Fergus County High School - Fergus Yearbook (Lewistown, MT)

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THE FERGUS propljecp of tfje Oasis of 1926 EING peculiarly favored by the gods, I had the good fortune recently to be allowed to see an advanced edition of the Who’s Who in Amer- ica for the year 1936. Gre at indeed was my deli ght when my eye caught the following paragraph which showed me that the class of 1926, being the best class ever graduated from Fergus County High School, had all distinguished themselves sufficiently to have their names appear in this illustrious volume. Baxter, Clarence--Moving picture star. Residence, Palm Beach, Fla. Beck, Doris—Educator. Inventor of Beck Spelling Method. Residence, De- troit, Michigan. Blackford, Melville — Theatre owner. Originator of the Blackford Follies. Residence, Indianapolis, Ind lana. Bottch er, Irving — Director of Jass- em-up Symphony Orchestra. Composer of current song hits. Residence, Denver, Colorado. Brown, Mabel—Educator. Author of 'The Art of Teaching Chemistry,' How to Teach Pupils to Bluff,' etc. Residence, Austin, Texas. Burke, Allan — Congress, Representative from Montana, Chairman of Ways and M eans Committee. Residence, Lewistown, Montana. Turning away from the B's I further observed: Caldwell, Caroline — Opera singer. America s greatest contralto. Residence, Boston, Massachusetts. Coveil, Helen—Social worker. Author of Sidelights of the Slums, Life in the Tenements. Residence, Chicago, Illinois. Cowen, Marguerite — Educator. Principal Cowen School for Girls. Residence, K noxville, Kentucky. Cresap, Ruth — Lawyer, Congresswoman. Residence, Helena, Montana. Cunningham, Frank — Elocutionist. President Cunningham School of Oratory. Residence, Seattle, Was Kington. I surely was glad to see how many of my class were successful. Other names I discovered were : d Autremont, Lucille — General Manage r Mont ana Wh eat Growers’ Associa- tion. Residence, Great Falls, Montana. Day, Don — Moving picture cowboy. Residence, Laramie, Wyoming. Dunn, Cecil — Western artist and critic. Residence, Kalispell, Montana. D usek, Cyril — President of Last Chance Oil Company. Residence, Winnett, Montana. Edwards, Antoinette — Owner and manager of Glacier Park Hotels. Flook, Jaco b —Stock man. Prominent cattle man. Residence, Buffalo, Mont. Geyer, Emery — Business man. Salesman, manager of Fuller Brush Co. Gramley, Ruth — Aviation instructor for women in Hodik Aviation School. Residence, Dayton, Ohio. My wonder still grew as I continued to read the evidence of other classmates’ success: Harrison, Lucille —• Winner of 1930 Brewster Fame and Fortune contest. Residence, Hollywood, California. Heffner, LaVerne — Head librarian. Congressional Library. Residence, Wash- ington, D. C. Heggen, Clara — Principal of Mid-Western Kindergarten School at St. Louis. Hirst, Keble — Head of mathematics department at Yale. Residence, New Haven, Connecticut. H odik, Joseph — Head of Hodik Aviation School, Dayton, Ohio. Nineteen Hundred T u enty six

