Aitkin High School - A Book Yearbook (Aitkin, MN)

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L- CLASS NIL SICIANS CLTEST U Y BEST ATHLETE -Xilette E1mer, Alfred Jaques MUV5' ROUUVII IX'-:ffl B035 Dick Skog, Betty D1-ag, Ray Hmmm-n HALL OF FABIE Marilyn Fillipf: Mary Ann Hanson Bonnie Wiederholt Bev Mindrum Carolyn Engquist Ramona Mindrum Betty Dragovieh Mary Ann Ronnei Bev Mindrum Carolyn Engquist Ramona Mindrum Jane Honeyagei' Bonnie Wiederholt Gerry Rivers Mary Siegfried Arlette Eimer Bev Mindrum Joanne Linde Bev Watson Betty Buss Mary Ann Hanson Dona Petersen Bev Mindrum Arlette Eimer Betty Buss VIOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED Harald Bakken, Bev Mindrum MoST PoPI3I.AI: IIBETTIEST EYES PRETTIEST IIAIE MoST LIKELY T0 SIICCEEB NICEST BEST sBoBT BEST ATIILETE c:UT1-:ST IIoST BRILLIANT NEATEST IWTTIEST QUIETBST FRIENDLIEST BEST COMPLEXION MOST TALENTED BUSIEST IIEPPIEST BEST DANCERS MoST TIIoI1oHTTfIII, SHYEST sIIooTHEsT BEST ALI, ABoUNII CLASS IIUSICIANS CLASS Ac:ToBS CLASS ACTORS Betty Buss, Glen Hegmun Pat Cummings Jim Herring Jerry Everson Harald Bakken Pat Cummings Bill Jakubice Ray Hyytinen Dick Skog Ken Boyd Harald Bakken Pat Cummings Don McKay Trevor Briclgwater Ken Boyd Jerry Everson Harald Bakken Harald Bakken Bay Hyytinen Pat Cummingi Bill Jakubice Trevor Bridgwater Fred Wold Ray Hyytinen Alfred Jaques Glen Hegman BEST DANCERB Bev Watson, Pat Cummings '54

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SEN IOR PROPHECY Many of you have probably wondered what has happened to the successful class of 1953 Let us look ahead to the year 1962 and frnd out what they have been dorng As we once agang trrp over the streets of Artkrn fthey strll havent frxed themy we run across many famrlrar faces Vlell well look whos comrng down the street rn a jet propelled wheel chan None other than Frank Peg leg Rerther It must be cne cf hrs n w rnventrons Guess he never drd learn to drrxe Vkatch hrm take tne ccrner on one wheel Gosh he almost hrt those two women VS ell rf rt rsnt Anna Grulke and Regrna Beneke off for therr noon hour Vkhy are you wearrng those boots' Are you strll prckrng turkeys? As we contrnue our yaunt we approach Bakkens Pet Shop Lets go rn and look around VVell rf rt rsn t Jerry Cuder man applyrng for a Job to retarl crnarre Vtonder how thev last therr tarls rn the first place Why look mer there by the monkey cages Its J :Ann Lrnde Chrrstensen tryrng to figurt out rf thats a monkey or Benny Jr Oh look out She almost got knocked off her feet Its the snappy JSHIIOTESS Donna Belle Drxon swecprng floors Whos that followrng her around wrth her eyes pceled for crgarette butts hone other than Marjorre Rechard Dont tell me hes rn cahoots wrth the Futhey boys? You see they have tobacco factory outsrde cf town managed by the one and only Jerrv Ever son As we leave thfs atmosphere of anrmals peanuts and smell we see Ruth Carlstrom pull up rn a statron wagon Mv I wonder rf they re all hers Qurck' now s our chance to catch a street car IArtkrn has them nowl As we enter the door a vorce rrngs out Clear the arsles As we are jerked to our seats we find the drrver t bc Betty tput somethrng rn the poty Buss Enterrng the suburbs we see Oh no' that cant be Mary Ann Ronner chasrng Pat Cummrngs wrth a hatchet My what she w nt do to get her way Wcnder who that rs over there hangrng out all those baby drapers I don t belreve rt' It can t be Marr.