginning to come apart at the edges, is trying to get Johnny Bishop to dance with little Paula, but being rather shy, he isn ' t in favor of the idea. A scream shatters the hum of little voices and catches the attention of all. Patty Berger had smashed Nickie Partch ' s hand with a glass cup when he did not wait his turn at the refreshment table. After a few minutes everyone is consoled and settled in his place once again. Mrs. Lynch continues telling a few cornered fathers how little Mike is going to monopolize the Mexican import-export business. Do you think he will need advertising? asks Mrs. Partch. Nickie is going to own a world-wide advertising firm. I imagine he could use Johnnie ' s magazine syndicate to advertise through, says Mrs. Bishop. I am sure he can use a private secretary. Patty is going to be one of the most efficient secretaries in the country, says Mrs. Berger. Another scream sounds out from the dance floor. This time Paula ' s foot has been stepped on by Charlie who was more interested in the dinner than in dancing. Amid the following con- fusion, Patricia Brower runs into the center and begins to brow-beat poor Charlie. Herbie has changed his attentions to a smuggled fruit can in the hands of Jerry Nelson and Woody starts to argue with Jerry Wedell about the merits of boys over girls. What is Sharon planning to do, Mrs. Kilpatrick? She wants to go into agriculture. She is gomg to have the biggest cattle ranch in Texas, replies Mrs. Kilpatrick. Why, that is what Jerry wants to do! exclaims Mrs. Wedell. Maybe they can go into partnership. Jerry is going to be in the fruit business. He ' s gomg to have one of the finest businesses in the country. He will probably invent some new strains of his own, suggests Mrs. Nelson. Amid the confusion on the dancing floor, Patricia Brower, who is planning to be a nurse, is inspecting Paula ' s foot, with microscopic care, but all she can find is some traces of sand from the beach. It was all that Mrs. Jordan could do to get Paula ' s shoes on and drag her to the party, so that she was dozing in a big comfortable chair in the corner. The parents agreed that Paula would undoubtedly be a beachcomber and Patricia would head the nurses in one of the country ' s finest hospitals. The dance begins to break up now and parents start to go home. The ballroom will be quiet for another week until the next dancing lesson. But not the parents; they will continue to talk happily about their children ' s futures. Nick Partch. 20