Helena High School - Vigilante Yearbook (Helena, MT)

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uniform to Joan DeWolf. Raymond Cumming and Jack Moore give Jim Brutch and Dick Regan the permission to shoot spitballs. Mary Lou Frey leaves her better half, Warren Kropp, in the care of the Junior class. To Verla McCarthy, Marilyn Smith gives her incredible dignity and poise. Joe Winfield gives Frank Gonzalez the privil- ege of making all the speeches. Phil Williams gives Patty Kind six more inches height so next year she can be a big girl. Don Peterson wills that greatest of all haxir tonics to Frank Stermitz. Dorothy Wickersheim leaves her sophistication to Margaret Kleve. SEVENTH ITEM: Joyce Meale and Mike Stump leave school as the ideal couple. Geraldine McCarthy and Irene Petek will their bashfulness to Dave Munger and Betty DeKay. To Frank Sandru, Ched Kabalin leaves his scholastic ability. Richard Volk, Dale Sutton, Nellie Martello, and Norma Nyland give the janitors the privilege of contributing all overshoes, papers, and other scrap they've left behind to the scrap drive. Charles Rusek leaves that noted hair tonic, which aids in growth of mustaches, to Bob Callaghan. Helen Bond wills her flag-twirler uniform to Jane Cheadle. Lulu Fulton gives the privilege of making the signs for all school dances, parties, sales, etc., to anyone willing to undertake it. Peg Hanley gives her strut as a majorette to Rosalie Coleman. To Minna Miller, Bob Tennyson wills his ability to sleep anywhere, anyplace, anytime. Roberta Lewis and Emalee Lane leave the school walking on clouds. Joan Rummel gives her cheerful disposition to Sara Jane Forgy. EIGHTH ITEM: Kathryn Martin leaves her pleasing personality to Norma Jean Burris. Dotty King and Dolly Liedle leave their profiles to Mary Powers and Betty Lee Odom. Bob Turner wills Mrs. Hawkes a package of Dentyne gum. Mickey Sanders and Bob Radley leave the privilege of arousing the office to Beezie Jones. Dorothy Hall wills to the scrap drive what is left of her typewriter. Dan Schofield leaves his brains to Joan Kirk. Nina Murfitt gives a little of her explosive pep to each and every one in the school. George Langdorf leaves his muscles to Kent DeVore. Claire Julian wills her popularity with the teachers to Barbara Green. Patsy Jester gives her dimples to Clara Jean Samson. NINTH ITEM: Mae Watts, Beatrice Heisey, and Lois Strom will their black hair to Peggy Bold, Patsy Beaupre, and Carol Knudson, in case they ever want to become brunettes. Mouriel Bottomly leaves her high and fancy f?J dives to Barbara Sanford. Ire11e Hewitt leaves her tall blond good looks to Donna Mason. To Frank Tobin, George DeWolf gives his place on the football team. Valencia Kabalin leaves her ability in basketball to Florence Galloway. Katherine Foote leaves everyone to follow in her footsteps in the search for knowledge. Joy Bowden leaves the floor of the chemistry room heaped with broken test tubes, funnels, beakers, etc. Dick Hohn, Clarence Merganthaler, and Frank Smith will their reserved seats on the East Helena bus to Helen Hammerstrom and Lois Hunter. Bev Thompson leaves to join Bob Hilger. Frances Cable and Joan Allen leave their little sisters, Lucille and Betty, to carry on the family name. Irene Wong wills her place on the Powder Puff football team to any person able to stand up under the strain. Betty Bridges leaves the school echoing with cheers for the team. Gwen Clark wills her long eye lashes to Bob Bonnes. Jim Brinker leaves his dancing shoes to anyone who can follow in his footsteps. Irene Bompart wills her tap shoes to Mary Tuttle. TENTH ITEM: Clara Bean leaves Mrs. Fisher some peace and quiet for a change. Ted Schuele wills his beard to anyone who can duplicate it. Jeanne Roddy and Shirley Reynolds leave school with a sigh of relief. Janis McMahon and Dona Clooten leave their status as the perfect two-some to Joyce and Shirley Nelson. Ed Johnson leaves his brother Buzz to carry on. Bev Lyman wills her long hair to Mary Lou Dineen. Clarice Darfler and Betty Brockway will their places in the band to Fred Houston and Glenn Decker. Mary Reagan leaves with a will to live and learn. Hans Trankle wills his brain to anyone who can figure out how he can be so smart. Sylvia Miller, Thelma Smith, and Luella Smigaj leave school with happy memories. Lyle Pederson gives his singing lead to Jack Plantenburg. Grace Taylor and Mary Ellen Wetzstein give their grades to anyone who can use them. Helen Mayer and Barbara Whiteaker leave their tubes of lipstick to Betty and Byllie Hart. Barbara Vinacke wills her post in the library to Cora Lee Stump. Reta Rae Melugin leaves her happy smile to Polly Holmes. Fred Strandberg leaves his place at the airport to any air-minded student. Florence Turner wills her quiet ways to Elaine Brinton. Joe Mazuranich leaves school in a well-known jalopy. Rose Ann Talseth wills all interest in the Navy to the Waves. Betty Brewer leaves school with the knowledge that where there is a will there is a way. Warren Einstein Totten leaves school to solve the theory of the fourth dimension. Roy Millegan, Knight of Silence, wills his title to Glenn Gregor. Audrey Wendel leaves her position as Authoress-in-Chief of the 'Class Prophecy, Class Will, and Class History to the unlucky junior who fills this position next year. ELEVENTH ITEM: We, the Class of 44, wish to leave with the faculty of Helena High School our sincere thanks for the help and cooperation they have given us all through our high school years. We want them to know how much we appreci- ate it. IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have hereunto subscribed our names and fixed our seals the twenty-fifth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred forty-four. AUDREY WENDEL, JOY BOWDEN.

