Lake Stevens High School - Pilchuck Yearbook (Lake Stevens, WA)

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CLASS WILL We, the class of nineteen hundred and fifty four, being of fairly sound mind do establish this as our last will and testament. ARTICLE I To the juniors we leave our reputation for doing everything better than anyone else and Mrs. Lundeen. ARTICLE II To the sophomores we bequeath the fun, work, and worries of putting on a great Junior Prom. ARTICLE III To the freshmen we leave three years of work and fun to do with them the best they can. ARTICLE V We individuals bequeath the following: Bonnie Baker leaves her sister, Connie, to Mr. Branner and Miss Rogers. Jerry Bauer bequeaths her ringside seat to Stich's jokes to Jack Morris. Bar- bara Benthien wills her ability to be called Liberace to anyone who plays the piano. Charlie Berlin wills his ability to get along with Tom Straka to A1 Lenon. Janice Baumann bequeaths Jackie Schultz to the teachers. Bill Bogart bequeaths his ability to play baseball to anyone who wants it. Ralph Brodie leaves his A's to anyone who wants them. Rosetta Butler leaves her habit of changing partners to Joanne Hjort, in hopes that she'll carry out her plan. Carol Cleveland wills her artistic ability to Joe Stroem. Ray Crowley leaves his ability to wash cover- alls in shop to the best up-coming father. Patty Dake wills her honor of beingthe shortestone in the class to Tiny Larry Loth. Arlene Dettrich leaves her ability to ruffle people's feathers to Arlene Duke and the Flashlite. Willis Donnally be- queaths his hope of becoming President of the U. S. to Don Mobius. Darwin Droddy leaves his cigarette factory to A1 Lenon. Mickey Dunbar wills his ability to play football to John Schindele, Jr. Charlee Gadd wills her ability to get along with the faculty to Donna Lee Honeycutt. Ken Gildroy leaves his knowledge of chemistry to Burke Williams. Terry Goodrich bequeaths his ability to get out of school to attend horse shows to David Johnson. Sally Halvorson leaves her ability to wash clothes to her little sister, Judy. Lawrence Hart bequeaths his football ability to Gene Tipping. Gordon Hauck leaves his good grades in Mr. Branner's class to Clifford Crowley. Lennard Haugen leaves his make-up work to anyone who thinks he can handle it. Doris Hawkins bequeaths her little brother, Dick, and all his quirks to any teacher who can use him. Jack Hein leaves his ability to be pulled through classes by the brains of the class to Duane Martina. Larry Hopkins leaves his used trigonometry scratch paper to Duane Martina. Joyce Ingrum wills her pressure cookers to anyone who dares to use one. Betty John- son leaves her government book to her sister, Carol, in hopes that she will make better use of it than Betty did. Shirley Kennaugh wills Mr. Schindele her pom- poms in hopes that he will take care of them. Martha Lyman wills her position as annual editor to Sandra Person. Kitty MacDonald wills her towering height to a shrimp, Janice McCotter. Merle Matheson leaves her ability to be hard on teachers to Mary George. Arthur Maxwell leaves his ability to get along with his teachers to his two cousins. Gary McDaniel leaves his curve to Joanne Hjort. Vernon McCoy wills the title of Professor to his brother, Larry. Pat Mellroth leaves the job of Comme rcial Club President to any junior who can make as many mistakes as she can. Janet Melton wills her shorthand book to her sister who thinks she can do better. Earl Nearing wills his ability to grow tall to Gary Fischer. Joan Nearing bequeaths her typing paper to Edna Gabriel. Bette Olin wills her seat in U. S. History to the Three Musketeers, Carroll Olin, Carol Nordstrom, and Jeannie Odom, if they all fit. Jack Rabourn leaves the job of be- ing president of three organizations to anyone who is crazy enough to try it. 17

