Marsing High School - Arrow Yearbook (Marsing, ID)

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CLASS HI TQRY Green Freshmen -that's what they called us that day back in 1950 when the doors of higher education, Marsing High School, were opened unto us. We were 46 in number and our first item of business was that of electing officers. From among us we chose: lim Starr ,,,..,..,,,.....,.,,..,,,,,.....,.,. ..,,,,.,tt..,.,,......... P resident Nick Pascoe .... ...,, ,,,,. V i ce President Ioyce Muldoon ..Ai,.,,. .........t. S ecretary Lee Fleck ,,,,.,...,,, ,,,,,,t....,.,,,, t,,,,,tt ,.,,,.,,t,,,,,. T r e asurer Arlene LaRue and Paul McKague .... Student Council Representatives Mrs. Laughlin and Mr. Purcell ....,.,,............,, Sponsors Mrs. Starr and Mrs. Usabel ,..,....YV,,..,, Room Mothers After much lengthy discussion we decided upon rose and silver for our class colorsp peony, class flowery Aim High and Hold Steady, our class motto. A very eventful year followed our initiation by the Sophomores. We gave our share of parties, both for our class and for the School. Ioyce Muldoon was chosen to attend the Homecoming Queen. Belva Larsen and Nick Pascoe were our candi- dates for Carnival King and Queen. We jumped the gun in the spring, as we are in the habit of doing, by giving a class party directly alter graduation, under the name of Sophomores. The following officers were elected for our Sophomore year: lim Starr ,,,,,Y,,,,.,,..,,... .......,,,,,.,, P resident Wayne Maggard ,rr...,. ..... V ice President Arlene LaRue ....,......... ........ S ecretary Dick Buxton .,...,,.................,,.,.,........,,,,........,...,, Treasurer Carmen Usabel and Nick Pascoe ........ Student Council Representatives Mrs. Laughlin and Mr. Parrish ..,,,,..............,.i, Sponsors Mrs. Axtell, Mrs. Starr, Mrs. Buxton, Mrs. Panzeri ,,............ Room Mothers We started the year with 45 members. Five of these were new to our clan. We lost six from the spring before and two more dropped out during the year. We initiated the Freshmen soon after the beginning of school. It only lasted one day but we sure caused a riot in that one day. We were proud to welcome them as members of Marsing High School. Dolores Axtell was chosen for our attendant to the Homecoming Queen. Sophomore Sweethearts were Do- lores Axtell, Molly Panzeri, Donna Hazen, and Evalyn Hunt. On March 28 we sponsored the Mardi Gras, a costume ball. This was our first attempt to make money in antici- pation of next year's Prom. It was a huge success. We tried to get this made into an annual affair but failed in that respect. A Sophomore class party was held on October 14 in the H. S. Gym. It was noted that also in attendance were some Freshmen, Iuniors, and Seniors. Everyone had fun. Our next class party was a Iunior party because we held it directly after graduation in the spring. We started our upper-class years in the fall of 52 . We elected the following class officers: Gene Smith .......,.,,.....................,.......,....,,,........ President Carmen Usabel ........ ...... V ice President Dolores Axtell ....... .......,..., S ecretary Arlene LaRue .........,.................................... ...... T reasurer Belva Larsen and Iohn Mahler ........ Student Council Representatives ' Mrs. Smith, Mrs, LaRue, Mrs. Usabel, Mrs. McKague .......... Room Mothers Mrs Grant and Mr. Young ................ Class Sponsors Arlene LaRue was elected attendant to Homecoming Queen. Our candidates for Carnival King and Queen were Gene Smith and Rita Bish. Sweethearts were Belva Larsen, Carmen Usabel, Dolores Axtell, and Arlene LaRue. Being Iuniors it was our privilege to sponsor the Prom. As it was the biggest activity of the year it took much of our time and money. In preparation for this we gave the Christmas Dance, our class play Hillbilly Weddin', and the talent show. All of these were successful in many phases, including financial. The theme of the Prom was You Belong to Me . The decorations followed the words of this popular song. Our class parties consisted of a party Halloween night over by the Lake and, of course, our traditional first-party-after-graduation. Elected by the students of M.H.S. for Student Body officers were: Iim Starr i,.,. ............. P resident Nick Pascoe ...... ....... V ice President Arlene LaRue ...... ii....... S ecretary Dolores Axtell ...... ...........i....... T reasurer Gene Smith .....................................,.. Sergeant-at-Arms After many hard but enjoyable years of schooling we finally started our Senior year. Class officers elected were: Dick Buxton ............. ............. P resident Wayne Maggard ...... ...... V ice President Arlene LaRue ...... ......... S ecretary Carmen Usabel ...............i.,.............................. Treasurer Bill Gibbens and Molly Panzeri ,... Student Council Representatives Mrs. Starr, Mrs. Usabel, Mrs. Pascoe, Mrs. Axtell ................ Room Mothers Mr. Arnold and Mr. Parrish ................ Class Sponsors Molly Panzeri was elected attendant to the Homecom- ing Queen while Carmen Usabel was elected Queen. Belva Larsen, Rita Bish, Lucille Dines, and Helen Wilson were Class Sweethearts for the Sweethearts Ball and Ioyce Muldoon was crowned Band Sweetheart. We put on our class play An Apple for Eve early in the fall and it was a big success. Along with all the other activities we still found time to order announcements, get pictures taken, arrange for speakers, and all the other things that go along with graduation. A party was given for us by our room mothers in February at the Sunny Slope Grange Hall. We also held another in April. Now that the Sneak, Prom, and Graduation are over we Alumni are going out to face the future and seek our fortunes. We would like to express our sincere thanks to all those who have helped us through these last four years. To our room mothers and sponsors go our special thanks. -14-

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LAST WILL A D TESTAMEN T OF SENIORS OF 1954 We, THE SENIORS OF 1954, of Marsing High School, being of reasonably sound mind, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament: FIRST, we hereby direct the two Higher Authorities of this Institution to pay out of our class funds all our expenses as soon as conveniently may be after our departure. The remainder of our funds are to go for a gift that has been designated by us. SECOND, each and every one of the said Sen'ors of 1954 do state: DONNA HAZEN MOUNT leaves her linger nails and her hair to Iris Werre. Her height is to go to Zella McClure. LUCILLE DINES bequeaths her bashfulness to Mary lane Burman and her ability to be snobbish to Io Anne Paine. ARLENE LARUE wills her red hair and the temper that goes with it to Teddy Greer. EVALYN HUNT disposes of her special three-day diet by leaving it to Wanda Miller, and leaves her ability to pick cherries and weed onions to anyone who is broke. HELEN WILSON,leaves her bench warming ability to Glenda Lankford so she won't have to use an electric blanket. DOLORES AXTELL leaves her ability to be on time to school to Elaine Blackstock and her perfect attendance record to Warren Shaffer. IOYCE MULDOON wills her popularity with Sonny Rabourn to Donna Bish. WAYNE MAGGARD bequeaths his ssiiiiy to avoid all things that hamper the fine precision working of his grey matter to anyone who wants it. MOLLY PANZERI leaves her ability to throw away work sheets to Mary Subia in hopes that she doesn't get caught. LAVERNA VAN MATRE wills her ability to sew to Marie Gibbens and her blonde hair to Mary Ann Armenta. GENE SMITH bequeaths his height to Ralph Herman and his running ability to Bernard Haines in hopes they will put them to better use than he did. EDGAR FARIS leaves his speed to Robert Malmberg and his traffic tickets to Leo Doser. MARY MARSH wills her shorthand ability to Mae Marsh and her slimness to Dorothy Brewer. HERBERT GIBBENS bequeaths his ability to drive to anyone who needs it. IEAN PETERSON wills her sleeping ability, during fourth and sixth period study halls, to Shannon Titus in hopes that Shannon will enjoy it as much as she has. In Witness Whereof, We, the Senior Class, First day of March in the year of our Lord One Recording Clerk, the RAY SIMONS leaves his good looks and ability to woo She glnomen to Sonny Rabourn and hopes he knocks them ea . MARY ANN IOHNSON wills her American Government book to Pearl Freeman and her ability in Home Ec. to Iris Werre. FRED MARSH bequeaths his ability to play the guitar to Iack Tramel and his ability to yodel to Roger Williams. Paul McICAGUE disposes of his BIG mustache by leav- ing it to Charles Mitchell. CARMEN USABEI. leaves her green rimmed glasses to those characters who liked them and her joking ways to Iosephine Landa. HELEN MARTIN bequeaths her typing ability to Nola Frei, who can really use it, and her black hair, and dark eyes to anyone who can use them to good advantage. PAT GOODSON wills her height to Iris Werre. and her ability to think up excuses for staying out of school to anyone who needs it. BELVA LARSEN leaves her cheerleading ability to Ierry Horrace because she knows he will look real nice in gl slhort skirt. As for her pal, Carmen, she will take her wit er. DICK BUXTON bequeaths his excess weight to Steve Symms so that he can be a terror in football next season. RITA BISH wills her dimples to Connie Hill. NICK PASCOE leaves his naturally curly hair to Rod- neydrlawes and his way with the women to anyone who nee s it. CLAYTON GRAYBEAL wills his brown curly hair to Leland Bowers in hopes that he may put it to better use than Clayton has. BOB McCLURE leaves his psysique to Berle Bledsoe. BILLY GIBBENS bequeaths his singing ability to Monte Parkins. ARTHUR ALLEN leaves his cowboy boots to Richard Kaneshige. IIM STARR wills his inferiority complex to Dan Mc- Clintick. testator, have set our hand and seal hereto this Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty Four I1954l. ' Wayne Maggard. .............. X .............. ...... S eal fTheir Markl Seniors of '54 -13-

