Hoquiam High School - Hesperian Yearbook (Hoquiam, WA)

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SENICDR I-IISTCDRY l CONTINUED l However the followlng fall when the school bell shook off lts summer s dust we dld d6C1d9 to change our attltude Maybe It was from hablt or the deslre to show off our deep tan or curloslty to see how It would feel to be a Junlor but at any rate there we were Wlth shln lng faces and soon had elected Bob Mlller pres ldent Blll Murphy VICE presldent Florence Karl secretary treasurer John Kosenskl yell leader Darrell Austln sergeant at arms and Clarence Holm class representatlve Thls group was succeeded at mld year by Stan Mlckelson presldent John Lund VICE presldent Florence Karl secretary treasurer John KOSGHSKI yell leader Harold Manker sergeant at arms and Blll Murphy class repre sentatlve Wlth the frost on the pumpkln and the crackle of dry leaves came thoughts of a mys tely play somethlng Wlth a chlll thrlll and secret panels The Inner Clrcle dlrected by Mr Hardlng and played by a slngle mascullne cast and double femlnlne cast whlch lncluded Dolores Paylor Florence Karl Verda Glles Shlrley Marlowe Lorralne Cook Anlta Breese Mary Sturblch Kathryn Egge Leona Neathery Jeanetta Johnston Arnold Morrow Ian Eadle Roy Major Donald Evans Francls Beaulleu Rolf Espedal 36 Elvln Backholm 36 and Pal mer Berge 36 more than answered the requlre ments Wlth burstlng buttons we proudly polnted out John Lund Olale Warj onen Darrell Austln George Anderson Stan Mlckelson Bob Mlller and Harold Manker our football heroes and Wlllle Makl thelr manager Then Wlth dazlng rapldlty raln clouds floated away Wlth football scores Dame Nat ure produced the sun ln all h1S glory and the hlgh school produced a mlghty neat basketball squad Bob Mlller Thor Peterson and Stan Mlckelson from our class Wh1ZZ8d through many a vlctory 6 As the hoopsters were havlng thelr last fllng the famlllar plnk and whlte sulted lndl vlduals began thelr sprlnts toward Emerson fleld Thor Peterson Paul Paulson and Bob Mlller vlctorlously carrled off track letters Stan Mlckelson Don Crawford and Rov Malor spent thelr tlme wleldlng tennls rackets Wllat s the use of anythlng? we lazlly wondered as a robln trllled outslde the wlndow and sunbeams danced tantallzlngly before us Georglana Dole Ivan Dorey Florence Karl Roy MaJor Shlrley Marlowe M Llsse Rychard Mary Sturblch and Verna Sundqulst kept thlnk lng they would wrlte thelr Hesperlan storles rlght now Two mlnutes later you would flnd them lost ln dreams of Tomorrow tomorrow and tomorrow Then the Junlor Senlor ball' The very Now we were actually to help ln 1tS preparatlon Under the watchful eye of a senlor we feverlshly cut aurora borealls streamers Wlth amazlng energy The Alaskan Indlan theme was so con vlnclng that we almost felt on speaklng terms Wlth the pengulns To be or not to be that IS the questlon Whether tls nobler to be a common flower snatcher or to rlsk belng swept out of a garden by a lehement NO' was our puzzle as bacca laureate and commencement preparatlons began Wlth a pardon me whlle I DICK your l1l16S expresslon we vlgorously bore down on all flower growers When baccalaureate and com mencement nlghts rolled around profuslons of flowers lnnocently nodded from approprlate nooks Llttle dld the spectator guess what angulsh heart break and wounded feellngs were lncurred by the Junlors as they set out on thelr quests for those blossoms all eyes were for the hlgh and mlghty senlors Oh well next year was yet to come Revenge IS sweet , , . n Q , ,y . . . . . - 7 7 . - ' ' ' ' s , u y 9 9 9 ' , , ' y 7 ., . 7 . ' . - A se 7 Y y y ' 1 H , . ,,, . - , ' A . 1 ' r 1 . . . . n . - - f I 7 7 7 . 4 , . . . 7 y 9 ' ' . . , . . . ' . y 3 L 9 , , , ' . . . - . g , - , . T . . . . 7 7 7 ' ' I ' ' ' s r 4 ' Y ' ll - 7 7 7 ' - as K , . - . h ' name had always held a secret glamor for us. - Y , . . . Q cc ' I nv ' . . , , , , . . . l . ' n - 1 7 1 9 r ' a a 1 ' ' . 7 7 7 , , , 66 , 'K ' 'YY 7 7 7 9 - , X 9 - 9 9 9 1 ' , , . . 7 7 P ' 66 77 I' - . . , ' N 7 . , - - - - - - 7 7 7 . . 1 n 7 7 7 7 , , , . , . , . . , 7 7 ! . - A . Li' L , . . , , 1 , , K .

