Teton County High School - Pow Wow Yearbook (Choteau, MT)

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THE HOUR OI' DESTINY Recently a successful busrness man xx as questroned by a cub reporter rs to vxhrch xx as the most rmpor tant hour of the day bex en o clock P M xx as the decrsrve replv Wrll you nrrnd explarnrng your oprnronv' asked the cub as he deftly produced a pad and pencrl Lerarvrly not tor that rs the hour of the day that holds the destrny of rnrllrons of young men and xx omen It rs the hour that marks the beg-rnnrng ot resprte from labor and car es of the day the trme for every person to decrde hoxv he shall spend the rnterxal before he retrres A great man has sard that rt rs the threshold upon whrch xve enter Lrfes Future It rs usuallv the trme xxhen one makes hrs plans for the morrovx grvrng hrmselt up erther to protltless pleasure 01 to pr epar atron for the future lt may be the begrnnrng of a xxrld nrght s carousal of a peaceful rest of the openrng of the cabaret and other dens of vrce of the preparatron for sleep s balmy restfulness as xx ell as countless srns and rnrpurtres It marks the openrng of the nrght school where many persons prepare for the future It rs the trme when some recall therr acts of the day and ask themselves rf they could haxe done better rt rs the trme after supper that one has to hrrnself to do vs rth as he pleases B L D H 0 LEST WE FORGET A tall lean young man rn an over seas cap and r vxell xxorn khakr unrrorm clrmbed slowly down the steps of the trarn He was the last to leave the cab and the porter warted rmpatrently After glancrng con temptously at the battered attrre of the soldrer the porter hurrred off to grve hrs ser vrces to a fashronable dressed dapper young socrety gentleman xx ho had come rn on the same trarn Whexx' xx hrstled lhe xeter an under hrs breath I must not look lrke a good trp Guess Ill go to the Park It s the nearest and these are darned heaxy He prcked up hrs txyo large surtcases and made hrs wav across the tracks toxx ard the hotel Two bv standers looked slyly at one another and wrnked Gassed probablv It effects em that xx ay sometrmes said one The other laughed shortly and turned axx 'ry In the lobby of the Park the young man set hrs surtcases doxxn and xx arted wearrly for hrs turn to regrster The style plate young man was before hrnr along xx rth a half dozen others xx ho glanced at the soldrer currouslx xx onderrng perhaps at hrs xx ar xx or rr appearance The xx ar had been ox er for more than a year rhe lobby had a festrxe lrolrdax arr but a hotel cannot take the place of a home and the tall soldrer had hoped to be rble to spend thrs Chr rstmas xt home but Lhrrstmas Fxe round hrm strll txxo dav s Journex from hrs goal 1 1 v L J. V l 1 1 1 v . 1 v 1 . 1 1 ' 1 1 . . , nw , 1 , u , - - , . . L 1 H ' ' ' ' , ' ' H u n U ' -1 ' ' 1 ' 1 . 1 . ' . , y . . . Y . . 1 , , 1 1 1 7 1 s I 1 v 1 1 l 1 . . . ' . . , . A . 7 . ' V . . 1 1 . ' - 1 1 1 1 1 I . 1 1 . . V. . , I . C 1 v . . I . ' . . I . . ' 1 , I - . v . . . . . ' , . . X . . . . Y. ,, y '2 y I v 1 1 v v 1 1 I v v 1 . I . ' I . . . . . . . . , 1 I ' f1 11. 1 ' v Y 1 . 1 1 Q as , u , ' 1 1 1 ' . u ' - 1 - 1 y , y . K . ,, . . Y I . . . 7 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 Y. it D r . , 1 ' 1 7 r v ' 77 ' . - 1 ' 1 . 1 . 1 c . , 1 7 . . Y Y . Y A '. . I . 1 . I v ' , ' v' 1 1 Y I I ' 1 5 v 1' y 1 1' 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 v 1 U s ' 7 1 ' 1 1 r 7 1 ' r 1 ' ' 1 ' . y ' 1 1 1 v 1 1 x . . r ' 4 . 1 5 1 1 ' D' I , L , . . . . , . . , . . 1 1 . 1 1 1 L 1 L 1 L 1 .

