Remembering Lakes Class of 1966 Senior Party cruising on Puget Sound

Our Lakes Class of 1966 graduation party took place cruising at night (June 8) and early morning (June 9) around Puget Sound in a State of Washington ferry boat with the band "The Surprise Package."
 
Party followed our 8 p.m. Wed. June 8, 1966, graduation ceremony in the Lakes High gym. 

We took school buses from Lakes to ferry dock and the buses drove onto the ferry.

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Added 7/6/2019
MV Kickitat and Kingston terminal (dock) 

According to classmate Jim Nichols (James H. Nichols III) in 2019, the Lakes Class of 1966 graduation party boat in June 1966 was the MV Klickitat which departed from and returned to the Kingston (Kitsap County) terminal (dock). Most likely, the school buses transporting class members traveled the approximately 62 miles from Lakes High, across the Narrows Bridge and on to Kingston (Kitsap County). Reversed the route after the party concluded.


Added 6/30/2019:

Like Lakes High School Class of 1966 trivia? Hop on board.

After the Lakes High School Class of 1966 graduation starting at 8 p.m. Wed., June 8, 1966, in the Lakes Gymnasium, (many/most?) classmates turned in their caps and gowns and boarded Clover Park School District school buses to the graduation party. 

That destination was (which Washington State Ferries dock?). 

The buses drove onto a ferry. Graduates left the bus and partied the rest of the night and into the morning of June 9. On board the ferry providing live music was the band Surprise Package, previously called the Viceroys and later American Eagle. 

Below is a presumably accurate list of boats the Washington State Ferries had in operation in 1966. Which ferry was “ours?” What the dock onto which the school buses drove on and off?

Ferry Name: Year ferry went into service as part of Washington State Ferries system, Year ferry retired

MV Leschi: 1951, 1967

SS San Mateo: 1951, 1969

MV Crosline: 1951, 1967

MV Kehloken: 1951, 1972

MV Kalakala: 1951, 1967

MV Enetai: 1951, 1967

MV Willapa: 1951, 1967

MV Chetzemoka: 1951, 1973

MV Quinault: 1951, 2007

MV Illahee: 1951, 2007

MV Nisqually: 1951, 2007

MV Klickitat: 1951, 2007

MV Klahanie: 1951, 1972

MV Skansonia: 1951, 1969

MV Vashon: 1951, 1980

MV Olympic: 1954, 1993

MV Rhododendron: 1954, 2002

MV Evergreen State: 1954, 2016

MV Klahowya: 1958, 2017

(MV = Motor Vessel, SS= Steam Ship)

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http://www.evergreenfleet.com/retired.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_State_Ferries

Can you identify our classmates in this photo?

Answer to question at http://bit.ly/1UKUonM

Photo is a cropped version of photograph appearing in the Lakes High yearbook, the 1966 Lakes Legend, our senior year. Can you identify (left to right) the 11 classmates in the photo? Post your answer at the Lakes High Class of 1966 Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/130729693606344

What’s the book at which those in the photo are looking? Answer: A 1963 University of Oregon Oregana student yearbook.

Do you recall? In 1966, our Graduation ceremony was June 8 and our Baccalaurate was June 5

Ads from April 29, 1966, issue of Lakes Ledger, student newspaper of Lakes High School.

--Lakewood Ice Arena was on the shores of Lake Steilacoom. It opened in 1923 as the Oakes Pavillion where dancing and other events took place. By 1934, it was a nightclub, the Towers. In 1938 it was converted into the ice area. In 1974, the arena was closed as a fire hazard. In 1982, the arena’s roof and a wall collapsed. Soon thereafter the building was demolished. At the location now are lakefront condos.

--Cow Palace Drive-In at 8504 Hipkins Road, S.W. in Lakewood. Phone Juniper 4-2224. Offering “Orders to Go.” At the address today is a Jack in the Box drive-in restaurant and, across the street, is a Walgreens.