Echo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Echo, OR)

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Senior Class It is now the year of 1960. Echo is quite a booming town, and all the graduates of the class of 1950 are returning for a reunion to recall the days of dear old Echo Hi. As always, we are meeting at the Echo Hotel. It is still owned by the Burnetts. As I am standing at the door greeting all my old classmates I am really in for a surprise. First to arrive is famous Argel Collingsworth, who is now an all star baseball player on the Yankees. He has now been playing as a pitcher for the last six years. In his days. Joe DiMaggio was really a hit, but now everyone is a Collinsworth fan. Next to arrive is Betty Bowman who is now Mrs. George Campbell. As I was talking to her she tells me she and her husband now own five different Safeway stores all located in Eastern Oregon. Betty is having a fine time with the saddle horses and going along on hunting trips with her husband and two fine red headed boys. As I gaze through the door I now see a tall, dark, nice looking fellow enter. Of all people. Lawrence Berry. From what I hear the B.T.C. (Berry Tolar, and Correia Gravel Co.) was really the hit in the 50’s. Lawrence is now a retired gentleman at the age of 27 and still leading a daring life looking for a woman who can live the same speed. The Office Practice Class really did that kid good. We should have followed some of the advice. Nearly all the guests have now arrived and as I mingle with the crowd I meet none other than Jeanette Ellis who is now a speed typist and working as private secretary for the president of the Alfred Cunha Law Firm. She now finds shorthand is a very useful thing to know and doesn’t regret the nights when she stayed home and studied for long hours. I now see a couple whom I could never forget. Dick and Shirley are married and Dick is president of the Cunningham Sheep Co. Dick is very busy with Prophecy the business, besides trying to teach the two boys to play basketball on the side. Shirley I know is having trouble because the boys would rather play ball than play a trumpet. Nevertheless, she still has courage and patience and says she will keep trying. She never would give up. There is a loud crash and bang and as we rush to the door, we see a young man stepping from an old car. Oh yes, Kaye Me-Atee. He is now the owner of a large auto sales company and still driving his old Chev. I guess it’s just for memories. Oh, yes, now we see his wife; as usual she is shaking like a leaf. You know it’s very queer to go by and see all the little football players riding horses and twirling batons at the same time. There are now four little Macs. As I am chatting with all the the kids I now see none other than Grace Abercrombie. How nice she looks. Everyone thought she would be a secretary but here she tells us she now owns her own beauty salon, and has five girls working for her. She is planning on opening a dress shop in Pendleton. Joe Ray Tolar after becoming a millionaire with the B.T.C., is now the owner of four logging mills. Joe Ray always was fond of huge trucks and I hear that is why he went into the logging business. Joe Ray still isn’t married and is leading a fast life. He was very pleased to get the family Studebaker while in dear old Echo Hi. but now he has four cars of his own. Oh. yes, all Studebakers. Last but not least I shall give you a few hints about Katie Marl-nee. She always did like motorcycles and cars and is now a racing champ in both. But she still likes the little Ford for speed. All in all I would say she has led a very dangerous life and is still chatting with the dear old friends. Well, kids we will say so long now and much better luck in the future. We will all remember Echo High and the teachers who had so much patience with us.

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Senior Class Will We the seniors of ’50 delighted at the thought of leaving E.H.S., and knowing how the teachers will lament our departure, do hereby will and bequeath the following to the lower classmen. I. Joe Ray Tolar, will my ability to skip study halls to Jim Stockard, knowing that he will use it to the best of his ability. I, Betty Ann Bowman, will and bequeath by clarinet to John Ra mos in hopes he will learn to play it better than I. And to Molly Esselstyn I will my red hair in order to make hers a little brighter. I, Janette Catherine Ellis, hereby will and bequeath my drum to Kathy in hopes she will learn to roll off better than I did. And I also leave my place among the Singing Stenographers to my future pupil in the shorthand class. I, Cyril Kaye McAtee, leave my silent determination to never do anything I don’t want to do to Bob McVickers. And to Dayle Highly I will my short straight hair in hopes he will like it as well as I do. I, Katie Lorene Marlnee, hereby will and bequeath my temper to Betty Jean Marlnee in order to keep it in the family. And to Charlotte L. I leave my ability to drive in hopes she will learn how. I, Harriett Grace Abercrombie, will and bequeath all of my office work to Dorothy W. in hopes she doesn't have as much trouble with the census report as I did. I, Lawrence Wendell Berry, will my pitching to Richard hoping he can control it better than I. And to Roy R. I leave my ability to pick a fight. I. Argel Glen Collinsworth, will my bored nonchalant manner in class to Eugene W. And I also leave Eugene the knowledge, never to loan your car. I, Harry Richard Snow, will my athletic physique to Gary Bohms in hopes it will give him a place on the All-Star team. And to my sister Donna I leave the front seat of the Ford as I know she is very tired of the back seat. I, Shirley Arlene Cunha, will and bequeath my blue Cunha-mobile (Oldsmobile) to Fred Wilson in hopes it won’t make as much noise and be so hard to crank. And to Darlyne I leave my ability to tape big class rings. To the faculty we leave our good grades and our spirit of cooperation knowing how much they will appreciate it. To the Junior class we leave all our books with the answers written in them in hopes they will save them as many hours of labor as they did us. To the lower classmen we leave our domineering manners. Signed: Signed : GREEN HORNET SQUIRLEY MAC BIG DICK

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Junior Class The junior closs of 50 started out Juanita Ayers Kathy Ellis Mary Lou Farrens Jeanne Jordan Charlotte Laughlin Dorothy Wiglesworth Richard Fullerton Ten of these were original members year and Mary Lou Farrens, Kathy Ellis, vith fourteen members. They are: John Madison Joe Ramos Jim Stockard Bob McVicker Eugene Wiglesworth Norman Winks Allen Young Norman Winks joined us in our freshman nd Jim Stockard in our sophomore year The junior class is noted for its fine Hallowe'en parties which we had to forget this year to give the Junior-Senior Banquet The junior class earned money for this event by selling hot dogs and pop at the football games The Juniors also gave a one-act play entitled Shock of His Life, directed by our class advisor, Mrs Wilkerson. We received our class rings in October, and everyone was very well pleased with them. The class officers are: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Advisor Jim Stockard Bob McVicker Juanita Ayers Dorothy Wiglesworth . . Mrs. Wilkerson