Duncan High School - Wildkat Yearbook (Duncan, AZ)

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r, p y , nn • i: M L v u 14 u t i ' N • HE F h £ P ■• V,T . .)?•' OF !r !S FD ' ' ON rhE OBJECTIVE HAS BEEN VO Hi tSEN : A P,U -' ORrtMlC P! wTUi.E OF fHI TH ’ fiet RE 5 '!G L'N'i 3 H AVE AChit vF.D DUE i Mi ] HE SCHOOL Y‘£hR OF 4 J--47', 7 H! S ! THE WORK O'F a S’NCERZ AT TEMPT TO SECUHE VARIOUS PHASES OF B.-U F i. ■ EE WH.CH i FH STUDENTS CAN LOCK BACK ON TWO CR TH ;EE DECADES FROM NOW AND SAY THAT 1 HEN WAS THE T : ME TH Y EN.iCYtU MOST OF LIFE, THE SCENE WILL CHANGE CF COURSE.. AS' THE vrAk3 GO BY, BUT THIS YEAA ,GCK Will REMAIN A LASTING RECORD of the lnjoyable MOMENTS OF YOUNG L • E . V E TH NK T-HT. c TUOFNT BODY FOP M.AK- 1 NG 1 r PCS 3: Hi ,E ’• On THE PUHli CA 7 ION OF TH 1 S A i NO Ai. , A ' i J ' G THOSE YV C DESERVE TH - S ,A ruar- t ! : K,-osc • PE TO •3 N G l . w'.-T . FEW l , F S, SO F ■ OSL v HC Have L h 1 C F 0 1 f'E SAT. i 5,F 1 E 0 V. : r ' i THr | 'V I. ' 1 ■ G ‘i HL • A ASS'! 3 T A NCE ■ o :-'UL L k CO ON:LED by ruF 'V ; L.DK A T STAFF — MR. BRAND, WE, THE DUN- CAN WILDKAT STAFF , TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN DEDICAT- ING THIS 1943 ISSUE OF THE DUNCAN WILDKAT,TO YOU. WITH THIS SMALL TOKEN OF APPRECIATION WE SINCERLY WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY AND SUCESSFUL FUTURE. MR. CLOT!; I E R , JOHN JELL I NOHAUSEN , NAOMI FOSTER, CAROL LUNT, EVAN ROMNEY, HETTY WHI PPL E, JO ANN DUN- CAN, RAYMOND MASON, RCS'tRT ELLIS, ROEERT PARKS, NERGE HUNT, atRTHA WHINERY. iT I NAOMI FOSTER BAND I -2-3-4 HOME EC. 1-2-3 COMMERCIAL 3-4 JOURNAL ISM 4 PHI. ED. 1-2-4 COUNCIL MEMBER JAMES BENTON j- FOuTBhLL 3-4 | BASKETBALL 3-4 ™ COMMERC I AL 3-4 I PHI. ED. 1-2 I -2- 3-4 JOHN JELL INGHAUSEN BAND 2-3-4 FOOTBALL I-4 HOME EC. I 6ASKrlBALL I-2-0-4 COMMERCIAL 3 COUNCIL MEMBER 3-4 ROSALIE KENNEDY HOME EC. I COMMER C I L 2-3-4 PHI. ED. I-2-3-4 CLASS TREASURER 4 EDITH VAN CLEVE HOME EC. 1-2 COMMERCIAL 2-3-4 PHI. ED. 1-2-3 MAX BLA2ZARD ChORUS 3-4 FOOTBALL 1-2-3 BASKETB«LL 1-2-3 COMMERCIAL 3-4 DRAMATICS 3-4 , • • EARL ELLIOTT BAND 3 v'.LLEYBALL 3 Commercial i-2-3-4 PH I. ED. I SECRETARY AND TREASURER 2-3 HULON EPPLER FOOTBALL 3-4 HOME EC. 3-4 COMMERCIAL 3 VIVIAN DANIEL COMMERCIAL 3-4 JOURNALISM 3-4 DRAMATICS 3 JOHNNIE JONZ JOURNALISM 4 (NEW MEMBER) ROSEMOND FLYNN BAND 3-4 KENNY GILLILAND TENNIS 3-4 HOME EC. 3-4 COMMERCIAL 1-4 HCOUNCIL MEMBER. JX. e n 1 S3«0x0 v n m v Id 3H1 ««18 J 1N3S9 S 33A3’A' 3Hi 3V 4 V 'A d 1 HO . Z30Tr'A 01N01NV i d Ad? S IN 3on 13 1N3QI3 ■jji) J f Q W no «■ O V 31V 310 0 d • • 4p -2- 1 n M rj q A3 NW0 3 NV A3 £ O l l QN'V 0391 IN30 IS3 d ssvio I I 03 ‘iKd t-£-3 IV I Oh’3WOO sny Ho -£-3-I aikfVt unos or a 1139 I ‘03 I He t -£-2 TV I0M3W00 2-1 03 3! 0H sn OHO 0NV9 HllWS 3fW 3I113N TH§ ABOVE PICTURE WAS TAKEN WHEN THE S'E-N 00 3 CLASS OF M3 WAS IN KINDERGARTEN BACK IN 1930, Only five of the seniors are in this mctire- THEY RE : NAOM FOSTE R--F I RST TO LEFT ON FIRST ROW, NEJ.LA iviAE S ITH—FIFTH ON FIRST ROW, PEARL ELLIOTT—LAST ON FIRST ROW, EVAN RO wMEY--$ECGND FRO . LEFT ON LAST ROW, KENNETh HAGAR—SECOND FROM RIGHT ON LAST ROW, AND MRS. WES. A. TOWNSEND MS THE TEACHER. wiOST OF THE STUDENTS IN THIS PICTURE HAVE LEFT OR CROPPED IN HIGH SCHOOL. r f S f f ; v L. i i, BETTY JO SCOT' laying IN THE SCHOOL AFFAIRS TO BETTY WHIPPLE Of , DO WILL ORCHESTRA i !. i 5 V V AL L A?. D TO DEQUE. r A P Ol 'I ' f LOIY.T fRIVLEGE JF mMO MY lJJE I, MAX