Ventura High School - Black Gold Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1953 volume:

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THIS IS WHERE I MUST SETTLEX' SAYS COUGIE Now when Couaie had decided to establish residence in Ventura, he soon found he was sadly ignorant of the ways of the Americanos. There must be some place Where l can learn. And that's how Couaie discovered Ventura Senior High. To see What and how he did, read on. X il I Z i I it i,, X 'ff nm, flwft f f 7 A Z 5 Q 4 f 'f 0 -vvv Q 4 , .,,. g , ,. 1 V ff '05 ' ,, 'WAVQ ' ' 1' 54 WW! 11: . . f fvzrzg 4 , I , ,, f f 5 X f is :gi ,J Y . za. , f ,.,,. 2 W 4 ,nj ' Q ,MIM 4 gh, Tw f A Q I 5 J 3 ', 3 j-.1?f5Z',- , 1 4 .2121 Cougie's Discoveries Couqie finds his faculty friends on page 8. Cougie learns about the three R's on page 22. Cougie enioys active clubs on page 61. Cougie becomes a sports fan on page 92. as tx X f - x K 'X ,Ag fi rr , XJ I K f!Uf!t 1 iy! Et! Throuahout the year our faculty is responsible for convincina us that aainina knowledge is very important. Vifhethei' these faithful souls succeed lOU96 remains the S64 auestionmhow- ever-three cheers for their noble ef- fortsl fl A .J KUXEQ X fc IAPPUS K 1 ana ,7'fliCl!ff MX x ff' axff 654 I QW I COUGI la: K2 ., 1 f MEETS FACULTY FRIENDS WHO TEACH AND GUIDE COUGIE UNCOVERS BIG WHEELS BOARD OF EDUCATION Left to nqhi Dr Iohn B Crossley Superintendent Hel Robertl Parr Wtlhaml Lei-'evre H Presxdent R 1 en Ewing Clerk oward L Benson Rxchcrrd D Willett a ph I Ram Busxness Manager Few Boards of Educatlon have been faced With so many' large problems at the same t1me an immense bu1ld1nq program-a fire-a swimmmq pool and continued shortages of matenal A bouquet from the entlre student body for the use of buses for games ll I xy- 7 'of 3.5 . f , H- f 2 V , gk h A w ' 2- , i, h .t - '- - f , A 17V . Q vi- - 5 . . ,gg , , , ., 2 . Q Q ' Q Y . 4 ., ' f -' A 7 . I o , 1 K -1 . kv I fr ,R ' J ' : . . - 1 ' ' . 1 ' - - 1 - I . ' ' , I . . . . . DR. SCHARER Dr. Scharer, a man who has always in- spired us in promoting school spirit, a clean campus, and a fine relation between the students and faculty. Dr. Scharer holds top position in the eyes of VHS. Miss Mary Keller Mr. Wayne Simpson The important responsibilities oi Vice- Principal, as well as Dean of Boys, have kept Mr. Wayne Simpson at his desk. Advisor to the student cabinet and the SBVISC Were but a few of his important achievements. Miss Mary Keller has been our guide, philosopher and friend. Many girls in our school have been helped by her under- standing and sympathy. It was through her guidance that clubs and assemblies functioned smoothly. DEPARTMENTS BECOME DIVISIONS This year, for the first time, all departments have become divisions. The division heads are: Robert Rolens - mathematics, science, and business education, Daisy Cromwell-art, music, and homemakinq, Walter Musial - boys' and girls' physical edu- cationp Harry Smith -industrial arts and aqriculture, Vivian Crawford - lanquaqe arts and social studies. Three division heads below are left to right: Walter Musial. physical education: Daisy Cromwell, art. music and homemaldng: and William McKinney, Guidance Coordinator. gill COUNSELORS: William McKinney. Marion Davenport. Diane Thoreau. Mary Guthrie. Dean Miller, Denning McArthur. TOP-William McEnroe, art: lmogene Bercaw. music: Ralph Fiorenline. music: Daisy Cromwell. ati: Iames Anqwin. dra- matics and radio. BOTTOM -- Lillian Bauer, Gladys Records. and Lydia Northway- all home economics instructors. SPORTS TEACHERS: Ardeih Fredrick, Norma Riner. Bernice Bassi. pf., 5. C: HI! FACULTY! YOU'RE A FINE BUNCH! 3, 6' At the first game We looked around and happily recognized some familiar faces-our teachers! lt is great to see them cheer- ing for our team so often. The next day we wonoler how they ever manage to get through the lectures on how to prove a proposition or who are our city officials and the million other things they tell us. OUR DIVISION HEADS IIARRY SMITH ROBERT ROLENS VIVIAN CRAWFORD Industrial arts 6 agriculture Mathematics. science and business Language arts G social studies DECLARES COUGIE Mr. George Fraser, Mr. Robert Buxton, Mr. Clarence Ficlren, Mr. C. Steele, and Mr. Harry Smith. industrial arts instruct- ors. TOP-Mr. R. Bruton, mathematics: Mr. Dean Miller, business education: Mr. loe Cobb. industrial arts: Mr. Iohn Co- wart, business education: and Mr. Noble Johnson, science. MIDDLE-Mr. Robert Rolens. science: Mr. Warren Taylor. mathematics: Mr. Harold Howe, mathematics: and Mr. l0lly Griggs, business education. BOTTOM-Mr. Iames Porter, science: Miss Charlotte Sydnor, business educa- tion: Mr. Eric Radcliffe, science: and Mr. Robert Etchart. business education. TOP-Mr. David Kuntz, English: Mr. Manly Lewis, social science: Mrs. Betty Whiteman. English and iournalism: Mr. Don Van Metre. social science: Mr. Walter Hassall, speech and English: and Mr. Iames Angwin, dramatics and radio. MIDDLE-Miss Marion Davenport. English: Miss Diane Thoreau, English: Mr. Ioe Buckmaster, social science: Miss Ethel McCandless. English and social science: Miss Mary Guthrie, social sci- ence. BOTTOM-Mr. W. Newcomb, social science: Miss Luzlola Lopez, foreign language: Mrs. Laurena Baker, foreign language: Mr. William Laurence, driv- er training: Miss Vivian Crawiord, for- eign language: and Mr. William Macom- ber, social science. SPECIAL SERVICES FOR COUGIE Thermometers, Attendance, and Reading Bill Hale. Adrian Olivas. and lim Bolhen look over some oi the new textbooks while Mrs. Elizabeth York and Gerald Dor- man prepare them for delivery. Some, who are making use of the library. are Billy Hale. Iim Bohlen. Adrian Olivos, cmd Dolly Smith. Marie Stuart, Ioyce Willhite. and Sandra lones keep the records in our Attendance Ollice. Miss Somerville, school nurse Dr. Everett. school physxcian and Mrs. Gilbert, clerk: look over a student's health record Lawrence Connell dictates cr Attendance coordinator K ter to his secretary Miss Wilmont. TAKING PART IN GOVERNMENT 4-Y-'www KN? 34 -1 'Yum if Don Fickel, president, with the assistance of an outstanding ASB Cabinet, led VSH through a very successful year-a year that will go down in school history as one of the best. A salute to all the members oi the Executive Cabinet tor their fine work. Don was ably assisted by: Marianne King as vice-president, Nancy Dunn as secretary, Alicia Acosta as treasurer. Many thanks are due Mr. Wayne Simpson for his understanding sponsor- ship. STUDENT LEGISLATURE SIXTH-Lee Decuir. Dave Alison, Bob Lewis, Dave Adamson. Leon Hedrick, Ernie Kenney, Harold Householder. Arnold Kluge, Wayne Zeck, Tommy Phillips, Rodney Tyler, Richard Bequilin, Lawton Thomas. David Stork. FIFTH - Bob Little, Lief Lundberg, Fred Wolz, Bill Hewston, Larry Dodds, Leroy Kee, Iackie Mooney. Bruce Olson. FOURTH-Bradley Munn, Marvin Houghton, Tom Larimore, Nick Simitzi. Robert Horning, Phyllis Bruq, Dolly Smith, Dwight Barnes, Iean Wilson, Alma Reyes, Peggy Winters, lack O'Grady. THIRD-Dick Hunt, Iimmie Crow, Darryl Rose. Suzanne Paquette, Carol Lindberg, Ianet Allison, Donna Kirkland, Ioan McClown, Gloria Mickuls, Leeora Sechrest, Mr. Etchart lsponsorl. SECOND-Iuanita Flores, Darlene McColpin, Wesley Iohnson, Marvin Eggert, Magie Evans, lane Iennings, Lorita Ballenger, Sally Tefferteller, Betty Skidmore, MaryAnne Roe. Leslie Mills, Mari- anne King. BOTTOM-Pat Oberlin, Carlene Berlin. Donna Liggett, Connie Chandler, Marilyn Simpson, Carol Bartlett. Ioan Fraas, Donna Goss, Ianice Goss, Martha McRae, Sally Eckdall. MAKES COUGIE A GOOD CITIZEN EXECUTIVE CABINET THIRD-Ioan Hill. Iill Morgan, Lee Decuir. Leroy Kee. Nancy Dunn. Alice Acosta. SECOND-Marianne King. Lorna Stevens. Barbara Peterson. Don Skipworlh. Carolyn Romersa. Mr. Simpson lsponsorl. BOTTOM-I. R. Perkins. Don Fickel. Carol Barlleti. Dick Gould. The members of the Girls' League Executive Board: THIRD - I. Wilson. S. Hehir. L. How ard. SEC OND - P. Baldwin, C. Shobe, I. Essick. S. Teiferteller, B. Urquhart. BOTTOM-I. Morgan. I.. Stevens. .gee QQ X ' V4 . 