Echo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Echo, OR)

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SENIOR HISTORY Four Years ago twelve world-wise (or so we thought) freshmen toiled up the stairs for their first day in high school-a goal long dreamed of, finally attained. At last we were in with the big boys 1 (or so we thought). These disillusioned students were: George Luciani, Rene Meyers, Louis Penney, Bill Correa, Manuel Correa, Walt Bromell, Herman Bromell, Kenneth Coppinger, Maryann Bartholomew, Dolly Correa, Bill Able, and Mary Carol Thomson. Shortly after school started. Bill Greene joined us. During our sophomore year Manuel Correa left thedass and Elsie Rauch joined it. Then dawned our junior yetar and many changes in our class. Herman Bromell, left us that year. We had several members who atten-ed school for a short period of time and then leftus again. They were Claude Stamper, Jean pelky. La Verne Browning, Norman Young, Jim Meader, and Dick Walker. That same year our class was saddened by the loss of Maryann Bartholomew. When we started out our senior year the class had one new mej»ber, Dorothy Morrow. Bill Able and Bill Greene left shortly after school started. Jiggs Bowman joined us during the last half of the first semester. At mid-term we were joined by Ruth Vogler and Mary Jane Laurie two former juniors who decided to hurry things up and finish in three years instead of the usual four. Now, after four years of getting our ears knocked down we've decided that maybe we aren't the smartest class in the world after all. At any rate we're ready to start out in the world on our own and learn more about this life we're living and the world we live in.

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NOW IT CAN BE TOLD The senior class left Echo about 8:30 the 28th of November. We immediately struck out for Walla Walla. Due to the ice and snow on the highways we did not get there until about noon. We had lunch in the Marcus Whitman Hotel and later decided to spend the night there. The rest of the afternoon was spent in shopping and we ended the day by going to a show. Sunday morning we went to the penitentiary at about 10:30. The penitentiary was located about a mile and a half out of Walla Walla. The guard took us up on the walls’ we could see down into the yards. ihere were about 150 men most of whom were around the age of 25 or 30 years old. They would not take us into the various buildings that day but told us to come back Monday morning during visiting hours. The Curio Shop seemed to take the eye of all the Seniors and several hours were spent there. Sunday afternoon we rode around looking at most of the town and the school houses. Later we went to a show. After the show most of us went roller skating. Monday morning we went out to the penitentiary during visiting hours. We were taken through their Mess Hall and through their theater. They have their own Band in the penitentiary, which was playing when we came in. We arrived in Echo Monday afternoon about 5:00 p. M. All the Seniors said that they had never put in a happier week-end in their lives.