Woodland High School - Wocowa Yearbook (Woodland, WA)

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School Calendar SEPTEMBER 3-School starts. 20-First football game. Beavers didn't do what they expected. We tied the LaCenter Wildcats 7-7 in a game there. 27-Woodland vs. Mill Plain. Home game. We won 20-0. Yea, team. 27-Girls' League sponsors Get-Acquainted dance. OCTOBER 4--Beavers bash Battle Ground Bengals 20-6. Hurrah! 11--Beavers suffer first defeat of season against Washougal, 19-12. 18-Exciting game with Stevenson Bulldogs results in victory for Woodland. Score 31-20. 21-Students entertained by the first National School Assembly, featuring Galen Miller Harvey at the piano. 24-Pep Club rally and bonfire. Seniors won prize for best skit of the evening. 25-Beavers couldn't stop the Chinook powerhouse. Score 24-7. 31-Seniors have pictures taken. NOVEMBER 1-Woodland loses to Ridgefield in hard-fought game. Score 12-13. 8--Same old story. Woodland 6g Cathlamet 37. 12-Chorus warbles at P.-T. A. celebration of National Education Week. 15--Last game of season. Castle Rock 32, Woodland 19. Oh, dear! 26-Mississippians, Negro quartet, sing for Student Body in second National School Assembly. 28-No school. Thanksgiving vacation. ' DECEMBER . 2-Back to school. 7--Seniors entertain the town and high school at their Moonbeam Senior Ball. 11, 12- Ghostly Quarantine, junior play, a 'howling' success. 12--Third National School Assembly, featuring Bob Wood and his Dramatic Ad- ventures with Chalk. 13--Beavers play practice game with Vancouver seconds, winning 41-32. 18-Combined high school and grade school Christmas program. 20-Castle Rock game there. We lost, 52-27. 20-Christmas vacation begins. 30-Winlock here in practice game. A JANUARY 3-Beavers Win first league game with Washougal, 31-29. 6-Back to the old grind. 7-On our own floor, the Beavers lose a hard-fought game with LaCenter, 41-40. 7-Mr. Moon, former missionary to Africa, speaks to students. 8-National School Assembly featuring Magical Mortons. 10-We travel to Deaf school to win an exciting game, 61-54. 14--Beavers lose, 64-27, at Cathlamet. 15-Nurses from St. joseph's hospital speak to Girls' League. 17--Woodland comes roaring back with a 43-20 victory over Ridgefield. 17--G. A. A. sponsors first in a series of booster dances to get the Student Body out of debt. 21-Woodland Beavers travel to Stevenson to get beat, 32-51. 24--Junior Personalized Stationery Sale begins. 24--Semester ends. 24-Beavers travel to Kalama to suffer bitter defeat. 28--Mill Plain here. 37-26. 29--Report cards out. Woe is me! FEBRUARY 1-Castle Rock here. Beavers lose to overpowering Rockets, 56-36. 1-Lettermen sponsor second Booster dance. High spot of evening jitterbug contest. 4-Beavers lose heart-breaker to Washougal, 25-25. 6-National School Assembly features Hatter, explorer and adventurer.

