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

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MILITARY Private Kenneth J. King, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl King of Big Sandy, was killed in action December 3, 1944, in Germany. He entered the U.S. Army August 5, 1943, and received his basic training at Camp Barkeley and Camp Swift, Texas. In September, 1944, he was sent overseas with a medical detachment and was stationed in France for a time, Ister being sent to Germany. The War Department presented the Purple Heart to his parents and notified them that their son was buried in Holland. THE HIGHEST DEMOCRACY FOR THEY HAVE FINISHED TO BEGIN AND GREATER THINGS THEY DO- WHO COME SO FAR TO DIE SO YOUNG AND LIVE AGAIN IN YOU. --Dr. Daniel A. Poling KENNETH J. KING 24

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dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes --and before man walked on the moon. We got married first and then lived together. How quaint can you be? In our time, closets were for clothes, not for coming out of . Bunnies were small rabbits and rabbits were not Volkswagens. Designer jeans were scheming girls named Jean or Jeanne, and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along well with our cousins. We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent, and Outer Space was the back row of the Riviera Theatre. We were before house-husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriages. We were before day-care centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt, and guys wearing earrings. For us, time-sharing meant togetherness--not computers or condominiums. A chip meant a piece of wood, hardware meant hardware, and software wasn't even a word! In 1940, Made in Japan meant junk and the term making out referred to how you did on your exam. Pizzas, McDonald's and instant coffee were unheard of. We hit the scene when there were 5 and 104: stores, where you bought things for five and ten cents. Sanders or Wilsons sold ice cream cones for a nickel or a dime. For one nickel, you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600.00 but who could afford one; a pity too, because gas was 11$ a gallon! In our day, cigarette smoking was fashionable, grass was mowed, coke was a cold drink and pot was something you cooked in. Rock music was a grandma's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principal's office. We were certainly not before the difference between the sexes was discovered but we were surely before the sex change; we made do with what we had. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby! No wonder we are so confused and there is such a generation gap today! BUT WE SURVIVED!! --Anonymous 23

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MILITARY ROLL CALL Gerald Berlinger Deceased U.S. Navy Seaman 1st Class Ted Erikson U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert L. Green U.S. Marine Corp Sergeant Clinton I. Hagen U.S. Army Private 1st Class Kenneth J. King Killed in Action U.S. Army Private Paul R. LaBuda Deceased U.S. Army Walter J. Monson U.S. Army Private 1st Class Edward L. Nygard U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Laurence R. Ophus U.S. Army Private 1st Class Myron H. Ophus U.S. Marine Corp 1st Sergeant Edward E. Pokorny Deceased U.S. Army Joe M. Quinn U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class 25