Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

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Senior Prophecy Broadway, N. Y. May 27, 1958 Dear Miss Lee, As the class of ’48 was always one of your special pets, I realize that you would be interested knowing how they fared in this world of strife. I am writing the column “Day by Day with Hedda Hopper,” since the original Hedda Hopper has retired. However, having my column written for several weeks ahead, I decided that I had time to take a vacation to visit my former classmates. On my way to the airport to catch a plane for Chicago, I noticed a sign reading “Nickleby Detective Agency,” Curtis Nickleby, Chief Detective. I al- ways thought “Nuck” would make a good detective because of his inquisitiveness. Beneath the large letters were smaller ones saying, “Assisted by Ther- esa Evenson.” Bill Heffron proved to be the pilot of my plane (or rather Nathalie Lyksett’s since she is president of the “Inter State Airlines” and is fairly rolling in wealth.) Of course the stewardess was Yvonne Stewart. She was talking to a woman who appear- ed familiar. I finally placed her as Helen Hauke, who is a reporter for a competitive newspaper. Julie Ann Swanson has also turned to journal- ism and now has a position as fashion reporter of Vogue. When I landed in Chicago, I located Darlene Bridges, who is chief stenographer in the offices of the Lloyd Erickson, Jr., Insurance Company. Faye Kinney is also employed there as a stenographer, although she is married and has two tow-headed youngsters. Darlene and I (Darlene having taken the aft- ernoon off) then visited the Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago, where LaVine Riley, the only one in our class to become a doctor, took us on a tour through the wards over which she has particular charge. LaVine told us that she’s just been reading a letter from the former Beverly Smith, who, after finishing nurses training, had worked at the Mayo Brothers Clinic at Rochester and is now married, and that Don Early is a civil engineer busily order- ing men around and working on the blueprints for a large construction project in South America. Darlene and I happened to run into Ruth Sand- berg, who is the inspector of beauty salons in Chi- cago. Ruth and Darlene then saw me off on a plane to Milwaukee. When I arrived, I saw' a bill- board announcing that Bonnie Rose, the winner of the 1957 Miss America beauty contest was making a personal appearance at one of the large dow ntown theaters. Her manager is Donald Michaelson. I also visited John Ferguson’s “Wheaties” fac- tory. As a result of an addition that was just com- pleted, he will employ 300 men. Mathew Neises is his production manager and Kenneth Payson, his efficiency expert. As I left the plant, I noticed a large sign in neon lights announcing that Robert Beer, assisted by Richard Johannsen, who is a renowned comedian, having succeeded Joe E. Brown, was to make a personal appearance in Milwaukee on his tour through the United States. I then bought a paper and walked down the street reading it until I bumped into a perambulator. Behind it was the former Arlene Emerson. She was very successful as a stenographer; she married her boss. She told me that she isn’t the only one w’ho is married. Gus Nelson has given up his basketball career, and now' resides in Stillwater. He has a family of three short, curly-headed youngsters. Dorothy Swanson and Barbara Myrvold are also living in SU11H20 and are very active in Stillwater’s social circle. As I read in the society column, I noticed one of its juiciest items was that the Misses Barbara Bar- gen, June Lomnes. Margaret Wilcox, and Dorothy Petersen entertained at a “card” party last evening. That is still going on, and probably will for the next twenty-five years. On the sports page, I saw a familiar name— that of Lois Wilcox. Although she is married, she has kept up her athletic ability. The paper announc- ed she has just won the women’s wrestling title. One of the newspaper’s features told me that Pat Moen, a renowned tightrope walker, was plan- ning to cross the Atlantic Ocean on a wire cable. I took a plane from Milwaukee to the metrop- olis of Hudson. When I arrived there, I hired a car and went for a drive to the old brick school. To keep myself company I switched on the radio. Naturally I turned in on my favorite swing orches- tra, Tom Marson and his Melo Martonians. At present his orchestra is featuring Bonnie Sweitzer and is in demand at all the large ballrooms. How- ever Tom was just signing off, and as there was a news report in a few minutes I kept that station. To my surprise I heard a familiar name—that of Bill Haugen. He had just been awarded the Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford for his excellent book on English. I finally reached the school and found Joy Larson and Wanda Hansen dispelling knowledge to the little ones and Evelyn Thorson just finishing her lecture on “Why 4-H Work is Beneficial.” Al- though “Toots is married, she is an outstanding 4-H leader. After the lecture I inquired about their friends and found out that Carol Erickson and Ruth Sat her are nurses at Eau Claire, while Bever- ly Nelson, also a nurse, is employed at Prescott. I hey also said that Eileen Grupe has now reached the height of fame; she is a Metropolitan top star. After I encountered them, I decided to wander around the school some more, and I found Jeanette Hillary teaching history in room 212, and Roger Luebke employed as the physics pedagogue. They must understand the students very well, since they were graduated but ten short years ago. This completes my list, except for Barbara Eg- bert and Faye Mitchell who are the operators of the “Girls School of Beauty and Charm” in Brooklyn. I am sure you will feel satisfied with the good work our class has done. Yours sincerely, Idella Yarns 22

