Onalaska High School - Hi Climber Yearbook (Onalaska, WA)

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The meeting was adjourned until after dinner was served The meal was under the supervision of Bette Brenneis, Home Ee. Teacher in the high school. Helping her were Goldie, Gertie, Sadie and Sophie Balfour,the two sets of twin daugh- ters of Mr. and Mrs. Chargaret Franklinl Dick Balfour. Bette showed us all the improvements in the Home Ee room. It has been completely remodeled, and all the equipment is of plas- tic. Violet Jacobsen and Alice Blair are co-publishers of the Hhdvice to Lovelorn Monthly.N Their magazine is well known all -over the United States, and theyfve made a small fortune by eharging tl per question. Allen Linn has estab- lished a night club,the swanky spot of the town. At present he is featuring the band of Dale Jessen. The Jessen Jazzet- tes is the best known band in America. Featured singer is Edythe Hawes, and Theodora Frase is the outstanding saxo- phone player. The telephone exchange employs three of our former classmates. Supervisor is Betty Lou Kohler, and the two leading operators are Velma Brendon and Betty Hughes. They have all been there for nearly 18 years, and have as- sumed membership in the National Operators Club Honorary. The First National Bank of Onalaska has as its president, Leroy Allie who says that the work is what he's alwaxs been loekirg for. Chief of Police is Vic Dorkacht. He told us about some of the offenders, ond said that he had the most trouble with speeders. .gwet pareled from the Federal Trdustrial Institution for Women at Alderson, West Virginia, is Viv Curry. She had accepted a job as dog catcher for the city. Doris Fitzhugh just returned from Miami, Florida, where she has been taking a rest cure for the past ten years, She looks the picture of health now, and will begin working in Hollywood as hair- dresser for Ferne Johnson, new motion picture star. Ferns has been employed in leading Broadway productions up to now. Darrell Dow had some interesting stories to tell about some of the nation's celebrities. He's a bell hop in a' famous New York hotel. Richard Brown is well known in the Nation's capitol as nJanitor Brownu. Ee has been janitor for twelve years, and still hangs on to the ambition of someday becom- ing the head butler. Admiral Janes Burnside was enjoying a nine-day leave. Hb is new stationed at Great Lakes Naval Training Station where he is in charge of training sailors for radio work. Helen Bowden and Viola Sanders are new visiting friends in Travelcr's Paradise before returning to Alaska. They are operators of a fish cannery in Ketchikan. Employed as a model in Saks Fifth Avenue Dress Shop, is Kathleen Stonex.

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Un May 12, the senior nlay, uReady Made Femilyn was given. It was an hilarious farce in 3 acts, and the applause of the audience gave evidence of a successful performance. We chose as our motto, Wwe build the ladder by which we climb,u and as our flower, the white moss rose. And now we are ready to depart. Our high school educah ttion has furnished us a strong foundation on which to build our lives. We've built another rung on the ladder by which we'll climb to success, TBAVELER'S PARADISE It ' was yesterday, May 25, 1964, that I spent the happiest day of my life, It was a glorious reunion I Every member of the class of '43 was present, and each- had hun- dreds of tales to relate. I was shocked when I viewed the town. I expected tt to be entirely abandoned, but I discovered that a textile mill has been established. Thelma Haskin and Wayne Myhre are co-owners. The town has been completely rebuilt, and it is one of the country's choice beauty spots. It attracts thousands of sight-seers yearly, and has lbeen renamed UTraveler's Peradise.n We met in the same school building which has been pre- served as a tribute to Ruth Frafjord, famed poetess. Cecil Rankin told a number of interesting tales about Borneo, where he has been a missionary for nearly fifteen years. He said the he had met Jim Blankenship over there once. Jim told us that he is a big game hunter, and just arrived in the United States in time to join us at our reunion, On one of Trave1er's Paradise's main street corners, Dale Wood has established a thriving business, He has a fruit cart, and is known to everyone as nGus,H The town's most prominent lawyer is Morris Harms, At present he is defending Russell Workman who is proprietor of the town's junk yard, He manufactures all his own junk, including wrecking cars. It seems he got in the wrong car one night, and wrecked it, A prompt investigation revealed the owner to be Dr. Jean Arnold, local vet. Dr. Arnold at once filed suit for damages Editor of the town's newsno er UGorn f . .- - - .ftp y Chronicle,U is Margaret Oldren, Betty Osborn edits the' gossip column. She does most of her work at her huge estate on Society Boulevard. m

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She expects to retire next year, and 'return to Traveler's Paradise permanently. Patsy Jacobsen is still campaigning for the presidency of the National Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals. Rose Fleming is her campaign. manager, and Rose reports that the outlook is slightly more encouraging this year. Patsy has been a candidate every year for the past nineteen years. And now comes the farewells. It is hard to bid our friends goodby, but we know that our reunion has renewed the friendships which had been such an indispensable part of our high school careers. The time is to como when we shall meet again--and new until 1974--we'll be waiting to reunite once more, Class'Will We, the class of '45, being of sane mind, do hereby be- queath to our successors, the following: I, Leroy Allie, leave my little Model A to Ronald Schuttie. Go easy on it, Ronnie. I, Jean Arnold, leave my cheerful disposition to Dorothy Blair. Trouble is she doesn't need it. Dick Balfour leaves his stature to Dick McGee. Start growin', Dick. Alice Blair wills hor treasurerfs books to the next Student Body Treasurer, Poor Somebodyll I, Jim Blankenship, leave to Don Littleton my knowledge on how to have 'fun on Saturday nights. CDen already knows, Jim., I Bette Bronneis, will my ability to get along with everyone to Gloria Clark. CAS if she needed it.j I, Rich Brown, leave my sense of humor to--ah therefs enough to go around. Velma Brandon leaves her argumentative ability to Mary Anderson. Helen Bowden wills to Nellie Baron her engagement rings. To Clarke Hadfield goes James Burnside's Navy uniform. Claim it after the war, Clarke. I, Viv Curry, hereby will to Floyd Quinn my love for fishing. All right, Viv, take it with you. Floyd doesn't need it. I, Vic Derkacht, leave my driving speed to Kenneth Burchett. Take it easy, Kenneth! I, Darrell Dow, will to Alvie Davis my Ford. Keeping it in the family, Darrell?