Gardena High School Memory Book
1965
Winter 1965
- Class Name: Valaquons
- Class Colors: Royal Blue and White
- Class President: Jeff Lou
- Class Vice-President: Bobby Meyers
- Class Secretary: Patty Swigart
- Class Treasurer: Alvin Wakasa
- Class Historians: Janice Shiozaki and Robert Cervantes
- Gold Seal Bearers: Jim Janossy, Phil Leavitt, Jeff Lou, Gary Uyekawa
- Ephebians: Sandy Broughton, Jim Janossy, Jeff Lou, Steve Sogge
- Class Advisors: Joe Dudley and Elizabeth Black
- Cheerleaders: Nancy Behar, Sue Cruzan, Marilyn Juhl, Donna Pottoroff, Patty Swigart
- Class Gift to GHS:
- Most Popular: Sandy Broughton and Bobby Meyers
- Best Dressed: Kathy Ornales and Joe Parmer
- Best Personality: Patty Swigart and Terry Woolridge
- Most Likely to Succeed: Chizuko Iwamasa and Jeff Lou
- Best Looking: Nancy Behar and Bobby Stevens
- Most Atheletic: Pam Okubo and Steve Sogge
Summer 1965
- Class Name: Elysians
- Class Colors: Mint Green and Charcoal Gray
- Class President: Tom Nickens
- Class Vice-President: Marilynn Brown
- Class Secretary: Julie Jefferson
- Class Treasurer: Steve Hanke
- Class Historians: Karen Kojimoto and Collene Towata
- Gold Seal Bearers:
- Ephebians: Melvin Akazawa, Anita Chen, Pam Francisco, Peggy Fukuoka, Julia Kawabata, Denise Kelly, Karen Kojimoto, Lloyd LaCuesta, Tom Nickens, Stephanie Perchy, Cliff Stewart, Gail Tominaga, Teresa Wells, Jane Yoshimoto
- Class Advisors: Elizabeth Black, George Kissinger, Masui Okui, Donna Springer
- Cheerleaders: Carmelita Diaz, Peggy Fukuoka, Denise Kelly, Sherry Mays, Judy Woods
- Class Gift to GHS:
- Most Popular: Sherrie Mays and Steve Andress
- Best Dressed: Marilynn Brown and Craig Isobe
- Best Personality: Julie Jefferson and WarrenFurutani
- Most Likely to Succeed: Pam Francisco and Melvin Akazawa
- Best Looking: Sonnie Oslin and Ron Elwell
- Most Atheletic: Maureen McCartney and Jeff Lancaster
Highlights
- President: Lyndon Johnson
Vice President: Hubert Humphrey
- Headlines
- February 1st - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr and over 2,600 others arrested in Selma, Alabama during voter-registration rule demonstrations
- February 21st - Malcolm X shot to death in Harlem
- April 28th - US Marines land in the Dominican Republic
- July 1st - Medicare begins
- August 11th to 16th - Watts Riots
- November 9th - Massive power failure in the northeast
- Top 10 Songs
- Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) - Four Tops
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - Rolling Stones
- You Were On My Mind - We Five
- You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - Righteous Brothers
- Downtown - Petula Clark
- Help! - The Beatles
- Can't You Hear My Heartbeat - Herman's Hermits
- Crying In The Chapel - Elvis Presley
- My Girl - Temptations
- Prices
- House $40,000.00
- Car $2,350.00
- Milk $1.05
- Gas $.24
- Bread $.21
- Postage Stamp $0.05
- Avg Income $6,469.00
- Academy Award Winners
- Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Directed By Robert Wise
- Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou
- Best Actress: Julie Christie - Darling
- Sports Headlines
- Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup
- Jim Clark wins Indy 500 averaging 150.7 MPH
- Dodgers defeat Twins to win World Series
- Boston beats Los Angeles for NBA championship
- Other Links of Interest
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