EHS '54,  fellow members of the Silent Generation, congratulations to you all!    Good  for you for still meeting , and the idea of the "80th" was just great.    Turning 80 does seem like a landmark.  We realize how different is the world of today  from our youthful experiences.

  Our Marshfield HS class of '54-- your class cohort -- has also been meeting though  our ranks are thinner as well.   We shared so much history- the Depression, the  national unity during WWII, the postwar affluence and conformity.. 
We remember some of you, especially  from those fierce football and basketball games we played those last two  years,  Great rivalry, "Give em the ax the ax' ,We'll take the ax..."
Especially fond memories of Eugene during  the State Tournament.  That WAS a   State Championship game our junior year though!

Those were  golden years to grow up in Oregon, busy years in our little  towns,  lots of good memories.  And some tough ones as well.
    Doug Card, MHS 1954, Pirate forever