Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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The new president of Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce is John Carmichael. He found a favorable new way of controlling the weather through radar. He has a little business on the side of buying and selling used cars. As we predicted in high school, Sally Kaspar is now singing at the Metropolitan Opera House. Her husband is kept busy taking care of their new addition, triplets. I wasn't a bit surprised to hear that you'd returned to school and received your Doctor's degree, specialized in the causes of fainting, didn't you? Being close toVernonia you probably hear about my classmates often. Would enjoy being caught up with any late news. : j1 As ever. Vernonia, Oregon September 1, I960 My dear Bonnie, Your letter came yesterday and while I'm listening to Hul-da Johnson's new program Dr. Darekill, I'll answer. I have seen several members of your class recently. Roy Frank has just been promoted to editor of the Vernonia Eagle which is now giving the Portland newspapers plenty of competition. It is rumored that Roy has added Martha Wells, well-known journalist, to his staff. You won't be surprised to hear that Shirley Berg and Gladys Dass are employed in the Vernonia School System. Shirley is teaching kindergarten at Washington Grade School and Gladys is teaching Hone Economics in the high school.

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Joyce New, I hear, is residing in Tigard, She and her husband are the owners of the theaters there. If you haven't heard about the reconversion of the Vernonia Cleaners, I must tell you. It has been turned into a flourishing Jeep factory and is owned and operated by Don Cline, While on a business trip to Vernonia, Florence Tisdale stopped in and told me all about her horse ranch down in the San Fernando Valley, Over near Rainier R. A. George and Bill Biddle have formed a partnership and are commercial fishermen. No more big fish stories, they're specializing in sardines. Alvin Tapp, after playing several years of professional basketball, bought a mink farm at Tillamook and now Tapp furs on the Pacific coast are just the thing, Displaying these furs for Alvin is the famous model, Virginia Millis. Art Oveson has run John L„ Lewis out of business with his coal mine at Pebble Creek, On the side he operates Vernonia Hotels, Not to be out done by his classmates, Richard Thompson,who always thought himself the executive type, is the General Manager of the Portland Safeway Stores, While resting at DeLake last week, I par-took of some of the folly there and watched Don Hanon win a smashing victory in the speed boat racest By smashing I mean he'll be out of the hospital sometime next month. Joan Lindsley, having had so much experience in high school, has her own radio serial entitled Henrietta's Heartbreak, Home town boys made good. The magnanimous Harold Fowler Circus is coming to Vernonia with the greatest magician of all times, Dick McNair. I wish you best of luck on your forth-coming European tour, I know it will be a great success.