Cascade High School - Ketochi Yearbook (Cascade, MT)

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President — James Bergene Vice President—Mina Nahrgang Secretary-Treasurer — Shirley Hastings Adviser — Mrs. Rumney CLASS COLORS Blue and White CLASS FLOWER Yellow Rose CLASS MOTTO In Ourselves Our Future Lies CLASS HISTORY On a bright, sunny September clay in 1946, eighteen hopeful climbers, members of the Class of 1950, started on their journey to the top of the mountain. Mr. Emerson Miller was the guide and the eighteen climbers were: Jimmy Bergman. Marilyn Mattson, Jim Bergene, George Savoy, Darrell Wade, Frank Faller, Ronald Creveling, Lloyd Maki, Benona Benedict, Tom Corbett, Margaret Beecher, Pete Ellis, and Una Faye Benedict, all from Cascade; Hattie Hemminger from Butte, Kenneth Tague from Great Falls, Mina Nahrgang from Craig, and Madelyn Simp- son and Thomas Cummings from Castner Falls. During this year, Lloyd Maki dropped from the group. Being a very ambitious class (and also polite) we sponsored a Sophomore Return Dance, honoring the sophomores even after the many cruelties we had suffered from their hands during initiation. We also won recognition in other fields: six of our members were placed on the basketball team and we took the first three places in the school declamation contest. By now we were finishing our freshman year of climbing and the foothills which had seemed so steep at the beginning were now behind us and we had our eyes on the steeper slopes above. As the Class of 1950 resumed their climb in their sophomore year, two were missing from their number. Kenneth Tague returned to Great Falls, and Ronald Creveling also left. Mr. H. H. Humiston replaced Mr. Miller as our guide. During this sophomore year we sponsored several events. First of all was the Freshman Initiation, carefully and cruelly plotted by us, to invite all those who survived to join the freshman ranks of C. H. S. Later in the year, we sponsored a Sadie Haw- kins dance which was a huge success and a good time was had by all — girls especially! 15 )

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BENONA BENEDICT Basketball 3, 4; Football 4; Band 1, 3, 4; Junior Plav 3: FFA Treas. 3; FFA Reporter 4; Ketochi Staff 4. DARRELE WADE Basketball 1. 2. 3; Football 1. 2. 3; Band 1, 2, 3. 4; Chorus 1. 2. 4: Junior Play 3: FFA Band at Bozeman 3, 4; Class Vice Pres. 3; Ketoehi Staff 3: Sec. FFA 4; “C” Club Pres. 4; Annual Staff 4. c L A S s MRS. RUMNEY Sponsor ( 14 )

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CLASS HISTORY (Continued) In the spring our first project was a May Dance. The gym was decorated in gay pastel spring colors of pink, yellow, and green. Due to the fact that we scooped the Junior Prom by one week it rained buckets upon buckets, and while we had very good food, entertainment and music, we ended up with negligible attendance (comprised mainly of loyal sophomores), a muddy gym, and a treasury $40 in the hole. However, even though the May Dance successfully depleted our treasury, it didn't deplete our spirit. We sponsored the Ketochi Day program and dance and at the end of the year we cheerfully sent the Class of ’48 on their way into the cruel world by giving them a reception and decorating the church for Baccalaureate. By the time the school year of 1948-1949 arrived, we were safely over half-way up the hill. Bonnie Tintinger and Una Faye Moore were dropped during the year, but we gained Shirley Hastings and Kenneth Tague from Great Falls, Jenny McDonough from Wolf Creek, and Howard Moore from Long Beach, California. Mrs. Luella Rumney became our guide at this time and remained with us to the end of our journey. The first event of the year undertaken by the Junior Class was a basket social. It turned out successfully and our treasury took on a rosier color and the outlook was bright. Since most of the Junior boys played on the basketball team, we postponed our play until April 1. The title of the play was, “So Help Me,” and besides bringing out the dramatic talent in our class, was a lot of fun and very profitable, too. Three weeks later, on April 22, we honored the Seniors with the Junior Prom. Using a Hawaiian theme, we transformed the gym with palm trees, a grass hut. a boat, and even an island into a South Seas paradise, and Paul and His Royal Hawaiians completed the illusion. The decorations which took us weeks to perfect took only an hour to demolish completely on-the Monday after the Prom. J he end of our journey to the top of the hill was now in sight as we became the Senior Class of 1950. As all the preceding senior classes had done, we started the year by giving the “Senior Mixer,” a get-acquainted party for all C. H. S. students. Joining the group for this final climb were Van Fayler from Augusta and Mary Sullivan from Philipsburg. During the year Benona Benedict and Howard Moore were dropped. Later on in the fall the Seniors also sponsored a basket social. At the beginning of the basketball season it was agreed that the Seniors would take complete charge of concession selling at the basketball games and at the District Tournament. The profits would be split with the “C” Club at the end of the year. Ambitious as always, early in December we decided to publish an annual, THE KETOCHI, which had last been published in 1932. Our deadline was April 10, and with much cramming and hard work, we finally met it. By now we are nearly to the top of the peak, with only Sneak Day, Bacca- laureate, Class Night, and, finally, Commencement Night, left to complete our ascent. After careful calculations, we have decided we will reach the utmost point of our climb on May 24. Then we will hold that precious piece of paper in our hands and survey, behind and below us, the four hard, but rewarding years, which it took to climb from the foothills to the “top of the mountain.” ( 16 )