Ranchester High School - Rustler Yearbook (Ranchester, WY)

Text from Pages 1 - 96 of the 1950 volume:

TO OUR ESTEEMED FRIEND RANCHESTER'S “QUEEN FOR A MAYOR’ We, the students of Ranchester High School, are proud to present this, our fifteenth annual, to Mayor Queen who knew this country before Ran- chester was established. We are, furthermore appreciative to Mr. Arthur Dickson, whose re- sourceful pen has so carefully sketched “A Queen for a Mayor,” which was written for our 1950 annual. In dedicating this yearbook to Mr. Queen, and in securing this hitherto unpublished article from Mr. Dickson, we feel a real contribution to the Annals of the State of Wyoming has been made. THE SCHOOL BOARD PAUL PAUSTIAN. President MRS. PHILIP C. DAVIS. Clerk CECIL PAULUS, Treasurer OUR SCHOOL BOARD The present school trustees of District No. 33 were raised and educated in Ranchester. Lee Davis (Mrs. Philip C.) was born on the Guy Rhode ranch at Ranchester. She attended the local elementary school but went to high school in Sheri- dan as there was no high school in Ranchester until a year or two later. She graduated from Sheridan High School in 1924, and attended the University of Nebraska for two years, where she majored in Journalism. Paul D. Paustian was bom in Montana but moved to this community when he was six years old. Mrs. Doris Olson was his teacher in the first grade, and she is now his oldest son’s first grade teacher. He graduated from Ranchester High School in 1937, and graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1941 with a degree in Agronomy. Cecil Paulus was born and lived during his child- hood on the ranch where the Frank Carter family now lives on the Five-Mile Flats. He graduated from Ranchester High School in 1927, which was the second class to graduate from this high school and the first one to publish an annual. He has lived in this community all his life except for four years in Montana. —Mrs. Lee Davis. RANCHESTER SCHOOL SPIRIT The unity among our student body, faculty and community is the secret of our school spirit. The willingness of the students to accomplish their tasks and to conform to the standards of citizenship ex- pected from them: the understanding and personal interest shown every student by eacht. teacher; the solid support that the community gives all school activities—these are the three essentials. To these we have added good sportsmanship and pride in our school. This has developed a school spirit that we hope will be upheld through the years. —Julia Cable. RUSTLER ART WORK We are especially proud to call your attention to our title page and cover. This is the work of our own Robert Townsend. The idea of this Rustler was suggested to him by Bernard Thomas, who, as a struggling Sheridan boy, like Robert, dreamed that someday he could portray, as he saw them, the visions that stirred his imagination. It is now not only for being an accepted artist that Sheridan County may well be proud of Bernard Thomas. He has given that priceless spark of en- couragement to other boys, besides Robert, thal they might cling to the right road and profit by the help and suggestions he gives them. This may be more lasting than canvas. We expect great things from Robert Townsend. Some day you may be proud to have this book wherein is his first reproduced piece of work! A WORD ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF “QUEEN FOR A MAYOR” For many years Arthur Dickson has been col- lecting and verifying facts of historical and cultural importance to this section of the country. He first saw Ranchester as a “two-year-old” settlement, when, in 1895, the Dickson family came to visit Alex McDonald, one of Ranchester’s first settlers. After a four years’ residence on the Rosebud, the Dickson family returned to Tongue River and Ar- thur Dickson has been a Dayton resident since 1899. Except for a four years’ principalship at Lame Deer, Montana, his teaching career of over thirty years was spent in Sheridan County. He took both his B.A. and M.A. at the University of Colorado, at Boulder, where he majored in history. He con- tinued his studies at Columbia University. He has contributed articles of historical value to various publications throughout this section of the west and. in 1929. published a biography of his father under the title of “Covered Wagon Days ’ Mr. Dickson is at present at work on a book on the (Continued on Page 91) MRS. DORIS OLSON LEVI IRONHAWK THE FACULTY MRS. SHIRLEY CARROLL MRS. VERTISE WATT MISS JUNE CUNNINGHAM JOHN McCORMICK “We are deeply indebted to the . . . teachers who will match the challenge of our times '—Oscar C. Schweiring, at corner stone laying ceremony of educational building, University of Wyoming, Dec. 5, 1949. SUPERINTENDENT SILAS LYMAN Our Friend and Counselor THE SENIORS MOTTO: Quality, not quantity. FLOWER: White rose. COLORS: Green and yellow. ARNOLD TSCHIRGI JULIA MAE CABLE A TRIBUTE TO THE SENIORS FROM A JUNIOR By LORNA KING It is a familiar thing to hear laughter coming from the room when Arnold Tschirgi is there. It is always a pleasure to be in any class with him. He keeps everything moving with his sparkling wit. When Arnold gives a report in English or tells about the patriots in American history you know' it will be interesting. He will always be remembered for his interpre- tation of Arnold Not-So-Hotra at 1947 Stunt Night, as Maxine, of the Andrew Sisters, at 1948 Stunt Night, and as Johnnie, in Frankie and Johnnie. at 1949 Stunt Night. Arnold has also showed us that he can be serious and business-like when he wants to be. He was on the honor roll during most of his high school career. He has always held some office in School and this year he has been President of the Student Council. Whenever you want to know something about anything in R. H. S. you may ask Roberta Goodill. President of the Pep Club. Editor of the school paper and Secretary of the Student Council. It would seem that Roberta never runs out of ideas. Whether the job is w'riting a theme or decor- ating the hall—she is always ready with something new and different. Roberta’s favorite subjects in high school have been literature and typing. (Continued on Page 36) JUNIOR CLASS NEWS This year the Junior class has worked very hard to reach the ladder to success. We have taken part in all the activities, and we have enjoyed every minute of it. Everyone is looking forward to being part of the Senior Class of 51.'” Our officers are: Robert Lyman, president; Margaret Kukuchka, vice president; Bruce Portwood, secre- tary; Betty Lou Goodill, treasurer, and sponsor, Mr. McCormick. In the past years we were noted as the largest class in high school but now' we are next to the smallest. For our skit on Stunt Night” we did Blue Beard with Robert Lyman as Blue Beard and Betty Lou Goodill as Angelica, his wife. The most beloved event of the year was the annual Rustler’s Ball given April 22, as a realistic Spanish scene, in beautiful bright colors. The motif throughout, including table decorations was Latin American. Each table's centerpiece included two miniature Spanish hats which the girls kept as souvenirs. In the far end of the hall was a Latin American panel designed by Robert Townsend. Music was furnished by Duke Downey and his Orchestra. —Betty Lou Goodill. SOPHOMORE CLASS Early this year we chose as our motto: Ever onward, never backward. Our colors are blue and silver and our flower is the blue violet. Class officers are as follows: Carol Carter, presi- dent; Jimmy Melton, vice-president; Beverly Bar- bula, secretary. Miss Cunningham is our sponsor. Jimmy Melton and Dona Reed are our Student Council representatives. We have been too busy helping the struggling Freshmen and the poor Juniors to do much just for ourselves. For Stunt Night we gave a parody called Modern Education” in which we starred Dona Reed as the teacher. We are combined with the Freshmen for most of our classes. Our sub- jects are: English, world history, biology, algebra, typing and shorthand. Dona Reed always succeeds in making the high- est average in our class, but Carol Carter, Dona Madron, and Adeline Koch usually manage to squeeze in on the honor roll. In December we were glad to welcome Marjorie Balden into our class. We appreciated the fact that Tony liked our class so much that he re- mained here all year even though his parents moved to Sheridan. We are proud, too. of our representa- tive on the Rustler team—Jimmy Melton. The Juniors borrowed Joan Fiedor to fill out their cast in their play, ‘‘June Mad.” The Sophomores can boast of having the girl who has the most fun of anyone in school, and that’s me. —Beverly Barbula. FRESHMAN CLASS On September 6th, 1949 six boys and six girls— all dazed Freshmen—stepped into the high school room. We were all very quiet and thoughtful. Subjects were assigned: World history, algebra, biology, typing and English. Within a few days we had elected our officers. These are. Richard Masters, president; Barbula Fleming, vice-president: Joan Johnson, treasurer: Jean Lewis, secretary, and David Hallowell and Jeanette Kawulok, Student Council representatives. We chose Miss Cunningham to be our sponsor. It wasn’t long before the upper classmen began to talk about initiation. They set the day of September 22. It turned out to be a lot of fun and everyone had a grand time. The girls dressed as boys and the boys dressed as girls. They were really gorgeous! We all represented comic-strip characters, as follows: Fleming girls. Mutt andJeff; Jeanette Kawulok, Snuffy Smith; Joan Johnson, B. O. Plenty; Ina Jeanne Turner, Jiggs; Jean Turner, Ally Oop; Don Kramer, Dimmy Dinwit; Dick Mas- ters, Maggie; David Hallowell, Gravel Girty; Robert Townsend, Mrs. Snuffy Smith; Donald Graham. Mammie Mullins, and David Masters, Little Iodine. Before we had to entertain, the whole school sang us a song of welcome which was written by Julia Mae Cable. It is to the tune of The Notre Dame Victory Song. Now is the hour that you’ve waited for Soon you’ll be sorry, as we were once before Here’s a day you won’t forget Ask any classman. They remember yet! When you are older and honors come to you Then you'll remember when you were a freshman too So always remember R. H .S. Three cheers to the grand old school Rah, rah, rah. (Repeat). In the afternoon the whole high school began work on a huge R which is located on a hill north of town. After a long, hot day’s work we returned to school. Next year more work will be done on the letter and sometime it will be an important symbol of the school. That evening at five o’clock everyone was at school, ready to go for a picnic in the canyon. We had a marvelous time and a delicious supper. We’ll always have happy remembrances of our initiation. In December Jean Balden joined our class. In January Donald Graham quit school to go to work in his father’s shop. Our class has the distinction of being the first in many years to have artists. We have three: David Masters. Robert Townsend, and Ina Jeanne Turner. We boast of some good poets too, Jean Lewis is the best. When our class gave its skit for “Stunt Night we sang our Freshman Song” that she had composed. It is to the tune of The Whippenpoof Song. To the Freshmen at Ranchester To the place where knowledge dwells; To the dear old Freshman class, we love so well: Sing the pupils all assembled With their banner raised on high And the magic of this moment casts its spell. Yes! the magic of this moment With the class we love so well With Lyman and McCormick and Cunningham We will serenade our classmen Our teachers and their staff Then we’ll pass, we hope, and move on with the rest. We’re poor little dears who have won our way RAH! RAH! RAH! Yes! we’re Freshmen now, we’re here to stay RAH! RAH! RAH! Here to stay until we pass Up and in to the Senior Class Lord have mercy on lad and lass. HAR! RAH! RAH!—Jean Lewis. —By Jeanette Kawulok. —7— JUNIORS—SOPHOMORES Robert Lyman Frank Kukuchka f T o Bruce Portwood Raymond Kawulok Beverly Barbula Adeline Koch Eugene Fackenthall Tony Pelesky Betty Lou Goodill Margaret Kukuchka Shirley May Lewis Marjorie Balden Loren King SOPHOMORES— FRESHMEN Dona Reed Dona Madron 1 A Darlene Fleming Carol Carter Jean Lewis Robert Townsend Barbara Fleming Joan Johnson JUNIOR HIGH GALE SHATZER NORMA HAUF DORIS HAUF RICHARD LYMAN —10— SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ROOM We have had a new teacher, Mr. Levi Ironhawk, this year and we like him very much. We had a good year in school and we learned a lot more about sports too. This spring we had some good base ball games. At the beginning of the year the enrollment was fifteen but Mary Lou Pelesky and Roy Williams moved to Sheridan, so our enrollment was cut to thirteen. Frances Klinkosh got sick in December and was unable to return to school but we are looking forward to seeing her next year. In September we organized our Ranchester Junior Rustler Club, with Dick Lyman as president. The Junior High had a busy basketball season. We won two games with Monarch. In February Mr. Ironhawk took us to the Northeast Basketball Tournament in Buffalo but we were beaten. The eighth graders are looking forward to next year when we have hopes of playing on the high school team. —Tom Puett. FIFTH AND SIXTH ROOM We were the lucky ones who got the room where Mr. Lyman's office used to be so we have new seats, desks, blackboards and teacher’s desk. It is the nicest room in school. We began with an enrollment of twenty-four—fifteen fifth-graders and nine sixth-graders. During the year Mary Lou Pelesky and Estella Newlon moved to Sheridan but in January Richard Aksamit joined us from Kooi. We now have only five girls in our room. We have enjoyed our teacher, Mrs. Watt, very much and hope she will come back to be our teach- er next year. She has brought us many good books from the Sheridan Library and has loaned us her Geographic Magazines. We have had several par- ties in our room. In November, Peter Davis treated in honor of his birthday and in January, Clifford Kaufman celebrated his. For “Stunt Night” we did a pantomime entitled “The Story of Pocahontas.” Barbara was Pocahontas, David Schreibeis was Chief Powatan, and Donald Hauf was Captain John Smith. For the Christmas program our room sang several selections from The Eskimo Hunt- ers.” David Schreibeis was the “Great Angakok,” the mighty medicine man. Even though he had such a cold he could hardly sing, he sounded fierce. Most of the sixth grade boys joined the junior high boys under Mr. Ironhawk to make us “The Junior Rustlers.” We had some fine games and we got to go to the tournament at Buffalo. Last fall we went on a nature hike. David, Eddie, and Larry observed and collected the most speci- mens. We have celebrated Peter’s and Clifford’s birth- days. They furnished treats to everyone. On Val- entine’s Day we had a special party. Every one had to do something to entertain. Most of our room have done well in our studies. We are proud of the averages we made on the mid-year tests. Peter Davis, Marcia Masters, Jack Paulus, Clifford Kaufman, and Robert Prill are on the Honor Roll. Carita Shipley. Peter Davis, and Clifford Kaufman have read the most books. Our room is especially proud of David Schreibeis who went to Rawlins to show his prize 4-H ram. He went with his parents to Boise, Idaho, to at- tend the sheep show. David will be a great sheep man. We are also proud of Jack Paulus, our ac- complished xylophone player. He appeared in special programs before the State Farm Bureau convention in Sheridan in November, the P.T.A. in Wyola, Mont, in December, the S.C.R.E.A., in Sheridan in March, and at Ranchester for ‘IMusic Week” in May. READING Reading is one of the pleasures In life. There is an important thing about reading. It is informa- tion. You can read for information and pleasure at the same time. There is also reading which is bad for you, such as silly funny books and a lot of foolish books. You can live without knowing how to read. Some people even get rich without knowing how to read. Others may get poorer. Nobody ever thinks you are smart if you cannot read. The word READING should mean a lot to you because it is one of the most important things in the world. —Clifford Kaufmann, Grade 5. READING Everyone should learn to like to read. Don’t just read foolish comic books where you can’t learn anything that a good citizen should know. I’m not saying that you should read the encyclo- peadia. I am simply stating that you should read educational books. Too little reading will have an effect on you. By that I mean you will slowly be- come dumber and not know what people are talk- ing about, and pretty soon you will live in a world all by yourself. If you have a library in your home you are lucky. If you don’t, you should surely use the public library. The folks there will help you find any sort of a book you want. Read something on all subjects. That can be a real pleasure in your life. —Peter Davis, Grade 5. OUR COUNTY CHOIR Each year we have a Sheridan County Choir. It is held in Sheridan High School. Children come from far and wide to sing together. There are many special songs given by different schools. Last year the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades from Ran- chester sang two specials from the scene, “The Eskimo Hunters.” In the morning we just practice. We start at ten and practice till noon. Then we are served a free lunch. We have an hour for lunch so we get to go to the store just across the street. It is fun to look around a big school, too. At one o’clock we go in and get a pretty program that Mrs. Conley makes. After we get started some of the parents come. Last year the whole thing was conducted by Mrs. Gazur, only then she was Anna Louise Lable. Some of the children from other schools did not know their words. After it was over is the best. Mrs. Olson and Mr. McCormick take us down to the Jersey Cream- ery and treat us to all the ice cream we can eat. We always have a wonderful time. This year, we know all of our songs already. Some of them ue used to sing last year. The fifth and sixth grades will sing a special song again this year. —Barbara Addleman, Grade 6. —11— MRS. WATT’S FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE ROOM MRS. CARROLL’S THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE ROOM —12— THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE ROOM The third and fourth grade room is the smallest group in school. This is fortunate as this gives them opportunity to do a greater variety of things, have more parties and more real fun. There are thirteen enrolled. During the year Lois Reeder moved away but Barbara Volney from Mon- arch, and Frank and Billie Proctor from Dayton joined the room. For “Stunt Night they did “The Kid With the Rip in the Seat of His Pants.” At the Christmas program, the fourth grade Brownies in the “Worry Elf’ were the outstanding performers of the eve- ning. Mrs. Carroll has done a great deal along artistic lines: drawing, painting, carving, design- ing, and embroidering. For music these pupils join the primary room where they can help the younger children learn the words to their songs. Parties during the year include the Christmas party, a wonderful Valentine party and Alexies birthday party. The following compositions written about various activities throughout the year reflect the excellent kind of participation the third and fourth classes have enjoyed. THE COUNTY CHOIR Last May we went to the choir with some of the children’s mothers in their cars. We practiced songs in the morning. Then we ate. It was a very good lunch. In the afternoon we sang songs for the people. Charles, the drum player, broke the drum when we were playing a song named Stodala Pumpa.” The other programs were very good. After the county choir, we got all the ice cream that we could eat. Some of the high school went to the show and just about didn't get a ride back to Ran- chester. A few of the children did not go to the county choir! We will all go to the choir this year. —Joyce Lou Cook, Grade 4 CITIZENSHIP CLUB Every Friday afternoon we have a Citizenship Club meeting. We organized our Club so that we could have experience in running a club and in being officers of one. We discuss behavior, both good and bad. We change officers every other meeting. The vice-president becomes president, the secretary becomes vice-president, and we elect a new secretary. An entertainment committee is chosen every week. It has arranged for such things as book reviews, music, records, dancing, and once we had a guitar solo by Charles Birdie for our pleasure. —Alice Ellsbury, Grade 3 JUNIOR ARTISTS We have made many pictures this year. We drew a picture about the boy in The Torn Hat.” The fourth grade drew some pictures of dogs and wrote descriptions of the different breeds. The class drew some pictures of Eskimo-land. We drew the peo- ple, igloos, dogs, kayaks, and the Aurora