Laurel High School - Laurels Yearbook (Laurel, MT)

Text from Pages 1 - 202 of the 1976 volume:

Opportunity, Challenge, Reward. Consider a cooperative career. Where the customer is the company Loecniovtvt I97G I aure Seator High School M omenis oafore Tomorro-tf ON TO COLLEGE- Tom Holt, LEFT, who received the highest test score of all the students in Montana at High School Week, and Doug Hart, RIGHT, who received the highest test score in Agriculture, gained Monetary Awards for brains well used during their years at Laurel Senior. volume SY The Annual Publication of Laurel Senior High School by the Yearbook Staff. Editors- Rich Frank, Mark Smith Photo Technician- Gary Metzger Art Editor- Mike Dixon, Kathy Watson Advisor- Mrs. Lois Elda Larson COVER- Laurel's Symbol, Sculptured by James Seaton, Laurel Senior Art Teacher, March 1975. ENDSHEETS- Courtesy of Cenex, Laurel Refinery Photo taken at Baccalaureate, May 23, 1976. Locomotive Volume 59 Laurel Senior High School The Year of Lady Blue J Mrs. Lois Elda Larson, a veteran journalism teacher of considerable note, recognized as the Dean of the Montana journalism teachers, is for the first time in charge of all publications at Laurel Senior High School. She advises the Locomotive (annual), Laurel Leaves (newspaper), and publishes a myrid of athletic programs, and the various tournament programs. As the second president of the Montana Journalism Directors Association, she created and organized their journalism scholarships which are awarded yearly to three journalism majors at the School of Journalism. She also started the state-wide write-offs at the State Convention. She holds the Gold Key as the outstanding journalism teacher in Montana, was a Wall Street Journal Fellow, is listed in Who's Who in the World in 1976, Who's Who in the West, Who's Who in American Women, Two-thousand Women of Distinction, Foremost People in Communication, and International Biography. The American Association of University Women named her the Montana Woman of Achievement. She was also honored in the top group nationally as Women of the Year by American Businesswomen. My press credentials quirps LBJ, have opened a World of doors. My national card even got me into the Kentucky Derby, FREE . Lady Blue J is the name used through the years by the Laurel graduates as they fondly refer to Lois Elda Larson. Blue is for her intense preference of that color and the J is for journalism. A former State officer LBJ has held several important posts in National Press Women. She was chairman of Resolutions and, also, National Contest Chairman. The Laurel Leaves has had ALL-STATE every year but one under LBJ's supervision. It received the first PACE SETTER award given, has earned the FIRST PLACE HONOR AWARD presented by INTERNATIONAL QUILL S SCROLL (one of the top 14 papers in the world), has earned top awards by National Scholastic Press, Columbia Press and National Press. Mrs. Larson has been a speaker at many national press and English conventions. She is considered an authority on the high school press. LBJ's students have earned national awards in photography, features, sports writing, news stiies. columns, make up, and headlines. They have earned cash awards and scholarships in amounts varying from $50 to $5,000. Mrs. Larson says These honors are the tribute of my students; they made it possible. 1975-76 Laurel Senior High School. Laurel, Montana 59044 Volume 44 Lois Elda Larson Publications Director LSH 2 1975-1976 Locomotive Staff Presents Editors Junior Editors Sophomore Editors Contributing Editors Chief Draftsman Curricula and Faculty' Photo s Photo Lab Technician Finance Typist and Copy Editors Adviser Rich Frank, Mark Smith Bob Bullis, Jamie Dawson, Denise Dasland, Charlie Koons Mike Dixon, Doreen Manley, Cheryl Riesinger, Charles Coleman Kathy Blain, Dean Waddel, Randy Ungefug, Del Henman Steve Wegner Dale Koski, Mike Metzger Gary Metzger Guy Rolison, Cliff Rymer, Rusty Strever, Ron Sorg Charles Coleman, Edith Williams, Kerron Bernhardt, Doreen Manley Mrs. Lois Elda Larson 3 Locomotive Moments Before Tomorrow Table of Contents The Year That Was 8 Games People Play 18 Doing Something 48 Getting Involved 72 The Upper Hand 90 The Masses Meet 110 Those on Top 136 Who’s Who 162 Advertisers 156 Editor Rich Frank assists Sophomore Editor - Cheryl Resinger Editor Mark Smith THIS GOES IN. Editor Mark Smith, Top Left, checks out a display at the Art Show for Locomotive inclusion. THE WINNER. Far Right, Jackie Baker holds the sweater she won in the RMC Annual Workshop. Students were present from Montana and Wyoming. The Laurel Delegates who traveled by School Bus are Pictured On the Rocky Campus WE'RE SOLVENT. Middle Left, Rusty Strever assures Dean Waddell, Standing, that the finance are OK . Lower, Rusty' Strever and Cliff Rymer check Locomotive Sales, MOST EVER SOLD. Rusty Strever and Cliff Rymer keep constant check of sales and ads. LOCOMOTIVE STAFF, Page 4, Seated; Jackie Baker, Scott O'Neil. Standing, Left to Right: Mrs. Lois Elda Larson, Dean Waddell, Gary Metzger, Scott Coble, Rich Frank, Sam Rainey, William Wagner, Steve Wegner, Randy Ungefug, Guy Rolison, Rusty Strever. Back Row: Ron Spoon, Jan Langlinais, Shelley Graham, Sandy Rak, Cheri Baldwin, Diane Shay. Not Pictured: Mark Smith. 5 Fve Been Working on the Locomotive MEASURE ON, Top Left, Steve Wegner, and Kathy Blain plan Locomotive work. STEAM ON, Top Right, Rich Frank secures yearbook advice from Rusty Strever and Kathy Blain, Standing. Rimrocks Inspire Journalists, Left to Right: Peter Leeman Foreign Exchange Student, Lynn Craig, Bill Brester, Sandy Rak, Shari Banks, Mrs. Lois Elda Larson. 6 Locomotive on the Track Every student must decide what it is he or she wants to get out of Laurel Senior High School. There is no visible road bed with signs pointing the best way, as the track is different for everyone. With times changing, decisions had to be made, and SAC voted to change the name of the annual to LOCOMOTIVE. In line with the new name, we would like to start a new trend of making more students involved in all school affairs. The LOCOMOTIVE shows the tracks the students chose to follow during the 1975-1976 school year. Mark Smith Editor 1976 Locomotive Do it Becomes Did it I DID IT! Lori King who bought the first subscription is Centered. Other early birds subscriptions are Charlie Koons, Pam Weis, Left. Right, Denise Dosland, Susan Rymer. Ten Thousand Attend Before Tomorrow Tom Judge was Governor ¥ jr, ¥ ¥ 6 ¥ i Laurel's Third Herbsfest The Year That Was It Was The Bicentennial 1776 - 1976 Jerry Ford was President of the USA David Neibauer was President of the Student body Laurel Senior High School . . . . The Year That Was American Freedom Train Rolls Into Laurel Peter Lee man, Laurel Leaves Reporter and Foreign Exchange Student, snapped the moving train as it steamed into the Laurel Yard for a brief check. The lighted windows dramatically portrayed decades of America's history with a 200 year display. Below is the exhibit of Detroit Piston Bob Lanier's size 22 tennis shoe, courtesy of Lois Elda Larson (LBJ who also saw Lanierplay basketball in 1976.) Far Right is the picture of the 1849 Fire Engine located in the Freedom Train showcase car. Pix by LBJ. Mrs. Larson had a special tour of the train as representative of Montana Press Woman. Versatile Foreign Exchange Student €efer SISTERS and BROTHERS - Peter Leeman, is Pictured with his American sisters and brothers of his Host Families. Left to Right: Dan Holt, Mark Smith, Peter Leeman, Yvonne Holt, Tom Holt. Good-by! That’s all I wanted to say for this last article, but Lady Jornalism alias Mrs. Larson insisted 1 write a little more. Friday morning will see me leaving my second home. Laurel. And by Saturday night, Montana time I’ll be home with my family in Brisbane. And all that sunshine and serf will be terrible after this lovely Montana skiing weather. But I must go back, as my visa expired yesterday, and because one year of fun is enough; now I have to go to college. I've seen more of this country in one year than I’ve seen of my own in seventeen years—saw a staggering 21 plus Mexico and Washington, DC. My time here as an exchange student has been educational from go to whoa. Even the everyday humdrum at school is fun, because, not only is the system so different, but so are the kids; they seemed a lot more friendly than those at home. Perhaps that’s because there’s less emphasis on study, and the kids are more easy going here. It’s hard to put into words all the things I’d like to say in appreciation to all those people in the town of Laurel. Everyone has been so kind it's hard to believe. I’d just like to say thank-you to everybody. Pete M. Leeman P.S. All thanks to the Rotary Club of Radcliffe South, Brisbane, Australia, for sponsoring my year and the Laurel club for accepting me. Pete Brisbane, Australia Pete-Ah-Sez Hi everyone. . . Don’t be shy, drop me a line. My address is: Peter M. Leeman 41 Dunbar St. Margate, Queensland, Australia 4019 If you'd like to call my phone number is: 4018 284-9518. Vilma Guerrero c , c t Second Semester IFS By Kerron Bernhardt Vilma Lorena Guerrero Diaz, with the aid of her three translators, joined the Journalism III class for her first interview of the year. Those assisting in the translations were Mr. John Stratton, LSH’s Spanish teacher, Mike Metzger and Connie Foos, both Spanish students in their second and third years respectively. Vilma came to Laurel Senior from Chilendega, Nicaragua, after graduating from high school at Christmas time. She is an International Fellowship Student and came to this country mainly to learn the English language. Arriving at Billings, in late December, and stepping from the airplane into a Montana snowstorm wearing only sandals and being casually dressed, Vilma went shopping for boots and warmer shoes to meet her needs during her six-month stay. The climate of Nicaragua is quite different than Montana’s as April, there, is generally the hottest month and November is the rainy month. Vilma’s home away from home is with the Lawrence Austin family, who do not speak Spanish. Vilma’s English consists of Hi although she is learning quickly. Her family in Nicaragua consists of her father, mother, and three brothers, whose English names would be Milton, age 7, John, 13, and Gerald, 17. Vilma’s father is an accountant for an insecticide company and her mother teaches sixth graders. Her oldest brother, Gerald, is currently attending a university in Mexico studying to be a doctor. Vilma shows an interest in the secretarial business occupations, as she has taken a number of these related courses in high school Vilma, like any 18 year old, enjoys many hobbies, including playing volleyball and ping pong, listening to music (preferably the groups from England), reading books and BOYS! We found out Mike Metzger (Left) interprets using International Sign Language to Vilma Guerrero, International Fellowship Student, Right. Universal-Sign that Vilma has a boyfriend back home, whom she described as “tall, handsome, white, and skinny. Ivan Lopez is 18 years old, also, and is studying engineering. Unlike the rumors, Vilma stated with a smile that their country enforces no dating rules or chaperone system. In her spare time Vilma watches color television and views nearly the same programs that we do. Housework has never been a responsibility of Vilma, that is, until she came here, for back in Nicaragua, the Guerrero family had a maid hired for all those “fun chores.” When asked to compare foods of the two countries, Vilma mentioned that one thing which she has noticed is the great amount of canned food used in cooking. Her favorite food in Nicaragua was a special chicken dish. She explained it as chicken stuffed with pork, tomatoes, and onions, but her favorite meal here is, guess what?? Pizza!! Language What an Aid 13 Tradition Echoes a Crown, Flowers, 7 7 • • • • KING Dave Neibauer QUEEN Yvonne Holt QUEEN’S COURT Leslie Hedstrom, Dara McCormick, Betty Feuerbacher, Peggy Thompson, Flank the King G Queen Dave Neibauer, Yvonne Holt. ROYALTY: Peggy Thompson, Yvonne Hole, Dara McCormick, Steve Wegner, Scott Toombs, Leslie Hedstrom, Dave Neibauer, Betty Feuerbacher, Brian Fiechtner, Ron Spoon. 14 Homecoming Section Sponsored by Laurel Boosters Club Up and Running Laurel Boosters Aid Laurel Senior and the Locomotives Games People Play TEAM CAPTAINS: Dale Wallila, Randy Ungefug, Steve Wegner, Above. Right, All-Conference Ryan Kelly, Kevin Holthaus, Randy Ungefug and Steve Wegner Seated. 