Jefferson High School Class of 1954 -- 50-Year Reunion -- August 7, 2004 (Saturday) --6:00 p.m. Dinner at the Shilo Inn at the Airport Contact: Dr. Bob Gill
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D E D I C A T E D. T O. T H E. M E M O R Y. O F. O U R .C L A S S M A T E S


B e v e r l y J a n e G r a h a m Ane

J o h n D o u g l a s B l e t h

C o n s t a n c e R e t c h l e s s B o o m h o w e r
R o n C a r l B o y d

K a y V a g u e C a n t o n

R o b e r t C o o p e r

S o n i a C r a n e

R o b e r t W a y n e D o b l i e

R o d n e y J . E a g l e

L i n d a A n n B a c k s t r o m E b e r t

B a r b a r a M a n l y G i l b e r t

J a c k R o n a l d G r a d w o h l

D o r o t h y J a c o b s e n H a r r i s

G e o r g e H o g a b o a m

R i c h a r d M . J a c o b y

A r l e n e E l l e n J o h n s e n

D i c k J o n e s

C h a r l e s J o r d a n

H a r o l d M o n r o e K e l l e r

D o r i s W a l l a c e K e s w i c k

G e n e v i e v e M a r i l y n K o e s t e r

L a v o n n e J e a n K o s k i


B a r b a r a A n n M a r t i n L o n g

H a r l a n W a y n e L u t z

D o n a l d J . M a y e r

D a r r e l l M o r r i s M c C r e a d y


T h e o d o r e P h i l l i p N e l s o n


T h o m a s H e n r y N o t o s

R a y m o n d N u s o n

T i m o t h y P a u l O l s o n

G l e n F r e d r i c k O r r

W i l l i a m E l d o n R a l l s

R i c h a r d H a r r y R a s k

G e o r g e W . R e m i n g t o n

C a r l A r n e t t R o s s

M a r l e n e R e y n o l d s R o s s

R o n H a r v e y R o b e r t s

S h a r o n M o r g a n S c u l l

D a v i d A l a n S k a l b e c k

B e n B . S t a t o n

W i l l i a m A l d e n S t o u t

B e a t r i c e S w a n s o n

D e a n A l l e n S n y d e r

R o b e r t a A n n T h o m s o n

Donald E. Wach

J a m e s W a c k e r

E d w a r d G a r r i s o n W a g n e r
L o i s N e w t o n W a l t e r s

B a r b a r a V a i l W h i t m o r e

W i l l a d i n e S h r a d e r W i n g e
D o r a n W i s e m a n

M a r j o r i e M a y W o l f e r


"We will miss them, but not forget them"




Major Events of 1954


US Supreme Court rules
against racial segregation in schools.


French army defeated by Vietnamese
by Dien Bien Phu.


Vietnam independent from France.
Vietnam split at 17th Parallel into Communist North, and non-Communist South.


West Germany wins soccer World Cup.

22 April Sen. Joe McCarthy opens hearings
on alleged communist influences


Empire Games held in Vancouver

World War II rationing ends in Britain

Soviet Union rejected proposals to reunify Germany.

U.S. Southeast Asian and Pacific nations
formed the
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization
(SEATO).


Colonel Gamal Nasser seized power in Egypt and became the premier and head of state.
Georgi Malenkov became the premier of the USSR.

Foreign ministers from the U.S., the Soviet Union, France and Great Britain
met in Germany for three weeks to attempt to a reconciliation of the Eastern

and Western powers. The meeting ended in a deadlock.
The President of Brazil, Getulio Dorneles Vargas committed suicide.

Four Power Meeting (Berlin)

·  Dien Bien Phu falls

·  Geneva Accords

·  SEATO established

·  Revolt breaks out in Algeria

·  USS Nautilus launched

·  McCarthy Army Hearing

·  Gunfire in the Capital

·  Segregation ruled illegal

·  US-backed coup in Guatemala

·  F-104 makes its debut

·  Boeing unveils the 707

·  Lockheed introduces the YC-130 "Hercules"

·  First kidney transplant

·  Soviets introduce the MIG-19


Pulitzer Prizes

Drama: John Patrick ... "The Teahouse of the August Moon"
Fiction; Bruce Catton ... "A Stillness at Appomattox"
History: Jim G. Lucas ... "Scripps-Howard Newspaper Alliance"
International Reporting: Richard Wilson ... "Des Moines Register & Tribune"
Public Service: "Newsday" (Garden City, NY)




1954's Most Requested
Pop Hits:


