Union High School - Bobcat Yearbook (Union, OR)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1945 volume:

i Published by the JUNIOR CLASS of the i: IOX HIGH SCHOOl I'nion, Oregon IN MEMORIAM The Staff of the 19M-’45 Bobcat wish to dedicate this publication to MR. C. L. CADWELL in appreciation for his untiring' support to the students and the community. This tribute is also paid to JOE ADKINS MARK CROUTER BUD CURTIS JIMMIE DEAN LOYD EDVALSON LEO HANSEN DELBERT IRWIN ERNEST BATES JOHN TRUMP DRAKEFORD YORK who have paid the supreme sacrifice for their country. And to BILL GAMBILL BOB HUDSON CARL MOULTON RAYMOND REUTER who are reported missing in action CC e £Kig§ $c$oot STAFF Lett to right, first row: McCrae, Court right, Courtright. Bingham Second row: Guile, Daggett. Scroggin. Davis Ihird row: Miss Bagley, Lange, Bateman. VanHousen, Vogel Fourth row: Southard, Tinipy, Dale, Jones, Huffman STAFF CO-EDITORS---------------Jeanne Scroggin, Adeline Huffman BUSINESS MAXACiKRS-----------Donna Van Housen. Iris Vogel SPORTS EDITOR-------------------------Donna Van Housen AR I EDI I ORS---------------Loyal Dale. Donna Van Housen EXCHANGE EDITOR_____________________________|ris Vosrel ---------------------------------Pharis Tinipy I y FISTS-------------Betty Courtright, Bernice Courtright. Adeline Huffman. Iris Vogel. Donna Van Housen CLASS NEWS: Billy Childers. Jean Galle. Cleora Mansfield, Josephine Southard. ORGANIZATIONS: Arlene Daggett. Iris Vogel. Pharis Tinipy, Ruth Lange. Darman Jones, Duane Bateman ADVISOR: Miss M. Bagley It is customary for the Sophomores to publish an edition of the U-Hi. This year they published the Easter issue. The Juniors appreciate the cooperation of the Sophomore c ass an« wish to extend our thanks to the Sophomore Staff. CO-EDI TORS. PRINTER ART EDITOR ADVISORS__ SOPHOMORE STAFF -----------------Ben Dodds. Cecil Smith ------------------------Cecil McDaniel --------------------------Beverly Green -------------Mrs. Moberly, Mrs. Gilmore uoiiuuisiuiuiau MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD S. K. MILLER. Chairman MERTON A. DAVIS RALPH HUTCHINSON IDA B. CLINE.Clerk Thirty years of service HI even years of service Sine years of service Ten years of service + + WILLIAM M El DINGER. Superintendent Whitman College, B. A. University of Minnesota University of Washington Completing fifth year at Union Subjects: Algebra. Senior Class Advisor. Student Council Advisor. FACULTY ( LAY FOX Oregon State College, B. S. Completing first year at Union Subjects: Social Science, Physical Education, U. S. History, World History, and Biology, Athletic Coach. Junior Class Advisor. MARIK A. BAGLEY State Teacher's College. North Dakota. B.A. Completing second year at Union Subjects: Knglish. Band, Glee Club, Paper and Annual Advisor, Senior Class Advisor, Chemistry. Class Play Director REGINA HAUSER Notre Dame College. B. S. Completing first year at Union Subjects: Girls’ Physical Education. Biology, Sophomore Class Advisor. JOHN L. COGSWELL Bradley Technical Institute, Peoria Illinois, B. S. Completing first year at Union Subjects: Industrial Arts, Mechanical Drawing. Freshman Class Advisor. OLGA SMITH Normal School, Mayville. N. D. Completing eighth year at Union Eighth Grade Teacher. FRANK FAUGHT Eastern Oregon College of Education, La Grande, Oregon Completing first year at Union Principal Grade School, Track Coach. FACULTY - CONTINUED OPAL M. GILMORE Whitman College. B. S. Completing fourth year at Union Subjects: General Science, Mathematics. Basic Mathematics, English, Freshman Class Advisor. XAN MOBERLY Teacher’s College. Springfield, Mo.. B. S. Completing first year at Union Subjects: Bookkeeping, Orientation, Typing, Shorthand. Junior Class Advisor, Girls’ League Advisor. ORMAN S. WEAVER Oregon State College Completing first year at Union Subjects: Vocational Agriculture and Farm Shop, Sophomore Class Advisor. GLEE BACON. Secretary Eastern Oregon College of Education. La Grande, Oregon Completing first year at Union. STUDENT COUNCIL Left to Second Not in right, first row: Davis. Robertson. Rinehart, Southard. Milligan row: Mr. Meidinger, Hermison, Johansen, Trump, Tinipy. picture: O. Payne 4- ■+■ OFFICERS PRESIDENT----------------------------------------Josephine Southard VICE PRESIDENT--------------------------------------Pharis Timpv SECRETARY_______________________________________Jim Turner TREASt RER---------------------------------—David Johansen YELL LEADER----------------------------------------Barbara Trump SONG QUEEN--------------------------------------Gloria Lay Due to the fact that Jim Turner left for the Navy. Stanley Robertson was elected to fill his place. The Student Body started the year with much enthusiasm which was shown at the pep rally, including a roaring bonfire which was followed by pep talks from the coach and boys, and a serpentine up-town. To raise money for the student body, a carnival, sponsored by the Student Council, was given at the gymnasium in November. The outstanding feature was the coronation of the queen. Dorothy Hayward, a freshman, and her attendants. I la Tiffany, Gwendolyn Green, Beatrice Nice and Norma Mathews. Once again a pep contest was held. Each class gave a pep assembly for football and basketball. When completed the faculty judged them. The council bought tiny miniature gold footballs and basketballs to be given to the outstanding football and basketball player of previous and present years. Graduation exercises started with the annual Junior and Senior prom and May Day dance. Jeanne Scroggin was queen and her attendants were Josce Smith. Eileen Shepherd. DcLcva Robinson, Pearl Wright. We would like to express our deep appreciation and thanks to the alumni for decorating the gym for the Junior and Senior prom and May Day dance. SCHOOL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 11 Registration 23 Cove, here—football 26 Movie 29 North Powder, here—football OCTOBER 6 Elgin, there—football 10 Movie 18 North Powder, there—football 19-20 Teachers’ Conference 24 Movie 27 Cove, there—football NOVEMBER 3 Elgin, here—football 7 Movie 10 Pilot Rock, there—football 11 Legion dance 13 Home Ec. Club initiation 17 Carnival 21 Movie 23 Thanksgiving 28 E. O. C. E. here—basketball DECEMBER 1 Irrigon, here—basketball 2 Nyssa, here—basketball 5 Blind concert La Grande, there—basketball 7 Junior class play 8 Jamboree, North Powder—basketball 9 Haines, there?—basketball 12 Haines, here—basketball 15 Baker, there—basketball 19 La Grande, here—basketball 21 Grade School Christmas program 22 Adrian, here—basketball 25-29 Christmas vacation JANUARY 5 Cove, here—basketball 9 Enterprise here, basketball 12 Imbler, here, basketball 16 Elgin, there—basketball 19 North Powder, here—basketball 23 Cove, there—basketball 26 Wallowa, there—basketball 27 Enterprise, there—basketball 28 E. O. C. E., there—basketball FEBRUARY 2 Imbler, there—basketball 5 One-act plays 6 Baker, here—basketball 7 North Powder there, volleyball 9 Elgin, here—basketball 10 Grant Union, here—basketball 13 Wallowa, here—basketball Band benefit 16 North Powder, there—basketball 17 F. F. A. parliamentary 22-23-24 District basketball tournament MARCH 8 Dr. Pelling 20 F. F. A. banquet 23 Green and gold ball Cove, here—baseball 28 Operetta 30 Imbler, there—baseball APRIL 3 Movie 4 Clyde Bloom and forestry 6 North Powder, here—baseball 13 Carnival of speed, Milton-Freewater 20 Junior-Senior banquet Elgin, here—baseball 27 Senior play Cove, there—baseball MAY 1 Imbler, here—baseball 4 May Day dance North Powder, there—baseball 10 Home Economics-Girls’ League Mother and Daughters tea 11 Elgin, there—-baseball 20 Baccalaureate 25 Graduation Eugene Shanks, a transfer from California, was welcomed to the bosom of the Senior class as we had only live boys. The Seniors