Westport High School - Pirate Treasure Chest Yearbook (Westport, OR)

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Prophecy IT WAS LATE FALL IN THE YEAR 2019 THAT Ste PETER SAT AT HIS DESK WATCHING A WHITE“HAIRED FIGURE EMERGE THROUGH THE CLOUDS AND APPROACH THE KINGDOM, THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN GREETED THE SAINT AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF AS WILLIAM A. FAHLGREN, PRESIDENT OF THE OREGON PeTUuNIA GROWERS ASSN. THE DIVINE GUARDIAN NODDED HIS APPROVAL, AND THE NEW ARRIVAL PASSED TO THE GREAT BEYOND, FILING THE DAY'S ENTRIES, ST. PETER NOTED THAT THE LATE Mr, FAHL-— GREN WAS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMEER OF WESTPORT, OREGON, AND A 1948 GRADUATE OF WesTPORT HIGH ScHOOL,. He LEFT FOUR DAUGHTERS, A THRIVING BUSINESS, AND A HYBRID FLOWER CALLED THE “FAHLGREN PETUNIAe” PLACING AN EARLY=MORNING ENTRY, HE NOTICED THE NAME JAMES CANTRELL WHO, THE CARD REVEALED, was ALSO A |9)48 GRADUATE FROM WESTPORT=“ONE OF FIFTEEN. Mr. CANTRELL MADE A SMALL FORTUNE TOBACCO AUCTIONEERING IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HE LATER WENT INTO RADIO ADVERTISING UNDER THE PROF= FESSIONAL NAME OF L, A, SPEED CANTRELL. SLIGHTLY AROUSED 8Y THESE UNUSUAL HISTORIES, THE SAINT WONDERED IF THE REMAINING THIRTEEN HAD YET FILED ENTRIES INTO THE KINGDOM. PuRSU= ING HIS NEW INTEREST, HE TURNED TO THE LOWER COLUMBIA FILES, IN THE United States REGISTER, AND THUMBED THROUGH THE DECADE'S ENTRIESe IN THE SECTION MARKED C ™, HE FILED THE LATE Mr. CANTRELL AND PULLED OUT A CARD MARKED Carver, Davio Re Dave, AS THE CARD INFORMED, PURSUED HIS HOB5Y OF RAISING HORSES AND BECAME A MILLIONAIRE WHEN HIS FAMOUS HORSE, DROP=ME=NEVER , BECAME A TWELVE TIME WINNER OF THE KEN-= TucKY DERBY. AT THE AGE OF 45 HE BUILT THE WORLD RENOUNED MIDLAND Meapows™ aND SETTLED DOWN TO FAMILY LIFE. TOWARD THE END OF THE Cts St, PETER LOCATED THE RECORD OF NELL- ETTA CULBERTSON. NELLETTA, ACCORDING TO THE HEAVENLY RECORD, WAS OWNER OF A PROGRESSIVE CAT FARM IN MONTANA, AND HER PRICELESS FELINES WERE NOTED FROM COAST TO COAST. SHOVING THE CARD BACK INTO PLACE, ST. PETER mOvED on TO E wHere HE TURNED UP A CARD LABELED ENGE, PATRICIA. THE HISTORY REVEALED THAT PAT HAD BEEN SWEPT OFF HER FEET BY A FLYING TRAPEZE ARTIST WHEN SHE WAS NINTEEN, AND HAD JOINED THE CIRCUS WORLD LATER TO BECOME “Lavy Bette Rae , CELEBRATED BAREBACK AND STUNT RIDER FOR RINGLING BROS» ALso IN THIS SECTION WAS A BRIEF ON EILERTSON, PROFFESSOR DONALD. Don IT SEEMS, HAD BECOME AN ARD ENT NATURALIST, WHO BOASTED THE WORLD'S LARGEST COLLECTION OF MOUNTED BUTTERFLIES. HE SPENT HIS LIFE IN A SE= CLUDED NATIVE VILLAGE IN CENTRAL AMERICA. THUMB ING FARTHER INTO THE FILE, THE SAINT EXAMINED THE HISTORY OF Mary ANN HELWIG, NOTED SCIENTIST AND LADY EXPLORER. CARRYING ON IN THE AMELIA EARHART TRADITION, Mary ANN HAD MADE SEVERAL SHORT TRIPS TO THE MOON BUT WAS LOST TO THE CIVILIZED WORLD WHEN SHE LAUNCHED HER VET@= PROPELLED MISSILE TOWARD THE PLANET JUPITER. FOR MANY YEARS, IT WAS SUSPECTED THAT SHE WAS HELD CAPTIVE BY THE MARTIANS. NEXT IN THE FILE, UNDER K™ THE NAME OF Patricia KEYS TURNED UP, PaT HAD MARRIED YOUNG AND RAISED A FAMILY OF TWELVE. DABBLING AT A CAREER SHE HAD FOUNDED Mama Durry's Cookina ScHooL FoR YounG HoreFuts WHICH SHE WILLED TO HER ELDEST DAUGHTER, CECILIA.

