Echo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Echo, OR)

Text from Pages 1 - 128 of the 1947 volume:

Our Dream Come True The New Gym Our new gym has been the dream of the community for the past 20 years and it is almost unbelievable that we now have it at last, and one of the biggest one in Eastern Oregon. The members of the school board, Joe Middleton, Joe Ramos and Murl Berry, spent much tine and effort towards putting the bond across to the people, which was for the total sum of $29,672. A day was set aside for the people of the community to vote for the bond issue, and when the votes were counted there were 121 for and 11 against the gym. Brick Esselstyn was the building super-, visor and purchasing agent for the materials and Harold Crawford of Walla walla was the architect. Most of us remember the first game in our new gym against Stanfield, which was a one-sided victory for Echo. We are planning to paint a large cougar on the front of the gym, and our goal for next year will be stage curtains and cyclo-rama, and a parking place will be made. The community also has found the gym to be very accommodating for more room at concerts, and things we couldn't have before we had the new gym. Echo has now become a stopping place for all kinds of traveling performances. History of Echo High In 1906 our first senior class graduated from the old building . There were only four students in this class. Two years later the new school building was finished and the high school classes moved in. Recreation then was limited to short recesses, in which baseball, basketball, horseshoes, and handball were played. In the early 20 s our school colors became blue and white, and our nickname became Cougars . In the passing years they have added athletLc equipment. Now we have football, boxing, baseball, basketball, and track as major sports. We also have volleyball, softball, and tennis for the girls. Now in 47 we finally have our new gym. It is the largest gymnasium in Eastern Oregon. It has a large stage, dressing rooms, and a very large playing floor. It is equipped with electric score board, heating radiation, new mats, and much more equipment is to be added like P. A. system, electric ranges, showere, lockers, chairs, etc. At the time of the year this annual was made, Echo was standing alone, undefeated in the league. Where Echo will stand after it is over is hard to say, but I the editor, prophesy. District Championship and State. The following are the trophies we have won: Fork Dancing, Champs - 1923, 1924, 1925 Tennis Championship - 1932, 1933, 1934 3aseball Championship - 1943 Track Championship - 1943 Basketball Championship - 1943 Football Co-Championship - 1944 Basketball Co-Championship - 1944 Basketball 3rd Place Dist. - 1945 Football 2nd Place Dist. - 1945 Track 2nd Place Dist. - 1945 Basketball Dist. Champs - 1946 Track 2nd Place Dist. - 1946 Football 2nd Place Dist. 1946 Basketball Co-League Champs - 1946 Basketball State 3rd Place - 1946 1947??????????- 1947 ( } FACULTY Echo Teachers Sign Contracts Superintendent Center Also Rehired By School ECHC. Feb. 13. Supt. Warren Center and tho entire Echo schools' teaching staff have sign od 1947 48 contracts at salary increases, Joe Middleton, sch-'jc! hoard chairman, announced today. Mi. Center resigned Saturday effective July 1 and Monday the teachers also quit “Recent reports of dissension between the faculty and the school board are erroneous, Mr. Middleton declared. The board of directors, Mr. Center and the staff have been, and an- now. in full accord. ' He said the board yesterday also decided to hire an addition al teacher next year and put first graders in one room to re lieve congestion in other rooms He said the board also hoper to provide a lunch rocm and in augurate a hot lunch program next year. Salary Increases mantl'd under the new contracts were in line with pioposals of the Uma tilla County Schoolmasters’ club, Middleton said. W. E. King of Pendleton, county superintendent and schoolmasters’ secretary, said thos mum salary. $2600 minimum foi normal school graduate and $36000 minimum for teachers with masters degrees and five years experience. He said raises would avc rag about 20 per cent. FACULTY OF 46-47 We students of Echo High consider ourselves very fortunate in having such a wonderful group of teachers to guide us and help us with the three R's . Miss Eatwell caxne from Leton, California, where she formerly taught school. This is her twenty-fourth year of teaching. She has taught in Nebraska, Colorada, Kansas, California, and finally Oregon, She graduated from the Nebraska Wesleyon University with and A. B. degree and has had additional work at the University of Colorada. Mrs. Davis came from Rumney, New Hampshire, where she formerly taught school. She is a graduate of Keene Teacher's College, Keene, New Hampshire. This is her tenth year of teaching and in that time she has had one summer of graduate work at the college she graduated from. Mr. DeLap came from Joseph, Oregon to teach Social-Economics and Physical Education. He is the coach and a very fine one at that. He graduated from Washington State College with a B. 8. degree in Physical Education and a B. A. degree in education. He coached in Joseph for two years then joined the Navy and was a sailor man for three years. Mr. Center has been here three years and every day of it has been highly appreciated by all. He is