Long Beach Schools Promote Red Cross Drive Activities
Long Beach schools feature assemblies exhibits and stunts during Junior Red Cross enrollment from Nov 1 to Nov 15. Notable events include Hughes Junior High Nov 7 with Evelyn Burwell from Los Angeles and Ruth Young detailing how student projects aid hospitalized veterans.
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Long Beach
Red Cross
Hughes Junior High School
Evelyn Burwell
Los Angeles
Ruth Young
Long Beach V. A. Hospital
Lynda Irvin
Franklin Junior High School
Thomas Heald
Junior Red Cross
Coordinating Council
Tony Pannone
Frances van Kamp
Naomi Luke
Terry Woll
Suzanne Blair
Carl Dobos
Roland R. Bach
Woodrow Wilson High School
Lindbergh Junior High
Lowell
Roosevelt School
St. Anthony's High School
Paul Seymour
Viking Speaking Team to Compete in Western Meet
Long Beach City College speech and debate team travels to Pepperdine College for the Western Speech Association tour during Thanksgiving week. Last week in Santa Barbara on a USC campus tourney they earned six special distinction certificates. Paul Nunn won honors in impromptu and experimental speech. Wally Frost, Paul Richards, and Jack Bransford earned merit certificates in oratory. The team departed Friday and returned Saturday.
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Bryan Hodgson
Long Beach City College
Pepperdine College
Western Speech Association
Santa Barbara
Fepperdine
University of Southern California
Paul Nunn
Wally Frost
Paul Richards
Jack Bransford
Long Beach
Poly Lecture Series by Mary Kay Kerwin dates announced
Mary Kay Kerwin consultant and lecturer on styles will present four fashion lectures at Poly. The final lecture is scheduled for November 16 at 7 30 p.m. in Room 202.
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Poly
Mary Kay Kerwin
Tea Planned by Girls' League Students at Poly
Members from Poly Wilson and Jordan plan a tea at Poly on Wednesday November 15 with the theme Today's Best Hope for Peace. After the tea there will be entertainment.
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Girls' League
Poly
Wilson
Jordan
Viking YWCA Club Sets First Meet at Long Beach College
The Long Beach City College YWCA Club will hold its inaugural meeting on Monday November 20 at 7 30 PM in the downtown YWCA building at Fifth Street and Pacific Avenue The new club plans a five point program covering school activities Christian faith world relations and social responsibilities This unit increases the nation’s YWCA student groups to 420 clubs nationwide.
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Long Beach City College
Y. W. C. A. Club
Fifth St
Pacific Ave
City College
U C L A Arts Professor Speaks at Style Show
LY PINKNEY SOCY associate professor of fine arts at U C L A was honored guest and speaker at a fashion program Your Clothes and You by the Associated Women Students of Long Beach. The one hour show before 400 women featured a goot analysis of volunteers from the audience and a hair style make up reading. Mrs Sooy, a noted lecturer, lectures fashion modeling at U C L A and taught at City College last year.
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Wdiy WencEe
Sooy
City College
Naughty Marietta to Be Wilson High May Operetta
Wilson High School chooses NA MARIETTA by Victor Herbert for the May operetta under Phil Ellithorpe. Tryouts Feb 3 open to a capella choir and glee clubs. The choirs and ensembles plan a concert November 19 at Our Saviors Church with solos by Jan Hitchcock and George Painter.
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Elithorpe
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church
Jan Hichcock
George Painter
Wilson Entries Picked for Club Speakers Meet
Lois Gould and Walt Cox were chosen from 12 finalists as top speakers in Wilson sophomore extemporaneous contest. Five winners were selected from 12: Lois Gould, Walt Cox, Sharon Meyer, Patty Dunker, Joan Murray. Lois and Walt join junior and senior speakers at the Kiwanis Club event on December 5. Other finalists included Sally Brown, Jim Watkins, Julian Randolf, Joyce Reid, Mareke Bryant, Nancy Tilton and Ronald Foor.
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Lois Gould
Walt Cox
Wilson
Sharon Meyer
Patty Dunker
Joan Murray
Lois
Walt
Kiwanis Club
Sally Brown
Jim Watkins
Julian Randolf
Joyce Reid
Mareke Bryant
Nancy Tilton
Ronald Foor
Plan to Help Wilson Students Being Readied
A plan to reorganize Wilson High School programs aims to ease course drops by allowing students who fail a class to continue and makeup deficiencies later. The changes, mostly continuing existing classes, should take effect after quarterly reports and before Thanksgiving, with preregistration before Christmas and a January final registration check.
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Wilson
Wilson High
Jordan honors Boys and Girls State delegates at assembly
Four seniors Joyce Hughes Al Brown Bob Dill and Rusty Fairly were honored during American Education Week at David Starr Jordan High School. Brown Dill and Fairly represented local American Legion posts at Boys State in Sacramento, while Hughes represented a Legion auxiliary unit at Girls State. The program highlighted Boys State objectives and urged students to pursue school work for possible future selection.
