Torrance High School - Torch Yearbook (Torrance, CA)

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FIRST ROW: Courrney, Wolfe, Dischner, Malin, Greiner, Kamei, C. Anderson, Kerber, Friedman, C. Trezise, Kelly, Wesl, Leake, Bafovsky, C. Sieadman, Peliy, Hormell, Swerdfeger, Crawford, Une. SECOND ROW: Mossor, Cwengel, Obale, J. Shaver, V. McGinnis, Clark, L. Allen, Fossum, D. Ernsf, Newell, I. Johnson, Sopchinsky, J. Barkdull R. Pankey, McAnally, Neill, S. Guflenfelder, Hamada, Toke, Uneda, Moore, L. Briganli, Yasunaga, Hammond. THIRD ROW: Lincoln, Hifchcock, Weber, Srern, Snow, Truiillo, Hill, Bay, Ramskill, Coldiron, Slrauiman, L. Thompson, M. Thompson, Bomio, Chadwick, Griswell, Dieilin, Howe, Wrighf, Kehoe, D. Nagel, Lee, Barnard, Peckham, Bender. FOURTH ROW: R, Miller, Janssen, Joyce, Jolley, Marek, Hales, Pina, Cowan, Word, Pinkham, DePasse, Hasegawa, Maddock, McCune, McHenry, Brown, Mauck, Slumph, Hawks, Z, Johnson Marsh, Van Kralingen, L. Nagel, Dowell, Higgins, O. Miller, Raihburn, Giacomi, Orr. , Sophomore Glass In lhe pasi year, many Sophomores have Taken aciive perl in all fields of campus life. They have been ouI's'rancIing in leadership, scholarship, aihlerics, and o'rher forms of social aclivilies. The Sophomore Class has been well represenied in Ihe Scholarship Socieiy by: Alma McHenry, Jeanne Howe, Marion Thompson, Jimmy Dowell, Marvin Lee, Van Ness Barnard, Harold Kerber, Bernard Friedman, and Arlys Fossum. Members of fhe class were also aciive in such prominenl clubs as: G. A. A., Varsiry Club, F. F. A., La'rin Club, Spanish Club, and Madrigals. Some of I'he srudenrs were also on The Flame and Torch siafls. Alrhough many sludenrs in rhis class were oulsranding in school even'rs and alhlelics, The pride and ioy of The IOIh grade was Bruno Giacomi. In his firsf year our 'lor foolball, he proved himself a very valuable man by being lhe only Sophomore +o make 'rhe varsiry 'Ieam and earn a leirer. Sin Jlfiemoriam RAY COLLINS To live in hearls we leave behind ls nor io die. -Campbell. Tl9ere's A Long Lon g Trail

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Glass Trophecy lT is l96'O, a lovely spring aTTernoon, aT The WhiTe House, WashingTon, D. C. Three loud knocks aT The main door announce ThaT The biggesT aTTair oT The year is abouT To begin. IT is The reunion oT The Torrance High classes, Summer '38 and WinTer '39, All is in readiness. lnviTaTions have been senT a monTh in advance by The presidenT oT The UniTed STaTes, Wilbur Franklin. Head buTler Harry Bell, gaThering all his poise and digniTy, responds immediaTely To The now deaTening pounds on The door. The TirsT guesT proves To be none oTher Than Henry PupkoTT, who is a Tamous collecTor oT buTTer- Tlies in SouTh ATrica. Behind him is his TaiThTul Traveling companion, Johnny Gandsey, loaded To The very brim wiTh umbrellas, buTTerTly neTs, and Toy ballons. ATTer shaking The digniTied buTler's hand Tully Ten minuTes, our early guesT asks, When do we eaT? The same old Henry! The nexT group oT guesTs are Earl Lock, Mary Ann McElTresh, John McDonald, and Geneve EvereTT. Earl is a sTunT Tlyer, and John is a reTired Track sTar Trom The lasT Three Olympics. The sound oT squeaking V8 brakes brings The whole WeTTy Goodman Swing Band, direcTed by none oTher Than WeTTy Leech and his swing whisTle. WeTTy is employing such celebriTies as Genevieve Krupa Lealrherman aT The drums and Margie TilTon Maloy, wiTh her golden voice, aT The mike. Tommy Wilkes, in cords and shirT sleeves, comes Truckin' in righT aTTer WeTTy. Tommy is now shining shoes aT The pool hall in LomiTa. Singing aT The Top oT her soprano voice, Lorain Hill enTers, via The window near The easT balcony Trellis. Miss Hill is Tops in The opera world, buT sTill loves To go back To her childhood. Le Nora Schroeder, who is accompanying her, is now co-capTain wiTh Virginia SmiTh oT The Girl ScouTs oT America. We go now To The recepTion room where The gracious EirsT Lady, Elaine WhiTT, is pouring Tea Tor all The lady guesTs. She chaTs merrily wiTh Marcella Crook, Eunice Gull, and Lorraine Miles, socieTy maTrons Trom Beverly Hills. Donna McCuTchen is There also, sad eyed in her liTTle black bonneT. ATTer divorcing Two seamen, one banker, an orchesTra leader, and a Tamous Jewish Tailor, Donna has decided ThaT she wasn'T meanT Gone But N ot Forgotten