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

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0=3L :nc inz □ THE CENTENNIAL C=C “Yes, I think so. Don’t yon think I have a darling little family?” It was Bill’s voice and you could just hear his joy. By this time they were all inside sitting in a nicely furnished parlor. “Eugene, didn't you say that you were out interviewing our old Senior Class?” This showed Gordvn's interest. “You bet your life, I am. They're still the same old class too. I wish we could have one of those old class meetings again even if they were rather noisy. I could even take a bawling out from Ivan. Looking back, I think he made a pretty good president.” “If you know anything about the class, you'd better let us hear it. First of all I want to know where Nancy is and what she's doing,” said Lillian. Squirty was ready for action. “Wait until I get my little notebook out and I'll tell you all 1 know. Nancy’s away down in the State University of New Mexico where she's coaching basketball. She's known the stale over because she has such a wonderful personality and has such a knack of getting along with everyone.” “Three cheers for Nancy. She always did put her whole soul into basketball or athletics.” It was only natural for Bill to ask for his old friend Millard. “Here he is. He is the owner and operator of the Bay () Grande Tractor Company in southern Minnesota. He's making a fortune.” Gordyn was the same old self and remarked, “Yes, just what I expected. Don’t you remember how brilliant he was in Physics. Those high grades of his made it hard for the rest of us. Where is Florence now? The last I heard from her, she was in Florida.” “This notebook contains so much, I guess I'll have to index it. She’s a full-fledged school teacher now and is teaching the negroes down in Louisiana. She has proved very successful.” “Didn't any of our class turn out to be musicians or singers?'’ asked Bill, who always loved music. “Wait a minute and I'll name them all. Ketta Armstrong is playing the piano in the big opera in Paris. She still plays her oboe too and makes a big sum of money. She tells us she is going to remain single but that is hardly be- lievable for she had photos of many attractive young men on her piano. We’ll just wait and see. “Frances Watson and Irene Arnold are touring the world over broadcast- ing their singing ability. Many a young man's heart they ve broken by their short stops. They made a good sized ‘roll’ every evening and say that they owe a great deal to their former teacher, Mr. Henning. “We can list Gladys Bilile with our musicians too, although her name is no longer Bilile. She is now Mrs. Rev. Joe Blazek. They are in India where Joe is a prominent minister and Gladys is in charge of a large singing school. “Emma still carries music as an avocation. She takes her clarinet with her wherever she goes and also that alto voice of hers. Her chief line of work, though, is stenography. She is Millard’s private stenographer and bookkeeper. He says he will never give her up even if lie has to marry her to keep her. She’ll never have to be an ‘Old Maid.’ 0=3 193 1 c Page 19

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0=3 THE CENTENNIAL □[ ]□[ ]C=0 CLASS PROPHECY The day was still; there were no birds singing; there was not a cloud on the horizon, but the sun poured down in blistering rays upon the parched land. A cool breeze could not be found anywhere. Amidst this almost unbearable heat, out on the vast prairie, sat a cowpuncher in the shade of his horse, herd- ing a large band of cattle. They did not seem to have much more ambition than the young lad, Gordyn Crofoot, watching over them. Gordyn’s mind was in- clined to wander and as he sat there he began to recall the memories of the class of 31. His greatest desire just then would have been to hear from each one of his classmates to learn how he was faring after he got out into the business world. Where was Gladys Bilile, Joe Blazek, Sig Dyrland? Were they all as successful as his own sister? A loud noise aroused him from his revery. He gazed around; far off to the east was an airplane coming in his direction. Some power beyond his control made him get up and wave Ids arms and hat in a frantic manner. The two occupants noticed his actions and soon brought their plane to a standstill. They jumped from the plane in a manner which showed that they had performed that little trick many times in the past. Gordyn then recovered himself and with a wild cowboy whoop, leaped into the air and ran to greet his old friends, Eugene Arnold and George Robertson. He came to an abrupt stop. “Why you high-toned air fiends, don’t you even remember an old classmate?” This was enough; they recognized the voice that always had so much to say in English lYf class. Thru the sheer joy of seeing each other, the first few moments all spoke at once. At last Eugene put in enough words to state that their purpose was to learn of the whereabouts of the members of the class of ’31. This would add one more to their list, but they still had two to locate. “Well, do you know where William Larson is?” It was Gordyn’s question. “No, but that mischievous look in your eye tells us that you know,” re- plied Eugene. “Yes, you bet I do and I’ll bet he has a surprise for you. He lives down near Highwood and owns one of the largest and best managed farms in Mon- tana. I always think that it’s due to that course in Farm Management that he took from Mr. Hoskinson.” Squirty then voiced his bright idea, “Let’s jump into our plane and go down there. Come on, Gordyn !” With this they were off. In only a short time Crofoot pointed out Bill’s farm. All of his fields were simply blooming. Eugene, who was piloting the ship, made a beautiful landing near a work shop where the “man of the house” was busily employed making a little wagon. The three boys then appeared to the scene. Eugene remarked, “Well Bill, that looks rather suspicious.” Bill neglected this statement and greeted the boys and welcomed them to his home. They started toward the house where they heard a voice call, “Hurry up boys! I want to have a hand-shake with some of my old friends.” “Oh, I’ll bet this is William’s surprise.” There was Lillian King and Billy, Jr., coming out to meet them. Page 18 1 931 [3=0