9 .z -gg:,,:'-: .N .,., .tc A .. -.W on f sem, S Q., . ,. my ,..x at exits., ,::gg:gf . .5..g-. N F , .5-. --M. . 'wwxwrfr .i NO L .,QT, Qt...,,..-f-f-2-1-w -- .f.......:i. K. vt, . na ' K ,QM . .. PLACE FOR STAGS HERE fs 3 V'T' x X. - f ji Q K sf Rafi 'I' These are the members oi the Girls' Athletic Association's Ex- ecutive Board: SECOND-I. Mathis. B. Mc- Ilree. G. Burgess. I. Pope, V. Her- nandez. C. Fisher. BOTTOM - L. Stevens, P. Com- stock, B. Comstock, M. Hoscheit. fe lg.. if . 3 ...: .V . HQ' 'WN , X The assembly committee provided us with many fine assemblies. The com- mittee included: TOP-Iack Ellis. Fred Wolz. Dick Oden. BOTTOM - lane Ienninqs, Carol Bart- lett, Carol Snyder. Barbara Petersen, the commissioner oi assemblies. who has worked so hard for our assemblies is not pictured. Members ol the American Iunior Red Cross are: TOP- B. Helton, C. Valenzuela. M. Newman. I.. Dodds. M. Addison. D. Gould. MIDDLE-L. Mclilhaney, B. Fillmore. R. Fox. V. Hardy. M. Creasey. C. Fette, S. McNeil. BOTTOM-N. Cooper, F. Wallace, G. Cryder. LET'S BE PREPARED ADVISES COUGIE 21 Jflftiff, 2 COUGIE 4 Q! V. S. H. Sophomores united their efforts into ct giggntic dll out for the Clothing Drive. They Won the drive by gpproxi- mcttely 300 pounds. Every yeor it is the sole responsibility of the junior clgss to sponsor the Prom. Along with this they enjoyed g clgss pctrty cmd sponsored g memory book sotle. The busy student legisloture loid gn egrly, ond strong ioundotion for our school government. They dll enjoyed estghlishing Cthey hopelj the senior ldwn dnd seniors first ctt the gssemlolies. Sponsoring the gfter ggme dctnces Wgs ct jolo gs Well gs g pledsure tor the clctss of '53. As ot findl project, the Seniors presented g ploy, The Fighting Littles. The proceeds from this contribuled towctrd the Senior Reception ctnd pdriy on grotdugtion night. K. DISCOVERS THE 3 R's .J ,2 W5D' X SOPHOMORES LEFT TO RIGHT: Carl Lindberg, Vice- President, Dick Gould, President, Daley Iue, Secretary-Treasurer. V9 ' if nf' - G-M D' A -d COUGIE'S FELLOW CATS S e 'mgiiig J is Ev 6 vs M-www-9-le f? 'a to sn. THIRD-Dorolyn Markley, Pat Colley, Pat Boehm, Louise King, Shirley Hinds, Charlotte Cornett, Iulia Pearson, Carole O'Neil, D. Mayberry, Hope Lopez, Bar- bara Delemos, Earlene Smith. SECOND-Barbara Marriott, Suzanne Paquette, Mary Lou Loring, Martha Madrid, Peggy McKnight, Gretchen Ver Husen, Linda Howard, Ruth Valdes. BOTTOM-Karen Hicks, lean McClure en, Martha McRae, Diana White, Betty Skidmore. THIRD-Ronald Ward, Alfred Cook, Manuel Garcia, Iames Gilden, Stanley Sawyer, Ross Gotchal, Tony Encinas, Robert Trivett. SECOND-David Battord, Kenneth Par- kin, Goldie Reynolds, Pat York, Ioyce Green, Marilyn Schriber, Norma Hobbs, Robert Fratkin, Barry Seath. Ralph Nordyke. BOTTOM-Marilyn Carabaial, Rosa- linda Marquez, Rosalie Enriquez, Mag- gie Palacido, Ronald Stewart. lst ROW: Warren Caldwell. Frank Rice. Morgan Schwert. Dean McElroy. Roger Iewett. 2nd ROW: Coy Mclfeown. Arthur Shel- ton. Bill Roderick. Tommy Marquez. David Baiford. Henery Morales. 3rd ROW: Bettv Deal. Bobbie Bowen, Shirley May. George Treio. Dick Lac- ing. Gerald Reed. Priscilla Black. Norma Hobbs. Ioyce Green. 4th ROW: Ioy Burchett. Diana Rhode. Sydney Bledsoe, Marlene Callahan. Barbara Bird, Sally Ortiz. Alice Lopez. Leota Wilbanks. Nancy Lamp, Diana White. Torn shirts, dirty teristic of 'Grubby D student and ended wi 1st ROW: Ronald Robinson. Bruce Ol- son. Byron Dogqs, Iames Stanford. Norman Garrett, Iohn Morter. 2nd ROW: Dunca1 Porter. Robert Frat- kin. Tony Leonard. lack Cummings. Bill I-Iewston, Bob Cole. Tommy Chivington. Nuel Benson. 3rd ROW: Billy Dodson. Don Kiunke. Richard Inman. Gary Nichols. Iimmie Dowtv. Bob Wilmont. Louis Benjamin. Bob Dyche. David Deardorf. Ion Addi- son. Robert Carmichael. Barry Scaiie. BOTTOM -- Carol Bowers, Pat Hughes, Lorraine Iensen, Vivian Richards, Ar- lene Collins, Donna Kuster. SECOND-Billie Whittington, Chloe Williams, Marilyn Miller, Iudy Morgan, Pat Hollingsworth, Donna Griess, Shar- on Kennedy, Karen Fredricks, Anita Orm. THIRD-Mary Flores. Mary Means, Irene Miiarez, Estella Medina, Virginia Wright, Peggy Winters, Alice Lopez, Waneta Hockenbery, Betty Gibson, Mar- ceita Scott, Coralee Iones, Vera Corona. BOTTOM-Donna Bell. Marilyn Wigne ton, Suzanne Riddle, Ianet Goss, Lois Mohr, Lucille Mohr. SECOND-Marlene White, Frances Dawson, Doy Mae Rogers, Etta Monte gomery, Clarice Ogden, Betty Woods, Nancy Willhardt, Donna Wise. Diana Reitzel, Pat Millsap. THIRD - Sandra Iones, Marilyn Feyma, Marian Lorenz, Carol Montgomery, Katherine McMillan, Nancy Lorre. Phyl- lis Lathrop, Mildred Willard, Mary West. Irene Varela, Barbara Woods. 26 TOP-Mike Newman, Frank Brown Bob Fuller, Richard Ramscy, Bill Ma- comber, Bradley Munn. TWO-Eddie Griego, Sam Stewart Earl Sterling, Tommy McMahon. THREE - Marcelina Ramirez. Xl X x. X X . 'x. TOP-Miss Gutherie. Mr. McKinney. TWO-Victoria Corona. Alma Reyes. Mary Barajas. Charlene Hunger- ford. Carol Nicholson. Bridget Casey, Virginia Selby, Betty Norton. Mary- an Gordon, Patricia Iunus, Sally Ortiz. Flora Morales. THREE-Vona Hull. Diana Starias, Sally Wall. Joyce Lowes, Delores Messersmith. Maria Ruscheinsky, Peggy King, IoElla Howery. FOUR-Katherine Karas. Patricia Imhool. Ida Coburn, Cherry Loban. Dorothy Stevens, Shirley Weaver. TOP-George Stafford. George Duran, Iames Glynn. Arthur Warrock, Edgar Frank, Bill Hewston, Gordon Hiebert, Iimmy Manzer, Iimmy Stewart, Darryl Ogden. Larry Clark. TWO-Billy Deal. Rudy Valenzuela, Eugene Agdeppa. Ierry Stull. Dee Willi9hUmf WYCY MGX' well. Charles Carr. Larry Hudson. THREE-Clifford Burrows, Lee Kearney, Richard Peterson. Wesley Preis. RC!1Ph Ploch- Fffmk Leighton. THE SOPHOMORES CLAIM HIM WITH A SMILE AS THEIR MASCOT TRUE AND BOLD .... v. KEEPS THEM LAUGHING STORIES IN The Ventura Rockettes from the Talent Assembly: lim Brown, Nick Simitzi. Iohn Solari. lack Morgan, Harold House- holder. TOP-Barbara Mcllree, Eugene Har- desty, Delbert Reese, Leif Landberq, Clitlord Carnes, Manuel Garcia, Richard Osuna, Charles Boots, Iames Olson, Helen Taft, Gertrude Glazer. MIDDLE-Ona Slaybaugh, Diane Kaplan, Gail Pratt, Carol Hawley, Betty Vaughan, Sharon Archibald, Kathryn Fisher, Ioyce Temple. BOTTOM-Ianice Goss, Daisy Iue, Linda ,Hughes, Pat Kulpaca, Glynda Hughes, IoElla Miller, Winifred Siqler. TOP-Linda