Borealis. We made models of camels, huts, and pottery from clay. We used stencils with textile paiht to deco- rate handkerchiefs. We made a lot of scenes of Switzerland, such as goats, cattle, people, and cha- lets (houses). We studied the picture, A Boy With a Rabbit.” The class made Hallowe’en masks and window decorations. We did some wood and soap carving. We designed paper plate plaques and shellaced them. We worked together on some large black- board murals in chalk. One of them was on trans- portation and one was of jungle animals. We are now making posters and a salt and flour relief map of Switzerland. We're glad to be such a small class so that we may do all these things. —Alixe Paulus, Grade 3 THE FIELD TRIP We went on a field trip. First we went to a play. The name of it was “Toby Tyler. Then we went to the Pioneer Park in Sheridan. We had lunch. Then we went for a hike. We went up on a high hill. Some of us got lost among the rocks. Pretty soon we found a slide that went down hill. When we got down it was time to continue our trip. Then we went to the animal hospital. A man showed us the room where they operate on sick animals. He showed us what they did to an ani- mal that had a broken leg. We next went to the Brittain Travel Agency. We saw some maps that showed where we could go on a trip. We got a lot of information there. Then we went to Mrs. Carroll’s house and wait- ed for another ride. After a while we went up to the airport. First we went into the weather of- fice. The man there showed us the machines they used. Then we went out doors. A pilot showed us an airplane. We saw the controls and safety belts. The next thing on our program was the train depot. There we saw a big scale that they use to weigh some shipments. Next we went to the tele- graph office. We watched a message come in. The railroad detective, Mr. Patterson, showed us some pictures of crooks and train wrecks. Then ve got on the train. Mr. Patterson showed us the diner, the compartments, and the kitchen. We arrived in Ranchester at 5:20 P. M.. tired but with many memories. —Allen Ellsbury, Grade 4 THE ATTIC Once I went up into an attic. It was dark and scary. I frightened the mice. I saw a broken toy horse and an old doll on the floor. I went over to look at a trunk and the floor squeaked. Just then a goblin put his hand out from behind that trunk and tried to get me. I went down stairs and told my mother there was a goblin in the attic. She said I was just seeing things but I made her come up with me. But then we couldn’t hear a thing. It wasn’t so dark either. I do not really have an attic in my house, but I think this is the way I’d feel, because the music of our song is so spooky. —Joyce Cook, Grade 4. SWEET BETSY FROM PIKE Did you ever hear of sweet Betsy and her hus- band who crossed the prairies and fought with the Indians with an old time gun? They camped on the desert for weeks and w’eeks. They had to cross tall mountains and swim wide rivers. Betsy’s hus- band wanted to go back gut Betsy said she’d go on without him if he did. They decided to keep going. They finally reached a country where everything was green. They had reached Califor- nia in spite of it all. It was warm and cozy. They got a homestead and raised cattle, pigs, dogs, chick- ens. geese, and good crops. They lived happily ever after. —Charles Birdie and Billie Proctor, Gr. 4 13— MRS. OLSON S FIRST AND SECOND GRADE PRIMARY ROOM No one ever questions the fact that the Primary Room is the most important room in school—and the happiest. Here is where everybody is always anxious to do everything. Here there are no argu- ments or objections. Here is where the pupils are polite, mannerly and the kind of good citizens all students should be. Here is where children actu- ally want to learn! This is the room that had only one accident (Bobby and the swing) and only one good fight (—well, let’s not tell this one) all the whole year! There were fourteen beginners last September: Judith Rawlings. Virginia Pelesky, Gary Addleman, Byron Black, Brian Hauf, Elbert Belish, Mary Ann Kukuchka, Charlene Kaufmann. Lawrence Paustian, John Ferguson, Robert Klinkosh, Karen Shipley, Robert Fiedor and Cora Mae Graham. Then, there are twelve in the second grade. During the year Viriginia Pelesky moved to Sheridan, Joetta Frank- lin moved to California, and Dorothy Carden moved to Dayton. Cecilia Aksamit joined our second grade and Jack Proctor joined our first grade. The first exciting thing we did last fall was to practice our Primary Rhythm Band for the big “Stunt Night. It was a lot of fun. Big Frank Kukuchka from high school practiced with us be- cause he was stage manager. Rebecca Rawlings was director. Elbert brought his accordian. Bertie beat the drum. Our next entertainment was for the Christmas program. Tom Puett from the eighth grade was our “master of ceremonies. We did three whole scenes called, “The Skater’s Holiday. Both Beckie and Bonnie played xylophone solos! The first grade children sang Christmas carols. At the last Byron, Bonnie. Walita, Nancy, and Ronald came out on skates and pretended the stage was a frozen lake. While they skated the rest of us played “The Skater’s Waltz. Judy Rawlings directed the band. In May our band played at the Sheridan County Choir. All of us knew our sonks too. This means we knew our second verse as well as the first! This year we have drawn some nice pictures and murals. In October we drew “The Circus.’ Every- one drew a different animal on the paper across our bulletin board. At the head of the line we hung the funny paper-bag clown Dorothy Allen sent us from Laramie. In November we sent fifteen Junior Red Cross boxes to Mrs. Conley’s office so that our friends across the Atlantic could have some things they needed. We wanted them to know we do not forget them, especially at Christmas. In November we drew a fine Thanksgiving Mural. Everyone worked on it It had Indians, pilgrims, a church, cabins, turkeys, trees and tepees. In December we made some beautiful Christmas scenes. We cut out Santa and his reindeer, which we hung in front of the stage. We decorated a little tree in our room and the big one in the school hall too. We had Santa Clauses and pine trees all over the black boards and red candles in the windows. We had some parties we shall always remember: Last October all of us got to go to Sheridan to see the play. ‘Toby Tyler. We thought it was wonderful. Besides Christmas and Valentine parties, (Continued on Page 17) —14— MRS. J. P. McCLINTOCK TWO ESSENTIAL PEOPLE MRS. HAZEL CONLEY We were tempted to include the pictures of Mrs. J. P. McClintock and Mrs. Hazel Conley on the page with our Ranchester faculty. The fact is. we should like to move Mrs. McClintock and her Carnegie Library and her staff to Ranchester! Mrs. McClintock has been Sheridan’s librarian since 1922. She had, at that time, been a resident of the city for twenty years. These are only two of the reasons why this county can be grateful for having Mrs. McClintock as librarian because she is acquainted with this entire area, its past, its cultural tastes, and its builders. Another qualifi- cation is the fact that she has kept in sympathy with modern trends and has seen to it that cur- rent books of worth or importance are available, .Belong with the standard requests. The influence Mrs. McClintock has had on the development of g the taste of Sheridan County readers is truly be- yond estimation. She has led the almost continual struggle for more appropriation so that the library could keep on a par with others in similar cities. In August, 1949, she attended the Regional Librar- ians Convention at Fort Collins where she heard Margaret Henry speak on Children’s Literature. As Ranchester’s enrollment increases, our requests from the library become greater. It would cost us thousands of dollars to have a reference library here that would in any way compare to the num- ber and variety of books we check out. As any class begins the study of a new unit, a new group —15— of helpful current books are available to us from the library. We do not mean that no portion of our budget goes for books. This year we purchased a $26 atlas, 1949 edition. Another valuable addition to our library was “The Every Reader Series” of classics, suitable for less advanced readers. How- ever, it is still a necessity to depend on the Car- negie Library for our reading and reference lists. In speaking of the library we include Mrs. Lillian Stuart, downstairs in the elementary book depart- ment and Mrs. Alma Grimes, assistant at the up- stairs desk. The welcome and the help we receive from these folks have led to most pleasant friend- ships. The Ranchester teachers sometimes feel they almost handle a branch library, but about thirty Ranchester pupils have cards of their own. Mrs. McClintock believes all pupils should learn how to use the library, but she says it is much less work for her to have the teachers select the books most usable for the needs and tastes of the individual rooms and classes. No effort is spared to try to procure the very book we need for a particular topic. We are proud of the com- pliments Ranchester and Ranchester's students have received from Mrs. McClintock for, next to Mrs. Conley, she is the person in the position to know and who is more capable to judge the quality of reading done in Ranchester as compared to the county and state. MRS. HAZEL CONLEY Mrs. Conley came to the Northern part of Wyo- ming from Missouri in 1887 and settled near Park- man. She went to school in Parkman her first four years. In 1909 the Cossitts moved to Sheridan. There she finished school. In high school she took Normal Training as a fifth year subject. After she graduated, she taught in Southern Montana for three years. From there she went to the University of Wyoming. In 1925 she received her B.A. degree and then took a year’s graduate course in English and physiology. After that she taught until 1928. In 1937 Mrs. Conley and her family moved to Ranchester. During that time she substituted in Ranchester School. In 1941 she completed her term in the 4-5-6th grades. Her two oldest sons started school in Ranchester. Because of this she is partciularly interested in Ranchester’s progress. When she taught here the students who are now in R. H. S. were in the primary room. Mrs. Conley said, “I still think of them as child- ren, not as young people who are ready to gradu- ate. I always enjoy coming to Ranchester because I feel I have real friends there.” Mrs. Conley has been in office since January 1947. Her former deputy, Mrs. Maxine Torbert, went from the office to teach in Ranchester High. Mrs. Lucille Hillard, another R. H. S. friend, has been deputy for two years. Mrs. Hillard stated she enjoys coming to Ran- chester for the programs and she thinks she has always had a good, full evening’s entertainment She especially enjoyed having the Office Practice girls in, while they were visiting at the court- house. Mrs. Conley has always thought of Ranchester District and Board as pleasant and cooperative to work with. Ranchester has produced some outstanding gradu- ates, whose progress and successes she follows with pride. Mrs. Conley feels that the election of Mr. Lyman on the Executive Committee of the W. E. A. and Mr. McCormick as Secretary and Treasurer of Wyoming Classroom Teacher Association points to the fact that Ranchester has been successful in choosing outstanding teachers. —Shirley Lewis, Grade 10. SCIENCE DEPARTMENT This year the science class for the Freshmen and Sophomores was biology. Mr. Lyman was our teacher. We had several nice field trips. One of these was to the honey house where Mr. Reed told us many fundamental facts about bees. Dur- ing the year, Mr. Lyman showed us some educa- tional movies which made biology more interesting and easy to understand. We also looked at slides of different insects. We had a four week’s course in first aid for which we received official Red Cross certificates. One thing that has made Mr. Lyman proud of this class is the good work shown in our sketches. Ina Jeanne Turner and Robert Townsend are the best artists but all the drawings have been very good. —Beverly Barbula, Grade 10. This year the advanced science class was physics, taught by Mr. Ironhawk. The students in this class were: Julia Cable, Arnold Tschirgi, Bruce Portwood and Robert Lyman. The study of physics we think is not only useful, but fascinating. During the year we found the answers to many questions which come up in everyday life. Although we were handicapped by lack of equipment, we were able to work quite a number of interesting experi- ments. Among the units studied were: Molecules, pres- sure, gravity, work, motion, heat, sound, light, mag- netism. and electricity. We’ve had a good time together. We look for- ward to studying chemistry next year and hope that each year a little more equipment can be added to our laboratory. —Robert Lyman, Grade 11. THE COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT The Ranchester High School is very proud of their commercial department. They have made progress in the past few years. This year beekkeeping. shorthand, and typing I and II are being taught. The classes are enjoyed by both the boys and girls. Great interest is being shown. The students are reaching for a goal that can be made by hard studying and interest in their work. The second typists have the responsibility of put- ting out the school paper which comes out once every six weeks. The job has been simplified a great deal with the assistance of the new mimeo- graphing machine that was purchased last fall. —Thomas Fiedor, 11th Grade. STUDENT PUBLICATIONS School elections were held September 13 in ac- cordance with the 1949 Constitution of the Student Council. To be elected as either the editor of the Rustler, the school paper, or the Rustler, the school yearbook, have become the two most respon- sible and distinguished honors that a member of the Senior class can gain. The following were elected to the paper staff: Roberta Goodill. editor: Raymond Kawulok. assist- ant editor; Bruce Portwood, circulation manager. Julia Cable was elected editor of the Rustler year- —16— book by a liberal majority. The other elective office—business manager for the Rustler—became a most thrilling race. Betty Lou Goodill and Ro- berta Goodill tied for the honor. Due to the in- creasing amount of work on the annual, the spon- sor was glad to accept both students for the posi- tion. It is understood that all students in high school are expected to assist in the production of the an- nual. Those who are gifted as artists are expected to devote some time to designing the pictures for the publications and English classes are expected to contribute work to the two editors. Typing II class is the production staff for the paper. The paper and the annual are closely related, as the better articles from the paper are selected to re- appear in the annual. We feel that the paper serves as a current message from school to home but that the annual becomes a permanent book on the shelves of each family’s library, where in later years, representative work may be compared and enjoyed again. Both school publications have tried to co-operate with the Department of Journalism of the Wyo- ming University by joining the WHSPA, which they sponsor. This is the Wyoming High School Press Association, whose purpose is to improve the student publications of the state and to profit by exchange of ideas and improved methods and to work out problems in specialized groups. Walter R. Briggs of the Journalism Laboratory, of the University of Wyoming is head of the move- ment and Earl Wood of Laramie High School is Secretary and Treasurer. Last year the Uni- versity entertained participating members with a demonstration and round table discussions, and a Journalism banquet for editors and advisors. The meeting was pronounced as a success but few schools beyond the south eastern district attended. This year this meeting will be held in October so that newly elected, inexperienced editors may attend. It is hoped that Ranchester may be repre- sented. Through participating in such activities Ran- chester is placing itself on a par with progressive schools which have a much larger enrollment. This opens fields for wider competition and keeps us alert for all that leads to better journalism. Ranchester publications have already attracted state wide attention. The Executive Board of W. E. A. named John McCormick, Rustler sponsor, chairman of “School Publications Committee.” At the next State Teachers’ Convention, Ruth Guyer, sponsor of the Sheridan Bronc will present the problem of the larger schools’ annuals and John McCormick will present the Rustler as representa- tive work from a smaller school. The primary duties of our publications are to encourage good writing throughout the school and to collect the best from the year’s work. Our paper is not a paper representative of the high school only, but a paper of the entire school. Hundreds of papers are sent free to those who are interested in our school and in its progress. We do not solicit advertising in our school paper but depend on this to finance the year book. The annual is not a senior production or history, nor is it even a high school annual. It is the school’s yearbook. It is not the work of a talented few. but is a cross section of good work from all grades. We have tried to promote the feeling that the acceptance of an article for the Rustler is a goal of achievement. This accounts for the variety of subjects found is this book. Yet, we have tried not to lose sight of the fact that the Rustler is to remain what it has always been: A permanent yearbook of treasured memories. —Roberta Goodill, 12th Grade. THE PRIMARY ROOM (Continued from Page 14) some of us had birthdays and our parents brought ice cream, cake, and cookies so we could have our parties in our room. On December 19th, Charlene’s mother treated, on January 16th Nancy’s mother treated, and on February 3rd, Bonita’s mother treated. In March we had the most exciting party of all. Some one discovered even Mrs .Olson was going to have a birthday! It was to be the fifteenth. Bonita, Toni and Nancy decided it would be fun to give her a surprise. We had a terrible time from keeping Mrs. Olson from knowing that she was going to have a birthday party, when we had to let everyone else know she would have one! We all brought 20 cents to buy her a pair of hose and we decided who would bring cakes. We paid for the ice cream out of the gift fund because Mrs. Olson had the citizenship money and so we couldn’t get that! When we sang “Happy Birthday to You” on March 15th she certainly was surprised! Our last party was the most beautiful. It was given for our mothers! It was a “Mother’s Day Tea.” We served refreshments. Two of the high school girls helped us to prepare the lunch and they made the tea—but, we served it We wefe very polite. We sang songs and showed the guests some of our best work from the year. Everyone said we were wonderful and, I guess, we are! HIGH SCHOOL ACCREDITING COMMITTEE CALL ON RANCHESTER On Friday. January 31, R. H. S. was honored with the visit from three representatives of the State. Most of us had met them before. They were: Mr. Ray Robertson, State Commissioner of Education; Dr. Kilzer, head of the Department of Secondary Education, University of Wyoming, and Dean Oscar Schweiring, Dean of the School of Education at the university. Mr. Robertson spoke to us first and most of us thought his talk was the most interesting. He told us not to think of them as “stooges. but as friends who were merely making a friendly call. The theme of his talk was “Liberty. He illustrated the “mean- ing of America by telling us of the family of Rev. Abler of Chugwater, who was a displaced person from Latvia. He had told Mr. Robertson that the thing most noticeable about America was “liberty.” Dr. Kilzer’s remark that is best remembered was: “It isn’t the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog that counts. He meant that a small school like ours can do as much as a great big school. He was from a small school him- self. Dean Schweiring opened his remark with: I congratulate your having a real school here.” He spoke to us on the “Picture of Life. He said in some ways we are not as progressive as the Yuma man. He thought that, as years go on, we will learn more and more and thus improve ourselves through learning. We must learn to appreciate beauty too. (The above is a compilation of the best sentences from compositions written on the above subject by all members of the 9-10 English Class, but. as selected by the teacher, is the work of: Jean Lewis, Bhirley Lewis. Adeline Koch. Jeanette Kawulok, Carol Carter, and David Hallowell). —17— Junior-Senior Prom Field Trips Picnics -18- STUDENT PUBLICATIONS SPORTS The basketball season in Ranchester