Roundup High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Roundup, MT)

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Class Prophecy ------FLASH---------We interrupt this program to bring this latest news bulletin--the cosmic space ship S. S. Hotrod, ’’ designed by that noted U. S. mechanical wizard, Leroy Newton, has taken off on its initial trip to Mars. As we hear Leroy’s name announced over the radio system inside our space ship, we thought of the many classmates of bygone years and wondered what they were doing. Traveling through space gave us ample time to ponder. Unconsciously my hand flicked the dial of our television set (music helps me think) and then—it happened. A clap of thunder, a burst of lightning, and our screen showed a large lecture hall seating many people who apparently were very much absorbed in the speaker, Patricia Joyce Lind. She was speaking on heredity versus environment, and she still maintains environment doesn't influence intelligence. Pat has even started a political party called Tnemnorivne T'nia Gnihtyreve. This is environment ain't everything spelled backwards. We remember Pat arguing about this, but we didn't think she was serious! We didn't agree with everything Pat said, so we flipped the dial still in search of music. Woops! We passed up something. We hurriedly turned back to this well-built specimen of manhood, and whom should we see but Larry Bickle. Larry is being crowned Mr. America by Charles Atlas, who has lost this honor to another man with an even more perfect build. We heard Larry explain to a reporter half hidden by a press card that he owes it all to clean living. As we peered into the screen, the re- porter disgustedly threw his hat (press card and all) on the floor; and we recognize Chuck McKeen. We put in a planet to planet call to Chuck. He is surprised to hear from us, but he has even more surprising news for us. He has just received the Pulitzer Prize for his controversial article Women--luxury or necessity? which was published in the New York Times. He is a reporter for the New York Times and has been offered a job as associate editor. We wished him luck and told him to be sure and tell his wife and family hi for us. Chuck told us that Pat Moss had just won the Mother of the Year award. She married a serviceman, and they decided to raise their own private army. He said her children had to get up 15 minutes early in order to be ready for roll call. Her oldest son, Percival, ran away and Pat didn't miss him for some time. Seems he heard Pat speak of her classmate Jerry Robson, who owns the famous Sagebrush stable. Percival wanted to be a jockey, and he decided it would save a lot of trouble to start at the top instead of working up. Jerry is famous for his friendly good nature and his readiness to lend a hand to any newcomer. In fact, his horse Maroon Panther, the Kentucky Derby favorite, was a fugitive from the bone factory when Jerry rescued him. He recharged Maroon Panther with a Permalife battery (another of Leroy's inventions), and now he's as good as new. We still haven't heard any music, so we change the dial again. The result is a blur of faces, but we finally manage to distinguish Jerry Pratt and Carl Firm industriously working with a ruler, a compass, and a protractor in a handsome workshop. Jerry is an electrical engineer, and he's trying to convince Carl that if he sticks a screw driver in a light socket, he'll get shocked. Carl is a mrthematician, and he says according to his calculations this won't happen. It seems to us the logical way to prove this is for Carl to stick the screw driver into the socket, but Carl isn’t having any. We listened to Carl and Jerry chatter, and we discovered that Carl has taken Einstein's place at Harvard. Jerry has graduated from Butte School of Mines with honors. They are the owners of the new manufacturing company,Admiral Automatic, which worked out the details on Leroy Newton’s S. S. Hotrod. Their new company was just getting its start, and Leroy decided to help them along and let them build his space ship. Leroy had been successful with his Permalife battery, and he didn't forget his classmates when they needed him. Just then Jerry stabbed Carl with the compass, and the sound that came from Carl was anything but musical. Needless to say, we flipped the dial again. We saw a doctor's office before us with Joan Werner, Child Specialist on the door. The door opened by remote control, and we saw a small brunette child, her mother, and Joan earnestly discussing something. Being naturally curious, we leaned forward to hear an amazing conversation. Joan is ex- plaining to the mother that her daughter, Barbara, should have her hair bleached or dyed. Joan says very

