Cut Bank High School - Wolf Yearbook (Cut Bank, MT)

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We had trouble with the time machine over Madrid, Spain. We were very much surprised to find Betty Hartman as a grease monkey there. Betty introduced us to the stewardess on the next rocket to the moon. Crums said she had just been up to see Don Higgins. He is touring Spain as a toreador. She said he had a little accident and was at the hospital. We had a few minutes, so we went up to see him. We found Ann Lulu Faris holding his hand. On second inspection we saw she was taking his pulse. You remember Lois McLean, don’t you, Joe? We went to the interior of Africa to see her next. She was selling pots and pans to the cannibals. After a short visit with Lois we headed for the Gold Coast. Natalie Edkins and Arleathe Zuelke were there, sitting on the shore panning gold. At the Union of South Africa we find Petie O’Neil and Jeanne Meyers running a spear-sharpening service for the warring tribes. Joan House and Joan Peterson were in Argentina. Joan H. has a sheep ranch there; Joan P. was there on a vacation from the Library of Congress. Do you remember that song, “Brazil,” Joe? Well, that’s where Phil headed us next. We found Eileen Lawrence at Rio de Janeiro trying to jew the natives out of a few cents. Dorothy Christiansen and Ray Davis were on the Amazon River getting alligator hides for Lucille Butts in New York, to design into shoes and purses. We started back to the good old U. S. A. and arriving in New York, we looked up Shirley Johnson, who was managing editor of the Woman’s Magazine, “The Charm,” and Francis Keller is modeling for her. Vivian Lozing is her right-hand woman. Getting closer to home we find Virginia Salansky is a member of the FBI. She is stationed in Chicago right now, and is working on the Smith and Getter case. She told us Getter had strangled the actress, Juanita Smith, with six pairs of nylons because she wouldn’t give them to him to sell Black Market to Don Goldrick. We went over Chicago on our way home. Dorothy Novak and her new husband, Herby, live there, so do Bill Croymans and his bride of a few days. Having great hopes of reaching Cut Bank in the near future, we pulled into the dingy little town of Shelby. You know me, Joe, always hungry, so we went to the Capitol Cafe. We were very surprised to find Jack Burns there waiting for Tommy. We pulled out of Shelby and were homeward bound. We left Phil’s lab and went back to the Rexall. Jack Kittleson was sitting there wondering why he didn’t go. Well, Joe, I’m going to write the class prophecy now. . . . Love and stuff, 118 1

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SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY Dear Joe: The darndest thing happened the other night. We were all sitting around in the Rexall drinking cokes and griping because our annual work wasn’t near done, when Phil Spencer came up with a bright idea. He suggested that we try out his recently completed time machine. Since anything can happen and usually does when the Seniors get together, we decided to get some first hand information for the Prophecy. Well, we finally got to Spencer’s lab and with Devlin assisting (with a crowbar) we all got in the machine. She set the dial for 1956 and off we went whirling through space. Felt just like we were riding with Fisher again. Everything was black for a minute (and I think Bear stepped on my foot). We heard a high, shrill, piping music and stepped out of the machine to find ourselves somewhere in China. An immediate debate arose as to the town. We decided to find the American Consul. Walking down the street, we met Rosser Fisher. He informed us we were in Chunking. He is an aeronautical engineer there but is going to leave for Lisbon this weekend to meet Jimmy Poynter who was head of the International Secret Service. It seems Alyce Wagner was caught trying to steal Rex Neil’s plans for a new photographic lens. Her trial will be held in the International Courts at the Hague. Laura Lewis was a material witness. Well, Joe, the next place that stupid machine took us was India. Remember when you were stationed there? Picking up “The Delhi News,” I read that Dick Freed was in trouble. It seems that he had too many women in his harem. He couldn’t decide which to get rid of—Colleen Higgins or Violet Stewart. Leaving Prince Freed and his harem, we went on to Russia. Joe, you’ll never guess who we found there. Jimmy Ness! And working as Stalin’s right hand man, too. He’s still trying to find out just how Communism works. In Stalingrad we ran into Wilma Davis. She was visiting Leora Reisch who has an interior decorating shop there. Well, after that, Joe, I wouldn’t have been surprised at anything. But you should have seen my face when we found Bob Peterson in Switzerland, herding goats. We did a quick fade-out there and went to Stockholm to check up on Glenn Lindberg who has just won the Nobel prize for converting a model T Ford into a Piper Cub. Don’t laugh, Joe. for Glenn, nothing is impossible. We went on down to Europe; in Vienna, we found Alice Kemmer who has just converted into swing one of Strauss’ famous waltzes. Some of the other friends we found in Alice’s orchestra were Mary McDermott, Delores Watson and May Clark. With June Moore as their vocalist, they are the only woman Viennese orchestra. Walking down the Rue de la Paix in Paris we saw Betty Faye Massey sitting in a little sidewalk cafe. She told us she was running a very exclusive lady’s dress shop. Molly Dean is her assistant. And, Joe, if you could see those hats she dreams up you wouldn’t think mine was crazy. l17l

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THE SENIOR BALL The Senior class have been crowing ever since December 27 for having the first ball since 1941. A Christmas tree led the Grand March around Rosser and Kay English, who were brilliantly lit up in the center of the gym. A squadron of C Club boys with paddles spent a busy evening trying to keep Bear from spiking the punch. So she got a corner of her own and started a bootlegging business. An orchestra (Tubby’s, to be exact) came up from Shelby. Some of the songs played were: “Let It Stardust,” “White Snow,” and “I’ll Be Home for Something.” I was in Bear’s corner and the orchestra didn’t play the rest very clearly. SENIOR PLAY The Senior class of ’40 presented their play December 7, and it was a big success. The name of it was LADY BE GOOD. Juanita Smith took the feminine lead as Patience Colt and Jim Ness stole the show with the male part as Bill Trainor. Patience, the million dollar heiress, married Bill Trainor, the butler, for spite and to complicate matters fell in love with him. John Burns was the father, and Wilma Davis was the dignified Bostonian aunt. Alyce Wagner played the part of Dawn O’Day, who was a dancing teacher. Delores Watson, who played the part of Trudy, had a good time being in the right place at the wrong time. Others who were in the play were Dick Freed, Elizabeth Devlin, Don Higgins, Rex Neil and Virginia Salansky. I 19)