Watsonville High School - Manzanita Yearbook (Watsonville, CA)

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' SENIQRS wt,x:'uQ PAT WAGONER xy T55 I TOM MILLER X. TOM FORD MARTHA POTTER Treasurer Yell Leader IOHN McCARTHY MISS BLIZZARD Student Board Representative Advisor 1 The Seniors of '48 under the leadership ot a fine group of officers achieved a record of service to the school and accomplishment for the class which will stand high among the record ot senior classes. In athletics, scholarship, and club work, many members ot the class turned in outstanding performances. The traditional activities ot the class such as the senior picnic, which was held May 20th, and the Iunior-Senior Prom which took place on May lst, were carried on with a fine spirit and a high degree of success. The year ended with the first outdoor graduation exercises in the history of the school and brought to an end the high school career ot a group which will be sadly missed by all those students now in school. KENNETH CLARK FREDES SMITH President Girls' Athletic Manager E tj Secretary Sw Boys' Athletic Manager xy J QQ .SN 2 0 . W r 1 I 1 1 fl 1 as 1. 9

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H SENIOR CLASS ill and roplzecy XNHL We, the members of the Senior Class of '48, being of fairly sound mind do hereby will and bequeath to various and sundry members of the student body the most unimportant things of which we are possessed as follows: I, Patsy Struve, will my devastatingly streamlined figure to Helen Marinovich. I, Helen Bluff, will to Helen House my ability to get to first period on time. I, Rod Baumbach, will my Doc Baumbach's advice column to Deon Dyer. I, Iack Blinkenberg, will my' Toni set and Gro-Mo Hair Restorer to Coach Emmett Geiser. I, lane Wood, will the huge quantities of food I cooked in Foods to the E. R. P. I, Iohn McCarthy, will my smooth temper on the golf course to Richard Lien. I, Teresa Novak, will my place in Pat Struve's hot rod to Rex Clark. I, Bob Vargas, will my gentle voice to Carl Hopkins. PROPHECY A tale ot joy, a tale of strife, A prophecy ot future life. Most of it good, some of it bad And parts ot it a little sad - Who knows? - Tomorrow we may be dead, Let's see what really lies ahead. I As the 48'ers go out into the cold, cruel world, we gaze into the crystal ball to see what lies ahead. The air waves have claimed some of the class. We hear the Hour of Harm, a mad 30 minutes brought to the radio audience by Dr. Baumbach's Tiny Tonsil Tablets. Members of this unique en- semble include Gabriel Bradley, who blows the sweetest horn this side of Purgatoryg Norman Martin, a mad musician who feverishly pumps slush from his slush-pumpg Barbara Nicholsen and Maybelle Mosegaard, solo gobsticks, and Bernice Stampfli who with her cornet produces the best corn in the nation. Guest artist is Lucille Holm and her rnagi: vocal chords. From radio, let's turn to more serious things. Iack Blinkenberg and Frank Gonzales can be seen as roving evangelists, giving tent revivals at every whistle stop in the country. Laura Lee Riemer makes with music on her collapsible mouth organ. As we flit up to Agnew, we find Herb Leippe cutting up paper dolls - the always was artisticl. Ray Clough and Pat Wagoner can be seen gnawing on the bars of their cells while trustee Iohn Payton does yard work. Henningsen, McGregor, and Vargas explain the Einstein theory as Virgil fthe poetl Stringari ponders another of life's great problems- Now I lay me down to sleep, in my little bed. II I should die before I wake, how will I know I'm dead? Every class has outstanding athletes. Dale Bashford and Liz Anderson are pole vault champsp Mary Blaisdell, All American fullback: and Iune Hiura and Shioko Takatsugi, Pacific Coast tennis champs. Fredes Smith and Trudie Schmidt have won the national ping pong title. Alas! Some of our comrades have left this earth and have gone to the world beyond. Iohnnie Wong and Charlie Scholz, both operators at KHUB, keep us in touch with the heavenly land. Speaking of the upper strata, Margie Mattone, Beverly Silva and Ioan McKibben are entered in a Miss Heaven- ly Body contest. The winner is to receive a new halo. At last reports, Al Plath, Marvin Stevens, Ierry Iansen, and Gay McGowan were nervously awaiting judgment from Hans Lauesen, Keeper of the Pearly Gates and Chief Scrubber of the Golden Staircase. Marvin has been considering giving up try- ing to get in. This is his fifth try - four times loser. In the distance, we spy Billy Wilson, Tommy Wight, and Richard Barrick winging by on their way to pre-flight school.