Central High School - Booster Yearbook (La Crosse, WI)

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Following commencement ceremonies, relieved January graduates check in caps and gowns in the school cafeteria. VOLDEN WEBER WEBSTER LaVerne Volden: A-Industrial -- Baseball Manager l, 25 L. C. Club 2, 3, Red Cross 2. Baldy -- Ambition, photographer -- Hobby, billiards -- Worked at th: Century Photo Shop during summer of l94S. Robert F. Weber: B-General -- Band l, 2, 3, Football 2, 3: Basketball l, 2, 3, Track 3, L. C. Club 3, A Child ls Born . Bob -- Ambition, mechanic -- Hobby, working with cars. Virginia Webster: A-Commercial -- High Trib Bus. l. Ginger -- Ambition, secretary -- Hobby, drawing -- Worked summer of i948 at Lutheran Hospital -- Ad- vises underclassmen to studv during every year of high school. Charley Weigent: B-General -- Baseball l, 2, 3, Foot- ball l, 2, 3, Tennis l, 2, 3, Basketball l, 2, 3, L. C. Club l, 2, 3. Chick -- Reminds underclassmen that you're young only once -- Pet peeve, long skirts. Roger Whiting: B-lndustriol -- Football l, 2, 3, Basket- if Tb 2? ff 9 . A A WEIGENT WHlTlNG WIGDAHL WRlGl-lT YANZER YOUNG ball l, 2, 3, Baseball l, 2, L. C. Club 3. Whip -- Ambition, engineer -- Native of Missouri -- Has at- tended nine different schools. Eugene R. Wigdahlz A-Industrial. Wiener -- Advice to underclassmen, Finish school -- Likes to sleep -- Transferred from Logan -- Belongs to the Naval Reserve. Marilyn Wright: B-Commercial -- Y-Teens l. Mare -- Likes to knit -- Ambition, secretary -- Worked in the office of Dolly Madison Dairies during the surn- mer of 1948. Gene Yanzer: A-Industrial. Ambition, farmer -- Pet peeve, getting up in the morning -- Advice to under- classmen, Keep at it. Worked on farm in summer, l948. Dorothy Martha Young: A-Home Economics -- G. A. A. l, 2, 3, Chorus l, 2. Ambition, school teacher -- Traveled in Wisconsin and Illinois during summer of i948 -- Pet peeve, people who are pests. NO PHOTOGRAPHS Margot Maria Martindale: B-General. Formerly attended Bayside High School, New York City -- Ambition, to be a doctor -- Was practical nurse at St. Francis Hospital summer, l948. John W. Nelson: A-Commercial -- Projectionist l, 2, 3, Stage Crew l. Johnnie -- Ambition, to travel -- Pet peeve, people who try to be superior to others -- Traveled around U. S. during summer of l948. Five of our thirty-four boys are serving as apprentice seamen in the Naval Re- serve. Two are enlisted in the National Guard. The Naval Reserve, organized since W'orld W'ar II, is fast gaining popularity with the boys. Page 29

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N 'Q' .wi . irffa. 'l li 'H' ' ,Qfiflf f Major Dragsbak was the main speaker REDISKE RICHARDS RUBINSTEIN SAMB at the Sunday baccalaureate ceremonies SCHOENBERGER SCHULTZ SCHWERTFEGER SECORD of the January class. STEINKE TAYLOR Tl-llEl. TROYANEK Irene R. Rediske: B-Home Economics -- G. A, A. l, 2, Hall Guide 2, Class Treasurer 3. Ambition, kindergarten teacher -- Dislikes waiting for people -- Advises under- classmen to study hard. Donna M. Richards: A-Commercial -- Y-Teens l. Am- bition, to fly a plane -- Advice to underclassmen, Take advantage of school -- Hobby, reading -- Native of New York state. Charles Rubinstein: B-Industrial -- S. T. C, I, 2, 3: Basketball l, 2, 3, Hall Guide l. Rube -- Ambition, certified public accountant -- ls interested in sports -- Superstition, cats, Victor Samb: B-lndustrial, Vic -- Ambition, machinist -- Hobby, a basement workshop -- Worked at Bodega during summer of l948 -- Member of National Guard. John Scheel: A-Industrial -- Basketball l, 2, 3, Ease- ball 2, 35 Hall Guide 2. Dislikes grumpy people -- Ambition, to make a million dollars -- Hobbies, hunting and fishing. Dale Schmidt: A-Industrial. Daisy -- Ambition, truck driver -- Pet peeve, crabby teachers -- Member of National Guard. John Schoenberger: A-Industrial -- Stage Crew l, Z, 3, Jr. Ex. Ambition, to work at a skiing resort -- Pet peeve, large assignments -- Advises underclassmen to get all they can from school, SCHEEL SCHMIDT Philip Schultz: B-Industrial. Ambition, bookkeeper or accountant -- Worked as a painter during the summei of l948, Joyce Theodora Schwertfeger: B-Home Economics -- Chorus lg Hall Guide l, 2, 3. Ambition, to travel -- Worked ct St. Ann's Hospital in summer, l948. Alice Louise Secord: A-Commercial -- Chorus lg Choir l, 2, Ambition, to travel -- Hobby, singing -- Worked at Erickson's Bakery during the summer of i948 -- Pet peeve, waiting for people. Donald Steinke: B-General -- Band l, 2, 3, Orchestra l, 2, 3, Pep Band 2, 3. Was a chauffeur during summer of '48 -- Ambition, truck driver -- Dislikes women smokers. Donald R. Taylor: B-Commercial. Don -- Ambition, certified public accountant -- Pet peeve, conceited people -- Worked in grocery store in summer, i948 -- Hobby, pool. Howard W. Thiel: A-Industrial -- Mixed Chorus lg Choir 2, 3, Boys' Glee Club 2, 3, Projectionist 2, 3. Howie -- l-lobby, working with movie and sound equipment -- Dislikes nagging people. Donna M. Troyanek: B-General -- L. R. T. 2, 3, Vice Pres, 2, 3, G. A. A. l, 2, Pep Club l, 2, Orchestra l, 2, 3, Y-Teens 2, 3. Ambition, dress designer -- Pet superstition, wishing on the first star that comes out. Forty-five 12A is were registered in 212, the honor study hall, with seven serv- ing as executives, whose duties are to take roll and read announcements. Seven were members of S.T.C. Almost 50723 of us visited the Freedom Train. Page 28

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,fail fanuaaq Glad! Qaacfuafai ln Study Hall Zl 5, which was home room to the 79 January graduates, enrollment cards are filled out by each student. Billtolds are rapidly depleted as class treasurer Irene Rediske collects money for such itenes as caps and gowns, announce- ments, and Booster pictures. Anxious mid-year grads await their turn to have credits checked by Mr. Scott hoping for a total of the necessary thirty-three. Page 30 Underclassmen regard with awe and ad- miration the last January graduates as they march out of the auditorium following senior assembly. Well attended by both students and tac- ulty members, the senior-faculty banquet took place in the VFW club rooms. Three years ot study at Central culminate as each graduate receives his diploma and rose from Principal G. D. Scott.