Balsam Lake High School - Balsamarian Yearbook (Balsam Lake, WI)

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CLAS 2 HISTORY lt as way bacl m the Fall of 1942 that 29 tremblmg Freshmen entered the lf II I ION be wer a large clas from En lSl11 e r de Sch u ll came Berl Mabry Allen M1les Gallen 1 af on Drulvc log r ar1on chulta Wllma Ebert Ted McMullen john Mlf I h J Yoo ehrk 1 nl lloyd Davldson Comlng from Balsam T1 l l I l 1 mel Col l lland lfroml aple Grove came Margery l l Jv 1 11 mm rt n lFc1lld bl n From Blake Alb rt Blbeau Nma unc tr tn 1 l lx trd l o y l r urn lunyan F xy nond rl msen and Ruth Owen rtlim ll th 1 turn d fr nn lu 6 tntre l rom .Apple RIVG 'arf Edry Wllson Audrf y I llt hlrley lflCC,18.lD from boo e l ake john f chrlfe from South lf llltown and Maxln j 'ln on from Range Q lrol john on wa elected pre ldent Darlecn Roger v1ce presldent T lzrg try l ng el secrf tary and Cjeraldln lhthe trea urer lltd McMullen and Ruth Owen le ft u at fhfl tma tlme Later Warren Dumlre le ft Fd Hoehne from l rederlc Jolned our cla ln january Our cla s act1v1t1e con 1 ted malnly of the Halloween Party that the rresh men ind ophomores gave the jumor and emor We also had a class party ln March IIlltlcltlOl'1 wa ellmlnated that ye ar because of the t1re and gas sltuatlon Th faculty that year were Mr Ne l on prmclpal Mr Henrlcks Engllsh Mr Nu lson clence and Mrs Blomgren commerclal Mrs Blomgren was our cla advl or Pa Slflg to a more exalted po 1t1on a Sophomore we elected Sh1rley Mc clam 1 presldent Albert Blbeau vlce presldent, carol john on trea urer, and Marge ry Engels ecretary Mr Nel on wa our cla advlsor Cole llolland Ronald Olson and Bob Gehrke d1d not return Later Frank Skldmore from olren and Tf1Vl3.I'l Gregersen from Mllltown Jolned us There were then 25 unt1l Ed Hoehne and Audrey Taft left us The faculty members that year were Mr Sweeney, prlnclpal and coach, Mr Nelsen math Mrs Starkey Engllsh, and Mrs Blomgren commercial The Iumors and Semors lmtiated us and what an in1t1at1on lt was I ll III! We also 1n1t1ated the Freshmen We had a party ln the gymnasium 1n February We also had a welner roast at the Interstate Park after seemg a movle at St Cro1x The transportation was provlded by lrv Schultz s truck Wlth half of our hlgh school career behmd us we settled down as respectable Iunlors Our class offlcers were, Margery Engels president, Lloyd Davidson Vlce presldent Carol johnson secretary, and Wllma Ebert, treasurer Mrs Kaptur was our class advlsor As roll was called we found that we had lost the membershlp of Dorls Munson john Olson left ln October, Geraldlne Nathe 1n December, Vlvian Gregerson ln Apr1l Tom Hagen Jomed our class ln O tober At the end of the year there were st1ll twenty of us. We are proud to say that our jumor Class was very active that year 1Il school act1v1t1es. We partlclpated 1n basketball, football, baseball, boxing, and chorus. We took a very actlve part Ln the Carmval and helped to make 1t a success with our two one act plays. They were, K1d Brother, and H1s Flrst G1rl. We also had other concesslons. Our seml formal prom was held Apr1l 27th 1n the High School Gymnaslum. The gym was decorated very beautlfully and art1st1cally in patr1ot1c colors to honor the boys and glrls who graduated or attended B. L. H S. and who were then m the servlce of our country. lt was a blg success both fmanclally and as a soclal event. YC' . uv - 1, ' ' H X A 4. ' - H Q., , 1 ,r Y W -' 7 f , 'Huff l'J1-g ,, :lf Ol. LL. T-, fl, S, l, 73 K Q , S. ., '. -. T .- T' ,. 1 , w ' ' A1 t 1. , l l,..1,1f cr gi.. Qt H, , , J , , 'Ln sit' 51- . f ' , -1. if rf: S, 'T ' S ' ' ' l l A 7 ! 3 Ax y , ,N V ' , n u vlstm, Pri' ,ll nor ll, ,, 1.5 le, Q ,L , K . r. :, C1'.'.'l rf: Wir' A , 1I1,'Qhj , 5 ff ' a 'ig f . 4 V1 f ' , . x . . w- ' , , , ,Q . . '.Ilg'f', 11, NI' . 1 :,, lt, ,U , LW, 1. 1 L ,, .3 , f - 'f 1,7 ' 'l 'ff ' 111: . T ' E ' , -.1 'I z, S e . tan : f' my U -L f- -Q :If 14 ff , A , - ' V 1, ' ' A 7 . - . t . ' U ' - . rw . is - and llorlz, vlunnon. trom nhlloh, Ardlr, Swanson. l rom Apple RIVSF Valley came 'Ju '.':.'. If ' . X ' ' ' 53 I , . Cv l 'lf' , ' Q O I1 , 1: ' s 1 s'-A , f 4 .O ' , J' , 'qv 1 ' . . x 1 1 ge ag-s, -e ,' ., ef , s, -. ' f T A f s J 's f s ' . ' 2 2 . ,f , fl ' , ' ' 'SS ' ' . F . .. G 6.6 . r J F . nib- Q nj nJ ' - . C' ' C' ' ' . 1 S s U s. , ' ' f V 0 LJ 1 0 if F 9 ' ' 'J Q 1 ' x 7 .B S 1. . . , , , . , . . ' ss 'S . s' ' s - s 2 ' - ., . zz S . , , 1 . X , . 1 . N S S . . f , s. , . A. . , s s ss . . ! ' 7 ' J 1 J ' ' .L . , n - ' . 3 2 ' ' 2 ' 7 ' . . . . ' I . . , , Q 1 ' ' . . . . . H A . , . The Prom Kmg was Allen Mlles. He chose Margery Engels as hxs Queen.