had a very busy time preparing for their going out into the world to earn their own way through life. Along with their tests, six week's and semester, they had their pictures taken, chose announcements, cards, class rings, and graduation gowns. They also presented a one-act play and a three-act play. The one-act play “The Dummy , was a comedy and again made Maurice Irons an outstanding actor. The three-act play, Crack-Up” brought honors to Thelma Mills. Our cute little nominee, Gwen Green and Princess 11a Tiffany won us second place in the contest for carnival queen. In the preceding year the nominee was Thelma Mills. The May Day queen nominee was Pearl Wright; the princess was DeLeva Robinson. In the preceding years the princess had been Ardyce Strong. Gloria Lay and Marie Milligan. We had an outstanding football player in our midst, Jim Turner. He was chosen the most valuable player of the year. Barbara Trump turned out to be quite peppy; she was the yell leader during her senior year and assistant her junior year. Gloria Lay was a drum majorette her last three years in school and a good one. The basketball team was profitable for the Senior class. The four Seniors on the team were: Mike Irons. David Johansen, Jim Turner, and Gene Shanks. Mike and Gene were chosen for the county all-star class B team. As the Senior class stroll up the long aisle of the future they think of their friends that had to leave them for the armed forces and elsewhere. Since the Freshman year, the class of ’45 has donated several students to the armed forces. They were: Lawrence Barrett, Arden Aston, Billy Evans, Frank Bark- er, Ken E. Smith, Bob Crooke, Robert Hendrix, LeRoy Draper, Stephen Moudy, Witht Thomas, Jim Turner and Gene Shanks. After they had all left the class had only eighteen to graduate. The class officers were: President, Marie Milligan; vice president Thelma Mills, secretary, Gwen Green; Treasurer Maurice Irons. Our motto is: Hitch your wagon to a star; colors, pink and white; flower, pink rose. CLASS PROPHECY The scene is in the lobby of the Union Hotel where a reunion of the class of 45 is to be held. As we enter the lobby of the hotel, we hear music being rendered to our ears by Dave Johansen and his Melodeers. They are playing “Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar. His orchestra is a large one and consists of about 30 members who play everything from oboes to french horns. As we look farther into the lobby, we hear the commanding voice of Josephine Southard, who is the general manager of the hotel. She is dictating to her secretary. Venita Cross, who also acts as treasurer, general errand doer. etc. A man enters the lobby and proceeds to do a bit of repair work on the steam-heating system in the hotel. His name is Don Herbig and he is quite well known for his abiilty to fix anything from toy steam engines to large 3000 horsepower airplane engines. As Don left he turned to Jo and said that he would be back to attend the banquet as soon as he had gone home and changed into his tuxedo (which he had always enjoyed wearing). The reunion was supposed to start at 8:00 p. m. but people began showing up at 7:00 to chat with their old friends. The first of these guests to arrive was Maurice Irons, who is now a great railroad executive. He owns all the interest in the Union Switchback Line, which still runs from Union Junction to the Union sawmill and back. Here conies the general manager of the Union Flouring Mill, James Turner. He shakes hands with Mike and already they are talking over the many thrills they had when they played football together. Gene Shanks, manager of his father’s prune orchards, has made quite a name for himself, arrives next. He, too, was quite an athlete in his day and he gets together with Mr. Irons and Mr. Turner to talk over old times. Larry Griggs and his wife—Donna Bateman, member of the class of ’43 __are the next guests to arrive. Larry owns a farm up around North Powder. Mescal Payne and Cordelia Mayotte (both maiden names, of course) were next to stroll thru the revolving doors. Cordelia has settled down on a farm and has a fine healthy family, while Mescal has been doing missionary work in China. As the time flies on. the delicious odor of the food, being prepared in the kitchen by Thelma Mills, is in the noses of all. Thelma has the title of being the Best Cook in the United States”. She got her start in the kitchen at home where she had to prepare her father’s breakfast every morning before going to school. Tonight she will get a taste of her own cooking and will it be fun to watch for the effects, since she has been cooking in leading hotels all over the world. As everyone is enjoying the wonderful aroma, Lieut. Ila Tiffany joins the group to chat and gossip. After graduating from high school, she joined the Waves and liked it so well she decided to stay. Immediately following her is Marie Milligan, who is private secretary to John P. Morgan, a very rich man in New York City. She has become quite prominent in this field and the President had considered her quite a few times for his private secretary but she has not quite made the grade yet. Give her another year and she will probably do it. Next guest to arrive is Mrs. Donald Hoyt (the former Pearl Wright) who is now living on the Bar Z Ranch and is doing a very profitable business. Her sister, Shirley Wright, is living on and managing her father's estate in High Valley and is making quite a name for herself in the agricultural world. De Leva Robinson is the next guest to arrive and she brings her husband, who owns a large orchard. She has three little ones at home and is very happy with the world. Mrs. Alva Roberts is the next guest to arrive and she brought her husband with her. She will be remembered as Gloria Lay and her marriage was a happy-ending to a high school courtship which started in her Senior year at Union High School. Dorothy McGrath, who still owns the McGrath estate on the old Cove road near Union, arrives next and she is feeling fine and seems to be happy as she sits down to talk with her old friends, Venita and Jo. Gwen Green arrives next and she is married also and has a family of two. She is living in Enterprise where she lived and attended her Sophomore year in high school. Last but not least to arrive is Barbara Trump; needless to say that she picked up this habit of being late while she was in high school and she has not forgotten it yet, we guess. WILLS AND BEQUESTS ARTICLE I Section 1: The Senior class leaves the following wills and bequeaths in hope you will weigh each one very carefully upon your inheritance. ARTICLE II COLLECTIVE WILLS Section 1: To the faculty we leave our quietness (no remarks) in classes and halls. Section 2: To the office we leave our many engravings of our initials; upon close examination you will find them on the school walls and assessories. Section 3: To our closest and dearest (well, closest anyhow) relatives, the Juniors, we leave our ornery pranks, in hope that they will find some new ones. To the Sophomores we leave our ingenuity to keep our perfect attendance records (please don’t spoil it). To the Freshmen we leave our numerous tardy excuses, since you will probably need them for the future years. ARTICLE III INDIVIDUAL WILLS I, David Johansen, do will and bequeath my golden trumpet to Donna Van Housen so that she may throw that one-phutt two phutt french horn out the window. I, Thelma Mills, do will and bequeath my every-other-day attendance in sch xd to my sister, Margarete, who is already following in my footsteps. I, Shirley Wright, do will and bequeath my “cow milking ability” to Carolyn Davis with the immortal words, “carry on”. I, Gloria Lay, do will and bequeath my majorette uniform to Bolx Kol erts, with the hope that he can find somene to fill it. I, James Turner, do will and bequeath my affection for Gene Goff to Pharis Timpy. 