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

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BIOGRAPHY Student - Farmer - Trainer - Teacher - Military Range Conservationist - Homemaker - Clerk - Mother Businessman - Secretary - Rancher - Music Arranger Forester - Construction - Salesman - Publisher Practical Nurse - Music Composer - Census Taker Supervisor - Technician - School Bus Operator Bookkeeper - Appraiser - Welder - Hobbies - Writer Chemist - Aide - Foreman - Executive - Waitress Music Director - Housewife - Dental Assistant Mechanic - Researcher - Van Driver - Firefighter Reindeer Husbandry - Ferry Boat Skipper - Fireman Business Partner - Range Management - Storekeeper Retirement - Manager - Repair Shop Owner - Officer Professor - Memberships - Wildlife Management THINK THAT DAY LOST WHOSE LOW DESCENDING SUN VIEWS FROM THY HAND NO NOBLE ACTION DONE. --Jacob Bobart 26

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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

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MARGARET BAKKE JORDAN Sunnydale Lane, Box 280 Penryn, CA 95663 (916) 663-2241 ADDRESS LATER 1995: 113 North 30th, Great Falls, MT 59401 I worked in Great Falls at both Gore Hill , now Metro and East Base , now Malstrom Air Force Base. I married Charles G. Jordan from Belgrade, Montana, at the Methodist Church in Great Falls on June 8, 1946. We took an extensive seven-state honeymoon. On this Moon walk, a darn rattlesnake crossed our path and hesitated long enough to strike Charles! The snake never lived to tell about it, but it sure put the finishing touches on a beautiful honeymoon. That fall, we and thousands of others were on the college campus at Bozeman, Montana. A year later I was pushing a baby buggy. Inside was Joyce Louise. Dad was deep in studies under the GI Bill . We bought a home in rural Belgrade and commuted 20 miles to college. By 1949 college was in our past and we had an electrical contractor’s business in Belgrade and another little girl, Jeanette Lucille in that baby buggy. Charles wired a great part of the Gallatin Canyon; which was just getting Montana Power. Then Uncle Sam got into the act and we found ourselves back at Malstrom Air Force Base in uniform, again. Three years in Great Falls and a little son, Charles Martin, arrived. By now Korea was in the foreground and when duty calls , Dad left P.C.S. for Korea for one year. The three tots and I stayed in Great Falls. It was near Big Sandy and convenient to the base for medical. Besides, I loved Great Falls. (Just wait till the last chapter)!!! When Charles returned from Korea, we were assigned to McChord Air Force Base for the next eight years. assignment in 1960 was Lajes Air Force Base 27 Our next on the