Berkeley High School Addition Dedication Program to the new High School January 29,1961. (Notice the dedication to "Miss Barker")
I found this Dedication Program for the addition to the NEW Berkeley High School which replaced our dearly beloved BHS dedicated and built in 1937/1938 among my Father's memorabilia. My Father served on the school board for 25 years and fought many battles to get things done. We were lucky to have a dedicated group of men to serve on this School Board. They served with no remuneration for their time and took the flak when directed at them and deflected it to strive forward to make the Berkeley School System the best in the North County. (Remember, we were North County Basketball Champions for many years). This was quite a feat since we didn't have a gymnasium and practiced in the dirt field with the two basketball goal posts (without any baskets, just the hoop rims) behind the schoolhouse. Later on, we were allowed to use the Ferguson Grade School Gym thanks to the Berkeley School Board making these arrangements. Winning the North County basketball championship with such limited practice facilities was a feat in itself. I thing we had a total inventory of two basketballs for practice.
A little sidebar about the Basket Ball Team practicing at Ferguson Grade School Gym:
The Basketball Team was on their own to get transportation after school to the Ferguson Gym. We used to all pile into Elmer Boston's Model "T" Ford Open Touring Car and chug over to the Gym. Coming back home after practice, Elmer would get a big run before we started up the hill on Airport Road leaving Ferguson and that 'Ol Ford "T" would grunt it's way to the top of the hill as it had the entire Basketball Team on board including the "B" team as passengers. I wish I had a picture of that to share with all today. What a sight that was and we were lucky the Ferguson Police didn't pull us over for being overloaded. Ah, the Good Old Days!
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