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LHSAA
Lincoln High School Alumni Association
Magazine
1960s
♥
Winter Issue 2020 - 21
The Times They Were a-Changin’ Volume 24 • No. 1
From the President
LHSAA
Lincoln High School Alumni Association
Dear Fellow Cardinal Alumni, site can see the
I hope you are all doing well and staying safe new building tak-
Magazine in this time of COVID-19. With the hope of ing shape. It is on
vaccines on the horizon, we can at least see some schedule to open
light at the end of the tunnel. This edition of the in the fall of 2022
Winter 2020-21 alumni magazine covers many interesting topics, and is predicted
Volume 24 • No. 1 including a focus on the classes of the 60’s, to be a “state of
introduction of the new inductees into the Hall the art” learning
Who We Are of Honor, Black Student Union history and the facility. Lincoln
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION recent collaboration of the Lincoln High School High School’s
Glenn McMath ‘80 Alumni Association and Friends of Lincoln. Two future is bright,
President • FOL Liaison very different organizations that share the same but we cannot ignore the current challenges
goal of supporting Lincoln High School. faced by many families in Portland. On
Dana Barton Cress ‘64
As always, I want to remind our members line learning being one of those challenges,
Secretary/Treasurer • Archives and readers that we are a non-profit organization which most likely will continue through
Magazine that relies heavily on member’s dues and donations. the school year. If you are wondering how
Brian Lamson ‘78 This magazine is expensive to publish, so any you can support the students, please
2nd Vice President • Reunions additional support you can provide is greatly consider donating time or money to Friends
Food Drive needed and appreciated. In addition to financial of Lincoln. Your contributions are very
Roscoe Nelson ‘66 support we are also looking for new board much appreciated and please know that all
Member at Large members for the LHSAA and/or committee donations go straight to the classroom.
Emily Duden Pinkerton ‘87 contributors. If you have any interest, please We can all make a difference!
Website Director
contact me or any of the current board members. All the best.
Finally, I would like to mention the status
David Perlman ‘65 of Lincoln and the new campus. Those of us Go Cards!
Member at Large who live in town and drive by the construction
From the Principal
THE ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Contributing Editors
Dana Barton Cress ‘64
Dear LHS Alumni, design Multi-
Arthur Spencer ‘56 I am happy to be writing at the close of Cultural spaces
Magazine - Memorials 2020. In contrast, 2019 was such an uplifting and programing
Lauren Livesay - Livesay Design year, reconnecting with Lincoln alumni and for our new
Graphic Design families during our Sesquicentennial activities and school.
celebrations. Last June, I wrote of the resilience Our teachers
ARCHIVES of our Class of 2020 Seniors. In December, I have done amazing
Katie Bush can’t help but share my sorrow for our students work to shift to
Dana Barton Cress who continue to sacrifice so much for the safety using a completely new “Canvas” system
of others. At the same time, I continue to be so for teaching and learning, grading, and
proud of our amazingly dedicated young progress monitoring. They have spent
CONTACTS
people, our teachers and staff, who have all hours mastering technology tools such
Board Members
shown herculean and athenian efforts to stay as Google Meet and Zoom, as well as
e-mail: lhsaa@lincolnalum.org engaged in teaching and learning through this navigating the use of education apps
mail: 4931 S.W. 76th Ave. ongoing Covid-19 global pandemic. such as NearPod, Padlet, Pair Deck,and
#282 Portland, OR 97225 Our freshmen were greeted this fall 100% a host of extensions. We have launched
WEBSITE: www.lincolnalum.org virtually by upperclassmen serving as Cardinal new Digital Audio/Sound Production
DONATIONS • ENDOWMENT Ambassadors. It was truly amazing to see the and Construction Management classes.
FUND 4931 S.W. 76th #282 efforts our older students made to create a Students are doing at home science labs
Portland, OR 97225 warm welcome through virtual tours of our and art projects using kits sent home
school, videos of campus activities including by our teachers, and are engaged in
the band playing the LHS fight song. Upper- math projects using Desmos and other
classmen facilitated small groups to help teach technologies. Students are reading a
the incoming Class of 2024 our “Go Cards” variety of texts including works by James
values. Since then students have created on-line Baldwin and Caludia Rankine, as well as
peer tutoring programs, participated in food classics such as Persepolis and The Great
Printing donated by Pamplin Media
Group, which is Oregon’s largest source
drives, and maintained activities such as Pop Gatsby. Students continue to study
of local news. Cycles with Band, Choir and Theatre students Mandarin, Arabic, German, Spanish,
performing and collaborating 100% online. In French and ASL all on line. We have
addition student leaders are working to help hosted several 8th Grade Information.
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CONTENTS
MESSAGE FROM
LHSAA BOARD
LHSAA’s mission is to “Honor the Past,
To Inspire the Future”.Responses from our
alums from the 60’s came in with great
4 The Sixties – The Times
numbers and enthusiasm! Your donations
are needed to produce our magazine on
a quarterly basis!
They Were a-Changin’ To say the challenges, we have all
faced in 2020 are difficult is an understate-
Alumni share their fondest memories ment. 10 months ago, we bought masks
of Lincoln High School in the Sixties. and stocked up on toilet paper never
dreaming that as this year closes the end
15 Thomas Hardy Fountain
is not in sight. I am proud of how we have
stepped up to help those who need our
help, whether financially or by tutoring our
4 Sculpture
virtual students. The teachers and staff
Good news on the future of have worked so hard at redesigning how
they teach and finding creative ways to
the sculpture on the new school campus. help students access virtual classrooms.
Our HALL OF HONOR is back! We
16 LHS Hall of Honor
have so many alums who have made a
difference in our world.
Please nominate an alum
The Hall of Honor identifies and awards you would like to see
honored. Send names to
both Lincoln Alumni and individuals Glenn McMath –
15 who have worked at the school, that glennmcmath@comcast.net
Once a CARD... always
have made noteworthy contributions
a CARD
to society.
19 Seventh Annual Lincoln
Alumni Food Drive The Annual Thank you to Dr. Robert
Pamplin, Jr., owner of the
16 Lincoln Alumni Food Drive has been a Pamplin Media Group,
for printing & labeling
long tradition at Lincoln of giving back our magazine. Pamplin
to the community. Media Group is Oregon’s
largest source of local
22 LHS Legends Sports Complex
news. Bob graduated
from Lincoln in 1960 with
honors. He is a business-
man, philanthropist,
The behind-the-scenes efforts necessary farmer, ordained minister,
19 to field Lincoln’s teams and athletes. historic preservationist, educator, and
author of 43 books (and comic books).
No other living American has earned
eight degrees, which, according to the
Guinness Book of World Records, is a
world record. Look for Dr. Pamplin
in the next Hall of Honor! Go to:
https://pamplin.org to learn more
about this outstanding CARD!
