Laurel High School - Laurels Yearbook (Laurel, MT)

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Charles Stor; Jr. C.J. F.F.A. 1, 2, 3 T. I. 4 Robert Sullivan Sully” Track 1 Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4 Football 2, 3, 4 Class Officer 2, 3 Staff 3, 4 Quill and Scroll 3, 4 Scholarship 2, 3, 4 Science Club 4 Lettermans Club 2, 3, 4 Dorothy Wanner Skippy Glee Club 1, 2, 4 Home Ec. 1 G.A.A. 1, 2, 3 Sec. to teacher 4 Esther Stroh Stroh Glee Club 3, 4 Home Ec. 1» 2, 3 Staff 4 Sec. to teacher 4 Shirley Teeters Squirt Glee Club 1, 3 Hone Ec. 1, 2 Quill Scroll 3, 4 Staff 3, 4 Library 3 Science Club 4 Memograph Operator 4 Gertrude West Gert Home Ec. 1, 2 Quill Scroll 4 G.A.A. 1 Staff 3, 4 Science Club 4 Class Play 3, 4 Mary Ellen Williams Midge Glee Club 1, 2 Horae Ec. 1, 2, 3, 4 Science Club 4 Scholarship 1 Staff 4

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CLASS PROPHECY TIME: One Hundred Years from now. PLACE: Rollen Bones Cemetery. SCENE: In the gray dusk of a Saturday evening, the lone figure of Father Time is leaning on his scythe. With a deep sigh he arises and crosses to a crumbling row of tombstones, which is all that is left of a group of his favorite people—The Senior Class of ’42. Brushing a tear from his eye he pauses and reads the touching epitaph on the first tombstone: Leila Baker: Died from strife Trying to be an army wife. Lillian Batt: She was true Herman was not. Ruben Batt: Gasoline and fire mix Put Ruben in this awful fix. Dorothy Bourne: Australia or bust; She “busted”! Marion Boyd: A Navy Nurse The day she died The sailors cried. Myrtle Branstetter: An Arnold became And that is how she Changed her name. Gordon Brohaugh: A cleaner and presser of great renown Was in his day a man about town. Rosetta Chopper: She lived her life And went her way Nobody led her astray; (She had a mind of her own.) Bill Coombs: A big, brave chemist, But scared to death to go to the dentist. Lenore Coombs:: Became Mrs. Hill And I insist that she is still. Jim Cusick: Senator Cusick from Molt Died when hit by a thunder bolt. Edward Dull: He built bridges They still stand What happened to Ed. Ila Easton: A home girl she was And home girl she did remain. Dave Frank: To drive a tank was his ambition Now' look at his condition. Loretta Freund: Tobacco Auctioneer For miles around her chant You could hear. Betty Fujio: She never grew tall But she didn’t mind at all. Victor Gilles: Like Old McDonald, he had a farm Ei, Ei, Ei, 0. Dean Gowen: He was the captain of the fleet Was never known to accept defeat. Georgia Green: Remained true did she But she’s in no better fix than you or me. Kay Green:: Ashes to ashes and dust to dust Here was a woman you couldn’t trust. Eva Hettinger: Rival of Daisy Mae Died running on Sadie Hawkins day. Gladys Jones: When rubber tires were rationed Gladys died in desolation Cause she couldn’t reach her destination (Salt Lake City.) Edith Kiedrowski: Old and frail Spent her last 10 years in jail. Robert Kilpatrick: A patriot and a gob When he drowned Kathrine did sob Farewell dear Bob. John Lackman: Here lies John A man of brown Now he’s dead and gone.

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Bill LaPrath: He was a man Lived a man Died a man What a man? Bill McCracken: He played professional football The kick-off came after a big fall. Gene Marvin: To sail the seas was his desire, Not to set the world on fire. Billee Rae Miller: To heaven aspired. Too bad she got so tired. Emily Miller: Greatest woman orator of her time To the top of the ladder she did climb. David Milligan: Walter Winchell’s successor was he. But he fell short of his destiny. Pat Murphy: Montana’s first lady banker For lots of gold this gal did hanker. Helen Ostwald: Died trying to get her old-age pension, A fate too horrible to mention. Eugene Otto: Rode the range. That is how his figure changed. Betty Lou Paronto: Teacher of home economics was she, But died from lack of vitamin D. Buddy Paronto: A radio personality was he— Put Flash Gordon up a tree. Harold Reiter: He was a good man, and true; He loved to sail the ocean blue. Georgia Richards: She was the master of her fate And the captain of her soul. Evelyn Rodgers: In search of beauty Found dieting to be her duty. John Ruff: He wasn’t an eastern beauty; He was no southern rose, He was just a plain Montana boy With freckles on his nose. Edmund Schwenk: The girl of his dreams was Hedy Lamarr— But the distance between was too gosh dam far. Marjorie Shay: An umpire’s dream was she. She called ’em out at the strike of three. Harold Shearer: Driving cars was his ambition. The ones he left weren’t in condition. Barbara Smith: An air-raid warden. Caught in the act of sugar hoardin’. Herman Sorg: Of swimming was fond Too bad he died in his owti fish pond. Eddie Speare: On account of his good debates He came to be president of the United States. Roberta Speare: A navy nurse was her career Never once did she show fear. Clara Stahley: Died of giggles And excessive hip wiggles. Junior Story: Renowned for covering ground. Alas, now the ground covers him. Esther Stroh: Famed aviatrix. She crashed her plane Way out in the sticks. Robert Sullivan:: He went to Europe As an advertisement for maple syrup. (He looked so sweet.) Shirley Teeters: Lightweight champ Got her title in a Girl Scout camp. Dorothy Wanner: Underneath this slab of gray Lies one who was peppy and gay. Gertrude West: Love of life she did profess That’s how she found her happiness. Mary Ellen Williams: Lion tamer in the park— Afraid to go out alone in the dark.