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

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Page 20 THE PIONEER CLASS WILL We, the Class of Nineteen Forty-One of Fort Benton High School, being all of sound minds (?) and firm in purpose and realizing that we are about to depart sorrowfully (?) from these halls of learning on May 29, 1941, do make, declare, and publish this, our last will and testament, declaring void all former wills made by us. Firstly, since many of us will soon be college freshmen, we leave our gravity and dignity to next year’s juniors who must attempt but never quite succeed in taking our places. Secondly, to the sophomores we will and bequeath the mental and physical labor connected with throwing a prom. Thirdly, we bestow upon the freshmen the thrill that comes from amateur barbering when they are sophomores. Fourthly, to the incoming freshmen we will the disillusionment that comes when first you realize that seniors are not perfect. We also leave the following valuable items which we hope will be duly used and appreciated: DON ADAM’S ability to take serious parts in plays to Bud Jones. JACK ANDERSON’S wisecracks to Bobby Willson. MARIAN BOWKER’S continual giggling to Emily Meyers. BOB BURNS’S Husky pickup to Bill Bratz. IRENE COLBY’S artistic ability to David Dedman. AGNES DeBRUIN’S interest in the army to Dot Ronning (in competition with the navy). ESTELLA DREWISKE wills her ever-ready smiles to future annual staffs (they'll need it). DEAN ELLIOTT leaves his deep interest in FFA to Clark Hilton. WARREN HALLEY wills his nurse maid experience to the FFA (Future Fathers of America). LEONA JACKSON wills her “knows all, sees all, hears all” technique to Daryl Hagie. DUDLEY JAMES bequeaths his boisterous personality to Tubby Dickens. ETHEL KELLEY wills her classic features to Leona Reichelt. RUSSELL KURTH bequeaths his unruly curls to Ted Kelley, (with a provision that he keep them combed). LOIS LEWIS leaves her blush to Patty Anderson. LEWEY LORENZEN bequeaths his cave-man technique to Glen Hicks. WALLY MORGER leaves his artificial waves to Charles Christofferson, to match his natural ones. KENNETH MORROW wills his dancing ability to FBHS for bigger and better parties. PAUL MURPHY bequeaths his Irish blue eyes to James Wood for color contrast. CARLEY McCAULAY leaves her freckles and turned-up nose to Rita Ruth. MARIAM NEWHALL wills her literary ability to Cecil Seright (with the provision that he win at least one literary award before he graduates). EDWARD NOTTINGHAM leaves his manly physique to Eugene Frieling. Moreover: To Bill Louther we bequeath EUGENE RONNING’S talkativeness. a

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meLLLGRPIOUGER Page 19 CARLEY McCAULAY—leader of the 99th Woman’s Ski Patrol stationed on Old Baldy. Killed in action while bravely leading her patrol against the Seminole Indians. MARIAM NEWHALL—foreign correspondent for the “Pink Reporter,” wasted away in a Nazi concentration camp after assassinating Hitler’s right hand man. EDDY NOTTINGHAM—Shonkin mountaineer. Died when an overly potent mixture in his homemade still exploded. EUGENE RONNING—cowboy in Bill Cody’s Wild West Show, contracted scarlet fever from drinking too much pink lemonade. HILTON ROUDEBUSH—member of Royal Northwest Mounted Police. Rather than break the mounties’ perfect record, he committed suicide when he failed to get his man. IRENE SCHANCHE—Mrs. Bob Bowker, as she approached her 64th year, was smiled on by fortune when she was blessed by her 17th child, which was named “Too Many.” She took poison. BILL SCHMIDT—youngest member of the “Brain Trust” wrote “After 32 years with Roosevelt.” Died of black measles which he contracted from his grandchildren. MARTHA SCOTT—horticulturist who perfected a pollenless dandelion, died of asthma. VIRGIL SMALL—buck private, charged across “No Man’s Land,” tripped over his own feet and died of fright. AGNES STEIN—hbeauty parlor operator, died of old age after inventing the inverted eyebrow. GEORGE STEVENS—dry land farmer, dried up trying to persuade the government to irrigate his farm from the Dry Forks River. CLARENCE STEVENSON—jack-of-all-trades, learned to play a saxophone, to cossack dance, and write poetry all at the same time; died of a toe hemorrhage. LORENE STRANAHAN—teacher of kindergarten in Loma. Died of shock when she received a telegram firing her. GRAYCE TSCHACHE—missionary to the Balinese, came home with perfect posture from carrying fruit on her head; died of yellow fever. GEORGIANA UPTMOR—traveling shorthand expert, died of apoplexy in Germany trying to take down Hitler’s speeches. Y’VONNE URTON—Mrs. D. Craig, organized a delicatessen shop in Carter for benefit of husband’s appetite, died of ptomaine poisoning from her own hamburgers. ANITA WALKER—aviatrix, crashed into the South Pole while flying a dive bomber over Antarctica. ROBERT WEEKS—television technician. Four years in Europe televising war scenes. Stopped a bullet. MARGARET WHITE—tight rope walker in Barnum and Bailey’s Circus: walked off end of the rope. VERNON WOODS—perfected a new bubble dance. Died of embarrassment when some- one pricked the bubble. DOROTHY WORRALL—one of Einstein’s mathematical wizards: died in an insane asylum. SHIRLEY YOUNG—world war nurse; trapped in a burning hospital from which she was trying to rescue soldiers. Due to the wicked and sinful lives which these people led, and the violence with which they met their deaths, none of them will be admitted to the glories of eternity. Signed: Gabriel Keeper of heavenly records

