Mayer High School - Cat Tracks Yearbook (Mayer, AZ)

Text from Pages 1 - 60 of the 1950 volume:

This 1950 version of LA LOMA DEL COBRE is dedicated to Marie Biggs, Paula Hayes, Sonya Hickey, Cari ie McDonald, Paula Schnebly, Lonnie Smith, Shirley Smith, and our friend and booster, Mr. O. S. Caywood, as well as to other shutter- bugs whose contributions were entered, or could not be entered because of lack of space. A 'picture is a representation, as of a person or a landscape, produced by painting, drawing, or photography. It is a description so vivid as to suggest a mental image. W e have endeavored to perpetuate our ti ansitory mental images by recording them in the following pages. More money would have given us more pages, but under the circumstances we have been content to present glimpses of Mayer, its environs, and some of its people as they exist today. 2 4 ELI.SWORTH M. SCHNEBLY Who's Who at Mayer High, 1949-50 Number Pupil Identification Birth date 1 Paula Hayes in a daze (over boys). October 21, 1932 2 Juanita Soriano at school manano. March 27, 1930 3 Clara Bensch in Ernie's clench. June 7, 1930 4 Bill Sam Kellis knows, but won't tell us. December 22, 1932 5 Sonya Hickey clever and tricky. August 7, 1933 6 Leo Dalton movin’-“not haltin’. November 25, 1931 7 Harry Cox mines onyx rocks. June 4, 1933 8 Iris Maders of Larremore's Crusaders. February 24, 1933 9 Clyde McDonald some girls he’s fondled. July 15. 1933 10 Billy Larremore the flirty Sophomore. April 3, 1935 11 Betty Bensch good common “sensch”. December 29, 1934 12 Robert Quain another brain. April 4, 1932 13 Lonnie Smith any girl's myth. October 7, 1932 14 Kenneth Nelssen he's very well, son. January 15, 1932 15 Pedro Soriano a perfect soprano. May 29, 1931 16 Jim Tom Kellis can't agree with the fellas. March 27, 1935 17 Louis Olvera for the gals he don't care-a-J June 21, 1931 18 Edwin (Pat) Orr who doesn't he care for? March 18, 1936 19 Barbara Hubbs she cooks and scrubs. March 15, 1936 20 Tom Quain the school’s real pain. April 5, 1934 21 Marie Biggs who boogies and jigs. October 13, 1935 22 Caroline Hernandez she likes the candies. July 19, 1935 23 Robert Nelssen who’s ideal is Wilson, December 18, 1933 24 Shirley Smith who's that she's with? May 25, 1935 25 Billy W illiams smiles by the jillions. September 5, 1936 26 Paula Schnebly her freckles are pebbly. January 4, 1937 27 Billy Cox strong as an ox. April 28, 1935 28 Norman Dawson he's never bossin' November 24, 1933 29 Richard Posey cute, mouthy and nosey. July 12, 1935 30 Pauline Olvera with the tiara. April 10, 1935 31 Carl Lips has all the chips. June 27, 1934 32 Joan Hayes with winning ways. October 7, 1936 Pictures of the following pupils are missing. Wayne Adams in A. S. C., Tempe, Arizona June 10, 1932 Dorothy Clark July 4, 1933 Margaret Clark August 16, 1935 Mario De Leon February 3, 1935 Louis Hayes January 21, 1934 Harold Lips, Jr. April 2, 1933 Leonard Manson March 28, 1935 Elisa Rodriguez June 9, 1935 School colors---Maroon and Gold 6 Autobiography Of a Graduate I, Paula Jack Hayes, was born into what was later to become the atomic age on Sunday morning, October 21, 1932 in Sedan, New Mexico. I had aged but a few hours when my Mother, my Father, my Grandmother and my Grandfather Hayes went into a huddle over what names I was to be given. Because many, including-me, had decided that I was to have been a boy, instead of giving me two boy's names, viz., Paul Jack, we compro- mised on Paula Jack. Thus I got my girlish-boyish name. Six weeks before I reached my sixth birthday 1 started to school. I shall never forget the rides to school with my sister in the school bus. I shall never forget the good times we had in those days, nor will the good times ever pass from memory. In 1940, my Grandmother and Grandfather Cosby moved to Mayer, Arizona. They had been gone but a few months when my parents---especially my Mother---became lonely and decided to follow her parents to Mayer. Altho we left some good friends in New Mexico I was too young to worry about that. When we arrived in Mayer in June, 1940, we lived up Big Bug near my grandparents. Later we moved into town so that my sister and I could go to school in Mayer. It was not long before we became acquainted with the boys and girls and began to enjoy our new environment immensely. I lived in Mayer until 1945 when we got the urge to move to California. We left Mayer in August, 1945 on our way to California. As soon as we were settled in Shatter, California I started to school at the Richland Seventh and Eighth Grade School. I was then in the eighth grade and had never been in such a spacious building. We remained in California but four months before deciding to return to good old Mayer. From all states, people who have