Millard High School - Millard Yearbook (Fillmore, UT)

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THIS GANG IS THE JOLLIEST THAT YOU HAVE EVER SEEN . . Maui .Qafe Cglramlaion meafdra UTAH'S FIRST CLASS B CHAMPIONS These boys proved hard Io beah I From Ie'F+ Io righI':- LAFE PARRISH, CHARLES CUMMINGS, JACK JOHNSON, KIMBALL DAVIS, COACH WATTS, DONALD L. RASMUSSEN, GLEN PROWS, DONALD R. RASMUSSEN. Among Ihis group of musclemen some foughr and won, ofhers foughr and Iosr, buf all enioyed Io Ihe 'nrh degree Ihar which Ihey did. Come and see 'em work our . . . norice Iheir bIue and green body ornamenrs . . . hear 'em complain, siIen'rIy, however, abouf sfrained Iigamenrs and aching bones . . . buf why nor, is if nor worrh H' when 'rhe end of Ihe season brings in The s+aIe's highesr regard, a class B championship Trophy? Yes, Ihese are Ihe boys Ihar during Ihe fall made up parr of Ihe Millard Ioorball championship Ieam. They are Ihe sIrong boys Ihaf prefer a mar 'ro srrefch our on, rarher Ihan Ihe running on a hardwood fIoor7 Ihey are Ihe braves Ihaf climb info square rings Io compare Iheir srrengrh wirh Ihaf of orhers, as Iong as Ihey sray wifhin weighr Iimirsg Ihey are The producf of Coach Warrs' render care, who swear day in and day our in workours, and affer if some more, 'ro make cer- Iain weighr classes . . , 'rhey are 'rhe ones whose Iooks are deceiving. A LINE-UP OF OUR WRESTLING ELITE Row One, Iefr Io righ+:- LARRY OLPIN, BARNEY COOLEY, ARVIN BRUNSON, BARRY BRUNSON, JOHN SUNDS'TROM, ROBERT PALMER, REED WADE, GRANT WOOD, BOB PAYNE. Row Two:- HAROLD VERHAAREN, NEIL COOLEY, EDDIE WHATCOTT, JACK JOHNSON. GLEN PROWS. KAY JOHNSON. LARRY PETERSON, DeLYLE CARLING, DAN MARTIN, CHARLES CUMMINGS, JOHNNY PETERSON. Row Three:-e LARRY WADE, FARRELL WADE, KIMBALL DAVIS, ROSS MELVILLE, STEVEN JACKSON, DONALD L. RASMUSSEN, GARY STEVENS, EDDIE BENNETT, FRED DAVIS, DONALD R. RASMUSSEN, MERVIN BECKSTRAND. 71

