Woodrow Wilson High School - Campanile Yearbook (Long Beach, CA)

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CLASSES

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CAM AN LE 1928 ENICRS FEBRUARY '28-The February Class '28 driven by the desire to make new records glided 'iiiii gi gracefully into the hangar of graduation in :': ,iii fi ,Vf ii' 'iy the Silver moiiopiaiie, fi HSPifit Of Sf- Louisi' 'l '. iar model. Gln the cockpit at the controls kie -A ' iiii with his right hand on the stick sat Dalton ii Vilyl f-- g f1,. In 'ASA . MONEY, air Piiofw Wim has Chartered the , i' H upper air, and sent spirals and tail spins as f E. Q iiis as he raced kickoffs and punts on new rec- F iii ords. QIWith him were Kent Bell, and Ed ,,yA1 Q, ,:e -V Shaffer, master mechanics, Gertrude Parr iiiiii ii'ii and Miss Franck, who observed the air. In . this plane they had their first smash-up: g.. ' - ' 5 s 1fi if they whirled, tumbled, looped-the-loop, spun . p spirals, rolled, when the juniors defeated i'l-, '-i..i ,-i' 5 1 . -5,11 iiig H them in the class rush. But the motor was i .iIf 1,i ti t -',, ' ' ii' i,,f' i :t,,,', not damaged, and as soon as the body was ,,,e,,, 9 ii' repaired Kent Bell led off when he took ii' i i 'ii part in the Senior play. Clarence Franz won ,,,'- A is lm! 3 the flying medal fCampanile storyj, and zii '. F J ,i-, g they pulled back on the joy-stick and soared 's,-1 - g 1 ',-- -i,- V - to new altitudes. All of the 53 learned to use their wings. lIThe plane landed on the Wilson flying field. That evening they were honored with the highest award Wilson gives, the silver wings of graduation. lIThey have embarked on new airways. Tomorrow young aviators will blaze new trails in the sky. DALTON MOBLEY, GERTRUDE PARR, KENT BELL, ED SHAFFER, MISS SARA M. FRANCK.