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

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DEDICATION To Mre. Laura Booth Hall thie book la proud- ly dedicated. Mre. Hall was appointed the flret Superin- tendent of Carter county by the Legislature which created Carter county in February, 1917. Mre. Hall's first office wae In the large room of the old school house in Ekalaka. Her filing cabinet consisted of a dry-goods box. She used a kitchen table for her desk. Mrs. Hall, you have done muoh to make this high school and county what it stands for to- day. You conquered the first struggles and sent Carter county on the road to a better school system. May this book prove worthy of you and bring pleasure to you.

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FOREWORD It is with great Dleaeure that the etaff presents Its flret printed MEDICINE ROCK. The MEDICINE ROCK was purchased through George W. Basye who took the pictures for the annual. It Is planographed by the Farweet Lithograph Company of Seattle, Washington. The first MEDICINE ROCK of which the etaff has any record was published in 1937. It had 16 pages and was a mimeographed copy, 9 by 6 7 8 . There was space for pictures, but no pictures. in 1938 and 1939 there was no MEDICINE ROCK but there was a Senior Edition of BROADCASTER, which contained plc- rerlew of the year's MEDICINE ROCK that is in 1940. It was the in and a published, the CARTER tures pasted work. The next copy of the on record was published size of the present annual and contained 6C pages. It was mimeographed with picturee pasted in and had a hand bound cover. There 1940 een an annua Polished every year slnoe 194L annual featured the flret MEDICINE HOCK with planographed pictures. It had 42 mimeographed pages. h« annual of '42 had a hand-painted cover with 52 mimeographed print and planographed picture pages. „ Ji!iorlcal theme was featured in the MEDI- CINE ROCK of 1943 There were 40 pages of print and pictures that included many of early scenes of Ekalaka. Carter's 1944 annual had a blue embossed oover and the pages were entirely bordered. It was mimeographed with planographed pictures. It contained 65 pages. The annual has steadily improved In else, duality and workmanship. It is hoped that this book may bring happy memories into your leisure hours for many years to come. Thank8 to you who have helped to make this publication a success.

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IN MEMO HI AM Oh for the touch of a vanished hand And the eound of a voice that ie still. —Tennyson Janes Armstrong December 9, 1943 Francis Ballou Chester Benson December 31, 1942 Weloome Cunningham, '38 November 15, 1943 Adelbert Emswiler, '40 July 14, 1944 Dale King John H. Halley George Mitchell John V. Munro May 29, 1943 Clifford Ness, '41 April 21, 1944 Edgar Parker Bam Penn Deoember 18, 1944 Frank Qnam, '38 June 15, 1944 Fred Rozdal November 15, 1944 Harold Stlteer June 22, 1944 Mary Taylor January 8, 1943 George Tompson, Jr. Dexter Volin February 19, 1944 Perry Valter August 26, 1944