BLAZZARD, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY HEIGHT ANT SHYNESS TO EDNA CRUM AND TO LA RITA CL RIDGE MY SUPERB COMM- AND OF ENGLISH CRITICISM. I, WILMA JACKSON, DO WILL AND DEQUEATH MY TALENT FOR SPEAKING SPANISH FLUENTLY TO LAVERNE DODSON AND MY POPULAR ASSOCIATION WITH THE OPPOSITE SEX TO ELLA HUNTER. I, KENNY GILLILAND, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY POOL HALL and DICE ROOM ANTIQUES TO GENE UGHNSON AND GE ftAL 6 60LES. I, ROSALIE KENNEDY, DO WILL aND BEQUEATH MY KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNIQUE IN SHORTHAND TO DIRTIE MAE HAGAR. 1, KENNETH HAGAR, DO WILL , ND BEQUEATH MY GIRLISH GRIN ND RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE TO «. JOLENE FULMER AND MY DEVILISH WAYS TO EUGENE LOVETT. I, EDITH VAN CLEVE, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY PRIVILEGE OF BEING LATE EVERY MORNING TO ANNIE RUTH TAYLOR NO MY TENTED HAIR TO nNT0NI A BEJAftANO. I, JOHN JELL INGHhUSEN, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY GERMAN BLOOD AND ABILITY TO GROW A BEARD TO WILLIAM ROMNEY. I, PEmRL ELLIOTT, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY WINNING SMILE AND MY BOISTEROUS LAUGHTER TO CHRISTENE CHAPMAN• I, HULON EPPLER, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY RCMA NT IC TECH- NIQUE TO ROWIN WILLIS AND MY HIGH SCHOLASTIC STANDING TO EILEEN STEWART. I, NELLA MAE SMITH, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY FLABBY CURVES TO PAULINE NATIONS. I, BOB CHAPMAN, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY HORSE IN KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY TO GET KICKED OUT OF CHORUS TO DAVID AKlR AND OTILIO REYES. I, ROSEMOND FLYNN, DO WILL AND BEQUEATH MY POWERFUL RIGHT HOOK TO RUBY LEE JESTER AND DCROTHY ARNETT. SFfllOR P WOULD YOU LITO CRYSTAL BALL AND HAVE WHO LEFT THIS INSTI TUT I ON ALOnG. tUPHESy US AS WE GAZE JOIN US AS WE GAZE I TO THE CLEAR GLIMPSE AT THE ILLUSTRIOUS SENIORS IN THE SPRING OF 1943? WELL, COME WE SEE THE DUNCAN RAILROAD FORMAN, JAMES BENTON INIS THE ALL-WOMAN SECTION CREW. ROMANTIC JAMES! BOSS THE HIGH SCHOOL ROMANCE BETWEEN MAX AND ROSALIE HAS FLOURISHED AND GROWN INTO A LIFETIME PARTNERSHIP. ROS«LlE IS NOW THE SOLE RECIPIENT OF ALL THE FLOWERS MAX USED TO LAVISH UPON ALL THE Fa. IRER SEX. BOB CHmPMAN, LEAN, LANKY, AND SLIGHTLY BOW-LEGGED DkESsED IN WESTERN GARB, IS THE PROUD OWNER OF A STRING OF RACE HORSES. THESc ERING HIM A HANDSOME SUM AS HE PARTIC- IPATES IN ONE RODEO AFTER ANOTHER. HE -STAYS PHYSICALLY FIT BY PLAYING AN OCCASIONAL G .ME OF TENNIS. OR PAUL ELLEiGE, THE VERY PROGRESSIVE FARMEB, IS SEEN VING « JEEP AROUND OVERSEEING THE WORK ON HIS FATHER’S FARM WHICH HE HAS FALLEN HE In TO. THERE LIMIT SO GUN IT, PAUL. IS NO 35 MILE SPEED PE„RL HAS FOLLOWED IN HER SHE DOES STENOGRAPH I CAL WORK, BUT TYPE WHO SITS ON HER BOSSES LAP. SISTERS FOOT-STEPS IN THAT SHE ISN'T THE PROVERBIAL NOT THE HOME EC. COURSE HULGN HAD WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS IN VAIN. WE SEE HIM AS A BUBBLE-DANCER, THAT IS, ON K. P. DUTY, IN UNCLE 5«M'S ARMY. BUT HE IS JUST A SAILOR AT HE rcT--HE LCVES THEM AND LEAVES THEM IN EVERY PORT, ROSAMOND HaS DISCARDED HER NONCHALANT MANNER AND NOW LOOKS VERY PERKY IN HER Wr-AC UNIFORM. SHE IS IN THE SIGNAL CORPS DIVISION WHERE SHE STRUGGLES WJTH LIFE AND DEATH MES- SAGES, HOWEVEk, SOME MAY VERGE ON THE SENTIMENTAL SIDE. MAOMI, THE VERY VERSATILE PERSON WHO HAS PLAYED, SUNG mND TYPED HER WAY THROUGH SChOOL , H S ENLARGED HER INTERESTS TO INCLUDE MAKING A HOME FOk HAnOLD AND THE TWO LITTLE SOuDMANS. u__ THE LITTLE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE SC OFTEN WHEN fFFLEO TEfCHEr.