20 Body Contact Is the Game LOCOMOTIVES, Top Left, Front: Jason Hill, Dave Bernhardt, Steve Wegner, Randy Ungefug, Dean Waddell, Bently Roth, Rob Mayes, Paul Freund. Middle: Manager Bob Burke, Dale Wallila, Ray Ratliff, Tim Russel, Rusty Strever, Doug Hart, Rich Nauman, Mike Dantic, Scott O'Neil, Keith Metzger, Kevin Holtaus, Asst. Coach Larry Wedel. Top: Asst. Coach Larry Mayes, Ron Spoon, Hal Gratwohl, Del Henman, Steve Wombolt, Ron Rodgers, Richard Elsenpeter, Wally Yovetich, Rob Rosselot, Rod Hedges, Ryan Kelly, Head Coach Ben Vaughn. The Ward Valiant Efforts Please Fans Cross Country Girls Stomp Boys Run CROSS COUNTRY TEAM Seated, Left to Right: Cindy Resinger, Cindy Powers, Julie Blain, Cheri Baldwin, Connie Lord, Renita Gratwhol, Anita Resinger, Kneeling: LeeAnn Quinn, Steve Markovich, Paul Wagner, Mike Barnhart, Ron Koski, Steve Fox, Vicki Wanner. Standing: Coach Pat Wetzel, David Forster, Mike Wood, Lee Bestrom, Bob Veitch, Ross Yeager, Ken Fitchner, Mitch Walton, Coach Wayne Hackney. Pictured to Lower Right. GIRL'S STATE PARTICIPANT'S, Standing: Renita Gratwhol, Vicki Wanner, Cindy Resinger, Julie Blain. Kneeling: Cindy Powers, Connie Lord, Cheri Baldwin. Ready and Running r Girls Fourth in Montana Boys Seventh in Montana Connie Lord Takes First in State Markovitch Is Consistent Winner Dedicated Coaching Leads Wrestlers Kelly Second in Montana Henman Third in Montana WRESTLING TEAM, Left to Right, Front Row: Steve Harris, Alan Lich, Terry Ruff, John Collins, Ken Boyd. Second Row: Coach Karl Matson, Ron Koski, Dale Koski, Gordon Bieber, Ryan Kelly, Del Henman, Dean Waddell, Head Coach Tom Sprigler. Third Row: Craig Boyd, Lee Craig, Neil Porter, Jay Siegel, Jim Keener, Manager Dean Wennemar. Fourth Row: Keith Metzger, Joe DeCarlo, Todd Frank, Joe Burrows, John Kelly. CAPTAINS Dale Koski, Scott Toombs, and Del Henman, Seated. SENIOR MEN, Far Right, Top: Coach Tom Sprigler, Terry Ruff, Ken Boyd, Coach Carl Matson. Top Row: Dale Koski, Del Henman, Dean Waddell. CHEERLEADERS, Far Right Bottom, Left to Right: Peggy Thompson, Rebecca Guenthner, Christy Gratwohl, Mary Metzger, Theresa Mogan. Endless Workouts—Team Determination 1975-76 Wrestling Statistics Season Record Most Wins: Ryan Kelly 21 Most Wins in School Career: Scott Toombs 30-20-1 Most Pins: Del Henman: 19 Most Take Downs: Scott Toombs: 30 Most Reversals: Ryan Kelly 33 Most Escapes: Neil Porter 17 Most 2 pt. Near falls: Ryan Kelly 14 Most 3 pt. Near falls: Ken Boyd 23 Fastest Pin: Del Henman: 31 sec. Fastest Pin at State: Del Henman: 38 sec. Overall Team Record for individuals Dual Matches for 1975-76: 50 wins, 27 losses, 4 ties Dual Matches Record for 1975-76 Season: 9 wins, 7 losses, 0 ties Placement of Laurel in the conference: Third, Lewistown-1, Dillon-2 Laurel's 12 Team Invitational-Seventh Divisional in Hardin-Fourth State In Cut Band-32 teams-Eighth New Record School Record Wins: 27-Ed Robertus Gum Kelly Pins: 72-3-1 Ed Robertus Pins: 22- Gum Kelly TD's: 28-Gum Kelly Rev. 37-Gum Kelly Escapes: 19-Gary Thompson NF: 15-Gum Kelly NF: 29-Steve Mullaney F. Pin: 24-Scott Toombs G Gary Saxbury Ryan Kelly Tops Divisional Second in the State Success—Fourth at Divisional 1975-76 Wrestling Season Laurel 39 22 Laurel 31 25 Laurel 27 29 Laurel 22 35 Laurel 23 29 Laurel 18 36 Laurel 32 20 Laurel 33 28 Laurel 23 40 Laurel 38 18 Laurel 42 15 Laurel 39 18 Laurel 11 38 Laurel 42 12 Laurel 42 11 Divisional And State Wrestlers 98 lbs. 112 lbs. 132 lbs. 138 lbs. 155 lbs. 185 lbs. Butte C. Hardin Miles City Lewistown Lewistown Miles City Deer Lodge Livingston Dillon Hardin Billings C. Butte C. Dillon Deer Lodge Livingston Div. State 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 3 - Steve Harris, Junior - Scott Tombs, Senior - Ken Boyd, Senior - Ron Koski, Junior - Ryan Kelly, Junior - Del Henman, Senior Del Henman Second at Divisional, Third at State. Eighth at State Individuals Earn Recognition rftfWr 1 W. - ■l m 1 Pressure Mounts As Meets Progress Coach Tom Sprigler A Season With So 32 LOCOMOTIVES, Seated, Left to Right: Steve Wegner, Wally Beattie, Mike Dantic, Gary Metzger, Tim Russel, Hal Gratwohl, Guy Rolison. Kneeling: Dale Wallila, Ron Sorg, Craig Baresness, Mark Bowers, Dan Brown, Video Technician Pat Naglich, Manager Jeff Pacot. Standing: Brian Fietchner, Ron Spoon, Head Coach Don Peterson, Bob Vietch, Coach Wayne Hackney, Coach Tom Wilson. IN FOR THE CLUTCH, Bottom Left: Injured Brian Fietchner, with 36 of 37, makes his point at State. Two Overtimes—But—Second in Divisional 1975-1976 Basketball Record Laurel 58 60 Miles City Laurel 46 44 Glendive Laurel 53 79 Bozeman Laurel 73 70 Poplar Laurel 62 51 Glendive Laurel 78 66 Miles City Laurel 55 63 Deer Lodge Laurel 55 47 Livingston Laurel 68 67 Butte Central Laurel 50 61 Dillon Laurel 63 49 Billings Central Laurel 71 48 Hardin Laurel 61 49 Lewistown Laurel 47 38 Deer Lodge Laurel 62 49 Livingston Laurel 62 69 Butte Central Laurel 69 78 Dillon Laurel 69 45 Hardin Laurel 70 58 Billings Central Laurel 53 58 Lewistown Divisional Tournament Laurel 56 51 Billings Central Laurel 59 43 Butte Central Laurel 55 58 Dillon State Tournament Laurel 59 52 Browning Laurel 59 72 Plentywood Laurel 59 58 Cut Bank Laurel 63 66 Poplar Final Points—State Fourth %cum£ IfaiwdZ Smiles Personality CHEERLEADERS, Left to Right: Jo Lynn Letherman, Edith Williams, Yvonne Holt, Bonnie Rudd, Debbie Frank In the Locker Room at State Mike Dantic Junior Guard All Conference Honorable Mention Craig Barsness Junior Forward All-Conference First Team Divisional First Team Eleventh Year in Row Pete’s Team Qualifies for State The 1975-1976 LAUREL SENIOR HIGH VARSITY BASKETBALL TEAM won 17 and lost 10. They were second in the Divisional Tournament and qualified for the State for the eleventh consecutive year, taking fourth in Montana. Individually there were some notable achievements. Dan Brown placed second on the all time Laurel High list of field goal percentage, making 145 of 264 for .549. Dan was also fifth on the all time list of recoveries with 110. Dan was sixth among the all time rebounders with 280. Brown also ranked ninth among all time single season scorers with 388. Brian Fiechtner was out with a knee injury for most of the season, but still established a record for Laurel High which may never be broken. He made 27 consecutive free throws in games without a miss. He also ranks number 1 on the all time list of free throw shooters making 36 of 37 for a percentage of . 974. Craig Barsness, while still only a junior established himself fourth on the all time list of field goal percentage, making 122 of 237 for .515. Craig is also eleventh on the all time rebound list with 251. Dale Wallila earned the twelfth spot on the all time assists with 59. Ron Spoon saw only limited action because of a knee operation from which he had difficulty recovering. Yet he tied the single game assists record with 13. Dan Brown and Dale Wallila were elected honorary co-captains of the team. This years team was plaqued with more injuries than any previous Laurel team, but showed tremendous fortitude on qualifying for the State Tournament. Dan Brown was chosen on the second five of the all-state tournament team. Craig Barsness was selected on the first five of the all-conference team and Mike Dantic had honorable mention. 36 JV’s Post 15-5 Defeat Billings West Defeat Billings Senior Junior Varsity, Standing, Left to Right: Paul Wagner, Rich Nauman, Hal Gratwohl, Bob Vietch, Wally Beattie, Gary Burke, Mitch Walton, Kneeling: Robert Kukes, Coach Tom Wilson, Steve Markovich, Seated in Front: Mgr. Fred Johnson. Laurel 29 36 Hardin Laurel 28 33 Red Lodge Laurel 32 37 Red Lodge Laurel 29 51 Hardin Laurel 33 30 Lewistown Laurel 50 53 West Laurel 22 39 Livingston Laurel 14 29 Billings Central Laurel 37 31 Lewistown Laurel 47 52 Hardin Laurel 45 42 Red Lodge Laurel 42 37 Livingston Laurel 32 38 Billings West Laurel 34 38 Billings Central Laurel 40 41 Billings Senior STARTING FIVE: JoLynn Leatherman, Darlene Wallila, Cathy Drug, Roxie Guenthner (Not Pictured: Leslie Hedstrom) Far Left SENIORS, Bottom Left: Lori Peterson, Christy Gratwohl, Karla Frickel, Mary Metzger, JoLynn Leatherman ALL-CONFERENCE: Roxie Guenthner, Near Left MANAGERS, Right: Theresa Mogan, Cindy Mohland, Tammy Feller, Dawn Dammerzell. Bottom Right: Coach Judy Goodale Close bu Not Close Enough . . . Gamer 21 State Track Points Girls Place Second in Montana GIRLS TRACK TEAM, Left to Right, Kneeling: Mgr. Linda Steinback, Theresa Mogan, Connie Lord, Roxy Guenthner, Darlene Wallila, Cindy Powers, mgr. Kathy Miller, Standing: Cindy Randell, Lori Steinmetz, Barb Brown, Leslie Nyberg, Cathy Krug, Connie Kellison, Connie Fritzler, Doreen Manley, Karla Feild, Coach Pat Wetzel. . ...Mile-880 Connie Lord Gains Two State Firsts LSH RECORDS AT STATE First First Second Second Fifth Connie Lord Connie Lord Connie Kellison Darlene Wallila Darlene Wallila Connie Fritzler Theresa Mogan Cheri Baldwin, a Mile 880 110 yd Hurdles 80 yd Hurdles 440 yd Relay 5:27.5 2:22.6 15.5 11.5 40 . . .Make 66V2 Points Gain First at Divisional RUNNING EVENTS First Connie Lord First Connie Lord First Cheri Baldwin First Connie Kellison Third Leslie Nyberg First Connie Kellison Second Darlene Wallila Fifth Leslie Nyberg Second Cheri Baldwin Second Second Mile 5:39.8 880 2:34.4 100 yd Dash 12.0 110 yd Hd. 15.2 110 yd Hd. 80 yd Hd. 11.2 80 yd Hd. 80 yd Hd. 220 yd Dash 440 yd Relay 880 yd Medley GIRLS COACHING STAFF Mrs. Pat Wetzel, Head Mrs. Sara Barbero Barbara Bjorn tad Judy Goodale Larry Mayes Mike Michunovich MANAGERS Linda Steinback Kathy Miller DISTANCE RUNNERS, Top Left, Seated: Connie Fritzler, Connie Lord, Roxy Guenthner, Standing: Cindy Powers, Doreen Manley, Barb Brown. MEDLEY RELAY, Far Left, Kneeling: Darlene Wallila, Standing: Connie Fritzler, Cheri Baldwin, Theresa Mogan, Connie Kellison. The Medley girls took sixth at State. FIELD EVENTS First Cathy Krug Fifth Barb Brown Second Connie Kellison Third Cathy Krug Fourth Cathy Krug Fifth Karla Feild High Jump 4'10” High Jump Long Jump Long Jump Discus Discus 41 .. .15 A State Track Points Boys Place Fourth in Montana BOYS TRACK TEAM, Left to Right, Seated, Steve Markovich, Rob Mayes, Paul Wagner, Mitch Walton, Mike Barnhart, Ron Koski, Bryan Conner, Steve Fox, Kneeling, Dean Waddell, Steve Wegner, Dalles Gudgell, Lee Bestrom, Rich Whitney, Mike Wood, Kevin Holthaus, Mike Dantic, Jay Ratliff, Standing, Ron Rogers, Ryan Kelly, Ross Yeager, Charles Coleman, Carl Hazen, Dan Brown, BobVeitch, Rich Elsenpeter, Hal Gratwohl, Wally Yovetich, Andy Blohm, Coach Tom Wilson Record: 44.4 440 Relay Burns New State Time LSH RECORDS AT STATE 440 RELAY MEMBERS First Team Effort 440 Relay :44.4 Mitch W alton Third Mike Dantic Mitch Walton Steve Wegner Jay Ratliff Mile Relay 3:30.6 Jay Ratliff Steve Wegner Mike Woods Third Kevin Holthaus Shot Put 50' Third Dan Brown High Jump 6'2 Fifth Mike Woods 220 23.2 42 WEIGHTMEN Left, Sitting, Charles Coleman, Dean Waddell, Wally Yovetich, Kneeling, Rich Elsenpeter, Kevin Holthaus, Standing, Carl Hazen, Ryan Kelly, Hal Gratwohl HURDLERS Bottom Right, Front, Mitch Walton, Kneeling, Jay Ratliff, Ron Koski, Paul Wagner, Standing, Andy Blohm, Dalles Gudgell, BobVeitch, Rich Whitney LOCOMOTIVES REPEAT AS SOUTHERN DIVISIONAL CHAMPS. Laurel edged Deer Lodge for the 1976 Southern Division Title. Scoring for the Locomotives and advancing to State were: Seniors Dan Brown-high jump, Rich Elsenpeter-Discus, Steve Wegner-100,220,440, Mile Relay, 440 Relay, Juniors, Kevin Holthaus-Shot-Discus, Jay Ratliff-440, Mile Relay, 440 Relay, Mike Dantic-880, Mile Relay, Mitch Walton-Low Hurdles, Mile Relay, 440 Relay, Hal Gratwohl-Javelin, Sophomore, Mike Wood-100,220, Mile Relay, 440 Relay. Repeat As Divisional Champs JUMPERS Bottom Left, Kneeling, Dan Brown, Hal Gratwohl, Standing, Dalles Gudgell, Ron Koski, Mike Dantic State Champions BOYS TEAM Divisional Champions State Champions Overall Record Won 73 Lost 5 935 GIRLS TEAM 2nd Place Divisional 3rd Place Divisional Overall Record Won 47 Lost 7 .870 e Girls Team 18 hole Av. 190.0 NEW GIRLS RECORDS Most Birdies for season Claudia Fadness 7 2 Member Team 183 Claudia Fadness 86 Lori Peterson 97 Three Member Team Claudia Fadness 86, Lori Peterson 97, Chrystyl Byrne 99 Girls Varsity Records BEST 9 18 AV. Claudia Fadness 42 86 92.3 Lori Peterson 44 95 102.6 Chrystyl Byrne 48 99 108.8 45 Gary Metzger practice's his putting. Gary led the boys team to a new record at Miles City this year. He fought his way through the trees and finished with a 73 which gave him medalist honors for the day by three shots. The team total was 303, 6 shots lower than the old record set in 1974. Gary was chosen captain of the Boys team. He is a senior and has been on the Boys Varsity since his freshman year. Stand-Outs Gary Burke receives his medal for fith place this year in the State Tournament. Gary broke four records. He set new marks of 33 for nine holes and 71 