Plentywood High School - Treasure Chest Yearbook (Plentywood, MT)

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CLASS HISTORY In September, 1939, thirty pioneers, Jack Beecher, Gerald Bergenbakken; Sammy Fough, Richard Lacy, Calvin Nelson, Alvin Norman, Richard Shoal, Frank Sano, Norman Sagave, Wallace Chaffee, Arnold Hultgren, Patricia Buck, Lois Bantz, June Brightsman, Harriet Dalby, Eloise Felbaum, Diane Fretheim, Ina Gesell, Donna Gunderson, Phyllis Kennedy, Betty Lou Larter, Gladys Leese- berg, Fay Mehl, Jacquleen Nelson, Betty Ann Rucker, Shirley Simonis, Gladys Smith, Yvonne Wilson, Marvel Lodahl, and Jean Schumaker, led by Miss Cora Melby, set out upon a journey, expecting to arrive at the summit of the Mountain of Knowledge within twelve years. The first few years of this journey lead them across the Desert of Trial, When the going got tough they took time out for a little entertainment obtained through the rythmn band. Trying to pass the Bog of Discouragement occupied the next few years. Many of the wagons cleared the swamp without difficulty but a few others were caught in the sand causing the passengers to drop by the wayside. Other wagons, how- ever, approached in the distance bringing reinforcements. Again the leader called a halt and this time the entertainment was in the form of a maypole dance during the fifth year. With only four years remaining of the long and tedious journey, they reached the Foothills of Sophistication. The Return Party given during this year was adjudged by many to be the best ever. The next year saw many of the boys enter athletics and the girls pledging the T.N.T. The pioneer snow bent in earnest towards the task before them and crossed the River of Conceit successfully. The Junior Prom and Banquet were given and also the Class Play, Our Miss Brooks . At last the travelers reached the Mountain of Knowledge. This Year they excelled in athletics, scholastic achievement, and journalistic fields, including the Wildcat and their yearbook. They procured as a symbol of their journey a ring, and chose as their colors blue and silver. Twenty-six survivirs have attained the apex of their climb, and have planted the flag of the Class of '52 at the summit of the mountain. Among these are Frank Sano, Diane Fretheim, Betty Lou Larter, Fay Mehl, Jackquleen Nelson, Betty Ann Rucker, Shirley Simons, and Yvone Wilson, the eight hardy souls who have remained together for the entire twelve years' journey. There, with mingled feelings of regret for the passing years, satisfaction for an ideal accomplished, and hope for the future, they look beyond toward the moun- tains of Higher Knowledge and the Sea of Happiness. 14

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SHIRLEY SIMONIS There's a will if there's Bill. Mixed Chorus 1,3,4; Girls’ Chorus 1,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Girls' Sporst 1,4; Student Council 1,4; Secretary 4; Librarian 1; Clarinet Quartet 2,3,4; Annual Staff 3, 4 ; T.N.T. 2,3,4; F.H.A. 3.4; Class Play 3: Wildcat Staff 4. WILLIAM SIMONSON Confusion hath now made his master- piece. Football 1,2,3,4; Football Co-captain 4; Mixed Chorus 1,2; Boys' Chorus 1,2; Basketball 2; F.F.A. 4; Vice President 4. LOIS STAGEBERG The person who makes a dream come true shows that she hasn't been asleep. Mixed Chorus 1,3,4; Girls' Chorus 1,2, 4; T.N.T. 1,2,3,4; President 4; F.H.A. 1,2,3,4; Vice President 3; Wildcat Staff 3; Class Play 3; G.A.A. 4; Annual Staff 4. DUANE WAGENSEN Here I am you lucky people. Glendive 1; F.F.A. 4. YVONNE WILSON Give me a Ford or give me death. Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,4; Girls' Chorus 1,2, 4; Triple Trio 2,3,4; Mixed Octet 2; Chorus Librarian 3,4; Band 1,2,3,4; Pres- ident 3; T.N.T. 2,3,4; Secretary 3; F.H. A. 2,3,4; President 3; Treasurer 2; Stu- dent Council 2,4; Wildcat Staff 3; An- nual Staff 3,4; Cheerleader 3,4; Class Play 3; G.A.A. 1,4. 13