-S LOOKED FOR HIM, IS NOW SCLE PROPRIETOR AND b.rtTENDER mT RAY'S PLACE AND THE 1943 ALUMNI OFTEN GATHER 0VE a REFRESHING DRINK, REMIND EACH OTHER HOW u°OD THEY WERE B CK IN D. U. H. S. REMEMBER THE SOOTHING SYMPATHETIC WAYS WILM? HAD WHILE IN SCHOOL? WELL — SHE IS NOW SERVINC HUMANITY- IN THE HIGHEST CAPACITY. SHE IS NURSE IN A LA ;GE CHILD GENS' HOSPITAL IN THE E ST . JuHN AND EVkN ARE GLORIFIED TO THE EXTENT THAT .iTHEY NOW Have WINGS, BUT THEY mT SILVER 'WINGS, EVAN PILOTS THE FLYc- ing Fortress while .Cohn does the dirty work, that is, he OkuPS buMBS OVER TOKYO AND SO CLOSE THAT THE SUN OF HEAVEN SQUIRMS. THEY DO SGML OCCASIONAL BLIND FLYING--AND GIPL3r YOU KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN, BETTY JC HAD QUITE PECULIAR NOTIONS WHILE IN SCHOOL. ALWAYS TAKING COURSES UUTLI NED “FOR BOYS, BUT NOW EVE.iY FEM- ININE CHtATUKE IS IN Nc SMALL way ENVIOUS uF HER. SHE PIL- OTS Htn OWN PLANE, STOPS OVER ON CONSTRUCTION JOBS, AND DOES THE FaSCIN.TING WORK OF A CHEMICAL ENGINEER, ToNY, THE Fi_ THEk WEIGHT, ADVERTISES FIS OWN PROFESS- SION, TAKING OFF A LITTLE HERE, PUTTING CN A LITTLE THERE. EDITH IS STILL POSSESSED WITH THIS DEFENSE IDEA. SHE RIVETS uN WEEK D-YS NO IS uN U. S. 0. DUTY CN WEEK ENDS. JOHNNIE JONZ HAS COME OUT OF HIS SHELL OF RETIREMENT LONG ENOUGH TO WRITE A SE.T SELLER. WHICH HE HAD CaLLED THE FUTILITY OF TRUSTING WuMEN. KENNETH'S BROAD KNOWLEDGE IN FORE I GN LANGUAGES HAS LANDED HIM A JOB WITH THE F. B. I . HE IS ONE OF THE If MOST CUN iv ING AND DARING SLUETHS. AND, BY TH: WAY, HE HAS DECIDED TH„T HE DEFINITELY PREFERS BKUNtITTES. FIRST ROW: OTILIO REYES, RAYMOND .MASON, DAVID AKC? PAULINE NATIONS, ANTONIA BEJAHANO, RUBY 'LEE JESTER, JULIA EDINGTON. SECOND ROW: GENE JOHNSON, EUGENE LOVETT, CECIL PEASE, ANNIE RUTH TALYOR, EDNA CRUM, EILEEN STEWART. THIRD ROW: LA RITA CLARIDGC, BETTY WHIPPLE, PAT CUR:,V, ROBERT ELLIS, LAVERNE DODSON, HOWARD SPEER, ELLA HILL- FOURTH ROW: PEGGY BRADSHAW, CAROL LUNT, JOLENE FULLER, DOROThY rtRNETT, BERTIE MAE NAG R, CHR IST'.NE CHAPMAN. FIFTH ROW: RS. EL' EDGE (SPONSOR), MR. ROLAND(SPON- SOR) , ROWIN WILLIS, GERALD BOLES, ORDITH BOURGEOUS. e fi n u n rnn r'rc y ;I h:;i:.!it J V i • ■ -V i F I ST ;■ OV ; 0 C 4 . : ■ i T - JGC. , £ H K ! ST£ N § 0 N , ' „£E.t.N CL WOODS, PS ' . ( Li fL ■ ... SECOiv, mOW: JO • CE. ANt $ i V;! $ , £tJ,Z L ► i c:t . Cv OmVIS, JEVYeI B i T ;T,'; LO i$P FOC TE , ?riiLL : K , T-D CUNnY, rtCBi.O yit, LEiiOV SCHLE £. , ME., V : tv R C'.T E Y, THIRD r.0W r . MOLL is RE’YES . 1 N ■ K l Y LUNT, LILLIAN PARKS, JAMc.S SCAVcHS,, ST •• 1 . IE (SPOMSOnfc • FO.USTH CW; PALL SrtOCKB.HVDGE', FA73v ' ' b JEAN P £ N £ i L , be rt'TH . WH I Nr AY;, . NjtfftS'F. HUNT , T , MARION SKINNER,— FIFTH i.OW: LLOYD JOHNSON, DOLAN CA.jJPBiLV ;€LL vMUL’ CL EVE. v • L.-l i 'K.J LGE . f-VNor . i.