Orcas Island High School - Viking Yearbook (Eastsound, WA)

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'noruscv If 15 NOTHING, June 1 1962, at the Orcas Island Axrdrome There 18 a IGTQG crowd Qdtheflnq today, 1n fact the freld IS quxte crowded except for the runways whxch are roped off for the safe landing of the large plane Wh1Ch IS due to land wlth a party of d1Qh1lOf1QS Thxs 15 the day wh1ch xs set as1de for the reunlon of the Crcas Island Hmgh School Class of 1952 The crowd seems quxte anxxous as lt rs now 9 O4 A M and the arrrval txme IS set for 9 OO Chl here rt comes WHIIIISSSSSHHHHH ' I neon there xt goes! The sleek Jet Job 15 banklna sllghtly, gl1d1ng, turntng, and now swoopxng, at last makmng a graceful landxng The crowd cheers Just lrsten to them! The travelers hurrledly cltmb from the plane, pause a nonent for news photographers and then enter the waxtxng l1mous1nes Thls also IS some th1ng specxal, blue automoblles draped w1th gold banners, embro1dered wlth the 1952 Class motto, Enjoy yourself, lt'S later than you thlnk The crowd follows the 11mOUS1h9S to the school, where wonder upon wonders what 15 that new edlfxce back of the school That certaxnly was n't there when they left Let's get a look at the nane over the door Says, Home of the Ever Trlumphant Vxkxngs. Thxs ms Ded1cat1on Day wonder there 18 so much excxtement' As we enter the buxldxng, we all remove our shoes and bow low to see our reflectron 1n the VGTRISH of the floor Say' Thrs IS sane place Look at that stage, 1sn't xt a beauty? We'll have to gxve thxs place a thorough xnspectmon after the program, but now, the crowd 15 QUIGYIRQ, and the orchestra plays the Natxonal Anthem and then a process1onal march The curta1ns part revealtng a speaker's box, ten cha1rs,one of whrch IS a rockxng cha1r The Senxors of '52' march on to the stage, and one of the doormen ushers an elderly gentleman to the speakers' box Lxsten, he's startxng to speak Ladles and Gentlenen Graduates of 1952, W9 GTG GGTNGTGG her? today, on the tenth annrversary of the class of 1952 Also we are gathered to dedtcate thxs f ne buxldtng, whtch was bull' through the efforts of the ten people you see seated on th1s stage I also can say that xt IS txne I re- t1red from the teachxng profess1on whxch I am able to do because I have lxved to see the day, as you wxll read on the corner stone, that Frxday H arbor was beaten twlce by the Ckcas Hxah team. And So, I take great pleasure xn xntroductng the fxrst menber to speak someone you all know Now 1f someone wxll help me back to my chaxr thank you, doornan Thank you, FU Chen Here's the next speaker How do you do everyone In case you don't know me, wh1ch 15 quxte unlmkely, sxnce I have been on the teachxnq staff of O I H S sxnce I GTOG ated from college, I am Osborne VanMoorhem, the head of the Commerc1a1 Department I was 1h Seattle on busrness when I heard about the plane bemna chartered so I called the Olymprc Hotel, got 1n touch wxth my class notes, and here I am ' If you wonder why I chose to come back here to 'each all I can say ms that the school twrsted my arm said that they needed someone for the school paper and annual Mr waldorf sa d that the band waSn't the SOUR because he couldn't get anyone to take my place on the drums ' Cmzxe takes hxs seat, and after thunderous applause, another speaker Ventures up to the speaker's box He's startxng to speak Get a load of that drawl He must be from the deep south Bellxngham Let's ltsten and 'znd out about hmm. J I 4 o . ' ' J : . .J . . . : . I , I o u .. J 5 ' A . . 'I ' ' ' ll - o J . . . I . J ' - ' . , It N . . , N . . . . . No J . . . . . 1 ' L . J K . . J . . u . b , I - - - a I n ' J . n . . . . . L L 4 o 4 ,. . A . M - . . . . ' I - ' ' an Q no n e 1 I n . . . . ' ,U 4 l ' la.: 0 U .. 1 ' li Q . - Q I J . s ll . ., . . . . ' 1 G A a c A n 1 0 U . Q .

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SENIOR CLASQ WILL W the Sen1or Class of 1952 of Nellxe S Mxlton Hxqh school, belng sane ffl and sober m1nd do hereby declare thxs to be our last wxll and testament Personal bequeathals are as follow I Jxm Reach, leave my speed to Jxm Gasho, my bxllty ln b ketball to Bob Sheehan My hetqht I wxll take to Clear Lake because I need what lxttle I have I Irene Dundurs leave my ambxtlon to Betty Jean, my emotxon to Ktm O'Dell, and my stack of comzc books to the school lxbrary I, Harold Pleas, leave my curly locks blue eyes and the acaod looks to Jerry Brown My love I leave to Pat and my car I keep, as w1ll need to leave I Jerry Parker, bexnq tallest ln the class leave some of y hexght to B111 Buchan, my batnrday nxqhts to those who are strong e ouqh to take them, and my love to the facul y My ways wxth o er women I keep for I may need them lat I Osborne Van Moorhem, leave my edxtorshxp of the Annual t Eva the Base Drum to Mary Ellen and SO pounds to Larry Norton, and my sarcastxc remarks to Davld I B111 Johnston, leave my pepsodent smtle to Larry Pence y Sense of humor to Roy and Donny, my athletxc abxlxty to the coa h to be d15fflbUt6d as he sees best, but most of all lmyselfl leave I Jerry Pence, leave my GIIIYGYINQ personalxty to Ralph Lxllxe my nonchalant manner to Mrs H ack and the rest I shall ' xn y bandana and take wxth me I Bob Schaefer leave wxth reqrets that xt couldn't have been sooner I bequeath my braxns to the lab Ito be examxned laterl y books to the School Dxstrxct and to the faculty I leave a pleasant sxlence and peace of mlnd I, Mxke Wells, better known as Iawrence, leave as rapxdly as possxble takxnq only what I can carry and leavxnq the rest to the 'custodxan To the followxnq Senxors I leave thxs advxce Don't run 1h the halls Louxs Waldorf, leave wlth a Sona lh my heart W Wi Women the boys leave e mo ln o e o P QOIS love', and to theltbrary I leave my volumes of Black Beauty, Hexdx Rebecca of Sunny Brook Farm, and Forever Amber 81 I . I ' - A , ' ' a ' ' ' as- ' 1 . . . , , I ' it . J . . Q m n , f , . 1 , ' ll Il er. , 1 ' ' ' 0 J J 1 ' l J m .1 . . C I A . . 4 . A . . . a .ie ' m J J l 4 ' ,. . m . . J -v . J . , X , 1, ' ' I y a -- ild, ld, ,' To . I th 'S kl H 1 ', t lh. NNY

