Ranchester High School - Rustler Yearbook (Ranchester, WY)

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MRS. WATT’S FIFTH AND SIXTH GRADE ROOM MRS. CARROLL’S THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE ROOM —12—

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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—

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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—