Santa Monica High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA)

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Their cfuperlatzufey Barbara Gazin and Larry Arnold exhibit brain ability in Great things are expected of Bonnie Mclntyre and John best scholar honors. Richards, who are considered as most likely to succeed. Nancy Sauer and Ronnie Guercio display their personality Laurie Machamer and Joy Priday are iudged as best looking. honors in their smiles. Considered as having the most athletic ability are Linda Most service to school is donated by Jackie Wright and Freidman and Ronnie Knox. Gary Brumfield. 29

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Wz'nter The Jieniom' Cboofe Lorrine Rona and Barry Boehm fake best scholar honors. Mary Ann Heinze and Howie Beazell confribufe mos? service io school. Q! i iggqqgggevg- if-, Considered besf looking are Jackie Donaioni and Milan Zuvella. Karolyn and Larry Goodfriend are fhoughi to be most likely To succeed. Lois Linklofer and Al Butterfield prove besf afhleles. Chosen for best personalily are Leila Fogel and Nick Bennion. 28 a Y

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1953 Spring Seniors 1953 FALL CLASS OFFICERS SPRING CLASS OFFICERS LEFT TO RIGHT-Morilouise Smith, secretciryg Bonnie Mclnfyre, treusurerp LEFT TO RIGHT -- John Richards, presidenfg Marilyn Hackett, secretaryg Bonnie Cecily Carter, vice-presidentg Howard Zeigner, president. Mclntyre, treusurerg David Linsley, vice-president. CLASS HISTORY Three long years ago on a foggy September morning. a motley crew of lanky adolescents looked with wonder at an impressive group of buildings known as Santa Monica High School. Vliith pounding hearts and clammy hands they entered the halls of SAMOHI and became united as the Sopho- more Bis-the future Spring class of 753. The first president of the Spring Class of 353 was David Bessie. He was assisted by Celia Mejia, vice-president, Pat Marshall. secretaryg Cecily Carter. treasurerg and an enthu- siastic class board. Viiorking together well and beginning to feel more at home, the Sophomore li class fell to with unusual gusto in making their mark at SAMOHI. February brought the Spring Class of '53 a little closer to their ultimate goal - graduation. But graduation was far from their thoughts when Celia Mejia was chosen Sophomore A president. More glory was sought after and received. The next foggy September morning didnit seem so dismal to our hand of returning scholars. this time Junior B's. In fact. SAMUHI looked pretty good to them. Gary Brumfield was elected right at once to lead his class. Making money was the main objective. This was accomplished by sponsoring after- game dances and cake sales. Vivith all this money in their pockets. the Spring Class of '53 faced their Junior A year and the foreboding Senior Prom sponsorship with confidence. Linda Friedman enthusiastically undertook the job of president. She greeted the Senior prom with a lot of ideas. Not satisfied with an ordinary, every-day prom, the valiant Junior Ais initiated the Prom Weekend- dancing at the Racquet Club on Friday night and swimming at the Chase Hotel the following Saturday. As the class board members took down the deflated balloons and the wilted crepe paper the day after the Prom. they wearily agreed that the Prom Vfeekend was a success and that everyone had had a crazy time. At last the long awaited year arrived-the senior year. The sunny September days were filled to the brim with class elections. A. S. li. appointments. and talk of football. football! After a long campaign period and a run off. the Senior B ofhcers were decided upon. They were Howard Zeigner. presi- dent, Cecily Carter. vice-presidentg Marilouise Smith, secre- taryg and Bonnie Mclntyre. treasurer. A hard and important job was headed by Jinnie Bentley, who served as Senior sweater chairman. After many debates. votes. and near brawls. the sweater and emblem were chosen. The color was Olympic blue and the emblem. designed by Bonnie Mclntyre. depicted the seal of SAMOHI. This was the big year for football. This was the year that the C. I. I7. championship was won. The team was at its bestg the Sergeanettes were at their snappiestg and the school spirit was at its highest. Playing on the football team were many long-to-he-remem- bered stars. Benny Clark. Dave Bessie. Hill Fitzgerald. Jim Vlfidaman. Ronnie Knox. Pete Casillas, Jay Priday and Mike McMahan worked as a hard hitting unit and Hbrought home the baconf' The Senior A semester silently sneaked up on the Spring Class of 753. and before they knew it, they were all seated en masse at an assembly, clad in their Olympic blue senior sweaters, thinking bewilderedly, mls this what it feels like to be a Senior AW Those symptoms soon passed and the whole class whole-heartcdly set out to be typical Senior Ais. Senior A President John Richards, A. S. B. President Gary Brumfield and Speaker of the House Dick Sherman surveyed their class and felt proud of it. They had all come a long way since that foggy September morning three years before. The last few weeks of the semester Went by in a whirl of activities, Hnals, senior banquet, senior play, cap and gown rentals. graduation rehearsals, and then graduation. Memories of the days spent at SAMOHI went through the minds of the solemnly garbed graduating Spring Class of 753. Memories of tacos eaten on a sunny Fiesta day. of applause heard at the awards asembly, of cheering at a football game, of the throbbing pulse of SAMOHFS marching band. of the shuflle of dancing feet at the Senior Prom, all these thoughts reminded the Spring Class of '53 that while they were leaving the SAMOHI campus. they were taking with them a spirit of good sportsmanship and high achievement that would remain a part of them in future years.