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

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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.

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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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CLASS WILL We, the senior cluss of 1951, being of sound mind and sounder body, do hereby de- clare our last will and testament on this day of May 25, the year of our Lord nineteen hun- dred and fifty-one. Article I — Class IVesident Layton Kinney leaves his jet-propelled car to Rodey Ewald in the hope that he will use his best judgment when driving it. Article II — Murietta Picchowski leaves her collection of A.B.C. gum (Already Been Chewed) to Marlys Plant and Curmcn Bretzke with the condition that it is replaced on the bottom of her desk. Article III — Dee Loris Haw leaves her ability to eat chicken at u banquet to Shirley Schiefelbein und Betty Fogel. (Don’t be pigs, girls!) Article IV — Robert Hcisdorf leuves his abil- ity to grow 8 feet tall to Gary Dcspieg- lcr on condition that he doesn’t let it go to his head. Article V — James Madison leaves his good times in Sisscton to Gary Christensen and Blair Piechowski, but as for Jean- ette, well, you gottu do your own hunt- ing, boys. Article VI — Marvin liornstein wills his recipe for ’’Getting Along With Teachers and Loving It” to Harry Ziemer and Helen Heed. Use it wisely, kids. Article VII — Milton Kaufman leaves his abil- ity to get along with the weaker sex to Donald Goodhart. Article VIII - To Jordan Larson, Fred Klodt leaves his dashing, virile, manly good looks in hope that he makes better use of them than Fred did. Article IX — Hita Hocrig leaves her many fas- cinating letters to Marian Pitzcl on the condition that Marian burn them before she reads them. Article X — Bernice Piechowski leaves to Shirley Westman her ability to dance with fellows who are three feet tall by getting down on her knees, providing that it will not deform Shirley in any way. Article XI— Phyllis Phelon wills to her sister Susan her ability to hate men and love it on the condition that she uphold her sister’s splendid record. Article XII — Ver Dean Tobeck leaves his ability to blush easily to Jack Baer providing Jack doesn’t use it too often. Article XIII — Sylvia Nye leaves her liking for “La Verns” to Virginiu Madison pro- viding she doesn’t spend all her time there. Article XIV — Norma Lubbers leaves her abil- ity to snag ulI the boys to Arlync Pie- chowski and Myrtle Kaufman providing they leave her at least one. Article XV — Gary Jacobsen bequeaths his ability to be a model farmer to Put Hess. Article XVI — Jack Jarku wills his spurkling giggle to Dorlys Labs. Be cureful, Darlys, it spells trouble. Article XVII — Wayne Sauer leaves to Mike Holland his ability to hang out of the assembly window by his toes, (steady.) Article XVIII — Jumes Olson bequeuths his love for game wardens to Shirley Zie- mer in hope that she doesn’t get hooked. Article XIX — Keith Deyo leuves to Ardis Thomus his ability to play footbull on condition that she makes a tackle. (Not Sonney Johnson.) Article XX — Elsie Grimli leaves her ability to love the color “Red” to Leona Smith, but not Heinhold, Leona! She has a priority on him. Article XXI — Put Spotts wills his wuvy hair to Bethel Judish on condition that she put it up every night us he did. Article XXII — Phillip Phelon regrets that he cannot leave anything to anyone be- cause he intends to take it all with him where he’s going. Article XXIII — John Moeller leuves his quiet, bashful manner to David Peickert and Elaine Pistorius. Use John as a model. Article XXIV — To the janitors we leave any- thing that is beyond repair. Also the gum stuck under the desk and on ceil- ing® Article XXV — To the cooks we will the bread crusts left lying in the termite holes in the hot lunch room. Article XXVI — To the teachers we leave the memory of the well behaved senior class of 1951. We take with us the memories of quiet social problems clusses, nights at Abbie’s, trips to Sisseton, and the sound of our patter- ing feet as we rumble into the assem- bly two minutes lute at noon. Article XXVII — To everyone else we leave a wish for better duys, better classes, and good luck in the future. Signed und sealed this twenty-fifth duy of May, nineteen hundred and fifty-one and our signatures uffixed hereto. 'ii