1. Shake Rattle and Roll - Bill Haley and The Comets
2. Young At Heart - Frank Sinatra
3. Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) - The Crew-Cuts
4. Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney
5. Mr Sandman - The Chordettes
6. Goodnight Sweetheart Goodnight - Spaniels
7. Stranger In Paradise - Tony Martin
8. Three Coins In The Fountain - Al Alberts and Four Aces
9. Oh! My Papa - Eddie Fisher
10. Naughty Lady of Shady Lane - Ames Brothers






Popular Television Shows

1 I Love Lucy (CBS)
2. The Jackie Gleason Show (CBS)
3. Dragnet (NBC)
4. You Bet Your Life (NBC)
5. The Toast of the Town (CBS)
6. Disneyland (ABC)
7. The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
8. The George Gobel Show (NBC)
9. Ford Theatre (NBC)
10. December Bride (CBS)





Popular Movies

1. White Christmas
2. The Caine Mutiny
3. The Glenn Miller Story
4. The Egyptian
5. Rear Window
6. The High and the Mighty
7. Magnificent Obsession
8. Three Coins in the Fountain
9. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
10. Desiree






Academy Awards

Best Picture: "On the Waterfront"
Best Director: Elia Kazan ... "On the Waterfront"
Best Actor: Marlon Brando ... "On the Waterfront"
Best Actress: Grace Kelly ... "The Country Girl"




Sports:

NBA:
Minneapolis Lakers vs.
Syracuse Nationals Series:
4-3
NCAA Football:
Ohio State & UCLA Record:10-0-0 & 9-0-0
Heisman Trophy:
Alan Ameche, wisconsin,
FB points: 1,068
Stanley Cup:
Detroit Red Wings
vs. Montreal Canadiens Series:
4-3
World Cup:
West Germany vs.Hungary Score:
3-2
World Series:
New York Giants
vs. Cleveland Indians Series: 4-0





Popular Books

Fiction
1."Not As a Stranger"...
Morton Thompson. Scribner
2."Mary Anne"...
Daphne du Maurier.
Doubleday
3."Love Is Eternal"..
.Irving Stone. Doubleday
4."The Royal Box"..
.Frances Parkinson Keyes. Messner
5."The Egyptian"..
.Mika Waltari. Putnam
6."No Time for Sergeants"...
Mac Hyman.
Random House
7."Sweet Thursday"..
.John Steinbeck.
Viking Press
8."The View from Pompey's Head"...
Hamilton Basso. Doubleday
9."Never Victorious, Never Defeated"...
Taylor Caldwell. McGraw-Hill
10. "Benton's Row"..
.Frank Yerby. Dial Press
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Nonfiction
1."The Holy Bible:
Revised Standard Version"... Nelson
2."The Power of Positive Thinking"...
Norman Vincent Peale.
Prentice-Hall
3."Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book"... Meredith
4."Betty Crocker's Good and Easy Cook Book"... Simon & Schuster
5."The Tumult and the Shouting"
by Grantland Rice. A. S. Barnes
6."I'll Cry Tomorrow"... Lillian Roth,
Gerold Frank and Mike Connolly.
Frederick Fell
7."The Prayers of Peter Marshall"...
ed. by Catherine Marshall.
McGraw-Hill
8."This I Believe, 2"...
ed. by Raymond Swing. Simon & Schuster
9."But We Were Born Free"...Elmer Davis. Bobbs-Merrill
10."The Saturday Evening Post Treasury"...
ed. by Roger Butterfield.
Simon & Schuster

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
PAULING, LINUS CARL, U.S.A., California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, b. 1901, d. 1994: "for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances"

Literature
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST MILLER, U.S.A., b. 1899, d. 1961: "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style"

Peace
OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES Geneva, an international relief organization, founded by U.N. in 1951.

Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: ENDERS, JOHN FRANKLIN, U.S.A., Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA,; Research Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Medical Center, Boston, MA, b. 1897, d. 1985; WELLER, THOMAS HUCKLE, U.S.A., Research Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Medical Center, Boston, MA, b. 1915; and ROBBINS, FREDERICK CHAPMAN, U.S.A., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, b. 1916: "for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue"

Physics
The prize was divided equally between: BORN, MAX, Great Britain, Edinburgh University, b. 1882 (in Breslau, then Germany), d. 1970: "for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction"; and BOTHE, WALTHER, Germany, Heidelberg University, Max-Planck Institut (former Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut) fŸr medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, b. 1891, d.1957: "for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith."









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