Fillmore High School - Copa de Oro Yearbook (Fillmore, CA)

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PAGE 2 I NEWS FLASHES October 7, 1942 NEWSFLASHES HUMOR Published Every Week By Students of FILLMORE' JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL ' Fillmore, California Editor: Carol Young. - Assistant Editor: Dick Patterson. Reporters: A. Ellis, M. Jackson, L. Knutson, G. McCool, C. Morton, H. Morton, R. Rihbany, B. Seams, D. Taylor,- W. Taylor, L. Wal- lace, Miss E. Elser, Adviser. Printers: George Moore, William Adams, Victor Kemper, and Mr. W. Stewart, Adviser. ' 'Tho Eclliton Saute Humbly entering the Junior High building this week, Ye Editor finds the halls quiet and orderly. The seventh and eighth graders' are showing a fine spirit of cooperation, and are setti-ng a standard that the rest of the school will have to work hard to beat. When you read the news headlines telling of the gallant fighting being done by our American boys, doesnit it make you wish you could do something to help them win the war? Well, YOU CAN! Each of us can help by TURNING IN SCRAP METAL. That old kettle in your back yard will make a hel- met that may save the life of a boy you know. That piece of iron fitis always in the way when you mow the lawnj will help build a new and better tank for some of our soldiers. Uncle Sam needs our scrap! Here's a chance for each of us to show our metal . Too much trouble , you say, to bring it? Think how much our soldiers are giving so that we may go to school in a free country. Scrap, which means so little to us, means so much to them. So come on, gang, let's get in the scrap! , ADULT CLASSES MEET - The Adult Education School, which began Monday, September 28, is offering many fine classes. To those who plan to go into military service or defense work, the preparatory course in Military Math and Science will be invaluable. It will include the general parts of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and navigation. There will be a Nutrition course for housewives, which will include economical buying and cooking suggestions. Agricultural men, especially, will be interested in the Metal and Farm Mechanics course where ways of repairing farm implements will be taught. 'Q NIGHT SCHOOL CLASSES MONDAY HOUR PLACE INSTRUCTOR Chorus 7-9 Rm. 12 Mr. William Knight Physical Fitness 7-9 Gym Mr. Harry Bigger Military Math 8: Science 7-9 Rm. 21 Mr. W. A. Ross fReview Math and Sciencel Metal 8: Farm Mech. 7-10 Shop 2 Mr. O. A. Corl TUESDAY Radio 8z Communications 7-9 Shop 1 Mr. Walter Stewart Shorthand 7-8 Rm. 22 Mr. Hilary Heard Typing 8-9 Rm. 25 Mr. Hilary Heard VVEDNESDAY . General Crafts- 7:30-9:30 Rm. 29 Mrs. Viola Allee THURSDAY Photography 7-9 Rm. 21 Mr. W. A. Ross Nutrition 7-9 Rm. 29 Miss I. Aitchison Metal Ez Farm Mech 7-10 Shop 2 Mr. O. A. Corl FRIDAY Typing 8-9 Rm. 25 Mr. Hilary Heard Shorthand 7-8 Rm. 22 Mr. Hilary Heard That Tommy Nelson, Junior High representative on the Student Coun- cil, has proved himself a worthy salesman during the recent sale of Student Body Cards. That the seventh graders are bound and determined to carry off the honors in the Scrap drive as they did in the paper drive last year. O 0 U 'I'hat Vera Lee Newsum has a new diamond on third finger, left hand. Q o o That there are plenty of boys who are trying to play football for the first time in their lives. O C U That when Mr. Honn started pro- nouncing fungi as fun-gee in Bi- ology, a bright student asked him Are you trying to be fungee? That some of the Sophomore girls are being very glamourous while working for victory. Are they farm- erettes or glamourettes? That after Mrs. Jarrett's telling about spiders, scorpions and other such insects found in a room in Mexico, Evelyn Hickox is going to be a hard one to convince that she should take a trip into that Latin- American country. l I U That Bobby Styles should now be called Captain' Robert Styles as he heads the faculty aircraft listen- ing post group. it C O That Mr. Fors and Mr. Flint were sad winners in a bean-piling race against two students. The next day, they and the students had some pains in their backs. O U O That Mr. J. Bruce Adamson, piano technician and tuner, furnished the musical t?l accompaniment for the first meeting of our C. S. F. I O 8 That Mr. Knight can play some hot music on that funny kind of an instrument . Beat the Japs'with scrap. Turn in your kettle To make gun metal. . n 1 .if Three Brothers Join . U. S. Armed Forces Brothers Robert Johnson 35 , Sam Johnson 39 , and Newell Johnson, 42 , graduates of Fillmore High, are now serving in the armed forces of the United States. Cadet Robert Johnson enlisted in the army last October. He was recently commissioned a second lieutenant at Mather Field, Sacra- mento, and is now stationed at Tuc- son, Arizona. Sam Johnson is at Lowry Field, Colorado, prior to becoming a pho- tographer in