Choteau High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Choteau, MT)

Text from Pages 1 - 72 of the 1954 volume:

tefaillis 195 1 Samior Class Presells Choteau, Montana ft We, the Senior Class of Nineteen-hundred and fifty - four, do hereby sincerely dedicate our year- book, THE BULLDOG, to Mr. Dominic Reed who has been our class advisor during our Sophomore and Senior year s, and our English instructor dur- ing our Sophomore, Junior, and Senior years and has directed our Junior and Senior Class plays. 3 ANNUAL STAFF Back row, left to right; Charles Blixrud, Dan Lindseth, Joe Jaumotte, Bill McCauley; Middle row; Phyllis Magee, Katherinette Malone, Jim Howard, Laura Ann Olsen, Janis Bueling; Front row; Ron Hinman, Helen Yeager, Chris Hen- derson, Bob Reiquam, Helen Davison, and Joann Richem. Bob Reiquam......................... Editor-in-Chief Chris Henderson.................Ass’t. Editor-in-Chief Helen Davison............................Layout Editor Helen Yeager.............................Layout Editor Ron Hinman..................................Art Editor Joann Richem................................Art Editor Katherinette Malone...........Co-Editor for '55 Annual Janis Bueling.................Co-Editor for '55 Annual Laura Ann Olsen...........................Class Editor Phyllis Magee.................Calendar and Class Editor Charles Blixrud..............Clubs and Activities Editor Jim Howard................................Sports Editor Bill McCauley............................Sports Editor Dan Lindseth.....................................Sales Manager Joe Jaumotte.........................Business Manager Mr. Nauck.....................................Advisor This page sponsored by BOND’S SERVICE AND GROCERIES and GENERAL MILLS 4 FACULTY Mr. Ed. Schiller I believe in a strong student government! Superintendent; Graduate of Montana State College and Montana State University; B. S.in science; M. E. in edu- cation. Mrs. Peggy Anderson Oh. Gad! - Secretary. Mr. A1 Finley Oh, crud! Science instructor; Graduate of Montana State College; B. S. in science; M. A. of arts. Miss Marlene Carrig All right now! Home Economics instructor; Graduate of Montana State University; B. A. in Home Economics. Mr. John Annala That's right, is it not? Mathematics instructor; Grad- uate of Western Montana and Montana State University; B. A. in education. This Page is sponsored by PARKWAY CAFE and CHOTEAU GARAGE. Mr. Bob LeBlanc Ahhhhh Industrial Arts and Sociology instructor;Graduate of Mon- tana State University; B. A. in education. Mr. Ed Miller Now class Commercial instructor; Graduate of Montana State University; B.S.in commer- cial. Mrs. Jackie Mathews Please be quiet! Mathematics instructor; Grad- uate of Montana State College B. S. in mathematics. - - Mr. Bob Nauck Ya, I s’pose Vocational Agriculture in- structor; Graduate of Mon- tana State College; B. S. agriculture education. Mr. Don Peterson Now don't let down! Coach and mathematics in- structor; Graduate of Mon- tana State University; B. A. in physical education. This Page is sponsored by COAST TO COAST STORES and TESCH SALES AND SERVICE. D 7 «% y Mr. Olen Rausch Say....... Custodian Mr. Dominic Reed There're only a few of us left! English and Latin instructor; Graduate of Kent University; A. B. and M. A. in English; B. S. in education. Mr. Orvis Stenson C'mon settle down! Music instructor; Graduate of Concordia College; B. S. in liberal arts. Mr. Harry VandeReit Hell-o Veterans' Agriculture in- structor; Graduate of Wash- ington State College. Mr. Frank Rutherford California, here I come! History and English instructor; Graduate of Montana State Uni- versity; Bachelor of education in drama, English, and speech. This page is sponsored by CURTIS IM- PLEMENT COMPANY and H. EARL CLACK SENIORS William McCauley Bill Letterman's Club 2,3, 4; Football2,3,4; Bas- ketball 1,2,3,4; Track 1,2,3,4; Chorus 2,4; Class Officer 2,4; Play staff 3; Play cast 4; Annual Staff 4; Hei- sey Award 1;Paper staff 4. James Howard Jim Letterman's Club 3,4; Basketball 2,3,4; An- nual staff4; Paper staff 4; Stage crew 3,4; Student Council 4; Class officer 3,4. Helen Davison Helen Band 1,2,3,4; Chorus 1; Play staff 3,4; Class officer 2,4; C. P. C. 1,2.4; An- nual staff 4; Paper staff 1,4. Helen Yeager Helen Music groups 2; Chorus 2,4; Band 2, 3,4; F.H. A. 2; Pow Wow 3; Class Play cast 3,4; Annual staff 4; Library 4; Cheerleader 4; C. P. C.3,4; Class officer 4; Paper staff 4. Joan Richem Josie F. H. A. 1,2; Chorus 1,2,3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; C.P. C. 