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

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12 Chass Will We, THE SENIOR CLASS OF WESTPORT HIGH SCHOOL, City oF WesTPoRT, COUNTY OF CLATSOP, STATE OF OREGON, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND NiNE HUNDRED AND FORTY=NINE, 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 QREGON, AND HAVING PASSED THE FINAL EXAMINATIONS GIVEN BY OUR RESPECTED INSTRUCTORS, WE DO BEQUEATH THE FOLLOWINGs ARTICLE | TO OUR SUPERINTENDANT AND CLass ADVISOR, MR. STENSLAND AND TO EACH MEMBER FO THE FACULTY, WE THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1949 wish to EXTEND OUR SINCEREST THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND KINDNESS DURING OUR FOUR YEARS OF H1iGH SCHOOL. WE KNOW IT WILL PROVE INVALUABLE IN LATER YEARS, ARTICLE 11 TO THE FRESHMAN CLASS: WE WILL THE LAST OF OUR BEANIES HOPING YOu CAN GET RID OF THEM BEFORE you GRADUATE. TO THE SOPHOMORE CLASS: WE WILL ouR AMBITIOUS SPIRIT TO GET OUT AND EARN MONEY, TO THE JUNIOR CLASS: WE WILL ouR STUDY HALL SEATS==NEAR THE RADIA@ TORS AND THE WINDOWS, ARTICLE 11) WE, THE INDIVIDUALS OF THE CLASS OF hg, DO BEQUEATH THE FOLLOWING? |, ALZA GROUNDS, WiLL my FORGETFULNESS TO DOROTHY LYNN, |, PHYLLIs WOLFENBARGER, WILL MY WALK TO MuRiEL ONGSTAD, |, ROLLAND WATERHOUSE, WILL MY ABILITY TO BE A CONSTANT GABBER TO HELEN SHARTEL, 1, JOYCE Root, witt my ABILITY TO WRITE LETTERS TO MY Boy FRIEND TO THE FRESHMAN GIRLS, |, JANICE JOHNSON, WILL MY GooD NEIGHBOR POLICY WITH CLATSKANIE TO KEITH SUTFIN. |, NEWTON SMITH, WILL MY WOLFISH APPROACH TO DICK SIEGEL PROVIDING HE DOESN'T USE IT ON MY GAL FRIEND. |, IVAN HOOPER, WILL my caR TROUBLES TO ROBERT JOHNSON, 1, DALE DUVALL, witt my QUIET NATURE TO PauL SmitH, |, JESSE MARTIN, WILL my POPULARITY WITH THE PILOT Rock GIRLS TO MARION PARKER. 1, Etma Tuom, WiLL mY aBiLity TO SEE THE FUNNY GICE OF ANY 6 fru= ATION TO MR. SHERMAN. 1, IRVIN BLACK, WILL mY Hips TO MarY ANN Hupson, |, CHRIS BRAZEALE, WILL my DAINTINESS TO GEORGE ARMETT. |,, Buo DAVIS, wILL my ABILITY TO HAVE A GIRL IN EVERY TOWN TO ARNOLB SORENSON, 1, Les DeEGANDI, witt my AE TE VIVE TONOR IVES AN OAR =T ONG at thy RUNNING, |, Pat CARVER, WILL my CONSTANT ATTENTION TO ONE MALE TO Norma GE rirh eave |, JOANNE RUNNING, WILL MY BROTHER TO ANYONE WHO WANTS HIM, 1, ANN JOHNSON, WiLL my LOVE OF MINT WEEDING TO Mary ANN TINIAKAS, 1, CAROL ANDERSON, WILL my COLLEGE BEAUS TO ANY GIRL WHO WILL BE PATIENT ENOUGH TO WAIT FOR THEIR VACATIONS,

