Parker High School - La Reata Yearbook (Parker, AZ)

Text from Pages 1 - 48 of the 1946 volume:

LA REATA - m6 - Published by the Students of Northern Yuma County Union Hi h School DEDICATION To the students and faculty of this school and all other schools who through their work bring about a more promising and better tomorrow, we dedicate this annual. Jacqueline Wilbanks, Editor PRINCIPAL’S COMMENTARY Northern Yuma County Union High School possesses attractive modern buildings; an excellent, agreeable Board of Education; a coopera- tive, highly trained, experienced staff of high moral character; and a good student body. If every one of the pupils would take the proper advantage of their high school educational opportunities, they would be happier and better qualified for their future training, living, and good citizenship. This community is reflected in its high school. If the students, parents, and teachers would work together and cooperate for the best interests of the school, we would enjoy an excellent school. If the public would hear about the good points of the school, it would not be long before the school would become a boost for the town and attract more families into the district. RUBEN S. SUNDGREN (Pictured) Fred M. Beemon, Miss Mary D. Jesse, Miss Vivian Flora, Philip S. Engebretson. MR. SUNDGREN—Principal, Mathematics, Physical Education. MR. BEEMON—Science, Mathematics. MISS JESSE—English, Journalism, History, Physical Education. MISS FLORA—Homemaking, English, Practical Living. MR. ENGEBRETSON—Typing, Shorthand, Bookkeeping. Btbfi STUDENT BODY OFFICERS (Pictured) Mr. Sundgren, Frank Clements, Edwin Maxcy, Billie Jo McGaha. FRANK CLEMENTS..............President EDWIN MAXCY................Vice Pres. BILLIE JO McGAHA..........Sec.-Treas. STUDENT COURT OFFICERS (Pictured) Mr. Sundgren, Frank Clements, Edwin Maxcy, John Connolly. EDWIN MAXCY...................Chief Justice FRANK CLEMENTS.......,.Ass’t. Judge JOHN CONNOLLY................Ass't. Judge CLASS PRESIDENTS (Pictured) Mary Ruth Hargus, Barbara Wilbanks, Rowena Hall, Jacqueline Wilbanks. JACQUELINE WILBANKS ...................Senior ROWENA HALL ...........................Junior MARY RUTH HARGUS....................Sophomore BARBARA WILBANKS ....................Freshman SENIORS SENIORS WILBANKS, JACQUELINE Student Body Sec’y-'Treas. 3 Senior Class President 4 Scholastic Society 3'4 Ass’t. La Reata Editor 3 Secretary-Treasurer 2 Secretary'Treasurer 3 La Reata Editor 4 “Chintz Cottage” WELCH, VELMA Senior Sec’y-Treas. 4 “Chintz Cottage” CLEMENTS, FRANK Co-Captain (Basketball) 4 Student Body President 4 Student Court 3-4 Basketball 3'4 “Chintz Cottage” BONDS, KENNETH Co-Captain (Basketball) 4 Senior Vice President 4 Basketball 3-4 “Chintz Cottage” WILL We, the Seniors of the City of Parker, State of Arizona, in sound mind and body do hereby make our last will and testament. 1. I, Kenneth Bonds, do hereby will and bequeath to my successor Frank McVey, my ability to make one basket out of ten and be high point man. 2. I, Frank Clements, do hereby will and bequeath to my successor, Edwin Maxcy, my ability to get along with the so called “weaker sex.” 3. I, Velma Welch, do hereby will and bequeath to my successor, Bernice Cornell, my shyness. 