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On the Cover
The Winter 2020-21 looks at the 60’s Alum
in the Times They Were a-Changin’. LHS Alumni News Magazine | Winter Issue 2020-21 3
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KATY WHITE QUALMAN
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I transferred to Lincoln in September 1960, at the Mrs. A
beginning of my Junior year. I had attended Cat-
I was advised strongly to take chemistry my senior year, and somehowMy gotfondest lin memories
a junior Gabel for two come years, fromandthe while it was an ex-
incredible friends I mad
cellent school, I wanted a different and broader
boy named Ben Ermence to agree to be my lab partner! He was deft at lighting
Lincoln. Many the I continue to see on a regular basis and we oft
FRITZI SCHULTZE
Bunsen burner as well as figuring out equations! I don’t think I actually thoughts
“copied”,
experience. I certainly found that at Lincoln!
from
Thebut the “goodoftime”
spectrum classes 60s.available to me was
FRAGER
I passed the class!! Class of 1961 exciting, and there were so many extra-cur- ler – Senior
b
nior
Marty Treece ricular and social experiences that IMknew rs. Am
wFritzi
I got a ju
was Schultze
advised Frager
strongly to take chemistry my that I had made the right choice. It was also
Class of 1966 my y
m e h o th e
and so ng
at lighti year,
deftsenior uand somehow got a junior boy fro m o u
He was Classc o p ie of
d ”, b1961.
t
nice to be reunited with my classmates m afrom
d e
h a re
“
ally
I actunamed Ben Ermence to agree to be my nds I oof fte n s
’t think Shattuck Grade Schoolib(now
e d le friethedhome w e
lab partner! He was deft atErmence
lighting the the Schooltof in c r s anPortland
Editors note: Bennie died 4/25/75 – he was a junior when he helped Fritzi! he Architecture asifor
Bunsen burner as well as figuring out oState
m e ro m
fUniversity). a r e g u la r b
c n
ritzi! ories eenjoyed see oMr. Lehman’s Drama classes,
h en he h
elped F equations! I don’t think I actually “copied”, but I
n d e s t meImespecially
o n t i n u to 6 0 s.
My andfo years nlater y I cwhen oI dwas imine”London watching Agatha Christie’s
w
s a jun io r
passed the class! a t
“Mousetrap” ln . M “go
Linco s(oldest continuously
m th e
frothrilled
performed play in the world) I
remembered u g h t
how I was to be chosen to play Molly when Mouse-
th o
trap was our Senior play. It had a very small cast, and I remember what
e
Fritzi Schultze good friends weTreallecbecame during rehearsals.
concentrates on Marty activity
Another 1 9 6 I remember fondly was Journalism, learning
6that
lettering C l a ss of
techniques in
to write for a newspaper and putting out The Cardinal. The movie West
commercial Side Story came out our Senior year, (do you remember?) and I was
Ben Erm
en ce art class. assigned to review Discus it.was
They mygavesportme and free
won passes for the
the State same preview
Tournament . The Lincoln newsp
night the reporters me and forasked
the Portland
the question papers what (Themy Oregonian,
aspirations for The Journal,
a career were. Stupi
and The Portland Reporter)
seriously and I did were notthere
thinktoit write
out very their reviews:
well. I said Iitwould
was love to be an a
very special—Iknow felt just
thatlike Lois became
I quickly Lane! Later in the laughingstock
the school year I was assigned and my friends Jim
Benabout
to write Ermencethe selection
teased me every of time
our Rose Festival princess, but in the end
I saw them.
someone else had to do it!
Football four-year letter winner; 1st Team I enjoyed Lee serving on the Student Body Cabinet in the Spring of our newsp
Schwartz
coln
Senior year, and again
Class it
of 1962 was an opportunity to make new friends andhe Lin tup
Lincolnplayed
All-PIL; High School Memories
in Shriners Class of 1962
Game; Wrestling a m e nt . T er were. S
find out more about Lincoln. I think that all of us really T o u had
r n the afeeling
c a r e b e an
four-year letter winner; Track and Field three- that we were doing something importantwoand h e
that
e
StatStudent io n s for
Government lo ve to
year letter winner; State Meet Javelin Champion; n t spir a t I wo u ld nds Jim
really meant something! my sport andion what my ay well. I said ck and my frie
One of top 20 throwers in the nation at that time. cus w to
as meewas est ver gstoclasses’
A very special Disperson h qu Miss it out Ambler,
Minnie ol laug
hinour
East played college football at Oregon State University and n d a sked t n o t think s c h o
Girls Counselor. She me awas always didvery kind and thehelpful to me, helping
Montana State University, following his completion of service to and I ly became em.
sly make
me learn the ropesseand riouto I q u icgood
k decisions
s a w th about schedules and
the United States Marine Corps. t
tha Miss rAmbler I
time had graduated from Willamette,
know
activities, as a new student. ee v e y
After college, Ron East became an American football defen- and she encouragedteseveral ased m of us to compete for the Mary L. Collins
sive tackle in the National Football League from 1967-1977. In freshman scholarship there. Itarwas tz a generous scholarship, and it enabled
1971 East and played in Super Bowl V with the Dallas Cowboys. me to attend a schoolLethat e SchIwotherwise
62 would never have been able to
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Cowboys’ Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry said, Ron East afford. I kept in touch ss of 1Miss Ambler until she retired several
Clawith
was the most aggressive player he ever coached. years later.
From 1972-1974, East was a starter at left defensive tack- From May 18, 1962, when I was selected as Lincoln’s Rose Festival
le for the San Diego Chargers, then played for the Cleveland Princess, to the end of the school year, I probably missed as many
Browns and Atlanta Falcons until retiring after playing for the classes as I attended—but all of my teachers were very kind and gave me
Seattle Seahawks in 1977. Since his retirement, he has been a real a lot of leeway about tests and assignments. It was thrilling to be whisked
estate developer in Seattle, Washington. all over town in a white Buick convertible with my name on the side!
A great experience—and one that from time to time has had further
reverberations: in 2012 I was invited to the Princess selection at Lincoln
MARGARET PALMER as part of my classes’ 50th anniversary festivities, and I happened to sit
next to the family whose daughter was selected. Later we reconnected at
FALSANO Class of 1961
Our years at Lincoln were fun and not
Mrs. Ambler – Senior counse
several Rose Festival Association activities (our court got to ride in the
Grand Floral Parade, in 1960s convertibles! Mine broke down halfway
through!) and Cassidy Zusman and I have been friends ever since,
complex. Our biggest worry for the gals through her time at U of O, then graduate school, and now teaching in
was if our mothers would buy us Pendleton the Beaverton School District! A very unexpected bonus.
reversible skirts, Berg’s name blouses in I loved Lincoln, and still do. I am excited to see the new building
several colors, Lanz dresses or dyed-to- take shape every time I drive by. My heartfelt thanks to the people who
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rom the incredible friends I made from my years at
match skirt and sweater sets. Also, who might My
the sock hop after the football game.
ask us to dance
oldest
made my two years there so special. The memories will never fade!
at of LHS was the first day of school, first period, freshman year. I
memory
was in Mr. Bell’s music class (why the hell was I there? Was it required?).....and he
4 LHS Alumni News Magazine | Winterhorror,
ee on a regular basis and we often share our good asked each of us to sing a series of notes to determine where to place us. To my
Issue 2020-21 Background photo above: Mrs. Ambler – Senior counselor
I was the first to be called and my voice was so awful (still is) that the entire
class fell into entire chaos laughing their asses off. The whole hour went downhill
from there as the students pointed and snickered at me the entire time! Great start ,
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LEE SCHWARTZ DAVID HENRY halls of Lincoln and could he
Class of 1962 Class of 1963 its damage. Our football field
✻ halls of Lincoln and could hear the windows in class rooms expl the field collapsed into the st
Discus was my sport and we won the State Tournament. The
Lincoln newspaper did a big write up on me and asked the
its damage. Our football field we watched as the stadium lights
question what my aspirations for athe
Those were career were. Stupid
days….making newme lifelong friends, curfews, double dates hoping your
considerable damage to the w
to Lincoln that night will nev
teammate.
