Lompoc High School - La Purisima Yearbook (Lompoc, CA)

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1 STUDENT BODY OFFICERS PRESIDENT ........................................... Ire-nc Lewis VICE-PRESIDENT . . .... Evelyn A1-klcy SECRETARY ..... .. Vera Wincbrcnnor TREASURER . . . .. . Theodore Hawkins Swv! i i V4 x 'V 21

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that no one at the time realized that he had been mortally wounded. Get under cover, all of you, said Mr. Luthy. The bullets seemed to have come from the west, so they took refuge behind some of the huge boulders. Martin crept around the end of a rock to drag Mr. Marks body to a place of safety. Everyone now got his gun ready for use. It was none too soon, for over the brow of a slight eminence came six men, all yelling and brandishing their arms. Martin and Elwood fired at the same time. Elwood hit his man, and he dropped, shot thru the heart. Martin was less successful, tho his man came on with only one good arm. Another shot put him out of business for good. Mr. Luthy's gun spoke, and another of the rascals bit the dust. They were now equal, for Dirk had been hit in the shoulder. Martin's rifle refused to workg a shell had become jammed in the breech mechanism, so he seized Dirk's gun, and, aiming at the foremost of the advancing men, pulled the trigger. He hit his mark, for with an unearthly yell, the man sprang into the air, and fell back, stone dead. The nearest of the attackers was now about a hundred feet away, the other was some feet to the rear. Without any warning, they suddenly dissappeared into the very bowels of the earth. For some time the defenders sat and waited for further developments, but, none being presented, they ventured out of their shelter. Upon approaching the place where the two had sunk into the earth, they found that the earth's crust had suddenly given away and let the two men down into a deep cave. How deep it was, what its contents were, and whether the two were alive or not, none could tell. Their voices were echoed back in queer tones, but no other answer was heard. A light showed that the cave was about twenty feet high. The Hoor seemed to be of solid stone. The bodies of the two men could be seen lying thereon. By means of a rope Martin descended irto the subtelranean inclosure. Those above heard a startled exclamation from the explorer below. The two men are alive, altho somewhat damaged, he said. Here in a corner is a human skeleton, and there's a pile of gold and silver as big as a hay cock in another. Wait till I tell you to pull, then go to it. Soon he had both of the unconscious men up, and then he himself followed. One of the men explained how they came to be there. It seemed that they were squatters on the island, and accidently had found the opening to a cave. They were busily at work removing the treasure in the cave when the guard informed the workers that a party of men was coming. They immediately prepared for a fight, but the old man set out to warn the approaching men not to come closer. He had been shot down by one of his own men. After the wounded had been given all possible aid, the dead were removed to a burial spot and there, on a desolate island, were laid to rest. The treasure, very largely composed of gold, was in ingots of the pre- cious metal, as well as in coins and jewelry. Nuggets of gold were found also. but the most had been reduced to pure gold and cast into bars. After several day's work at removing the treasure, they sailed for home. Once back there, they solemnly resolved never to engage in any more adventures of this sort. They had no need to worry about finances, for there was a little less than a million dollars for each of the five adventurers, and another million was divided up among the others who had played less important parts in the thrilling game of treasure seeking. Harold C. Risor, '25 20

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L.- l'f f:f' P WY num iii EH IW it F RESHMAN CLASS OFFICERS MILDRED GENTRY ...,. ..... P resident GENEVIEVE RUFFNER . . . . . Vice-President JESSIE SHORT ........ ..... S ecrctary RAE STATER ......... ....... ..........,........... 'I ' reasurer HAZEL SCHUYLER ...................................... Cup Manager CLASS COLORS-Flame and Green CLASS FLOIVER-Sweet Pea .. SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS HOWARD SMITH . . . . . ..... President AGNES WESTROPE . . . ..... Vice-President ANDREVV DUTRA .................... , ,....... ...... S ecretary-Treasurer CLASS COLORS--Green and Gold CLASS FLOWER-California Poppy JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS LOTHELE MILLER .... ......... P resident ETHEL UPTON ........... ........ .................. Y I ice-President THEODORE HAWKINS ............,............... Secretary-Treasurer CLASS COLORS-Purple and Gold CLASS FLOIVER-Larkspur THE HONOR SCHOLARSHIP SOCIETY In the establishment of a chapter of the California Scholarship Federation here at Lompoc High, the student body has helped to establish even higher stand- ards in scholarship than we before possessed. Last year Miss XVIIZIIIIS had obtained data from other high schools in the State and from Federation officersg so, in the early part of this year, a committee met and drafted a constitution. This was presented to the student body, which ac- cepted it and approved the connnittee's sending in I.oinpoc's application for mem- bership. This was doneg and, after our constitution had undergone several changes sug- gested by the Fecleratioil, we received our charter, formally giving ns the title, Chapter No. 419, California Scholarship Federation. The officers for the term of 1922-23 were: Donald Cherry, Presidentg Elton Nicoles, Vice-Prcsidentg Vera VVinebrenner., Secretary-Treasurer. -Donald Cherry, '24-. 22