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

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HILTON ROUDEBUSH Football 1-2-3 Basketball 1 Track 1-2 “B” Club 1-2-3-4 History Club 2 F. F. A. 1-2-3-4 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS President: 3 242i ee ee ee Bill Schmidt Vice. President 222 Grayce Tschache Secretary—LTeCasurele ee Marian Bowker SDONSOr a ee ee Miss Thelma Swenson sie TO MISS SWENSON We seniors wish to express our thanks iv our sponsor, Miss Swenson, who was always there to fall back on when we got into “pinches”. Due to her forethought in setting the annual deadline up a couple of weeks we got the material for this “‘Pioneer” in with time to spare and had no last minute rush. We are grateful to her for her unobtrusive guidance in our last year in FBHS. —Class of ’4] en ed | A Re

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Page 18 THE PIONEER y% OFFICIAL RECORD OF SOULS SEEKING ADMITTANCE THROUGH THE PEARLY GATES Y EA hel 099 ASD: For the past half century, a long line of waiting souls has been shivering outside the gates of Paradise, seeking the day when the last of their members—the Class of 1941 of F. B. H. S—will depart from their earthly existences. On the last day of 1999, the last and forty-first member joined the ranks of the immortal. The following is an account of each one’s deeds on earth and manner of death: DON ADAMS—M. S., Ph. D., Ll. D., B. S., while cooperating with the Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis powers to find the most efficient method of conquering the world, was assassinated by Mme. Newhall. He leaves to mourn his untimely death his wife, the former Jean Reynolds, and his only son. JACK ANDERSON—evangelist lecturing against verbosity, died from asphyxiation; too much gas. MARIAN BOWKER—composer of successful modern music until the enraged A. S. C. A. P. lynched her for plagiarizing Victor Herbert’s masterpieces. ROBERT BURNS—salesman of Husky gasoline, used as walrus bait by the Eskimos when he tried to sell it to them as dog food. IRENE COLBY—modelled Navajo Indian blankets in London, died in the last German air raid there, when the Tower of London collapsed. AGNES DeBRUIN—army hostess in 13th Division of the 13th Infantry, was run over by an ambulance of trainees rushing to mess. ESTELLA DREWISKE— interior decorator, shot for treason when she papered Mt. Vernon with red wall-paper figured with hammers and sickles. DEAN ELLIOTT—developed a way to grow potatoes already mashed. Died at the ripe old age of 85 from the shock of losing his F. F. A. pins. WARREN HALLEY—killed in action carrying the flag for the W. C. T. U. AMY HANSON—renowned mountain climber, died from the high altitude while picnicking in the Goosebills. LEONA JACKSON—officially known as operator No. H. R. 176, after receiving the Congressional Medal for exterminating the 5th column in the U. S., died peacefully in her sleep. DUDLEY JAMES—organized a “Back To Nature” movement and died of embarrassment when his nudist colony was arrested for indecency. ; ETHEL KELLEY—official taster for Hailie Selassie: choked to death on an over-ripe banana. RUSSELL KURTH—midshipman in the Swiss navy. Washed overboard by a tidal wave on Lake Geneva. LOIS LEWIS—teacher of eugenics in Potowatomie College. Died of blood-poisoning from a cactus thorn placed on her chair by a mischievous pupil. WALLACE MORGER—kKing of the Fort Benton Jungles, died from the effort of thinking about going to work. KENNETH MORROW —President of the United States, died while trying to pass a bill limiting the time of parking in Lover’s Lane to three hours. PAUL MURPHY—Ambassador to Ireland, choked to death while trying to learn Gaelic. atime et a ee + Sallieeesiel is ealieeietemeemeneeneeatnaiineendin een ee tr rn ie a oe A Ae