the Army Air Corps. The third brother, Newell John- son, is attending Coast Guard school at Curtis Bay, Maryland. Give iron and steel To make 'em reel. Mr. Ehlers Sgealrs To Senior Tri-Y Opening with a short period of devotions, the Senior Tri-Y held a meeting last Thursday at Miss Al- bright's. home to hear Mr. Walter Ehlers, county Y Secretary, speak on The Philosophy of the Tri-Y Club. Mr. Ehlers was introduced by Vera Lee Newsum, program chairman. ' Stamina-Vision-Service is the slogan chosen for Y clubs this year. The girls discussed the va- rious phases of the slogan. The meeting was closed with a friend- ship circle. Scrape in the scrap. ' Fillmore High Has Two New Courses Two new courses are being taught at Fillmore High this year, Agricul- ture Mechanics and Air-Condition- ing. Air-Conditioning will train those students who expect to be ln the air force by the end of the next two years. The subjects included in this course are: the parts of air- planes, the various air currents, and many other topics pertaining to basic aeronautics. Agriculture Mechanics will train boys to become more self-reliant mechanically, on the ranch. These boys will learn about farm ma- chinery, tractor and car motors, rope tying and welding. Students must have completed two years of Agri- culture before taking Agriculture Mechanics. ' An ora are a day Keeps the .laps away. New Gym Pride Of High School Campus Fillmore Union High Schoo1's gymnasium may look the same on the outside-but have you seen it inside? The walls have been paint- ed white half-way up, thus giving much more light. The floor has been repainted and revarnished. New backboards have been put up and the entrance from the boy's locker room has been remodeled. A new ticket booth has been set up. All in all it looks like a different gym. The work was done this sum- mer by Fillmore High School's hard- working maintenance crew.'

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FILLMORE JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL Copa de Oro Edition News Flashes Vol. V I Fillmore, California, Wednesday, October 7, 1942 No. 2 Question Ot The Week Have you been wondering what types of work our students are do- ing for victory? Well, here's where your roving reporter found some of our local farmers and farmer- ettes. Wally Wallace, Senior, Maxine Eastburn and Elaine Smith, Juniors, are pitching hay and spreading beanstraw at Rancho Sespe. They report spending most of their time riding on wagonloads of hay. Sounds like a soft job to us! Jimmy Schleimer, Freshman, is one of the boys who top sugar beets. He agrees with Mr. Neuman that it's hard work. Evelyn Hickox, Edna Braden, and Frances Trout, Seniors, are packing oranges at the Fillmore Orange As- sociation. By official title, Wad Taylor is an Agricultural Inspector. His job is to look for scale on citrus trees, and spray to kill it. Roberta Merry, Snookie Forbes, and Clara Graffer. Freshmen. are pruning and painting trees in the Rancho Sespe Nursery. Tommy Dungan, Keith Bentley, and Howard Inman, 7th graders, have been doing their part on an orange picking crew. You'll find Betty Gene Massey, Junior, behind the counter at the Fillmore Bakery. Besides waiting on customers, she slices and wraps bread for sale. Freshman Ed Carter claims to be the best windshield wiper man in Fillmore. He works at a local ser- vice station. Lyman Ellis is one of a group of 8th grade boys who are picking walnuts. Wanda Basolo, Natalie Harthorn, and Mary Lou Elkins. Sophomores. are painting trees at Rancho Sespe. ....-.m,.l- Turn in copper and lead To kill 'em dead. N. Y. A. OPENINGS FOR STUDENTS Boys and girls sixteen years of age and over will be given an op- portunity to do N. Y. A. work around the school, earning as much as 56.00 for twenty hours work each month. Those interested should immediately consult Mr. Stull, di- rector of the local N. Y. A Fillmore Scrap Drive Begins Student Body Cards Still On Sale Have you yours? My what? Your Associated Student Body card, stupid. What did you think I meant? That is, or should be the topic of conversation 'round about F. U. H. S. this week. The price of the card is only severity- five cents. A count after the Back- to-School Dance Friday evening showed that 182 Student Body cards have been purchased. Ownership by classes is as follows: Seniors-33, Juniors-38, Sophomores-31, Fresh- men-38. Eighth Grade-20, and Sev- enth Grade-22. This leaves 308 stu- dents who are neglecting themselves by not buying their cards. Bas- ketball will be the sport this year, and when that time comes around there will be plenty of people who will wish that they had a card. The cards can be bought from Miss Hansen in Room 22 of the Science building. Don't waste any more time. fellows and gals, get your cards now and be members of the Associated Student Body at Fill- more High. Keep Scrap piling- Keep 'em flying. Give