1, Marie Milligan, do will and bequeath my Irish temper to anyone who has to play against the Junior girls’ basketball team. I, De Leva Robinson, do will and bequeath my height (4 ft. 11 2 in.) to Loyal Dale. I, Pearl Wright, do will and bequeath my bashfulness to Pat Kinsey. I, Eugene Shanks, do will and bequeath my will power not to get my hair cut shorter to Walter McBride. I, Dorothy McGrath, do will and bequeath my Little Cousin”, Stanley Robertson, to Ruby Parker. I, Maurice Irons, do will and bequeath my ability to stay in nights to Pharis Timpy. I, Venita Cross, do will and bequeath my control over my giggles to Eloise Halsey; she should. I, Larry Griggs, do will and bequeath my ability to drive a Ford V-8 to Stanley Robertson. I, Cordelia Mayotte, do will and bequeath my ability to talk to Jean Hornbeck. I. Josephine Southard, do will and bequeath my athletic ability to Virginia Waldron. I, Mescal Payne, do will and bequeath my long (curly) hair to Edsel Wulf. I, Gwendolyn Green, do will and bequeath my perfect figure to Gene Goff. I, Barbara Trump, do will and bequeath my parliamentary knowledge to Pharis Timpy. I, Don Herbig, do will and bequeath my orneriness to Arlen Chenault. I, Ila Tiffany, on this twenty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-five, do will and bequeath my height to Darrel Wood for his future convenience in his courtship with Nelda Vogel. NOTARIES—Ila Tiffany, Josephine Southard. CLASS PRESIDENT—Marie Milligan S3SSH1] € € -A , P -JT- r T V 4' Jea s kf Vs ,SssOct- DAVID JAMES JOHANSEN “Swede” Years at Union I, Football 1-2-3-4, Basketball 2-3-4. Track 2. Baseball 2-3-4. Class President 1-2, Business Manager U-Hi and Annual Staff 3, Student Body Treasurer 4. Band 1-2-3. Glee Club 1-2-3-4. Band President 3. Glee Club President 4. Student Band Director 2-3. Lettermens Club 1-2-3-4. Lettermens’ Club President 4. Operetta 4. One-Act Plays 1-2-1. ('lass Plays 3-4. Music Festival 1-4. 11.A TIFFANY “Tippany” Years at Union 4. Glee Club 2-3-4. Home Ec. Club 1-2. Girls' League 1-2-3-4, Carnival Princess 4. Editor of U-Hi and Annual 3. All-Star Team 2-3-4. Baseball Captain 2, Basketball Captain 3, Girls’ League Council 4. J ( S EP1IIX E SOUT HARD “Jo” Years at Union 4. Home Ec. Club 1-2. Home Ec. Treasurer 2. Girls’ League 1-2-3-4. League Council 2-3. All-Star Team 1-2, Annual and U-Hi Staff 2-3-4. Student Body President 4. Student Council 4. SHIRLEY WRIGHT Sunny” Years at Union 4, Home Ec. Club 1-2-4. (.iris’ League I-2-3-4. League Council 3. U-Hi and Annual Staff 3. All-Star Team 2-4, One-Act Play 2. DOROTHY McGRATH “Dot” Years at Union 4. Home Ec. Club 1-4. (’.iris’ League 1-2-3-4. Library Club 4. Library Club President 4 PEARL WRIGHT “Hll” Years at Union 4. Home Ec. Club 1-2. (.iris' League 1-2-3-4. May Day Princess 4. THELMA MILLS “Tommy” Years at Union 4. ('.iris' League 1-2-3-4. Home Ec. Club 1-2, Home Ec. Officer 1. Band 1-2, Thespian 1-2. Class Vice-President 1-4. Class Secretary-Treasurer 2-3. One-Act Plays 1-2, ('lass Plays 3-4. Glee Club 1-4, Operetta 4. Carnival Princess 3. U-Hi and Annual Staff 3. V KNIT A CROSS “Vccdy” Years at Club 1-4. Union 4. Girls’ League J-2-3-4, C-Ili and Annual Staff 3. Home Ec. I KLKVA K( )Bl. SON “Given” Years at Union 3. transferred from Elgin, Girls’ League 2-3-1. Home Ec. Club 4, One-Act Play 4. Dramatics 2, May l)av Princess 4. U-Hi and Annual Staff 3. (iW EX DOLYN C R EEX “Given” Years at Union 3, Girls’ League 1-3-4. Home Ec. Club 1-3, Carnival Princess 4, U-Hi and Annual Staff 3, Class Secretary 4. BARBARA RUTH TRUMP “Bobbie” Years at Union 4. Cheer Leader 4. Girls' League 1-2-3-4, Girls' League President 4. Home Ec. Club 1-2-3. Library Club I-2-3-4. Library Club President 1-2, Thespian 2. Dramatics 1-2. One-Act Play 1, Class Plays 3-4. All-Star Team 3-4. Student Council 4. Debate I. U-Hi and Annual Staff 3. GLORIA LAY Years at Union I. Girls' League 1-2-3-4, League Officer 2-3. Home Ec. Club 1-2-4. Home Ec. Officer 2. Thespian Club 2, Dramatics 1-2, Class Officer 2-3, May Day Princess 2. Drum Major 2-3-4. Song Queen 3-4. Class Plays 3-4. One-Act Plays 1-2. Girls' League Council 4. U-Hi and Annual Staff 3. MESCAL PAYXE Years at Union 4. Girls' League 1-2-3-4. Home Ec. Club 1-4, U-Hi and Annual Staff 3, One-Act Plays 2. Class Play 4. MAURICE IRON’S “MIKE” Years at Union 4. Basketball 2-3-4. Baseball 2-3-4 Football 3-4. Track 3. Lettermens’ Club 2-3-4, One Act Plays 1-2-4, Class Plays 3-4. Student Body Vic President 3. Class President 3. Class Treasurer 4 Dramatics 1-2, Thespian 1-2, Assistant Editor o U-Hi and Annual 3. All-Star Basketball Team 2-1 MARIK MILLIGAN “ risk” Years at Union 4, One-Act Plays 1-2-4. Class Plays 3-4, May Day Princess 3, Class President 4, Dramatics 1-2, Glee Club 4, All-Star Team 3, Operetta 1. Girls’ League 1-2-3-4. Home Kc. Club 1-2-3. Home Kc. President 2. Library Club 4, Student Council 4. Basketball Captain 2. I)ebate 1. I’-Hi and Annual Staff 3. CORI )ELI A M A Y EXT E Cor die” Years at Union 4. Girls’ League I-2-3-4. Home Ec. Club 1-2-4. Class Plays 3-4. LARKY MALCOLM GRIGGS Years at Union 4. I '. K. A. 1-2-3. Lettermen’s Club 4. Class Plays 3-4. One-Act Play 4, Track 3, Football 4. DON I I Eli BIG Years at Union I, Class Play 4. JIM TURNER “Red” Years at Union I. Football 3-4. Basketball 3-4. Basketball Manager 2. Student Body Secretary 4. Letter-mens’ Club 3-4. Thespian 1-2. One-Act Plays 1-2. Class Play 3. Most Valuable Football Player 4. EUGENE SHANKS “Swoon” Years at Union 1. transferred from Modoc High school, Alturas. California. Football 4. Basketball 4. Lettermens’ Club 4. Lettermens’ Club President 4. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY On the fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-three, twenty-one shy, bashful and frightened boys and girls marched up the steps of the little red schoolhouse to become the class of ’45. Out of the twenty-one students, four originals are left in the present class. The others have either transferred to other schools, dropped out, joined the Armed Forces or married. Though we have lost a few. others have come from different schools to join the class. The four that have stayed all twelve years to welcome the newcomers are: Venita Cross, Larry Griggs. Thelma Mills, and Jim Turner. In the second grade they welcomed one of the best athletes in the class, Maurice Irons. Two shy little blondes, Marie Milligan and Gwendolyn Green, entered the class during our third year. David Johansen, one of the additions in the fourth grade, brought brilliance to the class. Dorothy McGrath also joined us in our upward march and four boys who are now in the Armed Forces, Ken Smith, Don Hoyt, Bob Crooke, LeRoy Draper. The short and the tall happened when a little five by five Deleva Robinson, and Barbara Trump, the wonder of the class for her brilliant tardy and absent excuses, walked into the fifth grade room. From way down in old Missouri came a little southern girl with long curls. Mescal Payne, to be with us from the sixth grade to the end. I la Tiffany moved from La Grande in the seventh grade to continue her education in the Union schools. Out of the snowy November sky a long, lengthy, flake of a girl, Josephine Southard, walked into the eighth grade room. Little did we know that she would be the Student Body President of 1944-’45. Thus the grades passed, eight uneventful years. With a sigh of relief that could be heard for miles around, Mr. Boring passed out the eighth grade diplomas. A hilarious day of shrieks and freaks initiated the thirty-one freshmen to the well-being of high school life. We had five additions, three from High Valley—the Wright sisters (no relation t � the Wright Bros.), Shirley and Pearl, and