the superintendent of our school and he teaches band to both high school and grade school. This year he started an orchestra at the first of the year which is doing swell now. Last year Mr. Center was pushing hard to get a new gym for us. He must have done some good because we now have the largest gym in Eastern Oregon and we're really proud of having it. Iftu h-A-tre The h'fK tfoAD 4 « m a IJI M j Jk i Hi J Hi Hi Hi 5 Class of V7 ■■■■■I ' )w 33 + U _ Class of '47 One bright sunshiny morning in 1935, Kenneth Jordan, Eugene Berry, and Helen Brommell walked up the steps to grade school. It was their first year and it would be four years before anyone would join them. In the first of the fifth grade they got company. Dale Wilson, who hod been going to Shenendoah, Iowa, joined their daily class and their after-school tomfoolery. The next year Doris Rauch joined their company. She had been going to Alpine school and Pine City school before coming here. In the eighth grade Ethel Crow joined them in their classes. She went to The Dalles the first four years, Birkenfield the fifth year and Rathdrum, -Idaho, the sixth and seventh.before here. In their freshman year they were joined by Patty Finch, who had gone eight years to Pine City. In their Junior year Junior IcVicker came to stand up with them for their motto, Carry On . He attended in Payette, Idaho, then Hermiston, Umatilla, and back to Hermiston for sophomore year. In their senior year they were surprised to find they had a war veteran in their class. This was Clyde Nofsinger, who left them in the month of April to go to a higher school of education. The senior year of these students was a very prosperous and happy one. Between all the fights, thrills, chills, and school teachers, they had quite a time. On December 29th, 1946, eight seniors boys and girls and Bill Bohms and his wife left Echo at about 6:00 A. la. Destination -Lehman Springs. Purpose - Senior Sneak. They stayed there three days, and had three days of the best times in their life. Later on they had a short vacation in going to Pendleton to have their pictures taken. The seniors leave high school with feelings of sorrow; This is what should be said, but personally I don't believe there is one of them that is sorry. Class Prophecy Tima-----1975 Place On a rock in Mars. Introduction ----- A middle aged man is sitting on a rock in Mars, looking into a machine that has many dials and buttons. He seems to be talking to himself, so let's listen in and see what we may hear. First as I gaze into my atomic microvisioner, I see Doris in New York. I look deeper and find that she is seated, playing a piano, at the Stork Club. She has made a new gadget which she calls a stand, that holds her trumpet in position so that she can play it while beating out the boogie. Kenny, who says, Just anything for the little woman, has learned to play the drums. Little Junior seems to have inherited a great deal of musical talent, being accomplished on the bass horn, bull fiddle and Jew's harp. My gaze shifts to the Grand Canyon and I see someone sitting on a rock. At closer view, I find that it is Clyde sitting at the edge of his air field. He has completed the jet belt” and no longer has to walk. He scoffs when he thinks of the belt that made Buck Rogers so proud in the old days. Clyde is still unmarried, but has promised to make any woman who can successfully fly to Mars and back, sole heir to his airfield. So far no one has been able to do this, although, of course, many have tried to win this grand prize. In the fracas, I lost control of my atomic micro-visioner and I find it visioning a scene in Belgian Congo. As strange as it may seem, I find Ethel there trying to teach the natives tumbling. She doesn't seem to get along very well though; for one thing, she can't understand them and another, they can't understand her. Oh, yes, while Burl isn’t busy keeping house for the Mrs., he is teaching their family of boys to play football. Of course they won't play the peanut game their daddy used to play. There are too many of them. They're all big time stuff - eleven-man you know. I next look down into Madison Square Garden and see a fight to the finish - man vs. horse. When the horse becomes tired, the rider finishes his act by leaping to the ground and shouldering the horse and dashing around the arena. Dale and Darkey get quite an applause for this stunt, and the judges proclaim him the greatest bucking buckaroo of all time. Dale also has a trick-riding act that causes quite a sensation. He holds a glass of water in each hand and puts one on each foot. Although Dale ia a buckaroo, he keeps a string of motorcycles instead of horses as a hobby. Dale is married to a night club singer and his three sons are coaching at Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. Dale is Just recovering from a nervous breakdown. He tried to see all three teams play at the same time. The finder moves to Westpoint and I see Patty there as the extremely popular Dean of Women. Patty is also yell leader and really rates with those Academy boys. She hasn’t time for things such as this though, she's married now, but she left her husband in Echo, working in his sawmill. In her spare time she paints flag poles. As her gobby she has become a collector of logging chains, which she uses to decorate her parlor. Her two girls help her With her task of yell leading. I was rather surprised when