Hughes, Carol Lindberg, Iennie Rathburn, Donna Kirkland, Betty Bartholomew, Elsie Millard, Betty Lou McNair, Renna Lively, Myrtle Goss, Laura Wilson, Ioyce Temple, Sharon Archibald. MIDDLE - Verna Gilbert, Coralee Iones, Peggy Riqney, Neila Cooper, Gabe Lusser, Helen Moore, Daisy Davis, Martha McNeilly. BOTTOM-Ianet Allison, Margaret Evans, Deanna Larramendy, Iane len- nings, Carmelita Harkness, Ioan Alli- son. ALL THE WHILE WITH HIS BLACK GOLD TOP-Edward Nicely, Deanna Sims. Ioy Statzer. Patricia Whitson. Rudy Valenzuela. Edward Sampson, Mearl Atwood. Rex Andis, Iosie Sanders. Betty Brown. Ronald Dye. Erby Storts. MIDDLE-Arlene McConnell, Indy Wil- ley, Diane Schuller. Eldouise Pope. Verna Calder, Verna Hardy, Shirley Boyd, Iollnn Seto. BOTTOM-Ieannine Boyd, Sina Dere- beew. Patricia Sacher. IoAnn Pope, Viv- ian Humphrey, Viiu Valdma. TOP - Sammy Molina, Wayne Reed. Gilbert Ramirez, Ion Schwint, Iames Voris, Ronald Wallace. Tommy Phillips. Larry Amar, Bruce Davison, Ierry Edwards, Leil Landberg, Moses Medina. MIDDLE-Iames Woolf, Roland Tau- chert, Iohn Kelly, Ioe Campos. Byram May. Tony Carabaial, Max Salcido, Samuel Villalovos. BOTTOM--Charles Solano, Daniel Tri- ana, Ben Urenda. Iohn I. Morales, Thomas Marquez, Arnold Montiel. TOP-Iimmie Utter, Curtis Stiles. Don Zeck, Charley Hess, Richard Mays, George Reyburn, Fred Brown, Gary Cooper. Marvin Houghton, Robert Wal- do, Iames Kyser, Harold Cribbs. MIDDLE-Tom Huss, Richard Beguelin. Ion Reed, Alvin Hawkes, Keith Martin- Iack Williams, Robert Little, Larry Dodds. BOTTOM-Grady Vaughan, Robert Barker, Robert Maurer, Richard Gould, Robert Spurlock, Bill Manning. jsiw, Y, Rx? 4 .V gf lrevf. I Lzif -f x 5 COUGIE'S IOINED THE IUNIOR BANKS . . . WITH HIS EYE ON SENIOR FAME 5 . 5 s .. M we-:, ,f -5 vw, I I J , E . .Q '- Carol Bartlett, lunior Class President, had a very BOTTOM- Shirley Baker. Edna Bauer. Iackie Gibbons. Betty Comstock. Pat Ober- lin. Celia Rios. Donna Liqgett. SECOND-Sally Telferteller. Barbara Urquhart. Mary Anne Roe. Leeora Se- chrest. Peggy Comstock. THIRD-Sheila McNeil, Gloria Mikuls, Pal Henrie, Barbara Hansen. FOURTH-Iimmy Crow. Don Wright. Henry Thornton, Thomas Stone. Pete Lager. FIFTH-Loren Ferguson. Don Withers, Senior, Clifton Shout. Stan Lingon. Bob Horninq, Mike Addison. SIXTH-Lee Decuir. Glenn Treqlown. Sen- ior. Senior, Senior. Curtis Ridling. Darryl Rose. Ioe Barron. Philip Westergaard, Don Slcipworth. Robert Houle. -.--Q---.-v. co-operative Cabinet to work with tliis year. Phil McKnight, and Nancy Durbin, ca-ordinated sale of memory books, spansorslfiin at Senior Prom and a class party which was very successful. f 4 rn' ,-A317 . p TOP-Don Stennett, Gerald Kam, Don Spurlock, lack Young, Cleo McCormick. Znd ROW-Dick Oden. Ted Iastak. Steve Harrison, Billy Hale, Ernie Sawyer, Marlin Rolle, Warren Gilliland, Norman Murphy. Don Headley. 3rd ROW-Hallie Smeltz, Shirley Great- house, Chrys Politis, Dorothy Hall, Edythe Moore, Connie Chandler, Suzanne Hopman, Marlerte Bergem, Connie Carter, Bobby Nunez, Bobby Moss. TOP- Iames Bailey, Ted Roe, Rodney Baker. Richard Lane, Fred Treece, Bil' , lVl:son Frezch, Garland Ether idge. 2nd ROW-Ioe Kerwin, Don Parish, Gary Blakeley, Alex Kruden, M. L. Henry, Stan- ley Lingon. 3rd ROW Y Howard Barbray, Victor Gudef Van McNair, Randy Lisman, Ted Snyder, Harold Baker. 4th ROW-Gwen Bize, Roselle Miller Glenda Hill, Peggy Asbury, Darlene Rus- sell, Iane Kober, Norman Mccomber. 5th ROW-Mary Swaner, Mary Millard Elaine Payton, Lora Gorux, Ann Stoddard Lois Mclilhaney, Marilyn Aguayo, Billy Hoods. Sth ROW-Carol Bartlett, Donna Goss Shirley Kirksey, Marlene Dovin, Pat Akins Sally Ekdall, Vickie Cox, Edythe Moore. 'i'. TOP - Richard Nuzzo, Dick Hunt, Iim Kara- qeorge, Iohn lump, lim Kearney, Bill Kee- see, Iirn Crow, Phillip McKnight, Dennis Plank. Gary Blakley, Stanley Linqon, Randy Lisman, Karl Wright, Tom Simmons. 2nd ROW-Dave Allison, lim Monahan, Dick Pearce, Tom Parkhurst, Iim Taylor, Bradley Hilton, Darryl Rose. Freddy Treece. Grd ROW- Terry Grider. Spencer Mitchell, Tom LaSalle, Ioe Gabaldon, Bill McGaw, Fred Moffett, Claudell King, Bill Monahan, Hugh Parker. Bill Temple. 31 AT TIMES HES FULL OF KIDDISH PRANKS. FIFTH-Mary Helen Orozco. Sue Rhoden. Rosemary Mastriqht. Donna Satow. Carol Milling, Shirley Cusey. FOURTH-Belly Morrow, Pat Mead- ows, Marcia Briola. Mary Osburn. De- Alta Bonn. Rosemary Kilpatrick. Rumo- na Chapman. Doroihy Hall. Muriel Mur- dock. Betty Thurman. THIRD-Hazel Parker. Darlene Hollo- way. Ioan McCown. Alma Bayse. Lor- ita Balleriger. Marilynne Sproul. Mary Roye. SECOND-Bonnie Larrabee. Olga Or- vega. Shirley Libbey. Marylin Simpson. Ioan Frans. BOTTOM-Gloria Grieqo. Emily Miiar- ez. Mary lane Sawyer. Dorothy Fosler. Pat McCown. TOP-H. Davis, Miss Thoreau, spone sor. E. Iesse, E. Goff. M. Golmar. W. Knupp. N. Smith. STANDING--C. Feltus, C. Bryant. B Green, E. Linda Politos, L. Corona, R Fox, L. Salcido. C. Arnold. D. Flagg S. Stephens. S. Hayes, V. Linder. B Gibson. SECOND-R. Gallardo. E. Callaway L. Mills, C. Carter, B. Hensen. S. Ritz SITTING -- V. Hernandez. M. Hoshiet. P. Latham. FIFTH-Stanley Lingon, Ralph Schafer. Don Hall. FOURTH - Bob Dryden. Bill Harris. Rob- ert Mahan. Martin Newman. Robert Woods, Dick McCulloch. THIRD-Shirley Simpson, Ioyce Boucher. Alma Bayse, May Belle Watt. Darla Alberty, Nancy Mahoney. Gerry Loomis. IoAnn Eskridqe. SECOND-Diane Livingstone. Sheila Price. Elizabeth Michael. Juanita Tapia, Pat Kelley, Barbara Fillmore. BOTTOM-Lucretia Figueroa, Anita Banks. Iuanita Flores, Glenna Burgess. Iune Miller, Shirley Dorman. FOURTH-Harold Schlopia, Senior, Hugh Parker, Bill Monohan, Randy Lis- man. Tommy Rarkhurst. lames Coleman. Calvin Eubanks. Sevior, Pete Salazar. Stanley Linqon. Bob Vestal. William Mellinqer. Frank Younce. Don Hall, Richard Nuzzo. THIRD - Ioseph Gabaldon. Iim Whit- tington. Iohn Smith. Ernie Seidenlrranz. Don Iackson. Senior. Raymond Thibault. Iohn Clifton. Archie Alpenia. Bob Doyal. SECOND -Iim Karaqeorqe, lim Whalen, Bill Harris. Tommy LaSalle. Marlin Rolle. Iames Bailey. Rodney Tyler. BOTTOM-Robert Houle. Allen Branch. Don Hoopingarner. Gary Cowan. Denny Baker. Bill Casey. Ronnie Brand. Rex Kemp. 'Z ,z h 33 I R Perkrns one of tms years outstandmg basketball players als o proved hrmself to be a capable and abl e leader l R has been partr cularly actlve rn stuaent body atfarrs always lookmg out for the mterests ot the SQHIOTS and promotmg the actrvrtres of the student body rn general I-le wrll long be remembered for h1s athletrc progre f ss rrendly personalrty and force ful leadershrp Thrs years Senror Class has s1cceedea admlrably tn sprte ot the handlcap of starttng out as a new class wrthout tradrtlon or custom The mold tor future years has been cast The S mor class has spon sored many successful actrvrtres among them estabhshment ot a Senlor Lawn sponsonng an after game dance a Senlor I-lohday and a Senror Play The Senrors ot 53 l ave behmd a real challenge for th good record and a e Senlors yet to come A MIGHTY SENIO R NOW IS HE WITH BRAIN . 1. I - .. , 1 .. 1 - 1 I . . 1 . 1 . . . I , , , . 9 - , ... 1 ' 1 . . 