started with a non-conference game with Buffalo. We went down to defeat 30-27. Tschirgi, towering center, was high with 18 points. We next journeyed to Clearmont to take part in the annual invitational tournament. We first play- ed Clearmont who squeezed by us 16-15. Then we played the Sheridan Colts, whom we romped 35-24. This entitled us to play Dayton for third and fourth place. We played Dayton on even terms up till the official time out when we put on a last min- ute spurt and breezed by. by 30-23. Tschirgi again was high with 12 points. Our first home game was with Busby. We were beaten by a sharp-shooting quintet 36-32. Our first conference game was with Hulett whom we defeated by 32-25. Lyman was high with 14 points. We next played the powerful Big Horn Rams. We went down to defeat 41-31. The game was rough with Lyman, Fiedor, and Melton going out via the foul route. Fackenthall was high with 13 points. On January 6 the Rustlers traveled to Clearmont to play their third conference game of the season. The game started with Clearmont scoring first and keeping the lead throughout the first half which ended 10-6. in Clearmont’s favor. In the last half the game was hard fought with the Rustlers coming out on top 20-15. In the last quarter Tschirgi left the game via the foul route. Lyman was high with 10 points. On January 10, the Rustlers played Dayton on the home floor. At the half time the Rustlers were ahead 20-12. The game breezed along until the third quarter when the bugling Elks rushed the surprised Rustlers who awoke to discover the score at the end of the fourth quarter was tied, 30-30. At the end of the first overtime the score was 33-33. In the last overtime Fackenthall sunk a shot for two points and gloriously won the game! Tschirgi was high with 14 points. On January 13, the Rustlers entertained the Ar- vada Pirates. The Rustlers had an easy time tramp- ing the Priates 42-18. Coach Silas Lyman substi- tuted freely throughout the game so that all of the players saw action. Lyman was high with 14 points. On January 17. the Rustlers tangled with the Sheridan Colts. It was a nip-and-tuck battle all the way through with the Rustlers finally coming out on top 28-26. Tschirgi was high with 13 points. The Rustlers played the Rozet Mustangs on the home floor Jan. 19. The Mustangs limped off at the short end of an overwhelming score 64-28. Every player on the Rustler squad figured in the scor- ing. Tschirgi was high again with 24 counters. On January 21, the Rustlers breezed by the Up- ton Bobcats 54-28 . The Rustlers allowed only seven points to be scored against them in the first half, while ringing up 24 points for themselves. At the end of the third quarter the score was 40-14. Once again. Tschirgi was high with 22 point.s On January 26. the Rustlers left on their annual three day trip. The evening of January 26 the Rustlers played the Rozet Mustangs. The Rustlers were hampered by the loss of their center, Arnold Tschirgi, but went on to win 26-18. Heptner, Rozet star, was injured slightly in the game. Melton was high with 11 points. January 27, the Rustlers were overjoyed when Arnold Tschirgi rejoined the team at Gillette in time to make the trip to Upton where a hard game is always played. Throughout the first half, this game was nip-and-tuck. After the half the Rust- lers slowly pulled away. The final score: Ranches- ter 37. and Upton 24. Melton was high with 13 points. The Rustlers played Moorcroft on January 28. In a close battle the Rustlers came out on top 29-24. With three seconds to play, Lyman sunk a two- handed shot from near center court to win the game. Lyman was high with 8 points, This season the Rustlers accomplished a feat that has not been done in years—they were victorious in all three games of this annual trip. On the evening of January 31. the Rustlers jour- neyed to Dayton to play a very important game. The game started with Dayton taking the lead. Dayton had the lead until the last minutes of the third quarter, when the Rustlers came out victorious 37-28. Tschirgi was high with 18 counters. The Ranchester Rustlers and Big Horn Rams tangled February 3rd, on the home floor. This game was a heart-breaker with the Rams outplaying us with the score of 33-30. If the Rustlers had won this game, they could have taken over first place in the Powder River District. Fackenthall was high with 13 points. On February 10, the Rustlers journeyed to Sher- idan to play the Colts. It was an exciting game with the Colts squeezing by 26-25. The Rustlers were exceptionally poor in the free throw depart- ment missing 20 out of 27. Lyman was high with 12 counters. On Saturday. February 11. the Rustlers enter- tained the Moorcroft Wolves and breezed by 33-25 Tschirgi copped individual scoring honors with 23 points. On February 17. the Ranchester Rustlers played host to the Clearmont Panthers. The game was close throughout with Clearmont coming out on top 24-21. Tschirgi was high with 13 points. On February 22, the Rustlers traveled to Arvada to play their last game before the tournament. The Rustlers tramped the Pirates 43-28. Tschirgi was high with 17 points. In closing the season the Rust- lers had a 12 win and 3 lost conference record. On Wednesday. March 1. the Rustlers left to take part in the Powder River District Tourney at Gil- lette. We played our first game Thursday at 10:30 with Dayton. The game was close during the first half but the Rustlers slowly pulled away in the second half. The final score 37-27. Tschirgi was —19— —20— high with 19 points. In their next game, the Rust- lers played Clearmont. The game was close through- out with the Rustlers coming out on top by a three point margin, 18-21. Fackenthall was high with 12 points. This entitled the Rustlers to play Big Horn for first and second place. The game was a real thriller with the score being tied 14-all. Big Horn started fast in the third quarter and at the end the score was Hig Horn 26. Ranchester 21; the final score: Big Horn 37, Ranchester 30. Tschirgi was high with 12 counters. This is the first time since 1944 the Rustlers have placed second in the tourney. They had been third. Now we’re look- ing forward to being first place next season. Sec- ond place entitled the Rustlers to play in the state tourney at Laramie. On March 14. at 6:00 the Rustlers left for the state tournament at Laramie. March 15-18. We arrived at 5:30 after car trouble in Buffalo, which held us up for about two hours. We played our first game at 7:30 Wednesday with Cowley and went down to defeat to a red hot five by the score of 52-25. Cow- ley had a strong fast club which could not miss from the field. We played our second game at 1:30 Thurs- day with Huntley, only to meet defeat—and elimi- nation—33-23. The Rustlers never could get their offense working in either of their games. Tschirgi was high scorer of the Rustler squad with 323 points. Lyman was second with 224 points. Tschirgi was the bad boy of the team committing 82 fouls. Lyman was second with 70 fouls. —James Melton. Grade 10 CITIZENSHIP Citizenship is present in any school in many but varied forms. Last spring, it became of growing concern to teachers that students, capable of good citizenship in the ordinary day. did not practice the same standards at gatherings held in the hall. Thoughtlessness, which so glaringly reflected on both home and school training, was especially no- ticeable at the later games and at functions spon- sored by various clubs. The faculty, throughout last year, visited various schools in the state and saw with unprejudiced eyes the varieties of student behavior outside the class- room. The contrast was astonishing! This fall, therefore, another duty was added to the teachers’ obligation. This was to stress good citizenship as related to the public, and to develop a sense of individual responsibility that would make Ranchester a leader in this field. Further, teachers were urged to attend all school activities and to exercise the same authority as though in actual school. The greater responsibility for the success of this program has been from the cooperation the par- ents have given the teachers. We feel the extra efforts have been well worth while and that the community will be richly repaid. There seems every reason to believe that as younger classes develop a keener sense of pride in their school that, truly. ‘Tine Citizenship” may be added to the Ranchester tradition. SAFETY ON THE HIGHWAY On the seventh of November, We saw a motion picture show. It is important to remember. To be alert and to drive slow. —Darlene Fleming, Grade 9 “WHY I AM PROUD TO GRADUATE FROM RANCHESTER” I am proud to graduate from Ranchester High School. As a rural high school, it has many ad- vantages to offer. In going to a school of our size, you learn how to meet people. School affairs are our own personal planning and participation. We all take part in all activities. Every student is a di- rect factor in our high schooL Each one is needed for his own indivfdual talents. During my four years in Ranchester High School each of the teachers has given me something that is essentially his or her contribution to my outlook on life. They have encouraged all of us along lines of varied endeavors. Best of all we think of them as friends who will always be glad to help us. I hope Ranchester High School and others like it may be permitted to continue that other students like us may receive the benefits, the en- couragements, and the knowledge that we of the 1950 class treasure and appreciate. —Julia Mae Cable JOLLY LITTLE ESKIMO Boo, how cold it must be in Alaska! All the little boys and girls stay in little igloos while the men hunt seal and polar bears and bring them back to the igloos. Then the women pound the oil out of the fat and use it for their oil lamps and for cook- ing. The Eskimos are very fat. They eat blubber. I think they have more fun than we do. —John Fiedor, Grade 3 TAPS I can hear the bugle blowing So clear it seems it’s flowing O’er the camp and plain and hill Then it stops and all is stilL I am so far from my humble home So far from where I used to roam. So far from the friends I used to know, So far away—to fight the foe. Now I’d better go to sleep, But faith HI always keep. And hope the folks back home will pray That all will be well on that victory day. —Bobby Lewis, Grade 5 THE CAMEL A camel is a very funny beast. He will take you slowly across the hot desert. He does not go very fast but he does not need very much water. He is a stupid animal. He rocks back and forth. He will spit and sputter as he goes down the road. Some- times the sand is very bad and the camel keeps the people from geitting hurt by protecting them from storms. When the men cross the desert they sell their dates, wool. rugs, and jewels. The camel will have a chance to store up on water at an oasis. —John Jolovich. Grade 4 HALLOWEEN Once there was a shiny pumpkin In a garden so bright That night a little boy picked it And made a jack-o-lantem for Hallow- een night. —Benny Shipley, Grade 2 -21- President Arnold Tschirgi Addressing The Student Council Members, left to right: Arnold Tschirgi, Julia Mae Cable. Jeannette Kawulok, Raymond Kawulok. Carol Carter. Dona Reed. Robert Lyman. Roberta Goodill Freshman representative. David Hallowell, not present RANCHESTER PEP CLUB—Barbara Fleming. Margaret Kukuchka. and Betty Lou Goodill, cheer leaders; Miss Cunningham, Sponsor. STUDENT COUNCIL According to the regulations of the Student Coun- cil’s constitution which was ratified last year, the school elections were held September 13th. Arnold Tschirgi received the honor of being elected the Student Council President. Other offi- cers are: Vice-president, Robert Lyman; secretary, Roberta Goodill, and treasurer, Carol Carter. The class representatives are: Senior, Julia Cable; Junior, Raymond Kawulok; Sophomore, Dona Reed and James Melton; and Freshmen, Jeanette Kawu- lok and David Hallowell. Their first project was the outlaying of the “R. Arnold Trchirgi and Robert Lyman picked the best place for the location. They also planned the dimensions. Each year it is expected that Fresh- men classes, supervised by the Student Council, will add to the permanency of this symbol. On November 11 the Student Council gave a party. They invited the seventh and eighth grades from Ranchester and the high school and seventh and eighth grades from Dayton. The entertain- ment consisted of an “indoor track meet and danc- ing. This party was the most successful party given during the year. The 1949-50 Student Council will be remembered much longer for their presentation on Stunt Night than for any serious business meetings. Their skit of “Frankie and Johnnie was an original version, written especially for the membership of the coun- cil by their sponsor. Setting was raised to a drug store, the bartender became a soda-jerk, but the plot was unmarred. Roberta Goodill, as the outraged Frankie, shot “the man who’d done her wrong (Arnold Tschirgi) amid shouts of laughter from an audience that was practically falling out of the seats, while Julia Mae Cable, as a low-down blues singer scorched the mike with a rare rendi- tion of the old song. (See Page 32). Principal duties of the Student Council are to prepare the school calendar, to make rules and regulations for participation in school activities, and to help govern the school. PEP CLUB OFFICERS President ______________________ Roberta Goodill Vice President Joan Fiedor Secretary ...........................Julia Cable Cheer Leaders _______________ Betty Lou Goodill Margaret Kukuchka Barbara Fleming Sponsor________________________ June Cunningham This year the Ranchester Pep Club adopted a constitution. There has been a Pep Club in Ran- chester High for many years but this is the first written constitution. One of the things done was to choose a definite uniform. The girls all bought the purple skirts this year and hope to complete their uniforms with gold blouses next year. The cheer leaders, Margaret, Betty Lou, and Barbara did buy their complete outfits and this added much to the effectiveness of the club. One of our activities this year was our perform- ance at Stunt Night. We gave the skit “Before the Game. This was the Pep Club’s idea of an ideal football game. Roberta Goodill played the part of the team’s coach and you can imagine what a flashy looking football squad we made in the very latest styles. The Pep Club cooperated in the school’s effort for better citizenship by circulating the pop and candy around the hall instead of having a mad scramble between games and halves. We found that this not only cut down confusion but our candy and pop sales increased greatly. The outstanding event of the year was attending the Gillette Tournament. The Pep Club had very nice cabins on the edge of town and were very well pleased with them. A marvelous time was had by all who went on this trip. We are also sure that the girls who went to Gillette will agree that they would be ready to go back at any time if they could have as much fun as they did while they were down there in March. —Carol Carter, Grade 10. 4-H CLUBS AS RELATED TO RANCHESTER SCHOOL The 4-H is a national organization that is divided up into states, county and local units. I don’t be- lieve there is any other organization that offers as many opportunities as 4-H. Besides an educa- tion in a chosen project it is worth while financially and socially. Some of the rewards are trips to the National Congress at Chicago, the National Camps at Wash- ington, D. C., Denver Stock Show, and the Sjtate Fair at Douglas. The top award is a trip to Europe. Under the title of fun is mountain camp each summer, 4-H parties and 4-H fair where we com- pete for blue ribbons. The Canyon Livestock Club has carried off quite a few top honors. Our team consisting of Ronald Waston, Darrel Corlis and, Richard Masters who won first place in the judging contest at the bull sale. James Melton won first with his Grand Champion. We also placed first on the Reserve Champion Calves at the state fair. All of us feel that living up to the club pledge of Head, Heart and Health for our communities will help us to be more useful citizens. —Richard T. Masters, Grade 9. BOY SCOUT TROOP NO. 101 Under the leadership of Ray Dillon our troop took on renewed activity and interests. Ray has been keenly interested in making the meetings worth while and anxious to help each one do his best in meeting the requirements for each badge. He urged the troop to live up to the high ideals of Boy Scout. He has been helped by Larry Ad- dleman, assistant scout master and Robert Lyman, junior assistant scout master, and Eugene Facken- thall, junior patrol leader. Students from Ranchester school who are mem- bers are: Larry Cook, Jon and Peter Davis. Jack Fleming. Gale and Jerry Shatzer, Darryl Lowell, Dick and Robert Lyman, Frank and Eddie Ku- kuchka. David Hallowell, Richard Masters and Eugene Fackenthall. Highest ranking scouts in the troop are: Robert, life scout, with thirteen merit badges; Eugene, star scout with eight, and David, star scout with live. In February they took over the civil government of Ranchester for a day under Mayor Robert Ly- man. Not only did they receive some worthwhile experience but they netted the round sum of $43.25 in fines from Ranchester citizens who failed to ob- serve “the law to the letter. He has fine plans for the troops summer activi- ties. These include several camping trips, hikes and a more thorough study of woodcraft and re- lated subjects. —Eugene Fackenthall, Grade 11. 23— THE JUNIOR-SENIOR PLAY CAST AND DIRECTORS OF UNFORGETTABLE “JUNE MAD” After much difficulty in securing a worth-while play that would fit, in any likely manner, the varied talents of our four girls and eight boys, we went up into the “real royalty class’ and chose Florence Ryerson and Colin Clement’s delightful comedy, “June Mad.” The play was a stage adaptation of their novel “This Awful Age” which was first produced at Las Palmas Theater in Holly- wood in 1939. From the start it was a challenge to lift ourselves to meet professional requirements that such a play demanded. Production was further complicated when we discovered the Clearmont Tournament and other scheduled events conflicted with the date decided for presentation. Finally, we made up our minds to “just put it on in two weeks.” We admit school work lagged as we practiced every night but when it was over most of us felt it was easier to do it that way. We had delightful times practicing because it seemed to us the play clicked from the start. This year we had two sponsors: Miss Cunningham, who managed the costuming, and Mr. McCormick, who managed the stage directing. We borrowed Joan Fiedor, sophomore, for the extra girl we needed. Needless to say we all cooperated with our best efforts. Then came the big night! The hall was filled to capacity— we estimated attendance at four hundred. Four of us were ex- CHUCK: “I never saw you look any- perienced from being in last year's play; the others, except for thing like that before! Gee! Gee!” Act 3. some skits in “Stunt Night” were inexperienced. We old experienced actors assured them it was only natural to be scared to death. Lights out! The bright red curtain opened for the first official time to re- veal our stage, that included loans from nearly everyone in town. Everyone quieted down! On dash- ed Betty Lou and Tommy and the play was on! In no time everyone was calm. It all went off like clock work. No one missed a line. When it was over, we were so delighted that everyone was hug- ging everyone else in greatest excitement. Then compliments poured in from all sides. We felt the town was very proud of us! The cast was as follows: Penny Wood, fifteen year old daughter, Betty Lou Goodill; Chuck Harris, the boy next door, Thomas Fiedor; Mrs. Wood, the under- standing mother. Julia Mae Cable; Elmer Tuttle, the handy man, Arnold Tschirgi; Dr. Wood, a small town doctor, Eugene Fackenthall; Effie, the Wood’s hired girl, Roberta Goodill; Milly Lou, the neighborhood “brat,” Margaret Kukuchka; G. Melvyn Roberts, Mrs. Wood's brother, Robert Lyman; Roger Van Vleck, the college Romeo,” Bruce Portwood; Mr. Harris, Chuck and Julie’s father, Raymond Kawulok; Shirley Went- worth, the florist’s daughter, Joan Fiedor; Ralph Went- worth, the florist’s son, Frank Kukuchka; Julie Har- ris, Chuck’s glamorous sister, Loma King. It was a well balanced performance, it is impos- sible to pick any one for special praise. I think I will always remember it as expressed in Penny’s closing lines: “Oh mother—hasn’t it been a most won- derful evening!” —24— THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (In March the Sheridan Chapter of the Wom- an’s Relief Corp sponsored an essay contest. The title was “The Grand Army of the Repub- lic’’ and competition was open to all eighth grade students of the county. Ranchester’s rep- resentative paper was written by Tom Puett, who last year won first prize on his paper, Markers and Monuments of my State of Wyo- ming. Tom has won praise and respect for his successes. Not only is he considered a prom- ising young writer, but his willingness to co- operate in all manner of school activities has made him a well balanced, capable student). The Grand Army of the Republic was founded at Decatur. 