Napavine High School - Napawinah Yearbook (Napavine, WA)

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. , , r.--v,-,-.-v- -.-,-.,,,. f-w-.-y--m-w..-.,,-.,.,.,-v- .., --.-qu .,..vf has' WW We, the Tigers of 'Sh, being of sound mind and memory, and fully conscious of the fact that our departure from school will leave a va- cancy that can never be filled, do hereby make, ordain, and declare this to To To to hand To be our last will and testament. the individual teachers and custodians we leave the following: Mr. Senne we leave our old poor work slips that we neglected in because of, should we say, 'shamefulnessln Mr. Johnson we leave the sayinv that we seemed to put to such good use in publishing our annualg 'Don't do today what vou can put off until tomorrow.' To Mrs. Milam we leave the out-of-date magazines which she has been so frantically looking for!! Don't you know that only the senior class is interested in the world of today and they must concentrate fully on the pictures featured in the 'Life.N To Mrs. Gothbers we just leave--because if we don't ----- she will! To Mr. Nelson we leave the memories of our peaceful play prec-- tice nihhts. To lr. Bachelor we leave the building only just a little messy-- after all, what other plans did you have for this summer?? As individuals we wish to leave the followiin to our friends: Janet Senne wills her ability to spoon In class to Patty Jensen- have fun dodging, Patty. Richard Matthieszn' wills his ability to play Romeo to Jack John- son--beware girls! Bev. Mathews wills her flirtatious ways to Shirley Wadley, better practice up, Shirl, here's one that is hard to beat. Denny Smith wills his dark manly good looks to Gary Stedham. Re- member, Gary, women go for the strong, silent type! Ruth Matney leaves her ability to argue with the teachers to Car- ol McGhie--better hop to it, Carol. John Bruenn wills his easy going manner with the girls to Walterh White. Hy, new nice!! Ronnie Brown wills his tall stature to Denny Lanland--Ronnie al- ways did practice good health habits such as setting plenty of rest-- especially in English Class. Bud Davis wills his grumpy manner to Edgar Luce-dwe are sure that he will want Helen Valeos Marie Thomas. we Bob Chappell to Virgil Bluh ! We sincerely to reform! leaves her ability to get alone with men teachers to all know that Marie has the technique to do so! leaves his 'buddy buddy friendship' with Mr. Senna I wonder why?? hope that you will put to good use these possessions that we have so generously bestowed upon you. Signed, -46- SENIORS OF 'Eh

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,jwhaiory It was thefall of 1950 when sixteen lost freshnm started along the path to four short years of hig1schoo1,which at thetime seemed so long to the class of 19514. The students entering high school were: Helen Valeos, Ronald Brown, Garyv Cabe, Robert Chappell, Beverly Mathews, Dennis Smith, Muriel Randall, Billy Randall, Thelma Koons, Willie Knee, and Johnny Bruenn, who had all successfully finished grade school at Napavine. Those enterirg from Jackson Prairie were: Patty Koski, Leola Swayze, Richard Matthiesen, and Melvin Galivan. Ella Hughes came from Seattle. Just as we were getting used to theways of high school days the sophomores really gave us a scare. They initiated us but after getting rid of lipstick we once again settled down to the good old high school days. We chose the Yellow Rose as our Class Flowezy Scarlet and White as our'Class Colors, Hamburgers and French Fries as our Class Food, and 'Experience Is The Best Teacher , as our Class Motto. The Girls' Leagme gave tin first dance in honor of us. We decorated and served. In our sophomore year we gained four new students: Rowland Randt from Winlock, Ruth Matney, from Missoula, Montana, Jack Knee from Port1and,.0regon, and Leonard Porter from Pe Ell. We properly initiated the freshmen and gave them a party the same night to make them forget the sting of the paddles. At the beginning of cur junior ymrwe gained cne new student, Janet Senne from Wishkah Valley. On November 7, 1952, we gave our junior play called A Ready-Made Family , and by a strange coincidence we received our class rings the same day. For the first time in manyuyears, the junior class gave a Junior- Senior Banquet. The banquet was given at tts St. Helen's Hotelin Chehalis in the Grill Room. All the teachers and their husbands and wives were invited. After the banquet most of the students went to the show. The banquet was held on May 8, 1953. We finally reached the last year of our high school career. A year which every high school student looks forward to. Our senior year. Our senior play was given on November 10, 1953. It was a great success. The name of the play was, Look Out Lizzie . We plan to go to Canada on our Skip Day sometime in May. Our baccalaureate date is set for May 23 and the graduation date is set for Hay 25. A fildkvs

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pl'0l9 QC? Let us take our crystal ball and look into the future year of 19805,-land see what the years have done for the members of the Class of ' o Look! Is that--yes, it's Johnny Bruenn, the famous civil engineer. le see that he is the greatest engineer in the world and has had a lot of offers to build a bridge across the Pacific Ocean. Johnny has done a lot of traveling all over the world doing his work and he has made quite a few stops at the Leaning Tower of Pizza to see what makes it lean. His biggest construction so far is a dam on the Amazon River which is twice as big as Grand. Coulee Dam. The crystal ball shifts the scene to the capital of the United States where Congress is now in session. Let's sneak in and see what is taking place. There is the woman senator from Oregon getting the floor. Don't tell me it's Ruth Matneyl Yes, we've heard big things of Ruth since she left N.H.S. and married David Cooper. They moved to Portland and both entered politics. Now they both have seats in the Senate. Commentators always use Ruth's statements and ask for her opinions when something big comes up. When her term is up this fall I understand she is going to be an ambassador to Russia. Since things are still pretty touchy between the United States anillussia the people feel Ruth is the best person to be sent. Ruth has also been one of the ten best-dressed women in the world for a number of years now. Denny Smith is coming into view now. Denny decided to make the Air Force his career after joining and he fast became the bestjet pilot at the base. Recently he made a flying trip to the moonand when he came back he had his long lost high school sweetheart CJo Ann, with him. She had been shot from a cannon and hadn't been found. They were married soon after and now Denny and his wife are making a tour of the United States giving lectures of his romantic flight to the moon. A fine mist spreads over the scene so we just tap the crystal ball a bit and it begins to clear up. Into our view comes a gruff sargeant barking orders to his men who azemarching in the hot tropical noon-day sun. Rumor says that already ten men have had sun strokes since they have been marching, since early morning. We look at him closer and see no other but Russell Davis, Bud as we called him, now in the easy job of Sargeant of the Army and living off the fat of the land, so to speak. He is doing so well drilling his men he expects a promotion in a few more years and is well pleased with his success and prospects in the future. A Look at that sign all lit up in neon lights, Ronnie's Rendezvous Ritz l That couldn't be curold school mate, Ronnie Brown's restaurant, could it? Let's tune the crystal ball in right and we'll go in and see. Yes, there's Ronnie bowing to all the customers as they come in. -17-