Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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 chair? I hear she's the one who sent Jack Nance to the pen for five years. As near as I can find out, he kicked a little old lady because she wouldn't give him any candy. I suppose you knew that Bud is down here and has a permanent position making the babies cry. It's really killing. Dorothy Sasse is becoming quite famous for her ape act. Remember the last picture Phyllis was in and she walked through the jungle with that little ape? Well, that was really Dorothy. Wasn't it rather nervy of Shirley Ray to spank your Jimmy for hitting Patricia McEntire and Barbara Jean McCrae? Just remind her of hoy she used to beat up poor defenseless Douglas. Is she a very good teacher or does she know anything? Wasn't it a shock to hear about Vona Weidman and Shirley Ann Brady singing at the Nev Gayety? It's too bad—they used to be such nice girls, too. The last letter I had from Vona she said Florence Berger was a bouncer in the Stork Club in New York. •If you find out what the rest of the gang is doing, let me know. Sincerely, t 72 c cn. ■J Millpond Mansion Millpond Drive Vernonia, Oregon January 5, 1965 Dear Helen, Naturally you've read about Vernonia becoming the second largest city in the United States since the great oil boom. Quite a change has taken place since you attended school here. There are thirty high schools nov so you can imagine the development. Mr. McCrae is superintendent of all the schools; Miss Beck is the head of the Home Ec department;Hr. Mills has his hands full keeping a record of the schools' money; Coach has about all he can do arranging game 4|t schedules; Mr. McEntire has resigned and is now the chief game warden;Mr. Spencer heads the janitors' association; Mr. and Mrs. Dement are in Alaska; Bob and I have retired to Millpond Mansion and Mrs. Robbins is just keeping house. ♦ You asked me to give you all the dirt on your ex-classmates. That is really a problem, but I shall do my very best. May I add that their success really hasn't surprised me a bit. Your class was always so unusual'. Earl Carroll sold his night club to Dan Rollins and from what I hear, the girls are more beautiful than ever. They say he's awfully strict about their looks and shapes. If I remember correctly, that is just the job for Rollins. June McDonald is teaching ballet to the children of the elite while Ruth Hausler is giving them lessons in expression and music. What kind of a . job they're doing, I can't say. I