bashful but not timid, Cordelia Mayotte: one carrot-top. Gloria Lay from Pondosa and transferring from Burns came our angel, Don Herbig. The play, Mother Goes On A Strike , brought out the fine characteristics of Maurice Irons and Gloria Lay. who took honors for outstanding actor and actress. Our little five by five”. DeLeva Robinson, after leaving us in the eighth grade for Elgin, decided she iiked us better and returned in the Sophomore year. Mescal Payne practiced her southern drawl in the play, “The Silver Bracelet' and was chosen outstanding actress. Jim Turner and Robert Hendrix were chosen as outstanding actors. Remember the basketball team that went to John Day and Salem? Well. Swede Johansen and Mike Irons went along too. not only for the joy ride but to help win at John Day and to hold the other teams down at Salem. The girls, although little ladies, were quite successful in athletics, five girls taking honors—Josephine Southard, Shirley Wright, Barbara Trump, Thelma Mills and Ila Tiffany. The timid little blonde. Gwen Green, crept back into her old place as second in the class (alphabetical order) in our Junior year. Due to Miss Bagley’s super directions and patience, Mamas Baby Boy . presented on December 2. was the most outstanding thing the class had ever done. Thelma Mills received the dramatic medal award for her outstanding performance. The great event (Junior-Senior banquet) was planned by a group of enthusiastic Juniors. The Juniors were quite frightened as they went stiffly around the banquet table to the strains of Dainty Daffodils.” The Annual and U-Hi was published by the Juniors under the editorship of Ila Tiffany. JUNIOR CLASS Left to right, first row: Scroggin. Courtright, Courtright. Phillips, McCrae. A. Baxter Second row: Huffman. V an Housen. Vogel. Zaugg, Bateman. Lange Third row: Timpy. Haefer, Courtright. Monoghan. B. Baxter Fourth row: Mr. Fox. Dale. McMillan. Jones. Davis. Not in picture: Mrs. Moberly, Mansfield. Wulf. OFFICERS RENT—--------------------------------------Bud Davis Qilrp---------------------------------------Jeanne Scroggin -------------------------------Donna Van Housen lREASURER----------------------------------------Loyal Dale ! ! EJ? T----------------------Cleora Mansfield ASS COLORS-------------------------------Green and White ADVISORS-------------------------------Mrs. Moberly. Mr. Fox The Junior C lass opened the l‘)44-'45 year by presenting, in Union and Pon-dosa, a 3-act play entitled, I he acky Widow.” This was a coined)' concerning VVinnie Foofus, a wacky widow, and her troubles with Madame De Baker, a fake fortune teller. Jeanne Scroggins as Winnie Woofus, gave an outstanding performance. Our class presented the second football skit of the season, which was about i woman and her little girl who were trying to buy a ticket to some place while the team sat around in the train depot waiting to buy tickets back to Union after plavin ' Elgin. Norma Matthews was the Junior candidate for carnival queen. The penny-toss lx oth. decorated by the Juniors, won second prize for decoration. The U-Hi has been printed regularly, with Jeanne Scroggin and Adeline Huffman as co-editors. The Sophomores put out the fifth edition. Stormy Weather . a vocal solo by Donna Van Housen. was the main feature of the minstrel show, which was presented by the entire class as the basketball skit. The annual Junior-Senior banquet was held April 20 at the Womens’ Club House. It was acclaimed as the l st given for years. Cleora Mansfield was toast-mistress, with the program consisting of a tumbling act. a girls’ quartette, a vocal solo by Donna Van Housen. and speeches by Mr. Meidinger. Merton Davis. David Johansen. Pharis Timpy, Bud Davis, Marie Milligan, and Jeanne Scroggin. Jeanne Scroggin was the selection of the Junior Class for the May Day Queen. SOPHOMORE CLASS Left to right, first row: Kinsey, Bingham, Gipson, Parker, Morrison. Crossland, Riggs, Mills Second row: Green. Waldron, Shephard, Halsey, Stitzel, Godsey, Fortune, Barker, B. Nice, L. Nice. Third row: Mr. Weaver. Vogel. Dodds, Smith. Greenwood, Robertson, Chenault, Beverage, Harris. McElvain. McBride, Miss Hauser. Not in picture: Glenn C. Payne. OFFICERS PRESIDENT_____________________ -...........Stanley Robertson VICE PRESIDENT______________________________________Walter McBride SECRETARY-TREASURER_________________________ Beatrice Nice REPORTER_________________________________________Joan Galle ADVISORS__________________________________Miss Houser. Mr. Weaver The Sophomore Class of ’4 4- 45 started the year by initiating the Rooks on Wednesday. Sepember 20th. Nothing was spared, not even the paddle. They gave a party for the Student Body later in the afternoon. When the date for the carnival was set. it was almost unanimous that Beatrice Nice should be their candidate for queen. One of their booths won third in the decorations contest. They won first in the one-act play contest with the presentation of “Red Flannels”. This was a hilarious comedy centered around Grandpa, who would never take off his red flannels. This part was played by Ben Dodds. The Sophomore girls took the inter-class basketball tournament. This was a very close run with the Seniors but they came out the victor. Also they gave a six-weeks party for the Student Body. Refreshments were served near the end of the afternoon. Donna Lu Bingham entered the district music festival in La Grande, and was graded a 2 on her vocal solo. She is one of the outstanding musicians in the Sophomore class. The class was well represented in athletics also. Walter McBride, flashy guard, was one of the main team in basketball. Also Stanley Robertson and Dale Beverage were seen on the floor during the season. Eileen Shepherd was nominated by the Sophomore class for May Queen candi- date. Left to right, first row: LaLondc, Hayward. Bingham, Hornbeck, Bloom, Hagey, Me Elvain. Second row: Smith. Mayotte. Daggett, Briggs, Goff, Delaney. Davis Third row: Hill, Bronson, Delaney. Westenskow, Hermsen, Roberts, Mr. Cogswell. Rinehart, Payne Fourth row: Mrs. Gilmore, Riggs. Woods. Cockrell, Conner, Holcomb, Turner. Not in picture: Goin. Laam. Galle. OFFICERS PRESIDENT................................. Jack Rinehart VICE PRESIDENT_________________________________Odius Payne SECRETARY-TREASURER________________________Dorothy Hayward REPORTER............................... ...Bill Childers ADVISORS.......................... TMrs. Gilmore. Mr. Cogswell The Freshmen, enthusiastic over their first year in high school, started the season with plenty of pep, and maintained it throughout the year. They entered Girl Trouble” in the interclass play contest and came in second. Jeanne Hornbeck taking the honors for the outstanding actress of the plays. Certain 1m vs of the class have already shown outstanding worth in football, basketball and baseball. We are sure to hear more of them next year. Among the outstanding athletes are Jack Rinehart, Bobo Roberts and Richard Westenskow. Also we are proud of the Freshmen girls who took part in athletics. Twelve of them received their points for the year. Josce Smith was the candidate chosen to run for queen of the May Day dance. She came in second. The honor f lR ing queen of the school carnival was won by Dorothy Hayward. Also the Freshmen took first place for the decoration of their booth, “The Country Store.” The Freshman class has participated in the school activities very well, including band, glee club, dramatics and athletics. Also several of the Freshmen have stayed on the honor roll throughout the entire year. EIGHTH Left to right, first row: Roberts, Kinsey. Wilson. Dodds. Hall Second row: Mrs. Smith. Timpy. Crosland, Smith. Curteman, Clack. Delande, Powell, Allen. Godsey, Savage. Third row: