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

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ARTICLE XX ARTICLE XXI ARTICLE XXII ARTICLE XXIII ARTICLE XXIV bestowed his refined snicker. Jordan Larson, our all-around athlete, leaves his talents to Frank Burleson IF Frank will disclose his secret for attract- ing the opposite sex. Otherwise, said talents go to Leland Witte. Marlys Plant bequeathes her vim, vigor, and vitality to Helen Spotts providing the hectic pace doesn't ruin her health. Shirley Westman and Susan PhelOnhave all kinds of things they want to give away. Guess they'd like to start all over again. Anybody need some surplus inches of height or a hank of red hair? ? ? Rodey Ewald regretfully says that Jerome Hoffman can have his car so he won't get to school on time — if at all. His habit of snoring blissfully through classes is left to Robert Olson. Betty Fogel wants to be different so she's leaving something to the Sophomore class -- her patience and sense of humor. You'll need it, kids, when next year's Seniors gallop into these halls of learning. ARTICLE XXV Since there appears to be a run on fiancees , steady boyfriends, what-not, and et cetera among the female members of the 1952 Seniors, they thoughtfully bequeathe their good looks, person- ality, know-how, and bear-traps to the Junior girls. It's per- fectly ethical -- Leap Year, ya know. Happy Leaping, gals! ARTICLE XXVI To Mr. MacDonald we leave our hap-hazard approach to the intricacies of Chemistry and the resulting damage. Gee, we had fun! ARTICLE XXVII To Mr. Bambenek, our advisor, we leave recollections of the painful process of the 1952 Seniors ever getting anything done in the manner he is accustomed to. (Miss Hoehn please note: we ended a sentence with a preposition. Oh yes we did!) ARTICLE XXVIII And with us -- ah, yes! -- we take our memories of the frustration, mistakes , adventures , good times , mental agon- ies, and just plain misery in soaking up an education in B .V.H. S. Recorded, signed, and sealed in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-two. In witness thereof, we have affixed our signatures: 7 I. -k. Jet 7% Pj ]JsU4. J ’ - y •

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Class Will We, the 1952 to succeed, disre hereby publish thi ARTICLE I ARTICLE II ARTICLE III ARTICLE IV ARTICLE V ARTICLE VI ARTICLE VII ARTICLE VIII ARTICLE IX ARTICLE X ARTICLE XI Seniors, a class of 25 distinct individuals, ALL most likely garding all past complaints, bribes, threats, and promises, s, our last will and testament: Bethel Judish bequeathes her ability to bat her eyelashes to Vivien Biel and Darlene Ziemer. Myrtle Kaufman leaves to Glenda Knight and Elaine Nelson her ability to stick to one man. Really girls, -- it's for your own good! Pat Hess wills his blonde hair to Odell Hoffman. You try, Odell -- Pat simply can't do a thing with it. Shirley Ziemer decided to leave Charlotte Minder her baby- blue eyes. Careful, Charlotte, it's potent stuff! Gary Despiegler leaves his car to his little brother, Gilbert. -- Wants to keep it in the family, I s'pose. But that's on the condition that Gilbert treat it gently -- like Gary did -- and never, never drive over 40. Gary Christenson, another menace to the pedestrian, intends to keep his car. He leaves his outstanding record of dents, accidents, and violations to Francis Ditterman as a horrible example. Leona Smith decided she won't take it with her , so Ethel Spind- ler will receive her cheer-leading talents. Ardis Thomas thoughtfully wills her preference for the Navy to Arlene Grimli. (Whatcha gonna do with it, Arlene?) Kath- leen Schwagerl is left all the old cancelled stamps off of her collection of love letters. Mike Holland leaves to Gary Randall his job in the Drug Store on the condition that Gary won't spend all his time reading True Confessions magazines. Arlyne Piechowski leaves all the men in her life to Marion Miller, if she wants them. To her sister, Phyllis Ann, is left a monopoly on the telephone, icebox, charge account, etc. Shirley Shiefelbien bequeaths to Geraldine Kliendl her handy little habit of just barely beating the bell every morning. What ARTICLE XII ARTICLE XIII ARTICLE XIV ARTICLE XV ARTICLE XVI ARTICLE XVII ARTICLE XVIII timing ! Donald Goodhart hands down his drivers license to Jim Pie- chowski. He was going to lose it pretty soon, anyhow. Harry Ziemer leaves the morbid memories of his many merry adventures to Wayne Edwards and Robert Goodhart in hope that it will inspire them. --It nearly expired Harry! Elaine Pistorius donates her quiet manner to Burkharda Lewandowski. Say thank you , Burkharda! Darlys Labs bequeathes her talent on the French horn to De- lores Starr. She'll give away her little brother, too, if any- body wants him. Blair Piechowski fiendishly leaves his perpetual bewilderment in Office Practice to Warren Roske in high hopes that Warren can grasp it. Jack Baer made the supreme sacrifice and wills his reputation as a heart-breaker to Virgil Tobeck. Marion Pitzel says she's going to be stubborn and isn't leav- ing anybody anything -- she's just leaving! David Peickert leaves his 20 20 vision to Lyle Fibranz so he won't be breaking his glasses anymore. To David Lubbers is 11 ARTICLE XIX

