Wishram High School - Chief Yearbook (Wishram, WA)

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Class .Prophecy ln This year l97O The governmenT ordered me To make a survey on The l954 graduaTing class oT Wishram l'ligh School. My TirsT sTop came when l saw Larry Gow who had seTTled down in NorThern CaliTornia, worlc- ing as an engineer on The producTion oT Tlying saucers, I was inTormed ThaT his wiTe, a naTive aT Goldendale. was worlcing as a mechanic in a garage To supporT Their children, one oT whom was Tollowing in his TaTher's TooTsTeps as a Top geomeTry sTudenT. As we wenT around The counTry in our super-ieT plane, l sTopped To waTch The Barnum and Bailey Circus and whom should l see operaTing The merry-go-round buT EvereTT Evans. ATTer leaving high school he wenT on To CenTral WashingTon College oT EducaTion To geT a Teacher's degree, buT found ThaT operaTing a merry-go-round was much more proTiTable' Than The Teaching profession. V lT was here ThaT l, Charlene Rhodes RoclceTeller, received an urgenT Telegram Trom m-y husband begging me To come home because our seven maids and Two buTlers had quiT and my seven wild, uncared Tor children were running loose: and There was no one There To care Tor our mansion. l immediaTely boarded The nexT Train Tor my home in Minneapolis and whom should l see as conducTor, buT Larry,Cohea. While visiTing wiTh Larry l learned ThaT aTTer graduaTing he had Talcen a iob on The washouT Traclc, and being very successful had worlced his way up To conducTor. l-le informed me ThaT his wiTe, RuTh Ann. and Their children are very happy living in The small and b,eauTiTul Town of Avery. WashingTon. U . As l was approaching a Taxi sTand in Minneapolis I noTiced a posTer adverTising The Minneapolis Lalcers, and who should be The sTar. buT my mosT able assisTanT, Tom Rayburn. ATTer graduaTing Trom high school Tom enTered WhiTman College where he sTarred as a Torward on Their baslceTball Team. ATTer graduaTing from WhiTman he signed a conTracT wiTh The Minneapolis Lakers and has been one oT Their ouTsTanding aT- TracTions ever since. A535

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Class Hislory One brighl' day in lhe fall of l949, eighl lorillianl' siudenls enlered The halls of Wishram High School as lowly Freshmen. The high lighls of our Freshman year were Freshman lnilialion, The Chrislmas Program, lhe Talenl Show, and a lrip ro Mullnomah Falls. ln our Sophomore year four of us re-enlered Wishram High School. W'e enjoyed iniliafing lhe new Freshmen. There wasn'+ any oulslanding evenfs lhal year. In our Junior year ihree oi us relurned, also lwo new sludenls, Char- lene Rhodes and Larry Cohea. Oufslanding evenls of our Junior year wereilhe Harvesl Dance. 'rhe Sweeihearl Ball, and l'he Carnival, ln The fall of l953 lhe five of us relurned for our lasl year. The ou?- slanding evenls of lhe year were lhe high school inilialion parly, fhe Public Halloween parfy, Baccalaureale Services, and Commencemenl. We also had a successful year in foolball and baslcelball. ln fhe fall of I953 we organized classes. for 'lhe firsl lime. The Senior Class Officers were: Charlene Rhodes, Presiclenl: Larry Cohea, Vice Presi- dent Tom Rayburn. Secrefaryg Larry Gow, Treasurer: and Everell' Evans, Represenlalive. The five lhal remained for 'rhe las+ year are Charlene Rhodes. Larry Cohea, Everell' Evans, Larry Gow, and Tom Rayburn. 1460 1 i 4.4 afft

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Class Will SecTion I We, The Senior Class oT I954, as we bid Tarewell To Wishram High School, do hereby make This our IasT will and TesTamenT. SecTion 2 The Seniors oT The Class oT '54 leave To: MR. TUCKER-The besT oT luck wiTh The TuTure seniors. MR. PREKEGES-4FuTure successTul years in sporTs. MISS TRICKETT-Hope Tor beTTer classes in'The TuTure. SecTion 3 We, The class oT '54 leave To The: FRESHMAN CLASS our worn and baTTered desks. SOPI-IOMORE CLASS our almosT besT behavior. JUNIOR CLASS our good Times as Seniors. SecTion 4 LARRY COHEA leaves his abiIiTy To keep his mouTh shuT To Roger Rhodes. TOM RAYBURN leaves his place on The honor roll To Gary LaVigne. CHARLENE RHODES leaves her abiliTy To never sTay home and sTiII geT her lessons in on Time To Ellen Marie Baldassare. LARRY GOW leaves his heighTh To Elwood Wilde. EVERETT EVANS leaves his Oklahoma drawl To Rod SarTweII. 4' . I