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

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James R. Dick” Gibson attended part of grade school and four years of high school (!34-f37; in Jordan. Then he served in the Army during World War II before returning to ranch on the Musselshell River. John R. Gibson, Dick's son, attended grade school in Winnett and a school on the Musselshell River. He carae into Jordan to stay at the Dorm and attend high school. He stayed home from school his Sophomore year to help at ho ra e. While he was in school the liquor store burned down. His Senior year a Rodeo Club was started with Mrs. Dunning as the sponsor. After attending school from '63 to T67, he joined the Navy. During the Vietnam war, he was stationed on the Philippine Islands. Somewhere throughout his high school years he acquired the nickname of Hoot and he is still being called that today. After he left the Navy, he came back and is still living in Jordan. Pictured at the left are Dick and John by the truck and John Hoot ana Joanna. Joanna Gibson 191 John Gibson 167 Dick Gibson f37 Josie '89 and Dustin T 92 Negaard Viola Clark Negaard 1 68 Rose King Clark f44 Rosie King Clark sent in the following letter. The first year that I attended GCHS I stayed half a year at the dorm and then stayed with Ira Brown's mother for three or four months and the rest of that year with my friend Gertrude and her mother Erma Stanton. She had two brothers, Harold and Dale. The next year we moved a small house in from Langs Forks where I had been raised. We earned our spending money by running errands such as getting mail and hauling water for some older folks around town. I married Em mett Clark and we moved to his home place in the Blackfoot area w here m y three children, Rose Marie, Richard and Viola were bom. Viola Clark Negaard Rosie King Clark 10

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the rest ofthesto y... Amy '91 and Rena '92 John McKeever f 69 Frank McKeever ’35 Mamie McKeever 32 My great grandmother, Mamie McKeever, was the first in our family to graduate from GCHS, but my great-great grand m other, Rena McKeever, started the high school in Cohagen and was County Superintendent for years. Mamie came to this area in 1913 to teach school at Steve’s Fork even though she had completed only three years of high school in N orth Dakota. After the first session she m arried Grandfather Frank. When her own children. Frank and Phylis, started high school, she moved to town with them and finished high school in 1932. Frank McKeever graduated three years later. He married Melba Saylor on August 29, 1942, and they settled on a ranch near Fort Peck Lake. They had four children: Mike, John, Judy and Maribeth. Frank passed away in 1985. Melba later married Jack Currey. During high school John McKeever was active in Boy’s Club, track and football. John married Cathy Burgess who graduated in 1968. They now live on the old homestead where he grew up. They have three children, Amy, Rena and Scott. By Amy McKeever Tne picture above was taken at Flat Creek in 1958. We think it is Leland Flint, Cathy Burgess, Karen Thomas, Mae Taylor, and Jo Ann Burgess. The picture below is Carl and Gary Uthaug. Lindsay Uthaug 89 Gary Uthaug '63 Carl U thaug ’ 34 Lindsay U thaug is a third f;eneration student on her ather’s side and a second generation student on her mother’s side. Her father, Gary Uthaug (’63), was born in Wichita, Kansas, and moved here when he was about 6 weeks old. He went to a country school for a time but found he didn’t like the teacher. So he started going to school in Jordan and continued all through high school. He stayed in the dorm during high school. Gary’s father. Carl Uthaug, went to high school in Jordan and graduated in 1934. Marcia Coil Uthaug (’64) was born and raised in and around Cohagen. Her father. Jack Coil, went to school in Cohagen, including hi£h school. The high school burned down, so Marcia was unable to go there and had to stay in the dorm during her years at GCHS. 9

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Walter Lockie ? 91 Karmon Wille Lockie f70 Jane Twitchell Wille ’49 Jane Twitchell Wille '49 sent in this story. Bobby Curtis, Helen and Mary Jane Hammond were the three people I knew when I moved into the dormitory in the fall of 1945. We haa to share a room with two or three other girls because we had about 65 staying there at that time. The cost was less than $20 per month for each student. Some parents provided meat, potatoes and vegetables to pay for their children’s board bill On Friday night a bus ran to Mosby and delivered Rowtons, Nordahls, Bowen and Kreider kids. Then it picked the m up on Sunday afternoon. This provided a chance for them to attend high school as many parents did not have transportation or housing in Jordan. Mrs. Lea Hawkinson was matron and Mrs. Adams was the cook that fall. We helped with cleaning and cooking and had very strict rules to follow. I was put in the dog-house for leaving my room during study hour to borrow a spool of thread. That meant not going outside except for classes for a week! But it was a great place to learn to live with others. My most memorable event in high school was February of 1949 at the tournament In Miles City. The Boys Basketball team won First Place and our Cheerleaders won First Place. We had seven cheerleaders and Myrna Bauman as a mascot. I tnink our J-O-R-D-A-N chant was our most effective cheer. Walt’s mother Karmie Wille Lockie kept up the cheerleading tradition and was a mascot when her aunt Jadee was a cheerleader in 1957 and then a cheerleader when she was in high school. Lori Fellman ’ 90 Dale Fellman ’58 Phil Fellman ’27 Lori Fellman is a third generation student at GCHS. Her Grandfather, Phillip J. Fellman, graduated in 1927 fro m Jordan High School and her Grandmother, Ethel Barrett Fellman graduated in 1927. At that time the high school offered a two year normal course for juniors and seniors. Phil and Ethel both took it. The last six weeks of their senior year had to be spent practice teaching under a supervising teacher. Ethel and Bunnie Mart went together and practiced at Valley View, a school about half way to Brusett. Ethel was hired there for the next two years at $100 a month. One dollar was withheld for T eacher ’ s Retire merit. Phil practice taught under Anthony Murphy at the Joe McDonald School along with Francis Tipton and Joe Murphy. Phil taught at Eagle Butte for one year and that was enough! Lori’s father. Dale E. Fellman, graduated from GCHS in 1958. He also tried his hand at teaching. When a teacher had to leave, he finished the year as a com mercial teacher at GCHS. One year was enough for him, too. Above left: Karmon, Kalvin, Sterling, Jane and Kit Wille Below: Phil and Ethel Fellman n