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I 5: 1.7 I X 5 1985 Ranger Volume 64 Hill City High School RO. Box 059 Hill City, SD. 57745 The afternoon of july 10, 1939 marked the start of one of the worst fires in the Black Hills - the McVey burn. When the call for help went out, twenty- five boys from the Hill City Schools were the first to respond. Most of them were students, including one eighth grader, the entire boys' basketball team and sev- eral of the spring graduates. The fire started about ten miles north- west of Hill City and raged out of control for three days. All during that time, the Hill City boys were on a constant vigil - setting and guiding backfires, clearing away brush, carrying water and keeping sacks and blankets wet. Before the fire was brought under control, over 4000 fir- efighters had been called to help fight the fire. Several crews were isolated for hours without Food or water. They worked despite the danger of being trapped alive. When it was all over, forest officials named the group the Rangers, in hon- or of their untiring efforts. They were also recognized, by the Hill City forest officials, as one of the best crews work- ing on the fire. By 1940 the school had adopted the name, Rangers , for the athletic teams and the school yearbook. It wasn't until the fall of 1907 that the school cheer- leaders sent a formal request to the Black Hills National Forest Headquarters for a Smokey Bear mascot. They wrote, Inas- much as the prime purpose of both the Rangers and the bear is to protect the timber of the Black Hills, it seems only fitting and proper that they should go together. Personnel of the Forest Service became interested in the idea and ar- rangements were made to use Smokey the Bearf' as the school mascot. This year marked the first year that the school has had its own costume for time mascot. Sue Anderson made tha fjwst..iE'-Q and Tamela Crisman peitoimful :iz . varsity games.
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