Rockford High School - Indian Rocket Yearbook (Rockford, WA)

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ANNIE PUsCPLL Stxll makrng her mark as a nurse her one amb1t1on to marry the doctor however, she' s ll srngle and loves QIVIDQ orders and telllng funny storles QARGARET DURTILL After vastxn several years trylng out her flalr as forexan newspaper correspondent, we frnd Gar garet settled mn her hlCN3YQOChlhQ hxgh school students T IS rs her l1f trne occupat1on she wore that school teacher look even rn hlgh s hool BETTY OPOONER Upholdrng her Flgh school belxef, that love makes the world go round Betty spent many years motherlng the lxttle orphans at the washmngton ch1ldren'e home How ever at thxs wrltxng she lS agarn atggxng up dlrt ut stead of dolng xt for the Rocket she now does t on h ther's farm DAVID QTRQUP We look ln on Davld lecturzng a group young men on Safe Drrvxngf He learned Q11 the on through hrs experxences whxle attendrng hxgh school DAN SLLLIVAN He now owns hrs own farm in acres at the top of NICG Peak, and he and hrs Ford enjoy the tranquxlxty of lt all after hrs long, hard years nn Rockford Hxgh PEGGY WATERBLY Peggy rs frnally gettxng pa1d for her long hours wxth her drawxngs After years of free, thankless work for newspaper and annual she now draws a handsome sal ary as artrst for ESQUIRE LARRY WIDNEQ He aged early because of the strxfe encoun ered R and 15 now a proressxonal Santa Claus Hrs chref boast to the krddles 15 that he has never used a razor! for some unaccountable reason, he says, busxness 15 always better durxng the w1nter Class Pxst ry There are only two members 1n our class who have wea thered together, all the storrs of twelve year edu catlonal course These members are Don Lee and Dan Sul11van In the second grade, Margaret Purt1ll Jolned thzs cl ss of future genruses rom then on untll tre ena o the QlGhtT grade people tl1t6f9C rn and out untll we entered the Freshmen year wxth 15 members These members were Bldl Bell, steve Berner, Gordon Drck, Don nee, Leona Locher, Louxse Novak, rat Palmer, Annle Purcell, Margaret Purtlll, Retty Soooner Davld Stroup, Dan Sulllvan and Larry wxdner re ' ' II ll 4 H I J ' ' -- . . ' . s ti ' n ' , 7 ' rv ' r - - . - g f h. . l . Q .k . -Q H u ' ' ,, 5' n . . . H .J I 1 ll ' . . . . . U.. . . H--b in, ' ' . - i er fa- V : . . . of ' ' l nd 'tsl' . . A. . . . 1 , ' 1 . . A - 1 in .H.s., ' ' ' - , . . L' o J 1 lx O - -I h . , m . 3 . I . F . nv H . f .- L ,J A. , , . s - - , ua A I I . . J . .

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DAN SULLIVAN His abxlxty to get away wxth contxnuous talkxng in classes to anyone who wall make use of xt 1h the future PEGGY WATERBLY Her aptxtude for always getting thzngs mxxed up to 'No one ll LARRY WIDNER Hxs abxlxty to grow a cookie duster', and hxs fxrst chances at new gnrls to LeRoy MacM1l1an CLASS PROPHECY Twenty Years from now BILL BELL Lookxng as chxpper and young as ever, he may be seen every week day at Pullman where he has become Chxef Surgeon at the Veterxnary Hospxtal He IS doxng very well, too, and enjoys every mxnute of nt, STEPHEN BERNER we fnnd nn a dark attzc on the thxrd floor of an old house an the poorer dxstrxct an San Francxsco, but don't be misled by thrall 1t's not the lack of fxnances No xndeedl It's just that thxs atmosphere xs more conducxve to a thrxvxng young author who has Just had publxshed a best seller, entxtled The Shrek of the Undertakzng Parlorn CLARK COLLIER is cashang lh on has dual personalnty ac quired at hxgh school A floorwalker xn a bxg Department paczfy the old bxddxes' and spendxng the rest of his time mutterxng and swearxng to hxmself expressing hrs real opxn xon as usual DQN LEE we fxnd hxm a substantxal and leadzng cxtzzen here in the communzty where he was born and raxsed He zs presx dent of the School board, and stlll brxngs 1n the fxrst but tercup of the season the thr URQQlSt6T DORTHY MATHIESON we see Dorthy, stxll slxm and charmxng, realxzxng one of her greatest dreams She has completed her beauty course and now owns and operates a lxttle shop on the grounds of Fort Lewxs She recently perfected a nsoldier boy haxrcut, whxch 18 soon to be featured xn Uvogue PARTICIA PALMER She as presxdent of the Setters P T A , whxch has become one of the most outstandxng assocxatxons of nts kxnd zn all Idaho Pat expects to run for natxonal pres xdeni of the organxzatxon next electron . . . . , . U . . store--turning on the smiles and Nspreading it on thicku to H . . . . ,

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We saxled into our Freshmen year wxth the ferocxty of a bulldog, the vanxty of a peacock, and the braxns of a anat. Durxng our Freshmen year, not much was accomplxshed except our reallzlng that we were very green and very, very dumb we learned quxckly I xt took four yearsl thatwe knew nothrng, never would know anxth1rg and as candrdates for an lntellxgent person, were out Our actxvrtxes dur1ng the Freshmen year xncluded partxes an all hxgh play and a llttle athletxcs In our Sophomore year, we found we knew less than the year before and that we were hopeless cases for a psychopa thxc ward By thrs tlme two boys who have been athletes all durxng therr hxgh school years, had begun to wear off the false shrne of a freshmen and show the true glnnt of a soph omore athlete Stxll our actxvxtxes rncluded nothxng more than an oc casxonal party However, during our Junxor year we were kept busy sbmnxng up the senxor coat of armor for their en trance xnto the cruel, cruel world we found that a JUHLOT xs merely a steppxng stone and a bogtw1per for a senxor Thts aroused our xre for a txme and we consldered gxvxng up the Shlp, but our bulldog ferocxty held us to rt, so we clamped our teeth and held txght Cmr spxrxts were brxght ened when we saw the class of next year's junxors upon whom we could vent our anger Also durxng our Junxor year we put on a class play whrch was a great success Our Senxor year was entered upon wxth many happy smxles and shouts of Joy Thxs was to be our supreme moment were fooled Each of us had a dxfferent idea for runnlng the hxgh school, but none of us accomplrshed thls end were xnformed that we were chzldxsh, 1gnorant, and rude Durxng the txme we were practlsxng for our play we found our reputatxon for learnxnq to be very bad Also we found that we were not to be m1S59d at all In fact the next class of xn a method bQflff1hQ a senxor, we quretly and softly made preparatxons for our try at llfe To S1nk or Swxn , to o or Dre , we bxd farewell to Rockford Hxgh School 1- rx The senxors have already purchased therr announce ments They are to be on wbrte paper wrth a blue E1 W 4: rocket representlng the school paper through the hx, mxddle The class purchased class rxngs and pxns earlxer rn the year The Qenxor class xs puttlng out the annual wrth the help of MISS Nellsen the commercxal teacher CLASS FLOWER Red Rose CLAoS COLOR Blue and Bronze CLASQ MCHTO Learn to oo by Dorng . I .A J . . . we i . . . . 1 . . J - . . , . ' . ' . We , ' - ' ' . We seniors was already planning its exit into the unknown. So ' ' . ll ' ' ll HD . H . . ,Wi f' ,N XJ , , ' Q X W ' - wi ' also ' , Kx?L,! ,' . ' ' , . 'I . Q . n p K ' u