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

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FRESHMAN CLASS FIRST SEMESTER OFFICES SECOND SEMESTER Lionel Young President Betty Bell James Pierce Vice President Esther Dau Esther Dau Secretary Shirley Hamilton Billy Adams Treasurer Shirley Hamilton Betty Bell Class Representative Lois Hecht Stanley Primmer Sergeant at Arms Max Dobler Class Adviser - Virgil O. Butler one of the most exciting events for the freshman class was their initiation, October 3. They gave a return party to the sophomores on October I7, and an all-hi party on March I3, with a Saint Patrick's Day theme. SOPHOMORE CLASS FIRST SEMESTER OFFICES SECOND SEMESTER Desmond McDonald President Marilyn Stroup Marilyn Stroup Vice President Rovella Sahll Blll Goebel Secretary h Treasurer Gordon Anderson Rovella Sahli Class Representative Desmond McDonald Phil Hausken Sergeant at Arms Phil Hausken Class Adviser-Mrs. Rosalie Adams work for the sophomores came at the beginning of the year when they initiated the freshmen. They gave them a party on October 5. They also gave an all-hi party on Jan- uary 50. :JUNIOR CLASS FIRST SEMESTER OFFICES SECOND SEMESTER June Laakso President Eugene weitkamp Eugene Weitkamp Vice President James Trejbal Wilma Seehorn Secretary b Treasurer June Laakso Tommy Purtill Class Representative Tommy Purtlll Junior Drechsel Sergeant at Arms Don Christiansen J. J. Fitzpatrick was the adviser of this class until he enlisted In the Army Air Corps at Geiger Field at the end of the first semester. E. C. Patterson was then adviser of the class. During the first semester the class gave an all- hi party on DGCBMDSF 20, I94l. The class presented their three-act mystery comedy play HAs the Clock Strikes,n on April 6. It was very ably direc- ted by Mlss winnifred Shepperd. The class used the proceeds from this play to give a prom In honor of the seniors on May I5. The gymnasium was decorated with a patriotic theme. A dance band from Cheney furnished the music.

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Robert Walker is a designer of women's hats at the nAny Thing Can Be a Hatu shop in New York City. He has five charming little Walkerettes who have the pleasure of being his hat models. Lyle West, an expert saxophone and clarinet player, is patiently trying to give music lessons to all of the teach- ers in Rockford High School. He is having trouble with Mr. Butler and Mr. Fitzpatrick, they donlt know enough about his kind of music to suit him. After many long years of training, Gene Wycoff has de- veloped ,her alto voice so that she can now hit high C. Of course, she got much practice singing Lohengrin's Wedding March in the senior play. She has taken the place of Jessica Dragonette as an operatic star and there are rumors that the young debutante may wed the orchestra leader, Andre Von Finklesteln from Shanghai, Argentina. . As we look in on Ethel Hausken we can see her gently soothing the brow of a handsome young man in the Mayo Clint. Ethel is Superintendent of'the Nurses here and says she has found that her occupation has brought her the things she has always longed fer. Ethel says life there would be perfect if only they would replace the elevators with staircases and banisters. Our own little Mildred Schmidt after all her practice as a home economics teacher in Rockford High School has be- come a bride and is testing her ability to cook on her hus- band. She has really accomplished something, she can boll water without burning it. Her next task is to make hash. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF FORTY TWO The class of '42 has only four of its original students Mildred Schmidt, Lauren Brown, william Hickstein, and Ken- neth Purcell with Mrs. Golda Carter who did her best to make us Hcatch onu for two long years. Then, Mayme Olson took on this task during our third and fourth years of work, fun, play, or whatever you wish to call it. Don Nulph breaks up our little foursome and it is now a quintet as he entered the fifth grade from parshall, North Dakota. Miss Josephine Milton spent two very hard years try- ing to teach us how to multiply and divide correctly. Then, who should enter the seventh grade, but Gene Wycoff from Freeman, Washington, and Harold Tiede from Pine Bluff, wash- ington. While we were in the seventh and eighth grades, Mrs. Ida Taylor took us under her wing and mothered us until we were ready to be green-emphasis on the green..freshmen. O6'course, many members of the class came and went but

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FRESHMEN CLASS Back row: Lionel Young, Lois Hecht, Helen Mary, Margar- et Colliet, Thelma Burk, Junior Carlson, and Virgil Butler, Adviser. Second row: Raymond Fricke, Gene Wing, Bill Adams, Stan- ley Primmer, and Max Dobler. Front row: Frances Moulton, Estner Dau, Shirley Hamil- ton and Betty Bell. S Absent from picture: Betty Chance. SOPHOMORE CLASS Third row: Jime Ramsey, LeeRoy McMillan, Gus Anest, Gordon Anderson, Philip Purcell, Alden Jorgensen, Phil Haus- ken, Desmond McDonald, Llewellyn McMillan, Mrs. Adams. Second row: Margaret Schmidt, Verna Ahern, Georgiann Clark, Georgia Cross, Rovella Sahli, Betty Weller, Teresa Sullivan, Mildred West. Front row: Shirley Walker, Lovonne MacDonald, Margaret Christensen, Marilyn Stroup. JUNIOR CLASS Third row: Mr. Patterson, Don Christiansen, Arnold Ol- son, Lawrence Berner, Bill Martin, Lyle Olson, Fred Mithoug. Second row: Tommy Purtill, James Trejbal, Junior Orech- sel, Gerald Holcomb, Eugene weitkamp, Wesley Brown. First row: Bernice Weller, Thelma Engeln, June Laakso. Absent from picture: Fern Palmer and Glen Mount.