1 , 2 . V E' 1 Valerie McGill- vice-presI:ie,.t, I. R. Perkins- president. and Marilyn S::r.:n.lt - secretary-irsasarer. - . AND BRAWN AND POISE We are certainly proud of our VSH Band conducted by Mr. Ralph Fiorentine. Valerie McGill, rnajorette, stands next to Victor Gruder, drum major. Dona Bell is the other majorette. The band performed in the Annual County Concert, Fillmore Festival Parade and the concert in the park to initiate Music Week. ll 35 x . Warren Arnold Rudy Agullczr Dolores Baiford Pat Baldwm Ida Bane Hoyt Bamard Drace Barnes Dwlght Barnes Ned Bartels 36 Alicia Acosta Dave Adamson Don Allison HE STRUTS ACROSS THE SENIOR LAWN Syble Beam Maxine Bellini Pete Benson Charles Berger Carlene Berlin Carlos Bernardo Charles Booker Paul Bottcx Leroy Boyd Phyllis Bivin lack Bryans Phyllis Brug N COUGIE SALUTES HER ROYAL HIGHNESS mfg Maureen Ward, senior, was chosen irarn a field at seven entries from all ever the county to reian ever the l953 Ventura County Fair. Maureen was crowned Queen at the Fair at a Caranatian Ball at the American Leaian Clubhouse by Marshal Clark. The Queen Opened the Pair aiiicially, previewed many at the shaws, and was Guest of l-loner at the parade preceding the apenina el the Fair Cfraunds. Shirley Blackman Dee Dee Casey Dixie Cook Dr. Scharer and Mr. Etchart look on as Phyllis Brug, Secretary, Marianne King. President. and Lee Decuir, Vice President, look over Student Legis- lature notes. Betty Campbell Bob Cagnacci Sandra Campbell Dorothy Carr lim Carr David Christiansen Iames Christiansen Carroll Church Goldie Cobb Paul Cohen Ioseph Cloonan Marilyn Creasey Marcia Crow Geneva Cryder Anne Cummings Davies Nona Dean ann... 'b-, Tom Davis Rosemary Davison Russell Dennison I. B. Dodson 40 Gerald Dorman Don Dorsey Carol Dovin Ianet Eastick Mary Elizabeth Eckmcm Isabel Edwards Allen Ericksen Easter Ericksen Marilyn Essick Rita Feraud Carole Fette Don Flflkel Walter Finn Richard Fletcher Bob Downey Shirley Downey Nancy Dunn Marvin Egqert Margie Edison lack Ellis Bill Faith Terry Farrell Bert Farwell Ruth Florez IoAnn Freerksen Reta Good Frank Greene Steve Flores Ray Fuller Robert Goold Helen Gutierrez Alice Foster Frank Gage William Goold Gilbert Guzman Bill Fraser Marilyn Gallardo Charles Greathouse Mary Iane Haddock NOW COUGIE IS A SENIOR TALL HE WONDERS WHAT HE'LL DO . . Dave Hansen Wayne Hanson Ralph Harrison Shirley Harrison Ioan Hassall Leon Hedrick Melvin Hedrick Shirley Hehir Rolland Henthom Ioan Hill IoAnn Holland Harold Householder Ioan Howard Glenice Howe Roger Ivie Estella Iessie Io Ellen Iohnson lane Kallusky Wesley Iohnson Chrysie Kazakes WHEN HE LEAVES THIS FRIENDLY CAMPUS HALL LeRoy Kee Tom Keesee Barbara Keir Glen Keldsen Mary Kelley Ernest Kenney Ethel Kenney Marianne King Kenny Kiunke Arnold Kluge Cal-01 Knapp Carol Kunz 44 STARTING HIS LIFE ANEW These smiling faces belong to the leaders of the Tri-Hi-Y. They are: STANDING-Ioan Hill and Carolyn Romersa. SEATED - lean Wilson. Carol Snyder. Diane Davies and Marilyn Schznidi. Gerry LaDue Tom Larimore Bob Lawton Pat Lee Margie Linder Claudia Livley Nancy Lockwood Annetta Loftswold Mary Lopez Ierry Loring Iohn Lumsdon Rickey Lunsford 5 5 - --..,q..- Q Z! Magg e Luque Ia e MacCu1sh Idella M R ann Cathy Marks onald Marks Manlyn Martell G1 o a Martm R chard Martme Gall McAndrews Iudy McAul1iie B111 M Auhfie Gle McCauley HIS MIND GOES BACK TO HE SPENT WITH ME AND YOU THE HAPPY TIMES Darlene McCo1pin Shirley McCoy Valerie McGill Shirley McNee1ey Bill Meade Ellen Melzer LcxVerne Miller Richard Mills Fred Mofieti Ed Molina Iim Monahan Mitzi MonMonier Frieda Montgomery Martha Ann Moody lack Mooney THE VERY THOUGHT OF LEAVING SCHOOL ,xx Lois McElhaney, Iunior P1 cess: Don Skipworth, Che leader: Pa! Bohem. Sop more Princess: and Na: Dunn. Football Queen- coried by Don Fickel. A. S. Presidenl. ICICI! M0rgCIn Iill Morgan Don Mundy Mary lane Norion Patsy O'Brian Mike O'De11 We-ff? FILLS HIS MIND WITH STRIPE-- I Q ,W ff! Oh for a nicke1! thinks Larry. Itgunkhofi Betty Murphy Iohn Newell Pete Newman Diane Newton O'Grady Iuanita Oney Louciel Oney Reba Owens Ruth Parkhurst T37 ,YZ?' SO HE WILL NEVER BE A FOOL HE'LL STAY IN SCHOOL FOR LIFE Gayle Parrack I. R. Perkins Randy Pierce Ioelyn Pool Betty Porter Sylvia Porter Marlene Poulos Richard Pratt Ronald Price Alex Pulido Karl Qualls Amado Ramo Garry Rasmussen Larry Rasmussen Carol Reitzel Ioan Renner Richard Rentfrow Dixie Rhodes Darrel Richards Willetta Richard Phillip Robbins lim Robinson Consuela Rodriquez Carolyn Romersa 'WHAT SHALL I BE NEXT YEAR? ASKS COUGIE Pat Rothenberg Marlene Rowland Nancy Ruedhnger Bob Ruggles Don Salado Ioanne Salado Dxck Salberg Iosephme Salcxdo Mr. Walter F. Meyers is assisting his history students to evaluate maqa- zines to be used lor current event material for next year's Iuniors. This is the C. E. P. or Citizenship Educa- toin Project. Lovana Shaffer Anna Lee Shaw David Shepherd Caril Shobe :Nick Simitzi Anna Mae Smith Billy I. Smith Dolly Smith Margaret Smith Maynard Smith Lynette Smoot Carol Snyder X I ohn Solari Mary Steubing Walter Specht Pat Starkey Belva Starr Sylvia Steiger Lome Stevens Sharon Stilwell David Stork Sharon Strickland Pat Sullivan Don Swor Ken Swor Ben Tapia Leonard Tauchert Barbara Taylor COUGIE CRAMS FOR EXAMS COUGHK ...u MUN fm! C2 Yvonne Teieda Barbara Temple Lawton Thomas Margaret Thompson Shirley Truitt Ianice Truman Gloria Valenzuela Gary Voigt Bill Wadlington Faye Wallace lim Walton Maureen Ward Betty Welch Stan Whittington Gayron Willis COUGIE'S TWIN Carol Snyder substituted tor Couqie when he couldnt be present ct the games. SO LONG SENIORS-BEST OF LUCK. DECLARES COUGIE lean Wilson Pat Wilson Betty Wooten Geraldine Workman Melanie Yanez Wayne Zeck COUGIE'S CANDID CAMERA CLUB ' vu., ,- Y ws'-ffff COUGIE BECOMES SNAP HAPPY Quan: 1-1A1Ls V- s.H.'s HRST Y EAR l Imagine, fifty clubs! This is the number offered to students of V. S. H. No matter what a student's interests may be, there is an activity to suit him. Many clubs offer services to the community and the school, others provide interesting extracurricular activities, still others supply a place Where students may apply their knowledge to practical problems. Throughout the year these clubs have offered the best in or- ganized activities. 7 Mei 5. L !! x Q. ' l xg fix ew: Mal FIFTY CLUBS? WHICH ONE SHALL I IOIN? 30 CALIFORNIA SCHOLARSHIP FEDERATION SEVENTH-D. Porter. I. Addison. I. Kearney. T. Keesee. D. Zeck, R. Gould. T. Schiller. G. Keldsen. SIXTH -- I. Loring. D. Davies. P. Benson. B. Homing. B. Scuite. D. Shipworth. G. Vaughn. P. McKnight. M. King. N. Dean. FIFTH -P. Specht. M. Addison. B. Munn. T. Leonard. S. McNeil. L. Sechrest. L. Mills. S. Baker. F. Montgomery. D. Bonn. FOURTH- D. Mays. F. Wolz. I. Grider. B. Hcmson. P. Henrle. G. Mickuls. B. Urquhart, I. Holland. M. Osburn. THIRD-M. I-Ioscheit. M. Loring. N. Willhurdt. C. Romersa. G. Pratt. M. West. C. Lindberg, L. Howard. S. McNeeley. SECOND-P. McKnight, B. Fillmore. C. Reitzel. M. Lorenz. D. Griess. D. McColpin. B. Welch. I. Hasscxll. BOTTOM-M. McRae. B. Bird. S. Libbey. C. Bartlett. D. Goss. B. Peterson. D. Liggett. D. Foster. S. Teiierteller. I. Mathis. M. Roe. QUILL AND SCROLL CLUB SECOND-G. Mickuls. P. Henrie. BOTTOM-C. Romersa. B. Peterson. S. Sechrest. 