Siletz High School - Warrior Yearbook (Siletz, OR)

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Mrs Struebin was the adv1sor of the senior class since the group entered high school in 1953 Always willing to give up her time to help the class, she devoted many hours to directing the two plays the class presented and sponsoring class dances and parties at various times, seemed to lose theirs Students of the whole h1gh school went to Mrs Struebln for personal adv1ce which was freely given with the good of all in mind Problems wh1ch seemed lnsurmountable to those involved became solvable with her help The class made much progress durlng high school, most of which they feel, can be accredited to the1r faithful advisor and friend, Mrs Struebln l She acted as the conscience of all class members, who,

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Senior officers were V1ce Presldent D1ck Br1nker, Zoe Ann Bell, Treasurer Melva Taylor, and ve Leonard whltlow Presldent Jeanne 15 not plctured Tripplng over the f1rst step of high school as the humble freshmen of 1953 SL we elected as off1cers for the rest of the crew Presldent Leonard Whltlow, Vice Presl dent Charles Wilcox, Secretary Jeanne Mitchell Cnow Mannl, Treasurer Zoe Ann Bell, Representative D1ane Magnuson, and we recelved as our pilot Mrs Mary Struebin The dreaded, yet hoped for day of 1n1tiation finally arrived and dressed in every con glomeration imaginable, we were brought before a kangaroo court and sentenced for all sorts of CFIMSS to perform crazy acts for the student body What fun' For Hallowe'en we gave a masquerade party where we danced, played games, and ate the re freshments The long awaited day arrived, our f1rst carn1val We elected as our princess Jeanne Mitchell, and Dick Brlnker as her escort Jeanne held her own to come 1U second In the spring we gave the sophomores a return party As we jumped the second step to become sophomores, we chose as our officers Darrell Ba1lor, Pres1dent, D1ck Br1nker, Vice Presldent, Jeanne Mltchell, Secretary, Zoe Ann Bell, Treasurer, D1ane Magnuson, Representatlve, Ralph Jones, Sargent at Arms, and agaln Mrs Struebln as our advlsor Activlties for the year were a fresh men initiation party, a popularity poll dance, a super colossal beach party where we played ball, Jumped waves, sang, ate everything 1n sight, and topped it with shows The class, under the supervision of Dick Brinker wrote, directed, and staged a m1nstrel show for the student body Our carnlval princess was Zoe Ann Bell and her escort was Ralph Jones with the class working hard to w1n, we again came ln second The third step at last was crossed and we became upper classmen With the prom 1n m1nd and a need for outstandlng officers, we elected as our President, Dick Marsh Know Taylorl, Representative, Leonard Whitlow, and because of our petition the year before, Mrs Strueb1n was with us Digglng in to become prosperous to give a good prom, we started the ball rolling with a very successful sock hop As carnival t1me swung around again we chose Melva Marsh as our princess with Darrell Ballor as her escort That night as crowning t1me came into v1ew, our hearts leaped w1th joy as the royal diadem was placed upon the head of our princess We worked hard and long on WSpooks A11VEn and, although we were shaking in our make up, we had slmply loads of fun present1ng it At last our turn came for giving the seniors a prom Putting everything we had into it, we were rewarded by a beautiful prom, one to be long remembered We took the out going seniors on a Whawaiian Cruise', with a mid night blue star studded sky above, sand beneath the1r feet, palm trees wav1ng in the breeze from the beach, a hut to dream 1n, and beachcombers and hula girls to serve the feast from the Islands Stepp1ng ever so lightly over the fourth step, we had f1nally become the senlors of 1956 57 Offlcers chosen for our last year were President Jeanne Mitchell, Vice Presldent Dick Brlnker, Secretary Zoe Ann Bell, Treasurer Melva Marsh, and Rep resentatlve Leonard Whitlow No longer humble, but now wise, we set out with re newed strength to acquire wealth for our dream, a real Whep' sklp day Starting the year with a bang, we began working on the play WHobgoblin Housen which we put on while the year was still young Selectlng Glor1a Bgelde as our carnlval princess and Leonard whitlow to escort her, we were st1ll up there, com1ng in third For SHS's f1rst Homecomlng on their new football field, we chose Zoe Ann Bell as our princess and Leonard Whitlow as her escort To our del1ght our prlncess agaln won the much sought after crown We raffled off a basketball at the Valsetz game and also raffled off cakes and held a few dances One of our ma1n progects was the saw ing and selling of cord wood The boys worked hard and made it a big success Club 57 , our talent snow, had a b1g turnout of not only performers but spectators, too At last spr1ng vacatlon brought w1th 15 our ch1ef deslre San Francisco We saw all the h1gh spots posslble and had such a great t1me we almost d1dn't return home A little later 1n the sorlng we took a surprise skip, not hav1ng used our al loted school day As we left the fourth step behind and crossed a new threshold to graduatlon, there loomed before us the world beyond All may have had tears 1U our eyes, but held our heads hlgh C? ' . . - , Brinker, Vice President, Jeanne Mitchell, Secretary, Zoe Ann Bell, Treasurer, Melva N YI ' . ' .