Browns Valley High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Browns Valley, MN)

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■ Class Will We, the Half Century Class of Nineteen Hundred and Fifty, of Browns Valley High School, County of Traverse, State of Minnesota, District No. 22, after physical and mental examination, found to be of sound minds and memories, enthusiastic, in- telligent and reserved, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say: ARTICLE I-To Mr, Shelver, we leave the memories of our boisterious class meet- ings and the many good times we shared. ARTICLE II-To Mr. Hatcher, we will the memory of the many happy hours spent with him after 4:00. We also leave our supply of wisecracks so that he may have some new ones next year. ARTICLE III- To the lowerclassmen, we wish to leave our enormous supply of left over intelligence. ARTICLE IV-To the Janitors, we leave the many scraps of paper, hankies, pencils, jacknives, broken desks, notes, etc. ARTICLE V-To the Faculty, we will the remaining pages of our textbooks and also the hope that their classes in the future will be as intelligent as ours was. ARTICLE VI-The Senior boys will their love for the Senior girls to the Junior boys. They hope that they will make good use of it, ARTICLE VII-The Senior girls wish to bestow their ability to creep quietly into the assembly at 30 seconds before the bell rings to the Junior girls in hopes that they do not break the custom, ARTICLE VIII-Gerry Kaus bequeath his ever-ready comeback and his never ending supply of wisecracks to Verdean Tobeck in hopes that Verdean will be the clown of the class next year. ARTICLE IX-Shirley Rees gives to Marietta Piechowski her uncanny ability to snag other girls’ boy friends. Take good care of this, Marietta, for it was and still is, precious to Shirley. ARTICLE X-Janice Fogel bequeathsherjob at Northlands Store to Jimmy Madison in hopes that it will leave him enough money to entertain his girl friends and buy a new carl ARTICLE XI-David Hess presents his side burns to Gary Jacobson on the condition that Cary take very good care of them! ARTICLE XII-Margaret Moeller unwillingly bequeaths her masterful hand in art and her bright” sayings to Sylvia Nye in hopes that she realizes the value of these traits and uses them to the fullest extent. ARTICLE XIII-Betty Benzkofer leaves her sunny disposition and her cute” personality to DeeLoris Raw. Take heed, Lorie! ARTICLE XIV-Catherine Rinken wishes to bestow her ability to stay out until late hours and yet come to school looking fresh as a daisy to Rita Roerig, knowing she will appreciate it. ARTICLE XV-Keith Kresing leaves his dashing good looks and his way with women to Phillip Phelon. ARTICLE XVI-Beverly Reed willingly bequeaths her knowledge of English to John Moeller and Fred Klodt. We know there will be more than enough for both of them. ARTICLE XVII-Dorinne Maricle, to Bernice Piechowski, gives her domestic traits and her love of Rosholt. Make good use of them, Bernice. ARTICLE XVIII-Gwen Rees hereby bequeaths her good humor and her knack of keeping out of mischief to Phyllis Phelon. ARTICLE XIX-Eugene Fuzzy” Kruger wills his shyness in front of girls to Marvin Hornstein. We know this will really change Marvin. ARTICLE XX-Milton Thomas wills his ability to get along with his teachers and fellow classmates to Keith Deyo. 13

