Fowler High School - Litoria Yearbook (Fowler, CA)

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THE VICTORY CORPS, aTTer The TirsT inclucfion wh WORKING FOR VICTORY The VICTORY CORPS was TirsT begun aT FUI-IS in February, wiTh The inducTion oT 92 sTu- denTs. CapTain MonTgomery oT I-Iammer Field aided in The ceremony. On April 2 a second gen- eral inducTion was held and old members were received inTo special service groups, open only To sophomores, iuniors, and seniors. The purpose oT The Corps is To enable high school sTudenTs To Train Tor and To parTicipaTe in The war eTTorT eTTecTiveIy. To remain in The spe- cial services, each member had To earn 25 poinTs every Two weeks by collecTing scrap, buying sTamps, doing Tarm aid or care OT children or observaTion posT worlq, malcing a vicTory garden, building model planes, carrying on school ser- vice, or conTribuTing To paTrioTic programs. Each special service group was headed by an eIecTed oTTicer as Tollows: ProducTion, D. Fearn- side: Land, B. A. Turner: CommuniTy, P. Pender- grass and A. Condoiang Sea, F. Willcinsg Air, I-I. Andersen. Michael Thayer was head sponsor, JUNIOR RED CROSS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Miss Beclcwiih, Henry Andersen, Zavarl Osganian. ich included 92 members, and Mr, Thayer, head sponsor. EI NATIONAL SERVICE The JUNIOR RED CROSS was one oT The busiesT organizaTions oT The school This year. In November, The STamp and Bond drive was sTarTed in The home rooms. During This monTh also The club senT ChrisTmas de-coraTions To Alaslca and menu Tolders To The Marine Base aT San Diego. AT Chrislmas, boxes oT Tood were Talcen To needy Tamilies oT The Town. ATTer new year be- gan, iT was Tound ThaT The sTudenTs had gone over The 9070 ToTaI in December To win The Treasury Flag. This record was lcepT up Tor The resT oT The year. In March and April a Jeep Drive broughT in enough To pay Tor Two Jeeps. The drive closed in May wiTh a prize To The home room purchasing The mosT sTamps and bonds during The year. OFFICERS: BeTTie Mae Beeson, presidenT, DoroThy Marlcarian, vice-presidenTq Ann I-Iago- pian, secreTaryy I-Ienry Andersen, Treasurer, Elaine Goodrich, ch. sTamp commiTTee, Miss Beclc- wiTh, sponsor. Goodrich, Dorolhy Marlcarian, BOTIIC Mau Beeson, Ann I-Iagopian, 23

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ASSOCIATED STUDENT BODY OFFICERS Slanding: Blayney, sifting: Garoian, Hupp, Osganian, Thompson, Pendergrass, Lango, I-Iollon, Kimrey, Nilcsarian, Mr. Dann. OFFICERS Laurice Blayney R - Presidenl Jaclc Thompson - - Yell Leader Leon Garoian - - Vice-presidenl Ramona Lango - Yell Leader Pauline Pendergrass - Secrelary Vivian I-lupp - - Yell Leader Zavarl Osganian - Treasurer Ray Kimrey - Publicily Manager Charlene I-lollon - - Assislanl Annabelle Nilcsarian - - Assisfanl Carolyn Magill - - ASB Pianisl , PRACTISI NG DEMOCRACY in A WAR YEAR AS re I en . The Associaled Sludenl Body began a very lrying bul successful year by planning for Civilian and School Defense. A commillee was appoinled +o plan schedules for The girls of lhe school lo man The new observalion posl. The Air Raid commillee loolc charge ol air raid praclices and 'fried lo malce lhem as realislic as possible lor lhe benefil ol lhe sludenls in case ol lulure danger. A+ lhe beginning of lhe second semesler, lhe ASB sponsored lhe Viclory Corps and held an induclion service for all members. Throughoul' lhe year, Jrhe Sludenl' Body was enlerlained in assemblies by many guesls who in- cluded Anne Ashley, singer, Warren C. Tinlder, Dr. Polloclc, George Schleyer, Miss Slarling, and Ivan Ja- cobsen, Olher aclivilies ol 'rhe year were The evening program for lhe Fowler Fall Feslival, a Chrislmas dance, eleclion ol ASB officers lor nexl year, and Boys' and Girls' Camp lor Ihe execulive commillee members. ASB EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Back vow: Blayney, Pursell, Bulls, Galloway, Kinney, Garoian, Mr, Dann, Thonvpso 5 Ilinq: Sleci, Pendergras, Hupp, Lange, Goodrich, Maxwell, Osqanian, Holton, Niksarian. I A 2 2

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GIRLS' LEAGUE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Kellogg, Maxwell, Siorm, Feaver, Long, Magill. FRIENDLINESS TI-IE GIRLS' LEAGUE has encouraged Triendship and cooperaTion in all iTs acTiviTies oT The year. To begin school, a Freshman Tea was held on The TronT lawn To acguainT The Treshman girls wiTh Their Big SisTers. In November The annual Tall parTy was given in The gym, wiTh The Theme, RaTioning. AT ChrisTmas, a decoraTed Tree was placed in The TronT hall. In May, The second annual May Fair was sponsored by The League, wiTh BeTTy Long as general chairman. AT The Senior Earef well, graduaTing girls received corsages. COLORS: Purple and Lavendar. OEEICERS: Karleen Maxwell, presidenTg Carolyn Magill, vice' presidenT7 Lurline STorm, secreTary7 BeTTe Long, Treasurer: Jane Andersen, ch. BeauTy SpoT com.: DoroThy Marlcarian, ch. LosT and Found: Eleanor Torosian, ch. CourTesy com.: Delsie ScheidT, ch. OuesTion Boxp Carolyn Magill, ch. Program com.: Mrs. Kellogg and Miss Eeaver, sponsors. COOPERATION TI-IE BOYS' FEDERATION This pasT year has been inTeresTed in various phases oT The service. This was evidenT in The many meeTings aT which spealcers Talked oT The various branches oT The armed Torces. Some oT These were Bill Magill, an alumnus in The Navy, CapTain Blair oT The Lemoore Air Base, Yeoman AbboTT oT The CoasT Guard, Allen Devine, Navy Air Force, Rev. J. W. Beck, and CapT. Doug MonTeII. Also several oT The boys visiTecI The Lemoore Air Base in Novem- ber. The TirsT acTiviTy was a swimming parTy Tor The Treshman boys on Their TirsT day oT school. In March The club was in charge OT The annual Boxing TournamenT, wiTh John Pereira acTing as chairman. The IasT geT-To-geTher was a sTag parTy in May. MOTTO: Do our sharefl OEEICERS: Roger Pursell, presidenTg KenneTh CarTwrighT, vice-presi- denT7 Diclc Mainland, secreTary-Treasurerp Mr. I-Till, Mr. SmiTh, Mr, Thayer, sponsors. BOYS' FEDERATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Siniih, CarTwrighT, Mainland, Hill, Thayerg noT in piciure, Pursell.