-rnne Petersen My good ness I wonder rf that s one of her krds hangrng by hrs leet from the who do we see through that wrndow so busrly preparrng s pper Its Barbara Anderson Ryan and here comes Jr Ryan down the street bawlrng hrs head off because h hurt hrs hand Guess he must take after hs old man Look a hat hous over tnere Whos that stuck n the chrmney anta Claus? Oh no rt just Rrchard Nelscn whos taken up chrmney sweeprng Theres a hearse parked cutsrde that house and look here comes the frrendly Lndertaker Brlly tstack em upl Errckson hes carryrng a drrty old mrser Jack Hallbeck who made all hrs money runnrng a slop machrne racket Well they all have to go sometrme As we apprcach the corner the light turns red Look at that patr 1 wagon parked over there Whos that mad woman try mg to fight off Oftrcer Brrdgwaterq Its Arlette Ermer wrth her blood shot eyes Guess she was plavrng her horn too loud and blew her top Say get a look rnsrde that prtrol wag n Qorte a load rsn t rt I guess they finally caught up wrth Dona Pcterscn and her wrld gang of card sharks Mary Brenzel Lucy Hensel Jane Honey ager Marrlyn Mattson Delores Wolford and Jrm Herrrng Hey how drd he get rn there' Oh I gue s hes D nas assrstant XX hos that crushed under the eat Why rts Lt Stewart Packer He went A VS O L After several trys the offrcer manages to get the wrld Arlette rnto the wagcn They re off' Oh no not a flat trre Vt hat wrll Offrcer Brrdgwater do ntxt Here comes Mary Sregfrred frllrng statron attendant to the rescuc After the lrght has changed lor the srxth trmt the nosy street car drrver finally decrdes to move on As we near the Sub Club tthrs rs an awfully long street car lrnel Hey look out for that man garntrng a lrne down the mrddlc of the hrghway The drrver grrns sheeprshly and adds another X to her chart of casualtres above the wrndshreld I wonder whos gorng to wash the blood off the fender Here ccmes Kenny Boyd wrth a mrlk pall pantrng madly I guess he took up farmrng He busrly pro ceeds to scrape Jrm Ellrng :ff the bumper As the mess rs hnallv cleared away we coutrnue on Look ahead water Must be 'Vlrlle Lacs lake Say lock at that washtub out rn the water Sorry thats Gwen Honnold wrth her new strap less Jansen swrm surt Shes frantrcally wavrng to us I guess she thrrrks rts another bus load of Kamp Krtchr Kahnrss boys We re almo t at tht end oi the street car lrm and look who s wartrng to get on Its Carolrne Ashton Florence Baumgartner Clarrce Hrllman Shrrley Deeds and Lorarne Dennrson Must b comrng back from therr summer yr bs at the Y The street car rs now on rts way back and rts loaded to capacrty I sure wr h that man would get hrs hand out of my coat pocket Thats not a man Its Ray Hutrnen up to hrs old trrcks agarn or rs he rn polrtrcs n w Look whos standrng behrnrl hrm wrth that brg cardboard box to collect all therr loot Its Rrchard Skog and look at that beard VS ho d es he thrnk he rs Santa Claus' Passrng Myr Mar we see some grrls runnrng down the drrve way wavrng therr arms as they are wrldly chasrng the great polka krng Alfred Jaques and hrs tuba Vkhy rts Helen Janzen Mary Anne Koukrs and Carolyn Engqurst They re only dorng thrs for a publrcrty stunt though You see they get pard for rt We finally leave the lake and soon hrt town tmy shes r careless drrverl The streets we prevrously passed are now desolate and bare Guess thev ve all gone to the County Farr except for a shadowy figure lurkrng behrnd a lamp post Its Fred Wold wartrng to trrp nld ladres and snatch therr purses Lets contrnue on our way down to the farrgrounds As we pass through the gates we see Grace Brshop sellrng trckets Aha I saw her slrp that mcrrey rn her packet Look at all those fender less cars parked over there Must be the ones Carol Hanson drrect Whats that brg crowd gathered outsrde the 4 H burldrng Vt ell I ll be rts Dcn Vrrkus rn hrs hrgh srlk hat on hrs last whrstle stop tMay he beat Hoovcrl