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YOUNGSTERS WHO WERE NEVER READY TO GIVE IN . . . LU' 0l'l'l0I Q gCL5L0f82l 5 True To TradiTions seT by former sophomores, This year's gang oT cIassmaTes oT '56 broughT again hope and ioy To Coach Williams, as They demonsTraTed Tor him Their unknown baskeTbaII TaIenTs. Again one and all Ieague member schools, as well as man ouTsiders, were deTeaTed, as These young Eagles perTormed wiTh remarkable success. LiTTIe doubT did They ifeave ThaT They mighT be, as Time rolls on, more Than qualified To Till The shoes of Their predecessors. Give us addiTionaI experience under Tire, show us how To polish oTT our rough edges, and we'II be ready To do our besT Tor M. H. S., is Their plea: and who knows wheTher or noT They couIdn'T be righT. This much is sure, aT IeasT a handful of enThusiasTic under year's seniors a run Tor sTarTing posiTions. MosT oT Them, iT buT everyone will be anxiously waiTing Tor The momenT when mores have heighT, a sharp-shooTing eye Tor The hoop, and a maTer. WhaT more could a coach ask Tor, To sTarT ouT wiTh? CriTicaI observers Trom sidelines agree ThaT quaIiTy building maTeriaI is on hand. All oT Them hope ThaT iT will prove useful, ThaT The sophomores' march Toward recogniTion will noT sTop wiTh This season .... Here are The resuITs ThaT are responsible Tor These opinions: Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard Millard PRE-SEASON GAMES classmen will be ready, comes TaII, To give nexT is True, will be numbered among bench warmers, he, as subsTiTuTe, can reveal his abiIiTies. Sopho- willingness To play Their hearTs ouT Tor Their alma ,,,.,.,..,,,45--American Fork REACHING FOR THE STARS ,,,,,.,,.57--TinTic .........5O--NorTh Sevier ,,,s,.,,,'32--Ephraim ., , Y, N44-Gunnison A ,, ,W39-Moroni ,, ,,4I--TinTic ,36--Moroni Y, 48--Ephraim LEAGUE GAMES WN29-Parowan . WW46-MiITord . .........64--DeITa ,,,,,....3I--Beaver ghggm-29-.Milford These are The main five of our under classmen: WW,-38-..Del+a Rober+ Palmer, Harold Verhaaren, Eddie BenneTT. ,Mm-47iBeaVe, Gary Sfevens, and Larry Olpin. ........,,..,.,,,..,..48--Parowan ADDITIONAL SOPHOMORE FORCES THREE GIRLS THAT NEVER LET THEIR CLASS DOWN These damsels, Jerry Johnson, Gloria U'I'Iey, Reed Wade, Larry Wade, Errol Deardon, Billy George, , , , Fred Davis, GranT Wood, Barry Brunson, Glade Nixon. and Molhe Johnson' keP+ Iihmgs ahve when sophomores had The floor.

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REGIONAL CHAMPIONS, SECOND AND THIRD PLACE WINNERS MeeT our sTrong men: LAFE PARRISH, JACK JOHNSON, GLEN PROWS, and KIMBALL DAVIS, Champions: FRED ROWLEY, Third Place Winnerg and CHARLES CUMMINGS, DON L. RASMUS- SEN, CLARK TERRELL, and DON R. RASMUS- SEN, Runner-ups. DAILY WORKOUTS These piciures reveal The prepara- Tions needed To sTay physically TiT comes combal' Time. Coach WaTTs made sure ThaT every MILLARD'S GENTLEMEN WHO WOULD RATHER LOSE THAN DO ANYTHING DISHONORABLE . . . Our high school's moan and groan deparTmenT has always enjoyed an ouTsTanding repuTaTion. Millard boys OT The square ring have had sTaTe Top ranking Tor years, noT all, louT many. This year, however, six sTaTe champions developed, and won Tor our insTiTuTion The TirsT Class B sTaTe crown. KJWZAFGLCQ . . l'l J H285 . . From regional compeTiTion To sTaTe championship is a hard and Tiresome Travel, upward, ever upward, wiThouT liTTIe, if any resT. AT leas+ so iT was Tor our Eagles, who compeTed This season againsT our regional members, Then sponsored The regional meeT locally, and Tinally ended up in The B. Y. U. Tieldhouse in Provo To Tace The besT oT Talenfs The sTaTe had To oTTer. Wherever They wenT They lived up To The repu- TaTion: A Millard man is hard To beaT .... Among sTars are Those who were vicTorious unTo The end: oThers almos+ unTo The end, and sfill oThers who provided The needed work- ouT To develop Top conTenders. BuT whaTever Their names, all made up a Team ThaT ranks number one in our sTaTe. Why Kimball Davis, Clark Terrell, Jack Johnson, Charles Cummings, Glen Prows, and LaTe Parrish sToIe The spoTIighT and are muscle men any coach would be happy To have, iT was Coach WaTTs' giTT of geTTing his charges ready To give all They goT The momenT iT is needed ThaT broughT new Tame To Millard High .... WheTher The conTesTs of The sTrong and mighTy were held locally, or away Trom home, The will of The Eagles To wfn was The same, and The resuITs, vicTory or deTeaT, served as The same onward driving force To do beTTer . . . To sTay on Top. OUR LUCKY CAMERA MAN CAME WHEN THE COACH WAS GONE man goT his daily work-ouT, Here are some of The Iighfer scenes of friendly mass compeTiTion affer iT was all ov 72