for 18 holes. Gary also broke the record for most birdies with 24 and the 18 hole average with a 76.6. Gary is a junior and will be back for one more year. 46 Laurel Golf Club Encourages GOLF TEAM Left to Right: Front Row Claudia Fadness, Mike Metzger, Lori Peterson, Christy 1 Byrne, Lisa Pacot, Rolfe Peterson, Coach Don Peterson. Second Row: Jeff Buska, Debbie Taylor, Gary Burke, Pat Naglich, Jeff Pacot. Third Row: Ken Fichtner, Tim Russel, Wally Beattie, Tom Rutt, Craig Barsness, Gary Metzger, Tom Russel. Boys and Girls Captains SENIOR CAPTAINS Lori Peterson, Gary Metzger, Claudia Fadness High School Golf Jeff Pacot sinks a putt during state. Jeff showed some strenght at Divisional this year as he had a total of 151, only one shot behind medalist. This was good for second. Jeff is a junior and will be back next year. Lori Peterson sets up for a shot. Lori was chosen cocaptain for the girls team. Lori combined with the rest of the girls team and finished third at state as a te am. Boys Varsity Records BEST 9 BEST 18 18 HOLE AVE. Boys Team 18 hole Av. 316.7 NEW BOYS RECORDS Gary Burke 33 71 76.6 9 hole total 33 Gary Burke at Cody Gary Metzger 36 73 79.8 18 hole total 71 Gary Burke at Cody Tim Russell 35 75 80.1 4 Member Team 303 Gary Metzger 73 Jeff Pacot 35 75 82.0 Gary Burke 76 Pat Naglich 36 77 82.7 Tim Russell 76 Craig Barsness 40 85 87.5 Most Birdies for season Gary Burke 25 Rolf Peterson 44 89 90.0 Best 18 Hole Average Gary Burke 76. Fadness Leads Girls . . .Sponsors Christmas Formal Student Council Pilots Class Affairs Thirteen Folds STUDENT ACTIVITY COUNCIL, Front Row, Left to Right: Claudia Fadness, Julie Neitz, Brian Fiechtner, Bentley Roth, Gary Brester. Second Row: Roxy Guenthner, Kathy Watson, JoLynn Letherman, Deb Frank, Shelley DeVries, Dale Wallila, Jean Wallace, Cheryl Dolechek, and Gayle Byers, Third Row: Mary Metzger, Dean Waddell, Yvonne Holt, Connie Fritzler, Dave Neibauer, and Kerron Bernhardt. STUDENT LIBRARIANS: Left to Right: Gail Beyers, Darlene Wolff, Laurie Bosch, Cheryl Dolechek, Jane Wagner, Becky Clayton, Tim Barnhardt. 50 Minute Man Guards LSH Barnhardt - Only Male Librarian Leaves Takes Pride in 100% Coverage LAUREL LEAVES STAFF Kneeling Left to Right, Tammy Feller, Andy Blohm, Diane Shay, Gary Metzger, Kerron Bernhardt, Cheri Baldwin. Standing: Mrs. Lois Elda Larson, Mark Smith, Dale Shnieder, Mary Metzger, Ron Sorg, Guy Rolison, Dean Waddell, Christy Grat-whol, Randy Ungefug, Lori Peterson, Jackie Baker. Top Row: Dan Riojas, Ron Jackson, William Wagner, Rusty Strever, Steve Wegner, Del Henman, Lynn Craig, Sandy Rak, Jan Langlinais, Shelly Graham. isnea diu ruoiisnea DiwccKiy Dy tne students oi l.aurei acmor iiijtn acnoui INTERNATIONAL HONOR AWARD-QUILL AND SCROLL V FIRST PLACE-NATIONAL SCHOLASTIC PRESS I) ALL-STATE-MONTANA j FIRST PLACE-REGIONAL-RICK'S COLLEGE FIRST PLACE-MONTANA-RICK'S COLLEGE MONTANA IE A ' —■' pOUNDEO 1 23 (Zt ■ y EDITORS...................Kerron Bernhardt, Claudia Fadness, Diane Shay MANAGING EDITOR...........Andy Blohm SPORTS EDITORS............Randy Ungefug, Ron Sorg, Dean Waddell FEATURE EDITORS...........Christy Gratwohl, Mary Metzger, Cheri Baldwin AD MANAGERS...............Rich Frank, Guy Rolison CHIEF TECHNICIAN..........Gary Metzger PHOTOGRAPHERS.............Tammy Feller, Scott Coble ART EDITOR................Scott O'Neil CIRCULATION MANAGER . . Gale Behm BUSINESS MANAGER..........Rusty Strever, Cliff Rymer, Lori Peterson Reporters. . .Shari Banks, Lynn Craig, Dale Schneider, Jackie Baker, William Wagner, Shelly Graham, Tom Ames, Dan Riojas, Jeff Huffman, Steve Wegner, Sandi Rak, Kathy Blain, Jan Langlinais, Sam Rainey, Cliff Rymer, Rusty Strever, Del Henman ADVISER...................Mrs. Lois Elda Larson Published biweekly by the students of the Laurel Senior High School, 203 E. Eighth, Laurel, Montana. Entered as second class matter, October 15, 1931, at the Laurel, Montana post office, under an act of March 3, 1870. Subscription 2. 00 per year. Address mail to Laurel Leaves, Laurel Senior High School, Laurel, Montana 59044. Montana Pacesetter, All State. First Place Columbia Press. 52 Leaves Rates ALL-STATE Best in State Sophomores Win Leaves Crowns The Laurel Leaves King and Queen for the 1975-76 school year are sophomores Nancy Robertus and Tim Russell. The sophomores won the campaign by selling the best percentage of subscriptions. Rich Elsenpeter, in charge of subscriptions, states that they put forth a good concerted class effort. Six hundred forty seven subscriptions were sold with the sophomores selling 258 for 71 percent of their goal. The seniors sold 227 for 60 percent of their goal and the juniors 162 for only 37 percent of their goal. The top salesperson was senior Cheri Baldwin with 45, second was sophomore Phyllis Fink with 23, third was junior Ken Reil with 20, fourth was sophomore Linda Worn bolt with 17, fifth was Peggy Wanner with 16. Others who sold ten or more for the Purple Orchid Award were Dave Bernhardt and Jim Frank, juniors, with 15. Sophomore Lynette Zundle and Allan Lovgren also had 15. Senior Dan Riojas and Pam Weis had 14. Senior Ron Rodgers and sophomore Nancy Robertus and Lori Hedges had 11 sales. Senior Mark Brester and junior Elaine Elsenpeter had 10 each. Of the total of 110 students who sold Laurel Leaves, 43 were from the 125 seniors class, 38 of the 121 sophomores, and 29 of the 145 juniors. LAUREL LEAVES EDITORS, Above Left to Right, Diane Shay, Kerron Bernhardt, and Claudia Fadness, On The Left is Mrs. Lois Elda Larson, Adviser. 53 Sports Department Advises Picture Crew KEEP SNAPPING, Standing, left to right, Ron Sorg, Lori Peterson, Gary Metzger, Guy Rolison. Seated: Dean Waddell, Steve Wegner, and Randy Ungefug. Leaves Staff Works and Plans Together 54 Ad Staff Cements Public Relations A P Representative Speaks Rich Frank, Ad Manager, checks in day's ads from Dale Schneider, Ron Jackson, and Jeff Huffman Ed Nicholls, Head of Associated Press for Nebraska talks to Journalists. Right, Claudia Fadness and Diane Shay asking questions of Mr. Nicholls Circulation Manager Gale Behm Rain Or Snow the Leaves Must Go Mailed to Every State and Six Foreign Countries Leaves Goes to State Tournament LBJ flew up in a swirling snow storm to deliver a special tournament edition of the Leaves. Left, Chief Technical Photographer Gary Metzger talks with other staff members Scott Coble and Tamera Feller Photography Is the Key Far Upper Left, Front Row, Left to Right: Dale Schneider, Rusty Strever, Jan Langlonais, Patty Groll, Karla Frickle, Christy Gratwohl, Dean Waddell, Mary Metzger, and Andy Blohm. Second Row: Jackie Baker, Mrs. Lois Elda Larson, Advisor, Del Henmen, Gary Metzger, and Ron Sorg. Back Row: Steve Wegner, Randy Ungefug, Guy Rolison, Shelley Grahm, Diane Shay, Kerron Bernhardt, Cheri Baldwin, Cindy Henry, Laurie Wennemar, Lori Peterson, and Tammy Feller. 57 Leaves Drive Brings 58 1001 Subscriptions in 59 Thirty-Four Contribute to Lit. Magazine The Literary Magazine is a publication whose sole purpose is to bring to light the writing and drawing talents of Laurel Senior High students. The magazine itself is a collection of poetry, prose, and illustrations created, contributed, collected and compiled by Laurel Senior High Students. This year the title was Echoes of Memories . The co-editors were Charley Koons and Anita Riesinger with Davon Olson as secretary and Eileen Huff as publicity chairperson. Thirty-four students and two sponsors contributed to the Literary Magazine in this, its sixth year. 60 National Honor Inducts 49 National Honor Society members who conducted the induction, Left to Right, Front Row: C. A. Blaylock, Jackie Baker, Kerron Bernhardt, Patty Groll, Edith Williams, Terri Miller, Joni Koppelman; 2nd Row: Gary Brester, Claudia Fadness, Cindy Henry, Julie Neitz; 3rd Row: Tom Holt, LaRay Lich; Top Row: Doug Hart, Doug Shoop, Brian Fiechtner; Literary Magazine Staff, Left to Right: Legene Quesenberry, Cheri Baldwin, Sandy Morales, Mrs. Olson, Eileen Huff, Anita Riesinger, Connie Foos, Tim Barnhardt, Julie Vladic. The LSH Chapter of the National Honor Society installed forty-nine new members Sunday, May 9, at 1:30 p.m. in the auditorium, bringing a total of 68 members. The 19 old members conducted the ceremony. Inductees were seniors: Jackie Baker, Christy Cratwohl, Karla Frickel, Dennis Greeno, Connie Lord, Mike Morrison, Vicky Ostwald, Dale Wallila, and Laurie Wennemar, juniors: Jamie Dawson, Shelly DeVries, Connie Foos, Diana Frank, Todd Frank, Denise Furgason, Elaine Elsenpeter, Rebecca Guenthner, Roxy Guenthner, Dan Holt, Kevin Holthaus, Fred Johnson, Lori King, Charley Koons, Janet Lawson, Steve Markovich, Ann O'Connell, Bonnie Rudd, Kathy Watson, and Robert Kukes, sophomores: Michelle Bares, Mike Barnhart, Jeff Buska, Leonard Craig, Ken Fichtner, David Forster, Steve Fox, Steve Heisteman, Stephanie Holthaus, Jim Keener, Jane Kukes, Doreen Manley, Mike Metzger, Fred Michels, Marlene Mullaney, Cindy Randall, Tim Russell, Lori Steinmetz, Carol Sullivan, and Jean Wallace. This is the first year that sophomores were eligible for membership into the LSH Chapter. Dale Ruff played the processional as the new members entered the auditorium. Jackie O'Neil, president of the chapter, extended hearty congratulations to all new members and a warm welcome to the friends and relatives present. Four other members spoke briefly on the qualifications necessary for Honor Society membership: Gary Brester, leadership; Terri Miller, scholarship; Tom Holt, service; and Julie Neitz, character. After the signing of the register and the presentation of the certificates, a reception was held in the library served by this year's members. The other 1975-76 officers were Tom Holt, vice president; Terri Miller, secretary-treasurer; and Gary Brester, SAC representative. The other members are: Kerron Bernhardt, Claudia Fadness, Tammy Feller, Brian Fiechtner, Patty Groll, Doug Hart, Cindy Henry, Joni Koppelman, LaRay Lich, Wendy Martin, Julie Neitz, Doug Shoop, Edith Williams, and Bill Wuertz. All are under the direction of Mr. Chet Blaylock, Honor Society advisor. Kerron Bernhardt-State Officer FHA Earns Top State Award FUTURE HOMEMAKER members, Left to Right, Officers, Seated: Kerron Bernhardt, LaRay Lich, President Laurie Wennemar, Doreen Manley, Lori King. Second Row: Sharon George, Anita Riesinger, Andrea Lamed, Karen Kraft, Diane Robertus, Kathy Miller, Toni Anderson, Shari Banks, Debbie Lix, Advisor Pat Morgan. Thi-d Row: Diane Overson, Laurie Bosch, Cindy Henry, Terri Miller, Cindy Mohland. REPRESENTATIVES TO STATE, Seated: Kerron Bernhardt. Second Row: Advisor Pat Morgan, Anita Riesinger, Laurie Wennemar, Debbie Lix. Top Row: Cindy Mohland, Shari Banks. Toys for Tots FHA Project Doreen Manley, Lauri Wennemar, and La Ray Lich pack the FHA Project. Activities Vary, Stress Service LAUREL SENIOR FHA was proud to earn the Honor Red Rose award given by the state. To earn this they completed on group and chapter in-dept projects. At Christmas time they collected and repaired toys for the JC 's Toys for Tots drive. With the Honor Society the FHA-ers planted and beautified one side of the underpass approaching Laurel from the south. The members remember the elderly in the rest home, and carried out programs at chapter meeting. Officers for the year were President Laurie Wennemar, vice-president-Chris Pierson, secretary-La Ray Lich, treasurer-Debbie Lix, historian-Doreen Manley, song leader-Lori King, and SAC representative-Kerron Bernhardt. Kerron Bernhardt was state secretary and district chairman. Andrea Larned was elected district song leader to work in the fall. 63 Yell Queen’s Are a Part of Pep Club JV CHEERLEADERS Sitting: Julie Carter. Second Row: Leslie Nyberg. Third Row: Patty Pearson, Shelly DeVries, Cheryl Dolechek. DRILL TEAM, Upper Left, Seated, Left to Right: Cindy Henry, Sharon George, Cheri Baldwin, Vicky Ostwald. Second Row: LaRay Lich, Laurie Wennemar, Joni Koppelman, Kerron Bernhardt co-head, Lee Riesinger co-head. Cindy Mohland at Base of Stairs, preceding up the stairs: Susan Rymer, Lynette Zundel, Andrea Lamed, Jenny Henman, Phyllis Fink, Becky Clayton. 