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Chass istory LIKENING THE CLASS TO AN AIRPLANE AND ITS JOURNEY, WE ARE GOING TO TELL OUR HISTORY OF THE PAST FEW YEARSe TAKING OFF AS FRESHMEN IN THE FALL OF 1h5 at WestPoRT HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAD Pat CARVER AT THE CONTROLS AND ELMA TUOM AS CO=PILOTe THE PASSENGERS WERE ROBERT JACKSON, CHRISTINE BRAZEALE, ALZA GROUNDS, ANN JOHNSON, JANICE JOHNSON, LENORE MatHews, Newton SmitH, GILES TRYON, ALBERT TUOM, ELMA Tuom, Mary Witson, LEE Mitts, LAVERNA GARDNER, DONALD HEtmBURGER, Eoole McKay, IRvIN BLACK, DONALD BLACK, CarRot ANDERSON, Lestie DEGANDI, IvAN Hooper, Jesse MARTIN, JOANNE SmitH, RuTH SmitH, AND Bud Davis. WE SUCCEEDED IN GETTING OUR FEET OFF THE GROUND BY SALES AND AN AMATEUR HOUR. DURING OUR FRESHMAN TRIP, THE FOLLOWING LEFT FOR OTHER COURSES$ ROBERT JACKSON, GILES TRYON, LAVERNA GARDNER, DONALD HE IMBURGER AND Evo te McKay, WHILE ENOLA BRISTOW JOINED OUR FLIGHT. As SOPHOMORES THE FOLLOWING FALL, WE STARTED OFF ON FLIGHT 2o ADDED TO OUR PASSENGER LIST WAS WILLENE HAMMOND. THE CLASS ELECTED JANICE JOHNSON AS PRESIDENT AND CHRISTINE BRAZEALE AS VICE PRESIDENTe HOT DOG SALES, A CANDIED APPLE SALE, A HAM RAFFLE AND A BOX SOCIAL WERE SPONSORED BY OUR CLASS AND PROVED TO BE VERY PROFITABLE’ WILLENE HAMMOND, ENOLA BRISTOW AND LEE MILLS LEFT OUR CREW-s Our FINAL TASK FOR THE YEAR WAS DECORATING FOR SENIOR BACCALAUREATE IN THE FALL OF 117 ouR CREW WAS LED BY LESLIE DeGANDI AND IRVIN BLackKe. ADDED TO OUR ENROLLMENT WERE Joyce RooT AND PHYLLIS WOLFEN= BARGER. WO OF OUR CREW, LENORE MATHEWS AND RUTH SMITH, WERE LOST THROUGH MATRIMONY. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE YEAR WAS THE TRADITIONAL JUNIOR-—GENIOR PROM. . THE THEME WAS THe GREAT WALTZ , WHICH PROVED TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE LAST LAP OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL TRAVELS GOT UNDER WAY AS WE ELECTED NEWTON SMITH AS FLIGHT LEADER AND IRVIN BLACK WAS REELECTED AS ASSISTANTe Date DUVALL AND ROLLAND WATERHOUSE WERE ADDED TO OUR CREW. JOANNE SMITH ADDED RUNNING TO HER NAME AND GRADUATED MtO=TERMe We Lost Atsert Tuom, Mary WILSON, AND Don BLACK DURING THE SUMMER. We CAME DOWN OUT OF THE BLUE JUST LONG ENOUGH TO TAKE OUR SENIOR SNEAK DAY IN THE SPRINGe AT LAST OUR DESTINATION CAME INTO VIEW AS WE NEARED GRADUATION CEREMONIES. THE FINAL LIST OF GRADUATES ARE? CAROL ANDERSON, IRVIN Black, CHRISTINE BRAZEALE, Pat Carver, Bud Davis, LESLIE DeGano!, DALE DuVaLL, A tzA GROUNDS, |}vaN Hooper, ANN JOHNSON, JANICE JOHNSON, JESSE Martin, Joyce RooT, JOANNE RUNNING, NEWTON SmitH, ELma TuomM, ROLLAND WATERHOUSE, AND PHYLLIS WOLFENBARGER.»

