La Grande High School - Mimir Yearbook (La Grande, OR)

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Sl l0ll MASS PRIIPHHIY s s 9 1l 11du11 lt ft the dea1lx bf lo ed s o ooc o 1 you 111 a was not farnous of C0111 se 11 tl llllllllf 1111 CGIQCT at 116 11651 111 t1111el 11111111 well known 'Nlot 1111 1111nw to br1f llu111ph'In T16 past few 1 1rs lhad been employedas a l1r.1XfGl1I'1U 1eporter but I am now the ed1to1 of the qu1et1aalbo1 B1bble xy h1chI not only edit but also own I am vezx fo1tunatf l1Z1V1I1U two ye1y inte llwent young wo111en to do mx tr1yel1ng 1nd sC1ye as noy star re pgrters NTdlHP Olsenand Lde H1 ndr1ckson D111 1n1 the I1IT1E.Ibl59T1llT'9i.VPl1Y1U I saw 11'1any of my old Classm11es whoml had not seen since high school days 1ndI will tell you about sonoc of them now 'llid 1ny Luf ss is Whenl was do ID 111 the Southern states of our Country the first personl ran1nto was Bob G1lbert He couldn t seem to Det out of the rut of be1ng president and now he had risen to that poS1t1on 1n a Tar and Feather 1ng Company G1lbc It Damon whorn you will all re mc mbe r can be seeneye ry hour on the hour at the clock 1n the Hott l Astor llc h1s re pl1ced the cuckoo b1 rd Wl11Cl1 died 111 1952 Arllne Berry ll'1S now bf come IVI1 s Beit Hall and she and her husb1nd 1re s11llw1th Don Blackers btarlightf rs Ihe last t1m1 I saw her they had an en11gemen1 at the Waldorf Astoria In 1951 Wade Abbott got a crick IH h1s neck and he s been holdinfw h1s head up ever slnce He has traveled all over the Un1ted States and has become a wellknown astrol over H15 famous words are If you want to become an astrologer Justkeep you chin u Rurnors say but of course you 1 now how rumors are however 11 seems qu1teposs1ble that Bob I a110hl1n IS st1ll 1Fl schooltrylng to catch up on h1s slfcp and also get an A from lVlr Bye Duane W estenskow has replaced R1c'1ard Byrd s St Bernard dog Ile has done very w ll at tl is Job his only drawback beinv he never Gets there w1tr1 the brandy After 10 yea s of studylnw to become concert p1an1st lVlar1lxn Skeen gave up lfl despa1r and settleddown w1th her old steady from Nyssa on 1he smallest cow farm in Oregon One cow' Kathy IQIXE has r1sen to 0 reat fame She is now the secondBetty G1able of the Umted States and Wes Ball who h1s become Ia 11nde F1 1 DIY r cCo1 s COIlt'SUOI'1ClH Wllfl h 1 1n hopes that she x 1ll u1 11 and lt ad 1 ICI lt l1 d 1n1 1 now why Ill1S doesnt 1ppe 1l to 1e1 Now seryinw 1n the 'Northt rn States 1s an 111te 1 p1eterfor the refuge es who have em 1Ur1ted from the South fleelnff CJPI'16T0.lJOlJ I- la1srry s he has ieplaced General Lee rewn of terror IS Donna Ree Holloway who at one t1me had quite aSouthern d1'1lCCll16l' self Bob Det 1ck 1s now tl1e chief bouncer 1n the Fake 1lELCl11b in Bazooka llecred1ts h1s cxpemence and marvelous ab1l11y to the twhtino off of girls in h1s yaungve 1 days II ou can t 1ma01ne who I ran into whc nl was 1n Reno It was none other than Dicl old s Club the well known gambling s1loon On the 5th floor of th1s club there is a foun tain which sprays