Harrington High School - Panther Yearbook (Harrington, WA)

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l953 -,s- A be cvs - . ss- - THE PANTHER cLASs HISTORY rcomrnuedr Wrth the prom the marn goal of the year and the actrvrttes burlt around rt the followrng offrcers headed the class Presrdent Vrce Presrdent Secretary Treasurer Socral Charrman Board of Control Rep Sgt at Arms Class Advrsor Janet MacDonald Greg Knapp Janet McCormrck Larry Barley Donna Maurer Mrldred Layton Norman Severson Mrss Gaylord Srmpson Jrm Larsh earned suffrcrent credrts to become a senror so our class roll was agarn lowered to nrne members We chose a very attractrve class rrng from the Master Engravers and recerved them rn December Our class play Atta Boy Walt' was presented Aprrl 5 rn the H H S audrtorrum and was very successful Wrth the goal of rarsrng money for our prom we also sold pop and popcorn at the home basketball games On May 9 the long awarted date we all took a trrp to South Pacrfrc for our lunror prom Our flower grrl and boy Cherie Oestrerch and Jrmmy Mclllhargey led the senror march whrle Sammre Muzzutos band played Some Enchanted Evenrng Larry Barley and Janet MacDonald were selected by the Amerrcan Legron and the Amerrcan Legron Auxrlrary to attend Boys and Grrls State respectrvely Thrs memorable year was ended wrth our class prcnrc whrch was held at Wrllram s Lake for the second year For the second year a grrl from our class Janet MacDonald was chosen Prrncess Harrrngton The senrors came back to school eager to make therr last year at H H S the best and the most memorable Durrng the summer Donna Maurer was marrred leavrng a total of erght members rn the class of l953 These erght elected the followrng capable offrcers Vrce Presrdent Ray Whrtesrde Secretary Janet MacDonald Treasurer Larry Barley Socral Charrman Mrldred Layton Board of Control Rep Noman Severson Class Advrsor Mr H Warren Downrng Already thrnkrng about and preparrng for commencement we ordered announce ments from the Master Engravers We also recerved Memory Books from therr com pany Each member of the class had hrs graduatron prctures taken at Burchetts studro rn Spokane Because the senror and rumor classes were both small rt was decrded to have a rornt class play The presentatron Junror Prom was held on Aprrl 24 Mr Downrng and Mr Krmble were the co drrectors of thrs Successful productron The class motto rs The best preparatron for the future rs the present well seen to Our class colors are Kelly green and srlver Baccalaureate was held on the evenrng of May 24 and Commencement the clrmax of our Harrrngton school days was held May 25 brrngrng to a close the group hrstory of the Harrrngton senror class of l953 , ,, ,, . . , . r r - ' ' - , . ,, . . ,, . . , , - f , . . , H . U . , . . , . , . , , President ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,, , s,,,,,,s,,,, ,,,,s, D a rrell Varnier . ,, U - - . ,, . ,, . . . ,, . . H , , , ,

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THE PANTHER l953 CLASS HISTORY The semor class of T953 began nts colorful hugh school days IH September of T949 when the ten green frosh entered H H S The freshmen enloyed a pleasant year under the leadershlp oft e following offlcers Presldent Janet MacDonald Vrce Presudent Ray Whiteside Secretary Janet McCorm1ck Treasurer Donna Maurer Soclal Chaarman Greg Knapp Board of Control Rep Larry Barley Sgt at Arms Norman Severson Class Advlsor Miss Dorace Hornberger The flrst event of the freshman class was the October T4 lnutlatlon whlch the Iunlors directed membershlp to nune Just before prom tame each of the four H H S classes chose a gurl from tts class to be a candsdate for Crnderella Donna Maurer was the cholce of the class of 53 and she was a prnncess at the prom The flnal event of our ftrst year ln high school was our class pxcnnc which we held at the Natatorlum Park In Spokane on May 26 At the beginning of our sophomore year rn H H S Darrell Varnler golned our class brlngung the total to ten as we had had the year before Elected to head the class for the school year l950 5l were Presrdent Jtm Larsh Vice Presudent Greg Knapp Secretary Larry Bailey Treasurer Janet MacDonald Social Cha man Ray Whltesrde Board of Control Rep Darrell Varnuer Sgt at Arms Noman Severson Class Advisor Mlss Dorace Hornberger Durung our eventful sophomore year we had a cake raffle which proved to be prosperous and we also sold candy and gum at the home ball games lt was durrng thus year that our class furst had a party guven In Its honor The freshmen lost to us an a magazlne sellung contest and sponsored the dance party We had a plcnuc at Wrlllams Lake and then we traveled to Spokane where we engoyed roller skatung bowlung and movues Dursng the summer Donna Maurer was chosen Prlncess Harrungton At the Queen Dance IH August she was selected to be Queen of the l95l Llncoln County Falr The annual freshman unutlatuon began a year to be filled wlth much actuvlty when twelve green frosh were unltuated unto the student body on October lf? The frosh came to school dressed In all sorts of clothrng combunatuons, then durung the half time of the football game wlth Sprague they provuded entertalnment for the fans , . h . . : During October Carroll McKinney moved to Twin Falls, Idaho, lowering our class

