Lemoore High School - Nuntius Yearbook (Lemoore, CA)

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bush, luiitl dietician at the? Chiklrpu ' s liosiiital ill San Fiaiirisco; Tony Cardozo. liead liarher at Paranioiini Toiisoiial Parlors; Kthel Brown Lne,an, who has the distinction iif heiiis th e mother of one of the popuhir members of the graduation class oC 1!)5S; Leonard Newton, president of the Newton Model Airplane Factory of Los Angeles; Gertrude Prys, assistant welfare worker of Kings County; Dorothy Short, who with her husband operates the Oily Motor Inn on the Sierra to the Sea Highway; Kenji Avimiira, a government aviator; Gloria Mideiros, maid in the Asierbuilt Hotel; Doris Behney, manager of a Girl Scout Camp, whose husband is a forest ranger; Burton Lowe, in- ventor of an electric light socket and wall switch with luminous rims whic ' h nvay be feen in the dark; Hermenia Silveira, a short story writer for leading magazines; Basil May 1958 Ball Program 1. Waltz — Thelma Arnett of the Dew Drive Inn on the shore of Tulare Lake. 2. Fox Trot — Mayme Garcia, Aviatrix. 3. Suzy-q — Virginia Hickey, assistant to Madam Sylvia of Hollywood. 4. Shag — Belle Laureana, typing instruc- tor at the Stratford Business College. 5. Fox Trot — Gertrude Westrup, nurse in the Red Cross Hospital in San Fran- cisco. 6. Big Apple — Joy Wilson, transconti- nental solo flyer. 7. Truckin ' — Laverne Tuzzi chief switch- board operator at Hollywood Hotel. S. Suzy-q — Helen Martin, a second Sonja Henie. 9. Shag — Mary Jane Schattgen, Pro- prietor of a tearoom at Long Beach. 10. Peckin ' — Ann Stevens, matron of the L. U. H. S. Orphanage. Menu for the 1958 Reunion Banquet AVOCADO AND PEACH SALAD ( P ' rom Dora Cardozo and Her Husband ' s Ranch) FRIED CHICKEN (Furnished by Lewis Domingos, Poultryman) BAKED HAM (From Clarence Borrecco ' s Ranch of Pure Bred Hogs) MASHED POTATOES AND PEAS Dessert . . . Apple Pie A La Mode (From Frieda Harmon ' s Famous Bakery) All milk a,nd cream furnished by the Grade A Dairy, Frank P ereira, Pro- prietor. This banquet was planned and super- vised by Gerald iiie Mendonca, director of cookery in the Stratford Trades School. Wilson, a taxidermist; Fred Dillard, owner of a merry-go-round and concession; Millard Roberts, collector of rare Tjntterflies; Alma Summers, proprietor of the Cheeseburger Inn at Hall ' s Corner; Jack Stratton, who has the monopoly of colored toothpicks, a different color for each course; Josephine Brazil, mannequin In an exclusive dress shop owned by Edith Chedister; Floyd Blakeley. famous driver of Midget Auto Racers; BJIvira Sozinho, hostess in her husband ' s night club; Jim Cain, spider for Bingling and Banes Circus; Jango Nishimine, designer of ocean-going airplanes; Onesimo Mendes, auctioneer throughout the valley; Imogene Cromwell, who with her husband came from Oklahoma for the banquet; Tillie Hein, a society matron of Lemoore; Verne Hurlbut, dairyman of Riverdale. -23—

