Carter County High School - Medicine Rock Yearbook (Ekalaka, MT)

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8. Chat bequeaths his ability to convince people to Oscar Quam. 9. Pauline hereby wills her attentiveness in Biology and her ability to study in the assembly to Luther Wheeler. 10. Clarence bequeaths his formula for keeping his hair so neatly combed to Walter Ness. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the Graduates of the Class of nineteen hundred thirty-one, hereunto set our hand and seal this twentieth day of May, the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one. WITNESSES: HELEN LANTIS, The Countv Seat. The Town Pump. DOROTHY BEACH. Class Prophecy One evening, just as the moon peaked over the mountains, I was walking slowly through the forest, thinking of my high school days and wishing that I could see all of my classmates again. Suddenly 1 heard a faint voice calling for me to stop. 1 could not imagine from where the voice had come, but I obeyed. I looked down to the ground and saw a little elf. It said, “Follow me to the banks of the river, and you will see your companions of the years in Carter High School.” I followed and as I approached the river I felt a spell coming over me. What could be the matter? A heavy fog fell about me. As it folded away I found myself entering a large theater. Above the door I saw the name of Dorothy Beach emblazoned in red letters three feet high. As I came inside the building. I saw a brilliant- ly lighted stage on which Dorothy was dancing and singing before a large audience. I was told that she was the world’s most accomplished dancer. As suddenly as it had come the picture faded and I felt myself rising. I was in an aeroplane, and my pilot was no other than Clarence Wilkoske. I wanted to speak to him but at that moment the engine began to sputter and I knew that 1 must jump for my life. I landed on a large cactus and I knew that I was in Arizona. Looking around me I saW a very large house with many people in front of it. A beautiful woman came toward me from the house. I recognized Helen Lantis. She told me that she and her husband were running a dude ranch for eastern people.

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MEDICINE ROCK Last Will And Testament WE, the Class of 31, of Carter County High School, individually and collec- tively, being about to pass out of the sphere of high school activities in lull possession of education gained, attempt to distribute our best possessions im- partially, and wisely, unto those who will profit best by them. Item 1: To members of the faculty we extend appreciation for all knowledge gained. Item II: To members of the Junior Class we bequeath our places in the Senior row', and our ability to keep peace at class meetings. Item III: To members of the Sophomore Class we bequeath our industrious nature and high ambitions. Item IV: To members of the Freshman Class we will our dignity and best wishes for their success. Item V- To Mr. Kennedy we bequeath all stray pieces of chalk, erasers, compacts, “Whiz Bangs’ and other articles that might be misplaced. Item VI: To Mrs. Hunt we extend our appreciation of her guidance and advice through our four years of high school life. Item VII: The following cherished gifts have been bequeathed individually by their respective owners: 1. Y’Vonne faithfully wills her popularity to anyone who wins it. 2. Dorothy bequeaths her journalistic ability to Marshall Lambert. 3. Harry wills his football pants to Wayne Van Hook and hopes he can fill them by next year. 4. Gladys wills her good behavior and quiet wtays to Janice Oliver and Blink Lantis and hopes they will profit by them. 5. Mildred bequeaths to Elizabeth Gross her ability as forward on the basketball team. (i. Helen takes pleasure in bequeathing to Marjorie Powell her ability as yell leader. 7. Betty bequeaths to Vera Beltz her position as pianist in the high school orchestra. 1931

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MEDICINE ROCK She vanished suddenly and 1 seemed to be walking down a street in Eka- laka. In the yard of the public school was a group of children playing games. In their midst stood Gladys Johnson, instructing them. 1 immediately knew that she had reached her goal as a teacher. Farther down the street I saw another classmate, Pauline Vedell, coining toward me. There was a dark complexioned man With her. I learned from her that she had married immediately after her graduation. Like all the others they disappeared, and I found myself entering a court room in Chicago. I heard a commanding voice from somewhere in the room and looking up 1 saw a short little man talking to a large assembly. Foster Oliver Was pleading an important criminal case. Behind him I saw a slender girl, who 1 knew was Betty Macnab, taking notes rapidly in shorthand on Foster’s plea to a jury. Betty, too, had met success. Again, I was carried away and everything w'as a blank till I seemed to see a splendid school building with the inscription, “Enter.” As I passed through the corridor, I heard the blowing of a w'histle in the distance. Then 1 saw' a red-headed woman coaching a basketball team. When she saw me she came forth and I recognized Y’Vonne Arpan. She told me that her girls had won a silver cup for athletics. I was growing so accustomed to the disappearing of my friends that I was not surprised when this picture grew dim and vanished. With a pleasant feeling of happiness I entered a beautiful yard around a wrhite farmhouse. In front of the yard was Carl Quam and his wife, working. He told me that he owned a thousand acre farm. He took me into the house and turned on the radio. “What was that man’s name just announced?” I asked. Carl laughed and said, “Why, that is Harry Hamster, the United States’ most famous poet. Haven’t you read his latest book of humorous poems?” A cloud passed before my eyes and Carl, too, was lost to me. I was back on the banks of the river and with a heart and mind full of joy 1 returned to my home in San Francisco. It has been ten years since graduation, and 1 have been teaching English in the high school for the last six years. MILDRED KORTUM. I 1931