Gee Ive always lrked the merry go round but who are those greasy grrls runnrng rt Iwo rt can t be Beverly and Shrrley Watson Hey' Thats not for you Bonnre W Xou cant rrde m thos lrttle cars tOf course rts the only rrde she doesnt get srck on! Lets vrsrt the wrestlrng arena Wrestlrng tonrght wrll be the two greatest stars of all trme Tony tThe Tornadoj Huber and Betty tYah hoo slap em on the backl Dragovrch May the best man I wrn Who s that woman rn the gaudy black satrn dress holdrng a crystal ball peerrng out of that tent wartrng to trade a fortune for Iewelry and old shoes tsrze 11 Trrple Db 9 Who s got feet that srze None other than Madame Rosebush Emch They re all wrse to her Look how they srdetrack her booth Look at that poster over there It says theres a new lrne of grrls rn the Hotsy Totsy Show Tonrghts star of the program rs Mary Ann tShake em up? Hanson The other lrne up rs Marrlyn lswrvel hrpsj Frllrps JoAnn fswrsh around! Haskrns Kay fBounce em up and downl Hrll Shrrley fheps a bob, Meacham Love-able Lundeen Marrlvn tMooocherl Mrckelson Arlene fAg1tator7 Nyberg and Maggre tMow em downl Hrlls Managrng the whole show 1 Arlen Isure footl Sergent On to the grandstand wrth the specral features of a Rodeo Show and Balancrng Acts Star ol the Rodeo rs Anna rRrde Emi Cook Watch her lasso that wrld steer Oh oh Anna better put Mr Sweet back on the bandstand Now to the stage show wrth the balancrng acts There s Beverly Mrndrum tryrng to balance Ramona cn her nose Hey' get your foot out of her mouth To the rrght of the stage up on the trght rope tive feet from the ground wrth a harr net underneath? comes shakrly tremblrng the great Bob tSa bastrong Frost Assrstrng hrm on the trght rope rs Geraldrne tRov rngl Rrvers Dorothy tWrndrngb Wrnegarner Irene fSwrngrng7 Swanson and Beverly fPussy footl Pasell The crowd rs frantrc as he almost slrpped but that Burly Don McKay ran to the rescue on the shoulders cf Darrold Packer on the shoulders of Bradley Bodle For the grand I-rnale there rs a talent shcw of home grown t1lent Frrst on the program rs Don Schagel wrth hrs all star or chestra whrch rncludes Stanley Gustrn on the shoe horn Don Harrr son and hrs harp Glen Hegman and hrs wrllow whrstle and Drtk Daly on the drumstrcks We-xt contestant on the program rs Connre tThe Croonerl Holmvrg srngrng Dont Shoot The Bartender Hes Half Shot Now The last contestant on the program rs Brll lBang Emi Jakubrce playrng a ymbal solo Chase Me Charley Thr ugh The Barley The program rs now ended and we must leave As we de part from the nrght lrfe of the farr we see one straggler crawlrng around on hrs hands and knees lookrng for money Why rt s Kermrt Wrederholt We would Jorn hrm but we must go back to our world cf tomorrow ' ' 1 1 5 E ' ' , V 'V L V ' ,' ' ' . e . . 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SENIOR LI ASS WILI We the senrors of the honorable out-tandrng gregarrous class of 1953 possessrng the aptrtude and abrlrtv of hrgh scholastrc standrngs plus the addrtron of charm porse talent and good looks do herebv dedrcate thrs our last vsrll and testrmony ARTICLE I To the fortunate class of 1954 who have had the benefit of berng belovs us one grade for the last 12 vears vue leave our doorless lockers our abrlrty to apple polrsh Old Glory rn 337 the warm water rn the drrnkrng fountarn and the happy smrlrng teachers as they merrrlv hand out short srx page qurzzes May you enjoy rt as well as we drd ARTICLE II To the yuruors and the unfortunates below them we leave our vrords of wrsdom Try to keep up the outstandrng record have made and you may also go down rn hrstorv fespecrally rf you have Mr Lundqurstp Remember the