Big Sandy High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Big Sandy, MT)

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THE CENTENNIAL “I graduated with you boys and then went to work the following August for Mr. Brown of Box Elder. I worked for him two years and in the mean- time was married to Zella Vanover. But I got cold feet and took a trip to Reno to get a divorce. One year, seven months and three and one-half days later, if I remember correctly. I was married to Helen here,who has made a very wonderful wife. I bought two sections of land at Box Elder and have lived there ever since. Bytheway my family ought to be getting here soon, they were following behind in a truck!” Chuck was next on the program and began thus: “I waited until Celia had graduated, then we were married and went to live with my folks. We had a bumper crop in ’29 and so I bought this place and have lived there since.” “Ted I guess you’re next,” announced Les, “and if you tell us all about yourself we’ll then give you a report on the rest of the class. Ted had a long, sad, hard luck story. “After I graduated I went to college and took a public speaking course together with a course in law. I ran for governor in 1934 and no doubt would have been elected but for a batch of hard luck. While campaigning one day, one of the farmers had to take off his shoe, to get a tack out of his foot. He set the shoe on my platform and it got the best of my stomach and now I’ve been riding in the open for two years trying to recover my ap- petite.” “Hooray for Ted,” cried Les, “I knew you wouldn’t be an old withered up cowpuncher of your own accord. “Who would you like to hear from next?”, asked Kenneth. “Hazel Flatness”, everyone cried. “You tell them about Hazel, Les, as yon know her much better thanl do.” “I guess you’re correct about that,” Les answered, settling himself com- fortably in a big chair. “Well, to begin with, I want to correct you as to her name. She is now Hazel Hall. She and Earl were married in the happy'‘Ping time’ as Earl used to call it and weiit down to Pasadena, California, for their honeymoon. While there, Earl, who was always handy with machinery, was offered a contract as chief engineer in a factory. Hazel has made a very ef- ficient housewife. They have a very nice home and get along wonderfully well. Hazel invited us up to look over the place as she is very proud of it. When we went inside we were greatly amazed at the number of “little halls” in the house but refrained from saying anything and had a splendifer- ous time. 1 There was silence for a moment and then someone asked, “How about Bessie Arnold?” “Bessie is still her sweet self,” said Kenneth, ’“she is playing piano solos at station I. N. A. R. for Sears Roebuck and company. She plays won- derfully well and has a position in the New York Theatre as soon as her contract with Sears expires. She is getting $500 a week now and told us she was content to remain single as long as she could command such a salary as that.” “Say,” said Don, “Hows old John Jenkins, I’ll bet he’s a prominent man somewhere.” You bet he is”, Les exclaimed, “he lives at West Minister Abbey at Lon- don and is a writer of critics and satires. He handed us a lot of advice as usual and told us how to make an interesting report. He is a very distin- guished man there but expects to move back to New York soon. He has acquired a vast fortune. It’s too bad some of us couldn’t be bom as he was.”