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THE PANTHER T953 1953 CLASS WILL We The senuor class at Harrungton Hugh School un The year nuneteen hundred and Tutty three do hereby bequeath The lollowung To These deservung unduvuduals and groups RAY lSmuley would luke To wull hus red hour To Everett so that he wont be hut by any aurplanes wuth hus head up so hugh un The clouas He wulls hus quuet manner To Leota and To The T954 edutor ot The Panther go all The work and trouble he has faced edutung Thus book R Dee wulls hus Psych notes To anyone who wanTs Them DARRELL lVunnyl wulls hus wonderful Talent lor The CharlesTon To Muss Stules so that she wonT be so embarrassed next year uf she happens to be unutuated Hus stubborn ora Tory goes to The next senuor class presudent un case he or she may have some bug uunuors To argue wuTh To George he wulls hus good Traunung habuts and abuluty to stay on The Team JANET uGuggles wulls her puano Talent To Jeanne VVahl and also The abuluty To play lnundreos ol songs To Kay who only seems To know Fuve Munutes More To anyone who lukes to wrute Janet wulls her posutuons ot secreTary of The Gurl s League and The sfudent body She wulls her seat un The sTudy hall To Elous lTooTsl GREG Nufhuskersl wulls hus bass vouce To Creed who has been hopung and wushung Tor a beard Tor so long now Hus obuluTy un math and scuence go To The gurls ot H H S who are so un need ot Them Hus posutuon as Treasurer ot The sTudenT body goes To any of The MILDRED lMulluel wulls her success wuth cookung To all The boys so that They wull make beTTer wuves un Theur Tuture years Her obuluTy to wear Tour sweaters and stull be cold goes To Kathryn who always seems excessuvely warm NORMAN lBusTlung Benuue wulls hus auto shop abuluty to Creed so that he can keep hus car un runnung condutuon To Warren he wulls hus speed so ThaT Arturo can be on Tume Tor band un The future years JANET AN lScotTyl wulls all The old newspaper cluppungs To The TuTure edutors of Tre School News so that They may have more news utems even uf They are a luTTl out dated To Harruet she wulls her nughts alter The basketball games bakung cherry pues Her love for sports and loud vouce go To Joanne Loelfelbeun so that next year she can be The nousuest one un The cheerung sectuon Her tuba and The spot of Heunue un The Ger man Bond go To JoAnn Harruson LARRY lLorenzol wulls hus heught To George and John so that They wull be more up n Tlnus world He wulls To The next student body presudent The abuluty To get unTa ottuce wuTh as luTTle eTTorT as he puT Torfh lHmm only one name on The ballotl To The future members of The Bookkeepung class he wulls The advantage of havung a father aT The bank To Mr Downung we leave our large vocabularues and our Tune penmanshup whuch were such an asset To The Englush class Also we want To wull our Psychology notes to hum so that he wull be prepared Tor future deolungs wuTh The Class or T954 To Coach Kerns we would luke To wull our superb Traunung habuTs and our untellectual rnunds for mathematucs To Mr Kumble we would luke To leave our balloons and any mercury ThaT we may have taken from Physucs class also our dead Tennus balls To Muss Styles we wull any old cartoons and uokes also our abuluty to cook and sew We Too leave our home economucs books wuth hopes that she wull use Them wusely l A ll ' ' ll u , . hard working students of The Bookkeeping class, I . . . . , . l A ' ' ' Q . h . b . r f