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

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Did you know that Otto Browning's ship crashed off the shore of South Africa and he drifted ashore? The natives found him and, thinking that he must be some kind of a god, they made him King of the Belgium Congo. I guess he's in the height of his glory. Say, Duane Lane is really putting Tommie Manville out of the spotlight, isn't he? The last report we had out here was that he had just announced his fifteenth marriage. Jack Solberg is testing out racing cars for the International Racer's Association. Perhaps you read in the paper that he was the most reckless and daring driver they've ever run across. It really is no great shock to me. Bessie Lusby is supporting her family by taking in washings. You knew, didn't you, that her last husband left her with nine little girls. Isn't that a shame? That new tight rope walker with the Ringling Brothers' Circus is none other than Josephine Hanel. She has created quite a sensation, hasn't she? The last time they were in Yernonia, Jimmy took Bob and me to see her perform. It's really marvelous '. Lloyd Stuve and his wife, Betty Mizell, are rolling in the dough from the oil wells. All ten of their children drive big, black, shining limousines to school every day. We attended a concert at the Gold Room last week (the former Frank's Place) and guess who the maestro was—Ivan Hess I Yes sir, he really can play a violin. Speaking of concerts, you should have heard the bobby socks swoon ov„r Freddie Larson two weeks ago. Frankie had nothing ov«r our Freddie. Isn't it wonderful how little Ralph Bergerson has developed into a second Aulas. He's head of the athletic department at Harvard now. These people with the hidden talents '. Ralph Sturdevant passed me on the street the other day. Said he was going out and commune with nature so he could get some inspiration for his next poem. He's really a poetic genius. They have a new conductor for that little train at Jantzen Beach—none other than our Joe Enneberg I It's really comical to see him riding around so contentedly with his legs drooping over the sides of the cab. Mary Beth and Lewis are running a resort in Florida. Vle plan to visit them next year some time. Wasn't that shocking to hear about Thelma getting life. That's what she gets for selling that dope to all of those little kids. She'll learn.