1,2,3,4; G. A. A. 1,2 ;Class officer 2,3; Play cast 3,4; Stu- dent Council 4; Na- tional Honor Society 3,4; Music groups 1,2, 3,4; Paper staff 2,3,4; Library 4; Girl's State 3; Heisey Award 1; Music Club 1,2,3. Robert Reiquam Bob Letterman's Club 1,2, 3,4; Football 1,2,3,4; Track 2; F. F. A. 1,2, 3,4; Class officer 1,3, 4; Paper staff 2,3,4; Annual staff3,4; Hei- sey Award 3; National Honor Society 3,4; Play cast 4; Chorus 2; Student Council 1,3, 4; Pow Wow 3. This page sponsored by DEAN'S CARTER SERVICE 10 Edith M. Anderson Ede C. P. C. 1,2,3; Chorus 1,2,4; Paper staff 3,4; Library 2,4; Play staff 3,4. Donna R. Ballantyne ’’Donna- Transfer from Stanford Chorus 4; Band 4; Mu- sic groups 4; Play staff 3,4;C.P.C. 3,4; Paper staff 4. Charles Blixrud Chuck- Paper staff 4; Play cast 3; Class officer 3; Heisey Award 1; Track 1,3,4; Basket- ball 2,3,4; Letter- man’s Club 1,2,3,4; Football mgr. 1; F. F. A. 2,3,4. Grace Deena Bruno Da tie Chorus 1,4; Heisey Award 3. Rita Castle Rita C.P.C. 2,3,4; F. H. A. 1; Play staff 3,4; Paper staff 4. Lucy May Cherry Lucy Chorus 1,2,4; Music groups 2; Twirier 1,2; Driver’s Training 1; Play cast 4. by MONTANA POWER 11 This page sponsored COMPANY Patricia Ann Clark Pat- Transfer from Great Falls; Play staff 3,4; Lynne Dial Lynne Chorus 1,2,4; Music groups 4; C.P.C. 1,2, 3,4; Paper staff 4; Play staff 3,4. Patsy Edwards Pat Band 1.2.3.4; Cho- rus 1,2,3,4; Music Camp 3; Pow Wow 3; G. A. A. 1,2; F. H. A. 1; Play staff3, 4; C. P.C. 1,2,3,4; Paper staff 2,3,4; Music Club 2,3; Mu- sic groups 1,2,3,4. Gary Franklin Gar- Basketball 1; Band 2,3,4; Play staff 3; Play cast 4; Paper staff 4. Barbara Gebhart Suzie Driver's Training 1;F. H. A.1,2; G. A. A. 2. Carter George Carter Football 2,4; Letter- man’s Club 2,3,4; Band 3,4; Music groups 4; Paper staff 4; F. F. A. 2,3,4. This page sponsored by J. C. PENNEYS 12 Margaret Jean Gollehon Peg C. P. C. 1,2; Chorus 1,2; Driv- er's Training 1; Library 2,3,4; Alfred Green Al F. F. A. 1,2,3,4; Football 3; Driv- er's Training 2; Letterman's Club 3,4; Paper staff 4. Phyllis Hansen -Phil C.P.C. 1,2; Chorus 1,2.4; Mu- sic groups 4; Driver's Training 1. ■m; i Clarice J. Henderson Chris Chorus 1,2,4; Band 2; C. P. C. 1,2,3,4; An- ual staff4; Paper staff 3,4; Play cast 3,4; Mu- sic groups 1,2,4; Class officer 1,2.3; Student Council 3,4; Heisey Award 3; Driver’s Training 1. Florence Doris Higgins Flo Chorus 1,2,4; F. H. A. 1,2,3.4; Library 4. This page sponsored by WEDUM's 13 Ronald Hinman Ronny Basketball 1,2,3,4; Annual Staff 4; Football 1,2,3,4; Track 1,3; Letterman's Club 2,3,4; Class officer 2; Play staff3,4; Heisey Award 3; Chorus 4; Boy's State 3; Paper staff 4. Faye Jaconetty Jackie Band 1,2.4; Chorus 1,2,4; G. A. A. 1,2; F. H. A. 1,2; Play staff 4; Li- brary 3,4; Music groups 1,2,4;C.P. C. 1,2,3,4; Paper staff 3,4. Joe Jaumotte Gink Basketball 1.2.3.4; Football 1, 2,4; Football mgr. 3; Letter- man's Club2,3,4; Paper staff 2, 3,4; Annual staff 4; Class play staff 4; Class play cast 3. Dale Johnson Dale Track 1,3; Basketball mgr. 4; Football 3,4; Chorus 3,4; Band 1; Play cast 3,4; Paper staff 4; Letterman's Club 1,3,4;Boy's State 3. Kenneth A. Johnson Ken F. F. A. 1,2,3,4; Foot- ball 3.4; Letterman's Club 3,4; Drivers Training 2; Basketball mgr. 4; Paper staff 4. This page sponsored by MONARCH LUMBER COMPANY it Dan Lindseth Boone Letterman's Club 2,3,4; Foot- ball 1,3,4; Basketball 1,2,3,4; Play staff 4; Play cast 3; Paper staff 2,3,4; Annual staff 4; Class officer 1. Botella Mae Lorenzen Bo C. P. C. 1,2,3,4; Play staff 3; Play cast 4; Paper staff 4; Library 4; Driver's Training 1. Phyllis A. Magee Phyllis Music groups 4; Play cast 3,4; Chorus 2,4; Paper staff 2,4; An- nual staff 4. Jack Moore Jack- Paper staff l,2,4;Cho- rus 2,4; Play staff 3,4. Norman Jesse Nault Norm Transfer from Las Vegas; Paper staff 4; Play staff 4. This page sponsored by TOWN AND COUNTRY CLOTHING 15 Virginia Ann Nelson Gina Chorus 1,2,4; Band 2,3,4; C. F. C. 1,2,3,4; Paper staff2,4; Na- tional Honor Society 3; Play staff 3,4. Laura Ann Olsen Punky Chorus 1,2.4; Band 1,2; Music groups 1,2,4; C. P.C. 1,2,3,4; Paper staff 3,4; Play cast 3,4; Music Club 1; Class officer 1,3; Student Council 4; Heisey Award 2; Driver's Train- ing 1; Library 4. Robert O'Neil Bob Football mgr. 1; Basketball mgr. 1; Track mgr. 1; Letter- man's Club 1,2,3,4; Play cast 3,4; Paper staff 4. Florence Marie Powers Scooter F. H. A. 1,2,3; Band 1, 2; Library 2,3,4. Joseph Rose Joe Paper staff 2,4; F. F. A. 1,2,4; Band 1,2,4; Chorus 1,2,4; Foot- ball 4; Letterman's Club4;Drivers