I visioned Eugene coaching a volleyball team at Vassar College, where Shirley is a freshman. They still aren't married, but Eugene says that they plan on it as soon as Shirley can get enough credits to graduate. Eugene's hair has silver streaks in it and he is a little heavier - in fact, he is a lot heavier. He weighs 250 pounds. It’s a good thing, too, he needs a big chest to hold all his medals - you see he has won the balloon blowing contest for the last nine years. He won an extra big one last year for blowing up 4832 balloons in succession. This year he was offered a fine position with the Naval Observatory Staff, filling their balloons. I had almost decided to put away my microvisioner when I thought of a final test - to look down on Portland. I see Helen and Swede there running an indoor swimming pool. Swede is the main life-guard there and their sons help him. Helen runs a lunch counter in connection with the pool. Their two daughters help here there. After hours they all practice swimming for the big contest that will come in the next spring. My invention is a success!!!! I guess I'll get into my rocket ship and fly back to my oil wells and my family. You see, I have a wquadron of space ships now. It's all in the family too. I have nine boys, the oldest, C. C. Me. Ill, who with me make up the squadron. They call me Blackhawk III. “=;“ 4 Senior Class Will 4 We, the Senior Cless of '47, realizing the fact that we will be missed around the halls as well as in the cars at noon, with our happy, smiling faces, do hereby will and bequeath the following: Article I A Section 1. To the school house we leave our engraved names on the tops of the desks and our gum underneath. Section 2. To the Juniors we leave the thought of finally getting to be Big Shot Seniors . Section 3. To the Sophomores we leave our ability to get to do things. . Section 4. To the Freshmen we leave anything they can get their hands on. Article II Section 1. To our principal we leave the happy thoughts of not having to bother to kick us out of the office and send us to Study Hall anymore. Section 2. To our coach we leeve the ghoughts of losing the best Social Econ. class he ever had, let alone some of the best I basketball player. Section 3. To Krs. Davis we leave our ability to selute the flag when we are late. Section 4. To Kiss Eatwell we leave the note passing and breaking of pencils in Algebra. Section 5. To Homer Bowman, our Janitor, we leave the thought of not having to work so hard cleaning up after us when we leeve. Article III Section 1. I, Doris Otilla Rauch, will my ability to get a man and keep him to Adell Graham, in hopes she will make up her mind, and to Bessie Young I leeve my ability to play the piano in hopes she will keep the keys hot. I, Kenneth Elmer Jordan, will my athletic abll- t ity to Harry Browning on the condition that he will look be ore he shoots, and to 3obby Hale, I leave my cabin No. lo. Room No. 1, at Lehman Springs in hopes he has as much fun as I did. t t rrrv H j - — 7T qj Ii Ethel Laure Crow, will my long fingers and stubby thumbs to Betty Bowman, in hopes she doesn't get into as much trouble as I have. To Barbara Vohs I will My Burl In hopes that she will take care of him until I finish college. I, Cliva Clayton McVlcker Jr., will my ability to empty a bottle to anyone who thinks he can do it as fast as I did, also I will my Job as manager of the orchestra to Argel Collinsworth in hopes he will strike up the band . I, Patricia Joan Finch, will my excess weight to Dean Rohde, in hopes he can get as much use out of it as I. I also will my telling of jokes to anyone who can get as much fun out of them as I did. I, Eugene Everett Berry, will my curly hair and freckles to Grace Abercrombie in hopes that they look as good on her as they do on me, to Kaye McAtee I leave Shirley, in hopes she will be in safe hands. I, Helen Lucille Bohms, will my married life to anyone who thinks they can get up early in the morning. To Annabel Vohs, I will my back work on condition that she will get it done better than I. I, Clyde Junior Nofsinger Jr., will my flying ability to Irvin Wllkerson on conditions that he keeps it in the air. To Dolly Ann, I leave my motorcycle on condition that she will learn to ride it standing on her head. I, Dale Elwyn Wilson, will my pigeon toes to Mark Cotton in hopes it will either help his or make them worse. I also will my saying, Icky-gooey-goo to Billy Ray Marlnee on condition he will wrinkle his nose when he says it. The Student Body we leave in tears, so, To celebrate, Let's All Have Another Beer'. 7 7 Signed: Clyde Nofsinger, Junior McVicker, Eugene 3erry, Kenny Jordan, Dale tfilaon, Doris Rauch, Ethel Crow, Patty Finch. e r Irwin viilkerson, Charlie Daly, Dean Rohde, Annebel Vohs, Vark Cotton, Bessie Young, 3obby Hale, Lois VcElroy, Bob Vhite, Dolly Sparks. r - I W V TT ■- - Y Class of 49n After the Sophomores came flying up the stairs of good old Echo Eigh to begin the school year of � 46_ 47, it was discovered that six from the previous year had failed to report. Only nine Sophomores were all that could be found. It was before the end of the first semester we lost Kathryn Eloom, bit her haunted seat was soon filled by Eilly Karlnee from Kansas. This caused the boys to outnumber the girls. Jimmy Lily came from Baker to increase the boys majority during the second semester. At the basketball tournament, with the help of