Ranchester High School - Rustler Yearbook (Ranchester, WY)

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THE LAST WAGON . . . (Our First and Second Grades) PRIMARY NEWS Our school year has been a very pleasant and profitable one, we think. Everyone has been happy and we’ve done so many enjoyable things, as well as accomplishing a considerable amount of work. One of the first things we worked on was our part for the annual Stunt Night event, held the last week of October. Our Ranchester Rhythm Band played for this. Jon was our director and we played Lavender Blue . Then some of us danced a folk dance called the Paw Paw Patch, and a mix- ed quartet sang two songs. Billy Boy and A Frog Went Walking on a Summer’s Day. We hope people enjoyed seeing and hearing us as much as we en- joyed doing these things. The Christmas program put on by the elemen- tary grades and some of the seventh and eighth graders was an outstanding event in the school year. All the students took part, and from all reports, everyone, audience, students, leaders, and helpers enjoyed the affair. One remark overheard by Mrs. Olson was that we all looked like angels. We won- der what Mrs. Olson said to that one! One of our pleasantest associations has been with Miss Johnson and her third and fourth grad- ers. Our two rooms have exchanged entertainments and held joint parties all through the year. Miss Johnson knows a great deal about birds, and play- ed her bird call records for us. as well as showing and explaining her bird egg collection. Her room has come into ours for music and bingo games and have acted out numerous plays for us. We did one or two short stories for them. too. We invited them in to have presents under our Christmas tree and to help us trim the big Christmas tree in the main hall. Mr. East’s mother came to our room and gave two marionette shows for us, and we invited Mrs. Smith’s room as well as Miss Johnson’s room to see and hear it with us. There was a toy bear that actually walked onto the little stage all alone. That was a very successful event. We certainly are grate- ful to Mrs. East and wish she could come many more times. After the holidays we did quite a bit of model- ing work. Some was done with our own mixture, flour, salt and water, colored with vegetable col- oring. We made rabbits, ash trays, Easter eggs, and paper weights from this mixture. Then we made regular ceramics. These last objects we painted with tempera paints, then glazed them. That was messy but fun! We had quite a variety of things—horses, dogs, bears, puppies, children, and many others. One day in March just before Easter we made Continued on Page 19)

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FIFTH and SIXTH GRADE NEWS At the start of the school year we had an en- rollment of twenty-three pupils. We occupied the room the junior high had last year. Among the twenty-three we had a very unusual lack of girls —only four. The other nineteen were boys. Before the school year had progressed very far, we lost one pupil out of the sixth grade. His name was Roger Egan, who left us to go to school in Park- man. At Christmas time we lost John Puett who went to Sheridan. We gained two pupils, however, one early in the year, and one this spring. Barbara Maxted came first, making the girls very happy. Next came Roger Gorman. Barbara came to us from Sheridan and Roger from Augusta. Georgia. When “Stunt Night came around, we put on a square dance. Six boys dressed as girls to help out. Eddie Fiedor called for us. It was very amusing. Next came the Christmas program, in which we took part with the other grades. Some of us sang in the choir, some of us were readers, and some took part in the tableau. We had two birthday parties during the year. Nancy Roswadovski celebrated her twelfth birth- day October 11, by trfating us to ice cream and cake. Nancy Horton celebrated her eleventh birth- day by also treating us to ice cream and cake. Her birthday was January 4. On February 14 we celebrated Valentine’s Day. We had a Valentine box in which we sent our valentines to the members of the room. For refresh- ments we had jello, four kinds of ice cream, and plenty of cookies. We had one student out of our room who play- ed on the junior high basketball team. He was Pet- er Davis. We were very happy when the boys won the Class B tournament at Buffalo. —Peter Davis, Grade 6 cicsscstseawcs THIRD and FOURTH GRADE NEWS This year has gone very fast, and we have had lots of fun. We gave the play “Old Lady Witch’s Party” for “Stunt Night”. We had outstanding costumes. The little bird, who was Rebecca Rawlings, looked like a little canary. Benny Shipley, who was the broom, fell through the door and made everybody laugh. We bought an album of records with part of our fund from “Stunt Night . The name of it is Bozo and the Birds.” The Christmas program was “Christ is Born , the first Christmas in story, tableau, and song, in which all the grades took part. Santa Claus came in and surprised the little children and passed out candy. On Friday before Christmas we had a Christ- mas party with the first and second grades. We went into their room and shared their tree with them. We had a nice time. Also. Walita Boyd had a birthday party in December. Mrs. Boyd brought some cake and some Dixie cups. Then we had a Valentine party. Everybody brought something. We had a lot of fun. We have done many interesting things for art. We made Indian pottery. We made some trees with real leaves on them. First we pressed the leaves and then drew a tree on a piece of paper. Then we stuck the leaves on. We made a lot of pictures cf all the holidays and seasons like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentines Day. Easter, spring, winter, autumn arid other things. For Christmas gifts Miss Johnson had the girls do textile paintings on hand- kerchiefs. and the boys made door-stops from wood and painted them with enamel. We have studied a lot of pictures this year. They were, Holy Night. “Children of the Shell. Baby Stuart, “Saying Grace.” “Sistine Madona,” and “Angels’ Heads. In our reading books we’ve read some poems. We also wrote some poems about all kinds of things. Sometimes we go into Mrs. Olson’s room and act out a story that we have read. The last one we gave was Yankee Doodle. Miss Johnson has read some books to us too. The names of them were “Hollow Tree and the Deep Wood’s Books, Bambi”, Bam- bi’s Children,” and Book of the Woods.” In social studies we’ve studied about Indians, transportation, communication, and shelter. While we were studying about transportation, we made booklets about it. While we were studying about communications, Bonnie Black gave a good report on rostered letters, insured packages, and spec- ial delivery. We have had interesting subjects in our room. We enjoyed this year very much and hope we will enjoy it next year. —Gary, Alixe, and Alice, Grade 4 SPRING IS COMING Spring is coming; don’t you see The leaves and flowers and also the bee Spring is coming; don’t you hear All the birds that we love so dear? Spring is coming; don’t you see? The birds and butterflies all feel free. Spring is coming and school is out. And all the children can run about. By Alixe Paulus. Grade 4 SUMMER TIME Summer’s the time for fun, It makes the children want to run. The day is nice and bright; It makes you want to fight. You sit under the shade tree And wait to be free. When you are free to play You don’t feel so gay. —Gary Kramer, Grade 4. —17—