Train- ing 2; Play cast 4; Mu- sic Club 2. This page sponsored by G. L. BANKS, FUNERAL HOME 16 Shirley Jean Rost Red- Chorus 1.4. James W. Schneider Jim Basketball mgr. 2; Letterman’s Club 2,3,4; Class play cast 3,4; Paper staff 4; Driver's Training 1. Janet Sessions Janet Chorus 1,2,4; Band 1; Driver's Training 1; Music groups 4. This page sponsored by CHOTEAU DRUG STORE CLASS WILL Ronny Hinman and Chris Henderson aren't going to will anything as they are taking each other to Missoula next year. Joe Jaumotte wills some of his height to Kirt George. We hope that Kirt can make as much use of it as Joe did! John Van Wichen wills his ability to go with only one girl in high school to Nick Tomayer. Pat Edwards wills her high soprano voice to Sandy Hanusa. Janet Sessions and Phyllis Hansen will their quiet ways to Jackie Slanger. Gary Franklin and Alfred Green leave their love? for school and good? grades to the teachers from whom they received them. Phyllis Magee wills her ability to crack real cute” jokes to Rachel Arm- strong. Bob Reiquam wills his studying ability to Larry Kibbee. Make good use of this, Larry. Rita Castle wills her figure to the freshmen girls. Wonder if they will need it? Dale Johnson leaves his curly hair to Mike Anderson. A Toni only costs $1.50, Mike. Bill McCauley wills his ability to not go with any one girl more than eight weeks to Harley Yeager. Grace Bruno wills her ability to get married in her senior year to Shirley Swenson. Edith Anderson, Pat Clark, Peggy Gollehon and Botella Lorenzen will their ability to become engaged in high school to Mary Truchot. Donna Ballantyne wills her deep voice to Deanna Swenson. Danny Lindseth wills his physique to Dick Arensmyer. Be sure and use it Dick, it works pretty good with the girls. Joan Richem and Florence Higgins will their shorthand speed ability to Jean Zier. Faye Jaconetty wills Jim Lohse to the sophomore girls. We hear that they like the strong, silent type. Joe Rose wills his wavy hair and good looks to Ray Anderson. Jim Howard and Jim Schneider will all of their model airplanes to Howard Conquergood. They make a good hobby. Shirley Ross leaves her red hair to Wanneata McLaughlin. Laura Ann Olsen wills her lisp to Janet Huffman. It will really be fun to talk now, Janet. Lynn Dial wills her knowledge of vocabulary to Norita Murr. Norman Nault wills his speaking ability to the whole junior class as he is sure that they will need it next year for Speech Class. Florence Powers wills her ability to change the color of her hair to Janis Bueling. Jack Moore wills his ability to tell scary stories to the girls to John Kohler. Barbara Gebhart wills her ability to wear short hair to Katherinette Malone. We think it might look cute. Lucy Cherry wills her walk to Sharon George. You will have to work hard to perfect that, Sharon. Helen Davison wills her ability to be a movie critic to Mr. LeBlanc. Jeannie Wiseman leaves her front seat in American Government to June Baumgartner. Virginia Nelson wills some of her brains to Pat Kade and Joan Schneider. Chuck Blixrud wills his ability not to go steady until his senior year to Roy Snyder. This page is sponsored by CHOTEAU GREENHOUSE and NORTHWEST MOTORS 18 Helen Yeager wills the science department to Barbara Johnson and Ellery Crary. Kenny Johnson wills the Speech Class to Dale Castle. He hopes that Dale likes it better than he did. Bob O'Neil wills his physics grades to Leo Rowley. Carter George wills Katherinette to Harold Powers. CLASS PROPHECY Well, here it is 1964 and the whole class of 54 are at the magnificent estate of Joan Richem. Joan gave up trying to decide what man to marry and took over her father's business. Her favorite saying is Dig those crazy ditches. There is Alfred Green, he's really made a career for himself. He’s presi- dent of M. S. A. (The Manure Spreaders Association). Just opposite him sits the famous New York model, Barbara Gebhart. There's Mr. and Mrs. Hinman. Ronny and Chris. They had to bring their little boy with them because they couldn't find a baby sitter that would sacrifice her life. The butler has just come in to announce dinner, and of course the butler is none other than our very own, Gary Franklin. As we get seated around the banquet table, we see Jimmy Howard, the famous model airplane builder and president of JAAC (Jimmy, the American Airplane Crasher). Carter George is now a minister for the Mormon Church in Bynum. He is getting along very nicely with his five kids. His wife is the former Katherinette Malone. Virginia Nelson or