“SYMBOL OF MAJESTY at Wahlquist Junior High is this feathered monarch, the | school symbol which also provides the name for the school directory, “Eagle Notes.” Holding copies of the publication are ninth grade president Ray Meibes and secre- | oot ae | : tary Jana Moorhead. RIGHTFUL RULER Eagle Displaces Stand-In t Wahlquist High | Hawk Ahandsome FARR WEST—A_ Spencer, happened across the eagle with a six-foot wingspread bird soon afterit had been killed occupies the place of honor in a ina dive-bombing mission against | special showcase at. Wahlquist | an automobile. The flight ended Junior High—just as it occupies in a broken neck for the ruler a special spot in the hearts of of the skies which made its its student members. whistling descent as the climax) A parting gift from last year’s to a fight with another eagle. graduating ninth grade class, the Howard J. Ellis, ninth grade | eagle,is the school symbol—and advisor, secured permission from has been for many years. the State Fish and Game DepartThe new showcase specimen ment to mount and keep the| displaces a hawk of kingly di- bird mensions which had been chosen w to occupy the royal spot long ago when students learned in dis- may that a stiff penalty awaited — anyone who destroyed an eagle. | ' The feathered stand-in had been dubbed the school’s “legal eagle.” It lost its royal standing, however, when Stephen Spencer, a seventh grader from Wilson, provided the real McCoy. | _ Stephen and his father, ‘Ralph | permanently.