Fantastic Names: 1926 Weatherwax High School (Aberdeen, Washington) Edition

 When your school itself has a fantastic name (Weatherwax High School?!) it shouldn't be any surprise that the students are named equally so. 

And just in case these names weren't incredible enough, some had nicknames that made them sound even more amazing! (All nicknames are in parentheses.)

Arvid A. Leppaluoto

Azalea E. Manwell ("Zeke")

Minnie Moore McDowell

Oral Hannon ("Red")

Modesto Cid ("Mods")

Romayne Fuller

Runo E. Strommer

Goldie Borum

Paul Louis Cloud ("Cloudy")

C.O. Rayl

Malcolm J. Fosburg ("Brick")

Gail Haapa ("Skinny")

Mary Mikulec ("Mickey")

Winnifred M. Monahan ("Winnie")

Neva Nethery ("Nevie")

Elma Lelia Puskala ("Ell")

Robert R. Pettit ("Speed")

Felicians Costales

Don Spoon ("Spoony")

Anna Nudelman ("Noodles")

Pearl White

Herbert Rockwell Hartley

Kermit Ashlock

Leila Sims ("Bigsy")

Elliott Pulver ("Pop")

Verna Olivia Watson ("Skipper")

Rollin Dunlap

Frances M. Pietsch ("Peaches")

Zygmont Gavarecki

Signe Kangas

Melchor Lagmay

Willie Leaf

Hugo Linkko

Proctor Porter

Thelma Savage

Effie Zarkoski

Wauno Talso

Harry Spickelmire

Lester Nilbarger

Epitacio Magsino

Chester Grindrod

My choices for the Top 10 Names Of 1926 Are...

10. Wave Walrinn

9. Lempi M. Nisula

8. Waino Walkama

7. Morton Corner

6. Hedwig Swiergula

5. Gerhard O. Ove ("Koke")

4. Roxie Quillen ("Rocks")

3. Effie Nocula

2. Helen Nocula ("Spike")

and

1. Juanita Slaughter

And My Vote For the Most Unfortunate Name Goes To...

Richard G. Boner ("Dick")

For more fantastic names from the past, click here: https://yoretown.blogspot.com/2022/04/fantastic-names-from-past-index.html

Fantastic Names From The Past: 1980-81 Los Gatos, California Edition

 The kids from Raymond J. Fisher Junior High have moved on to high school, and have mixed and mingled with a bunch of other fantastically-named folk. These unclude...

Erik Twist

Ross Wroblewski

Vikki Sweet

Bartholomew Stafford

Bus White

Sir Peter Philip Bauer XIV

Bridgett C Beaver

Dawn Kori Bumpass

Steven Barclay Slade I

Paul Norbert Maximilian Gerhardt

Fritz John Wach

Vance Venezio

Rhett Bewtley

Yancie Changras

Kirk Ryan Demorest

Elisabeth Bosomworth

Martien Houtkooper

Terry Tanenbaum

Hage Van Dijk

Birgit Bartyzel

Garland Yee

Jill Kilty

Joan Dallojacono

Vince Diffenderfer

Natalie Lingo

Nacho Orduno

Faye Phearman

Shirley Zurth

Lilo Campeau

Everett Eaves

Rhian Grespan

Mitchell Madrigal

Kitten Marasovich

Marnee Opper

Tina Simoni

Sean Splaine

Kitten Vettorel

Thleen Blood

And here are my choices for the Top 10 Fantastic Names Of 1981...

10. Todd Tweedy

9. Trevlene Blood

8. Leah Lagalante

7. Kiki Powers

6.  Sudan Sharples

5. Gene Zweigle

4. Wendeline Houtkooper

3. Chip Bull

2. Gif Ball

1. Thanakorn Chamnart

And finally, The Most UNfantastic Name, which this time around goes to...

Durt Bumpass

I imagine the "D" was supposed to be a "B", but even so...

For more fantastic names from the past, click here: https://yoretown.blogspot.com/2022/04/fantastic-names-from-past-index.html

Fantastic Names From The Past: 1976-77 Los Gatos, California Edition

These are actual names of students from Raymond J. Fisher Middle School School in Los Gatos, California, circa 1976-1977.

