Bellingham High School - Shuksan Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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PCHQPP Happy Days Are Here Again, the theme song for Franklin Roosevelt's election campaign, also cap- tured the emotions of many Americans in the early l940's. The start of the forties marked the end of the Great Depression and the beginning of many new programs aimed at helping Americans lead happier lives. The unemployment rate dropped, and people had more money to spend on luxuries such as electri- cal appliances and automobiles, much like those pic- tured on these pages. For American teenagers, danc- ing the l'lindy and listening to Frank Sinatra on the radio were popular activities. Slumber parties, sock hops, and soda fountains were places where teen- agers socialized after school and on weekends, Unfortunately, the happy times were short-lived. The attack on the U.S.S. Arizona at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese on December 7, l94l , signaled the be- ginning ofthe second World War, and the deaths of thousands of young Americans on the battlefields of foreign countries. 4 Opening A55 .gill SS! is TT? y Days Are few wa s 1 f W W ' 1. ,,,: IK! Ili Emo lg: lam ian, . Q W 1, 1 sf' T.. ilk N X ,, A 2 T ' S W. gi . k Agfa gg.g..uui t 'Z t giktsi A as 4 it is 5 ...wx l , ' New 4 W CMD na SUN' W' rm mu I9 W' mfxsun ,,,4,,..,.,sM , ff Nf l ' ,, 2' v LWfz'zef f ::f,,:wzf,,H,4q.5,: Qi f 4 3 ,,w-fgfv Yafiaifxzimi-Ge1',1 - W2 2 , W ,s,W,,2 , - V ,t , f A tfi:wws?w5Zw 'giffiwe ' ' -f 15? .Mm ,, 'f 2 f Q , : ,wzlgfssxfmgif 1 ,A VE ,, W, .smgys if ., 1 -ge t ,sv ' ,-,ww '25, 1,-, ,. f M2233 U? Ml, lwm ss 1 W5 4727 gfmwwi y wtwwf, ,nears xllzsfs ma good eo 2 lotmwrt Dunk :ask your cf we Mm wma mam the SKNHIQAM fmxvw ul :tw fungus Sunlmnnx M Mtg at :lm smw klml of wonderful sa me Mx lk im!-my giving in A fum! mixer so f Ht, ,mum you gm the mlxxwr that gives ym , f, H H51-masuzu im vittwr Upup tspm 01' ukvfp Wal is 1 5 Y ' Y 0 ll K I ,, is W, in wwf um um my 4 an mn vs A wa A W., w. . ,4.,.1.wma, Ymx4iuxs'lvmlsl1n. 'nw gitfyzrxkzkz vpxgi fl, y in wmwn- U ru nkv 1 U5 1 5 ew mmm umm lar :any claiming f rx im ..9w.t.iw., I l l i u fs A 5 W t li lzlrlnm frm . Q ,M ' 'JHMVAV 7' E5 lf' ff 1TlE 5 lY' :ul W Y, X

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We've Only us! Begun ll! IE! Elf lit Fairhaven - l935 Whatcom ' l935 1 E EE Eg- . Q Iiilii t .rw Y 'K I k,....., ,kk, W gi .Q III' I . gg . vt-. 'vs k,.. . ..-, In A E f Q ' has-mm., -aQ,,.a..... UMW, 2 M. Bellingham High School - l938 On New Year's Eve, l935, one of the two high schools in the city of Bellingham burned to the ground. The fire at Fairhaven High School left 460 students without a school. Whatcom, the other city high school, came to the rescue. For the last six months of the l935-36 school year, both student bodies used the remaining building on a double shift system. Whatcom students used their building from 7:00 a.m. until noon, and the Fairhaven students were bussed from the southside to attend classes from l2:30 until 5:30. Meanwhile, the school board was faced with the problem of how to accomodate the city's students the next year. Although the effort to raise funds for a new central high school had begun three years earlier, progress was slow. Private and government funds were scarce following the Great Depression. However, the destruction of Fairhaven prompted the government to grant emergency aid to the school district. On April l3, 1936, the old circus grounds were purchased for the site of the new school, and construction began. ln anticipation of the single city high school, the school board united Fairhaven and Whatcom into one student body at the beginning of the l936-37 school year. The combination of students from the two high schools was referred to as Bellingham High School, even though they attended classes at Whatcom during the construction of the new building. In I937 the cornerstone of Bellingham High School was laid and early the next year, the building was complete, Total cost of the project was 92 thousand dollars. On February l, l938, students and faculty entered their new building and the history of Bellingham High School began. Opening 3

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