***  Notes on Downey High Year Books
      that reside at the Downey Historical Society.
  Downey High Year Books  - the "Summary", the "Volsung"
      at the Downey Historical Society as of Sept 2001.
1912-14 inclusive
  15                 last  one to refer to LosNietos Valley U.H.S.
  16                 first one to refer to Downey Union High School
  17               small pattern
  21               small pattern
  23-26              tied format ends
  27-29              binding begins
  30-31 incl
  32                 first to include the Alma Mater
  33-38 inclusive
  39                 last to be called the Summary
  40-49 inclusive  - now called the Volsung
  51-59 incl
  60
  63-69 incl
  70-73 incl
  75-78 incl
  81-89 incl
Missing from the set are 1918, 19, 20, 22, 50, 61, 62, 74, 79, 80

The class of 1912 consisted of seven(7) graduates ...
 Ora Berthena Nelson, Walter Albert Walk, Maude Marion Meagher,
 Loyd Parker Squire, Hilma Elevera Cyren, William Joseph Mansfield,
 Elmer Horace Ball

The early Yearbooks contained editorials, nicknames, predictions,
 ambitions, totems, alumni news, stories about the history, activities,
 students, local and national happenings.
Many of the pictures and listing entries were not in alphabetic
 order when the classes were small.
The School opened on 16 Aug 1901.
The relatively smallish 1917 edition is dedicated to
 President Woodrow Wilson with the notation that the funds
 that would have been used to make the traditional book were being
 donated to the Red-Cross.