This is a list of authors of various stories written and published in the Missoula County High School Publication, The Kopee, which is an Indian word for "The Owl". It also lists the artists who provided artwork. There were 2 books, one dated 1950 and one dated 1951. Thanks Carol for sending in these 2 books for publication! These books were owned by Mary Julia Levern Kerr at one time.
| Author | Title | Page/Comments |
| Anderson, Eddie | Alibi Ike | 32-34, Senior |
| Anderson, Jean | artwork, 34 | |
| Antrim, Priscilla | Understanding Make-Believe Companions |
17, 34-35, Senior |
| Bachman, Joan | Our Englishman | 16-17, Junior |
| Bachman, Jean | artwork, 39 | |
| Baker, Quentin | Dance-Floor Difficulties | Senior, 46-47 |
| Bartholomew, C.B. | 3, Art Adviser | |
| Beardmore, Carol | Roy Rogers | 43, Sophomore |
| Beninger, David | Mr. Fish Pays a Debt | 15, Freshman |
| Bieber, Luella | 3, Typists | |
| Bingham, Ralph | Dog Racing in Alaska | Senior, 55-56 |
| Brechbill, Pamela | Footprints in the Snow | 21, Freshman |
| Bruce, Shirley | The Rural Character | Senior, 7 |
| Buls, Alice Anne | 3, Senior Co-Editor | |
| Butler, Betty | Richard | 46, Freshman |
| Butler, Betty | Dentention--One Hour | Sophomore Editor, 3, 39-40 |
| Caplis, Dennis | artwork, 50 | |
| Carrell, James | My First Big Money | 44-45, Junior |
| Chase, Jomae | Let's Pretend | Senior, 35-36 |
| Chinske, Ed | Safety in the Home | 23, Sophomore |
| Clausen, Lyla | Adventurous Route | Junior, 45 |
| Cogswell, Bill | Ghost Towns, a poem | 9, Freshman |
| Conway, Dick | How True! | 7, Junior |
| Crist, Dick | 4, artwork | |
| Crocker, Ann | The Spill Calories |
18, Senior 42, Junior |
| Cusker, Jim | Bovine Society | 40, Senior |
| Damaskos, Deno | Black Wednesday | 24, Sophomore |
| Dollan, Loren | Artwork, 4 | |
| Domer, Barry | Grandma's Christmas Package | Senior, 37-38 |
| Dunn, Ray | Rainier | Junior, 20 |
| Durham, Billie | Fall Leaves | 3, 23, Senior Co-Editor |
| Durkee, Ann | Childhood's Dreams | 36-37, Junior |
| Edwards, John | Night Fall | 52, Freshman |
| Emblen, Roger | A Bear Escape | Freshman, 34-35 |
| Ettinger, Nancy | Traffic | Junior, 12 |
| Ferguson, Bruce | Church and I | Senior, 28-29 |
| Fink, Miss Helen | 3, Literary Adviser | |
| Garlington, Richard | Our Spartan Band | Sophomore, 26 |
| Giffin, Dick | Water Boy | 14, Senior |
| Girson, Sonia | Papa | 48-49, Junior |
| Gruhn, Ruth | Magazine Tower | Senior, 7 |
| Haftle, Joann | Aurora
Borealis, a poem What Ho! The Hunt! |
3, 10, 28-29, Sophomore Editor |
| Haftle, Joann | Blind
Man Christmas at the Crossroads |
Junior, 41, 52-53 |
| Hand, Eleanor | Black Stove | 8-9, Sophomore |
| Hankel, Don | First Kill | Junior, 48-49 |
| Hayes, Roger | Business Manager, 3 | |
| Helbing, Joan | Sentinel
Pine Monsters |
3, 27, 50, Junior |
| Helbing, Joan | Miss Spice of 1965 | Senior Co-Editor, 3, 9 |
| Herman, Carol Ann | Curtain Brawl | Freshman, 43-44 |
| Iler, Norma | Fire | Senior, Typist, 3, 15 |
| Johnson, Betty Lou | artwork, 33 | |
| Johnson, Roberta | Leaves | 53, Freshman |
| Jones, Bob | Protection in the Woods | Freshman, 11 |
| Kilburn, Joan | "fur rug jug" | 3, 51, Senior, Make-Up Editor |
| Kinney, Mitzie | That Mouse and I | 13-14, Freshman |
| Klapwyk, Gail | The Heartbreaker | 11-12, Junior |
