Bellevue High School - Beacon Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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CLASSES Seniors, juniors, sophomores, all Together as here in the study hall, form the young, wholesome, American blend that is Bellevue, our school.

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AT THE TDP We present the class of l959, exactly one dec- ade after the first class to graduate from this building and the last to graduate while Bellevue District has only one high school. Back in '56, as sopho- mores, the class of '59 swung into action by winning the Homecoming window contest. Midge Moch and Lee Lee Mc- Guire were soph prin- cesses. The Soph Hop Oriental Fantasy, came next. For the first time, sophomores were includ- ed in Honor Society, and spring saw the brawny as well as the brainy class cleaning up the school grounds. At the '57 Homecom- ing, the Bellevue Wolver- ines chewed up the Issa- quah lndians, 40-0, and the class of '59 also achieved a victory with their second Homecom- ing window. Princesses were Susie Long and Midge Moch. Come Christ- mas, the juniors sold a tasty batch of fruitcakes, then in January presented a heavenly prom, Celes- tial Winter. Finally the class began its last year at Bellevue, led by president Skip Lindblad, vice-presidents Steve Day and John Ruhl- man, secretaries Jennifer Blackburn and Janet Shoudy, and treasurers Terry Smith and Vic Parker. Betty Thomas reigned as Homecoming queen, ac- companied by Janet Shoudy and Susie Long. The cheer and song leaders, fervent, smooth and skill- ful, led the school in spirit drives. Midge Moch, on an American Field Service scholarship, swapped countries with Peter Randlov from Denmark. Once again the class sold Christmas fruitcakes, then set up a new tradition, the Boys' and Girls' lst row, Skip Lindblad, Steve Day. 2nd row, John Ruhlman, Terry Smith, Vic Parker. Insert, Janet Shoudy, Jennifer Blackburn. Clubs Christmas dance. His classmates were happy to welcome back Terry Smith, who, after a year of across-town classes on intercom, returned for his senior year in the building. Then came the lovely senior ball, as the class of '59 wound up three wonderful years at Bellevue. At the approach of Commencement, all seniors looked upward and outward toward the many ven- tures of life beyond the walls of high school, know- ing wistfully that they would never forget their hap- py days in the haunts of good old Elmer.