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

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Now, as we don our caps and gowns On our graduation night. We’ll linger to hear last words of advice. And clutch much-valued diplomas tight. Then eagerly board that outbound ship. Sailing towards an unknown shore. With our visions and hopes and youthful dreams. Floating on the waves before. Mona Diane Edwards c

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(}t Z44 P( e K Outward Bound Snow-white sails in the sunset Of our high school days, depart. To carry us out on the sea of life. Where for each waits a special part. The tide of life has run too fast As it ripples o'er the years. And we're sorry to leave the dear old school. And the games, and the team, and the cheers; But there's no time to linger now. And wish for those by-gone days; Our future's begun, as it has before. For others in other Mays. Sure, we'll miss the kids we knew. And the slamming of locker doors. The teachers who filled our empty heads. With boring, but priceless, stores; The study hall, where one just couldn't. The chats at the library counter. And the big, old clock on the 'ssembly wall The center of interest and wonder; The groans at sight of a long assignment, (Though almost as loud when short) And all the other things we knew. At anchor in school's sheltered port. The paths we walk won't be the same. And many and varied our parts. But mem'ries of our years together will be Tucked closely away in our hearts.

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 On September 6, 1945, thirty-three humble little freshman entered the portals of Big Sandy High School to launch our careers for the next four years. On September 7, we held our first class meeting to elect class officers. Marlyn Cornett as President, Robert Pullin as student council representative, and Miss Bilile as sponsor were chosen to lead our class through our first yea of high school. Maxine Currie was our choice for cheer leader. A few weeks later the seniors offi- cially welcomed us with onions, paddles, fancy costumes, and all the thrills, chills, and spills of a good old fashioned initiation. From that day forward Howard Rice, Eleanor Sevcik, Irene Shurtliff, Shirley Siebrasse, Betty Williams, Alfred Rice, Robert Boettcher, Elizabeth Petr, Allan Pearson, Arnold O'Neil, Mariam Olsen, Gwendolyn Littlefield, Betty Henderson, Darlene Handford, Iris Ingram, Irene Kaiser; Ray Cline, Norma Krumsick, Michael Gibbons, Jim Fry, Nick Eve, Mona Edwards, Edwin Ellingson, Gerald Drew, Louis Dielman, Maxine Currie, Joyce Chauvet, Anita Buchholz, Joyce Archibald, Bill AUdordice, Marlyn Cornett, Betty Gullickson, and Howard Wright were accepted by faculty and students of Big Sandy High School as humans and fellow classmates. For the fresh- men return party we decided to have a good old fashioned barn dance that turned out to be a gala affair. Anita Buchholz was chosen as Carnival Queen candidate that year, and we all worked hard for our part in the event. We chose blue and gold for our colors, and adopted C2b2 as a motto. On December 13 a new student council member had to be cho- sen, and Mona Edwards received the honors. During our freshman year Nick Eve was fatally injured by an automobile accident, and Joyce Chau- vet and Iris Ingram left our school. Their places were filled by Maxine St. Pierre, Jim May, and Maxine Petrock in our Sophomore year. We entered our sophomore year a little wiser and a little bolder, but not too much so. Joyce Archibald as president. Bill Allderdice as vice-president, Mona Edwards as secretary, and Maxine Currie as stu- dent council representative received the reigns of our class that yean Miss Helen Meyers was chosen as our sophomore class sponsor. On Sept- ember 16 we held our first dancing class and all attending shook their way in with dice. That year we chose purple and white as our colors and nominated Nonna Krumsick and Marlyn Cornett for Carnival queen and king candidates. We held our second dancing class on October 8 and our admission was determined by a deck of cards. Hot dogs and coke were an added feature at this dance. That spring we tackled our social obligation, the Athletic Banquet. The girls served a delicious dinner; the boys did the dishes. During this year we said good-bye to Ray Cline, Louis Dielman, James Fry, Betty Henderson, Eleanor Sevcik, and