Rochester High School - Rochesterian Yearbook (Rochester, WA)

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Q9 JUNIOR-SENIOR BALL The Junior-Senior Ball was held at the EIk's Ballroom in Centralia, April l. The theme was the Easter Parade. The room was attractively decorated with a tree in the center of the floor with bright colored Easter Eggs and birds hanging from it. There was a live Easter Bunny which added to the theme. Forty-five couples attended the dance. The music was furnished by Gene Fleming and his band. Royalty tor the Ball was chosen by placing names of the Juniors present in an Easter Basket, and having last year's King and Queen, Dick Prank and Lois Strand draw the names. Martha Fosnacht and John Small were chosen and crowned by Lois and Dick. Entertainment was furnished by the Girl's Nonette and Boy's Double Quartet who sang The Easter Parade . U ft . ,gg FOLSOM FLORAL COMPANY Flowers for Occasions Flowerfone PE 6-3040 Zll C. North Tower Centralia Washington

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THAT CRAZY SMITH FAMILY The Senior Class ot Rochester l-ligh School pre- sented their annual la on Januar l2, at the P Y Y Maple Lane Village Gym, lt was a comedy, selected by the Seniors, The Crazy Smith Family which was directed by Mr. Don Smith. Ma Smith ,.... Pa Smith ...... Tony Smith ,.,,s,s,s,,, Betty Smith s,i,..c.,s,. Buddie Smith ,,,,cs Aunt Bella ..,c,s..,,,, Barbara Weatherby Joyce Nylund Don Dalebout Dean Brittain Marlene Thompson Ken Boyse S S Violet Wharton Wilma Baker Sally Smith ,i,i,.,.,,,cc,, ldell Brittain Professor Slattery Y,,,,,..,V,Y,.Y, Larry Mills Dick Jones .V.V,...... George Parkhurst Stewart Brandon c,,,,,...,.s,s,.,.s, Bill Olson Julie Weston ....,i., Lois Strand Fords Prairie Market Keen and Howarcls', Inc Lockers Available Retail Lumber and Building Material CENTl?Al.lA VVASHINGTON Phone PE 6-7692 Across from Drive-ln Theater

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY lts ongrnal brrght and full of lrfe A lrttle of everythrng love and strrfe You ve guessed rt rt s the class of 55 They ll turn out all rrght rf they survrve Brll Olson a tall lean lad I m sure he drdn t take after hrs dad He s comfortably settled rn hrs occupatron As champron trapeze artrst of the natron At a crrcus one day going to see Our own Marlene Thompson how fearless rs s e Into the cage of Irons she goes A world lron tamer unbeaten she knows Stumblrng amrd the the tents and the booths Comrng upon one not seen rn the news A lrttle whrte popcorn vendrng machrne Drrven fast and hard by Jerry Haynes rs seen Jerry bounces down to tell us the news Of Arky and Prang and therr professron to choose A Gospel duet on the radro they are Therr vorces well known both near and afar Butter Boyse and Wayne Srreech due to therr srze Therr present posrtron rs qurte a surprrse Natronal football champrons they are Thenr sectrons of rooters are stunned afar Out leadrng therr cheers wrth much vrgor and pep We see Lors Strand she ll not mrss a step She waves her arms and does many flrps As a professronal leader she ll come rn the chrps She s called Muscles now rn her fame Somethrng new has been added she s not qurte the same Our own Joyce Nylund rt s hard to belreve As champron woman wrestler there s much up her sleeve George Parkhurst really has the lrfe Free from lrfe s usual torl and strrfe For we saw hrm srttnng hrgh on a stool He plays lrfe guard for the lrttle krd s pool Our Leroy Lovely rs usually shy But rn hrs occupatlon he s really qurte spry At frrst when we saw hrm we waved our hankres He was up keeprng score for the New York Yankees Catchrng strange butterflres ns hrs game Workrng and strsvrng to wrn hrmself fame In hrs collectron whrch rs qurte stout Our former class presrdent Don Dalebout Srttrng amrd tubes brushes and parnt The look on hrs face rs not lrke a sarnt George Vrnttlo an artrst luke Vrncent Van Gogh All of hrs pictures some day we wrll know In the sunny part of Washungton State Therr names rn the paper are seen as of late Rarsrng Afrrcan Snakes are the twrns the Brrttarns Nursrng therr every cough and therr sprttrn s Headed for Hawarr on a boat Ellen Phelps s occupatron rs somethrng to note Runnrng a race wrth the monkeys rs she Gettrng bananas from the top of the tree We lumped an a cab on the avenue one day One look at the drrver we had nothrng to say There sat Mary Lou Lane brg as you please Savlng her money for a trrp to the seas On the street ahead a slrght drsturbance rs seen We rush along stop and on a post lean We ve seen everythrng the lrmrt we re throug Shrrley Hedgepeth a polrcewoman too' Thus gal rs well satasfred wrth her lot ln and out rooms both sterrle and hot Superrntendent of nurses rn a hosprtal large Ruta Ecklund our grrl has much rn her charge We admrred the archrtecture of the structure about We recognrze someone and begun to shout They are notrng these burldrng wrth a flaw Drck Lrnd Wayne Hrleman Attorneys at Law Then to Carnegre we contrnue our way A b autlful concert to frnrsh our day We re really surprrsed to drscover the pranrst As Glen Sundqurst he waved at seerng us A large advertrsement caught our eye ln Madrson Square Garden Don t let nt go We read rt at once and then we knew Larry Malls the champron boxer was due One nrght to the speedway we chanced to We pushed and wrggled rnto the front row Our mlnds were set for a nrght of fun Ooops' There s Larry Weaver rn Car SI Our hearts were beatrng fast over the chance To sarl on a brg shrp over to France We met when we took care of some busrness there Vrolet Wharton the grrl sellrng trckets to the farr Whrle rn France we chanced to see Wrlma Baker now what can she be7 Oh yes she s made herself a good lrvrng As a dress desrgner many styles she s grvrng Completrng our enroyable journey rn France We came upon Dalc Kung dorng a dance lts a lazzed up versron of the Mombo Now spread from the U S to the Congo Well that s our class an years from now The posrtrons they re rn We don t know how They arrrved at that place but thus we know You ll probably see them wherever you go Ideal Laundry Greyhound Bus Depot and Cafe Phone PE 6 4876 Phone PE 6 4891 608 West Mann CENTRALIA 300 West Mann CENTRALIA , . . . . . , , . . , . , r . . - , h. , , . . . . . . , , . . . . , . . 4. . h, . , , . . . . t . . . . , , -- . , . . . Q. .. - , . c . . K. , . . , .. I . . bn A' t 1 V, - ., 5 Y , . , , . - , . . , go. . . , . . . 1 Y 1 . , , , , , . . . , . I