111., April 6, 1886 from men who were in the 14th Illinois Infantry. Membership was open to any man who had served under the Union flag between April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865. There had been various local and regimental organizations before 1866 but the purpose of the Grand Army of the Republic was to organize the 1,890,000 Union veterans of the Civil War. Patriotism and loyalty were the foundations of the new organization. Chaplain-in-Chief Fallows said in 1868. “The Grand Army of the Republic represents to the American people and to the world the patriotism of the country, the grand struggles for liberty, and union of the great American army in 1861-1865.” The official newspaper of the G.A.R., National Tribune, took as its motto Abraham Lin- coln’s words. ‘To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and orphan.” As the organization grew it was able to do more for the disabled veterans and for the peace-time causes of liberty. In 1890 there were 409,489 mem- bers. By 1900 there were still 400,000. Their in- fluence for good citizenship and patriotism was lelt all over the nation. The G.A.R. had the support of all Americans. They established soldiers’ homes and hospitals. They helped educate their com- rades’ orphans. They caused Congress to pass the Disability Act” and grant pensions to veterans in need. The G.A.R. had to struggle to get the be- ginnings of the benefits that are freely given the veteran today. Until the G.A.R. made its fight, the United States had no policy about veterans’ rights. They had a good rule that said the G.A.R.’s influence could not be used for political purposes or for nominations or elections. After the war it was the custom for the southern ladies to decorate the graves of both Union and Confederate soldiers who were buried on southern battlefields. These deeds of kindness caused the G.A.R. Commander-in-Chief Logan to ask that May 30, 1868 be observed as a Memorial Day. The idea was suggested that the G.A.R. should sponsor the day. Later it was made a national holiday. The spirit of the G.A.R. is expressed in Julia Ward Howe’s great song. ‘‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic” and in George F. Root’s ‘Battle Cry of Freedom.” These songs were sung wherever the G.A.R. met in state or national encampments. Their official emblem was “a bronze star on which a soldier and sailor are clasping hands in front of a figure representing “Liberty.” while in the fore- ground are two freedmen.” The design is sup- ported on the sides by the flag. Sheridan’s G.A.R. Post was named “John Schuler Post Number 67.” There are no Wyoming G.AR.’s alive now. There are about ninety-six buried in the Sheridan Cemetery. The nearest living G.A.R. widow is Mrs. Goddard of Boulder, Colorado, who used to live in Sheridan. From the ideals of the G.A.R. there was formed the Woman’s Relief Corps. This is the oldest patriotic organization in the United States for women. It was founded at Denver, Colorado, in 1883. They are now carrying on the patriotic works of the once powerful G.A.R. Their chief aim to- day is to “teach true allegiance to the United States of America,” and “to encourage the spread of universal liberty and equal rights,” and to help all veterans and their families. In Wyoming they have made special efforts to Ynark soldiers’ graves and to care for the old nurses who served during the wars. Sheridan's John Schuler Women’s Relief Corps No. 19 was organized Nov. 23, 1903. It is a fine thing that the Woman’s Relief Corps have taken over because last September the G.A.R. held its last encampment. They met in Indiana- polis where eighty-three years ago, two hundred and eighty-eight happy-go-lucky veterans had held their first encampment in November, 1866. I think it is sad to think how old and helpless the last of these grand old patriots are! In eleven states there were fourteen living members left. Six of these were able to meet. Some were nearly blind, all were deaf, and only one could walk more than a few steps. They were pushed in wheel-chairs by M.P.’s of the United States Army who “treated them like China figures.” I wonder if these young men thought how some day they would be in the same shape. I guess the Legionnaires and Veterans of Foreign Wars wondered how long their organi- zations could last and how many members could live to be over one hundred! At the end of their three days’ reunion. Com- mander Penland, aged one hundred, said. “I close this last meeting of the Grand Army of the Re- public.” The oldest member of the G.A.R., James Hard, aged one hundred and eight, said, “I know it can never be but I have lived in the hope that we might some day have a meeting with the Con- federate veterans to prove to the world that we are a United States.” James Hard and the other veterans who lived until the World War I in Europe had already seen a reunited nation. In our last three wars and in our nation’s problems today the north and the south have stood together. The Civil War was terrible and was fought over honest differences of opinions. Without the “boys” who formed the G.A.R. the United States could never have been the great na- tion we are today. When the war was over, both the great leaders. Lincoln and Lee, told their fol- lowers to rebuild the states into a United States They asked the soldiers of both sides to forget their old differences. The leaders of the G.A.R. and the leaders of the South have both done their part to do this. Since the Civil War, the loyal allegiance to one flag, and to one union has been shown on the battlefields all over the world. Today we are proud that the great promise of “We. the people of the United States, in order to form a more per- fect union. ...” has been proven many times� I am proud that this is so. —Tom Puett, Grade 8. —25— THE MERCI TRAIN In February, Miss Verda James, deputy state superintendent, supervised a state wide essay contest in regards to “The Merci Train. This was open to the fourth, fifth and sixth grades and it was the first time such a contest has reached these grade levels. Their response was enthusiastic. Ranchester teachers felt that the friendly attitudes and better understandings to- ward a foreign people that resulted from these essays are among the most valuable rewards of the year’s work. Papers from each contestant were sent to the county superintendent’s office, where the best from Sheridan County will be chosen to be sent to Cheyenne. Wyoming’s win- ning essay will go to Mr. Drew Pearson, who planned the Friendship Train.” He will send the winning papers to France that the people there may know that the spirit of The Merci Train is not forgotten in Wyoming. The Rust- ler editor has chosen some reresentative papers from each of the grades competing:) MERCI. AMERICA—THANK YOU, FRANCE The Merci Train came from France as we all know. We are very grateful and I think they are grateful for the many, many car loads of food we sent them. We did not give our gifts to get some- thing back but the French wanted us to know how they felt. They took some old cars from the war long ago and filled them with things the school children and other people brought. There was enough for all the counties in all the states. They put the funy old cars on a ship that sailed to New York. On the sides of the ship it said— Merci, America.” I wish I could have seen all the things on the ship. I wish I could have gone back on the ship because I know I would be welcome in France. —John Puett, Grade 4. TWO FRIENDSHIP TRAINS In the spring of 1947 an American ship docked at Havre, France. A vast crowd cheered and waved. Due to World War II. France was in need of almost anything the United States could send. The sup- plies on this ship had been gathered from all over the United States by the Friendship Train, and were sent to the French people as a token of friend- ship between the people of the two countries. France said, “Thank you, America for the Friendship Train with the “Merci Train full of beautiful gifts from schools, stores, and soldiers. These gifts made forty-nine carloads. The United States has sent many millions of dol- lars’ worth of supplies to different nations across the seas but none will do as much good as these trains. Each gift meant someone had to give up something. This proved the people of both coun- tries want to keep their unbroken friendship. —Peter Davis, Grade 5 FRENCH AND AMERICAN FRIENDSHIP In 1947, when France was still suffering from the war, we sent them a Friendship Train because we knew they had so little food. They needed many things. In return, in 1949, the French sent America the Merci Train. This was a valuable collection of souvenirs from people all over France. These gifts were sent because the French and Americans have always been friends. The French helped Washington win our freedom. Many French came to America and became citizens. Years ago. France gave us the beautiful Statute of Liberty. But this is the first time the people themselves exchanged gifts. The gifts from both countries were useful or beautiful things and there were no guns or bombs to blow up whole towns. This is the best way to keep peace. If other nations would try to be friendly and help each other, the whole world would be happier. —Barbara Addleman, Grade 6. WYOMING EDUCATION—1850 1950 Education, as we think of it today, began in Wyoming in the year 1852 when Rev. Richard Vaux taught the school at Fort Laramie. He came as an Episcopal missionary and had headquarters at Fort Laramie. In 1860 Judge Carter of Fort Bridger opened the second school in the territory and, in 1866, he built the first school house in the state. This build- ing still stands at Fort Bridger State Park. The first frame school house was built on the Ed Smith Ranch on La Prele Creek in 1884. In that year the education board in Cheyenne ruled that education should be “free for all, regardless of race, color, or sex. Each community was to be responsible for getting a teacher, supplying board and room and buying necessary supplies. The law also said no religion was to be taught in the public schools. In 1870 Carbon County had four hundred children in school. This was more enrollment than in any other county but there were no public funds to pay the expenses. The story of progress in education is an inter- esting one. Schools were held in any available building or shelter. Some schools were in dirt roofed log cabins, others were held in box cars or sheep wagons. Text books and desks were rare. When school houses were built in a community they were also used for dances, programs, and church services. In 1873 a compulsory school law was passed saying all children between the ages of six and eighteen must have three months of school each year. By 1900 some good church schools had been built. These were usually Episcopal, Baptist, Mormon, or Catholic. In spite of pioneer conditions many fine teachers spread culture and influence from these centers. The largest private school in Wyoming was the Academy of the Holy Child Jesus in Chey- ene. This was founded in 1885. The most inter- esting school was the Episcopal Mission on the Wind River Reservation founded in 1873. Cheyenne had the first high school in the state in 1875 and Buffalo had the second one in 1881. In the year 1880, Wyoming Territory had thirty-six schools and forty-nine teachers. A sum of $22.121.45 was paid out for teachers’ salaries. Most of the teachers at that time were men. It was customary for Eastern girls to come to Wyoming to teach a term of school and then to marry a cowboy in the neighborhood. The first school in this vicinity was at Dayton for the term of 1886-1887. It was held in a log cabin built by J. R. Veach and it was next to the old Corner Grocery. The first school in Ranchester was held in 1899 in a tar paper shack, where Gra- ham’s Garage now stands. It was taught by Miss Kirby, of whom nothing is known. The next school was on the corner of Main Street and Dayton Avenue and was taught by Miss Christy. In 1913, after a heated election, the high school was or- ganized. Mrs. Luce was first principal. By this time the whole state was well on its way toward the fine educational system which we are enjoy- ing today. —26— HOW I GOT MY AI)S I came to school one day dressed for cold weather and looking like the very dickens. Almost all big boys were laid up with colds so 1 was asked to help the juniors and seniors collect ads in Sheri- dan. I didn't know the first thing about asking for an ad but I thought it would be fun and good ex- perience for me. The first thing my partner and I did was to walk into a big business place and ask for the man- ager. I was scared—I don't know why. I kept thinking. “Well, the manager can’t do any more than say no.’ ” When he came up I asked him if he would like to put an ad in the Ranchester Rust- ler. He said he guessed so and it was all over be- fore I knew it After I got that first ad I wasn’t nearly so scared and by noon I was really enjoying myself. We all met at the Sandwich Shoppe to eat and find out how everyone was coming along. Business people surely are funny. Some would say “yes” and some would say “no and some would start telling you they hadn’t made enough money, or some other big line, and end up by saying, “No.’ The manager of one of Sheridan's biggest chain stores told me, We have no place in our budget for petty advertising. We can get your business without it. But one man in another smaller busi- ness house said, “I think that advertising in the school annuals is the best form of advertising I do because as you kids grow up you read your year- book over and over. In that way, you always think of us as your friends.” I think he is right. When I have more money to spend I’m going to show that one firm it can’t get my business so easily! I learned a lot the day I got my ads. —Joan Fiedor, Grade 10 RANCHESTER BUSES Something new has been added! Yes. Ranchester school has added three new buses. Some people think of the new addition as an expense—but wait! Think of the money you are saving by not having to drive to Ranchester twice a day. That expense is all in the past. These buses were obtained this fall and include the following: One bus, driven by Mr. Ironhawk brings students in from towards Dayton. The stu- dents riding this bus are: Dona Reed. Marcia and Dick Masters, Walita Boyd. John, Nancy, and Tom- my Puett, Charlene and Clifford Kaufman, Mar- garet Kukuchka, Larry Paustian, Jeanne and Mar- vel Turner, Frank and Eddy Kukuchka. Bus two. from Wolf Creek, brings in these stu- dents: Joan, Tom, Joe, Edward, John, and Robert Fiedor; Jeannette and Raymond Kawulok; Brian Hauf, Don, Gary and Robert Kramer; Maxine, Frank and Jack Proctor. Bus three, driven by Marion Wondra, goes east to pick up these students: David Masters. Adeline Koch, Robert Prill, Gary Bocek, Arnold Tschirgi and Nancy Roswadovski. After these students are picked up the bus also goes out for Doris. Norma, and Donald Hauf. The other bus. privately owned and operated by Mr. Glen Lewis brings down Jean. Gary and Bobby Lewis; Francis and Robert Klinkosh; Jimmy Melton; Bruce Portwood; Dona Madron asd Robert Town- send. These buses carry many students who regularly would not attend Ranchester school. Other improvements in the school’s equipment have been the beautiful new curtain for the stage, the drinking fountain at the hall, three new wall maps and a modern atlas, and black shades lor the high school room. It has been much better to see. and easier to understand the movies shown in our classroom than it used to be over in the hall. —Shirley Lewis, Grade 10 HOT LUNCH We have a wonderful hot lunch program this year. Mrs. Cecil Paulus is the cook and Mrs. Paul Kukuchka is her helper. They serve about seventy lunches a day which amounts to 7,000 for the year. The lunch program received the following things from the government: Apples, plums and pears as fresh fruits; prunes, milk and eggs as dried; 1801 pounds of potatoes, 200 pounds of cheese and also, honey, butter, tomatoes, orange juice, peanut but- ter and peaches. I think that all the kids have enjoyed all the meals that have been served. An event that will be long remembered was the wonderful Thanksgiving dinner which was served with the help of the Women’s Club. There was plenty of turkey for all as well as “all the trim- mings. Mrs. Paulus has been assisted by Carol Carter, assistant secretary, Joan Fiedor, checker, and Mar- jorie Balden, counter. —Joan Fiedor. Grade 10 Here’s to the fellow who is the first to come and the last to leave school every day. For three years he’s worked the hardest but he still hasn’t graduated We hope he’ll continue with his course in manual arts. Though it never seems to give him any reward, the real compensation for all his efforts is that he has over a hundred admiring friends who will always remember him as a pleasant part of their school year. THE RANCHESTER SUNDAY SCHOOL In September we started our Sunday School for the winter. Rev. Reeder was our superintendent. Due to the illness of his wife, he had to leave us. We were sorry to lose them. They had lived in Ranchester for three years. We also missed Lois Reeder. In November, Clyde Richey, who was the junior boys’ teacher, returned to his home in Mon- tana. The teachers we now have are: Mrs. Aaron Fer- guson, pre-school children; Mrs. John Black, pri- mary: Dona Madron, junior class, and Rev. Dye, adult class. Mrs. Michael Gazur is our superin- tendent. Our average attendance is 20. Rev. and Mrs. Dye come out from Sheridan every Sunday to our Sunday School. After Sunday school we have church. Rev. Dye is the minister. At Christmas time we gave a successful Christ- mas program that was greatly enjoyed by every- one. Although we had no curtain and had other difficulties in fixing our stage, we gave an impres- sive nativity scene with Peter Davis, reader, Alixie Paulus as Mary. David Ferguson as Joseph, with Nancy Masters and Carita Shipley as the angels. All the children, even the pre-primary, had a part. Treats were given to all children who attended. We have had wonderful times and much benefit from our Youth Fellowship organization. Our first meeting was held on November 13, with Clyde Richey as our leader. The officers are as follows: Arnold Tschirgi, president; Joan Johnson, vice presi- dent; Adeline Koch, secretary; Shirley Lewis, treas- urer; Darlene Fleming, scribe; Julia Cable, song leader; Dona Madron, pianist. After Clyde Richey left us. Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Henz took his place. Every third Sunday in the month we have a party in the hall. We always have good times at these gatherings as we have fun playing games and we especially enjoy the refreshments. Christmas Eve we went caroling. —Dona Madron, Grade 10 ST. EDMUNDS CHURCH Since the St. Edmunds church of Ranchester has been built we have done many things to help the church. We have organized a choir and also a Rosary Altar Society. The Rosary Altar Society gave a dinner to help the church. The money that was made on the dinner and raffle was divided between St. Edmunds of Ranchester and St. Thomas church at Monarch. After Father Hmelvosky left Father H. Kraus took his place. We all enjoy him and hope he will be here for a long time. —Joan Fiedor, Grade 10 MRS. CORA ADAMS Mrs. Adams, now a resident of Dayton, Wyoming, was born in Siqouney, Iowa. There she attended a country school until the age of nine. Then, with her parents, she moved to Indianola, Iowa, where she attended grade school. She continued her edu- cation in the high school there until she graduated in the class of 1888, at the age of seventeen. She was one of the nineteen girls of the twenty-eight pupils. After her graduation. Mrs. Adams moved to Des Moines. Iowa, where she married Mr. Ed Adams, September 25. 1889. Before Mr. Adams was married, he knew the poet. Will Carlton of Hillsdale College, Michigan. It is from Will Carlton’s books, particularly “Farm Ballad” and “Farm Fiestivals.” that Mrs. Adams has selected most of her serious recitations. In March. 