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Class We, the seniors of 1953 of the Roundup High School, of the city of Roundup, county of Musselshell, and state of Montana, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament; hereby revoking all will or wills heretofore made by us. A. We, the following designated seniors of the 1952-1953 class, do devise, will and be- queath to the following designated underclassmen, or otherwise, the following: First: Nan Rom wills her position with the Three Musketeers to any girl who thinks Second: she can fill it. Jim Key leaves his acting ability to Bob Felix. May he become another Sara Bernhardt. Third: Pattie Jo Lind leaves her baton and position as majorette to Ray Birkett to Fourth: twirl at basketball games as he can’t play basketball anyway. ” Larry Bickle leaves his thick, black, naturally curly hair to Kathy O’Neill. Larry's toni home permanent look is the envy of all the girls, but he Fifth: especially wants Kathy to have it. Jerry Pratt leaves his impressive size to Steve Siemion and hopes he'll use it Sixth: to advantage. Pat Moss leaves all her addresses at Rocky Mountain College to Rosemary Shields. Seventh: Carl Firm leaves his mathematical ability to Art Sanders in hopes that Art Eighth: will use it and be eligible for football next year. Joan Werner leaves her hair cutting ability, shears, bowl, and determination to Celia Ryan. Ninth: Jerry Robson leaves the Turkey Tail of his hair-do to Frank Polsak. He doubts that it will look too well with Frank's crew-cut, but he still wants him to have it. Tenth: Eleventh: Don Nelson leaves his position as center to Bobby McKeen. Norma Nesheim leaves the parking place at school which was willed to her to Bob Brown and his scotter. She hopes he will be able to park it without Twelfth: denting any fenders. Chuck McKeen wills half of his woman hating tendencies to Larry Pratt for future use. Thirteenth: John Fisco leaves his leg injury to anyone who isn't planning to play foot- ball next season. Fourteenth: Fifteenth: Lois Jorgenson leaves whatever she has to anyone who can stand it. Delmar Cross wills the first coat hanger on the end to Pat Turley. This hanger was willed to Delmar, and he hopes Pat will pass it on to some Sixteenth: deserving boy. Leroy Newton might leave his ability to work when he wants to, but assures Seventeenth: us he isn't leaving Delores to anyone. The senior class leaves two rows of empty seats to the class of 1954, its memories to all the students we have gone to school with, and its Blessing to all those students yet to come.

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often a brunette child develops a complex about her hair that may cause permanent injury to her attitude toward life. She is saying that everyone knows that Gentlemen prefer blonds, and it is a disadvantage to a small child to make her face life as a brunette. We remember Joan always wanted to be a blond, but we hoped she'd get over it. Apparently she hasn't. By now we are used to changing radio stations, and so we push buttons right and left until we see something that looks interesting. A big office looms into view, and we see it is the office of the Business Manager for a famous interior decorator. The Business Manager walks into the office, and we are agree- ably surprised to see Delmar Cross. He crosses to a desk that seems to be snowed under with papers. Delmar looks at drawings, and we shift dials until we are peering over his shoulder at the drawings also. These drawings are sketches of fashions, and they look very interesting to us. Delmar scratches his head, throws his hands up in disgust and yells, Lois! In trots his smiling blond secretary. We stare at the screen for a moment wondering what Lois Jorgenson is doing here. She takes in the messy desk and be- wildered Delmar all in one glance. Then she calmly walks around to the wastepaper basket and says, All right, make up your mind which picture we publish, or I'll throw them all away. ” As Delmar decides on a picture, we glance over at Lois again. (Several of us haven't glanced away yet.) She smiles at Delmar and says, Sometimes I wonder why I ever took this job. It's awfully hard to manage you, my husband and family and still not be a nervous wreck. As Lois didn't look as if she were heading for a nervous breakdown, we left her in search of our other classmates. We weren't in a mood for music anyhow, because we’d stumbled on-the opening night performance of Eighteenth Winter. This play had been touring the east for 18 months and now was opening on Broadway. The matinee idol, Jim Key, who is Rudolph Valentino, John Barrymore and Ronald Coleman rolled into one heads another all-star cast. His press notices said he got his start in Seventeenth Summer when he was a senior at Roundup High School. Jim's first entrance draws a standing ovation which seems to last indefinitely. All the clapping bothered our pilot, so we changed to a very quiet, orderly hospital room where Norma Nesheim, a nurse, is adjusting the window shades for the patient, John Fisco. John is in the hospital trying to regain his strength after a trip around the world. He is a well known man about the universe and is convalescing after his strenuous trip. Norma is head nurse in this hospital, and she seems to be enjoying her work. As we have only two other classmates left to wonder about, we know they'll show up sooner or later. We aren't disappointed, for we tune into an exciting basketball game at Madison Square Garden featuring Don's Universal Stars and the Harlem Globetrotters. Pacing the floor and pulling his crew-cut for all he's worth is Don Nelson. Don is coaching his basketball team, and they are trying for their third universal championship. We know Don's Stars will win; it's getting late, and we are ready for some soothing music. We are lucky, and we find ourselves in theCopa Cobana watching Nan Rom walk out onto the stage ana prepare to sing. She is the featured torch singer here and is very popular with the Copa's patrons. We listen and soon our feet are tapping to the beat of the music, and we're leaning back in our chairs and relaxing. This night club scene gradually fades away, and our spaceship surges onward into the night carrying with it our thoughts of another graduating senior class.