Yakima High School - Wigwam Yearbook (Yakima, WA)

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1945 OFFICERS Dorothy Crow, A. S. B. representativeg lane Walton, secretary, Duane Lawson, Boys' athletics representative, Charles Henager, presidentg Martin Buchanan, treasurer, Art Landis, Boys' league representative, Dorothy Bickley, vice-presidentg Maxine Dwinell, Girls' league representative. CLASS HISTORY This year the class of 1945 bids farewell to its alma mater and takes up its role in the world to preserve our democracy and to help build a better country. After twelve years of formal education we are on our own, to stand up for ourselves and to strive to make America proud that we are her citizens. Let us now go back for a brief review of our high school days. Three years ago we were important sophomores. Two social functions were held and Fred Redman was elected president. He was succeeded by Virginia Hawley for the second semester. ln our junior year, with Carlos Brown as our leader, we presented to the students and towns- people our junior play entitled, Widow by Proxy, which proved a great success. Iohn Man- nick, a member of our class, played the leading role. ln the llH semester we elected Iohn Behnke, president. Assisted by the class of l9451f2, we were hosts to the seniors for the junior-senior reception held in the library May 19. The decorations carried out the theme ol a southern garden and Norman Dunbar's orchestra furnished the music for dancing. Our senior year will always be a memorable year to us. Charles Henager was elected presi- dent, Beverly Decoto, vice-president, lane Walton fl2LJ and Barbara Randle fl2Hl, secretary, and Martin Buchanan, treasurer. In November of 1944 we held our class party in the gym and invited the members of the John Rogers football team to be our guests. At mid-year we presented the annual assembly portraying various graduating seniors. On may ll, the class of 1946 honored us with the junior-senior reception. During the last part of the school year we had our skip-day, senior banquet, baccalaureate program, and finally the graduation ex- ercises on lune 8. We appreciate the fact that we had the opportunity to acquire an education and wish to ex- press our gratitude to the patrons and teachers who made this possible. Helen Creighton fifteen

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1944 V2 LaVERNE POWELL: Home Economics club, madrigal, choir. VIOLET RAY: Library, ushers. Girls' athletics representative. MARJORIE RAYMOND: Band. EVELYN RITCHARDSON. LAl'RENCE ROBINSON. WVILLIAM ROSS. VELMA SEYVELL. YYALTER SPENCER: Choir. SAMUEL STONE: Football. GORDON VAN WECHEL. BETTY WILLIAMS: Girls' ath- letics council. Girls' league, loan library, after school sports, Wig- wam. ALMARIA WULFF: Home Economics club, class secre- tary. Not in picture: ROBERT WALLINGFOHD: band, football, ROBERT WILLIAMS. CLASS HISTORY CContinued from page 111 ter Staples, Kenneth Titterington, Gordon Van Wechel, Bob Wallingford, George Whitney, Charles Wikstrom, Bob Williams, Bill Wilder, Wayne Wright and Fred Zentner. The Class, under the uniting leadership of Margaret Mcliendrick, has left a permanent record of its school career in the form of ci unique scrap book on file in the high school library. ln the book are some eighteen pages of candid camera snap shots of class members, and some fourteen pages of cartoons drawn by Patsy Parks depicting characteristic fancies of class members, as well as several pages of clippings concerning leaders and their activities. ln the 1ll-l semester the class swelled its treasury by large proceeds received from an amateur show given in the fall of 1943. The reception for seniors was given in Ianuary, 1944 at the Womans Century clubhouse, but because of the shrinking enrollment and the loss of the young men to the service those stu- dents who would graduate in February, 1945 Were entertained at the Spring reception in May, 1944. Members of the class took an active part in such school functions as assemblies, athletics, band, orchestra, plays, and class parties. They were regretful at leaving the familiar halls of Yakima High. fourteen

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sixteen 1945 AVIS ANN ABll0LDz Tri-Y. ushers, band, or- chestra, Pirate Lassles secretary, after school sports. She's really hep, and quite a card-Sizzle me Avis with a can of lard. GORDON ADAMSON: Band. He skates through the air with the greatest of ease-His prayers are for ? and one great big freeze. MARY RUTH ALDERSON: Girls' league, ushers, service flag. junior-senior reception, Honor society. Is she lost or is she found?-Lots of fun and plenty sound. IIARRIET ALEXANDER. A blonde with gorgeous blue eyegls small and fun though shy, BOB ARNT: Hi-Y, GoldaY. baseball manager. This tall and handsome lad is wvell4But time and time alone will tell. HAROLD AUSTIN: Hi-Y. Austin may turn out to be a good lawyer- But, we certainly pity his first employer. ANDY BAK: F. F. A. Smart but no hypchondriacels this up-and- coming Andy Bak. RUSSELL BANKO: Football, track. Mr. In-between's his name-Bashful, shy. but far from tame. KATHERINE BARBEE: Entered from Colo- rado Springs. Colorado as 12L. This dashing senior hunts for me-nA Whether they are eighty or ten! LOIS BARRETT: Tri-Y. Lois Barrett is her name-Known for her per- sonality fame. BOB BEAVERS: Chess and Checker club. bond and stamp committee. He's busy as his name implies-The girls all love those big brown eyes. DOROTHY BICKLEY: 10H, 1111 secretary. 12L, 121-I vice-president, Trl-Y, junior- seniur i'eception. She used to be quiet in a dlgniflcd way- But now all she does ls swing and svlay. l-'RANGES BLINE: A. S. B. councll, Honor so- ciety treasurer, Girls' league president, D. A. R. contest, Home Economics club secretary. Ro- berts' Memorial, Bowling club, home room representative, alter school sports. Jolly and friendly and full of fun-She's really hep and quite a hon. EUNICE BOD!-I. Bode the blonde. and friend of Carney-Who sticks at home with tars and blarney. VERNA BRADFORD: Dance band. This gal can really beat out the boogie- Can't help dancing the flat-Ioot-floogle. BOB BRIANT: Hi-Y, class officer. He sailed the ocean blue-in nineteen forty- two-But even Y. H. S. was better than his canoe, LOIS BROUGII: Don't Take My Penny, madrigal, choir, quartet, sextet. This blonde is known as Lois Brough4Shy and quiet but plenty tough. CARLOS BROWN: IOL treasurer, 11I. president. Honor society, Hl-Y vlce-presl- dent. D. A. R. history contest, Sun Up. Widow by Proxy. junior-senior recep- tion. P. I. oratorical contest. He's a stude but not a stooge-Has dimples, a brick top, needs no rouge.