65 Pep Club Organizes Homecoming Homecoming Section Page 14-18 Courtesy Laurel Boosters Club 14-18 Pep Club sponsored the Homecoming activities-a snake dance, Coronation Ceremonies, and an after the game dance. They also organized Pep assemblies, Senior Appreciation Nights, and skits. Pep Club sponsored a very nice luncheon for the cheerleaders, during the Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Head cheerleaders were Yvonne Holt and Leslie Hedstrom, basketball; Peggy Thompson, football and wrestling; and Cheryl Dolechek, J V Pep Club officers were Kerron Bernhardt, president; Peggy Thompson, vice-president; Mary Metzger, secretary-treasurer; and Debbie Frank, SAC. Pep Club members are Pictured, from Left to Right, in the Far Row: Patty Pearson, Julie Carter, Christy Gratwohl, Second Row: Vicky Ostwald, Cindy Henry, Laurie Wennemar, Phyllis Fink, Lynnette Zundel, Andrea Lamed. Third Row: Diane Oversen, Becky Clayton, Doreen Manley, Karla Frickle, LaRay Lich, Jamie Dawson, Karen Kraft, Shari Banks. Fourth Row: Shelly DeVries, Cheri Baldwin, Lori King, Debbie Lix, Diane Shay, Michelle Kaiserman, Bonnie Edmunds, Sandie Rak, Bonnie Rudd, adviser-Mrs. Lovely, Rebecca Guenthner. Fifth Row: Leslie Nyberg, JoLynn Letherman, Sharon George, Susan Rymer, Roxy Guenthner, Dara McCormack, Kerron Bernhardt, Julie Vladic, Cindy Mohland, Jenny Henman. Front Row: Debbie Frank, Theresa Mogan, Cheryl Dolecheck, Peggy Thompson, Yvonne Holt, Mary Metzger, Edith Williams. 66 Art Club's bus trip to Cody, Wyoming to visit the Buffalo Bill Museum with twenty new members set the pace for a top year. Membership continued to increase until 56 students were members of Art Club. In trying to give its members a taste of professional Art, the club made trips to the Bilings Art Center, the EMC Art Show, and to private individuals including Lyndon Pomeroy, a world renowned metal sculptor; Jack Hines, a western painter; Mr. and Mrs. Eyers, who do enameling and string work; and Bob Elgas, a bird painter. Art Club sold hanging pots as a money-making project and also held classes and worknights in areas such as jewelry, photography, and ceramics. 67 The top twenty Art Club members spent a busy two days participating in the events at the Montana Interscholastic Art Show in Bozeman, attending workshops, demonstrations, and local Artists. They also had their own project displayed and critiqued. Art Club closed with eleven hundred people viewing its scholastics Art Show. Eleven hundred view Art Sho-w 70 ART CLUB MEMBERS, Above Front Row, Left to Right: Gayla Lowen, Connie Foos, Julie Vladic, Darlene Wystub, Lori Steinmetz, Lori King, Julie Neitz, Kathy Watson, Penny Boyd, Janet Birkland, Anita Reisinger, Karen Stork, Christy Gratwohl, Bill Brester. Back Row: Ken Wilson, Diane Shay, Bev Carlson, Shelley DeVries, Gwen Roberts, Brenda Holwegner, Ken Fitchner, Dan Siemson, Dale Holzheimer, Richard Elsenpeter, Jeff Buska, Wendy Martin. Club President Kathy Watson 71 Getting Involved Musical Days of Fun and Excitement 74 Fill the Halls ofLSH PEP BAND, Far Left, Left to Right, Front Row: Jan Danglinais, Terri Miller, Lynn Craig, Cherly Williams, Terri Steinmetz, Gayla Loewen. Second Row: Karla Field, Cathy Krug, Kristi Leischner, Terri Roth, Patty Cellmar, Patty Groll. Third Row: Jackie O'Neil, Leslie Nyberg, Paula Bradley, Christy Meccage, Lynette Zundel, Cindy Henry, Lori Steinmetz. Fourth Row: Gail Beyers, Jean Wallace, Joni Koppelman, Jamie Dawson, Cindy Powers, Michelle Bares. Fifth Row: May Gordon, Bob Bullis, Brenda Holwegner, John Schnidt, Kim Bares, Standing: Charles Nyberg, Craig Bares, Kevin Holthaus, Ken Fichtner, Mike Barnhart, Paul Peterson, Ken Reil, Roxy Guenthner, Karl Hazen, Julie Carter, Jerry LaPrath. Not Pictured: Joe Burrows, Jason Hill, Janet Lawson. STAGE BAND, Above, Seated: Jackie O'Neil, Jamie Dawson, Cindy Powers, Patty Groll, Michelle Bares, Charlie Nyberg, Mary Gordon, Kim Bares, Roxy Guenthner, Brenda Holwegner, Gayla Loewens, John Schmidt. Standing: Cheryl Williams, Sherri Miller, Terre Miller, Joni Koppelman, Mark Bowers, Kevin Holthaus, Craig Bares, Ken Fichtner, Ken Reil, Paul Petterson, Jerry LaPrath. Not Pictured: Janet Lawson. Brass Group takes a II. Craig Bares, Left, Kim Bares, Center, Mark Bowers. Not Pictured: Mary Gordon. 75 Band Ranks at Festival CLARINET DUET, Far Left, received a I rating at State Music Festival, Members are Janet Lawson, Cindy Powers, and Accompanist, Cheryl Williams. CONCERT BAND-Bottom Left CLARINET CHOIR, Right, received a I at State Music Festival. Members are Cathy Krug, Michelle Bares, Terri Roth, Lori Steinmetz, Janet Lawson, Kristi Leischner, Cindy Henry, Lynette Zundel, Karla Field, and Cindy Powers. BRASS CHOIR, Bottom, received a II rating at the State Music Festival. Members are Craig Bares, Kim Bares, Mark Bowers. Not Pictured: Mary Gordon. The Concert Band, Stage Band, Clarinet Choir, Clarinet Duet, Brass Choir, and Lauraires received I's at district. Stage Band, Clarinet Choir, Brass Choir and Laurelaires received II's at State. 77 Laurelaires Fine Music Are Synonomous Above Left GIRLS GLEE CLUB LAURELAIRES, Above, First Row, Left to Right: Christy 1 Byrne, Cheryl Williams, Andrea Lamed, Georgia Schreiner, Terri Miller, Kathy Watson, Edith Williams. Second Row: Accompanist Nancy Robertus. Top Row': Randy Ungefug, Dave Neibauer, Dan Holt, Tim Barnhart, Bob Bullis, Dale Ruff, Dean Wadell, Vicki Giovetti, Joni Koppelman, Chris Pierson. Terri Miller and Dale Ruff receive I's at State. 79 Boys Glee Club First Hour BOY'S GLEE Randy Ungefug Ken Reil, Mike Seaman, Allen Lovgren, Del Henman, Cadet Johnson, Jerry LePrath, At the Piano, Ron Rodgers. Brain Trust-High School Week 80 HIGH SCHOOL WEEK DELEGATES are the top seven ranking seniors, Left to Right, First Row: Jackie O'Neil, Connie Lord, Terri Miller, Joni Koppleman. Second Row: Tom Holt, Doug Hart, Dan Brown. Bicentennial Trip to Washington D. C. From Left to Right, those people who made the bicentennial trip, Seated Front Row: Edith Williams, Jackie O'Neil, Cindy Henry, Eileen Huff, Anna O'Connell, Nancy Robertus, Stephanie Holthaus, Janet Lawson, Paula Bradley, Judy O'Neil, Jean Wallace, and Ron Rodgers. On Steps, Second Row, are: Laurie Wennemar, Crystal Byrne, and Kathy Blaylock. Standing in Back are: Rebecca Guenthner, Dean Waddell, Dale Ruff, Chaperone C. A. Blaylock, Shelley Graham, Jay Siegel, Dale Wallila, Chaperone Bob Graham, and Ken Fichtner. Some Sleep Some Day Dream On the bus to Casper to load the plane. 81 . . .Elegant Christmas Formal Sounds of Silver Bells Ready? CHRISTMAS ROYALTY, Opposite Page, Seated, Left to Right: Jo Letherman, Queen Debbie Frank, Mary Metzger, Doug Hart. Standing: Dale Wallila, Prince Gary Brester, Princess Edith Williams, King Scott O'Niel, Kerron Bernhardt, Bentley Roth. Pleasant Chatter 82 ‘tuft HU.' :;• JJ T G I CLUB, Top Left, Kneeling: Robert Rel, Bruce Rudd, Scott Toombs, Terry Roberts, Hank Anderson, and Mark Brester. Standing, Left to Right: Bill Michaelis, Dave Bernhardt, Steve Wombalt, Dean Hallen, Terry Ruff, Ben Kamerzel, Sam Rainey, Rich Frank, and Instructor Jere Quinn. On Ladder; Dan Bums, John Kraft, and John Cherry. On Balcony, Left to Right: Tom Dolechek, Jim Frank, Dennis Bernhardt, Steve Leischner, Bill Wuertz, and Ken Boyd. Lee Ann Riesinger, Top Right. Female Invades T I WELDERS AT WORK, Below: Ben Kamerzel, Rich Frank at Right. 85 The Drunkard Cast Edward Middleton, HERO Dennis Greeno Mary Wilson, HEROINE Da von Olson Mother Wilson Julie Neitz Cribbs, CROOKED LAWYER Bob Bullis Stickler, CRIBB'S RIGHT HAND Dan Holt Director Herb Fox EMC Cadet Director Carla Calhoun Student Director Charley Koons 86 Stage Crew Stage Setters Jason Hill, Cindy Randal, Kathy Krug, Michelle Bares, Shelly DeVries, Doreen Branstetter. Costumes and Makeup Michelle Bares, Yvonne Holt Publicity Laurie Bosch, Darlene Wystub. Lights Charlie Nuberg, Steve Heitstuman Props Connie Nyberg, Brenda Holwegner, Diane Shay Oleo Show Cheri Baldwin, Michelle Bares, Craig Barsness, Tom Holt, Charlie Koons, Kathy Krug, Rebecca Guenthner Acknowledgments Miss Barb Bjomstead, Mrs. Herb Fox, Mrs. Donna Kolpatrick, Mrs. Lois Elda Larson. Far Left: Julie Neitz and Davon Olson in Foreground. Bob Bull is in Background. Old Fashioned Melodrama Hiss the Villain Lawyer Cribhs 87 Laurel Senior Attracts 200 MEET Huntley Project Lewistown Billings West Laurel Divisional State Revere Cindy Randall SPEECH DRAMA RANK 1 1 2 4 3 3 7 SAC President Dave Neibauer Caught 88 Students for Speech Festival Take 40 hams, tell them to act natural, and what do you have? The 75-76 Speech and Drama squad. Dennis Greeno and Julie Neitz, co-presidents, Christy Gratwohl, secret ary-treasurer. Kathy Watson, publicity chairperson, and Yvonne Holt, point keeper, were the officers. SAD placed fifth or better in the 6 meets they attended. Two hundred students from eleven schools attended the smallest meet. The largest meet attracted forty schools, and 900 students. At the Huntley Project meet, out of thirty people attending from LHS, 24 made it to finals and 21 placed fifth or higher. The team took first in Drama and placed second in speech with Billings West at first. Mr. Tom Kilpatrick, coach, has called this squad, the best ever and also commented this team Had more desire to win than any team I have ever had in any tournaments. Upper Left Hand Corner, SPEECH AND DRAMA, Front Row; Left to Right: Kathy Watson, Julie Neitz, Jason Hill, Cheri Baldwin, Yvonne Holt, Laurie Bosch, Claudia Fasness, and Bob Bullis. Second Row: Gayla Lownes, Jamie Dawson, Doreen Manley, Randy Ungefug, Gary Brester, Dave Neibauer, Michelle Bares, Brenda Holwegner, Cindy Randall, and Bob Burke. Third Row: Barb Brown, Christy Gratwohl, Eileen Huff, Doreen Branstetter, and Dan Holt. Fourth Row: Lori Steinmetz, Coach Tom Kilpatrick, Mike Barnhart, Darlene Wystub, Tom Holt, and Dallas Gudgell. 89 STATE SPEECH CONTESTANTS, Left to Right: Tom Holt, Dennis Greeno, Coach Tom Kilpatrick, Dallas Gudgell, Doreen Manley, Randy Ungefug, Gary Brester, Doreen Branstetter, Davon Olson, Bob Bullis, Laurie Bosch, Cindy Randall, and Julie Neitz. . . .Brester, Greeno Place Holt Takes State First 90 BOYS STATE Above, Seated Left to Right: Kevin Holthaus, Mark Bowers, Fred Johnson, and Rod Hedges. Standing: Dale Ruff, Craig Bares, Dan Holt, Ryan Kelly, and Ken Wilson. GIRLS STATE Right, Kathy Watson, Center flanked by Roxy Guenthner, Left and Charlie Koons, alternates. 91 Administration and Counselor John Lackman Superintendent of Laurel Schools BS Eastern MS University of Idaho f t tf! William West Principal of Laurel Senior BS University of Montana MS University of Montana Lackman’s Crew Left to Right: Ricky Little Virgina Dietrick Carole Manley 94 Provide Variety in Student Activity Robert Dantic Assistant Principal of Laurel Senior BA University of Montana MS University of Montana Our Friend LSH’s Office Secretary Georgia Spear Delmar Dunham Counselor BS Rocky Mountain College ME Colorado State University 95 Understanding the Past to Know the Future Bob Graham BS Eastern Advanced Work University of California PDP Sophomore Sponsor c Don Engelking BS Arizona State MA EMC Work Study Program George Chapman BS Rocky Mountain MS EMC Social Studies Sophomore Sponsor % Lines, Angles, Numbers (a + b) Larry Wedel BS Montana State University MS Montana State University Algebra I S II Trigonometry College Prep Assistant Football Coach Assistant Track Coach Senior Class Sponsor Don Peterson BA University of Montana Math Athletic Director Head Basketball Coach Golf Boys Golf Girls Wayne Hackney BS Eastern Montana Head Cross Country Math Drivers Ed Assistant Basketball Assistant Track 97 Business - The Basis for a Sound Economic System Tom Wilson B S Eastern Montana College Business Head (boys) Track Assistant Basketball-JV's Barb Bjomstad BA Eastern Montana College Business Assistant Coach Basketball Assistant Coach Track Teaching the Wonders of the World Larry Mayes BS Eastern MS Oklahoma State University Work on Doctor's Oklahoma State University University of Wyoming Biology 1 G 2 Assistant Football Coach Assistant Girl's Track Coach Junior Class Sponsor Jack Neitz BS Montana State University MS Montana State University Physics, Chemistry, Applied Science Sophomore Class Sponsor Ben Vaughn BS Montana State University Biology 1 Head Football Coach Assistant Track Coach 99 Working Toward a Vocation Michael E. Kennedy BA Montana State University Industrial Arts Junior Class Sponsor Jere Quinn BS University of Maryland MA Northern T S I T G I Club Patricia Morgan BS Montana State University Home Economics Future Homemakers of America 100 Cadet Teacher Lance Fowler with his Spanish Class say Hola Coping With Life’s Daily Hassles Elizabeth Wrigg BA University of Montana Eastern Library Junior Class Sponsor John Stratton BA University of Montana Spanish Senior Class Sponsor 101 The Talents Are Taught Jim Seaton BA-Eastem Montana College Art Art Club David Blood BA-University of California at San Francisco Choir Laurelaires Robert Bares, Right BS-Dickinson State College MA ED-University of Idaho Instrumental Music Band 102 Physical Fitness Proves Important Ben Vaughn, Top Left BS-Montana State University PE, Biology Head Football Coach Assistant Track Coach Judy Goodale, Top Right BS-Montana State University Advanced-Montana State University Head Girls Basketball Coach Assistant Girls Track Coach Ray Fiechtner, Junior High Principal, Don Peterson, Athletic Director, W.A. West, Senior High Principal, relax to Left. 103 Elective Courses Offered Shirley Olson BS Rocky Mountain College ME Eastern Reading Development, SS, Intermediate Comp. Literary Magazine Chet Blaylock, Left, BA University of Montana ME University of Montana Western Lit. , Advanced Comp., Shakespeare Tom Kilpatrick, Right BA University of Montana ME University of Montana Speech and Drama, Composition 104 Through English Program Susan Lovely BA Colorado College Novels, Basic Comp. Literature Cheerleader Sponsor Publications Director Lois Eld a Larson BS Kansas State University MS Kansas State University Wall Street Journal Fellow Publications G Programs Locomotive-Annual Laurel Leaves-Paper Journalism I,II, III Quill G Scroll Sponsor 105 Chowin It Down Faculty and Students Alike Have Fun at the Cafeteria Hearty Eaters Cafeteria Service The cafeteria, under Pat Morrison's direction, is the place for chatter and fellowship, in addition to getting an Al lunch. 