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

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MARIETTA PIECHOWSKI “Sis” “If am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning.” Music 1,2,3,4; Paper 2,3,4; Annual 4; Pep Club 2,3,4; Home Economics Club 1; Girl’s State 3; Science Club 1; Vice President 4. DEE LORIS RAW “Lorie” “When you say that, brother . . . Smile.” Music 1,2; Student Council 1; Paper 2,3,4; Sci- ence Club 1; Annual 2,4; Pep Club 2,3,4; Speech 4; Home Economics Club 1; Carnival Committee 2,3,4; Class Play 3. ROBERT REISDORF “Bob” “There may be taller men than I, but not wiser.” Baseball 3,4; Basketball 3,4. RITA ROERIG “Mutzie” “Dynamite comes in small packages.” Vice President 1; Music 1,2,3,4; Paper 2,3,4; Pep Club 2,3,4; Home Economics Club 1; Class Play 3; Queen Candidate 3. WAYNE SAUER “Bud” “Croons like Bing Crosby.” Music 4; Class Play 3; Baseball 3. PAT SPOTTS “Sure I’m modest, but I am Goodlooking.” King Candidate 1; Football 2; Baseball 3,4; Bas- ketball 2. DARRELL THOMAS “Bait the hook well, this fish will bite.” Music 4; Baseball 3,4. VER DEAN TOBECK “Dean” “My blushing betrays my disposition.” Football 4; Baseball 3,4.

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NORMA LUBBERS “Willy” “Men may come and men may go but I go on for- ever.” Secretary 3,4; Music 1,2,3,4; Paper 2,3,4; Annual 1,3,4; Speech 4; Pep Club 2,3,4; Science Club 1; Treasurer 3,4; Home Economics Club 1; Home- coming Queen 4; Queen Candidate 1,4. JAMES MADISON “I’m glad I live only 14 miles from Sisseton.” Paper 3,4; Football 4. JOHN MOELLER “Muskrat” “ sure was busy — doing nothing.” Student Manager 1,2. SYLVIA NYE “Toots” “Well, now, it was like this.. Music 2,3,4; Paper 2,3,4; Speech 4; Pep Club 2, 3,4; Science Club 1; Class Play 3. JAMES OLSON “Jay” “My talents will be recognized someday.” PHILLIP PHELON “Fitzy” “Course I’m the man in the family — listen to me snore!” Vice President 3; Secretary 1; Baseball 3,4; Foot- ball 4; Music 1,2,3,4; Student Manager 1,2. PHYLLIS PHELON “Why wasn’t I born rich instead of beautiful.” Music 1,2,3,4; Paper 2,3,4; Speech 4; One-Act Play 4; Science Club 1; Home Economics Club 1. BERNICE PIECHOWSKI “Bernie” “Marriage is an institution, but I’m not ready for an institution.” St. Francis 1; St. Mary’s 2; Music 1,2,4; Paper 4; Annual 4; Pep Club 4. 5

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CLASS COLORS: Scarlet and White CLASS FLOWER: White rose MOTTO: Education: Our gift to carry on. History of the Senior Class of 1951 How we’ve changed since early in Sep- tember 1947 when a group of 26 wide-eyed, green freshmen mounted the steps of Browns Valley High School and were cordially greeted by the superintendent, Mr. Swenumson! A few weeks after that first day we were initiated by the seniors. After that, our first duty as freshmen was to organize our class, there- fore, we chose class officers as follows: President, Layton Kinney; Vice President, Keith Deyo; Secretary-Treasurer, Phillip Phel- on. Later in the year we served the faculty banquet. We loaned our talents to the glee club, sports, paper, annual, speech and other activities. Our candidates for carnival king and queen were Pat Spotts and Norma Lub- bers. Marjorie Reed left us before the year was over. We entered our sophomore year a little wiser than we were when we were freshmen. Class officers were Keith Deyo, President; Rita Roerig, Vice President; and Layton Kin- ney, Secretary-Treasurer. Marvin Witte and Sidney Peterson left us during this year. Alan Duffield and Roger Ingerson transferred to Morris. Angela Piechowski, Marvel Nigg, Ver DeanTobeck, Marvin Hornstein, Michael Ilan- drahan and DaleMellema joined us. We began the year with a total of 30 and finished with 27. Dale left again during the year. During our sophomore year we partici- pated in all the school activities. We girls were waitresses for the junior-senior banquet; we made sophomore pep for initiation; we decorated for baccalaureate. King and queen candidates were Caroline Madsen and Keith Deyo. Our junior year we were full of determin- ation to see things through. When school opened we no longer had Michael H., Marvel N., or Dale M. To take their places Bernice Piechowski, Jack Jarka, and Joyce Canfield joined us, making a total of 27. Jack Jarka was elected president; Phillip Phelon, Vice President; Norma Lubbers, Secretary-Treasur- er. On May 13 we had a junior-senior ban- quet decorated in a Maytime theme. Our king and queen candidates were Milton Kaufman and Rita Roerig. We had a class play called “Almost Summer” on November 4. We re- ceived our class rings after Christmas vaca- tion. In the spring we decorated for com- mencement. Caroline Madsen transferred to Isle at the end of the school term. Now at last we are seniors! Our president is Layton Kinney; Vice President, Marietta Piechowski; Secretary-Treasurer, Norma Lub- bers. Norma was elected Homecoming Queen of 1950 on October 13. Most of the senior boys went out for football and we had a very successful season. On October 31 we initi- ated the freshmen. We are taking part in sports, speech, music, annual and paper. We presented a one-act play for the carnival en- titled “Wilbur’s Wild Night.” In the spring we have a three-act play. Carnival king and queen candidates were Jack Jarka and Norma Lubbers. Marietta Piechowski went to Girl’s State. There are 24 seniors now, ten of whom have been classmates since the first grade. They are Keith Deyo, Elsie Grimli, Layton Kinney, Fred Klodt, James Madison, John Moeller, James Olson, Phillip and Phyllis Phelon and Wayne Sauer. As we look back over these four years they seem to be the happiest of our lives and we wonder why it has to end. We rather hate to leave good old BVHS and the beautiful memories it brings to us, for we have become good friends. But as we depart from BVHS down those same steps by which we entered, we will go forward and hope to meet again soon.