nothlnv but alcohol It IS rumored but of course this 15 just another rurnor that Dicl takes h1s morning bath 111 t 11s fountain It IS also runoored that he dr1nl s h1s own bathwelter HaulBeckerwas serv1n11 as a bartender 1n this club but ztcently he d1s1ppe1red and stzangely enough 93 OOO dollars worth of merchandise d1s1pp1a1ed with him ll1yll1C,IIa1'l'r1O1'1l1O.S attuned the f1o1l she str1ved for and has become a well lnown doCto1 Her only drawback 15 h1t she is deathly afraid of wh1te m1ce whlch she is re quired to use in her exper1ments Twoyears ago she received the Noble Coward award for outstanding work 1D th1s f1eld W'h1le on an Indian reservation for the purpose of teach1nU the Indlans how to mal e clay pots and pans George Blantoncreated a new danc The Minna ha ha 1 oca Leo Walter with a yearn for explorino and much dete rm1nat1on set out 1n l95l l 2 to find the l1ne of the equator Asyet he has not been able to locate it but he s11ll h s much courage and 19 sure that he will find 1t by the end ofthe centu1y Ida Herron N1d1ne Iincknell and llc len S-hawyer are very busy with their wo1l in their Handkerch1ef-Laundry lht 1711111 at tractxon of their establ1shment is that the 1 clean all kinds of hanl1es thus el11111natnf1 the necessuy ofsort1nUhanl11es for d1'xlS1OI'1 among laundries 1 robably e vc rx one h1s heard of 1h f1 mous Slyroclet lrain 'xVl11CllIOL1Cl1t 1l1 tr1Cl s only thrce times be tx 1111 San 11111 cisco and New Yorl thus 1yo1d111f f 10111111 Z9 'l'hi,, iqtheyearol 1,113-Afte ' g -1 1 ed G 1 fs 111 ding g1rl1 ge c alll 1 ' itill and 1 'n 1 1' hall: f gg l ld K .' 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DALE VAUGHT, HSTUPIDH AMEITION-TO BE ABLE TO PLAY WITH SOME BIG BAND. HI-Y 3.Hg FOOTBALL lg BASKETBALL I,2g BAND I,2,3,Ug ORCHESTRA 3,Ug CHOIR 3,Hg NORTHJEST MUSIC EDUCATION CONFERENCE 3. LAWRENCE VEAL, HLARRYH AMBITION-LOTS OF SCHOOL. HI-Y3 ORDER OF L3 HONOR SOCIETY 3,Ug JUNIOR CLASS LIVEWIREQ SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENTQ SENIOR CLASS PLAYQ FOOTBALLg BASKETBALLQ THIRD PLACE IN AMERICAN LEGION ORATORICAL CONTEST. CAROL WEISS, HSHORTYH AMBITION-TO SUCCEED IN NY CHOSEN CAREER. SPANISH I,23 MAJORETTES I,2,3,Ug GIRLS' LEAGUE SECRETARY 23 FRESHMAN CLASS SECRETARYQ JUNIOR CLASS PLAY 33 VOLLEY- BALL 25 DISTRICT MUSIC CONTEST 3. RAY WINTERTON BCYS' FEDERATION l,2,3,N. WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, HBILLH AMBITICN-RADIO OR MECHANIC. BOYS' FEDERATOON l,2, 3,Ug FOOTBALL, WRESTLING. DICK JOHNSON, HDIKH AMEITION-JLIN THE NAVY AND RIDE THE WAVES. SPANISH CLUB 25 BOYS' FEDERATION I,2,3,Mg T Q I Hg CLASS YELL KING 25 A CAPPELLA 3,H. RICHARD ZIMMERMAN, HZEKEN AMBITION-TO ADD M.D. TO MY NAME. HI-Y 3,Ug HONOR SOCIETY 3,H, LATIN CLUB 3,H3 ORDER OF THE L 2,3,M3 MIMIR STAFF U3 STUDENT COUNCIL N5 SECRETARY OF HI-Y My TREASURER OF LATIN CLUB 33 JR. CLASS PLAY, SENIOR CLASS PLAYS VARSITY TRACK 2,3,M3 FOOTBALL 3,Mg FRESH- MAN FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK, WILDCAT FOOTBALL 25 BASKETBALL 2,35 EDITOR OF MIMIR U5 BEAVER BOYS' STATE 3.