- —v VY W . tsir, O.L '- ;V ; ■ ? ? va£ vv- •' .V Vy ' v f • i i ’ V I 4 - -A kv ; Jv, r ■;• F | «SV ROW. R.; u ' i ! L SuO N , L . I. A T-i, FW DAVIS, WANDS SCHLEST .a G i ■ A.L L • N-I P AT J: j ; C J-F.j, -,LE W Hit I fif'S , DOh OTHY ELLIOT, J N n.FLS, FID M, SP! LLCROr SECOND rJw4 CH..PL01 if up iE£, ADBRE ' I UNT JO ANN JUN- GAN , KATHF.RYN COON, JO „ ' E JOHNSON, JER'R i HILL. CARVEN VAN CLEVE, LILLIAN oRjD tS, ANN LOUISE NE IOHBURS. THIRD ROW: FRANCIS Ll'JAN, NANCY BRADSHAW, J9ARAH -HMhlT BILLY ETON, ALVIN ROBINSON, MARVIN JOHNSON, JOE CASTILLO. FOURTH ROW: JOE, TELLEZ, ROLAND CiLu. F■•.ZD FERK'.N , CLAR- ANCE BRAWL'EY, ROBERT PARKS, FLOYD B'RISSOM, PHILL BRYANT, hMD KENNETH CLARID8E. . : T 'FIFTH ROW: JOE PEDROZA, DAN STREETER, PrSCUAL L A J A N , MR. MURPHY (SPONSOR), BILLY DANIELS, JAKE I LOVETT, OLIVER KELLEY, EMITT HANCTHETT. L: v W v jouRnousm THE JOURNALISM CLASS ISSUED THEIR FIRST PAPER OF THE SEMESTER TWO WEEKS AFTER SCHOOL STARTED. THE FIRST FEW ISSUES WERE NOT V.HAT ONE WOULD CALL A FIRST-CLASS PAPER; OUT AS THE YE r r: ROLLED ON THE STUDENTS IMPROVED THE P,PER GREATLY, HAVING GAINED EXPEDIENCE FIRST HAND. DURING THE FUST SEMESTER THE PAPER STAFF WAS REORGANIZED SEVERAL TIMES. AT THE LEG INNING OF THE SECOND SEMESTER MOST OF THE CLASS DROPPED GUT AND A FEW ENTERED, LEAV- ING SIX MEMBERS IN ALL. THE STAFF WAS WELL ORGAN- IZED DUhING THIS SEMESTER AND ALL THE ISSUES WERE OUT ON TIME. SECOND SEMESTER STAFF PAT CURRY------ PEGGY BR DSHAW' CnRCL LUNT----- IDRA CRUM------ JOHNNIE JONZ--- KENNETH HAGAR-- MR. BRAND------ -------EDI TOR -------TYPI ST -------TYPI ST ----REPORTER ----REPORTER MIMEOGRAPHER -----SPONSOR TO HELP FINANCE THE YEAR BOCK THE CLASS SOLD ADVERTISING SPACE IN THE SCHOOL P, PER TO THE DUN- CAN MERCHANTS. ALSO THL CUSS 'SPONSORED A SCHOOL CARNIVAL WHICH NETTED QUITE A SUM CF MONEY. YEAR BOOK STAFF KENNETH HAGAR------------------- PEGGY LnADSHAW ----------------- — C .kCL LUNT--------------------- EDNA CRUi.i------------—-------- PAT CURRY----------------------- JOHNNIE JONZ-------------------- MR. BRAND—---------------------- -------editor -------TYPIST -------TYPI ST ----REPORTER ----REPORTER M I MEOGRAPHER -----SPONSOR THIS YEU THE CLASS HAD TO DO ITS OWN PHOTO- GRAPHY WORK EE 0.USE THE PHOTOGRAPHERS THAT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE IN THE PAST ARE NOT AVAILABLE NOW. MaNY CF THE PICTURES DO NOT APPEAR RIGHT IN THE YEAR BOOK, BUT THE FAULT CAN BE JUSTLY FLACED CN THE COMPANY THAT ENLARGED THEM. ■ET------- _ - i £ -■ Jy V L- FIRST ROW; TOMMIE JEAN PERNELL, VERS IE VEST LA- RI TA CLARlDGE, PcGGY lHADSHAW SECOND ROW: PAT CURRY, TED CURRY, WILLIAM ROMNEY. C ROL lint THIRD ROW: MRS. ELLZDGE, PATSY SEXTON, MAX 6LAZZ- ARO, KENNETH HAG A. 8 i n r a f n a r c . J FOR THE FIRST PLAY OF THE YEAR, THE DRAMATICS PRESENTED A ONE-ACT PLAY BARGAI NS IN HA IRCUTS BE- FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY. THE STUDENTS EN- JOYED IT PARTLY BECmUSE MOST OF THE CHARACTERS DID NOT KNOW THEIR PARTS. MRS. ELLEDGE, THE SPONSOR, WAS KEPT VERY BUSY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLAY PICKING UP THE CUES FOR THE ACTORS. ON JANUARY 12 THE CL„SS GAVE TWO ONE-ACT PLAYS, HOLD EVERYTH ING AND ELMER. THE FORMER WAS A COMEDY WHICH CONCERNED NEWSPAPER REPORTERS ALL «FTLR The SAME SCOOP. THE LATTER WAS A HUMOROUS COviEDY CONCERNING THE HOME L I FE OF A YOUNG BOY. THEY WERE APPRECIATED BY ALMOST EVERYONE AND MANY PRAISES WERE RAINED ON ELMER. TO CvNCLUDE THE YEAR’S PRESENTATIONS THE CLASS CHOSE A THREE-ACT SPINE-CHILLING MYSTERY Th I a N I GHT BE . .-RE . ON MAY I4TH. THE AUDIENCE THOUGHT IT THE BEST PL - Y GIVEN THIS YE R. . ; St mwm A « V V v - a 1 'o «: -v. • A-; r r J: X. Vr ;- y •' ' 1-. •' ,iT • ' V: -H'. '•£ . - ,iv «• • V . '- • J v ‘y? ?; • + ‘•V'v- • fv . yt - ' . .' T- •' TV 7 i '• i. !' m • - - 'i ‘i . • . •- i! v52 «-Vet '■! •f. jri .f'- ,C -.