Helena High School - Vigilante Yearbook (Helena, MT)

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December December marked the death of every student's best friend, Bill was a non-person cre- ated by leff Sherlock when he needed a guick wit- ness in a tight squeeze. Although Bill Bronson be- longed to Ieff, he was soon adopted by many other students. l-le signed up for volleyball and track, re- ceived mail from colleges, and skipped study halls. Finally Bill's name came up just once too often, and Mr. Voiles called him to the office. Well, he didn't show up. No one knows exactly how, but Mr. Voiles guessed Bill's secret. That day, the announce- ment came that Bill Bronson had died. This excerpt from a ballad written by Delores Pollard tells of Bill's death. Following his will, that Friday we were in mourning, The coffin stood arrayed in velvet with flowers adorning. The sermon was at four, stern pallbearers bore him slowly Billy did not die as guickly as we had made him, Still there are some signs that tell you he was around- l-lis name on a desk, an honor roll guest, and maybe, This Bill will graduate in sixty-eight, baby. Fellow seniors mourn the passing of Bill Bronson. Pat Tubbs, ,Tim Lieberg, Tom McPherson, Ieff Sher- lock and Tom Iohnson carry Bill Bronson's casket across the football field. 3

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September Cctober September fifth was the day, 8:30 a.m. the time, and l-ll-IS the place. The hap- pening? Back to school for 1,500 students. Summer vacation had ended. Mile-long lines in the main office are the usual signs of each new school year, as students try to get their schedules changed. That wasn't true this year. New, blue schedule-change r e g u e s t forms were initiated, saving time for both stu- dents and office workers. Also new this year was the Vocational- Technical building, finished just in time for the beginning of classes. As the month went on, there was little chance for life to settle into a rut. The football season, with all of its noise and action, was kicked off at a thundering pep assembly. November ln November, students were kept busy by the tail end of the football season, the excitement of the Coronation, and last but not least, the annual 3-7-77's dance. The theme of the dance this year was Flight 3-7-77. A huge spaceship, stars, and planets decorated the Seventh Avenue Gym. At the dance, the Suns and Dotters, a folk s i n g i n g group composed of Melanie Moze, Lin- nea Anderson, Grove I-lull, and Nick Cladis, made their first ap- pearance. Ron Drake, Sue Settle and Iirn Lane make decorations for 2 St d t t f th f t heerleader, Mr. Louck t k Flight 3-7-7

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January For the first time in the history of the school, Helena Senior was sched- uled to play Helena Central. This promised to be the most exciting game of the year. Spirits soared at the pep assembly as Nick Cladis and Coach Kinzer burned a Greenie, a former symbol of the Central team. By eight o'clock the gym was filled and overflowing. lt was a great game, the score wavering and tying as first one team forged ahead and then the other. The game went into overtime. The gym was charged with the tense, excited yells of the fans. Only one thing marred an otherwise perfect basketball game . . . we lost. Linda O'Connell and Diane Hoopes drink a toast to their European trip . . . it wouldn't be water, would it? 4 Senior High students focus their attention on Cheerqueen, Barb Hurni February Three of the luckier students from HHS had a welcome break in February. Dianne Hoopes, Linda C'Connell, and Greg Sannes went on a ski tour of Europe while the rest of the school stuck out the reg- ular old grind. The tour, sponsored by Dr. Burgess, visited four coun- tries, ltaly, Austria, Switzerland, and Holland. Dianne, Linda and Greg, who all returned with dark tans, were the envy of the school.