The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1927-05-20

Miscellaneous
e Chicken pox has been CAUSING
much absence in the first grad
room.
Supt. Smith of Bainyille was II
n town last Saturday.
t SENIOR HISTORIES
f Sketches OF the lives of the
members Of this years gradual
: ing class will be published in this
5 and two succeeding issues of the
: Herald. Six members have their
biographies given this week.
Nellie Mildred Funk
Nellie Mildred Funk is the vale
dictorian OF her class with an
average of 81 for the four years
of her high school work. She was
born in Blaine Lake, Sask., Cana
da, April p, 1909, the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Funk. She
attended school here until her
parents moved to the vicinity of
Oswego Where she entered school
and received her grammar school
education there and in Wolf
Point. After finishing the eighth
grade Nellie entered the Wolf
Point high school and has been
a student there ever since.
Nellie's ambition when she was
small was to be a writer but she
has changed it and says she now
wants to be a teacher and hopes
some day to specialize and teach
only English. She spends most
II miles northwest of Wolf Point.
Nellie's e~Xtra-school activities
have been basketball and declam-
atOry. She was a member of the
dramatic council in her senior
year; vice-president of the junior
class and a member of the assem-
bly, council in 1925.
EIida Evelyn Smith
The salutatorian of this years
graduating class also hales from
a north country farm. Her aver
age for the four years of her high
school career was 90.5. She was
born February IS, 1909, at Dolton,
Dakota, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Schmidt.
She first attended school at the
school of Boone, Iowa.
When her parents moved to this
section of the country she entered
The Wolf Point schools and receiv-
ed her eighth grade diploma here
as well as completing her high
school work here.
Elida's ambition when she was
small was to teach school in a
foreign land but she has changed
It enough to say that teaching in
he United States will suit her
-ery well now. She spends her
summers in Wolf Point and on
he Schmidt ranch north of town.
Elida was secretary and treas
lrer of the freshman class, served
On the entertainment committee
her junior year and on the
program committee during her
senior year. Extra activities car
led, included Camp Fire girls;
Rainbow; basketball and declam-
tory during her senior year. {
Myrtle Geraldine Torrison
Myrtle was born in New Lon
lon, Mimi, October 20, 1907, the ]
.aughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard {
'orrison. When she was quite ]
mall her parents moved to the {
ida neighborhood and she first {
ttended the F|lorendale school '
where she received her eighth
-rade diploma. She then register
d at the Wolf Point high school I
nd later at he Circle high f
chool but returned here to finish
Ier work. +
Myrtle is realizing her child
.ood ambition as it was to be a S
eacher and she expects to teach S
ext year. Glee club has been the S
rincipal activity in which Myrtle O
as been interested. She has v
pent most of her summers on a
arm.
Kay Rosenorn Lang
Kay is one of the three mem :
ers of this class who was born ,
Inside of the limits of the United :
tates. He was born in Ham =
urg, Germany on November 2, ).
90S, the son of Mr.. and Mrs. y
ouis Rosenorn Lang. After his :,
arents came to America, Kay liv- :
d in New York city and in Edge =
,ater, New Jersey, starting to
chool in the last named city. He
as also gone to school at Mount y
Mon, Penn, and three places in :,
I%ontana, Dagmar. Froid and Wolf =
ONT. He attended the Froid high =,
,hool for three years before COM |"
lg here. 4,
Kay's first ambition was to be !,
Wild West hero but he has mod =
led it considerably and thinks \,
Ow that being a advertising :.
.anager is the height of his am -
He says he spends his "
MINERS working. "
Kay had three years of military
aiming at Fort Harrison and fin -
he'd it as drill sergeant in Com u
my L of the 163rd infantry. His bl
ira activities and offices con- W