Buffalo High School - Buffalo Yearbook (Buffalo, MT)

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class, of the City of Buffalo, County of Fergus, and State of Montana, being of sound minds and memories do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all other wills and bequests of whatever nature hithertofore made by us. First: We bequeath to the Class of ’50 our dignified ways, our unequaled manners, and our brains; Second: To our teachers we bequeath our tiresome long assignments, our faithful instruction, and our undying gratitude for the help they have given us during our four years of High School; Third: To the underclassmen we leave our good behavior, our pep, and our school loyalty with the request that they not be mislaid; Fourth: To the Freshman class we leave our shorthand notes (hoping they can read them), gobs of gum which can be found stuck on various assembly desks and on the lunch room tables, ink spots, and last but not least, our good looks and winning personalities; Fifth: Individually, we bequeath: I, Ruth Joy Dover bequeath my dignity and bashfulness to Mary Piane; my ability to get along with people to my little sis, Mary Alice; and my bobby pins to Gertrude McDonald. I, Marie Leora Flugge, leave my shooting ability as forward to Elois Harrison, my job as editor of the Booster to Colin Dover and my place as soprano in the Glee Club to Gertrude McDonald. I, Edith Maxine Crabtree, leave my place as guard on the girls’ basket - ball team to Joan Fairbanks; my typewriter to Phillip Lilley, hoping it serves him as well as it did me; my height to Harold Dover and my flirting ability to LaVonne Gardner. Signed, Class of ’49 Signed, sealed, published and declared by them as and for their last will and testament, in their presence, and in the presence of myself, I have hereunto subscribed my name as an attesting witness to said document. Signed, All Gohne (Notary) II

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The following were chosen as class officers: President, Marie Flugge; Secretary and Treasurer, Edith Crabtree; Reporter, Ruth Dover. In our Junior year the class became smaller since only half of us, Herb, Ruth, Edith and Marie, returned to finish our high school education. Edith Crabtree went to the State 4-H Club Congress in Bozeman where she received honors for judging clothing. Our social life broadened this year; we helped with the successful carnival and sponsored the traditional Junior Prom and Banquet, the theme of which was “April Showers. The hall was decorated in pastel colors, trellis-work with flowers, and a rainbow with a pot of gold at the bottom. We enjoyed this year and our only wish was that those who had been members of our class would have remained with us. The officers for this year were: President, Marie Flugge; Secretary and Treasurer, Edith Crabtree; Reporter, Ruth Dover. When school started on September 7, 1948, only three girls enrolled-- Edith Crabtree, Ruth Dover, and Marie Flugge. Herb Campbell joined the class for a part of the term but did not finish out the school year with us. The second week of school all of the Senior girls attended the 4-H Club Congress at Bozeman. Ruth won honors in a demonstration, Edith in judging clothing, and Marie in the dress revue. When we returned from Bozeman, everyone got into full swing of school work and activities and everyone was kept very busy. All participated in the school play. Officers elected for this year were: President, Edith Crabtree; Vice-President, Ruth Dover; Secretary and Treasurer, Marie Flugge. All year we looked forward to commencement and now that the time has come we start out bright and gleaming on our own--for as the word indicates, we are commencing a new life. BACCALAUREATE AND COMMENCEMENT Baccalaureate services were held on May 15 at the Methodist Church. Reverend McKnight officiated . Commencement exercises were given on May 1 8 in the Hall. The graduating eighth graders received their diplomas the same evening. 10

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PROGRESS OF THE FORTY-NINERS In 1949 three Seniors left their commencement exercises and started on the road to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Through much research and costly detective work, this committee has managed to trace these forty-niners through the last ten hectic years. In the spring of 1949 one, Ruthie Dover, started immediately on the road to life in the pursuit of happiness but lost her liberty. She was married in June. The two remaining Seniors wished the bride good luck and took off in opposite directions. Five years hence, as of a certain spring day, we found: Crabtree's Creeping Cats playing their hearts out under the able direction of “Deed” Crabstree at a resort in the Crazy Mountains. So enjoyable had been their music that the dance floor had been repaired thirteen times to date. On an opposite peak, a week later we found on all sides small children wending their way upward and onward to a little red schoolhouse at the top. Standing in the doorway ringing the bell stood Marie Flugge, the superintendent, principal, and teacher of the establishment. Thus far we got and no further--for awhile. A dectective started at Buffalo and another at Billings to trace the third forty-niner, Ruth Dover Parnell. One citizen would say she went there and another would say she went here, thus confusing our “hawk-eyes.” However, success is always the reward for determination. Ruthie's husband had been drafted in the fall of 1949 and was still on the high seas. On this certain spring morning Ruthie 'was headed for France to invade Paris. In 1959, our tracing of the forty-niners completed, we found: Edith with a changed uniform, changed profession and changed name. Her orchestra uniform of maroon and gold had been exchanged for a trim, starched one of white. Her orchestra had been merely a side line as each year she had been collecting credits toward a major in medicine. Her name-change cannot be revealed as she is now an interne at the Mayo Brothers Clinic and was secretly married without the permission of her supervisor. Edith Crabtree (blank), adios. Marie, instead of teaching school 7,000 feet above sea level, can be seen piloting a plane 7,000 feet above land, as she is Federal Superintendent of 12