45,3 COUGIE HAS THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY This group consists oi all students with B average grades. and automatically includes the California Scholarship Federation. We are proud ol our large representation in this honorable group. SCHOLASTIC AMBITIONS . in 5 FUTURE TEACHERS CLUB ROW 2 - M. Osburn. R. Kirkpatrick. G. Mikuls, M. Roe. S. Tefferteller, I. Pope. P. Sacher ROW l -Mr. M. M. Lewis. G. Martin. I. Salado. B. Comstock. P. Comstock. G. Cryder IMT THHT yDEyHDLlN E. 11 U f ,,, f 1 V Bneei-o, 'ij D 4 ag ff 'All t r K4 Q Q' J x Q R i' 4 f I Q-Q.: 9 v v 'A A l nS , , 10 Qu ' Ea-,g .gy ' hh. gd Writing, editing and distributing the 'Cougar once a Week is a big job handled efficiently by the members of the Cougar Staff and their able advisor, Mrs. Betty Whiteman We all look forward to getting the latest scoop on Fridays C man n,n.-... A COUGIE ENIOYS HIS LITERARY FINDS Teamwork is the motto of the Black Gold Staff. Four teams worked toqether -Miss Daisy Cromwell and her artists prepared the dummy and created our star studentfCouqie. Photographic shots were done by Mr. Denning MacArthur's able staff. The literary staff was advised by Mr. Walter Hassall and Mr, lohn Cowart assisted the business staff. COUGIE FINDS THE KEY TO SKIING Activities and events of the Ski Clubbers are centered around this famous sport. A common experience they all share is the inevitablefflop. The chief purposes of the club are: recreational skiing, basic survival information and training for future service personnel, acquaintance with the World's best sport. Skiing is more than a sport: it is a Way of life! declare ski fans, and if one is able to judge from their antics while on the snow fields, it is a thrilling life. The Ski Club is new, as a formal club group, although a number of our people have been riding the slippery slats for some time. The past year, with its dearth of nearby snow, presented a problem to the club, but they anticipate a good winter next year, and an early start for an active season. Ski you there! The chief purposes ot clubs are to promote an interest in service to others. This is the aim of the Key Club - a jun- ior branch of the Kiwan- 1S. LEFT TO RIGHT: BOTTOM-D. Parrish, B. Doss, R. Bequelin, R. Goold G. Blakley lvice presidentl. SECOND -T. Schiller, D. Alli son, C. Stiles. D. Stork lpres.l D. Skipworth. THIRD-W. Arnold, I. Newell, R. Downey, W. Emde. I. Selby. TOP-R weSief9Grd, N. Simitzi, W. Hanson. BOTTOM-P. Oberlin, D. Goss. A CLUB ORGANIZED FOR SERVICE These students are making a tape recording of a radio script. The students attempt to simulate actual studio conditions complete with all music and sound effects in the production ot radio programs. This type ot activity is done as part of classwork in Radio Work- shop. Outside of the classroom, members of this group conduct a weekly disc jockey show over our local Radio Station KVEN. I 0 fx 4' Q S ! 5 fd 0 The Drill Team is relaxing after a fine demonstration at the Lancaster game and below are the members of the l.ettermen's Club who have been very active all year. They acted as guards at all sports contests, sponsored an after game dance, put on a boxing show and sold tickets to var, ious sports events. They were outstanding in many ASB, events. .. ' sw- W :fu ,Nr t.. TOP-B. Caqnacci. P. Betta, I Morgan, I. Brown, W. lohnson I.. Kee, T. Carbaial, R. Aguilar Coach Tuttle. 2nd ROW-I. R. Perkins, R Fletcher, S. Whittington, R. Price A. Kluqe, D. Iacl-cson, P. Wilson D. Selby. 3rd ROW - K. Swor, N. Simitzi, R Frazer, H. Householder Pierce, B. L. Rasmussen, M. Eqgert, H Kribbs. BOTTOM-Coach lack Smith. L Ferguson. D. Swor, I. Solari, F Parrack, G. McCauley ig! Gage, G. 1 I. Gabaldon. 01.1. HVENTURA! VENTURA! YELLS COUGIE The Ushers' Club wnh Shrrley Lnbbey as presxdent did a swell 1ob as ushers for all school programs including assemblies. the Senior Play and the Lawrence Welk Show Members ol this service club are TOP-Mr. Cowart Kco sponsorl B Mcxrnot I Raihbun C Lindberg Mr Etchart lco sponsorl SECOND-P. Colley S Paqueite M Lopez R Feraud BOTTOM-B. Fillmore E. Bauer M Simpson S Lrbbey Not pictured-Chrys Polms Secretary Throughout the year the Pep Band has been called upon to play at qarnes assembhes pep rallies and every other occas1on when music was needed They played an 1mportant part IH boosnnq V S H spmt Now that they have new arrangements we expect an even peppler Pep Band next year TOP-R. Iewell. I. Cloonan. B Ruqgles, I. Lumsdon. B. McGaw B. Doss. R. Houle, R. Maurer. MIDDLE - B. Marriot. P. Hollings- worih. I. Young. D. Wright, M. Essick. B. Fillmore. B. Scaile. V Guder. BOTTOM- I. Ellis lsludenl direct- orl. D. Gould, B. Barker, C. Bur- rows. A. Acosta. Not pictured-Mr. Ralph Fioren- tine lconductorl. , Q N 5 + 11 feng fx S is a. 'N fy X 1 as i I SE . v - 1 ' ' ----we--mum Q35 as 5 I 5 bk Q'wsw.a.nn-n-P-'Q X --....--ex K. ' W 4' ' 'm X 1 K' ,'.E a - ef . 1 X li x ge . : 1 . Ig ff x f xr V - H- H .. K ' . - xi g g f 1 i 5 1 if Q Q1 X Q gg g 7 X I sw Q wsu D' COUGIE DISCOVERS VENTURA'S ' 495 C During intermission, Kina Arnold Kiuae and Queen Ioan Hill were crowned by Marianne King, ASBVP, and ASB President, Don Fickel. f' ' ur N 'N -4 OCIAL LIFE Tied? R VOTE iran MX. Km .5 'df' Social life at V. S. H. saw many dances and the hiqhliaht-apart from the Prom!-was the Blue Paradise at Christmas. Sharon and Mar- vin are discussing plans for the dance which was sponsored by the P. T. A. W I 1 .jo R I ' 0 IQ U If , 5 yofgjfw Under the direction of Miss f1-M-W f Somerville the Pre-Nurses Club members prepare themselves ,fr for their career in nursing. A TOP-Alice Lopez, Barbara Mcllree, Kathryn Fisher, Gail Pratt. TWO-Mary West, Vera Gray. THREE-Lucille Mohr, Donna Wise, Miss Somerville sponsorl. COUGIE'S TEMPERATURE IS RISING! Building up the new college farm and helping in the planting of the or- chards were the main projects ot the Horticulture Club. They also entered ex- hibits in the Ventura County Fair. I Q . v all TOP-D. Richards, F. Green, 'K Ji E. Kenney. f ' BOTTOM-C. Brooker. B. Rug- gles, D. Adamson. COTJGIE SALUTES FUTURE EINSTEINS SCIENCE CLUB The Scrence Club has been dorng some very lnterest mg thrngs thls year lack Bryans was chosen delegate to the Frrst Scrence Conventron at Pacltlc Grove at Eastertlrne At thls attalr there Were speakers on rnedrclne blology and rnotron prctures were shown Mr lhtt college teacher asslsted the group on a held trlp on astronomy and they observed the constellatlons through a telescope The Santa Barbara Mrsslon and the Los Angeles County Farr were Vrslted by our future sclentlsts Mr Radchffe and IIVG boys lourneyed to the Unlverslty ot Redlands for a SCIGHCG Pre Profess1onal Day SCIENCE CLUB TOP H Schlapla TWO I MclcCu sh R Downey W Goold Mr I Porter Isponsorl R Goold I Ne ell E. Encksen A Loffswold L Tauchet BOTTOM I Brycxns D Porte W Spechi C Romersu S Campbell D Da es M Eck cz Preszdent Mr E Radclffe lsponsol Nut plc! red I Howard Vxce Pres dent A M Smith Secretary H A-5.914 J r VSH songsters under the direction of Mrs. Imogene C. Bercaw have given I 1 us some grand performances. These are the members of the choir: TOP-E. Stortl. ll. Oiuna. l.. Hedrick. N. Smltxl. Mrs. TWO-I. Truman. N. Wlllhardt. B. Vaughan. B. Norton. M. Roye. M. Sproul. THREE-I. Mclulille. C. Berlin, M. Haddock. S. Smith. D. Davies. C. Hawley. R. Good. BOTTOM-M. Norton. I. Renner. B. Campbell. I. Fraas. C. Marks. S. Downey. D. Stevens. Bercaw. G. Parrack. B. Lawton. K. Swor. D. Bowman. Baker, G. Guzman. G. Bize. A. Stoddard, C. Ogden. Shelton. R. Marks. N. Macomber. B. Temple. V. Gilbert. Eubanks. D. Plank. W. Specht. I. Stull. R. Spurloclr. Members of lhe Girls Glee Club include: TOP-M. Schreiber. M. Feymcz. K. McMillan. D. Starfas. N. Loree. H. Mastriqht. M. Eckman. SECOND-M. Swaner. A. Col- lins, P. Lathan. C. Loban. P. Milsap. C. Knapp. L. Nichols. THIRD-I. Green, I. Willey. M. Hoscheit. A. Helbiq, N. Lamp. B Whittin lon . 