Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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SENIORS CLASS COLORS. GREY AND GOLD CLASS OFFICERS Will Harrow. President. Ki th Vk i: Pke i Mae Li m». Secretary 1’ki xsi reil iRiOto: - itt nf ftfhntil lit»•, into lit ihool Above is the introductory page for the Senior Class of 1913 taken from the first Laurel. To the left are 3 members out of 13 of the Senior class of 1914. At the top is Clifford Kern. He and his wife still reside in Coquille and celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 10, 1976. After he left CHS, Mr. Kern worked as a carpenter and helped build the Georgia-Pacific plant here in Coquille. Later he built Douglas Plywood (now Roseberg Lumber.) In the middle is Alice Stanley, who married a Schroeder. At the bottom is Earl Spike” Leslie, who later came back to Coquille High School as a teacher and football coach. He died in 1957 and our athletic field was named after him. SENIORS 13

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Bicentennial Highlights Senior Year Luann, Wendy and Mary Jane sing at commencement. To the Class of 76: A t the moment they are first being read, how much meaning will these words have? Quite possibly none. But months, years, decades from now, perhaps we'll look back, and with a touch of sentiment, murmur to ourselves, Hey yah... Already the memories seem to blur things that were once so clear become slightly faded. Now what year was it that we won the Homecoming float contest? But certainly there are things to remember — we're a class to remember — we’re a class that’s had some very unique conditions. Isn’t it odd that the 55 miles per hour speed limit went into effect the very year most of us started driving ? And as if that wasn’t enough of a discouragement, then they decided to raise gas prices beyond our reach. One thing we won't be able to forget - history most likely won't let us — is that we are Children of Watergate. Just think, that whole mess started the same year we entered high school, and we are still hearing about it! And then, of course, there's the Bicentennial. But will we remember the long and magnificent heritage that this event represents, or simply recall the way it was exploited and overdone? It's a moot question, but somehow the answer seems to come in a not so subtle way when: as we drive down the highway, we see billboards, advertising Seagrams' at $17.76 a gallon. But is that the way we will want it? Years from now, when we're asked where we were on July 4, will we remember? And will the memories be good one? We’d like to think so. These things are the things that all Seniors have in common this year, but they're only the background of the things we'll truly remember: yelling at games, holding someone close at the prom, laughter, all the tests, smiling faces, and waiting in line for nearly everything — including that little piece of parchment. We’ll remember cold first period rooms (replete with phrases like would anyone like to go to their locker and get their coats? ) and the rebirth of skateboards (you know, those things that were so popular ten years ago and that suddenly disappeared because they were too dangerous. ) But most of all we’ll remember how these years — this scant fraction of our lives - shaped us in the time afterward. SENIORS 15