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SENIOR HISTORY The Freshman Class of '51-'52 had an enrollment of 74 students. The officers elected were: president, Carol Cleveland: vice-president, John Thaanum; secretary-treasurer, Betty Nubgaard. One of the most important activities of the year was the publication of the Junior Beacon. Among the activities were a student program with Jack Rabourn as chairman and a turkey raffle, which raised funds to buy suits and warm-up jackets for the Junior High Basketball Team. An initiation party was given the freshmen by the sophomores. The Sophomore Class at the beginning of the 1952-53 school year had an enrollment of 65 students. At the first meeting the following class members were elected: president, Willis Donnally; vice-president, Larry Hopkins; secretary-treasurer, Carol Kallicot; and student council representative, Charles Platsman. Many sophomore boys turned out for sports and seven girls turned out for G.A.A. The Autumn Dance was sponsored by the sophomores and was a huge success. Everyone enjoyed himself at the Sophomore-Freshman initiation party. The Junioi Class of '53-'54 had an enrollment of 66 students. The class officers were: president, Jack Ra- bourn; vice-president, Arlene Dettrich; secretary, Carol Cleveland; treasurer, Betty Nubgaard; and student council representative, Bette Olin. Among the activities throughout the year were the selling of pop and candy at the games, and a dance after the football game with Concrete. A magic show was sponsored by the class featuring Paul Kerr. The Junior Play, We Shook The Family Tree” was a comedy in three acts.. The Junior Prom was the main activity of the year. It was titled, Under The Sea. Carol Kallicot was general chairman of this activity. There were six lettermen from the junior class. Carlo Lervold was cheerleader and Pat Stevens and Arlene Dettrich were two of the songleaders. Four girls turned out for G.A.A. and eleven girls were on the drill team from this class. Eleven juniors represented the class in Torch Society. The Senior Class of '54-’55 had an enrollment of 62 students. The popular seniors chosen to officiate for the year were: president, Jack Rabourn; vice-president, Terry Goodrich; treasurer, Glenn Tuininga; secretary, Charlene Sawyer; and student council representatives, Sanford Steadman and Doreen Veilleux. Among the activities of the year was the Senior Play titled, Sing For Your Supper. The play was a comedy in three acts with Jack Hein, Barbara Benthien, Marilyn West, and Rosetta Butler playing the leading roles. The fire squad which consists of seniors only, had the following boys on it: Ted Tastad, Sanford Steadman, Glenn Tuininga, Lowell Stauffer, Gene Raybould, Dick Shillingford, Charles Berlin, Ray Crowley, and Lawrence Hart. Theclass was well represented in the Torch Society by the following members: Bonnie Baker, Barbara Ben- thien, Rosetta Butler, Patty Dake, Arlene Dettrich, Larry Hopkins, John Thaanum, Mary Wagner, Jack Rabourn, Martha Lyman, Charlee Gadd, Merle Matheson and Marilyn West. Fourteen boys from the class were lettermen and three girls were in G.A.A. 16

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Gene Raybould leaves his car to Gary Fisher who needs a good one. Anna Red- deman leaves her ability to keep all her teeth through her senior year to her little brother, Frankie. Grant Rice leaves his 5th period tool-room job to any- one who wants it. Charlene Sawyer bequeaths her ability to keep the drill team stepping to Joyce Horne. Dick Shillingford wills his ability to keep her laughing to Janice McCotter. Lowell Stauffer leaves his woodworking ability to Mr. Whit- sell. Sanford Steadman leaves Jack Wood his duck tail. Gloria Sigurdson wills her shorthand class to Carol Johnson. Pat Stevens wills all her dyes, rinses, tints and scissors to any girl who can take a lot of teasing. David Stribling leaves his good grades to anyone who needs them. Lorraine Stichler leaves ner joke-telling ability to Wendell Posey. Fern Sweeney wills her Journal to the Commercial Club. Ted Tastad wills his ability to flirt and go steady at the same time and get away with it to Jerry Gooding. Jim Temples wills his ability to get along with Mr. Straka to Don Mobius. John Thaanum wills his magnificent sing- ing voice to Wendell Posey in his future singing day. Glen Tuininga bequeaths his horn-blowing ability to Einar Hendrickson. Doreen Veilleux wills her fisherman and Grandpas to Sandra Person. Mary Wagner leaves her U, S. History book to Mr. Branner in hopes that he will burn it. Lucienne Warrick bequeaths her ability to remember to anyone who can forget. Hazel Weller wills her driving ability to any junior girl with a good insurance policy. Marilyn West leaves her nerve- racking job as chauffeur to games to Arlene Duke. CLASS PROPHECY This is the country, full of a lot of people. Most of these people graduated from Lake Stevens High in the year 1955. We roam the country! I am Sgt. LU. W. MONDAY and this is Sgt. CAROL C. FRIDAY. We're cops------Dum Dum Dum Dum ! We were on a detail to find some of our old classmates of L. S. H. S. We were in the chief's office. (Chief)--You gotta find the kids, I gotta know what they're doing. (Sgt.)--We'll do our best, chief. (Sgt.)--Yea, we'll get the facts, ma'am, just the facts. 9:00 A. M. Monday morning we hop a taxi and who should we find driving but KENNETH G.-----9:15 A. M. We reach the Everett Police Station and find MIKE D. working as desk Sgt. (Desk Sgt.)--Lookin' for someone boys? (Sgt.)--Yea, some escapees from the graduating class of '55. (Sgt.)--They're believed to be in prison.--9:25 A. M. We got a call from the chief to go to the freight yards to check on some bums, got there--10:10 A.M. Who should we find on one of the cattle cars but LARRY H., JOHN T., and GENE R. (1st bum)--You can't get us for anything copper. (2nd bum)--We didn't do anything. (Sgt.)--We're takin you boys in on the 5:02. (Sgt.)--Yea, you guys aren't given' us the facts, we justwant the facts.-10:30 A. M. They break down and give us the facts. They escaped from a prison where a number of their classmates were being held. (Sgt.)--What do you think? (Sgt.)--I think it's some of our missing grads! ! Dum Dum Dum Dum ! 1:30 P. M. Tuesday afternoon. Arrived at prison, asked the guards, ARTHUR M. and LENNARD H., where to find the inmates. (Sgt.)--Look over in that cell. There are RALPH B., RAYMOND C., CHARLIE B., and GORDON H. I wonder what they're in there for? (Sgt.)--I'll ask the guard. Give us a few facts, just want some facts. (Sgt.)--What did he say? (Sgt.)--Stealin' gum out of the foun- ts