Zaugg, Samuelson, Brunson, Turner, Wood, Davis, Trump, Wulf, Mor- rison. Not in picture: George, Coles. The Eighth Grade has found its place in high school life in its effort to cooperate with it and thus win the preparatory step to full membership. They will be felt in years to come both as students and in social activities. Eighth Grade member on the tumbling team were: Carol Timpy. Artie Clack, and Phyllis Godsev. The team in their attractive suits of red and white, performed between halves of basketball games. The volleyball team consisting of Karalee Wilson. Norma Lee Curteman, Artie Clack. Berdine Dodds. Phyllis Godsey. Carol Timpy. Virginia Hall. Myrna Kinsey and Pauline Smith took the Freshmen into camp twice and won one out of three games played with the Sophomores. The Eighth Grade gave a pep skit for the high school entitled “The Concert of Madame Succotashy.” The main attraction was the “hula” girls, Johnnie Wulf and Darrell Turner. One of the high lights of the year was the publication of a Grade School Paper. “Kitten Kapers” of which John Wulf was editor-in-chief and Berdine Dodds, assistant editor. The boys competed in basketball with surrounding schools and placed third ;n the tournament held at La Grande. One of our eighth grade boys, Merle Brunson, was a substitute on the high school’s second string. The Eighth Grade showed their public spirit and patriotism by contributing toward the National War Fund, the Junior and Senior Red Cross. The girls learned to knit and sent an afghan which they made to the Navy Hospital at Corvallis, Oregon. Class oflicers were elected every nine weeks. The following members succeeded in obtaining places in the High School Band: Wythel Delaney, Virginia Hall. Virginia Savage, Berdine Dodds, Phyllis Godsey and Beverly Powell. nmviTiES 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 ♦ 9 9 GIRLS’ LEAGUE Left to right, first row: Hayward. Kinsey, Robinson Second row: I). Bingham, Bloom, Gipson. Hornbook. McCrae, Phillips, Payne, La Londe, C. Mayotte, Crossland Third row: Parker, Hagey. L. Nice. Davis, Delaney. McElvain, Halsey. Lay. Cross. Barker Fourth row: Godsey, B. Green, Lange, Briggs. Goff, Shepherd, McGrath. A. Bingham. Daggett Fifth row: Smith. P. Wright, S. Wright. T. Mills. Huffman, Van Housen, Stitzel. B. Courrtight, B. Courtright, Waldron Sixth row: V. Mayotte. M. Mills. Scroggin. I. Vogel. Trump. B. Nice. Not in picture: Laam, Mansfield. Galle OFFICERS PRESIDENT___________ VICK PRESIDENT------ SECRETARY-TREASURER PIANIST_____________ SONG QUEEN---------- ADVISOR_____________ ...Barbara Trump -Adeline Huffman __Beverly Gipson Virginia Waldron _____Ruby Parker ____Mrs. Moberly This has been a very successful year for the Girls’ League. They have made money by having a chili and pie sale. Two girls from each class made up the Giris’ League Council. These girls were- Seniors. Ila Tiffany and Gloria Lay; Juniors. Betty and Bernice Courtright; Sophomores. Nelda Vogel and Eileen Shepherd; Freshmen. Arlene Daggett and Jeanne Hornbook. Several girls attended the Girls’ League conference held in La Grande this spring. A levi and plaid shirt day was enjoyed by the girls the 13th of April In honor of the May 11. This tea was The refreshments being presented by the Girls’ the year. mothers and new officers a tea was held on the afternoon of given by the Home Economics Club and the Girls’ League, served by the Home Economics Club and the program being League. ’ This tea concluded the Girls’ League program for HOME ECONOMICS CLUB Left to right. first row: Parker. Gipson, Hornbeck, Hayward, Robinson, Payne, Cross, Mayotte Second row: McCrae, .Vice, Delaney. McElvain. Halsey. Lay, Barker Third row: Green, Lange, Briggs, Goff. McGrath, Bingham. Daggett Fourth row: Miss Hauser, Bloom. Wright, Huffman, Stitzel, Court right, Courtright. Not in picture: Laam. OFFICERS PRESIDENT-......—...... VICE PRESIDENT—____________ SECRETARY__________________ HISTORIAN__________________ TREASURER__________________ REPORTER___________________ SONG QUEEN_________________ CUSTODIAN__________________ ADVISOR____________________ -Adeline Huffman .-Cleora Mansfield _____Leora Nice — Betty Courtright —Beverly Gipson __Arlene Daggett __Alice Morrison _____Gwen Green _____Miss Hauser The Home Economics group started the club year with the initiation of tin1 new members at an evening candlelight service. November 13th. Other activities tiiat have been enjoyed by the members this year were the Christmas party, theatre party, pie sales, and hot dog sales. Two highlights of the year were the serving of the F. F. A. banquet and the Schoolmasters' banquet. The F. F. A. boys in return, gave a swimming party which was enjoyed by all who attended. Another activity was the participation in the clothing drive for the allied countries of Europe. The whole school cooperated in this. Something which kept all the girls in suspence was the awarding of ten Betty Lamp pins to members who have reached their goal and deserve them. Those who were awarded pins are: Cleora Mansfield, Adeline Huffman, Gwen Green, Betty Court- right, Bernice Courtright. Cordelia Mayotte, Barbara Trump, Marie Milligan. Emma-gean McCrae, and Shirley Wright. We have something to be very proud of this year. Leora Nice was elected State Historian of the Oregon Home Economics Clubs. She and the president of our Club, Adeline Huffman, attended the State Home Economics Club meeting at Oregon City, April 14. 1945. They brought back many ideas for the club next year. On May 10, our annual Mothers’ and Daughters’ tea was given in conjunction with the Girls’ League. It was held in the auditorium during the afternoon with the Home Economics girls serving refreshments and the Girls’ League giving the program for the entertainment. LIBRARY CLUB Heft to right, first row: Riggs, Bronson, Mills Second row: Vogel, Lange, Shepherd. McGrath Third row: Morrison. Timpy, Galle, Mrs. Gilmore Not in picture: D. Galle OFFICERS PRESIDENT________________________Dorothy McGrath VICE PRESIDENT_________________________Patricia Riggs SECRETARY-TREASURER________________________Joan Galle REPORTER___________________________ Ruth Lange ADVISOR..........................Mrs. Opal Gilmore Reba Briggs, our former president, was among the l est library workers in the school for more than three years. We were very sorry to loose her during the first semester of this year. She was a very willing and efficient leader. A number of new lx oks were purchased for the library this year. All of them were serious reading and for reference. Eleanor Richards donated a set of “Times Encyclopedia and Gazetteer , and some other books on interesting, as well as helpful subjects. We are deeply indebted to her for her interest in the library’s progress. The purpose of the club was to enable the members to be better prepared to do a good job in libraries of all kinds and sizes. Each member of the club was responsible for a section of the library. They were as follows: Section 1, Margaret Mills; 2. Alice Morrison; 3, Joan Galle; 4. Bar- bara Trump; 5. Iris Vogel; 6, Dorothy McGrath; 7. Patricia Riggs; 8. Ruth Lange; magazine section, Lloyd Bronson and David Galle. F. F. A. I.eft to right, first row: Roberts, Rinehart, Robertson, . Payne, Courtright, Beverage Second row: Smith. Timpv. Haefer, Davis, McElvain Third row: Dale, Zangg, Harris, Jones, Mr. Weaver Not in picture: C. Payne, Glenn OFFICERS PRESIDENT_____ VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY_____ TREASURER_____ REPORTER______ ADVISOR_______ -----Loyal Dale ___Pharis Timpy ___Avery Glenn Burr Courtright — Darman Jones -Orman Weaver The annual Parent-Son banquet of the Union Chapter was held on March 20 in the high school auditorium. Fifty-three students and guests attended. Might lights of the pograni were a skit by a number of the boys and a speech by Mr. Harry Avery of the Experiment Station. The outstanding activity of the month of February for the Union Chapter was the preparation for the district parliamentary and public speaking contest held here on February 17. Over forty boys and their advisors from eight schools of Eastern Oregon were present. A tour of the beef feeding treat at the Eastern Oregon Experiment Station was made by the group following the contest. The Chapter had one major field trip in which all members of the Chapter attended the Northwest Hereford Show at La Grande. � - £ t « f L C C f LETTERMEN’S CLUB Left to right, lirst row: McBride, Robertson. Johansen, Greenwood, Beverage Second row: Mr. Fox, Woods, Rinehart, Roberts, McKlvain, Timpy Third row: Griggs, Westenskow, Jones, Irons, Dale OFFICERS ♦PRESIDENT..........