Forest Grove Union High School - Optimist Yearbook (Forest Grove, OR)

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Senior Class ll-listory Freshmen ln Sepfember of I942, wifh fhe sfrains of Old Black Magic on our lips, we en- fered Foresf Grove Union High School mosf caufiously and quiefly. This didn'f lasf long: affer a few days of orienfafion we gof info fhe full swing of high school life and began whaf was fo be four years full and running over wifh ideas, ideals, and idiosyncracies. In fhe Nafional Poefry Confesf, Chesfer Cunningham won a prize for his poem, Modern Rescue, while Jean Duyck, Dar- lene Canfrall, Mary Lee McGraw, Rufh Eileen Anderson, Bill Afkins, Russell McKichan, and Leonard Woofen won awards for fheir limer- icks. Our class officers for fhe firsf semesfer were presidenf, Richard Turley: vice-presi- denf, Alice Dober: secrefary, Jean Duyckg and for second semesfer, presidenf, Roland Hendricks, vice-presidenf, ,Alice Dober: sec- refary, Mary Lee McGraw. Miss Maud Gra- ham was our class advisor. Sophomores Wifh Miss Parkinson as class advisor we confinued our life of vim and vigor in our sophomore year. Bob Scoffen and Dave Knapp were fhe firsf in our class fo make school leffers in foofball, and Bud Greason walked off wifh fhe only sophomore baskefball leffer. The enfire baskefball B squad was made up of sophomore boys. This feam consisfed of Eugene Sfanley, Roberf Miller, Russell Mc- Kichan, Russell Casfleberry, Bob Nunn, Bob Ramsey, and Roberf Young. Our class officers for fhe firsf semesfer were, presidenf, Roland Hendricks: vice- presidenf, Jean Duyck: secrefary, Marian Miller: freasurer, Mary Lee McGraw, sfudenf council, Richard Turley. During fhe second semesfer we kepr fhe same officers wifh fhe excepfion of freasurer, Neva Safferlee. Juniors Upperclassmen af lasfl The fall of I944 opened fo us fhe lasf and mosf colorful phase of our high school days. The maiorify lyk 193 xii X of posifions on all afhlefic feams were filled by iunior boys. Af fhe annual foofball ban- quef Dave Knapp was elecfed foofball cap- fain for fhe season of '45. Bud Greason held fhe posifion of baskefball capfain for bofh '45 and '4-6. Arloweene Williams and Don Parsons were our candidafes for Lollipop King and Queen. Don was lafer elecfed King and crowned af fhe Lollipop dance. Under fhe direcfion of Miss Hunfer, Marilyn Cochran, Richard Turley, Gale Schneider, Beffy Millard, Marie Leavens, Beffy Camp, Mary Lee McGraw, and Earl Meyer presenfed our Junior class play, This Genius Business, a comedy drama. Using a Hawaiian fheme we honored fhe class of '45 wifh our Junior-Senior Ban- quef complefe wifh moon and palm frees affer having prepared fhe guesfs before- hand for The Lasf Round-Up as fhe fheme. Mrs. Bliss and Miss Hunfer were our class advisors. Class officers were, firsf semesfer, presidenf, Russell McKichang vice- presiclenf, Don Parson, secrefary, Neva Saf- ferlee: freasurer, Reva Sfrong, yell leaders, Jackie Lewfon and LaVerne Consfanfine. Of- ficers for second semesfer were, presidenf Bob Scoffong vice-presidenf, Walf Sinclair, secrefary, Jackie Lewfong freasurer, Mary Lee McGraw: yell leaders, Lorraine Cooper and Neva Safferlee. Seniors To really inifiafe our senior year, we gave, midsf onions, rice, wafer, ficker fape, and yogiism, our senior assembly. We fhrew our firsf class parfy af fhe Legion Hall affer Chrisfmas. From fhis we gof our repufafion for fhrowing successful, imprompfu parfies. Direcfed by Miss' Pefroff, our senior play, Murdered Alive, a mysfery comedy, was successfully presenfed by Mary Lee Mc- Graw, Neva Safferlee, Maxine O'Rielly, Charloffe Albers, Dean Frye, Richard Turley, Marie Leavens, Bill Wilson, Lorraine Cooper, Gene Hausske, Beffy Camp, and Owen Ras- mussen. The lasf of March broughf our chance fo sif back and relax from fhe rush of four years and fhe sfrain of Chickery Chick when fhe iuniors enferfained us af fhe I946 Junior- Senior Banquef. May broughf wifh if our Baccalaureafe services af fhe Chrisfian Church and our long-awaifed and regreffed graduafion ex- ercises. We now leave, fhe firsf graduafing class since fhe end of World War-ll, and fhe song in our hearfs which has dominafed fhrough four years in fhe midsf of consfanf changes, OH, F.G. HI, OH, F. G. HI, OH MAY HER GLORIES NEVER DlE.