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

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{ 244 'P'lofi ectf, Scre-e-e-e-e-ch! The brakes of my car squealed as I swerved to avoid a very sleepy Mexican peon who had used the Parker-Hope highway as the site of his afternoon siesta on the afternoon of May 20, 1960. Although I was hopping mad and asked him if he knew he had very nearly cost me and my eight children our lives, he looked up lackadaisically, smiled sweetly, and said. Si, Senora, but I have news for you. Imagine my surprise when Pancho, for that was his name, had recognized me as a graduate of NYCUHS and a member of that best-of-all class, 1950. With half closed eyes he began to divulge news of classmates, and with some considerable prodding from me, he stayed awaked until he had finished. I was not surprised to hear that Marjory Hoover became the state auditor or Arizona after her graduation from business college, but to hear that Carol Clayton Garner was now postmistress of Parker and the mother of nine children came as quite a shock. Her husband was still delivering pop to points on an arid desert. And remember, Senora, that fine typist. Jack Price? When he is not running the drive-in close to NYCUHS, he is substituting as bookkeeping teacher. This was just as I had expected. Pancho's voice was faltering and his eyes were blinking more rapidly. You can't stop now! You halted me in this strange way and began giving me inform- ation in which you knew I would be interested. As I picked up a large boulder as a threat he went lazily on. Well, Senora, do not be in too big a rush. It is very, very warm, and we must take things easy. I suppose you would be interested to know that Joyce Robinson is Arizona's wealthiest woman now?” “No! I screamed. How did that come about? She decided to buy out Mr. Brogan and soon owned the country's greatest chain of theaters.” I pondered over this for some time and wondered if I dare approach my beloved class- mate for a small loan. Well, go on, Pancho! What about Melvin Gardner, Mary Tabor, and Carol Irwin?” Melvin,” replied Pancho, has lived up to everyone’s fondest hopes and is now head coach at Stanford, although he took time out to design Parker’s new high school building.” “Mary Nell Tabor, he went on to say, is enjoying Colorado’s cool weather with her husband and six year old twins, and Carol Irwin is just too busy to carry on correspondence since she is not only adviser to the home economics department but dietician for the high school cafeteria.” This Page Contributed by E. L. Blick—Parker Lumber and Supply Co. 9

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Satient PATRICIA TALLA (dee (.Init Pianist I. 2. .'i, 4; Class President 4; La Keata Staff 3. 4; Loud- speaker .'I; Minstrel , 2 (Parker Dam. Cal.); Ink Sp tt I (Parker Dam. 0 7.) ; Girls’ League 3, 4; Music Camp 3. BENJAMIN SIMMS Letterman’s Club 3, 4; La Keata Staff 3; Loud- speaker Staff 2. 3; Foot- ball Letterman 2. 3, 4; Basketball Letterman 2. This Page Contributed by S. M. JOYCE ROBINSON Basketball 7, 2; Glee Club 7, 2. 3. 4; Girls’ League 3, 4; Prom Prin- cess 3; Loudspeaker Staff 4. MARY TABOR Class Treasurer I (Park- er Dam, Cal.); Ink Sp »t Staff 7 (Parker Dam. Cal.) ; Loudspeaker Staff 3; Girls’ League 3. 4; Class Vice President 4; Valentine Queen 3; Min- strel 7, 2 (Parker Dam. Cal.) ; La Keata (Assist- ant Ed.) 3; La Keata (Editor) 4; “Digging I p The Dirt’9 3; Girls' Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Homecom- ing Princess 4. RAY STEPHAN Basketball Letterman I. 3; Track Letterman I; Football Letterman 1. 3, 4; Class President I; La Keata Staff I. 7, 4; Let- terman’s Club 3y 4; Loud- speaker Staff 1.2; (dee (dub 2. 3; Football Cap- tain 3. and G. Company. Contractors 't

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Pancho was nodding again. I slipped a No Doz tablet in a coke and began plying him with inquiries about the rest of those wonderful people in the class of 50. With all his renewed vigor he began to tell me about Carmen Aceves, the owner of Parker's one and only beauty shoppe, and the amazing success of Pat McCutcheon's smart dress shop where she sells only fashions of her own design. “Elmer Radford, too, is in the designing business. He is designing a hot dog of a different size and shape. He grew tired of looking at just one kind while selling them to people who stopped at his Shell Station, remarked Pancho. “Z. Payne Price, better known to you as Zack Price in 1950, is now one of the country's leading artists specializing in the painting of beautiful girls. Needless to say Pancho's words brought a look of amazement to my face, but he assured me that this was not as startling as the fact that Bob Gelvin was national president of the Lonely Hearts Club, although he was still a bachelor. I agreed with Pancho. With eyes sparkling with “No Doz Pancho romantically reported that Virginia Ramos was teaching dancing at her studio in Hollywood. In the same breath he reported Pat Talla’s amazing success at the Julliard School of Music in New York which had led to a concert series beginning in Carnegie Hall soon. I jotted down this information in my little black book so that I might remember the success of these two classmates in case I was ever in need. “But, Senora, one of the greatest honors to be bestowed on a graduate of '50 has been bestowed on the Honorable Ralph Reid, now mayor of Parker. Arizona, the garden spot of the Southwest. He was elected by a unanimous vote because of his contributions to the devel- opment of raising better cattle in and around Parker.” Pancho also had a report to make on another successful Parkerite, Ray Stephan. “Ray has done much to promote the sale of Hudsons by making speeches over all of Arizona. He and Betty Jean are married and live at the Dude Ranch. Pancho remarked. With this, the head of my informative friend drooped, showing that the artificial awakener was now wearing off. As he collapsed in a heap in the road, I muttered an un- heard “Thanks,” backed the car, drove off into the sand so I would not hit him. and contin- ued my journey down the Parker-Hope highway. This Page Contributed by Sophomore Class—Northern Yuma County Union High School 10