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Class Will We, the class of 1944, of Helena High School, City of Helena, County of Lewis and Clark, State of Montana, United States of America, having now reached an age that we should know better, and being of a sound and disposing mind and memory, not acting under any fraud, duress, menace, or any influence of any person whatever, tfaculty, Gus, and Mr. Wahl includedj, and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transitory life, do make, publish, and declare this our Last Will and Testament, revoking all former promises or wills made by us. The Class of 1944 does hereby bequeath: FIRST: Our sponsors, Miss Wiger and Miss Stewart, to the next class lucky enough to have them as their sponsors. SECOND: To the faculty and future students, we leave the traditions and cus- toms of good old H. H. S., on condition that they be retained and observed always. THIRD: We, the class of 44, hereby do leave our dignity and prestige HJ to the Class of 45, with the hope that they will always conduct themselves in the manner proper for a position of such importance. FOURTH: We hereby bequeath the ability to get good grades, which we didn't have, to the Class of 46. FIFTH: We leave to the Class of 47 the knowledge, after four years of ex- perimenting, of what not to do under trying circumstances. The members of the Class bequeath the following: FIRST ITEM: Bruce Anderson wills his flashy clothes to Bill Anderson. Anita Bruce leaves her shyness to Raymond Hoffman, who needs it. Dick Baker wills his artistic ability to Gordon Stanton. Rod G1'egor and Ivan Fowler leave their undying friendship to Joyce Gough and Evelyn Ann DesRosier. Dan Kelley gives his power over women to Jimmy Good. To Nancy Kincaid, Alyce Bevans leaves her optimism. Sis Paulsen is to inherit Lucy Bell Fall's blond hair. Clifford Kracher and George Herman leave school with an unusual amount of haste. SECOND ITEM: Dick Tobin and Dan MacDonald leave those curly locks to Har- low Leger and Eddie Frank. Midge Norris leaves Helena High and Hughes to go into nurse's training. Dave Burgess gives Chuck Mahaffy the privilege of playing a squeaky clarinet. Rosanna Limeberger leaves her blushes to her little sister Mar- garet. Kay Guthrie gives his wave to anyone with the patience to spend three hours setting it every night. Lorna Richardson and Ed McHugh will their distinctive red hair to Jean Handel and Bob Mahood. THIRD ITEM: Robert Young wills many signed excused permits to anyone who will pay the price. Dorothy Morello, Mary Lee Nick, Eleanor Skufca, Iris Rose, Jean Wegner, and Martha Celar leave the East Helena bus driver very bedraggled, but still able to carry on. Curtis Brown wills his four stripes and a star to Dick Carsten- sen. Sweater Boy Robert Hawkins leaves that title to Spencer Russel. Melodie Cusson wills those leading parts in plays and operettas to Merle Carleton. Aleva Benjamin leaves for someplace where something happens once in a while. Joe Buley wills his special technique in managing the team to Jack Crosby. Betty Foerschler leaves a collection of broken hearts behind her. FOURTH ITEM: Grace Bausch, Dorothy Loranz, Dorothy Knudson, Mary Ellen Horne, a11d Agnes Strekall leave to work at Western Life. Bud Burke is going to join the ranks of noted band leade1's of the nation-Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Wayne King, and Spike Jones. Valorie Wordal, Eunice Grieb and Jean Tinker will their reserved booth at the Parrot to Jean Conrad, Helen Kelly, and Jeanne Cheadle. Ole Carlson, Don Thompson, and Charles Bradham leave to air-condition Adolf and Tojo. Marie Niemi gives her column Gay Glimpses to anyone interested. Connie Eckhardt wills his talent for playing boogie woogie to June Cummins. Jerry Pippy leaves all the girls of Helena High with the hope that the future wolves treat them as well as he has. Sig Berg gives his good grades to Wayne Herrin so he can graduate in five years, at least. FIFTH ITEM: Katherine Blacker and Audrey Boone leave school wiser and more experienced in the arts than four years ago. Alice Brown and Gladys Brown will their last name to Jim Brown in hopes they will be long remembered. To the next lucky 171 girl Delores Johnson wills Heartbreaking Jeddy. Jack McLaughlin leaves his impish face to Louise Reed. Ed Hames, Bob Ring, Kermit Kruse, Harry Joslin, Kenneth Orton, and Bob Downs will their skiing ability to the next school skiing team. Betty Sanford gives the tennis title to Mary Eleanor Redpath. Don Richards leaves his sense of humor to Skip Johnson. Bob Austin gives to Chuck Culvler his blond hair. Queen Vivian leaves the school with the memory of her golden laugh, in the knowledge that there will never be another like it, thank gosh. Elaine -Hammerstrom wills to the editor of next year's Vigilante much courage and patience-he'll need it. SIXTH ITEM: Marilyn Biffle leaves the school missing her talk about Miles City, Miles City, and Miles City. Shirley Hibarger wills her non-shrinkable majorette

