At 05:36 AM 5/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Hi to all list members, >I need help locating any high schools in or around Puyallup, WA back in >the late 1950's and early 1960's. >Anyone that may have attended Puyallup High between 1958 and 1962 please >contact me also. >Would appreciate any help. >Thank You, >Dave Hutton >dehutton@attbi.com Dave - That was a little before my time, but I am a Puyallup High School grad (1981), and a resident of the Puyallup area. What/who are you looking for? Perhaps I can help a bit. Cyndi

Hello List Finding yearbooks isn't impossible... but it can be difficult. The yearbook publishers usually don't keep any extra books after a few years and neither do the schools. The Best time to look for a yearbook is within the first year or so... Contacting the PTSA member who handled the sale to see if someone failed to pick up an ordered book. The next Best time to look for a book is 50-70 years after graduations... as the kids throw out the "junk"... The best place to find a yearbook is online or in a local thrift store. Finding a picture is much easier.... Really General Rule 1... schools will not help you look up for someone... Schools are worried about privacy issues and lawsuits. General Rule 2... Reunion people are wonderful. Reunion people have yearbooks and current addresses. Reunion people like to remember other people. Contact the school and ask for the reunion person for the 1962 40th reunion back in 2002. or ask if someone is doing a 45th reu! nion for 1958. 15 years ago it was a rare Public Library that had copies of yearbooks... Course that's changed for the better and you can (sometimes) get yearbooks through interlibrary loan. And don't forget Gen. and Hist. Societies. For a small fee they would be happy to do look ups. Darilee Cyndi Howells <cyndihow@oz.net> wrote:At 05:36 AM 5/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: >Hi to all list members, >I need help locating any high schools in or around Puyallup, WA back in >the late 1950's and early 1960's. >Anyone that may have attended Puyallup High between 1958 and 1962 please >contact me also. >Would appreciate any help. >Thank You, >Dave Hutton >dehutton@attbi.com bookstorelady@prodigy.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - Vietnam/Washington

Hi all, Thanks to all for responding. Here is what is going on and what I am looking for: A few months back there was a post to the list by an individual that was adopted and in search of information and help in finding her birth mother. I responded and have been helping out doing some foot work, since she lives in Eastern Washington. She was born on 12-31-64 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup and given the name "Kimberly" at birth. She was delivered by Dr. John Kanda at 4:17 am. She weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 inches long. She had straight medium brown hair and deep blue eyes. On or about 2-4-65, Kimberly was adopted and taken to Yakima, Washington. She was then named "Wendy". Wendy has received the Non-Identifying Information from the Children's Home Society and the information followed all that Wendy had been told over the years. Her mother's name was Barbara and she was 21 at the time of Wendy's birth. Wendy has three half sisters that would have been 4, 3 and 2 years old when Wendy was born. Barbara was 5'4" in height and weighed about 120 pounds. She had reddish brown wavy hair, brown eyes and a freckled complexion. She had completed the 10th grade and started 11th grade before dropping out of school. I am assuming this is due to possible marriage and first pregnancy. During her freshman and sophmore years, Barbara was a "Majorette" and she also twirled the baton for 8 years, later teaching to others. Barbara received awards for broad jumping, was on the basketball team and also played left field in baseball. She was also involved with the 4-H Club. Barbara was separated from her husband when Wendy was conceived. She worked as a waitress and also as a "Change Girl" in an entertainment business. According to the information we have, Barbara's husband was in the military. (Also, Wendy's father was to have been in the military as well). Barbara had a sister that would have been about 6 years older and also a brother that would have been about 4 years older. The sister was to have been married to a miner and the brother was also involved with mining. He was about 6' tall and had black curly hair. He was to have had an IQ of 120. Barbara and brother both were artistic and enjoyed painting. Brother was also in the military. Wendy was told that her mother was re-doing the inside of her fathers airplane at some time during her pregnancy with Wendy. We have now learned that her father was part owner with some other men of this airplane. The plane was kept at Thun Field. So, since Wendy was born at Good Samaritan Hospital and had ties with Thun Field, I am assuming the family was in the Puyallup area. However, I went to the Tacoma Library's Northwest Room and they have Puyallup Viking yearbooks from I believe the late 40's through ??? Anyways, I went through all yearbooks searching for any and all Barbara's during the years she would have been in high school. I have some good leads at this time, but nothing has paid off as of yet. However, I don't know if she went to Puyallup High School. That is why I asked if anyone knew of any other High Schools in the area so I could try to find yearbooks for them as well. I have considered that the family could have been in Sumner, Edgewood, Orting, Graham, Kapowison, Eatonville, or ??? One reason for thinking the family was near Good Samaritan Hospital is because Barbara was supposed to have gone into false labor a couple of days before Wendy's birth. She had been to the hospital more than once for this and it was then determined that she would wait until her contractions were more regular and closer together before returning to the hospital. She waited until contractions were 2 minutes apart. As it turned out, a nurse delivered Wendy and Dr. Kanda arrived, he finished up. If this story sounds familiar to anyone please contact me. Wendy wants to find her family. She wants to get the chance to know and love them. If found through my help, I hope to be the intermediary person that makes the original contact to see if the family would be willing to meet her. Again, thanks to all for responding and the help you have given me. Dave Hutton Tacoma, Washington dehutton@attbi.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cyndi Howells" <cyndihow@oz.net> To: <PSRoots-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 10:31 AM Subject: Re: [PSRoots] Puyallup Area High Schools > At 05:36 AM 5/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi to all list members, > >I need help locating any high schools in or around Puyallup, WA back in > >the late 1950's and early 1960's. > >Anyone that may have attended Puyallup High between 1958 and 1962 please > >contact me also. > >Would appreciate any help. > >Thank You, > >Dave Hutton > >dehutton@attbi.com > > > Dave - > That was a little before my time, but I am a Puyallup High School grad > (1981), and a resident of the Puyallup area. What/who are you looking for? > Perhaps I can help a bit. > > Cyndi > > >