Phoenix Union High School - Phoenician Yearbook (Phoenix, AZ)

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I VAUDEVILLE was set back 20 years by this group of performers at the Faculty Follies, but the kids loved every minute of itl Beauty Parade, bottom, featured Messrs. Caceletto, Shores, Ellis, and Lumley. Lovely, ain't they! UPPER LEFT: Firemen's Quartet included Messrs. Finley, Powell, Johnson, and l-lughes. RIGHT: Danny McGrew bit hard on his wooden seegar, and the Lady Lou just grinned when the stranger came in with his gun. . . . ' LOW LEVEL of the Parent-Teacher Association treasury Cn and the good nature of Phoenix Union's teachers resulted 'll I in a surprise for everyone this winter. The teachers put on e .... a frisky follies that somehow didn't fall on its face. And PTA counted up over S400 in profits. Built around a fire- house scene, the variety acts included hilarity that panicked the packed house.

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FIT FOR A COWBOY is the dinner served for, lower left, Jim UPPER LEFT: Western wear marks the teacher crowd. Lonesome Winningham. Right behind is Mrs, Vaughn, with similar senti- cowboy leaning against post is Mr. Powell. RIGHT: Mr. Carter ments. RIGHT: That's Bud at far right, dishing up the barbecue. stirs up the fire for the Faculty Stampede at Bud's Barn. HIGHLIGHT of the faculty party series this year was the February evening at Bud Brown's Barn, where the Old West still lives, complete with old music boxes, buggies, saddles, barbecued food, and square dancing. Approximately IOO teachers and guests took time out At Bud's Barn from their routine cares to whoop 'er up with games, dancing, both modern and old-time, and the eating of a wonderful barbecue-beef dinner. Gotta do this more often! they declared. 4

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tirs hallway are students from the upper floor following the AIR RAID! When the alert call came, bells rang, students rose sa quickly from desks, and filed out into the halls or took positions prescribed method to minimize radiation and shock dangers from against inside classroom walls, l'lere in the Fifth Building down- an atomic bomb burst. The drill went smoothly. I YUCCA FLATS, in Nevada, is just about as close as we want to come to an atomic explo- o . sion, agree our faculty and students. But when the Civil Defense administration called for an air-raid drill, on the assumption that we could expect someday to go through such an attack, we joked nervously and said, This ' ' ' ld is silly. But we had our air-raid drill. We covered our faces and necks as we were to , and thought, This isn't so funny after all. lt could happen . . . MAY WE NEVER have to endure the horror of a l-liroshima-type attack. But if it ever comes, we'll have a better chance of survival if we follow safety directions. Mrs. Jennette Banker served as chairman of the Civil Defense Committee, with Dean of Boys R. E, Mc- Cullar as executive officer, assisted by buildiag fire captains. Q26 W