1954
BARBARA (OLSEN) COX - Girls' Playday, H,G.A.A., Class Day Committee, Panorama Club, Publicity Club, Ticketeers, Yell Club. That I'm a woman I'l1 have you know, even though I have same space to grow.
Barbara (Olsen) Cox / Vancouver , WA . 98685-4441
50th Reunion Commentary: After teaching 33 years, I retired from the Vancouver Schools. I have many times traveled in Japan , China , Thailand , Mexico , Hawaii , Germany , Philippines and France . I have many activities to keep me busy, these include, making quilts, collecting and making porcelain dolls, teaching Sunday school, Red Hat Society activities and working as a fashion coordinator with Week-Enders Fashions.
Voted Little Spoke
1954
EARL OLSON - French Club, Honor Roll, Library Staff. Give me a rifle, a pair of chinchillas, and a calculating machine; then 1'l1 have need for nothing else.
Earl Olson / SeaTac , WA . 98168
50th Reunion Commentary: After high school, I attended the UW and was granted a BSEE degree in 1958. Later, I obtained my Professional Engineer, Electrical, license from the State of WA . Before retiring in 1995, I spent 36+ years at The Boeing Company, mostly in the design and development of specialized computer peripheral equipment for various defense programs. However, if you have ever flown on a 777, there's a little of me there, too. Nowadays, I spend my time exploring the capabilities of my computer, digital photography , listening to fine music, and occasional automobile trips.
1954
JIM OLSON - High Lines' Staff, Science Club, Radio Club. It was in hunting that he scored, for it was hunting that he adored.
Last known address: Seattle, WA.. (2004)
1954
GAYLE ONDRACEK - Basketball, He carried a brief case of alibis and doled them out with a disarming smile.
Last known address: Port Otchard. WA. (2004)
1954
JOANN (OSWALD) FONDA - A Cappella, Drama Shoppe, Glee Club, Library Stal!, "Chimes of Normandy ," "The Fortune Teller," Representative Assembly. She heard the sweetness in the neighing of a horse.
Joann (Oswald) Fonda / Jack / Auburn , WA . 98002
50th Reunion Commentary: I've been married to Jack for 49 years, have three sons, eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren and two more on the way. We've lived in Auburn since 1968 and have been retired since 1999. Both of us enjoy golf, (Jack's good - I'm bad). I also enjoy oil painting, reading, our friends and our kids.
Annual: “She heard the sweetness in the neighing of a horse.”
Rebuttal: “I still hear the sweetness in the neighing of a horse, but now from the other side of the fence.”
1954
HAROLD OTTERMAN - In the classroom he was the epitome of reserve and circum spection.
Last known address: Phoenix, AZ.. (2004)
1954
DOUGLAS PALIN - Baseball, French Club. Doug was as mild a mannered Romeo as ever captured a person with a slow smile and genuine friendliness.
Douglas Palin / Gwen / Vancouver , WA . 98686
50th Reunion Commentary: I have been in real estate since 1967 and owned my own company, Palin Properties in Vancouver , WA . & Portland , OR . for over 20 years. I currently work for REMAX Equity Group in Vancouver and am still very active in local real estate. President of the local Association of Realtors in 1979 and President of the local MLS service 1979, 1992, 1999. I currently serve as Southwest Washington Regional VP for the Washington Association of Realtors and serve on the State Executive Committee. Married to wife Gwen, we have five children and six grandchildren. Play golf often and I moved to Portland in about 1960. I also spend some time on Camano Island , north of Everett where we have some property.
2004
1954
LORETTA PALMASON now CHRIS STEWART-PRICE - A Cappella, Board of Control, Office Stal!, Class Day Committee, Song Queen, Yell Club, "All-Pirates' Revue," Torch, Ticketeers, Representative Assembly, Pep Club, Girl of the Month. Never before had so much energy been packed in such an attractive container.
(Loretta Palmason) Chris Stewart-Price / George / Snohomish , WA
50th Reunion Commentary: : Married to Bob Steiner ('53 Highline) for 19 years, had 4 children (2 boys and 2 girls) and subsequently, 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Divorced in 1975 and remain single for 28 years - - until meeting “the man of my dreams.” George Price, (an administrator in the Snohomish S. D.) Married August, 2003 and live in a beautiful 100 yr. old house in Snohomish. After retiring from middle school education in 1999, I now work for City University in the Masters In Teaching program. Love gardening, travel, friends and enjoy my wonderful family.
.........................................................Voted Ideal Girl
2004