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Sa LUG PIONEER Page 21 To Elsie Ritland we leave HILTON ROUDEBUSH’S loyalty to one person. To next year’s freshmen we will IRENE SCHANCHE?’S tact and poise. To Ellen Eveleth we bequeath MARTHA SCOTT’S mannish stride. VIRGIL SMALL wills his dimples and black hair to Wilma Blackwood. AGNES STEIN bequeaths her interest in Latin to Mabel Lucas. To Delores Wagner we will GEORGE STEVENS’S platinum blond tresses on the condition that she let them grow long. To future Thespians we bequeath CLARENCE STEVENSON’S ability to speak coolly and calmly. To Junior Tope we bequeath LORENE STRANAHAN’S vocabulary. Furthermore: GRAYCE TSCHACHE leaves her “get ’em and keep ’em” policy to Margaret James. GEORGIANA UPTMOR wills her good memory to Lorraine Baker (providing that Lorraine will it to some lower classman upon graduating). Y’VONNE URTON wills her red hair and car to Clarence Willson. ANITA WALKER wills her pug nose to Lorne Ritter. ROBERT WEEKS reluctantly bequeaths his argumentiveness to Basil Fultz. MARGARET WHITE bequeaths her happy-go-lucky disposition to Mabel Stevens. VERNON WOODS leaves his curiosity to people who take snap courses. DOROTHY WORRALL wills her flirting technique to Rhoda Ann Ritter. AMY HANSON bequeaths her heart-shaped face to Margaret Collins. BILL SCHMIDT leaves nothing. He needs everything he’s got. SHIRLEY YOUNG bequeaths this bit of parting advice: “If you play with fire, it BURNS.” The following valuable items will be sold at auction to the highest bidders: notes, Home Ec. projects, FFA projects, typing lessons, experiments, bookkeeping projects, short- hand notebooks, various workbooks, corrected tests, assignment notebooks, and any articles remaining in the lost and found case upon our departure. We, the undersigned, do on this 29th day of May, 1941, sign and affix our seal in the presence of witnesses. THE SENIORS Witnesses: Soggy Schoonie Bill a6 SENIOR PLAY Little Women “opened the season this year for the seniors” and was heralded by the critics as one of the most soul-stirring performances of the year. Under the more than competent directing of Miss Hagie the cast bloomed and gave a very good take-off on the book of the same name, “Little Women.’ The cast was as follows: Jo, Irene Schanche; Beth, Lorene Stranahan; Meg, Grayce Tschache; Amy, Carley McCaulay; Mrs. March, Irene Colby; Hannah, Anita Walker; Mr. March, Don Adams; Teddy Lawrence, Jack Anderson; John Brooks, Wally Morger; Professor Bhaer, Russell Kurth. The cast enjoyed the rehearsals and was sorry to lock the stage door, cast off their costumes, and pull the curtains on the final act.