Darlington High School - Pekatonia Yearbook (Darlington, WI)

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INISTIQ TIG Mr Thomas Nl Nelson 15 our superrntendent and rs the supervrsrug prrncrpal of the Darlrng ton grade and hrgh schools Mr Nelson has been teachrng rn Darlmgton srnce 1925 when he started as a teacher of scrence He has srnce taught physrcs brology, and chemrstry Hrs admnnrstratrve dutres now lrmrt hrs teachrng to chemrstry Chief Pekatonrka says of hrm eet um teacher and prrncrpal too Hrm malfe student out of you If um looked for mrles around No one better could be found FIDELIS NELSON The hrgh school offrce rs at tlmes the busrest place rn school The days actrvrty starts wtth a lrneup of puprls buyrng hot lunch ttckets and for the rest of each day of the week there ts never a dull moment rn the offrce Mrs Nelson rsfound here wxth calm effrcrency takrng care of the numerous details of school busmess wrth cheerful greetrng for all ist J' I Qtudents Your yearbook The Pekatonrka rssomethrng more than a collectron of prctures humorous narratrons and mtellectual gems so mnocently contrtbuted by your fellow students It IS a book of memotres each one to be recalled as you turn the pages vrewtng agarn and agarn the faces of your schoolmates rn the many actrvrtnes rn whrch they took part Inasmuch as you are a lrvrng part of the school today rn all rts actrvr tres both academrc and non academrc so too wrll you be a lrvrng part of the Pekatonrka So lrve work and play rn your school today so that pleasant memorres wrll be recorded for each of you rn the years to come SUP! T M Nelson 3

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FQIQEWGIQID Another PEKATONIKA another record of one of the best years of your hfe a year m hrgh school IS hereby presented to you wrth the best wrshes of the Annual Staff We offer rt wxth the wrsh that xt may brmg you many happy memorxes of 1953 1954 Enleen Runde Assoc1ate Business Man ager sells the flrst 1954 PEKATONIKAS to Barbara Armstrong and to acob Me1er Thea jane Lee Edrtor B111 McFarland Assocnate Edrtor of the 1954 Pekatomka persomfxes Chxef Peka tomka the yearbooks mascot He was snapped as he performed at a DHS pep rally the books Chref Pekatomka wrll gmde you through thrs book and w1l1 mtroduce some of our members rn hrs unusual style of speech 1 Y 7 7 7 l , - ' v , . in a stunt to launch the sales campaign of , . l ' - , 1 1 2 ..

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D SCHQQL X -h,.!' Yi'-r .RX 'X If 4 1' M, Kg... mv M MMI' I A ll up 'I CL ESI CCXINIWI f IC I5 rm Buck Francrs conducte I the DHS band rn the playrng of the 32nd Drvrsron March during the Armrstrce Day program Mr Francrs frrst read thrs famous march rn manuscrrpt form whrle he was a trombone player rn the Regrmenral Band overseas durrng World War I He was a close frxend of the composer the late Theodore Sternmetz who was Band Drrector for the 32nd Red Arrow Drvrsron Slfll N If medals were gnen for cleanlrness the e two hard workrng men Ray Schwartz and Francxs Crrst would recerve Honorable Mentron We are sure exeryone agrees that vuthout therr efforts DHS would not be the same hrgh school Let s show them how much we appreciate therr darly efforts by co operatrng that should be an excellent medal for them J.- x. MLSIC CLINIC Last summer frve students from DHS at tended the Summer Musrc Clrmc at the Unrversrty f Wlsconsxn Thrs clrmc ts held annually at Madrson for musrcrans from all over the state Classes were held for three weeks for the srx , hundred and frfty at Y' tendmg The Darlrngton students took part rn band, rhoral work, musrc apprecratxon, and fundamentals of musxc Prctured from left to rrght are Dar-leen Goodman, Walter Tasehek, Kay Nelson, Delbert Furrer, and Sally McCue 14.1