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

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After initiation had subsided, the seniors gave their class play, The Doctor Has a Daughter, with a dance afterwards. This activity brought large profits to the treasury of the class, but only a fraction of the amount needed for the hoped-for annual. Following a great amount of budgeting on behalf of Mrs. Holm, it was decided that this class would be able to support an annual and the staff was selected by Mrs. Holm, with Lucille Hanford as editor. After the annual was underway Mr. Umphress from Great Falls took pictures for the Pioneer which included groups, ping-pongs, and senior portraits. On April 20, the seniors were again showing their dominating spirit to freshmen. This time it was only the boys, however, when it came time to whitewash the B . After the freshmen had put the B in glowing order. the freshmen girls fed the ravenous crowd. The day when seniors do up the school and town came on May 4, when they took their customary day off from school, and went sneaking away for some solitude. At baccalaureate on May 22, Dr. James Donavan was the speaker. Dr. H. G. Klemme from Montana State College gave the address at the Commencement exercises held at 8:00 on May 24. The subject for his address was Youth in a World of Change. The seniors went forth from the high school Thursday night. feeling both glad, and sad, that they were no longer seniors, but were alumni of FBHS. CLASS PROPHECY Fort Benton. Montana September 10. 1970 !BuckJ Pvt. STANLEY SMITH Army of Occupation Berlin, Germany My beloved husband. I'm taking time out from fixing your seven loving children's lunch. I simply must tell you about the new schoolhouse, and what goes on there. As you know. the old one burned down when Professor Brother Hess threw a bottle of nitroglycerine at our precious Junior, when all he was doing was throwing beebees at VIRGINIA G. HUFFMAN'S little girl, Donna. Today, Miss Young is all a-twitter because the famous coloratura. FLORENCE BREAULT, is going to sing her famous aria to commemorate her first music teacher's fiftieth birthday. The daughter of the former CECELIA BOGNEH last night eloped with the son of Mrs. John Hodiak nee JEWELL CALLISON. The two ladies were so shocked they went into retirement. A Poor little Trudy Oakland lost her mother last week. The former GERTRUDE LLLIOT was killed when her car over-turned on her weekly excursion to see her physician. She was greatly disappointed because she planned to die of neuralgia. Another tragedy occurred this week when DARWIN LENINGTON disappeared while walking through his million dollar wheatfield. His wife, EVA ELLIOTT, has given him up for lost. She states she will carry on. just the same, with the help of the Smith-Hughes department. I To get hack to the school. the dramatic coach, THERESA DREWISKE, tripped over her tongue while arguing with GEORGE LIPPERT, III in Speech Class. lYou know Theresa took over Mildred Lucille's position, so that estimable lady can write true stories for pulp magazinesl. GEORGE, JR. and his wife the former LUCILLE HANFORD have taken over the job of managing and editing the River Press. Since our stagnant little town has grown into a small metropolis, they have decided to change the name to The Running River Press. The gay divorcee, BARBARA BIRKELAND. has taken her son Tommy Manville Jr. out of school to help figure out her income tax. She is now a multimillionaire due to the alimony received from her five ex-husbands. DICK ARNST, JR. strained his brain while trying to find a comfortable reclining position in class-a position in which he could absorb the least knowledge. He is SO much like his father!

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY FRESHMAN YEAR Seniors of today are the product of four long, grueling years of school at FBHS. They are the same people who. in 1941, entered high school in gunny sacks with an odious onion for a necklace, and with few conceptions of the people they were to become four years later. When they entered school the frosh chose from their ranks Lucille Hanford, as president: Lee Katzenberger, vice president: and Jeannette Stevens, secretary-treasurer: and Miss Margaret Holmes as sponsor. Since there are few specific duties for a freshman class to perform, they decided tu undertake the task of writing the school news for the River Press. Although this class was composed mostly of girls, they usually came out on top in all of their undertakings-even when the girls decided to help the boys whitewash the B in the spring of their first year. When these enterprising freshmen gave their return dance to the seniors. they outdid themselves by giving a floor show. Thus they came to the end of the first stormy stretch leading to the great day. SOPHOMORE YEAR After a few months' vacation in which to prepare for the coming year, they were back as sophomores with most of their members. Either the class was in a rut or else has very outstanding students, for they chose Lucille Hanford, Lee Katzenberger, and Jeannette Stevens for class officers again, with Miss Jeannette Jensen for sponsor. After giving their class party, the sophs sponsored several snake dances to try to liven up school spirit. Although the sophomores were trying to be active in their second year at FBHS perhaps they over did it a little. because they had three sponsors. After Miss Jensen resigned at Christmas, Miss Margaret Holmes served until she resigned in February. Mrs. Kathleen Holm then agreed to guide them for the rest of the year. JUNIOR YEAR At last they entered school as upper classmen when, in the fall, they became juniors. The juniors elected different officers for this year-Lee Katzenberger. as president: James White, vice president: and Robert Anderson for secretary-treasurer until the end of the semester when he became a senior. Stanley Smith took Bob's place. Miss Gordon Eckford lSullivanl was chosen for sponsor, and when she resigned at Christmas Miss Florence Jensen became the new advisor. This year for the first time' they took an active part in student affairs. Many clubs and organizations such as Thespians, Quill and Scroll, and the Cannon Report were open to their membership. It was a time when they were expected to use their own initiative, and these students showed what they could do when they put on their class play, The Whole Town's Talking , which brought some much-needed moola into their treasury so that they could put on a prom in the spring. The theme for the Junior Prom of 1944 was A Garden of Memories . Lattices of twining flowers, huge butterflies, gay streamers, and a picturesque backdrop were features of the decorations. Wilma Blackwood was crowned queen, with Dorothy Dedman, Emogene Anderson, and Phyllis Birkeland as attendants from the junior, sophomore, and freshman classes respectively. SENIOR YEAR Entering their last year of high school, there were many of the original members of the class gone. For their final year in high school the seniors chose Lee Katzen- berger, for president: Stanley Smith, vice president: and Barbara Birkeland, secre- tary-treasurer: with Mrs. Kathleen Holm as sponsor. Soon after their class was organized, the seniors had their traditional fling ot power when they paddled the freshmen into the society of FBHS. followed by a party given for the freshmen.