Mr. Center and Miss Eatwell, ve sold pop and candy and made approximately $235. Do you wonder that then the Student Body took over the concession? Our class officers for the rear have been: President; Donald Reese; Vice President, Lucille Wattenburger, and Secretary-Treasurer, Mary White. Our able class advisor was Miss Eatwell. ',','e ended our happy school year with the thought of coming back next year as upper-classmen. Class of 48 -• On a sunny day in September, ten Juniors came prancing up the stairs to begin the year of study. Only one new member, Irwin Wilkerson, was with us. the others all remaining from last year. Our officers were: President, Charlie Daly; Vic President, Mark Cotton; Secretary, Bessie Young; Treasurer, Lois McElroy; Sgt. at Arms, Bob Hale! Coach DeLap acted efficiently as ear advisor. In the spring we gave a party for the Seniors. V.'e had great fun, and everyone enjoyed himself. 9 We look forward, with high hopes, to next year when we will be The Privileged Seniors . 9 9 9 r m m j j • Lewrence Berry, Barbers Vohs, Argel Collinsworth, Joe Toler, Betty Br -an, Grace Abercrombie, Kaye VcAtee, Shirley Cunha, Katie Varlnee, Harry Browning, Adell Greham, Dick Snow. Ellen Westfall, Donnie Abercrombie, Billy Varlnee, Elsie Boyer, Donald Reese, Lucille Yattenburger, Homer Bowman, Vary White. f f - ♦ L ♦ 1 fe I Class of '50 Last September 12 green Frosh came Tuning up the stairs full of spirit. In about two weeks they began to slow down. It was then we had Freshman Initiation, with the whole Student Body helping us in our misery. Dick Snow and Katie Llarlnee were both hula girls, and Dick made a very good looking girl, and Katie started the year in a very thin dress. Argel made a cute baby, dressed in a diaper with bonnet and bottle. Barbara, why don't you wear red more often? Those red flannels looked very becoming on you. The student body found they have a girl football star. Adell looks very well in a football suit, and Ohi those pads and the helmet. Shirley started spring off early, and now she knows how heavy a hoe, rake, and shovel can be at times. Yet she looked flashy in the overalls and what style she has in Hats and Shoes'. We all knew that Grace could sing but this time she sang in her own nature, accompanying herself on the guitar in a Negroe spiritual, to go with her pig-tails. Joe appeared at school in a barrel which proved very useful in avoiding swats. It's fun to roll in, too. Lawrence just loves high heels, and he really made a good whistle bait in his lady's outfit. Harry looked quite attractive in his dress, too. Betty Stevens was stunning in a sarong and the latest -cowboy boots with it. Betty Bowman was the chief of the day, in a red Indian robe to match her hair, and can she do the war dance. We didn't know we had a drinking lady in school, but Kaye can really drink and sing too. All the class looked and smelled lovely in their paint and onion necklaces. In the evening the sweet student body gave us a party. Each freshman did some cute stunts with the aid of some upper-classmen. Later we gave our return party, with concessions where each one paid a penny to participate. Our officers for the year have been: President, Dick Snow; V. President, Kaye McAtee; Secretary, Barbara Vohs; Treasurer, Lawrence Berry; Sgt. at arms, Argel Collinsworth. Our swell advosor was Mrs. Davis. We all look forward to next year when we will be one step on to being upper-classmen. w v « i i i « i « « « . « m « u i GHADt SCHOOL 9 9 9 9 9 r r r f-HCllLty mm -m, t OlLic Y) oneLavd TIjr+Lc VJiLke RSoN I KWH MSBL oy E iahTh Gnnde 5 Mo HeirshJ j C ✓! to ttr £. A[j jhLi ry Jo k rv f ] iKJi$gt j L'Ly C (?0 k F,iLe nloh y E U e v l ot rv T StZ oK c r? S � o e £ f Faculty of 46-47 We, the students of Echo Grade School consider ourselves very fortunate in having such a wonderful group of teachers to guide us and help us with our studies. Mrs. Moreland, our seventh and eighth teacher, came from Baker, Oregon, where she taught twelve years. She had charge of the Government Territorial Schools in Hawaii one year. She has taught in the states of Oregon, Washington, and Montana. She is a graduate of the Oregon College of Education. She has credits in University of Oregon, Eastern Washington College of Education, and Ellison White Conservitory of Music in Portland. She plans on teaching here next year, where she has already taught for four years. Mrs. Wilkerson came from Weiser, Idaho, where she taught for ten years. In that time shd also taught one year in Hermiston. She has taught in Echo one year and plans on teaching here next year too. She is a graduate of the University of Kansas with a B. A. degree. She teaches the fifth and sixth room. Mrs. Bennett, the third and fourth teacher, has taught in Echo two years. Previous to these years she taught in Nebraska two years. She has credits at Eastern Oregon College of Education and University of Oregon, also two years training in high school. She, also, plans to be with us next year. Mrs. McElroy, our primary teacher taught in Echo three years, in Ukia one year, and in North Dakota and Illinois. She studied in Eastern Illinois State College for teachers. She will have charge of our primary room again next year. We wish to congratulate these teachers on their fine work this year, and we look forward to being with them next year. Eighth Grade Class To start the year of 1946-47, five boys and two girls