Millard High School - Millard Yearbook (Fillmore, UT)

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SHOULDN'T HE LAUGH? Coach Tall Walls is Ulah's lirsl WHEN THE FINAL GUN ENDED THE MILLARD - TOOELE THRILLER, THE EAGLES WERE ONCE MORE ur .STafei5 enfiafiona MA A greal paclc ol Millard gridders, powerlul and slrong, yel deceplive and clever, lrained by lheir coaches lo splil-second precision, proved ilsell once more champions, by sweeping lhrough praclically all opposilion lo gain lor lhe lourlh con- seculive lime our slale's mosl coveled class B loolball diadem-elhe slale Championship. The road lo viclory, however, was no easy one. Filly hopelul boys, among lhese only one relurn- ing lellerman, reporled in early Seplember lo assisl Coaches Walls, and Williams, lo defend our class B coach winning four slraighl championsh.ips lor his alma maler. Rumor has il he calches you wilh a sleeper if you don'l walch oul .... MILLARD HIGH'S I953 CINDERELLA BOYS what The proleclors of our lame exploded lheir hidden polenlialilies so elleclively in lhe final quarler of lheir final game lhal il earned lhem anolher well-deserved slale championship .... We proudly presenl: Row One, Iell lo righl:- JERRY TERRY ARVIN BRUNSON EDDIE WHATCOTT EDDIE BENNETT GARTH SORENSON LARRY WADE JOHNNIE PETERSON REED WADE LARRY OLPIN DAN MARTIN DUANE JONES GARY STEVENS Row Twoz- Row Three:- Row Four:- COACH TAFT WATTS TERRY BRADFIELD FRED DAVIES KIMBALL DAVIS KAY JOHNSON BARNEY COOLEY DONALD RASMUSSEN DONALD R. RASMUSSEN BOB PAYNE ROSS MARSHALL ROSS MELVILLE GRANT WOOD DICK PAYNE HAROLD GENTRY HAROLD VERHAAREN BILL IVERSON CLARK TERRILL BARRY BRUNSON DeLYLE CARLING MERVIN BECKSTRAND LARRY PETERSON JOE JACKSON GLEN PROWS ROBERT PALMER JACK JOHNSON CHARLES CUMMINGS LAFE PARRISH MIKE NIELSON ROYAL 'THORNTON JOHN SUNDSTROM LeGRAND KIMBALL DAVID ROBISON LYLE WASDEN ROGER ADAMS EARL PAXTON RICHARD BUSH STEVEN JACKSON FARREL WADE NEIL COOLEY COACH KEITH WILLIAMS 48

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TOO FREQUENTLY OVERLOOKED AT MILLARD HIGH SCHOOL ARE THE MUSICIANS OF ur ine Orckefn fra Anofher of our school's fine organizafions in which sTudenTs are encouraged To develop Their musical TalenTs is our orchesfra. made up of a comparafively small, buT always exTremely acTive membership. Here we will find senior and iunior high sfudenfs side by side. because all hold The STudy of inSTrumenTal music so high ThaT They do noT mind sacrificing Their noon hour, as well as Time affer school. for iTs Salce. Mr, Dallin Nielson, Their leader, however, Sees To iT ThaT such devofion does noT remain unre- warded. IT is he who helps nof only The group, buf individual members as well. To masfer The arT of expressing feelings and ThoughTs wiThouT language, using occasionally, records of world-famous orchesTras and conducfors To poinT ouT whaT can and should be achieved To noT only enrich The life of Those who are insTrumenTalisTs, buT also of Those who are lisfeners. Few are The days when These faiThful ones sfep before The public, buT whenever They do so, They never fail To win The applause and admirafion of friends and music lovers alike. Be if during The ChriSTmaS Season, or during specially arranged concerfs of The school's enfire music deparfmenf, This usually unnoTiced hard-working-noon-hour-group sTepS info The limelighf every Time They perform, for whaTever They do, They do To The very beST of Their abilifies, and flawlessly .... Thaf This is The case is proven by The many individual performances ThaT members of This organizaTion are called upon To provide noT only in church, in meefings of various ciTy organizafions, buf also aT elaborafe wedding parfies. Surely iT can be said of Them Our Orchesfra Enriched The Life of Many. OUR GROUP OF HARMONIOUS MUSICIANS To Thrill ofhers wiTh Their TaIen'I's are These Millard orchesTra members of noTe: Row One, leff To righfz- Row Twot- Clarinefs: Cornefs: Vinum: V,,,,,,,,, ANNA MAE CARLING JIMMY NELSON GAY MHCHELL GAY COOPER ALMY HOLLIS GLADE NIxoN LINDA CALLISTER MARSHA RASMUSSEN R055 ME'-VH-LE T,,,,,,b,,,,,,. ERANKIE BRUNSON LaRAE ROBISON B,,,,,,,,,, BILLY PETERSON MYRA ROBISON F,,,,,, MERLENE STEVENS EDDIE wI-IATco'rr CETKUUNE DAY coLLEEN BIRCH H,,,,,,, View Bm C,,,,,,,,, MERLENE JENSEN KAY LYNN WILCKENS BILLY GEORGE L-'VON JENSEN 47

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ver ing joofgaffg :bomain school's pasf Iaurels-a 'rhree-year sfale champion- ship. Under Coach WaH's wafchful eyes, prac- 'rices were held daily, beginning wifh 'rhe lasl' school period and ending lafe in fhe evening. Only falling darkness could half fhe ringing sounds of hard blocking and Tackling. Foofball players in fhe mak- ing Iroffed fo fhe showers fired and worn ou'r, be- ginning on Monday and ending on Friday, af leasf unfil pracfice games on Friday affernoons, puf an end To if. The sfruggle for sfarfing posifions was a hard one, a long drawn-ouf process. Upper classmen foughf 'renaciously againsf sophomores who were 'rheir equals, af Ieasf physically. Running fhese new- comers info fhe ground only worked for a week or so, affer fhaf hard devofed work Io a good cause made Things rough and 'Iough for all. Surely, foo?- ball champions af Millard are nof merely fhe prod- ucf of confesf work on Fridays: fhey are fhe resulf of pracficing day in and day oui' againsi clever, quife awake opposifion, fhrown againsf fhem when- ever friends and schoolmafes sfep on fhe gridiron. Affer fhree weeks of hard fraining 'rhe lucky ones who earned 'rhemselves sfarfing posifions were: Roger Adams, failbackg Mike Nielson, fullback: Billy Iverson, wing back: Jack Johnson, blocking back: Joe Jackson, leff end: Don L. Rasmussen, lefi Iackleg LeGrande Kimball, cenfer: Kimball Davis, leff guard: Dick Payne, righl' guard: Ross Marshall, righf fackleg De Lyle Carling, righf end. Everyone of fhem made sure fhaf Ihis same posifion was his whenever a game gof under way. None felf he could afford lo lei fhe coach and his school down. Whafever fhe price was fhaf had 'ro be paid 'ro hang on fo his posifion, maffered liffle, if was paid gladly. A FOOTBALL STILL LIFE There fhey hang and fell a sfory all of fheir own . . . gridiron relics. OVER, AND OVER AGAIN The secref fo success: pracfice makes perfecf. Here our boys are geffing 'Ihe final polish from fhe maesfro himself, making sure fhaf no minufe clefails are overlooked.