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Senior Prophecy One of the finest desires in our lives has been to visit our home town and see the dear old school, which now stands as a memorium to the old days. It has been fenced in, as was Sam Brown's Memorial Park, when we lived in the tiny city of Browns Valley. It has grown quite a bit in the last ten years, and has now became a thriving metropolis. It will be lots of fun seeing all the new building establishments and new educational functions. We have three days, and in our jet, we are driving near the edge of the city when we pass an auto- mobile manufacturing company. Since we have some spare time we stop in, to see seated at the desk with his feet upon it, Don Goodhart, a former class- mate of ours, better known as Dangerous Don . Seems that Don has given up his former ambition of running a greenhouse to raise Plants, and has invented a new type jet. It has a cruising speed of 375 M.P.H. and at 500 M.P.H. the automatic wings unfold and it takes off like an airplane. So far the invention has been working pretty good, and Don has received only a fractured skull, when the car took off and the wings forgot to open. Also near the edge of the city is an automobile plant erected by three of our former classmates. They have combined the Ford and the 'he roiet cars making a new model called the Chevord . Blair Piechowski, head of the Ford Corp., and Jack Baer , head of the Chev. Corp., and their head mechanic , David Peickert, all have favorable predictions for their car, as it is undentable, un- smashable, and uncrashable, a suitable car for women drivers. But they have only one disappointment as yet they haven't been able to get it to run. While we are at this part of town, let's take a little time off for entertain- ment. There is a hot-rod race at the track this afternoon, and locking at the racing form, who do we see in car number one, in number one position to win the great purse of $5,000,000, but our friend Rodey Ewald. In the past races, he has kept his wife on needles and pins, as he hasn't succeeded in winning a race without wrapping his car around the fence posts. He hasn't received one fatal injury thus far, however,but anyone knowing Rodey before he took up professional racing is not the least bit surprised! It's time now for eating, so since we have had an invitation from Shirley Westman.we drive out to her mansion on the head of Lake Traverse. But be- fore our meal she shows us her game room. Her trophies are quite numerous -- all mounted and hung on the walls. Some of the nicer mounts are Walter, Bob, George, and Al. Congratulations on your collection, Shirley! But we just remembered an important appointment -- so guess we won't have much time for eating. Guess we'll stop in at the Drug Store for some indigestion pills on the way down Madison Avenue. Seems as Mike Holland has done quite well since com- pleting his course of Pharmacy in college. He has taken over the Rexall Drug Chain Stores and with the help of his influencial wife, the former Shirley Schiefelbein, he has progressed quite rapidly. Driving thru the city we are struck by a black Dodge, driven by Mrs. Rich- ard Nelson, better known to us as Marlys Plant. Her husband, Dick, who is busy on his thousand acre farm, has made the mistake of letting Marlys drive the car. One of our passengers has been rather seriously injured, so we rush him to the 79th General Hospital; and find in charge, another classmate of ours, Arlyne Piechowski. Arlyne has completed her college education, and having returned from her trip around the world, has a thriving career as head of the hospital in the Valley. After our patient has been repaired we decide to have a small item cover- ing the accident put in the leading newspaper, still the famous Valley News. The editor of this paper is Susan Phelon, our own little school editor. Suzie has considered matrimony several times but has decided she would rather live in Browns Valley, with her newspaper, than in Clinton, Wheaton, or Wilmont. After talking it over, we decide to take a look at the new high school now that we are near it. We drop in at the Gymnasium and see how this year's