Bellevue High School - Beacon Yearbook (Bellevue, WA)

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- me xg? MR. ODLE'S 100 PER CENT BEACON-SALES HOME ROOM LOOKS OVER HIS 32-YEAR-OLD BELLEVUE ANNUAL COLLECTION, JUST AS WE REVIEW OUR 1956 EDITION Administration . . . Page 10 Athletics . . Page 67 Classes ...... Page 24 Activities ..... Page 89 Entertainment . . . Page 59 Advertisements . . Page 106 3

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BELLEVUE .... ALL-AMERICA CITY On December 20, 1955, the citizens of the greater Bellevue area learned that their community had been chosen an All-America City by the National Municipal League and Look Magazine. The award was made because Bellevue is a community Where citizens work to- 2 gether to solve the problems confront- ing this suburban area as the popula- tion steadily increases. On Ianuary 4, 1956, a celebration was held in honor of the award, including a parade, a banquet, fireworks and a governor's ball in the senior high gyrn.

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I DEDICATIO ,4,4,vv'fV-' who come and go at the office counter, or sit on the long, padded bench, waiting for admittance to the inner Sanctum of the advisory staff. For every boy and girl, whatever the errand that brings the sudent to the office, Mrs. Diamond has a gentle smile, a heartening word, and a hint of motherly advice. For the teachers too, and for Mr. Heidenreich and Mr. Knoell, Mrs. Diamond's presence at the very center of the life of Bellevue Senior High, means the deep, friendly fellowship of one who has made our school's welfare one of the most urgent concerns of her life. With love and gratitude we dedicate the 1956 Beacon to Mrs. Ethel Diamond. 4 At the heart of Bellevue Senior High is that famous place called the office. There is a very special reason why a radiant warmth seems to spread out from there to all parts of the school. This warmth has its origin in the character of the person who persides over the office - Mrs. Ethel Diamond. Officially titled office secretary, Mrs. Dia- mond is far more than that. To students, teach- ers, administrators and all others associated with the senior high school, Mrs. Diamond is a great many things - schedule consultant, personal adviser, bulletin printer, duplicating machine expert, cheerful voice on the telephone, receiver and disbursor of money, custodian of keys, wel- comer of visitors. But first and foremost in the hearts of all who know her, Mrs. Diamond is a beloved friend. Mrs. Diamond has two children of her own. Donna and Bob, both graduates of Bellevue, but she has a myriad more children, all the kids