Gina, was always fascinated by things that jumped, so now she spends all of her spare time down in Australia chasing kangaroos. Helen Davison, who finally got Pinky to marry her, has now become very rich from her big resort, which they called, The Crawling Alligators. Norman Nault, who we all knew as the best speaker in the Senior Class, gave it up as a bad job after he fell off a soap box on his head. Who wouldn’t be dis- couraged after all those years of being half-off , the fall knocked him back to normal and he can't get over it. Patsy Edwards and Faye Jaconetty are now known as the modern Homer and Jethro . They have quite a few records out. They hold the record of the only ones who haven't sold a single recording. Joe Jaumotte, who was Choteau's star center is now making use of his height by pasting pictures on bill boards. He doesn't even need a ladder. Laura Ann Olsen, or better known as Punky , now owns the largest bar in Choteau. It's called Punky's Stagger Inn . She specializes in only the finest soft drinks. Joe Rose, who was always known for his beautiful head of hair, poses for a before and after ad for a hair restoring advertisement. He's the before by the way. A lot can happen in ten years ! Rita Castle, who used to work at the Teton Pharmacy, now owns her own drug store. She specializes in jaw breakers and castor oil. That’s a good combina- tion. This page is sponsored by KNUDTZON LUMBER COMPANY and TAYLOR MOTORS 19 John VanWichen has taken over his father's farm and has decided to raise just weeds. It's easier, so he says. He's got another income though, he sells blotters to the Ink Spots . Donna Ballantyne, Gina's friend, has always liked colonial houses, so she is in her glory now, someone has just given her a job as a slave, down in the Deep South. Bob O'Neil has just been promoted to chief broom pusher for the Choteau Food Store. He's really advancing in this world. Edith Anderson, or Edith Hanson, was just complaining a while ago that she has to buy a new wardrobe every other month, as they always get splattered with oil. They only own five oil wells now, one for each of their kids. Dale Johnson, who is the leader of the Wierd Music band, is now married to the former Sharon George. They have one adopted child, just like Dale wanted, and six children of their own, just like Dale didn't want. Botella Lorenzen, who is now a great swimming champ, is now in training to swim over to England, she figures she'd save quite a bit of money that way. Bob Reiquam, who always wanted to work on a newspaper, is now editor-in- chief of the COLLINS CALL., a newspaper that is put out yearly. That is, if they have enough news to fill the one page. Jack Moore has been dedicating his life to his book which he has been writing for the past ten years. It's entitled JACK'S REPORT . Phyllis Hansen and Janet Sessions have finally graduated from Brigham Young University and are teaching kindergarten in Bynumville, a little suburb. Jeannie Wiseman, who is now Mrs. Dick Bandow, has kept up the Bandow tradition and now has six children, all boys. Helen Yeager, who was engaged, decided to give it up as a bad job. She can't decide who she wants to marry, so she's living in a little shack on top of Ear Mountain , trying to be a hermit, while she writes letters to all of her boyfriends. Charles Blixrud, who is known better as Chuck , is now running a circus featuring Fuzzy, the Fuzziest Fuzzy Dog in the Whole World . He bought him from Bob Reiquam who raises them for a hobby. Lucy Cherry, or Lucy Burlingame, is now running a beauty salon, where she specializes in weight reducing. Jim Schneider, or Himey , (correct spelling Jaime , according to Mr. Reed) is now Joanie's manager, this way he gets to associate with his hobby-- girls . Lynne Dial, owns the largest dog kennel in Choteau (the only one.) She spe- cializes in the Heinz kind (57 varieties). She figures that you get your money's worth by getting one dog with several types of characteristics like for instance, a mixture of a Pekingese and St. Bernard. Kenneth Johnson or Kenney who was always a Romeo, has decided to find the Fountain of Youth so that he can always be as handsome and attract the eighth grade girls. Dan Lindseth or Danny is married now to Jeannie Zier and they have all sorts of basketball players and cheerleaders running around. Danny is now a movie censurer in Hollywood. Now you know why we've been getting such good movies lately. Florence Higgins now owns a restaurant in Choteau. She serves only the best and the specialty is