4. I, Jacqueline Wilbanks, do hereby will and bequeath to my successor, Billie Jo McGaha, my duties as editor of the “La Reata” and wishing her the best of luck. SENIORS LOOK FORWARD This article was taken from the “Parker Gazette” May 22, 1956. NOTED EDUCATOR TO SPEAK HERE R. B. Sundgren, one-time principal of Northern Yuma County Union High School will speak tonight on “The Values of Education” in the new high school auditorium. During a recent interview Mr. Sundgren related the whereabouts of the Senior Class of 1946 when he was principal at NYCUHS. He plans to use the story of their progress in his speech tonight. Frank Clements is now at the head of the Physical Edu- cation Department at Ohio State University. After graduating from Parker, Frank went to the University of Arizona. In our own city we find Kenneth Bonds manager of the three theaters. Kenneth began by working in the original theater while in high school. Velma Welch and Jacqueline Wilbanks continued on to college. Miss Welch is head nurse at a nursing school in Phoenix and Miss Wilbanks is junior executive of the Miles Designing Corporation in Washington, D. C. SENIORS LOOK BACKWARD The Senior Class of '46 looked back on its twelve years of school. In September 1934 many children told their mothers good-bye and started off to school. Kenneth Bonds was one of these at Parker and Mrs. Kent was the teacher at the grammar school. Velma Welch came to Parker in the second grade under Mrs. Kent. The children during the third and fourth grade had a terrible time trying to make up their minds on what side of the room they should sit. In the fifth grade Mr. Belluzzi had to put up with their ingenious pranks. Then comes the sixth under Mr. Nichelson. Even though the studies did not appeal to the students, Mr. Nichelson’s paddle soon got them down to work. The seventh grade was taught by Mr. Belluzzi. Mr. W. D. Wallace appeared upon the scene in the eighth grade. Two operettas were given during the eighth grade and Kenneth Bonds entertained the crowd in one by being the court jester. Now at last high school days were here. Seventeen freshmen walked majestically in the door but after the effects of initiation they soon found their places. During that year the freshmen gave one assembly and the New Year’s Dance. Jackie Wilbanks entered at the first of the year. The sophomore year gave the students a chance to look down upon the lowly freshmen. The class gave two assemblies and two dances during the year. Finally, they were upperclassmen! The juniors under the supervision of Miss Muriel Kinman gave two assemblies, two dances, and the Junior banquet, honoring the seniors. Frank Clements was added to the roll that year. Then in September 1945 five seniors enrolled under Mr. Fred Beemon but Billy Choate dropped out, thus leaving only four. “It’s great to be a senior is true but as they look back over their school life, they sadly regret leaving their school and friends. JUNIORS (Back Row) Ronald Erwin, Bob Davidson, Edward Maxcy, Edwin Maxcy, Frank McVey, Newman Collins. (Front Row) Peggy Gould, Nadine Hall, Mr. Engebretson, Bernice Cor- nell, Billie Jo McGaha. SOPHOMORES (Back Row) Teddy Maxcy, Neil White, Charles Martin, Bob Martin, Miss Jesse, Ritha Savilla, George Campbell, John Connolly, Porfie Leon. (Front Row) Vivian Sethe, Donna Erwin, Ima Jean Bagwell, Mary Ruth Hargus, Dolores Earnhardt, Barbara Marshall, Mildred Hargus. FRESHMEN (Back Row) Cecil Florence, Bob Shultz, Earl Langendorf, George Lomayesva, Barbara Powers, Miss Flora, Dale McCormick, Camie Witzlaben, Roy Moore. (Front Row) Gloria Romo, Virginia Burgoz, Theresa Robles, Barbara Wilbanks, Loretta Thompson, Pat Eubanks, Norma McCoy. JUNIORS The juniors under the supervision of Philip S. Engebreton elected class officers as follows: President, Edwin Maxcy; vice-president, Rowena Hall; secretary-treasurer, Bob Davidson. WTien Edwin was elected to the vice-presidency of the Student Body and Bob Davidson left, Rowena Hall was elected president; Edwin Maxcy, vice-president; and Bernice Cornell, secretary-treasurer. The Hallowe’en Dance was given by the juniors and in March a barn dance was put on. “Buddy Answers An Ad”, a one-act play, was presented to the classes in January. The Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet gave the juniors their first taste of the life of upper-classmen and now they