once lived in Arizona, are drawn back to Arizona just as Mayer acted magnetically on us. On December 22, just in time to enjoy Christmas in the best state in the union, we arrived in Mayer, happy to see our old friends and to meet new ones. Every year since then I have watched the Senior class being graduated while wondering whether or not I would ever get my class ring (which I am now wearing proudly), my diploma, my cap and gown, and all else that comes with commencement. When my sister quit school to be married I wondered whether I might do the same and fail to get my diploma, but I am now almost ready to quit-u-ate, and somehow, it makes me feel more satisfied because I have spent four years in learning things which I hope to be able to use advantageously when I begin supporting myself. I am especially happy in being the second of sixteen grandchildren on both sides of the family who has completed school. Like too many others I have had scraps with the teachers and pupils now and then, but they have been forgotten and are only pleasant memories. I would gladly re-live and would probably change a few things, but even time itself cannot erase the pleasant memories associated with Mayer High School, After my Junior year was completed I was thrilled in being elected President of the Student Body and leader of singing in Assembly. I have enjoyed all my teachers and hope they will not forget me too soon as I shall not forget them. I believe the achievements of which I am most satisfied are my work in English, Typing, and my two years of Spanish. As an alumnus I want to continue to be a booster of Mayer High School. 8 ---Paula Jack Hayes All Aboard For Switzerland To say that I was a very lucky girl in being able to make a trip to Switzerland is under- stating greatly. We left Prescott, Arizona by plane and stopped a few times before we reached New York from where we went to Canada, Newfoundland, Ireland, and France, before we reached Switzerland. The round trip, including meals and everything else cost one thousand twenty-three dollars. Probably the thing which impressed me most was the clean towns in Switzerland with the electric trains, the sky-lifts, the steam boats, and the row boats which are much different from ours. There were great numbers of bicycles everywhere, buses, and strange cars with the steering wheels on the right side. To prove that I did plenty of walking you need only look at the three pairs of shoes which I wore out completely. We went on a trip thru Southern France, down to- the Spanish coast, along the Mediter- ranean, and back into Switzerland. In Paris we saw all the famous buildings. We went to Versailles and Fontainebleau where I saw everything that Napoleon had left, such as his fancy bed and bath tub. We went to Rome and saw the Vatican and many other great architectural triumphs as well as the great sculptures and famous masterpieces by the great masters. On our return we stopped in Florence, Italy with its great galleries of art. We stayed one week in Italy and two weeks in France. In Switzerland one is astounded at the great quantities of chocolate, cherries, and good cheese with the big holes in it. In fact, there is everything there on which one can easily become too fat. People eat four or five times daily, increasing the equatorial measure. W e visited a few schools, at one of which, in Trachslau, the teacher and the pupils welcomed us royally and made a short annual for me. The pictures and the articles by the pupils will always be a reminder of my interesting visit at Trachslau. All who have seen the books are particularly impressed at the clearness and neatness of the handwriting, not of the older children, but of the children of all ages. During the four months' sojourn there was no time to be homesick as there was never a dull moment. It was good to get home tho as I had missed two months of school. My teachers at Mayer have been very helpful to me. They have repeatedly told me not to worry and have helped me with my back work, which I am gradually making up. I certainly am grateful to them for their help. My sincere hope is that my teachers and school mates may sometime have such an opportunity and vill see and enjoy all that 1 saw on this extended excursion. ----Sonya Hicky ................ The Athletic Club ........... In October 1949,grades seven and eight organized the Athletic Club which was financed by dues of ten cents per week, plus receipts from candy and popcorn sales during the fall and winter. After the Christmas vacation we decided to spend our money on soft-ball equipment. We bought six new ball gloves, three new bats, and one new soft ball, all of which we needed. The seventh and eighth graders---both boys and girls--have played games with schools around Mayer, winning some and losing others. 