Washington Union High School - Washingtonian Yearbook (Fresno, CA)

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A Sl41.Vl'ED: G. Tom Reeves, J. A. Moran, Oral L. Mitchell. STANDING: A. U. Thomsen, Eckhart A. Thompson. TRUSTEES . The Board of Trustees is a. group of very likeable men who perform a great many services for the school. The students do not have much contact with the Board but these men are always in there pitching . . . working many hours for the school and giving their services Without any pay in money. A Mr. Eckhart Thompson is president of the Board. This is his second year as a member. He is a graduate of this school and an attorney in Fresno. The vice-president is Mr. A. lworan, also serving his second year as a board member. He has three sons and a daughter who have graduated from this school, two sous now being in the armed, forces. hir. llloran is a farmer. 1 Mr. G. Tom Reeves, the clerk of the Board, has been a member since March, 194-3. He is division credit manager for the Shell Oil Company. Another member of the Board, the senior member from standpoint of years of service, is A. U. Thomsen who is completing his fifth year. His daughter, Roma Jean, a graduate of Washington Union, is a member of the WAVES and his son, Richard, graduates from this school this year. Rlr. Thomsen is treasurer of the Bonner Pack- ing Company. Mr. Oral Mitchell, the fifth member of the Board, is completing his third year in the service of the district. He is also a farmer. l6l

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FRONT ROW: Warren Ostrom, William H Sen. BACK ROW: Mrs. Lawre Mrs. George Pilega awksvvorth, J nee Ahlmey rd. ames Gardn er, Mrs. Geor ' er, 111111121 nuel ge ,Christiansen Peter , Mrs C ' Thor WE THANK YOU O Bus drivers, the PROGRESS staff a Body, thanks you for Il easy a d s representatives of the Student a you have done to make high school life so n pleasant for us. We thank you for the times you have turned out on foggy mornings to drive us to school ,' for the patience you have shown with the noisy 'gangu you have carried 5 for those emergency' stops you have made to pick us up,' for the times you have looked the other vvay and waited for a late passenger, and, above all for the careful driving vvhich has meant that the thousands of miles have heen covered without a single accident. Again, may we repeat, We Marr! yozff' The PROGRESS staff e bus d ' takes pleasure In rivers. d edica tin g this num her to I Isl

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l 1 THE PRINCIPAL SPEAKS Our school is finishing its fourth year on a war-time basis-the present Senior class being the one which entered just before Pearl Harbor. In spite of such conditions, school life has remained fairly normal. There have been almost the usual number of student activities. Welcoming back former students now in the armed forces has been a pleasant part of the year's activities along with hearing of the successful and heroic deeds accomplished by Washington Union gradu- ates. News of those Who- will never return has brought an accompanying note of sadness. To the graduating class I would say that your parents, the faculty, and the Board of Education join your principal in rejoicing that the past four years have been so nearly normal for you as high school students. We also wish for you the success that Will bring to yourselves, your families, your school, and your country honors equal to those earned by former graduates. May good luck go with you and success crown your efforts. EDWIN T. FORCE, Principal . E71