Ranchester High School - Rustler Yearbook (Ranchester, WY)

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CLIPPINGS FROM “THE RUSTLER” SCHOOL DAYS We start to school when we are small; And eagerly await the coming of fall. Up through the grades we steadily climb. Changing teachers from time to time. Then first thing we know—high school! «Always a long hard duel.) Freshman Initiation is merry and gay. For upperclassmen it’s a great day. Next year more fun comes rolling around For then we also may look down Upon lower classmates who meet their fate. Oh, how they shudder on such a date! Then at last we are the Senior Class: We have all worked hard, both lad and lass: We have studied our best and played our role And now we have achieved our goal. —Carol Carter, 9th Grade ---o---- SECOND ANNUAL STUNT NIGHT Our school abounds with talent! In order to give everyone an opportunity to experience some type of stage ability or showmanship, the school puts on its annual “Stunt Night.” It was an all-embracing program and was staged without lengthy prepara- tion. tiring rehearsal, or expensive costuming. Each room and organization of the school put on a skit, with the program announced by Dick Kramer. Dale Schilling was the stage manager. The receipts for evening were satisfying, as a record crowd of over three hundred attended. The money was distributed according to the per pupil ticket sale in each department. This permits each class to have, early in the season and without assessment, a current fund for any activities or emergencies which may arise. Though the money angle is an important one. it cannot be compared in value to the good will such as the evening built up for the school. After a wholesome rollicking evening of good entertain- ment the patrons went out with a more hearty feeling of regard for what the student body can do. Further, experience in appearing before th? public is something that early becomes a part of the educational program instead of being a frightful experience at senior level! Main attraction of the evening was the ap- pearance of the fabulous Andrew Sisters, starring Arnold Tschirgi, Bob McStay. and Doug McLean, in their interpretation of the “Beer Barrel Polka.” The program closed with the Alumni skit. “Goldi and the Three Bears,” featuring Jerry Hallowcll as Goldi; Don Johnson. Marion Wondra. and Paul Paustian as the Bears; and Cecil Paulas as the “Voice of Inexperience.” This is the first time the alumni have ever appeared on an all-school program. —Dona Reed and Shirley Lewis ----o---- Santa Claus is coming to town There’s snow on the ground. Santa Claus will give toys To all good little girls and boys. Santa Claus is nice He is quiet as mice. I will leave him coffee and cake. I like to bake. —Marcia Masters. INSTALLATION OF REST ROOMS IN RANCH ESTER COMMUNITY HALL Installation of rest rooms in the community hall at Ranchester was completed the latter part of November. The rest rooms, one on each side of the stage, had long been needed, and have been greatly appreciated by the entire community. A generous donation of $300 by the Women’s Club made it pos- sible for the school district to undertake the project at that time. Time and labor were donated by several cit- zens of Ranchester. —Kathleen Sperl. Dec. issue ------------------------o---- Ranchester boys and girls are again sending Junior Red Cross boxes to foreign nations. A box will be filled by each of the grade rooms and two boxes by the high school. The boxes all go for a good cause. The boys and girls in foreign lands like to receive the things that are in the boxes and they need many cf thes? items very much. We are all glad to help bring happiness to some child in a land that was ruined by war and we know they do appreciate our friendship because we have had letters from these who received our boxes last year. Dona Madron—Nov. issue. ( In January several most interesting and appre- ciative letters were received from Holland. The primary room had sent presents to a particular boy whose family had received one of the boxes from the Ladies’ Club. Several of Mrs. Hallowell’s pupils wrote letters to another Dutch boy who had written telling how much the Ranchester packages had meant in his home.) ----o---- Christmas is coming The children are humming The bells are ringing The people are singing. We’ll get lots of presents. Beautiful presents. We have lots of fun. We race and run. The bells are ringing The children are singing The bells in the steeple Call to th? people. —Barbara Addleman, 5th Grade ------o---- Christmas seems to be always the most inspira- tional time for the poets. Here are those selected as best from our December issue: HAPPY CHRISTMAS When Christmas comes around each year It fills the children with good cheer. They await the coming of old Saint Nick Who fills the stockings with toys and tricks. But boys who make “fives” get sawdust and switches. It's fun to rise at crack of dawn Without taking time to stop and yawn To see what Santa left as toys For all the good little girls and boys And boys who made “ones” get new belts and breeches. Frank Kukuchka, 10th Grade

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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

