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

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Donna Arnst Patricia Blanchard Ethel Bratvold Charles Carver Cleo Crane Roberta Davison Christine Doney Lyle Glascock Anna Mae Good Bob Hardy Marietta Johnstone Gale Lenington Walter Lenington Bob MacKenzie Donna Mayo Priscilla Mertz Galen McCrary Dean Nottingham Shirley Patterson Mark Paul Genell Peterson Bob Peterson Phyllis Pimperton Virginia Ragland Florence Richard Robert Rowe Peggy St. Peter Dennis Scott Kenneth Scott Janet Smith Lorna Smith Bertha Stone Sharon Vinion Bob Warren Gordon Watson Donald Wright Frances Wright Nancy Wright Donna Zanto

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Skmou (’i,ahm Ki rouv FRESHMEN—In September 1952 the Cla ss o f ’56, dressed as funny-book characters and riding tricycles and scooters, boarded the good ship FBHS as apprentice seamen. The senior captains di- rected us through initiation. Mr. William Shirley was elected Admiral by the forty-six crew members. On the way to port Barbara Reichelt was elected Homecoming Queen. I-ater in the year the crew gave a dance for the senior captains. Phyllis Frieling was promoted from apprentice seaman to Prom Princess. Orders were received from the captains and we quick- ly obeyed by painting the “B.” Afterward the captains and crew held a picnic and a water fight. The seas were rough and unpredictable for the freshmen crew but in the spring of 1953 land was sighted. As soon as we were well anchored the frosh celebrated the comple- tion of the first lap of the voyage through high school with a picnic on Shonkin Island. SOPHOMORES—Only forty sailors returned to the ship September 1953 for the second stretch of the trip. We got a new Admiral, Mr. Jack Lepley. The crew sponsored a Sock Hop and several mates of the crew ushered at various activities on board ship. Shirley Davison traded her sailor cap for a crown marking her Prom Princess. The project of providing and arrang- ing flowers for Baccalaureate fell to us. The water was calm throughout the sophomore year, but the crew broke the monotony and hard work of life on board ship by going on a picnic as soon as we reached port to mark the halfway point in our trip through high school. JUNIORS—The fall of 1954 the crew, forty-one strong, boarded the FBHS to start the second half of the long voyage. Admiral Duane J. Hoynes supervised the ship and crew. The first activity the class undertook as upper-crewmen was the play “Life with Father” under the direction of Mr. Hoynes acting as Chief Petty Officer of the play. It told of the struggles of a man trying to keep from being baptized. At Christmas we supplied and decorated a tree for the ship. Mail call in January was a special one—the class rings arrived. Almost all the members of the crew helped decorale for the Junior Prom. With Petty Officer First Class Hugh Simmons’ help the theme “Song of the Islands” was effectively portrayed. Judy Blanchard brought royalty to the ship and its crew by being elected Prom Princess. Due to lack of dry land no picnic was held in the spring. We purchased flowers for Commence- ment. Later in the spring of 1955 dry land was reached and we stopped for a short rest before starting the last part of our trip through high school. The seas were a little rougher our Junior year with occasional bad storms but the crew and ship weathered them quite well. SENIORS—At last in the fall of 1955 we boarded ship for the final nine months of our journey. We set the course straight for diplomas, little knowing this would he the toughest part of the voy- age. Mr. Herbert Berg was elected Admiral. Captain Gene McKeever and First Mate Doug Towner led the class, Theresa E. Johnson kept the log, and Louie Woodcock took care of the loot. On the paddle end of initiation we gained revenge by making the new freshmen apprentice seamen dress as funny-book characters. Mr. D. J. Hoynes again acted as Chief Petty Officer for our play, “Mr. Peepers.” It was the story of the trials and temptations of a teacher. Aside from the regular duties of running the ship we published the Cannon Report weekly and the Pioneer. The thirty-six remaining sailors managed to successfully pilot the ship over the rough seas through the year stopping briefly for Sneak Day, Baccalaureate, Senior Breakfast, and making the frosh paint the “B. I hen on May 29, 1956. we dropped anchor at that long-sought port—graduation. The crew received honorary discharges from the FBHS. A few “landlubbers” gave up the life of a sailor for good. Many others signed up again for two or four year hitche- and boarded the good ships MSU, MSC, NMC, and others. 14

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sop t (o :m o r ii-j s Sandra Arganbright Thomas Bach Patty Beauregard Bruce Bramlette Sandra Bramlette Melvin Breault Kay Calkin Raymond Cameron Russell Cameron Merlyn Chaffin Judy Cline Barbara Davies Larry Emmett Jeanne Feltman Larry Gomoll Garry Graham Ray Halley Patricia Hardy Gary Homme Robert Jacobsen Elenette Jasper Jolene Kowalchuk Donna Larson Carol Lilly Devere Lowry Edna McDonnell Carol McKeever Henry Nagamori Jerome Nagengast Shirley Nordhues Larry Passage Bruce Rettig Nina Rodgers Joan Ronning Alice Rowe Russell Salisbury Glen Scott Dale Stevens Harold Strickland Kenneth Tacke Larry Vielleux Willie Vischer Edward Wadsworth Cecil Walbom Tony Warren Not Pictured: Ray Hayworth