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Two things come to mind. First
concerned about "social distanc
took the question too seriously and I did not think it out verynew study habits, enjoying the wonderful
the field collapsed into the street with a shower of sparks. This s
date was driving not his parent, learning at least one yard apart at all tim
well.wanting
multitude of teachers I said I to
would
cu rf e w
impartlove
s, d oublelives. ho
datesTho
wisdoms of world preparing us for the future, Robert
concern(Buzz)
aboutCoplen
homosexuality a
considerable damage to the
lo n g
westfr ie n d
coast s, and cost many
s….making new life
to be
all the extracurricular an atomic
activities offered sports, academic clubs, social clubs, finding than of
Class three
‘63feet. Second, I remem
Those were thtoe d ay ways to take a breakphysicist. Little
for a little
d y h
strolldid
ab it s,to IBergs, Mary
e n won
joying theScott
MeirCampbell
and Frank, andOlds and King
her escort onstage
John Sinner; Laurie Shaylor andalone doing a soliloquy
her escort
Lincoln that nightlewill never
g n e w st
forgetu what we witnessed. caught
Levin my
andfeet
her on my robe, my
ng not his parent, arnin
know that I quickly
pretending it was all about going to Downtownescort
Rick East; Student Body presidnet Terry Murphy; Julie
Library.
Tim We wereAmyblessed to aand
have
heraescort Dave
us for t
lapsHenry;
of some friends in the front
date was driviteammate.
Stetson; Kendrick Patsy
became
smaller Portland High School
m s
the
soschool
o f w o rl d p re p ar in
able to know multitude
g
Swinney and ofher
ourescort
classmates.
George Best
Brice and Martha Powers
have toanddoher escort to embarra
anything
art wisdo
memories Basketball
anting to imp
laughing stock and
Rally cheering our Team to Johnwins, all the
Petersen posegreat
for dance opportunities
photographer.
multitude of teachers w bs, social clubs,
my friends
havingJim
and when I was a senior
Strickland and
siblings in every
d
class. Laterallrealizing
I remember
sp
Bobhad all gone
o rt s, ac
the fun one
ad e m
of my
we had
ic cl u
publishing Charlie (Chuck) Swenson
ties offere
parents, 4 grandparents and an Aunt to Lincoln Class of 1967.
thepreviously.
newspaperThe CressWoods
Clan
r activiCoplen
and writing in Mrs.
all the extracuRobert rricula(Buzz) Peets teased me every
continues to attend Lincoln even today with nieces a few years
class. Cathy Cress,ago
e
and great
Martha
ir an d Fr
nieces
Powers,
an
Fores
k, O ld s and King
time IGo
and nephews currently.
r a lit
saw
tl e stroll to Bergs,
them.
Cardinals M
Beaudry, Bill Snell, Robert Wagner and all.
ways to ta ke a
Classb re ak
of fo
‘63 Good times.
W e were blessed to
o w n to w n Li b ra ry .
ut going to D ROBERT (BUZZ) COPLEN
Terrie Cress Sargent
pretending it was all abo o f o u r cl as sm ates. B
Class of 1962
able to know m u lt it u d e
P o rt la n d H ig h Sc h o o l so Class of 1963
at dance oA
smaller to w in s, al l th e gr e
ri e s B as ke tb al l R al ly ch eering our Team in g o n e of
memo Two things come to mind. ry cl as s.
eve Mr. Schneider (principal) La te r re al iz Associate
g siblings inFirst,
Univ of M
h e n I w as a se n io r h av in vi o u sly. The
I had wonderful years at LHS, graduat
___________________________
an w
dTERRIE ad all go n e to Li n co ln p re I moved to Portland with my family in
My favorite memories
concerned were
about all the Aunt hdistancing"
"social
an friends I made at Lincoln
between boys and High School gire
I did not know a soul and was afootba
skinn
CRESS SARGENT ts an d
Dancing school and rivalry
ts , 4 gr an d p ar e
arenmy Incredible teachers !!! I lovedday
pAnd n yeTom
w Wall, ag o
arsWhite. Second an d gr
Lincoln. Far beyond expectations,
at
Class of
least
1962
one yard ve
apart n to at them
all w itall.
h
times. n ie ceThey a feMacy
s advisor; I believe
used
it was gender
geography, my first and
a yardstick
day there that
socio-eco
ln e
HeBill
wanted toJohn
see what I could doTree
and
co
Theyn ti
Those n u e
opened
were s
the to at up teworlds
days....making nco
d Lilifelong
nnew to me,
friends, my
curfews, love
Front
of
Row: Mr.
French
Hank Crawford,
language
II was
and
Reed,
lossfascinated
Culture,
Row: Dennis Boone, John Geiser, Buzz Coplen, Tim Dickel. Not pictured:
So,exception
I did a poster
Tehan,
of Bill andwith
Europ
with who
Marty
the totem
his wife Jan inpoles
a totem
we pole
a tra
of
concern about
in tl
ndown G o
y.wonderful C
double dates hoping your date was driving not his parent,
cu rreBooks ar d
homosexualityin al s Spencer
at that
Chen, Rick Pope.
point, or about
of Marty
those
and gave it to him the next day.
unfairl
ewloves Iassembled
earned our belated apologies and
an d nenew
History
learning pmyhstudy habits, of
graduated
enjoying the
on theand
1969
freewayReading,
and the freeway had just been
multitude and
builta but
I was
and there was aheaded
photo more!
not yet
senior
taken
opened so ourFriday,
on 10/12/1962
downoftoour class as
Lincoln from
class it was in the evening and I was
parttheofoverpass
He studied it for a long time and finally
quarterback,” the team’s center. I
every art piece the school needed: po
the football team to play Jefferson
return home late from practice wit
than three feet. Second, I remember that when I was in a
of teachers wanting to impart wisdoms of world preparing us
that is Salmon Street. I think the photo might be in
for the future, all the extracurricular activities offered sports,
was really showing "the times" as we all think of PIL
thatSchool.
High yearbook or somewhere
Lincoln
cars points,
else 2but
was number
zipping but
by onwethe
would have my artwork and my name
it year and
that
freeway
hoped
parents’
Jeffbeet
I turned hadtopless
morebar and restauran
red.
not them! As I arrived
to beat youthful
and fascination
parked mywith the danc
academic clubs, social clubs, finding wayswaving
to takefroma break for aof the freeway.
onstage alone doing a soliloquy ("If music be the food of l
influential with respect to academ
Nicholas
Terrie Cre ss Sargen t
Utzinger
little stroll to Bergs,
teenagers standing
Meir and Frank, Olds and King pretend-
the middle Corvair (made by Chevy) just outside of the entrance
room, Coaches office the wind had begun to beI even
to
Pretty soon, the lockerseemed
everyone
a force of personality
veryeventually
impressive. served
to know
and academ
Thein the studen
ing it was all about going to theCourtney-McEvers
Cynthia Downtown Library. We were
(Morrison).
Class
blessed of
Class of caught 1965
1962 my feet on my robe, my knees buckled, I fell to the
to a have ClassLincoln
a smaller of 1969 so we were able to know a
Columbus Day storm had arrived with a high of
thanks to Typhoon Freda. The storm is a contender
He115 mphthe
changed
for the
I have used
winds
trajectory of my life th
titledesign
art and of in everythin
multitude of our classmates. Best memories Basketball Rally most powerful extratropical cyclone and I would never have been able to d
laps of some friends in the front row who had promised to
cheering our Team to wins, all the great dance opportunities
and when I was a senior having siblings in every class. Later
recorded in the U.S. in the
20th century.
This yearand
one for He
absolute
proved
thehelped
to bebelief in me.
an active
meLincoln
Affiliated to believe in myself.