the canary to the cat: Tum in the cage to make more scrap. Find alumnium and zinc To make 'em sink. Joining thousands of schools all over the United States in the drive for scrap metal, Fillmore Union High School launched one of the biggest campaigns in its history on Monday, October 5. Students will do their part in the war effort by gathering old pieces of metal. Campaign plans for Fillmore I-ligh's part in the nation wide drive were made at an emergency Student Council meeting held September 30. Principal Hawley introduced the plans to the student body at a Scrap Assembly October 1. Each homeroom has elected a Scrap Chairman . This chairman is responsible for collecting information from members of his class as to the amount and the location of scrap. Metal will be brought to the tennis courts where Mr. Alvin Fors and the Agriculture Mechanics classes will grade and sort it according to type. lvlosbarger Elected Council Member Don Mosbarger was elected by the student body, on October 2nd, to be Commissioner of Entertainment, filling the vacancy left by Bill Cochran. Don received 203 votes and Lucile Broderson, 183. Back-To-School Dance Starts Social Season The phrases, No tagging right back and Here, you carry it for awhile, were heard at the Back-to- School Dance last Friday night in the gym. Yes, you've guessed it! There were several tag dances and the person tagged had to dance around with an old costume fitter. The Knights Flashes furnished good music, and everyone had fun. So to all people who didn't come to this dance, don't miss the next one. Help The Snake Strike! . I' tl I .J I . ' 5 lt .' SQL it I sus S ll ' The metal will be sold to the government. The town of Fillmore will receive seventy-five cents out of every dollar made, for its Emerg- ency War Needs Fund. The school will receive the remaining twenty- five cents. The Fillmore Element- ary Schools are joining in the drive too. Since they have no way of processing the metal they collect, we will buy it from them and handle it. As there is no football this year, the money received from the drive will replace the money that would have been taken in at the football games. Mr. Hawley stressed the serious- ness of the situation and the real need of Uncle Sam for scrap metal to lick the Japs . Wallace Taylor, editor of the Copa de Oro and Athletic Manager, Carol Young, G. A. A. and Tri-Y presidents, Jimmy Shiells, head of C. S. F., Wilma Elliott, Sophomore, and Ed Carter, Freshman pledged the 10097 backing of their groups. As this issue goes to press, the fol- lowing people have been elected scrap chairmen: Grace Austin, Har- lan Barton, Harold Brown, Red Brown, Audy Dale Dryer, Bernard Holley, Virginia Kerby, Floyd Le- gan, Forest Manes, Chapman Mor- ris, Bobby Mutch, Jane Pressey, Wallace Taylor, and Billy Thomp- son. Tum in your red wagon To get the Black Dragon. The scrap 'yuh bring Will make .guns sing. . . F'- Your scrap will build a tank To save a Yank. ' A pile of sz-ap May end the scrap. Scrap our. foe,

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FILLMORE JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL Copa de Cro Edition News lashes V01, V Fillmore, California, Wednesday, October 14, 1942 ' No.3 Question Of The Week What have you brought for the Scrap Drive? With this question in mind, your roving reporter wan- dered about the campus and found it very difficult to find students who could answer it. Leave it to those 7th graders to be original! Mildred Dorman turn- ed in a razor and Chapman Mor- ri: brought a tricycle wheel. Forrest Manes. 8th grader, con- tributed a railroad spike. Roberta Merry and Peggy Guiter- ez. Freshmen. threw a horseshoe on the scrap pile. l The Sophomore classes' reputation is being upheld by Earl Abe-l's col- lection of bolts. The axes brought by Dorothy Alice Burson will help smash the Axis. Among the faculty members, Bobby claims to have brought the most metal. Miss Brown has surrendered two of her valuable hairpins for the cause. Mr. Neuman's classes are doing their share. The greatest amount of scrap has been contributed by John Keller- man who brought in two large truck loads of metal. Second place is held by Harlan Barton, Dick Patterson, and Barney De Fever, who together have ac- counted for three loads of scrap. Various other items seen in the scrap pile being processed by the Agricultural Mechanics classes are refrigerator ice cube holders, gar- den rakes. bed springs, wagon wheels, mufflers, car bodies and transmissions, license plates, tin cans, and a narrow bridge sign. Seventh Grade Elects Officers For Year The seventh graders held an elec- tion October 6, for officers to lead their class. Chappie Morris won the presidency from Jimmy Fansler by only a small margin of votes. Tom Dungan was elected vice-president, and Dolores Alvidrez is the new seventh grade secretary. Four More Members Added To