chocolate covered sardines with licorice mushrooms. You also get a free glass of soda water to digest it. Now that's what I call generous. Pat Clark finally married Herb Tangen. She doesn't do too much, but she helps out now and then with Herb's business. He sells the holes in doughnuts to those who are on a diet. Bill McCauley hasn't quite decided what he wants to do with his life yet, prob- ably give it to some fortunate? girl. After ten years, he still hasn't decided what 20 girl he wants. What does Bill have that Jerry Lewis doesn't? He's also been trying to devise a way to get to the top of Ear Mountain . Shirley Ross has been abroad lecturing on the ill effects of Streptocockeyed information. She is a well known authoritative on that matter. She is engaged to a little French man whose name is Pierre La Schmoe. He's a multimillionaire, so she should be pretty well off. Florence Powers and Peggy Gollehon liked Home-Ec. so well that they de- cided to take it up as a career, and are now teaching it. Florence is at Pendroy and Peggy is at Bole. Phyllis Magee, who is married to John VanWichen, is Supervisor at the Teton Memorial Hospital in her spare time. We see she finally made it through Nurse's training. CLASS HISTORY On a certain September morning in 1951, fifty-six scared little freshmen en- tered the halls of C. H. S. for the first of a four year quarantine of high school. Our class officers were: Dan Lindseth, president; Earl Perkins, vice-president; Clarice Henderson, secretary; Shirley Winkel, treasurer; Laura Ann Olsen and Bob Reiquam, class representatives. Our advisor was Miss Noreen Ingle. We returned our sophomore year with 47 eightballs. Our class officers were: Helen Davison, president; Joan Richem, vice-president; Ronny Hinman, secre- tary; Chris Henderson, treasurer; Bill McCauley and Shirley Winkel, class rep- resentatives. Our advisors were Mr. Reed and Mrs. Arnold. Blue cellophane and crepe paper flew as we hurried to finish decorating for the Prom, our big project of the year. Come Out of Your Coma was the comedy play put on by our class led by Chuck Blixrud, president; Jim Howard, vice- president; Laura Ann Olsen, secretary; Joan Richem, treasurer; Bob Reiquam and Chris Henderson, class representatives. Advisors were Mr. Finley ana Mrs. Mathews. At last we're here! Led by Bill McCauley, president; Jim Howard, vice- president; Helen Davison, secretary; Helen Yeager, treasurer; Bob Reiquam and Joan Richem, class representatives. We presented Finders Creepers which was well received and we're on our own. 21 JUNIORS President J. Huffman Representative E. Crary R. Arensmeyer Vice-Pres. D. Swenson i Representative H. Conquergood R. Armstrong Secretary K. Malone D. Castle Treasurer B. Johnson J. Baumgartner J. Bueling K. George S. George S. Hanusa This page is sponsored by THE CORNELL HOTEL W. McLaughlin H. Powers J, Slanger R. Snyder L. Rowley J. Schneider S. Swenson N. Tomayer These pictures not shown: E. Perkins M. Truchot H. Yeager J. Ziet This page is sponsored by STELLING'S ELECTRIC and CHICK'S APPLIANCE STORE 24 CLASS HISTORY Twas in the fall, September 51 How well we remember that day Dressed in 'jamas, lipstick and ribbon We entered the school by back door way. As officers we had Leo Rowley, president; Rachel Armstrong, vice-president; Ellery Crary, secretary-treasurer; representatives, Jean Zier and Raymond Anderson. As sophomores, initiation lay ahead But lipstick was forbade. We sponsored the C upon the hill That everyone in the school made. Our officers were; president, Ellery Crary; vice-president, Raymond Anderson; secretary-treasurer, Sandy Hanusa; rep- resentatives, Janis Bueling and Dick Arensmeyer. The cheerleaders came from our class. HLast fall, the mighty class came back. 'And Never Been Kissed' was our play. The Prom was the project of the year And we look forward to be seniors someday. Janet Huffman was president and Deanna Swenson was vice-president; treasurer, Barbara Johnson; secretary, Katherinette Malone; representatives were Ellery Crary and Howard Conquergood. Three of the four cheerleaders were from our class. This page is sponsored by HENNEFORD'S and BOB'S TIME SHOP 25 SOPHOMORES President L. Larsen Vice-Pres. Secretary Treasurer G. Henneford F. Baker P. Richem Representative M. Vance C. Averill f M. Bailey J. Baumgartner P. Bjerkass This page is sponsored by NELSON INSURANCE and GAMBLES 27 R. Eklund p. Frederick L. Groot a. Hanson m O. Knowlton M. LaRance fy , r E. Lilleas S. Lusty M. Me Far lane B. Monkman J. Olson c. Olson This page