1890, Mr. and Mrs. Adams moved to the Judith Basin in Montana but that fall they came to her father's ranch, thirteen miles from Dayton. At that time Dayton's population was about one hundred, Sheridan was atx ut the size of Dayton today, and Ranchester wasn’t even in existence. They lived on various ranches. Some of their most thrilling experiences occurred at the Reno stage crossing in Montana and at the Wolf Creek Station on the Missouri River where they lived in 1892. Her stories about the Indians are interesting and exciting. She recalls when Medicine Tail was Chief of the Crow Indians. He was chief when they were removed to the reservation. Mrs. Adams’ life has been varied and remark- able. She and Mr. Adams have managed various ranches, including the IXL. She has worked at any number of jobs, on various boards, but, most strange of all, she was once foreman at the sugar factory in Sheridan. She is an authority on local history and the folk lore of this country. She has known, to some ex- tent, practically everyone who has lived in this vicinity for any length of time. All her life it has been her hobby to read extensively and she can discuss any subject that you bring up. As a public speaker she is best known for her old time ballads and many readings that she has selected to entertain any kind of an audience. Mrs. Adams welcomes any student who wishes to ask her about the events or the people that have made the his- tory of our part of Wyoming. —Ina Jeanne Turner, Grade 9 MRS. CORA ADAMS ADDRESSES GENERAL ASSEMBLY The high school was honored December 20, with a visit from Mrs. Cora Adams, who for many years has been a resident of Dayton. She has also lived in Ranchester but she came to this vicinity when Sheridan and Dayton were merely little stopping places. She introduced her talk with a few experiences of her own school days. She then recited some old ballads, and gave some readings. Some of them were: “Setting the Old Blue Hen,” “Kentucky Phil- osophy, “Church Wedding,” and, best of all. “Gone With a Handsomer Man. Her talk was so greatly enjoyed that we asked her to tell us more of early days in this country. The stories she told about Charlie Russell were most interesting as so many of us have read his books. Mrs. Adams knew Charlie when she and her husband lived in the Judith Basin in Montana in the summer of 1890. At this time Charlie Russell was not yet famous as an artist. “He was just one of the boys, on the ranch,' she explained. “He was tall, lanky, and so bowlegged he couldn’t stop a pig in an alley. ... He was always drawing or print- ing. He used to have Ed (Mr. Adams) pose for him and the tall cowhand with that hat that you see in many of Charlie’s pictures is Mr. Adams.’. Mrs. Adams said when Charlie went to town he usually took along a picture to sell. She assured us the stories told about Charlie getting drunk are unfair to him. He did sell pictures to the bartender. Charlie liked to have a good time with the boys and it was at the bars that crowds met. “There never was a finer gentleman,” she assured us. We have had many speakers from all over the state visit our school, but we all feel that Mrs. Adams’ visit and her talk was the best any of us had ever heard. —28- —Ina Jeanne Turner, Grade 9 RANCH ESTER ARTISTS VISIT KLEIBER STUDIO For quite a few years Ranchester High School has been hampered by not having anyone who could draw well enough to illustrate the paper or the annual. We had to depend on tracings. This year the freshman class was fortunate in having three members who, we feel, will make a name for them- selves in the field of art. They are Ina Jeanne Turner, David Masters and Robert Townsend. Our fourth artist. Adeline Koch, entered the sophomore class from Dayton. David has drawn most of the covers for the paper. The cover and the class motif page are Robert’s. Other division pages are arrangements from all contributors. Adeline spe- cializes in girls and gorgeous dresses, David loves horses and cowboys. Ina Jeanne prefers animals. Robert’s tastes are more diversified as you may judge from the illustrations in this book. He has adopted as his signature, the arrow and peace pipe crossed, whereas David has a signature that is all but copyrighted. One beautiful afternoon in May these artists and a few students who are especially appreciative of art were taken by John McCormick to call on Hans Kleiber at his studio in Dayton. This proved to be an unforgettable experience. We were most gra- ciously received. The studio is on the outskirts of Dayton and though it is on the highway one feels as though he has dropped away into a little world of beauty, far from any outside interference. Mr. Kleiber showed us a collection of his etch- ings and water colors and then showed us how he made an etching. He told us he came to the United States from Austria in 1900. Remington’s paintings had a pro- found effect upon him and he studied them dili- gently and tried to imitate the action and color of Remington’s great pictures. His etching, “Leaving the High Country,” is a picture of elk in the Big Horns. It won the medal in 1931 at the Print Makers International Exhibit in Los Angeles. Other titles of his most famous prints are “Cross- ing the Platte,’’ “Snow in the Rockies,’’ and Geese Crossing Wyoming.’ He has done more than any other artist to celebrate Wyomings beauty in dis- tinctive etchings. Mr. Kleiber now devotes more time to water colors, which are just as beautiful but are not so tedious and tiring to make. To us, who were fortunate enough to be selected to go. this was the most delightful experience of the school year. —Julia Cable. Grade 12 Second Generation at Ranchester While browsing through some old school files, one comes upon some very interesting material. One day. when I saw my mother’s name on the regis- ter. I wondered how many children’s parents had attended school here. When I finished checking, I found that 20 per cent of our enrollment were second generation students. There are three of these—Bonnie and Buddy Black and Mary Ann Ku- kuchka—who can claim both parents as Ranches- ter students. The list includes: Joan. Tom. Edward. Robert, and John Fiedor. children of the former Agnes Belish; Roberta and Betty Lou Goodill. daughters of the former Mabel Masters: David Masters, son of for- mer Nora Barker: Dona Reed, daughter of Clifford Reed; Tom. John, and Nancy Puett. step-children of Clarence Paustian; Joe and Peter Davis, sons of former Lee Rhodes; Jack and Alexie Paulus, chil- dren of Cecil Paulus; Danny Paustian, son of Paul Paustian; Brian Hauf, son of Fred Hauf; Bonnie and Buddy Black, children of John and Hazel (Rawlings) Black; Rebecca and Judy Rawlings, daughters of Cap Rawlings; Ronald Schilling, son of Rudy Schill- ing; Toni Smith, daughter of Chuck Smith, and Mary Ann Kukuchka. daughter of Paul and Pearl (Newlonj Kukuchka. It is also interesting to note that Arnold Tschirgi is the son of former Gertrude Burke, who taught here; Jon and Peter Davis are sons of Phil Davis, former Ranchester principal; David Hallowell is the son of Mrs. Jack Hallowell (Lois Jenkins), and Bev- erly Barbula is the daughter of Mrs. Alex Barbula «Margaret Wandra), former Ranchester teachers; Richard and Marcia Masters are children of Mrs. Leonard Masters, who has substituted here so often that we feel she is one of the faculty. Mrs. Doris (Rhodes) Olson, our indispensable primary teacher, is a former Ranchester student, herself. All this infers Ranchester is a good, sound and settled community. Unlike many districts, it en- dures little of the drifting population that keeps some schools continually disrupted. Let’s hope that Ranchester stays prosperous enough and the school continues good enough to be the first choice for the next generation. —Roberta Goodill. Grade 12. (The following compositions are the best received from a suggestion: What pictures and thoughts come to you from the title of your favorite Rural Choir song?’’) AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL America, the beautiful is really three countries, Canada, United States, and Mexico. These countries all have many beautiful scenes. In Canada there is Hudson Bay, St Lawrence River, and the great national parks. The United States has many beau- tiful national parks too, and many wonders in every state. Mexico has jungles full of beautiful birds and animals. There are many other wonders that I have not mentioned. I would like to be able to travel all over this continent. Then I could really understand the meaning of America the Beautiful. When my trip was ended I would express in a story the sights I had seen and describe the scenes I liked best. I always think of my trip when we sing this song. America the Beautiful” was written by Kath- erine Lee Bates when she was on a trip. She was on the top of Pike’s Peak looking over the vast Colorado plains. It is one of my favorite songs because the words express to me the thousand beauties of America. —Clifford Kaufman, Grade 5. “GOIN’ TO SHOUT’ “Goin’ to Shout” is a song the darkies sing down south. It is a negro spiritual. The old ladies might think it is awful but the young ladies might think it is religious. It says: “Now all God’s children got a robe.” You and I have one too. We have a harp to play all over God’s heaven. The darkies think they will get shoes, too. when they get to heaven. You might sing this song very joyfully and it is a good one to sing when you’re moody. This song doesn’t sound like heaven to me but maybe if I went down south sometime I could learn to like it better. — Carita Shipley, Grade 6 —29— THE POET’S CORNER (Julia Cable eulogizes the spirit of the Ranches- ter pioneers as they initiate the laying of the Ran- chester “R on the ridge above town, with many profound apologies to Walt Whitman) Come, my fellow classmates Follow well in order, get your tools all ready. Have you your buckets? Have you your trucks to bring them? Pioneers! O pioneers! For we cannot tarry here We must climb, my classmates. We must bear the prick the prick of cactus. We, the youthful high school students The laying of the R” depends upon us. Pioneers! O pioneers! O you youths, Ranchester youths So enthused and full of action. Full of school pride And spirit. Plain I see you, see you struggling up the hill with the foremost. Pioneers! O pioneers! The detachments steady coming Down the edges, through the gullies, Up the hills so steep. Pushing, unloading. Through unbroken wilderness. Pioneers! O pioneers! O to struggle, carry buckets, To lay each rock with our bare hands. Has the hour come? That we may stop and go to yonder canon? Pioneers! O pioneers! The night has descended on that job so hard and toilsome But we were not discouraged on our way. But, in future years, students may look at this work of honor. Pioneers! O pioneers! —Julia Mae Cable, Grade 12 THE BIG HORN MOUNTAINS While driving along the highway You’ll come upon a change, A line of mountains towers It’s the Big Horn Mountain range. All at once your car starts climbing And you’re up to the great pine trees. The road starts winding back and forth Past lakes as blue as seas. The mountains fade into the distance As their crests sweep away to the west. These are Wyoming’s own mountains In the heart of the land I love best. —Adeline Koch, Grade 10. SOUTH AMERIC A Our room is studying South America, you know, Fun studying South America, isn’t it though? One day Mr. McCormick brought Betty Lou And Julia and Senor Tschirgi too. And they talked in Spanish the funniest way; I wished that they had stayed all day. We learned “amigo” was friend and Jack was Bobo,” And I was Chiquita, and Edie was “loco.” Julia called Betty Lou ‘Tsabellita,” And Arnold called Julia Mamacita.” We asked them every question under the sun And they just laughed and answered every one. If they said it right, I have my doubt, When I can take Spanish, 111 sure find out. —Marcia Masters, Grade 6. TWELVE O’CLOCK A misty cloud rolls on to reveal a bright moon The stars shine down upon my mystic world. The old town clock begins to strike the hour In loud, pealing tones that burst forth slowly— twelve times. Now, all is quiet; not a sound reechoes through the night, except the soft tick-tock. Down by the swamp the rising fog circles and twists Its white, icy fingers that clutch out. grasping and sinister. Then the slow breeze catches it to carry it away But for a moment more it lingers—writhing and reluctant to leave. Dawn creeps in to steal away this peacefulness. A few yellow rays begin to cast their light over the hills. Tis sad to see the orange moon hide its face be- hind the town And begin to fade away to make room for the bright, scorching sun. Already contentment and solitude are fading; the quiet hours of peace are over. But I shall wait for another night When I alone can survey the dismal fog, the moon, the distant stars And listen to the friendly noises of the night When the old town clock smiles down and speaks to me alone—twelve times. —Dona Reed, Grade 10 JACK FROST Jack Frost is always playing tricks On—he doesn’t care if they’re poor or rich He’ll even visit us country hicks And playfully bite my nose! He draws mystic gardens on each window pane And sometimes he even writes his name But before the morning sun sees him at work He’s crept away on his toes! —Tom Puett, Grade 8 R. H. S. SCHOOL SONG (Julia Mae Cable composed the following to the tune of “Marching Along Together’ in honor of the boys going to the District Basketball Tournament, held in Gillette. March, 1950): Ranchester High is our school, that’s the place you’ll always choose Speak of her name with honor—For she gives her best to you! Sportsmanship clean and teamwork, spirit and pride in our school These are the things we want to shout; these are the things we brag about. Let’s give a cheer for the old home school. PHEASANT SEASON When I’m in school these lovely days. It makes me think of the pheasant’s ways. He calls and struts and flies today, He won’t be there some other day. He flies about in happy flight. To keep the hunter from his sight For if he meets the hunters gun. It would end his merry fun. He walks around and thinks he’s swell. But he can’t escape the bird dog’s smell. He took off from the ground too late, And that’s what caused his awful fate. —Frank Kukuchka, Grade 11 —30— School ... as Seen Through the Eyes of The Rustler Staff.. DEDICATED TO: I. To those who have fluttered around the gushy fountain of love which flooded a por- tion of R. H. S. this year and produced some peculiar and yeasty attractions; II. To those who drank too deep- ly at this intoxicating and, there- fore, found themselves suffering, bickering, weeping, and quarreling in a state of sour disillusionment and hate, which is the twin of love . III. To the good old solid middle class kids who smirked and snorted at the antics of the first group, who made un- mentionable remarks about the tears of the second group but who. after all. learned their ‘social science” in the class- room. ♦The Rustler uses the word “love” as cribbed from the definition in Arnold Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.” Fifth edition, page 594. which states: “A feel g of strong personal attachment indue ed by sympathetic understanding: ardent affection.” (I wonder how Webster knew all this?) ft.D.T —31— THE RANCHESTER ART GALLERY (Pages 32 and 33) PAGE 32— I and 3—Ranchester vs. Big Horn, here, Feb. 3 (p. 19) 2.—Ranchester vs. Dayton, here, Jan. 10 (p. 19) 4.—Ranchester Pep Club’s cheer leaders: Barbara Fleming, Margaret Kukuchka, and Betty Lou GoodilL 5 and 10—The faithful Pep Club celebrate the Rust- ler’s winning second place at the District Tour- nament at Gillette (see p. 35). 6—Student Council’s production for 1949 Stunt Night —“Frankie and Johnnie,” with Roberta as Frankie: Arnold as Johnnie: Dona Reed as Nelly Bly; Robert Lyman as the accommo- dating waiter (p. 23). 7, 8 and 9—Freshmen initiation: Richard Masters as “Maggie:” Jean Lewis as “Ally Oop;’’ Donald Graham as “Mamie.” PAGE 33— 1— Freshmen initiation (see p. 7) 2— The new “Bald system of rechecking the double check” (see p. 36). 3— Science field trip: Donald Kramer at Steamboat Rock. 4 and 8—Scenes from Aunt Margaret’s “While the cat’s away the mice will play.” 5— Our business-like buses and “Miss Bus of 1950” (see below) 6— The RUSTLER picks the “Rustler Queen of 1950 —Lorna King as she appeared as Julie Harris in “June Mad.” (see p. 24) 7— The lovely decorations for the “Junior Prom,” May, 1949. 9— Ranchester’s two promising singers: Donald Hauf and David Schreibeis, ready for special per- formance at County Choir (see p. 11) 10— Ranchester’s Discobolus, Arnold Tschirgi, be- ginning spring practice for annual track meet. II and 12—Ranchesters’ course of study dwarfs lives of two overworked students, Jimmy Melton and Loren King. The RUSTLER, ever alert to follow the most ultra-modern trends in education, shuddered upon reading the PATHFINDER of February 8, 1950, in which Dr. E. T. McSwain of Northwestern Univer- sity stated: “If we do not lighten the load of our school children we are going to have more and more physical and mental breakdowns in the fu- ture.” We eagerly combed our files to see if the Ran- chester course of study was adding to the disas- trous trend of modern education. We are proud to prove we have done our part to warp our stu- dent’s lives. Look at these two cases: We can re- member when yesterday they were simple little school boys. Today they are overloaded sopho- mores. The Rustler suggests two years’ vacation with full credit and a written apology from the school board. Prints of these pictures will be sent Dr. McSwain, C. O. D. 30 cents. (See pictures 11 and 12. p. 33) THE OWENS CREEK BUS What is more conducive to a vigorous day than to rise before dawn, do a good day’s work while groping your way through the blasting cold, eat your oatmeal, catch a bus, and arrive bright and frisky a whole half hour before the town sluggards are even remembering where they left their hats? What picture could the RUSTLER present that is more truly American than this eager group of fu- ture citizens who are compelled by law to attend school. So, to get a clearer insight, your Rustler reporter interviewed Jimmy Melton, The Sage of Owens Creek. “How do you find yourself these fine crisp morn- ings? I asked. “Oh, I just throw back the covers and there I am!” As I visualized this pretty picture I understand why Jimmy is known throughout R. H. S. as the Owens Creek Flash.” He went on to tell how many cows he’d milked, scutters of coal he’d car- ried and how many chores he’d done when “Cousin Marjorie.” who could never understand why he is called The Flash, said savagely, Well, Why brag about it?” “Gosh,” said Jimmy, “that’s why I do them.” But she got even with him a week later. It was 32 below on Owens Creek and it had made him a bit under-par. Noticing his vacant stare, Marjorie inquired, What are you thinking about ” “Nothing.” Oh, for goodness sake, take your mind off your- self!” she said as she hurried off to look for a mis- placed receipt book. Next to The Flash the most interesting person aboard the bus is the Little Country Mouse who has divided her R. H. S. experiences between lead- ing her class and developing a case of nerves. The He-stuff” was especially worrisome. It took her one semester to arrive at the conclusion that boys were not only unnecessary, but positively abhor- ent. She learned a great deal from comparing notes with the brazen City Mice. Once she asked the president of the Student Council if he thought a girl ought to tell everything she knows? “Well, yes,” Arnold advised, “but that’s all.” Researching further, she asked if one should tell everything that happened. Margaret interrupted to say, “Sure! Why I even tell my Jimmy a lot of things that never happen!” This saying got about, I know not how. and caused a great lull in the 8:30-9 chatter period. .Jean has a little brother named Bobby who, in later years will be a big passenger on the Owens Creek Bus and then he, too, can rank the RUSTLER joke section. Right now he is fairly well under the thumb of his big sister and so shares in little or the sympathy she has for others. Once Bobby complained someone had called him stupid. Don’t stand for it, said Jean. “What’ll I do? “Make him prove it, she advised. Jean has another brother on the bus too. His name is Gary, but he is a disciple of The Flash. Gary’s teacher asked him one morning: “How did you find the weather out on Owens Creek ” Oh, I just went outside and there it was!” thus proving you can pick up more lively come-backs from The Flash than you can from just almost any- body. —By the Esso Essay Queen of 1949 At last the great day arrived—MY HUNTING DAY! We were up bright and early and were soon on our way. When we finally arrived at our desti- nation it was very cold and snowy . After we had hunted for what seemed like hours. I saw a big buck deer with horns like a tree. I shot and shot until suddenly, I realized the shoot- ing I heard was Dad slamming the door trying to wake me up. —Jimmy Melton SADIE HAWKINS’ DAY Oh! You better watch out; you better run fast. Sadie Hawkins’ Day has come at last. Around this corner and around that hill Sadie Hawkins gals are out to kill! First they’re here and then they’re there Gee Whiz! I guess they’re everywhere! Now if you’re not careful, you’ll be caught For on this day your love’s besought. —Carol Carter, Grade 10 THE CANDY MACHINE I’m that handy gadget that hangs in the hall I’m convenient to everyone: poor, short, and tall I have the handiest handle; all you do is just pull At noon I’m restuffed, so I’m always quite full. Don’t get up to eat breakfast. But, instead. I’d say: “Buy a candy bar at school to start off the day; And at ten o’clock buy another so you can munch Thus you can spoir your appetite for the school lunch. Then, if you have some money left, spend it with relief It will only burn your pockets there and cause you so much grief! Put it in the nickel slot; sure—that’s what it’s for. Eat it up! Spend today! Tomorrow there’ll be more! Ever since I’ve been hanging so gracefully there One by one the tooth decays and pimples do appear. Though your mind’s not good, your jaws may grow stronger day by day From chewing gum and candy bars—at least that’s what they say. It’s been swell that the athletes have broken from their diet For they’re growing heavier—though some, of course, deny it— But the chocolate produces calories and vitamines they claim And the energy always needed if you're going to win that game! So, don’t save your money; it’s old fashioned and it’s “sill!’’ If you “gaum” up your insides you can always take a pill. When you want something badly, at some much later date You can say, “I must have spent it for something I ate!” —Jean Lewis, Grade 9 THE RANCHESTER GIRLS REST ROOM BECOMES GLAMOUR ROOM The Hanchester girls can now take up glamor for we have a large mirror in our “Glamor Room.” Why! Next thing you know we will all be glamor- ized! The secret lies in some left over money that the F.H.A. Girls had when their organization had to disband because we have no home economics de- partment. The girls decided to use the money for a nice long mirror to replace the little mangy, mil- dewed one that made you look like something in a fun house. Pop Wolfe did a nice job of putting it up. but we would rather have it the other way up. I guess Pop Wolfe thought we ought to see if our petti- coats showed. Also, if we had it the long way cross ways about six girls could glamorize, but the way it is now only three girls can comb their hair without thinking they are combing somebody else's. We hope we can continue to keep our glamor room on the road to being beautiful. When we slip in to talk over our private affairs, it would be nice to have a couple of soft couches. Too, we need some soft lights to help hide our blemishes. —Joan Johnson, Grade 9 THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT AS I SAW IT About five o’clock on Thursday morning. March 2. the Pep Club girls were wide awake. We were in the hallway of the school when our transporta- tion arrived. By five-thirty, all noses were count- ed and the suitcases were packed into the cars. With sweet voices we boarded the bus. Believe me when we returned our voices weren’t very sweet! Mrs. Reed took some of us in her car. Mrs. Lyman took the others in the school bus, which she drove like a real veteran. When we got to Gillette all our worries about finding our place to iftay disappeared quickly, for it was not hard to find the Rohan Cabin Camp. Then, the blow fell; we were told that since most of the basketball boys were staying there, we could not. The Rohans had made reservations for us. however, at a place called the Green Trim Court. We were very happy with our accommodations. The cabins were comfortable, and were beautifully furnished. , After hastily unpacking, we rushed to town. We bought paper, Scotch tape, glass wax. and other things with which to decorate our cars. When we finished the decorating, we took off for the gym to attend the Dayton-Ranchester game. After much yelling, and many tense moments, victory was ours! By this time we were getting extremely hungry. There was a mad dash for the restaurants. That aft- ernoon some of the girls were worn out—to put it mildly—and decided to take a short nap. which lasted about four hours. Others attended the after- noon basketball session. Thursday evening we attended the basketball games and then returned to the cabins to “hit the sack.’’ Betty Lou informed us that she wasn’t go- ing to get up until eleven o’clock the next morn- ing. She got up about nine-thirty—she had to— there was too much noise to sleep. Many things were done on Friday. Mrs. Lyman took some of us for a ride on “Lover’s Lane,” to “Courters’ Look-Out. one of the most popular spots in town. From this big hill we could see all of Gillette. Julia Cable joined the Pep Club on Friday after- noon We were all glad that she was able to at- tend part of the tournament with us. Friday evening most of the students attended the show. (Quite interesting, wasn’tt it girls?) Bright and early Saturday morning, we were busily decorating our limousines (if that’s what you want to call them). We certainly appreciated the rolls and hot cholocate that Mrs. Lyman pre- pared for us. Some of the main attractions of Saturday after- noon were: (1) the purchase of squirt guns, which you had to have if you wanted to protect your- self; and (2) the arrival of Shirley Lewis and Ina Jean Turner, who came down to watch the boys play in the finals. All the girls ate their dinner together Saturday evening. We ate at the Goings Cafe. We had a delicious dinner which consisted of chicken fried steak with all the extras. Saturday evening all of us went to the Big Horn- Ranchester game. This game was being played to determine the champions of the Class B division. We lost the game, but we were happy to receive second place It was a very tired group of girls who returned to the cabins after the final game. Some were eating spaghetti and chili which Mrs. Lyman had made for them. Others were worn out and were in bed trying to get some sleep. One of the most interesting things of the trip was the atom bomb perfume that Lorna had. So far as the Pep Club is concerned this trip was the high spot of the year. —Margaret Kukuchka, Grade 11 A Physics Expert Writes a Letter (One day You-Know-Who was sick, so dear old Cece” said she'd take the daily letter. By a mas- terful stroke of interception—no names mentioned —we swiped it. Here ’tis:) Dearest: Centrifugally speaking, I am circumscribing you this letter to neutralize your bases of jealousy and acids of lonliness. It seems many electrons ago since I saw you but, upon reference to my watt- meter I see you have been gone only three joules. Mere formulas cannot express how much I miss you—you, who are the generator of my happiness —you, who call me “your ohm.” One day of ab- sence leaves a percentage of voids in my life that is subjecting me to a stress and strain that comes within a few verniers of my elastic limit. The ver- tical sheer given me by your absence has disturbed my entire equilibrium. By the use of Euler’s for- mula, in conjunction with the boiler code, I dis- cover the Junior Prom is but a month away. I have calculated that I can set slope stakes in your path of Fate by asking you to present your structure at that next floor vibrator. How wonderful to anticipate your moment of inertia palpitating against my lateral struts with all the force of cohesion of a biaxial loading. The very thought of this tells my shunt-wound inductor that no one could be an alternator for you. My power factor is too low to write more but. please don't give me an answer on the negative axis. Yours with hysterics—Bobbie A TRIBUTE TO THE SENIORS FROM A JUNIOR (Continued from Page 5) The third senior we must say good-bye to this spring is Julia Cable, sometimes referred to as “Gentle Julia. Like Roberta, she always has good ideas and is always ready to lend a helping hand wherever she is needed. She has a gifted contralto voice and many who have heard her sing agree that she would do well if she developed this talent. However, Julia has chosen to be a Medical Technoligist. Her most active interest lays, perhaps, in Spanish, a class in which she has done more than well. She hopes some day to take a trip to Mexico and South America. THE PHONOGRAPH The Physicist, Arnold Tschirgi (The physiocrat) writes an essay for Mr. Ironhawk for much- needed-extra-credit. A phonograph, or talking machine, is a gadget used for playing phonograph records. Sometimes it is called a record-player, gramophone, or turn that blankety-blank thing off! A phonograph will play any kind of music—which might mean some- thing, but not especially. The phonograph was in- vented by Thomas Edison, who was nearly deaf. The first phonograph record was of Edison recit- ing Mary Had a Little Lamb, ' but they’ve im- proved since then. A phonograph consists of the following: a rec- ord, pickup or tone arm. an implifier to make it too loud and a loudspeaker. (Soft speakers haven’t yet been invented). Phonographs have been clas- sified as high-fidelity, medium-fidelity, and jute boxes. There are people who will swear that jute boxes are high-fidelity, but you know some people. High-fidelity means what you get out is a faithful reproduction of what you put in, but not visa-versa for obvious reasons. The theory behind the phonograph is very simple. On the record are little grooves that wiggle back and forth in accordance with the music. The phono- graph needle slides along these grooves so it wig- gles back and forth too. This vibratory motion is transmitted to the pickup by the needle which con- verts it to electric energy—volts, amps, watts, and that sort of stuff. All of this then goes into a lot of tubes which implifies it. Then it goes to the loud speaker which has a little motor that wiggles a large hickey called a diaphram. This alternately condenses and rarifies the air converting the elec- trical energy back to the noise which is what you started with. If you want to know more about the phonograph just read almost any book entitled “Physics.” This will hold you for a while. Physicists, like me, are applying the phonograph to make school easier. In March issue of “LOOK”' the University of North Carolina proves you can educate yourself while sound asleep. This means Ranchester School will be a better place in the future. Pupils can run around all night, show up for 7:30 roll call and lie down on their mattresses, which they will have instead of desks. The teacher will merely slip ear phones on each drowsy head, turn on the phonographs, and. as Dr. Ratcliff writes: “The way is now open to use profitably —that great portion of life that “formerly was blacked out in sleep. (See p. 46. Look. Mar. 14). I think the phonograph is the most useful thing in physics. FARM LIFE Horses and sows, Mooing old cows. Ducks and chickens. Boys who need lickins. Dogs that howl. Cats that prowl— The farmer and his wife Live a wonderful life! —Carita Shipley, Grade 6 —Lorna King, Grade 11 —36— Senior Class History In the fall of 1937 nine innocent little children entered Ranchester Public School holding on to “Mommie's” or “Poppa's” hand. Did I say innocent ? My! how they —well anyway those who are left — have changed since then. At the end of our first year another brilliant student—brilliant? Well, I guess that's not stretching the truth—moved in. Her name was Roberta Goodill and it still is Roberta Goodill, for a while at least. In the second grade only four original members remained, as sev- eral moved away. The class was now made up of three girls: Julia Mae Cable, Roberta Goodill and Betty Jean Weber, and one boy, Arnold Tschirgi. Now, I guess you can imagine what it would be like to be the only boy in a class, especially when two of the girls are the smartest in school! Did you say “poor boy ? Well, that's putting it rather mild- ly. I’ve heard it from pretty good sources that he lost four years growth trying to keep up with them. (Kind of a lucky break though, if you know what I mean). Did I hear you say that some other boy probably moved in, in a year or so? Well you're almost right: two more girls joined the class: Rita Chapman in the fourth grade and, later, Arlene Condray in the sixth. Both stayed only one year. Then in the eighth grade Betty Jean Weber mov- ed away. Deloris Edmonds enrolled for the sophomore year and even though she said she liked us, she didn't come back the next year. In case you have derailed in this scram- bled narrative, I will take time out to run down the long list of the students remain- ing in the 1950 Senior Class: Roberta Goodill, Julia Cable, and that one boy— Arnold Tschirgi. Since our sophomore year, although many students have come and gone into other classes, none have entered ours—but then none have left it either, thank good- ness ! So as the school year 49-50 draws to a close it is not without a mixed feeling of joy and regret that we think of setting foot for the last time as students in Ran- chester High School. —Arnold Tschirgi CLASS PROPHECY On June 10, 1960, at the Cafe Caliente Rojo, a large “RESERVED” sign was set on a table in the main Banquet Hall. In fulfillment of a solemn promise this time was the first reunion of the class of ’50 from Ranchester High School. The first ex- student to enter was Arnold, still noted for his promptness. A few hours later Roberta and Julia breezed in. This class had gone far in the world in the in- tervening ten years. After warm greetings, they modestly told each other about their accomplish- ments: Arnold Tschirgi said he now made his home in Santiage de Chile where he was president of the South American Broadcasting Company. He had his own “Tschirgiology Programme” on which he broadcasts his “Arnoldisms” al uno a las dos todos las tardes. He explained he was Jefe-General of The Pan-American Inter-Cultural and Bi-lingual Committee for Promotion of International Relations and Exchanges for the now vastly extended Demo- cratic Party. Roberta GoodiU. who flew down for the occasion from her estate on the Hudson, was manager of the famous “ROBERTA’S BAKE SHOPPE” of Fifth Avenue. New York. The only baking she, herself, did was to favor special customers by baking choc- olate chip cookies, for which she had been famous in Ranchester. For pin money, she planned and supervised SuperDuper parties for millionaire play- boys and Broadway celebrities. Julia Cable held a position in a Buenos Aires hos- pital as a medical technician. Her Spanish had made it possible to hold this job as she made the terms sound so much more terrifying in Spanish. She swore, too, that she had learned the funda- mentals of extortion in physics class at R. H. S. in the 1950. She says the subject is still being taught at Ranchester! Three days later, at the end of a new high in hilarity for the Caliente Rojo, they bid each other “adios —very tired and very hoarse. They meet again in 1970. —Julia Mae Cable SENIOR WILL We, the Senior Class of 1950, Ranchester High School, being small in number and great in bronze bequeath the following: ITEM I— To the freshmen of 1950 we bequeath our un- blemished record. To the faculty we bequeath many untold jokes. ITEM II— First—To Eugene Fackenthall, Arnold Tschirgi bequeaths his position on the basketball team. Second—To any struggling girl that needs it, Julia Cable bequeaths her physics book. Third—To Raymond Kawulok. Roberta Goodill bequeaths her position as editor of the school paper. Fourth—To anyone that can find it. Arnold Tschir- gi bequeaths his English book. Fifth—To anyone that wants it. Julia Cable be- queaths her position as annual editor. Sixth—To Lorna King, Roberta Goodill bequeaths her unpublished book on “How to Catch a Hus- band.” Seventh—To Bruce Portwook. Arnold Tschirgi bequeaths his ability to talk himself into and out of trouble. —37— —Roberta Goodill SCHOOL CALENDAR SEPTEMBER— 6 “Howdy pal!” “Alright, shut up and sit down!’' 13 Student Body holds election; girls hog offices to prove the male is becoming the weaker sex. 22 Freshmen initiation; fun for all, with Arnold as “Master of Ceremonies.” 23 Teachers’ Reception given by the Ranchester Women’s Club. OCTOBER— 6, 7, 8 Teachers’ Convention in Casper; Oh Boy First vacation! 12 Everyone trying to think; we need a school motto. Nearing end of first quarter; everyone now thoroughly uneasy. 28 Annual R. H. S. Stunt Night proclaimed a great success. 31 Women’s Club entertain at annual Hallowe’en Party; plenty of prizes. NOVEMBER— 3 “Oh, no, I won’t wear a straight skirt; I want a ballerina!” 8 Pep Club gives tea for their mothers (who are worked, as usual, for a donation). 11 Student Council gives party for Ranchestez and Dayton H. S. student bodies. 16 Margaret, misquoting last years’ English: “A thing of joy is a boy forever.” 17 R. H. S. go to see Henry V. 18 Cold and clear; lovely to go somewhere again 24 Carol, very thrilled: “Can you keep a secret?’ Beverly: “Yes, I can, but it would be just my luck to tell someone who can’t.” DECEMBER— 2 Junior-Senior Play, “June Mad,” goes down in history as a performance that will be hard to top. 9, 10 Basketball season officially opens wth Clear- mont’s invitational tourney. Placed traditional third. 13 Mrs. Cora Adams charms R. H. S. with her delightful visit; is remembered as the most entertaining speaker ever to visit school. 15 Guess what? English 9-10 has a test! 16 “I was the highest of all who failed!” 18 Jim: “Those new girls don’t seem very intel- ligent.” Dave: “No, they don’t pay any attention to me either.” 21 Ranchester Elementary present Christmas pro- gram; Brownies steal show.—Happy Christmas vacation begins, especially for Dona R. who has an extra dollar JANUARY— 1 It’s just as I told you—There will be school Monday.” 9 Select Rustler group solicit ads. 17 Pop Wolf turns Girls Club room into “Salon”; new mirror. 19 Margaret K. hands in that bookkeeping on time; red-letter day. 30 New mirror gets workout; Mr. Rocht’ord takes the annual pictures. 31 State Department representatives give us a friendly visit.—Remember what he said about using your golden opportunities? Too sugges- tive for Don. FEBRUARY— 1 If Greasewood wuz a sophomore he’d say: “Jest 108 more daze till next vacation. 3 “Where is your annual article?” 15 Dona Reed: “I had a nice quiet evening alone with a book last night.” Beverly: “I’m afraid that is going to happen to me too, if the coach doesn’t stop checking up on the rules so often.” MARCH— 2-4 District Tournament at Gillette. 14 Senior tests. 15 Julia: No matter what happens, there is al- ways someone who knew it would! 21 As spring approaches. R. H. S. boys begin to feel more GALlant and the girls feel more BUOYant. 31 High School Girls give boys “Sadie Hawkin. Day” party. APRIL— 3 Bobby, very gay this morning: “I feel like a two year old!” Arnold: “Horse or egg?” 20 Wanted: Some excitement in R. H. S. 21 The Junior-Senior Prom. We note the modern dance has developed by leaps and bounds. 26 Artists visit Hans Klieber Studio. 29 Junior-Senior Sneak Day. More “Golden Mem- ories.” MAY— 1 Last Senior Class meeting; now everything IS under control. 6 Sheridan County Choir. 12 Senior Girls’ tea. 14 Baccalaureate. 17 Commencement. June, 1950 First Senior Class stop: St. Edmunds. May, 1958 Julia Mae Cable addresses graduating class of Vassar College. Subject: “Solomon wisest man ever lived because he had so many wives to advise him.” November, 1964 Senator Arnold Tschirgi elected President in unprecedented Democratic land- slide. WOOPS! We meant to stop this calendar way back in 1950 but we hate to lose track of such in- teresting people. THANKS TO OUR MANY FRIENDS Each year we are impressed and encouraged with the willingness of the Sheridan County business men to give advertising space in THE RUSTLER. The many unsolcited compliments have meant much to us and the wide spread interest in the set-up, content, and spirit of our an- nual has made the entire job of preparing this book more pleasant. Again, we urge our readers and patrons to note the names of our friends who, actually, are the real sponsors of this book. Without their help this publication would be impossible. This year an excellent and dependable group of students canvassed more thoroughly and in a more business-like manner than ever before. Later, advertising methods and attitudes were discussed as related to us. A typical experience may be seen on page 27 entitled “How I Got My Ad.” To the advertisers, we say: “Thanks for the friendship.” To the community, we say: “May our friends be yours.” In addition to the advertisements which follow, the following donated toward the publication of this book: Kellner’s................................. $2.50 Sawyer’s................................... 2.50 Country Night Club ........................ 2.50 Walter Mentock ............................ 2.00 Catteral Service ........................ 1.00 Central Market............................ 1.00 Hammer-Staunton, your Chevrolet dealer...... 1.00 Tony Pelesky............................... 1.00 Star Grocery ..............................