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Class Prophesy Ten years later we find the Seniors Scattered far and wide. Some are rich, some are poor, But the truth we cannot hide. May Davis, we see, has done no harm. She owns half interest in the Bulb Farm. Here comes the postman down the street, Arthur Risley with calloused feet. Billy and Betty are married now. They have fourteen kids and one ol' cow. Down in the jungle we find Mary Jean. She can tackle an elephant, but mice make her scream Lila Lee has a rep as a vet. When your cows get sick she's the best you can get. Hanks, Turpin and Hummels, are great football stars. They tackled the rocket non-stop to Mars. Annie traveled the world o'er as a great translator. Now she is married to a news commentator. A great physician is Tom Wire. Of cutting out pains he never does tire. Marian and Keith are doctor and nurse. They make all their calls in an old-fashioned hearse! We see Lynne Evans all dressed up smart. She's known the world o'er for her bare-legged art. Donna. Jones is a Home Ec. teacher. She spends her time with the son of a preacher. Marilyn Schulz We're afraid to mention. She's head of the National Old Maids' Convention. Salute! You rookies, the Major, no less. Upon looking closer, we see it's Kent Hess. Jerry is a famous opera star. He is young and will go far. Norma and Helen own a cosmetic store. Satisfied customers come back for more. Melvin, Harold and Eugene Invented a jet-propelled submarine. Shirley Thomas is the President's secretary. She's been too busy to ever marry. Donna Robbins and Barbara run a boarding house. They have overcome their fear of the mouse. Two seniors of the previous year Successfully followed this great career. So of Ken and Tillie I won't keep you g'uessin'. They learned how to Samba in one easy lesson. If you've never been in a plane, you oughter With Walter in his midget helicopter. 'Way back in Kain-tuck in a whiskey still, We find Jim Thomas drinking his fill. Bill is a photographer on the New York Time. He has a small business raising razorback swine. I.n the middle west a large wheat farm Is owned by two women, Pat and Lavonne. George and June have no need for shame. The theater on Broadway highlights their name. That's all for the class of '47. I hope someday we all meet in heaven f?l

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School Calendar FEBRUARY 7-LaCenter takes two fantastic games from Beavers. 46-32. 11-Beavers lose to Deaf school, 38-33. 12--Seventh grade has Valentine party. 1-4--Cathlamet wins, 54-39. 14-Pep Club gives annual dance honoring King and Queen of Hearts. Proceeds split with Student Body. 17--F. F. A. tourney. 18-Beavers win from cellar-position Spudders, 35-23. 21--Stevenson here. We lost . . . 24-Same old story. We lost again to Mill Plain there. 28-Last game of season. Unbeaten Kalama Chinooks beat us on our floor. 28-Dramatics Club sponsors final Booster dance after basketball games. It was an immensely enjoyed stocking dance. MARCH 5-National School Assembly featuring Mr. Everman and the amazing uses of liquid air. ' 7-Ninth grade has party. 10-Interclass championship games. Seniors win. 14-Girls' League annual St. Patrick's Tolo dance. Many students danced to the music of the Winlock band in the auditorium. 18-Students hear noted speaker, Dr. james Miller, give inspiring talk on Know- ing How. 19-Blind xylophonist, Pierce Knox, entertained the students in a Braille benefit show in the big gym. ' 21-Spring was ushered in by the election of a Daffodil Queen and two princesses, whose pictures appeared in the Longview Daily News. 25-National School Assembly presented the Christians and their movie, The River of No Return. ' 28-Practice baseball game with Ridgefield. Score 4-4. 29-Sextette and Clarinet Trio travel to Shelton to enter music meet. Retumed with Excellent Plus and Excellent ratings, respectively. APRIL 1-Beavers met Ridgefield in a second practice game. 1-F. F. A. Parents and Sons banquet. 3--Spring vacation begins. 8-Back to school. Another baseball game at Kelso. 10--Professor Turtle, magician, puzzles students. 11-Spanish class presents interesting Pan-American assembly. 11-First league game with Kalama here. 15-juniors and Seniors have great fun on a skating trip to Kelso. 18-Beavers travel to Cathlamet for their second baseball league game. 23-24-Senior class presents drama, Kind Lady. A huge success for the class. 25-Sophomore-junior party enjoyed by all. RIAY 2-Annual Mother-Daughter tea sponsored by Girls' League. Senior girls' final tribute to mothers before graduation. A lovely afternoon enjoyed by mothers and daughters. 2-Fourth league game played. ' 9-Another baseball game. This time Beavers travel to Castle Rock. -Spring Music Festival presented to townspeople by music department. 13-16-Trico league Dlay-offs. 16-Seniors sneak to Offut lake and have a wonderful time. 23-Seniors finish up their schooling and prepare for commencement. 24-junior class gives junior Prom, which is enjoyed by everyone in attendance. UNE ' J 1-Baccalaureate, the first formal part of graduation attended by shaky grads. 2-Commencement, the end of 34 students' high school careers. 4-School closes. The rest of the kids call it a year. Mr. Stroud posts warnings to all trout in tributaries of Lewis river. e, I