
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
(see details by scrolling down this
page)
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
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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
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"We will miss them, but not forget
them"

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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
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)
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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"
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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
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Nobel PrizesChemistry
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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