«•Y JPk ; y.:f rr; J - -A %yj(3 :'$ y+Or -5ir H f r'vr. ,r , i .. ■'•--•• .-.5T« . ..' • if • --w. % ' ! i h -J V - .. I ■ ' - ‘ M - -jt’. r 3 '( ' -1 m ini FIRST ROW: FAYE GILLILAND, ELITAEETH CGSPlR, VER- GI E VEST, OGROTriY ELLIOTT, RUTH WAR IF SLOAN SECOND ROW: JOY DAVIS,. JO ANN DUNCAN, KaTHLRYN COON, LOrt'RA I NE ELLIOTT, AUDREY L UN T , NmNCY SRADSh AV« ThlKD ROW: iv.ISS Y.'ATSON ( SPONSOR ) , BETTY WH’f gjjLt, LOUISE FOOTE, CAROL LUNT, LABITA CL RIOGE, PEEGY BRAD- SHAW, FIRST ROWt PEGGY E R AL SHA'.V '..F;UiV; MfrJOR , RUk' EFFIE DEE THOiv.ASLOUSE i 0 0 E, RGARFT Pm!' It , F00TEkc(iND Sl.V: June .I-.. , JO' MT10N3, . f N T I LILA MCGRATH. BERNICE MCNAi GIRLS CHORUS FIkST ROWt EDNA ' CRUM, LORRAINE ELLIOT, DORO- THY ARNETT, JEANNE DANIEL, PEGGY WYATT, ANTONIA BEJ ARANO, WILLIE «EYES, MR. BA«LOW SECOND nOW: AODREY LUNT, JOLENE FULMER, PATSY SEXTON, JO ANN DUNCAN, NANCY BRADSHAW, KATHERINE COON. 1 t t • • . v . • ■ K‘ • • music DEPRRMm THE DUNCAN HIGH SCHOOL BAND STARTED THE 1942- 43 SCHOOL YEAR WITH A MEMBERSHIP OF FORTY-T W 0 .STUDENTS. THE BAWD PLAYED FOR ALL HOME FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES AND PERFORMED DURING THE HALF OF EACH GAME. THE MAJORETTES AND FLAG SWINGERS ASSISTED THE BAND WITH THESE PERFORMANCES. PEGGY BRADSHAW WAS ELECTED DRUM MAJOR OF THE BAND. THE MAJORETTES WERE LELA MAGRATH, JULIA ED- INGTON, RUBY LEE JESTER, MARGARET PHILLIPS, JUNE GIBSON, GERALDINE NATIONS, LOUISE FOOTE. THE FLAG SWINGERS WERE DOROTHY JEAN TAYLOR,CHARLOTTE JONES, LILLIAN PARKS, JEWELL BENNETT, AND ELLA HUNTER. THE BaND AND MEMBERS OF THE BOYS AND 81RLS GLEE CLUBS ALSO APPEARED IN VARIOUS SCHOOL PRO- GRAMS, PEP RALLIES, AND PATRIOTIC PROGRAMS. MEM- BERS FRCM THESE ORGANIZATIONS FREQUENTLY APPEARED FOR ROTARY AND WOMEN’S CLUB. THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT APPEARED |N CONCERT ON APRIL 2. THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM WAS GIVEN: MERC.URY------------MARCH-----------------BY WALTON STORMY WEATHER---DESCRIPTIVE FANTASY------BY KOEHLER AND ARLEN SWING LOW SWEET CHARIOT-----SWINGTIME-----BY MALONE AND SEBASTIAN CLARINET SOLO----SHOWERS OF GOLD--------CAROLYN CASEY PIANO SOLO-------ROMANCE D-FLAT--------BETTY WHIPPLE VCCaL SOLO-------THE TRUMPETER----------OTILIC REYES BOYS QUARTETTE----ARMY AIR CORPS, AMERICAN , AND SWORD Of FERRARRO---------------GERALD BOLES OTILIO REYES EVAN ROMNEY MELVIN ROMNEY LADY OF SP IN--------SPANISH WALTZ---------BY EVANS STOUT HEARTED MEN.-------MARCH--------------BY YODER REPAnTEE---- MODERN SOLO FOR PIANO ACCOMPANIED BY BmND---JAQUELINE BOEVLRS AT THE PIANO AURORA-----------------OVERTURE-------------BY YODER STAR SPhnGLED BANNER------------- FRANSIC SCOTT KEY. AT Ttf BEGINNING OF THE SECOND SEMESTER MR, MURPHY INTRODUCED AN EXTRA PERIOD INTO THE SCHOOL SCHEDULE. THE PERIOD WAS ADDED SO THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE FOR STUDENTS WHO COULD QUALIFY TO TAKE basic communications, also it was required that ALL STUDENTS TAKE ONE PERIOD OF PHYSICAL FITNESS. MR. rcOLAND, HAVING HAD EXPERIENCE IN THE NhVY AT ONE TI iV.E, TAUGHT THE BASIC COMMUNICATIONS CLASS. IT CONSISTED OF THE STUDY OF TELOGRAPHY AND FLAG SIGNALING (SEMAPHORE CODE). SOME STUD- ENTS IN THE CLASS WERE ABLE TO SEND AND RECEIVE 10-15 WORDS OF MORSE CODE PER MINUTE. ALSO SOME WERE ABLE TO SEND AND RECEIVE ABOUT 10 WORDS OF SEMAPHORE CODE PEh MINUTE. MR. KNOX AND MR MURPHY COACHED THE PHYSI- CAL FITNESS CLASSES. THEY CONSISTED OF