Notus High School - Pieces of Eight Yearbook (Notus, ID)

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..... l h lrfhi p-. r-4 Blass Prophecy The morning of Notus's 125th anniversary celebration dawned bright and clear with Idalene andnmvas heads of the celebration scurrying hither and thi- ther on last-minute missions. Hurrying over to the speakers' stand to make sure all was in readiness, we noticed a peanut vendor setting up his stand. Imagine our amazement when he .turned around and we saw that he was Bob Farmer one of our old school- mates. After a short chat with Bob we rushed on to the speakers' platform where an electrician was installing the loud-speaker. This electrician, Ja Marchbanks, was familiar to both Idalene andme, so our work was made brighter as we chatted. Ja told us that Velma Olson was working as a chauffeur for Jane Javaux whose husband was a wealthy toothpick typhoon. Ja also informed us that he'd recently heard from Quentin Markwell who was now head of the world's largest baby-sitting service. Our next stop was the parade grounds where the buggies and wagons were assembling. Suddenly Miriam noticed that each covered wagon bore the sign U d Compan n. Upon further inquiry, we learned that Vada was head of a large Eastern covered wagon manufacturing concern. A loud Whee hawn turned our attention to the mule corrals where a mule driver was just picking hin elf gingerly up off the ground. Hurrying to help him we discovered him to be Bay Bethel, another of our old classmates. He told us that he was head of the Mule Dr vers Association,and was here to drive a wagon in the parade. ., 'f 4.1 J' 4, i-74-foy.f,c ' One of our guest speakers was to be LsurettafPuckett, Idaho's congress woman so Idalene and I hurried to meet he traii. As the t ain pulled out and the conductor stuck his head out, we saw he was none other than Paul Boatnan who had also graduated from high school with us. Lauretta said he was just playing conductor on the railroad he owned with Val Barfues and Darlene Atte- bgrry who were both famous business names. we escorted Laurettag to the Qptus Statler, one of the world's largest hotels, where bellhop 'Irene Sedilftook her bags. We went into the dining room for a bite of breakfast and were served ham and eggs cooked by the world famous chef Jean Ceo er. It was now tgie for the celebration so Lauretta, Idalene, and I took a cab to the speaker's stand in the center of the'EItyT As we took our places, I noticed a woman filling pitchers with ice-water and discovered it was Caro- ln Stettler whose company manufactured round ice cubes. She was advert'iIE'g her product. After I had introduced Lauretta, I sat looking over the large crewd which was on hand for the celebration. Suddenly I noticed a man with seven children crowding around him. When I saw his face I nel ly fainted for it was none other than Duane Shinn who had been the student bed president dur- ing our last year at ourfa later Notus High School. My gaze was dis- tracted from Duane by a woman who was wearing a fantastic hat which reminded me of a parachute. Suddenly I remembered that Maxine vpesze g and ex- classmate and now-famous hat designer, had wired IdE3ne and I that she was planning on attending the celebration. A little closer scrutiny revealed that the hat belonged to Maxine and as I caught her eye, we exchanged a grin. The day was terribly hot and as the speeches ended and the parade started, I noticed several people were looking sick. Suddenly Idalene called my attention to a woman who had fainted. The doctor attending her turned out to be 'Ehmsy McGuire7and as the ambulance took her away, I glimpsed the face of Wiggle Carter Et the wheel. ameras were popping and we noticed one cameraman hanging from a tree. He proved to be Billie Smyser the famous photographer who 'always gets his picture.n

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The crowds pressed forward around one particularly attractive float and we saw a police-woman vainly struggling to keep them back. Hester Allison, top police-woman, was always on her job. A plane buzzed the crowd and stampeded a wagon. Later we learned that the pilot was Albert Kratzberg who flew planes just like he drove cars. At last the celebration was over and as Idalene and I headed home, we saw a street-cleaner sweeping up the debris. We were too ired tolbe sur- prised when we learned that it waal Minnie Sedivy Hollinger. 7041 At last we were home and as Idalene and I slipped our shoes oii and gave our poor, tired feet a chance to relax, we compared notes and discovered that we had seen all our old classmates that day. After a light supper we fell into bed and dropped off to sleep to dream of the good ol' days at Notus High. Idalene Ivie Miriam Iverson Glass istury In the month of September l9h2 six of the present graduating classgvelma Olson, Jess Marchbanks, Qgayle Talkington? Patsy McGuiref Jane Javaux, and Darlene Attebergy enrolled in the first grade of Notus, under the direction of Miss Crandall. we no sooner learned that B came before C than Robert Farm r from Ten Davis joined us. In the second grade with Miss Burtch as our teacher we added Hester Allison from Caldwell, Albert Kratzberg from Kuna, and Miriam Iverson and Idalene ivfe who were promoted from the first grade. With Mrs. Small as our teacher for the third grade we were furthur enlarged by the admittance of Quentin Markwell of Caldwell. Our fourth year found us divided with Mrs. Breshears and Mrs. Van Slyke as our teachers. That year we welcomedflrene Sedi!i'from Monmouth, Oregong Carolyn Stettler from Roy, Utahg and Albert Kratzber who had left u in the second grade to go to Ten Davis rejoined us. With the addition ofihinnie Sedigy from Monmouth, Oregon, and Maxine Brown from Wilder, Mrs. Van Slyke calmly led us through our fractions in the fifth grade. Having no further entries, we were taught by Mrs. Don- nely in the sixth grade. Under the direction of Mrs. Evans, our seventh grade teacher, we welcomed Duane Shinn from Nyssa and Vada Young irom Ten Davis. Then we reached our' final year of grade school with high school to look forward to, and Mr. Holmes as our teacher. The highlights of our grade school career were sponsoring and being placed second in a scholastic contest and beinglnnored at a basketball banquet forplacing second in the tournament. We were admitted into UHigh Schooln in the fall of 1950 with John Downer and Jack Buettgenbach as our class advisors. This year our class enjoyed the admittance of Paul Boatman and Bay Bethel of Red Top, Jean Cooper from Nyssa, and gada Yogng who rejoined us from Ten Davis. The big events of the Fresh- man year were class day when we went to Ferncroft and being initiated by the Soph mores at a party where we had to wear a cowboy outfit WBackwards!N In our Sophomore year we thoroughly enjoyed giving the UFreshmenn their initiation party with our class advisor, Mrs. Provost. For our class day we went to Black Canyon Dam for a picnic and later went swimming at Royston's. In our Junior year we presented our special Junior play called WSusie the Sirenn with Mrs. Clarke as our play director. Then we held our Junior- Senior Banquet with 'Oriental Gardensn the theme. Our new members this year were Kal Barfuss of Middleton and Lauretta Puckettlfrom Greenleaf. We finally received our class rings, which we EII thought were much nicer than the Seniors'. As we finish our l2th and final year of highschool, we are very proud to have Bill Smyser from New Plymouth join us. Our four main events of the year were, of course, Commencement, our Senior Sneak with Mr. Lane as our advisor, the Senior play, WRest Assuredu with Mr. Buettgenbach as our director, and the banquet given in our honor by the Junior class with the theme of uHarbor Lights.N Things such as these will linger in our memories and remind us of Notus for a long, long, long time. Perhaps forever. Yelma Olson Jess Marchbanks - a.- h