| Klepper, Marilyn | The Spring Jacket | Junior, 31 |
| LeBarron, Sue | Ru | Senior, 16-17 |
| Lewis, Twila | 11, 28, artwork | |
| Linderman, Dr. Frank B. | 3, intro, suggested the name "Kopee" | |
| Linn, John A. | 3, Financial Adviser | |
| Linn, Jack | Persuading Father | Senior, 24-25 |
| Logan, Joyce | Emergency | Sophomore, 10 |
| Longpre, Wally | Boy on a Farm | 53, Senior |
| Lourbis, Despina | Why I Like to Live in America | Sophomore, 30-31 |
| Mallick, Dick | The Sad Sacker | Senior, 10-11 |
| Matney, Polly | Dew | 18, Senior |
| McCullough, Judy | I Want To Be a Teacher | 12-13, Senior |
| McFarland, Billy Ann | Which Shall it Be? | 27, Junior |
| McMeekin, Marilyn | artwork, 3, 38, 44, Art Editor, | |
| McMeekin, John | A Close
Shave Modern Art |
Sophomore, 23, 33 |
| McMeekin, Marilyn | Sonnet | Senior Co-Editor, 3, 54 |
| McPherson, Bertha | Winter Specters | Junior, 8 |
| Metvedt, Ruth | 3, Business Manager | |
| Moses, Inez | Hillbilly Mornings | 41, Freshman |
| Mueller, Ted | 16, 24, 52, artwork | |
| Murray, Donna | Harrowing War Experiences | 36, Sophomore |
| Neidt, Joan | Deserted Fall Wind |
37, 49, Senior |
| Nelson, Maxine | What's in a Name? | Senior, 33 |
| Olson, Roberta | Cooking Calamities | Freshman, 54 |
| Paddington, Joan | Courtroom Characters | 30-31, Senior |
| Patten, Dorothy | Wind
on the Clothesline Wages of Sin |
26, 54, Senior |
| Patten, Larry Anna | Necessity | Freshman, 9 |
| Plenger, Phyllis | Battle
of the Bulge Sister |
10, Freshman Sophomore, 36 |
| Reynolds, Marvin | The Muses Can Keep It | 31-32, Senior |
| Richardson, Jeanne | Thoughts | Sophomore, 18 |
| Ring, Helen | Art Editor,
3 artwork, 46-47 |
|
| Sanders, Bill | Jungle Rescue | Sophomore, 13-14 |
| Schilling, Jeanene | artwork, 52 | |
| Schilling, Jeanene | Monologue | Senior, 27, artwork, 12 |
| Shipkey, Ted Jr. | Deep-Sea Thrills | 38-39, Sophomore |
| Shope, Marilyn | It Never Fails | Sophomore, 32 |
| Shupe, Beverly | Independence | 45, Junior |
| Skaurud, JoAnne | Typist, 3 | |
| Skoblin, Lydia | Dog Trouble | Freshman, 50-51 |
| Smith, Sonia | Quick Review | 25-26, Freshman |
| Smith, Marcia | Ping-Pong | Freshman, 25 |
| Snyder, Jim | Parents Are Odd | Freshman, 19 |
| Southern, Barbara | Cleaning the Attic | 47, Junior |
| Southern, Bob | To a Yellow Leaf | Senior, 19 |
| Spehn, Shirley | artwork, 43 | |
| Staffen, Reingard | The Great Loss | Sophomore, German foreign exchange student, 14-15 |
| Stillings, Fred | The Radio | 51, Freshman |
| Stone, George | Bruin's Brains | 22, Senior |
| Sulier, Barbara | Change-Runner | 42, Junior |
| Sunwall, Ed | Managing a Restaurant | 19-20, Senior |
| Taylor, Anne | Ivay | Freshman, 23 |
| Thomas, Pat | 8, 50, artwork | |
| Thomas, Pat | Color in Our Lives | 48, Junior, Makeup Editor, 3 |
| Walters, Al | New Kid | 4-7, Senior |
| Ward, Jack | Goose Hunter's Dream | Junior, 22 |
| Welty, Sammy | 22, 28, 29, 43, artwork | |
| Wetzsteon, Carla Jean | Intrusion Spring Tragedy Sunset |
39, Junior Senior, 20-21, 45 |
| Willey, Chuck | Smoke | 15, Senior |
| Willis, Jim | 21, artwork | |
| Wise, Alice | Bringing Up Father | Freshman, 8 |
| Yule, Jamie | The Editor | Junior Editor, 3, 17-18 |
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