C. S. F. Last week the names of Nellie Armas, Margaret McGregor, Pa- tricia Nelson, and Esther Perez were added to the list of C. S. F. mem- bers-by Miss Amy Smith. sponsor. SENIOR CLASS LEADS IN VICTORY WORK Reports from the Agriculture Of- fice show that 8195 of the Senior class is represented in victory work, 32'Z7 of the Juniors ,30'Z1 of the Sophomores. and 5521 of the Fresh- men. Unless the percentage in- creases, Mr. Charles Neuman said last week, the school will probably go back on the regular schedule. Of the 63 Seniors, 28 boys and 23 girls are working. Thirteen boys and nine girls from the Junior class of 69 members are cooperating in thc war work. The Sophomore class is represented by sixteen boys and eight girls out of the 79 enrolled. Of the 89 students in the Freshman class. 26 boys and 23 girls are pledg- ing their support in the victory war work. There are also a number of Junior High School students working. Students who are working with- out a permit should get one im- mediately from the Agriculture Of- fice. Those people who are work- ing and have not reported the fact to Mr. Neuman and those who have changed jobs are requested to check with him at their earliest convenience. G. A. A. Initiates New Members Four girls were initiated into the Fillmore G. A. A. Friday night. The new members who have earned the necessary 500 points are Mary Jane B'-em and Bernice Blythe, Juniorsg Jane Dryden and Mary Webb. Sophomores. Before the initiation, the girls had a pot-luck dinner at the bar- becue pit and then played games. New Faces At Fillmore From many states and sections of our country, new students have come to Fillmore High. To each of them we extend a hearty welcome. Although we cannot print the names of all the new 7th graders, our welcome goes to them, too. Louise Knutsen, Walter Thomp- son. and Ruth Troutman from Okla- homa, Lois Jean Wallace from Brawley, California, and Mamie Lackey from Bakersfield. have join- ed the ranks of the Senior class. Those welcomed as Juniors are Donna Bishop of Santa Paula, Jean Clanton of San Bernardino, Lynn Hansen of South Dakota, Esperanza Holguin of Texas, Arvena Lackey of Bakersfield, Clyde Morton of Butte, Montana, Eugene Wren and Sam Bishop, who come from Okla- homa. New Sophomores are Bill Bishop of Santa Paula. Jean Daly and Har- old Morton of Butte, Montana, Mil- dred Rainey from Oklahoma, and Gene Swearingen from Lemore, Cal- ifornia. The Freshman class boasts these new members: Bertha Bishop and Irene Ratliff from Oklahoma, Vada Mae Conn from Santa Paula, Vern Johnson from Los Angeles, Joy Lesperance from Summit, Califor- nia, Bill Wallace from Brawley, and Vona Royal who arrived from Tex- as. Jack Daly from Butte, Montana, Shirley Elder and Barbara Fisher from Ventura, Jesusita Holguin of Texas. Earl Kennedy from Los An- geles, Myrle Royal and Jack Stal- lings from Santa Paula, and Frances Phebus from Long Beach are the new names on the 8th grade roll. Stamp Out The Axis f 6 . I943 COPA DE ORO TO BE ISSUED Despite war shortages, Fillmore High School will definitely have an annual this year, according to edi- tor Wallace Taylor in an interview on Friday. The 1943 COPA DE ORO will be a home product, print- ed in our shop under the direction of Mr. Walter Stewart. Newsprint paper will take the place of the glossy paper formerly used. The make-up and pictures will be the same as they have been in other years. Formerly many of the ma- terials were obtained and much of the work was done in Los Angeles. This is now impossible because of a shortage of metals, paper, photo- graphic equipment, and certain transportation problems . Fillmore students should realize, the editor pointed out, that many other California schools are not having annuals this year because of the war. However, we have found that students want an annual to fol- low friends and events throughout the year . This year's annual staff is a small one, and more than ever the suc- cess of the COPA DE ORO rest on the shoulders of the staff mem- bers. stated Taylor. We want and need student co-operation and help in order to make this year's annual one of which you will be proud. Write Now To Boys In The Service Do you know how many Fillmore boys are serving Uncle Sam? The blue stars on the service flag in the main office commemorate 160 students who are now serving in the armed forces of the United States. The one gold star is in memory of George Marine who was killed while in the service. Many of these local boys, your friends, are stationed out of the state. News from home and school means a great deal to them, partic- ularly at Christmas time. Due to the uncertain sailing schedules, the postal department has urged every- one to. get his Christmas mail to boys in service, off before Novem- ber 1. Do your part to keep up our sol- diers morale. Write today and make some Fillmore lad glad with a Christmas letter.