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

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‘PnafiAecy Barbara Boyle Olsen sterred on the accelerator or her i}6 i cheverolTt convertible. ARRIVING AT THE MADRA6 HIGH SCHOOL? BARBARA REALIZED THAT SHE WAS LATE FOR THE CLASS REUNION, JUDGING FROM THE MANY CARS IN RRONT OF THE SCHOOL. AMONG THESE CARS WAS A FOREIGN MADE CAR BELONGING TO CAROL LOCHRIE. CAROL HAD JUST RETURNED FROM SWITZERLAND WHERE SHE HAO BEEN AYtZNOI NO THE WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS. BARBARA, JOINING DOROTHY LEWIS ON MEW WAY TO THE GYM, LEARNED THAT DOROTHY HAD BEEN SINGING WITH A BE-BOR BAND IN CALIFORNIA. AS BARBARA STEPPED INSIDE THE DOOR SHE MET BOB BRADLEY ANO HI8 WIFE. BOB EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD THE NIGHT OFF FROM HI8 ESTABLISHMENT, THE PEACOCK INN . WHILE TALKING, BOB ANO BARBARA SPOTTED HER OLD BUDDY, DARLENE NICHOLS WHITMAN. Darlene told her that she enjoyed the quiet life of a housewife. Darlene ano Barbara walkeo down to the other end of the gym together where they met Loren Corwin, it seems that Loren and his partner owned almost all of the panhandle IN TEXAS. His-CADOILLAC CONVERTIBLE WAS ONE OF THE CARS BARBARA HAD SEEN OUT-S! DC. 3 T ANO INQ NEXT TO LOREN WAS JIM ALBRECHT. JIM HAD JUST FLOWN HOME FROM NEW YORK WHERE HE HAD BEEN REPORTING ON HIS LATEST DISCOVERY, THE Z BOMB. while Barbara was lalkinq with Loren, 9he learned that gorden Galbraith owned THE CIRCUS WHICH WAS IN TOWN ANO HAD MADE QUITE A NAME FOR HIMSELF TRAINING LIONS. HIS OLD FRIEND, LOUIS HILDERBRAND, WAS NOW EDITOR OF THE MADRAS DAILY NEWSPAPER. HE HAD riNISMEO HIS COLLEGE DAY8 IN NEW MEXICO ANO RETURNED TO MADRAS TO LIVE. Barbara thought it would be nice to talk to her former principal mr. rhoda. It TURNED OUT THAT MR. RMOOA WAS NO LONGER PRINCIPAL, HE HAD RETIRED ANO DIO A LITTLE FISHING ANO HUNTING TO OCCUPY HIS TIME. FROM MR. RHODA, BARBARA HEARD THAT ORIN MAKINSON OWNED a LARGE RANCH AND WA8 A CLOVER BARON. ORIN WA8 CRUISING ON HIS YACHT, the Blue Ox , in Florida. while Barbara was looking around she saw joe Diddock, curious to see if he had CHANGED ANY 8INCE SCHOOL DAYS, SHI WALKED OVER TO TALK TO HIM. JOE WAS COACH OF THE WEBFEET FROM CENTRAL OREGON UNIVERSITY. joe tolo Barbara that Charles Cunningham was runninq a gown shop in par is and WAS VERY WEALTHY. HE HAD NOT YET MARRIED BUT WAS ENGAGED TO A C0UNTE8S. THEY ALSO TOLO BARBARA THAT CHARLOTTE STEPHENS HAD BECOME A PSYCHIATRIST ANO MARRIAGE COUNSELS . SMI HAD BEEN MARRIED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE THEY MAD GRADUATED BUT WAS SINGLE AT THE TIME. SHE HAD TRAVELLED ALL OVER THE WORLD ANO HAD A POSITION AS A TEACHER OF PSYCHOLOGY AT HARVARD. Jane Dickman dean came in the door with her six-foot four inch husbano, big stoop . JANE LOOKED VERY HAPPY, SHE WAS HOLDING THEIR YOUNGEST CHILD, A BLONOS CURLY HAIRED BOY OF TWO. JANE ANO JAY WERE LIVING IN NEW YORK WHERE JAY WAS NOW PLAYING BA8E-BALL WITH THE NEW YORK YANK IE8.