BASKET- BALL, TUMBLING, AND A LITTLE BOXING. SOME CF THE STUDENTS WERE CAPABLE OF DOING SEVEnAL DIFFICULT TUMBLING FEATS aFTER A FEW WEEKS OF COACHING AND PRACTICE. THE COMBINED CLASSES OF BOYS ND GIRLS SPONSORED AN ASSEMBLY SHOWING THEIR LATEST ACHEIV- EMENTS IN TUMBLING. • % • '5 . r- r •: . r n o n i p ■ 1 1 Uu 1 : j I r 0 i i DURING THE w'EEK OF NEVE.wBER 2 TO NOVEMBER 7 THE HIGH SCHOOL was let out to help the farmers PICK THEIR COTTON. DURING THAT WEEK 65,000 POUNDS OF COTTON WERE PICKED BY THE STUDENTS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ALONE, AN AVERAGE OF 350 POUNDS PER PERSON IN SCHOOL. JERRY CASTRILLC, WbO PICKED THE MOST IN THE SCHOOL, PICKED 2143 POUNDS; JCE TELLEZ WAS RIGHT BEHIND HIM WITH 2130 POUNDS. THE STUDENTS ALSO DID 1154 HOURS OF OTHER FARM WORK DBRMiS this ti The students did such good work that the FARMERS ASKED THE SCHOOL TO LET THEM OUT AGAIN. THIS TUt' INSTEAD OF LETTING SCHOOL OUT ALL DAY, THEY LET OUT AT 2:00 SO THAT THE STUDENTS, ON THE FARMERS' REQUEST, COULD GO OUT AND PICK MORE COTTON. APPROXIMATELY 45,00J POUNDS OF .COTTON WERE PICKED DURING THIS TIME. •• ■ ••• •' ,;p x r V -■ -i' -C v V 'p f; SE CO D r OW. J A K ! E LOVETT. STU r r t rn wt c lilf J V il i O • CAMPBELL GE • Tv A L C BOLES. JOHN JELLI •'J u H A ij Lit M . GOODNErt. PAT 'll y Uf 1 «V, JAM iL.S EE ft TON. Thi D r 0to: KErjr.-t.TH HAGA« CRD!TH BOUI.GE SPEER, CO -.CH KMGx. f■ i ' • ! n Q . 3 u . a iv ; v xi h r 1 O t i f r. n t n n • i f j . 1 I K u u i 1.1: DUNCAN FOCTAL • _L TEAM STn'iFD thF SE'aS'N WITH ONL' ' FIVE OF LAS' YEAR • S c 1 PR . -rR , VC ON 1 HE SQUAD. FEY lOsT FOU GAMES BEFORE A COOLING COW- B1 NAT 1 ON WAS WORKED OUT , THEY TLAVED SEVEN GAME'S AND WON ONLY TWO. Ttif TEAM IMPROVED VER Y MUCK AS THE SEASON GREW AND THE BOYS WON TWO OF THE LAST THREE GAMES PLmYED. THE HIGHLY . FAVORED SAFFORD BULLDOGS EDGED THE WILDKATS 18-13 IN THEIR NEXT TO LAST GAME. SEPTEMBER 25, ThE BOYS OPENED .THE.I R SEASON BY GOING TO MIAMI TO BE DEFEATED 20-0. OCTOBER 2, THACHER SCORED A 34-7 VICTORY OVER THE WILDKATS ON THE DUNCAN FIELD. OCTOBER 16, THE LORDSBURG MAVERICKS DEFEATED DUNCAN 13-0. OCTOBER 30, THE WILDKATS REALLY STARTED ROLL- ING THIS GAME AND WON OVER THE HEAVILY FAVORED MORENCI WILDKATS 14-0. NOVEMBER 13, THE SAFFORD BULLDOGS C ME OUT OF A TOUGH CAME TO DEFEAT THE WILDKATS 18-13. NOVEMBER 26, THE BOYS ENDED THEIR SEASON AND ENJOYED A THANKSGIVING TREAT BY DEFEATING THE LOnDSBUnG MA VEK I C,KS 26-13. «2PJT . fc - - • - • •r•••' ■ a 'V Jl JK 3 J ? F - •SS - rt in §L j ■b ’ ■ V .1- • ki I ■ r ■m M iT? ' hia®!? H ;_ ■Sz jr « i [ my I « 2%1 .4J mi -—” y S? — x j r T r ) V L J 1 •4 ' r l) I v V L. • U ; l_ FIkST ROW: BfJUC- GOGONu; , Z A R D , K£jfcNETH H A 3 A rv, CECIL tv .SE C Vz U BILL DANIELS, OX EL A SECOND ROW: PAT CURRY, LAVE RLE DODSON HOWARE SPEER, ORDITH 63URGE0U3, ROBERT ELLIS, COACH KNOX,(JOHN JELL I NGH -U3EN IS THE ONLY vIlA'BER ALSEwt FRO. THIS PIC H'Rk . ir r-i ff , -r ■•r-y- V £3 ';v ' w -i rawra ,1 • - . V . J • -• ■ { . p • r t r'y •'% U'! ( h 1 i J t 1 v • «—. l u- i... ON «i ANUARY 4 CO AC H ; : .V r :., f r; w r |, tm; p .s££T (? AlL POYS TRAINING ;N E A R' L 3 6 A i_ L SEAS OF. ABOUT TH : i'Y-F rUi.,-'E: OUT. ?o COACH HAD TO CUT THE a Q-’ AC GOON TO r • 7 'EY TO : ABLTO HELP . HE BO S HO I V I'D AL! THOSE WHO Rc - MA'NEO ON THE SQUAD WERE MAX I'.lAZZARD, jHN JCLl • IN3HAUSEN, KENNETH HAGAR, PAT CURS' SOBBY ELLiS, URD'TH BOURGEOUS, HOWARD SPEER. BILL 0AN1 ELS, «JAMES