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

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llXl lVllENllURll XM On Oetober lvth of th1s past school year F1llIDOfC lost o11e ot 1ts flI1CSI e1t1 1en5 Mr ohn Russell lllllf for 15 years 11 devoted teaeher ll our sehool p 1iSCLl away In deepest respeet for l11s memory 1 e ded1e1te th1s ISSLIL ot the N136 C0131 de Oro It 15 lIUPOS5Il5lC to truly measure tl1e mfluenees exerted by fllIS Spllllellkl 111 111 durms, l11s brlef l1fet1111e He w as loved by so m my 1I1Ll utterly respeeted by 1ll tl1e state he w 1s f1rst last 111d alw 1ys 1 te lLllCf Mr lllllf lox ed young people 111d all young people knew 1t In a11 ILZC w l1e11 tl1e youth ot our eountry 1re mueh derlded he was tl1e1r fflilltl HIS faxth 1nd eonftdenee 111 l11s students w IS l'3OLlI1Ll less and If was eonstant On that day of h1s PISSIIIIQ an e11,htl1 Lfldf. student sud to one of our faeulty XVhat w1ll I do' He w as l1l1e 1 father to me And so he w as To so many Russell I'l1nt loved h1s work he loved h1s eommumty he loved h1S school The Contr1but1ons he made IH the estabhshment of eharacter 111 our Cornmumty w1ll neyer e11d Russ Fhnt env1ed no man he coveted nothmg He never reeogmzed pettmess 1n others for he never knew smallness 1n h1mself It was 1mposs1ble for th1s rare man to l1e Cheat or be a fraud He w as 1ndeed a com plete and Ll1gI11f1CLl human beme, It has been sa1d that the e11d all of learnmg IS charaeter If th1s be true ohn Russell Plmt stood among the most edue 1ted of men Tx 1 1 11 1 1 l A Al Al l A 1 ' , 1 C 7 Q 1 1 ' ' - ' 7 '. 14 Q -- ?', ,, -, , .2 ,Zn lv. 1 1 1- 1: 1 - ' ya V 1 1 ' -2 1 H- 1 Q 1 A ' ' -' 1 y 1f 1 1 1 ' 1 - 11 1 1 1 1 1 '- - 1 ' I I y '- I 1 A 1 ' 1. 1 1, - - 2 1' 2 1 - 1: 1 - 1 1 2 - An artist of sueh rare skill that l1e was known as 11 creative perso11 throughout 2 f V x 1 ' h V ' . 2 A Y 1 I V A ' ' ' 2 1 ' 1 . ' 3 1, 1' ' 1 . A 1 ' 2 1 ' 1 ' 1 I -1 S 1 Lf 12 , H ' - 1 . 1 1 1 4- 2 ' N K ,' Y V 2 x 1 A L L f Y Y- y 4 I I u . . , . , . . . , . . . I . 7 I -, , K , , 1 I y J 'z ' .

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3 DAVE MERRILL editor of the 1956 Copa De Oro workmg on the annual The purpose of a school annual IS to present a panoramxc vrew of the exents of the school year Wrth thrs arm rn mmd the 1956 Annual Staff has brought to you a larger than usual book wrth an unusual plan of orgamzatron We felt thls could best be accomplxshed 1n an mformal manner Hopmg thrs book vull brrng back pleasant memorles 1n the years to come we present to you the 1956 Copa De Oro TH E STA F ll?