Men. The boys involved in this
have to do anything to embarrass
Affiliatedme.
realizing one of
Lincoln Men
my parents, 4
Only a few of us players
got to the locker room with the
God bless
organization have Mr. Clere and Lincoln High
provided
many useful services and
grandparents and coaches, we walked the halls of Thank
interesting you for
activity giving
plans for me a chance to r
an Aunt had all Lincoln and could hear the Lincoln students. For example,
during noon hour, movies were
gone to Lincoln windows in class rooms explode as
Charlie (Chuck) Swenson
provided for the student body
previously. The the wind did its damage on our with very little expenses and
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football field, we watched as the boys from this organization
Cress Clan con-
I had wonderful years
Class of 1967. at LHS,
tinues to attend graduating
stadium lightsinon1964. the north side supervised barbecues given by
the school. The money from
of the field collapsed into
I moved to Portland witheven
Lincoln my family the in 1960
street with afrom
showerSan of Francisco. these activities went to the
Affiliated Lincoln Men treasury
I did not know a soul today andwith nieces
was a skinny
sparks. This no-name
storm caused freshman atprovide
to LHS. for future plans. A
a few years ago considerable damage to the new intramural sports program
and great nieces west coast and cost many was initiated to be in action
I believe it was my and firstnephews
day there lives. thatThose I went of usto thatMr.
madeClere's during artforclass.
and after school hours
and the first year, a president
currently. Go it to Lincoln that night will
He wanted to see what Cardinals I could do and asked me
never forget what we witnessed. to do a poster of Canada.
was elected by members.
II was fascinated with the totem poles
LHSthere.
Alumni News Magazine | Winter Issue 2020-21 5
So, I did a poster with a totem pole of my own making
and gave it to him the next day.
Julie Levin Jelline
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schools; I always found my p
holar in my class, with a 3.99 GPA, and winning academic awards didn't David Avshalomov Rose Festival
education Princess
my fellow students
get me dates with the girls I admired. Socially at Lincoln I was a loner, Class of 1963
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and choir kids, didn't do sports (though I probably would have done OK Class of ‘63
focus on music--the legendary George Bell was my first Great Teacher, My other memories of high s
rogant behind regularly and demanded extra-- sing tenor solos, learn to
DAVID AVSHALOMOV
bit, write my first musical compositions for the choir, and mind my P's and JULIE LEVIN JELLINE Student Body President and,
constantly amazed that a num
to learn a decade or more ago that the choir class had been suspended
Class of 1963 Rose Festival Princess - Class of 1963 day. I also find it so impressi
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ams were under administrator attack nationwide). I hear it is back.
on to have such productive c
niscences of various teachers if you tell me names you need stories
The trigger/prompt for this note was that
the redoubtable Mrs. Ruth Arbuckle . . . The 60s at Lincoln were the greatest! The
elor, Robert Dana
Palmer, Cress found
insightfully figureda out
Cardinal articleinabout
I was struggling Mrs. friendships made there have affected my lifeFinally, I cannot forget the fu
disciplinarianmy
classbecoming
(she was theatype National Meritmisguided
of sententious Scholar. moralizing
in the most positive way up to this very day. notable was my renting a tra
✻ ✻
y impotent teacher who, when she couldn't discipline or rein in a rowdy
whole classThis surprised
after school nobody. Iand
as the punishment had alsoinstead).
solution won the So, he My adult children get a kick out of meeting basketball championship. I w
s English/Soc AATF
Studies French award,Turned
EE class instead. the Harvard Book
out it was for Prize, I was valedic-
the bright needless to say, a very good
on independent work assignments. their kids’ friends, only to discover that their
torian (beating out Richard Rosenblum). This despite being a
grandparents were peers of mine at Ainsworth Will or Lincoln. It
Glasgow
year younger than my class. My valedictory speech ineffectually
v
scolded my graduating classmates about world hunger and would seem that some of us have not wandered LHS too
'64 far afield.
the Communist Menace (plus my hair kept falling down in my I look forward to visiting the new I was advised strongly to ta
face from under my Lincoln High School campus when it boy named Ben Ermence to
mortarboard). I also is completed. Go Cardinals!! Bunsen burner as well as fi
got early admissions I passed the class!!
to Yale and Columbia Fritzi Schultze Frager
but chose instead to Class of 1961.
go to Harvard (Yale WILL GLASGOW
would have been Class of 1964 Editors note: Bennie Ermen
better for my ambition _______________________
to be a professional Here are some brief thoughts about my Ifour may years
not be at
accurately reme
musician, but hey, I Lincoln High School: tournament with Jim Palmer
was 17. so I went
Academically, my most significant influence was to all the games. It
Ruth
But being the top scholar in my class, with a 3.99 GPA, Arbuckle who taught me how to write a sentencereally looked
and a up to these guy
and winning academic awards didn’t make me popular or get paragraph. It sounds so simple, but if you can write a
me dates with the girls I admired. Socially at Lincoln I was a Larry Naito
loner, hung with the nerds and choir kids, didn’t do sports paragraph, you can write a book, a legal briefClass
or just about
of 1967
(though I probably would have done OK anything else. I was fortunate to be able to go to both a
at track) and tried to focus on music--the great college and law school in the east where many of the
legendary George Bell was my first Great students had gone to elite prep schools; I always found my
Teacher, and he kicked my arrogant behind public-school education at Lincoln compared very favorably
regularly and demanded extra-- sing tenor to the education my fellow students had received.
solos, learn to conduct the choir a bit, My other memories of high school are also very positive--
write my first musical compositions for from playing sports, to serving as Student Body President
the choir, and mind my P’s and Q’s. I was and, most importantly, to meeting so many Lincoln High School
great people. I Memor
very sad to learn a decade or more ago am constantly amazed that a number of the friendships that
that the choir class had been suspended I forged in that period endure to
(school music programs were under
administrator attack nationwide). I hear this day. I also find it so
it is back. impressive that so many indi-
I could provide reminiscences of viduals that I went to school
various teachers if you tell me names with have gone on to have such
you need stories about. Starting with productive careers, contributing to
the redoubtable Mrs. Ruth Arbuckle . . society in so many different ways.
Example: My counselor, Robert Finally, I cannot forget the
Palmer, insightfully figured out I fun and games that were part
was struggling in Mrs. Lenington’s of my Lincoln High experience.
bitterly disciplinarian class (she was Most notable was my renting a
the type of sententious misguided trailer to go to Eugene to see
moralizing but ultimately morally
impotent teacher who, when Lincoln take third in the State
she couldn’t discipline or rein basketball championship. I was
in a rowdy boy, would keep joined by my classmate, John
the whole class after school as Schwabe, and others, and, need-
the punishment and solution less to say, a very good time was had by all.
instead). So, he transferred me
to his English/Soc Studies EE
class instead. Turned out it JILL BELFORD CARTER
was for the bright misfits. We Class of 1964
thrived on independent work
assignments. Great classmates, even greateramemories, ool
a id e r s ) t sch
yet sad that wendhave e lost
R too many too
soon. R e
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verOnce
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Class of 1964
in me, for it
KATHRYN (KITTY)
GREEN WRIGHT
DREW MCCALLEY
prope
Class of 1964 Class of 1964
Another Me
I had wonderful years at LHS, graduating in On a rainy Thanksgiving weekend in 1961, I
mory……. No
1964. I moved to Portland with my family in arrived back in Portland (my birthplace), after
moving around all over the world as an Army
✻ 1960 from San Francisco. I did not know a
at Lincoln, a
soul and was a skinny no-name freshman vem✻be brat for most of my life up until then. Entering
Lincoln, the following Monday, two months into
at LHS.
nd those of ✻
my sophomore year, knowing no one, I was welcomed and befriended
u s o
I believe it was my first day there that I went to Mr. Clere’s
Mrs. Allen. n
immediately by my new classmates, by Grif Lloyd on I arrived
my first atday,
Lincoln
and in the fall o
All of a sudd th
art class. He wanted to see what I could do and asked me to
do a poster of Canada. I was fascinated with the totem poles
then by my now- lifelong friends Craig McCroskey,
Norm Shea, and many others. I felt very much at
HighMike school
school
home.