is sponsored by THE TETON CLEANERS and N. and H. IMPLEMENT 28 Not pictured: J. Rausch M. Snyder H. Talifson C. Crane G. Danze S. Gebhart W. Higgins A. Johnson J. Lantz R. Page J. Peterson L. Taylor A. Truchot L. Wedium CLASS HISTORY We entered the doors of Choteau High in 1952 as eager fresh- man. Before we hardly knew what was going on our faces were all covered with lipstick. On the last day of the second week we had to wear men’s long under wear backwards with a girl's swim- ming suit over the top. The sophomores greeted us with a dance after the first home football game. At our first class meeting we elected our class officers. They were: President, Gene Henneford; Vice-pres., Leif Larsen; Sec- retary, Gayle Armstrong; Treasurer, DaleDepner; Representatives, Marie Vance and Wally Cherry. Our class sponsors were Mr. Reed and Miss Brown. Several of the boys in our class went out for sports but none received letters. Our last event for the year was the painting of the X . In our freshman year we lost Delbert Breding, Don Guindon, Beverly Moser,Cleve Oadwald, Harmie Toren, and James Brewster. In 1953 we met the freshman as mighty sophomores. We gave a dance for them after the first football game. At our first class meeting we elected our officers. They are President, Leif Larsen; Vice-pres., Gene Henneford; Secretary, Faye Baker; Treasurer, Pauline Richem; Representatives, Marie Vance and James Lohse. Our class sponsors are Mi. Peterson and Mr. Anna la. Mrs. Mathews was one of cur class sponsors before she left. Mr. Anna la replaced her. We have four new members this year and have lost one. There were seven boys in our class this year that received let- ters. D. Wilson M. Yeager B. Zagoda S. Zier This page is sponsored by H and H SERVICE and THE G T A 29 FRESHMEN President D. Jones 1 tUrnk Representative D. Wediutn sT i m w F. Cherry B. Dhane Vice-Pres. E. Crary J. Dunkel Sec.-Treas. L. Gollehon I E. DeBoer i • V. Durr s — Representative S. Obernolte V v 1 0 s ■� A. Depner B. Halverson This page sponsored by CHOTEAU FOOD and PENGUIN CAFE 31 J. McLaughlin L. Nordahl M.L. Olsen B.J. Orne B. Reynolds J. Rose D. Rowley D. Rowley This page sponsored by BOWER’S HARDWARE and REX’S GROCERY 32 E. Rowley J. Schrock H. Shelmerdine Not pictured: C. Bond B. Carrier C. Toren 4 M. Taylor K. Tomayer CLASS HISTORY On September 1, 1953, 45 freshman entered the doors of Choteau High, a scared, but eager bunch. During the next two weeks, we finally selected our schedules and awaited the procedure of freshman initiation. Two weeks later, every boy and girl appear- ed at school in baby bonnets, bathing suits, dia- pers, wool socks, men's hip boots and accented with three yards of green ribbon. During the year, we sponsored several school dances following football and basketball games. Our class president is David Jones; Vice- pres., Duke Crary; Secretary-Treasurer, Lila Gollehon; Representatives, Shirley Obernolte, and David Wedium. Our class advisors are Mr. Rutherford and Mr. Nauck. L. Torgerson M. Weist G. Whipple This page sponsored by TOT TOGGERY and TETON PHARMACY SPORTS FOOTBALL Back row, left to right: Assistant Coach LeBlanc; Mike Anderson; Larry Kibbee; Gene Henneford; Dale Dep- ner; Carter George; Joe Rose; Merle Hanson; Art Johnson; Ray Anderson; Wally Cherry; Johnny Carlson; Coach Peterson Front row; Roy Snyder; Bob Reiquam; Dan Lindseth; Dale JohnsSn; Ron Hinman; Bill McCauley; Ken John- son; Joe Jaumotte; Dale Castle; Harold Powers; Leif Larson. This page sponsored by WOLFE’S JEWEL BOX Barber-Lydiard Building - Great Falls, Montana 35 JUNIOR VARSITY Back row: Assistant Coach LeBlanc, Lee Nordahl. Johnny Carlson, Clark Olson, Jack Peterson, Carl Olson, Jack Schrock, Art Johnson, Coach Peterson. Front row: Greg Whipple, Pete Howard, Charles Crane, Joe Lantz, Dale Dep- ner, Wally Cherry, Gene Henneford, Bob Holt, Jay Dunckel, Jim Lohse. VARSITY GAMES Fort Benton 7 Choteau 0 Fairfield 0 Choteau 0 Conrad 0 Choteau 18 Sunburst 0 Choteau 25 G. F. Central 45 Choteau 0 Browning 0 Choteau 31 Cut Bank 20 Choteau 13 G. F. J. V.'s 0 Choteau 26 This page sponsored by JUNIOR VARSITY GAMES Conrad 26 Choteau 0 Conrad 6 Choteau 0 West Side Jr. Hi. 12 Choteau 0 Fairfield 13 Choteau 6 Simms 0 Choteau 6 ’S SPORTS, Great Falls 36 Quarterback 2,3,4 Left Halfback 2,3,4 Fullback 3.4 Ri«hl Halfback 2.3,4 Left End 1,2,3 Ri ht End 3 This page sponsored by the CITIZEN'S STATE BANK 37 Center 1.2,3.4 Left Tackle 2.4 Right Tackle 1,2,3 Joe Jaumotte Dale Caslte This page sponsored by HALVORSON'S GIFT SHOP and ABBOTT IMPLEMENT CO. Leif Larson Ken Johnson Right Guard 2 Bob Reiquam Left Guard 3,4 Left End 2 Quarterback 1,3 Right End 2 This page sponsored by TETON PROPANE CO. and HANSON BROS. GARAGE 39 Left Tackle 2 Right End 3 Dale Depner Merle Hansen Right Guard 2 This page sponsored by BOB’S 6 SERVICE STATION and HENSLEY MOTEL. 