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

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HOMECOMING QUEEN Carolyn Myers 18 CARNIVAL KING QUEEN Charlie Klim as and Gretchen Dunn PROM KING AND QUEEN Larry Galbavy and Bonnie Morgan

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1961, of Big Sandy High School, do make and publish this, our last will and testament. To the faculty we leave future headaches to take the place of the ones we created. To the janitors we leave the memories of our muddy feet and endless requests. To the Juniors we leave the ability to win friends and influence people and to the girls, the ability to concentrate on their own business. To the Sophomores we leave our democratic system of holding class meetings. To the Freshmen we leave our trials and tribulations on entering high school. PERSONAL BEQUESTS ARE AS FOLLOWS: I, Edward Allderdice, will leave as soon as I can. 1, Tim Balazic, will..........................leave. I, Cheri Britton, will to Sandy Hurd my ability to look wide-eyed and innocent at the most convenient times. I, Janice Christofferson, will my ability to lead a married lifej go to school; fight with friends, enemies, and relatives; and be happy at the same time to anyone who wants to take the chance. I, Sheila Crofoot, will my ability to be absent from school and still maintain passing grades to whoever thinks they can get away with it. I, Ralph Cross, will my ability to take three English courses in one year to Ronnie Kalanick. I, Gretchen Dunn, will my ability of making a twenty-four-hour day into a forty-eight-hour day to whoever wants it. I, Barbara Farley, will my frantic years on the school bus to Dianna Shanahan. I, Carol Foussard, will my position as cheer queen to whoever has the pep, energy, time, and voice for it. I, Larry Galbavy, will my ability to chew gum in English IV without getting caught to Vernon Turk. I, Tom Gasvoda, will leave very soon. I, Jim Gillespie, will all my faculty friends to Sherman Severson. I, Ruda Haakensen, will my ability to chew gum during school all four years without getting detention to Rita Hurd. I, Allen Halverson, will, to anyone who can get away with using it, my beautiful handwriting that is guaranteed to give all teachers headaches. I, Gail Hannum, will to Rita Hannum and Joyce Norden all the fun I've had in Big Sandy and other places during my high school years. I, Clark Johnson, will my position in basketball to Raymond Kassmier. I, Charlie Klim as, will my position as end on the football team to Don Robertson. I, Mike LaBuda, will one beaten Dodge and one good Chevy to my beloved sister, Jeannette, to cart her boy companions around in after school affairs. I, Carol Livers, will, to anyone who needs it, my ability to say nothing when I have nothing to say. I, Judy Marty’, will my fun and carefree days in high school to Ellaraine Gerson. I, Bonnie Morgan, will my kookie giggle to Ron Wooley. Put it to good use, Ron! I, Carolyn Myers, will my ability to be Pep Club President with all its headaches for three years to Sharon Broesder. I, Marjorie Nepil, will my ability to hold offices in chapter, district, and state FHA to Lynn Burley. I, Joanne Ophus, will my ability to attend English IV only twice a week and still pass to anyone who thinks he can do it. I, Faye Osterman, will my ability to go steady through my four years of high school to Peggy Husar. I, Evelyn Pavlovick, will my agreeable disposition to Doris Sluggett. I, Gary Reichelt, bequeath my job as Big Sandy Sanitation Department Supervisor, garbage hauler, to my be- loved friend, Stan Klimas. I, Floyd Terry, will my ability to get along with the teachers and stay out of trouble to Amie Gasvoda. In witness whereof, We, the Class of 1961, do sign and seal this document on the seventeenth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-one. 17

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CLASS HISTORY It was in September of 1957 when a group of eager freshmen entered Big Sandy High School. They were, for the most part, a noisy lot, and they would become the cause of much vexation as well as ad- miration before they were finished with high school. This group was, of course, to become the graduat- ing class of 1961. The freshman class of 1957 selected Carolyn Myers as president to guide their activities throughout the year. The other officers who were elected with Carolyn were Judy Marty, vice-presidentj Carol Foussard, secretary; and Tim Balazic, Student Council representative. Mr. Green was elected to be class sponsor, a job that he was to keep throughout the class's four years in high school. Initiation and the carnival were the two main events of the year. Marjorie Nepil and Terry Caborett were the candidates for carnival queen and king. The freshman year of this class had more than its share of humorous incidents. Clyde Wall, it will be remembered, was fined a nickel for every ain't he used in English class. He went bankrupt and be- gan writing I. O. U. 's that totaled about $3 at the end of the school year. When he paid off his debt, the freshman class spent the money for popsicles. The sophomore year of this class was to be a busy one. Jim Gillespie was elected president of the class, Gary Reichelt became vice-president and Clarke Richter was chosen secretary. The selection of Carolyn Myers for Student Council representative was a wise one, as Carolyn was a conscientious worker. It was during the sophomore year that Roland Boucher, a former classmate, died after having fallen from a moving truck. The candidates for carnival king and queen were Jim Gillespie and Carolyn Myers. After waging a vigorous campaign, the sophomore class was successful in seeing its candidates crowned king and queen. In the spring of 1959, the sophomore class sponsored the annual athletic banquet which was a success. In September of 1959 the class entered its junior year. The class was, as a group, lazy at the begin- ning of the school term. It seemed that many of the class wanted to rest on their laurels, whatever they might have been. This attitude would change before the year was over but not in time to get Carol Fous- sard and Clark Johnson elected carnival queen and king. Marjorie Nepil was selected to lead the class that year, and she was an outstanding president. Tim Balazic filled the office of vice-president, and the old politico of the class, Carolyn Myers, was secre- tary. Carol Foussard ably represented the class in Student Council meetings. In April of 1960 the class began decorating the old hall for the annual Junior Prom. The theme was Evening in Paris, and the hall was beautiful when the class put on the finishing touches. The banquet preceding the prom and the prom itself were both successes. It was about that time that the class began to be different from other classes. Precedent was broken when the juniors decided to charge the seniors for admission to the prom. The class thought that charging seniors was a fine idea--until they got to be seniors. The ideas the class had concerning democracy at this time were on the verge of absurdity. The class voted on every issue at least four times and then wanted to start over again. Ralph Cross suggested that alfalfa would be a good choice for a class flower. The voting was close, but alfalfa lost by only three votes. The white rose was eventually chosen as the class flower. Indecisiveness was the dominant trait of the class during its third year in high school. After voting seven times on mottoes, the class finally settled for Onward ever; backward never. Not all of the junior year was spent voting on, passing, and repealing measures. Marjorie Nepil was elected treasurer of FHA on the state level, and the football and basketball squads had a score of suc- cesses. Then in the fall of 1960, the class entered its final year at Big Sandy High. This was to be an out- standing year for the senior class. The class arrived at school in a somewhat quiet mood, and it was evi- dent that the members of the class had matured considerably. They were now young men and women with serious goals. Charles Klimas was elected president, Floyd Terry was the chosen vice-president, and Evelyn Pavlo- vick was given the many duties of senior secretary. Tim Balazic was chosen Student Council representa- tive. The first frivolous event of the school year was, of course, the initiation of freshmen. The class a- gain broke precedent by charging admission to the initiation program. Criticism of the class was common, but the class coffers were enriched by $80. 19