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

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Class History In the fall of 1953 - We, the Seniors of 1957, wandered into and through the halls of Bigfork High. We were 16 green, bewildered, Freshmen; frightened yet thrilled at the thought of being in High School. After a short briefing in the auditorium, we were assigned to Mr. Tomaskie, our adviser. He led us to the shop, which was our home room for that year. With his help and guidance we managed to find our way to various classes and began to adjust to high school. We organized into a class unit and elected class officers as follows: President, Nila Foster; Vice President, Joyce Nichols; Secretary-Treasurer, Shirley Coverdell; and Student Council Representatives, Shirley Smith and Doris Wee. A short time after school started the Sophomores gave a skating party for us at Lake Blaine and we gave a dance in return. By this time, we began to feel that we were really a part of Bigfork High School. This year, the School Carnival was held in the old Grade School Building and we, as Freshmen, intro- duced the Jail House to the faculty and student body. Our Sophomore year brought many changes. Two new students entered our class, John Church and Betty Reed. Mrs. Weed became our adviser and the Homemaking Cottage our Home Away From Home for our remaining years in high school. Our social activities were few that year, consisting chiefly of a skating party at Lake Blaine for the Freshmen and a mixer or two. We began to realize it was important to concentrate more on our classwork. The girls were busy with Homemaking and the boys with wood shop. Some of us were struggling with Algebra and Biology and all of us were working at our requirements in English and History. Class officers this year were - President, Doris Weed; Vice President, Joe Lawrence; Secretary-Treas- urer, Sandra Bolstad; and Student Council Representatives, Harol Braaten and Shirley Smith. In 1955 only 13 of us came back to B. H. S. This was indeed a busy year. We were introduced to the mysteries of typing, shorthand and Auto-Mechanics and continued our quest for knowledge in the fields of English and History. The first big activity of our Junior year was the annual Junior Talent Show. This proved to be a success both as an evening of good entertainment and financial standing. Our Junior Prom was perhaps the highlight of the year for us and indeed for the entire school. Our theme was Blue Hawaii. We labored, argued and sweat for weeks, planning and preparing decorations for this event. But we felt the results made it all worthwhile. We had transformed the gym into a little spot of enchantment. The Junior-Senior Banquet came next. This we held at Hennesseys in Kalispell and again we used a Hawaiian theme. The decorations were lovely, the food excellent. Our print shop did a really profes- sional job on the menus, place cards and napkins and we thought the favors we made were pretty nice, too. The officers who steered us through this eventful year were Don Kirby, President; Shirley Smith, Vice President; Shirley Coverdell, Secretary, and Evie Case, Treasurer. Joe Lawrence and Betty Reed repre- sented us on the Student Council. Our last duty as Juniors (aside from passing our finals) was decorating the stage for Baccalaureate and Commencement Exercises for the Seniors of '56. We were sad to see them leave but happy too, in the realization that at last we had attained that highest goal, we were the Seniors of B. H.S. Being Seniors has been fun but has carried with it many responsibilities, too. It sometimes seems to have been a year of decisions. First of all came the selection of class officers. To guide us during this important year we selected Joe Lawrence, President; Allen Ream, Vice President; Doris Weed, Secretary; Shirley Smith, Treasurer; Gary Lee and Joyce Nichols served as our representatives on the Student Council. Sandra Bolstad was selected Student Body President. But most important of all we had the responsibility of publishing this - our school annual, Le Lac. For six months all our spare moments, and some not so spare, were spent working on the annual - writing copy, selling ads, meeting deadlines, etc. We would like to express here our gratitude to the Juniors who have labored with us as part of our annual staff. They have been a great help. Even with all this to do we managed to have a successful Mixer after the Arlee Basketball game and a highly successful Christmas Dance. Although we are the smallest class, in number, in our school we have tried to carry our share in all the school activities and have provided many of the officers for such organizations as the Pep Club, F.H.A., Twirlers, and B Club. Looking back we can see that these four years in High School have been very profitable and happy years, tinged now with just a little sadness. As commencement approaches, we realize that a certain era of our life has passed and we are faced with decisions much greater than any we ever faced before.

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SANDRA RAE BOLSTAD Sandy A quitter never wins, a winner never quits. Twirling 1, 2,3,4, treasurer 4; Chorus 3; Student Council 3,4, secretary 3, president 4; FHA 1, 2, 3,4, reporter 3; Bay Breeze 2, 3; Pep Club 1,2,3,4, treas- urer 2.3, secretary 4; Girls State 3; National Honor Society 3,4; Annual 3,4; Class Secretary-Treasurer 2, GARY BYRON LEE It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. Basketball 1,2, 3,4; Baseball 1,2; B Club 2,3,4, vice president 4; IA Club 1; Annual 4. BETTY LOUISE REED Louie Act as though you were to live forever, and live as though you were to die tomorrow. Norwalk, California 1; BHS 2,3,4; FHA 2,3,4, presi- dent 4; Pep Club 2,3,4, vice president 3,4; Twirling 3,4; Chorus 3; Student Council 3; Cheerleading 4, substitute 3; Annual 4.

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Class Will MONTANA BARNARD - leaves his red hair and his ingenuity with cars to Arlene Conant. SANDRA BOLSTAD and BETTY REED - To Mr. Flint we leave the chore of finding new necks to fill the crook of his cane and to the other teachers two vacancies to fill as pests number one and number one too many. SHIRLEY COVERDELL - leaves her musical ability and the glitter of a diamond to Bonnie Fenby. TERRY COOPER - leaves his interest in MG's and his appealing personality to Mike Lee. LYLA GREEN - leaves her dangly earrings and her blonde hair to Karen Clothier. ALICE JOHNSON - leaves her quiet and pleasing manner to Phyllis Sustello. She seems to be badly in need of it. DON KIRBY - leaves his twinkling eyes and Swan Lake fun to Dale Conley. JOE LAWRENCE - leaves (with Doris) and is glad to be gone. GARY LEE - leaves his basketball ability and good looks to Lyle Hedin. JOYCE NICHOLS - leaves a faded twirling uniform, beat-up boots and baton and all the teachers with gray hair. ALLEN REAM - leaves his cooking ability and his Atlas build to Jerry Collins and other eligible bachelors. SHIRLEY SMITH - leaves her mechanical ability to Mr. Tomaskie. MELVIN STUBBERT - leaves his ability to stay IN school to Herb Weed. DORIS WEED - leaves her twirling ability to Elaine Nichols. She takes Joe with her. TO: Mr. Eslick - We leave hopes of a bigger and better gym. Mr. Hint - We leave a silent 3rd period study hall and the hope for a better year to come. Mr. Hoepfer - We leave the parts of speech. Maybe he'll have better success next year. Mr. Hudson - We leave a stray kitten to boil and the headache of sponsoring a senior class. Mr. Naugle - We leave Government tests and tom workbooks. Miss Paul - We leave broken typewriter keys and toasted potals. Mr. Tomaskie - We leave the joys of sponsoring a freshman class like ours. Mrs. Weed - We leave the home ec in wild disorder and confusion. Tess - We leave the reoipe for Baked Alaska. A1 - We leave an old broom. Signed and witnessed by: Patience, Prudence, and Pestilence.