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Show 55 year reunion planned '36 WAS "REAL SWELL" YEAR AT DAVIS HIGH keep us with his studies in all classes. Particularly must he refrain from becoming conceited. This is extremely difficult because of the fact that newspapers comment on him and girls adore him.. ..Such fellows have four jobs playing the game, keeping up in their studies, getting ready to earn a living and upholding the glory of the school Twice as many jobs as has the fellow who plays on no team. All honor to the chaps who carry on double duty. It is no wonder that they succeed in later life' Although the language may have been different (the yearbook salutations saluta-tions include "to a pal "to a swell guy,' 4to a darn, swell fellow'), many of the challenges facing those students still prevail. The debate team took second place in the state arguing the question, "Should we have socialized medicine?1' med-icine?1' History does repeal itself. Other activities they participated in included a "Posture parade and dance contest. ' ' One of many school dances was the Girls' Dance. It was deemed successful by a school reporter, "This year was open season on the male sex which partly accounts for the success of the annual Girls' Dance' That's all that was written so it's hard to know exactly what "open season" meant. The yearbook included a section entitled "humor" where jokes of the day were printed. The saying "I guess you had to be there' may be appropriately applied to these jokes. Some prime examples are, "Douglas T,: Lips that touch liquor shall never touch mine. Bemice W.: Your lips? Douglas: No, my liquor. Rastus: Be you all sneezin' honey? Liza: No, I ain't sneezin' honey, I'm sneezin' sneeze. What yo think my nose is, a beehive? Wiggill: I notice there are a lot of simple things in evening gowns this year. Don F. Yes, Tve been dancing with one all evening." It's these, and many other memories that the class committee hopes to revive for all of those attending at-tending the reunion. The event takes place Saturday, June 22, at the Little America Hotel in Salt Lake City. The festivities begin at 4:30 p.m. i - i - w I -N5, r 2 v- .V-V4 By JUDY JENSEN Managing Editor "Did it really happen?" That's the question being asked of the Davis High School class of 1936, and the committee planning the 55-year 55-year class reunion has proof that it did. The committee has been successful suc-cessful in contacting all but three of the 252 members of the graduating class. They hope Charles Baer, Roy Dixon and Ralph M. Ashworth will be located in time to join the other 182 still living classmates at the reunion on Saturday. Committee member Dale Mann said the reunion promises to spark memories of the "good, old, golden rule days," for the group. Harold Gailey will remind students of the good food and fun they had while eating at the "Beanery," the local ice cream parlor. Byron Rampton will recall the high jinks that went on during the trips to and from school on the Bamberger train the students dubbed dubb-ed the "Dummy." Students from North Salt Lake to Kaysville rode the Dummy to school. Bemice . Bambrough Green will discuss the adventures other students had while riding the bus. Davis High was the first central high school in Davis County. It was built in 1913 and accommodated students from North Salt Lake to Sunset. Because it was the only high school in the county, there were no cross-town rivals. The football team played a total of five games. Opponents Oppo-nents included Jordan, Murray, Granite, Grantsville and Cyprus. The 10-game basketball schedule included the same opponents, plus Tooele and Bingham. The high-point high-point game recorded in the 1935 "D Book" year book was Davis 51, Grantsville 31. Low scoring game was Davis 10, Murray 30.- The 1936 D Book includes this tribute to the athletes. "A boy who plays on the school team has a great responsibility. Not only must he train hard and regularly, but he must Reunion planning committee members are front, Dale Mann, Ruth Robins Stringham, Marjorie Robins Mortensen, Wanda Hogan Park, Genieve Ashby Oldham, Virginia Hepworth Gold, middle, Clifton Clark, Helen Moore Moffat, Alan Manning, Jane Argyle Page, Byron Rampton, Barry Wride, back, Wallace Hess, Harold Gailey, Alan Layton, Walter Willey. Committee member Allen Strong has passed pass-ed away since the planning began. The committee would like to honor him for his contributions. 1 - i '.' kill I j 1 LLOYD BRINK V W MARK ATKINSON V 1 V LT S " "i" J fcL 41 i v nflu,c BRIGGS CLARK BRINK SWAN LAYTON These photos of members of the football and basketball teams appeared in the 1936 yearbook. Davis was the only high school in the county and there were no cross-town rivals. The Darts played Jordan, Murray, Granite, Grantsville and Cyprus. : - - -. ' - v s " ? V-- j - c'i" r I I 1 The Junior Prom (top and middle left) was a great success. One school reporter wrote, "Imagine waltzing to the strains of beautiful music under a palm tree and a Hawaiian moon. Ah! It sounds exciting ex-citing doesn't it? That's exactly what everyone is doing tonight at the junior prom. Gee, I hope nobody else has a dress like mine." Hairstyles in 1 936 were interesting, (top right) and hemlines were a little longer than in today's fashions, (middle right). Students from North Salt Lake to Kaysville rode the Bamberger to school each day. This light rail train would pick up students at stops along the route. Students dubbed the train the "Dummy."(bottom) HOrNTIFl'L DAIRY dnuh' A Dairy Product Phone 180 HOr.N'TIFIX DRl'G CO. The Bi sf Place to Trade Phone 68 KOl'NTIFIX M'MBER & Sl'ITLY Let im Satisfy Your Xeeds Phone 2 LAGOON RESORT "Tin Fun Smt of Utah" .MILLER FLORAL CO. BARNES BANKING CO. Fortif-firc Years in Business Phone 3 A number of businesses supported sup-ported the printing of the yearbook. Students were encouraged en-couraged to "Support them in their business endeavor, that you ask your parents and other home folks to give them their loyal support to help build our communities in this our great state of Utah." Llame Mann (lert) win aonate tnis yarn aon as a door prize at Saturday's reunion. Wanda Hogan Park (right) will donate this handmade quilt. |