"It's the Most, I'm a Senior Now!!! 

 THE YEAR IS 1955

Speakers at our Commencement
Charlie Hummer, Jane Jennison, Class President James Stevens, Mary Abele and Fred Smith

 

Cap and Gown Committee

Some of 1955 Graduates from Gamboa

ROTC

Our Queens

                                                                                         
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                                                                                                                Our Cheerleaders

Not so fast...wasn't Friday the day we the
BHS Class of 1955 decide would
be SKIP DAY???

                                                        "Chez Louise"
                                       

                                           World Events... 
                                                 
                                  Disney World Opens in Aneheim,California costing $17million. 
                                       

                           President Eisenhower endorsed the use of nuclear
            weapons in the case of war. School children were taught in government drills that they    could avoid the devastation of nuclear weapons by ducking
 and covering when they saw
"the flash." 
                Military films told soldiers witnessing nuclear tests that they wouldn't experience any side effects if they wore sunglasses.

                The Presbyterian Church approved the ordination of females.             
                The major labor advocates, the AFL and the CIO,merged.
 

                                    Dr. Albert Einstein died at age 76.
                                         

                                                               Cole Porter's Silk Stockings opened on Broadway.
                                            

                                                                                    
                          Long before his stint as straight-ahead TV       
            journalist and 60 Minutes anchor, Mike Wallace became the TV spokesman
for Fluffo Shorting>
  
                        Coca Cola Co. officially uses the name Coke       
   

        The 2-seater Ford Thunderbird
comes out.

                                                    

        In Sports:

                    Brooklyn defeats N.Y in 7^th game.

                   "Swaps" ridden by W. Shoemaker wins Kentucky Derby.

                                           

                                                        On TV
                              Truth or Consequences
                              Lawrence Welk Show
                              The Honeymooners
                              Gunsmoke
                              Name that Tune
                              $64,000 Question
                              Lassie
                              You'll Never Get Rich

In Hollywood:                                     

              Oscars go to:

 Best Picture "Marty" Directed by Delbert Mann 
 
Ernest Borgnine and Esther Minciotti in Marty

                        
 Borgnine wins Oscar for "Marty"

 

                   Anna Magnani wins Best Actress Oscar for "The Rose Tattoo"       
                                        
      

          On the big screen, James Dean & Julie Harris starred
             in East Of Eden. 

                                    

  Gordon MacRae and Shirley  Jones teamed up for "Oklahoma".
                                                                                                         

Popular Songs:

                    "Aint That a Shame by Pat Boone

                    "Autumn Leaves" performed by
                        Roger Williams           

                    "Hearts of Stone" by the Fontaine Sisters

                    "Sincerely"   by the McGuire Sisters

                    "16 Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford

                    "Unchained Melody" by Les Baxter

DJ Alan Freed coined the term "Rock & Roll." Bill Haley & the Comets had the first #1 rock hit, Rock Around The Clock, which they introduced on Freed's radio show.