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PRIMARY NEWS (Continued from Page 18) paper plate rabbit faces with pipe cleaner whiskers and pink ears and eyes: and right in the middle of our art period Byron Black broke forth into song— and what did he sing?—why. “Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Hopping Down the Bunny Trail of course. What could be better? So we all sang it. We made these bunny faces the same week the show Harvey” was in Sheridan: and when everyone was picking a name fcr his bunny face, Gary Addleman, when asked what his was to be called, said. “Har- vey. We observed February 14th with the usual Valentine party. After playing some games we had refreshments. Larry’s and Charlene’s mothers sur- prised us with Valentine cookies, and Mrs. Olson treated us to red heart cookies and ice cream. In May during music week we attended the an- nual County Choir held at the Sheridan High School and of course it was a big day for us. We had work- ed very hard on our songs and certainly enjoyed singing them with all the other children from coun- ty schools. We had several birthday parties at school. After the last recess the mothers would bring birthday cakes and treat all our room. Everyone in our room wishes his birthday could come during the school year. At the beginning of school we had eleven first graders enrolled: Ronnie Aksamit, Michael Bari- beau, Nancy Davis. Bobby Egan. Jack Ellsbury. Diane Hauf, Wilma Paulus. Penelope Schilling, Marilyn Wondra, and Ronald Cummings and fourteen in the second grades. During the year Richard Dovey, Larry Ruckle, and Earl Berlinghoff enrolled in our room and then had to leave again; Bobby Egan. Diane and Brian Hauf, Jane and Bonnie Spauld- ing, and Ronald Cummings dropped out also. Our biggest and nicest party of each year is our annual Mother’s Day Tea. As usual it was a success. Some of the high school girls helped us make the tea. but we did the serving ourselves. We had work we’ve done this year on the bulletin board and blackboard and on the tables to show our moth- ers, and a flower for each one. We also invited all the children that are starting to school next year and their mothers. This has been a very nice year in every way. We are glad vacation is here, of course, but sorry too, that such a nice school year is at an end. PRIMARY GRADES CALENDAR What to do each month— September—Start to school again. October—Get ready for “Stunt Night , and Hallowe’en. November—Think about Thanksgiving Day and what we can be thankful for. December—Be ready for Christmas Day, and try to remember that it is Christ’s birthday and not just a day for Santa Claus to come. January—take reading tests to see how we are doing. February—Talk about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, and have Valentine’s day. March—Saint Patrick’s Day, and we must wear green or be pinched. Easter comes in March this year too. April—April Fool’s Day—look out!! May—Our Mother’s Day Tea. May Cay and the end of the school year is next to think about. EASTER Who comes hopping Easter Day? The Easter bunny on his way. He's bringing Easter eggs for all Everyone both big and small. —By the Primary Grades. HALLOWE’EN Hallowe'en night is fun. Because the ghosts make me run. Because there are big black cats And scary black, black bats. The witch on her witch-broom Flying around in the gloom. But most of all because of jack-o-lanterns. —By the Primary Grades. VALENTINE’S DAY On one day in the year I can send a valentine To someone very dear, And say, “Will you be mine? —By the Primary Grades. THE REAL MEANING OF EASTER Christ arose on Easter and ascended into Heav- en to be with his father, God. Mary came to the tomb to pray and to mourn for Jesus. She found the stone rolled away from the opening of the tomb. She saw that the tomb was empty and she was frightened. Suddenly she saw an angel. He told her not to be afraid that Jesus had ascended into Heav- en to be with God. —By the Primary Grades. —19—