Sugg,
years,and
challengeswere
teachers
at Mr.
and Lincoln
that reading
Cover, c
prese
very supp
m
en, Ave
Besides the excellent education I received as atshe
Lincoln
spend as(which
considerable time w
said, "Presid
there. So, I did a poster with a totem pole of my own making well choir. Playing
ght
and gave it to him the next day. He studied it for a long time became obvious as I mingled with students from other
for meplaces
a in
rather thin book enti
ent Kennedy college), my best memories at Lincoln are of pleasure.
singingtwo in our
French
Winning
outstanding
Foreign Legion
thesoc
and finally looked at me and said every art piece the school
tournament in The
Eugene,
end up a
has bM
choir, under the direction of the brilliant (and demanding!!) for a fewGeorge
hortly. So, thoughtmIewould eting, anadd something.
needed: posters, dance invitations, etc. hours. a
e
Bell. Mr. Bell not only made me a much better singer, her he also
unforgettable...
interest taught
in me, I
forlook
it fo
prope
would have my artwork and my name on it
d the rest of
me about discipline, listening, teamwork, and never accepting anything
for as long as we were both there. I turned less than the very best you can do. When all of the Another high school choirs
the day
Memory…….
Haffin a Novemb
outdooI rloved
n Jr. Class President. playing footbal
beet red. in Portland performed together, it was plainly evident Courtney
that we were
s, cloudy and
at Lincoln, and those of us on
Pretty soon, everyone seemed to know class by ourselves. Class
Mrs. Allen.of ‘64 All of a sudden, A
gray. After
my name. I even eventually served in the I also got a lot of satisfaction from running on the track team,
said, "President Kennedy has
r e a
d Ms. Labby's English Class jarred awas
t the special havi
even though I was a pretty bad athlete. I was the slowest miler in
l l
student government as Girls League
y
meeting, and the rest of the d
President. Portland (finishing last in every single competitive race I ran), but I
outdoors, cloudy runningand gray. A
headlines on
He changed the trajectory of mymylife
Celebrating
just loved running. I remember my permanently
75th shortly. So, thought I would add something. Memories… well
mud-stained
still don't
really jarred at theitheadlines
A
shorts.
ClassAnd I remember
I loved the satisfaction of finallyand
being able to make
s s assinaof t
Mr. Clere - Art
oures soote The droghte tedMarch hath perced
know
that day. I have used art and how I in
design won vote on Jr. President. playing football Freshman
all Labby's
the way English
throughClass
our was
weekly winter runusupmemorize Assassinated."
the hill through
"Whan Washing-
everything I have done as a career and I wouldSophomore years. And Ms. special having
."
___________________________________________________________ never have been tonsoote
that Aprille with his shoures ParkTheanddroghte
Hoyt Arboretum
of March hath toperced
the Zoo, androote
to the back,..."without
Tales stopping.
able to do that without his guidance and absolute belief inand
of Canterbury me. This
First the laid
Prologue. theAgroundwork for
good time of growth my lifetime
for love
this Lincoln of Charles
hiking
grad. and(Tim) Dickel
backpack-
greater memories, yet sad that we have lost too many too soon. Class of 1964
He helped me to believe in myself.
the Prologue. A good time of growth for this
ys a CARD! Here's to the class of '64!! ing, where endurance is the key to the rewards of the wilderness.
Asher Wilson
God bless Mr. Clere and Lincoln High School. Class of 1964
CHARLES (TIM)
Charles (DICKEL
Thank you for giving me a chance to remember him and
Tim) Dickel
Lincoln once again.
Class of 1964
ASHER WILSON Class of 196 I arrived at Lincoln in the fall of 1960, as
4
a 13 year old. I had struggled with reading
Class of 1964 during my grade school years, and Mr. Cover,
my English and Social Studies teacher, seemed
Celebrating my 75th shortly. So, thought I to understand the challenges that reading presented to me. He
introduced me to Mrs. Helen Keyser, the librarian, and she
would add something. Memories... well spend considerable time with me, asking about my interests and
still don’t know how I won the vote for Jr. imagination. She then selected for me a rather thin book entitled
Class President. I loved playing football
Mrs. Chamberlain was my teacher. She was a sweetheart. I would get tests back with Raft of Despair by Ensio Tiira. It was a great adventure story
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Freshman
my first love in that class. 60 plusand
yearsSophomore years. And Ms. Labby’s English
later we are still pals! about two French Foreign Legion soldiers who jump ship in the
aced in advancedClass was
English withspecial
Mrs. Labbyhaving usinmemorize
After I turned “Whan
my first paper, she that Aprille
asked I remember all the fun we Indian Ocean, expecting
had publishing and writing tothe
be newspaper
on the water for Woods
in Mrs. a few hours. The
e end of day. She said my paper was one of the worst she had ever read. She asked class. Cathy Cress, Martha
with his shoures soote The droghte of
nts two days early. She went over them and I had to do major rewrites. She would March hath perced to end up adrift
Powers, for
Fores a few
Beaudry, months.
Bill One
Snell, survives.
Robert Wagner and
the roote ...” Tales of Canterbury and First the
that I had a career as an advertising writer in Chicago. Won some major awards! all. Prologue.
Good timesA I am grateful to Mrs. Keyser for her interest
help students atgood time
the local of growth
high school for this
write their entrance Lincoln
essays. grad.
I was batting 1000!
in me, for it propelled me into reading for
h better writer than his Mom! David Henry pleasure in a way that still captivates my life.
Class of 1963 Another Memory....... November 22, 1963
seemed a pretty ordinary day. Things were
moving along at Lincoln, and those of us on
the Fall Student Body Cabinet were assembled,
along with our advisor, Mrs. Allen. All of a
sudden, Avery Schwartz, the Athletics
Representative, burst into the room and
said, “President Kennedy has been shot.”
Mrs. Allen gasped, “Oh, my God!!” That
sort of ended the meeting, and the rest of the day was
filled with a strange sense of gloom. Of course, it was raining
outdoors, cloudy and gray. After school, Anne Finkbeiner and I
walked downtown. I remember being really jarred at the headlines
on the newspapers at Rich’s Cigar Store, for they read “Kennedy
Assassinated.”
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I was sent home as a freshman f
t automatically in the State Tournament. We had
o advance to State. In another nail biter game,
✻
t two games at State but lost to the eventual
nals. We closed out our magical season by
SCOTT CRESS
or 3rd place. The “Band of Brothers” as we
Boller, Courtney Haff, Avery Schwartz, Dee
Class of 1964
✻
GEORGIA CLARK SAVINAR
Class of 1965
✻ Georgia Clark Savinar
Class of 1965
✻
Jim McGehee, Bill Palmer, Lyle Adams, John
man, John Geiser, Craig Murphy and Steve Regarding the drinking fountain leaners,
1964 hard
ht me to work Basketball
and leftTeam – PIL
me with City
lifelong
Champions – 3rd Place State Tournament I recall some boys being suspended for
rs)! We remain a team today!
“The Long and Winding Road” sung by the
Beattles describes the 1963-64 season. The
season was divided into two halves. We finished the 1st half
wearing their (probably madras plaid) shirts
untucked. David Perlman
Class of to
I was sent home as a freshman for wearing culottes 1965 President
school.
