Chinook High School - Breeze Yearbook (Chinook, MT)

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12 THE CHINOOK BREEZE May, 1929 + '■ BEN McKINNIE Mac — A little learning: is a dangerous thing. Basic Course. President ’27; Student Council ’29; Pep Club 29; Annual Staff; ••Billy. ETHEL PROCTOR. “Bob —,rHer voice was ever soft. Gentle and low—an excellent thing in woman. ’ Basic Course. Basketball 29; Programs and Placards Senior Play. Annual Stuff. ZELLA SCOTT. Tom’ — Oh what's a table richly spread Without a woman at its head. Commercial Course. B rketball 26. 27. 28. 29; Dramatic Club 27. 28. 29; Pep Club ’29; Secretary of Girls’ Insignia Club 28. 29; Secretary of class 27, 29; Annual Staff; Senior Play Committee. DONALD MORRISON. Angus — He sighed to many, though he loved but one.” College Preparatory Course. Dramatic Club 2G. 27. 28, ’29; Basketball 27, 28; Track 27. 29; “Billy; Class President 2S; “The Whole Town’s Talking; Annual Staff. High School Orchestra 28. BRTJCE SEYMOUR. “Bruiser — More sinned against than sinning. Agriculture Course. Basketball 27, 28; Ag Club 26, 27. IMOGENE OVERCAST. “Genie — Never love unless you can Bear with all the faults of man. Basic Course. Glee Club- 27. VERA RASMUSSEN. “Rass”—“From grave to gay. from lively to serious. Commercial Course. Dramatic Club 27, 28, 29; “Billy.

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May, 1929 THE CHINOOK BREEZE 11 + INGVALD FREDLUND, “Bong’'—“The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind.” College Preparatory Course. Football ’27, 28; Track ’29; Annual Staff; Pep Club ’29; Ag Club; “Billy” Extemporaneous Speaking ’26. BETTY HOOVER. “Betta”—“Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind.” Basic Course. Dramatic Club 26. ’27. '28, 29; Basketball 27. 28; Declamatory ’26; Annual Staff; Tickets Senior Play 29; “Thursday Evening;” Shop work. MYRTLE MARTIN. “Micky”—“I care for nobody, no, not I. If no one cares for me.” Commercial Course. Glee Club ’28, ’29; Vice President Glee Club '28; Extemporaneous Speaking ’28; “Billy;” Editor of Annual; “The Wi hing Well.” CLINTON SALFER, “Butch”—“Never ending. still beginning.” Basic Course. Football ’27, ’28. ’29; “C” Club ’27. ’28, ’29; Track ’28. ’29. HENRY BRINKMAN, “Hank”— The man who is strong to fight his fight. Is the man the ages want.” Agriculture Course. Student Council ’25. ’26; Football '27. ’28. ’29; Track ’29; Ag. Club ’28, ’29; Ag Club Manager ’28, ’29; Secretary and Treasurer of Ag Club ’27. ’28; Ag Judging Team to Bozeman ’28; “Billy;” Scholarship Contest at Havre ’27. ALICE GRASS, “Babe”—“I am merry when I hear sweet music.” College Preparatory Ccur e. Dramatic Club ’28; Student Council ’28, ’29; Pep Club ’29; Annual Staff; Extemporaneous Speaking ’28; “Billy.” LAURA McKINNIE, “Kinnie”—“Chewing the cud of sweet and bitter fancy.” Commercial Course. Dramatic Club ’2(8, ’29; Glee Club ’27. ’28; Pep Club ’29. JENNINGS DOWEN, “Jack”—“If I should pray. I scarcely know. In just what way My prayers would go.” Basic Course. “C” Club ’28, ’29; Basketball ’27, ’28; Orchestra ’28.