walked into the rooi. Shortly afterwards our teacher, Mrs. Moreland, came in and the work started. Everything went along smoothly. We had a number of parties to give us a chance to change from the grind. Halloween we had a scarey party. We celebrated Thanksgiving with a lunch at noon. Later the girls had a surprise party for the boys. We had a Christmas tree and party. Charlotte said she could bake a cake and so the boys demanded a cake as proof. It was decided at our Valentine party that she will be a second Betty Crocker, for her cake was surely good. We enjoyed an egg hunt and party at Easter. On Swede's birthday, Mrs. Ramos brought cake and ice cream for us. We had a small party honoring Swede, with Mr. Center as guest. Under Coach DeLap a basketball team was organized. The team took third place in the grade school tournament in the Echo Gym, in which eight teams were entered. At last the day we have looked forward to, our graduation is here and with our diplomas in hand we go merrily along to a summer vacation. Third and Fourth Grades Twenty-seven boys and girls enrolled last September in the third and fourth grade room. Richard Herbert, Donald Smith and Shirley Rowell joined us early in the term. We lost Peggy Neill to Ordnance in Novenber, thus making us twenty-nine for the remaining time. We enjoyed parties at Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's Day and Easter. Yvonne Sather, Lucy DuPuis, Francis Pifckell, and Marilyn Wilson have not been absent nor tardy all term, and several others have missed only one day. Eighth Grade Prophecy As I entered the assembly room, I sat down in a seat and closed my eyes, as people sometimes do when they are thinking, and LO'. what do I see??? Why, it is Charlotte Laughlin as yell leader for the greatest team of all time - Echo High School's team. She has as her assistant, Lily Crow. We sometimes find them playing their clarinets. Now I see we have a cafeteria with John Madison as cheif cook and bottle washer and Swede Ramos as head waiter, working their way through school. Bob McVicker and Allen Young???? Oh, you'll fing them at the swimming pool behind the gym. They are life guards. Why, who can this be? None other than Richard Fullerton, president of the Student Body and cf the Glee Club. The bell ringing wakes me from my daze and I start to settle down to the process of studying. Seventh Grade History We started the first day of school with seven pupils in the seventh grade. They were Roy Rohde, Jes3ie Boyer, Frank Young, 3etty Davis, Howard Crow, Dale Cambell and Joanne Ramos. In October Beverly Clark entered, and in November, Dale Highly. About a week later Dale Cambell left. We had a Halloween party, with sandwiches, apples, cider, and doughnuts to eat. After we ate we played games. Everyone enjoyed himself very much. The next event was the surprise party the girls gave for the boys. Refreshments were served. The boys organized a basketball team. They took third place at the Grade School Tournament. The girls organized a volleyball team coached by Mrs. Davis. They won all the games played. Our Valentine Party was a great success. The boye surprised the girls by serving apple pie and ice cream. Our Eaater egg hunt was also a big success. Now with the eighth grade graduation over, which we look forward to next year, we can start out on our vacation. Eighth Grad® Will I, Charlotte Laughlin, will my gift of gab to Betty Darla and Jeaale Boyer (there'a enough for two). I, Lily Crow, will my ability to tumble to Bererly Clark. I, Richard Pullerton, will my serenading the girls to Dale Highly In hopes he will use It as muoh as I did. I, Charles Joseph Ramos (Swede), will all my stocking caps to Howard Crew In hopes he will hare enough to supply the demand during basketball season. I, John Hadison, will my short hairouta to Roy Rohde In hopes his head does not get as oold as mine did. I, Bob McVicker, will my curly hair to Prank Young so the girls will not hare to curl his. I, Allen Young, will my secret for learning poems a8 easily as I hare to Joanne Ramos In hopes she will hare them ready to recite in olass. We, the eighth grade olass, will our empty seats to the aerenth graders. We, the eighth grade olass, will to Homer Bowman, our Janitor, all the gum left sticking on our desks. We leare all our secrets to Mrs. Moreland in hopes that she will take good oare of them. Class Motto: What we are tfr be, we are now becoming. Class Colors: Green and White Class Plower: White Rose Signed: Seveivrh Gande beti-is lJ r, i ie , ?oy JcsS,z f®‘ 7 P JLc. A- 7 7 , J|' « C W7 Fifth and Sixth Grades The first day of school rushed around once more. Thirty-five reluctant boys and girls - especially the boys - wended their way back to school. The first few weeks are never so bad. There was a new teacher to size up and decide Just how much she would take. Lessons aren't too long, either, at first. It's generally several weeks before the teacher begins the obnoxious practice of keeping us in to finish our lessons. We had a day off, too, in September, to attend the Pendleton Round-Up. Later in October, the teachers, themselves had to attend school for two days, while we took a vacation. From what we've heard our teachers don’t do any real work at these Institutes. They Just listen to important men lecture on interesting subjects and go to special classes when they feel like it. They've even been known to spend part