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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

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:


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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 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