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Class Prophecy Richland Hotel Cleveland, Ohio May 25, 1969 As I was strolling through the lobby of the hotel, which is managed by Kermit Kruse, I heard Kermit and Ched Kabalin, district manager of Western Union, talking about the class of 44 . I stopped to hear what they were saying. A reunion banquet? When? Tonight, in Helena. Didn't you see it in the paper? Here, I'll show it to you. Looking over his shoulder, I read, On May 25, 1969 a reunion banquet of the Class of 44 of Helena High School will be held at 7 p. m. in the Vigilante Hotel in Helena, Montana. All members of the class are to be present if possible. I immedi- ately decided that I, Jonathan P. Snoop, inquiring reporter for the Class of 44 , should attend. So I called a Black and Blue cab to take me to the airport. This cab company, owned by Harry Joslin and Robert Ring, is so called because of the condition of the passengers after their ride. I reached the airport just in time, and as we took off, I noticed that all the other passengers were members of my class on their way to the reunion. Eimalee Lane and Dona Cloo-ten are nurses in charge of osteopathic and surgical wards, respectively, at Mayo's clinic. Florence Turner and Shirley Reynolds are popular radio script writers. Warren Totten is a Representative in the House for the state of Kentuckyg and Dick Hohn is president of the Chewy Chew gum factory. We landed in Helena around dinner time and went straight to the banquet. The hotel Vigilante where the banquet was held is the largest in Helena and is owned by Richard Volk. As we entered the banquet hall we were greeted by a wel- coming committee made up of Joe Mazuranich, who is well known for his book The History of the Trojan War , Lois Strom, dietitian at U.S.S. Carrollg Jack McLaughlin, Jack Moore, and Kenneth Orton, all of whom are United States Senators representing Montana, Wyoming, and Kansas respectively. As I walked around the banquet hall, I met Mary Ellen Horne and Irene Hewitt. Mary Ellen holds the world's record in typing. She told me that Dorothy Hall was the personal secretary to the president of the Du Pont Company. Irene told us she is a blues singer in the Blue Tavern, New York City. We admired the beautiful decora- tions which were made by Marilyn Smith. who is noted for her distinctive ideas in interior decorating. Grace Taylor, now a professor of psychology at Mills College, came up and we looked at the cleverly designed placecards which were made by Claire Julian. Claire designs cards for the Scattergood Will Card Company, whose slogan is Scatter Good Will tPoor little Williej. We had been requested to register and state our present occupation. Since I had not done so, I now made my way to the desk. I met Hans Trankle. Remembering his interest in chemistry I was not surprised to lea1'n that he was head chemist of the research laboratory at the General Electric Company. We noted with interest the following names on the register: Frances Cable-Librarian at Great Falls Public Library Helen Bond-Model for Vogue-New York City Bob Austin-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court-Helena, Montana Clarence Mergenthaler-Manager of American Smelting and Refining Company Barbara Vinacke-Radio announcer KNX Los Angeles-Los Angeles. Calif. Luella Smigaj-Candy tester for the Societie Candy Company-Salt Lake Mickey Sanders-4Head of the agency to obtain dates for Hi school girls Norma Nyland-Secretary to president of the Mike Horse Mine Jim Brinker-Mining engineer in Nome, Alaska Mary Reagan-Air line hostess for American Airways-South Bend, Indiana Bob Tennyson-U. S. Marshall-San Francisco, California Midge Norris-District salesman for the C Yourself as Other's C U Mirror Com- pany-Denver Melodie Cusson-Actress-New York City, New York Martha Celar-Riveter at Lockheed Elsie Beniger-Originator of next year's haircut, the Leap Year Bob Clifford Kracher-Forest Ranger at Yellowstone National Park. Then the toastmaster, Curtis Brown, asked us to find our places. While I was look- ing for mine I saw E.unice Grieb, advertising manager for LEGS, a sportsman's magazine. Finally I found my place. On my left was Joe Winfield and on my right Katherine Foote. Joe is the coach of that famous Midget Team of Clancy, Montana. I wonder if it is Joe's good coaching or just a good team. Katherine Foote, or Lieu- tenant Foote of the Women's Army Corps, told me that she was in charge of the truck