— .50 Tomsik’s................................... .50 City Cafe................................... 50 RANCHESTER STATE BANK Your Home Bank Since 1912 CAPITAL $10,000 SURPLUS $17,500 Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation BE SAFE—INSURE YOUR CAR, HOME OR RANCH PROPERTY For INSURANCE See C. C. RAWLINGS AGENCY RANCHESTER WYOMING —39— “A QUEEN FOR A MAYOR” While exchanging notes one evening on the early history and development of the “Twin Cities” on the upper Tongue river, I casually observed that Dayton is said to be the first incorporated town in the United States to elect a woman for a mayor —Mrs. Susan Wissler. To which a Ranches- ter business man replied: “We can match that. Our town is the first one in the United States to have a Queen for a mayor.” And so Mr. Gus Queen, long time resi- dent and Mayor of Ranchester becomes the subject of this sketch. He had intimate knowledge of the extension of the Bur- lington through to Billings, of the newly established tie-camp in the mountains, and of the beginning of Ranchester, which soon became a loading point for ties and tim- bers as they were floated down the river. Following is a brief account of his earlier life: Mr. Queen was born near East La Porte, North Carolina. 84 years ago the 26th of this May. His parents, Benjamin M. and Mary C. Queen, christened him Gustavus Beauregard. His father, an ordained min- ister, left his pastorate to serve in the Southern army for the duration of the Civil War. When he returned his small son was so captivated by his officer’s uni- form that it was decided to cut the suit down to the boy’s size. In trying to live up to his uniform, Gus almost overdid the part the next few days. As time passed his desire to become a soldier increased. He was encouraged in this by a friend of the family, then a mem- ber of Congress, who suggested courses that would prepare him for the entrance examinations to West Point. As the end of his last school year ap- proached, the family held a conference during his absence. When he returned he found his mother greatly distressed by the thought of his entering the army. She re- called how the farm had been repeatedly overrun by raiding troops while she was left alone to carry on with three young children. The sight of her tears broke down his resolution. Putting his arms around her he promised to give up his plans for en- tering the army once and for all. (Continued on Page 47) RANCHESTER GARAGE WELDING AND REPAIRING—WRECKER SERVICE CONOCO GAS AND OIL Virgil Graham, Manager CORNER GROCERY JOHN AND HELEN HANFT Meats - Hardware - Drugs - Gas - Oil DAYTON WYOMING FOR GRADUATION t The Exchange of Photographs keeps the memories .... binds the friend- ships of happy school days The ROCHFORD STUDIO SHERIDAN WYOMING Junior girl (hoping to be Rustler editor in 1951) to Julia: “How in the world do you make up all your jokes?” Julia: “I sit down and laugh, then think backwards.” Congratulations to Class of 1950 Ranchester High School CLOUDS PEAK PRINTERY This Annual printed in our modem shop by letterpress and offset processes 48 East Loucks Street Sheridan, Wyo. Have your meat well dressed AT Ranchester Slaughter Service “CUSTOM BUTCHERING” WHOLESALE MEATS ONE-HALF MILE WEST FROM RANCHESTER OFF HIGHWAY 14 CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 RANCHESTER CAFE AND HOTEL Open Daily SHORT ORDERS FOUNTAIN SERVICE HOME MADE PIES CAKES Public Telephone RANCHESTER WYOMING KING MOTOR SERVICE PARTS — PRECISION MOTOR RECONDITIONING—WELDING All Work Strictly Guaranteed IVAN KING, Prop. RANCHESTER WYOMING CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 BLACK JOHNSON MERCANTILE CO. Home of Del Monte Quality Products FROZEN FOOD LOCKERS FRESH MEATS Try Our Cured Hams - Shoulders - - - Bacon —43— CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1950 MOUNTAIN INN JOHN AND MARTHA CHALFANT DAYTON WYOMING BEST WISHES FROM SKRETTEBERG BROTHERS LET US SOLVE YOUR DITCHING ANI) EXCAVATING PROBLEMS GRAVEL HAULING DAYTON WYOMING Dona Reed carried off high honors when she appeared as the Arkansas school mar’m for the Sophomore’s presentation for Stunt Night. Some of her better “Hawkers”, rehashed for the RUSTLER are, we think: Gladiator: “That old hen wasn’t laying any eggs, so I’m gladiator.” Contrite: “My sister writes beautiful poetry but I contrite a thing.” Insulate: “How come you got insulate?” Heresy: “Is that a crack in my soup plate or is it a heresy ?” Gruesome: “Father did not shave for a week, and gruesome whiskers.” Juicy: “When we came through the alley, juicy what I saw?” Examine: “I had fruit for breakfast in addition to examine bacon.” Deceit: “Ma makes me wear pants with patches on deceit.” Moron: “In winter, women wouldn’t be so cold if they had moron.” STOP AT THE RAN CHESTER SERVICE STATION W. S. Tschirgi SIGN OF THE “FLYING HORSE” CONGRATULATIONS TO THE Class of 1950 SHERIDAN NORTHERN WYOMING’S LARGEST NEWSPAPER The Sheridan Press Visits Over 6900 Homes Daily CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 Everything for Better Homes Lumber Cement Lime Plaster Balsom Wool Zonolite Rock Wool Fir-Tex Wall Board Upson Wall Board Presdwood Anderson Windows Regular Windows Doors Mouldings Hardware Philco Radios and Refrigerators Majestic Ranges Youngstown Kitchens Coleman Products Washing Machines Easy and Speed Queen G. E. Light Bulbs Martin Senour Paints Nails Steel Posts Barbed Wire Fencing All Kinds of Tools If It Is Lumber or Hardware We Will Try to Have It V. C. Johnson Lumber Co. RANCHESTER, WYOMING CONGRATULATIONS FROM DAYTON STOCKMAN’S BAR MARK McMANUS WYOMING “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR” (Continued from Page 40) Gus felt now that he had slipped his moorings. Not waiting to finish his school year at the local grammar school, which corresponded to our present high school, he took the first available job with a con- struction crew on the North Georgia rail- road between Murphy. N. C., and Marietta. Ga. He was promoted to sub-foreman be- fore going on to his next job as time keep- er with the Knoxville Southern. He was a general crew foreman when he met Rep Jones and joined his as rock man in rail- road grade work. Rumors of rich placer discoveries lured him to the Black Hills of South Dakota. A few months of washing gravel with uncertain gains, began to grow monotonous for a young fellow with itchy feet. Of his trip to this section and his sub- sequent experiences Mr. Queen gives us the following account: “The Burlington had reached Sheridan in November, 1892. Work would be resum- ed on the Billings extension and junction with the Northern Pacific the following spring. Another fellow, Cleve Ferguson, of Arkansas, and I hiked down fYom Hill City to Newcastle early the next May. hop- ing to land a job on the new work. We packed our beds and grub. In these days if you didn't have your own bed it was just too bad. We camped out one night on the two-day trip. (Continued on Page 53) RANCHESTER CABINET SHOP GUY RHODE. JR. — WILLIAM BISSERTT General Carpenter Work and Plumbing Phone 865-R4 Ranchester, Wyo. BEST WISHES TO THE SENIORS OF RANCHESTER HIGH SCHOOL 1950 N U BAR RANCHESTER, WYOMING CHUCK and MARY LEE STOPKA “JUST A FRIENDLY PLACE FOR FRIENDLY PEOPLE” “The Best in Automatic Coin Operated Music” THE JOHNSON NOVELTY CO. “Service Is Our Motto” CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 CITY LIQUOR STORE “Most Complete Line of Finest Quality” 511 North Main Sheridan, Wyoming BEST WISHES FROM YOUR FRIENDS ALEC MARION B. Sc W. Service Station Ranchester Finest on Highway 14 EMBLEM OF EXCELLENCE Gateway Service Station On Highway 87 • • OIL • WASHING • GREASING Ranchester • MILLER TIRES Wyoming CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 PRILL BROS. SHEET METAL WORK Heating - Cooling Bottled Gas Appliances PRILL BROTHERS RANCHESTER — SHERIDAN Phone 353-W 40 E. Fifth St. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 “TONGUE RIVER” HONEY HEALTHFUL — DELICIOUS — HIGHLY NUTRITIOUS TONGUE RIVER AI’IARIES RANCHESTER WYOMING Excerpts from a pep talk: Coach: “You can be outstanding athletes for twenty years if you will abstain from sweets, do not smoke, or drink, play cards, or stay out late at nights and not have dates. Moreover, you can live to be a hun- dred—even if you don’t live that long, it will seem like it.” Fat Son went to town with you know who. They were wandering around rather suspiciously when a cop hailed them. “Hey, whatcha doin’ over there?” Don: “I’m looking for a parking place.” Cop: “But you haven’t got a car.” Don: “Yes I have, it’s got the parking place I’m looking for.” CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ’SO From DIAMOND LUMBER HARDWARE “Everything to Build Anything” —51— 229 East Brundage Sheridan, Wyo. t Jcmmj Qcanwmj, |nc. DAIRY PRODUCTS PLANT — GRADE A — PRODUCTS -BUTTER -MILK -ICE CREAM -BUTTER MILK -SWEET CREAM -COTTAGE CHEESE Your Best Buy! JewAj eiutve v| Jr c. SHERIDAN, WYOMING BAKER BROS., JEWELERS Keepsake Diamonds Bulova Watches 16 N. Main St. Sheridan, Wyo. DODGE PLYMOUTH CARS and TRUCKS SHERIDAN MOTOR CO. OLIVER FARM MACHINERY —52— ■+ 48 West Loucks Sheridan, Wyo. M. S. TORBERT SON SAND and GRAVEL — PIT RUN — ROAD GRAVEL Phone 1951 164i 2 N. Main St. Sheridan, Wyoming A QUEEN FOR MAYOR” (Continued from Page 47) “When we got to Newcastle I called on Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick Bros, and Collins, who were general contractors handling the Burlington extension. Frank Mondell, lat- er Congressman for Wyoming, was then chief of office force. Kilpatrick was su- perintendent of construction. He was a rough and ready Irishman and knew rail- road building from A to Z. “ ‘How about a job with your outfit?’ I asked. “ ‘Have you had any experience?’ Kil wanted to know. “ ‘Sure, I did rock work for Rep Jones in the South.’ I told him. “ ‘Rep Jones? Is the old so-and-so still alive? He used to be my side kick. If you worked for Rep Jones you can work for me.’ “So kilpatrick laid out my work for me. I was to pick up a crew and go on to Sher- idan. Meanwhile board and transportation would be provided. ‘‘I gathered up thirty-four men in all. but when we got to Sheridan things began to slip. Expecting to go out with a full crew next morning, I discovered that all but four or five men had taken French leave. Some headed for the new tie camp on Sheep Creek and the rest just faded out. Feeling that my usefulness to the Bur- lington was over, I sent the men who were left out to another crew, and, with my companion from the Black Hills, I set out on foot across country for Dayton. We passed the Aber ranch on Wolf Creek. We were on the road two days. (Continued on Page 55) CONGRATULATIONS from TED LANE’S GROCERY 2000 North Main Sheridan, Wyoming CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 BAND BOX CLEANERS -53- Phone 600 Sheridan, Wyo. SIKORA’S CASH GROCERY Quality Meats — Groceries — Fruits — Vegetables — Ice Cream TONY M. SIKORA, Owner 802 North Main Sheridan, Wyo. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 from RYAN SHERIDAN COMPANY Del Monte Distributors Sheridan Wyoming CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ’50 545N.MA1H u II SJURIDAN. WYO. Telephone 162 P. 0. Box 353 “A QUEEN (Continued from Page 53) “Dayton, dating back to 1882. was by now a busy center for an area extending rough- ly from Wolf Creek, along the base of the mountains, to Pass Creek and eastward for some distance down Tongue river. “A post-office, school, general merchan- dise. hotel, livery stable, blacksmith shop, restaurants, and saloons were ranged along the main street. Many of the buildings had false fronts typical of most frontier towns. Numerous dwellings were scattered here and there among the trees. “We slept out in the sage brush back of a combined restaurant and laundry ran by a Chinaman. My buddy was enthusias- tic about the eats the Chink put out, par- FOR MAYOR” ticularly the biscuits. When I remarked that I had seen the Chinaman a little ear- lier squirting water over the dough through a little tube in his mouth, much as they dampen clothes, he didn’t eat any more biscuits. “After resting awhile we started up the divide between Tongue river and Ams- den Creek for the tie camp on Sheep Creek. The trail we followed was traveled by Gen- eral Phil Sheridan and his escort and pack outfit in August. 1881, on an official tour of the Big Horns and Yellowstone Park. Although the trail bears the General's name, it had evidently been used for some years as a short-cut over the Big Horns. (Continued on Page 61) “WE SERVE THE BEST” SANDWICH SHOP MARION and “AL” SNIDER 32 North Brooks St. Sheridan, Wyo. Youre Always Welcome at BROWN’S WALGREEN AGENCY DRUG STORE Sheridan Wyoming CITY CLEANING DYEING CO. Established 1910 “COME CLEAN WITH US AND WE LL DYE FOR YOU” ■ % ;• � fV � - Phone 638 124 S. Main St. SHERIDAN WYOMING SHERIDAN CASH-WAY LUMBER COMPANY ’’Stock Growers and Farmers’ Department Store” ALL GOOD BUILDING MATERIALS FOR LESS SUCHTA SERVICE STATION PHILLIPS 66 PRODUCTS 1810 North Main Sheridan, Wyo. OLIVER SALES COMPANY DuPONT AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT HARDIE SPRAYS 815 North Main Phone 409-J CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ’50 FROM Sheridan Live Stock Commission Co. —56— t The “prom” always brings in the spring crop of stories: “Is she as pretty as she used to be?” j “Yes, but it takes her longer.” “I go with her because she is different from other girls.” “Is that so?” “Yeah, she was the only one who would go with me.” “Well, anyhow, I bet....could have come with anybody she pleased.” “Then why isn’t she here?” “She never did please anybody!” CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ’50 From 0. K. BARBER SHOP CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ’50 ICE BOX GROCERY MARKET PETE AND GUS BOORAS, Props. Phone 282 520 Coffeen Quality First — Service Always GOOD LUCK TO THE RANCHESTER RUSTLERS FROM —57— 109 South Main INSURANCE FOR EVERY NEED” Phone 94 JACK and JILL SHOP INFANTS’ AND CHILDREN’S WEAR Gift Wrapping Free Boys’ and Girls’ Wear — Infants’ to Size 14 249 N. Main Phone 545-W VALLEY MOTOR IMPLEMENT CO. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER—Sales and Service .. TRUCK TRACTOR IMPLEMENTS DAIRY EQUIPMENT REFRIGERATION Sheridan Phone 729 Wyoming CONGRATULATIONS From FARMERS’ CO-OP. OIL COMPANY Dealing Cooperatively in All Petroleum Products, Auto Accessories and Farm Supplies Phone 383 Sheridan, Wyo. COMPLIMENTS OF CHAPEK’S BEN FRANKLIN SHERIDAN WYOMING CONGRATULATIONS FROM CAPITOL DRUG STORE THE FRIENDLY DRUG STORE SHERIDAN, WYOMING McC., disgusted again: “Aren’t you ashamed to be at the bottom in a class of 24?” Tony: “Oh, that’s not so bad. Suppose I was in Sheridan!” . r - 4 k'v ------------------------- .-i', i • i- A To explain the transition of astrology to astronomy, the teacher asked for some signs of the zodiac. “Taurus, the bull,” said Ina Jeanne. “Good, another one, Dick.” “Cancer, the crab.” “Right! Now, Tony, another one.” Tony looked puzzled and then said, “Mickey, the mouse?” • '------------:--------------------:--------;OU V----------------- CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 From Sheridan CLASS CAFE “BEST PLACE TO EAT eV� % Wyoming TO THE CLASS OF ’50 THE REED MORTUARY AMBULANCE SERVICE Phone 86 Sheridan, Wyo. Flowers for every occasion! Grown in The Sheridan Greenhouse Sheridan Wyoming CONGRATULATIONS AND GOOD LUCK VAUGHN RAGSDALE OUTFITTERS FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY Shoes — Ready-to-Wear and Western Togs CONGRATULATIONS TO CLASS OF 1950 From PATIO SHOP “YOUR FASHION STORE” 16-20 South Main Sheridan, Wyo. “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR (Continued from Page 55) “The camp operated under the firm name of Starbird and Hall. Starbird was a prac- tical timber man and ran the outfit. Hall, then postmaster in Omaha, took care of the finances. Some of the men working there were drifters from the scene of the Johnson County Cattle War a year earlier. Others had followed the Burlington, or were local men. I got a job running an edging saw. Cleve started cutting timber. “The flume extended down to the river a mile or so below. It was a V-shaped affair of boards, resting on pole trestles. This was an innovation in flume building as most of them had flat bottoms. Ties and timbers were decked up at convenient places and when enough water was turned in to float them easily, they were fed into the flume and dropped into the main stream. Here ‘river-rats’ kept them mov- ing downstream to be distributed where needed. Supplies and machinery were freighted up the old Red Grade between Smith Creek and Columbus Creek. At the foot of the hill beyond the last crossing of Smith Creek, a boarding house and stable accommodated freighters beginning the big climb or returning, with trees lashed to their empty wagons to steady them. The road gave access to most points on the north part of the range and was a very busy thoroughfare during the next twenty- five years. (Continued on Page 62) BUNGALOW GROCERY A. M. BARNEY, Prop. ALL STAPLE GROCERIES MEATS FRESH VEGETABLES FRUITS 1277 No. Main Sheridan, Wyoming Phone 349-J CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ( LASS OF 1950 PANETTA BROTHERS WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS Sheridan Wyoming TUDOR CLEANERS HATTERS ------ CLEANERS----TAILORS 415 North Main Street SHERIDAN WYOMING “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR (Continued from Page 61) “When pay-day approached the latter part of June, Mr. Hall came out to check the pay rolls. His train was late on the return trip and when he went to his bank next morning the doors were posted with ‘closed.’ The panic of 1893 was on. All of his funds had been swept away. He wired Starbird at Sheridan. When the messen- ger brought the telegram to camp. Star- bird explained what had happened and asked the men to be patient until Hall could raise the money to meet the pay- roll. Excitemen ran high, the hot heads demanded their pay right now, or else. Several of the cooler-headed men. includ- ing Cleve, Joe Johnson, and myself, stood by Dan Starbird and urged patience. There would be a way out, although it might take time. And nothing could be gained by hasty action. Our better judgment pre- vailed and most of the men went on with their work. “Cleve and I built a cabin down at the forks and began clearing out the timber there Just when news came of the im- pending sale of the tie camp to Donnolley and McShane. of Omaha. I don’t remem- ber. As negotiations progressed it was learned that the new firm would assume all indebtedness. (Continued on Page 65) BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1950 THE SHERIDAN COMMERCIAL CO. 303 Broadway Sheridan, Wyoming The First National Bank of Sheridan Oldest Bank in Sheridan County Established 1890 Member Federal Reserve System Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation “BEST OUT WEST” ENRICHED FLOUR “TOMAHAWK” FEEDS SHERIDAN FLOURING MILLS Sheridan, Wyoming FOR THE PAUSE THAT REFRESHES DRINK COCA-COLA “COKE- ASK FOR IT EITHER WAY SHERIDAN COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. Sheridan, Wyoming CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATES OF 1950 0O0 NORTHERN WYOMING’S FINEST vr- MONARCH COAL “THE OLD RELIABLE” Since 1904 Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co. PHONE 787 MONARCH WYOMING BOORAS Super FOOD MART “To Serve You Is Our Pleasure To Please You, Our Desire” 504-506 Broadway Sheridan, Wyo. Phone 437 BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1950 ELEVATOR SERVICE STATION SKELLY PRODUCTS Marvin and Annie Hayhome Sheridan, Wyo. “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR” (Continued from Page 62) When I had cleaned up my part of the tie strip, the urge to travel again became more than I could resist. A congenial young fellow, who worked on a nearby strip, shared my urge and we were soon plan- ning to see more of the world. The prob- lem of getting from here to yonder loomed large—but not for long. One of the men owned a 2%-inch wagon and a light span of government mules. When we told him of our plan, he was more than willing to make it a threesome. We were to furnish the supplies and he would provide trans- portation. “I asked Cleve to draw my wages and I would catch up with him later. He ex- pected to spend the winter with an uncle in California, and he gave me the ad- dress. We drove on down to Dayton where we laid in a supply of groceries, oats, to- bacco. overalls, etc. Then we headed for Montana. Our driver knew the country thoroughly and we would travel till our supplies gave out. then work awhile again. “This was the beginning of a succession of trips, details of which would fill vol- umes and can only be sketched in part here. Five weeks later found me in Bill- ings. Some one told me that Cleve had been looking for me for