Forest Grove Union High School - Optimist Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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Senior Prophecy Ifurbi, while Beverly Bucher gave an experf performance af conducfing fhe phonograph. Mariorie Cedergreen, affer being in- spired by M.asefield's The Dauber, had gone aboard ship so fhaf she mighf beffer porfray fhe frue life of sailors af sea. In fhe ship's hospifal fhe medical crew, Dr. Z. L. Bonnell and infernes, Fred Brewer, John Fors- berg and Bob Kane, were conducfing an ex- perimenf on fheir human guinea pigs, Ray- mond Vanderzanden, Leon Heesacker, and Wayne Vancil, who would do anyfhing for fhe advancemenf of science. Those succes- sors of Virgil Parfch, Richard Snider and Wil- fred Whife, were working on fheir lafesf carfoons for fhe magazine, Esquire. Their models were Grace Hallauer and Bill Wilson. Sfrolling down fhe deck, I sighfed fhaf re- fired sea dog, Rolfe Selberg, who was glad fo be aboard ship once again. Trying fo be unnoficed by onlookers, was Bob Miller fish- ing for sharks wifh a bamboo pole and angle worms, meanwhile mumbling lines from fhe sleepwalking scene in MacBefh. Also aboard were fhose old classmafes, Margaref Evers, Clarice Ewing, Helen Ger- des, Agnes Heesacker, and Norma Herr, who were finding life mosf excifing in fhe roman- fic afmosphere of fhe Soufh Seas. They in- formed me fhaf Loyal Graham could nof come as she was busy enioying life on a farm in Wisconsin wifh a very handsome husband. Jean Duyck, reporfer for fhe magazine, Deafh, quesfioned me abouf all fhe lafe funerals which I haven'f affended. The mosf surprising incidenf occurred when I saw Don Parson and Roland Hen- dricks, who boasfed of being fhe mosf soughf-affer men in New York. Regular Playboys! Roland was anofher farm boy lured away by fhe big cify. Bringing news of ofher classmafes, was Marie Leavens, fhe famed songsfress of fhe air, who fold me fhaf Charmaine Ledford was defained by a wedding ceremony. Thaf June Harmon was now known as Madame Harmone, fhe excell- enf inferior decorafor. Helen McLellan had venfured fo Canada because she liked fall men. Peggy Crippen and Jean Mundorff were in Washingfon, D.C., lobbying for more nylons or whafever if is fhev're wearing in I966. Oregon now boasfs of fwo women senafors and one woman represenfafive. They are Mary Lee McGraw, Winnifred Walsh, and Violef Wiedewifsch, who are causing a riof in fhe capifal for holding up a Bill in Congress. Ilene Savage and Beffy Sfrandberg are now edifors of fhe fashion secfion of fhe Counfry Genflewoman. Gale Schneider, collecfor of news clip- pings, showed me one of Howard Saxfon, who has run fhaf man Aflas ouf of business. Elaine Trouff sfayed in Foresf Grove work- ing in Willa Marie Thomas' Fashion Shop. Geraldine Waldron Mahorich was of course wifh Mr. Mahorich. Rufh Wilson was also aboard, fhe only one fo express a desire fo remain on fhe island wifh me. No one could fell of fhe whereaboufs of fhaf liffle man, Eugene Sfanley, buf wherever he is in I966, I wish him and all of fhe class of I946 fhe besf luck in fhe world. This ends fhe fale of fwenfy years affer, and all fhaf I can say is, Pirafe Ships aren'f whaf fhey used fo be. Your Beachcomber, Reva Sfrong

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