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

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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.

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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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Page 22 GENLOR NAME Donald Fay Adams Don Jack Bagley Anderson Muscles Marian Faye Bowker Shorty Robert Samuel Burns Bob Helen Irene Colby Agnes Cornellia DeBruin Ag Estella Jean Drewiske Jeanie Dean Alexander Elliott Warren Halley Peewee Leona Louise Jackson Sis William Dudley James Dud Ethel Fay Kelley Russell Lloyd Kurth Sparky Lois Lewis Lewey Henry Lorenzen Buzzy Wallace Earl Morger Stuffy Kenneth Charles Morrow Pic Paul Thomas Murphy Murf Carley Jean McCaulay Charlie Mariam Ella Newhall Harold Edward Nottingham Eddie Eugene Marvin Ronning Gene Hilton Roudebush Dutch Irene Claudia Schanche Charles William Schmidt Bill Martha Dell Scott Marthy Virgil Elton Small Agnes Juliana Stein Toots George Alexander Stevens Kingfish Leo Clarence Stevenson Slim Lorene Alice Stranahan Stranny Grayce Maude Tschache Sis Georgiana Albina Uptmor Georgie Y’Vonne Margaret Urton Red Anita Louise Walker Nikki Robert Weeks Bob Margaret Juanita White Margy Vernon Edwin Woods Woodsie Dorothy Mae Worrall Dottie Shirley Nadine Young Ww Le ne Nick Name Ambition veterinarian architectural designer not get married too young aviator and mechanic designer of clothes catch Tommy Harmon interior decorator art of mechanism the ideal papa get married when school’s out airplane mechanic and flyer airplane stewardess success without work primary teacher aviator find a worthwhile ambition dentist get in the army to find “Lost Horizon” write a Pulitzer prize novel teacher explore the navy own a beauty shop to be a model be a man own professional basketball team possess blond locks brat teacher keep home fires burning sleep all day find a millionaire learn how to concentrate traveling secretary keep from making breaks to be somebody’s stenographer television operator pilot an airplane airplane mechanic to make a good bowling score Butterball to have a large family 7x ‘THESPICIEE Re 2 one Ww Hobby procrastination women find leisure time selling gas drawing taking 4-H trips collecting license numbers being original changing diapers collecting cigar wrappers hunting and fishing reading funnies getting in trouble making chocolate cake pestering girls keeping on the good side of blondes riding horseback rollerskating waving Bill’s hair scribbling drugstore cowboy doing as little as possible sowing wild oats before settling down collecting things making model airplanes doodling setting up ten-pins collecting knicknacks collecting lipstick collecting old clocks collecting sheet music correcting her Dad’s manners’ standing on her head in tumbling cross-stitchting sewing experimenting bowling his model-A collecting stamps keeping Bob’s heart