Vernonia High School - Memolog Yearbook (Vernonia, OR)

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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

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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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The Memolog Sales drive was short and sweet this year and netted some 157 orders. It was about November when Ted Bellingham had the girls of Ver-nonia in a continual whirl. Remember the peaceful morning when Beverly Bassett accidentally leaned on the bell in the middle of the period and Fred Lusby and Les Galloway had to herd students back to their classes? BC A eA a Of all the eternal triangles ever constructed, the t r Betty Olson-Calvin Sasse-Carol Delaney one seemed to be t o the most persistent. In fact, it had lasted all of y i three months. Cal TsTsse Poor Jimmy Johns Emma Davenport was really giv-ing him a bad time during this fitful month. 1 4 The All-Stars of the town were beaten by the Loggers on the home floor on December 10. However, it was only by a small margin because the score was just 37-26. Fred Lusby was elected president of the Boys' Club during its election December 11, Another event of importance on this day was the student body plays, Lily and Box of Monkeys. V December 15 seemed to be a day of days in V, H. S. for it was on this day that Carolyn Romtvedt was selected editor of the Timberline; the Loggers won over Banks on their floor by a score of 34-20; and the student body as a whole joined a national organization, the Victory Corps. The second-year typing class was very happy December 17 when they received their first box of candy from Mr. Greenman for typing letters to 0. A. men in the service. The junior class presented the annual Junior Prom under the effective name of White Christmas. December 18 On the streets down town was heard the music of sweet voices on December 23. This was all due to the efforts of the high school glee club, which did Christmas caroling this year. After the program was given and all good youngsters of V. H. S. received their bags of candy on December 23, they were excused to enjoy a vacation until January 4. What a day 1