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Senior Activities . . . BEVERLY NELSON—G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; Junior Band 1, 2; Band 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 4; Marching Band 3, 4. GEORGE NELSON—Student Council 4; Annual 4; Class Play 3; Hi-Y 4; Basketball Captain 4; Foot- ball Co-captain 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Boys’ Octet 3; Triple Trio 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Boxing 1; Stage Manager 1, 2; True Blue Times 4; Class Officer 3, 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Intra-mural Basketball 1, 2; Mixed En- semble 3. CURTIS NICKLEBY—Student Council 1; Class Play 3, 4; Hi-Y 2, 4; Mixed Chorus 2, 3. 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 4; Stage Manager 3; Class Officer 4; Football 1, 2, 3, 4; Intra-mural Basketball 1. KENNETH PAYSON—Class Play 3; Hi-Y 2, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Basketball 4; Playground 4; Athletic Man- ager 3; Track 2; Intra-mural Basketball 1, 2, 3. DOROTHY PETERSEN—Student Council 3; G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3; B” Glee Club 2. 3; “A” Glee Club 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 4; Usher 3; Class Officer 3. LA VINE RILEY—G. A. C. 4; Extemporaneous Read- ing 1; Glee Club 1; Playground 3; True Blue Times 4; Annual 4; Library Club 1. BONNIE ROSE—Student Council 4; G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; One-Act Play 3; Usher 4; Cheerleader 3, 4; Debate 1, 2. RUTH SANDBERG—Student Council 3, 4; G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; One-Act Play 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 3; ‘‘B” Glee Club 1; “A” Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4; Triple Trio 3; Usher 3; Cheerleader 4; Tachopera 2, 3, 4; Class Officer 3; Organization Officer 3, 4; Orchestra 1; Declamation 2. RUTH SATHER—G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; One-Act Play 3; Christmas Pageant 3; “A” Glee Club 3, 4; “B” Glee Club 2; Triple Trio 4; Solo 4; Mixed Ensemble 3; Mixed Chorus 3, 4. BEVERLY SMITH—G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; “B” Glee Club 1, 2; “A” Glee Club 3; Debate 1. YVONNE STEWART—Student Council 4; G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual 4; One-Act Play 2; “A” Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4; Solo 2, 3; True Blue Times 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Marching Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2; Dance Band 1, 3; Pep Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Sax Quartet 2, 3; Drum Majorette 1, 2, 3, 4. DOROTHY SWANSON—G. A. C. 1. 2, 3, 4; Class Play 3, 4; One-Act Play 1; “B Glee Club 1; “A” Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 3, 4; Class Officer 4; Junior Band 1; Band 2, 3, 4; Clarinet Trio 3; Marching Band 2, 3, 4; Pep Band 2, 3. 4. JULIE ANN SWANSON—G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Play 4; One-Act Play 2, 3; Christmas Pageant 1; ‘B’’ Glee Club 1, 2; ‘A’’ Glee Club 3, 4; Mixed Chor- us 4; Tachopera 2, 3, 4; Declamation 4. BONNIE SWEITZER—Student Council 1. 3; G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; Annual 4; Class Play 3; One-Act Play 1, 2; Christmas Pageant 3; “A Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4: Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4; Triple Trio 4; Girls’ Quartet 3; Tachopera 2, 3, 4; True Blue Times 4; Class Of- ficer 1; Organization Officer 4; Junior Band 1; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Marching Band 1, 2, 3. 4; Dance Band 1, 3; Pep Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Brass Sextet 2, 3, 4. EVELYN THORSON—Student Council 1; G. A. C. 1, 2, 3; “A” Glee Club 1, 2, 3; B” Glee Club 1; Mixed Chorus 2, 3. LOIS WILCOX—Student Council 4; G. A. C. 1. 2. 3, 4; One-Act Play 1; Christmas Pageant 4; “B” Glee Club 1; “A” Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4; Solo 2, 3, 4; Mixed Ensemble 3; Cheerleader 4; Class Officer 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Marching Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Horn Quartet 3; Pep Band 1, 2, 3; Brass Sextet 2, 3, 4; Organization Of- ficer 1, 3, 4; Gym Teacher 3, 4. MARGARET WILCOX—Student Council 4; G A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; “B” Glee Club 1; “A” Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Mixed Chorus 2, 3, 4; Triple Trio 4; Solo 3, 4; Mixed Ensemble 3; Organization Officer 1, 3, 4; Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Marching Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Pep Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Trumpet Trio 3, 4; Playground 3; Brass Quartet 1, 4; Commencement Committee 4. IDELLA YARNS—G. A. C. 1, 2, 3, 4; “B” Glee Club 2, 3; “A” Glee Club 3, 4. 21

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SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Nathalie Lyksett, Dorothy Swanson, Curtis Nickleby, Lois Wilcox, George Nelson. ALL SCHOOL OFFICERS William Haugen, Eleanor Thompson. Barbara Egbert, June Lomnes, Roger Luebke. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS David Cleveland, Phyllis Danielson, William Wallace, Elton Dahlke. FRESHMEN CLASS OFFICERS Dorothy Richie, Geraldine Trudell, Thomas Haugen, Edward Boody, Alta Christensen. ORGANIZATION PRESIDENTS June Lomnes, Roger Luebke, Joy Larson, William Haugen, Lois Wilcox, Rosemary Porter. SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS Rita Ruemmele, George Madson, Juliann Ryan, Ken- neth Larson, Robert Zarske. 23