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THE F E RGUS r MARTIN, JAMES W., uJimmy' Secretary and Treasurer of Sub Class 3; Cir- culation Manager of Fergus !2 ; Glee Club; Band: Orchestra; “Pirate's Daughter’ 1; “Mrs. Partridge Presents” 4. Genius is the capacity for evading hard work!' SHORTLEY, MAURINE Opportunity Club. One of the many—teachers. i THE INDIAN RUNNER By Marion West veil 1 High upon the lofty mountains. Where the eagle builds liis nest. On the highest, of those ledges. There a hero lies at rest. JLong ago, when all the Indians Roamed the country by their will, Knew the plains and all the prairies. Sought the buffalo to kill. 3 rt. was then an Indian runner Saved his people — saved their lives — By his bold and daring courage Lost his own life in the strife. 1 ’Twas a dark and inurkey evening. When the Indian runner spied, Far away, yet coming nearer. The fiercest of opposing tribes. 5 Would he, could he, save his people From this swift, approaching fate? Even then as they drew closer He was off — was he too late? (i Up the mountain-side lie scrambled, Up through jagged cliffs of rock; Torn and bleeding, tired and panting. Exhausted, yet he did not stop. Slower grew Ids steps and slower. As he toiled on. breathing hard. Dragged himself o'er treacherous ledges, Could he make these last few yards? 8 He reached a ledge that stood the tallest, Lit a torch and held it high. Now that he had warned his people. He was well content to die. 9 But he slipped against the rock wall. Torch still glowing in his hand; Now a huge and ancient boulder Makes a lone mound in the sand. 10 When the people of that village Sawr that fiery gleam of light, Knew that danger was upon them. Knew that they must flee or fight. 11 Quickly then they seized their weapons, And by then cunning and their might, Slew and battled off their enemy. Was victorious in the fight. 12 Many years ago this happened. Scores of times has it been told, Just a story of daring courage. Never new, yet never old. I Nineteen Hundred Twenty-six

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THE FERGUS m. Hopkins, John—General manager of Woolworth Company. Residence, New York, N. Y. Housel, Helen — Beauty specialist. Owner of M ayfair Beauty Shops, New York. Great indeed was my surprise upon finding' in the next few pages of Who's Who that seven of my old friends had been chosen for parts m that exotic pro- duction, the Ziegfield Follies. Esther Humphrey as the premiere danseuse, while Bcrneice Isaacs, Lilli an Jacobs, Edna Johnson, Cleo Keever, Helen King' and June Kizer appeared m the chorus. The class of '26 surely had many pretty girls in it. I then read further and added more information to my stock: Jenni, Rose — Sales manager of Sears, Roebuck and Co. Residence, Chicago, Illinois. Krall, Ro selyn — Poultry expert. Discoverer Egg' Mash. Residence, Moore, Montana. Larson, Lawrence — Head of Larson Business College. Residence, Berkeley, California. { Lehman, Rudolph—Educator. Principal Montana State Normal College, Dil- lon, Montana. Lofstrom, William — Judge, attorney-at-law. Residence, Portland, Oregon. Loveland, Mary — Lawyer, Congresswoman. Residence, San Francisco, Cali- forma. McClave, Charles — Life guard at Atlantic City beach. McC ullom, Raymond—-Salesman for Real Silk Hosiery Co. Residence, Columbus, Ohio. McKee, Lew — Publish er. Owner of McKee Book Publishing Co. Residence, Los Angeles, California. Marsh, Lyle — Head of School of Dentistry, University of Montana. Resi- dence, Missoula, Montana. Martin, Leta — Paris buyer for Gage Hat Co. Residence, New York, N. Y. Merrill, Robert—Editor of Democrat-News, Lewistown, Montana. Merrill, Margaret (McGovney)—Assistant editor of Democrat-News, Lewis- town, Montana. Mielke, Albert — Editor Scientific Monthly. Residence, New York, N. Y. Moore, Donna — Secretary to the President of the United States. Residence, Washington, D. C. Munski, Frank—President of Utopian Bank and Trust Company, Buffalo, N. Y. Martin, James — Cle rk of the District Court, Fergus County, Montana. Author $ of How to Hold a County Office.” Residence, Lewistown, Montana. Nodson, Mary — Real estate operator. Residence, Ogden, Utah. Obee, Esther—Artists model. Residence, New York, N. Y. O Shaugbnessey, Irene — Owner of Vogue Sbop, Tampa, Florida. Peterson, Claudia — Director and solo dancer of Greenwich Village Follies, New York, N. Y. Peterson, Henry-—Vice-president Philadelphia Special Railroad. Residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pierre, Mary—Editor of Good Housekeeping Magazine. Residence, Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania. Pittman, Thomas — Oyster farming expert. Residence, Norfolk, Virginia. Powell, Helen — Soloist of Chicago Opera Co. Residence, Chicago, Illinois. Puckett, Vernon — Treasurer of General Motors Go. Residence, Detroit, Michigan. N i n e t e e n H u n d r e d Twenty-six