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Mementos of the 1958 Reunion Banquet and Ball EXTRACTS FROM THE SECRETARY ' S REPORT The reunion ot the Class of IflSS of the Lemoore High School wns called for June 1. 195S in Lemoore with the officers of ' 3S in charge. ' The president, Jim McCrory, owner and manager of the West Side Dude Ranch, presided at the hanquet. The fol- lowing members responded to roll call with a how: Hilda Woodward, a promoter of artist colonies in the United States; David and Leo Thomas, founders of Thomas Bros. Fancy Wines; Mrs. Marjorie Fabry Merker, our former commissioner of publicity; Program for the 1958 Reunion Banquet 1. Instrument solo — Ailene Rose, di- rector of the Chicago School of Music and Art. 2. A scene from Hamlet by Eddie Gar- cia, producer of Shakespearian plays. ; ' ). An address — Children of Siberia by Nadine Hummel Ross just returned to the United States after fifteen years as missionary in Siberia. 4. A dance — Fling of the Ages by Charles Epps Lovelace of the West- haven Dance Studio. 5. An address — T h e Continuance of World Peace by George Sakaguchi, Good - Will Ambassador to foreign countries. 6. An Impersonation — Bonnie Adams 7. A Vaudeville Clown Act — James Bel- knap. 8. A radio number at 9; 30 by Dorothy Altamirano and her orchestra from Station LUHS. 9. A tap and swing dance by Vera Gra- vance. 10. Song by our Blues Singer Skoegard. Betty 11. A Characterization — Josephine Silva. 12. Fortune Telling — Virginia Larios Betty Friend. State veterinarian; Sally Rose, chief of the Lemoore Traffic Department and investigator of wrecks; Edith Kirk, world renowned artist; Louis Mattos, who is still breaking records on the Pacific Coast as a motorcycle racer; Iris West Gillis, who with her three children had just returned from a visit with relatives in the East; Kathryn Harney, dean at Vassar; Bill Harris, president of the Tulare Lake Steamboat Company; George Cobb, a Mendota financier; Leonard McGloue, Congressman from this district, who recently returned from Washington; Clarence Santos, honored recently for worn in radio and television; Suzuye Mayeda, proprietor of a curio shop in Kettleman City; Helen Powell, able secretary to Leonard McGlone; Gilbert Phillips, science instructor in the Avenal Junior College; Dora McDowell, June Costa, and Elise Nichols, who own and operate a chain of beauty parlors throughout Southern California; Mary Roude- -22-

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My Classmates ' Parting Gifts I, Bonnie Adams, leave, seeing thank goodness on everyone ' s face. I, Doi-othy Altaniirano, will to Betty Brothers my ability to turn cymbals out when in a parade; and to Flora Ahado, my success in staying out of vineyards at night. I, Kenji Arimura, leave my knowledge of mathematics to anybody who needs it. I, Thelma Arnett. will my tun in giggling in public speaking to Clara Blakeley. provided she keeps it up every day a I did; and to Berniece Lloyd, my desire to eat at least one ice-cream cone a day. I. Doris Behney, give my noon study hall seat to Betty Dyer. I, James Belknap, will to Elvin Gipsou my good-natured ways, provided he doesn ' t play with Joe Jorgensen. I, Clarence Borrecco, will to Dutch Downing my ability to win a gold baseball. I. Josephine Brazil, will to Elaine Mello my ability to get out riYling, provided she gels back in time to catch the bus home. I, Jim Cain, in a sensible state of mind, do hereby will to Edmund Harder my center field position on the baseball team, on condition that he learns not to run awtay from the ball by the time he is a senior. I. Dora Cardozo, after much thought, leave my gym suit to anyone who wants it. pro- vided it fits her as well as it did me. 1, Tony Cardozo, in an extraordinary and profound state of ignorance, do hereby be- queath to that brilliant genius of the campus, Robert Taylor Downing, my curly hair and baby brown eyes. I, Edith Chedister, will my gift in singing to Margaret Zajac; and to Margaret Logan. I will my ability to get along in public speaking. I, George Cobib, do hereby beqtieath to Keith Lowe the power to get wise to himself and quit acting as though he were Robert Taylor. I, June Costa, will my talent in art to Orma Jean Teter, provided she is never able to draw as well as I do. I, Imogene Cromwell, leave my ability to attend assemblies to Pauline Roudebush She needs it. I. Fred Dillard, hereby bequeath to Douglas Bud Quinn, my art of just getting by in Spanish. In this task he must not chew gum more than three times a week. I. Lewis Domingos, will to Ed Terra, my luck in picking up girls, provided he stays away from Hanford High. I, Marjorie Fabry, with much relief, do hereby will all my work and worry to anyone who desires to take the managership of the Tiger ' s Voice, provided he keeps it growling. I. Betty Friend, give my timid. inaudil)ly weak voice to Mary Jane Stevens as long a ' j she doesn ' t over use it telling Archie what she thinks of him tor not doing this and that. I, Eddie Garcia, while in a sober mind, in parting from tliese halls which shall long be remembered, do bequeath what little gray matter I do possess to James Merkei that he may do his own U. S. history during my absence. 1. Mayme Garcia, leave to Rosie Silveira my good grades in English, provided she gets A ' s without working hard. I. Vera Gravance, bequeath to Barbara Poindexter my skill in playing clarinet in or- chestra; also my long fingernails, provided she doesn ' t bite them for two years. I. Frieda Hai-nion, being always in a cheerful state of mind, do will this clieerfulness to Orma Jean Teter, provided she doesn ' t laugh in her sleep as well as all day I, Kathi-yn Harney, in a sound state of mind do will to James Merker my conceitedness. provided he doesn ' t overdo it; and to Roberta Thomas, my role as old maid in class plays. -24-