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IlMct vUUi WITH A ORADI AVERAGE OF 1.03 TOR HIS FOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS, JIM ALBRECHT TOOK HONORS AS VALDICTORIAN FOR l?5l. JIM DID NOT LIMIT HIMSELF TO ONLY THE SCHOLA8TIC FIELD. HE |6 A FOUR YEAR letterman; fullback on the football team, FORWARD FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM AND HE RUNS THE MO YARD DASH DURING TRACK SEASON. JIM WAS ALSO ON THE BASEBALL TEAM IN CONNEL, WASHINGTON OUR I NO HIS FRESHMAN YEAR. SQUARE DANCE, A CAPELLA CHOIR, HONOR SOCIETY ANO LETTERMAN CLUB ALL HAVE JIM'S NAME ON THE ROLL CALL AS AN ACTIVE MEMBER. JIM PLAYED THE LEAD IN ANTIC'S OF ANDREW DURING HIS JUNIOR YEAR AND PLAYED A MAIN ROLE IN H|LLSILLY COURTSHIP WHEN A SEN I SR. JIM IS AN EFFICIENT LEADER, 0EINO AN OFFICER OF SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS, ANO A GOOD FOLLOWER. HE PLAN9 TO GO TO COLLEGE ANO SUCCESS IS SURE TO B WITH HIM. S'(tlutC yLUJAi WITH A GRADE AVERAGE OF 1.3 , JANE DICKMAN IS SALUTATORI AN. JANE TRANSFERRED FROM NAMPA, IDAHO IN SEPTEMBER 1350. SHE HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE SINCE SHE HAS BEEN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ESPECIALLY DURING HER SENIOR YEAR. HONOR SOCIETY, CHEER LEA ER, QUILL AND SCROLL, PAPER STAFF, ANNUAL STAFF, GLEE CLUB, CINDERELLA, STUDENT OF THE MONTH, HILLBILLY COURTSHIP AND SALUTATORI AN ARE ALL ON THE LIST OF ACTIVITIES JANE HAS PARTICIPATED IN DURING HER SENIOR YEAR. LOUIS HILDERBRAND HAD A GRADE AVERAGE OF 1.32. HE HAS BEEN IN MADRAS HIGH ALL FOUR YEARS AND HAS TAKEN PART IN MANY CLUBS ANO SPORTS. AMONG THESE ACTIVITIES LOU18 BELONGS TO SQUARE OANCE CLUB, HONOR 80CIETY. QUILL ANO SCROLL, PAPER STAFF, ANNUAL STAFF, LETTERMAN CLUB, AND WAS IN ANTIC'S OF ANOREW . LOOlS IS QUITE ACTIVE IN SP0RT8, ESPECIALLY FOOTBALL.

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JANI 8AI0 THAT LY8IA ROBERTSON, NOW THE DUCHESS Of YORK, HAD BECOME A SINGER AND HAD BEEN SINGING AT THE PALLADIUM IN LONDON. SHE MET THE DUKE WHILE IN LONDON AND THEY WERE ENJOYING A VACATION IN SCOTLAND. Russell Patrick who had followed Jane ano jay in the door stopped when he saw Barbara. Ru93ell hao just finished his invention a new type of vaccumn machine and was very proud. after Barbara learned the principles of the vaccumn she walked over to where Pat Dowers Thornton and Lois brizendine stood talking, pat had with her the six little Thorntons. She and Jim are living in Texasnow. lois had organized a girls CHOIR ABOUT TWO YEARS AFTER GRADUATION. AFTER THEY had SEVERAL RADIO JOBS LOIS DECIDED TO TRY FOR THE MOVIES. SHE NOW LIVED IN HOLLYWOOD WITH HER DIRECTOR HUSBAND. HER LATEST PICTURE WAS ON DOWN AT THE CHEIF THEATRE. Lois tolo Barbara that the girl in the mink coat talking to hr. Rhoda was OOROTHY MURPHY DEQNER. SHE OWNED A CHAIN OF BEAUTY SHOPS WITH HER OFFICE IN BOSTON. SHE ANO FRED CAME TO OREGON JUST FOR THE CLASS REUNION. BARBARA TOLD 1018 THAT SHE and major Olson hao been in Boston last year but she hadn't known the Degners lived THERE. LO18 ASKED HER IF 8HE HAD SEEN OR HEARO FROM ESTHER SURGEON. BARBARA TOLD HER THAT CHUCK HAD SEEN HER WHEN HE WA8 IN CHINA. SHE WA8 A MISSIONARY ANO TEACHER OF THE SMALL CHINESE CHILDREN. just then Harley neurit ano Lowell henske stepped in the door, they were discussing THE LATEST METHOD OF MASS POTATO! PEELING. LOWELL OWNED A FARM SOUTHFOF MADRAS ANO HARLEY OWNED ONE OUT ON THE PLAINS. THEY CAME OVER AND JOINED LOIS and Barbara while they were talking over old times. Barbara heard about two more classmates, Pat McCollum ano Maxine Winishut. MAXINE HAD BECOME A FAN DANCER ANO WAS DANCING IN CHICAGO FOR THE TIME BEING. FOR THE FUTURE MAXINE 18 STARTING A TROOP OF HER OWN. PAT WAS AL80 IN CHICAGO WORKING IN ONE OF THE LARGE HOSPITALS. SHE HAO BECOME A 8URGICAL NURSE. Lowell told them about Phyllis hulburd who had married a local farmer. They were LIVING IN MADRAS NOW, ANO HAD A FAMILY OF THREE. Carol graue was unable to attend the reunion because she was in Korea. Carol supervised a large number of orphanages. Harley had heard that she was being complimented ON HER GOOD WORK FROM SEVERAL COUNTRIES. BEVERLY WEBBER WARREN WAS AMONG THE LAST TO ARRIVE. SHE CAME TO THE REUNION ALONE BECAU9E JlN WA8 WORKING THE NIGHT SHIFT. SHE TOLD MR. RHODA THAT JIM HAD HEARD THAT RANOALL GRANAT WAS GETTING RICH BY TRAVELING THE COUNTRY SELLING RU8SEL 8 INVENTIONS. AND LAST CAME RICHARD CONROY, OWNER OF CONROY'S LARGE CHAIN OF 8ERVICE STATIONS ANO GARAGES. HE WAS LATE, HE EXPLAINED, BECAUSE HE HAD TO CHEK IN THE LATEST SHIPMENT OF CHEVROLETS. HIS DARK HAIRED, KARO EYED WIFE WAS WITH HIM AND THEIR OLOEST BOY, WHO WAS NOW SEVEN. WELL, THOUGHT BARBARA, WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED ALL THIS TEN YEARS AGO 1 1