Chester High School - Coyote Yearbook (Chester, MT)

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Class Will On the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-one. we, the Senior Class of Chester High School, being of unsound mind and body do hereby will and bequeath the following: To the teachers, we will all unfilled pass books which weren't used our senior year. To the juniors, we will our superior intellectual ability and our flop sneak” trip. To the sophomores, we will our ability to grow all sizes and shapes of boys and turn them into good specimens. To the freshmen, the senior girls will their slumber and the senior boys will their parties. I, BEVERLY ANDERSON, do hereby bequeath my ability to stay out of trouble to my sister, Barbara Anderson. 1, CAROLYN BARRETT, do hereby bequeath my ooga horn to anyone in the Pep Club who feels strong enough to pull it around. I, GEORGE BERG, do hereby bequeath my broad vocabulary and well-oiled tongue to Sharon Wickens. I, PATRICIA BRESNAHAN, do hereby bequeath my sax appeal to Dana Ray. I, RITA BUSHEE, do hereby bequeath my snare drum to anyone who wants it and my drum sticks to Monica Feig. I, MICHAEL CAMERON, do hereby bequeath my ability to be the Wittiest person in school to Edna Lalum. I, KENNETH CHRISTENOT, just willingly leave, taking my church key with me. I, ROBERT COLLIVER, do hereby bequeath my ability to be happily married and still graduate to Verna Albright and Jane Schwartz. I, ALINE EVELAND, do hereby bequeath my Student Council secretaryship to someone who will keep the minutes up-to-date. I, WAYNE EVELAND, do hereby bequeath my beguiling personality to Marvin Sunderland. I, BONNIE FRITZ, do hereby bequeath my class ring to Jerry Dolezal, so he can have something dif- ferent to hang in his car. I, CHARLES E. GREEN, do hereby bequeath all my football games to John Kammerzell. I, EDWIN R. GREER, do hereby bequeath my inability to keep out of trouble with at least one teacher every 6 weeks period to the incoming freshmen. I, LILA LOY ISH, do hereby bequeath my laugh to any old poker-face who needs it. I, GARY JENSEN, do hereby leave my Scotch - oops! I meant to say that I'm too Scotch to leave any- thing. I, DARLENE LAAS, do hereby bequeath my ability to run around the halls without a pass and to get by with three subjects my senior year to anyone who's interested in art. I, MARIENE LALUM, do hereby bequeath my quiet ways to Judy Harmon. I, ROBERT LALUM, do hereby bequeath my thinking ability to anyone who doesn't want to get smart. I, ANDREA MATTSON, do hereby bequeath my telephone number (FRanklin 5--2217) to anyone who's interested. (Boys only!!) I, CLARENCE MORRISON, do hereby bequeath my daily 100 mile bus ride to anyone who REALLY wants it. I, ROBERT NORDSTROM, do hereby bequeath my title as Biggest Flirt to Rodney Shepherd. I, BENJAMIN JOHN OSWOOD, do hereby bequeath my church key to anyone in the Junior Class who can keep it steady. I, TERANCE ODEGARD, do hereby bequeath all the gum I've got away with chewing to Mrs. Paxton with the hope that she will build me a monument, and the rest I leave intestate. I, DENNIS PEPPENGER, do hereby bequeath my ability to study in Mr. Tidrick's study hall to Don Keith. I, JANICE ROCKMAN, do hereby bequeath my temper to Donna Fritz. (As if she needs it.) I, MARGARET RUNNION, do hereby bequeath my ability to have fun to Susan Haugen. (If she wants that kind of fun.) I, MERLIN SCHAEFER, do hereby bequeath my wonderful attitude and shining personality which enables me to remain such a favorite with the faculty to Karen Schaefer.