9 ---Billy W illiams 21 Home Ec (above) Bobcats (below) 14 Grades One and Two Grades Three and Four 15 Grades Five and Six Grades Seventh and Eighth 16 School Calendar, 1949-1950 August 29, 1949 September 23, October 19, November 24, 25 December 21, December 21-January 5 March 24, 1950 April 14, April 28, May 5, May 19, 1950 Classes began Freshman Initiation, dinner (?), and party First snow storm-----an all-day affair Thanksgiving Holidays Christmas Program CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Dramatic Club’s TWELVE OLD MAIDS Dramatic Club’s SUZY Junior-Senior Banquet and Prom All-school Picnic Commencement Deer Hunting in 1949—-and What Have You? Fewer boys than usual got their deer in November. Lonnie Smith got his on the first day of hunting season. His family was enjoying venison while others were still hunting. Richard Posey’s deer was photographed in color by Mr. Caywood. The picture is now in Mr. Caywood's beautiful collection. The girls in Home Ec have done some good work under Mrs. Upton’s leadership. Mrs. Eva Scully and Miss Freda Wilson, in a letter dated March 3, complimented Mrs. Upton and the girls on the work they had done up to the time of their visit to Mayer. The girls later took to basketball as ducks take to water, Sonya Hickey takes honors as high-point star. All boys who can lift a basketball spend much time on the court with astounding results. If Mayer had a real gym, our boys could offer other schools some interesting compe- tition in a few years. The cement court has done wonders for us in basketball, volleyball and skating. Bob Quain drops the ball down thru the basket; Bill Kellis, the one-man- team, guards while he mixes boxing and wrestling into his game. Bill is especially good at dribbling every way except the right way. Louis Olvera tosses the ball into the air with no apparent aim and always makes the basket. Clyde Me is the bird who argues with the umpire (or anyone else who will listen) while using football technique for basketball. Pete Soriano's forte is pulling arms out of their sockets, probably because he thinks he is dissecting portions of beef and pork at Caywood’s Market. Billy Larremore takes first place in typing. Betty Bensch has the highest average grades in school, with Marie Biggs taking second place. Several have been competing success- fully for cellar position, academically. If any of the boys want photos of their girl friends, they should remember that all portraits of individuals and groups in this annual are by the Anderson Foto Shop, 730 Walnut, Prescott, Arizona. For quick service, phone 837 J or write to Post Office Box 1892. This will interest Bill Kellis, Billy Larremore, Lonnie Smith, and any others who are on the verge of matrimony. 18 POLAND JUNCTION POWER STATION STILL AT THE IRON KING MINE 20 21 16. FIRST CHANCE TO “FILL ER UP 17. LAST CHANCE TO “F1LL-ER UP 18. YAVADA1 COUNTY ONYX 19. SQUAD OF 1955 14. ,s HOOPSTERS IN ACTION 13. STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT OFFERS YOU THE KEY TO THE CITY, AS YOU ENTER 24 CROWN KING RANGER STATION MAYER ALUMNUS - 1942 ENSIGN FRANK McCALLUM NEAR JEROME OVERLOOKING THE VERDE VALLEY DON’T PASS A CHANCE TO GET GAS WITH HIGHWAYS BOTTOMLESS AND SNOW ONE FOOT DEEP ON THE LEVEL IN ARCTIC MAYER THE SAGUARO — ARIZONA'S STATE FLOWER TROPICAL PHOENIX — McDowell road 0 25 the ONE-MAN TOWN — ALONG THE HORSE THIEF BASIN ROAD CREATOR. ARIZONA MONTEZUMA CASTLE — OUR ANCESTORS Sl.EEH HERE MAYER — PRESCOTT ROAD ON LYNX CREEK HILL 26 CALIFORNIA DID NOT GET THIS WATER YET; NOR THE MERMAIDS, W HO SWIM AT BUMBLEBEE — 27 FOUR NATIVE AFuZONANS — 28 PAT, ROBERT. EDDIE, BILLY 28 MARIE ANNE O’HAGAN 29 GRANT T.BENNETT LUCILLE SCHNEBLY 30 “THAR'S GOLD IN THLM THAR HILLS --“ 31 32 Ulk� i«p)i d A Bobnd by WALSWORTH BROTHERS Mo coli«o. Mo. U 8. A m BEST WISHES FROM Wells Store GENERAL MERCHANDISE MEATS DRY GOODS GROCERIES FROZEN FOODS PHONE 325 MAYER ARIZONA Humbodt Fountain MALTS CANDIES CIGARETTES SOFT DRINKS ICE CREAM SUNDRIES THE SELBY'S-OWNERS GOOD WISHES FROM THE Iron King Mine COMPLIMENTS OF Ray's Market YOUR COMPLETE FOOD STORE MAYER ARIZONA COMPLIMENTS OF Nelson Tavern Amusement Hall MAYER ARIZONA COMPLIMENTS OF Mayer Malt Shop Cafe COMPLETE SALES AND SERVICE ON GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY PACKARDS WILLYS-OVERLAND JEEPS STATION WAGONS AND TRUCKS REMEMBER THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE WILLYS WILL TAKE YOU THRU Packard-Wiliys Motor Co. DEL KUEHNE 340 SOUTH MONTEZUMA STREET PRESCOTT ARIZONA BEST WISHES AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIOR CLASS OF 195U REMEMBER YOU’RE ALWAYS WELCOME AT Rohrer-Bloom Drug Co. 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