[img]1656|right|||no_popup[/img]Can it be 60-plus years since the first class graduated from Culver City High School in 1953?
The graduates often called “the first class in and the first class out” will be the topic for the next general meeting of the Culver City Historical Society on Wednesday, July 16, at 7 o’clock in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Vets Auditorium, 4117 Overland Ave.
A trip down memory lane to the early 1950s in a PowerPoint presentation will illustrate the creation of Culver City High School and how the course was set for it to become one of the foremost schools in the area.
There also will be a panel featuring former teachers and administrators from those early times, moderated by Drayton Marsh ’53. Mr. Marsh also will describe the beginning of the sports program.
The panel includes:
• Hank Blunt, teacher at the high school from 1951-1986.
• Dorothy Boyd, office administrator during the 1960s.
• BetteLyle Westbrook, teacher, 1954-1979.
• Robert Johnson, teacher, 1953-1987.
• Dylan Farris, current principal of Culver High.
Dennis Parrish, vice president of programs for the Society, will explain how earlier classes were required to go to Hamilton High since there was no high school in Culver City. The Culver Junior High School class of 1949 went on to create the senior high school one grade at a time until it became the first graduating class in 1953.
Alums and former teachers from that era have been invited to attend and contribute comments.
All members of the Culver City Historical Society and the public are welcome to enjoy this free program. Students are encouraged to attend. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Entry to the Multi-Purpose Room is through the rear of the building, near the parking lot, and through the Archive & Resource Center space.
For information, call the Society at 310.253.6941 or email info@CulverCityHistoricalSociety.org. See the CCHS website at www.culvercityhistoricalsociety.org for updates.
Ms. Jacobs may be contacted at pajojacobs@ca.rr.com
