Okanogan High School - Dog Tracks Yearbook (Okanogan, WA)

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PROPHECY These are a few extracts selected from the personal di ary of an unknown member of the l950 Class of Okanogan High School The d1ary was found in the debris of an apartment house that had burned to the ground, and is sl1ghtly lncom plete in some places where lt was damaged by fire and water May 1, 1975 Dear Diary: Was awakened at a very early hour by my faithful but frightful R M. Mart1n k Co alarm clock My morn1ng snooz es have been very rudely lnterrupted ever s1nce she lnvent ed the model that plays 'Wake Up and S1ng D1dn't get up untll I heard Wayne Cook, the milkman, come clanking up the steps wlth his da1ly dellvery of milk We owed him flfty cents so I thought I had better go down. Who'd ever have thought years ago that I'd be gossiping with h1m over the back fence? Thought I'd look 1n on our neighbor, the former Miss Shirley Herman. She was listenlng to the nBetty Crowd er Helpful Hints for Housewives program. We dhatted about old times at good old Okanogan High and Shirley mentloned that our old classmate and now a professional raln maker, James Cunningham, would soon come to town to relieve the drought It seems as though he has perfected a way of making rain w1thout a cloud News commentator, Frank Workman, 1n terrupted Miss Crowder's broadcast to say that there had been a stock market crash and that multl mill1ona1re ranch How time fl1es spent half the day goss1p1ng w1th Shirley, then went down town to make arrangements with'W. T Conner, wner and operator of the 'Conner Inc Flying Saucer Lines, to take a G1rl Scout expedition to Mars. He said he would pllot the saucer himself and asked me to 1ssue spec1al stratospheric safety instructlons to the scouts Stewardess Barbara Husum was to accompany the girls on the1r fllght The heat here 1n Los Angeles 18 terr1fic! Nurse super1n tendent at the Los Angeles General Hosp1tal, Joyce Hedlng ton, called and said that the high temperatures had snuffed out elght l1ves! Had a dlnner engagement with World Bank presldent, Maydene Jorgensen, at the Brown Derby where Floyd Self 13 now head chef Whom should we see there but the M1ss Amerlca of 1975, Marlene Steele, who rose to stardom through her performance in the smash h1t of the 196O's, 'Zoomer Girl Called a taxi take Maydene and me home, and were we surprised to find the driver to be Janet H11t8l we were just pul11ng into Beverly Hills when the tax1 had a blowout. 'We found ourselves conven1ently 1n front f 26 ' . Q . f V ll ' - O . . . - er, Gene Corbin, was hard hit and down to his last million. 0 1 . - . 11 . . l l , ' . to . . 0

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ACT II SCENE III The curtaln opens on one of the blggest years in the l1ves of our enlors, now freshmen The best party of the year, 18 the Hard T1m9S Party Frank Workman w1ns flrst pr1ze for the most orlglnal oostu e Ga1l Dlckson and Pat Dav1es are cot on cutles at the sen1or h1ah cotton hop Mar lene Steele, Janet H1ltS and Joyce Hed ngton are dunfor hlgh cheer leaders Enter center left Betty Crowder, Maydene Jorgensen, Cheloye Bartnolme, Boone Myers, and Wayne Cook ICT III SCENE I The most 1mportant event 1n th1s scene 18 the cotton hop The gym 18 very cleverly decorated The entrance to the room 15 the mouth of a huge cardboard negro The throne 15 covered entlrely w1th cotton The false ce1l1ng 1S made of green and whlte crepe paper streamers Th1s 18 the f1TSt dance g1ven by the SPHIOT class of 1950. Sh1rley Sohmldt enters hastlly through the back way ACT III SCENE II The place of th1s scene 1S the gym of the Okanogan Hlgh School The class of 50 1S gettlng ready for the Junior 1H Okanogan The settlng of the prom 18 an underwater scene med nMar1ne Cove Prom queen 18 Joan Sawyer Princesses are Mary Conner, Marlene Steele, M ydene Jorgensen, and Joyce Hedlngton Others rece1v1ng honors th1s year are Janet Hllts, Nary Conner, Rosemary Pelle as cotton cutles, and Marlene Steele and Don Schreckengost as Jun1or Marshals Comlng down the a1r vents enter Bob Taylor and John VanB1ns bergen ACT III SCENE III The scene opens on the last year at Okanogan High School Th1s 13 both a sad and a happv year for the sen 10FS They are happy because they are through w1th high school, and sad because they are leav1ng beh1nd some of thelr happlest t1m8S at O H S We f1nd our senlors working on the sen1or lass play, nThe N1ght of January Sixteenths' The scene 1S a murder trial Th1s lS a very unusual play, for the audlence also played a part Janet Tate and Barbara Husum enter s1de left ACT III SCENE IV The f1nal curta1n opens on the com encement exercises of the sen1or class The two speakers are valedictorian, Janet H1lts, and salutator1an, Haydene Jorgensen Choral read1ngs are also belng g1ven by the students The senlors are then introduced by Max Brunton, h1gh school pr1ncipa1, and diplomas are presented to the class by L. S. Hilts, uhairman of the school board fLights Dimj Curtain. -25- . S . h . . . . I . . . 1 , . , . . . . t . . .o- . - - . ' i J J L ' ' ' . , 1 : 1 ' I 1 I x an O 0 I . O . . . . . . . O . , . . . . . prom. This is one of the most successful proms ever given . x . . . K na - . n o I o 2 . 'J 8 . . . . . . r 0 I . . . G ' . O . . . . . 0 ' , . . P u G u I . . . . ' I C . O . . If O ' . I

