Chester High School - Coyote Yearbook (Chester, MT)

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 In relating the experiences the Seniors of the Class of 1956 have had in the past four years, we would like to remind everyone of what a fine and wonderful group we were--naturally the mostest and bestest ever to graduate from Chester High School's “Halls of Ivy. “ Our hardships” started when we entered school at CHS on September 2, 1952, as po' lil green freshmen. We were really in for it on September 12, as it was initiation day and the seniors gave us a bad time. Class officers elected for this year were Beverly Thisselle, president; Larry Lambott, vice- president; Gail Kammerzell, secretary-treasurer; and Mr. G. Lallum, advisor. Some new students that joined us were Violet Newby, Loree Chisholm, Raymond Birdsall, Kay Graves, and Dick Harmon. On the evening of March 6, we freshmen honored the seniors with a return party. All in all we had a pretty good year, and we were hoping the next three would be even better. As we set out to do a little more exploring at CHS we found out one thing—we were now called sophomores. Our leaders were Jim Thielman, president; Beverly Berg, vice-president; Barbara Smith, secretary-treasurer and Mr. Wilson, advisor. Raymond Birdsall and Violet Newby left our class after going part of the year. Those that joined were: Paul Tallman, Frances Swor, Clifton Riley, Robert Pugsley, Denis Peterson, Stanley Mitchell, Dianne Luchetti, and Jack Hughes. Carl Tallman joined and then left again. As sophomores we were rather bored with life, so we surely did look forward to becoming juniors! Though we were now juniors, we still discovered a lot of things. For instance: On December 6, 1954, we received our new 3-D class rings. November 20 was the scene of our junior play, Stars in Their Eyes. The Junior-Senior Prom and Banquet was held on April 29, 1955. Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland was our theme for the big event. Beverly Thisselle as delegate and Gail Kammerzell, alternate, were chosen for Girls’ State from the junior class. Delegates for Boys' State were Ed Cramer and Bob Pugsley; alternate was Boyd Nealy. President, Ed Cramer; vice president, Joan Schroer; secretary-treasurer, Sandra Leighton; and advisor, Mr. H Palmer helped and lead all of us during our big exciting discoveries. The class lost four old friends: Loree Chisholm, Gloria Lund, Gaye Hanson and David Ward, and gained a new one, Ronald Filibeck. Now in the fourth and final year at CHS, we are at last reaching the home stretch in getting ready for each of us to go out and meet our destinies in this world. As all the classes before us, we feel we are the highest and mightiest seniors Chester High will ever graduate. On September 16 we initiated the freshmen at a party in the evening. The class went to Havre on November 4 and had graduation pictures taken. Everybody went to Cut Bank for Career Day on March 12. You'll Lie Laughing was our Senior play given on May 2. At last we got what we had been waiting for a long time—Sneak Day!! On April 19 at 4:00 the class left for a three-day trip to Kalispell, Butte, Missoula, Bozeman, and lots of other places. Everybody had a lot of fun and some of our experiences we’ll probably never forget. David Ward and Gaye Hanson came back to our class; later on, Gaye left. Connie Bowman joined and left; Frances Swor and Ronnie Filibeck left also. Class officers this year are: Robert Pugsley, president. Boyd Nealy, vice-president: Barbara Smith, secretary-treasurer: and Mr. Arnold Unterseher, advisor. Last, but certainly not least, is Baccalaureate and Graduation-----something we've really looked forward to. We know everybody is going to miss us and---I guess we'll miss you too. This is just a last record of the class of '56 and I know that the students and the faculty realize that this is one class that will go down in history as the best.

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'Present We, the Senior Class of 1956 of Chester High School, being sincere in heart and with- out the influence of other people, do bequeath and donate our last Will and Testament as follows: First, to the faculty we will the memories of us and the smiles on our faces. Second, to the junior class we leave the front row seats in the new auditorium. Next we leave the sophomore class our successful school days and the halls of learning that they might follow in our footsteps. Last of all we leave our quiet, diligent, and well-planned study habits to the freshman class. BOYD NEALY wills his teasing ways to all the boys in C.H.S. BARBARA SMITH willingly gives her shyness to Beverly Hanson. DENIS PETERSON gives his position in English class to anyone Miss Kapuster would like to have keep her company after school next year. DONALD HAUGEN leaves his shoes and the study hall aisles to Monty Nealy. BEVERLY BERG wills her ability to write many letters a week to Beverly Wright. Because Dennis Freeland wants to look at the future more brightly DICK HARMON wills his dimples and pretty white teeth to him. JOAN SCHROER wills her frankness and ability to get away with it to Nancy Berg. DIANNE LUCHETT1 gives her position as top gum chewer of the school to Cletus Zorn. BEVERLY TlflSSELLE wills her giggles to Dorothy Shettel. JOYCE EVELAND, being very quiet and subtle, wills her ways to Dick Burrows. JOHN STORES wills his mischievous ways to Linda Kammerzell. PAT FUNDERHIDE and JERRY HENDRICKSON leave their ability to sleep all through high school to Ellen Puglsey and Donna Kossel. LORIETTA BACKEN gives her engaging position to Gary Standiford. Because Jim Wigmore likes the library so well, OPAL HEIMB1GNER leaves her position as librarian to him. CARL IVERSON wills his changed ways to Julius Jodlowski and James Potter. ERNEST WENDT leaves his shorthand ability for all the future shorthand classes. GAIL KAMMERZELL and EDWIN CRAMER give their blessing to George McQuire and Donna Poil. As side burns are one of DAVID WARD’S distinctive characteristics he is giving them to Jerry Albright. GALE THIELMAN wills his height to Russell Meech. JAMES THIELMAN wills his hair style to Terry Swank. BOB PUGLSEY willingly gives his laugh to Billie Lee Violett and Marion Standiford. ESTHER MAY GREINER wills her ability to stay out of trouble to Betty Harmon and Darlene Fuhs. LARRY LAMBOTT leaves his compact size to Bob Pettapiece. SANDRA LEIGHTON wills her naturally red hair to Willa Jean Berg. Subscribed, sealed, puDlished and delivered by the Senior Class as their last will and testament in the presence of each other this 24th day of May, 1956, at the Chester High School, City of Chester, County of liberty, and State of Montana.