9 - BOTTOM-M. L. Loring. M. White. P. Hughes. S. Bledsoe, B. De Lemos. D. Goss. I. Boyd. The Boys Glee Club Consisls of: TOP-B. Seath, B. Lewis, M. At- wood, G. Ramirez, L. Decuir. L. Amor. A. Cruden. SECOND-D. Fickel. M. Hough- lon, G. Nichols. D. Allison, C. Shout, D. Ogden. F. Marcus. BOTTOM-B. Temple. I. Man- zer, C. Solano. L. Ferguson, B. Urenda, S. Villalovas. I. Morales. Orchestra members under direc' lion of Mr. Ralph Fiorentine. in clude: TOP-I. Truman. N. Cooper. H. Lopez, M. King, Mr. Fiorentine. SECOND-S. McNeil. E. Golf. F. Montgomery. M. Essick. M. O'Dell. I. Cloonan. I. Ellis. BOTTOM-P. Henrie. B. Com- stock. C. Hunqerlort. E. Tapia, C. Politis, D. Iue, L. Dodds. ig? N J lb.5,blJ J rl TYPE - PI CLUB BOTTOM-G. Duran. E. Nicely. D. Deal. SECOND - T. Marquez. R. Golchal. E. Frank. THIRD-A. Errickson. F. Marquez. Mr. Steel lsponsorl. SECRETARIAL CLUB BOTTOM-Donna Liqqett. M. Bel line. Luque. S. Blackman. M. Crow. I. Freerksen. G. La Due. Rowland. B. Temple. SECOND-M. Sleubing. M. Gallau- do. S. Harrison. M. Crecxsey. M. THIRD-Miss Sydnor. S. Simpson. D. Livingston. M. Lopez. R. Flores. FOURTH--P. Starkey. M. Ward. M. x-I, gg ml 'SE' , QW ' a W :If ,K . 5' W QQ -' A W ' K. ' I f Eyes . f Qhkgif we f fwfiw W ' H . ,skin L '99 E I Q-fi' ,1 . 2' ' f X .-,Q QR. Q, , 5 QQ 1 g W,,1,.q.3L11+-xx px. Wm' X, xv :ss . U ' . W 'f Q f W Q , was X Q f -' -iw ws? X -W X ' N t kiiazfxix - .-1 ' A ..,,,,wzQy.-x..: Q. ., , f V 5 M X wwf xg. if fb? X X P- XX sp f fl A . -.,-- X' ii WX JA i'? fI? Q: we C , ., .M A L .,q. , .,,, Q W . -53? . 5 ag Y . K fps. , 'W W ,, Aa V Ea . wi' 5 x Y QQ . j,5 , ily fir xx 5, -fix c f :rigi-.: I:2Exf Nik' 1 - , J ,, , ef' E? . '- X x ' in -- ' Q. Q v-ff' W wi' 1- ,G' ,g,p2:i2, 1, X, A N- K 4i , f- E , WISH I WERE A BUNNY! THINKS COUGIE 95541- ii. 5' 'BW The leaders, Nancy Durbin and Richard Mills, are having a real hall doing the Bunny-hop in co-ed dancing. Miss Frederick and lack Sniith taught the Fox Trot, the Waltz, the Samba, the Rhurnba, the Charleston and the Tango which all enjoyed. An- other important step on the prograrn was the teach1ng ot courtesy on the dance floor. The credit for the pic- tures in our annual goes to the photography staff who worked many long hours in helpinQ to make our book. TOP ROW-W. Hanson, R. Downey. H. Mills, H. Bclrbrey. BOTTOM ROW -F. Gage. G. Voight. 3 9 !'! ,S . , 4.0.1 V35 'Sa l Q I f X ' ,I J xt l TOP PICTURE-B. Farwell. leader and caller. B. Houston. C. McCor- mick, R. Bond. G. Voight, Marilyn Creasey. D. Reitzel, C. Romersa, Ronald Robinson. The members of the Square Dance Club, one oi our most active clubs, have displayed their ability in our talent show, spring show and exchange assemblies. ln the bottom picture members ot the modern dance class are doing a difficult knee push-up tor exercise. COUGIE FINDS A WHIRL OF SOCIAL LIFE Congratulations Don, says Lee Decuir to: Don Skipworth, next year's new president oi- the ASB. wi PARLEZ-VOUS FRANCAIS, COUGIE The members of the Language Clubs have had a very successful year. They have had many activities, interesting talks, discussions, and movies that have helped them appreciate and enjoy the club and language more. 5, 4 gg QL . E TOP-Miss Crawford. Sponsor, I. MacCusih, I. Bryans, C. Kazakes, P. Bruq, D. Casey. MIDDLE-P. Rigney, I. Iennings, O. Ortega. M. Poulis. G. Martin, I. Hill. Secretary, P. Baldwin, I. Hassall, Treasurer. BOTTOM-I. Newell, R. Gould, President. D. Mudy, F. Wolz, A. Shelton, W. Gould. THE SPANISH CLUB TOP-R. Kirkpatrick. D. Bonn. S. McNeil, C. Bartlett, G. Mikuls Qpresxdentl P Comstock Mrs L Baker. C. Comstock. THREE-N. Loree. S. McKnight. I. Pope, P. Sacher, I. Varela L Salcido C Rod: cpe A A osta Miss L. Lopez lSponsorJ. TWO - S. Boyd. A. Reyes Csecretaryl, R. Feraud. M. Lopez R Flores lvtce president! G Valenzuela B. Peterson. BOTTOM-I. Cloonan ltreasurerl. T. Leonard, B. Munn, D. Trlana M Newman SI SENOR, HABLO MUCHAS LENGU1-XS Our school has been fortunate in havina so many clubs this year. We never hear any- one say, Theres nothing to do in this school except classworkf' ln our clubs we can enjoy every major interest with purposeful activities. Fire Chief Comstock has iust given a talk on Fire Prevention to Mr. Manly Lewis' class in American Government. Mum proJect of our VTeens Club was cm Easter party for the chllciren Crt Ccxmcmllo Sicxte Hospmxl Mcmy SOC1G1 func Mons have been emoyed by both qroups Their main emoy lst ROW - 2nd ROW 3rd ROW: 4th ROW- lsi ROW - Simitzi. E. 2nd ROW I. Morgan 3rd ROW EXCLAIMS COUGIE To create, maintain, and extend throughout the home, school, and community the High standards of Christian Living , is the purpose of the Y.M.C.A. and the Y.W.C.A. Among the achievements of VSH Y members were a Halloween party for grammar school children, several snow camps, and the World Service Carnival. Charmian Feltus was sent as a representative to the Pacific South West Conference at Asilomar Beach, flviontereyl California. Activities included the county Y Dance in Oxnard, at which Nick Simitzi Was the M.C., a clothing drive for Korean relief, canned goods for the Christmas gift-lift for the Gl's in Korea. Basic plans for the youth center were also discussed. There were combined dances with the Senior Hi Y and the Senior Tri Y. Numerous gym activities were enjoyed by the boys. TOP-L. Oney, Miss McCandless tsponsorl. SECOND-C. Fette fpresidentl, H. Moore, E. Iesse. BOTTOM-I. Edwards, I. Truman lvice-pres.l, Miss Helen Murphy fcounty director of YWCAJ. TOP-Miss Sydnor, G. Pratt, B. Whittington, C. Williams, M. Lorenz, I. Morgan, Miss Murphy. BOT'I'0M-H. Taft, K. Fisher, I. Hockenbery, R. Duty. Asn omcz surf E BACK ROW-Ioan Hill, Heier 5 an Gutierrez, Mrs. Helen D. M:- A Q. Knight. D' A D SEATED-Barbara Urquharl. 