✻
with 6 win/4 loss
second half webecoming
finished with 9Merit Scholar. This surprised nobody. I had also won the AATF Frenchschool
a National
Past LHSAA President
✻
record. Thefor this note was that Dana Cress found a Cardinal article about my I arrived at Lincoln in the fall of 1960,
The trigger/prompt
years, and Mr. Cover, my Engli
award,
wins/1 loss record. the Harvard
We played Book Prize, I wasDAVID
valedictorian PERLMAN
(beating out Richard Rosenblum).
despite being a year younger than my class. My valedictory speech ineffectually scolded my
This challenges that reading presented to m
she spend considerable time with me,
Washington High School
graduating to
classmates Class
about world of 1965
hunger and the• Communist
Past LHSAA (plus my hair kept for me a rather thin book entitled Raf
President
Menace
two French Foreign Legion soldiers wh
decide who wouldfallingbe PIL
down City
in my face from under my mortarboard). I also got early admissions to Yale and
Columbia but chose instead to go to Harvard (Yale would have been better for my ambitionfor toa few hours. The end up adrift for
Champion... we won that game Where
be a professional musician, but were
hey, I was 17.)you on November 22, 1963? ...... her interest in me, for it propelled me
71-66 to claim the PIL City when you heard the news of Kennedy’s Another Memory……. November 22, 1
Championship. But wait... yes, assassination? I was in my junior English at Lincoln, and those of us on the Fall
we were City Champions, but class and Mr. Sanders left the room and came back crying
Mrs. Allen. All ofand
a sudden, Avery Sch
we were not automatically in the told us. We were all shocked and looked at eachsaid, other"President Kennedy has been sho
in total
meeting, and the rest of the day was f
State Tournament. We had to disbelief. We were the TV generation and Kennedy wascloudy
outdoors, ourand gray. After scho
play Grant in a playoff game to first TV President. He was charming and handsome withat the
really jarred a headlines on the n
advance to State. In another nail beautiful, sophisticated wife and now it was all gone. Assassinated."
For our
biter game, we beat Grant! We generation, the assassination was also
rlman
Charles (Tim) Dickel
won our first two games at State but lost to the eventual a v id P e n t the first national event played
Class of 1964out on
D
champion Parkrose in the semi-finals. We closed out our ss of 1965 Pres
ide
la television, its scenes
hat Dana Cress found
magical a Cardinal
season article about
by beating my
Pendleton C
High School for 3rd place. S A
DavidA P r esident
Perlman repeatedly flash-
his surprised nobody. I had also won the AATF French
The “Band of Brothers” as we remain to this day included st L H
PaJohn
valedictorian (beating out Richard Rosenblum). This Class of 1965 President ing onscreen over
y class. MyBoller, Courtney
valedictory speechHaff, Averyscolded
ineffectually Schwartz,
my Dee Wolfe, Jim Davis, Past LHSAA President several days. How
unger and Howie Davis, Menace
the Communist Jim McGehee,
(plus my Bill
hair Palmer,
kept Lyle Adams, John could this happen
Keenan,
y mortarboard). I alsoGary Stout,
got early Maurie to
admissions Holman,
Yale andJohn Geiser, Craig in a country we
Harvard (Yale would and
Murphy haveSteve
been better for mySports
Morrison. ambition
atto
was 17.)
thought was so safe?
Lincoln taught me to work hard and left I think that we all knew somehow, even that
me with lifelong friendships (and a wife of early, that this was going to forever change our
53 years)! expectations. Little did we know back then.
COURTNEY HAFF
Class of 1964
High school at Lincoln could not have been Imore exciting
transferred and in September 1960, at the beginning of my Junior year. I had attended Catlin
to Lincoln
rewarding. The teachers were very supportive,Gabel
and for two years, and while it was an excellent school, I wanted a different and broader
I particularly
liked, math, history and French class as well experience. I certainly found that at Lincoln! The spectrum of classes available to me was exciting,
as choir. Playing
and there were so many extra-curricular and social experiences that I knew that I had made the right
football, basketball, and baseball added to thechoice.
after-school
It was also nice to be reunited with my classmates from Shattuck Grade School (now the
pleasure. Winning the city title in basketball and
hometaking thirdof Architecture for Portland State University).
of the School
place at the state tournament in Eugene, at the same time
I especially enjoyedasMr. Lehman’s Drama classes, and years later when I was in London watching
Agatha Christie’s
listening to the Beatles on the radio is unforgettable... I look“Mousetrap” (oldest continuously performed play in the world) I remembered how
forward to our next high school reunion! thrilled I was to be chosen to play Molly when Mousetrap was our Senior play. It had a very small
cast, and I remember what good friends we all became during rehearsals.
Another activity that I remember fondly was Journalism, learning to write for a newspaper and
putting out The Cardinal. The movie West Side Story came out our Senior year, (do you remember?)
and I was assigned to review it. They gave me free passes for the same preview night the reporters
for the Portland papers (The Oregonian, The Journal, and The Portland Reporter) were there to write
their reviews: it was very special—I felt just like Lois Lane! Later in the year I was assigned to write
about the selection of our Rose Festival princess, but in the end someone else had to do it!
I enjoyed serving on the Student Body Cabinet in the Spring of our Senior year, and again it was an
opportunity to make new friends and find out more about Lincoln. I think that all of us really had the
feeling that we were doing something important and that Student Government really meant
something!
A very special person to me was Miss Minnie Ambler, our classes’ Girls Counselor. She was always
very kind and helpful to me, helping me learn the ropes and to make good decisions about schedules
and activities, as a new student. Miss Ambler had graduated from Willamette, and she encouraged
several of us to compete for the Mary L. Collins freshman scholarship there. It was a generous
scholarship, and it enabled me to attend a school that I otherwise would never have been able to
afford. I kept in touch with Miss Ambler until she retired several years later.
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From May 18, 1962, when I was selected as Lincoln’s Rose Festival Princess, to the end of the school
| Winter Issue
year, 2020-21
I probably missed as many classes as I attended—but all of my teachers were very kind and gave
me a lot of leeway about tests and assignments. It was thrilling to be whisked all over town in a white
Buick convertible with my name on the side! A great experience—and one that from time to time has
had further reverberations: in 2012 I was invited to the Princess selection at Lincoln as part of my
✻
Class of 1965
Larry O'Brien
✻
✻
Class of 1965
LARRY O’BRIEN
Class of 1965
GREG HOUSER Four memories stand out ...
Class of 1965 1. Paul Revere (before they were famous and
retitled
in semiPaulpanicRevere and
stopthethe Raiders)
FUN event.atBadge
school
✻ a couple weeks. Teachers were
having lunch in a tavern!
4. One more, on a more somber more!
on how to
dance. “YOU Can’t Sit Down”, “Louie, Louie”
andnote. On November
2. Frosh22, 1963, sitting
football teamin during
Social Studies class. The P.A. system came on with the announcement “The President has been
of honor -
Robert Crosier’s
on field practice (with ✻ Mr. Ro
shot”! Teacher Croiser’s immediate accompanying
comment “serves dance himmoves)
right forto we into
going sang and danced
Bircher repetitively
__________________________
country “ (John Bircher Society, theextremist
song “Flyin’ Purple
organization). ThePeople
commentEater”.
is repeated here word for
word, forever etched in my mind. “It was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin’ purple 3 of us got suspended for lean
people eater
main hallway. Bad boys were
Larry O'Brien
One-eyed, one-horned flyin’ purple people eater One-eyed, one-
Class of 1965 horned, flyin’ purple people eater. Sure looks strange to me!”
_______________________
Steve Morrison
Coach Withee didn’t like our rendition or think My
Classoldest
itofwas
1965memory
funny. of LHS
The “Rat Pack” The Senior Boys after many long hours of rehearsing, stumbled
their way through a riotous soft shoe. Actually, he was quite upset. Short term was in Mr. Bell’s music cla
Dancing school and rivalry football games at Strohecker’s gave benching for our next game as a show of dis- sing a s
asked each of us to
The “Rat Pack”
me a preview of future friendships at Lincoln. Far beyond cipline. It was hysterical. Wehorror, were allI was the first to be
laughing,
class fell into entire chaos
expectations,
Our thosewere
years at Lincoln numerous friendships
fun and not complex. (many lifelong)
Our biggest worry transcended
for the gals was if not so the coach. 3. Freshman/sophomore
from there as the students p
geography,
our gender
mothers would buyand socio-economic
us Pendleton reversiblestrata.
skirts, My The
closest
Berg’s name “Rat Pack”in several
friends
blouses cafeteria all out (nearly everyone) huh?!
food fight!
colors,
were Lanz
a rat dresses
pack ofor sorts
dyed-to-match
includingskirt
Billand sweater
Reed, Johnsets. Also,Marty
Tehan, who might ask us We were all kicked out of the cafeteria and
to dance at the sock hop after the football game.
