Class of 1960

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"Golden Sands of Time . . . " Another graduating class 

This was first class to graduate from Johnson High School.
 

What was happening when these classmates graduated:

Lots of important events were happening for these graduates; Bay of Pigs Invasion of Cuba; the cold war continued to worsen with the USSR exploding some very large bombs during testing and then masterminding the building of the Berlin Wall; Soviets put the first man in space in April, Yuri Gagarin followed by the US in May with Alan Shepard. Popular music included Chubby Checker's “Pony Time” and “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” by the Shirelles, with top movies to include "West Side Story" and "The Parent Trap.”
 

JHS Teachers during 1960 school year:

JHS Administration:

  • Joseph Blackstead
  • Gordon  Berry
  • T. L. King
  • Helen Miyazuki
  • Fran Greedey
  • Jean Hicks

Language, Library, Social Studies:

  • Ernest Champagne
  • Margaret Young-Berry
  • Lalla Stevenson
  • Mrs. Richard Hearn
  • Lucia Marsh
  • Hope Ulloa

Math & Science:

  • Audry Kopp
  • Dora Weeks
  • Dorothy Chang
  • Donald L'Hommedieu
  • Gus Stewart
  • William Bond

The Arts: Music, Commercial Home:

  • Rita Mae Mootz
  • Carol Ellsworth
  • Delbert Price
  • Mary Lou Hanson
  • Childress McQueen
  • Keith Woodell

Physical Education:

  • Pat Fletcher
  • Jackie Slasher

 

1960 Class Officers

 

The first graduating class of Johnson High School elected their class officers:

  • Billy Carter, President
  • Clarence Tanaka, Vice President
  • Maxine Cavin, Secretary
 

Varsity Basketball - Coach Pat Fletcher

Varsity Football Captains
  - Max Peterson, Clarence Tanaka

 

Team Members

Joe Maisoneuve 
Eddie Williams
Bob Cole
Charles Kelly
Mike Ahern
Bernard Schultze
Randy Eckhart
Wayne Miller
Newton Hilmer
Bill Drennan
John Woodward

Billy White
Larry Appleby
Danny Danley
Jack Banks
Jerry Kelly
Happy Meier
Steve Ascherfeld
William Lane
Jan Cooper
Tom Kaltenbach
Bob Straup
James Wilson

Jerry Drennan
Tim Hamilton
Ken Cooper
Ronnie Stiles
Bill Carsten
Craig Kurtz
Don Myrah
Bruce Taylor
Mark Stoker
Terry Drennan

Football Game Stats

JHS 00 - ZAMA 13
JHS 08 - YAMATO 06
JHS 07 - YOHI 12
JHS 06 - NARIMASU 12

JHS 00 - ZAMA 07
JHS 13 - YAMATO 22
JHS 06 - YOHI 18
JHS 06 - NARIMASU 20

(Post Season Games)
JHS 25 - Bulldogs 6
JHS 26 - Nihon 14

JHS Cheerleaders

  • Lillian Tanaka,
  • Maxine Cavin,
  • Spillman Lee (Captain),
  • Carolyn Flack,
  • Lynn Miller,
  • Linda Babb

JHS Activities

  • The Senior Class trip was spent in Kyoto for four exciting days in April 1960, with lots of cherry trees in full bloom.
  • Silver Tea Afternoon held on 21 March which raised money for the Senior class and the JHS yearbook
  • School Play: My Sister Eileen
  • United Nations Mock Assembly
  • JHS shows their Science Skills
  • 1960 Jump Fad seizes JHS
  • Aero-Hydro Dynamics