107 Janitors Keep It Clean HEAD ENGINEER OF LHS Richard Helterbran. CLEANING LADIES Lower Left: Mary Kraff, Jean Kelly, Shirley Rehling. LATE HOURS AND ACTIVITY JANITOR Lower Right: Arlis Richardson. Gary Metzger and Shelley Graham were the first Laurel Senior High School students to donate blood at the school nurse's office. That Others Might Live Sophomores on the Rails 112 SOPHOMORE OFFICERS, Left to Right: SAC representative, Gail Beyers,; President, Jean Wallace; Vice-president, Mike Branhardt; SAC representative, Connie Fritzler; Secretary-treasurer, Paula Bradley. Sophomores Enter LSH Halls Allen, Jerry Ames, Glenda Baker, Donald Bares, Michelle Barnhart, Michael Bergstad, Shelly Beyers, Gail Bieber, Gordon Birkland, Deborah Birkland, Janet Bosch, Laurie Boyd, Craig Bradley, Paula Brester, Denny Brown, Barbara Burrows, Joseph Buska, Jeff Call, Boyd 113 ' Carter, Julia Cebuhar, Sharon Chapman, Teresa Clayton, Rebekha Coleman, Charles Craig, Leonard Dixon, Mike Edmunds, Bonnie Fichtner, Ken Fink, Phyllis, Fischer, Dwight Forster, David Fox, Steve Frank, Allan Frank, Jerry Freund, Paul Fritzler, Connie Gall as, Robert With New Challenges Arise New Questions Gradwohl, Dennis Hazen, Karl Hedges, Lori Heitstuman, Steve Henman, Jennifer Hill, Jason Hodges, John Holthaus, Stephanie Holwegner, Brenda Hoven, Rick Kammerzell, Dawn Keener, Jim Kellison, Connie Kern, Kevin Krug, Susan Kruse, Pat Kukes, Jane Leischner, Kristi 115 School Spirit—A Sophomore Specialty Classroom Questions Lenhart, Lorin Lich, Alan Loewen, Gayla Lovgren, Allen Manley, Doreen Mercier, Kevin Mertz, James Metzger, Keith Metzger, Michael Metzger, Tim Michals, Fred Morales, Sandy Mullaney, Marlene Nunn, Tamara Nyberg, Leslie O'Neil, Judy Pearson, Patty Peters, Kelly 116 Porter, Neil Quesenberry, Legene Rains, Tanna Randall, Cynthia Riesinger, Cheryl Roberts, Gwen Roberts, Robert Robertus, Nancy Ronan, Dean Rosselot, Robbie Roth, Terri Russell, Timothy Sapp, Randy Schmutzler, Kathy Schreiner, Doug Severin, Kathy Siegel, Jay Steffans, Timothy One-Hundred-Twenty Register Steinmetz, Larry Steinmetz, Lori Stenger, Tami Story, Greg Sullivan, Carole Susott, Greg Swenson, Ron Taylor, Doug Thompson, Margaret Wagner, Paul Wagner, Samuel Wallace, Jean Wanner, Peggy Wennemar, Dean Whisler, Marcus Whitney, Richard Wolff, Darlene Stoick, Karen 117 Today They Follow Linda Wombolt Mike Wood Ross Yeager Wally Yovetich Penny Zinda Lynnette Zundel 118 Not Pictured: Andrew Ames, Shannon Bayne, Becky Duke, Calvin Elton, Donald Frank, Greg Garsjo, Barbara Giovetti, Eileen Huff, Lynda Kenyon, Kelly Krum, Michelle Lohrenz, Joseph Reicher, Mike Seaman, Tami Thatcher, Jane Wagner. Juniors Climb Aboard JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS, Top to Bottom: Vice-president, Connie Foos; Committee Person, Kathy Watson; SAC Representative, Roxy Guenthner; Secretary-treasurer, Jamie Dawson; President, Cheryl Dolechek; SAC Representative, Shelley DeVries. 120 The Realization of Being a Junior Bares, Craig Barnhart, Timothy Bareness, Craig Batt, Greg Beattie, Ramona Beattie, Wally Bernhardt, David Bernhardt, Dennis Bestrom, Lee Blain, Patricia Bowers, Mark Boyd, Penny Branstetter, Doreen Brazer, Dale Bullis, Robert Burke, Bob Burke, Gary Byrne, Christyl 121 Consistently Earn Pep Jug Carlson, Beverly Caton, Bill Cellmer, Patricia Cherry, Alta Collins, John Conner, Bryan Dantic, Mike Dawson, Jamie Decarlo, Joseph Decarlo, Tina DeVries, Shelley Dolechek, Cheryl Dolechek, Tom Dosland, Denise Elsenpeter, Elaine Field, Karla Foos, Connie Behm, Donna Fost Junior Road Successful Frank, Diana Frank, Jim Frank, Todd Geertz, Donald Giovetti, Vickie Gleed, Sharon Gratwohl, Harold Gudgell, John Guenthner, Rebecca Guenthner, Roxanne Hallen, Dean Harris, Steven Hedges, Rodney Hogan, Marie Holden, Gloria Holt, Daniel Holthaus, Kevin Holzheimer, Tammy Though the Year Is at an End Johnson, Fredrick Jones, Terry Kaiserman, Michelle Kelly, Ryan King, Lori Knaub, Beth Koons, Carla Koski, Ron Kraft, Karen Kroh, John Pat Krug, Cathy Kukes, Robert 124 We Will Meet Again Lix, Debora Markovich, Steven Mayes, Rob Michaelis, William Miller, Kathleen Mogan, Theresa Mohland, Cindy Mohland, Linda Morales, Tim Naglich, Pat Nauman, Rich Nyberg, Charles Oberg, Edward O'Connell, Anna Olson, Davon Oversen, Diane Pacot, Jeffrey Parker, Tammie 125 Juniors Are Top Athletes Pearson, John Peterson, Kristy Powers, Cynthia Ratliff, Jay Reich, Steve Reicher, Bonnie 'j orie nita Miles Riojas, Isabel Robertus, Diane Robinson, Debra Ronan, David Rudd, Bonnie Ruff, Dale 126 Rymer, Susan Scribner, Lisa Siemsen, Daniel Smith, Christy Staudinger, Pamela Steinback, Linda Steinmetz, Terri Armstrong, Terri Taylor Temple, Sherri Turcotte, Bonnie Veitch, Robert Vladic, Julie Wallila, Darlene Walton, Cori Walton, Mitchell Watson, Kathryn Weishaar, Val Whitfield, Mary Rank in Music, Hall Walking Fun and Frolic Williams, Cheryl Wilson, Ken Wombolt, Steve Wystub, Darlene Yonkaitis, Carol Yonkaitis, Tony NOT PICTURED Duke, Becky Garsjo, Gregory Huff, Eileen Kenyan, Lynda Bayne, Shannon Seaman, Mike 128 Upperclass A uthority Tom Ames Hank Anderson Toni Andersen Jackie Baker Cheri Baldwin Shari Banks Gale Behm Class of 1976 Leaves This Place 131 Making a Clean Sweep 132 Kerron Bernhardt Mike Bjorum Kathy Blain Kathy Blaylock Andy Blohm Ken Boyd Daryl Brazer Food, Friends, and Facts Gary Brester Mark Brester Bill Brester Dan Brown Dan Burns Merle Cherry Scott Coble 133 Brains, Inc.—Top Ranking Seniors Lynn Craig Richard Elsenpeter Claudia Fadness Tammy Feller Betty Feuerbacher Brian Fiechtner Tracy Fost 134 Christy Gratwohl Shelley Graham Which Way Is up Tracy Coggins Mary Gordon Debbie Frank Richard Frank Karla Frickel Sharon George Here Yesterday, Gone Today Dennis Greeno Patty Groll Doug Hart Mary Hegel Del Henman Cindy Henry Teresa Hinman 136 Mischievous Smiles 137 Down Under Dale Koski Jan Langlinais Jerry LaPrath Jo Lynn Letherman LaRay Lich Connie Lord Wendy Martin Leilani Massing Dara McCormack 138 Laurelaires—Liberal With Talent Darlene Nelson Bob Nelson Pam Netterfield Brenda Nunn Toni Oberg Carlene Olson Jackie O'Neil 140 Computers—The Pseudo- Brain Scott O'Neil Vicky Ostrwald Lori Peterson Paul Peterson Chris Pierson Vicki Porter Lynette Quinn Sam Rainey Sandie Rak 141 Supreme Pep at Basketball Games Lee Ann Riesinger Dan Riojas Terry Roberts Jeff Robinson Ron Rodgers Guy Rolison Bentley Roth 142 Now Listen, Men Bruce Rudd David Ruff Terry Ruff Cliff Rymer John Schmidt Dale Schneider Brenda Stevens 143 Georgia Schreiner Diane Shay Doug Shoop Ricki Slane Mark Smith Ron Sorg Ron Spoon . . Bicentennial Two Hundred Years East to West 144 I The Last Days Are the Best Days Steve Steffans Dean Waddell Rusty Strever William Wagner Dale Thomas Peggy Thompson Scott Toombs Randy Ungefug Dave Neibauer, outgoing student body president, gives some tips to Dale Ruff, Right, SAC president for 1976-1977. Exchange of Power 146 Courtesy Graduation Leslie Hedstrom Foreign Exchange Student Peter Leeman SAC—Strong, Active, Consistent uoqv 7 1° sunojj Brings Raindrops and Roses 149 Prom Coronation 150 Prom Court—Distinct Honor Bottom Row: Princess JoLynn Letherman, Queen Julie Nietz, Sharon George. Second Row: Prince Ron Spoon, King Dennis Greeno, Georgia Schreiner, and Dale Wallia. Not Pictured are Dan Brown, Dara McCormick, and Scott Toombs. Who’s Who BABE RUTH AWARDS VALEDICTORIAN Kerron Bernhardt Good Sportsmanship Terri Miller Steve Wegner Good Sportsmanship SALUTATORIAN MISS TEENAGE OF LAUREL Tom Holt Andrea Lamed Miss Photogenic of Mont. Top 10 of Montana MARCH OF DIMES Tammy Holzheimer DAR Bonnie Reicher Julie Nietz Good Citizen Award Kerron Bernhardt Runnerup FUTURE HOMEMAKERS OF AMERICA Doug Hart Runnerup Kerron Bernhardt State Secretary Chris Pierson Senior Degree LAUREL FEDERATED WOMEN'S CLUB Lori King Chapter Degree SCHOLARSHIPS Debbie Lix Chapter Degree Dennis Greeno $ 100-Educational Anita Riesinger Chapter Degree Tom Holt Alternate Lori King Junior Degree Debbie Lix Junior Degree Christy Gratwohl $ 100-Vocational Anita Riesinger Junior Degree Diane Shay Alternate Honor Red Rose Chapter-Laurel WOMEN'S CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS Jackie O'Neal Alt.-Dennis Greeno BAND Vickie Ostwalt Alt. -Diane Shay Top Ten: Michelle Bares First LAUREL MEA SCHOLARSHIPS Craig Bares Second Valerie Rieter $150 Janet Lawson Third Cindy Powers Fourth HIGH SCHOOL WEEK SCHOLARSHIPS Joni Koppelman Fifth Tom Holt $600-Highest Score Terri Miller Sixth Doug Hart $250-Highest Agriculture Cheryl Williams Seventh Jackie O'Neal Eighth JC AWARD Charlie Nyberg Ninth Tom Holt $150 Scholarship Gayla Loewen Tenth Terri Miller $ 150 Scholarship Paul Peterson Senior Merit NATIONAL MERIT Jackie O'Neil Service Award- Janet Lawson Award Librarian Fred Johnson Award Janet Lawson Service A ward- Secretary UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION AUXILIARY Jackie O Neal Sousa Award UNIT Darlene Nelson $50 MUSIC Dale Ruff Outstanding Musician HIGH SCHOOL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR Terri Miller National Choral Carleen Olson Henesey's Joni Koppelman National Choral 153 Who’s Who SPEECH AND DRAMA FOOTBALL Major Awards: Michelle Bares Laurie Bosch Doreen Branstetter Gary Brester Bob Bullis Dennis Greeno Dallas Gudgell Tom Holt Yvonne Holt Charley Koons Andrea Lamed Dave Neighbauer Julie Nietz Davon Olson Cindy Randall Drama Drama Drama Speech Speech Drama Speech Speech Drama Drama Drama Drama, Speech Drama Drama Drama JOURNALISM Diane Shay Kerron Bernhardt Rusty Strever Randy Ungefug Mark Smith Gary Metzger Quill Award Jeff Huffman Claudia Fadness Rich Frank Lori Peterson Cheri Baldwin Jackie Baker Silver Key, Journalism Scholarship to Northwest Community College, Powell National Observer Newsman's Award Best Nose for News Inspirational Outstanding Photographer Mr. Print Award NSP Gold Star NSP Gold Star Award Good Injun-Leaves Most Creative Josten Design Award LAUREL LEAVES Regional Ricks College-First in Pacific and Western States First State Ricks All-State Montana Pace-Setter International Quill and Scroll Honor Award-Columbia Press Outstanding Achievement-National Press TROUBLE SHOOTERS Ben Kamerzl Hank Anderson Mike Bjorum Alternate Ken Boyd Alternate Mark Smith Three Year Manager Randy Ungefug All Conference Second Defensive Linebacker Kevin Holthaus Ryan Kelly Steve Wegner Steve Wegner Dale Wallila Randy Ungefug Steve Wegner WRESTLING Dean Wennemar Neil Porter Ken Boyd Dale Koski Del Henman Scott Toombs Del Henman Del Henman Ryan Kelly Eighth at State All Conference All Conference All Conference Outstanding Back Outstanding Lineman Most Inspirational Most Valuable Player Manager AAU Most Inspirational Captain Captain Captain Fastest Pin 31 second Most Pines 19 in a year Outstanding Wrestler BOY’S BASKETBALL Craig Barsness Dan Brown Mike Dantic Dan Brown Craig Barsness Brian Fiechtner Tim Russell Dale Wallila Ron Spoon Dan Brown Dale Wallila Dan Brown Dale Wallila Dan Brown Second at Divisional Fourth at State A11-Conference First Team A11-Conference Second Team A11-Conference Honorable Mention Best Field Goal Percentage Second in the History of LHS Field Goal Percentage 51.9% 27 free throws in a Row--36 of 37—No. 1 in Record Box 30 of 39 Free Throw Percentage--No. 4 in LHS Playmaker of the Year Tied School Record for 13 Assists in One Game Fifth in Rebounds with 280 Most Assists No. 5 in LHS Record for Recoveries Most Inspirational, Captain Most Inspirational, Captain (double overtime) 154 Who’s Who GIRL’S BASKETBALL Roxy Guenthner Most Rebounds 144 in 16 Games Cathy Krug Best Field Goal Percentage: 56% Darlene Wallila Best Free Throw