Medical Lake High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Medical Lake, WA)

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Dear Underclassmen, Just a little note to tell you about our four years at old Medical Lake. We enjoyed them and sincerely hope we did not leave too large a mark upon you. We started High School just as green as you were, but look how we turned out. You can do the same if you follow in our footsteps. We entered the prison facing a group of Sophomores who gently smeared our anatomy with lipstick, perfume and other substances foreign to us. The insults and temporary injury were erased when they gave a party to show that they accepted us into the student body. We elected officers as follows: Mike Nilles, President; Kenneth Swanson, Vice-President; Elaine Irwin, Secretary-Treasurer. Janice Ackerman was elected as our candidate for the Carnival Queen Contest and we placed second. We were very glad when our Sophomore year came to pass and we could lose the lowly name of Frosh. Our officers this year were Kenneth Swanson, President; Jude O'Grady, Vice-President; and Janice Ackerman, Secretary. Mrs. Johnson was elected as our class advisor. Donna Moore was our nominee for the Carnival Queen Contest and again we placed second. Our crowning glory of this year was initiation. We finally got even. The Junior year is Wheel Year and we tried desperately to uphold this name. We were happy to become upper classmen and feel the power it holds. When we counted noses we found a few of our population were missing due to some disease called matrimony. We gained one new member however, Marlene Nance from Pasco. We elected her as our candidate for Carnival Queen and we came in second as usual. Our Officers for the year were Warren Cogswell, President; Alan Shaw, Vice-President; and Janice Ackerman as Secretary. Mr. Nuemann was our class advisor. We got our rings in December and gave the banquet and prom for the Seniors in the Spring. We gained much enjoyment in both inter-prises and especially in the Kangaroo Court we held at the Banquet. We finally made it into our last year and obtained with it the honorable name of Seniors, which we tried to uphold better than our predecessors. We elected our class officers as follows: JoAnn Secord, President; Leonard Griffith, Vice-President; and Janice Ackerman, Secretary. JoAnn was elected our candidate for the Carnival Queen Contest and for the FOURTH time in a row we came in second, this time to the Juniors. Our sneak was undoubtedly one of the most memorable events of this year. Baccalaureate and graduation finished up our high school career and gave our little band a ticket to that wide, wide, mixed up world................ 10 WARREN COGSWELL

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M£MOR £r 12 years together THE END 12 vears at old M.L

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1956, being in our right mind, do bequeath and bequit, leave, give and get rid of the following articles, traits and possessions. WARREN COGSWELL, wills his partiality to red to Dean Kinzel. LARRY BIGGS- wills his ability to get along with other boys'girls to Doug Parmeter. ALAN SHAW wills his cryptic tongue and sense of humor to Diane Van Drome in hopes she will treasure it always. JO ANN SECORD wills her many boy friends to Irene F rank. LEONARD GRIFFITH wills the heat risers on his ford to anyone who has a car? like his. MIKE NILLES wills his atheletic ability to J.P. Willard. ELAINE IRWIN wills her musical talent of sorts to Mike Hackley and her unleashed swing to Diane Charon. MARLENE NANCE wills her provocative smile to all mankind. KENNY SWANSON (Daddio) wills his ability to argue to Barbara Cramer. ED PAGE wills his height to Jay Bailey in hopes that he can use it. JUDE O'GRADY wills his snickers in English to Bob Riddell. ALMA BAHR wills her cooking ability to Patty Thackston and her pleasing personality to anyone who needs it. RONDLE TURNBOUGH wills his love for the opposite sex to G.G.(Ed Sonneborn) MARY HILLBRICK wills her jazzy accordian to Sandra Niccolls. ED ROSENAU wills his ability to grow a beard to Jack Denny. JANICE ACKERMAN wills her dancing ability to Erma Turnbough. TO THE FRESHMEN we will these gems of our knowledge. Don't climb up the fountain to drink; the janitor has orders to wipe all specks off the porcelain. Don't walk under a senior's legs in the hall; he might be knock-kneed . TO THE SOPHOMORES we leave a profound pity for their ignorance and for their inability to overcome their condition as long as they remain in that benighted class. TO THE JUNIORS we leave the divine right of kings, which is the sacred and inalienable right to flirt with the secretary, doubt the wisdom of the teachers and disturb the peace of the study halls. TO THE FACULTY we will the fond memories of the intelligent? ? ? ? group of students that they have fostered upon the unsuspecting world. ii