Bigfork High School - Le Lac Yearbook (Bigfork, MT)

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t.e, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred fifty-two, having completed the twelve (12) speci- fied years of school required for a high school diploma by the State of Montana at Bigfork, being of sound mind, anti having written no will heretofore, do solemnly ordain and establish this our last Till and testanient. To the faculty we give our undying gratitude for the patient and kindly devotion they have shown us through our period of learning. o the Juniors, vie give our most cherished possession, the honour of bein'' uoper classmen at Bigfork High School. To the Freshmen and Sophomores, we give the right to the many trials and tribulations that they must conquer before they attain the goal of being upper classmen at Bigfork High School. How, we being eight (8) equally divided parts (with exception of LeRcy Cranston who is a little larger than equal) do bequeath and bestow the following attributes: I, heHoy DuPeyron Cranston, will my acknowledged ability to establish diplomatic relations with femmes fatale oi pulchritudinous qualities to John Leon Jones. I further bequeath and bestow upon said John Leon Jones ny ability to play the trombone and the floogle horn. I, Swing Martin Hicken, will, bequeath and bestow upon Marion Slbert Huston ny well-displayed Ilercoxean physique. I further 'will ny laziness to Robert James Brandewi9, the King of the Tomato Ermi . 1, Ray B. Keller, being more sound of mind than any former, present, or future member of Bigfork High School, will ny ingenious mind to Albert Sinstein. I further will ny nickname of Stretch to Ronald Cordon 'Veber and hope he uses it to complete satisfaction of Coach Kopoan- in future basketball games. I, Edna Louise Gilbert, will iy good fortune (or misfortune, I'm not sure widen) of being the only- girl in the Senior Class to Misses E.Anne Brown (you'll have to ask her what the E. stands for) or ary Jane Kurth, whichever one needs it the most. I further leave and bestow upon Mrs. K. Barton ny ability as Librarian. I, William Roy Kirby, can't afford to leave anything so I'm taking it all along with me (girls ex- cepted, of course)—in other words, I just leave. I, Yilliam G. Conley, will my ability to kill elk itth a 25-3$ at the short distance of $50 yards to any up-and-coming Swan Paver stump-jumper who will Dromise not to tell a soul about this secret weapon. I, Edward LeRoy Kelson, do hereby leave ny sex appeal to Evelyn Heed. Further, being of more gen- erous nature than the rest, I leave ay mechanical ability to Mr. Midge. 1, Pat Dale 3ishop, will ny extreme heighth to Ralph Purcell with the hope that he will some day grow up. I further leave ny talkativeness to Mildred Ottosen, the quietest girl in the school. »e do set re'l or this, cur lost will, or the nineteenth day of ay in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred fifty-two. Empire. SIGNED: ) 10

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Class History In September, 1918, about 26 scrubby little Freshmen went through the usual agonies of initiation at the hands of the (pardon the word) Sophomores. This ordeal over, we proceeded to elect our officers. Ray Keller captained our ranks} Shirley Anderson was vice-president} and Helen Heikens •■■ms secretary-treasurer. Jeffery Wilhelm and Gloria Knight represented us in Student Council. A. J. Barney was our sponsor. That year we held a roller-skating party at Lake Blaine. Later on we held a return party for the Sophomores. Upon returning to Bigfork as Sophomores, our first duty was to elect officers. Bobb Zachary was president} Ewing Micken, vice-president} Joan Hersh, secretary-treasurer} LeRoy Cranston and Ray Keller, Student Council representatives. Our advisor for that year was Mrs. Bays. There were 2k students in our Sophomore class. The class opened their third year by electing LeRoy Cranston, president} Ewing Micken, vice-president} Louise Bartlett, secretary-treasurer} Dolores Sumner and Bill Kirby, Student Council representatives. In March of that year we gave the Seniors a banquet which was held at the Flathead Lake Lodges. Then came the Junior Play, The Miser , which was a big success. J. J. Sivils was our advisor. There were 16 students in the class, two of which graduated with the Seniors. At last came our Senior year. We started this, our last year, with only eight members. J. J. Sivils was our advisor. We took an active part in the Carnival in which all the organizations and classes par- ticipated. During the Christmas Season we enjoyed caroling with the other students. Along towards spring we held a Senior Ball which everyone enjoyed. During the same month the Juniors held a banquet in honor of the Seniors. (The Juniors weren't so bad after all.) Then came our Senior Week. Although we had fun, it was filled with sadness as we were together for the last time. We all enjoyed a trip to Missoula that week. May 18 found the Seniors happy but sad as this was Baccalaureate. May 19 was a great day for the Seniors. We were nervous while being handed our diplomas. Now we put the past behind us ard we cl ini) far.

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Bigfork, catena July 26, 3962 Dear J.J. (that stand.? for J» mes Joseph rivils) It’s been rurored around tom the last few days that Edna Gilbert (th only girl in th'- class of ”52”, you113. remember) had bought out the : ary lAarnhy Peai’ty fhop and was going to run it herself. I dropped in to see Edna at her hone at bud Lake and she s id this was true nd that if anyone wanted their hair curled to drop in some time. From there, I went to Lalisnell to droo in on ry cld yyil Ewing Micken. Ewing, you now, married his old high school sweetheart and followed in his f ther-in-l w's footsteps to become a laywer, after he learned what a r cVet-oops-I mean how highly resnected the profession is. fter leaving - ten dollar retaining fee in pennies (just in c se a mistake is lade sometime) I started down .ain Ft. at c s fe and s »ne 75 miles an hour when a °light noise along side the car attracted my attention. Glancinr over I s w LeRoy Cranston ir. a bright blue uniform and riding a motorcycle. I pulled over to the curb to have a chat with him. LeP.oy was jtfst through telling me about his expected promotion to desk sargent, his red-headed wife, and his seven kids, when who should drive around the corner with 3 team and wagon but Pill Conley. In five minutes I caught ur with Bill (there ought to be a law about eorle obrtructinr your virion with tickets under windshield wipers) to find that it wasn’t r wagon he was pull- ing but rill Kirby’s Ford. Bill explained that he and Kirby were in the junk business to stay as long os Ford made cars. Fil 1 figured that i, two years their taxes would r ?y off the natior?! debt. Upon returnin' home I was rudely interrupted in ry money counting by nock on the door. '!uch to ry sur rise it was Id ?Telsor. sellin fertilizer for the Eishop .nd Faison dairy farm. They are trying to ru it on ' paying b sis. lien questioned bout the partnership, Id replied ’’Veil, Fat nd I don’t nr»he much money, but we ain’t overworked either.” In c e you’ve been wond°rin I’m here in Ei fork on a ?C day vacation (work for th overnnent you know)• I bold the o.-i in of Chief Penney Counter at the Denver mint. (Red in the -a er' that there’s ? enney shortage in the U. . but so f°r they haven’t crught re.)0h-oh- guess I’d better c ose no because here comes LeRoy yelling somet 3ng °bcut where did I ' et the pennies to o?y those finer. Ray Kellar 11