Pittsburg High School - Pirate Yearbook (Pittsburg, CA)

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FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Mr. Jones, Lois Hager, Georgia Strusis, Johnnie White, Kay Huffman, Katherine Fortune, Ethel Modkins, Rhoda Dean, Trecella Evans, Peggy Norton, Cathie Garcia, Phil Smith, Victor Billeci. SECOND ROW: Joyce Clark, Georgia Peart, Gloria Ricks, Juliet Togonon, Karen Mello, Colleen McEachen, Annette Blanton, Dessor Bryant, Angeline Cataldo, Mary DeRouen, Janice Ricks, Ben Davi. THIRD ROW: Fred Chamers, Stella Montes, Veronica Martinez, Elizabeth Bugni, Diane Ratto, Lidia Artero, Barbara Wiggan, Janet DiFiori, Jeannette DiMaggio, Henry Johnson, James Pickle, Romeo Togonon, Delbert Davis. Choir Mr. Jones leading the Choir. This year the Choir under the direction of Mr. Jones, has thirty-nine members, nine of them boys. They are doing a great iobf' states Mr. Jones, who is pleased with the interest and enthusiasm members have shown. This year the Choir sang on November lO at the University of California where there were approximately four-thousand student singers. The day started out with dif- ferent high schools singing and the Pittsburg High School Choir sang in the morning. At noon they ate lunch at the Greek Theater where the Choral Society of the Uni- versity sang for the students. In the afternoon they attended a football game. In February they went to the College of Pacific for a Festival. They sang at our own Christmas program. Choir members are also working on a one-act comedy opera entitled Dizzy Baton. The male lead will go to Victor Billeci and all the other characters center around him. Mr. Jones thinks this year's choir is the best in many years. 55

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STANDING, Left to Right: Adviser Mr. Cosford, Angela Cataldo, Bill Plummer, Sue Abono, Willa Davi. SITTING: Jeanne Poe, Jackie Sacco, Joette Milano, Ann Turner. Drama Club The Drama club in action. The drama class of Pittsburg Senior High School presented several well-known plays this year. Some of the most Talented student thespians were in the casts. Mr. Francis Costord, drama class instructor, chose Zona Gale's The Neighbors as the first production of the year. This play was followed by Marco Goes A Courtin'. The plays were presented for the students, parents, elementary school pupils, and the Community Hospital patients. Acting develops students in poise and seltecontidence. Also, through the experi- ences acting otlers, one acquires clear speaking and a greater ability to memorize. 54

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Mu Alpha Theta Club SITTING, Left to Right: Joyce Williamson, Kathleen Horan, Marla Rubottom, Nancy Parent, Karen Richardson, Lynne Woodward, Suzanne Ward. STANDING: Adviser Mr. Collin, Norman Simoes, Ken Kovacs, Tony Aiella, Ken Lucida, Larry Wood, Paul Mello, adviser Mrs. Shirley. Early in the year, PHS petitioned for a Mu Alpha Theta charter. This is an honorary club for students who have a B average or above in math. To obtain a charter a school must offer at least three semesters of algebra, two semesters of geometry, and one semester of more advanced mathematics. At least one teacher, whose primary teaching field is mathematics and who has completed an under- graduate maior in mathematics, must be employed. Mrs. Dorothy Shirley and Mr. John Collin, advisers of the club, meet these requirements. ln order to belong to this club students must have completed or will complete a definite number ot required courses. There are approximately seventeen students who were eligible for membership in the club. 56