Mighty Cyprus Pirates

I had a conversation with my Dad today.  I called to ask about this picture.  Here is what he told me:

The boys are from left to right, Park Brockbank, Wayne Keys, Reed Jensen and Loren Brockbank.  Reed Jensen (Ronal Reed Jensen, my father) explained the picture for me.  These four charmers were mascots to the Cypress High School Basketball team.  Dad’s grandfather, Taylor Park Brockbank was the principal of the school at the time.  My grandmother Vae Jensen looked over the uniforms of the basketball team and created these outfits to match so that the boys could attend all the games in their very important capacity of mascots to the mighty Cyprus Pirates. 

Park, Wayne, Reed, and Loren are cousins.  Park and Loren were the sons of Bernard Park Brockbank, Wayne was the son of Glennis Brockbank Keys, and Reed Jensen was the son of Vaoma Brockbank Jensen.  Dad shared the tale that these cousins spent happy hours at their grandfather’s house on Highland Avenue in Salt Lake City.  On one occasion they collected rotten apples from the ground in the apple orchard and conceived the game of tossing them at passing cars.  The game ended when they scored a direct hit on a couple in a convertible who then stopped the car and chased the boys off.  He did manage to catch one of them – which one will remain a mystery until further installments.