Barron High School - Bear On High Yearbook (Barron, WI)

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uniofzs JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS Dick Carr ..,...........1 .... .... .K.., . ..., T 1 'eluurcr Bill Koser .................... . .,.., ,. . Praridcnt Marlene Kurschner l,....l,. .l , Vice Prcxidvllt Marilyn Wigen ,. .l.,,.,, ., Svvrcmry

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Glass pfzoplzecil While my daughter and I were on a United States tour, I was very much surprised to meet many of my fine friends of the H graduating class. Our trip began in New York, which has been our home now for six years. Our first stop was Boston. We went to the Blue Flame Hotel, where I was astounded to see Alan Flygstad on trumpet and Earl Risberg on drums playing I Ain't Got No Use For The Women, under the direction of Glen Ruid. The next day we boarded a plane and had a very enjoyable trip under the guidance of Bill Rogers, our pilot, and our very capable stewardess: Carol Nordhagen. Eugene Church was assisting as co-pilot. Our destination was the windy city of Chicago, where we met john Hoar, jr., mayor of Chicago, who on this very day was presenting the key to the city to Dale Chrisler, ambassador from the city of Barron. As we toured the city we saw many beautiful sights and while at the Strickland-Anderson Hotel, where we spent two nights, we ran into jerry Amundson serving as bell hop. John Schmits was the elevator man. Marian Balko and Carol Carl- son were holding the posts as head cook and waitress. While eating some of Marian's fine fried shrimp, we glanced across the room and were delighted to see Carol Wisti and joan Acker. Upon talking to them we found that they had just come from Chicago's finest beauty salon managed by Joyce Walenslty. joan said that she had just gotten a fine manicure by Guy Ritchie, who has been employed there for the past three years. joan and Carol' were employed in Chicago's great Wrigley Building as private secretaries. We then went by train to Detroit, Michigan. Our tickets were taken by Ed Chermack who at this time told us that he has been employed by the Eastwestern Atlantic for the last year and a half. Sitting across the aisle from us was Karen Etlicker and Margene Anglum. They were just returning to their home in Wisconsin, where they are rural school teachers. After arriving in Detroit we decided to continue our journey by car. We took a taxi to General Motors and were graciously greeted at the desk by Bob Withrow, head designer in the business. He informed us that Edwina Timblin, Joan Rust and Barbara Stilley were living in Detroit, also. They were employed in one of Michigan's larger chemical laboratories making toy balloons. After purchasing a new Automaton we ventured to the heart of Detroit and while crossing an inter- section my daughter was run down by a semi-truck. I was especially distressed to see that Dean Orn was the driver. An ambulance was rushed to the scene of the accident. To my great surprise it was driven by Gerald johnson. After ar- riving at the hospital I bumped into more of my old classmates. My daughter had only a broken wrist which was set by one of Detroit's most capable doctors, Lester Peterson. Serving as nurses were Karen Boury and Shirley Kolb. From there we drove to Milwaukee. On the way we stop- ped into a big Standard Station which was under the manage- ment of Fred Horstman. Working for him was Glen Frank- hauser. Upon arriving in Milwaukee our car broke down and we had to have it repaired at a garage. We walked to the nearest one, and we were greeted by Cardell Solberg, ownr of the garage, and he said the head mechanic, George Iitlicker would repair it. We then took a street car down town while our car was being repaired. Much to our surprise David Kurschner was operating the vehicle and Joe Hellmann was the conductor. We got off at Bev Turney's big dancing studio to check up on our dancing as we were going to attend the great Military Ball the same night. At the studio Larry Reichert and Bob Fraley were giving lessons to Pat Hanson and Vivian johnson. We went back to our car and then got ready to go to the ball. That night I met many of my old boy friends. Serving in the armed forces and acting