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 Evergreen State: 1954, 2016
MV Klahowya: 1958, 2017
(MV = Motor Vessel, SS=
Steam Ship)