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May, 1929 THE CHINOOK BREEZE 13 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Little Dorothy came running to her mother on3 day begging for a story. She said that Mary’s mother had told her a story about the days when she went to school. Dorothy’s mother was busy at the time, but it had been so long since she had talked about her old class, that she sat down and began the story of her school days. “It was in the fall of 1917 that w e first started to school. Miss Woodman was our instructor, and we all just loved going to school. That year we had an enrollment of almost sixty, but only five of this first grade class graduated together. They were Betty Hoover. Donald Morrison. Billy Skillen. Ing-vald Fredlund. and Ben McKinnie. The next year we lost many of our class, but w'ere glad to see new members with us. Laura McKinnie, Vera Rasmussen, and Henry Brinkman joined us here. It was this year that the grade building was finished and when we were put on the upper floor we fell pretty big. That year a Japanese play was given at Griffin’s hall and almost all of the girls took part in it. which showed that even as small children we w'ere a talented class. After three long months of vacation we all rushed back to school. Mrs. Poyner was our teacher. and we enrolled with 28. That year we felt extra big because we didn’t have to sit on the little red chairs anymore. Then, too, we learned how to write with pen and ink. which helped prepare us for the fourth grade. In that grade Miss Lane was our teacher, and we enrolled with about 40 pupils. It was this year that we all took part in a May fete that was put on by Miss Leach. In the fifth grade (1921) Miss Swenson took charge of our class, and many were the good times we enjoyed. After another long vacation, we were eager to get back to school, and started, in 1922. with 34 in our class, and Mrs. Elmer as instructor. It was at the end of this year that we received our first diplomas and a group of prouder students has never since been seen. When we entered the seventh grade the whole school did their be$t to teach us the art of passing, but somehow for the first six weeks confusion always reigned. We enrolled with 34, our class still over balanced with 23 boys and only 11 girls. Wo elected Ingvald Fredlund our first president, and .Yiss Ancle, son was our home room teacher. When vacation came the old gang rushed out of the school hou e, but were back again in the fall as the peppy eighth graders of ’24. Clinton Salfer entered our ranks this year. Mrs. Williams was our heme room teacher. The first thing she did was to erganize a Good Citizenship Club. Evidently she thought it wras badly needed. It was not long before the school knew we were there, for we won a d gree of fame when wfe beat the unconquerable (?) sophomores in basketball. We started the freshman year with a roll of 41. Of these Parmiter Bickle has moved to Havre; Leland Bosshardt is in Washington; John Brink-man is living with his parents on their farm; Ray Fleming ks working in Chinook; Glen Harbolt is married; Robert Patterson has moved away; Stanley Trochta is graduating from a school in Wyoming; Alvin Weidner. Stanley Closon and Sidney Riley are working in Chinook; Maude Farnsworth is married; Margaret Kenny graduated from Harlem high school in ’28; Ethel McCellan is going to school in Havre; Lillian Nick is married and living in Chinook; Bertha Sergent and Fern Taft have gone away; Mary Sisson is graduating from Havre high school; and Beulah Willman is taking nurses training at the Deaconess hospital in Havre. We wished that these members could have been with us when we graduated from dear old C. H. S. Jack Dowen, Daisy Thompson, Zella Scott and Paul Moore came into our class that year and are graduating with us. Ben McKinnie was elected class president in the sophomore year and we were well represented in all outside activities. That year Mary Frances Pyette. Imogene Overcast, Edward McPherson and Orrin Wolary. joined us. Our junior year we elected Donald Morrison class president, and Mr. Yuhasz was our sponsor. That year we bought our class rings, and though we had a hard time getting it started we put on a prom that everyone w'as to remember. Alice Grass and Myrtle Martin entered that year. The senior year was the best year of all. We elected Edward McPherson as our president, and Zella Scott as secretary and treasurer. Our sponsor. Miss Baur, cannot be beat in quality, even if she is lacking in quantity, and believes in making class functions successful—no wonder our class play was so successful. We put our best efforts forth on the annual so w might leave a “Chinook Breeze” that w'as worthy of our class of '29. “Now my dear,” said her mother. “That’s the end of my story.” “Oh!” said little Dorothy. “Is that all?’’ I just love to hear you tell about it.” CLASS PROPHECY While wandering about the great metropolis of the Weat, Helena. Montana, on a chill spring day in 1950. I chanced to see a sign over a doorway which read “COME IN AND SEE YOUR FRIENDS. THEY ARE HERE.” I thought this must be some joke, but having nothing else to do I went in. I was conducted to a small room with a miniature movie screen on one of its w’alls. An attendant seated me in a comfortable chair and took his station at a large keyboard. “Whom do you wish to see?” he inquired. “Well,” said I, “I should like to learn of the fate of my classmates. Clara Barber first.” The attendant pressed her name on the keyboard. but got no response. Again he tried and the name Mrs. Scotty Crawford appeared. He tried this