Madras High School - Hi Sage Yearbook (Madras, OR)

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Swan ofi As Ann steped off the train, she war? stupefied at the chanre in the city she had left ten years before. It had grown into a thriving metropolis. Of course, she was usee to a much larger city, as she now lived in Chicago. She had become one of the most prominent fashion designers of that city. Stil1 she was surprised at the size of her home town. She saw several taxis marked near the railway staticn, so she started for the one nearest her. As the driver mot out of the taxi to help her in, she thought he looked strangely familiar, but could not place him. Then she knew'. He was Bob Drain, one of her former classmates of 1949 That probably accounted for the name Bob's Taxi Service on tb » sides of the taxis around her. She soon learned that it did, for Bob recognized her immediately and exolained that he owned the entire service for +be City of Kadras. He offered to take her on a tour through the city. She accepted immediately and they were off. As they passed near the outskirts of the citv, Ann noticed several lar-e, white buildings with hir‘h fences around ther . Upon inquiry, she learned that it was an exoerimental farm headed by Elgar Stephens and which was backed by the government. Elgar had recently won fame by crossing a kangaroo and a Jersey cow. The remit had been a built-in milk bucket. Another building Bob pointed out was a processing plant owned by Lewis Crocker. Lewis specialized in processing goat hair for convertible car tops and was doing a profitable business. One large beautiful building caught Ann's eye, as they were going down the main street. Bob told her it was a beauty school run by none other than June Hull. $he had become an expert beautician and was working her way toward fame through her school. Bob finally deposited Ann at the Jefferson Hotel and roared off in quest of new victims. After her ride, Ann wondered how he ever kept in business. Later that evening, while looking for a good place to eat, Ann saw a large neon sign Loren's Tavern . Kostly out of curiosity, she crossed the street and went in. Now, except in cases of great emergency, Loren always made it a point to greet his guests personally. This was one reason why his tavern became so widely known and well liked. The saying was If you haven't eaten at Loren's, you haven't eaten. So now as Ann entered the tavern, what was her surprise when the smiling owner, Loren Greenwood, ushered her to one of his special tables. He agreed to join her for the rest of the evening to talk over old timea Loren explained that he wasn't married yet because he hadn't had time to take care of a wife; he was too busy trying to keep his customers happy. Ann was curious to know all about her old classmates, and Loren supplied her with the information she wanted, as he had kept in touch with each one of them in some way or another.

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Section X Section XI Section XII Section XIII Section XIV Section XV Section XVI Section XVII Section XVIII Section XVIV Section XX Section XXI Section XXII Section XXIII Section I I, Loren Dale Greenwood, will my super-ability to make all the girls love me to Lloyd R. Vincent. I, James Albert Hess, will my jantoring to Jim Pendergraft. I, Ada Ann Brownhill, will my first name to anyone who can defend it. I, Joan Gloria Hedgepeth, will my punctuality, dependability and studious traits to Clarice Duling and my innocent look to Barbara Boyles. I, Lewis Nelson Crocker, will my superb driving abilities and the place I park my car to Jim Larsen. Don't disgrace my abilities; carry on the old fly low method and perfect the driving one arm technique. I, Ray Cram, will my big brown flirty eyes to Ruben Johnson in hopes they will make him The Casanova of Warm Springs. I, Nola Drown, will my mammy dialect to Marlene William in hopes it will help her when telling jokes. I, Elgar Stephens, will my excellent public speaking voice and complete knowledge of parliamentary procedures to the junior boys. Ky parliamentary procedures have always managed to make the girls mad and keep the class meetings in a up roar. Please put them to good use. I, Charles Hensel Olson, will my middle name to anybody and something to somebody so nothing won't have to be left to nobody. I, Hazell Hall, will my last name(for I won't be needing it much longer) to Dorothy Lewis in the event she wants to change hers without any legal technicalities. I, Hattie Am Choate, do hereby will and bequeath to my heir, Maragret Olson, my ability to get on the honor roll 6 times out of 6 with a minimum of study and maximum of play. I, Calvin Gregg, will my Susie and band uniform to Ralph Synder. Please Take the same loving care of Susie that I have. I, Shirley Yvonne McKenzie, leave my rudeness of talking while others are talking to Fred Degner. He is big enough to take care of it and use it while in Social Economics class. I, Bobby Drain, will my neat method of jeep driving and my letterman haircuts to Gordon Links. Article III To M. U. H. S. we will the tears of disappointment we've shed, the joy of laughter we've had, the good times, the test times, the fellowship, the best in friendships---------all these and unameable more. We regret- fully depart from the halls, class rooms and faculty of this fine school. Our high school days here will always be remembered and cherished.

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He told her about several who were still residing in Madras besides the ones Bob had told her about. AmonT these was Shirley McKenzie Horton, whose job as the mother of two children, both girls, ke-.t he” on the run at all times. Another was Lecna Wallace (Now Mrs. Norris Hart) w o was the leading lady on the societj’ oa e of the Madras caper. She was the mothe” of an only daughter to whom she and Norris were very devoted. Anothe” was Ray Cram, who, Loren explained, had stayed in hjmh school until he was 21 and finally, in sheer exasperation had voted the school rt ard out -f office ard graduated. He was now chairman of school board himself, and had adopted a new law forbidding students to go to hi ah school after they were 18. He also owned a small farm just outside of the city. Nola Drown, another of Ann's former classmates, had become alawver and had recently made a name for herself in Madras by winninr a case for S. J. KcKethen, history teacher at KUHS, who had been accused of usina the junior class mcneyto buy his wife a fur coat. Nola proved that he had obtained the money from awell-known charity department. Several others were living at Warm Springs; among them, Yvonne Parr (now Mrs. Bob Brown. She and her husband had three children, two boys and a girl, who were said to be holy terrors. Loren said thev often came with their parents to the tavern and he soem. a week cleaning up the wreckage after these little visits. Of course he couldn't say anything because they were very good customers. Some other rood customers of his were the Allisons. Mrs. Allison was Hazel! Hall in her years at KUHS. She and her husband had no children, but =°em-ed to be very happy without them. Hazell was usually taking care of the Brown children anyway; as they w re next door neighbors. Wilma Miller was another resident of '.'arm Snrings. She and her brother Sid, ’who v as better known in KUHS as the Warm Springs Casanova had started a large and ranidly growing cattle ranch. It was reported that they had cattle spread over the entire reservation. Then Ann renembsred another of her classmates from Warm Springs, Kathleen Heath. She was very happy to learn that Kathleen was now the songstress with Dan Macy's famous band. At the present time they were making a tour of the West Coast for the third time. The rest of th; class of 49, Loren said, were scattered all over the United States, except for Marvin Dee. He had followed in his mother's footsteps, and had advanced from, the role of janitor in the Madras National Bank to the owner of the Last National Bank in the thriving city of Netolius. He was yet a bachelor, but through no fault of his own. He had proposed to every eligible young clerk or secretary in both banks. Hearing of Marvin made Ann think of one of his inseparable buddies during 1949, dhuck Olson. It seems that Chuck had fulfilled his life ambition, to be on a 'slow boat to China.'