Wilbur High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Wilbur, WA)

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.js-Aafory On September 5, 1950, a group of 27 scared but curious freshmen entered Wilbur High School. After a while, we began to fit into the pattern of high school life. The class advisor our freshman year was Mr. Siegel. On October 6 we were initiated by the sophomores and that night they gave a party in our honor. After this we were really freshmen and began to enter into the different organi- zations such as Pep Club, Girls' League, W Club, Band, and Chorus. On the 4th of September, 1951,swe started our sophomore year. We could hardly wait to initiate the freshmen. The initiation took place on October 12, with a party following that night in honor of the freshmen. In our sophomore year we gained one student making us 28 strong. We also ordered our class rings and looked forward to the Junior Prom the next year. Mr. Siegel was again our class advisor. Our Junior year started on September 2, 1952. Our class stayed the same this year with Z8 students and our advisor was Mr. Riggen. We received our class rings shortly after school started. The big event of our junior year was the Junior Prom held April 11th with the theme Tulip Time and music by Don Zicha's Orchestra. The class of 54 started their last year in W. H. S. on August 30, 1953. Our advisor was Mr. Pease. The class roll dropped to 24 this last year. The first big event for the seniors was the Senior Ball held on December 5th. The theme was Silver Bel1s and music was by the Don Zicha Orchestra. The next eventwas the Career Day which was held April 28. The Senior Play, The Little Dog Laughed, was also given on the 28th. On May 7th the senior girls and senior mothers were honored at a tea given by the Civic Club. Next came the Senior Sneak which was on May 12th. The sneak included a cruise on the Coeur'd Alene Lake and St. Joe River and bowling later in Spokane. On May 21 our class was honored by a very nice banquet which was given by our parents. On May 23 the senior class held their baccalaureate services and on Wednesday the 26th, 24 seniors were handed their diplomas. The girls wore white caps and gowns and the boys black. The motto in which our graduation was held was Honor Lies at Labors Gate. The class colors were black and white and the class flower was the white rose. Zenith Hansen Del Schoolcraft Pat McKay I'0l0 QC? It was the year 1983 and we were touring the world in our new radium rocket ship. Our first stop was at the McKay museum in Creston where we found Pat McKay, a renowned ornithologist, demonstrating how the Old Crow flew. He is also an expert on the Melipius Umbellus Umbellus, this knowledge being ac- quired in his high school days. After leaving Creston and flying to the Ozarks, we were amazed to find our old school chum, Janis Wall, as the head instructor of the Ozarkies Charm School. Going across the country to the great gambling and divorce center, Reno, we find Marvin Jensen, now married for the seventh time. He also was running a gambling joint until he went broke. His new address is Si's Tavern, Trent Avenue Spokane, Washington. 1

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I2 UEHH SEHIUHS SEHIUR CLHSS There were twenty seven seniors when school started in September. First semester officers were: President, Carol Sheffelsg Vice-president, James Fisher Secretary, Rhoda Hansen, Treasurer, Del Schoolcraft. On December 5, we gave the annual Senior Ball. The theme was Silver Bells with music by the Don Zicha orchestra. In April the juniors honored us with the Junior Prom. Rhoda Hansen and Kennard Speegle were elected king and queen of this affair by the juniors. Second semester officers were: President, Ike Cookg Vice-president, Gordon Campbell, Secretary, Celia McAllisterg Treasurer, Lloyd Axtell. Clinton Anderson dropped to work, Arlene McLain left us to get married, and Donna Northrop transferred,leaving us twenty four in number. On May 12, we went on our sneak. Everyone had a wonderful time on the boat trip on Lake Coeur'd Alene and up the St. Joe River. At noon we had a picnic lunch at a park. Returning to Spokane, we had a banquet at the Spokane Hotel. After we had finished eating, we spent the rest of the evening bowling and at a show. lt was a sleepy group of seniors that returned home in the early morning hours. Baccalaureate Services were held May 23, and our Commencement was on May 26. 6

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Next we find Myrna Peasley still having a lot of love troubles. After her third divorce she has given up and retreated to her old home town, Keller, where she occupies herself writing the radio serial My Next Husband. After his many brushes with the law in his high school days, we find Lyle Perry as the best informed, toughest, little warden Alcatraz has ever had. Leaving Alcatraz we travel to Almira where we visit Mrs. Ken Thompson, the former Rhoda Hansen, who is owner and manager of the Almira Silver Emporium, a famous ladies' shop that displays only Paris originals. Next we find Jim Fisher, who owns the famous Stagger Inn in Reno. Here also we find Red Hot Rosy Jo, the famous dancer, who is now featuring the Cow Pasture Polka. Yes, we mean Jo Anne Reid. Deciding to travel to Europe, we visit the charming city of Vienna. Here we find the former Mary Schultz working as a serenader on a gondola in the watery streets of Vienna to support her eight children back in North Dakota. On our way back to the states, we visited the Fiji Islands. Here we found our old classmates lke and Shirley running the New, Used, and Abused Car Lot. They seem to have a thriving business. Because it was so hot on the islands, we decided to journey to Juneau, Alaska. As we were stumbling through the snow banks, we found Daryll Bahr operating his farm in Wilbur by remote control. He also does some big game hunting in the Yukon. Going down to Fairbanks, we find Zenith Hansen, alias Willie, bouncing on her world famous trampoline. She makes a striking figure in her long red woolies doing the famous pop-over. Due to mechanical difficulties in our radium rocket ship, we have to coast in to Grogan's Rod and Custom Shop, where we find Gordon Campbell overhauling his well-known Ingersol special which is guaranteed for life. After having our radium ship overhauled, we sailed off to Cactus Junction where we discover the great interior decorator, Janice Wright, sketching elaborate paintings of hub caps and fender skirts for Lyle Perry's private office at Alcatraz. Next we visit Bryn Mawyr where we find the great zoologist Lloyd Axtell, working on his latest project of trying to get a hootnanny by crossing a hoot owl and a nanny goat. Buzzing over to Africa we find Marilynn Pfaffle, noted female cougar hunter, preparing for a great safari in the Kenya country. Being scared out of Africa we hurry home to talk to Del Schoolcraft, the renowned circus barker, who is currently lecturing on the subject How to Con- trol the Tongue. Also in the circus we find Bones Sumerlin, who has just returned from Europe after trying to slip through the cracks in the Iron Curtain. Next we went to the nearby town of Hollywood where we find Celia McAllister starring in the hit musical, One Boyfriend Too Many, and the short feature Undecided. Next we visit the swamps of Ethiopia. Here we find Ken Speegle marooned with a mermaid. He water-skied a little too far from home on this trip. We now swing back to the U. S. and we find Carol Sheffels and Gene Goodlake working together herding sheep in Plum Canyon. They have been trying to figure out where all the sheep have been going. They think that some of Bahr's remote control machine ry went haywire and is killing sheep. Our last surviving senior is Larry Cremeen, who we found riding out in the Okanogan hills looking for a hub cap for his old Ford. Finally all the radium in our rocket ship had radiated, and we were forced to land at Wilbur. Kennard Speegle 8 Carol Sheffels Daryll Bahr I.