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of nineteen-hundred-and-fifty-two, being fully educated and about to pass through the doors of our beloved Plentywood High School, do bequeath to the faculty, to the school, and to the underclassmen some of our most valuable possessions that they may treasure them as we have. To the Juniors we will our refined manners and the right to disturb the assembly at any time. We also leave them our vacated desks and a book on Child Care to help them watch over the coming Freshmen. To the Sophomores we leave a bottle of pep to be opened and used after our departure. To the green, wild-looking bunch, sometimes called the Freshmen, we leave the ladder we used in gaining the road to Fame. I, Violet Schuhrke, will to Janet Peterson, the ability I've acquired to control my temper. Ihope she can make good use of it. To Dale McCoy, I, Frank Sano, will my football jersey number 26 on the condition that you beat Wolf Point next year. I, Betty Lou Larter, leave to Edna Tufton my few precious fingernails to be used for energy in the place of the sleep she missed the night before. To Marian Clark, I, Lois Stageberg, will my diamond ring with the understanding that she gives it back when she receives one. To Richard Shoal, I, Earl Myles, will my ability to stand in the hall until the last bell rings. I, Carole Knutson, leave my fingernail clipper to the future typing students. To Duane Schnittgen, I. Dick Gross, will my habitual sickness during fourth period class. I, Lloyd Sorenson, tearfully leave to Frank Heisler, my number 23 basketball jersey. I, Jackie Nelson, will my letter writing ability to Arlene Iverson. To Carolyn Enderson, I, Adelia Furst, will all the wrong notes I've played in band. I, Rita Grove, will to Vivian Brenteson my two new pairs of shoes so that she and Helen may walk to Antelope again. To John Becker, I, Donald Fink, will my ability to get my brother’s car. I, Shirley Simonis, will to Judy Goodman my ability to sit quietly and wait when uncontrollable forces tend to detain the one who is late. I, Corrine Hatvick, will to Joyce Kanning my ability as a homemaker, in which I excel. I, Duane Wagenson, will my ability to get ”A 's in deportment to Franklin Lund. To Gladys Smith, I, Elizabeth Graham, will my ability to get along with my teachers. May she find it as help- ful as I did. I, Diane Fretheim, will to Marie Hagen all the P.A.D. notes I should have had, but didn’t write. We, Frank Sano and William Simonson, will to Dale Long and Dick Anderson our ability to keep in training during football season. We, the Senior shorthand students, leave to Arlene Klakken our books with the words written in. I, Jessie Graham, will all my errors in Typing II to Glenola Klofstad. To Patsy Myers, I, RaMona Negaard, leave the job of picking up other people's candy wrappers in the Short- hand room. I, Carole Knutson, leave to Lloyd Anderson, my wit and humor. We, the Seniors, will to Lowell Ator and Melvin Jensen all of the excuses we haven’t used that they may take advantage of them. I, Yvonne Wilson, will to Billy Peterson, my ability to get into the schoolhouse when the doors are locked. To Ronnie Christensen, I, William Simonson, will my ability to crack a funny joke once in a while. To Dick Thorson and Bobby Quam, I, Corrine Hatvick, will my husband's car that they may use the parts to remodel their own. I, Anita Klofstad, do will and bequeath to Sylvia Johnson all my admit slips with the understanding that she get them all signed before report card day. To George Munson, Mickey Myers, and Dean Glover, I, Donald Fink, leave my ability as a cowhand. I, Fay Mehl, will to Joyce Welter my scissors so that she may keep her hair short. This scissors is to be used once a week. To Donald Anderson and Ralph Becker, I, Dick Gross, leave my ability to stay single. I, Donald Quam, will my ability to keep my mouth shut on the football field to Russell Fink. To Robert Askelson, I, Betty Ann Rucker, will all the black and blue marks I received as a result of his actions while roller skating. I, Jerome Onstad, will to LeRoy Hewitt, my inner track with Mr. Hillesland. We, the Seniors of '52, do hereby make known and declare this highly important document to be our last will and testament; written, signed, and sealed this twenty-fourth day of May, nineteen-hundred-and-fifty-two, in the presence of the below named witnesses. Witnesseth Class of '52 o- 15