VOTE FOR
YOUR CHOICE
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12 Issues a Year by West Linn High School
Vol. 25, No. 7
Thursday, March 15, 1945
WEST LINN, OREGON
SMITH TO HEAD 1945-46 STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Queen Gwen to Rule May
Day Festivities for *45
Irion Elected to Vice
Presidential Position
Gwen Montgomery was chosen
by' the student body to be Queen
of the twenty - seventh annual
May Day. Wes Stauffer was el
ected to handle the business de
tails and crown the queen on
May 4.
MarabeLdftj a n and Naideen
Zaniker tied ] ir maid of honor,
Dorothy Baaj r Bernice Brbbst,
Margaret Maine, Alice Steiwer,
Marcy Thornton and Marian
White will be on the court.
^XQueen Gwen has been a stud
ent of West Linn for four years,
and attended Hillsboro g r a d 'e
school. She is treasurer of the
Girls’ League and spends the
rest of her time in the company
of Ralph Matile.
The maids of honor, Marabel
Swan and Naideen Zaniker, both
g r a d u a t e d from Willamette
grade school and have attended
West Linn all of their four high
school years.
Hi-Y Elects New
Members in Meet
During the meeti ng held
Thursday, February 22, the Hi-Y,
under the leadership of Pat
George, elected eight Neophytes:
Bob Walsh, Trieve Tanner, Jack
Taylor, Earl Brack, Hal Lindsley,
Bob WievisickA Norma Trappe,
and Wayne Gcaham.
Induction services will be held
March 8 fo rthe neophytes and
;— ?iglig will be invited by the boys,
reports the president. The in
duction ceremony will be held at
the West Linn high school.
Girl Takes Top
Award for Seniors
On February 20th the class
honors were announced. They
are as follows with point aver-
ages:
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Valedictorian—
Bernice Brobst ......
.1.46
Salutatorian—
Raymond Kestek
—.......1.4&
Historian— -J
Maxindjfttepatrick ............ l.?9
Class
Mary Sehlickeiser ......... 1.82
Class Will-
Etta Payne
........ .1.82
Class Song-
Delores Hafisen ..j........... ....1.84
Prophecy—
Eloise Tapfer................... ¿...1.86
The class average was 2.80;
the girls’, 2.78, and the boys’
2.84. . / '
In the annual elections, held
February 23, in room 105, the
student body elected Don Smith
-to head the student government
for the 1945-46 school year. He
was elected frorh a group of
three and will take‘officeion the
second Friday in May.’, .4
To handle the vice-pre$dent’s
position will be Dick Irion,
whose main job will be presi
dent of the legislative body.
The Secretarial post was won
by Valjean Madsen, being elect
ed from a group of five girls.
Betty Wilkins will take over the
treasurer’s job, having filled the
post of assistant treasurer this
school year. Lucille Kestek will
take over the position vacated by
Betty Wilkins.
The editorial job of The Am
plifier will be handled by Den-
IN THE SERVICE
F10yd Denham, a former stud
ent of West Linn, who was
wounded in action in France,
was taken to England and is
now in the hospital.
Ed Witherspoon arrived home
Friday morning to spend a nine-
day furlough upon completion of
training with th&^jrmy in Texas.
Art Huebner arrived home Feb-
ruary 23rd after taking R. O. T.
C. training at the University of
Washington. He reported back
to duty March 2nd.
Bill Tripp and his wife, the
former Janet Weivesick, arrived
home to spend Cpl. Tripp’s fur
lough before going overseas.
The following former students
of West Linn have been home
recently on furlough: Clayton
Baker, Jim Miliken, Bud Peter-
son, Chuck Marx, ‘Richard Mc
Mullen, Bob D&ggett and Ted
McMurren.
Jim Bernert, F 2/c, is taking a
Refresher course at Camp Eliiot,
prior to going into active service.
Edward Witherspoon, class of
’44, is also home. He complete^
his basic infantry training. , /
nis Brending, being assisted by
Jim Smith. The job of manager
for the Amp will be done by
Shirley Brennan, who will have
Bob Michelz, the sole candidate
for the position, as assistant.
