Fort Benton High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Fort Benton, MT)

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1931 e Plone FBHS SI- WOR C1488 HI.SfURl In the fall of 1933 seventy srx rndustrlous hxgh school students started bulldlng a fxrm foundatlon for the House of Lxfe I'he foundatxon was to be completed 1n four years and was called Educatlon In order to be sure that we bullt our foundatlon upon solld ground mstead of sh1ft1ng sands we selected for our surxeyor Mr Borchers Frank Jenkmson was chosen boss of our crew In ca e Frank got stuck ln the concrete Irene Breault was elected flrst asslstant Betsy Ross was to see that we dld not spend more money than our budeet allowed Wlnnxe Gordon was to collect news and lnformatlon from members of the CICW The fxrst obstacle we encountered was flndlng a large ock called Irntlation whxch obstructed our path and had to be r moved Thms rock was placed there by a meddllng crew To show that we harbored no g ud es we gave a freshman party As our constructlon prog essed from out of our mldst was chosen a. prrncess 'Vlargaret Walter to represent us at the B Club Mmstrel show In the second pha e of our constructron we took txme out and gave some verv odd lookmg harrcuts to the freshmen boys and made the glrls carry dolls and wear green 'ubbons on thelr ankles We agam elected Frank Jenkmson as our boss wlth Frank Kelly as frrst asslstant Mary Stevens took care of th flnanclal d1ff1cult1e and Mlldred Longfellow was our news collector whxle Mlss Clarlce Stellmon was our chlef advise Agam we gave a dance for other builders Durlng the year Kathleen Morrow was chosen class DTIDCCSS To celebrate puttlne the cement 1n 0 the foundatlon we purchased Junlor rlngs To prove that we could act as well as work we gave the play Huckleberry Fmn Our DTIDCCS at the B Club Amateur Hour was Bessie Kooer Frank Jenklnson was cho en boss Sldney Kurth flrst assrstant D1x1e McCaulay head of the money problem and Mxss Ruth Gannawsy counselor on our thlrd phase of C01'lStI'11Ctl0I1 In honor of a departlng company we gate our Jumor prom The last pro ess the hardenmg of the con r te beffan ln the fall of 1936 Remem bermg our f1r t year of const uctxon we dxd not have an 1n1t1at1on mstead we gave a ITUXCX' Frank Jenkmson was agaln ele ted boss Sldney Kurth flrst ass1stant Irene Breault secretary and treasurer and Mr Joe Zlle overseer Breakxng an old tradltlon we wore glay caps and gowns to the baccalaureate and xaduatlon exerclses whlch completed the bulldlng of 1 founclatlon that w1ll be of great yalue to us throughout l1fe .hm Ben Bedtlme Nluslc Now follow these words that I stat a Sldney Kurth There goes that band Jxm Ben ha always a dat a leader that composed musxc ln bed Now lf I am wrong Rlta Goodness what k1nd of muslc Just glye me the gong Its because of hrs Forda V Elghta Quick Lpllft The class ln drama was to rye panto mrmes that afternoon Bes 1e Koffer t up when called on went to the platform and stood perfectly stlll Well sald Mlss Hagle after a mln utes walt for somethlne to happen What do you represent'P Im 1m1tat1ng a gxrl gomg up 1n an ele ator QUICRIX responded Bess1e can that be? Sldney Sheet muslc Heard ln The Halls Vlsxtor How old are you onnyg Ottley 'Coming from socxology class' Well that depends sr my latest school tests I haue a p ychol oglcal age of 21 and a normal age of 20 Anatom1cally Im 17 mentally Im 19 but I suppose you refer to my chrono loglcal age Thats 18 but nobody pays any attentlon to that any more Accordlng t 1 ,, , l . K' U'- ' . 1 ' ' v 7 y ' v .. ' ' . 5 , D , A , , t . N ,l A. 3 y , , .. L , D t , . . , ' S - In ' , I 'c ', f c , ' c e , L, . - ., ' . 'r , 3 ' Y . . , I Y v I ' I ' ' g' , ' . . L ' . v . V - ' Y , .. A 3 ' . ' .l . ,H ' ' ' 3' ' - '.' : ' ,' s '. . . U H . . ' C DO . ' Y ' . ' . , , 1 . o ' U - . . 1 v' ' v I v ' v . ' - - . . -

