Tracy High School - El Portal Yearbook (Tracy, CA)

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'Q' FALL OFFICERS RAYMOND COYKENDALL PRESIDENT NORMA DOOLITTLE VICE-PRESIDENT DOROTHY THOMPSON SECRETARY VIRGINIA BOWMAN TREASURER SPRING OFFICERS EARL WOODWARD PRESIDENT ELSWORTH ENSLEY VICE-PRESIDENT VIRGINIA SUTTON SECRETARY GEORGE ALBANO TREASURER CLASS i-IISTOR' Shy and humble mighT besT describe The members oT The class oT '45 as we awkwardly waiTed in The corridor Tor someone To Tell us where The audiTorium was. One OT The been-around Sophs informed The meek ones ThaT you guys haT Ta siT upsTairs. SeaTed uncomTorTably in The bal- cony, we TasTed a semesTer oT peace-Time high school, and Then The spoTlighT was Thrown on Pearl Harbor. AcTiviTies slowed down, buT we sponsored our dance, The Freshman ReTurn, and became a parT oT Tracy Union High School under The leadership of our Tvvb presidenTs, Rosalie Phelps and Carolyn Copeland. The Thunder oT many TeeT and The cries oT emancipaTed Frosh characTerized one oT our mosT Thrilling momenTs of our second year-liberaTion from The balcony! PaTrioTism was The Theme Tor The Sophomore Hop. and while The busT of George WashingTon looked down, The sTudenT body danced To The musical accompanimenT of Mr. Schuien- burg's High School Dance Band. Again our choice in presi- denTs ran To The fairer sex, Befhel Laurison and JaneT Hilken. As Sophomores, we considered iT an honor To assisT wiTh The decoraTions and do The ushering Tor The BaccalaureaTe Service Tor The ouTgoing Seniors. A year passed--The sounds oT music and gaieTy TloaTed ouT of The gym of Tracy High. The class of '45 was giving iTs Prom. The Theme was Dreamship, and as '45-ers glided and Twirled over The Treshly-polished Tloor, iT was noTiced ThaT undue aTTenTion was being given To hands. Yes! The class rings had arrived, and everyone was ad- miring Them. ln This year, Tor The TirsT Time, The boys as- serTed Their leadership. Bill Fox and Bob Hedrick wielded The class gavel. AT lasT we siT in Those coveTed TronT seaTs! The same Tel- lows and girls who were meekly occupying The balcony Three years before-buT. Oh! The difference-poised and conTidenT where once we had been bashful and awkward. We had reached The pinnacle of regular school acTiviTies. The Seniors sTaged a class play, Ever Since Eve, under The direcTion of Mrs. Baumqardnerf our presidenTs, Earl Woodward and Ramon Coykendall, wiTh The help of Mrs. RenTz, Mrs. Fine, Mr. Moore, and Mr. Miller, senior ad- visors, successfully direcTed our Senior Ball and oTher acTivi- Ties. And so ended four happy, crowded years. -By Madge WalTher. FI'-EN! RS I2

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AND FEEL DOPE DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN . .. l We sat ir- 'he calccr, cr Curt'5iC1'JyoVL2'Zt and 'ne .e s f- Cocf E'esh 'en. Bob McMahon who used to be shy and bashlu' won tne Vfeefs and Bob Hedrick was honored with the Peter B. Kyrie trophy. Katnwf l-lansen sang Waiting a' 'he Church' in 'he Gay N're'es S 'Cw. Joyce Newbury was appoived Editor ol the S. and A. Tony Sousa. George Vegias. Howard Taylor. John Orrnsby and Me-'tor Bell quit school to ioin the Navy. Richie Brownell quit school to ioin the ranks of the benedicts. Mela Erceg. Angie Dutra. and Helen Stuit, the rnost athletig Sonia girls played in the Patterson basketball garne. Edyrhe Crirn and Eleanor Boltzen dressed as little girls ir: red and white for Tacky Day. Virginia Sutton and Frances Rehn had a hard time finding excuses lor being late or absent, They were led astray by upper classrrien. Genevieve Chambers llaunted her engagement ring in U. S. nistory class. and Rosalie Phelps accepted hers in the dear old halls ot T.lJ.l-LS. Larry Bardacos, outstanding yell leader. wore a green sweater with a gold T knitted in. Shirley Azevedo. Beverly Gregson, Margaret Knutzen. Virginia Bowrnan and Ida Belle Corbett took sailors to the Prom in order to beat rhe rnar shortage. Josephine Bettencourt and Lucie Campo received A's in book- keeping, Lucille Cole and Anna Mae Terrill wore rustic clothes as a part ol the Block T initiation. Norrna Doolittle would present her C.S.F. card lo get into class. It seen-s she was always late, no matter where she went. Ramon Coykendall gov up enough courage to take a girl out in his Senior year. Mariorie Davis carne back to graduate with us. George Albano, Don Bernal, Joe Robinson. Buster Collins. and Bob Du Ree, members of the D basketball team ol I94l, messed up the shower rooms at Brentwood and had to mop up before they could leave. Earl Woodward was president ol the Senior Class and charmed the girls with his curly hair, not to be outdone by John Rickman, who also had beautiful hair and was known as the wolf of the Campus. Marie Sanguinetti and Darlene Canale iust entered high school and told everyone they were cousins. Norris Edmondson left for the Arrny, and Bill Fox got his classilication. Jolyne Ensign played the piano and Bethel Laurison sang tor assem- blies. Arrnand Medieros and Hong Lee were an undeteatable debate tearn. Marilyn Noack, new secretary of the Girls' League, couldnt read Phyllis Watson's minutes and had to have Pat l-lollingshead, new presi- dent, interpret lor her. Rosellen Frerichs was chosen most beautiful girl of the Senior Class. Lucille Furtado was with the group of girls that ditched the tomato picking field and had to be picked up by Mr. Englund. Dorothy Johnson continually played Moonlight Sonata for entere lainrnent. Juanita Hulbert and Priscilla Smith lived together and lought on the school bus with the lowerclassmen. Leon Eldridge bought his yellow convertible and then didnt have enough gas to drive it. Eva Mello and Dorothy Pasqual were inseparables. Dorothy Mize revealed the fact that her real narne was Betty Lou, Dorothy Thompson would argue with anyone who would listen to her. Madge Walther had a super intelligence and knew how to use it. Billie Percival played the violin in the orchestra and then switched to the piccolo in the band. Don Woolter got his greetings from the president to report in a week. Naorri Reed. the quiet shy Senior. surprised everyone by going cu' with a sailor. Juanita Shaw lelt the room at quarter to lor work in the cafeteria, Doris Trew from Tennessee and Ruby Ratiety of Modesto icined our Vdfihs. Earl Rhodes had those sharp pipes on his car. Gertrude Silva surprised her friends with ner sudden enqggewent to Ray Dana. -By Frances Rehn,