Dallas High School - Dragon Yearbook (Dallas, OR)

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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

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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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D. H. S. PERISCOPE Charles Lynn Is the sheriff of Polk County, and stands for no foolishness, especially fro.11 the children. Why, when I was a kid, I didn't —, he tells them and they all want to be like Unca Charlie. Jack Hayes surprised us all by revealinr that he is the Tobacco Auctioneer on the Lucky Strike programs. He flew here to be with us Just this one right and then left for Portland, where he is broadcasting by special arrangement. Oliver Linscheid decided that Dallas needed taxi - service so he started with Just one taxi and is the owner of a large syndicate. Eston Grant, Lyle Hart, and Donald Sanders are in his employ and we saw very litcle o then, they were so busy. Fred Perry has been coaching Raich Livesay to take his place when he retires (which will be soon now) and, in turn, Ralph gave a most attentive group of friends a few tennis pointers that Fred taught him. Mildred Lange is a newspaper woman now. She '’’rites the weather reports for the Itemizer - Observer, which is now bring edited by Robert Foster. Robert isn't doing quite so well, though. He likes Jokes so well that the paper now reads more like Eddie Cantor's latest Joke book than a town scandal sheet. Ruth Duerksen was also unable to attend, but she sent her regards. She is enjoying a cruise around the world, given to her by the German government, as she 3ho'ved signs of becoming a second Wallis Simpson when she knocked Hitler's heart for a loop. Ralph Russell has opened a. new undertaking establishment. He said he doesn't particularly care for this line of work, except that he gets so much enjoyment out of preaching the funeral sermons. Edgar Smith is a promotor of a safe - driving campaign. He is an instructor in a driving school. His motto is, Anyone who drives over 95 miles an hour is crazv. And he means it. 3en Friesen is a first mate in the Merchant Marines, now has a long beard and smokes a four -- year - old ripe, doesn't help his popularity much. 1938 He which