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Class Mistory We started our Freshman year with 35 students. Officers we elected were: Carolyn Barrett, President; Bob Nordstrom, Vice President; Sharon Ward, Sec- retary; and Mr. Louis Schroer, Advisor. As we were new, we needed to earn money. This was done by selling candy and pop at football and basketball games. As we started our Sophomore year, we found that we had added 9 members to the class, these being Jeri Alex, Mark Evans, Verna Gilge, Odean Groff, Jerry Sandman, Richard Sutton, June Stimson, Barbie Whitney, and Merlin Schaefer (who had gone to school with us for 8 years previously). But we had also lost Gordon Wendt, Allen Flaten, Sally Brown, Andrea Bubnash, and Birgit Burkhard. After being with us only for a short time June Stimson left that same year. Eddie Green presided over our class meetings this year, with help from his Vice President, Darlene Laas; Secretary, Pat Seidlitz; and Advisor, Mr. Owen Kluksdahl. Rita Bushee, Mike Cameron, Dennis Peppenger, Curtiss Sloan, and Caro- line Ward joined our Junior Class and Sandra Albright, Jeri Alex, Mark Evans, Sylvia Freeland Heikkila, Verna Gilge, Odean Groff, Judy O’Brien, Jerry Sandman, June Stimson, Caroline Ward, Barbie Whitney, and Darla Yarbo- rough left. Election of officers was held early in the year. Gary Jensen was chosen to be President; Pat Bresnahan, Vice President; Sylvia Freeland Heikkila, Sec- retary; who was later replaced by Bonnie Fritz. Mrs. Norada Paxton was our sponsor. Later in the year we chose the design Starfire for our class rings. We made our acting debuts by giving the play The Little Minister. Robert Nordstrom played the part of the minister. Highlighting our Junior year was the Junior-Senior prom and banquet. The theme was Harbor Lights, and the Happy Four provided music for the oc- casion. Delegates were chosen for Boys' State and Girls' State. They were Ed Green, Gary Jensen and Carolyn Barrett. Alternates were Robert Nordstrom and Patty Bresnahan. Beginning our Senior year, we gained Bob Colliver and Janice Rockman, but we lost Sharon Ward Seidlitz, Pat Seidlitz Bruce, and Joel Fenger. We had 14 members of our class in chorus and 18 members in band. Kenny Christenot acted as President; Janice Rockman as Vice President and Lila Ish as Secretary. Our representatives to the Student Council were George Berg and Aline Eveland. Mr. Owen Kluksdahl was our sponsor. Paint the Town Pink was our senior production which we performed on March 10, 1961. Lake Blaine Resort or Bust was the slogan written on some of the cars which sneaked out of town on May 13, as 24 seniors left on their sneak trip. After boating, roller skating, dancing, sleeping, swimming, hik- ing, eating and so forth, we returned home May 15. Baccalaureate was held on May 21, 1961, with Reverend Jim Patton, Whit- lash, as the speaker. Graduation climaxed our high school career on May 25. We had 31 graduating seniors. Valedictorian was Pat Bresnahan and Saluta- torian was Carolyn Barrett. Speaker was William Lissenby of Northern Montana College. After the exercises, the seniors celebrated by having an all-night dance.

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Class Will Coat. I. CURTISS SLOAN, do hereby bequeath my inability to sleep in class to those lucky stiffs who always get away with it. 1, WILLIAM STEVEN, do hereby bequeath my broad shoulders to Kenny Romain. I, RICHARD SUTTON, do hereby bequeath my extra cowlicks and waves to Gregg Murray. I, SHERRILL WARD, do hereby bequeath my ability to go to basketball games and track meets whenever I want to, to anyone who likes to stay after school. In witness thereof we have to this, our last will and testament, affixed our fingerprints, and flourish- ing signature. As private legal secretaries for the firm of Berg and Odegard, Inc., we do have access to all the files on cases that our employers have handled for the past four years. Also, we do quite a bit of traveling with them, so we get first-hand information. One of our first cases dealt with the fixing of the Hotel Hilton-Fritzgerald’s income tax statement. This hotel was managed by our ex-classmate, BONNIE FRITZ. Another ex-classmate, GARY JENSEN, was the Certified Public Accountant who purposefully fixed the statement. It seems that Bonnie, who was the 1961 Biggest Flirt had entranced him with her flirtatious ways. (Plus a little money, of course.) He did a little crooked bookkeeping, but Hilton was suspicious and sent Berg and Odegard after him. I must say they did a good job, too. Bonnie and Gary are now serving a minimum penalty of three years in the New Mexico State Prison in Albuquerque. Our next major case took us back to our childhood environment. The ever-beautiful Rocky Moun- tains. where BOB COLLIVER was having a range war with FRANK SUTTON. Bob had a big cattle spread and Frank was coming up in the world as a sheepherder. Bob brought a law suit against Frank complain- ing that Frank's sheep were ruining his cattle's grass. Therefore, in 1967, we were called to settle this dispute. It turned out that we didn't have to settle it, as a big snowstorm killed all of Frank's sheep before we even got there. He decided to go into another line of business rather than buy more-sheep just so Bob could fight with him. In case you don t remember the movie, OCEAN'S 11, that we saw as seniors, this next episode we're going to relate may refresh your memory. RONNIE GREER, ROBERT LALUM, DENNIS PEPPENGER. CUR- TISS SLOAN, and MIKE CAMERON, all past service buddies, decided to get rich quick. Five gambling casinos were their targets. They managed to work a power failure in town, discombooberate the emergency generators and get into the safes. They did such a good job in making it dark that they got caught when they couldn’t find their way out. But when their satchels were opened, it was discovered that they had mistakenly taken rolls of confetti instead of money. Because of this, they were given a suspended sentence. And speaking of movies, we have come to the conclusion that they are a bad influence on graduating seniors who are about to decide their life's work. One poor example of this is WILLIAM MICHAEL STE- VEN, M. D. When he was indicted for a mercy killing, he pleaded guilty. He admitted that ever since he had seen the movie, THE BRAMBLE BUSH. he had had the urge to do a mercy killing. The jury acquitted him on the grounds of insanity. The other doctor in our class, MERLIN SCHAEFER, seems very prominent. We haven't a file on him, but we do read of his scientific medical achievements in the newspapers. He has become a famous brain surgeon. His right hand nurses' aide is SHERRILL WARD, who started out to be a hair stylist. She couldn't get hair to curl, so she started working for Merlin, shaving the hair off his patient's heads. The Senior Class of 1961