Garfield County High School - Remuda Yearbook (Jordan, MT)

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Class History September 1, 1949, was a busy day for Mrs. Patterson when 20 bashful first graders walked into her classroom with their parents to enroll. They were Doug Gragam, David Braun, Darrell Hensleigh, Ralph Huseby, Ray Rath, Robert Rit- ter, Delbert Rogge, Ronald Schmidt, Keith Spracklin, Jarold Vollmer, Anita Hinther, Karen Foster, Barbara Pangbum, Agnes Bollinger, Gloria Sturtz, Patty O'Connor, Patricia Pfeifer, Della Rogge, Kathleen Schoonover, and Delpha Brown. The years slid by very rapidly and when we finally graduated from the eighth grade there were 22 of us including: Ray Rath, Ron Schmidt, Barbara Pangbum, Anita Hinther, Patty O’Connor, Karen Foster, Delores Bollinger, Bob Beard, Keith Spracklin, Stewart Griffeth, Darrell Hensleigh, Rosemary Gibson, Nora Lou Ryan, John FitzGerald, Bob Hageman, James Pangbum, Hirth Gagnon, Linda Hinther, Margaret Schlenker, Jack Brazil, Frank Nelson, and Delpha Brown. In the fall of 1957, we joined the country freshmen and were initiated into our high-school years. High-school was a new adventure for all of us, but we soon mixed in with our upperclassmen, and became involved in high-school activities which caused time to go even more rapidly than before. As Freshmen, Mr. Mhyre was our class sponsor and we sold magazine subscriptions to get us started on the road to prosperity. Soon we were juniors. We realized that our treasury was still rather deflated, and we set to work on our play to make money for the Junior-Senior Prom. With Mrs. Rich as our director, our play Down to Earth, was a huge success. We dived into our prom routine without a doubt in our minds but what it would be by far the most elegant prom ever to be held in Jordan. We chose an Oriental theme and different, and even a little exciting to hear Chinese bells tingling, and to see pretty Japanese lanterns swinging gracefully in the air above our head. At the beginning of our last year together we chose our class colors which are ice-blue and silver, our class motto: It takes a few clouds to make a beautiful sunset, and our class flower which is the yellow rose. Shortly after school started we began our second class play with Mr. Kearns as director. This play was equally successful as our first, and also added much to our treasury making us feel might- ier than ever. Time flew by and of course with basketball games, football games, athletic associations, music festivals, the tournament, class night, the sneak, baccalau- reate, and then of course, the time we had been waiting for--commencement. It wasn’t nearly such a happy event as we had all predicted it would be, and there were many tear-filled eyes as we started the last high-school activity we would be a part of. Of the 20 that entered the first grade 12 years before, only 5 remained to- gether all through grade school and high-school. They were: Ray Rath, Ron Sch- midt, Darrell Hensleigh, Anita Hinther, and Delpha Brown. We gained a few students who are still with us. They are Pat Strandberg, who joined us as a sophomore, and Kevin Winter who entered G.C.H.S. as a junior. -Delpha Brown- 23

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Class Will I, Pete Spracklin, will my ability to loaf to David Lightning Schlinker who always seems to be in a hurry. I, John FitzGerald, will my ability to get along with Mr. Halverson to anyone. I, Stewart Griffith, tfill my ability to smoke to Don Lufborough who doesn't seem to need it. I, Kevin Winter, will my good training in basketball season to Gary Uthaug. I, Margie Mumion, will my seat on the bus to anyone who would like a free one-way ticket to one of our best known state institutions. 1, Clarence Lilienthal, will my bicycle to Douglas LeBrun in hopes that he can apply his physics. I, Delpha Brown, will my two pests, Glen Hafla and Gary Schmidt, to any- one who can put up with them as well as I have. I, Anita Hinther, will being Valedictorian by one point to anyone who can stand the strain. I, Hirth Gagnon, will my driving back and forth to school to David Schlinker who is always wanting to drive. I, Ray Rath, will my good looks to Jimmy Stevenson so that he may have as many girlfriends as he wants. I, Thom Gilfeather, will driving my own car for four years of high school to anyone who wants to have a good headache. I, Bob Beard, will my ability to go steady for my four years of high school to anyone who seems to be having trouble along that line. I, Patsy Pfeifer, will my dancing ability to Linda Wilson so that she can dance past 8th period. -Patsy Pfeifer-

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Class Prophecy Ten years have passed since the class of 61” graduated from GCHS and I guess it's high time to take a few days off from driving the Warm Springs paddy wagon and see where all my old buddies are. Since I’ve chauffeured all of them around one time or another I know pretty well where they are. Stew Griffith is riding the rodeo circuit this year hoping to become Cowboy of the year. His wife, Toots Brown, is striving for the same women's title with him. Margaret Ross and Mary Mahoney are running for President on the Legalized Gambling ticket and the last I heard of them they were flying back to New York to campaign and hear Patty O'Connor and Pat Strandburg sing Little Brown Jug on the Ed Sullivan Show. Clarence Lilienthal and Margie Mumion have become married and are operators of a kangaroo rat farm in New Mexico. Darrell Hensleigh is a Marine Drill instructor at Paris Island and is trying to get Thom Gilfeather through boot camp. Bob Beard and Judi Barclay have become man and wife and have three athletic little boys who promise to be good basketball players. Kevin Winter and Hirth Gagnon have teamed up on Wall Street and now own 51% of every business east of Las Vegas. John FitzGerald and Anita Hinther have teamed up as scientists and are trying to invent a time machine so they can go back to high school again. Jack Shawver and Ed Ady have joined in business and are touring the nation giving tree swinging lessons. Marvin Hafla is now a pilot in a B-52 bomber and Floyd Beacher rides shotgun for him. Pete Spracklin and Nora Lou Ryan are now owners of The Embers and the Roosevelt Grill in New York. Their specialty is a Montana Treasure Steak and Scotch-on-Gibraltors. Ronald Schmidt is coach of the Boston Celtics and Ray Rath is his star center, replacing Bill Russell. Patsy Pfiefer is now a judo trainer for the U.S. Marines. Poor Thom! But should my personal guess on the outcome of my classmates' lives be slightly wrong, even so I wish them good luck and God speed. -Hugh Highland- .S 24