Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA)

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CLASS ACHIEVEMENTS Classes come and classes go, but no class has contributed more to student govern- 4 ment, sports, and scholastic achievement than the senior class of June 1940. A meeting was called at the beginning of the semester, and Bill Donaldson was elected president; Earl Henson, vice-president; Mildred Lewis, secretary; and Les Newman, treasurer. Almost immediately after election the senior officers planned the social program, the first event being the Senior Party, given in the Union, March 21. “Gone With the Gale,” a super-laugh musical which poked fun at the Hollywood production of Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With the Wind,” was presented for a sell- out crowd by a well-chosen cast of seniors, on Senior Day, April 19. On May 28, the seniors attended their semi-annual banquet, which was held in the cafe. The class will, in which seniors bequeathed cherished belongings to their Alma Mater, was read. Many members of the senior class earned scholastic honors. Seniors who received platinum pins are: Billy Bass, Tony Bernabich, Ruth Bibbins, Erme Bozic, Mildred Farris, Barbara Healy, Helen Hirth, Kenny Holland, Dorothy Juan Jones, Wilda Mann, Delbert Patterson, and Thelma Torretta. Mel Ruffatto, Rudy Stark, and Bill Wolfe, all graduating seniors, were largely responsible for one of the finest showings R.U.H.S. has ever made on the hardwood. é In baseball, the senior class was also well represented, with George Petersen, Clinton Cullers, Ambrose Colombo, Mel Lewis and again, Rudy Stark, heaping up honors for Richmond High. Bill Donaldson, Bill Jeffress, Jim MacIntosh, Tim Baird, Roy Thayer, Louis Filice, Harry Thompson, and Tom Baird won track laurels for the school. So, hats off, undergraduates, to the super senior class of June 1940. Top: Bill Donaldson. Bottom, left to right: Mildred Lewis, Leslie Newman, Roy Thayer.

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AKIKO MABUCHI WILLIAM GLENN JONES DORIS CATHERINE MILANI CHARLES DEAN ATKINSON REMO BENEDETTI MILDRED MAE MIKULICH IAN WILSON JANIE LOU HICKS BEULAH ESTELLE PEDERSON MARIO BRUZZONE IRENE ELIZABETH BROWN LEROY MARCEL SCHULLER PAUL CLARK MOORHEAD JESSIBELL WINNINGHAM ALFRED VILLAGRAN ERME MARY ANNE BOZIC JOSEPHINE ANN TORRETTA RUDOLPH STARK EVELYN AILEEN CARLSON DORIS ALICE SARGENT RENO NARDON MILDRED IRENE GREGG JOHN SAMUEL LAMANNA WALTER JOSEPH GLEADALL JOYCE STALLARD ROBERT ANDREW CHITWOOD HELEN MARIE COSTELLO JACOB HAINES CRIST CLARENCE ANTHONY SILVERIRA MURIEL ARLENE JACOBSON JUN HONDA MARY ESTHER SHACKELFORD DALE FENSTERMACHER

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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES WepDNEsSDAY, JUNE 12, 1940 Hicu ScHoot AUDITORIUM Gieadolla Overtiine .e))= . 7 = Bs oes F. V. Flotow “Cornelius Festival March,” Processional - - Felix Mendelssohn ORCHESTRA Pledee te; Miet tag he Beh eens oe Witt1AmM DOoNALDSON President of the Graduating Class Tee igcationil is olde’ “yee Oe bee) pelle 27 MING AUSTIN Pastor, First Baptist Church na Me kok ee fey TOR re Se ie cy fChermbiproonee © = yeu eo cure Aoi ie Tchaikovsky “Tenting onthe Old Camp Ground” = - - - - Kitredge-Rosenberg “Climbing Up the Mountain” - Spiritual arranged by William H. Smith A CapPELLA CHOIR The Advantages of a Democracy - - - - - Student Speakers Socially - - - - - - - ALPHINE PIRIE Economically - - - - + JOYCE STALLARD Politically - - - - - - - - Jean Muir Government of the Students - - - - - KennetTH HoLLanp President of the Student Association Public Service by Students - - - - - = - ° PauL HaRLow Traffic Committee of the School Presentation et the Clase. (= Sse mee ae oA ee Presentation of Diplomas - - - - -.- - - W. T. HELMS School Sone +3 ve. =) Gee Oe a ee Graduating Class “For Liberty, Recessional = 1 = Pe se os S. E. Morris ORCHESTRA Top: Alphine Pirie. Bottom, left to right: Jean Muir, Joyce Stallard.