Class of 1968
The World in 1968
"Golden Sands of Time . . . " Another graduating class of JHS
What was happening when these classmates graduated:
What happened in 1968 Major News Stories include Dr. Christian Barnard performs the first successful heart transplant, Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. , The first Big Mac goes on sale in McDonalds costing 49 cents, Boeing 747 made its maiden flight, Emergency 911 Telephone service is started in the USA, Hong Kong Flu pandemic, The Poor Peoples March on Washington, D.C, Vietnam US soldiers massacre men, women and children in My lai, Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia
JHS Teachers during 1968 school year:
JHS Administration:
- Joseph Blackstead
- Donald Ellis
- Donald Kalina
- Eleanor Patterson
Language, Library, Social Studies:
- Linda Reaves
- Phillip Dattola
- Elizabeth Campbell
- Carol Carlson
- Barbara Edwards
- Viola Hilton
- Wayne Olson
- John Fortune
- Victory White
- Emily Jerman
- Betsy Heemstra
- Daniel Burroughs
- Gerald Hill
- Eugene Roberts
Math & Science:
- Henry Matsomoto
- Gilbert Leslie
- Robert Larson
- Albert Reid
- Eugene Hubert
The Arts: Music, Commercial Home:
- Arthur Hamaoka
- Edmund Asmir
- Richard Moser
- Sandra Bernstein
- Genevieve Andrews
Physical Education:
- Bruce Blevins
- Sharon Mathis
1968 Class Officers
- President: William Yeago
- Vice President: Carol Hilton
- Secretary-Treasurer: Shirley Tomita
Varsity Basketball

Coach: Bruce Blevins
Varsity Football
Captains: Jim Schmidt, Bob McKizzie, Danny Yokely, Mike Faulkner, George Arnold |
Football Game StatsJHS 12 YoHi 12 JHS 76 ASIJ 0 JHS 24 Chofu 0 JHS 46 ASIJ 12 JHS 36 Narimasu 0 JHS 6 Zama 18 JHS 12 Yamato 22 JHS 6 YoHi 24
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JHS Cheerleaders
l to r: Rita Maningo, Shirley Tomita, Liz Johnson, Dawn Carroll, Tami Edwards, Debby Smith, Nan Schell
JHS Activities
Homecoming