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

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de 3 Ellllllf lEllllE Pioneering in junior high, Shore Leave made its sensational debut on Friday, March Bl, l939, and was received with intense enthusiasm. The whole school, including teachers, dressed up in some type of costume and wore them throughout the day, ln the afternoon, after shortened classes, the main events took place in the stadium. First on the program was a Rugby game between the ninth and tenth grade boys, in which the latter won. A mixed boys' and girls' track meet and pie-eating contest followed the game. Winning the pie-eating contest was Mary King. The events of the track meet were a girls' 50 yard dash, sack race, eight-man shuttle relay, and eight-man 440 yard relay. A Grand March followed for the purpose of selecting the outstanding costumes. Ernie Rolls and Edith Hawkins received a wallet and a gold compact, respect' ively, as prizes for their originality. Edith was dressed as Huckleberry Finn and was near perfection in the role, Ernie, in an outfit that suits his personality, was dressed as an umbrella clown. The only two entries for the beard contest were Bill Reed for the fanciest and Bob Smith for the heaviest. The two received tubes of shaving cream. tiiiuii liiiili Color week was held during the week preceding our first football game and was truly the most loyally colorful week of the school year! Everyone wore our school's colors-royal blue and glittering gold-or else! Officers were posted in the halls to take the names of people who violated the law, who if caught off guard, were placed in the custody of Judge Gilfinkus of the Kangaroo Kourt and then were scheduled to appear before the court sometime during the football season to receive their penalties. The Kourt was held in the stadium on September 20 following a football game and Judge Gilfinkus, alias Gale Graham, presided. After taking vows and ceremoniously kissing the red arithmetic book, each of the offenders was taken to the Judge and asked a leading question. lf he replied truthfully a white light shone, but if he answered th question falsely, a red light flashed accom panied by the embarrassing whirr of a lie-detecting bell. B if lit Rf if H Sillllll Ill-lllEfS Swinging to the steps of the Suzie Q and the Lambeth Walk ninth and tenth graders have crowded the girls' gym during the past year enjoying the excellent music of the iunior-high dance band and the splendid floor at the gym All of these dances except the first, at which the A. S B Commissioners were hosts and hostesses, were sponsored by three or four homerooms under the super vision of Miss Bidwell and Grace Moore. These matinee dances were held at month and a half periods and were invitational to a few eighth graders. The only school dance that accepted seventh graders was the Shore-Leave dance, which was the climax of that eventful day At each dance, student talent furnished an interesting intermission ln addr tion to the regular dances, special dances such as the lemon dance German dance, and the whistle dance were added to the programs T441