curfew keep the halls cleared speak only when spoken to be a good sport and laugr when a teach er krcks you rn the face and last but not least uphold our clear record of cheatrng ARTICLE III We as Senrors wrll the followrng KENINETH BOYD wrlls hrs Marcel wave to anyone that has the pa trence to set therr harr every nrght BARBARA ANDERSON wrlls her seat rn band next to Jo Jo Prtt man to anyone who knows the art of Judo HARALD BAKKEN wrlls Harvey and the snarks and booyums to Mrs Olson May she make room for them all RUTH CARLSTROM wrlls her abrlrty to promptly mrss the last bell crch mornrng to Terry Dotzler who IS usually seen wanderrng arcund the halls at 7 00 TRFVOR fCason0valL BRIDGWATER wrlls hrs way wrth women to any Jumor boy namely Jrmmy Zeese CARLOINE ASHTON wrlls her weak eyes to Mr Belfrorr JERRY CUDERMAN wrlls all hrs statrstrcs and facts to Mr Lund ourst Mav he make use of them all LORAINE DENINISON wrlls her composed posrtrcn rn the lrbrary to Roge Hyytrnen BETTY fYah hoo lap em on the backl DRAGOVICH wrlls all her JIM ELLINC berng one ot the more patrrotrc members of the Senror Class rs wrllrng hrmself to the Marrnes He already attends the Submarrne Club PAT CUMMINGS vulls hrs hoochy coochy dances to the wrld trrbes of Darkest Afrrca who would probably flnd rt qurte catchrng MARILYN! FILLIPS wrlls her abrlrty to swrng her hrps to Teddy Arens BILI ERICKSON wrlls hrs phon graph records to Carolyn Engqurst but hell keep her prcture STANLEY GUSTIN wrlled hrs crutches to Mr Woock May he use them on hrs players DON HARRISON wrlls hrs smooth way to Don Wheatcraft and Jchnny Malrnen who can tight over rt between themselves JOANN HASKINS and BONNIE WIEDERHOLT wrll therr tele yrsron sets to anyone who lrkes to watch a snowstorm rn the summer tlme FLORENCE BAUMGARTNER wrlls her garters to any other bum Also her abrlrty to hrtch free rrdes on the Northem Pacrtlc MARY BRENZEL wrlls her calmness to Audrey Howard GRACE BISHOP CAROL I-IANSEN and BEVERLY PASELL wrll Palrsade and all rts boys to Chrrstrne Johnson Dolly Oaks and Janrce Keath REGINA BENEKE wrlls her posrtron as an F H A homemaker to Myron Larson who may make some krd a wonderful wrfe BRADLEY BODLE wrlls hrs Brandy B ttle to Bob Pratt May hc tako as good care of rt as Bradley drd SHIRLEY DEEDS wrlls her good t l deeds to the bcy scouts May they use them all DONNA DIXON wrlls her rntestrnal fortrtude to Karen Lange BETTE BUSS wrlls her excuse I had to work rn the drug-.ture t her lrttlc brother who may fall ln her footprrnts ANNA COOK wrlls her sheeprsh ways and one of her lrttle lambs to merry Margaret Shrelds DICK DALY wrlls hrs daily attendance record to Gun ARLETTE EIMER wrlls her musrcal talent and,her flrrty vsays to Pat Hogan JERRY EVERSON wrlls the Futhey boys to Marcella Cartre JUWIE EMCH drdnt get a chance to wrll anythmg before they took her away but vue understand that she rs dedrcatrng the rest of her lrfe to vseavrng baskets rn a rope factory ANNA GRUHLKE wrlls her rrdes on Ray Krreners motorcycle to anyone who can hang on MARILYN ELLING wrlls her abrlrty to get on the honor roll to Harold Beecroft ROBERT FROST Just melted JACIQ HQLLBECK wrlls hrs loudness to Larry Turner Speak' boy pea H HAROLD and RICHARD FUTHFY wrll therr abrlrty to take the corner on two wheels to Walter Newton who takes the corners wrth hrm MARY tHannyJ HANSON wrlls her tllrty ways to her cousrn Lars Hanson who doesn t really need them CAROLYW ENGQUIST wrlls her seat rn srxth hour study rn front of Brlly Errckson to anyone who lrkes to have sweet nothrngs whrspered rn therr ears for a whole hour JIM HERRING wrlls hrs slow and quret way to Doug Ham CONRAD HOLMVIG rs just