Washburn High School - Chequamegon Yearbook (Washburn, WI)

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CLASS HISTORY 1961 We began our freshman year with forty-seven pupils. Many events occurred in this year. To raise money for our class we sold basketball pencils. We were invited to the freshman initiation party which was in our honor. As class activities we entered our freshman float in the Homecoming parade and gave a sophomore return party. We began our sophomore year with forty-three classmates. In this year our first event was initiating the new freshmen. Next we entered our sophomore float in the Homecoming parade. In our Junior year of 1959 we entered with a class enrollment of forty pupils. It was a busy year but full of many big events, which we juniors put on. The first was the Homecoming. A tragedy happened at this event in which our bon- fire material was ruined by rain. We sponsored the Homecoming dance with music provided by The Alley Cats. After the Homecoming we started making plans for our Holiday Hop, which was held at the DuPont Club, with A1 Gadda's orchestra. We put on a Valentine's Day dance with the music of the Off Beats and Mr. Haugen. Our next big event was tne Junior-Senioi oauquet. Our speaker was Mr. Stauffer, Mr. Stoddard gave the Invocation, and Richard Ol- son was the master of ceremonies. Our biggest event was the Prom. The king and queen were Richard Olson and Beverly Pitts. The theme was Rendezvous of the Stars. That night we danced to the music of the Northernlights. It was now our Senior year of 1961. We entered our Senior year with thirty- eight students. Our class advisors were Mr. Nelson and Miss Anderson. We planned a float for the Homecoming. A senior. Carol Tast, was chosen Home- coming queen. We sold light bulbs as a money making project to help finance our trip. We had our class play. The Professor Proposes, in February. The Junior and Senior Banquet was held in our honor. We made our class trip to Minneapolis on April 6, and returned on April 8. We began plans for gradua- tion. Our class colors were blue and white, the flower was red carnation, and our motto was, Our greatest victory is not in never falling but in rising every time we tall. the class cnose Carol Tast and Myron Leafblad as our class favorites. We lost a number of classmates but a new girl, Donna Hendrick, en- rolled in our class. We graduated with thirty-two students. 21

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CLASS OFFICERS Left to right; Janice Flones, Treasurer; Carol Tast, Secretary; Myron Leafblad, President; Judy Guske, Vice President. FAVORITES 20 CAROL TAST MYRON LEAFBLAD

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IN MEMORY OF OUR CLASSMATE The tragic death of James Edward Nelson in an automobile accident on February sixteenth has deeply saddened the hearts of his pals and schoolmates. Active in football during his years in high school and member of the All-Con- ference Team, James was held in high regard. His happy smile and ready wit won him a place of deep affection. As a member of the Class through twelve full years, Jim will be sadly missed as we approach graduation without him, our classmate and our friend. The Class of 1961 recalls with sadness Jimmy's untimely death and expresses its deepest sympathy to the members of his family. 22