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THE CENTENNIAL the rounds and that they had only Don Grubbs and Charles Ensley left since they had found him. “Well, if that’s the case, I guess your trip is about over,” answeded Ted. thinking slowly, “Chuck lives about one hundred and twenty miles north west of here on Eight Mile Bench, and 1 think Chuck mentioned the fact once, that Don came to visit him, so I guess they must live pretty close.” Arrangements were then made that Ted should accompany the two in the plane on to Chuck’s place. As the traffic was not as thick as usual in the upper spaces on that day, they were soon making great speed. The plane carrying the three soon arrived at Charles Ensley jr’s residence on Eight Mile Bench. Charles had a very nice home with about 640 acres of bench land, and (thanks to Mr. I. E. White, Ag. instructor of B. S. H. S. he knew how to farm and manage it properly.) As the air plane approached the whole family went out on the front porch and waited its landing, al- though they had no idea who it was, they were always ready to welcome folks. The aeroplane circled several times and finally settled to the ground a short distance away. When the three got out Chuck gave one big gasp, while an- other was lost in his speedy departure from the front steps toward the worthy three, who by this time had armed themselves for the biggest exhibit of back- slapping that ever took place. “Come in, Come in,” piped a sweet voice from the front steps and Celia Ensley who had not lost a bit of her plumpness, opened the door and bustled the whole quartette into the house. “Sit down you old warts,” said Chuck, “I’ve got a thousand and one questions that I want to ask you. How’s the rest of the class ? How many are married? How many have died and how many turned out as (no-account; ? Open up and tell me, I haven’t heard of any of them since we graduated ten years ago, except Ted and Don”. “You mean Don Grubbs,” yelled Kenneth, “he’s the last one on our list and if we find him we’ll have the complete history of the class of ’26.” “Why he lives at Grubbsborough which used to be Box Elder, you sure hit it lucky though, for he is coming here today for a visit, and of course he’ll bring Helen.” “Helen who?” asked Les, “I thought he was married to Zella Vanover.” “No,” laughed Chuck, “You see Zella turned out to be an inventor, due to her course in Physics and she invented a rolling pin that would come back when she threw it. This was too much for Don, so he obtained a divorce and later on he married Helen McHose who is of a more gentle disposition. I suppose you boys remember her, I’ll tell the world, I certainly do.—Do you remember the case we had with her Ted?” finished Chuck, laughing. “I’ll say I do,” answered Ted, “we sure had one grand battle, I laugh to think of it now!” “Here comes Don now” announced Celia at the door. There was a mad rush for the door and just then Don got out of his new Ford Eight and opened the door for his wife. Mrs. Grubbs was no sooner out than the four ambitious ex-football players hit him with such a bang that after the dust had settled somewhat they found him lying on the other side of the car. “Hello you old Grubb,” teased Les, “how is Mrs. Grubbs and all the little Grubbs by this time?” “Why, hello Les, how is Mrs. Miller and all the little Moths,” he an- swered with his ready wit. The four then picked him up an carried him bodily into the house where they soon had him telling the following story:

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THE CENTENNIAL Sure sounds like John all right,” vouched Ted, “do you remember how he used to argue in class ? He surely knew his stuff though.” “How about Nell O'Malley?” asked Chuck. “Oh she is in old Ireland now,” stated Kenneth, “she and Steve went there five years ago and inherited a fortune when a rich uncle died. They are in the hardware business now and Nell's commercial course helps out considerably as she keeps all the books and accounts.” “We sure have a surprise for you guys though,” said Les, “its about Ursulla Craft. When I saw her over in Scotland I was sure dumbfounded, but when I heard she was married to Scotty McMillan you could have knocked me over with a straw.” “Its true all right ', said Kenneth. “She and Scotty are living on the Highlands of Scotland. They are in the goat business and have a vast herd of “goats and kids” Due to her High School training Ursulla has made a very efficient housewife. Scotty, who still scrimps and saves showed us that he is making a profit of one dollar and thirty-seven and three-fourths cents a day off his goats. He said, however, that he expected greater returns when the kids get full grown.” “Lavina must have taken to teaching, didn’t she?” asked Ted, when Ursula’s story was finished. “She used to enjoy all the Normal Training studies.” “You guessed correct, for once,” remarked Kenneth, “she is now a full fledged teacher and has about 75 pupils. She is teaching Economic Civics and Sociology in the Helena High School. When she graduated from Big Sandy she taught rural schools for four years going to summer school each summer. In 1930 she was offered a position as grammar teacher in Great FalTs, which she accepted and scon received advancement after advance- ment until now she is in great demand as a teacher over the state.” “I suppose Jim Mason and Abbie Lund were married and lived mushily ever after,” laughted Don. They sure used to be thick in school” “You’re not much of a guesser,” smiled Les, “Abbie and Harry Bitz were married in 1930 and this quite broke Jim’s heart. He went into the brokerage business and was fairly successful but he was not content with suich small business so he went into partnership with a Jew called Ikey Good. His daughter Ikeepa Good was a very beautiful girl and soon won Jim’s heart. Soon after they were married they started the Ikeepa Good Penny Store at Chicago. They have a good trade and are progressing faster than you might think.” “Don’t forget Myra”, reminded Chuck, after a short silence. “Oh yes,” began Kenneth, “Myra hit it pretty lucky. After she grad- uated she taught school for three years,then when Mr. Moe got the position of superintendent of schools in Chicago,111., Myra applied for a position as principal of one of the high schools, and has been there ever since. “While we are talking of Chicago we must not forget to mention that Mrs. Moe, of course went along with Prof, and has been a very efficient Debate Coach there since 1931”. “How about Helena,” asked Ted?, “Gee haven’t you heard of her before? You who are so well posted on politics and news. Well after Helena graduated she worked two years longer for Mr. Mills and then received her Union membership. After that she held various positions in Chicago for five years. By that time she was financially fixed to establish a shop of her own. So three years ago she returned to