Percentage: 65% CROSS COUNTRY Girls-Fourth in State Boys-Seventh in State Connie Lord Steve Markovich GIRL’S GOLF Second in Divisional Third in State Claudia Fadness Lori Peterson Claudia Fadness Claudia Fadness BOY’S GOLF Outstanding Runner Outstanding Runner Second at Divisional Most Birdies 5 Lowest average First in Divisional, State Jeff Pacot Tim Russell Gary Metzger Pat Naglich Gary Burke Gary Burke GIRL’S TRACK Connie Kellison Connie Lord Cathy Krug BOY’S TRACK Second in Divisional Sixth in Divisional Sixth in Divisional Eighth in Divional Leader in Birdies Leader in Scoring Average Outstanding Track Outstanding athlete Outstanding Field, Jump Kevin Holthaus Steve Wegner Dan Brown Broke School Record--Bentley Roth Mike Wood Outstanding Weights Outstanding Athlete Outstanding Jump now 6'8 Outstanding Runner Anchor Man BOOSTERS Don Miller Booster of the Year -Chuck Belnak Booster of the Year STEAMBOAT SKIING SAFARI Mark Smith Randy Ungefug OUTSTANDING GOLF Gary Burke Best 18 Hole Average Claudia Fadness Best 18 Hole Avg. OUTSTANDING ATHLETES Connie Lord Female Steve Wegner Male ANNIVERSARY AWARD William A. West 25 Years Service WEDDING BELLS Mike Kennedy I do, I do . . . FACULTY George Chapman First in State Horseshoe—Class AA—1975 Delmar Dunham First in State Horseshoe—Class C--1975 Lois Elda Larson Woman of Achievement--ABWA—1975 155 ORCHID CLEANERS Expert Cleaning G Pressing Also Clean Only Service Carpet Shampoo Macnme Rentals YELLOWSTONE COUNTY IMPLEMENT CO. Jake Stahley Graduate of '41 11 Montana Avenue Laurel See YELLOWSTONE COUNTY IMPLEMENT For All Your FARM Machinery Home of Dependable Parts - Sales - Service Phone 698-4906 Yellowstone County Imp. Co. 5121 Midland Road Phone 248-7787 5 0- fcc 106 West Main Street (formerly PV) phone 698-6324 Grain Feed Fertilizer Steam rolling OWL CAFE Where Visiting Teams Eat BANQUETS See Angie Rae before your Junior-Senior Banquet FINE FOODS Manager Neal Watts Grain and Trucking Licensed and Bonded G. D. Eastlick President 212 South 22nd Street Phone 259-7308 Billings, Montana 59101 Home-made Rolls and Pie Made by Grandma Rae 203 East Main in Laurel STOP AT THE SIGN OF THE OWL CUSTOMER SERVICE IS OUR GAME COMMERICAL, INDUSTRIAL HOME WATER TREATMENT OuJTj DON RUTT CULUGAN WATER CONDITIONING 14 6TH AVENUE LAU R E L. MONT AN A 59044 698 6059 (24 Hours) GENES PHARMACY Complete Drugstore and Prescription Pharmacy Russell Stover Candies American Greeting Cards Revlon, Natural Wonder Cosmetics Day Phone Night Phone 698-4117 698-6864 When you need prescriptions-- You need Gene's 157 TERRY’S PIZZA AND BEER PARLOR LAUREL'S NEXT TO NEW Consigned New Recreation Room and at Used Merchandise 202 North 29th Street 101 East Main 119 East Main St. Laurel, Montana Billings, Montana Store Phone 245-3725 Laurel, Montana MEAT BLOCK SCHESSLER READY MIX INC. Open 7 a. m. to 10:30 Plants in Laurel, Columbus Weekdays 7 a. m. to 10 p. m. Sunday and Holidays Bridger, Red Lodge Portable Batch Plant IP IhbI Candy-Magazines Sand Cordy, Jimmy, and Debbie Frank and Gravel First Ave. at 29th Street In downtown Billings say Phone 698-4221 Where there's more STOP IN Bob Schessler S John Miller of AND SAY HELLO Owners Everything J.C.PENNEY CO. w V Laurel, Montana V First Avenue We know what you'ie PALACE LANES Laurel, Montana looking for! You are invited 698-4507 Retail to bowl and relax MONT A NA-DA KOTA and 305 East Main Street UTILITIES COMPANY Catalog Store Laurel, Montana Yellowstone Banks MAROON LAGOON Sea Food - Steaks Your Smorgasbord every Sunday Mastercharge also and Noon lunches Bankamericard Banks in Laurel Palm Beach Club Columbus South of Laurel Absarokee Phone 698-6553 • FRONTIER FARMS JEWELRY MEAT HOUSE ..,1 jf r — Savings Satisfaction Home of Supreme Beef . i H Diamonds - Watches t y ' f k 1 ■' . La f r A Luggage - Cameras - Radios Priced Right ry 1 Cut - Wrapped - Frozen T ypewriters 802 Yellowstone 2705 - 2nJ Ave Phone 252-1331 Billings Billings DeF RANGE MOTEL Your Hosts Gerald M. and Bonnie Schwend 1403 East Main Laurel, Montana Where Thrifty Shoppers Save THRIFTWA Y First Avenue Laurel Montana FIRST SECURITY BANK P. O. Box 277 Laurel, Montana A home bank serving our progressive community DeCARLO CONOCO Tires, batteries, gas Accessories 401 East Main Laurel I West of Laurel on the old Highway No. 10 Laurel, Montana Phone 698-4119 LAUREL VETERINARY CLINIC Dr. R. L. Turcotte Route 1 Box 238 Laurel Phone 698-6722 LAUREL PAINT ANI) FLOORING 117 East Main Phone 698-4342 Laurel, Montana 59044 CURT ANDERSON 698-6857 DON BARCLAY 698-4054 WALLPAPER, PAINT, CARPET LINOLEUM, TILE, FORMICA CERAMICS, VINYL Laurel Service Center EJ((ON David K. Powers Wholesale £ Retail 201 West Main Laurel, Montana Phone THE BOARD OF TRADE Harold Dettrich 117J East Main Street Laurel, Montana Where friends meet. 1 ERRyS 1hAAUU Goodyear Firestone Tires Terry Fink, Owner 315 So. First Avenue Phone 698-8660 her ( o., Jji ROOFING LUMBER HARD1 VARE AND PLUMBING Where the 'Customer Is the Name of the Game Contractor's Ootle BILLINGS, MONT. Box 20517, 59102 Phone 252-0872 PRICE PHARMACY Laurel, Montana We specialize-- MACHINES SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS You economize— Prescription Wise Free delivery-24 hr. service PRICE PHARMACY Your family prescription center Day Phone 18 First Avenue 698-6022 Laurel, Montana Night Phone 698-4797 Two Locafions to Servo You n— Dial Billingi - ■. . __ 259-1937 1 |_2 Dio! Biilingj 259-0429 E] WEST PARK PLAZA 3101 1 AVE. NORTH '“Hr1 259-0778 | TYPEWRITERS ADDING MACHINES CALCULATORS DICTATING MACHINES -ee- bob. , TYPEWRITERS '• STAND ARO • CLECTRiC MANUAL COPIERS Sfpnnrptfp DbJUR arenorerre B DICTATING MACHINES QQ WE REPAIR ALL MAKES MODELS Where the customer You're ahead all is the company the way from JOHNSON FORD Ford has a better idea 407 East Main Laurel, Montana Phone Farm Home supplies Tires, Accessories, Batteries Laurel, Roberts, Bridger 698-6502 698-6314 Laurel SECURITY FEDERAL SA VINOS Growing With Laurel Passbook Savings Savings Certificates Real Estate Loans J Loan Aftociation 308 East 1st Street (406) 698-8676 Manufactured Housing Laurel Division BOISE CASCADE Laurel, Montana 59044 Stop Between Sessions distributing, inc. I central ave. at 24th billings, montana 59102 A NEW WAY TO SHOP — VISIT OUR SHOWROOM EAST OF LAUREL Features — Food ★ Live Music ★ Entertainment KITCHEN OPEN FROM 4 TO 12 AUTHENTIC MEXICAN FOOD STEAK — CHICKEN — SEA FOOD LIN E MUSIC Friday, Saturday and Sunday SID PEERS IS YOUR HOST ' Phone 698-8946 For Orders To Go or For Reservations CORNER 6th £ MAIN LAUREL SPEEDS’ MART EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR TG SERVE You WARRANTED TO BE A 1Void's 100% VIRGIN WOOL KARMJM western wear Worts Levis Laurel's own department store, serving the entire family since 1909. munsingmeari LYNN SCHEELER Photography outdoor portraits . senior pictures . wedding . family Phone 698-8876 UNITED BUILDING CENTER Third 8 Main Laurel nir i w Sales Service Color Black 8 White Stereo T ape Players Modular 8 Console Stereos 698-4959 419 WEST MAIN LAUREL. MONTANA PEGGY’S STYLE SHOP MRS. MARGUERITE PALMER Retailer Nationally Advertised Women's and Junior Apparel I65 First Ave. Phone 698-4114 Laurel, Montana LUCINDA’S the latest For the best the stylish Hair Sets__ See Cindy 209 W. 6th PHONE 698-4516 WILLIAMS AGENCY GENERAL INSURANCE REAL ESTATE R.M. WILLIAMS THELMA WILLIAMS 203 WEST FIRST ST. LAUREL, MONTANA Call or Sec VV.A. Walt MENELLO FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS LIFE HEALTH HOME - AUTO REPRESENTING FARMERS INSURANCE GROUP 714 -4th Avenue Laurel, Montana 698-6980 STATE FARM INS. 19 First Ave. James Kellison Auto - Life Health - Home Business SALES AGENCY 105 E. Main Laurel, Mt. 59044 we like you . we like america . Shop Wards Catalog and Save YOlm LIKE WARDS 305 W. MAIN LAUREL MONTANA Ph. 406-698-4618 PONDEROSA NURSERY AND GARDEN STORE 3 Miles South of Laurel Highway 212 Herman and Irene Wendt Trees, and shrubs Ready to plant. CARLSON MOTEL AND TRAILER COURT 698-8669 Reasonable Rates A ir-C ondit ioning TV 506 West Main Carl and Vera Carlson Fresh Flowers for all Occasions Plants, Gifts, Cards, Candy Business Phone 698-6413 Paul G JoAnn Gjefle 115 East Main St. ELITE BEAUTY SHOP 100 East First Laurel Montana Phone 698-4719 For all your beauty needs, go to the Elite Beauty Shop HAL’S CONOCO SERVICE 202 East Main Street 698-6822 Laurel, Montana 59044 Tires, Batteries G Accessories U-HAUL TRAILERS G TRUCKS SAFEWAY DISCOUNT STORE Shop at your friendly Discount Store in Laurel DON’S WjiallF Jnn WELCOME TRA VELERS MOTEL FOOD Phone 698-8782 Bill I Evelyn Schwend CENTER Glenn Helen Clean-Modern-Comfortable . Complete groceries Laurel V Montana ' e«® yv Cable TV-Air Conditioned . Fishing equipment Bank Americard Master Charge . Discount . Gas - Oil L 'A 620 West Main || . Pizza Laurel Montana Open 7 days a week - 7 to 11 pm 1 i Phone (406) 698-6821 Main Alder THE [MobilJ CHEERIO PIZZA Call for DEAN’S MOBIL MARV’S orders SERVICE STANDARD to take out 24 Hour AAA Wrecker Service Mobil gas-Mobil oil 219 East Main 698-6117 698-6222 Laurel, Montana Dean Fausnaugh Laurel 401 East Main WALL JAMES KELLIS ON ry Ta dohm y Mil iOM Ml •niMCM •« u • STATE FARM % SONS Keepsake INSURANCE and Orange Blossom See the Schneiders for 19 First Avenue Expert Plumbing Phone 698-8550 Phone 698-6801 698-6733 Diamonds Factory Trained 'Mum CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1975 KASPER’S PHOTO The Best in the West Kasper, himself, develops your precious pictures 1815 Grand Avenue Billings, Montana Phone 259-4185 Get the best - see Kasper. Downtown Billings West Park Plaza Professionals educators to serve your GEM FLORAL Phone BILLINCS 2S9-7588 252-7600 SanaM RESTAURANTS Flowers For All Occasions Jim Lowery The Prom 6 Party Specialist 20l| East Main Phone 698-4710 1 ■ :. Laurel, Montana Phone 252-3362 First Ave. North g 26th Billings, Montana VONDEROta INN 1st Ave. No. crt 26th Street Billings. Montana Phone (406) 259-5511 MONTANA POWER COMPANY Serving you is our business Conserving energy is everyone's business 16 First Avenue 698-4213 FRED’S TV Service and Repair RCA Monarch Motorola Phone 698-6011 107 West Main LAUREL SHOE SHOP' Bob and Vicki Cassidy 117 E. Main Phone 698-8686 Shoe repair Boots-Shoes-Retail Gifts MACE REALTY INSURANCE AND MALIT CONSTRUCTION Bob Mace Bob Graham-Al Littler Fred Wennemar-Tom Poindexter tin 17 1st Avenue Ph. 698-6645 Laurel, 252-7587 Billings MARTIN’S DAIRY WAY Ice Cream-Soft Drinks-Hamburgers Main Street Laurel, Montana KEN OLSON, Owner COAST TO COAST Phone 698-6060 103 East Main Street Laurel GREEN THUMB GARDENS Salutes Editor Rich Frank Spring Bearing Plants Route 1 Box 35 Laurel, Montana 698-6470 Steam Rolling FORMAX HAG EM AN ELEVATOR Grains £ Feeds 220 West Main 698-4818 Laurel, Montana ROYS DON FURNITURE Glenn Roysdon LSH Class of 1939 213 West Main Laurel, Montana YOUR LAUREL PROFESSIONAL MEN CONGRATULATE THE CLASS OF 1976 Service Is Our Profession Dr. John Hawley Smith, DDS LSH Graduate Class of 1948 Dr. Michael Wheeler, DDS Dr. Harry McLane, Optometrist Dr. Matthew Calvert, MD LSH Graduate Class of 1934 Dr. Lee Richardson, MD LSH Graduate Class of 1954 Dr. E. C. Hall, MD Dr. R. L. Turcotte, DVM Dr. Don E. Woerner, DVM Dr. Larry Cass, DVM Dr. Sid Erickson, DVM Larry Herman, Attorney at Law LHS Graduate Class of 1958 LAUREL PATRONS OF LOCOCOMOTIVE 1976 LAUREL AUTO PARTS LAUREL SLAUGHTER PLANT BELMONT STUDIO Phil Bell BOOSTER'S CLUB See Homecoming CASHMORE MEMORIAL CHAPELS SMITH'S FUNERAL HOME Index Moments Before Tomorrow Page 8 The Year That Was 9 Games People Play 18- 19 Doing Something 48- 49 Getting Involved 72- 73 The Upper Hand 92- 93 The Masses Meet 110-111 The Rails-Sophomores 112 Climb Aboard-Juniors 120 Upper Class Authority-Seniors 129 Who's Who 153 Advertising 156 Professional Complements 170 Index 171 Cover-Mr. Jim Seaton's Locomotive Sculpture that guards the entrance to the LSH gymnasium. End Sheets-Cenex Refinery in Laurel The Class of 1976 taken at Baccalaureate THRIFTWAY TODAY'S LOOK VAN BEBBFR ROCK SHOP root Veer Laurel, Montana Phone 698-4550 172 The Locomotive staff tried to capture Moments Before Tomorrow of the students and faculty members. We know the roadbeds did not begin here and will not end here. As we continue riding the rails we sometimes are encouraged by the support of others and sometimes find answers by riding alone. Editor Mark Smith The rails students followed during the 1975-1976 school year were complicated with confusing road ways, abrupt corners, and occasional dead ends. Often we had to turn around as we lost our way, or forgot our reason for boarding the Locomotive. The rail sometimes forked, forcing us to decide which way to continue on our educational journey. At times our trip seemed dull and lusterless, but there were also times of fun, excitement, and self-fulfillment. THE FIRST 200 YEARS A knowledge of American history is an invitation to experience the accomplishment, drama, tragedy and hope of an infant nation struggling to grow up. Sturdy, determined pioneers hacked away at the edges of a raw continent and, with blunders and achievements alike, modeled a country with a spirited nature and a united commitment to individual liberty for every one of its citizens. Americans, great and not so great, have given us a heritage to carry on and improve upon. Farmers and soldiers, industrialists and merchants, dreamers and leaders, are all there in two centuries of progress. But the maturing isn't finished. You'll find the boundaries of growth as endless today as when our forefathers first envisioned them. You can seek out your own destiny with the wisdom and judgement which comes with re-creation of the past. Your knowledge, dreams and industry will carry on through many more centuries of living history. CONGRESS. 