of the day shopping or attending movies. Can you picture what would be the result if we followed such a plan?? When the football season opened everyone was thrilled, for it meant a half holiday vtfien the games were in Echo. How sorry we were for the unfortunates who had to remain in school and study. But P. E. for the grades took on new interest this year. We began to play, football and basketball in earnest. We lost the first few games, but after we had gotten our stride we won in basketball vs. Boardman, Helix and Umatilla. Next year with our fine new gym to play in we prophesy that our teams will be second to none. Even the girls became good players in volleyball. With some slight help from the seventh and eighth grade girls they defeated Irrigon in both games. With the H.S. girls they will give a tumbling exhibition in the spring. We are really a very musical group, too. Sixteen of our number are in the grade school band. Nine of the girls take private piano lessons. Of course we had a Hallowe'en party which was a hilarious affair, tho' our Christmas celebration was a happier occasion. On Friday we had a real feast at noon; not one of those pink tea affairs where one is served a cooky and a drink of something. After everything was eaten we boys took ourselves out of the way so the girls could clean up. Then we all had a share in distributing the presents around the Christmas tree. Our room is organized into a club. Every six weeks we elect new officers. The president appoints committees to perform various duties about the room, plan our parties and look after things. Primary Room During the school year there were twenty-two pupils enrolled in the first grade and seventeen in the second. Early in the school year Mr. DeLap organized physical education class for the boys and Mrs. Davis had charge of the girls tumbling class the last sevester. The children enjoyed both of these classes very much. In spite of a crowded classroom and a full program, all work was covered and the progress of most of the class was exceptionally good. The little five-year-olds who made their debut in school last year have almost without exception become the outstanding students of the second grade class. One completed the second grade work at mid-term. Two have finished early in the second semester. William Dean Sather and Barbara Jean Andrews were honor roll pupils of the first grade for perfect attendence. Delbert Dean Jordan again held the honor for his class, being neither absent nor tardy. The usual holidays were observed and a birthday calendar was dept. Any pupil having a birthday during the school week was expecially honored with a little ceremony of our own. A weather record was kept by the second grade science class during February and March. Seeds were planted in glass Jars and growth observed by the class and a special study of the sun, moon, and stars was undertaken with pleasing results. Echo Rhythm Band The 1947 Rhythm Band had a late start but under the able direction of Mrs. Moreland, it became a part of our school music program. Cathieen Center has been the band director throughout the year. Barbara Andrews and Darrylin Fife were the majorettes. Just before Christmas the band played for their mothers, their first appearance in uniform. They next played for the Music Club meeting in January, held in the assembly room of the High School. During the tournament they made several appearances and they expect to play again in the spring at the eighth grade graduation excercises. JoLL . y B TtsHe tbtoU S I C u b e TTe � r. • i t � t t 9 i � � • • • • • i • i • • i I - - .................................. . , . . Band Band at Echo is carried on in the same manner as any other class and is not considered as an outside actiTity. The State Department of Education recognizes three full credits in band and the regular coarse of study is followed. Seventy-two pupils are signed up for band, 40 high school, and 32 grade school pupils. At the end of each six weeks period each member must play a solo upon which he is given a test grade. During the year the band made over 30 public appearances at football and basketball games and other entertainments. Many soloists were called upon from time to time to furnish musical numbers for entertainment for different organizations in town, which not only is a nice service, but also gives the students needed experience. Students from the band took part in three music contests; one at Cheney, one at Walla Walla and one at La Grande. The grade school band is not a concert organization, but is primarily for a feeder band for the high school band. As soon as a student can play well enough he is moved into the advanced group. Students as young as seven years of age are taken into the band if they are capable of passing a test which helps to determine if they are ready or not to start out on some instrument. In the past the bands have been almost self-supporting. Students own their own horns, the uniforms were secured by gifts from the people of the community, the music is owned by the school. Only one period is taken for band practice each day and students are expected to practice at home. Dolly Sparks, Jean Ramos, Ethel Crov� Lois McElroy, Dolly Sperks, Miss Eatwell Doris Rauch, Shirlev Cunha, Lucille .Yattenburger, Annabel Vohs, Adell Graham, Ellen Westfall, Grace Abercrombie, Katie I'arlnee, Mary vhite, 3essie Young, 3arbars Vohs, Ethel