wrllrng to leave CLARICE HILLMAN vnrll her herght to Ardrs Larson who could use a rtt e GLENIE BOY HEGMAN wrlls hrs car and lrfe rnsurance to Dale Anderson who may need rt before the year rs up MUCGS HILLS vulls her sense of humor and her hudness to Arlene Pursley and Brrdre Hergot who certarnly need rt LUCY HENSEL wrll her last name to her srster because she s plan nrng cn gettrng a drfferent one RAY tSnookumsJ HYYTINEN and RICHARD fButterballJ SKOG wrll therr Crosby woe men and early C91 hours to anyone under trarnrng rules GV! EN HONNOLD wrlls her cackle back to the chrckens as rt neva helped her lay any eggs TONY I-IUBER wrlls hrs tallness to Jrm Samuell JANE I-IONEYAGER wrlls her acre of honey to anyone who may take up bee rarsrng KAY HILL wrlls her posrtron rn Mr Rukavrnas offrce to Ronnle Rrtter who rs usually seen hangrng around down there BILL JAKUBICF, wrlls hrs football unrform to George Trbbetts JOANNE LINDE and MARIANNE Pl-TERSEN wrll therr bottom lockers to anyone who lrkes to lay cn hrs stomach and zet hrs head stepped on DONNA LUNDEEN wrlls her abrlrty to grve a brrllrant recrtatron rn Social class to Ralph Chrlstensen ALFRED JAQUES wrlls hrs tuba hrs seat rn chorus hrs posrtron a a Future Farmer and get thrs he s even wrllrng Marlene back to thc erghth grade HELEN JANZEN and MARY KOUKIS tK0keJ wrll therr posrtron as Natcc grrls back to the moles mrce and rats who have had e hard trme to keep up wrth them rn eatrng up all the profits SHIRLEY MEACHAM wrlls Johnny to the army MARILYN MICKELSON doesn t wrll Johnny BEV and RAMONA MINDRUM wrll therr srsterly love to the Jervrss grrls DONALD McKAY tTobrsD wrlls all hrs jokes to Arthur Godfrey r that where he got them to start wrth 'P MARILYN 4McnroeJ MATTSON wrlls her femrmne ways and blonde harr to Darlene England because she sure needs them ROBERT NEESE wrlls hrs place in the Democratrc Party to Drck Ryan causc hes gorng to Jorn the Republrcans for Ersenhower DARROLD and STEWART PACKER wrll therr relatronshrp as cousrn to the Pratt boys DONNA PETERSON She wrll ' RICHARD NELSON I-Ie wcn t ' GERALDINE RIVERS wrlls her surtcase fpardonb shoulder bag tu M Johnson who wrll soon be needrng a new satchel ARLFNE NYBERG wrlls her abrlrty to get and keep an engagement rrng tc LaDonna Topprla DON SCHLAGEL wrll keep Marrlyn but he leaves hrs place behrnd the horn rack down by the band room to Karen Wrederholt and now whrch one rs 1t ' MARJORIE RECHARD leaves her clean record to the F B I MARY tTootrer RONYNEI wrlls her posrtron rn the bakery to JoAnn Ellrg May she work tslurp slurpl in peace FRANK REITHER wrlls hrs wardrobe to the Tent and Awnrng Co KERMIT WIEDERI-IOLT wrlls hrs manly physrque to Jrm McKersre ARLEN SERGENT wrlls everythrng but hrs last name If hes drafted he can say that hes a Sergent rn the army IRENL SVVANSON wrlls her dough to the Swansdown Cake Manu fa turrng Co THE WATSON GIRLS IBEVEPLY and SHIRLEYJ wrll their abrlrty to shake rt up to Nancy Courtney and Pat Daly MARY SIEGI- RIFD wrlls her Saturday nrghts at Alley s to all the polka fans DONALD VIRKUS lToadl leaves hrs secret formula harr curlrng solutron to hrs srster They want to keep rt rn the famrly DEDORES WOLFORD wrlls her wolfre ways to Shrrley Lervrska a rf she needs them DOROTHY VNINEGARNER wrlls her wrne cellar to Jerome Frscher who rs tryrng to tell us that thrs rs Just the rxght krnd of atmos phere to grow Fthyopran Eggplants Now Jerome lets not be rrdrculous what would you do mth Ethyopran Eggplants FRED WOLD wrlls hrs Job at the Economy Statron to the Home Economrcs Department May they frnd rt as economrcal as he rr N . . 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