Treece, Tom Usher and Paul von Bergen. We will forever Our years at Lincoln were fun and not complex.
_______________________________________________
mourn the banishedOur to lunch
biggestatworry
the LEAKEY
forRandy
the gals ROOF
was if
Miller
loss of Palmer
Bill and our mothers
his wife Jan in a tragic airplane crash. All of us were would buy us Pendleton reversible skirts, Berg’s
TAVERN across from the schoolname blouses in several
for‘65a couple
Margaret Fasano Class of
of ’61 in football with the exception of Marty colors,
teammates
Class whoMy weLanz oldest
dresses
unfairly memory
Mr.orRobert
dyed-to-match of
Crosier – Social LHS
skirt was
and Teachers
weeks.
Studies sweater the
sets.
wereAlso,infirstwhoday
semi mighton
panic of
askhowschool,
us to
to
ribbed for not playing “real” sports. His mastery of tennis and golf dance at the sock hop after the football
_______________________________________________________________ game.
stop the FUN event. Badge of honor - having lunch in a tavern!
earned our belated apologies and respect. I loved football was wherein Mr. Bell’s
4. One more,music
on a moreclass somber (whynote. Onthe hell 22,
November was 1963,I there
3 of Margaret
us got Palmer
suspended Fasano
for leaning against the steel drinking fountain (trough) in the
I was what I called, the “inverted quarterback,” the team’s
mainClass asked
hallway.
center. each
of ’61
Bad boys were we. ofinus
sitting to Crosier’s
Robert sing aSocial seriesStudies ofclass.
notes to system
The P.A. determine
I remember my mom’s consternation when I would occasionally
My favorite memories were came all on
the with
friendsthe announcement
I made at Lincoln High“The School President has been shot”!
return home late from practice with no appetite. Steve And horror,
Unbeknownst
my Incredible
Morrison
I was
to teachers !!! Ithe
Teacher firstall.immediate
Croiser’s
loved them to be called comment “serves and my him right voicefor was so
her, Tehan and I had been at his parents’ topless bar and
They restaurant,
opened up worlds to me,
going into my love of French
Bircherchaos language
country “laughingand Culture, European
(John Bircher their asses off. The
“Sonny’s,” eating burgers and unconvincingly concealing class
Class of 1965
History my love
our fell
youth- of Booksinto entire
and Reading, and more!
Society, extremist organization). The
ful fascination with the dancers as they trooped through from
Nicholas
theUtzinger therecomment
kitchen. as theis repeatedstudents here word pointed
for word,and snickered at me
Lincoln was extremely influential with respect to academics Class of 1965 - most forever etched in my mind.
notably through the inspiration of Ms. June Chamberlain, huh?! a force
of personality and academic rigor. She motivated me and a handful
of others to persist through 4- years of Latin; giving me a continual RANDY MILLER
Class of 1965
es werepassion
all the friends
for learning andIdiscovering.
made atFinally, Lincoln High
I benefited Randy School
greatly fromMiller
eachersmy experiences in student government. I was honored to serve as
!!! I loved them all.
Sophomore Class President and Student Body Class of ‘65 My oldest memory of LHS was the first day ofI school, was a seniorfirst on 10/12/19
rlds to President
me, my love
which of French
conferred invaluablelanguage
skills in and Culture, European period, freshman year. I was in Mr. Bell’s music class
Lincoln (why
as the of the footb
part
leadership, organization andmore!
interpersonal relations. hell was I there? Was it required?).....and he asked each
number of
2 us
that to
year and Jef
Books and Reading, and sing a series of notes to arrived and parked my Cor
I consider myself very lucky to be a “Card.”
determine where to place locker room, Couches offic
us. To my horror, I was
NICHOLAS UTZINGER the first to be called and
Columbus Day storm had a
Freda. The storm is a cont
Class of 1965 recorded in the U.S. in the
my voice was so awful
(still is) that the entire
_________________________________________________________________________
My favorite memories were all class fell into entire chaos Only a few of us players go
the friends I made at Lincoln laughing their asses off.
High School. And As my Incredible
a little girl who dreamedThe whole
of having hour went
a ballgown like Cinderella, and who would watch the
teachers !!! I loved them
Rose all.Parade pass bydownhill
Festival while seated on a yellow sofa outside my Dad’s Mercury
from1967 there asFestival
the Princess was an honor, a
dealership on Grand Avenue, being Lincoln’s Rose
They opened up privilegeworldsand to ame, students
fairy tale come true. pointed and
my love of French language and snickered at me the entire
Culture, European History my time! Great start , huh?!
love of Books and Reading,
and more!
Row 1: Peter Stiven, Randy
Miller; Row 2: Nick Utzinger,
John Harper; Row 3: John
Carroll, Bill Reed; Row 4:
Warren Nielsen, John Gaiser,
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h, my speech would run over by ten second community throughout my
✻
ution?
NANCY Take
✻
MARTINOtiny counterclockwise steps, h
a couple weeks. Teachers were in semi panic on how to stop the FUN event. Badge of honor -
having lunch inClass of 1965
a tavern!
✻ Cheryl Tonkin
Class of 1967
Rose Festival Princess
4. One more, on a more somber note. On November 22, 1963, sitting in Robert Crosier’s
, all the while speaking as thousands of fac
It Studies
was anclass.
early
Social TheSpring day.came
P.A. system There wasthe
on with a little
announcement “The President has been
shot”! Teacher Croiser’s immediate comment “serves him right for going into Bircher
chill in the air but the sun was shining brightly and
country “ (John Bircher Society, extremist organization). The comment is repeated here word for
✻ felt warm
word, onetched
forever our faces. Deke gave me a ride to
in my mind.
school most days, and this day we decided to go
✻
Princess Cheryl poses with court
arned? Savor the moment.
skiing.
still in of
Class great
1965 CHERYLMeet
TONKIN all
It was warm and sunny but the snow was Class of ‘68
Larry O'Brien
condition. So, off we went and had a glorious day skiing
✻
the Magical Mile at Timberline. It never occurred to either of us that
we were doing something wrong. It was sunny, the snow was perfect, Where were you on November 22, 1963? ……
Class of 1967 • Rose Festival Princess
low the rules! By the way, I can still remem
we were outside getting fresh air and great exercise. The following day, when you
I wondered why people thought we hadn’t been in school with white
panda-like markings around our eyes from our goggles and very sun
and
Sanders
As aheard
wholeft
little girl
would
the
thewho
watch
room
newsdreamed
and
the
of Kennedy’s
came
Rose
of having
Festival
back
seated on a yellow sofa outside my Dad’s Mercury dealership on
crying
a ballgownI was
assassination?