1 X COUGlE'S CLUBBED OUT GIRLS LEAGUE FRIENDSHIP COMMITTEE THIRD-M. Eckman. P. Foote. R. Fox. D. Balford. SECOND-M. Linder, C. Harkness. S. Hehir. I. Edwards. BOTTOM-C. Shobe. Miss Mary Keller. lsponsori. The group at the bottom of the page is the Allied Youth Club, co-spon- sored by Mr. lames Porter and Mr. Paul Laurence. This club has two chief aims: to educate young people about the effects of alcohol and nar- cotics and to prove that good times do not require the use of these stim- ulants. The club has shown a number of movies and has featured several guest speakers. Deputy Sheriff Bow- man spoke on the effects of alcohol and Sergeant Ellis, of the Ventura Police, talked on narcotics. lst ROW Mr Paul Laurence Ico sponsorl Carole ONe1l Charm Feltus Iulla Pearson. Znd ROW Dtane Davres Carol Reltzel tsecretaryl Sharon Stilwell Gretchen Ver Husen. Linda Howard, Marian Lorenz. M 3rd ROW Alicia Acosta Ianet Allison Ioan Allison Donna Ligqett Ceha Rios. lane Iunninqs, Deanna Larramendy, Carolyn 4th ROW Lots Mohr Lucille Mohr Barbara Brrd Do1na Goss Drana Rextzel Sammy Villalovos. Sth ROW Don Wright ttreasurerl Mxke Addtson Phxhp Westergaard Sonny Rickman. Bob Horning, Gilbert Ramirez. OFFICE STAFF Marie Stuart. Ioyce Willhite. La- Verne Day, Irene Voucher. Ieanne Zeck tseatedl. Betty York. Gerry Thompson. r BUS DRIVERS f- 1 COUGIE'S CAMPUS HELPERS TOP-H. Howard Williams. William Probasco. Mr. Burton, Dody Downey. Harold Vork. BOTTOM-Walter Orm. Ord Creson. George Lediord. Ralph Adams. NOT SHOWN - Charles Day. Luther Babcock. t .f 3 Ki I. S. . .mm A-sew CAFETERIA STAFF Marcella Mulvaney. Ruth Marston. M017 I-96 Pllmphrey. Mary Frances Nowak. Lllllan Stone. CUSTODIAL STAFF TOP - Lee Suttles. Elza Kirby Ernest Mix. Iames F isher. Wil- liam Carter. A. A. LeSaqe. Ralph Lewis. Louis Hayden. Earl Hawkins. BOTTOM - Charles Eskridge. Donald Pease. H. W. Barton. Noah Bradford. Iohn Iacob Blackstone. E. L. Bennett. Ioe Myres. Harold KBudD Grove. Charles Velo. NOT SHOWN-D. A. Dow ney. George Mahoney. Wil- llam Hogan. Iames Cozine Charles Boyer Richardson. ' Www- -vvrw an sw M Why- 'M , v M...-sw.. This year's school spirit was on a hiah level, which surpassed all previous years in sports activities. The Cougars have been successful in all of their encounters and they showed qood sportsmanship. We Were proud of theml ,M MEN 5 . A , mi X : A Z ,1 ,, 5 X Q , af i' WGA!! 1 jr, A Q A.: 'K :Wt if M A Q 5 yu mf V, Af f AG 'I V' f ,nh ,Wy if mx W fi r, nz, , . in X X 1 V S' 3 a '42 5' 5 ' f A V A --1---1--n ,,,...--Q Lu-1: fa . Chg L Xl .ku4u.M.b4M01 COUGARS NAB THIRD IN VENTURA LEAGUE Ending the i952 tootball season on the minus side, Coach lack Smiths newly named Cougars racked up three Wins, tive losses and a tie. ln the Ventura League competition, the Cougars placed third as they topped Cxnard and Lancaster, lost to Santa Paula and Fillmore, and tied Hart. Opening the season against a highly touted Cathe- dral sguad, the Cats won 12-6. San Luis Obispo blanked the visiting Venturans 10-U in their first loss oi the season. Pasadena and Santa Barbara also defeated the Smithmen by scores of 14-l2 and 33-O. Q15 Qdkd J atv f .,::fw 13? Y . ur ,g X xx LSKF? l M321 I I T x . Tvswuw' . TOP--Robert Gowder. Director of athletics. Robert Tuttle. basketball. baseball. lack Smith. lootball, track. Walter Musial, director ol intron-murals. MIDDLE LEFT-Walter Muslal has conducted intramural: during football. basketball. track. volleyball. badminton and baseball. MIDDLE RIGHT-Coaching the lootball eleven were George Fraser. line coach and Iaclr Smith. head coach. BOTTOM LEFT-Robert Gowder busy at his desk. Gowder is in charge ol coordinating all the athletic schedules. BOTTOM RIGHT-Led by head manager Loren Ferguson. lelt. the Cougar pigeklnners were managed by Pat Sullivan, center. and Phil Mclnight. rlght. 'I-I ,ff , A Q7 Speedy Don Swor is getting ex- cellent blocking as Tackle Bill Fraser prepares to bowl over an Antelope Valley defensive man. End lim Brown has already put one Antelope on the ground to the left of Swor. Blasting his way through the Lan- caster line is haltback, Bill Smith. The Cougars won this game . . . 20-6. ,Aw . I 4 , ' . . f .. .J....,Q,g.: ..- 4 Stopping Elwood Wilson of Santa Paula, is halfbaoi Adrian Olivas as Cougar teammates, Bill Fraser C59 Arnold Kluge 1237, Larry Bassmussen 4385, and Glen Mo Cauley Cl5l, come in to help. 96 ls. Harold Householder Leroy Kee Arnold Kluqe Randy Pierce V-A-R-S-I-T-Y YELLS COUGIE VENTURA 13 12 O 12 O 13 20 6 O Z OPPOSITION CAT1-IEDRAL PASADENA SAN LUIS OBISPO SANTA PAULA FILLMORE OXNARD ANTELOPE VALLEY HART SANTA BARBARA GG' Placing fourth in their first year of Ventura league competition, coach Bob Ferris' Cougar Cubs defeated two, while losing three. In their only non-league tilt, the Cubs bowed to the Santa Barbara IV's 47-20 giving them a season record of two wins and four losses. According 010119 with ndbbinq G fourth in leuque Competition- Coach Ferris also leads the I.V. baseballers who made a very strong bid for the championship. .Xs- Coaching the Iunior Varsity football squad, Bob Ferris tutored them in the skills oi organized teams. to a Ventura league ruling, all team members must be in the ninth or tenth grade. l iii: u -.ii 5 S THIRD Coach Bob Ferns A Loftswold R Spurlock L Lundberg C Stiles A Montrel C Moule E Valenzuela D Reese M Medina R Tnvett P Ranqel I Grlden Asst Coach Frckel SECOND H Crxbbs tmgrl R Fuller T Encmas I Garcia I Campos G Cooper I Reed R Gotchal R Barker G Vaughn M Houghton B Hester I Williams C Boots tcaptarnl BOTTOM C Hess D Hawkes R Little D Zeck E Sterling C Carnes I Olsen R Nordyke K Martin M Atwood B Seath 98 VARSITY BASKETBALL SQUAD SECOND-L. Ferguson lmgr.l. I. R. Perkins. L. Decuir. I. Bohlen. I. Whalen. B. Casey, R. Wallace K. Swor. R. Price. W. Iohnson lmgrJ. BOTTOM-B. Lawton. G. Parrack. L. Boyd. M. Eggert. B. Smith. D. Salado lcaptainl. Coach B. Tuttle. COUGARS COP SEVENTH STRAIGHT TITLE Forward Ken Swor is shown tipping the ball to Don Salado over the hand of lack Williams. Orange High guard. in a lump ball. All the Cougar regulars are tensed for the tip. From lelt to right are: I. R. Perkins. Leroy Boyd. Swor. Billy Smith and Salado. Stashing away their seventh straight Ventura League title, the Cougar basketballers ended their season with an amazing 29-2 record. Compton High took credit for one defeat in the Beverly Hills Tournament finals - 48-43, and a hot Redondo Beach five outlasted the cats in the C. I. F. quarterfinals 5652. The Cougars won the Fillmore invitational tournament, and placed second in the Beverly Hills tourney. Billy I. Smith won all-C. I. F. first string honors as well as V. L. honors. I. R. Perkins and Leroy Boyd were also selected to the all- county team. LEFT TO RIGHT: Coach Tuttle. Lee Decuir. Bill Casey. Hue Price. Marvin Eqqert. Bill Smith. Iim Whalen. Leroy Boyd. Don Salado. Ken Swor, I. R. Perkins. Bob Lawton. lim Bohlen. Ron Wallace. Gayle Parrack. Named most valuable, Billy I. Smith led the Cougar scoring for the cen- ter position. Don Salado was elected captain by his teammates. Smith and Salado were honored at the annual basketball banquet. Going for two points. QU'-'lfd l- R- Perkins drives under the basket for a set-up against the Mark Keppel Aztecs. Perkins topped the qame's scoring with 15 as the Cougars mowed down the Aztecs 72-40 on the Poli Street hard- woods. A BASKET FOR V.S.H. 'J Completing their schedule with a 26-l record, ' Coach Arnie Saul's Cougar Cubs placed third in Q the Santa Monica B Tournament. The Cubs went J 25 straight games without a defeat, averaging if . 66.5 points per contest. Included in their record was a defeat of the Compton B's by a score of 35-18 in the Samohi B tourney to nab third spot. YW' Q x.