40 BASKETBALL CO-CAPTAINS Dan Lindseth Chuck Blixrud Joe Jaumotte Forward 3,4 Forward 3 Center 2.3,4 Ron Hinman Roy Snyder This page sonsored by EDDIE'S BARBER SHOP and LIL'S BEAUTY SHOP. 41 Guard 2,3,4 Guard 2,3,4 Back row: Jim Howard, Wally Cherry, Jim Lohse, Dale Johnson. Middle row: Coach Peterson. Leif Larson,Clark Olson, Carl Olson. Bill McCauley, Assistant Coach LeBlanc. Front row: Wes Higgins, Chuck Blixrud, Dan Lindseth, Ron Hinman, Joe Jaumotte, Roy Snyder, Ray Anderson. a r 0 1 s o n. C e n t e r Sunburst 70 Choteau 47 Shelby 59 Choteau 45 Shelby 65 Choteau 53 Browning 46 Choteau 63 Conrad 41 Choteau 43 Fort Benton 69 Choteau 73 Sunburst 45 Choteau 48 Fairfield 58 Choteau 56 Fort Benton 73 Choteau 67 Browning 67 Choteau 45 Chinook 57 Choteau 44 Cut Bank 60 Choteau 55 Conrad 39 Choteau 51 G. F. Central 72 Choteau 57 G. F. Central 60 Choteau 41 Cut Bank 43 Choteau 48 Chinook 51 Choteau 45 Fort Benton 52 Choteau 59 Fairfield 68 Choteau 60 Chinook 61 Choteau 42 Cut Bank 63 Choteau 58 2 This page sponsored by CHOTEAU LOCKERS and CHOTEAU FEED AND SEED 42 Gene Henneford Chuck Bllxrud Back row, left to right: Mr. Finley Gereid McLaughlin, Leslie Wedum, Chuck Blixrud, Merle Hanson, Ray Anderson, Alfred Green, Art Johnson. Pete Howard, Coach Peterson. Front row: Gene Henneford, Harley Yea- ger, Bill McCauley. Roy Snyder. Jim Lohse, Larry Kibbee. Bill McCauley Freshman Team: Standing: Ely Jay Crary, Jack Schrock, Ken Tom ay er, Lloyd Torgerson, Lee Nordahl. Front row: Pete Howard, David Wedum, Ronny Burgess. t Roy Snyder This page sponsored by COURTESY CHEVROLET CHOTEAU CREAMERY 43 Relay Team: Kneeling: Bill McCauley; Standing left to right: Gene Henneford, Chuck Blixrud, Les- lie Wedum. A1 Green Harley Yeager Larry Kibbee Art Johnson Ray Anderson Jim Lohse This page sponsored by CENTRAL MACHINERY CO. and ALBRECTS' FURNITURE In Great Falls. 44 MUSIC M USIC ONCERT £ O’Clock S HRRP T5 -Mite □ I !l ?1 —,— MIXED CHORUS GIRL’S ENSEMBLE This page sponsored by T. J. CHEETHAM AND SON, DUTTON and CLUB CAFETERIA, Great Falls. 46 BAND BRASS SEXTETTE Back row left to right: Gary Franklin, Leo Rowley, Dave Jones. Front row: Carter George, Pat Edwards, Deanna Swenson. This page sponsored by GREAT FALLS JEWELRY RETAILERS ASSOCIATION and CARLSON MUSIC COMPANY 47 SAXOPHONE QUARTET Left to right: Bev Monkman, Art Johnson, Shirley Lusty, Pauline Richem CLARINET TRIO Left to right: Janis Bueling, Joan Richem, Marie Vance This page sponsored by CRESENT MOTEL and OLSEN JEWELRY in Great Falls 48 September October November December January CALENDAR 1- -School starts 7- -Labor Day (no school) 11--Fort Benton-here-first football game 16--Virgmia City Players 19- -Fairfield--here 25--Conrad-there 28--National assembly- Modernaires 2- -Sunburst -here 8- -Great Falls Central-there 10--Just another Saturday night 18--Something must have happened to- day. Days just don't go by with nothing happening. 23- -Browning-there-Choteau 31; Brown- ing 0 24- -33 days until Thanksgiving 25- -63 days until Christmas 27- -National Assembly- Makeup 28- -Cut Bank-here 31--Halloween 1- -No school, maybe because it’s Sun- day 5- -Mr. Finley has a baby girl. Mrs. Fin- ley had a little to do with it too. 6- -Ping Pong pictures taken 6--Mr. Stenson's music assembly 9- -Senior pictures taken 10 — Still taking them. There's a lot of Seniors, or else not enough cameras. 13- -Lettermen's Dance 14- -F. H. A. Convention 20- -Band Concert 25- -Faculty-Independents game-Faculty won 26- -Thanksgiving 27- -Valier-there-first basketball game 28- -Power-there 1 --National Assembly- Varieties” 4--Employment apptitude tests for Sen- iors 4- -Sunburst-there 5- -Shelby-there 10- -Senior play Finders Creepers , a huge success 11- -Conrad-there 12- -Sunburst-here 18- -Fort Benton-there 19- -Chinook-there 23--Christmas vacation begins 25--Christmas 28 —C. P. C. Winter Ball 2- -Conrad-here 2--Junior Dance 4--School starts again 8--Kansas State Tests 8- -Great Falls Central-here 9- -Chinook-here 15- -Fairfield-there 16- -Shelby-here 22--A new semester begins, if you haven't flunked by now, you've still got a chance. 