as royalty at the dance was Fred Horstman, Harry Cain, Delbert Goff and John Mayala. Also serving the armed forces in the womens' branch was Bev. Snider, Shirley Isaacson 'and Elinor Gould. The following day we boarded a plane for California. We disliked the weather in Milwaukee and decided California should suit us. I never expected to run into anyone I was acquainted with here, but the same day I arrived I was told to attend the great performance of the Vergin-Ellefson comedy team at the Sunbowl Theatre. This was to be their first personal appearance. Serving as their publicity managers wer Lou Ann Kirkman and Barbara Myra. We spent several days here and after receiving a beautiful tan we started back home. ' Our first stop was in Arizona. It was a very hot day and we decided to refresh ourselvc with a soda. As we walked in the door I noticed a familiar look person dressed in a cowboy uniform flirting with the soda fountain girl. Upon further inspection I saw that it was Dave Dimick. I was not acqainted with the girl, but after talking to Dave a while I was informed that many of my other classmates were out West also. He and Lester Cobb were running a big dude ranch and working for them were Pat Chermack, Margaret Hanson, and Shirley Paulson. We had plenty of time so we went out to the dude ranch to visit Margaret, Pat and Shirley. None of them had changed much. They told us that Pat Morehouse was also living in Arizona. I was happy to hear that she had accomplished her mission to be happily married and two very sweet twins. We also discovered that Dan Bishop, Albert Bruhn and Paul Etlicker were living in this part of the country. All three of them had struck oil in Texas and were doing very nicely. We moved on to Kansas and while strolling down the street of a small town we came to a pop-corn stand run by Marjorie Kurschner. Evangeline Fillmore was chief butter melter. They said that they liked Kansas very much, but they often went back to their home town of Barron. Marg told me that Susan Smith and JoAnn Swanson also lived in Kansas. Both were married and as prosperous as they had been in high school. From here we went to Iowa. In Mason City we bumped into others we knew. Avis Severude told us that she was' managing an outdoor theatre there. She also said that Marlene Bergman, Carol Amundson and Elaine Frie were in business there., manuufacturing seven day food supply pills. We then journeyed to Wisconsin and found Larry 'Synder- gaard still farming north of Hillsdale. Larry's neighbor, Karl Tireman, was also running a large dairy farm. From there we went to Almena, where we found Darlene Fitzgerald operating a very beautiful dining hall. Darlene said that there weren't many of her old clusmates around this part of the country any more. She informed us that Barbara Lee, Anny Lofblad aigxd Barbara Erickson were all holding office jobs in the city B o arron. Danny Bonner had taken over as chemistry teacher in Barron High, and Harvey Germanson was principal of the school. Bob Solie, of course, had taken over his father's busi- ness and was quite well to do at this time. Our vacation was soon over so we had to head for home. We went by way of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and we stopped at Harvard .and there we met Dieter Von Stephanitz, who was a professor at this large university. When we arrived in New York we were greeted by Ronald Vergin, Glen Scott and Gerald Wallace. All three of them were traveling salesmen and wanted to sell me a marvelous invention of theirs.

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Row l, left to right: S. Campbell, N. Cowley, P. Chermack, B. Balog, S. Anderson, C. Amundson, B. Bakken. Row 2: O. Bjugstacl, M. Becker, I.. Amundson, C. Anderson, G. Curtis, M. Bergen, B. Buck. Row 3: R. Carr, R. Deyo, R. Birkholz, P. Carr, C. Bishop, V. Dowd, A. Dahlberg. Rau: l, lcfr to right: j. jergenson, H. Hover, G. Hodnefield, W. Ellefson, M, Kurschner, D. Klein, J. Kuhnlcy, D. jol1nson,J. Kolb Row 2: H. Gillctt, S. Espeselh, N. Fraley, M. Jacobson, N. Hanson, B. Etlichcr, C. Hoff, P. Hughes, B. Horstman, C. Haselhuhn Row 3: K. Greenwald, D. Ellcfson, L. Eggen, N. Hollister, E. Kuhrt, D. Kuchenmeister, D. Haseltine, D. Keeler, I.. Huset, N Fznklwouser. 24