Ventura Junior High School - Log Yearbook (Ventura, CA)

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t 9 Blok ron Xndrew Chlkires, MISS 'Betty Penney, lulvlSur, Gellell Cone, Dnlllttl LP13 NYiXs0ll, 'tlerre .lupus lrknr Jennne Miller, XVallor Cuinnilng'F, Frank Vlverns. Front row: Tlny Nui th Xlurs lon know, Margurvl Prentice, Anne Brmulln-lil. .lunn Ann Weir. lfraiila Tnnlllln Wllbul Tvnsen. ElllllllllS Ellllllllllll The end of another year is here, but not the end of the Campus Chronicle, lt has become one of those traditions in iunior high. Every two weeks regularly, i600 five-column, four-page sheets roll off a down-town press into the hands of students eager for school news. During March, the staff, together with the junior college iourrialism staff, went to Los Angeles for a day of instruction and fun. After a visit to Hunting- ton library to see rare, old newspapers, the staff visited the Los Angeles Times and went through the press rooms, Later in the afternoon, the group Saw the eastern broadcast of Jack Haley's show. The Campus Chronicle, which is one of the largest junior high papers in the state, is a member ot the National Scholastic Press Association and this year won a national superior first-class honor rating. The staff for the first semester wasi editor, Mary Lou Knox, assistant, Andrew Chakires, feature, Donna Lee Wixson, sports, Bill Parsons, clubs, Dorothy Dickason, exchanges, Harland Bridges, business manager, Frankie Tautrirn, circulation, Tiny Smith, reporters, Jeanne Miller, Jean Ann Weir, Jean Moore, Martha Richasin, Betty Wells, Genell Cone, Wilbur Jensen, Ann Broadbent, Walter Cummings, Mary Bridges. Second semester staff members included: editor, Andrew Chakires, feature, Frankie Tautrim, sports, Tiny Smith, clubs, Dorothy Dickason, class doings, Genell Cone, exchanges, Harland Bridges, business manager, Wilbur Jensen, circulation, Walter Cummings, reporters, Jeanne Miller, Jean Ann Weir, Mary Lou Knox, Frank Viveros, Merre Jayne Pekor, Anne Broadbent, Marjorie Pren- tice, Donna Lee Wixson, faculty adviser, Miss Betty Penney, business adviser, William Macomber. i381 l

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Q, f UANET lillllU ANU lllllllTEllill The Ventura iunior high dance band has been a very active organization during the year i938-39. It has furnished music for all the school dances and the lettermen's hop, A selected group, who were afterward highly commended for their work, played dinner music at the Ventura Chamber of Commerce ban- quet. Their outstanding performance of the year was given in the Variety Show. Membership in this organization is wholly optional. The members are selected on the basis of their ability and desire to become dance musicians, They receive no compensation, except the musical experience. The music is furnished by the A, S. B. The 'orchestra is composed of sixty students from the seventh to the tenth grades, and it, as well as the dance band, is under the direction of Lee Howell. This musical group has participated in all of the assemblies and outstanding events this year. They also furnished the musical background for the Mariners' Variety Show. The orchestra deserves to be highly complimented for their fine performance given in the annual musical assembly, in which both the orchestra and the band performed. After playing the brilliant strains of the NC-4 march, they proved their ability to play difficult symphonies by giving a superb interpreta- tion of the Dance Macabre and Beethoven's Fifty Symphony in C Minor. As a novel presentation, a bottle band played a humorous version of Old Folks at Home, i i371

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t P Huck rilW: Gltlllll Grmss, llulo Allmv, Hull Slyo, Ilud lXl0Kihllx'y, ilzwk XVlhlel'S. Third TOWZ Slwehaxn, Phyllis Tipton, .lean Mriiire, .lvuu llinsilule, George Antoni-lls, ldrvil Smith. Second row: .loan Ml'Nell, Jenn Ann YVOil', Livls Tudd, Gvnell Cone, Mary Idllznlrelll Pol'l,er, linln-rt Ross. First rnsv-liiirlyzii-u Conte, llurntliy .luhnsun, Maw Bin-nes, Jeanne Vim Dellndcfi Doris XVllv0X, SeCi1rl'n Turrz-S, Vhlllrlvnl Ralntllollmn, Fvlilikle YVebllol', ElllllllllllEllllll Avery successful club schedule has been enjoyed by students this year, Through the use of A period, many varied and unusual programs have been carried out during club time. Speakers of interest to the different clubs ap- peared to talk to the students. Clubs have been held every Wednesday, and each student is required to be a member of the club in which he is interested. The entire club program has been under the direction and supervision of Miss Bidwell and Shirley Wells, commissioner of organizations and assemblies. The clubs were sponsored by interested faculty members and were led by enthusiastic students, The presidents of these organizations were: A capella, Esther Reinhart, All-sports, Ernie Rolls, Art, Bernard Lake, Bacteriology, Dorothy Johnson, Book, Maye Barnes, Boys' Glee Club, Murray Hammond, Card, Lois Todd, Charm, Mable Pollock, Boys' Cooking, Stanley Pierce, Current Events, Pauline Sparks, Curtain Pullers, Jack Myers, Dance Band, James Muhl- stein, Drama, .lim Byrnes, Fancy Work, Barbara Coates, Clinic, Ethel Davis, Girls' Shop, Mary Porter, 4-H club, Floyd Ross, Hand Writing, Wallace Randal- man, International Friendship, George Antonellis, Knitting, Salonge Barr, Latin, Warren Mann, Leadership Training, Jean McNiel, Librarian, Phyllis Tipton, Mechanical Drawing, Leroy Henthorne. Others are: Metalcraft, Genell Cone, Model Airplanes, Elmo Dugan, Office Secretaries, Don Halderman, Outdoor Games, Glenn Gooss, Photography, Bob Slye, Safety, Doris Wilcox, Scout Craft, .lack Winters, Social Dancing, Ercil Smith, Sub-Deb, Jean Hinsdale, Tennis, Dale Albert, Typing, Nelda Robinson, Tumbling, Robert McKinney, Vacation, Charlotte Owens. l39l