Naselle Grays River Valley High School - Na Hi An Yearbook (Naselle, WA)

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W Qguuur Qolass fltuplwru The othe1 day as I was cru1s1ng around the world ln my new rad1o powered aeroplane wlth Delwln Larson as p1lot I saw a prosperous look1ng l1ttle cattle ranch 1n New MEXICO and thought I m1ght as well drop down and see what 1t looked l1ke Much to my surprlse I saw my old classmate Laur1 Wlrkkala herdmg cattle asslsted by a fam 111ar lookmg woman who turned out to be an old classmate Edna B1gh1ll My next stop was at the great Western Umverslty which was named Hlgglns UH1V6FS1ty 1n honor of 1tS found er and noted Latm teacher Grace H1gg1HS 41t IS rumored that W1ll1am Johnson IS teachlng shorthand there and lt looks llke a un1on between the Shorthand and Latln classes very soon? As we contlnued soarmg through the SklGS we met a glant plane bear1ng the name of Parpala Drug Company and then I knew that Emll Parpala was the foun der of that world w1de cha1n whlch now bears hlS name As my pllot was of a romantlc type we next dropped beslde a race track where the noted glrl race dr1ver Kath erlne O Connor was g1v1ng eXh1b1t1ons We flnally let her come along as HSSISIHHI p1lot because we were as tlred of seelng Delwln eatmg out of Pork and Bean cans as he was eatlng of them 4She turned out to be a good cook! We were now passing over a large clrcus whlch has such speclaltles as Esther W11tala the world s fattest woman and Helen Wlltala vshose ha1r w1ll 1gn1te matches at the dlstance of tvx enty two feet three 1nches and one yard By the way Helen Torppa was 1n charge of the menagerle and her speclalty was lookmg after the camels Our plane was now p3SS1Hg over a long l1ne of prehls torlc Jltneys manufactured about 1925 whlch were havlng a transcontlnental race and I noticed our old frlend Walno Davls ln the lead by at least three feet By another hour we landed at Puget Island to replenlsh our supply of f1Sh when lo and behold there I saw a woman whose name was once Inez asslstlng a handsome young man wlth a blg black mustache catch f1sh As one of our men had h1s skull crushed when We landed at Astoria, we rushed Page I7 ' I .V 4 'of ' -1' L I l,,j ,f,.. A ,,,.:,,.,,,,:A ,,t,',AQf,,.,,, , ,fl , ,.,, ,,.,, ,,,. ' ,,,. ,,,,l,,.i.1,..,...,f,'....h..-l..l--.hlllimlnllwllII'i1llillIn.I r 9 ! , .. 7 9 ,- , - , . . . .. , K 7 9 ! vi . Y - Y , , . ! 7 . ' -' Y . . 7 7 , 7 7

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Helm1e Manson ably managmg affa1rs At the end of then 1 ll'un.l llnx ll I Q,lf1a5 411511110 On Septembe1 4 1920 tvs entx foul f1eshmen shyly hfted the latchstung of Naselle Hlgh School They had come to gam a gleater knowledge of books and hoped to be fal w1se1 on graduatlon than when they entered The bu1ld1ng looked large and unfrlendly but they launched then good shlp hopefully Wlth Wa1d Pakenen Emll Pa1pala and fn st year they felt far mser enteung and looked forvt ard mg of satlsfactlon When they 1etu1nel the conf1dence and St211tPfl then and less shy than they had on to the1r vacatlon Wlth a feel next fall they had more self yea1 1n good spnlts Fmdmg that the1r plesldent of the fo1me1 5631 had managed af fans so ably they leelected h1m and chose Ehzabeth N111 mmen Emll Palpala and Leona1d Aho to 3SS19t h1m Du11ng the year they partlclpated IH va11ous soclal act1v1t1es alvs ays trylng the1r best to do the1r share As the end of the yeal d16VS near they Wele su1p11sed to fmd that they W916 reallJ a pa1t of th hlgh school The followlng fall they leenterel w1th the p1 oud t1tle of Junlors They determlned to make a 1eco1d fo1 them selves 1n athletlcs as well as ln the1r studles Thl ee of then boys vs ere p1 0m1H9Ht membels of the basketball squad dur mg the season They wele p1oud of the 1eco1d they held at the end of the term They ente1ed hlgh school fO1 then last yeal as h1gh and mlghty Sen1o1s and determmed to make It then best They entered 1nto the vauous act1y1t1es vslth a Wlll th1 ee of then boys and two of the1r glrls belng membels of the basketball teams Although they were d1m1n1shed by a few they stnl cla1m the hono1 of be1ng the largest class eyer gladuated and were the fn st class eve1 1n1t1ated IH Naselle Hlgh School Glace H1gglHS 29 Page 16 V. X ' l , lx: j If 'O' ,. .', N lv. ' ..j , 1 I V V ul. I -l.. ...,.-.,n...1z..mnn1..n.. , 1.-'le ., .Mu,.....l..ulmlt.l...,.......nunlml... rr ul mllllllilalil v If , . . - ,-. - 9 , . . , v ,A . . V V 7 7 n, . , . . ' N . 1 V 7 Y. 1 . 7 . . 1 . . 4 . . 4 - 1 7 7 . . . - 4 . 1 . 7. . 1. v . . . - . . . f - , x , . V Q 1 . A V 1 . . A. K I . . , ' v 1' 1 1 y Q - - . . . Y . Y . .- . 7 1 9 v K ' Y V. . . Q. . . . . Y 7 u 1 7 4 4 1' ' 4 v , ., . . , 1 F . 1 . ' y ' 4 1 1 - . . 7 . . . Q . i c T . . 7 v Q ' 4 - ' 7 4 'I fi 1 . . . . , . . . 4 1 . . . 0 v 7 ' Y . Q. . . . Y. . 1 7 . I 7 . . . M . . l , V .- . 0 . 1 U . . . , , . . . , , . I . . ,

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76 65211101 Qalass Qzlrnplyerg L1 C hlm to the hospltal vshele h1s llfe was saved by the great Doctor Ehzabeth Ande1son We were now sa1l1ng peacefully over Naselle when a tube blew out and we were f01C6d down 1n a fleld nea1 Toone1v1l1e the farrnlng communlty Where our noted 31t1St Margaret Granberg now hves 1She used to be Marga1et Granbergy Mlflam Taplo also l1V6S at Toonervllle Whele she IS maklng her test talkle for Warner Bros also asso clated Wlth Johnson Bros As we now cauy a few passengers We were pleased to see Florence Durrah and pa1ty vwhlch lncludes the Wo1lds champlon Wrestler Everywhere vxe go ue see adveltlsements of Ehzabeth s clothes d1rect from P3115 and the other day I saw a pxcture of th1s great C163t01 of fennnlne garments It was Ehza beth Nurmmen Wh1Ch d1d not su1pr1se me much Our last stop IU th1s country was to let Mr and Mrs Ward Pakenen off at Seal R1ver after thelr honeymoon to AfT1C3 They 1ntend to l1ve on the old farm for a wh1le It 1S reported Guy Farmer 29 l l I . 1 .jg If 'O' ,.' . I ll- Y 4 1 1 - ' 1. . -lm. .lm .. ....l',.1...u:, wild. .l..t nl ll .,., .M.1,,....l.,.+lml..f,...,1.'...-l1ml..1lMnllllullr ullillllnlnllulll ll fm . -f - g s I ltjontin e lu . . 7 N . . 7 Q e . . 4 , 4 . . . 1 . 9 1 1, - 1 1 ' ' . 7 , , , , ' ca ' a . 1. ,, . 9