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FBHS The Pzoneer 1937 Barbara Llppert Bobble General Course Latm Club 1 Home Ec Club Orchestra 2 Basketball 1 Merelth Urton Commercxal Course Mxxed Chorus 1 2 3 4 22-- Nettle Hazen General Course Home Ec Club Basketball 3 4 1234 CLASS OFFICERS Presldent Flrank Jenkmson Vlce President Sldney Kurth Secretary Treasurer Irene Breault Class sponsor J A Zile . 1-4 - ' ' ' Girls' Chorus 1 Band 2'3'4 -3 -

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IBHQ P PIOIIPJI' 1931 SENIUR C1455 WILI We the class of 37 do hereby solemnly declare th1s to be our last w1l1 and testament Byron Ames bequeaths h1s rosy cheeks to Leona Swanson Hazel Armstrong bequeaths her smffles to Elmor Schm1dt some one bequeath a hanky Rosemary Barkhoefer bequeaths her eyes to Luc1lle Mauzey who certamly knovts how to use them Juha Bateman bequeaths her Engllsh accent to Florence Hanford Ross Bennett bequeaths h1s t1tle of Speed Kmg to Charles Stoxall Wllbur Bradley bequeaths h1S flery temper to V1c Elllott Irene Breault bequeaths her French to Mr Borchers future French classes Sadxe Bufflngton bequeaths her Southern dxawl and easy golng ways to Mlldrec McK1nlay Dorothy Burchett bequeaths her dalnty steps to Kelth Gordon Hazel Callison bequeaths her wavy hair to Evelyn Koger Ray Castor bequeaths h1s Herculean flgure to Lewls Neyland Jean Colby bequeaths her slender fxgure to Aaltje DeBru1n who IS 1n due need of IL Georgla Collms bequeaths her flymg fmgers to any poor Jumor who flnds herself 1D need of them Donald Schmldt Wllma Fowler bequeaths her seat 1n the Loma bus to the one who gets there flrst Wmnle Gordon bequeaths her formula for gettlng em and keepmg em to Grace Marty Ada Halley bequeaths her plgeon toes to Elsle Hagen Jean Hanford bequeaths her stand ln vuth the teachers to Elsie Chaney Ruth Hazen bequeaths her bold and brazen ways to Shxrley Castol that shy httle Carter vxolet Nettle Hazen bequeaths her bov fI'16IldS to whoever can catch them Frank Jenklnson bequeaths hls ab1l1ty to hold down the class presldency for four years to anyone who IS man enough to take xt Selma Jahnke bequeaths her mannlsh walk to Irene Roudebush Emxl Johnson bequeaths his gracefulne s to Francxs ORe1lly John Jones bequeaths h1s COOKIC duste-r to George Ollnger Bessle Koger bequeaths her monopoly on boy frlends to anyone vsho thmks they can hold them Sxdney Kurth bequeaths h1s wlse cracks to Eddle Cantor who ll probably be need mg them Robert Lang bequeaths hls gultar to hls grandchlldren Margaret Lembke bequeaths her Mae West curves to Betty Jane Woodcock Barbara Llppert bequeaths her round babv face to Jessamme Gardner Jameth Manley bequeaths hlth lxthp to Norman Jackson Florence Lorenzen bequeaths her gxggle to Esther Beecher Anna Manley bequeaths her ever ready smxle to Mae Small Vernon Mayer bequeaths hlS mlnlature stature to Norma Jones Morns Moe bequeaths h1s good natured d1spos1t1on to Leslxe Taylor 24-1 ' r -:- T11 ' ,f -:- F Fred Fishbaugh bequeaths his half interest in the back seat in the assembly to