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THE FCDRTY-NINERS STCDRY Well, at last weve reached the long sought after goaleeeafter four memorable years' -long when we think of the homework and exams, yet short when we remember the good times we had: years that will prove to be the most valuable in our lives because during those years we grew from childhood to adulthood, from bashful, giggling freshmen to all-powerful seniors, but that's getting ahead of the story. Four years ago we the class of fortf nine entered tne halls of Shasta High Maybe lv didnt look ltke much then lust a bunch of scared little kids But underneath we had the courage and the nerve it took to live up to our name the forty niners Like those hardy pioneers who had to break trails across an unexplored nation we too had a new territory to explore new worlds to con quer After the first few weeks those who had survived initiation ceremonies and the Freshman Reception settled down to adapting themselves to an entirely new type of school l1fe We first distinguished ourselves by electing as our f1rs semester officers five very capable students lohn Kincaid president Henry Duggins vice president MerleneBurm1ngham secretary lack Lamplough treas urer Corrine Swarts yell leader These students saw us through the first lap of our Journey Our main event of the year was the Fro h Return which was a big success as far as we were concerned Qur second semester officers were lerry lefcoat presldent Gary Elmslie vice president Diane Yank secretary lack Ures treasurer and Annette Hayball yell leader We were well represented in all school activities Thus ended our first year and we looked forward to scaling new heights in the years to come Our sophomore year found us looking scornfully down on the lowly fresh men We initiated them and believe y u me we did a good Job of it We started the year off right by electing Frank McFnaney presrdent Henry Duggins vice president Carol McArthur secretary lim Williams treasurer and Helen Fla ltarty and Frankie Burke yell leaders These officers w re succeeded by Terry McKinney president Larry Anderson v1cepres1dent Frankie Madrid secretary D tn Heyler tr asurer and for the second tim Helen Flahartv and Frankie Burke ts yell leaders ree f enrers found stud rt ody offic s Frank M Fnanef secr t try frank Ur s tax ccllec or and ler y lefcoat treasur r Ne w Ie v ry Nell represented in sports Dave spears was n h varsity arn in fo t all and fi boys made the A t am in ha kethall Terry M Kin e a tn ead tl school play as eiry ld h that 'Xfany bers ex elled to asttc a ent and n opno rsor c a comp tsed a drge ar nd for th second t n e 1 er aware t 1 J ar Nel spe . , . Y . U , , A , . t e , ' . I - . - , , . X , T' I V V V - , A , , A 5 , I , A , . S , , AA , 7 , ' 7 , - A A 7 ,., , 7 , . A , . , , F V AJ . V I I V 'T A : , I , : f , , ,. . c e c , : , - : , J e , e T e ' c , . Th ,, 3 our :ner t ei n . e . c .1 , . We' r - Q as t - r Q . , c-, T . , . , , , - o. T , e e e H ' ' ' . T o t A ,Q . A Lx .va ,, ,, D . . C lv A 4 AJALAJ A vs, A A V A A AJ .Jn AJ . ' A I f t 1 - A A r ' , . ro .ney h r e rc .n ne r A l'1oI A, nc . year. 1 A. A. A' -A - T ' Y .t A A t , A . or ,JY .i,i3..T , - C HT :cgi . Cl11?'v'9l'fic T L r Q .- . . T' ,l, SS Af o i c p icf CSF. A. e o . 1 1.1.-e , e , 3 -: ' e r ,L nt.
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THE FORTY NINERS STCRY ln on rumor year we the forty n1ners berng upperclassmen began lookmg forward to the ttme when we too would be gone but not forgotten wlth the rest as was wrrtten by Drane Yank rn Farewell Song to the SQHIOYS of Forty erght Our newly elected offtcers I1m Wrllrams prestdent Charles Iacobson vrce presrdent Barbara Hass secretary Dave Spears treasurer Vrrgrnra Hobrnson and Betty Sherwood yell leaders and Allen Frlebel class representattve When the end of th1s our Junror year came around we found that under the excellent leadershrp of the fall and spnng class offrcers our class had agaln drstrngurshed 1tself tn all krnds of scholastlc and athletrc achtevements Allen Frrebel was elected presrdent of C S F and many of the members of that organr zatron were also rumors Many Junlors made the varslty football team th1s year They were Spears Anderson Ward Angle and Stremple In basketball tumor boys also drsttngulshed themselves Mrller Duggtns Werchers and Lamplough all were on the A team Three of our members were elected to student body offrces Frank Mchnaney was treasurer hm Wrllrams secretary and rn the fall Helen Flaharty cheered our team on to vlctory oratory Leah won the Arnerrcan Legron contest and Babs the Lrons Club contest Bernedrne Grlmore starred rn the school play We also held our own rn club actrvttres Frankle Burke was presrdent of Pep Soctety whrle other rumors held many club offtces So you see our talents were many and versatrle ana ours was a class to be proud of We felt ourselves worthy of leadtng the school durrng the next our senlor year and we looked forward to rt wrth eager antrcrpatlon September 1948 and we the forty nrners had nearly reached our goal lt not far off but rn th1s the frnal lap of the rourney we must chmax the four years of travels we must reach for even greater helghts rn achrevements The fall of l948 found au1te a changed group of students no longer the scared l1ttle freshmen of three years ago strll carefree yes but Just a lrttle more serlous at the realrzatton that graduatron was near Our fall class offrcers were ferry lefcoat presrdent Bob Werchers vrce presrdent Frankre Burke secretary Bob Stewart treasurer Pat Mrlton yell leader and hm Murphy class representa ttve These offrcers sa N us through tte frrst semester durtng whtch we presented the school wrth the senror g1ft ln the spnng Frank Mclinaney had the honor of berng the last presrdent ro lead our class Drck Mtller vrce presrdent Ioyce Iacobs secretary Chester Todd treasurer Erleen Iergentz yell leader and Robert Toenges class representatrve were cur other offtcers Cbontrnued on page 1617 I I I , . , . 2 ' , Two students, Leah Beckley and Babs Hoffman, distinguished themselves in . I 'C
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