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NMY appointment G3 new m0nQQer is so certain that there is a crew of men out rn the new office, right now, installing a hanmock But enough about ne- here is Louis Waldorf to tell about hrs lotogt dranntrc success ' quite :'::LlrkedYfE':,be-7321.1 t How do you do, ladres and gentlemen I'm reall Onlghfrond 0330 to PHY In G plug for the show that I'm d01n0 In New York BY the way I have to catch the 5 o'clock plane tlrrs evenrng, rn order to get home for drnner and my show If you would lrke you FUY S99 lf ON Yh9 ABC HPYWOTK t0n1QhY Your portable sets shoukdbe able to prck rt up Ton1ght's story rs a reproductron of Lost Weekend, butthls 13 one that happened on Cxcos Island Lours smrles bows, and goes back to hrs charr to nuke room for the next alunmus, or Jrm Resch HI, GVGTYOHG It's the sane bashful Jrm. Gee doesn't he look neeat that classy surt The gray harr at hrs temples certarnly doesn't detract ffm 7115 f1PP9Grance He rs about to say a few words and few rs rrght rf we know Jrm I'm told that I am expected to talk about myself, so here rt rs ul He draws a deep breath J FITS! NGVIDC offended GOHCIHG school, after hrgh school graduatron,I went to Hollywood where I was promptly spotted by a talent scout, whom I promptly turned down, because there d1dn't seem to be much future for me as garbage collector,not wrth those garbage drsposal unrts that they qrve away wrth every can of soup No,I really felt that the day ofthe garbage collec tor was comrng to a close I audrtroned for T V and was promptly grven a Job Thrs Job, however wasn't dancrng or actrng, and not even srnqrng They needed someone to mo e sets But at last my day came I shall never orget rt The star came rnto focus on the screen rn mrllrons of homes Just then, what should happen? You tell me, I had to frgure out a good one for myself, and qurck too. I won't say how rt happened but the star drsap- peared and there I was, rn frort of the camera what was I to do? well, thrs rs what I drd I started dancrng Frrst a solo, and then rnstead of the adrago number that was schedu1ed,I grabbed the frrst good lookrng broom I saw and w th frrm resolve, began to dance the novelty dance that nuke me K At thrs pornt, lrm looks rather pale, and one of hrs frrends leads hrm back to hrs charr It's the frrst trme he has sard that nuch n years How do you do everyone ' who could thrs bel Why Harold Pleas How are you dorng these days? He can't hear us from the audrence, so we shall just have to wart for nrm to speak Thrs new gym rs really somethrng, rsn't rt' IPUUSGJ I W131 SOYYNUY these post ten years have been gurte eventful for all of us I have done qurte well rn certarn establ rshment whrch I bought In OIYNPIG I Gm 0150 in the state legrslature so rt nukes rt qurte nrce I also have G hand In the management of Mrrdrona Inn durrng the tourrst season 'Now that Mrke rs about to strangle because no one has let hrm talk, I'll srt down before he turns blue How do you do everyone N Mrke assumes the posture that frts hrs blue, nedal-draped unrform Look at those stars. I thrnk he has somethrnq 9159 to say r enlrsted rn the Arr Corps,shortly after I graduated from hrgh school qnd bgqnn trqgnrng I drd so well, that after a dozen or so Pfomotlonsr was q1ven the rank of Supreme Commander o the G QT0 PJ the WAP do very well at nnrching,athletrcs II teach thentcnP10Y bcsketbolll and therr rndrvrdual Jobs rn offrces supP1Y Centers, etc This QYN 13 T903 the Q I H S team next 'al , f WAP As u the grrls rn ly okay I'd lrke to arrange a gone or two wrth untrl then, 1t's goodbye so that I can get everyone aboard my plane, and get back to the base ' The orchestra plays a recessronal march, a e stage, shake hands wrth old frrendsr and HGV, Gnd nuke Plans for another re' unron rn 1972 S99 YOU th9T9 , . . I J ' I ' , 1 ' ' on ,, . . ' J 1 . . ' J u N . . . J I I r i ' and Dr. Potter's Dog Food famous. r , J . . . . ' ' , . . . I J I ' - Y . . , . - ' A ' J ' - '- . ' K g c 0 I 0 4 I . . J 1 ' ' nd th '52 alumni leave the