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THE •‘RUSTLER’S APPLICATION OF •THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS Not a creature was stirring. 7th and 8th grades; Sugar plums. ' Shirley Lewis and Betty Lou Good- ill; In her ’kerchief. Mrs. Torbert: In my cap. Mr. Lyman; Just settled our brains, vacation; A long winter’s nap. English class; There arose such a clatter. recess; Flew like a flash. Dick Reed; Wondering eyes. Dale Schilling; Little old driver. Dick Kramer; So lively and quick, Carol Carter; More rapid than eagles. typing class; He whistled and shouted and called them, Mr. Mc- Cormick; Dasher. Arnold Tschirgi; Dancer. Bev- erly Barbula. Prancer,” Bob Lyman; Vixen. Mar- garet Kukuchka; ‘‘Comet, ’ Lorna King. Donder. Ray Kawulok; Blitzen. Bob McStay; Dash away all. dismissal time; Wild hurricane. Eugene Fackenthall; An obstacle. RHS constitution; In a twirkling. Jean Fiedor; Prancing and pawing. the lunch line; Each little hoof, Helen Kukuchka; Dressed all in fur. Dona Reed; Eyes, how they twinkled. Kathleen Sperl: “Dimples how merry. Catherine Fiedor; His cheeks were like roses.” Dick Masters; His nose like a cherry. Tom Fiedor; The beard on his chin.” Doug McLean: Chubby and plump. Don Kramer; “Right jolly old elf, Julia Cable; W ink of his eye. Jimmy Melton; Twist of his head.” Tony Pelesky; Nothing to dread,” Dona Madron; Spoke not a word. Bruce Pertwccd: Went straight to work.” Roberta Good- ill; “Gave a Whistle. Frank Kukuchka: “Happy Christmas to all. Loren King; And to all a good night. Rustler staff. ----o---- (IIRISTM AS DAY When good old Christmas comes again. We ll put a tree where the chair had been Then Santa will come with all his toys. And leave you something, girls and boys. In the morning when you first wake up You get out of bed with a great big jump. You run for the Christmas tree just like mad And what you see makes you very glad. Under the tree and in your stocking. Are many things of which you were talking. When all the packages are opened at last How serry you are that it all has passed. You pick up the paper and all the string. Then everyone gathers at last to sing. Now comes dinner with all its cheer. Merry Christmas, everybody, and Happy New Year. —Dona Reed, 9th Grade ----o---- Our school was delighted when the district meet- ng cf the W. E. A., which m:t in Sheridan, October 7th-8th. elected Mr. Lyman as district member of the executive board of W. E. A On Dec. 10th- 11th, Mr. Lyman attended his first meeting which was held at the Henning Hotel in Casper. Here he took oath of office for his term f three years. The students are very proud to have a superin- tendent who holds this honor. It not only puts him in a position to do more for education in the state of Wyoming but also carries the name of Ranchester throughout the state. —Julia Cable ec. issue. ----o---- Santa Claus is bringing toys To all the good girls and boys. —Dorothy Carden ST. EDMUND’S CHURC H Dedication and blessing at St. Edmund's Church took place December 19. 1948. The people of Ran- chester are happy to have such a nice church of their own. The new church was designed by Frank Gleason of Sheridan and constructed under the supervision and direction of Karl Kukuchka of Ran- chester. Work on the building was contributed by members of the parish and friends. The most Reverend Herbert M. Newell, D. D.. presided at the ceremony which was one of the most beautiful and impressive any of us had ever seen. The dedication ceremony was followed by a tuffet luncheon served at the Ranchester Hall. A party was held January 24 for the Ranchester- Monarch choir at Father Hmelovsky’s. We played Bunko and enjoyed playing the phonograph. We used our host's wide selection of records ranging from opera to hill-billy music. W e feel that we have a real friend in Father Hmelovsky. He is the life of any gathering. He has shown his interest in our school by encourag- ing us in many ways.—Catherine Fiedor. Feb. issue. ----o---- EASTER Again we share our hopes and fears; We think of those, to us most dear. And trust and faith return anew Recalling memories of those we knew. For we who wait can only pray In gratitude for this glorious day. And praising our Lord, who rose from His grave Remember, with joy, the promise He gave. So on this Easter, let the lily, tall and white. Stand for hearts of love with peace and light To guide us away from spit? and care, Into nearness to Him whose life we share. —Carol Carter, 9th Grade—Apr. issue ----o---- When the snow comes down. And the wind blows round Then ccmes a little red sled. When the children are all in bed. —Alixe Paulus ----o---- The reindeer are coming With the magic sled Carrying the little fat man. —Nancy Puett ----o---- Clickety. Click. Jolly Old Saint Nick Is on the roof top Quick! Quick! Quick! —Clayton Schilling - —o----- Mother decorated the tree Along came Santa Claus And left a doll for me. —Toni Smith Children are singing. Bells are ringing, Santa is bringing Toys! —Bertie Graham ----o---- The Christ Jesus sleeps. Mary her watch keeps. In a stable He was bom Early Christmas morn. —Clifford Kaufmann 28