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'Greeley's Gas, one of a corporation of west coast service stations owned by gas magnate, Patricia Greeley. There, Boone Myers, a 'Greeley Gasn mechanic replaced the tire and we went on our way. After dropping Maydene at her apartment we drove past Glen Haden's orange grove. He appears to be quite prosperous. Janet turned on the radio just in tlme to hear that Vlrgil Holterman had broken the world's record in hot rod racing for the third consecutive year! Arrived home to sink into bl1ssful oblivion on our new Squealy mattress, put out by Phyllis Carpenter Inc. Set my R M. Martin alarm clock for seven a.m That gives me just enough time to catch the eight forty five plans for New York in the morn n May 2, 1975 Dear Diary: Arr1ved at the airport in plenty of time to catch my plane th1s mornlng. One of my fellow passengers was Miss Gail Dickson, famed cr1m1nal lawyer, who was flying to New York to act as the defence attorney for Rodgers Hamilton, treasurer of the Brotherhood of Sootless Ch1mney Sweeps. e was being sued by h1s union for swlndling union funds. Gail had received a letter from Mary Conner about the tr1als and Dame we got on the subgect of football and what a success Coach Winston McCulley had made of his 1974 football squad! He's at Notre Dame now too' We landed safely at Holeman Field, recently named for New York's filibuster1ng senator, Eugene Holeman. Eugene had filibustered for twelve hours to stop a bill for the reductlon of school hours, and the pre vention of detainment after school, Our ideas certainly do change as the years fly by! Went directly to the Park Ave nue Hotel where I was greeted by the manager's widow, the former Miss Rosemary Pelle Had an appointment with R W. Fritts, president of the New York Museum of Unnatural Hist cry. On my way through New York City's crowded streets, whom should I chance to meet but rookey policeman, Donald Schreckengost, directing traffic across Fifth Avenue. Drop ped into Sac's Fifth Avenue for a minute to say hello to Bob Taylor, head floor walker. Was pleasantly surprised to see Joan Sawyer modeling a lovely cocktail dress for middle aged ladies, especzally designed by Cheloye Bartholme Had d1n ner with Shirley Schmidt, president of the Bouncing Baby Home, and Janet Tate, ski resort hostess at Sun Valley As we were leaving we met John Van Binsbergen at a corner ta ble, waiting for his chorus girl wife. The three of us then went to Carnegie Hall to a Symphony Orchestra concert, fea turing as its guest, Miss Patricia Palmer, clarinet soloist. Returned to the hotel about twelve p.m. Have had a busy day and am fatigued, so I guess I'll hit the hay Good night, dear diary! 27 ll l 1 go ' H tribulations of being a fraternity house mother at Notre O I I I . . . - C