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

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THE PIONEER LZ OND eI NLD ES Sa Oa eg re ane MARY NICOLOFF wills her even-tempered disposition to the future students of FBHS, who may profit by the knowledge that a smile wins more than a frown. JEAN REYNOLDS leaves her freckles to Jim Morger. EFFIE RITLAND leaves the ghost of endless whisperings in class rooms, halls, and library. We hope it won’t make anyone too lonesome. DOROTHY RONNING wills her twirling ability to Phyllis, just to keep it in the family. LORNE RITTER wills his shy nature to George Lippert. DON RUST wills his “slick tripping in the halls” technique to Dorothy Ritter. BETTY SCHMIDT leaves her husky voice to Freddy Katzenberger. BARBARA SCOTT leaves her height to Ronny Archer. You could use it in your boxing, Ronny. GERALDINE SCHUHMACHER bequeaths her place at the last table in the sixth period study hall to any underclassman who is looking for a “place in the sun.” ROSEMARY SCHUHMACHER wills her spontaneous disposition to Alice Elliott. CECIL SERIGHT wills his fifth year of English to Maynard Conway. WARREN STANTON wills his great interest in girls to Kenny Young. LEONARD STEINBACHER bequeaths his constant chatter to Norma Jean Montgomery. MABEL STEVENS leaves her blondness to Eva Nita Rupp. JOHN SULLIVAN wills his versatile wit to Noel Anderson. VIRGINIA SWANSON leaves her abundance of hair to Henriette Gray. Can you find room for it, Kiki? WILLIAM TOPE leaves his ability to act professor parts to Prof. Hagie. KENNETH VINION wills his “corn” to any barnyard. DOLORES WAGNER leaves a long whistle on passing, to the boys who are still practicing that technique. PATRICIA WACKERLIN leaves her ability to cope with studies to Ann Katzenberger. WALTER WEEKS bequeaths his tendency to “love em and leave ’em” to Eldon Adams. STANLEY WHITEHORN leaves his Einstein brain to “Skip” Johnson to use in the future. SYLVIA WOLFE leaves her habit of rolling her eyes ceiling-ward to Miss Hagie who doesn’t want it. JAMES WOOD leaves his lumbering gait to Theresa Drewiske. EDWARD DICKENS leaves us for the Marines. ARNAM WILEY bequeaths sadly the extra semester in which to graduate to any misguided student who thinks that playing pays. TOM McKENZIE bequeaths, much against his conservative desires, his horseback riding to Esther Humphrey. It’s a good pastime until the war is over, Esther. We, the Seniors of Nineteen Forty-two, do swear this to be our only and last will and do sign and affix our seal thereunto. THE SENIORS OF 1942.

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16 THE PLONEER CWAD CANT © LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE CLASS OF 1942 We, the class of Nineteen Forty-two of Fort Benton High School, being of fairly sound mind and knowing that we may soon depart this life, do declare this to be our last will and testament. PATRICIA ANDERSON leaves her child-like innocense to Marjorie Huffman. Do you want it, Marjorie? LURENE ANDERSON leaves her boisterous nature to Jewel Callison. VELMA AMES leaves her slang to Ellen Eveleth. JACK ANDERSON leaves his position as cheerleader to “Speed” Smith. MARGARET BIRKELAND leaves her ability to stick to one boy to Helen Campbell. (May she do as well!) LORRAINE BAKER leaves ribbons and medals to “Bud” Jones. ARTHUR BENNETT leaves his springy arches to “Buck” Preuninger. FRANK CLARK wills his agricultural ability to George Paul. Make good use of it. GEORGE CALKINS leaves his patriotic interest in the coast guard to the girls. JACQUELINE CASTOR unwillingly wills Bill Collins to the army. LUCILLE CALLISON wills her shy smile to Lucille Hanford—from one Lucille to another. LENORE FRIELING leaves her tall willowy figure to Margaret Collins. MARY GRAY wills her versatile interests in school to Florence Breault. ALICE GALBRAITH, in remembrance of corns, leaves her dancing ability to future freshmen. DARYL HAGIE leaves his sweet and melodious trumpeting to “Buzzy” Jackson to carry on. CLARK HILTON leaves his ability to be the only boy in a crowd of girls to Clair Sykes. HAROLD KRSUL leaves his “man-about-town”’ personality to Glen Hicks. BILL KOEPP leaves his out-of-doors life to some of the drugstore loungers on Front Street. FERN KELLY leaves her tendency to giggle in sociology to Leo Kilroy. © BERTHA LUNDY leaves her Loma drawl to Emily Myers. JOHN LIPPERT leaves his wavy pompadour to Gene Frieling. e BILL LOUTHER leaves the cleft in his chin to Rober t Craig, who might have as much good luck with it. FRANK MANLEY leaves his rosy cheeks to Helen Christensen. DICK MOSES leaves his smile to posterity to see who could equal it. KEITH NEYLAND leaves his teasing and tormenting to Bob Brust. ANGELA NICOLOFF bequeaths her eleven to twelve hours out of school to anyone who needs the time in which to prepare lunch.

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THE PIONEER CWIAICAOFT O IT WILL HAPPEN IN 1967 VELMA AMES, the skiing instructor at Shonkin Lodge, has just set a new world’s record in ski jumping with a jump of one foot one and one-half inches. LORNE RITTER is the newest Power’s model for the latest masculine coiffures of 1967. JACK ANDERSON and SYLVIA WOLFE, the most popular dance team of the hour, have created the newest dance craze, the Missouri hop. DR. LORRAINE BAKER has announced her recent marriage which, she believes, is her ninth. Because of ART BENNETT’S interest in the models he paints, his wife divorced him recently. MARGARET BIRKELAND RITTER’S ten year old mathematical genius has just entered college. GEORGE CALKIN, after years of research, has brought out a new hair tonic which is positively guaranteed to keep hair down; but, unfortunately, while experimenting with it on his own head, he became bald. WARREN STANTON has won the title of the world’s fastest talker. LUCILLE CALLISON has just won first prize for the tenth straight year for her sauer- kraut. She attributes her success to Loma climatic conditions. It has been reported that JACQUELINE CASTOR COLLINS and LENORE FRIELING were the cause of the prairie fire which ravaged the Carter area. They were arguing about who was the prize part ner of “CASANOVA” JAMES WOODS. WALTER WEEKS was just recently shot while serenading his girl, number 1000. Her father thought he was a coyote prowling around the house. The monkeys in the Bronx Zoo have just drawn up a petition for the ousting of their keeper, JUNIOR TOPE. He attracts too much of the spectators’ attention. ALICE GALBRAITH has started giving “snazzy” convertible coupes away to young men so that the girls may enjoy the same privilege she did in her “debutante” days. MARY GRAY and PROFESSOR STANLEY WHITEHORN, her husband, have won the title of “the Family of the Year.” Mrs. Whitehorn graciously stated, “Twelve children are a little hard on the figure and nervous system, but the joy of having a little arm around one’s neck is recompense.” CLARK HILTON is the women’s idea of the most manly physique. WILLIAM KOEPP has retired from college to draw his old age Townsend pension. BERTHA LUNDY is the first ballerina of the Ballet Russe. KEITH NEYLAND is the leading efficiency expert of Wall Street. MABEL STEVENS tried out a new dish on her husband, HAROLD KRSUL; she is now held on the charge of manslaughter. DARYL HAGIE is the chief doorman for the Chouteau Ho use.