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

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read in the newspapers of his saving a Pekinese puppy of Lana Turner's. Quite the hero. As for me, this tour was almost too much. I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown. I think I'll settle down in the Rockies and raise flowers in a rock garden. BLAZED TRAILS 1945 --Mernie Wright LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, The Senior Class of the Big Sandy High School, of the city of Big Sandy, county of Chouteau, and state of Montana, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking any will or wills heretofore made by us. FIRST: We direct that all our just debts and graduation expenses be fully paid and satisfied, as soon as convenient. SECOND: We give, devise, and bequeath unto the Juniors our sneak day. ( For Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall , as it did on our sneak day). THIRD: We give, devise, and bequeath unto the Sophomores --nothing as we haven't anything they would be interested in (or have we?) FOURTH: To the Freshmen we leave the remembrance of initiation to help them when they have reached the glorious realms of seniorism. FIFTH: To Erwin, our janitor, we leave the memory of our smiling faces--and devilish pranks. SIXTH: To the school we leave the memory of our bobby socks, page-boy bobs, and the traditional cars, cords, ? , ?,. Also our ability to concentrate on all the things we shouldn't and the unused portion of our intelligence (which is plenty). If you don't want it, save it, because we may want it back some day. SEVENTH: To the faculty we leave our procrastination, prevarication, and pernicious perseverance for our assignments. They will be in safe-keeping so the other students will have to use their ingenuity to find new methods of evasion. We each individually would also like our say. 20 EIGHTH:

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Margaret sets the pace for the well-dressed women of America and England. After Miami, it was Washington, D.C., to chat a few minutes with Congresswoman MARDELLA REICHELT, the Republican representative, about her new plan to put Big Sandy on the map. At the present time she is trying to introduce a bill to establish a carrier pigeon base at Big Sandy. Of course this measure is causing a great deal of debate. From Washington it was merely a few minutes to New York to see VIOLET LANIK and ERMA MAE BUCHHOLZ. These two girls share an apartment. Erma is a dietitian in the Astor Hotel, and recently discovered a secret formula to keep the scum off cocoa. She expects to retire soon on the profit derived from this discovery and travel in Europe. Violet has a radio program of her own on which she gives fashion notes and radiates all of her personality over the air. Her programs are later translated and sent into seven different countries, so Erma will not be lonely while journeying around except Erma cannot understand any other language. Now I leave the U.S.A. and journey to Africa, the Darkland. I landed in Egypt and proceeded to Cairo where I found ETHEL RANDALL swimming in the Nile. Ethel is a roving reporter and brings news of the African animals to all the children of America. She recently wrote a book called Rambling Randy. She was trying out an experiment to see what kind of animals she could attract. The only one I saw was a wolf in an Egyptian soldier's uniform, (a regular wolf in sheik's clothing!) While in Africa, I flew down to Leopoldsville where WALTER MONSON is a Lieutenant Colonel in charge of the Dinosaur Division. His dinosaurs are used to carry troops into the jungles. These dinosaurs are quite the modern discovery. Australia was a stop to visit DELORES GOECKS. Delores married the old boy-friend and is helping run their fur farm. They have started crossing chinchillas with kangaroos to make fur coats with pockets. Quite a successful little business venture. Ah, and now back home again. I ran over to Hollywood to see EDDIE POKORNY, the modern Clark Gable complete with mustache (sure its dyed, but don't tell anybody.) Eddie is starring in a picture named Elegant Eddie in which he's up to all of his tricks of making with the eyes and complimenting all the slick chicks . For relaxation, I rode over to Long Beach for a swim in the ocean. And there was JOE QUINN, a lifeguard. Every two hours he parades down the sands to show off that magnificent walk and swagger of his. A few days prior to meeting him, I had 19

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I, Erma Mae Buchholz, bequeath my chewing gum wrappers to Patty Williams and Donna Reichelt. These, combined with the ones they already have, will keep the school house warm for a couple of days at least. I, Margaret Cole, leave my gift of gab to Frances Petr even if it gets her in hot water at times. I, Robert Green, bequeath my forwardness to Fritz Osterman, hoping he will make as good use of it as I did and wishing him the best of luck. I, Joe Quinn, leave my arguing ability and ingenuity for telling tall tales to Tom Sevcik. I, Muriel Lund, will my brown eyes and dark hair to Beatrice Buchholz so her teachers can distinguish her from Bernice. I, Walter Monson, will my physique to Kenny Darlington. He may fall in love with a tall girl. I, Edward Pokorny, leave my faithful Ford to Harold Sherbeck. It at least beats sprinting to keep from being tardy. If Clinton Hagen, leave my manly voice to Alan Lohse hoping he will use it to a good extent. If Delores Goecks, bequeath my dimples to Ruby Flanery if they don't bring her any more attention than they brought me. I, Edward Nygard, will my ability to be on time to Dora Goecks. It makes life more exciting. I, Leona Sanford, give my ability to stay out of the detention room to Joyce Chauvet. She may need the time for something else. I, Mernie Wright, will my ability to eat and asking When do we eat? to all the other slender (!) people with an appetite. I, Mardella Reichelt, bequeath my ability to ride that bucking bus to the rest of its victims. I, Blanche Riley, leave all the answers to my curious questioners. I, Violet Lanik, leave my bright and happy smile to anyone who can use it as effectively as I can. If Margaret Bakke, will my soft singing voice to Frances Eve. Take are of it, there might be a shortage of baskets. 21