22 - -Browning-here 23--Fort Benton-here 23- -Senior Dance 30--Fairfield-here 30- -Junior Dance February 3--National Assembly- Clown Prince 5--Seniors get results on apptitude tests. At least there will be a lot of plumbers in Choteau. if nothing else. 5- -Browning-there 6— Cut Bank-there 11- -Band Concert 12- -Great Falls Central-there 13- -Junior Dance 13--Cut Bank-here 19- -Band Concert 20- -Junior play-- And Never Been Kissed , another success 24- -Play-off at Conrad for the Divisional Tournament to see if we stayed in-- we did, when we beat Fort Benton. 25- 27--Divisional Basketball Tourna- ment at Conrad. We tied for seventh place. March ll--State Basketball Tournament 15--The long grind begins. This is where the boys get separated from the men 20--F. F. A.-F. H. A. Banquet 27--District F. F. A. Convention (Valier) 27- -SpringFestival. A Senior was queen and a Junior was king 31- -State F. H. A. Convention April 1--Still going on 2--Band Concert 7-9--State F. F. A. Convention 10--You'd never believe me, but we have a F. H. A. and F. F. A. organ- ization in C. H. S. 12- -Kansas State Tests 13- -National Assembly- Out of This World 15--Spring vacation 20- -Northern Montana College Chora- liers 21- -Easter 22- 24--Missoula Music Meet 29-30--High School Week May 1--Junior Prom, the theme was Red Sails In The Sunset . It was really pretty--just ask them 8--Havre Band Festival 10--Clean-up Day 12--Home-Ec. Style Show 14- 15--Interscholastic meet in Missoula 18-- Sneak Day -we went to Boulder. All kinds of sunburns gotten. 23- -Baccalaureate 26- -Graduation 28- -School Ends! 11! M 1111!! I 49 LETTERMEN’S CLUB President, Ron Hinman; Vice-President. Dan Lindseth; Secretary. Bob Reiquam; Treasurer. Bill McCauley c.p.c. President, Chris Henderson; Vice-President. Joan Richem; Secretary, Ellery Crary; Treasurer, Phyllis Magee 50 F. F. A. President. Chuck Blixrud; Vice-President. Harley Yeager; Secretary. Leif Larsen; 2nd Vice-President. Ken John- son; Treasurer, Ronald Ecklund; Reporter, Nick Tomayer. F. H. A. President, Deanna Swenson; Vice President, Florence Higgins; Secretary, Maxine Yeager; Treasurer. Barbara Johnson; Recreation Leader, Joan Zgoda; Song Leader, Jean Rausch 51 STUDENT COUNCIL President, Marie Vance; Vice-President, Shirley Obernolte; Secretary, Chris Henderson; Treasurer, Ellery Crary PAPER STAFF Co-Editors; Patsy Edwards, Laura Ann Olsen NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY President, Bob Reiquam; Vice-President. Joann Richem; Secretary, Virginia Nel- son; Treasurer, Grace Bruno CHEERLEADERS Left to right; Joan Schneider, Jean Zier, Sharon George, Helen Yeager 53 ACTIVITIES JUNIOR PROM KING AND QUEEN Janet Sessions and Dan Lindseth BOYS AND GIRLS STATE Front. Joann Richem; Back, Ron Hinman, Bob Reiquam, Dale Johnson 55 Hard at work???? What's new???? 56 Way back when Lonesome ? ? ? Draw s over Strut How quaint! one What’cha eatin Bynum rowdies What brand you drink? Innocence Loaded Say somethin Bragging or complaining? Junior Bulldo Need any help ? Valedictorian, Joann Richem Salutatorian, Grace Bruno GRADUATION OF 1954 The Class of 1954 had the very unique distinction of having four of its members whose fathers were on the school board. The graduates were presented their diplomas by their fathers. Mr. Bill Olsen presenting daughter Laura Ann with her diploma. CLASS OF 1954 Charles Blixrud. Gary Franklin Carter George, Alfred Green, Ron Hinman, Jim Howard, Joe Jaumotte, Dale John- son, Ken Johnson Dan Lindseth, Bill McCauley. Jack Moore, Norman Nault, Bob O'Neil, Bob Reiquam Joe Rose Jim Schneider, John Van Wichen, Edith Anderson, Donna Ballantyne, Rita Castle, Lucy Cherry, Pat Clark, Helen Davison Grace Bruno, Lynn Dial, Patsy Edwards. Barbara Gebhart, Peggy Goliehon, Phyllis Hansen. Clarice Hen- derson, Florence Higgins, Faye Jaconetty, Botella Lorenzen, Phyllis Magee, Virginia Nelson, Laura Ann Olsen Shirley Ross, Janet Sessions. Elgene Wiseman, Helen Yeager. Florence Powers, Joan Richem, 62 SPONSORS The Bulldog Staff wishes to thank all those who helped to sponsor this yearbook. Without the aid of the businessmen in Choteau and Great Falls, this book could not be brought to you. Their help is very much appreciated by all concerned. Following is a list of Great Falls merchants who contributed: Hass and Associates Implement Barbers Inc. H. F. Lambertson Company Hamilton Drug Graham and Ross The Corral Central News and Novelty Dixie Shop White Refrigeration Murphy-McClay Hardware McLean's Sewing Machine Center Montana Concrete and Pipe Company Beckman's Furs Town and Ranch Kenkel's Paul's Park-Inn Schell Restaurant Western Floor Covering Buttreys Clothing L M H Company Petite Shop 63