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The School

MCHS Entry Way Northern steps and entry way MCHS, about 1955 Exterior, Mariposa County High School, Thanksgiving 2001
MCHS Entry Way Northern steps and entry way MCHS, about 1955 Exterior, Mariposa County High School, Thanksgiving 2001
The old school when it was new The Old High School Groundbreaking for the new high school, about 1935  
The old school when it was new (This appears to be soon after construction- no landscaping yet) The Old High School (click here for more info) Groundbreaking for the new high school, about 1935 (J.L. Spriggs is behind the kid holding the baritone)  
 

People From the Past

Class of 1927 (about 1951): Bertha Outzen Schroeder, Faye Givens Dyer, Zeora Thomas Butterfield, Donald Givens, Ruth Outzen Womack Principal Cleo Adelsbach from 1954 La Mariposa yearbook
Class of 1927 (about 1951): Bertha Outzen Schroeder, Faye Givens Dyer, Zeora Thomas Butterfield, Donald Givens, Ruth Outzen Womack These two photos were sent to us by someone in Massachusetts, who says they were taken in 1932. No other information was provided. Click here for partial identification; please help us identify the other people in the photos. Principal Cleo Adelsbach from 1954 La Mariposa yearbook
Trent Williams, Mae Kleiman about 1982 Back: Cleo Adelsbach, Eleanor Yates McDonough, Grace Whitney, Front: J.L & Vesta Spriggs, probably 1982 Senior Dress-Up Day, 1957
Trent Williams, Mae Kleiman about 1982 Back: Cleo Adelsbach, Eleanor Yates McDonough, Grace Whitney, Front: J.L & Vesta Spriggs, probably 1982 Sluice staff members and adviser, 1956-57: Marty James, Alfreda Wilson, Mike Abbott, Harry Allison Senior Dress-Up Day, 1957 (Click here for identification)
Harry Allison, Frances Dulcich, Florence & Milton Baker, Don Hixson, 1989 Arline Marjorie Dwyer Fitzgerald
MCHS Band, 1955-56 Band and students at pep rally, 1955-56 Harry Allison, Frances Dulcich, Florence & Milton Baker, Don Hixson, 1989 Arline Marjorie Dwyer Fitzgerald, class of 1938 (1921-2007)
 

Recent Graduates

  Class of 1997  
  Elaine Takash, 2006 Class of 1997
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Reunions, Picnic, Annual Meeting

June 2000 Picnic
2000   Mariposa  County  High School  Alumni Picnic; Class of 1930: Marguerite Dexter Campbell, Gordon Greenamyer, Edith Peterson Cleo Adelsbach, Milton Baker (both former principals) Class of 1940 Bob Boyer, Betty Gibbons Lang, Don Hoff Class of 1950: Barbara Trabucco (back to camera), Walter Koontz, Mary Tresidder Smally, Marnie Hogen Mari, Ruby Wass, Edie Peterson, Sterling Thompson, Jim Turner
Class of 1930: Marguerite Dexter Campbell, Gordon Greenamyer, Edith Peterson Cleo Adelsbach, Milton Baker (both former principals) Class of 1940 Bob Boyer, Betty Gibbons Lang, Don Hoff Class of 1950: Barbara Trabucco (back to camera), Walter Koontz, Mary Tresidder Smally, Marnie Hogen Mari, Ruby Wass, Edie Peterson, Sterling Thompson, Jim Turner
Class of 1960: Billy Carter, Dale Wooldridge, Bill Peterson      
Class of 1960: Billy Carter, Dale Wooldridge, Bill Peterson      
 
February 2003 Ad Hoc Reunion
Dick Estel (class of 1957), Dan Raby, Don Nelson, Bob Valeski (class of 1956), February 4, 2003 Bob, Dick, David & Heidi Sicher Radanovich (back); Dan and Don (front) Dennis "Cap" Smithers, Bob, Dick, David (back), Barbara Smithers, Don, Dan, Heidi (front)
Dick Estel (class of 1957), Dan Raby, Don Nelson, Bob Valeski (class of 1956), February 4, 2003 Dan, Don, Dick, Bob Dennis "Cap" Smithers, Bob, Dick, David Radanovich (back), Barbara Smithers, Don, Dan, Heidi Sicher Radanovich (front) Dan Raby, Bev Baker Williams, Bob Valeski, Dick Estel, Don Nelson at the school
 
