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WEST LINJSI, OREGON
Vol. 25, No. 5
New Semester
Students
In Full Swing
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IN THE SERVICE Molalla Hi
Bob Wood and Lloyd Englert,
former students, are now home
on 30■ day leave. They have
spent 11% months overseas on
duty in the mechant marines.
Second Lieutenant Woldo Sil
ver, Jr., ’43, was home on an
eight-day pass after receiving
his wings as a navigator on a
bomber. He was training in
Texas but is now ready for over
seas duty.
Mr. Shearer has given this
letter to us to be published in
The Amplifier.
Dear Mr. Shearer:
No doubt you are surprised to
receive a letter from me but I
have been thinking of .you and
the school lately.
My ship left Portland around
early in March and it lboks as
though this will be a fairly long
trip.
At present I am in the South
west Pacific and would apprec
iate some cool Oregon climate
for a change. You would surely
like to be down here now, as
some of the flora and fauna life;
is unbelieveable.
I have tried to preserve some
of the wild life but am handi
capped byz lack of materials.
They don’t seem to respond to
preserving like our Oregon coast
specimens; but never-the-less I
have tried to look into as many
of them as I could.
During my eleven short
months at sea, I have tried and
fully succeeded in upholding the
standard of the Hi-Y club. Most
young fellows think that to be a
real seaman, one must practice
several of the tougher vices such
as drinking and using profane
language, but I have yet to see
any of my shipmates not re
specting me for living the clean
er life aboard ship.
Yes, Mr. Shearer, my training
in the Hi-Y is certainly paying
dividends.
Hope to be in the states by
August. It surely seems the
longer that I am out of high
school, the pondering memories
are of those days.
Have been thinking seriously
of going to college when the war
is over. Jt would be the rough
est go of my life as I never was
much for studying. So you
thing that a few years between
high school and college can
make much difference? I don’t,
if a person really tries to make
the grade. Well, its getting late
and I will have to get up early
in the morning.
Please write as I surely would
like to near from you.
Sincerely,
Randall McGloghlin.
Cpl. Sam Nixon, former physi
cal education and basketball in
structor at West Linn, has been
home on a furlough.
Carl O’Neil, a member of the
Merchant Marine, was visiting
the high school this week.
Cpl. Merle Aden’s, a former
student at West Linn high
school, picture was seen in the
paper enjoying a turkey dinner
(special ration) on the Philip
pines.;
Six Students Represent
Lions for Red Cross
The largest and finest Junior
Red Cross meeting of the year
was held at Molalla high school,
Molalla, Oregon, Thursday, Jan
uary 11, 1945.
The meeting was presided by
Jim Mead, president of the Jun
ior Red Cross county council of
high schools, Pat Russel of Es
tacada high school, and secr-
tary, Joyce Strickland.
There were 38 pupils in at
tendance with the following
schools represented: Sandy, Col
ton, Milwaukie Sr. high, Mil
waukie Jr. high, Canby, West
Linn, Molalla, Oregon City Sr.
high, Oregon City Jr. high.
Scotty Beach, Barbara Pitt-
wood, Shirley Brennah, Etta
Payne, Howard Hinckléy, and
Shirley ^Mattson were the rep
resentatives .from West Linn.
Junior Red Cross high school
council is doing a beautiful job
of production of article! for the
armed forces and for children
of the liberated count’íes. It had
branched out this year and
helped the camp and hospital
units by filling 102 gift boxes
for the local hospitals.
Junior Red Cross is the largest
youth organization in the world.
There are 18,500,000 members of
the American Junior Red Cross.
CLUB CHATTER
The Pep club met Wednesnady,
January 3, in the Home E. C.
room to start making plans for
a semi-formal dance to be held
sometime in March. The theme
of the dance is going to be “Blue
Rain.” The Pep club girls have
hopes of getting a good orchestra
to play.
The Girls league meeting was
held in the gym Thursday, Janu
ary K, after Miss White’s “pep”
talk. It was announced that the
Girls/league is going to sponsor
a dance after the McMinnville
game on February 9. The gen
eral admission will be twenty -
five cents.