BENTON, CRUSE GOOONLR, OT'LIO RE VES, RAYMOND 7. AS Oft LAVERNE DODSON- CECIL PEAS5., AND I'REU FLRPIN THE FIRST EIGHT OF THESE BOYS WERE THE ONES CHOSEN TO GO ON BASKETBALL TRIPS. THE MOST EXCITING Ai D INTERESTING GAME OF THE SEASON WAS WHFN THE DUNCAN WILDKATS MET THE SAFF'OR BULLDOGS ON THE DUNCAN COURT FEBRUARY 12. NEITHER TEAM HELD A 4 POINT LEAD AT ANY TIME DURING THE GAME. THE SCORE WAS 19-1 17 IN FAVOR OF THE VICIOUS BULLDOGS. THE SCHEDULE PLAYED DURING THE SEASON WAS AS FOLLOWS: OPPONENT PLACE DATE ' .WE THEY VIRDEN DUNCAN JAN. 22 ' 20 MORENO 1 MORENO 1 JAN. 6 38 24 CL in ON CL 1FTON JAN. 9 2 7 35 CLIFTON DUNCAN JAN. 1 5 24 22 CLIFTON DUNCAN o A M 16 21 27 iviOREN C 1 DUNCAN JN 29 43 29 MURENC1 DUNCAN JAN . 20 46 36 CLIFTON CL 1FVOfc FEB. 5 MORENC1 MORENO 1 FEE. 0 3® 25 SAFFORO SAFFORD FEE - 9 32 THATCHER DUNCAN FE3. 1 1 33 27 SAFFORD DUNCAN FEB. 12 17 1 9 THATCHER THATChER FEB. 1 3 30 44 VIRDEN VIRDEN FEB. 1 9 46 38 SHAVv, Mt. A niu, tvno- BFM.N't I T. CHARLOTTE JOWLS 0 rv -' V: . ' fi si AL.sa.u; [Jr I ri-.'-X.■ ’-5} v 5 - w k vsn' -x:.,' VOILE y BRLL THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM THIS YEAR HAD A RATHER UNSUCCESSFUL SEASON, LOSING FOUR OF THE SIX GAMES PLAYED. THE CLIFTON GIRLS OVERAN THE DUNCAN GIRLS AT CLIFTON ON OCTOBER 10 AND AGAIN ON THE DUNCAN COURT ON OCTOBER 15, ALSO THE VIRDEN TEAM BEAT THE DUNCAN TEAM HERE ON OCTOBER 23 AND THERE ON NOVEMBER 20. HOWEVER, THE SEASON WAS NOT ALTO- GETHER- A FAILURE, FOR THE DUNCAN SQUAD OUT-SCORED THIER OLD TIME RIVAL, MORENCI, TWICE, ONCE ON OUR HOME COURT ON OCTOBER 31 AND AGAIN ON THE ] IR COURT ON NOVEMBER 7. THE VOLLEYBALL TEAM, LIKE THE REST OF THE ATHLETIC TEAMS, WOULD HAVE PLAYED MORE GAMES 'HAD THEY HAD TRANSPORTATION. FIRST ROW: FAY DAVIS, JOYCE ANN SIMMS, ELIZABETH CCCSPER FAY GILLILAND, VIRGIE VEST, JUNE GIBSON. ' ‘ SECOND ROW: LILA MCGRATH , KATHERINE COON, JO ANN DUNCAN LILLIAN PARKS, JERRY HILL, JEWEL BENNETT, MOLLIE REYES. THIRD ROW: MR. SANTEE, KENNY GILLILAND, NERGE HUNT. FOURTH ROW: LAWERENCE WOODS, MELVIN ROMNEY, PAUL VAN CLEVE LLOYD JOHNSON, RAYMOND MASON, BOB CHAPMAN, TED CURRY PAT CURRY, MR. CLOTHEIR. ’ A‘ 'f - r' ; • • V V'V.• : Y , t„ ■ vv V ... w. f. f • i • ' 5 'A ifv feS SiS S? ' •i SviFrftV .'' 7” - r D 1 — THE STUDENTS OF 0. U. H. S, THUS 1 ASM FOk TENNIS THIS YEAR. CONDUCTED THE FORTY-FIVE GIRLS SHOWED CONSIDERABLE EN- MR. CLOTHIER AND .v'C, SA.NTEL AND BOYS WHO TURNED 01’T TO THE SEASON. F R Da TH 6 THE SCHOOL IN O'Jf .I E 7 . ■■ THE LAST YEAR’S GIRL'’ TO PICK. A COMPLETE ME' SUING RACKETS AT THE BEGINNING OF GROUP ThEY PICKED A TEAM TO REPRESENT TICK WITH OTHER SCHOOLS. AS ALL OF TE AM V r. S GRADUATLD, IT WAS NECESSARY GIRLS1 TEAM THIS YEAR. DUE TO LACK OF TRANSPORTATION THE TEAM PLAYED ONLY FOUR MATCHES WITH OTHER SCHOOLS. THEY PLAYED ONE MATCH WITH 5AF- FORD AND THREE . I TH CL IFT ON I THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET TO - GETHER WITH WILCOX, MlA.vl, AND MOrxEwCI THIS YE-.R. THE TE«tv, LOST THE FIRST MATCH OF THE SEASON TO SAFFORD, WINNING FlUR OUT OF EIGHTEEN OF THE CONTESTS. MOST OF THE ivimTCHES WE.'