August 2003 Breakfast
Bob and Lois (Wass) Sparks Barbara Schatz Saye & Trent Williams at MCHS Alumni Breakfast,  8/31/03 Ray Olive Jr. & Sr.; Bill Elliott, Alice Elliot; Mernie Mari in BG Ray Olive Jr, Cary Greenameyer
Bob and Lois (Wass) Sparks Barbara Schatz Saye & Trent Williams Ray Olive Jr. & Sr.; Bill Elliott, Alice Elliot; Mernie Mari in BG Ray Olive Jr, Cary Greenameyer
  Jim Turner Trent Williams Marion "Mollie" Merrill and Art Turner
  Jim Turner Trent Williams Marion "Mollie" Merrill and Art Turner
 
April 2005 Ad Hoc Reunion
Class of 56: Back: Cap Smithers, Clinton “Snuffy” Butler,  Bob Valeski , Elliot Bevel,  Patrick James , Dick Wagner, Bucky Zimmerman, Jack Wass; Front: Charlene Bailey McNally, Sharon Warren, Ilene Michaels, Evelyn Hibpshman, Janet Williams,  Pat Bixler, Vanessa Tresidder Class of 57: Bev Williams, Dick Estel, Eddie Davis, Ainslee McDonald, Lee Nixon DeLaMare, Lois Bailey-Shafer, Bobby Curtis Alumni at ad hoc mini-reunion, 4/16/05 Doris Watson, Dena Bixler,  Mary Wass Williams, Ruthie Peterson, Judy Raby Kirby
Class of 56: Back: Cap Smithers, Clinton “Snuffy” Butler, Bob Valeski , Elliot Bevel, Patrick James , Dick Wagner, Bucky Zimmerman, Jack Wass; Front: Charlene Bailey McNally, Sharon Warren, Ilene Michaels, Evelyn Hibpshman, Janet Williams, Pat Bixler, Vanessa Tresidder Class of 57: Bev Williams, Dick Estel, Eddie Davis, Ainslee McDonald, Lee Nixon DeLaMare, Lois Bailey-Shafer, Bobby Curtis Alumni at ad hoc mini-reunion, 4/16/05 Doris Watson, Dena Bixler,  Mary Wass Williams, Ruthie Peterson, Judy Raby Kirby
 
June 2005 Picnic

Class of 1970 at 2005 Alumni Picnic

Alumni members at June 2005 Picnic Class of 1970
 
September 2005 Breakfast
Deanna Cramer, Gary Williams Leroy Radanovich Sally Abbott Uribe, Mike Abbott, Alumni Breakfast, September 2005  
Deanna Cramer, Gary Williams Leroy Radanovich Sally Abbott Uribe, Mike Abbott, Alumni Breakfast  
 
June 2007 Picnic
  Class of 1957    
  The Class of 1957    
 
Class of 1962 45-Year Reunion
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June 2008 Picnic
Class of 1958 - hitting 50 years Some of the teachers Lois Bailey Schafer and Eddie Davis, class of 1957
Class of 1958 - Front: Gary Williams, Judy Raby Kirby, Barbara Kuntz, Doris Watson, Sheri Phillips Dewhurst; Back: Richard Albers, ?, Dennis Haig, Heidi Sicher Radanovich, Donna Quist, Kenny Wass, Wes NcNally, Henry Sanchez (Gerry Davis Photo) Teachers from the past (Gerry Davis Photo) Lois Bailey Shafer and Eddie Davis, class of 1957 (Bev Williams photo) Class of '57 post-picnic pizza: Bobby Curtis, Mrs. Curtis, Lee Nixon DeLaMare, Tom DeLaMare, Dick Estel (back to camera) (Bev Williams photo)
 
More about some photos

The photo of the old school was provided by Dr. Kathleen Fitzgerald, daughter of Arline Dwyer, class of 1938. We are indebted to Mariposa photographer and historian Leroy Radanovich (class of 1950) for the following: 

The building to the left was a class room building that was used for storage and wrestling class in my day. It burned down in l949 or 50. (I was there). The two buildings were built in l917-18. The original contractor went broke and the buildings were finished by the community. Basically the two buildings were wood frame covered with chicken wire and stucco. The state condemned the buildings almost immediately but we still used them until l950. We used that building for many things including the showers in the basement. Girls too, somewhere up stairs. No classrooms were used because there was no heat in the building. Also the drain from the basement showers was plugged up most of the time so the water would get up to your ankles. The main building was torn down to erect the gym in l950. The new school (still in use) was built in l937-38 as a WPA project with a private contractor doing the construction. It opened in '38. J.L Spriggs was principal and Cleo Adelsbach was Vice-Principal. They saved the money for the Gym and it was paid for with cash in l950. It opened my senior year and we were the first basketball team to play in the new facility. 

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