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

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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

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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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 £aat 'ZOtCl a td 7catawtetit t£e (Zlata a( (950 Inasmuch as we feel the day gradually approaching when school will be out; and since we realize that on that day our life cycle will terminate, and from that day on we will be social outcasts; that no one will speak a kind word for us; give us a single molecule of water to slake our thirst; nor uplift his hand to protect us from the raging multitude, and lastly, since we are perhaps deserving of the fate: Therefore, we do execute the following document: We, the 1950 class of Northern Yuma County Union High School, of the county of Yuma, the state of Arizona, do hereby make, publish and declare this our last will and testa- ment. hereby revoking all former wills, bequeaths, and devices of whatever nature by us made. FIRST: We give and bequeath to the 1951 Class of Northern Yuma County Union High School, our sincere hopes. SECOND: We give and bequeath to the present Junior Class, our senior nerve. Our hot air we will keep, realizing the juniors are not lacking in this. THIRD: We give and bequeath to the lower classmen, our ability to get out of giving assemblies. FOURTH: Individual Bequeaths: 1. I. Ralph Reid, leave as short as I was when I entered. (Old adage, stand up and grow tall not true.) 2. I, Elmer Radford, leave Mr. Motes wondering where I was supposed to be last period. 3. I. Mary N. Tabor, being of generous heart, do hereby leave to the N.Y.C.U.H.S.. my little sisters, Betty Jean and Dorothy. 4. I. Jack LaMar, leave them there grammatical errors to Mr. Walker. 5. I. Ben Simms, will my senior torture equip- ment (erasures and pea shooters) to Harold Allie. May he use it to advantage. 6. I, Bobby Gelvin, will all my past experiences to anyone who is sucker enough to want them. 7. I. Carol Irwin, will my untidy locker to some unfortunate, unsuspecting junior and may he always be able to get it unlocked. 8. I. Melvin Gardner, will my bruised shins and bloody noses to Spencer Welsh and all the fellows playing Basic next year. 9. I, Pat Wilkinson, will to Ray Simmons my atomic ability to get up in the mornings, especially Monday mornings. 10. I, Elmer Radford, seeking revenge, will my love of arguing to my little sister. Peggy, who al- ready has too much. Heaven help the teachers. 11. I. Jack Garner, will to my sister, Carolyn, my title, and may she long carry on the name, ‘‘Breezy.’' 12. I. Jack Price, will my taxi” service to any- one who w'anls it. 13. I. Jack LaMar, leave my headaches, acquired from bookkeeping assignments to Mrs. Witzle- ben. who is the cause of it all. 14. I. Ben Simms, leave my ability to get out of class to go hunting to anyone lucky enough to have it. 15. I. Ray Stephan, will Betty Jean to the mercy of the junior boys requesting that they treat her kindly next year. 16. Wc, Jack and Zack Price depart leaving be- hind us our little brother. Billie Ray. the last of the Prices, to struggle through alone. 17. I. Elmer Radford, leave without persuasion, never to return again. 18. I. Marjory Hoover, leave, but gladly, to go to art school. This Page Contributed by City Drug Store—Jess Bowman and Parker Lions Club II