• The 1950’s


    Most of the females in the Class of 1950 anticipated being nurses, secretaries, receptionists, florists, teachers, typists, or beauticians…the males were more interested in engineering or owning their own business… Hi Y Club promoted clean speech, clean habits, clean sports…in 1953 and 1958 the football team, coached by Duke Detzel, won the City Championships…in 1956 June Hunter, editor of the Sunrise yearbook, secured permission from Walt Disney to use his characters in the yearbook…in 1953 the wrestling team captured first place in the City Series race for the first time in 20 years… many more sports were offered to girls