Roundup High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Roundup, MT)

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a New r Day

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Welcome in The Student Body President extends to you a warm welcome to the world of reminiscing. When you read this essay twenty years from now, I hope it will invoke some of the old feelings you had during your high school years. 1976 was the year an obscure politician named Jimmy Carter from Plains, Georgia became president. There was an air of new optimism and hope in the country as the Republicans were moved out of the office of the Presidency. Many promises were made by Jimmy Carter. Some of them were: cut unemployment in half (unemployment was eight percent at the end of 1976), balance the budget, and lessen taxes. (Only Jimmy Carter and the Man upstairs know for sure how he's going to do it.) On the State scene, Thomas Judge was elected for a second term as governor and Colstrip was being discussed as the major issue at the time. When this article was written Judge Battin had issued an injunction against the Environmental Protection Agency to permit Montana Power to begin construction of power plants three and four. Also there was a movement to rescind the Equal Rights Amendment that was passed by the 1975 legislature. On the local scene Joe Vicars was the mayor of Roundup, Gene Pruitt was the sheriff, Nat Allen the District Judge and Jack Pratt was the County Attorney. It should be noted that County Attorney Pratt and Judge Allen were former Roundup boys. During the summer of '76 the city of Roundup suffered economic hardship as the MPI (Montana Pacific International) mill south of Roundup closed down. Likewise Hank Schwartz, an ambitious and energetic man, founded the Roundup Cab Company in the spring of '77. On the immediate scene Roundup placed second in football because of a heartbreaking loss to Sheperd. That year All State first team choices were Frank Burns and Brian Cooley with Wayne Kelly making Honorable Mention. In basketball the girls grabbed Dis- trict, placed second at Divisional by the back door and ranked sixth in State. The girls were helped out immensely by seniors Diane Amdor and Carolyn Ask who made All-State Honorable Mention. The boys basketball did very well too by almost knocking off number one ranked St. Labre in the championship game at Divisional. At state the Panthers lead by Coach Frank conquered Corvallis before being eliminated by Three Forks. At the end of the state tournament in Cut Bank, selections were made by the coaches for the best players and Pat Charlton made Honor- able Mention. Roundup had other activities besides sports in which it did well. Roshelle Satterthwait and Kyle Elich were the only members on the speech team to travel to Hamilton for the State speech meet. The 76-77 year was a very productive year for the student council. Besides organizing and decorating for the Homecoming, Snow- ball, and Valentine dances we passed proposed changes for the RHS Constitution. Changing the ways of election for c I ass officers hopefully will put a stop to popularity contests. One other activity the student council did was organize the May Day Festivities. How sweet it was the twelve years of school we spent at Roundup and until we meet again . . . By Marshall Allen Top Left-Marshall Allen, SBP, Center-Pam Green, Right-Mr. Erdie, Principal

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Editor's Note In the last 200 years we have enjoyed in abundance America's blessings. The United States has been a guiding light to the other nations of the world. Our greatness has been achieved by the hard work, dedication, and sacrifices of our forefathers. Their faith in God, in their freedom, their country, and in themselves have made us what we are today. The last two centuries are behind us now, and we can't rely on the greatness of our past to be sufficient for the future. The 1976-1977 Yearbook, It's a New Day , is an expression of our new beginning as we leave childhood behind and continue our journey through life. In this book I plan to capture some of the memories we have shared to- gether as children, and the experiences we will share throughout this year. ' VTnoLs