were ready for the life of careless seniors. SOPHOMORES The sophomores began the year by choosing Miss Jesse as sponsor and electing officers as follows: President, Mary Ruth Hargus; vice' president, Ima Jean Bagwell; and secretary'treasurer, Dolores Earnhardt. Wendell Bates left soon after school had begun and Bob Martin, Vivian Sethe, and Barbara Marshall entered later on. Barbara left in the latter part of February. The first social activity was a party in October. Each of the sophomores invited a guest. A patriotic program, including also a play “Lucky Lucy”, was pre' sented to the other classes on December 7. The sophomores gave the Valentine’s Dance and the “Queen of Hearts” was chosen. Another play, “The Prettiest Girl in Town”, was presented in May. This was the last play of the year. The last activity of the sophomores was an outside dance given on the basketball court. FRESHMEN Fifteen freshmen entered NYCUHS in September 1945. Hattie Choate and Gladys Webb dropped out during the year and Bill Hitch' cock, Norma McCoy, Theresa Robles, Joyce Granger, Barbara Powers, and Don Clemens were added to the roll of the class. Class officers were elected as follows: President, Barbara Wilbanks; vice-president, Hattie Choate; and secretary-treasurer. Dale McCormick. When Hattie dropped out, the class elected Camie Witzlaben as vice- president. Miss Vivian Flora was chosen as class sponsor. Two plays were given for the freshman assemblies. One in November entitled “The Pest Guest” and the other in April named “Cornin’ Around the Mountain.” On November 12 the freshmen gave a Thanksgiving Dance. On April 5 another good dance was given. The freshmen were very unlucky with the Bond drive and the Curtis Magazine Subscription Drive so they had to sponsor a party with the seniors in February and in May with the juniors. ACTIVITIES LA REATA MANAGEMENT JACQUELINE WILBANKS Editor BILLIE JO McGAHA EDWIN MAXCY Assistant Editor Business Manager (Pictured in group) Frank Clements, Ima Jean Bagwell, Mary Ruth Hargus, Bernice Cornell, Barbara Wib banks, Velma Welch, Mr. Engebretson. The “La Reata staff, under the direction of Mr. Engebretson, worked hard during the year to get the annual ready for publication. The positions on the staff are as follows: FRANK CLEMENTS.... IMA JEA NBAGWELL.... ANNE McCOY........ MARY RUTH HARGUS BARBARA WILBANKS.. BERNICE CORNELL... VELMA WELCH ...... ROWENA HALL ...... MR. ENGEBRETSON .... .............Sports Editor ..............Girls Sports ....Junior Representative Sophomore Representative ...Freshman Representative ................4'H Club ....................Typist ....................Typist ...................Advisor LOUDSPEAKER (Back Row) Ima Jean Bagwell, Donna Erwin, Dolores Earnhardt, Miss Jesse,. Loretta Thompson, Barbara Wilbanks. (Middle Row) Mary Ruth Hargus, Pat Eubanks, Bernice Cornell, Billie Jo McGaha, Peggy Gould, Velma Welch, Mildred Hargus. (Front Row) Neil White, Frank Clements, Kenneth Bonds, Edwin Maxcy, Charles Martin. The school paper, the LOUDSPEAKER, was published this year by the Journal' ism class and members of the student body under the direction of Miss Mary D. Jesse. Billie Jo McGaha was chosen editor last year. She was also elected to membership of the Quill and Scroll, international journalistic honor society, on the basis of her scholarship and outstanding achievements. HONOR SOCIETY (Back Row) Edwin Maxcy, Barbara Wilbanks, Jacqueline Wilbanks, Mr. Sundgren. (Front Row) Loretta Thompson, Mary Ruth Hargus, Pat Eubanks, Ima Jean Bagwell, Billie Jo McGaha. The Scholastic Honor Society began the year with five members: Edwin Maxcy, Jacqueline Wilbanks, Billie Jo McGaha, Ima Jean Bagwell, and Mary Ruth Hargus. Each student who became a member must have maintained at least at 1.5 grade average during the preceding semester. The new members added at the beginning of the second semester were Barbara Wilbanks, Patricia Eubanks, and Loretto Thompson. The purpose of this club was to stimulate interest in academic subjects and scholarship. 