Sheridan High School - Trailblazer Yearbook (Sheridan, MT)

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(SH isforp Dear Mr. Douglas, In due respect to your patience and perseverance upon reading this, we in behalf of the Senior Class of 194 , do here and now wish to relate to you the important highlights of our high school career— if you will be so kind, of course, as to lend an ear. Thus in September, 1944, twenty-two eager, but green” and gawky” freshmen entered the portals of dear old Sheridan High. With- in the first month of this school year, we had been properly initiated into high school. This we celebrated with a school party and the re- alization that next year we would have the same privilege of bestowing our experience on that year’s crop of Freshmen. At our first class meeting, we chose as our officers: President, Doug McGregor; Vice President, Duane Elser; Secretary, Joan Sheldon; Treasurer, Robert Paige; Class Representative Kenneth Halse; and Sponsor, Mrs. Kitt. In the September of 1945, we Sophomores entered S.H.S. with many activities. We were beginning to get the ”feel” of being in high school, and this year we got our reparations on the Freshmen Class through initiation. The boys of our class were well represented in both football and basketball, as were the girls in basketball. Our class officers were: President, Herbert Hansen; Vice President, John Miller; Secretary, Kenneth Halse; Treasurer, Joan Sheldon; Class Rep- resentative, Doug McGregor; and Sponsor, Miss Jenkins. When we came to school as Juniors, we met many new faces and missed several old ones. Our Junior year was a period of great activ- ity. We again took great interest in sports, and the basketball team won the Madison County Cup. Our banquet and prom were very successful, the prom being climaxed by Charlene Nelson being crowned princess. Our class officers were: President, Kenneth Halse; Vice President, Douglas McGregor; Secretary and Treasurer, Charlene Nelson; Class Rep- resentative, Jeanette Braach; and you, Mr. Douglas, as our Sponsor. Our Senior year is the climax of our four years of high school, and early in September, when election of officers came around, we elected: President, James Sprague; Vice President, Duane Elser; Sec- retary and Treasurer, Donald Braach; and again, Mr. Douglas, we chose you as our Class Sponsor. During the course of this year, we spon- sored the Senior Ball at Christmas time, and late this spring, the Junior, Senior Banquet. At the Junior Prom, on May 1, Thaylia Stan- sell was crowned Queen. Many honors have been bestowed on members of this Senior Class. We Seniors had our Skip Day late this spring. This was the one day out of the four years in high school we might skip school and not be punished by having to stay in for weeks to make up the time we missed. But aside from all this, seriously, this was probably the last day all of us would be together for perhaps the rest of our lives. On May 16, Reverend Idso gave our Baccalaureate sermon. It was most impressing, and it gave all of us much faith and hope in the future. The night of May 21 was ”the” day of our lives, and we graduated with a feeling of happiness on completing our first mile- stone in life, yet regretful at the thought of leaving our friends and teachers. After the speeches, we walked up to the platform, one by one, and turned the tossels of our caps. The triumphs and success of this year have been overshadowed by the death of our most beloved classmate, Charlene Nelson, early this autumn. To you, Mr. Douglas, we wish to extend a note of thanks to your able direction and sponsorship of the Senior Class of f4S. Without your aid and that of the other members of the faculty, it is more than probable that our accomplishments would never have amounted to so great a sum. Sincerely, The Senior Class of ’4