Valjean Madsen, president of
the G. A. A., announced that aft
girl having 50 or more points
will be able to join the G. A.
this year.
The lettermen’s club is making
plans for the initiation of the
new members^ The only letter-
men elegible for this honor now
ate the athletes who 'won a let
ter in football this year or who
already had won them before.
There, is a committee of Tour
members who are to decide what
and when the initiation is to
take place. So far the commit
tee has not given out any in
formation except that it will be
plenty tough The committee
consists of: Pat George, Hal
Lindsley, Gordon Murphy, and
John Seines.
The lettermen to be initiated
are: Walt Burgess, Albert Hoff
man,
Mnv, / Imen?
Mindt- Roy Pearsen. Stan Stein,
and Norman Trappe.
With the semester exams com
pleted and thfc new schedules
decided upon (except for the
guys that never can make, up
their mind we will start out in
all our glory (except for those
persons taking a subject over
that they flunked last yearf)
You can look upon the faces of
the students and tell how theje
came out, and then there are
those that tell you without your
looking. If you will notice all
the senior boys who are not
leaving for some branch of the
service really got in there and
cramed, because you can’t tell
when a few good grades might
help when applying for officers
training (wishful thinking of
course.)
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As usual there were some of
those brainy freshmen that came
out of the first semester with
about a 1.1 average. Those
things are just “read in the pa
per” by most of us.
Dramatic Class
Presents -JL Play
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A short progrc^i„,was, enjoyed:
by the West Linn student body
in the school auditorium on
Tuesday, January 16, during I
which thezDramatics class gave
a one-act play called “Mama
Goes to the Convention.”
The characters of the play
were: Mrs? Thompson, Irene
Shepard; Mr. Thompson, Bud
May; Grandma, Dorothy Syvert-
sen; Jane Thompson, Donna
Shainholts; Mrs. DeWitt Van
Dyke, Ione Johnson; The Secre
tary, Naideen Zaniker; Miss
Crabtree, Mary Lop Berning; Jun
ior Thompson, Pat Blue; M’ll Bon
Marche,’ Willa Worthington. \
The band under the direction
of Mr. Gould played two march
es. Also the following solos were
given: Violin solo, “Ava Maria”
by Norene Dickenson; flute solo,
“When Day is Done” by Mary
Rabinson. “In the Still of the
Nighf” was given by the Girls’
chorus under the direction of
Mrs. Watson and Mr. Gould.
Friday, January 26, 1945
Senior Class Dwindles as
Boys Leave for Service
For the first time in 25 years the senior class of West Linn has
only 16 boys in it. With the war lowering the number of boys for
the last three years, it has taken a drastic cut this year. Getting
enough credits to graduate, several have volunteered, others have
gone without their sheepskins. Still others are waiting for the
day when they will leave, some gladly, others just leaving.
Jerry Ryan, Olin Pepper, Albert and Dick Allen for left for
some branch of the service with the Merchant Marine being the
most popular. Wes Belieu and
Guy Foreman also left, but were
unable to get into this service.
Earl Grassman and Herman Pet-
ers are waiting to go into some
branch and hope to leave be
Tigard exchange program came fore too long.
to West Linn, Wednesday, De
Ray Kestik has taken his
cember 10.
physical and has been reclassi
I think the students of West fied so he is not sure what will
Linn will remember this program happen, but he hopes to finish
for -sometime, it was entertain the year.
ing, clever, and amusing.
Tony Rinkes has started to
The Tigard band played a
the University of Portland this
march to start the program. semester after getting his credits
Presiding as master of ceremon all filled at West Linn.
ies was Bill Ambers who, with
Other than the seniors, several
each appearance, brought about
juniors
are beginning to try to
a few laughs..
get
in
courses
in physics and
The program started off with a
bang with Margie Oech playing advanced math for the radar di
her guitar and singing “Johnson vision of the navy.
Brown” and “He Don’t Wanta.”