4-H CLUB (Back Row) Neil White, Camie Witzlaben, Earl Langendorf, Mr. Beemon. (Front Row) Gloria Romo, Ima Jean Bagwell, Mary Ruth Hargus, Bernice Cornell, Billie Jo MaGaha, Mildred Hargus, Vivian Sethe. The 4'H Club was organized this year under the direction of Mr. Fred Beemon. Mr. Albert Face and Miss Muriel Hopkins, the extension leaders from Yuma, made-monthly visits to the club. The enrollment this year consists of fifty-two members, forty of which are grammar school students. The main activity of the group was the fair, held April 6 in Yuma, Arizona. Five demonstration teams from high school and three from grammar school participated in the fair. The officers elected this year were: Bernice Cornell, president; Billie Jo McGaha, vice-president; Mary Ruth Hargus, secretary-treasurer; and Bob Shultz, reporter. CHEERLEADERS The cheerleaders this year were Ima Jean Bagwell and Dolores Earnhardt. They were present at practically all games and did a fine job during the year. SPORTS BASKETBALL (Pictured) Edward Maxcy, Teddy Maxcy, Kenneth Bonds, Frank Clements, Newman Collins, Edwin Maxcy. (Back Row) Camie Witzlaben, Manager. (Pictured) Robert Martin, Bob Shultz, Cecil Florence, Neil White, Porfie Leon, George Lomayesva. BASKETBALL SCORES OPPONENT PLACE Valley School here Wickenburg here Kingman there Yuma there Yuma here Blythe here Needles there Kingman here Valley School there Needles here Blythe there Stars here Homer’s Indians here Carver Phoenix Buckeye Phoenix • • .• Total WE THEY DATE 29 18 Nov. 29 18 19 Dec. 1-5 10 40 Dec. 22 12 17 Jan. 4 15 32 Jan. 11 29 21 Jan. 18 14 34 Jan. 19 25 63 Jan. 25 27 26 Feb. 1 24 29 Feb. 6 15 36 Feb. 8 42 43 Feb. 18 34 33 Feb. 18 39 43 Feb. 20 28 32 Feb. 21 392 513 mm?«’ BASKETBALL (Pictured) Kenneth Bonds, Frank Clements—Co-Captains. This year our Broncs were confronted with bus schedules and class schedules allowing the team to practice only one hour each day. They were handicapped by lack of experience; but with unbounding determination combined with good sports- manship, the Broncs developed into a hard-fighting team. The Broncs played no school with less experience or less reserves, but they made each game a contest. Frank Clements and Kenneth Bonds were chosen as co-captains. Bonds was high-point man during the year with 143 points and Clements ran second with 80 points. GIRLS SPORTS (Pictured)—Back row—Joyce Granger, Nadine Flail, Billie Jo McGaha, Miss Jesse, Theresa Robles, Peggy Gould, Pat Eubanks. Middle row—Barbara Marshall, Virginia Burgoz, Ritha Savilla, Velma Welch, Barbara Wilbanks, Dolores Earnhardt, Donna Erwin, Mildred Hargus. Front row—Mary Ruth Fiargus, Gloria Romo, Vivian Sethe, Fma Jean Bagwell, Bernice Cornell, Loretta Thompson, Norma McCoy. The girls’ sports in 1945-46 began with basketball. They practiced long and hard to defeat the Colorado Indian School girls. The first two games with the Indians were victories for Parker; but in the final two, the Indian girls won. Mary Ruth Hargus and Ima Jean Bagwell were chosen to serve as co-captains during the basketball season. Miss Mary Jesse and Mr. Fred Beemon supervised and coached the girls. Later in the year the girls played such sports as softball, volley ball, and tennis. SCHOOL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 10 Back from summers toil, ready for nine months’ vacation. 10—Class officers elected and enrollment shows fifty. 24'29—Freshmen initiation (colors—black and blue). OCTOBER 26—Hallowe'en dance given by kingly sophomores. NOVEMBER 2— Freshmen give first assembly. 