Quincy High School - Pine Yearbook (Quincy, CA)

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Cheer Leaders Elaine Mason, Letitia Penman, and Dorothy Russell (L. to R.), the cheer leaders elected by Student Body vote, added a great deal to school sports this year. The girls turned out at every soccer and basketball game that Quincy played in, and also led a Tournament Parade through town on one of the coldest days of the year. Quincy students were well pleased with the results of their choice and hope they wili be able to replace Tisha in next year’s group.

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FRONT ROW (Left to Right): Letitia Penman, Lajune Green. Shirley Kelton, Miss Bramble. Maxine Herring. SECOND ROW: Georgia Lee Wright. Marilyn Edwards. Elaine Mason. Lois Stenberg. Mardell Harvey. Grace Maunder. Pearl Huntington. Joan Tennant, Dona Hayes, Pat Morrow, Armadale Perry. Shirley Hagen. Audrey Belmont. THIRD ROW: Carrie Olivier, Dorothy Russell. Barbara Wentxell, Mary Green. Pat Bell, Altalee Larison. Rita Blankenship. Beryle Cox. Betty Moore. Dawn Stockton. Rosemary Robertson, Emelin Wilson. Phyllis Kidder. Wesleyne Lambeth. Margarot DuPont. BACK ROW: Ellen Brown, Anita Stapley. Margaret Morrow, EmUy Berry, Virginia Pierce. Margaret Brazier, Virginia Pigg. Freeleno Johnson, June Grow. Iris Sharp. Mary Lou Reid, Kitty Mason. Noreen Pence. Esther Ramelli, Taty Penman. G. A. A. The officers of the G.A.A. in the year of '45 were: President. Maxine Herring; Vice-President. Shirley Kelton; Secretary. Mary Ann Carter; Treasurer; Lajune Green; Commissioner, Letitia Penman. This year wc.s the most successful year for the G.A.A. They took part in the interclass games all year long, and gave one of the three top parties of the year. The motif of the party was Hallowe'en, including. of course, a cornfield on a spooky Hallowe'en. Cornstalks were stacked around the dance floor and amusing drawings of owls, witches, etc., covered the walls. A graveyard on the red velvet curtains covering the stage, and a haunted house in the background on the blue curtains covering the bleachers heightened the gruesome effect. In order to get to the dance floor, everyone was compelled to crawl through the Hall of Horrors.” with icy hands to shake, and crawly spiders going down necks, to say nothing of crawling on hands and knees through the long tunnel. The guests were entertained by a ghost story told by Freelene Johnson, two dances by local girls, and a reading by Erma Bemhisel. Everyone wore his oldest clothes, and throughout the dance sat on the floor, where they were served cider and sandwiches. All of the classes took part in the girls interclass basketball games. The Seniors won all their games. The Juniors beat the Freshmen and the Sophomores beat the Juniors and the Freshmen. In volley ball interclass games, the Juniors beat the Seniors, Sophomores and Freshmen. The Sophomores beat the Freshmen. The girls also participated in the Ping-pong and Badminton Tournaments. Freelene Johnson was the school champion in Ping-pong. The G. A. A. members are all quite pleased with their activities of the year and hope to go or. as one of the more important groups of Quincy High.

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Sports . . . Having only one veteran, Bill Zion, from last year's A s ' Bob Reed, Leroy Swanson, and Phillip Oels came up from last year's B team, and along with Carvel Elworthy and three newcomers; George McElroy, Herb Stains, and Leonard McAndrows, made this a successful season for the A team. Because of the war there were only eight boys in the ’’A class; out of these the coach made a very good team. They worked hard all season and came out with a trophy for Quincy High. Th9 first game of the season was played in Portola. The A's were beaten by one point. Things looked dark for old Q.H.S. On the next Friday we lost to Lassen by a very wide margin. It looked as though we were going to have a bad season. Greenville beat Por-tola's A's, and when they came over to play on our home court they thought that they were going to take us. We won by one point, which was scored during an extra three minute period. On the 2nd of February, Portola journeyed to our hardwood. They beat the C s and 'B's. but we won the A game by three points. As the end of the season approached, Greenville and Quincy's A s were tied for the league lead. The last game of the season was to be played at Greenville. This was what we were waiting for; if we won we had the championship. The game started out fast. Quincy scored on the tip off. At the half Quincy was leading 15-11. In the last quarter Greenville got ahead of us one point. It looked as though they had the championship,, but in the last twenty seconds LeRoy Swanson dropped in a basket from the double line ending the game in our favor. The Tournament was played on Saturday, the 24th of February. Our A's drew a bye in the day's session by winning the championship from Greenville. Portola played Greenville arid lost giving us Greenville to play again. Greenville was trailing by a few points at the start of the fourth quarter, but they gained on us until they were just a few points behind us. They were gaining fast, but finally the gun went off. We had won—whew! again by one point! This made four games which we had won by only one point, three of them being from Greenville. The graduating Seniors receiving letters were: Corvel Elworthy. Phillip Oels. and Bill Zion. Also earning letters were: Bob Reed, LeRoy Swanson and Joe McElroy. SCORES Quincy 12 ............... Portola 13 A hard one to lose. Quincy 10 ................ Lassen 37 Had a bad night. Quincy 18 ;........... Greenville 17 Won on a lord shot. Quincy 24 ............... Portola 20 Oe!s made 14 points. Quincy 27 .............. Westwood 26 Zic h dropped in 14 points. Quincy 29 ............ Greenville 28 Won championship (LeRoy Swanson won this one). Quincy 26 ............ Greenville 25 Too close lor comfort. B's The B team had a very bad season this year. They lost all their games to their seasoned opponents. They never gave up the fight though, no matter how hopeless it looked. Even if they didn't win any games this season they showed that they had the right spirit. We hope that next year they will do belter. B's' getting letters were: Keith Myers, William Lewis, Jim Taylor, A1 Waugh, George Yeager, and Vaughn Nugent. CV' The C team had a fairly good season, winning two out of the four league games. They won two from Greenville. They also beat Westwood C team and in a practice gome with Susanville, played iheir B's to a standstill, until our B's” went in at the half. At the annual tournament, they lost to Greenville. Those earning Jotters were: Jim Elwood. Jim Gossett. Jim York. Don Wilson. Dean Lawson, and Rill Boone.