Albany Union High School - Whirlwind Yearbook (Albany, OR)

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A H S WHIRLWIND ANNUAL Were I es a Tree UH WUIILIT THE PITWEH THAT'5 IHIIHLIIIHB ME EXPRESS IH HY MEHTIILITY THE BEAUTY, GHHHIIEUH, ITIGHITY WHICH HE'5 EMBIJTIIEU IH H THEE. GIVE ME THE THIIUGHT UF SHHBTITY, THE PHUMISE TIE ETEHHITT WHIEH HE'5 EHIBITITIEIT IH A THEE. C. M. GRIGSBY GIVE ME THE STHEHETH, SITHPLIGITYQ 7 iii

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10 WHIRLWIND ANNUAL A.H.S. R. E. McCormack Superintendent's Message Our great nation is at war. Almost alllof the world is now engaged in this titanic struggle. With so much at stake, with issues so important, and with war activities so close to our lives and our daily living, it is amazing that so much that is totally unwarlike occupies our attention. , This high school annual is an example. Portraying the faces and activities that com- prise in part the program and spirit of one of the units of the American public school system, and devoted to a theme that emphasizes one of Amerir-a's great natural resources, it seems far removed from battles to the death for a way of life. But America is an awaking giant of tremendous resources and strength difficult for the human mind to comprehend. Potentially it is ready to assume the task lying before it. The schools and youth will do their part. Without abandoning essential services of the schools, appropriate war duties of the schools should be given absolute and immediate priority: in time, attention, personnel, and funds over any and all other activities, says the National Educational Policies Commission. We expect to do no less, fir. Zccormack School Board A tried and proved school board, the chosen representatives of this community, stand guard to assure the faithful performance of duties. 0. P. Romaine D. E. Nebergall A. G. Senders C. E. Spence V. L. Calzivan D. H. B

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nv '-,Ig 12 WHIRLWIND ANNUAL A.H.S SAWDUST Mechanical Editor ..... Manuscript Editor ...., . Photograph Editor ..,.. .... . -Paul Stellmacher ----Phyllis McCormack ----Helen Ellison and Marylee Jenks ----Bill Morgan ----Pat Gilchrist ----------Pat Murphy ----Eileen Brenneman Art Editor ..,,,, --- Typists .......... Business Manager---..-- . Subscription Manager------ 2 The Winter of the Blue Snow In the North, sapphire-blue snowflakes began falling on one winter evening in the year now called the Winter of the Blue Snow. Terrified by this phenomenon, countless herds of moose and bruins are said to have fled in fright. Among them was Niagara, the huge moose hound that was food hunter for Paul Bunyan. The student, Paul, had been living at Tonnere Bay in a secluded cave, where he carried on intensive research and study. At this time he had just begun to be restless because he had learned and had mastered everything there was to know. A few days passed 'before Paul realized that Niagara must have fled with the rest of the animals. Niagara rushed along with the fauna of the woods and soon passed them. He was going at such a terrific rate of speed that he crashed into the North Pole. With great force he was hurled backwards, and he fell between Canada and the United States. This fall is now commemorated as Niagara Falls. Maybe you have heard of it. oo Little Babe i Paul Bunyan was awakened one night by theterrific crash as of a thousand timbers breaking. 'Pulling on his enormous boots, he walked out of the cave in two strides. After he had arrived at the shore line, he saw a great sheet of icy water. In the midst of this seven-foot thick sheet of ice, which splintered before his eyes, he saw two ears. Fearlessly he grabbed the ears from a mile away and lifted from the water a shivering, new-born ox- calf. Surprised at the size and color of the huge, bright blue ox, Paul named it Babe, the Blue Ox. Then he carried the poor Babe into the cave, where the ox was soon revived with warm blankets, moss soup, and the heat of the fire. N T ' '--11. 11