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Q 3 Sllllllll Elllillllll SEPTEMBER FEBRUARY 6. Another school year begins l 9- v, Y l6. A. S. B. Get Together 29. Holida Admission Da Pep Rally in stadium 30. Beginning football-Oiai here OCTOBER 6 Girls' Vox Pop show 7 Santa Maria football game, there l2 Club system inaugurated I4 Oxnard football game, there l7. Waterman conducts assembly I9 First matinee hop 20. Pep rally and Kangaroo Kourt 2l. Moorpark football game, there 27. Student talent assembly 28. Santa Barbara game, here NOVEMBER 3 Girls' fashion show 4 End of first quarter 5 Football game with Taft, there l0. Patriotic assembly, Armistice Day ll Holiday, Armistice Day ll Football game with Oxnard, here l6 Football dance l8 Santa Barbara game, there 23. Thanksgiving film 23. Thanksgiving baskets distributed 24, 25. Holiday, Thanksgiving DECEMBER 8. Boys' League assembly 9. Ojai basketball game, here l0. Matinee dance I4. Spanish party IS. Christmas assembly l6. Simi basketball game, here l6, 30. Christmas vacation JANUARY 6. Talk on Yugoslavia l0. Gym carnival l2. Lecture on Africa l3. Santa Paula basketball game l9. Boy Scout assembly 20 Game with Lancaster, there 20. End of first semester 23 Tenth grade meeting 24 25 26 27 27 1 Tenth grade class officers' elec- tion , 3l. Infantile paralysis drive Girls' League assembly Basketball game, Fillmore, there Junior college assembly l43l . G. A. A. spread 2. Sergeant Whitney speaks to boys 3. Barbetball game, Oxnard, here 6. Film on safety 9. Preview of Variety Show l0. Music institute IO. Santa Paula basketball game, here l3. Tenth grade class meeting I3. Basketball game with Villanova lil. Valentine dance l7. Variety Show 2l. Ninth grade girls' party 22. Holiday, Washington's birthday 24. Basketball game with Oxnard 24. Marinettes beat St. Catherines 27. Annual Troubles assembly 28 The Log campaign begins MARCH 3. Tennis squad beats Villanova net- ters 7. Unveiling of Za::a iAnnual stuntl 8. Choosing of annual staff 9. Outside talent assembly l0. Successful climax to annual cam- paign l6. Combined League assembly l6. Matinee dance 2l. Latin party and plays 28 End of third quarter APRIL 3-7. Easter vacation l3. Combined band and orchestra 20. 27. MAY 4. concert Constitution assembly Girls' League assembly Campaign assembly 5. Carnival, Spring Festival 6. Class picnic l3. Latin picnic l8. A. S. B. installation of officers 23. G. A. A. banquet 25. Girls' League installation of olfi- cers 30. Memorial Day assembly JUNE 7. Class Day 7 . Tenth grade dance 8. Graduation 9. Summer vacation ll-lOORAYl!!!

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t at lllllll llllllllliilil Portraying scenes from famous Roman myths, the first and second year Latin students ioined together to entertain their mothers and other guests with several plays at their annual party and program Tuesday, March Zl, in the school auditorium and girls' gym. Warren Mann opened the program with a speech of thanks to the many people who helped to make the party a success, Carrying out the classical theme Newell Zaph played two well-known piano selections, Moonlight Sonata and Raindrop Prelude. The first play was an enactment of a court trial testing the Latin language. The last two plays, which were in Latin, dealt with heroic, mythical characters, the plots of which were told before they were presented. Following a musical program, refreshments were served in the girls' gym. Those taking part in the program were Helen Pendleton, harpist, Janice Adams, pianist, Nina Johnson, songstress, Bettyiean Wilcox, accordianist, Mickey and Richard Hembree, guitarists, Melvin Kirkman, saxaphone player, and Walter lsensee, singer. -siemens: El3llllSll Hllllllll Cie llllilllllllllf' December I3 was not bad luck as predicted but remains vividly stamped in the minds of the second-year Spanish classes, for that was the date of the annual Spanish Christmas party at which they enjoyed gay, quaint customs and observances. The highlight of the affair was the gaily bedecked pinata. The pinata, an old Spanish Christmas custom, is a huge crock filled to the top with delightful gifts, nuts, fruit, and candy. lt is hung from the ceiling, and the participants are blindfolded, then given a strong stick, and turned around three times. They are then told to hit the pinata and break it, but it finally had to crash to the floor to break. Alice Valera and Evangeline Guzman were in charge of decorating the pin- ata, Helen Alexakis and Norma Dahlgren, with the aid of their refreshment committee, served punch, ice cream, and delicious cakes, and Cecil Thacker headed the brigade making up the clean-up committee. Nllllllullllillllillllllll Successfully handled by three charming hostesses, Lois Todd, Phyllis West and Betty Cook, the ninth grade girls' party given by the Girls' L ague So ial Service committee was held in the lounge of the girls' gym, February Zl For entertainment, two dancing contests were held, a waltz and a iitterbug Betty Curtis and Nina Johnson won the waltz, and two couples, Phyllis West and Lois Todd, Colleen Watson and Marie Miles, won the jitterbug Refreshments were served by Jean Ann Weir, Helen Pendleton and Jean Hinsdale, members of the Social Service committee, who sponsored the affair The glasses of punch, accompanying small tea cookies, were attractively arranged to form a large V. J. H. l 45 l