Crow, Elsie Boyer, Patty Finch. Girls' Athletics Our Physical Education Class consisted of fifteen airls. Iirs. Davis, who tau«ht here for her first year was our instructor. We began our program with softball, but instead of competing with outher schools, we played inter-class games. Next we had volleyball. Different teams played at our various games so that every girl got a chance to play. Ethel Crow was elected captain for the season. We played Heppner four games, losing two, and Irrigon two games, losing two. Tumbling was started next. A team was picked to tumble at halves of basketball games. Those girls were: Ethel Crow, Doris Rauch, Patty Finch, Adell Graham, Shirley Cunha, Dolly Sparks, Barbara Vohs , Lois McElroy, Bessie Young, and Mary White. This team also gave a tumbling exhibition during the district tournament and was a great success. On April 11th, we gave a two hour tumbling show, which included every girl in our tumbling class. We performed flips, rolls, balances, and pyramids before a large audience who gave every indication of enjoying our show. 'We closed the year with our final game of softball; track, tennis, and badminton. Pep Club Mr. Center organized a club which we called the Pep Club. This is the first time in many years that we have had a Pep Club. The club consisted of seven girls which are as follows: Dolly Sparks, Shirley Cunha, Adell Graham, Barbara Vohs, Lois McElroy, Doris Rauch and Mary White. We have a Pep Band which consists of two trumpets, one trombone, one saxpphone, and a snare and bass drum, and our majorette. We first performed at the sub-distric tournament. We drilled on the gym floor between games. We also performed at the boxing matches held here. We climbed into the ring and played for ten minutes. We lose only one member of the Pep Club this year by graduation, so we will probably have more of it next year. Bessie Young Shirley Cunha Barbara Vohs Doris Rauch Adell SrahajL Ethel Crow Patty Finch Dolly Sparks i r Jrace Adell Mrs. Davis Lois 3essie Katie Shirley Ethel Patty arbera Lucilie Ellen Doris Dolly Elsie Mary Girls' League The Girls' League elected the following officers to preside during this school yeer: President ----- Ethel Crow Vice President- - - Bessie Young Secretary ----- Barbara Vohs Treasurer ----- Petty Finch Sgt. at Arms- - - - Elsie Boyer These officers were installed at the City Hall, with the mothers as guests. The girls all wore formals. Also, the freshman girls were initiated and presented with white carnation corsages. Refreshments were served and a short musical program was given. In November we sold Christmas cards. Everyone seemed well pleases with his cards when they came. We made over thirty dollars. Later in the spring we sold everyday cards. The Annual Girls' League Formal was given later in the spring. A senior girl was crowned queen, and a couple from each class acted as her attendants. Tumbling A team consisting of Ethel Crow, Dolly Sparks, Doris Rauch, 3essie Young, Shirley Cunha, Adell Graham, Patty Finch, and Barbara Vohs was chosen to work up stunts for short programs. With some coaching from Mrs. Davis and Mrs. DeLap, they made up a program, which was given at the Teachers Meeting in Hermiston in October. A few others joined them and they tumbled at basketball games. As soon as the volley-ball games were over we started to prepare for the annual tumbling show. The seventh and eighth grade girls tumbles with us. We started slowly, learning the fundamentals of rolls, headstands and handstands, then going into flips and other more complicated stunts. After much complaining and working on the parts of the girls and a great amount of patience on the part of our instructors, a successful tumbling show was given in March. Eight girls of our class were picked to tumble at the tournament. In spite of all the bruises, and muscular aches and pains, we are in one piece yet, and all had a lot of fun tumbling - or trying to tumble anyway. r • 44 + 4 4 S 9 Student Ceuncil This year the student council consisted of Bugene Berry, president; Dean Rohde, Vice President; Ethel Crow, secretary; Doris Rauch, treasurer; Clyde Nofsinger, Senior Representative; Charlie Daly, Junior Representative; Donald Reese, Sophomore Representative, and Dick Snow, Freshman Representative. The student council chose the pep club, and had several meetings to decide on various minor details of the school activities. Paper Staff This year our paper, Cougar Tracks , was published by the following staff: Editor, Lois McElroy; Assistant Editor, Mark Cotton; Business Manager, Patty Finch; Assistant Business Manager, Kenny Jordan; Senior Reporter, Doris Rauch; Junior Reporter, Bessie Young; Sophomore Reporter, Elsie Boyer; Freshman Reporter, Shirley Cunha; Artist, Donald Reese; Typists, Bessie Young and Lois McElroy; Fashions, Adell Graham; Gossip, Ethel Crow; Society, Patty Finch; Sports, Coach DeLap, Coach Davis; Senior Interview, Patty Finch. The paper was published every other week of the year, and papers were exchanged with other schools. The students and teachers owe a vote of thanks to Lois McElroy for her work towards making the Cougar Tracks a very successful paper during the past year. Annual Staff The annual staff this year started with five members and ended with only five. The staff was as follows: Editor, Junior McVicker; Assistant Editor, Ethel Crow; Business Manager, Patty Finch; Assistant Business Manager, Kenny Jordan; Typist, Bessie Young. This year the annual staff broke a record in the work of collecting adds. They made three trips to Pendleton and Hermiston for adds. We hope that the annuals will be here on time, and that everyone will be very satisfied with their copy of Echoes of '47 . • ' i- - tt (FMTMILI ff -fa? I , 'it «JMI V ' Jfc ('A! r; , ■ V:ST7l% A7 RK—C,ott-o v o flNAL Sco R I rv Cj For £ cH-o Ione-25 V nstilla-41 Helix-19 Irrigon-19 Lexin?tor-2t Kasco-7 -Aifcere-25 . e st crr� W __ Filot 'ock-TT Ke v vey II | V nuh M uiLt eR5-0 1 «-� • ___________ - ?