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After 1eg1ste11ng he follow ed the bell loy to h1s loom As he walked 19 caught a v1s1on of the old house and the home folks w a1t1ng for h1m Here s the loom slr the bell bov bl oke 1n on h1s lex e11e I s pose you got your tm hat and gas mask IH that sult case They all b11ng em home wlth em Ive een o many of em I ould make one myself W1th that the bov left h1m I dont see much welcommg the he1o home stuff about that the S0ld191 lemalked whlmslcally to the p1ctu1es on the wall He glanced at h1s sleeve w hlCh had stllpes on It bespeaklng two and a half yea1 s SQFVICS over seas and two wounds L lad I had modesty enuf to put my brass buttons 1ns1de he contlnued as he unbuttoned h1s coat ex h1b1t1ng three medals one a French C1 orc de Guerfe Doesnt look as though they would be appreclated by the populace As the soldler boy sllcked up fo1 slx oclock d1nne1 h1s mmd sl1pped back over h1s last year IH France Ove1 a year ln a hospltall It doesn t seem posslblel But Im stlll here and wxll be as good as new aga1n 1n the sprmg Im a lucky dog Its the pool fellows that are stlll there that bother me lhe medlcos are sul ely havmg a tlme patchmg them up On gomg down to the d1n1ng room the sold1e1 seated hlmself at a table for two and walted It w as some tlme before a w a1t1 ess noted h1s p1 esence and came fox h1s order As she passed 1nto the kltchen she laughed loudly her shoulders shook Wlth suppressed mlrth After suppel me young man went to one OI the clubs that had WUILUIIICU soldxer boys and then fr 1ends when he had last been 1n town The atmosphere was no more frlendly He hoped that some of h1S old pals would drop 1n later 1n the even1ng Su1ely It p1om1sed to be a lonely Lhrlstmas Th1s welcome home was somew hat dlffel ent than he had been led to expect A buddy of hlS had told hlm that h1s home was G1 eat Falls The lonely soldler wondered lf h1s fuends w as home yet He surely must be or he IS dead I wonder It he got h1s the ame tlme I d1d'7 I sure hope he got off safely He was a good pal Such w exe the thoughts that wele ,passmg through h1s mmd as the club 1oom door opened and IH walked a breezy young man h1s eyes shlmng with good fellowshlp They llghted unerrmgly on the soldler Why J ack' almost shouted the new comel I thought you were dead and he pumped Jack s arm up and down Say boy lt s good to see you All the fellows thought you were dead You re comlng out home wlth me and spend Chrlstmas Come on' Jack started to protest half heartedly but was lmmedlately sllenced by h1s frlend My Wlfe w1ll be tlckled to death Come on old scout I wont take no for an answer I et s go to the hotel and get your war bag and they passed out of the club together My treat boys sald one of the men who had watched the 1eun1on of the two f11ends We ale a bunch of cads Well I hope he has a Werry Mu9Chl19S and 1 Nappy Hosler sald anothel wlth an attempt at humol 'Ill bet he has 21 10211 Stflll to tell I L , 6 V . . . , U ' 1 , ' 'U - . f ' ' - 7 -' . n v 1 . . . 1, , ' 7 7 7 . . S S c C ,H ll 7 S ' V g yy ! L ' 4 4 . V ' ' , ' , 7 ' v ' .' ' ' , ,D . c ' , an -1 , . I . . ,, . , ! 1 ' . . . , , ' , ll ! , , , . . ' 7, - H .I ,, . . , . N . . . . . ,, I v . . , . , . . . . . ' J 9 , Y - . . , , . v Q . . . ,, 3 ' ' . 0 ' , KK ' ' ' ' ! !7 to another wa1t1 ess, Llttle t1n soldler told me he dldn t want slum. and -1 .-1 n . in. I u ll. --,1 . . D .. ,, 7 . ' ! 1 ' ' v ' Q . l . . t m 1 I . . . . . h. Y V ,, Y . . . . Q . . . - . ' . ,, v I w u u K , . . u rv , , H , 7' , . s y 1 y , u f ' y - y 9 ' , Y , . . ' !9 . . 7 Y . . . ,, . . . n ' 9 ! 1 r r v L , J ! sc Y ra ' v - ' 9 . 7 . Q- H ' rr ca -' . ' v ' , 5 L Y - V- 1 A 9 . - ' 7