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SENICDR l-IISTCDRY l CONTINUED l yell leader and Georglana Dole class repre scntatwe In keepmg Wlth tradition we had our au tumn no date dance IH the gym Commlttee members braved the elements ensnarmg black berry vmes at the r1sk of pneumoma 1n at temptmg to secure the necessary but eluslve fall leaves Wlth a few make shlfts here and there the deslred autumn effect was fmally procured Bob Mlller and Darrell Austln were the two envled class members who as sophomores earn ed the1r football letters To top that Bob was awarded an Octonek football sweater Then came the hoop season Thor Peter son Jack Arthaud Stan Mlckelson Bob M1ller and Ivan Dorey carrled away second team hon ors Not to be outdone by the masculme mem bers of the class three of the falrer sex Verda Glles Geraldme Rlebe and Amta Breese played on the glrls varslty squad Evelyn G1ngr1ch and Verda Glles were more than successful 1n volley ball bemg the only Sophomore mermalds on the sW1mm1ng team were Florence Karl ML1sse Rychard Shlrley Marlowe and G9OTg13H3 Dole At mld year we found that The old order changeth y1eld1ng place to new Stan Mlck elson was elected presldent Verna Sundqulst v1ce presldent Roy Major secretary treasurer John Lund and Gus Sundqulst sergeants at arms Harold Lundqu1st yell leader and Doro thea Dean representatlve Wlth the comlng of sprlng tradltlonal sprlng tradltlonal spr1ng fever developed 1nto a severe fever of energy Ruby Benson fever 1shly exclalmed and declalmed her way to a star debator Georglana Dole and Verda Glles labored on the Glrls Councll whlle B111 Mur phy Thor Peterson and Bob Smlth worked off a b1t of surplus energy on the Boys Councll Jack Arthaud and Bob M1ller d1st1ngu1shed themselves 1n track by wlnnlng places 1n fleld everts Then one balmy day IH MISS Forsbergs room there gathered after school a mysterlous group of serlous lookmg people Florence Karl Verna Sundqulst Elsle Gustafson Ethel Lou Smlth Shlrley Marlowe Georglana Dole Joe Clark Bob Smlth Roy Major Clarence Holm Stan Mlckelson and B111 Murphy Just a peep 1n the door would convlnce any one It was a case for the authorltles or that one S eye Slght requlred attentlon Surrounded by heaps of colored paper the above mentloned sat 1n a c1rcle armed wlth scls sors that snlpped menacmgly as confused mur murs rose and fell Wlnklng codflsh red Whlte and blue saw tooth wlngless sea sprlte and other unfathomable phrases proved too much for any spy At last the mystery cleared when the hap py pamt be smeared comm1ttee announced that everythlng was shlp shape for the nautlcal but n1ce Sophomore Hop For one nlght the Vasa Hall was mlracu lously transformed 1nto an aquatlc paradlse Wlth paper flshes leaplng coquettlshly about the walls The Mummy and the Mumps the cholce for our class play set people guesslng when It threatened to be the Mummy and the Measles as that chllds malady swept the school 1nclud mg even d1gn1f1ed semors Under MISS Amta Petersons d1rect1on the cast whlch lncluded B111 Murphy Evelyn Gmgrlch Bob Mlller Mary Kay Wlnkle Clarence Holm Roy Major Anlta Breese Geneva Sm1th Gus Sundquxst and Dol ores Paylor d1d a mlghty flne job of the play and escaped the measles if if wk Havmg been lmmortallzed 1n the Hesperlan by M Llsse Rychard Florence Karl and Shlrley Mallowe we spent the summer months con tentedly feehng that Th1s our 11fe exempt from publlc haunt Fmds tongues ln trees books 1n the runnmg brooks Sermons ln stones and good ln evelythmg I would not change It E151 . - . . , ! 7 ' A ' . , L . . . . - - , , - . . , y . ' - r y 9 7 . . . . . . - , , , , 7 7 , . . . , i u ' Q , - ' ' . . . , l 9 9 1 Ln y - Q ' . K y ' ll ' ' ' 77 ii - ' 7 y ' ' as cc ' V - n ' ' y 1 7 7 7 7 , - - Q - - 7 7 ' 61 ' 77 ' Y 7 V 7 ' . , . . . . . . , k mn , r 1 - 1 s two sophomores on the hlgh school team. v .. K6 77 ' I , A , 1 a . . i , , , Ki 77 ' Cl - . , . . . ,, . 7 , , - . . . . . . . - 4 ' , , V , . . . . . - . . 7 7 - , , - , . . . . . 7 7 7 , - - . . . 1 7 7 7 s 1 2 ' ' ' - , 7 7 7 ' , , . . . . n 1 n n - , , L n 7 . , . . . 9 ' ' ' , ' 7 7 1 1 1 ' 1 , n ' : , , . . . . . ' ' , ,

