Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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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.

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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 Dorothy Davis has organized a kindergarten for the future D. H. S. student body. Her main purpose is to instill patriotism for their school in their hearts. It was just cure luck that made Susie Dick's attendance possible this evening. After hearing her perform on the piano, Leopold Stokowski ditched his baton and they are now touring the country playing piano duet concerts. Susie was able to be with us for a little while before returning to Portland where she is giving a concert tonight. Lillian Clanfield has taken over the management of the Haunted Mill at Rickreall and has turned it into a fashionable night club. In fact, it is so successful that it is rumored that Portland's upper class is considering the economy of moving Rickreall nearer to Portland. Robert Dalton started to college with the high hope of becoming an undertaker, but found it's so much fun in college he's still going. However, his father is beginning to insist that Hob graduate in the next five years , as the family fortune is beginning to show signs of too much education. Vclna Clayton, an old Rainbow Girl, is now Mother Advisor of the present Rainbow Girls. She said she is having a most pleasant term of office with her girls. Marjorie banders is now famous for her radio talks on beauty and her book entitled How to Rave and Keep a Hollywood Figure. in such strong competition that Madame Sylvia is on the verge of bankruptcy. Mary Ellen Dalton was married in 1945 to her old flame, Bob Woodman, in one of the largest social affairs in many years. Bob (Robert, now) has become president of the Dallas City Bank :.-ue t c wealthy Mrs. ’ hodmen now controls the.'society world of Dallas. Beatrice Benge began reading cowboy stories and was so impressed that she determined to be a cowgirl. She came on her horse Blwndic and was quite the sensation of the evening with her fancy riding. Harvey Be?ver, -s you probably already know, has teen rewarded for the close attention he used to pay in Civics class. He is a United States Senrtor now and has just sponsored the Beaver plan which lowers the cost of ice cream. 1938