Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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 The first holiday of the year came on October 5 when the teachers went to St. Helens to attend institute. After such a strenuous and embarrassing initiation, the upper- 1 classmen decided to show the freshman girls what V. H. S. was really 3 like. Therefore they gave a reception for them over at the gym on the afternoon of October 7. On October 9 the Loggers took the roar out of the Clatskanie Tigers on their own field by winning the game 66-0. The annual celebration of the boys of the : student body was held the evening of October 12. A The fellows again ate their fill of mulligan and drank enough cider to please their taste. iPrifttB The Loggers'winning streak was still on whpnV A J they won a 25-0 victory over the Rainier Columbians on the home field, October 16. CD vm A i'rA ) 1 ('. « ' n JVV f October 21 was the big day in the McEntire M tC J 1 1 Sfamily for it v;as the birthday of Miss Patricia ■ ( A )y'Adele McEntire in the Oregon City hospital. or the purpose of procuring funds to buy Victory Kits for the boys in the service, the Girls' League sponsored a luncheon-dance October 22 with great success. The winning streak of the Loggers being over,they were defeated 24-7 by Scappoose on Scappoose's field October 23. r o October 23 and 24 saw the delegates of the , Timberline staff attending the press conference in Eugene. Joy Willard, editor, had an important place o V v on the program. The Timberline was awarded second place in its class among Oregon high school papers. October 26 and 27 saw Mr. McCrae attending the annual princi- «l pal's conference in Salem. A change in the Loggers was apparent October 30 when they skunked Hill Military on Hill's own field. October 31 the day of days for most mischievous young people '. However, V. H. S. students were complimented on their good behavior for lack of destruction. Math, students were deep in the study of circles andt beginning to get a bit dizzy because of the complexity of seemingly such a simple construction. v f ★ 9 9

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HIGHLIGHTSc the YEAR P Vernonia High School opened its doors to f. V 206 victory-minded students on Septemberf 14, 1942.This number of students was some 501! TriTT' 0 U iTnTTi less than in former years. Just as the en-L-' S-L rollment was changed, so was the year's schedule (MM) of work or play. However, not a person was dis- ' y • ' ]'%c J satisfied with the nev. arrangement. Everyone J MK seemed to realize that this was war and victory . was the only important issue at hand. Everyone wanted to get right down to business and get organized for their regular routine. This was started only three days after the beginning of school with the election of class officers on SeD-tember 17. fci The first National School Assembly was presented September 21. L The subject presented was a description and movies of the famous 200-inch telescope in California. If v'as a great event in V.H.S. on September 24 H° S when Douglas Culbertson came to school wearing his pajama top. It was a vivid shade of green and would V J- undoubtedly been thought a genuine shirt had Doug n0t forS°tten and let the truth slip out. Hi • PeoPle vfere absolutely astounded that Mary Beth Lish and Lewis Lane were still on the steady list V after a whole summer of separation. The grand discovery of the month was that there were four sets of brothers turning out for football this year. They wrere: Clyde anc Bird Lamping, Melvin and Bob Schwab, Lyle and Lester Galloway |j|? and Jack and Gerald Riley. The first day of October was marked by the appearance of the first issue of the Timberline. y October 2 was a most eventful day. It had —-special fascination for the rooks of V. H. S. because that was the day they were made official A members of the student body of Vernonia High School'='G fe, - ) by a process of initiation. This was also the first %'[ ’ ' V football game of the 1942 season of the Loggers. This game, refereed by three policemen, was played on the home field against the St. Helens Lions. Because of the tied score, the game was most nerve racking. ■ ■ ★ w

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Betty Hall and Larry Brady, two prominent juniors, announced the good news of their engagement this month. Bj Remembrance recalls a most embarrassing situation in which Mr. McCrae was endeavoring to explain necking , a football play, to Betty Olson during Soc. Ec. class. This year finds Eleanor Corll and Bernard Lamping still weathering the storm after about a year of going steady. The annual combined celebration of Armistice Day was held at the Washington Grade School on November 6. November 10 brought another National Assembly to Vernonia. This one featured Chuck Collins, blind entertainer who gave a program of poetry and piano numbers. Seniors watched the birdie once more ill |8| I -.Then they were photographed for their grad- jn 1 j l U -j? fy ' R uation pictures. The results are shown j!j f! J on several pages of this book. A Sadie Hawkins was hangin1 around again j i J this year on November 13. Her day was celebrated ’ 'ft M v with a costume ball. Prizes went to Douglas Ruhas Hairless Joe , and Kathleen Tomlin, who represented Daisy Mae . Mt’g (| Seniors were also in a big stew today be-® :’Sj ewSj 1 cause it was the date of the annual battle over W . caps and gowns or suits and formals. Inci dentally, the class of ’43 wore caps and gowns. jffip-’ The results of the camera were viewed No- vember 17 when the seniors received their proofs. Sheridan took quite a beating from the Loggers on Sheridan's 1 field November 18. The score was 32-0. The sophomores gave a Thanksgiving dance on y ®yi November 25 for the purpose of raising class funds. Everything went off perfectly and the a )V s K I! class achieved its purpose. , ' • Ni X-r;: v November 26 and 27 were very important dates ;V' to V. H. S. students, because they were included in the 4-day Thanksgiving vacation. 'r52 This month was the big one for Marianne Tomlin, senior girl, for it was then she married Raymond Reed. i w ★ w r — f 1