Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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Dallas June 1 Oregon 1948 D. H. S. PERISCOPE PROPKEOi Mr. Gilbert Schneider Washington, .5. C. Dear Gilbert: We are so sorry that you couldn't be present for the banquet and reunion of the Class of '38, but we realize that the President of the United States has many duties and we wish to take this opportunity of congratulating you. I was at the reunion and will attempt to tell you what each member of the class has done since graduating. Warren ennett joined the Navy to see the world, but when he happened to see Loetu Branch (a famous torch singer) in a San Francisco night club, he decided he'd seen all the world. They both came to the reunion and brought Warren, Jr. who promises to be a great football player. Everyone was startled at the sudden appearance of Beverly Branch, chattering happily. Beverly suddenly got tired of being unnoticed because she was so quiet, so she has been taking lessons from Pat O'Brien for the last five years. Now she can rattle on and on about nothing even better than her cousin, Joan. Ellen Carper is the society editor of the Capital Journal and was mixing busin ss with pleasure tonight. She says she took this position so that she could go to all the society events of Salem and Dallas and seems to be doing well. Curtiss Dornhecker planned to join the Navy and remain a bachelor,but when he hoard that Warron got himself married anyway, he planted 10 more prune trees and is still farming his father's farm. The love affair that everyone considered kid stuff when they were in Junior high blossomed again after high school days and Alice Joy Frizzell is now Mrs. Frank Harris. She came alone, 3nying, Oh, i.' I v ' only ?o'ov.tl • the o were bringing their children-----ours would have enjoyed this and Frank could take just as good care of them here as he is at home. Wc sent Frank our best wishes. 1938

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D. H. S. PERISCOPE Many of our old members had dropped out of the class for various reasons. Although all were not replaced by new students, there were several new recruits to strengthen the class enrollment. Of course, it was still necessary to have some one lead our class through the year,and the class elected the following: Frank Farris, president; Hubert Springsteen,vice-president ; Mildred Voth, secretary-treasurer; Mickey Lynn, sergeant-at-arms; and Miss Anna May Unrath, class advisor. This year was a very busy one for all Seniors. Many class meetings were held to discuss and decide different important matters that came up before the group. The class did not work together very harmoniously, and acauired the name of being the fightingest class in school. Again the class showed its colors in the school activities. Debate was entered into by a number of Seniors,and one of our members was fortunate enough to make the school team that went to California to enter the Debate Tournament there. Athletics and music were also entered. Although the smallest class in school,we still placed the most on the honor roll in almost all of the six-week periods. The Junior-Senior play was presented effectively and very interestingly,and a large number in the cast ' ere from our class. Flunk Day was another long awaited desire that came in the last few weeks of our school career.We all skipped school and went to the coast for the day—a day which we will never forget as long as we live. This year the Junior-Senior banquet was given in our honor and we greatly enjoyed it. The biggest and most important event of the entire four years of our lives in the school came on Thursday, June 9, 1938,when we marched up to receive our diplomas.showing that we had finished the high school course satisfactorily.A deep feeling of regret and sadness was experienced by each member of the class at the thought of leaving, not to return the following year, but there was also a feeling of great Joy to know that our work had been completed and well done. Thus our little story ends. It may be sad for some,but to others it ’ill bring great happiness. 1938

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D. H. S. PERISCOPE Donald Senter, now a minister in Salem, found time to attend our little gathering. He supervised the playing of nice games and saw to it that everyone had a good, clean time. He brought his devoted wife, the former Lucille .Shyer, with him and she spent the evening telling stories to the children who cane. Aileen Holman has been the home economics teacher in Dallas High for the east five ye .rs, and she supervised the banquet tonight. All the single girls were grouped around Leonard peters, who has become a sophisticated gigolo in Los Angeles. However, the only one he look'd at was Thelma Yung, who is the only true blond he had seen since high school days. Thelma has soent these ten yeax-s embroidering things for h r h a chest as she Ti,aited for this moment. Jewell Hendrickson and Gladys Wright have a boarding house for ladies who h:ve chosen to disreg-rd the male oouu-lation. Ti ey arrived at the banouot with Lois Groesser, one of the boarders. After being absolutely refused a oosition as janitor, gardener, cook, or butler in the Wright-Hendrickson boarding house, Johnny Gerard married Mae Harbor and together they took ut a homestead in the dust area of the middle west. They came to the reunion in u r-ttly old ’35 Ford, along with their three small children. At first I didn’t recognize Anne Friesen. Sne’s now a pl-tinum blond -nd has lost about 15 pounds am her dignified manner. She is private sr-crec ry oo the State Treasurer and they sc.y that she is the best gun chewcr they h vc had there for the past ten years. Levi Wiens has become a tight-rope walker in Ringli.ng Brothers Circus. With him was bud Douglas who works in the same circus as the bearded lady, as the circus is closed for the winter season, they are back in Dallas assisting City Dog-catcher Frank Fast. June Domuschofsky has attended Marylhurst College and about made a decision to become a nun, when her heart interest, Maurie, came and persuaded her to return to the little log cabin on the Trail of the lonesome Pine and become a lumberman’s wife. She came to the reunion in their ancient 1938 Chrysler.