Fairhaven High School - Aurora Yearbook (Bellingham, WA)

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Iillf I lIll'Il no! II1'L'Illf from lhrffr slnflwx fn staml lay .mrl n.ntc'l1 lllls - at mu torturv. null lhwir lfars. nfh Paris of nu iufinilrf plan- Thoy xwrr' leaving l z1irl1:u'm1 luvhinfl Good-Bye, Fairhaven A dramatic and rvvrfaling chaptvr in lhv history of South Bellingham, in which tragmly stalks on New Y0ar's Evo. This is a morning aftvf' slory whirh tho callous may fiml amusing. But anguish, is nothing al whivh to laugh By ROBERT HALE .-X frwml In-4-mm-s part ol :1 pvrson s lull-. lln- mlm-ntl: ol tlmt lru-ml would knll om- mvntully for :1 long time-. hvltllilllt that frim-ml, for :1 tilm-, lifm- would ln: vmptx - - with only thu- mm-morie-s of the- person tllut om- ll:1rl grown to lovv :xml mlmire Thus on Nvw YQ-:1r's lfvm-, N'llK'Tl tllm' city was m'l1-lmrnting tlu' 1-ntr:1nm'm' of 1 nm-w ywnr. thu- re-ports of tlu- llllT'IllI10' of l'l1llI'llJlVi'I1 strum-li us witll tllc' lim-rw-m of thf- loss of :1 frim-nfl. 3-. 1 lt was not only tln' fin' :mrl tln- rlnnmgc- tlmt killvrl vu-ry spark of 'iUYlJllltX on that lmple-ss lllgjlll, It was tllz- stark r1':1liz:1tion tlmt tlle- frivncl wc' llurl grown to low- was fl'-ml: gona' past rm-c':xlling,f. lt was too lllllK'll for us to rvulizc.

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r w lla- first class to ln' graduatvd from l'12i1Y'll!1Vt'11 in 1903 was 001111105111 of six hoys and four girls. Supm-rintvmlcnt llugha-s took all thu svniors on a tour of the- huilding from llLlSt'll1l'11t to attic-. 'l'ln-y had to know thc vntirm- huilding hy hvart. 'l'h1-n, whvn opt-n houscy' was In-ld, tht- se-nior class ac-tvd as guidcs to guvsts. Um' tvm-lit-r r n-iliviiilwrs how, at om- of thvsm- opt-n housc's, shv, witll hvr sinall class- matn-s, was punishm-d for running up and down those- shining nc-w stairs. M r. Ilughcs was tht-n sl1pa'rintn-mlm-lit of hoth North and South Side schools. lhv towns of l airhavcn and 11'hatc-oin had unitcd and l1t'l'0ll1t' 154-llingliain, so thn- graduating classcs of Xvlliltkillll and l Jll1'll1lVt'11 wvrc unitm-cl also. Thu graduation 1-xc-rvise-s wvrc In-ld at tln- old llvc'k's 'l'llt'iltl'l', which is now thx' Anlvrivan 'l'ln'atm-r. Spvakn-rs wx-rc 1-hos:-n hy the- class insta-ad of hy gradvs. IA-slim' Craven was 4-host-n for om-g his fathm-r was a lawyvr and tht- class dt-cidvd hm- should hc a good spa-akm-rg and Doris Batts, tht- othvr: hm-r niothvr taught puhlim- spvaking. 'l'ln- hrst annual stall was compost-d ol hoth 11 ll3tK'01ll and l'alrllavc-n rep- rvsvntativus. Miss B Brennan and Mrs. Ge-orgv Finnegan nivt with Miss lvahl- strand and Miss 1Vaplcs to dist-uss plans. Tln- nainc chosc-n was Alpha, The rlan was to nalm- 4-ach ycar hook hy a firm-k lvttvr. This plan was nm-vc'r carrie-d out. 1 Wm- l.ikv to lll'lll0l1ll 'lhv ncxt graduating class took all thuir mom-y, and, instvad of having a pic-nic, an annual, and graduation 1-xc-rcisc-s, wont to tht- hig fair hc-ing hold at S4-attlv that snnnnn-r. ln 15101 tht- school took up haska-thall. 'l'ln'r4- was no gym, so tvains playa-d in tht- old skating rink on Donovan Avclillv. The- girls we-rv allowvd to play only whvn il te-:ivlwr :u-conlpanin-rl thcin. 'lll1t'1 1' was also a good foothall tr-:nn that yvar. Tln- invn wt-rv hig and fast. 'l'he-y won just ahout 1-wry ganna-. Tha- nvxt ye-ar sports worm' unitvd with 11'liatcom and all our hig hoys worm- sm-nt on-r tlu-rv. .Nftvr this l'Vk'1'ltfl1l hm-ginning, l'iil11'llJlVt'l1 wcnt on in mum-In tht- sanw inannvr as it always has. until 1915, wht-n thc gradvs worn- transfvrrvd to 1.own-ll. ln 1920 the prcsm-nt gymnasium was built. ln 1931 a we-ll-vquipped stage' was addm-d to tlu- gym, 1-oniplt-ting thc l airhavrn huilding known to all thc studm-nts who spt-nt thvir four happim-st yvars tl1t'I'l'. wr It The luwarll Glow