-_______________________ Eugene Shanks ♦VICE PRESIDENT_____________________________David Johansen SEC R ETA R Y-TR E A SI R E R_________________ Edsel Wulf SERG E ANT- AT- A RMS______________________Walter McBri de ♦Left at mid-year to join Navy ♦Took over presidency The Lettermens' Club of Union High School resumed activities this year after a lapse of one year. Several different projects were planned, but interferences prevented any of their presentations. An honor guard was formed to keep order at all the games and it worked quite well. A party was held at the end of the year. It was a great success and every one enjoyed themselves. Many new lettermen were admitted to the club this year and the ’45 and '46 club should lx a driving organization with all this membership. 5 a ♦ GLEE CLUB Left to right, first row: Payne, IX Bingham. LaLonde. Hayward. A. Bingham. Hill Second row: Goff. Briggs. McElvain. Smith. Halsey. C. Davis. Waldron Third row: Scroggin. Milligan. Mills. Parker. Daggett. Phillips. Fourth row: Delaney, Fortune. McBride, Timpy, Van Housen. Vogel Fifth row: Rinehart. Greenwood. Miss Bagley, Johansen. Westenskow Not in picture: Bates. Glenn. Laam. C. Payne OFFICERS PRESIDENT_____ VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY_____ LIBRARIAN_____ REPORTER______ ____David Johansen Richard Westenskow ___________Bud Hill _______Ruby Parker .Donna Lu Bingham The Glee Club had a very successful year. Several small groups were organized including the mixed quartette .the octett. and the girls’ quartett. The highlight of the year was the operetta. “Words and Music.” The octett sang for the Christmas program, the one-act plays, at the L. I). S. Church, and the Roosevelt memorial service at school. Members were: Sopranos, Ruby Parker and Donna Lu Bingham; altos, Donna Van Housen and Mary Ellen Fortune; tenors. Jack Rinehart. David Johansen and Dennis Greenwood; bass. Avery Glenn and Richard Westenskow. The girls’ quartett made several appearances throughout the year. Members were: Donna Lu Bingham. Ruby Parker, Donna Van Housen and Mary Ellen Fortune. The mixed quartett entered “Swing Low. Sweet Chariot” and A Rondel in the contest in La Grande. They received rating 2. Members were: Donna Lu Bing- ham. Donna Van Housen. David Johansen and Richard Westenskow. The girls’ quartett sang Mother Do Not Scold Me.” They received a 2 rating. Mary Ellen Fortune entered an alto solo. “Nocturne.” She received a 3 rating. Since most of these people were lower classmen it is hoped that this experience has helped them so that they will lx able to attain higher places in the coming years. The year was concluded with the entire chorus and smaller groups presenting the music for Baccalaureate and Commencement exercises. OPERETTA heft to right, first row: Smith. Daggett. Hill, Horn beck. Hayward Second row: Morrison. Davis, Delaney. Phillips. Gallc Third row: Bingham. Scroggin, Halsey, Waldron. Bloom. LaLonde Fourth row: Bingham. Fortune, Van Housen, Vogel, Goff, Briggs. McElvain, Parker Fifth row: Bagley, Baxter, Greenwood, Rinehart. Johansen. McBride, Timpy. Jones Not in picture: Laam WORDS AND MUSIC” CAST OF CHARACTERS Fernando Fussbutton. President of Barton College____________________Pharis Timpy Samanthia High note. Dean of Women_____________________________Mary Ellen Fortune Mary Allen, Her Secretary_____________________________________________Ruby Parker Anastasius Long word. Dean of Men___________________________________Darman Jones John Warren. His Secretary__________________________________________Ehrman Bates Washington. Colored Handyman________________________________________David Johansen Faculty Trustees__Thelma Mills, Marie Milligan. Raymond McMillan. Bryce Baxter Jean and Jane. Student members of the Girls’ Quartette_Donna and Anna Bingham June _________________________________________________________Donna Van Housen Joyce ________________________________________________________________Iris Vogel Jerry. Cheer Leader________________________________________________Walter McBride Jack. Members of Boys’ Trio_________________________________________Jack Rinehart Jim. Jerry’s Assistants ________________________________________Dennis Greenwood Chorus. Students of Barton College: Jeanne Scroggin, Esther Cosner, Bud Hill, Wilma Delany, Jenc Goff, Virginia Waldron, Betty LaLonde, Arlene Daggett, Jimmie Hermsen, Otis Payne, Dorothy Hayward, Eloise Halsey, Carolyn Davis, Josce Smith Drum Majorettes----------------------------------------Joan Galle, Alice Morrison Baker’s Dance______Josce Smith. Arlene Daggett. Jeanne Hornbeck, Dorothy Hayward Dance of Tomorrow__Wilma Delaney, Beverly Laam. Carolyn Davis, Gloria Phillips Broom Dance---------------------------------1------------------------David Johansen Setting—Bagley Hall, Barton College, is the scene of all action. Act 1, Scene 1 A spring afternoon. Wanted: Words and Music Scene 2 Evening of the same day. The plot thickens. Act 2, Scene 1 One week later. Dean Longword is worried. Scene 2 Another week passes—Dean Highnote is frantic, but all's well that ends well. BAND Center: Lay Left to right, first row: Galle, Smith, Kinsey, Wood, Morrison Second row: McCrae, Godsey, Savage. Zaugg, Holcomb Third row: W. Delaney, Van Housen. Powell Fourth row: Hall, Dodds, Godsey, Bingham. Daggett Fifth row: Davis, Fortune, Vogel. Westenskow, McMillan, W. Delande, A. Baxter Sixth row: B. Baxter, Miss Bagley, Cockrell Back: Bateman Not in picture: Mansfield, Payne. Goin, Dodds OFFICERS President______________________________________Donna Van Housen Treasurer_______________________________________________Richard Westenskow Librarian.................................... Arlene Daggett Sergeant at Arms___________________Duane Bateman. Stuart Zaugg Drum Majorette_____________________________________Gloria Lay Majorettes__________________________Joan Galle, Alice Morrison Since the Carnival was tin first school event of the year the band made its tirst appearance by playing several selections before the coronation and then playing the Coronation March. The main highlight of the Bobcat Band of 1944-45 was the annual band benefit game. A flag raising ceremony opened the evening program. The three Scouts who participated were Lyal Zaugg. Billy Davis and Scott Morrison. Between the halves of the first game a majorette drill was presented by Ruby Parker. Anna Lee Bingham. Gloria Lee Phillips, Beatrice Nice and Beverly Gipson. The main event of the evening consisted of a travelogue presented by the band. They played various pieces as they presented the vehicle formation. A contest was held on the ticket sale for the band benefit game between the reeds, brass and percussion section. The brass section being the loser, gave a party for everyone who took part in the evening performance and the basketball players. The band support to the basketball team was provided by the pep band at most of the local games. Two trips were made with the band to North