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

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ROW ONE-Raymond Allard, James Arnst. Abbie Mae Bailey, Burton Batchelor. Wayne Bradley, Betty Breiier, Arnold Campbell. Evelyn Charters ROW TWO-Bradley Clark, Elna Cooper, Mervin Cooper, Richard Craig, Elsie Dedman. Dorothy Elliot, Charles Embleton, Margaret Farrington ROW THREE-Robert Fisher, Harry Foucher, Walter Jackson, Evelyn Johnson, John Jones, Robert Klay, Harold LeMond. Rita Loundagin ROW FOUR--Clara Ludeman. Jere McCaulay. Archie Meeks. Ina May Milledge. Donald Morger. Henrietta Murray, Janis Nelson. Ruth Ratliff ROW FIVE-Mardelle Rowe, Robert Scott, Vera Smith, Edith Siallcup. Donald Siashi. Paw Stewa 1 How six Walker, Arthur Wolfe. Miss Irene Bree-in NOT PICTURED-Donald Scott FRESH E

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SOPHOMORE HISTORY To begin a new year the sophomore class elected as officers: Otto Stevens, presi- dent: Bob Kelley. vice president: and Doris Willson. secretary-treasurer. Miss Patricia Berry was chosen class sponsor. Sophomores do not have many activities, traditionally, because they are in an in-between stage. That is, without the novelty of being new, as are freshmen, and without the activities that juniors and seniors enjoy. In grade school this class got a head start on money matters and are now well- fixed as to a treasury. During their freshman year they held a return party for the seniors, and the freshmen boys whitewashed the after which the girls served lunch to the workers. This year the sophomores held their annual party, A Superstitious Dance, on April 13. The high school gym was decorated with the traditional ladders. horse- shoes, broken mirrors and black cats. Music was furnished by a high school orchestra. The public was invited, and dancing lasted from 8:00 to 12:00. On April ll, the sophs went on a picnic to Shonkin. They left after school and were transported there in trucks furnished by class members. Three sophomores were on the football team. and three sophomores numbered in the first five on the A basketball squad. One was manager of football and basket- ball, and one was a cheerleader. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT Probably one of the most hard-working departments in school is the commercial department, whose handiwork is evidenced at all plays. banquets, and concerts given by the school. Completely unrelated to the school paper or other clubs, the typists. artists, and mimeographers under the direction of Mrs. E. S. Schmidt work many long weary hours to get programs, menus, and posters out before the deadline. Often, the requests for programs, et cetera, are sent in at the last moment. or when the department is already working at full speed to help put out the school paper. Although commercial students and their teacher sometimes consider theirs a thankless task, the entire school appreciates their patience and tireless cooperation.

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FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY ' The freshman year 1944-45 started as it always does with a great deal of con- fusion-the usual lost souls going in the wrong door, the new, students getting used to study hall procedures, and finally the formal initiation. Gunny sack skirts, pin curls, bright bows, and a surplus amount of make up were worn by the boys. The girls sported voluminous flour sack trousers. gunny sack blouses, straight hair, loggers, and no make up. After the heat of initiation had cooled down, the freshmen had a return party for the seniors. Arnold Campbell was elected president of the class: Betty Breiter. vice president: Janis Nelson, secretary-treasurer: and Miss Irene Breault, sponsor. Many of the boys took part in athletics: one freshman was on the first ten of basketball. Q A fresh- man girl was a cheerleader, and another freshman was one of the beauty queens at the Bond Carnival. In the spring the annual whitewashing of the B was done by the freshmen boys, supervised by the seniors, and a delicious lunch was provided by the freshmen girls. This brought to a climax a year of indoctrination for the frosh. OUR PHOTOGRAPHER Perhaps the most important part of any annual is the picture section--group, ping- pong, and portrait-which lends personality, variety, and vividness to an otherwise lifeless yearbook. The man who has been our photographer for a number of years is Mr. Umphress of Black Eagle, who annually travels to Fort Benton to record on film ty beaming faces of our students and faculty. A great deal of patience is re- quired to arrange some fifteen large groups of restless teen-agers, who always manage to blink at the crucial moment, or perform some other nerve-taxing feat. This year Mr. Umphress handled the senior portraits as well as all other photography. To him we extend our thanks for his untiring effort and his many valuable suggestions. OUR PUBLISHERS 'l'he home of the FBHS Pioneer is the River Press office. Here, with a crude dummy from the annual staff, our friends and publishers, Mr. Joel Overholser and Miss Nora Harber, work out the complicated task of setting up the final form for the Pioneer. These people cheerfully put up with the inexperience and indecision of high school students. ,Besides handling the annual, announcements, and personal cards of the seniors, they print tickets for plays, programs for prom, commencement, et cetera, always doing their utmost to carry out the students' ideas. The River Press gives the school free publicity for plays, operettas, and concerts and prints the weekly schoolnotes. For a sense of humor, co-operativeness, and a genuine interest in the school, we thank Mr. Joel Overholser and Miss Nora Harber.