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David Starr Jordan High School
Bob Dill
Houghton Park American Legion Post
Joyce Hughes
Samuel Thomas Post Auxiliary
Girls State
Cleo Morrison
Samuel Thomas Auxiliary
George Serviss
Nimrod American Legion Post
al Brown
Nimrod
Rusty
Rusty” Fairly
Brown
Dill
Fairly
American Legion
Boys State
Sacramento
Miss Hughes
Legion
Houghton Park
Samuel Thomas
Long Beach
Women's Auxiliary
Samuel Thomas Post
Everett Bancroft
Nimrod Post
Serviss
Poly Alumni Meet Poly High In First Annual Basketball Tilt
Poly High varsity clashes with its alumni in the first annual basketball game set for 7 30 Tuesday night in the school gym. Alumni association sponsors the event with a halftime free throw contest led by Gerald Bo Wilson and Fred Matteson.
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Poly High
Poly
Alumni Association
Uneup
al Krause
Jim Fisher
Art Henriksen
Don Pattison
Ron Trevithick
Bob Howard
Bill Stephenson
Jim Payne
Bob Hanks
Everett Jurgens
George Wolf
Harry Sharrar
George Riley
Frank Maher
Bob Garbold
Gordon Sandburg
Gerald
Bo) Wilson
Fred Matteson
Acacia Magazine Tags Go On Sale At Poly High
Poly Highs annual literary magazine Acacia will sell tags Monday through next week. Tags cost 190 cents and are handled by the Acacia staff and Kathleen Harnetts student government class. Editor Shirley Von Kleinsmid urges support to prevent discontinuation.
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Poly High
Acacia
Kathleen Harnett
Shirley von Kleinsmid
Eleven Long Beach students kick off Christmas seal drive
Eleven Long Beach students begin a national tuberculosis association Christmas seal campaign on November 26 with speeches before service clubs and fraternal groups to stress dangers of the disease. Speakers include Geoffrey Ball Bonnie Pitser Bob Crouch Ronald Brown Lowell Beichlin Erline Waehman Ben Harris Jordan student Martin Boyle St Anthony's representative Jack Bransford and Paul Richards of Long Beach City College. Preliminary plans emerged from a Wednesday series of stamp sale talks before the Long Beach Tuberculosis Association Chapter.
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Long Beach
National Tuberculosis Association
Geoffry Ball
Bonnie Pitser
Bob Crouch
Poly
Ronald Brown
Lowell Beichlin
Erline Waehman
Woodrow Wilson
Ben Harris
Jordan
Martin Boyle
St. Anthony's
Jack Bransford
Paul Richards
Long Beach City College
Long Beach Tuberculosis Association
Wilson Girls League Plans Luggage Day Stunt
The Wilson Girls League sketches a luggage day where a five cent ticket lets a boy compel a girl to carry his books for a day. Proceeds go toward funding the regional convention this fall.
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Wilson Girls’ League
Wilson’s
Girls' League
Rattlesnake Added to Poly Reptile Club Collection
Poly High School adds a rattlesnake to the Reptile Club collection in a canyon sighting, with Theodore Reddick as sponsor. Club meetings paused until more members join, as they aim to catalog every Southern California reptile. Members list Tommy Miller as president and others as officers. Cy Perkins of the San Diego Zoo praises Poly for accurate reptile information.
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Poly
Poly High Sc Martin
Theodore Reddick
California
Reddick
Tommy Miller
Gary Bingham
Mort Stevenson
Cy Perkins
San Diego Zoo
Southern California
School Officials Set Coast League Rules at Jordan
Coast League guidelines were discussed by Jordan High School principals at a meeting in John Wilson’s office. Topics included home team white jerseys when colors clash and decisions on football color schemes. A luncheon followed with hostesses listed among Jordan staff and community members.
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Jordan
John Wilson
Jordan High School
Joan Barger
Vada Beasley
Roberta Forsberg
Blanche Hotter
Janice Freeman
Pat Ivey
Leota Johnston
Olivia Judge
Norma Lemon
Jeanette Long
Alberta Marron
Frieda Max
Ella Mize
Judy Norton
Daphne Potter
Carol Rand
Irene Salerno
Janice Sauer
Doris Shank
Dorothy Walker
Shirley Worden
Jordan Group Seeks Funds for New Flag
Jordan High School teens plan a cake sale to raise money for a new victory banner. Club officers include Barbara Rydell as president and Sharon Hunsaker as vice president with other roles filled by Dixie Erickson and Joan Brine. Co sponsors are Marlon Zinn and Naeatha McDaniels.
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Barbara Rydell
Jordan High School
Sharon Hunsaker
Dixie Erickson
Joan Brine
Janet Dorr
Interclub Council
Donya Fairbanks
World Friendship
Dorothy Prince
Marlon Zinn
Naeatha McDaniels
Tennis Players Perfect Newest Club at Jordan
Members of the GAA Tennis Club of Jordan High School have netted a spot among the campus clubs. A schedule links Poly, Wilson, Compton, Excelsior and Belltower with other sports. After matches, refreshments and discussions on the schools follow. Players include Marilyn Beeney Jane Carll Pat Keppe Virginia Derr Carolyn Johnson Shirley Henderson Maefield Maxine Wade Donna Wilson Betty Shutfield.
