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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
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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
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