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0=3 THE CENTENNIAL DC □ □C □ □C □ □C 10=0 “I suppose you’re beginning to wonder about Ivan Berg. We ran across him accidentally in stopping at an airplane filling station up at what used to be known as Box Elder. The first we heard was the Tooting’ of a sousaphone. In a few minutes Ivan made his appearance. Box Elder has greatly increased in size and he owns about half of it. The name has been changed to ‘Berglund.’ He was married recently and is making use of what he learned in B. S. H. S. as he is director of a dance band which puts on dances every Saturday night at Hay Center Inn. “The last of our musicians is with us now. We’ll let him say for himself. Come on Gene.” “Well, after I got out of school I took up aviation but I still did not forget how to sing. That’s how they knew me back at school. I could sing over the whir of my machine.” “Sing us a song now,” said William. “All right. I’ll sing you that song that I used to sing when I was a Senior.” Soon the air was filled with the melody “'Go Home and Tell Your Mother.” Bursting into a fit of laughter, Eugene spoke up saying, “Oh, tell them about I)oc Ray and Carjta Smith.” “Surely, I will,” said Squirty. “Doc Ray married Carita Smith but owing to the excess knowledge that she received in her course in Physics, she turned out to be an inventor and invented a special type of rolling pin that is extra hard on the hen-pecked husband. Doc could not stand this so he sued her for a divorce on the grounds of cruelty and married Margaret Johnson, who is of a quieter type. They now own a large store in Fargo, North Dakota. Carita is thinking some of joining Irene and Frances in their tours.” Lillian, who always seemed to have the ability to think forward, an- nounced, “Out of a class of thirty members there surely must have been an actor or an actress.” “Yes, there is,” answered Gene. “As soon as Clarissa Phillips and Paul Sonksen graduated they went directly to Hollywood where they became famous on the movie screen. They are soon to play the leading parts in the picture Tt Doesn’t Pay to Argue.’ ” “Well, you could knock me over with a feather. Whoever thought that Paul would go on the stage? What do you say, Squirty?” “‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way.’ Next we’ll hear what happened to the Cooke sisters. We all knew that Annie was to be married to Ivan Clark when school was out but that was all. Now she is a well-known style designer in France. The clothes which you women wear today are modeled by her hands. Dorothy has played faithful by her name and became a great ‘cook.’ She is now in Houston, Texas, teaching Home Economics.” “That cannot be all of the class yet, can it?” asked Gordyn. “Oh, no, there are several left yet. Here is Esther Haakensen and Juanita Hultin. They are managing a beauty parlor back east and are not left in peace one minute of the day for there is a continual line of women there to have their beauty renewed and they are even expected to make beautiful the unbeautiful. Oh, that makes me think of that essay we studied in English. ‘The Enjovment of Unpleasant Places.’ ” (Continued on Page 63) Page 20 : 193 1 0=0