Interesting Facts about 1952
- The average car was priced at $1850!
- Gasoline: 27 cents/gal!
- House: $17,000
- Bread: 16 cents/loaf
- Milk: 96 cents/gal
- Postage Stamp: 3 cents
- Stock Market: 292
- Average Annual Salary: $4,500
- Minimum Wage: 75 cents per hour
- President was Dwight D. Eisenhower
Class of 1952
In 1952 there was 90 Seniors that graduated from Western High
Bobbie Jean Adair, Harry Adams, Magdalena Alires, Gladys Alvarez, Rodolfo Apodaca, Lena Baca, Gary Barnum, Robert J. Boeker, Ray Brancheau, George Brown
Margaret Chavez, Ray Chavez, Joyce Collins, Jerry Coker, Shirley Cloudt, Michael Coquat, Norma Dickson, Ira Dodds, Joan Feuerstein, Manual Flores
Neal Flowers, Jackie Flowers, Jackie Frost, Johnny Griffin, Betty Grijalva, Gerry Gishwiller, Barbara Greene, Greg Jaurequi, Helen Haymes, Jack Gruschus, Joan Jackson
Kenneth Lee, Shirley Lee, Jimmy Lime, Emma Lee Lewis, Bill Leonard, Jane Ann Little, Paul Loyd, Gloria Lucero, Bertha Madrid, Eugenia Madrid
Lora Madrid, Tillie Maldonado, Silvina Maldonado, Pat Michaels, Olan Maxwell, Bill Miller, Xyla Moore, Bruce Mortensen, Donna Morey, Louise Mrotzek
Manuel Munoz Jr., Ray McDowell, Helen Joyce McLendon, Walter H. Natly, Marble McMillen, John B. Ogas, Danny Padilla, Salomon R. Perez, Tip Pinkerton, Maurice Plymell
Fay Power, Catherince Ann Raper, Betty Richardson, Saundra Robinson, Lillian Roybal, Joann Sabre, David Scott, Fraces Schulz, Annette Schiff, Ronald Simmons
Celia Sifuentes, Margarita Silva, Charles Smith, Vera Smith, Carma Nell Summers, John Stanley, Tina Stella, John Soule, Woody Toy, Josie Triviso
Jesse Vise, Helen Ward, Dan Voydanoff, Ann White, Spike Wilson, Patricia Wright, Mary Wright, Yvonne Wolfe, Sudie Wygant, Ervin Zumwalt
In this year student council consisted of Louise Mrotzek(President), Mickey Coquat(Vice President), Shirley Cloudt(Secretary), Mr. Krostenbader(Sponsor), Helen Ward(Treasurer of State)
W.H.S. Band consists of 21 students. From left to right the names of the kids are Ronnie Bowen, Saundra Robinson, Erlinda Rodriguez, Gloria Lucero, Eva Wray, Peggy Spurger, Edwin Tucker, Sheila Murphey, Julia Harlan, Henry Garcia, Elizabeth Little, Tom Peworth, Barbara Thomas, Marcia Orr. Standing: Rudolfo Apodaca, Sherry Mann, Helen Ward Carma Nekll Summers, Houston Shell, Paul Stanley, Joel Simmons, Ray Chavez, Mr. Murphey.
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