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ROYAL BLUE AND WHITE SetUOf History WHITE BABY ORCHID “To all good things an end must come.” That is what we thought when we timid- ly crept up the stairs into the assembly ang gazed upon a very stern looking Mr. Greeny. We were initiated on September 27, and after that we got into the swing of things somehow. There were 24 of us to begin with and as the year wore on, Beverly Reed and Janice Fogel joined us. Our class officers were: President, Margaret Moeller; Vice-President, Catherine Rinken; Secretary, Janet Jensen; and Treasurer, Joyce Dobbs. Our class adviser was Roy Eveland. Beverly Hess and Arnold Lureen represented our class at the Student Council. Beverly Hess, Catherine Rinken, and Joyce Dobbs were B-team cheerleaders. Jerry Plant and Janet Jensen were king and queen candidates at the carnival. There were 8 students who participated in Speech. In Home Economics Club there were 7 members while there were 13 girls in Glee Club and 2 boys. As we faced our Sophomore year we no longer had Daphne with us. Arnold with- drew early in the year and RoseAnn Hills joined us. RoseAnn left again before the close of the year. Our class officers were: President, Beverly Hess; Vice-President, Janet; Secretary, Kay; and Treasurer, Milton. Miss Metcalf was our class adviser. Betty Bennett and Richard were class representatives to the Student Council. Dean and Catherine were carnival queen and king candidates. Gerry Kaus went out for track and baseball and was on the A-team basketball squad. Paul and Gerry went out for football. Janet and Margaret were members of the paper staff. This year, we had 6 students in Speech, and the Glee Club consisted of 16 members. There were three members out for band and two for Sextette. Five members were in Home Club and 5 in Science Club. We went into our Junior year with more enthusiasm than ever before. We were now higher classmen and we had many activities before us. Paul Kruger and Richard Hess were no longer with us. Iva Kirkwood withdrew and Nadine Hein joined us. Our class officers were: President, Catherine; Vice-President, Betty Bennett; Secretary, Helen; Treasurer, Eugene. Mr. Shelver was our class adviser. Our carnival king and queen candidates were Beverly Hess and Eugene, hfargaret was elected by our class to go to Girls’ State. Most of the girls joined Glee Club and Pep Club. Four boys joined Boys’ Glee Club. In Sextette, we had 5 members from our class. There were 4 boys out for football, Gerry Kaus was the only boy out for basketball. Beverly, Joyce, and Catherine became A-team cheerleaders. The paper staff consisted of 9 members and the annual staff consisted of 8 members. There were 7 entering in the Speech contest. Margaret and Janet went to the Sub-District, Shirley and Joyce were in the One-Act Play. We presented our play “The Ready Made Family.’’ Miss Metcalf and Miss Seidel were our directors. The Junior-Senior banquet was held on May 5, decorated the gymnasium with a South American theme. At long last, we are Seniors. You don’t really know the pride going with that word until you are one. Lavonne Anderson joined us at the beginning of the year. Mar- garet and Gerry Kaus were elected king and queen at the school carnival. Our class officers were: President, Gerry Kaus; Vice-President, Gwendolyn; Secretary, Shirley; Treasurer, Janice. Mr. Shelver was our class adviser. The A-team cheerleaders were Joyce, Catherine and Beverly Hess. Most of the girls participated in Glee Club, and Joyce, Darlene, Shirley, Janet, Catherine and Margaret were in the Sextette. Shirley and Darlene were out for band. Margaret was editor of the school paper and the annual. Most of the girls were out for Pep Club. Gerry was on the first five of the basketball team. Six boys were out for football. Our class play was “Huckleberry Finn’’. Miss Caldwell and Mr. Shelver were our directors. Margaret was Valedictorian and Janet was Salutatorian. 12

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ARTICLE XXI-Darlene Lehrke grudgingly gives her bundles of old love letters to Joyce Canfield. Don’t let anything happen to them, Joyce! ARTICLE XXII-Joyce Dobbs lends her good times in Wheaton and Sisseton to Elsie Grimli. But as for Walt, she won’t give him to anyone. ARTICLE XXIII-Janet Jensen bequeaths her aptness to get the paper out on time and her everlasting thoughts of Sisseton, though they are valuable, to Layton Kinney. ARTICLE XXIV-Nadine Hein leaves her cute dimples and her impish ways to Norma Lubbers. We know Norma will cherish them highly. ARTICLE XXV-Gerry Plant gives to Jack Jarka, his flirteous disposition, and to “Big Bob” Reisdorf, his fiery football playing. We know they both can use them! ARTICLE XXVI-Helen Ziemer unwillingly leaves to Milton Kaufman her love for South Dakota, only on the condition that Milton never run it down. ARTICLE XXVII-Dean Dobbs with much regret, wills his many happy times in Sisseton and also the remnants of his Dad’s car to Darrell Thomas. Be careful with them, Darrell! ARTICLE XXVIII-LaVonne Anderson, with a knowing smile, bequeaths her quietness in classes to Wayne Sauer, who seems to be in need of it. ARTICLE XXVIV-Beverly Hess wills to Pat Spotts, her stacks of used three cent stamps so that Pat need not spend as much money on his love letters as Vernon did. ARTICLE XXX-Kay Roberts with some amount of uncertainty, gives to Angela Piechow- ski, the dream of her own little fish house but as for Dubby, she keeps him for herself. ARTICLE XXXl-Betty Bennett, after due deliberation, finally decided to will her “love ’em and leave ’em” attitude to Caroline Madsen. ARTICLE XXXII-Last, but not least, the Class of 1950 wills to the entire high school, a host of sincere wishes for the best of luck and the most successful careers. Signed and sealed on this 2nd day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifty, with our signatures hereof: 7 (2 JyUJ.e-nj ?C2vJLL vt-- Senior History - Con. Four long years, or were they short? Anyway, they were packed with fun, ex- citement, maybe a little mischief, and dare we say “learning”? Now is the time for us to venture out of these halls of good old B.V.H.S. We hope that as we leave we are wiser than those green, humble Freshmen who entered Valley High way back in ‘46. 14