DeeDee Volpe

Shannon Inkster

Barbra Woosley

Kendall Willets

Lothar Wakefield

Linda Rix

Keil VanInwegen

Pam VanOrnam

Mona Moree

Ramon Icasiano

Miluska VandenBrink

John Trombadore

Caryn Quick

Rhonda Pawlaczyk

Vic Ozuna

Roz Obregon

Mara Nylander

Mike Normoyle

Julie Jerbic

Beth Chronister

Caron Cotton

Pont Jaramillo

Forrest Gingold

Tim Frush

Alicia Beveridge

Clark Baroni

Bernal Wire

David Wellbeloved

Vance Venezio

Gaylene Turchan

Jolie Tarpening

Hunt Stoddard

Styart Swartz

Craig Springbett

Anita Speroni

Maury Selvig

Randy Ratliff

Diedre Donahue

Cydney Deardorff

Jourdan Clish

Jeff Nethercutt

Marianna Mandarino

Gretchen Wetzell

And here are my choices for the

Top 10 Fantastic Names Of 1977

10. Jenny Glow

9. Paige Please

8. Marvie Boothman

7. Chip Dillman

6. Rich McSwiggin

5. Brigitte Bizeau

4. Eugene Eagle

3, Merrie Cherry

2. Muffet Brown

1. Tippi Turpin

And finally, The Most UNfantastic Name, which this time around goes to...

John Shmuck

Sorry/not sorry.

For more fantastic names from the past, click here: https://yoretown.blogspot.com/2022/04/fantastic-names-from-past-index.html

Fantastic Names From The Past: 1963 Idaho Edition

Students from a 1963 graduation pamphlet; Payette High School; Idaho: 

LaRue Langley

Janette Flossie Hawks

Seymour B. Hale, Jr.

Students:

Trollie Verl Green

Patricia Ann Dragoo

Lynne Darnell Dolphus

Vance LaVear Taylor 

Rolland Randolph Megorden

Ronald Lee Lightfoot

C. Marvin May

Jack McHargue

Rowena Gay Kidd

Jerry Dean Quada

James Glade Soelberg

Bruce B. Bigelow

Dianne Deshazer

Paulette Virginia Baer

Elbert Gene Hatch

Staff: Palmer W. Wylde, R. Kent Kirk, Willard W. Witham, William Riddlebarger

For more fantastic names from the past, click here: https://yoretown.blogspot.com/2022/04/fantastic-names-from-past-index.html

Lost & Found: A Young Woman's 1979-1981 Scrapbook

 I bought this scrapbook at a vintage shop in 2025. Despite knowing the name of the once-owner (Ramsey, female, 21), as well as the names of her father and sister AND her exact birthdate -- she's a complete ghost on the internet.

Her former home is now an apartment building.

She had a friend named Deb.

I assume she and Trace wanted to go see the movie The Jerk.

The Kinks played the Portland Memorial Coliseum in 1981.

KGON is still around. KB101 and Q100 aren't familiar at all.

She went to the Chart House restaurant a few times. This particular restaurant doesn't seem to exist anymore, though there is a newer one with the same name.

And rollin'! 

I can't judge, because I, too, used to save the most random things, but... what?

A whimsical Valentine!

A bag full of matches!

Traveler's cheques for two whole dollars!

Ladies, for shame!

Carrows was a restaurant chain owned by the Shari's Pie people. It is no more.

Ramsey had a beau whose name was Dennis, and he once left some notes on her car ^

Dennis had the handwriting of a 14-year-old girl. I'm impressed. There were many more Dennis letters within the scrapbook, but I'll spare you.

In the summer of 1979, Ramsey went to Disneyland with a couple of friends. She met a... celebrity?

Holy crap, she was actually gifted a Mickey balloon and Mouseketeer ears by a 17-year-old who would later go on to record/perform the Saved By The Bell theme song?

Disneyland was looking pretty groovy that year...

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad was under construction; it would open that fall. 

Ramsey also took a trip to Hawaii...

Did she meet this abomination? Unclear.

She received a pair of earrings from her parents, stuck them in this scrapbook, and apparently forgot about them.

She was welcomed... somewhere...

There are exactly two photos in this scrapbook -- the above one, of a guy named Chuck, and this one:

Identity: unknown.

Chuck bought Ramsey a Whatchamacallit Bar...

In 1979, Ramsey went to a BeeGees concert...

#BestConcertYet!

I wish I could see the prize. This was back when they were interesting!

From Wikipedia: Victoria Station was a chain of railroad-themed steakhouse restaurants. At the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, the chain had 100 locations in the United States. The firm filed for bankruptcy in 1986. The last remaining restaurant in the former chain was located in Salem, Massachusetts until it abruptly closed in December 2017.

The last 1/3 of the scrapbook is filled with no less than ten versions of a letter Ramsey was trying to write to "Bob" -- but she kept starting over. This was the last one.

But --

That's it.

For more vintage scrapbooks, click here!