Centralia High School - Skookum Wa Wa Yearbook (Centralia, WA)

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7? F11-sliiiizlii lvoys enjoy xi tuuAofAuur lli-Y Mixer, get at-quuiulwl with Ut-rilm lions-s on ai tour of the lvuilding, crowd iround the wird czltzllog to receixv tlu- trnditional lilmrury training. Kiss the roll mookng luit irc-sliilialii june- XlcKel1nu finds it ai min of bold wut er ut ilu- Xloiu- Llulw- Stuum- Crew initiation. 11 'iXVhat do you know-got into the right locker room today! Freshmen doult reumiu bewildered long. They learn all about lille ut CIIS-its laws, its ideals, and most important of ull, its traditions. Miter an obstacle course ou use of the lihrziry. thuiulmiug through C hooks, making four-year plans and extensive voczitionul studies, special gCt'1lCClll2llIltl'Kl parties, the newcomers lwgiu to feel at home. XVear old clothes and luring u hliudloldl New clulm members follow orders. YVhispc-ring, they oxcluuige opiuious ou their impending lute while the old memhers strut like lmauity roostcrs. patting their paddles. After two hours of liilurity, the ueopliytes are formally received into the society. 7

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Sa B ' rqnalhea Wea Smell of paint . . . oily floors . . . ringing bells . . . shuffling of 1222 feet . . . these are the trademarks of life at CHS which greeted old and new sudents at the beginning of another year. A few graduates drifted aimlessly through the rooms. The self-conscious fresh- men wandered dazedly through the hulls. The experi- enced sophomores gloated, no longer freshmen. Grade eleven carried heads high-elevated to upper- classmen at lust. Even more proud and happy were the seniors, top birds on the roost, graduates-to-be. This familiar scene is re-enacted every fall, when the teen-age horde descends once more upon the brick building on West Pear Street to place well-worn noses to the well- worn grindstone. WVide-eyed and worried, the freshmen ex- plore their new limne. Principal Mclntosli registers an new student the opening day. Harold XVilson grabs green-bucks from fellow 2134-rs, the 100 per cent ASB ticket- bnying roll room. Crooner Bob Slianibley flashes his new junior ring before an admir- ing nndience. wassup i, , f -,A

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Pledges Hy in as anxious eyes watch the calculations of the adding machines-the Victory Bond Assembly in full swing. Sgt. Jack Kenney and Patrolman Marvin Paulson of the Washington State Patrol are inter- viewed after the Columns Safety Assembly by reporters Barbara Ely and Jeanne West- ern -'. lt'-' a b'rd picked each 30 seconds as john Hoyt, jim Hogan, and Dick Car- rington operate the FFA invention, an automatic chicken picker. To safeymard the students' health-fNurse Nelson checks Darlene Messingc-r's eyes with Nlaurine Brown as student aid. Centralia High invests in democracy! Student bond purchases during Eighth Victory Loan reached nearly 83,0001 Many CHSers took pen in hand to enter annual essay contest sponsored by VVashingon Tuberculosis Association, generously backed its sale of Christmas seals, and joined in the March of Dimes. The drivers' training course, introduced second semester by Principal Mclntosh, was the result of Columns Safety Campaign. Future Farmers of America dressed 130 cacklers and 450 gobblers in latest holiday style-aided by their electric de-featherer. Health program, complete with Weight check-ups, health records, eye exams, and dipheria immunizations, insures a physically-fit future America. S