Kent Meridian High School - Diadem Yearbook (Kent, WA)

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Senior Ball Committee Chairmen are left to right, back, H. Nash, B. Higgins, C. Harris, J. Wal- tersp L. Joiner. Seated, D. Blanton, P. Brown, M. McVay, J. Wilson, and J. Burns. And now is The Tinale. We've had a grand and glorious year. Tom Emerson led The class wiTh The help of Helen Nash, vice presidenT: Lynn Far- man. secreTary: and Jim Goodspeed, Treasurer. The year was highlighted by The senior ball. Mo- menTs To Remember, clepicTing days gone by wiTh The music of Bob Elwood, The dance was led by Judi Burns and saw Jeanine WalTers heading decoraiions. We saw Tom Emerson, Gene WhiTe, CurT Thompson, capTain and Kei+h Thorsland sparking our Kingsmen on To a second place berTh in The P. S. L. league. Social acTiviTies were wound up by The ever popular senior banqueT and The always sad bac- calaureaTe service To The very conclusion. gradu- aTion. We end by saying goodby, K-lvl. Left to right-Patricia Brown, James Goodspeed, and Cecile Carpenter, who are sharing honors as valedictorian, having tied in the scholastic race with a grade point average of 3.80. 13

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T TON EmefS0n Helen Nash Lynn Furman Pfesldenf Vice-President Secreiary As The clock Ticks away The lasT few days before graduafion seniors dressed in familiar blue and whiTe robes for The lasT pracfice before The big nighT, They all look back on I2 memory filled years for The lasT Time one and all will be TogeTher. Our paThs crossed for The firsT Time in The eighfh grade when we meT for classes aT The Junior High in I952. The year was spenT geTTing acguainTed wiTh our new surroundings, new faces and learning To work TogeTher. We sTarTed our freshman year by elecTing Curf Thompson A. S. B. presidenf and DoroThy Blanfon secreTary-Treasurer. Tom Emerson was chosen as class prexy. Blue Moon was The Theme chosen for The Freshman Frolic headed by PaT Brown. Our en- ThusiasTic class saw an exciTing year of sporTs wiTh The Vandals being vicTorious in boTh fooTball and baskefball. One hundred and sixTy-Two frighTened sopho- mores venfured To K-M's halls of ivy. lniTiaTion wenT off wiTh a bang wiTh The rnighTy seniors making slaves of The sophomores one hecTic fun- filled day. Girls wore old dresses inside ouT and backwards. One old shoe and one high-heeled shoe didn'T make much difference because They spenT mosf of The day on Their knees, singing nursery rhymes and proposing To The senior men. The boys were aTTired in old dresses and bows in Their hair. CurT was elecTed To lead The class, vice presi- denf was Bill Norberg, Roland Jankelson was sec- reTary and Bob Jankelson Took over The dufies of Treasurer. May Days was The Theme selecfed for The Sophomore l-lop. Barbara Calverf and Bob Reano were chosen King and Queen of The gala 12 Jim Goodspeed Treasurer dance, feafuring a large May pole in The cenfer of The cafeferia. Our iunior year began wiTh The elecTion of class officers. CurT again copped Top honors. Bob Reano had The vice presidenT's posifion. The sec- reTary's spoT was filled by Jim Goodspeed. Ted KiTaio was Treasurer. The biggesf evenT of The year was The Junior Prom chairmanned by Helen Nash. The Theme was Blue Shadows and The gym was beauTifully decorafed in shades of blue and Silver.

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Seniors ANDREW ALLEN: BILL ANDERSON: Sportsman Club l,2,3, Fire Squad l,2,3. JUDI IHUNTI ANDERSON: FHA, Drill Team 3, Chorus 2,3, Talent Show l,2. HELEN ANGLEMEYER: GAA l,2, Chorus 3, Badminton 3. TONY AXELSON: Band l, Baseball Mgr. l, Spartsmen 3, Homecoming 3, MARILYN BADEN: Girls' Honor l,2,3, Treasurer 3, Pep Club 2,3, Student Council 3, Class Dances, Homecoming l,2,3, Spanish Club 2 Mother's Tea l,2,3 Office 2, Chorus 3, GAA l,2, Pep Skit l, Herald 3, Diadem 3, FHA l, Alumnae Tea 2,3,, Football Banquet l, Drama Club 3, Business Manager 3, Sportsman Club l, Con- certs 3, Kent-Auburn Dance 3, Exchange 3, Commence- ment 2. NORMAN BAIRD: FFA l,2,3 State Parliamentary Pro- cedure Tm. l, Torch l,2, Camera Club 2, Fire Squad 3, Thespians 3, President 3, Vice Pres. 2, Sec. l. DONNA BARDEN: GAA l,2, Unit Leader. LEROY BAYER, Sportsmen Club l,2, Boys' Club 2,3, LINDA BAYER: Library 2,3, Office 3, Chorus l, GAA l,2,3. GORDON BESE: Royal Herald 2, 3. DOROTHY BLANTON: ASB Sec. 3, Yell Leader 2,3, Queen 3, Traffic Court l,2,3, Student Council l,2,3, Girls Honor 2,3, Initiation Comm. 3, Gen. Co-Chair. 2, Gen. Chair. l, Class Dances l,2,3, Homecoming l,2,3, Herald 2,3, Diadem 2,3, Section Ed. 3, Triple Trio l,2,3, Per. Chorus 3, Thespians 3, Christmas Flay 3, Pep Club 2,3, Torch l,2,3, Talent Show 2, Chair, GAA l, Treas., Hist., Football Banquet l,2,3, Basketball Banquet l,2,3, Solo Contest 'l,2,3, Commencement l,2,3, Mother's Tea l,2,3, Alumnae Tea l,2,3, Style Show 3, Girls' Trio 3, Agenda Comm. 3, lnterschool Council 3. MILDRED BOOTH: Girls' Club. PATTY BROWN: Tolo l,2, Chairman 2, Homecoming l,2,3, Gen. Chairman 3, Girls' Honor 2,3, Pres. 3, Scholarship Comm. 2, Farewell Tea 2, Torch l,2,3, Talent Show l,2, GAA l,2,3, Banquet Comm. 2, Thes- pians l,3, Class Dances l,2,3, Triple Trio 3, Per. Chorus 3, Concerts 3, Chorus Exchange 2,3, Christmas Pageant 2, Christmas Play l, Pep Club 2,3 Pep Skit, Mother's Tea l, Style Show 3, Spanish Club l,2,3, Vice- Pres. 2. JUDI BURNS: Songleoder 2,3, Queen 3, General Chair- man 3, Class Dances l,2,3, Girls' Honor 2,3, Home- coming l,2,3, Chorus 2,3, Sportsman Club 1, Mother's Tea l,2,3, Style Show 3, Thespians 3, Torch l,2,3, Herald 2,3, Diadem 2,3, Asst. Editor 3, Ways and Means 2, Calendar and Assembly 3, Soph. Initiation 3, Talent Show 2, Tolo l,2,3, Triale Trio 3, Pep Club l,2,3, Alumnae Tea 2,3, GAA l, FHA l, Concert 2,3, Spanish Club 2, Kent-Auburn Dance 3.