«E CLOSELY PLAYED. STRONG SAFFORD PLAYERS WERE t«iUSE AND POSEY. CURRY, MASON, VANCLEVE, REYES , HILL PLA- YED WELL FOR DUBCAN. WE WON THREE CLOSELY CONTESTED MATCHES FROM THE SCORES WEnE 11-5, L3-5, AND L2-6. BEC USE OF TO SCHEDULE iv.ORE ETCHES WITH OUT OF TOWN SCHOOLS INTE «M.URr.L TOURNAMENTS WERE HELD. TWO OF THESu TOURNAMENTS WERE WON BY BOB CHAPMAN PL AY ING OF THE BOYS’ TEttiVi AND LILL- IAN P RKS FOR THE GIRLS’. h MIXED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT ENDED THE TENNIS SEASON. IN ORDER TO EARN A LETTER, A STUDENT HAD TO WIN AT lehST two matches in competition with other schools. THE FOLLOWING STUDENTS EARNED LETTERS: BOB CH APL . N, RAYMOND M .SON, KENNY GILLILAND, PAT CURRY, NERGE HUNT, MEL- VIN ROMNEY, TED CURRY, AND LLOYD JOHNSON WERE THE BOYS AND LILLIAN P -.RKS, JERRY HILL, JEWEL BENNETT, VERGIE VEST, MOLL IE REYES, AND F,1YE G IL L I L. N D WERE THE GIRLS. CL I ETON. NAB IL!TY FOUR ONE--TWO--- SURE, IT 'S V ET FQRli PAPERWEIGHT CL SS ' u s-' 5s • « y—JI i.. ? . )• : • i H I i—ftci ;or, A'.Tvjr F £«V B;S. 1- —CLASSES BFCN, Cl A: 5 CFF!OT. $ ARE ELECTED. 2— -FIRST SCHOOL SOC.AL OF THE YEAR I i—FIRST FCITiCN OF THE W'LOKaJ. 15—SCHOOL A3S.f.M3LY PROGRAM. IS — JUNIORS GIVE THiE'R c ; RET DANCE. 25— JUNIOR SOCIAL HCUrt. 26— FOOTBALL GAiviE AT Ml AM! • OCTOBER !---PEP ASSE.vIBi. Y, 2—-FOOTBALL G Wl£ 1 ERE W TH tH TCijFR. FRESHMEN IN I T IT A AT' HON.. 6«—jlnior Class party 9----FOOTS ALL CvME T CLIFTON. I 0 —VOLLEYBALL GAME WITH Gi 1FT0N HERN . ! 5—VOLLEY.-ALL GAME AT CL I F TO 4 , 1 9—NEW HCME E C CL !J6 MEMaERS ; M I T ! A L C.. 20 —SOPHOMORE CLASS PAR v, 22- -PEP ASSEMBLY. 23— VClLEVBALL CAME V ! Th 7 : Rt)E L HE'.L. 30 —F OOTbftL'. o.‘Tv_ -T to OR . NC I 3 1- - VOLLEY:.',. c. ..••e % I TH V-., ■;• . . ; , SEN . Ci.S ’ y.-Wl'i [j-.NOl fit) VL’.iP 0 2 - ?-.'C S T T 0 -r OKING V. £.E 3 --VOLLEYBALL' GAME T A'ORE NO i . . 0 —SCHOOL 'ASSEMBLY FKEuHVit'.'. CLASS PSfL'Y. 13—NAf ICN Ae a SS:-'v L.Y , LGBQ MAGIC. 3AFFORD FOCTb IL G; LiE tL L . !9--PLP SOSbVBL Y 2u -VOLLEYBALL GATE AT i OEN. 23—CtCEMouR i —GuTTON-P I CK . LG Iw .FT-:? iOOMO. r —THANKSGIVING «£6f H$L T PS ..ORAM 26-29-THAN 3fi ' V : VAC 71 ON 26—LO. -QCbURG F 00TS ALL. GAME ME At, ANNUAL JUNIORS1 THANK S.G i V I NG DANCE . . i —sen iCr(S RE :e : Ve c... lc. . i os. 3 --FOOTFALL AND VO': _E . ML. L A NQIJFT 4 --NATIONAL ASSEwsLY WAYNC TARDIS THtETLDEM Of! STRATI ON. SOCIAL CPLEP DECEMBER 9---FORMAL COED DANCE. 18—CHRISTMAS PROGRAM. 24— ANNUAL SENIORS’ CHRISTMAS DANCE. I8--JANUARY 4 — C H RIS TM A S J ACJTflNN. JANUARY 8 --bASKETbALL GAME AT MORENCI. 9 --bASKETbALL G ME aT CLIFTON. I 5 — BASKETBALL GAME WITH CLIFTON HERE. I lb — bASKETbALL Ga.v.L WITH CL I F TON HE uE . 23—LORDSLURG UASKETtALL GAME HERE. 25— REGISTRATION FOR NEW SEMESTER bEGINNING OF NEW SEMESTER 26— -SENI OR CLASS PARTY. 29— umSKETlsALL GAME WITH MCRENCI HEr.E. 30— bASKETbALL GAME WITH MOnENCI HERE. FEBRUARY 2 -DRAMATICS CLASS GIVE 2 ONE-ACT PLAYS. 3 -THATCHER BASKETBALL GAME HERE. 5 --BASKETBALL GAME AT CLIFTON. 6 --BASKETBALL GAME AT MORENCl. 10— SEN IORS HaVE PICTURES TAKEN AT SAFFORD. BASKETBALL GaME AT SAFFORD. 11— COED BASKET SUPPER AND DANCE. 12— SAFFORD BASKETBALL GAME HERE. 13 — BASKETBALL G AME AT THATCHER. 19- -BASKETBALL GaME AT VIRDEN. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, COUNT CUTELLI, SOUND EFFECTS. 23— BASKETBaLL GAME AT LORDSBURG. 26--ARIZONA PAGEANT ASSEMBLY GIVEN. MARCH 2 -JUNIOR CLASS PARTY. 3 -| N TE R CL A 1%—SOPHOMORE SKATING PARTY. 18—STUDENT COUNCIL PARTY. 20— TENNIS MATCHES AT SAFFORD. APRIL 1 --FRESHMEN SKATING PARTY. 2 -BAND CONCERT. 9---NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MT. POLOMAR. 10—TENNIS MATCHES AT CLIFTON. I7--TENNIS MATCHES WITH CLIFTON HERE. 24— school Carnival.


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