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) Class Wide We, THE SENIOR CLASS OF WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL, CITY OF WESTPORT, County oF CLatsop, State OF OREGON, IN THE YEAR OF QUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND NtNE HUNDRED AND FOoRTY=E1IGHT, BEING OF SOUND MIND AND BODY, DO HEREBY MAKE, PUBLISH, AND DECLARE THIS OUR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT. HAVING FULFILLED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE OF OREGON, AND HAVING PASSED THE FINAL EXAMINATIONS GIVEN BY OUR RESPECTED INSTRUCTORS, WE DO BEQUEATH THE FOLLOWING. ARTICLE | TO OUR PRINCIPAL AND CLASS ADVISOR, MR. STENSLAND, AND TO OUR FACULTY WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS AND DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE HELP WHICH YOU HAVE UNSELFISHLY EXTENDED TO MAKE OUR YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL MEM= ORABLE ONES. ARTICLE || To THE FRESHMAN CLASS: We CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE SUCCESSFUL COM= PLETION OF YOUR FIRST YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL AND WE HOPE YOUR REMAINING THREE YEARS PROVE TO BE AS EVENTFUL, To THE SopHomore Class: ONE HALF OF YOUR HIGH SCHOOL CAREER HAS SLIPPED BY, BUT MAY YOUR REMAINING TWO YEARS BE RICH AND PROSPEROUS, To THE JUNIOR CLASS: YoU ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN THE FINAL QUARTER IN YOUR TRAVELS »THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. REMEMBER YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AND STRIVE TO MAKE THIS LAST YEAR ONE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND SUCCESS. ARTICLE 111 WE, THE INDIVIDUALS OF THE CLASS oF 48, DO BEQUEATH THE FOLLOWING: |, Dave Roserts, WILL my mousTACHE TO Paut SmiTH. |, NELLETTA CULBERTSON, WILL MY MONOPOLY ON THE SCHOOL TELEPHONE TO SALLY RUNNING. |, LARRY SALMI, WILL MY CHARACTER PARTS IN STUDENT BODY PLays TO Dick SieceL. 1, Kay QUINLAN, WILL MY PRIZE BOOMER SKIRT TO DorRoTHY PRICE. |, Dave CARVER, WILL MY JOKE COLLECTION TO Don STENSLAND. |, JACKIE PRITZEN, WILL MY RESPONSIBILITIES TO ANYONE FOOLISH —NOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT THEM. |, James CANTRELL, WILL MY SHORT SLEEVED SHIRTS TO KE 1TH SUTFIN, IN HOPES OF KEEPING HIS TEMPER COOL. |, ErLeen SALMON, WILL MY ENTHUSIASM TO-AGNES McENutty. |, BiLt FAHLGREN, WILL MY PHYSICS BOOK TO ANYONE WITH NERVE ENOUGH TO TAKE THE SUBJECT. |, Pat Keys, WILL mY GIGGLE TO Mary WILSON. 1, Jim Luoto, WILL MY FALL HUNTING TRIPS TO THE JUNIOR BOYS, AND=-=- GOOD LUCK ON YOUR SEMESTER EXAMS, |, Mary ANN HELWic, WILL MY ABILITY TO HOLD HANDS IN MR. SHERMAN'S CLASSES TO ROBERT JOHNSON, |, Don EILERTSON, WILL MY TEMPER TO CAROL De GAND!I, HOPING SHE CAN HOLD IT BETTER THAN | CAN. |, Pat ENGe, WILL MY KNACK FOR GOING STEADY TO ELMa Tuom. |, Don TAYLOR, WILL MY REPUTATION AS A WOMAN“HATER TO Newton Smitn,