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MISS IRIS WHITEHORN, who holds the world speed record in typing. has re- placed Esther Schmidt in the commercial department. Mrs. Schmidt was assassinated while lashing her students on to 150 words a minute in shorthand. The assassin was the former DOROTHY DEDMAN'S daughter. fDorothy was voted the Ideal Mother of the Year. Her 21 children stuffed the ballot box.l ' LEE KATZENBERGER had a change of heart since his son. Andy. learned how to play basketball, and decided to become coach. He demands that the team come to school at least once a week. DOROTHIE NELSON driver of the three school buses ftwo are driven by remote controll, drove off the bridge and fractured a toenail. , Miss MARIAN CAMPBELL said no just once too often. and now she is running a dormitory for the children of her former classmates. She has quite a houseful as JUNE WALKER ROBERTSON has sent her three sets of triplets to live there. Dear. you remember BARBARA ELLIS don't you? She was that tall blonde with the long legs: well, she has gone into the movies. She plays in musical comedies. and because of her resemblance to Charlotte Greenwood. she has adopted that name. VIRGINIA RATLIFF, who has just completed a non-stop foot race across the United States will give a speech in our new auditorium this Friday evening. Her topic will be The Human Body in Perpetual Motion. I received a letter from LUCILLE SMALL. She said she had just finished drilling her 100th oil well. It turned out to be only an artesian well just like all of the preceding ones. She also stated that SKIP JOHNSON was fined for bigamy in Texas. He said he didn't know why, as he hadn't married any of them. NORMA KMONTGOMERYJ ARCHER is down in the Fiji Islands with her husband, teaching the natives the art of giggling without moving the facial muscles. I just heard ot the tragic accident that happened to our old schoolmate JEAN- NETTE STEVENS. She was strangled by her golden locks while trying to set a new speed record for combing her hair. The soup just boiled over so I'll have to close. Your loving wife. ANN KKATZENBERGERD SENIOR WILL Last Will and Testament, of the Senior Class, of the Year of our Lord One Thous- and Nine Hundred and Forty-five, of the Fort Benton High School, of the City of Fort Benton. of the State of Montana. We, the senior class of 1945-after four years of pretending to be of sound mind. do hereby make and publish this, our last will and testament. To the superintendent and faculty we leave peace of mind after our departure. hoping they won't find next year's seniors as had as we were. To future classes we leave ALL our brains, magnetic personalities. and trouble- making ability. DICK ARNST wills his great love of hard work to Bob Murray. You can start on a vacation any time now. Bob. BARBARA BIRKELAND wills her ability to blush to the United States Army Camouflage Division. If ever you are in danger. she instructs the soldiers. just try my patented Birkeland blush. The enemy will mistake you for a beet. CECELIA BOGNER says she'd like to leave her hair ribbons to Miriam Gessaman who may use them for a beau-catcher. I0oh! The pun was unintentional.l FLORENCE BREAULT wills her energy to next year's freshmen. It's a good thing to have when a mean-looking senior starts after you with a paddle. JEWELL CALLISON leaves her shy smile to Arnie Campbell. For directions on how to use it to best advantage, see Jewell. Arnie. MARIAN CAMPBELL has decided to take leave of her Scotch habits long enough to endow her hair-cutting ability to anyone who wants adventure. Marian will not take the responsibility for ruined coiffures. however. DOROTHY DEDMAN doesn't want to appear unsophisticated when she goes to college, so she has left her innocence to Katie Rowe until the Morrow. It looks divine on Katie. too.