Ranchester High School - Rustler Yearbook (Ranchester, WY)

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Cast From “Leave it to Grandma”

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JUNIOR SENIOR PLAY After much consideration, “Leave it to Grandma,” Vincent Lindsay's hilarious comedy, was picked as being the plot best adaptable to our classes, stage and time schedule. The cast included all members of the Junior-Senior classes and two necessary extras—Betty Lou Goodill and Dale Schilling—who were chosen by vote of the upperclassmen. After three busy weeks of practice, the cast was more than rewarded by the tremendous reception given the play when presented November 19. Genuine praisf was given to all the cast. Special commendation was given Dick Reed and Catherine Fiedor for their especially lengthy parts and to Arnold Tschirgi who provided many a laugh that wasn’t in the lines. We venture to say that as you reread these lines forty years from now that Julia’s “Oh. lawsy,” Grand- ma's glasses. Dale’s tired walk and The Brat’s “yah-yah will still be vivid scenes in your mind! The plot was sufficiently balanced to permit a rather equal showing of talents. However, it starred “Grandma.” as portrayed by Roberta Goodill. who managed to fix everything—except that “Brat”— for her favorite nephew. Cliff Dick Reed) and his young wife. Mary (Catherine Fiedor) whose last lines keynoted the tempo of the play: “That’s wonderful. Everything’s wonderful!” The cast was as follows: Grandma, the annual vis tor. Roberta Goodill: Cliff and Mary Dunstan, newly- weds. Dick Reed and Catherine Fiedor; Virginia. Mary’s sister. Kathleen Sperl; John Parker and Jerry Cun- ningham. two young suitors. Bob McStay and Dick Kramer: George Grant, wealthy land owner and his daughter. Joyce. Arnold Tschirgi and Betty Lou Goodill: Patsy. “The Brat.” Helen Kukuchka: and Eliza, the maid: and her boy friend. Henry. Julia Mae Cable and Dale Schilling. Between acts one and two the Ranchester Rhythm Band made their debut to an appreciative and de- lighted audience. Between acts two and three David Hallowell presented his original musical reading. “Ferdinand the Bull.” The most memorable and unscheduled happening occurred when Dick Kramer, representing the cast, presented the director with a beautiful shirt in appreciation of his extra time spent and suggestions made that helped make the play a success. This was followed by presentation of another gift—a tie to match the shirt —from the Rhythm Band. Their spokesman was Gary Kramer who said . . we give you this because we like you very much.’’ “I have sponsored many plays in my teaching experience and even the most spectacular ended with a sigh cf relief. This year’s play will go down as an experience strengthening the bonds of friendships among all who participated in its preparation. The gifts and th? kind words that accompanied them represent much more than a tie and a shirt. In the minds of all who were present they represented symbols of the finest kind of good will of which a school can boast. They came as a complete surprise to the director and did net represent the duty of precedence nor “good form” but. stand out as another example of the friendly relations that exist between teachers and pupils. —John McCormick. OFFICE PRACTICE CLASS Ranchester High School offered a new course this year to students who had previously had shorthand and typing: this course is office practice. Members of the class are: Helen Kukuchka. Catherine Fiedor, Kathleen Sperl. and Roberta Goodill. In addition to improving their skill in typing and shorthand, the girls have served as secretaries to the various teachers, writing much actual correspondence for them. This class not only forms the back- bone for production of the “Rustler” which is publi: hed each six weeks, but does much ditto and mimeo- graph work for school and community. During the first semester, the girls duplicated 3665 copies, ranging from post card advertisement of the Women’s Club bazaar and cards for the Rotary Christmas dinner, to word lists for the primary grades, and football booster tickets. Because the class is small and the girls are diligent, congenial, and of near-equal ability, the activities cf the class have been varied considerably from theusual course in secretarial training. Personality de- velopment. good grooming, business etiquette, individual needs in functional grammar and business Eng- lish. vocations—these have been among the topics studied and discussed. Especially interesting wras the period devoted to civil service tests and positions and the helpful talk given by Mrs. Helen Murdock, a graduate of RHS and a former civil service employee. A film relating to telephone courtesy wras very in- formative. In October the girls visited Western Union and each wras permitted to operate the teletype. At the office of the Big Horn Construction Company, each used a dictaphone, saw the operation of a switch- board. a liquid process Ditto, a check protector, and observed various time-saver forms. During their visit to the Court House, demonstrations were given of an addressograph by the County Assessor, and of a photostatic machine by the County Clerk. In the County Superintendent’s office the girls examined equipment and secretarial supplies they had seen pictured in their texts. The girls then separated to scend a two-hour observation period in various offices, and later reported to the class the interesting incidents. The girls felt that their most interesting trip was w'hen they spent one afternoon in the Carnegie Library looking through business reference books and learning, in general, how to use a library. This is valuable information for any person to know'. The girls all agree that office practice is one of the mefct enjoyable subjects taught in the year of “49.” 24

