‘...I will kill it’

Pages from a undated vintage notebook. Apparently, young Ray shot crows with a BB gun in his spare time, mapping out the location of his hunts. While researching to see if crows did indeed live on the island of Guam (which is identified on the map), I found this 2011 video about the passing of the last female Marianas crow.

http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15458:video-last-female-marianas-crow-on-guam-dies&catid=45:guam-news&Itemid=156

P.S. I am having a hard time making a clickable link here, so you might have to cut and paste the URL until I figure it out. :(

Toxin-Antitoxin

CERTIFICATE OF TOXIN-ANTITOXIN TREATMENT
Charlotte, Mich., Feb. 7, 1925
THIS is to Certify:
That Dorthy Worwich was successfully given toxin-antitoxin treatment for diphtheria on Feb. 7, 1925.
C. D. Hufer, M.D.

2. never hit a book

Found in a bin of books at a thrift store north of Seattle.

Blame it on the fish

Entry in a vintage 1964 high school yearbook. Note that the pen (and apparently their relationship) changes halfway through the message.

To my Dearest [boy's name],

Hi! It has been lots of fun knowing going with you and I hope we never break up. We have had so much fun together. I will hate to see you leave me this summer when you go fishing. I think you are a wonderful guy and I am very glad that I am the lucky girl to go with you. Even though we do have fights it is worth it. Well I wish you all the luck in the following years to come. I will never forget you [boy's name] and I hope you will never forget me even though we do break up. Good luck with your fishing this summer. Hope you catch alot of fish. My one wish is that you are always happy. Be good and keep smiling.

Loves ya always, [girl's name]

1st Boat

1st Boat
Mark Anderson
Nov. 1957
3 yrs.

Belgian waffles then The Dog House

The Dog House restaurant postcard from Helen's 1963 visit to Seattle, including the fairgrounds of the 1962 Seattle World's Fair (now the Seattle Center).

9/22/63 Dear Bea & Jeanne, We went to the Bethany Pres. Church this A.M. and then to the fairgrounds. Of course it had to rain. Did take a few pictures. Had strawberry waffles at the Belgian booth at the Food Circus. Saw quite a bit but the rain got the best of us. Then we drove to "The Dog House" and had dinner. Then came on home. Are going to ride the monorail tomorrow. Hope everything is OK there. As ever, Helen.

1951 Strenuous Life

Lots of student inscriptions and signatures are written over the mermaid and mermen-decorated endpapers in this 1951 yearbook from Roosevelt High School, Seattle, Washington.