--W f l Ph-f xx hes X , .,.,. ,. t Don' 293004 C f. 3- -:th - WEP is Cqtchmq P VSH cheerleaders work as hard as the boys on the field. They appeared at rallies and games peppy and precise. They are lelt to right: Donna Goss, Glenda Hill, Don Skipworth with big little Cotton Allison in front, Gabi Lusser and Peggy Riqney. The Drill Team, Cajrtainesl foy Carolyn Romersa, performeii with lots of pep at football and basketball games. Tlie team was under the able leadership oi Miss Bernice Bassi. Tbeir lungs worked overtime as a rooting ses'- tion at Antelope Valley, Hart and Fillmore. These busy. beautiful and A 5' buoyant sonqleaders are Icmet ' if '-1. f Aw J, ,K 'fr Allison, Sharon Stliwell, Czxrmiw , xl tffifsh -' Harkness, Gloria Martin and Ioan ,-- Allison. 11.4 -f ,ik Ianet Allison. Sharon Stilwell and Carmie Harkness are dem- onstrating their abilities as part ot the VSH song leaders' group of five. Here they are giving an Oriental salaam tor victory. HBATTER UP! YELLS COUGFF2 TOP-G. Duran. mgr.. R. Pierce, R. Price. I. Whalen. L. Decuir. B. Casey. M. Eqqert. K. Swor. Coach Tuttle. BOTTOM- D. Riddle, S. Flores. T. Larimore. P. Botta. D. Pearce, I. Solari. I. Savala. Beatinq out an infield hit is Pitcher Darryl Riddle in the Santa Paula tilt. The Cardinals took the game 14-5. was ...mv '5 Fm, ,..-or iv Vx L ff '!'fY bi.. -iif 'Nii.:'1-Q !:'N,,..v-'rr ...gif .dii I. Solari D. Pearce M. Eggert S. Flores I. Savala R. Price L. Decuir D. Riddle P. Botta K. Swor Winning half ot the'r aames, Coach Bob 'l'uttle's Cougar horsehiders tied for third with Fillmore in the Ventura league base- ball race. The Tuttlernen took a game and lost one with the Flashes and twice beat the Antelooe Vallev Antelopes and the Hart Indians. Cxnard, who took the league with- out a loss, defeated the Cats twice, as did Santa Paula. ln non-league contests, Santa Maria and Santa Barbara each toooed the Cougars twice and Simi bowed to the Cats twice. LLY I. SMITH RANDY PIERCE I porta 1 element in early Most valuable player. sea on victories. lr g. ? .,,F-...--. Y- .---A . . Y., wx 4, , , e if - . , I 4 b A f. I .A A v , Q? 7 Ki : - -. .5 , g Ntitgifw M571 ' rx 'ml -.53-e... l l I ' T' i I . , f. ,fj5r3f'l'5. ' r 'Mk c- ' - - 'lwgllwlrilylw Tl l lr V ' A 212' P lg' ,rpm , Vtflq, P-as l .Ln we r Ct llf. ff 3 if lf l ! t H GET ON CLASS A l'OP R. Rios, C. Greathouse, I. Vlorgan. R. Lewis. N. Simitzi. K. VI BOTTOM-I. Brown, I. Sawyers, D. awor H. Householder. CLASS B TOP-D. Iackson. L. Lundberg. K. Chapman. R. Andis, D. Spurlock. I. Crow, T. Simmons, B. Tapia. L. Ras- mussen. D. Allison. R. Voris, M. Newman. BOTTOM-F. Gage, C. Goii. I. Whittington. G. Dorman. T. Caraba- CLASS C TOP-B. Manning, I. Davison, R. Maxwell, G. Vaughn, B. Davis, R. Cox. B. Barker. BOTTOM-R. Mays, R. Peterson, I. Stull, B. Doss, R. Nuzzo, D. Bafford. YOUR MARK-GET SET-GO! Although placing fourth in the Ventura league finals, Cougar Varsity had no CIF finalists, but Ben Tapia, class B, and lerry Stull, Richard Cox, Richard Nuzzo, and Richard Peterson, all Class C members, reached the finals held in Oxnard May 23. Tapia placed fourth in the pole vault, Stull took a fourth in the l8O yard dash, Cox sped to a second in the l2O low hurdles and the relay team nabbed a fifth. Special thanks to Torn Larimore for his line sports' Writeeups.-Editor. Additional thanks to Mr. Marvin V. Olson for sponsoring the selling and distribution of Black Gold.--Editor. TOP LEFT- A relay team: I. Brown. I. Sawyers, D. Swor, R. Lewis. TOP RIGHT- B relay team: D. Iackson, F. Gage. C. Goff. T. Simmons. BOTTOM LEFT-Ben Tapia, Cougar ace pole vaulter shown in a perfect vault while warming up for a meet BOTTOM RIGHT- C relay team: I. Stull, B. Doss. R. Nuzzo, R. Cox. t l t : -n.,Wmmnww,sf4 Top: Directed by Walter Musial, left, intramural activities held after school had widespread interest among the non-varsity athletes. Shown here are Coaches Smith, Tuttle, Musial and Saul, who led the intramurals. Bottom: Gary Cowan's football squad topped all opponents to take the intramural championship. Lett to right are Bob Lewis, Rick Oden, Spencer Mitchell, Gary Cowan, Denny Baker, Don Parrish. COUGIE GOES INTRAMURAL Top: Composed of the Senior Y club members, Bill Fraser's intramural basketball team copped first place. Left to right: Fraser, Iohn Solari, Lary Rasmussen, Randy Pierce, lack Morgan, Richard Rios Cluniorl. Bottom left: Tenth grade intramural basketball champs shown here are, left to right, Dick Gould, Bongie Beguilin, Grady Vaughn, Keith Martin, Bob Little, Bill Deal. Bottom right: Intramural track drew a great number of athletes. Shown here is Dave Hanson putting the shot. Looking on are, from left to right, Harold Baker, Don Parrish, Tom Keesee, Bill Temple, Dave Stork. On the left almost a basket and on the right almost a square dance: Sally Telferteller, lean Mathis. Sue Rhoden, Peggy Comstock. congratulate one another alter a battle royal. The girls have had fun participating in many sports this year, some of which are basketball, baseball, volleyball, hockey, tennis, and even some modern dance. The cooperation between students and teachers should be commended. COUGIE MAKES A HIT WITH THE GIRLS 5 coUG1E's GRANDSTAND 1 ,f -i 5 Lr1Yf 'iLD lb n lil' . ' - 1 .- 7 u firvfi Q QW ,rr fl - I F6 y p Pat and Gloria enioy a gan of paddle tennis while Bet Comstock perlects her serve. Peggy and Betty Comstock. Ventura's twin tennis champs. were opponents in the Betty Warner Memorial Tennis Tourna- ment. Out of the thirty-eight entries. Betty demonstrated her superior skill by winning the tournament. lg Q YT. -Q- W Q.-1: Q. x - , 5 x ,v K X K fx Q S' ii Aki? F 5:1 Q ' if tkx .1 ,QMS 5, ,Q N. yy. ak i : f 31-A XE. 2 gp. Q 'EA Q Ss, N, Zxbfkel fc. 5 'Q fl GOING BATTY V.S.H. girls with the spirit and competitive vigor characteris- tic of our new school, participated actively in sports. Among the many events highlighting the year Were a basketball playday in Santa Barbara, a volleyball playday in Oxnard, and the Ojai Tennis Tournament. Playday Tournament Tennis Tournament Volleyball BOTTOM LEFT - Adeline Taylor. V.C.. and Diane Wooton. Santa Barbara High School, participating in the Play Day Tennis Toumament. RIGHT-Students enioy playing co-ed volleyball on the girls courts after school. SOME OF THE BEST SPORTS ARE GIRLS. STATES COUGIE Who said that the girls didn't know the first thing about sports? This year they have shown outstanding ability in tennis, badminton, baseball, volleyball and archery. Several play days with other schools have been greatly enjoyed. Co-ed dancing has proved very popular with both the boys and girls. If sunshine and fresh air are the Way to better health, then the girls are getting plenty of both in their gym classes. BALL UP! HEARS COUGIE, AND DRAW BOWSESHOOT! When Cougie saw these brave archers in action he ex- claimed, l'd be Willing to let any one of those girls shoot an apple in halt on my head. Times have really changed now that the girls have mastered the bow and arrow. Their instruction includes holding, handling and shooting the bow. They say that archery is tops. i., .T-.-V,....,,...,wQ---.. ,, ,,-, TW ff! , 'gif Wifi' K Q .ff 5 fi! U-4 AN., -ja, e-'X ..- K1 8 an fl! HE, - 0429, Hug N A75 x 'f ., '1 i , - Y W' ff ,wg A354145 k qi I E .Z W, R, . YZ ,,-f' RSF V ,Y M 'Q W y. 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