Brodhead High School - Red B Yearbook (Brodhead, WI)

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a man, and to my surprise it was none other than AI Olson, the manager of the Shipping Yards. I called for a taxi and told the driver to take me to Elmer's Hotel. On all my visits to the United States I stopped here before boarding the train. This hotel was owned by David Elmer, a boy I went to school with. That night I went to the current Broadway hit in which Karen Zimmerli and John Maurer had the leading roles. After the show I went to Wayne's Grill, owned and operated by Wayne Richards. He had a chain of such establishments throughout the United States. I was welcomed by Nancy Foss, who was the head hostess. I went back to my hotel and retired for the evening. Early the next morning I boarded the train for Brodhead which was engineered by Bobby Dorr. There I was to have an interview with Richard Kneubuehl, president of the Swiss Pizza Company. It was like old times talking to Dick. He said he would show me around the town and let me meet some of my old classmates. We went to the Brodhead High School. There Coach Gary Ringen had produced a state championship basketball team. His team was unbeaten through three seasons of play. The star on Gary's team was Little Ed son of Big Ed who was commonly known as Ed Meichtry was math teacher at the school. Phyllis Bouton and Bonnie Hawkins were two English teachers. Leaving the high school, we then went to the Laube Laboratory, where Elzie Laube and Dirk Sveom were working on an automobile that consumes no gas. Dick then showed me the huge farms of Donald Amundson and Jack Stremick, Don and Jack had one thousand head of steers and also had ten hands working for them. Dennis Shaw and Roy Neidermeier were also successful farmers. That evening Dick and I sat around the fire reminiscing about school days. He told me Karen Brandenburg, Virginia Lee, Pat Neidermeier, Pat Moore, and Darlene Trezek were all happily married. The next day we went riding in the country. Soon we came to a large farm with white fences all around. I soon discovered this was Carolyn Pree's horse ranch. She bought, raised, and sold horses to all the famous cowboys on television. The house was built in the form of a horse. I had never seen anything like it before in my life. I asked Dick who had designed this house and he told me that the famous architect Gary Williams had done it, with the help of his secretary Carol Wismer. The inside of the house had been decorated by Sally Schultz. By the time we got back to town it was time to eat lunch. We stopped at the most famous restaurant in Wisconsin. It was owned and operated by Kathryn Cowell and Dorothy Miller. Their chef was none other than the remarkable Daniel McCool . He had prepared baked lobster tail for us. While eating our dinner we noticed two distinguished gentlemen come into the res- taurant. They sat down beside us. Both of them looked familiar and I thought I should know them. I began talking to them and came to find out they were two of my old classmates, Dennis and Don Olson. Dennis was manager of a chain of drugstores, while Don was president of Stars Incorporated. Working for Stars Incorporated were the famous motion picture stars Ann Wheeler and Pat Noonan. Dinner finished, we then adjusted ourselves to the back seat of the automobile. Driving through the main part of town I noticed a sign, J 8. S HairstyIing . Dick informed me this was run by Joanne Zuhlke and Sara Conway. Dick also said that Marvin Hanner and Jim Wells were running a quality clothing store for men. Night was creeping upon us. We decided to head back to Dick's house. While riding back to his house, Dick told me that Judy Putney was the wife of a successful farmer, and that Ron Jones was the operator of his own music store in Chicago. The following morning I boarded a train back to New York. I had heard what all my old classmates were doing in life and some of them, I even met again. Yes, the class of i959 was doing quite well for itself. 62

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I, Roy Niedermeier, do bequeath my ability in farming to Bob Ames. Pat Noonan, do bequeath my interest in men to men chasers. Allen Olson, do bequeath my ability to play baseball to Jeff Knezel. I, Dennis Olson, do bequeath my safe driving ability to Dennis Lee. Don Olson, do bequeath my natural charm with girls to David Ensor. Janice Olson, do bequeath my ability in bookkeeping to future bookkeepers. I, Carolyn Pree, do bequeath my love of horses to Jane Sveom. I, Judy Putney, do bequeath my athletic ability to Carol Zweifel . I, Wayne Richards, do bequeath my good luck streak to the football team. I, Gary Ringen, do bequeath my athletic ability to Sam Wendler. I, Sally Schultz, do bequeath my ability to have pizza parties to Maribeth Erickson. I, Marlene Schwartz, do bequeath my blonde hair to Ron Appleman. I, Jack Stremick, do bequeath my ability in art to Bob Smith. I, Dirk Sveom, do bequeath my safe care of glasses to all spectacle wearers. I, Gloria Swenson, do bequeath my quietness to Marla Canon. I, Darlene Trezek, do bequeath my queenly attitude to future prom queens. I, Ann Wheeler, do bequeath my ability to get along with teachers to Jim Bramble. I, Jim Wells, do bequeath my quiet studious quality to John Hoesly. I, Gary Williams, do bequeath my speed to Al Lucchi. May it help him in football. I, Carol Wismer, do bequeath my typing ability to Charles Foslin. I, Mariorie Ziltener, do bequeath my love of dancing to Bonnie Fink. I, Karen Zimmerli, do bequeath my cheering ability to all future cheerleaders. Joanne Zuhlke, do bequeath my position as last but not least to Butch Wolter. Marvin Hanner, do bequeath my accent to Mary Lakin. I, Dennis Shaw, do bequeath my art ability to Sandra DeVoe. I, Kathy Cowell, do bequeath my friendliness to any grouches in B. H. S. To the Juniors we bequeath our Senior dignity. To the Sophomores, our study habits. They will need them. And to the Freshmen, our athletic ability. Subscribed and sworn to us this 27th day of May, l959, by the Senior Class. I, I, I, I, I, I, Senior Class Prophecy I was presently employed at Pizza Cheese company in Hickapoo Valley in England. My po sition was that of General Manager in charge of relations with the United States. Once every ten years I visited our plants in the United States. I was leaving for America next week. I was to sail on the Santa Maria , which was cap- tained by my old schoolmate, Ken Curless. Boarding the ship late in the afternoon, I had to take the last cabin available to first-class passengers. Hunger knocking at my door, I immed- iately sent orders for a lobster dinner. Within two minutes the dinner was brought to me by Janice Olson. The trip was long and monotonous. After five days of travel, I suddenly became stricken with an attack of appendicitis. I was rushed to the hospital room. There I was operated upon by Dr. James Deppeler. I received excellent care by his fine nurse, Mariorie Ziltener. The next ten days I spent recovering from my operation. Gloria Swenson and Marlene Schwartz made my recovery enjoyable by coming to see me and talking to me. They were also stewardesses on the ship. Coming into New York Harbor, I saw the Statue of Liberty. Our boat docked in the New York Harbor where there was much confusion upon board. I accidently knocked down

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Senior Class Song fTo the tune of Twilight Time j Wonderful day of graduation, It's here at last When High School days have reached completion, It's here at last For years we've struggled onward dreaming of We all know that now tis here at last. this day Memories of joys we've had together, are with us now Woes of the world we'll have to weather, we know not how We face the future calmly, trusting in what we've learned Together, this day has come at last. Here in the halls of B.H.S. we've made our history for all to see Like those who have gone before us, we'll be a memorie so it must be Honors in sports and state forensics, our class has won Homecoming, prom and class play meant work, but we had fun Our school and all our teachers, friends we made so true Together we bid a fond adieu. National Honor Society Seniors Elzie Laube Karen Zimmerli Carolyn Pree Edwin Meichtry Dennis Clson Marjorie Ziltener 63 Juniors Shelby Mauermann JoAnn Ayres Jeff Knezel