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

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School Calendar SECOND SEMESTER JANUARY 19— The second semester began . . and everyone returned in good spirits. FEBRUARY— This month candy, baked goods, and hot dog sales, and dances were held to raise money for the School in Europe campaign. FEBRUARY 27— The high school girls, dressed in high heels and new dresses and the boys in their sports coats, turned out today to honor the Rev- erend and Mrs. G. D. Wood at a reception held for them in the gymnasium. Do you remember how the lights kept going on and off as Reverend Wood and Mr. Torgerson were exchanging stories about each other? MARCH 12— The students of the Hudson schools displayed their abilities tonight at the Talent and Vaudeville show which was held in the school auditorium. APRIL 3— Hudson’s speech students received high honors today. We earned eight “A” ratings at the League Speech Contest. APRIL 5— Stout Institute singers and orchestra presented a very fine concert tonight to a small but enthusiastic audience. APRIL 10— The District Forensic contest was held at River Falls State Teachers College today. Rosemary Porter, Lorraine Scuillo, and Joy Larson received “A” ratings and will go to the state contest at Madison on April 24. APRIL 10— The spring party finally caught up with us. The decoration com- mittee did themselves “good”. APRIL 16— The solo and ensemble groups traveled to River Falls today for the music contest. Hudson made a fine showing. APRIL 24— Hudson High acted as host to approximately seven schools at the Student Council Convention which was held here today. APRIL 28— This afternoon we observed the annual Civic Service Day. Each advisory group had a different task to do to improve and beautify our city. MAY 1— The marching band strutted their stuff today and did a good job of it too. You guessed it. Today was the River Falls music contest for large vocal and instrumental groups. MAY 7— The big event of the year has come at last. Tonight was the Junior Prom. The Blackhawks furnished the music. David Cleve- land and Delores Foss led the grand march. The girls’ formals were very pretty. The boys looked good too. MAY 21- Seniors wrote their final tests today. They looked rather worried, but let’s hope it will all turn out all right. MAY 23- Today was baccalaureate. The seniors were a serious group when they realized they would soon be graduating. MAY 27- Commencement! An unusual outdoor commencement exercise. The theme was the Wisconsin Centennial. 28

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1947 Raiders Co-captains.....John Ferguson and George Nelson Manager ....................... Ronald Simpson Coaches .... Robert Torgerson and Rev. G. I). Wood G uards Myrlon Daniels Clyde Christensen Neil Katner Andrew Kinney William Haugen Charles Nelson David Ruemmele Duane Nelson Ends Richard Johannsen Lloyd Erickson Arvin Lovaas Dale Wicklander Dan Borg Leroy Colbeth Halfbacks Vernon Christensen George Nelson Walter Johannsen William Heffron Robert Zarske Myles Fladager Tackles Robert Beer David Cleveland Kenneth De Witte John Breault Ralland Trudeau Kenneth I arson Quarterbacks John Ferguson William Wallace Center George Madson Pullbacks Stephen Sandberg Curtis Nickleby THE FOOTBALL SEASON September 19 HUDSON 15—COLFAX 7 The Raiders opened the football season by downing Colfax on the local field. “Vern and “Clyde” Christensen, both juniors, gave a good showing. The line showed up very well both defen- sively and offensively. Vern went 80 yards for a touchdown the first play of the game. His other touchdown was in the second quarter. It was good for 78 yards. John Ferguson handled the signal-calling like a veteran. Colfax’s only touchdown came in the last quarter. A bad pass from center was the cause of the Colfax safety which gave Hudson two points. September 26 HUDSON 20—SPRING VALLEY 19 The Blue and White put on one of the best football homecomings ever staged here. Hudson started out very poorly, and Spring Valley was leading by two touchdowns in the first quarter. The Raiders countered quickly in the second quar- ter and were on the verge of another as the half ended. The Raiders scored twice in the second half to once for the “Cards”. “Vern” Christen- sen again did all the scoring. “Walt” Johannsen booted the extra points which were the margin of victory. The slogan for the homecoming game was “Cut the Cards”. October 3 HUDSON 13—RIVER FALLS 19 River Falls defeated Hudson in one of the hardest p'ayed games all year. The Raiders held the heavily favored Falls eleven for three quar- ters but crumpled in the closing minutes. River Falls outweighed Hudson twenty pounds to the man. They made good use of their weight ad- vantage as the Hudson boys played out in the second half. One of “Vern’s runs was an 85 yard run back of a River Falls punt. Jorgenson and Benson shone for the balls eleven. “Jorgie” scored twice and Benson once. October 10 HUDSON 6—NEW RICHMOND 12 The Raiders lost the second straight game of the season to New Richmond. New Richmond was rated as the underdog; but once they scored, they were a new team and couldn’t be stopped. This was the Raiders’ last home game. Anderson of New Richmond, who did most of the plunging for the Tigers, scored both of their touchdowns. “Bill” Heffron scor- ed the Raiders only touchdown by blasting bis way over from the three yard line. 30