several days, but had left on the westbound passenger only that morning. Somehow in the shuffle I lost his uncle’s address, and since neither of us had a permanent address, we never got in touch with each other again. (Continued on Page 69) “WE TRY TO PLEASE” SCHRE1BEIS BAKERY 558 N. Main St. SHERIDAN WYOMING WORTHAM MACHINERY COMPANY Wyoming Distributors CATERPILLARS Phone 2070 Sheridan, Wyoming Where You Are Assured of Right Prices WILEY OIL COMPANY DISTRIBUTORS —NORTHERN WYOMING RPM MOTOR OIL CHEVRON GASOLINE DAYTON TIRES 44 S. Gould Box 273 Phone 961 Sheridan. Wyoming Mrs. Olson: “Whoever taught you that awful word?” Her prodigy: “Santa Claus.” “Santa Claus!” “Yes, when he fell over the chair in my room Christmas Eve.” In a kindergarten class, the flags of various countries were being shown. “What flag is this?” asked the instructor. “This is the flag of my country,” answered a bright little tot. “And what is the name of your country?” was the next question. “ Tis of thee,” came the prompt reply. SHERIDAN TYPEWRITER SUPPLY CO 241 N. Main Street Phone 182 SUPPLIES . . . SERVICE . . . RENTALS Sheridan . Wyoming GOLDEN RULE STORE HOME OF MUNGSINGWEAR for Men, Women and Children Specializing in Quality Merchandise Phone 18-W Sheridan, Wyo. 211 N. Main NORTHERN LUMBER CO. 820 N. Main Street Sheridan, Wyoming Phone 1617 RAPPUHN MOTOR CO. CHRYSLER — PLYMOUTH Sales and Service Minneapolis-Moline Farm Machinery and Tractors CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 From Your Friend MERVIN CHAMPION Sheridan, Wyoming WYOMING HATCHERY MOUNTAIN VITALITY CHICKS From the Shadows of the Rockies Jim Bloomfield 109 S. Main SHERIDAN Andy Coulter Phone 94 WYOMING ZULLIG AGENCY INSURANCE REAL ESTATE — RENTALS — BONDS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 220 N. Main Sheridan, Wyo. house of bea HELENE CURTIS COLD WAVES FREDERICA’S MACHINE u t y ZOTA’S FLUID WAVES WAVES EVERYTHING TO MAKE YOUR HOME BEAUTIFUL EVERYTHING TO MAKE YOUR HOME LIVEABLE Sheridan, Wyoming Phone 180 Paint — Wallpaper — Draperies — Curtains — Baby Furniture — Bedding Radios — Refrigerators — Electric and Gas Ranges “A QUEEN (Continued from Page 65) “I dropped off at the Sickle Bar, on the lower Rosebud, for a few weeks work. Later we reached Tongue river via the head of Lame Deer and headed for the Black Hills. Here I spent some time at the plac- er diggings which had lured me to the Hills before coming to the Big Horns. Glowing tales of the Pacific Northwest now caught my fancy and one day I stepped off the train at Spokane. Work in the lumber camps or on the railroad provided me with funds for traveling. “When the wanderlust overtook me again I drifted eastward via Ogden and the Union Pacific. I wound up in Arkansas FOR MAYOR” where I got a job in the coal mines, on the Indian strip. It was in this region that I had worked for Rep Jones some years ear- lier in railroad construction. “A fellow I palled around with told me one day that he had a letter from a buddy across the Mexican border from El Paso stating that he had found good gold pros- pects. So it was the ‘Land of Manana’ for us. We reached a beautiful secluded valley near the Chihuahua border where the prospector had established his claim. Reports from his assays, as he deepened his shaft, were very encouraging. We filed our adjoining claims. (Continued on Page 71) 23 N. MAIN ST. P. O. BOX 935 TELEPHONE 323 SHERIDAN’S ELECTRIC CITY, Inc. HOMER GEBO. Manager G-E APPLIANCES—ELECTRICAL FARM EQUIPMENT CONTRACTING AND WIRING COMMERCIAL AND DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION. APPLIANCES. MOTOR. RADIO — REPAIRS AND INSTALLATION SHERIDAN WYOMING SHERIDAN BREAD CO. BREAD—ROLLS—DOUGHNUTS BIRTHDAY AND WEDDING CAKES OUR SPECIALTIES Phone 1247 Sheridan, Wyo. 45 East 5th St. FOR YOUR MUSIC NEEDS See the DAVIS MUSIC STORE “Everything in Music” Phone 846-J Sheridan, Wyo. THE LINOLEUM FURNITURE STUDIO 38 South Main Street Phone 826 Sheridan, Wyoming COMPLIMENTS OF WYO and ORPHEUM THEATRES A FOX THEATRE . . . THE PLACE TO GO K and D SERVICE STATION WARREN E. EADS CONOCO GAS, OILS AND GREASES 409 Coffeen Ave Sheridan, Wyo. “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR (Continued from Page 69) “Our claims were on a part of a large hacienda dating centuries back to an old Spanish grant. Two very pretty senoritas lived nearby. My companion proceeded to lose his head right away and soon mar ried one of the girls. As time passed, news of our activities reached a big syndicate, who promptly of- fered my buddy $20,000 for his claims. He refused to take less than $50,000. One morn- ing shots rang out across the valley. Know- ing that they could kick up a revolution any time down there, I sold my claim to my Mexican neighbor, for $100, and beat it for the States. Three weeks later I learned that my buddy, his wife, and fa- ther-in-law were wiped out in one of those sporadic ‘revolutions.’ T returned to the Big Horns and was soon repairman on the flume, working out from the saw mill on South Fork. There were eight main camps by now, including camp 8. above Woodrock. (Continued on Page 77) C0NGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 JORGENSON JEWELRY CO. FAMOUS FOR DIAMONDS HELBROS WATCHES Sheridan Wyoming SHERIDAN WRECKING HOUSE ‘24 HOUR WRECKER SERVICE Phone 655-W Sheridan, Wyo. • RURAL GAS SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT • BOTTLED GAS •ALL HOME APPLIANCES • FARM FREEZERS AND REFRIGERATION Sheridan Refrigerator Appliance Co. CRESCENT HOTEL CORNER And Here Are Your “ARNOLDISMS” for 1950 Arnoldism for Seniors: Education is what you remember after you forgot what you learned. For R. H. S.: No wonder there is a lot of knowledge here; the fresh- men always bring some in and the seniors never take any away. For English Class: Truth is stranger than fiction, and more decent. For Loren: It’s better to get up late and be wide awake, than to get up early and be asleep all day. For the Junior Romeos: I don’t think a girl makes a fool out of a man. She merely directs the performance. For Marjorie: If worries were wind, what a cyclone she’d be. For History Class: It seems as though all the truly great men are dead—and I don’t feel so well myself. NEIGHBOR’S SERVICE STATION 500 N. Main St. U. S. ROYAL TIRES SINCLAIR PRODUCTS SHERIDAN, WYOMING Compliments of CHURCH BEVERAGES DEALERS IN Commercial and Medicinal Compressed Gases BOTTLERS OF Vess Cola - Whistle - Bubble Up VESS BILLION BUBBLE BEVERAGES CLICQUOT CLUB GINGER ALE 215 Broadway Sheridan, Wyo. BUY YOUR GRADUATION GIFTS at SCHAEFFER’S FOUNTAIN GIFTS Open Sundays and week days until 11:00 P. M. for your convenience RHODES-COOK MOTORS, Inc. lt eie’s SHERIDAN WYOMING +• —«• TMAN'S FRONTIER SHOP CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 • MOTOROLA RADIOS • ZENITH AND R.C.A. VICTOR • HADDORFF PIANOS • WURLITZER PIANOS • WURLITZER ORGANS •RECORDS • BAND INSTRUMENTS • DINNERWARE • GLASSWARE • WESTERN GIFTS • “HALLMARK” CARDS • KLEIBER ETCHINGS • LEATHER GOODS • SOUVENIRS A Gift for Every Occasion THE MOST INTERESTING SHOP IN SHERIDAN —74— Bob Totman Irene Totman COMPLIMENTS OF NORTHERN SEED COMPANY H. D. WATENPAUGH A. W. HERRMAN Phone 141 Sheridan, Wyo. Now That You’re EDDICATED KEEP HEP and INSTEP WITH KWYO Mutual — Intermountain 1410 on the dial Sheridan, Wyoming WOW! . . . EVEN MORE THAN EVER “BUICK’S THE BUY” at RILEY MOTOR CO. 61 South Gould - Sheridan Phone 177 “Better Buick Care Keeps Buicks Better’ PLUMBING PROMPT SERVICE—GUARANTEED WORK No Job Too Big—None Too Small Phone 2090—Free Estimates FRISBY MODERN PLUMBING HEATING DAYTON SHERIDAN Pontiac Cadillac GMC TRUCKS COMPLETE SERVICE BODY SHOP RADIATOR REPAIR WESTBROOK MOTORS PHONE 435 “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR” (Continued from page 71) Upwards of 800 men were on the job when the tie camp was in full operation. The flume, said to be the longest of its kind known, was about 34 miles long, not including side flumes and feeders. Ties and timbers were dropped into the river at the mouth of the canyon. When Don- nolley and McShane took over, operating as the Big Horn Timber Company, they established Rockwood, at the mouth of Cutler Creek, as headquarters. As new sources of timber were tapped, headquar- ters was moved to the half-way camp on Sucker Creek, on the north slope of Black Mountain, and. subsequently to Rockwood. on South Fork. The tie camp was active from 1892 to about 1911, invoicing out in 1913. Ranchester in the spring of 1893 was a sagebrush flat traversed by the valley road and a line of survey stakes. Edward Gillette and his crew had Tun the survey the pre- ceding summer. In his book. “Laying the Iron Trail.” Mr. Gillette gives a fascinat- ing account of his part in routing the rail- road westward from Omaha to Billings. The road reached its destination in 1894. Meanwhile the Lincoln Land Company, a subsidiary of the Burlington and Henry A. Coffeen acquired a tract of land and plotted the townsite in 1894. Later a por- tion of the 04— lying north of the river was included. Col. S. H. Hardin, of the 04—. is credited with choosing a name composed of “ranch” and “Chester. fre- quently occurring in English geographic names, for the new town. It is a coinci- dence that Mrs. Hardin's given name was Esther. (Continued on Page 79) 141 North Main Phone 230 PIONEER SPORTING PAUL DAWDY GOODS KEITH MOSS IT PAYS TO PLAY SHERIDAN WYOMING CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF ’50 BANK OF COMMERCE Established 1893 NORTHERN WYOMING’S LARGEST BANK COMPLETE AND MODERN BANKING SERVICE Sheridan MEMBER F. D. I. C. Wyoming CONGRATULATIONS FROM BONDI BROS. Consistently Low Prices Every Day Phone 181 19 East Fifth St. Sheridan, Wyo. FERN’S CAFE “YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID” (Formerly LYNN’S) Sheridan, Wyo. LES’S GARAGE 24 HOURS SERVICE RADIATOR AND AUTO REPAIRS 525 North Main Sheridan, Wyo. Phone 24-M Green Plumbing and Heating Company Phone 251 348 North Main CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 Mid-Continent Oil Company WHOLESALE-RETAIL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SHERIDAN WYOMING “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR” (Continued from Page 77) A depot and water tank, section house, warehouses, yards, grain elevators, etc., appeared in due course. R. E. Mills took over as depot agent, Frank Caron handled the water service, and George Oelschlager was section foreman. As soon as through service was established, a postofilce was chartered with Mrs. Helga Davis as post- mistress. She also carried a line of sta- tionery and notions. Alec McDonald ran a livery barn. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Peret operated a restaurant. Before long R. E. Mills and Sons put in a stock of merchan- dise, and a liquor store opened for busi- ness. Other early residents were John Olson and his sister, Bertha, Ulrich broth- ers, and Bert Edgetons. The near-by tie yards and residences for the employees were an important addition to the com- munity. Mr. Queen had left the tie camp when activities began to slow down and took up land on the south side of Tongue River at Ranchester. He commuted on his claim by paying $1.25 per acre. Here Mrs. Queen rejoined him. They soon removed to Mon- arch where Mr. Queen worked as carpen- ter, mine inspector, and in various other capacities. He served four years on the State Board of Mine Inspectors. (Continued on Page 89) Congratulations to the Class of 1950 FRONTIER CAMP SHERIDAN Mrs. W. 0. Benson WYOMING FORT SERVICE FRONTIER GAS AND OIL GENERAL TRUCKING “See Us First or Last” BOB ADAMS Phone 1329-R This quarter-page is entitled, “Teacher’s Most Horrible Remarks”: Verse for David Hallowell “I always fly Into a rage When some one tells me: ‘Be your age’.” Wistfully, Julia was saying, “I wonder what Roberta will be think- ing when she walks into the church ?” Miss Cunningham: “Aisle, Altar, Hymn.” Carol, on one of those sad, sad mornings: “Tommy makes me tired!” Mr. McC., very cruelly, “It’s your own fault, dear, you should stop running after him.” SHERIDAN STATIONERY COMPANY BOOKSELLERS ---STATIONERS Office and School Outfitters C. V. DAVIS CO. “Insuring Sheridan County Since 1908” also REAL ESTATE AND BONDS Bank of Commerce Bldg. Sheridan, Wyoming SAN ITONE DRY CLEANING THE TSCHIRGI SERVICE STATION IS OUR AGENT IN RANCHESTER Please leave your dry cleaning and laundry at their station for prompt service. SUPERIOR LAUNDRY CO. Phone 397 Sheridan, Wyo. BE THRIFTY AND TRADE AT THRIFTY DRUG CO. WALGREEN AGENCY 130 N. Main Phone 97 The Store That Brought Reasonable Prices to Sheridan CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 HOME OF WESTERN TOGS BENTLEY’S CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 MOTOR EQUIPMENT CO. ALLIS-CHALMERS FARM MACHINERY—Sales and Service DeSOTO-PLYMOUTH—DIAMOND T TRUCKS—Sales and Service 421 Broadway Sheridan, Wyoming COMPLIMENTS OF AUTHORIZED DEALERS for BALDWIN PIANOS and ORGANS MAGNAVOX Radio Phonograph R. C. A. VICTOR Radios and Records WESTINGHOUSE Appliances t CLARK’S SUPERETTE “Fine Foods at Fair Prices” JUST DRIVE IN AND SAVE AT SCOTT AND BURKITT Phone 408 Sheridan, Wyoming “JOIN THE HAPPIEST CROWD IN THE COUNTY” For a good time that all can enjoy visit LAKESIDE REED’S ROLLER RINK On Highway 87 North, Sheridan, Wyo. Dona Madron had a taste of what it is like to be a teacher when, this winter, she was asked to teach a Sunday school class. As a rule she found the work pleasant and rewarding but one morning she let herself get mixed up like this: Little Jack P.: “Is there a Christian flea?” Dona: “What on earth ever put that idea into your head?” Jack: “The preacher read it from the Bible: The wicked flee, when no man pursueth’l” Dona: “Oh, that means that the wicked men flee.” “Oh! Then there is a wicked woman flea ?” “No, no, it means that the wicked flee—runs away.” Why do they run?” “Who?” “The wicked fleas.” “No, no. Don’t you see? The wicked man runs away when no man is after him.” “Then, is there a woman after him?” “Oh dear, I’ll never be a teacher!” Telephone 493 Corner Main and Alger SHERIDAN FURNITURE COMPANY J. T. MECHALEY. Prop. NEW AND USED FURNITURE, STOVES. RUGS. LINOLEUMS •+ —83— THE AMERICAN JEWELRY CO “Home of Fine Diamonds” STANLEY GREENHALGH 25 North Main Sheridan, Wyo. HOSPITAL PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS — FOUNTAIN SERVICE STOCK and POULTRY REMEDIES Phone 494 Sheridan, Wyo. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 19 5 0 For over fifty years we have supplied the graduates of this community with their graduation apparel. May We Serve You This Year? STEVENS. FRYBERGER CO. SHERIDAN’S QUALITY STORE When in Need of Hardware Buy from a Hardware Store Buy From KIBBEN’S Phone 15 Sheridan, Wyoming ALAMO SERVICE EQUIPMENT 9th and North Main CASE FARM MACHINERY — CASE PARTS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FULL LINE TIRES Bruno Montegna We were gathering data on fifty years ago for this “Golden Anni- versary” issue. “Well, one thing is for sure,” said one nice old lady, “Fifty years ago people never thought of doing the things they do now!” “Of course not,” answered our bright student, “that’s why they didn’t do them!” This reminds us of another story we heard somewhere: “No, dear,” Grandpa was saying, “unfortunately, girls are not the same nowadays.” His granddaughter waited patiently as he continued: “No, you never see a girl blush nowadays. When I was a young man it was different.” “Oh, Grandpa!” exclaimed the girl, “whatever did you say to them?” CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 1950 ERNST’S Otto F. Ernst, Inc.—The Complete Western Store COWBOY BOOTS — COWBOY HATS — WESTERN SHIRTS WESTERN PANTS — HARNESS AND SUPPLIES Farmers’ and Ranchers’ Supplies Ted A. West Phone 267 Harry Coutis LOWS CAFE “Good Food for Good Health” Sheridan, Wyo. WADDELL’S for FLOWERS PHONE 365 — 17 N. MAIN ST. SHERIDAN WYOMING IF YOU LIVE “OUT WHERE THE GAS MAIN ENDS” PROPANE DOES THE JOB Better Fuel for Country Homes Heating . . . Cooking . . . Refrigeration and Hot Water Supply FOR BOTTLED GAS, APPLIANCES AND SERVICE SEE DUNCAN-DICKINSON BLOCK NORTH OF POST OFFICE Box 822 Phone 288 CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 1950 and GREETINGS TO OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS THE BIG HORN REALTY CO. ACROSS FROM THE POSTOFFICE Phone 104 Sheridan, Wyo. Karen S. Norcross HAT SHOP “EVERYTHING IN MILLINERY” SHERIDAN WYOMING Of course when you’re jolly, stories are told about you. These, gath- ered from the year’s classes, pleased your editor: McCormick, on one of THOSE mornings: “Marjorie, give me a sen- tence with an object.” Marjorie: “Oh, Mr. McCormick, you’re always picking on me!” McC.: “Well, what is the object?” Marjorie, now tearfully, “Me?” McC.: “Another ten!” Marjorie: “Well, gee whiz!” Miss Cunningham: “Gene, I wish you’d promise me NOT to use two words: one is ‘swell’ and the other is ‘lousy’.” Eugene: “Why sure I’ll promise you that. Miss Cunningham. What are the words?” Congratulations to the Class of 1950 FAIR'S HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY —87— 160 North Main Phone 376 THE BENTLEY CO REAL ESTATE— Ranch Property City Property INSURANCE— Fire Automobile SHERIDAN, WYOMING 122 N. Main Telephone 711 GEORGE’S FOOD MARKET MEATS ANI) GROCERIES “WHERE PRICES ARE EQUAL TO ANY AND BETTER THAN MANY” Sheridan Wyoming Your Lumber Needs Can Be Obtained at Any One of Our Yards SHERIDAN — CLEARMONT — BUFFALO ALWAYS A GOOD PLACE TO BUY AND SELL SHERIDAN { 7 COMPANY 194 NORTH MAIN ST. Wholesale Retail SHERIDAN, WYOMING Processors of Sheridan Brand HAMS — BACON — LARD WYOMING’S ONLY GOVERNMENT INSPECTED PACKING HOUSE “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR” (Continued from Page 79) Twelve years ago, upon his return to Ranchester, he was elected mayor. For two years he continued to drive to his work at the mines. He retired in 1940. Mrs. Queen, whom he had married in 1891 at Russillville, Arkansas, died De- cember 30. 1939. His son, Major Henry W. Queen, of the United States Airforces, retired, lives in Billings. His grandson. Lt. Ralph H. Queen, is serving with the 35th U. S. Infantry in Japan. Last spring his granddaughter. Judy Queen, was elected Queen of the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D. C.t where she is working and attending college. , In closing, the writer of these lines would like to join Mr. Queen’s host of friends, young and old, in a tribute to Ranchester’s Queen for a Mayor.” ARTHUR J. DICKSON. Dayton, Wyoming Congratulations to the Class of 1950 LEE’S CAFE 360 North Main SHERIDAN WYOMING Sheridan Iron Works, Inc. Sheridan. Wyoming “If lt’s Made of Metal, See Us First” Best of Luck and Friendliest of Good Wishes TO THE CLASS OF ’50 from your friends at the MISSION BARBER SHOP 120 North Main Sheridan, Wyo. Phone 348 334 N. Main IDEAL CLEANERS Fred L. Richardson, Prop. PRESSING RELINING REPAIRING ALTERATIONS We are Specialists in the Art of Cleaning and Pressing Hats Cleaned and Blocked CONGRATULATIONS FROM CARROLL’S “Your Home Furnishers” Free Delivery Tops in Quality Furniture BIG HORN GRANITE WORKS Monuments and Markers We invite you to call and see our complete display 102 West Alger Sheridan, Wyoming Phone 488-M BERT BROOKS, Owner A WORD ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF “A QUEEN FOR MAYOR” (Continued from Page 3) He has contributed articles of historical value to various publications throughout this section of the west and, in 1929, pub- lished a biography of his father under the title of “Covered Wagon Days.' Mr. Dick- son is at present at work on a book on the history of the Big Horn Mountain Region, in which the Mayor Queen story is a po- tential chapter. In addition to the inestimable historical value this article has to Sheridan County and the State, it has a still greater value to Ranchester School. It is a great com- pliment to the literary standing of THE RUSTLER that Sheridan County’s leading historian accepted the invitation to write an article for the 1950 issue. It means that younger writers have an article of merit to serve as a guide and for a comparison. No school shpuld overlook the fact that one of the best methods to encourage bet- ter writing is to be sensitive to the under- lying traditions and the temperament of a community as revealed through the pens of local people who have been accepted as good. Further, Mr. Dickson's article has clari- fied some of our local hearsay and placed it into history. This will help work be- ing done in Ranchester School to give local history and tradition a place of worth. It has given THE RUSTLER another step on the road toward a better school publica- tion. THE GREASE SPOT TEXACO PRODUCTS MARFAK LUBRICATION GOODRICH TIRES AND BATTERIES WASHING — STORAGE 144 E. Loucks Phone 84 CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE GRADUATES OF 1950 Remember Big Horn Coal Company Phone 272 SHERIDAN WYOMING