North Kitsap High School - Viking Yearbook (Poulsbo, WA)

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After ten years of making their way in the world each individual member ofthe class of i950 found himself a failure On the memorable day of February 30 i960 they held a reunion and taking inventory of their best talent they formed what is known as The Society for the Furtherance of Entertainment and Dispersement of Laughter to Those Unfortunate Per sons Who Did Not Have the Privilege of Graduating from North Kitsap in i950 The fame and fortune of this group has greatly spread in the last ten months as they have performed both here in the United States and abroad They are now making a special appearance at the great metropolis of Paulsbo from where they originated The Mayor of Poulsbo l-larold Lanning and his councilmen Marvin Hague Lars Ejde and David Olson are waiting on Pier l07 on Dogfish Bay forthe arrival ofthe S S Verona the specilaly built super cargo plane piloted by Ethelann Randal and built to carry the entire gigantic circus Also waiting to interview the celebrities are Layette Mount prosperous editor of the na The helicopter lands and the first persons to step off are the managers of the great Society for the Furtheronce of Entertainment and Dispersement of Laughter to Those Unfortunate Persons Who Did Not Have the Privileg of Graduating From North Kitsap in l950 Kenneth La Cross and Lester Niemi lt is their financial genius and millions of dollars of backing which have made the circus the success it is today Next we see Mrs Della Martinson who has just recently returned from a trip to the North Pole to gather the most ferocious lions tigers and elephants to captivity Also we see Pat Merlich and Pat Lewis who have gained great fame in the advertising world by their unique circus advertising on barns The next group to come off the destroyer is the famous circus band under the direction of Joan Walker On the bass drum is Carolyn Holt on the French horn is Phyllis Brackman Marcia Lund is on the violin Myrtle Anderson is under the tuba and Pat Steel plays the harp Next off the sub steps Larry Andresan MD the circuss great physician and his understudy Ray Iverson VET, Following them is the reliable staff of circus nurses' Delores Larsen Bev. Vondersmith Burnelle Fjeran and Mary Ann Bloom. Then comes the circus electric plant whose chief electrician is Dick Barndt capably assisted by Don Baskins. Connected with the electric plant is the circus switchboard controlled and operated by Anne Hurd and Esther Rude. Next from the flying saucer steps Keith Webster and his gigantic her of trained elephants. The mahouts or drivers for these beasts are Bonnie Smith Bonnie Stevenson and Phyllis Hoffman who all had their training in India. TIME PASSES The day of the circus has dawned. Flags are flying and the band is playing. During the night the circus has sprung up under the masterful touch of Laverne Stoops who is the big wheel in setting up the Big Top. tion-wide paper, The Herald, and Lyle Hanson,Iher able-bodied reporter,

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ln the maun tent we fund not three rungs but one rung and rungmaster Bull Alldredge has all he can do to keep track of all that us goung on ln each rung there us a new and more thrullung act than un the last one Ladues and gentlemen Bull us sayung un the furst rung we see the four famous bareback ruders Dolly Almos Janet Young Enud Hanson and Barbara Footer who are performung theur stupendous feats ln rung number two us Charlene Eruckson and her amazung trauned dogs Rung three shows us Duck Tonsgard and hus death defyung motorcycle act whule un rung four we see the thrullung devul druvers Albert Espelund and Don Fusher defyung death un theur specual super charged automobules Overhead we see none other than the great colossal trapeze act starrung Morton Tytler The most amazung clowns un the world are found under thus Bug Top Leadung the clowns us Jean McDonald and wuth her are Ethel Bonner Mary Lou Troy and Mary Jo Thompson Lookung around we see Norma Dahlquust sellung hot dogs Joan l-logue sellung cotton candy and of course Edward lverson sellung popcorn After seeung the superb show under the Bug Top we leave to stroll around the grounds Over there us the sude show We see advertused Conrad Lather Fat Man Glen Waldron Sword Swallower Tom Champagne lndua Rubber Man Glen Pruce Man From Mars Pat Drummond Snake Charmer Jean Chrustuanson Flame Eater and l-luram Herrold The Bearded Lady Floren and the superscreamung us done by Shurley Noble ln the sky above we see the great flyng saucer avuators Bull Unch Ed Quackenbush Lee Patterson and Duck Duckett Walkung a short way further we see the famuluar concessuons and games ln charge of sellung yo yos and corn cob pupes we fund Margaret Dahlquust Eleanor Janes and Donna Alyea Over here we fund Ted Lofgren un charge of the Baseball Putch and further on we see .lack Nyholm and Don Danuelson runnung the Bumper Cars Of course the Tunnel of Love us managed by no one but the capable Earl Walker Bruce Salo and Rod Frykholm To the left we see Ray Lepper coachung wrestlung matches between the professuonals Burrell Jull and Norval Wucktom Thus buuldung us the Muracles of the Scuence Department headed by Letoy Keuth Dorus Kundall and Jean Cadwell The next buuldung contauns the Luvestock Exposutuon whuch us under the management of John Foster and Bull Gordon ln charge of the monkey house us Carolune Hull and the world famous sungung burds are under the durectuon of Effue Ross Enterung the quuet and luxuruous atmosphere of the Polous De Chow we are greeted un French by Larry Utheum head wauter and Rose Mary Wrught head wautress who unterprets what Larry says He wants to untro duce us to the Chuef Chef Duck Danuelson who prepares fune foods for the exhausted patrons of the rest of the show We are forced to leave the curcus now as nught has fallen and the Socuety for the Furtherance of Entertaunment and Duspersement of Laugh ter to Those Unfortunate Persons Who Dud Not l-lave the Pruvulege of Graduatung From North Kutsap un l95O' must get underway agaun as there are many mulluons of lucky people anxuously awautung the arruval of thus wonderful curcus to theur own home towns all over the world 1 . . . I .' I n . I 11 - 11 - ' - 11- - - . I I . I . U I I I I , . Q . . I - I - - I ' ll I I I ' . . I . I , . . . ' D - I I I ' I , 1 E , ' 2 , ' U .5 , V 1 , 1 I I I ' We pass the world's most funny funhouse, which was designed by Ardis , . l . I . . I I I ' I . . T I . . I I 4 l I . . I I I I , . . . . . ,, . . ,, v 4 . . I. . . I - . I . . . I I I . I . . . q I . . . I I . I . I . - l 1 T I I . . I II ' 1 ' - . . . , .