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SENIOR PROPHECY The year is 2078 A.D. and I can still see a dense black smoke hanging over what used to be the largest city in the west-Marshing, Idaho. In case the name doesn't sound familiar to you I will explain. Several years ago the planet Mars declared war on the World. After several years of violent battle the World became the undisputed victors. However, this destroyed our friendly relations with Mars and the council of our fair city, whose most influential members are Paul Mc- lague and Herbert Gibbons, decided that it would be better if the name of Marsing was changed to Marshing in honor of our present mayor, Fred Marsh. Only a few feet away from me is a large assortment of cliff dwellings. Yes, you heard right, all over the world people are living in these crude caves. lust two days ago three graduates of Marsing High School, Gene Smith. Nick Pascoe. and Dick Buxton set off their super atomic nitroglycerin bomb. It destroyed all forms of advanced living and civilization has been set back hundreds of years. By this time you are probably wondering why all these people are still alive at this late year. Well, I was just talking to Helen Wilson. Not long after she got out of school she started to raise bugs. She cross bred them until she came up with a Youth Bug. Anyone bitten by it will live for hundreds of years. Helen's roommate is Mary Ann Iohnston. who is fran- tically trying to rebuild her race track. Arthur Allen and Mary Marsh, her faithful jockeys, are getting the horses ready for the big race tomorrow. Leave it to Carmen Usabel to be thinking about her stomach. She is busy frying a dinosaur egg on a rock for her breakfast. Everyone thought this species was ex- tinct but lelva Larsen managed to preserve some and now she has quite a herd. Dolores Axtell has set up housekeeping in her ultra modern cave. It won first prize in a contest sponsored by The Good Cavekeeping Magazine of which Evalyn Hunt and Bob McClure are co-editors. I wonder what Donna Hazen Mount is studying so intently? Oh, I see now. She is still working on her Curry and Todd set for bookkeeping. Poor girl, she is bound and determined to get her diploma. Molly Panseri is one of the less fortunate ones. She is washing diapers in front of her cave while a dozen or more little children run around. But don't be alarmed, part of them are Lucille Dine's. She is quite a social climber and often parks her offspring at Molly's place when she goes to a meeting of her Bridge Club. During the war an explosion dislodged a large portion of Texas which submerged into the ocean leaving only half of the great state. lim Starr retreated into the very depths of his cave and has remained there in seclusion mourning the ill-fate of his much worshipped state. Wayne Maggard, the town's only welfare worker, is the only one who can get near him. He takes him pro- visions whenever he can get away from his Home for War Orphans to which he has devoted his entire life. The widow Swinney flrlene LaRue of coursel is the head matron as twelve of her children are there and she likes to be near them. Ed was afraid of bugs and wouldn't let the Youth Bug bite him. lean Peterson. Pat Goodson. and Helen Martin run the town's saloon, The Huskie Hi-Life . They employ the hottest band in town - Ray Simons plays the guitar, Clayton Graybeal plays the guitar, Edgar Faris plays the ghuitar fire a three guitar bandj, and Billy Gibbons on t e voca. It seems like I hear a familiar voice coming from be- hind a rock. Let me see if I can make out the words. Oh, yes, Right face, left face, about face, forward march -I see now it's Rita Dish out with her Scout troop. Her life's ambition was to be a Boy Scout and since that was impossible she settled for being a Scoutmaster. I got this bit of information from l.aVerna Van Matre. Anything I don't know I just ask her. She is the telephone operator, you know. Who am I? l'm Ioyce Muldoon. President of the United States, and by the way, they have moved the White House to Blackfoot. .-15-