Powder: one to the basketball jamboree and one to the district basketball tournament. The only entry to the music festival was a snare drum solo by Duane Bateman who received a 1 rating. As in preceding years the band played the processional and recessional for the commencement program. In conclusion the group wishes to pay a tribute to Norma Mathews. Lorraine Mathews and Gloria Lay who marched so faithfully with the band during the past three years. i ( 5 a JUNIOR CLASS PLAY Left to right, first row: B Courtright. Scroggin, B. Courtright Second row: Tiinpy. Van Housen, Courtright, Vogel Third row: Dale, Huffman, McMillan, Jones Not in picture: Mansfield, Matthews “THE WACKY WIDOW” CAST OF CHARACTERS Mrs. Jane Malcolm________________________ Ruth Malcolm_____________________________ Mrs. Winifred Woof us____________________ Mrs. Amelia Brown________________________ Cissie Watt------------------------------ Madame De Faker__________________________ Verc La Vere_____________________________ Mrs. Montgomery__________________________ Bill Friday______________________________ Egbert Smithers__________________________ Jenkins Judkins__________________________ John Richards____________________________ )fficer________________________________ ___Adeline Huffman ___Betty Courtright ___Jeanne Scroggin ________Iris Vogel ___Cleora Mansfield .Donna Van Housen ___Norma Mathews -Bernice Courtright ________Loyal Dale ___Burr Courtright ______Pharis Timpy Raymond McMillan _____Barman Jones The “Wacky Widow” was presented by the Junior class at the high school auditorium. December 7th. Jeanne Scroggin played the leading roll of Mrs. Winifred Woofus, the wacky widow, who with her friend Mrs. Amelia Brown lived in Mrs. Jane Malcolm’s boarding house. During one of their trips into the city. Mrs. Woofus leaves her red handbag in the ladies room of a restaurant and by mistake picks up a similar bag as she is about to leave. This bag was left on the table by Miss Vera La Vere. an assistant to the great mind reader, Madame DeFaker. In the bag owned by Miss Vera La Ver is a code used by these “mental marvels”, but Mrs. Woofus thinks she has stumbled on a code of some great international secret, perhaps a spy ring, so she consults the Madame DeFaker about it. The madame is not only a fake in her business of mind reading but she also deals in fake stocks and bonds and when she discovers that the “wacky widow” has forty thousand dollars, she comes to the boarding house in New Jersey to give Mrs. Woofus a “personal demonstration of her occult powers.” A detective comes to the boarding house looking for a red handbag containing the code which Mrs. Woofus still has in her possession. Two other red bags show up, one in the possession of Egbert Smithers, a meek, timid boarder, interested in Cissie, the household maid. Madame DeFaker escapes, thinking she has disposed of twenty thousand dollars worth of fake stocks to Mrs. Woofus, but the widow isn’t quite as “wacky” as the Madame believes her to be and the tables are turned on the seeress. SENIOR PLAY Left to right, first row: Lay, Payne, Mills. Mayotte, Milligan Second row: Griggs, Irons, Herbig, Johansen, Trump. “CRACK-UP” CAST OF CHARACTERS Helen Cooper__________________________________Mescal Payne Faith_________________________________________Thelma Mills Guthrie_________________________________________________David Johansen Nancy Foreman..------------------------Cordelia Mayotte Garvy Brannon___________________________________________Larry Griggs Merle Brannon_______________________________Marie Milligan Henry Lewis M. D--------------------------------- Don Herbig Martha Wentworth____________________________Barbara Trump Allan Shelton_________________________________________Maurice Irons Marjory Field_________________________ ---------Gloria Lay “Crack-up was the alluring title of the 3-act drama that was chosen by the class of ’45. The play took place in the living room of the Cooper family's old home on the edge of a small midwestern town. The story concerned a girl who was crippled through a fall on the day of her marriage. As a result, she became a bitter recluse. She broke her engagement and refused to see anybody except the immediate members of her own family since she dreaded to see the expression of sympathy on people's faces when they looked at her crutches and paralyzed limb. I hen an army airplane crashed near her home and her own brother rescued a young man from the burning wreck. When the man was brought to the girls house, her family discovered that he had been blinded. He was so seriously ill that he could not be moved for a time. This so affected the heroine that she forgot her own infirmity in nursing the young man back to health. They fell in love with each other, she thinking that it is in ignorance of her crippled condition. He went away and was cured. She tried to forget him but could not. Suffice it to say that the man was really in the government service and was on his way to apprehend the girl s brother when his plane crashed. His problem was that he had fallen in love with the sister of the man he was about to arrest. This man however, instead saves the 1 BI mans life. FRESHMEN DNE-ACT PLAY Center: Hayward Second row: Hornbeck, Davis, Westenskow. Delaney. Bingham Not in picture: Laam, Childers The play entitled Girl Trouble”, won second in the one-act play contest and Jeanne Hornbeck was chosen as the outstanding actress of the evening. “GIRL TROUBLE” CAST OF CHARACTERS Bill Jordan________ Mildred Blackwell.. Florence Rich worth Mrs. Jordon________ Mr. Jordon_________ Gracie ____________ Manager ___________ _______Bill Childers ______Carolyn Davis ______Beverly Laam ___Wilma Delaney Richard Westenskow ___Jeanne Hornbeck ___Dorothy Hayward Bill, who is nineteen years old and affected with girl trouble, is quite a heart breaker and proud of it. It just takes Florence and Mildred, rivals for Bill's admiration, to make Bill feel pretty uncomfortable but he find out that little sisters can be of some help. SOPHOMORE ONE-ACT PLAY Loft to right, first row: McBride, Dodds, Robertson Second row: Kinsey. Gipson, Bingham Third row: Fortune, Vogel, Shepherd “RED FLANNELS” CAST OF CHARACTERS Grandpa Buxton___________________________Ben Dodds Liz .v_____________________________Eileen Shepherd Mrs. Flibber-------------------- Nelda Vogel Jfosce ____________________________Beverly Gipson Walker Breen____________________ —Stanley Robinson Mr. De Won sky_______________________________Avery Glenn Elmer______________________________Walter McBride Grandpa Buxton has always been determined that Lizzie, his managing” daughter-in-law, shall never boss either himself or his bank. He wears red flannels winter and summer as his red badge of courage” and will continue to wear them in spite of Lizzie, 'till long as he wears his badge” and the bank is solvent, they are both still on top.” However, on the day the artist, Mr. DeWonsky, is coming to dinner, Lizzie gets hold of the red flannels and gives them to Elmer to burn. Mrs. Flibber, knowing Lizzie would not dare to speak of it, takes this as a subtle hint to friends, that the bank is unsafe. A run on the bank follows and great is the excitement until Grandpa gets the red flannels again. All Lizzie's efforts fail to bring about romance between Josie and the artist, and the final disposition of the red flannels is insufferable. JUNIOR ONE-ACT PLAY Left to right, first row: Huffman, Van Housen, Phillips. Vogel. Scroggin. Lange Second row: McMillan. Zaugg, Bateman, Baxter Not in picture: Mansfield, Wulf “THE GHOST OF A SHOW” The Junior one-act play, The Ghost of a Show”, was presented at the high school on February 5 in a contest against the Seniors, Sophomores and Freshmen. CAST OF CHARACTERS Tubby _________ Clarissa_______ Peggy --------- Pinky _________ Helen _________ Bob____________ June----------- Alfred ________ Mr. Anthony____ Mac____________ Strange Visitor. Student Director .......Edsel Wulf ___Jeanne Scroggin _______Ruth Lange ____Gloris Phillips Donna Van Housen ____Duane Bateman ___Cleora Mansfield ------Bryce Baxter Raymond McMillan -----Stuart Zaugg ______ ?????? —Adeline Huffman I he high school seniors wanted to put on a scary mystery play, with clutching hands and screams in the dark, but instead had to uphold the tradition of the school and do Romeo and Juliet.” The bare stage of the high school auditorium is bedlam as the cast rehearses, for Tubby is frantically painting scenery in the midst of actors declaiming Shakespeare in a way to make the man turn over in his grave. In fact, Shakespeare not only turns over, but he gets up and strides onto the stage and peps up the discouraged actors. It’s all a very clever hoax, of course, between the janitor of the school (a former actor), who plays the part of Shakes-peares ghost, and the harassed student director, but it works. The cast goes to work, vowing to make Shakespeare proud of the production. SENIOR ONE-ACT PLAY Left to right, first row: Robinson, Milligan Second row: Johansen, Griggs. Irons “THE DUMMY” CAST OF CHARACTERS Roy Hitchcock___________________________ Maurice Irons Jane _____________________________________________Marie Milligan Emma __________________________________DeLeva Robinson Ted Manners_______________________________________David Johansen Officer ___________________________________Larry Griggs Roy is a club member, who never stays home with his wife in the evenings. In order to keep burglars away. Mrs. Hitchcock and her maid dress a dummy to put in the window. When Roy returns home and finds the dummy, lit thinks his wife is entertaining a man and complications follow. Roy finds out it is a dummy and he vows he will stay home from then on. 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 RTHLETIC5 9 9 9 9 i I I 9 9 9 BASEBALL Left to right, first row: Hill. Payne. Roberts Second row: Irons, Woods. Johansen. Rinehart. Turner. Jones I hire! row: Mr. Fox. Zaugg. Riggs. Roberts. Timpy, Wistenskow. Monoghan. Hermsen With seven seasoned players from the previous year the U45 squad played through the seasons schedule without a setback, winning the first baseball championship in the school’s history. With dependable hurling by “Bobo” Roberts and the .400 hitting by McBride and Johansen, the Bobcats scored 70 runs to their opponents 22. The scores of the games were as follows: 1 ’nion 17 Union 8 6 I nion ) . 0 1 nion 11 Flgin Union 6 4 Union 8 ? Union 10 0 Union 10 5 The individual players were: Jack Rinehart, catcher; Alva Roberts, pitcher; Maurice Irons, infielder; David Johansen. infielder; Walter McBride, infielder; Forest Turner, infielder; Richard Westen-skow. in fielder; Pharis Timpy. infielder; Stuart Zaugg, outfielder; Niel Monoghan, outfielder; Damian Jones, outfielder; Darrell Wood, outfielder; Loyal Dale, outfielder; Boh Riggs, outfielder; Bud Hill, outfielder; Otis Payne, outfielder; David Galle, outfielder. FOOTBALL Left to right, first row: Payne Second row: Timpy. Irons, Turner, Wulf, Shanks, Johansen Third row: Mr. Fox, McHIvain. McDaniels. Rinehart. Roberts, Griggs Fourth row: Baxter. Dale, Westenskow, Robertson. Hudson Not in picture: McBride, Bateman, Woods This being the second year of six-man football, the Bobcats were more experienced and had a successful season by winning the County Championship and were contenders for the Eastern Oregon Championship. The team, picked from a large squad, won 6 out of 7 games. The total points scored by the Bobcats were 234 to their opponents 77. The scores of the games were: Union 20 0 I nion 24 0 Union 18 12 Union 40 Cove 12 Union 35 North Powder 18 Union 50 Elgin 0 Union 29 Pilot Rock 35 Boys participating were: Irons, Johansen. Griggs. Wulf, Timpy, Roberts, Bate- man, Baxter, Glenn, Hudson, Rinehart, McBride, Dale, Shanks, Westenskow, Turner, McElvain, McDaniels, Wood and Otis Payne as manager. BASKETBALL LHt to right, first row: McBride. Turner. Shrinks. Irons. Johansen Second row: Payne, Turner, Wulf, Mr. Fox, Timpy, Beverage, Robertson The 1944-45 basketball season was very successful but not as much so as we bad all hoped for. The Bobcats won every league game and even went out of their league for additional victories. They scored 934 points to their opponents 619 and had an average of .875. Union entered the tournament at North Powder but was defeated in the first game by Enterprise. The Bobcats had two men. Mike and Gene, picked for the all-star team at the tournament. Some of their more spectacular feats of the season were: the winning of the North Powder Jamboree, defeating LaGrande twice, and Baker and John Dav each once. The boys participating were: First team: Maurice Irons. Pharis Timpy. Jim Turner. Gene Shanks, David Johansen. Walter McBride. Second team: Jack Rinehart, Richard Westenskow. Stanley Robertson. Dale Beverage. Alva Roberts, Arlen Chenault. Edsel Wulf, Elvin Haefer, 1). Greenwood. Scores for the season were as follows: Union 45------------------E. O. C. E. Freshmen 23 Union 43 --------------------------- Irrigon 23 Union 27------------------------------Nyssa 29 Union 34--------------------------La Grande 21 Union 43---------------------------- Haines 23 Union 29---------------------------- Haines 16 Union 21 ----------------------------- Baker 39 Union 43--------------------------La Grande 41 Union 43--------------------------- Adrian 17 Union 46-------------------------------Cove 23 Union 42-------------------------Enterprise 30 Union 60-----------------------------Imbler 28 Union 35----------------------------- Elgin 19 Union 32-----------------------North Powder 30 U n i on 48-------------------------------Cove 17 Union 36----------------------------Wallowa 33 Union 28-------------------------Enterprise 23 Union 28------------------E. O. C. E. Freshmen 36 Union 55-----------------------------Imbler 25 Union 35------------------------------Baker 34 Union 35----------------------------- Elgin 24 Union 36--------------------------Grant Union 34 Union 58----------------------------Wallowa 23 Union 42-----------------------North Powder 25 GIRLS' PHYSICAL EDUCATION Left to right. first row: I la Tiffany Second row: Godsey, Bloom Third row: Courtright, Davis, Shepherd, Stitzel. Wright Fourth row: Huffman, Courtright. Vogel, Briggs, Miss Mauser The athletics carried on this year in the girls’ physical education class were: kickpin, softball, calisthenics, volleyball, dodgeball, and basketball. A volleyball team was made up of girls from each class and two games were played with North Powder. Those who played on the team were: Josephine Southard, Adeline Huffman. Marie Milligan. Shirley Wright, Xelda Vogel, Dorothy Godsey. Iris Vogel. Mary Kllen Fortune, Donna Van Housen. Eileen Shephard. Jeanne Scrog-gin. Bettyr Courtright, Bernice Courtnight. Results of the volleyball inter-class tournament were: Juniors, first place; Sophomores, second; Seniors, third; and Freshmen, fourth. A double elimination basketball tournament was held between the classes this winter with the Sophomores winning first place; Seniors, second; Juniors, third, and the Freshmen fourth. Some of the girls earned letters and numerals this year by hiking, swimming, skating and doing other sports. Barbara Trump was given the pin for being the outstanding girl in girls’ athletics all four years of high school. The all-star team was: Shirley Wright. Adeline Huffman, Nelda Vogel. Doro- thy' Godsey. Eileen Shephard. Carolyn Davis, I la Tiffany. Betty Courtright. Bernice Courtright, Mary Stitzel, Marie Briggs, Beulah Bloom. 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