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SPANISH CLASS Another class at school that resembles a club is the Spanish class. In this class there are three senoritas—Lorna King. Betty Lou Goodill. and Julia Mae Cable, and three senores—Dale Schilling, Douglas McLean, and Arnold Tschirgi. Besides learning to speak and read Spanish we have made reports about customs and geography of Spanish speaking countries. We have had a lot of fun during the year trying to read a Spanish paper, “La Prensa.” Some of the things we have enjoyed most are our varied bulletin board and listening to Spanish music. —Julia Cable STUDENT PUBLICATIONS RHS has two student publications. “The Rustler.” our mimeographed newspaper sponsored by Mrs. Torbert, is issued by the staff elected by the high schoc’ student body. It differs from most school papers in that it is all-school publication and special effort is made to encourage writing in the lower grades worthy ct publication. “The Rustler” is a summary of news and the best of class work of each six weeks. There is no sub- scription fee and there is no effort to include pages cf advertisements. The school finances the paper and a free mailing list includes each family in the district, the alumni, and the various reciprocating schools. This year's editor. Kathleen Sperl. deserves unlimited praise for her talent, her sincere efforts, her many extra hours cf work, and her ability to get cooperation from her fellow students. Her editorials are especially good and reflect originality in style—something that is rare even in the recognized journalistic world. Other members of the Rustler staff are: Associate editor. Roberta Goodill; circulation manager, Dick Reed; sports editor. Arnold Tschirgi. art editor. Betty Lou Goodill. The Rustler” is. of course, not all essays. The Sniffing Puppy, initiated by Jan Lyman, 47-48 editor, has become almost a real live purp around RHS and. like all experienced dogs, drags in more and more stuff. We think, too, his ears have grown, or else the world has progressed faster than we. Some of his pickings we discreetly bury; some of the old boners Kathleen and Mrs. Torbert wash off and print. , An unusual column in each Rustler is a monthly application of some unique feature that applies to different students or organizations. In February it was titles of famous books; in April it was Easter greetings; in November it was famous quotations. The cleverest appeared in the December issue when lines from the Night Before Christmas were used to describe the students (see below). The excellence of the Rustler” has greatly facilitated the compiling of the Rustler Yearbook.” for in many ways the annual is a summary of the Rustler.” Helen Kukuchka was elected '49 annual editor by the student body. Each member of the high school is considered a member of the yearbook staff and a contribution is therefore expected from everyone. The Rustler Yearbook.” we feel, speaks for itself. It has grown in size and significance; it has become one oi the most effective bonds between the school and community and between, the students and alumni. It is recognized as a superior publication when judged on comparative bases, anywhere. But. above all, it remains what it has always been: a permanent yearlyhistory of treasured memories. F. H. A. We deeply regret the loss of our active FHA chapter. Although we were a small organization in the state, we participated in the district and state meetings where we won honors. This organization is composed of girls, throughout the nation, who are interested in future homemaking i«. America.” Our chapter was organized under the sponsorship of Mrs. Mary Belding. To be a member of this organization everyone had to have at least one year of home economics or be enrolled in a home economics class. The Ranchester Chapter of FHA was the most act ve club in RHS and the least financially embarrassed. Our chapter had the honor of having Helen Kukuchka as district secretary. Last spring the chapter elected Helen Kukuchka. Roberta Goodill. and Lorna King as representatives to the stat2 FHA meeting in Laramie. Mrs. Margaret Barbula and Mrs. Mary Belding accompanied us. This fall. Mrs. Barbula, our chapter mother, took us to the Northeastern District Meeting in Buffalo. Being at present an inactive chapter makes us realize still more the good we received from the months we were active. We sincerely hope that next year cur charter can be renewed and we'll have a home economics department again. —Helen Kukuchka BOV SCOUTS—As Related to Ranchester School Last fall the new Scout troop No. 101 was organized. The troop has been meeting every Wednesday evening at 7:3G in the community hall. Its leaders are: Mr. Harold Harter. Scoutmaster, and Mr. Aaron Fer- guson. assistant Scoutmaster. Most of the boys are advancing rapidly, and are having a lot of fun. Merit badges earned by different Scouts include these for swimming, public speaking, home repair, gardening, birds, cocking, woodwork, carpentry, personal and public health and conservation. Here are the names of the boys and their ranks: Jerry Shatzer. Tenderfoot: Gale Shatzer. Tenderfoot Tom Puelt Tenderfoot; Dick Lyman. Second Class; Loren King. First Class: Eugene Fackenthall. First Class, and Bob Lyman. Star Scout. —Bob Lyman 4-H As Related to Ranchester School In February. Miss Halstead came to Ranchester and helped the girls organize their 4-H club. There are fifteen members, in first, second and third year sewing. They adopted the name Happy Go-Lucky 4-H club” and chose Mrs. Cecil Paulus as sponsor. Officers are: Carol Carter, president: Barbara Fleming, vice-president; Shirley Lewis, secretary-treasurer: Beverly Barbula, reporter. Th club tyis great plans for the year and not only are they accomplishing worthw hile-work but they hav good! at'their twice a month meetings. -—Carol Carter £6