Virginia Worthington was el
ected to the job of assistant edi
tor of the annual. Jay McMur
ren will handle the financial end
of the annual, being assisted by
Jim Crumely.
In the judicial department,
Norman Trappe will be the chief
of police, with Pat George acting
as chief justice*
In the noise section, Alfred
Sylvertson was elected to b
tfee yells, and Hattie CargS»
the songs. The latter has [
an opponent; Delores Si<stad
to be her assistant.
A.... ....... J3.
Student Body Movie
Jacaré’, killer of the Amazon,
was the movie presented to the
student body Wednesday after
noon. The story was built
around daring Encounters with
wild animals in. the jungles of
South America, warely audible
above the termed shrieks and
screams of the female audience
was the voice &f the narrator
telling of the giant anaconda,
the boa constrictor and Jacaré’,
himself.
,,
‘ Attendance to<his show was
good and apparently it was en
joyed by all.
AMBITIONS:
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The Buck wants to be First Class
Private;
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The Prívate for Coiporal grieves;
The Corporal wants to be Serg
eant, \
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With three \trip es/ upon his
sleeves.
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The Sergeant ktu^es t o b e a
Lieutenant— Rf/
Wants a bar upónYhis shoulder;
The Lieutenant hopes to be Cap
tain,
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When he gets a litJleVlder.
The Captain aspires to ve Major;
The Major the eagle does crave;
The Cptfonel wants to be General,
Weaj/the star and look sotbrave.
Thar General, too, has hisXam-
yoitions—
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Whatever they might be.
But there’s not a man in the
army
That wants to be K¿ P.
GROCERY STORE
'^‘^«aaJlBoy; I wanted dozen VERY TRUE
Maudejum^r higher IMPOSSIBLE
nice applesT*^--
Teacher: Tirpbthy, just look at
Grocer: Do ,ydu want Bald than that buildiijg.
your jamja^r moutW%^_
wins?
. Claude: OJj^ou can not!
I can’t, Biss Brown.
Maude: Yes, I can. Because
SmalpKoy: Well, I don’t want
if*
Hjirt^ouilding can’t jump at aJJ> iTiiy face is on it.
an^-wh hair on.
Front row from left to right: Pat George, chief justice; Lucille
Kestek, assistant treasurer; Valjean Madsen, secretary of stu
dent body; Virginia Worthington, assistant editor of the an
nual; Hattie Carpenter, song queen. Batk row: Dick Irion,
vice president; Don Smith, president; Bob Michaels, assistant
manager of Amplifier; Norman Trappe, chief of police; Alfred
Syvertson, yell king.
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Myra sure has his own cut seems to be quite n attrae
way of catching a tion around school.
particul
baseball.
e heard that
By the way,
Ralph Mcdile says that his George Lipp
s seen with
jokes at the \Tigard exchange Louise Jent^/at the Beaverton
went over with big bang.
game, (pood luck George.)
Hasn’t any of e girls turned
A gawT time was had by all at
their eyes to that \ute little lad Delores Bietcheks party Saturday
Clarence Rinkes.
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rn^ht after the game.
Don Smith's electior\was help
John Seines and Betty Schmidt
ed by a huge campaigA parade
are reported te ✓ have started
led by George Lipp and^e^ur-
again.
ing Roy Pearson.
All the b
in the Hi-Y were
Cupid, in the form of Bob Veel-
busy
Thurs
trying to date
man, has struck ¿njaise Leiit
t.
girls
for
tha
(Better known as O^pha.)
Alfred Syvertsejrlooks like he J \ After a hard fought battle,
will have plenftr >f wind for next i w\st Linn was again beaten by
Oregqn City, but our predictions
year’s cheer leader.
We are still wondering what are th^ they won’t go far in the
happened/te the roipance be- tournament.
tween Pick Donovan and Lois
Barbara Pittwood was seen at
Otnes. /
the W. L. an\ O. C. game with an
Bob Walsh is surely making a O. C. man—traitor!!
hit sVith Coach Brown bjr show
Leonard Rothe was seen ex
ing off his baseball talents, >
plaining a V-16 engine to some
Jack Taylor's “Princeton” hair- bewildered freshmen.