Palo Verde Union High School - Echo Yearbook (Blythe, CA)

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I, Lloyd Lazenby, will my last name to all lazy freshmen. I, Carl Lunsford, will my straight hair to Jerry McDaniel. I, Maxine Martin, will my motto, catch 'em early, to Floy Christian. I, Melvin Hill, will my beautiful, outstanding eyes to Tony Seeley. I, Velma McIntosh, will my freckles to Audry Cox. I, Ernest Mack, will my track shoes to Harold Peel. I, Frank Patterson, will my ability to be a good A.S.B. President and still have loads of fun, to George Moss. I, Nellie Perez, will my long hair to Emmie Lopez. I, j. R. Pitts, will my fast talking ways to Gregory Covington. I, Floyd Pitts, will my quiet ways to Terry Todd. I, Mary Poe, will my giggles to the freshmen class in hopes they will have a better sense of humor. I, Eddie Reid, will my ways with the girls to jerry George. 1, Pat Rice, will my last name to China. I, june Rogers, will my ability to go steady with four boys at one time to Betty Perry, in hopes she can uphold my reputation. I, Evelyn Roggenstein, will my last name to Webster's Dictionary in hopes they can define it. I, Eugene Ross, will my nickname ro the California Fruit Growers' Association. I, George Scarbrough, will my motorcycle to some lowly freshman. I, Yvonne Peterson, will my nickname, Sharpo, to anyone who thinks they can uphold it, Qfair and square, that ish. I, Calvin Smith, will my clarinet playing ability to someone who can't play worth a durn. I, Betty Lu Southerland, will my rough, rowdy, and happy ways to all unhappy lower classmen. I, Billy Tally, will my name, Tally Ho to the Fox Hunting Club. I, Dennison Taylor, will my mathematical brain to Rosalie Hughes. I, Irvin Van Sickle, will my ability to build hot rods to Henry Ford. I, Robert Waters, will my last name to Boulder Dam. I, Roy Williams, will my boastful ways to Charles Stewart. I, Doris Young, will my ability to get along in life without boys, to Martha Beard. We, the Senior Class of '52, hereby declare this to be our last contribution to Palo Verde Valley Union High School. Signed The Class of '52 Witnesses: Peat and Repeat Caldonia Kilroy and Kiljoy Maude Adams Drippy and Droopy 30

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CMU pl 0l0 QC? The gathering of the class of '52 was held at the opening of the Drive-In-Theater in West Blythe. The program began at 8:00 under the starlit sky of the Palo Verde Val- ley. Slow Joe Grimes, the famous television king, was appointed master of ceremonies. The first to arrive was Mrs. Maxine Martin and all of the little Martins. Assisting her with her tribe was, and still is, ol' maid June Rogers. All of a sudden there came a quiet hush as in drove the swabbies, Ruth Farrage, Betty Lu Southerland, Ellen Hamilton, Frances Bigler, and Marilyn Beard in their 1962 Ford Jeep with twin pipes. They in- formed Slow Joe they had only a few more years to go in the Navy and they could re- tire on the Navy's pension plan. . About that time the party began to get a little noisy and Manager Eugene Ross appeared with a red flashlight to request us to be a little more quiet. Along came Poochie Fern Guess, putting down the aisle on her motor scooter hollering, peanuts, popcorn, second hand chewing gum, and fresh picked fruits. What's this? Well, it's Earl Husby and Natalie Guptill chasing a chicken that es- caped from Natalie's chicken farm in Ripley. There came a scream of sirens and Buddy Corley and Eldred Boney George, now cops, informed us- that Billy Esler had escaped from the pen just for this special occasion. It was believed he received his get-away car from Mary Poe, burlesque queen, and both should arrive before long. Then following Hail to The Sons, played by Harry Hall, Dwain Davis, Bill Bar- rett, and Calvin Smith, the Round Town Band, a loud cheer rang through the crowd as in drove the United States President, Frank Patterson. With him was his very attractive wife, Yvonne Sharpo, a wealthy divorcee. Driving in behind them were Frances Dysart, Frank's private telephone operator and Frieda Karr, his private secretary. 1. At last it was time for the main feature, I Was A Yellowjacketf' starring jack and joan Starr, the former Jackie Hale and joan Anderson, now married. This picture was produced and directed by Bob Henderson who inherited Western Brothers. The picture, being a big success, was received with a long and loud applause. After everything was brought to order again, Slow joe announced we would now witness a comedy under the direction of Eddie Ried, starring Lead Adams and Myrtle Bowen in Deep in the Heart of Blythe. A wild applause followed the comedy, but the crowd quieted as in walked Professor Dennison Taylor and his guide, mechanic and chauffeur, Irvin Van Sickle. They had just returned from a world-wide tour to Cibola, Fertilla and Quartzite. Being time for intermission, Slow joe announced that Margene Butler, manager of Foster's Ol' Fashioned Freeze, was giving out free samples of their new fruit salad top- ping. Assisting her were Doris Young and Claudia Hayes, trying to earn a living for their kids. We hear they were deserted by their former husbands, Kenneth Brown and Marvin Harper, who had left them to return to their first wives, Velma Mclntosh and Jean Leard, who had inherited a fortune. 32