Parade
other in total disbelief. We were the TV generation and Kennedy was our first T
and
pass
told
by
us.
like Cinderella,
while
We
in my junior Englis
were all shocked a
burned faces... Grand Avenue, being Lincoln’s 1967 Rose Festival Princess was an
We were both individually called into the office with Miss Arbuckle charming honor, aand handsome
privilege and a withfairy atale beautiful,
come true. sophisticated wife and now it was al
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presiding and told how bad and disobedient we had been, and I was generation,From the moment of being voted to represent Lincolnplayed
the assassination was also the first national event on theout on te
threatened with not only being expelled but not being able to participate repeatedly Rose Festival Court, I felt cast up like Dorothy in The Wizardhappen
flashing onscreen over several days. How
There could
are many this
good and in a couI
ofbad experiences
Mr. Robert Crosier – Social Studies
as_______________________________________________________________
a contestant for Rose Festival princess… I tried to show my regret soOz safe? I think that we all knew
into a whirlwind of interviews, flashing cameras,somehow, even that early, that this
civic Thegoing
was
good! My freshman year at Lincoln had the
speeches,
freshman team went undefeated. starter
and acknowledged her authority. But, I knew that we had really not doneexpectations. Mrs. Labby -Little
appearances English
at did weofMrs.
dozens know Chamberlain
events back– athen. - Latin
dizzying array Bruce
Kolberg, of Chamber
Schoen, Chuck Rauw (all fro
anything
3 of us got“bad” or “wrong”
suspended that
for leaning had negative
against or damaging
the steel drinking fountain consequences
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(trough) in the of Commerce luncheons, sports events, district Sylvanparades,
players had visits to between attend
a choice
onmain
anyone. I was
hallway. Badcompletely
boys were we.unfazed by this whole interview especially as hospitals, businesses and other cities to promote We practiced at 6:00 am and had an outstan
theand festival. I was
fortunate
off to play four years of varsity baseba
school for my senior year was coming to an end. But, Shy I can
andstill remem- I was astonished to be chosen. Once the shock wore
self-conscious,
ber and see in my head Miss Arbuckle scolding me. beyond
Steve Morrison I guess itthehad so proud to represent Lincoln,
some of activity, always looming was The Big Scary Night:
whirlwind especially riding point
coaching on
career. the Rose
The most positive part of L
a 3- of African Americans into the schoo
bussing
Class of 1965
effect, but how bad can fresh air, sun and exercise beminute for you? speech in the PortlandFestivalColiseum
Court Float beforein15,000the Grand people. Floral
EnterParade.
runway left, in the Portland School District. T
integration
dampen terror, speak while on In platform
1967, the Rosaria
rotating
__ __ __ __that
clockwise __ our
__in_ Rose
preciselyFestival
three Court
minutes,
welcoming experienced
Lincoln was. I never saw any rac
__ __ __ __amy__ __ __
__ __ __ was still place that existed on the cusp of the
shapeseismic
my changes
acceptance and appreciation of a
__________ __STEVE
__ __ __ __ __ MORRISON
__________
bow, __
exit __
right, breathe.
and
Uh-oh,
polarizing
speech
division
would run
that
wouldn’t hit the exit mark. Solution? Take tiny counterclockwise steps, hoping the
over
would
by ten
rock
seconds
our
— I
or where they came from.
country. It was its own
Class of ballgown
1966 covered my busy magical place
feet, all the where civic pride
while speaking and
as thousands boosterism
on thalle
of faces Where
Mike Bubalo were
combined
rolled for ayou
few on No
by. Success, but what had dazzling
I learned?weeks
ol n. I w so
Savor ill that
the ly
onmoment.
a focus Meet
whole City and its citizens could
Class of ‘67 open our
es I had And
riencMultitask. at Li nc ur remember
. Ostill
ciItycan when you heard the news o
3 of us got suspended forba leaning expe against
dchallenges. the ramBy ine the
inthethway,
e many good and
follow
e ardrinking be st hearts,
ba sk et ba llthe
celebrateprrules!
ogand revel beautiful place wethat
Sanders call left
home. theI room
will and c
Thersteel fountain (trough)
at Li speech.
nc ol
in n
the hamaind th e be forever grateful G for
re g Sl
the av en s,
experience Je ff of representing Lincoln in
sh m an ye ar te am w er e other in total disbelief. We w
good ! My fre we.featPated. The starters on1966
Ericksen Aiken thatmoment.
that I know e West and inspired
hallway. Bad boys
am w enwere
t unde t Sy lv an ) an d me.itTh influenced
fre sh m an te Rose Festival Princess
(all fro m W es
me to be personally and professionally oln.
engaged charming and handsome wi
Br uc e Sc ho en, Chuck Rauw ns et or Li nc oln and chose Linc
PAT ERICKSEN Kolb er g,
AIKEN a choice between
g Su
attendin in community throughout
Bill Hricher olmanfor .my as and my life generation, the assassinatio
I wlife,
lvan players had an di nghas ach so
cobeen in much it. repeatedly flashing onscree
Sy ou tst ing, teaching and
Katy
had White
an Qualman
Class of 1966 • Rose Festival 00 am andClass
Princess of 196 2seball which led to a play
We practiced at 6: ba
ity Princess
varsFestival was th e so safe? I think that we all k
fortunate to play
four years ofRose fro m my perspective,
The most positive
pa rt of Li nc ol MIKE
n,
is BUBALO
was the beginnin
g of expectations. Little did we k
coaching career. e sc ho ol in 19 65 . Th
s out most is ho w
Americans into th e aspect that stand
Class of 1967
bussing of African ho ol D ist ric t. Th e. Lincoln helped
n in th e Po rtland Sc There go try
are or
many ejudicand
prgood badrexperiences
Chico Bubalo
inte gr at io
w as . I ne ve r sa w any ra ci sm , bi
at te r w ha t co lo they were I My had at Lincoln. I will
n m the good! My freshman year at Lincoln had the best
welcoming Lincol only
ople focus
, no on favorite topic was history. I took a histo
ce an d ap pr ec iation of all pe basketball program in the city. Our freshmanLincoln beginning of my freshman year (1963) thro
team Highwent undefeated.
an
shape my accept .
_______________________________________________________________________ School. World history, U.S. his
th ey ca m e fro m
re astonished to be chosen. Once the The starters on that team were Greg Slavens, Jeff
economic Kolberg,
history, evenBruce
Oregon history. Th
Shy and self-conscious,or whe I was The 60s at Lincoln wereSchoen, the greatest! Chuck TheRauw (all from
friendships madeWest then Sylvan)
have affected and
large, me.
about The
my history. West
I remember reading H
history (and social studies) teachers who le
shock wore off and beyond the whirlwind of activity, always
life in the mostlooming
positive Sylvan
way up players
to this very hadday. a choice
My adult between
children attending (theSunset
get a kick outofofanor
son Lincoln
Oregon governor) and Keith
was The Big ScaryM ike Bu
Night: a 3- lo
baminute speech in themeetingPortland their kids’ friends, and chose Lincoln. We practiced at 6:00 am and had
only to discover that their grandparents were peers
teachersof oran outstanding
intellects, but they did provide
Coliseum before 15,000 of ‘67 Enter runway left, dampen terror,
Classpeople. coach in Bill Holman. I was fortunate to play four years of varsity
speak while on platform rotating clockwise in precisely three minutes, Mrs. Ambler – Senior counselor
baseball which led to a playing,
bow, exit right, breathe. Uh-oh, my speech would run over by ten teaching and coaching career. The
My fondest memories come from the incredible friends I made from my years at
seconds — I wouldn’t hit the exit mark. Solution? Take tiny coun- most positive part of Lincoln, from
Lincoln. Many I continue to see on a regular basis and we often share our good
terclockwise steps, hoping the ballgown covered my busy feet, all
thoughts from the “good time” 60s. my perspective, was the bussing of
the while speaking as thousands of faces rolled by. Success, but what African Americans into the school
had I learned? Savor the moment. Meet all challenges. Marty Multitask.
Treece in 1965. This was the beginning of
And follow the rules! By the way, I can still remember Classthat speech.
of 1966 integration in the Portland School
District. The aspect that stands out
MARTY TREECE most is how welcoming Lincoln
was. I never saw any racism, bigotry
Class of 1966
or prejudice. Lincoln helped shape
My fondest memories come from the my acceptance and appreciation of
incredible friends I made from my years at all people, no matter what color
Lincoln. Many I continue to see on a regular they were or where they
basis and we often share our good thoughts came from.
from the “good time” 60s. me fro m ye ars of practice
that ca
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