The second entertainer was Carol X-Rays Taken Tuesday
On Tuesday. January 23, all of
Nissen playing on her pearled
accord i o n , “Alexander’s Rag the Juniors and Seniors were
Time Band" and a “March." E# given an x-ray for tuberculosis.
eanor Flett played a piano Sold? Thè Mobile X^ay Unit With its
of Hazel Scott’s arrangement of staff of nurses and doctor was
“Boogie Woogie” and a favorite parked behind the auditorium.
“Dark Eyes.” Joy Grimstad sang The pictures were taken of stud
a beautiful song, “The Joint Is ents in groups of fifteen, Miss
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White was in charge of cards.
Tigers Present
Exchange
OBSERVATION TOWER
, New heart throbs of Trieve
Tanner and Jack Taylor are Betty
Jean Olson and Velma Meadows.
Eddie Hodsen (former W.L. stu
dent) was seen quite recently
with Betty Jean Olson.
David Gerspach and Lucille
Kestek are always trying to “out
type” each other sixth period.
Lawrence Carpenter has a new
Freshman flaml. We believe it
is Barbara Trapp.
Lure a boy with as pleasing
smile and beautiful teeth. All
right, Norma Helsby.
Pat George can’t make up his
mind between two girls, which
one to take out more than once.
Jim Crumly and Ruth Dicken-
sqn are still our top couple.
The Journalism staff has just
hired
a new reporter to keep
MEET THE FACULTY
track of. Gordon Murphy and his
Mr. Gould, dur new music in-*; girl friends. The reporter is kept
structor, arrived January eight quite busy trying to keep up to
and has sb far made much pro date.
We have had reports that our
gress with the band and also
own
Jerry Ryan is going in the
with the chorus. He likes teach
Merchant Marines.
ing at West Linn very much and
Bev Stevens was removed from
thinks we have a- fine group of second period study for hitting
students and a splendid faculty. Bill Butson over the head with a
He is a resident of Concord, book? Hurt Bill?
Oregon» where Me fe scout master
Oúr band period seems to be
in the local troop. He has a quite'chummy lately with Mar
daughter, six, and a son, eight, garet ÑiGholls and Scotty Beach.
w h o attend C o n c o r d gradé
Art Blackman is still practic
school.
ing “Sweet and Lovely” with
He is a graduate of North- Aghes Ekenkrantz.
western State college in Okla-
Pat Griswold is going with h
ahorna. We welcome Mr. Gould boy from Lincoln, Robert Davis,
to our school and appreciate his who is planning to attéhd West
enthusiasm and the interest he Mnn.
’a showing. We look forward to
Jim Fawks is now an únele.
some outstanding work in the Congratulations, Jim.
music department.
Spring, is coining soon, states
Mr. Shearer as he sings ‘'She’ll
be Coming Around the Moun
tain.”
Dale Shearer and Bob Michels
having difficulty in getting pass
ing grades in Biology. Mr. Shear
er gives advice “Stay home and
study at leasLone night a week.”
Dean Bowdish rating very high,
for he is going with Marian
Morsa, a very cute Lincoln girL
The Forest Grove game was
spectacular, Jay M c M u r r e n
brought his Oregon City girl.
Water, water, clear, cool water.
Ronald Pearson is very dis
couraged lately.
The younger members of the
Solid Geometery class have be
gun tq learn the fundamentals
of mathematics and science
from Leonard Rothe.
From this issue on there will
be no mbre of the Ryan special
stories and news briefs. Instead
Norman Trappe will try to full
fill these tasks.
To all the Students of the
school, except those in the chem
istry^ class, the. news that ’the
production of hydrogen sulfide
will soon be over should be re
ceived with thankfullness.
How could Bob Veelman get
a I in the Nation test is the ques
tion of the week.
We all grieved to hear of the
death of Shaky. .
Bob Walsh has been demon
strating his ability as a high
jumper and two track enthus
iasts are trying to get him to
sign up.
There has been in the last
week quite a few old; students
wondering about. They can’t be
going to start agàin?