• . t'i Er - v £c • (feu Vl Echo Noses Out opMi w A0 rha Weston 37-35 v-cv °- V - tTo A jpV's- « rdCl | I i Y C )et Hti,. county T( Vo Echo . ■ $5 pilot K°°u orthcrrve OV ' o stanfi tc v_., uov1 r l Umapine •d V w ECHO. Jan. 29 Special) Echo high school's basketball team won inotner game last was anything but Pet .800 ive defeated Wes Bn rrgon S.ed p Helix rtgon laho 'ashingto1’' 'ashington p :b° .,o : daV c ttchO . v rORVALLl: 0 v V regon State. a ashington ct .. united, raced vutf •Id today in r.the icific coast conpf '' ill. loser of only •ven conference it- v . d vhct a Weston r HEUX, Redout Echo olhnK. .%,S% h.gh to 2l incUy Friday . mr,$u W L g g 8 ft 5 4 1 .... 0 3. 1 4 Wi % c°i 'i 2 3 3 5 5 5 � (Special’ 72 7 1 37 35 at Weston J 727 ke an uphill fight A, 545 U the second haK 7 0 i Ai % 4 % oo; e Z't .! tuT high s brought standstill .5001 half .444 n front saw 9 23 to 100 ston, a gw .000 g shots wi A '•v .°pl v °o,7to Mac Hi ,%H opening Hi fourt 4r ’tool r,,A.n Freew'ater 25 V ‘ e, A 'o o O j %,u 'dnFreew? first qu� y o Ution of oiling, .0 . %,. 7 At N.V o . ?■ Q( tendc game last % � «l •SE v ttK’ 4yyss £' l «£ •the % y ucks leading all t Vhe final moments, c JTj In a tingling iard lifw Beck drof. lints on two field xt ul shot to clinch 1 ctory last night. 1 ime ended at 47 all a . gton’s forward Boody 1 n sank a free throw ‘conds to play. The Fk’avers, beaten ashington in conferei id also by Long IsU . 'rsity this season, led me 25 to 20. Washingt s first lead with 8 mi lay when guard Bill ink a long shot to nr mnt 40 to 39. ield tight w m the lead, a shots by B d to miss ton was su If, leading J Mac Hi s-� ld goals ? the end of ‘juarters. ame the summer fl id in addit several ti bles. onsolation oe contest ?g was higl nine of i the first •1y, Mac three point hile the Pi i the fourth :ored two r ck High S orer teams game Qj Beck was the ’orer with 19 � , Husky . Washingb ie league on and £, M xy .tea • Q wasnmgton on 59 45 triumph a o JJ T $ a Sfv • V ie cell v N lan tr Q ith lays O Q ky V N 5 :ino i i. VJ j PORTLAND, Feb. SJ-Sg Jamath Falls and a Cht. «J ighter were the only up6tatc ntrants to win titles in the reg mal AAU golden gloves boxing Himament here last night. m tne ir over Ber to 11 find un ? ■ $ -p nevelt downed -� ice h CJn j £$§ i-i-Sf «5 J S « . «• tiu« T A nJtcho , CJ C thij1 Echo Tournament Klamath Robert Eastman, alls Salvation Army, decision- ___ | d David Shallcl. Chcniawa, in Dutch slaves, captured ie finals of the 175-pound class, roccan pirates during th Carroll Genuaw. Chcmawa. century, introduced to on the title in the 105-pound lass with a first round knock-ut of Haskell Hood. Chcmawa. eolation sene .4 mb«‘r team. ; of r ic playoff, which men! t� � be held hi Echo high foi L Pi the Delft type of tile so favorite • 1 ful in Meknes. Fez, Raba, out Willie Marrakech, in North Afnca. Calif., 1. championship, but ' m ll ■ f • • -i pi;, . 1 nm,,,,n county leav « er , f. p 1 ,r � ■ or y , P8 and 0L % % ± fhe ‘fyj ' J £ g £ rS if 1 if aby Bu.Op rs. seconds !«. arv .i to 38 with qO -IIVq Bill CoRRffl Glenn Row e . ClydE r homes � BOb HAR ■ joe m m GEORGE u mm • DALE • EUGENE • CHAR . KENN r . - —1 c Boys’ Athletics Football Echo started the season with a green squad and a green coach. Despite this, plus injuries to such key men as Rohde, Cotton, Bowman and Jordan, Echo finished in the upper division in league standings. The season record of 5 wins and 4 loses was much better than expected. Cougar supporters are looking forward to the 1947 season with 10 of the lettermen back plus such prospects as Browning and L. Berry from the B Squad which played 5 games. Basketball The District 7 Champions and 3rd place State winners graduated the entire starting lineup plus two of the first line subs. This was to be a building year, no championships were expected. But this first year team piled up this record: Co-ChamJ ionship of the Umatilla County Lea- gue with 11 wins and 3 losses; the other co-champion was Stanfield, whom Echo defeated 3 times; defeated Stanfield on their floor for the first time in four years, and won 22 games, lost 10, 5 of these losses being by one point. Boxing Boxing was one of the two new major sports inaugerated at Echo this year. At this. The Cougar Mittmsn won two tournaments with Hermiston and Pilot Rock and won the County B Championship at the tournament held at Echo. The following members won their Golden Glove at this tournament: E. Berry, Jordan, Rohde, Bowman, Browning, Daly, and White. Baseball This year marked the revival of baseball as a school sport in Echo. This year’s green team is not expected to do too much in league competition against the other schools who continued baseball during the war. AUTOGRAPHS fn '• !f v Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co. 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