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Ct ASS Froph ec Y THE YEAR ts 1960, Newton SMITH, GREAT INVENTOR FOR PLYMPTON TELEVISED CORFORATION, IS SEATED BEFORE HIS NEWEST INVENTION, THE ELECTROTELEGRADF INDER, READY TO MAKE THE FIRST TEST. THE AIR IS TENSE WITH EXPECTANCY. MR. SMITH STARTS THE MACHINE AND A LOUS BUZZING Revert e HEARD. JHE BUZZING MODERATES AND HE PUSHES THE BUTTON THAT SAYS “LESLIE DEGANDI™ oveR IT. AS THE SCREEN CLEARS LES COMES INTO VIEW. MR. EINSTEIN 18 GRASP= ING HI 6 HAND IN ADMIRATION. YES, LES HAS DONE IT AT LASTZ HE HAS FINALLY FOUND THE WAY TO TRISECT ANY GIVEN ANGLE. LEAVING LESLIE TO THE GREAT FAME THIS WILL BRING HIM, NEWT pPusHes THE Ann JoHnson ™ BUTTON6 WHEN ANN APPEARS DRESSED IN A SKATING COSTUME, SHE 1S SURROUNDED BY A MULTITUDE OF SKATERS. ANN, HOWEVER, IS THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION. IT {tS QUITE EVIDENT THAT SHE HAS IMPROVED HER SKATING SINCE HIGH SCHOOL DAYS, FOR SHE 1S NOW THE STAR OF THE FAMED |CE CYcLes. AS SHE SKATES INTO THE DISTANCE IN A BLAZE OF COLORED LIGHTS, NEWTON PUSHES THE NEXT BUTTON. CAROL ANDERSON APPEARS SEATED BEHIND A DESK. BEFORE HER, ON THE DESK, THERE IS A SMALL PLAQUE THAT READS, DEAN OF MEN. SEVERAL YOUNG MEN, IN YALE LETTERMEN SWEATERS SIT ABOUT THE ROOM WAITING FOR HER COUNSEL. THE SUCCESS OF THIS CLASSMATE HAS GROWN TO THE HEIGHT THAT NEWT HAD EXPECTED, SO HE PUSHES THE NEXT BUTTON TO SEE WHAT ANOTHER OF HIS OLD CLASSMATES IS DOING.» ANOTHER OFFICE ROOM COMES INTO FOCUS. SURROUNDING THE DESK 16 A GROUP OF CLAMORING REPORTERS. JHE CENTER OF THEIR ATTRACTION NOW SPEAKS. | OWE ALL MY SUCCESS AS A CAR MANUFACTURER, TO THE WORK | DID IN MY YOUTH, ON MY LITTLE BLUE FoRD.™” THis PICTURE OF SUCCESS IS NONE OTHER THAN THAT OLD CLASSMATE, IVAN HOOPER. AFTER PUSHING THE NEXT BUTTON, HE SEES A COURTYARD IN INDIA. DANCING FOR HIS MAJESTY, THE MAHARAJA OF BAGADORR, 1S PHYLLIS WOLFEN= BARGER. THE GRACE WITH WHICH SHE DANCES SHOWS THAT MANY OF THE PRE= VIOUS YEARS HAVE BEEN SPENT IN STUDYING UNDER THE GREATEST MASTERS OF DANCE. THE RESULT OF POKING THE NEXT BUTTON BRINGS DaLe DUVALL INTO VIEW HE IS DIGGING !NDUSTRIOUSLY IN THE RUINS OF A GREAT PHARAOH'S TOMB, IN EGypt. DALE HAS FINALLY ATTAINED HI6 LIFETIME AMBITION OF BEING A GEOLOGIST. NEXT HE SEES THE PENTHOUSE OF MRS. ASTORBUILT THE VII, FORMERLY KNOWN AS JOYCE ROOT. SHE 1S GIVING A PARTY TO ANNOUNCE HER ENGAGEMENT To Mr. DuGouLD, WHO WILL BE HER SIXTH HUSBAND, BY THE WAY SHE IS DRESSED IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HER INCOME IS MUCH GREATER THAN IT WAS WHEN 2 f SHE WAS A SENIOR AT W.H.S. H1iS ELECTROTELEGRADFINDER NEXT PICKS UP THE IMAGE OF PAT CARVER. SHE 18S SEATED AT A LARGE DESK SURROUNDED BY MANY WORK SHEETS AND PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENTS. PAT HAS ADVANCED TO THE POSITION OF CHIEF BOOKKEEPER FOR THE AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY. HER SUC= CESS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE TRAINING SHE RECEIVED IN HIGH SCHOOL. 13