16 Thanksgiving dance given by the freshmen and fun for all but the janitor who had to sweep out the next morning. 7—Sophomores give a patriotic assembly. DECEMBER 7 Student Body Officers attend annual Student Body Convention at Superior, Arizona. 21—Christmas vacation begins and lasts until January 7. 31 New Year s Dance given by the seniors. The new year was welcomed in by. many new resolutions. JANUARY 12— Athletic Dance given to raise funds. 13— Happiness ends—semester exams begin. 25— Junior assembly. FEBRUARY i 16— Valentine’s Dance. “Queen of Hearts” chosen. 21- 22-23-24—West Central Basketball tournament at Phoenix. MARCH 22— Barn Dance. Everything was there but the horses. APRIL 5—Freshman Dance. 12—Senior class presents “Chintz Cottage.” 26— Juniors honor Seniors with banquet. 29—Freshmen present one-act play, “Cornin’ Around the Mountain.” MAY 3— Long dresses and bright corsages present themselves at the Junior-Senior Prom. 17— Dance on the basketball court given by the sophomores. 19—Seniors in caps and gowns sit through baccalaureate. 22—Seniors get diplomas to leave high school forever. CAN YOU IMAGINE Loretta and Pat not talking in study hall. Velma without her familiar giggle. Frank C. not trailing after a certain sophomore girl. Frankie not referring to every girl as his girl friend. Cecil and Bob S. being angels. Kenneth making the honor roll six times out of six. Bernice without her red hair. Edwin not making l’s in all his subjects. Dolores flirting with one boy. Camilo being good in English I. Rowena without her famous hair-do. Edwin without Laura Lee. Newman and Peggy saying something in English Class. Billie Jo without her smile. Bob D. with his English assignment. Anne and Norma making it to school on time every morning. Ima Jean without Frank. George C. without his horse shoes. John Connolly without a perfect algebra paper. Donna Erwin with straight black hair. Mary Ruth and Mildred without getting to school on time. Porfie being like his brother, Camilo. Charles Martin with a G-I hair cut. Vivian without Cecil and her laugh. Teddy with his algebra homework. Ritha not laughing. Neil White without his friendliness. Bob Martin in khakis. Virginia and Gloria without giggling. Roy not telling stories about his hunting trips. Earl without getting to school five days out of five. Camie acting dignified. Barbara W. being quiet in study hall. Theresa without her braids. Barbara P. jitterbugging. George L. going out with a girl. Don not being able to dance. HUMOR John (just rejected) : “Is this absolutely final?” Dolores: Quite, shall I return your letters?” John: “Please, there is some good material in them that I can use again.” Mr. Engebretson: “Why were you tardy this morning, Frank?” Frank: “Class started before I got here.” During history class Miss Jesse asked: “What happened in 1483?” “Luther was born,” answered Teddy promptly. “Correct! What happened in 1487?” After a long pause: “Luther was four years old.” Frank: “Do you know the difference between a taxi and a street car?” Ima Jean: “No.” Frank: “Great, then we’ll take a street car.” “Bob, you had better keep your eyes open in New York.” “Why?” “You’ll look pretty silly if you go around with them closed.” Billie Jo (on a street car in Phoenix): “I wish that good-looking, young man would get up and give me his seat.” Six men got up. Mr. Beemon: “Listen here, young man, are you the professor of this class?” Kenneth: “No, sir, I am not.” Mr. Beemon: “Then don’t talk like an idiot.” Mr. Sundgren: “Will you boys please stop exchanging notes in the back of the room?” Cecil: “Them ain’t notes. Them’s dollar bills. We’re shooting craps.” Mr. Sundgren: “Oh, pardon me!” Frank C: “The students listened with open mouths to my talk in assembly this morning.” Edwin: “Yes, it’s pretty hard for us to yawn without our mouths open.” r -VF- rr