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lla-rn' wc had mm-t pe-oplv who shura-d our whims and our idvas. Ilvrm- was a plan-4' will-rv wa- wi-rm' unrn-strxc'tm-d ln daspotic' laws, whvrm- wc wvn-rv unhindm-rm-d in c-arrving out our idx-as. It was a world that wc- had huilt and that we- lov:-d. It was tht- hrightm-st, happim-st part ol' our livm-s. And now it was all ova-r. 'l'hosv days of livin g and working and playing with pt-oplv of our 1-qual knowlm-dgv and lmmor. Outside-rs saw firm-mcn fighting to stop a hlazv. But tlnv studvnt saw his fav- oritn- room, or cornvr, burning. Pvrhaps hc had stoppn-d the-rv m-vm-ry aftt-rnoon in-fora' going hom:-. Or inayln- it was thvrv hm- had playa-d his first high school prank. But to stand hx' and watt-h this . . . tht- school ot his youth . . . he-ing huruvd without thx- powvr to stop it . . . wa-ll, it was torturv. It was Nm-w Yi-ar's livin 'l'ln- firm- startvd, hurnvd, smouldvrvd. 'l'hc an-tual truth was hard to rvalizc. lollowing that grim hiazv, dark. murky vlouds antagonizvd our alrvady grim'- ing spirits. 'l'hv on-rhanging clouds sa-rvul as a shroud. Pa-oplv Cillllt' and wx-nt. f w lhvx' stood m ovvrr-oats and vimva-rl thx- 'xshvs of a on:-1'-proud svhool. 'l'lu'y pu-rud f , through thn- windows to clxarrvd dvsks wln-rv onm- tht-y had sat as studvnts. It-an-lv 4-rs and studvnts rt-iuowd what valuahlq-s 1-ould hr' found. All that rvmainvd was mr-morivs, lollowing thi- lirv. tha- stud:-nt holly of l'lJliTllIlYQ'H massm-d to rmwcin- vim-rgvm'y instruvtions. All wvri- facing a mu lilm It was thx' last assi-mhly. That day soma' H30 studvnts walkrd down tha- wind- ing 1-ampus lam- with ln-:ny hm-arts. 'l'hm-y wvrn- It-aving Fairhavm-n hm-hind f lm-aving il part of thu-ir liws that vould m'vi'r hm- rn-plan-d. All thi! rvnuunwl Illvlliofls-s 'l'l10y - vivwvd ilu' aslu-s. -uhh llrl mr firw in my housr by flu' sa of Ihr roml .lnfl lu' ll friwml lo man.