Imperial Valley press., 1944-06-04

seniors and formed the general
theme for the program which open
ed with the professional CT the
graduates TO music of the elemen-
tary and high school orchestra.
The a capella choir sang the ma
tional anthem, the Rev. Mr.. E. L.
Wilder OF the Community church.
delivered the invocation after which
the choir was heard in America
The Beautiful"
Helen Worthington, salutatorian
Martha Pelling, cla's orator, and
Mildred Webb, valedictorian, were
the speakers, their addresses al
ternating with musical number
which included a duet" Neapolitar
Nights by Charles Oakes ano
Leslie Wells; a song, This Is MY
Country" by the boys glee club.
D. v. Stewart for the American
Legion, presented the awards tt
the most representative girl ano
boy, Mildred Webb and Billy Har
per.
Helen Worthington won the lift
membership awa..1 in the Califor
mia Scholarship Federation.
Charles c. Hancock, principal ant
district superintendent, presented
the class tc Henry C. Worthingtoi
of the board of trustees VIII
awarded diplomas to: George Babt
Rosario Beltran, Viola Boley, Mari
anna Bonillas, Beatrice Corona
Margaret Danskin, Hazel Foster
James Hand, Betty Harmon, Bill
Harper, Charles Oakes, Martin
Pelling, Vera Randlec, Shirley Rat
Mary Ann Singh, Lillian Stapr
Mildred Webb. Leslie Wells, Heller
Worthingtcn, Lula Mae Wright.
Concluding numbers were tn
singing of Perfect Day by tn
girls glee club, the benediction b,
the Rev. Mr.. Wilder and the re
ceSsional
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Biography of Uncle Sam" wa
the theme for the elementary schoo
commencement Thursday night
groups of the graduates presenting
short talks which we're concerned
with phases in the various stage
of development of the nation iron
it's earliest years to postwar days.
These talks were very well don
as were the musicsl numbers which
included the professional and re
cessional played by the orchestra,
trumpet duet, various solos and en-
semble numbers by the graduates
and by the entire class. The Rev
Mr.. E. L. Wilder delivered the in
vocation and benediction ane
Charles C. Hancock, superintendent
presented the class to Cecil G. HUI
of the beard of trustees VINO
awarded diplomas.
D. v. Stewart, for the American
Legion, presented those awards to
Alberto Favelo and Lucia Argulles
of Roosevelt school; to Ernestlnt
White and Claude Reynolds of Dun
bar and to Johnny Singh and Cora
Walters of Lincoln school.
The following are the elementar,
school graduates.
Roosevelt school - Lucia Argullez
Ventura Cruz, Trinidad Cruz, Caro-
line Cajigas, Alberto Favela.
Dunbar school-Rcland Johnson
Eddie White, Green Walton, CLAUDE
Reynolds, Ernes tine White.
Lincoln school - Tommy Allen
Shirley Averill. Wayne Barrett
Janet Lee Bair, Grady Beaver
Frances Broussard, James BristoW
Betty Lou Campbell. Elton Cox
Pauline Caradine, Norman Hahn
Louise Clark. John Hand. Cairadel
Harper, Jimmy Hays. Betty Jeann'
Larkins, j. C. Jackson, Beverl,
Luallin, Harry Johnson. Emma
Dean McCulley, Robert Mccall, Dott'
McNealy, Sherlock McCollum. Col
zen Murphy, Lloyd Malin, Bobb,
Nance, Kenneth Owen, Ernestin'
Newton, Danny Pavao, Selia Pes
queria, Monroe Robson. Joann
Swatlander, Marcus Sign o n
Helen Sturdivant, Johnny Singh
Valeria Waldrop, Tommy Turner
Cora Walters, George White. Mar
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