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

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 r i 0?H0jV)0[ pc In September 1944, fort y-s 1 x sophomores registered In the Carter county high echool. Nearly all of the frosh of 43-44 returned and one new Member enrolled, Eleanor Rilley. Eleanor la from near Rill Iron, Montana and attended the Custer county high school during her first year. The first class meeting of tue year was conducted under the super- vision of the sponsor, Mrs. Tarlln on September 13. Eugene Schultx was elected president, E 1 d e n Strand, ▼Ice-president, and Doris Taylor secretary and treasurer. The sophs Initiated the frosh on September 15 by requiring the boys to dress as girls and the girls as boys. To make It more comical they all had to wear their clothes backwards. The boys wore green hair ribbons and the girls wore green ties, thus, in- dicating the fact that they were green freshmen. In the afternoon they were taken by the sophomores on parade down Main Street and back past the grade school. Pushing and pulling each other in baby carriages,

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of the freshmen. Blondle and Dagwood, Mickey Mouse, Humpty Dompty, and Hitler were among the famous people present. The sophomore physical ed. boys won the in- tsr-olass basketball tournament and half of the boys on the football teaa were sophomores. Dean Albert, Rodney Emswiler, Lyle Haha, and Thonas Hurst made the basketball squad; which won the Miles City aBa tournament and won sec- ond place at Poplar in the divisional tourna- ment . Honor studente of the year were Dean Albert, Patty Bpeelmon, Phyllis Douglas, Marceline SJoblom, Billy Cooper, Veronica Kreitel, and Celia Owen. Celia Owen was president of the class, Lyle Hahm was vioe-presldent, and Mabel Pyles held the office of secretary-treasurer. Marceline SJoblom, Celia Owen, and Leland Gundlaoh won honors this year from the National Poetry Association. Candidate for Homecoming Queen was Celia Owen. The Juniors of 1944-45 started the year by electing as class president Floyd Bailey, who is from Mlllbank, South Dakota; Leland Gundlach was eleoted rlce-president; Dean Albert, trea- surer; and Billy Cooper, secretary. Algy Dillon, G. Cline, Roy Richards, Joe Shuffield, and Mabel Pyles didn't return. Lyle Hahm Joined the Navy, and Thomas Hurst is going to school in Chicago. Junior boys, Rodney Emewller, Dean Albert, Clyde Welch, Ralph Lee, Billy Cooper Leland Gundlach, and Albert Penn came out for football this year; and Juniors on the basketball team included Dean Albert, Billy Cooper, Rodney Em- ewiler, and Ralph Lee. Class meetings were held once a week with stamp sales and business discussed afterwards. Since the treasury was low on funds, a Stunt Night was Inaugurated on November 10 with various classes from the grade and high schools putting on some act. Betty Meyer was eleoted as the candidate for Homecoming Queen. The Junior prom was held on April 13. B. Meyer JL, ' p R. Stleg A. Ward C. Welch 0. Woolhlser H. Tates Y c

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made a very funny sight. ... . June Beach was ohoeen sophomore candidate ror Hoaeooalng Queen of 1944. She was one of the favorites and for sobs time It a though she would be Queen but at the final oounts It was found that she oame In eeoond. At the regular annual Barn Danes many of the Sophs turned out dressed In the worst, com- peting for the prise offered for the beet costume. Bernice Strait was oo-wlnner of the first prise, with freshman Lylene Hubbard. Bernice wore a large, baggy pair of bib over- alls with a handkerchief protruding from hip pocket, and old pair of run over cowboy boots, and a very dllapedated Stetson hat that was polished with grease. Bernice recleved f.50 for her half of the prise. As a skit for Stunt Night, November 10, ■Wildcat Willie- was presented by the olaes, under the direction of Mrs. Tavlln. Stars in the play were Dick Rolfson as Willie; Marcle Lee Nlme, his sister; Lillian Bearrow, lone Meade, Don Pulse, Elden Strand, and Eugene Schults played the part of friends of the family. In sports the sophomores really rate. Seven of the seventeen football boys belong to the class They were: Skeeter Hedges, Harold Stuart, Tommy Waterland, Elden Strand, Don Pulse, Bobby Cooper, Billie Tiedemann, and Bernard Nles. u . , Bobby Cooper, Elden Strand, Tommy Waterland, Don Pulse, Donald Boggs, Eugene Sohultz, and Skeeter Hedges all play basketball. These make a total of seven of the fifteen basketball players of the high school. On both the football and basketball teams Dlok Rolfson was the manager. This Is a res- ponsible position involving the care of the equipment. Dick must always be at practloe and must be at the games or everything is In a mess. The sophomores were the first olaes to dis- play the Minute Man Flag which represents 904 or more participation in ttae weekly defense bonds and stamp . sales of B. Tiedemann 7“ V'