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V, Xk X M, 'M-:J r„ry.1fy u C t r y J' r fajuCc t Lry df+ , jf -y AJ uU ft, I A aafrn. ry A t rjCCr. f � f r j i mi x tS.-t.i j ft’ty iA ■ ii.« fL� u aXfi lZ . wx4i n Yyt a y xi MX Ml hM Jt jL Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of na-turecries,'tis time to part’. — Thomas Paine. CHAPTERS OF AMERICAN HISTORY The Stamp Act of 1765 was an attempt by England to tax items that were wholly American. The colonists reacted in seething resentment which erupted into angry protestations The first blood of the American Revolution was spilled during one such incident at Boston in 1770. Several Americans lost their lives over a snowball thrown at a British sentry. In the fight to achieve commerce equality, the United States found itself in a naval war over shipping lanes. Fort McHenry was heriocally held during a British naval bombardment, and the stars and stripes still flew after a night of hard fighting The next morning Francis Scott Key penned the immortal words of what would become the national anthem. Settlers had to have permanent access to the new lands, so canals and bridges were built to carry stages and wagon trains loaded with machinery destined for settlements in the West. The pioneers foresaw great wealth in the cheap acreage that was available. Frontiersmen cleared the wilderness, built settlements and drove back the Indians. The Pony Express and the telegraph became primary means of communication. Agriculture was the wealth of the country. American inventions of the time were often related to working the soil. The McCormick Reaper, mowing machines, textile looms and the cotton gin were instrumental in the settling of new frontiers. In 1848, James Marshall found gold in the race of a sawmill he was building for John Sutter at Coloma, California. The lust to ' get rich quick was the force behind this biggest and gaudiest gold rush ever. While gold rush fever gripped the country, states were increasingly more divided on the slavery issue Civil war broke out in the East. This Brothers War was bitterly fought and, though the scars remain even today, slavery was abolished. Cities grew at an alarming pace; often without regard to the limits of safety. The great Chicago fire of 1871 burned the bustling cattle market empire beyond recognition. But the pioneer spirit was not broken. Chicagoans began rebuilding and preparations were underway to celebrate the 100th birthday of the country. The Iron Horse.' carrying homesteaders, greatly helped settlement of the new country. The first transcontinental railroad connected the country at Promontory Summit. Utah, on May 10.1869. Transportation was setting the pattern for the American way of life. The country became a mobile society' with electric trolleys, automobiles. farm machinery, and bicycles, ail the rage. Along with the accessibility of travel came a new era of nationalism. A World War called upon the nation's young men to unite and fight After the war in Europe, the nation pulled itself together and industry flourished once again. A carefree America buried war memories in the new moving pictures, telephones, light bulbs, electric generators, stock market ticker tape machines, phonographs and a wealth of inventions from the fertile minds of its young inventors. Baseball became the national sport and prohibition was law. Black Thursday. October 24. 1929, saw the American stock market crash to the lowest level in history. Panic set in as the unemployment level skyrocketed The country was in its worst economic crisis. Slowly, but surely, the wounds of the crash, the dust bowl and poverty healed RATION! STAMP Hal 34 RATION STAMP Ha -38- RAT I ONI STAMP Hal 42 46 I Ply RATION STAMP NO. 47 Nearly 100 years of strggling for civil liberties were realized when President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law. The Act outlawed segregation in any The steel industry geared up for the revival while rumors were whispered in the Roosevelt administration of another impending war The nation's leaders scoffed, until December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor! SMS - ... The seventies shed light on a new trouble for the nation as it approached its 200th birthday. The world’s energy sources and natural resources were being used up faster than they could be replenished. Americans once again waded into a new frontier. The energy crisis' and ecology were prominent words in the language Ways to save nature fiom the neglect of mankind and ways of preserving precious fuel without damaging that balance of nature were the objectives of Americans across the Huge strides were being taken in the scientific field. Television became a part of every family's life National events were household topics — while they happened - thanks to the new medium Individuals and groups were seen on the tube as they advocated new social reform, or justice, or special causes of their own. TV gave individuals and political systems power greater than ever before. Audio-visual journalism had made its impact. industrial production reached a peak during the war years. Upon their return from four years of battle, the veterans forged ahead with an eye on a better life for everyone. Several moderate recessions in the 5C's and 60s reminded cautious citizens of past decades Earth's crises spurred Americans into further pioneering. This time outer space American astronauts were the first on the surface of the moon and the U.S. was first to build a sky-lab for more scientific study. American is still learning and growing after a mere 200-year infancy. The original determination of our forefathers was told again in the words of Neil Armstrong as he made the first step on the moon a small step for man. but a giant step for mankind ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OrrXR FOB HAL ONE MILLION ACRES OF SUPERIOR FABMINO LANES, IN FARMS OK Of 80 A160 acres and upwards at from $8 to $12 per acre. THKHK LANDS AKR NOT St APISNED BV A.tY I THE WORLD. TITFIV I.IK AT N« THE WHOLE LINE OF THE CENTRAL ILLINOIS RAILROAD. r Sal ou LONO ORJBD1T, SHORT CREDIT and for CASH, th r «Ru t d near TOWNS VTLLAOE9. SCHOOLS and CHURCHES. loimuna Purchase (April 30 1803) 1st Tfanwontmentai Railroad (1869) Gold Discovered in Co'oma CaiitorniaOan 12. 1847) Onpnal 13 Cotomes The Alamo. San Antonio Teus (Texas Independence day March 2.183$) THE CHANGING NATION Ownership of land had been just a dream to most of the colonists from feudal England. With the great expanse of cheap land opening up in the West, the dream became reality. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 opened the first sizable frontier in the Midwest, but the nation was not ready for it yet. It took a growing market in the East, where land was getting high-priced and scarce, and development of good transportation, to really start the frontier movement. The Gold Rush caused hordes of settlers to take various routes to the Pacific Coast and its yellow riches. The railroads brought farmers and ranchers, along with the miners, who decided to stop all along the routes and build their homes. Railroads were instrumental in the quick civilization of the West, bringing people in numbers so large that the resentful Indians were finally pushed back into unwanted and infertile areas. America became a haven for immigrants from every nation as freedom beckoned them to the teeming cities of the East, the plains, and the rich west coast farmlands. Sick of the Civil War and with their own lands divided up and lost, many Southerners set out to begin again in the virgin territories. Westering soon became the national tradition as North and South moved together toward a new life. Americanism was advanced socially, by the hard-working, bare-fisted types who settled the frontiers. OR DEATH DONT TREAD ON ME CULPEPER FLAG - 1775 ONE OF THE EARLY RATTLESNAKE FLAGS CARRIED BY THE MINUTE ME FLAG OF THE CIVIL MAR 1861 18Gb THE STARS AND STRIPES WITH THIRTY SIX STARS IN THE UNION CARRIED BY THE NORTHERN ARMIES DURING LATER YEARS OF THE CIVIL WAR Banner CONTINENTAL FLAG CARRIEO IN 1775 1777 SHWOING PINE TREE SYMBOL OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY. IN PLACE OF THE CROSSES OF ST GEORGE AND ST ANOREW LIBERTY TREE FLAG - 1776 THE PINE TREE COMES FROM COINS OF THE COLONY Of MASSACHUSETTS. 1652 FIRST NAVY STARS AND STRIPES IN ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC ARRANGEMENT OF STARS BY CONGRESS JUNE 14. 1777 IT WAS CUSTOMARY FOR NAVY TO PLACE THE STARS IN FORM OF CROSSES OF ST GEORGE AND ST ANDREW FLAG OF THE THIRD MARYLAND - 1778 CARRIED AT THE BATTLE OF COWPENS JANUARY 1778 AND USED AS COLORS OF AMERICAN LAND FORCES UNTIL MEXICAN WAR JOHN PAUL JONES STARRY FLAG ' RESCUED FROM THE SEA BY JAMES BAYARD STAFFORD DURING BATTLE BETWEEN BON HOMME RICHARD AND SERAPIS FLAG OF THE WAR OF 1812 (1812 4814) SHOWING FIFTEEN STARS ANO FIFTEEN BARS AS CHANGEO UPON ADMISSION OF VERMONT FREMONT. THE PATHFINDER S FLA6 - 40s EMBLEM THAT BLA2ED THE TRAIL FOR THE COVERED WAGON IN THE ROARING 40 S THE EARLY ENSIGN OF THE PLAINS FLAG OF THE MEXICAN WAR - 1845 NOT ACTUALLY USED AS REGIMENTAL COLORS BY TROOPS BUT AS FLAG OF CONQUEST AND OCCUPATION COMMODORE PERRY S FLAG - 1854 THE FLAG THAT OPENED JAPAN TO WESTERN CIVILIZATION CONFEDERATE BATTLE AND NAVY FLAG USED FROM MAY 1. 1863 TO END OF WAR 1865 THE 8ATTLE FLAG WAS SQUARE THE EMBLEM OF LIBERTY THAT BROUGHT FREEDOM TO CUBA of Freedom � pp!io a f p« m« iM ujj jji v pogjim -mx ja� Y Jfl j� ■� HUA«| )W)i� jr) � m gQIAOIg gn vx 30 H3HXOIM 3H1 SI A1ISS3D3N Without realizing it, England instilled in the colonists the individual purpose and ingenuity that necessity breeds. With trade goods cut to a minimum, determined young leaders of the time set out to find ways of surviving without support from the Mother Country. Agricultural methods and machines and labor saving devices were designed by our forefathers. As frontiers opened, Yankee genius had to conquer natural barriers in the wild new country, so suspension bridges were invented and methods of transportation were perfected for the purpose of opening the untamed areas. Later, they sought to section off the land with the revolutionary and controversial invention — barbed wire. Cooper's 1-horsepower Tom Thumb train in 1830 and later, automobiles like the first Model T, and the 4-horsepower airplane ; became American modes of travel from city to city and coast to coast. Americans knew that the fertile lands of this nation would produce unequalled harvests if machines were designed to take over for man. They knew also that trade routes were difficult to travel and manufacturing would have to be done close to home. The cotton gin, textile looms, drill presses and a reaper which could cut six times as much grain as a hand scythe were some of the tools invented. Protection for themselves and for their young country prodded inventors like Eli Whitney to perfect firearms and others to work on plans for the first submarine. Young inventors like Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison (called the nation's most valuable citizen) visualized machines that would light the country and open up communication with those in the far corners of the nation. The telephone, telegraph, phonograph and the first light bulb were discovered in the late 1800's and early twentieth century. This American way of doing for oneself inspired many to become inventors in their own right. Some sought to save labor and mass-produce for profit while others envisioned not only riches, but excitement and adventure as they discovered ways to defy nature. Throughout the past 200 years the American mind has