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GAA
Jordan High School
Poly
Wilson
Compton
Excelsior
Belltower
Marilyn Beeney
Jane Carll
Pat Keppe
Virginia Derr
Carolyn Johnson
Shirleyister Phyjlca Henderson
Anda Maefield
Maxine Wade
Donna Wilson
Betty Shutfield
Wilson Band to Play at U S C Grid Game
Long Beachs Wilson High School band will represent the city between halves at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 18 as USC faces Washington in a Pacific Coast Conference football game. The Wilson band led a group of nine in High School Day activities the Saturday USC played Oregon State.
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Long Beach
Wilson High Scheoi
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
U. S.C
Washington
Wilson Band
Oregon State
Poly Yearbook 51 Theme Announced and Photo Contest Open
Caerulea announces TYULY PREVIEWS as the 1951 Poly High School yearbook theme. Editor John Koekkoek says the book will focus on Poly memories. A candid camera contest runs through February, with first prize a free yearbook copy. entries to Caerulea office Bungalow 3-C.
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Tyuly
Caerulea
Poly
John Koekkoek
Koek*koek
Poly Atone
California
United States
Bungalow 3-C
Long Beach City College Grads Honored At Banquet
Seventeen LBCC alumni now prominent in local business and newspapers were guests at a National Junction Weekly banquet at Lakewood Country Club hosted by the student cabinet. Among them were Bert Resnick class of 1949 a former news bureau manager and now a staff reporter, Bill Harrin 33 founder of the Alumni Association and a top sales agent, Hugh Linnell from the 1929 class, and others including George Marmion 31 president of the Alumni Athletic Council Harry Lee 31 former Saga editor Bob White 30 past president of the Alumni Association Buck Arnold Johnny Johnston Lloyd Landes 31 and Bob Rope 33. Also attending were newer-world editors Role and Harry Fulton, Lakewood News Times editor and Long Beach newspaperman respectively.
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Long Beach City College
Ng Beach
Lakewood Country Club
Bert Resnick
The
Press-Telegram
Bill Harrin
Alumni Association
Hugh Linnell
City Caller
George Marmion
Alumni Athletic Council
Harry Lee
Saga
Bob White
Buck Arnold
Johnny Johnston
Lloyd Landes
Bob Rope
M Role
Lakewood
Pianists open Poly High first student recital series
Mu Alpha Sigma sponsors a Monday recital series at Poly High Room 202 from 3:30 to 4:00. Featured are Danny Carnage piano Carol Taylor mezzo soprano and Adams tenor. Open to any student or group ready to perform for parents friends fellow students and faculty.
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Poly High
Danny Carnage
Carol Taylor
Adams
Mu Alpha Sigma
Poly
Alma Lee Butler
Bing Klinger
Arthur Gilbert
City College to Get New Victory Flag
Trene Piger of Long Beach City College women’s service club will present a specially designed victory flag at a rally next Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. in the Student Union. Designed by Margaret White of 2251 Pasadena Ave the flag will fly on the school flagpole after every Viking victory.
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Trene Piger
Long Beach City
College Women's Service Club
Margaret ‘White
Pasadena Ave
Jordan Drive Nets 607 Books for Vets
Students at Jordan High gathered and contributed 607 pocket books and magazines for the Veterans Hospital, a drive that met with strong support and satisfaction on campus.
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Jordan Drive
Veterans’ Hospital
Jordan High
Poly Girls' League to Host United Nations Theme
The Poly Girls' League advisory boards of Wilson, Jordan, and City College will be entertained Wednesday November 15 by the Poly Girls' League advisory board. Lynn Hamberger, Poly's branch president, announced the event. Refreshments will be served.
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Girls’ League
Wilson, Jordan
City College
Poly Girls’ League
Lynn Hamberger
Poly
United Nations
Lindbergh Junior High Drives Vets Book Collection
Lindbergh Junior High led a citywide effort with 3541 books donated to Paul J. Desmond of Long Beach Post Office 15. Totals reach 18000 books with students from Lindbergh and cooperative Red Cross programs contributing. The eighth grade council led by Gary Coats collected 1142 books, and the first batch went to the Haven hospital ship bound for Korea.
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OSS_cary
Lef
Martha Isenberg
Lindbergh
Red Cross
Paul J. Desmond
Long Beach
American Red Cr
Lindbergh Junior High
American Red Cross
Desmond
Charles H. Fraser
Gary Coats
Eather Ben- Son
Haven Hospital
Korea
California
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Poly Yearbook
June van der Most
L.B.C.C
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Howard Jones
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Tom Quick
Robert Spicer
Jo Anna Loomis
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