Yakima High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Yakima, WA)

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1944Vz OFFICERS COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS Betty Williams, Girls' league representative, Bill Frank Pitcher, Marie Mankle, valedictorian, Mar- Crawford, vice-president, Ralph Nichols, Boys' garet Mcliendrick, Stanley Haynes, salutatorian. league representative, Betty Lou Day, A. S. B. repre- sentative, Margaret Mcliendrick, president, Douglas Knirck, Boys' athletics representative, Almaria Wulff, secretary, Marie Marikle, treasurer. CLASS HISTORY The Class of l9441f2 was the first Class to be affected by war throughout its high school career, two months before they entered Yakima High the Iapanese attack on Pearl Harbor had occurred, and the United States was involved in the colossal holocaust of mass distruction. The urge to leave school and to go into military service early depleted the class enrollmentg furthermore, many boys condensed their high school courses and finished with other classes in order to get into the type of military service they preferred. Lowell Smith entered the high school with the Class of l9441f2 but enlisted in the service rather early and was killed in action. Other members of the Class who were now CFebruary l945l in military service are: Bill Adams, Ed Ballard, Iohn Behnke, lack Chambers, Norman Dunbar, Stanley Haynes, lim Hogan, Bill Krautwurm, Bill Ieffries, Douglas Knirck, Richard Lane, Chester Lindsay, Guy Loudon, Christian Naasz, lack Nettleship, Ralph Nichols, Bob Nowlin, Albert Olson, Warren Owen, Frank Pitcher, Don Potwin, Laurence Robinson, Charles Russell, Charles Sauve, Les- tContinued on page 143 eleven