been unleashed to take whatever paths necessary to fulfill the needs. In the last half-century, the pace of discovery has been overwhelming and inventions for the taming of the universe lie in the grasp of America while the habit of finding a way'' is ingrained in its people. The seeds of industrial America were sown by these inventors resulting in today's mechanized society. Cf) X v rZ U i-i (V B o in TJ NN D UJ 3 QJ X o x S c v B o £ C B H w D s fc! 51 c hU oj H2 s II1 Pifili jm 5 - - S. a 2 I! 5 2 £ 9 5 - 7 5 X •- v r t X £ I f ; s III St I i 1 t ‘“S; I f 11 I I 2 i -’ll If Hi %l fi S;mi Is! Mi t ? � i ; lull i‘ i| flli £ ? £ - j[I I ? I 5 i HI ! ?H mu p: � 5 5 I r a 2 . I r X 5 liil R « 3 ■ Us! WORKING FOR THE YANKEE DOLLAR A CARD. rjpHF. public ti Urge la rt-s| cctiwliy Infnrnvad tb i • very i«r« iwiriincoi C«|-« and bUnli, of � «7 d ctlp-urn, ui«v ov« t a obtained at uw mow rcamioaMc price , by apply.agio N DVLVUn ttt. I South iMaiM atremL Half Cltxb In Bitty eaiiety. Pre wh and Amend fecui'a. lO.ide luin Capa or Mock at 3 lanuia t odce. A qi'iuiiiy of iLrw i.iklrt (Om au ly ready made •N II I1i« lulMfrilMl'lflArr |N« lx uilt illh MINI, 4 Ahw U-iw Market. and opp � uv U� c aide «� f Wiv Srhuylkll Bank ap il2S—-tf OLD USTABLISIIUEHT, OPPOSITE GIRARD'S BASIC. A GOOD aaaorimcnt of HATS, i No. 81 souib 3J umt, wfcjcb •old at fair price . l£ f rbvM«bo«i� hlhit nf yq it jr «� r fuebtoo wba v f, Aoirhad, ba aceoiomndatetl. aod ahoold (be erti not j.lraj when fioiabcd, 'b«rc will tec oo obl aiioa the |.mi of iltoae who order to take it. apnlt—4 19,11 will be II ATS, WHOLES A Lfc AND RETAIL, No. 41 South Third Street, SEAR CONOR ESS HALL. JOHN C. DYER offer for ltl«, HATS ef « rry J cnpuoa, Of m-peter qualified, iwl cheap J C. D. particularly ibtiiev -be � atina of the pubbe (n b foor duller Halt, which, for Txau’f. durability aed cbcipoe , ere m •en.aaaed by aer te the city. JOHN C. DVEK respect fully iofocus bta friend tad the public, (bet he haaor-eoed ■ atore a bia line of beat net fcf the abort earned place, « here ba uteaJ� to heap eonataetly • hand a groe.al eaanrlaeat of HaTsL which ba will aril at low u they caa be pnrcKeard ia tl city. march l -6a� o a Specif for (Mi’en- UU£7 far tk HSTUSSEB lai fiiLH fw tit WMTiBIJ u f ui .a PERRY DAVISS VEGETABLE PAIN KILLER. Mjuaafaotrrred by PERRY DAVII St BOH. Imagine buying that acre of land you have spotted for $1.25! Or, even at the higher price of $10 Those are the prices offered to our founding fathers to encourage settlement of the wilderness areas of this nation. A stage wasn't the most comfortable way to go, but you could get from city to city for as little as $3 — at the amazing pace of six miles per hour. Compare today's wages with a 12-hour day in the early 1800 s. A man earned 50c a day. Of course his dollar bought a little more than today's. Butter in 1826 was about 5c lb. in the Midwest; eggs. 3c doz.; corn 6C bu.. wheat. 25c bu.; and a cow could be bought for $5. With travel becoming the American tradition. you could choose train, wagon, horseback or the water. A canal ride, with bed and board included, averaged 3 or 4c per mile. And when you reached your destination, you could sit down to a 5, or even 10 course meal for 25c. (Ladies 20c, in consideration of appetite.) Farmers in the early 1800 s could own the famous McCormick Reaper for a mere $100. But the Civil War increased prices as the machine became the first item farmers could buy on time payments for the sum of $1,500. A good suit of clothes then might cost $1.95 and ladies waists (blouses) were marketed for 49c to $3.50 with a whole dress pattern priced at 15c. Cookstoves, quality-satisfaction guaranteed,' could cost you $29.25 at $4 per month and a dandy heating stove could set you back as much as $5.73 and up. The first electric refrigerator cost $900 — which might be enough to make you faint on your 1907 fainting couch that had cost a mere $7.85. Your new baby travelled in the height of fashion in a wicker sleeping coach (stroller) for the sum of $12.04. If you had $1,500 in 1903 you could show off in one of the first automobiles. Ah. those were the days. Some of the current prices are reminiscent of those days, but at frontier prices, which were a whole different story. Hardy pioneers had to pay $2 a pound for sugar, too. And the same for a pound of coffee or pepper. Those items were only 15c per pound back in civilized St. Louis. Flour was marked up 100 times for sale to the frontiersmen and during the famous Gold Rush, that precious commodity went for $400 a barrel. ADAMS PATENT 9WEI.1.KD Benin Viti ll:iA9 RfiMoniitf. HMHE above Bcdaiaada an put mgaihor with-1. ' ut •• r«w . and by r.tui of tb« VA t dl. e and SwelleJ Mum, iha Saciiag fc’P crowning nad clan lie at ail limn with the l«a f pomkl trimbl , mbich ia to ob' • n • a tbnve road-. any ether war. Pur curled li ir iMainiM cnnalaoily no hand. MOS ION hPKINO 8E T ROCKING CHAIN V n«ii� n, TraM| � rt it and India Blind . Abo, a great of ornament nod material lor interior decora ti«n. conauatiy no baud aa l UpNJlatrry Wwl of every d« rri|rti .|| rsrCtoluJ Wrtb eat-.ea . j.-inrla� Mr and despatch, by ‘J IMNCOCK Co. 5. W eotBtt of Tli d and Walnut airerta. P. S J II. It Co aralrful for part favour , ibev hn|tr. by cna«t«nt at tent-on to b« � Acaa. aa t a de lire to plearu, by keeping the lichtat a'l cl ia then ln.e to o'� � a n ftii«ire p� l'On«te apnl 21 —It Philadelphia Museum, IN T11K fl’PKR PART OK TI1P ARCADE, CHESNUT STREET, (ABOVE SIXTH.) though at the tint , and I . .ITEIl roery evening. Admittance - 'j Cents. n� i Mu eum it th a!d«rt trvu Ur ctl e ublithnicr.t .n ike rented • ,«. mJ coo:« «t niurw lairdioni «f kSt Aniiatl tad kin{ii« icf Mlftf, Inxi all pidtuf tSt ••rid. TVw tr ill Srt« Uf� l!y arrio rd. to a, to enable lh« n� ior lo tlud j the obxcn •ith the greater jge. I h coile«l oe at implement ami ornameati al wr lobe .« retf v rn«l«c ami intemting, and the C«- b� ntl of Anltqailtr . and Ariibctal Cvrin iie«, not let ■orlhy at atlenliun In iiMilma I the arJ.narjr attractiwna of a Mttxrm. there ■« in thi� a � nj large collection •( the Portrait af . mr f in Stair , mm and V arri te« uf tht Keve atmn, and of the matt diatmgoithrd acicntibr men of Kuraac and Amo.co The Kaaadrr, C. W. Prate, devrout of tccanag tk« Mutrim per-manenllj n «!•■ city, obtained an art af Incorporation, by ahich th« • i b.iitf of the Intinativn i, intarnl TU act af Incorporaimn aa-cater the ate cl the Marram in peipelaity io ihe eit . aad aaiHar. rr the Stockholder appoint ann«� :ir f. r tiaalrrv who meet qaarterly • w| l lt th banner of the Inrlituimn. Nothing caa be reioored from the Inriitaiiwo andrr a pcnallr. and laetcitarr of double the ralac of the tSmg removed; heoce donaliOLt may be made with ccrtaiaty • 'he part of the donor , that the article placed m the Matcam li always remain far the public good. liumut Gibson, Plumber, KtUHTiLl KlJI.I.Y inform hi fncodn and ll.« | uM c in gemraJ. that br can.ee on iha Iand bln, I'liimUui. a all m bc rv che at Ni . I ke . rtl� 11nrd mu' !, rthcrt h« ha-Ciniaianity .h hand Ifyilranla. r� f vari i«a lra rtp rii.a. Patent llnttc r'a TUlilt Kettle- t � bw� u I.ringi Coal n- the nc '--� too-Plnrelinit, Water Cbmrta. Kail a. I � b , 6i iw-«- ‘Jan. . Lc id a 4 lr t l'ipr«, fUiorta for MU-achnig nml oil nrtt -r i'yi.ucnl asfw aiua, furnielnU at Iha afpiitrw noike, aitd alio, 'lirel l ndof a.irtour iTi- � n the mn | 111 ••nibinttnim Tll'iMA? GlBStlM, tun V-1| I jr N‘iiii|i Tiilrd •! ♦ Vcnifian Blind Warehouse, a C tot'll or fu a tT awn arrONti iTairr . TVit ai.b-r.nber frWfw-el fully Hif.-n.ia ihe C� U-up ni rinltdi -lilR Hr] ti cimiy. that he h cnneiamty A h.md a � rr raf« Daly M ■■■■■■■■■■■ 3DTJS1 So !B£'iTaiiBmBs QUILL Manufacturer 93 South Second street, “(Opposite the Merchant ’ Coffee-House, Philad.) MAN UF ACTURES ALL KIND OK MCI 1X8. Dutch, English, German, and Opaque, FROM 2 60 TO 30 S PER 1000. SWAN AND CROW qUILLS, at various prtccn. He al«o offer for vale. ami keep constantly on hand, at Manufacturer pm r«, a largr vtoch of GRENVILLE'S CHEMICAL INK POWDER, Warranted superior for immrdiatc production of Jrt Black Ink. °Jri menyton and llcw-Yocuth 4Lcu . The v am tar.as reaper I fullv inform the Public, and the Citizen aflVilmiatton and Ncw-Cmllr in particular, that lhr ha e established a Stage for the purpose of earning ilie Mail between the aforesaid place , and nl«o far the ronvevanee of pas engrra and hargage ...D will leave Newr-Casllr for Wilmington, every moraine between and 7 o’elnrk, and arrive at D. BnisTow's Tavern, in time for passenger. to fake tue a o'clock Stage for Philadelphia. The Stage will nrca'innallv return to New-Castle in the forenoon, when a sufficient ndmber of passenger offer, and hark to Wilmington, and leave (here every day for New -Castle after the arrival of the Philadelphia Stage . Passengers may rent a««nred. that this establishment will he mneh safer and more expeditious than any heretofore established between those two Towns; having the best horses, and a eareful driver. JOSEPH BRLYQ HURST, r. • Wilmington. Wilmington, ) DJI VID MO RR ISO A , r. . .Ytw-CnslU. Delaware. ALSO, SUPERIOR SEALING WAX, Warranted to hum tret and Mick writ, of various colours, nr. Light and Dark Blur, l.igbt ami Dark Grtea, Yallow. Brown. Gold, Roar, Kleah, Orange. Ju INCORRUPTIBLE Porcelain Teeth. I'HE Subscriber ret- ¥ y A V a K pvrtfuliy iiifornM the pub- liCj that ho i«rt� Porcelain, or any otinr i'cuii the pera� m may desire, on m-ulmic ktua. The approved Koecel.uit Teeth, h� « h he rninu fuenwaa of anv alu.lc to coervspond wuh U� e natural ones, •oil retain their original colour for 4i� y leueth oi time, and ■re not decomposed by acid Tboao art by him w.ll bo warranted (n aural, and bo aa serviceable ae any thing of the kind can bo mado. OjieraiK oa on ho Teeth porforovod oo reasonable lertua. RAML’EL Cll MBERLATN, Dent , No. 4? North Eighth, 4ib dour below Area au.ot. apnl 10—� f WM. CCTFLANE’S LIVERY STAliLES, Harmony Street. RUNNING FROM THIRD TO FOURTH. Retwren Chcsnut ;ind Wnlmft Streets. PHILADELPHIA- horses and uahkiac.es,....iiaroitiies GIGS, SADDLE IIOHSKS, $ «. TO HIRE. Bouquet forth [HANDKERCHIEF v - j a Composed of (he most -'rjb fragrant and costly 1 extracts from flowers Colgate 1TB Silver VIValchcny 1 1 It oil $:i3u I., flU.aCh. war-JF ralilnt to ryu. I’aU'il La vrn, Gold iim] tMlVrf of ih. � ••• � ! Dp |wo rd iM-ikoru, taU1 I ' G U £•' fil'g . from 73 at n� . � cO | f Bair. J.U 0 Brr.a i Pm- ami Kingei mp from B UO in $ • per Jot -A tar� ny ..f laocjr |' 1 d«fvt aod iii'i i f pain . Hiw-ciaeKa a.� u _________________ TiiiUihte . Ac. Ac Kof wholesale M tmwati and on liberal lertua ffl'Wl uf lb above (ud« Oi •Sufadurnl lad for oulo bf 0 t(lUtffl} W, It lib •loro. Ho. ft Market etrrwl. hot worn rt ct� od %nj 110 4 •im-u duur abo.eiAauwhwrf ouaus,umih aide- • fab D-Jta GLASS CUTTING FACTORY' F1 HE sobarribor still contimjaa ih J[ Glut Cutting buatneaa, ib ail fta van con braacbea, and has at hi store. No. 64 North I bird street, Philadelphia, a very dUuiivr auortmcitl of all k oda � J GU«a, out, plain and preuaed, furniture knobs, Ac • opertor Paunt Pirn Proof Cenpodtlo C Mi JUSTS. rASlir Suboeriba? hy Cimntsl aud ■Wt’nnPfV-d tmlwn- A ir) In .bv« an tm niada f� r ihka um cwvtva avomlta a « itpbi di-cn.'-ry la ltd -. roof niunair Ho cnnus-i'S ' ntanwfaciuiv ifw h r n i� rlo •� a t w paa ibey can bv imrciianod la any part of ibo L'oua •!•« JOHN SCOTT, No t LndfOfirret. nonh of Nunayivania ftaob. A t «ntrf. ibniikfutl received and -not � « any pan nf ttw f.’aKrd Sratco ,u.l2A I«l THE SPIRIT OF A NATION “I was born American; I live an American; I shall die an American.” daniel webster “Don’t give up the ship . ’ ’ CAPT. JAMES LA WRENCE So you are the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war. LINCOLN to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, ... emma lazarus The people are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty. thomasjefferson “A truly American sentiment recognises the dignity of labor and the fact that honor lies in honest toil.” grover Cleveland Be sure you are right, then go ahead . davidcrockett A knowledge of the past prepares us for the crisis of the present and the challenge of the future.” johnf. Kennedy “ .'. . That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom. ’ Lincoln Historic continuity with the past is not a duty; it is only a necessity. justice Oliver wendell holmes America is a tune. It must be sung together. GERALD STANLEY LEE Go West, young man, and grow up with the Country. HORACEgreeley “I come to present the strong claims of suffering humanity. ” Dorothea dix Opportunity, Challenge, Reward. 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