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SENIOR CI ASS PROPHECY fCont J Dox le Brown 1S the eng1neer of th1s tra1n and now afterthe death of Z 000 people tr51ng to ndake 1 safe 6X1t from the tra1n the pas senvers are urged to use parachutes much safer that way By the way Floyd Cade 1S the rnventor of th1s wonderful new phenomona Eugene Anderson reached the peak of h1s career when he lnventeda cure for blg head a new type of dlsease common among kangaroos One of the strangest s1ghts I noted dur1ng my travels was 1n Ch1CagO walk1ng down a very busy street wltha klck me s1gn on h1s back was George Groves When asked the purpose of thls George just laughed and sa1d Oh Just for klcks Flash lVIar1etta Hutchlson who 1S now Mrs Wayne Thomas was last seen dr1v1ng around 1n the 36 chevy Wh1ChWaba fam1l 1ar Slght even 1n 1930 lt s not that the Thom as s can t afforda new car 1t sjust thatthey hate g1v1ng up the good old days Wh1le I was 1n New York I dropped 1n at the Stork Club and therel saw Carol Hook now the proprletor of the club She spec1al 1zed 1n present1ng a dlfferent type of floor B111 Geartner1s the founder of one of the most famous ulcer foundatlons 1n the world Two years ago he f1n1shed the ulcer cure wh1ch he had been work1ng on for 5 years Great credlt w1ll goto B1llfor hls efforts 1n br1ng1ng rel1ef to ulcer patlents ln 1949 Kenny H111 won h1s flrst tr1p to Chtcago S1nce then he has won somany tr1ps that he spent all h1s tlme travel1ng between la Grande and Ch1cago The last t1me h started out he was requlred to take along an exh1b1t and hav1ng no other way of trans port1ng lt he dec1ded to r1de lt That was ID 1955 and the poor boy hasn t reached Chlcago yet After Beverly lVIcMahan graduated from h1gh school she cont1nued her learmng and has rece1ved so many degrees at Harvard that they have dec1ded the only way to get her out 15 to burn the schooldown Her famous words are Those who seek knowledge are smart' Some of you have probably heard of the famous stung of Keefer theatres located between La Grande and Un1on These belong to non other than Arnold Keefer One of the happ1est couples to attend L. 1-1 S 11' 50 were Nancy Rothand Ne1lJohn son now Mr and Mrs They l1ve happ1ly on an ostr1ch farm Thelr only drawback be1ng that thelr ch1ldren are beg1nn1ng to acqulre tra1ts of ostr1ches .Tean Hardw1ck 15 a nurse at the St .To seph I-lospltal and 1n her spare t1me she en te rta1ns the patlents w1th bubble dances Nor 30 man Waldrop 1S employed as her bubble blower and each day 1tS a race to see 1f Bob Berry who 15 pract1c1ng h1s professlon of becom1ng a dart thrower can break the bub bles faster than Norman can blow them up Another member of the class who IS st1ll re s1d1ng 1n La Grande IS Darlene Drurnmond who 15 the house mother at Dorlon Her a1m 1n l1fe 1S to keep the g1rls who are underher w1ng on the stralght and narrow path When lwas1nNashv1lle Tennessee I had the pleasure of v1s1t1ng the Grand Old Oprey radto N1ta H1cks whom you w1ll all remem ber for her rend1t1on of Oh Prom1se Me ha now replaced M1nn1e Pearl Well th1s about completes my report l seem to be gett1nga l1ttle hazy these days so from now on my two t1p top reporters whom l have mentloned before w1ll contlnue and attempt to br1ng you up to date on the current recurrences of the rest of the class f 50 After Z excruc1at1ngly horr1ble months 1n the clrcus as a snake charmer Nadlne Olsen dec1ded to stop all of th1s and become a Journahst The reason 1 started the f1rst place was to over come my unex plalnable fear of snakes Really all lt resulted 1n accompl1sh1ng was 1000 n1ghtmares and 92 snake b1tes Wh11e I was 1n the clrcus l became re acqua1nted w1th Charles Brackett who was runnlng a hot dog stand 1n the same clrcus One day we were stand1ng by the Off1Ce and we hearda vo1ce from behlnd us say Where 1S the manager 'P We thought lt was some one w1th a complamt but to our surprlse lt was Earnest Turner on h1s way to apply for the pos1t1on of trapeze art1st B111 Carsonand LutherKuttner are hav 1ng a contest to see who can lnvent the most effectlve alarm clock B111 s latest 1nvent1on 1S a clock w1th an arm that reaches out and bops the sleeper on the head Luther s IS a clock wh1ch uncovers the sleepers feet and t1ckles them w1th a feather Charles Nordmark who s amb1t1on was always to be a b1g wheel has f1na1ly atta1ned h1S goal He 1S now serv1ng as the blggest wheel on the Jackass Caravan Betty Stonek1ng 1S now famous as the only woman Jockey 1n the world She and her fa mous horse Non Stop aremak1ngm1ll1ons A couple who youw1l1 remember are now marr1ed and settled down on a cattle ranch they are B1111e and Wayne Berry They also have a Berry patch and are ra1s1ng lots of Berry s Q 4 , Y. . . f - 4 1 - 1 O ' - . - Sl - - . 1 ,, . . . . . . 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