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14 CLASS PROPHECY (Continued) FROM THE SECTION MARKED L , St, PETER PULLED OUT A CARD LABELED Luoto, James MILTON. HE NOTED THAT JIM HAD ELOPED WITH A GRASS WIDOW, WHEN HE WAS TWENTY-ONE, AND HAD MOVED TO WASHINGTON D. C. WHERE HE LATER BECAME U.S. AmBASSADOR TO OUTER MONGOLIA. YEARS LATER, WITH THE ADVENT OF THE MONGOLIAN REVOLUTION, HE RETURNED HOME, HIRING OUT EVE- NINGS AS A CIGAR STORE INDIAN» SKIPPING DOWN TO THE Pts , THE HEAVENLY GUARDIAN EXAMINED THE FILE ON Jackie Pritzen. DesPITE HER EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS, SHE HAD MARRIED AN ENTERPRISING YOUNG GARBAGE COLLECTOR NAMED JOHNSON DURING HER FIRST YEAR IN COLLEGE. WIDOWED, HOWEVER, IN FIFTEEN MONTHS BY HER HUSBAND'S UNTIMELY DEATH, SHE ASSUMED HIS POSITION IN THE SANITATION DEPARTMENT AND BECAME FONDLY KNOWN BY WesTPORT CITIZENS AS Mrs. Stop JOHNSON. THe Next 48 GRADUATE IN THE REGISTER TURNED uP UNDER Q , THAT OF KATHLEEN QUINLAN. Kay SECURED A POSITION AS MODEL FOR THE FAMED DRESS DESIGNER, David C,. RoperTs, AND GAINED NATIONAL RECOGNITION as Miss Cosmic Ray or 1960. IN HER LATE THIRTIES SHE MET AND MARRIED LORD NosewaT, EARL OF DEVONSHIRE, ENGLAND. AFTER A YEAR OF MARRIAGE, THEY WENT ABROAD TO ENGLAND WHERE SHE BECAME AN ACCOMPLISHED TEATORINKER AND FOXmHUNTERs Amone THE R's tHE Saint round David ROBERTS, WHO, THE CARD RE- VEALED, HAD GIVEN UP A BUDDING PROFESSION IN FORESTRY TO BECOME A PRO= GRESSIVE DRESS DESIGNER; HIS STUDIO WAS LOCATED IN DOWNTOWN WESTPORT. DESPITE HIS APPARENT INTEREST IN WOMEN, DAVE ENTERED THE KINGDOM AS A BACHELOR, LEAVING HIS VAST AND UNDIVIDED FORTUNE TO HIS MOTHERe NEARING THE END OF THE FILE, Ste PETER LOCATED THE THIRTEENTH HISTORY, LABELED$ SAtmi , LAWRENCE Aw LARRY, WHO HAD YEARNED THROUGHOUT BOYHOOD TO BE A CIVIL ENGINEER, SERVED HIS VAST PUBLIC AT WESTPORT AS City Dog CatcHeR, To HELP HIS FINANCIAL STATUS, HE WORKED PART-TIME FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AS FIRE-HYDRANT PAINTERe St. PETER WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED TO FIND ON THE CLASS ROSTER THE NAME OF SALMON, SISTER EILEEN. ACQUAINTED WELL WITH SisTeR EILEEN, HE EXAMINED HER EARTHLY RECORD. SHE HAD IN EARLY LIFE, BEEN DIS= APPOINTED IN A TRAGIC LOVE AFFAIR, AND HAD DEVOTED THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE TO SERVING HUMANITY AS A NUN. AS HE MOVED ON, THE SAINT FOUND NUMBER FIFTEEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECTION MARKED T , THe CELESTIAL RECORD OF DOoNALD Bs. TAYLOR was COLORFUL TO SAY THE LEAST. HE HAD BEGUN AN EARLY CAREER OF AN INVENTOR BY PATENTING HIS NiFTY-NONBREAK ING-SQUEALAGIG PIGGY BANK. THE REVENUE FROM HIS BRAIN CHILD ACCUMULATED SLOWLY, HOWEVER, AND HE EARNED PIN- MONEY BY SELLING PENCILS ON THE STREET CORNER. IN HIS EARLY FORTIES, HE HIT THE FINANCIAL JACKPOT WHEN HE OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC THE NEW TayLOR PocKET-ALARM , AN INGENIOUS ELECTRICAL ADAPTATION OF THE OLD= FASHIONED TWENTIETH CENTURY BURGLAR ALARM. THIS INVENTION COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED THE PICK-POCKETING PROFESSION. IN 1980, HE BECAME Mayor oF THE TOWN, St. PETER SLOWLY REPLACED THE CARD AND CLOSED THE FILE. WHAT A CLASS, HE REFLECTED.