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This "1957 Memories & Photos" section is divided into four pages. This is where our "school days" memories and photos are shared. Also, see the Photo Album page (a great place to share your "then and now" photos.)
The items included on Page 1 of this section are listed below:
See Page 2 for pictures and information about the "Smoke Signals" of 1955, the BHS top spellers of 1955 (includes two of our '57 classmates), and the 1957 drama class' production of a Shakespeare play.
See Page 3 for information about the travels of the Red Raider logo, a picture of classmates taken before the Senior Prom, graduation night pictures, and the Seniors' Honor roll list for 3rd Quarter 1957.
See Page 4 for names and subjects of the teachers listed in the 1957 Shuksan and teachers from the '55 and '56 Shuksans who are not included in the 1957 Shuksan.)
1. MUSIC OF THE 1950s
I've added some more songs from the 1950s to that list and arranged all the songs in alphabetic order by song title. These are Favorite Fifties Songs of several BHS-57 classmates who sent email to me.
Check out the cummulative list and send email to me if your own favorite songs from the fifties are not already listed.
Speaking of music, remember when transistor radios were first popular? I had a maroon one; it was "big" compared to the small transistor radios of today, plastic-cased, and considered quite modern back in the mid-1950s. Remember the wire recorders that competed with tape recorders for the market? Wire lost, of course. (Or, were wire recorders before the 1950s?)
I remember the LPs (also called "33 1/3s") that became popular sometime in the 1950s. I still have a bunch of them, some never played. (I also remember the thick 78s that my sisters and I played on an old wind-up Victrola that we had, but that was back in the 1940s). Oh yeah, I also still have some 8-track cartridges (many also never played). I have no idea what to do with these old things.
2. HANGING OUT AT "THE CONE"
Another BHS1957 classmate, Karen Smith, also worked at The Cone. And, Joan Felmley (class of 1956) worked with us. My sister, Lillian Moir, (class of 1958) worked at The Cone as well. And my childhood friend, Darla Bartholomew who attended another school, not BHS (and, sadly, who passed away at age 37 after 18 years of critical illness) also worked there with us. Anyone remember us waiting on them?
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, who owned The Cone, and their son, Ray, made dozens of flavors of their delicious ice cream in the back room. (That was well before Baskin & Robbins, huh?) And, remember that we sold all kinds of nuts (yummy cashews) by the quarter pound and boxes of Russell Stover candy in the front of the store?
Hey, does anyone remember the delicious English style (batter fried) fish and chips that we made at the Cone? I recently found The Cone's batter recipe that we made and coated the fish with before deep frying it. (The things I keep!) Remember banana splits? When was the last time you had one of those?
What a fun job that was! I still make the best chocolate ice cream sodas and chocolate milkshakes - although I now make milkshakes with my own original hot fudge syrup recipe and throw in a little peanut butter. Yummy!
3. THE BHS 1957 CLASS RING
Of all of the BHS memorabilia I saved, the one I most like is my class ring. Does anyone else still have theirs? To get the picture below, I spent lots of time making about a dozen scans with the ring on my finger, holding my hand upside down on the scanner window. But, none of the scans made my hand look like a seventeen year old hand, so I put the ring on my pink highlighter pen and scanned that.
You can see that the year "57" is still quite visible (with the five on one side and the 7 on the other side because the gold numbers were placed on something black. They had put my initials (MM) in gold on the upper left and lower right. Perhaps you can barely make them out, but that gold part has become quite worn down, just like the "Raider" symbol in the front center on top of the red ruby.
4. GRADUATES PICTURE TAKEN ON BHS FRONT STEPS
Remember the day we all poured outside to have our picture taken together? A "medium" sized (128K) version of this picture is shown below. Of course, you probably can't recognize anyone.
If you want to see the really LARGE (511K) picture in a separate pop-up window so you can recognize people, click here. Depending on your monitor settings, you may need to scroll to view it all. (Also, remember to close the pop-up window after viewing it.)
I had hand-written the date on the newspaper picture as May 27, 1957. The text that was below the picture in the Bellingham Herald is reprinted in red below:
TWO DAYS REMAIN FOR BHS SENIORS. Wednesday will be the final day of high school for Bellingham seniors, pictured above at the school entrance. Principal Harlan Jackson said 415 seniors will graduate here plus two others who have taken USAFI (armed forces correspondence) courses. Bacclaureate services are scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the school auditorium. The class, one of the largest in Bellingham's history, will receive diplomas at 8 PM, Tuesday, June 4.
5. REMEMBER OUR BHS GRADUATION CEREMONY?
It's amazing the things that a pack rat keeps in boxes in the garage. If you are interested in seeing the BHS Baccalaureate Service program, click to bring it up in a separate, "pop-up window" and be prepared to scroll. (Also, be sure to close the pop-up window after reading it.)
The program is dated Sunday June 2, 1957. (Maybe the reason I kept it because the list of the 27 songs played most often at The Cone was written on the backside of that paper.)
6. THE CARDS THAT 1957 GRADUATES RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNOR
Yes, I keep way too much memorabilia. But, maybe you, do too. Did anyone else save the card that Governor Albert D. Rosellini sent to all graduates? If you are interested in seeing what the
Governor's card,
looked like, click to bring it up in a separate, "pop-up window." (Remember to close the pop-up window after reading it.)
7. WANT TO SEE WHAT WE LOOK LIKE NOW?
Visit the
45th Reunion Memories section to see what many of us looked like in 2002. There are dozens of unposed "now" pictures taken of reunion attendees. (If you can identify any of the unidentified people, please send their names in email to Marilyn.)
Visit the
40th Reunion Memories section to see what many of us looked like in 1997.
Also, check out the
Golfers Gallery section for some fairly recent pictures of our golfer grads.
Feel like reminiscing further back? Check out the
Photo Album section for a variety of pictures including some "then" and "now" pictures. This is where you'll find the one "group picture" of those who atttended the 10th reunion.