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FUN FACTS

WHS SCHOOL COLORS:  Navy Blue and Gold

 MASCOT:  Marauder

 SCHOOL NEWSPAPER:  The Cane Tassel

 SCHOOL ANNUAL:  Ka Mea Ohi (The Harvester)

Senior Class Officers:

Seniors Rule:

FOOTBALL	Wayne Blankenship	Steve Kim	Earnest Pemberton
	Wheeler Brown	Robert King	Steven Pulawa
	Herbert Castro	Robert Kuhlmann	Robert Rio
	Bill Cervin	Toiva Maumausolo	John Solmarin
	Patrick Cuyno	Andrew Morales	Charles Terry
	Frederick Fidel	Dennis Ouchi
	Dee Jolley	Dennis J. Panerio
BASEBALL	Herbert Hokama	BASKETBALL	Ralph Acedilla
	Barry Kishimoto		Albert Amorin
	Ron Lauher		Robert Kulhmann
	Michael Okamura		Ron Lauher
	Dennis Tsuhako		Dennis Tsuhako
TRACK	Ralph Acedilla	Richard Lane
	Albert Amorin	Toiva Maumausolo
	John Devine	Robert Rio
	Dennis Fernandez	Earnest Pemberton
	James Kohler
CHEERLEADERS	Pat Matsuo	SONG LEADER	Kathleen G. Egan
	Kym Rowlan		Sara Takiguchi
	Caren Simdars

DO YOU REMEMBER THESE FUN FACTS?

1. During our senior year, three of our classmates entered a physique contest and won the following titles...

 Mr. High School:  Wayne Blankenship  Miss High School:  Angeline Lariosa  Miss Leeward Oahu 1964:  Celia Narciso

2. Which classmate performed on stage before an audience of 60,000?  The occasion was the opening ceremony of the 1990 Boy Scout Jamboree, produced by Steven Spielberg.  "Seeing 60,000 lighted candles in the audience was exhilarating, and chills ran down my spine when Lee Greenwood performed "God Bless the USA" while 700 American flags were paraded on stage." 

None other than Kenneth Dotson

3. SHOPPING CENTERS - Planned, integrated shopping centers were first constructed in Hawai'i during the late 1940's. The first such development, the Aloha Shopping Center, opened in 1947 on a 0.75 acre site on Farrington Highway, Waipahu. This modest beginning contained only nine stores, a building area of 6,000 square feet, and fifty parking spaces." (Firsts and Almost First in Hawai'i, R.C. Schmitt, c-1995, U.H. Press, page 116) 

Do you recall that Country Inn was in this shopping center on the corner of Farrington Hwy and Waipahu Depot Road?  Oh, my family loved having our meals there...the saimin, cone sushi, and barbeque stick were pretty ono.  Currently, American Savings Bank-Waipahu Branch and Times Supermarket, with private offices on the upper levels are located on this site.  Our classmate Vernon Rivera, Esq. has his law office there.

4. HISTORY OF WAIPAHU HIGH SCHOOL - Waipahu High School was founded in 1938 under the Sessions Laws of 1937 and Act 191 of 1938. The school was established to give students in Aiea, Pearl City, Waipahu, Ewa, Nanakuli, and Waianae better educational opportunities. Mr. Dallas C. McClaren, 1938-1942, was the first principal of Waipahu High and Intermediate School which was then located at the present site of Waipahu Elementary School.

The first graduates of Waipahu High School were the members of the class of 1941.

Mr. Clarence B. Dyson became principal in 1942. In the same year the Alumni Association was formed. In April 1953*, Principal Dyson passed away. In honor of him the football field at what is now Waipahu Intermediate was named after him.  Mr. Alton V. Armstrong became principal of Waipahu High School in September 1953. Succeeding Mr. Armstrong was Mr. Gordon Kushimaejo in September 1974 then it was Mr. Milton Shishido, 1974-1997, followed by Mrs. Patricia Pedersen in 1997 who continues in this role today.

In September 1969, the move to the present site was made to accommodate the growing student enrollment. In 1972, Waipahu gained its status as a four-year high school. In May 1976, the administration building was dedicated to former principal Alton V. Armstrong. In 1995, this building was renovated to classrooms. A new administration building was dedicated in April 1996.

Waipahu High School is accredited by the Western Association of School and Colleges.

*NOTE: In April 1953, Mr. Dyson passed away after 11 years of service. In his memory, the athletic field officially was named the 'Clarence B. Dyson Field.' Miss Eleanor Westendorf, Vice-Principal, served as interim principal until June 1953.

5. LAVA ROCK WALL/MONUMENT - Do you remember that lava rock wall/monument in front of the old WHS on Farrington Hwy.? Did you take time to stop and read that brass plaque?  I didn't but thanks to Earl Arakaki, I now know what's written. It's a wonderful tribute to those fallen heroes who helped preserve the freedom we enjoy in our country today.

"IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN WORLD WAR II AND KOREAN CONFLICT THIS IS DEDICATED BY FRIENDS AND ALUMNI 1956"

6. "GUSHING WATER" IS THE MEANING OF WAIPAHU - "Gushing Water" - according to the best authority, Mr. Kenneth Emory of the Bishop Museum. Mr. Emory said he had learned from the natives that many decades ago someone was digging and suddenly water had gushed forth. "Waipahu" the delighted natives had exclaimed, and Waipahu the name has remained. (Hon. Advertiser, Oct. 22, 1939, page11)

Hawaii State Flag

 
Hawaii was once an independent kingdom. (1810 - 1893) The flag was designed at the request of King Kamehameha I. It has eight stripes of white, red and blue that represent the eight main islands. The flag of Great Britain is emblazoned in the upper left corner to honor Hawaii's friendship with the British. The combination of the stripes of the United States flag and the Union Jack of Great Britain is said to have pleased the merchant shippers of both nations. Flag adopted for official state use in 1959.

"...From far and near, our voices cheer Waipahu, our high school Long will live thy fame."