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SENIQR I-IISTCDRY l CONTINUED l After all what IS rexenge' Thls was a dally questlon when as lofty senlors we return ed the fOll0XV1Ylg golden September only to flnd that the tardy room com enlently accommodated senlors as vsell as anyone else We d heard of the soft llfe of a senlor but as we flew from class to class and trled to be ln every actlvlty at once we xery much doubted the exlstence of such a reputed Utopla Wlth Stan M1Cli9lSOH as presldent Blll Mul phy V109 presldent Florence Karl secretary Georglana Dole treasurer George Anderson sergeant at arms Johnny KOSBHSKI yell leader and Shlrley Marlowe representatlve we began com entlonally enough After havlng argued our whole lunlor year about class colors we took up the battle anew thls year ox er sweaters Flnally the nawy blue and whlte models agreed upon were satlsfactory to all or almost all of us but at that tlme there were the usual number who deslred somethlng dlfferent a hand knlt collar or no draft pockets By far the greatest pel cent of football let termen thls season were senlors George An derson Darrell Austln Joe Clark Bob Brault Don Crawford Bob Clark John IQOSQIISKI Olave Warlonen Clarence Holm John Lund Stan Mlckelson Bob Mlller Thor Peterson and the manager Wlllle Makl Bob Mlller was wlnner of the lnspllatlonal trophy and Darrel Austln was g'lN91'1 the honorary team captalncy Senlor nlght thls year proved on OCCHSIOH for top hats and broad Even the most ellte felt that the Club Senlor set the RltZ back 1 notch We also felt our llterary lncllnatlons satls fled when Florence Karl and Roy Major were elected annual edltors and Shlrley Marlowe re celxed the edltorshlp of the H1 News Then mth the hoop season came a SGFIQS of thrllls chllls and all around surprlses that wlll never be exceeded The senlor cagers that came through wlth the bacon were Frank Landls Ivan 7 Dorey Thor Peterson Bob Mlller and Stan NIICKQISOII Wlth Stan MICKQISOH as year round prcsl dent of Boys League and Georglana Dole year around presldent of Glrls League actlxltles kept burstlng about Us llke popcorn' Then unexpectedly one day we were con fronted wlth a huge slgn that calmly lnformed us that The Whole Towns Talklng Wlth a twlnge of consclence each lndlvldual regarded the accuslng slgn untll lt was revealed that lt was the senlor play tltle Wlth a cast lncludlng Dolores Paylor Blll Murphy Walter Bannon Kathryn Egge Mary Lou Walsh Arnold Mor row Bob DuGay Hazel W1lll3mS Dorls Bray Verda Glles Jeanetta Johnston and Cllff Sund qulst the play more than llV6d up to 1tS tltle It set the whole town talklng of lts success Whlle the tracksters were out puttlng on mlleage students became serlously alarmed as a tauntlng H1 Dlddle Dlddle or Three Bllnd M109 floated boldly from MISS Wllllams room Even the bravest of the frlghtened number was larred from hlS complacency upon peerlng lnto the room In one corner stood an overslzed daffo dll belng serenaded by one of the three llttle p1gS No thlS couldnt be rlght One more zlflnce explalned everythlng They were prepa ratlons for our Junlor senlor ball done ln Mother Goose style' Even though we had always been well repre sented ln the muslc department we were addl tlonally proud when Patty Watklns and Mar ant C rlson won honors at the Northwest MUSIC Educators Conference ln Portland At th closlng of our year It Stlll remalns hard to realize that we were senlors That all lmpresslve tltle IS only useful as an excuse for a stray tear drop and a Shlny nose on class day After ll All the world s a stage and all the men and women merely players We ve had our entrance and now thls IS our 9X1t . , . 1 1 1 1 1 1 , K 1 K , K , , ' 1 1 . . , K , K K K, ' K 1 ' 1 1 ' ' 1 1 , 3 1 - 1 1 1 K K K 1 3 ' K1 A1 .1 v 1 A1 A1 I 5 K , Y Q . I 1 1 1 , 1 7. . K K K , K ' K 7 K w 1 1 . . 1 S . K K KK I V v I , K 1 I' 1 , - K - 1 Y 1 I - 1 r as 1 ' 11 - A , - K 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y - - l , . 1 1 1 . ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' 1 7 Y ' 1 ' - 1 1 1 1 1 1 Y - v 1 ' KK K , , , I 7 1 u . y ' ' ' 1 A ' 1 K K KK . . . Q K K l . u 1 . J' K K 1 - 1 K 1 ' . 1 . ' ss ' ' ' 11 44 ' 1 1 1 ' ' . ,, 1 1 1 , K 1 W 1 - v ' K K K I v Y 1 . N U - ' ' ' ' 1. K 1 K 1 ' 1 1 1 . K K - 1 1 1 1 , ' n 1 , 1 . 1 1 1 1 , . 1 t 1 , , 1 1 1 1 K' c ' . - , . K -L ' I 1 K 1 ' 1 Y . K 1 K - K , - 44 1 11 - - - 31 S. K . - ' as ' 11 ' H 1 -K v , fl 2 lh K K' A K . 1 , 1 c . , . 1 . . . .D K1 - -' 1 K I L 1 ' , 4 - 1 ' v ' ' '- KK 1 1. 1 KL I 1' ' ' as 1 1 . . . , ' ' ' 11 - 1 , 1 1 . , 1