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

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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)

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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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JUNIOR CLASS We, of the Junior class, entered high school in the fall of 1943. After causing us to suffer the terrors of initiation the Sophomores were filled with remorse and gave us a dance. The President of our class was Bob Smith. When we re-entered school the following year we found it a pleasure to avenge ourselves upon the new Frosh. As President we elected Paul Webb. This year we had five boys winning letters in sports. Our Junior class officers were: Ralph Koontz, President; Betty Overcash, Vice President; Betty King, Secretary; and Pat Minnette, Treasurer. In the sports parade we found Koontz, Smith, Hupp, Hungate and Kull-berg on the first eleven in football, and Hupp and Smith on the first five in basketball. On the 27th of April we held our Junior Prom. It was well attended and enjoyed by all. The Junior Play, CAPTAIN APPLEJACK, was presented on April 5th. The characters were as follows: Bill O’Neil, Ina Ree Boe, Bob Kull-berg, Joan Elliott, Rose Marie Croyman, Helen McCabe, Martha Jane Larson, Gary Snyder, Ralph Koontz and Kenny Peterson. As we leave this spring we realize we have only one year left of high school. We hope it will be as enjoyable as our other three were. [ 20 )