Dorchester High School - Dorhian Yearbook (Dorchester, WI)

Text from Pages 1 - 82 of the 1954 volume:

Pre sented ass Dedication We the Senior Class of 1954 wish to dedicate our annual to the most familiar personage in our sehool, Fred H. Sohwierske. In grateful recognition of his many years of service to our school, and his untiring effort as olass advisor for the past two years, we slnoerely hope that this dedication will express our apprecia- tion for his wonderful work and effort. I Faculty MELVIN C. WUNSCH — B.S.— M.M.E PRIN., MUSIC, MATH STEVENS POINT STATE COLLEGE VANDERCOCK COLLEGE OF MUSIC ROBERT FORSYTH — P.H.B. COACH, SCIENCE, GEOGRAPHY UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FRED SCHWIERSKE— B.S„ SOCIAL STUDIES, CLASS PLAY DIRECTOR CENTRAL STATE TEACHER'S ERNEST MOSBAEK— B.S. VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE AND physics WISCONSIN STATE TEACHER'S CLARENCE ZIER -- B.ED COMMERCIAL STUDIES WHITEWATER STATE TEACHER'S Faculty PHYLLIS POPE — B.S. HOMEMAKING, GIRLS PHYSICAL EDUCATION CENTRAL STATE TEACHER'S LUCIENNE SORENSON - ENGLISH, FORENSICS CAROLL COLLEGE EUGENE BUSSE “GENS ENJOY YOURSELF SHORT. LIFE IS BASKETBALL 1-2-3-4 BASEBALL 1-2-3-4 CHORUS 1-2-3-4 F. F. A. 1-2-3-4 CLASS PLAY 4 SOFTBALL 1 CLASS OFFICER 4 F. F. A. OFFICER 4 LA VON DOBERSTEIN DOBY HEAR ME, FOR SPEAK. I WILL CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BAND 3-4 CLASS PLAY 3-4 FORENSICS 1-3 GLEE CLUB 2 OFFICE HELP 3-4 KITCHEN HELP 3-4 PAPER STAFF 4 MAJORETTE 3-4 librario:: 1-2-3-4 RICHARD HURTH DICK I'M NOT LAZY BUT I JUST DON'T PEEL LIKE WORKING. CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BASKETBALL 1 BAND 1 SOFTBALL 2 CLASS OFFICER 3 CLASS PLAY 3 PROM KING 3 MANAGER 4 RONALD BUSSE ROMEO” I AM JUST LIKEA POWDER PUFF. I AM FOR THE LADIES. BASKETBALL 1-2-3-4 CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BAND 1-2-3-4 BASEBALL 1-2-3 F. F. A. 1-2-3 CLASS PLAY 3-4 CLASS OFFICER 3 SOFTBALL 1 F. F. A. OFFICER 3 ROBERTA HOLLMAN TUTS DON'T ARGUE WITH ME I KNOW I'M RIGHT. CHORUS 1-2 CLASS PLAY 3 ANNUAL STAFF 4 DOROTHY MAXAM MAX” RACHEL MEHNER RACH INCHES MAKE THE MAN CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BAND 3-4 FORENSICS 1-2-3-4 CLASS PLAY 3-4 CLASS OFFICER 1-3 KITCHEN HELP 2-3-4 OFFICE HELP 3 PAPER STAFF 4 ANNUAL STAFF 4 LLOYD MERTENS TEX” ALWAYS READYAND ALWAYS WILLING-----TO LOAF HIS SLOWNESS OF SPEECH DOES NOT INDICATE SLOW NESS OF ACTION CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BAND 3-4 CHEERLEADER 2-3 ANNUAL STAFF 4 DAVID LEHNERTZ DAVE” HE CHANGES HAIR OIL EVERY 20 MILES BASKETBALL 1-2-3-4 CHORUS 1-2-4 FORENSICS 1-2-3 CLASS OFFICER 2-3 CLASS PLAY 3-4 ANNUAL STAFF 4 CHORUS 1-2-3 BASKETBALL 1-2-3 CLASS PLAY 3-4 CLASS OFFICER 2 MANAGER 4 ANNUAL STAFF 4 NORMA LUDWIG SQUIRT I NEVER MISS AN OPPOR- TUNITY TO FLIRT WITH A BOY CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BAND 2 KITCHEN HELP 3-4 OFFICE HELP 3-4 GLEE CLUB 2 LIBRARION 3-4 ANNUAL STAFF 4 NELROSE OEHLER NANCE DOROTHY MILLER •'DOT SHE LOVES BUT ONE CHORUS 1-2 CHEERLEADER 2-3-4 KITCHEN HELP 2-3-4 ANNUAL STAFF 4 SHIRLEY PAUL WHAT AILS THIS OF MINE HEART CHORUS 1-2-3 FORENSICS 1 CLASS OFFICER 1 KITCHEN HELP 4 CLASS PLAY 3 JB. PROM QUEEN 3 PAPER STAFF 3 ANNUAL STAFF 4 n SHE SWAYS THEM WITH HARMONY MERRY AND LOUD CHORUS 1-2 PAPER STAFF 1 CLASS PLAY 3 ANNUAL STAFF 4 A LITTLE NONSENSE NOW AND THEN IS RELISHED BY THE BEST OF MEN BASKETBALL BASEBALL BAND CHORUS F. F. A. 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 1-2-3-4 F. F. A. OFFICER 4 CLASS OFFICER 4 SOFTBALL 1 amtjttat. stAhT? 4 BARBARA SCHERER BARB WHY SPEAK OP LOVE WHEN THERES SO MUCH WORK TO BE PONE CHORUS 1-2-3-4 GLEE CLUB 2 ANNUAL STAFF 4 AGNES STOIBER AGGIE HER EYES SPEAK WHEN HER LIPS DO NOT BAND CHORUS FORENSICS PAPER STAFF GLEE CLUB LIBRARIAN CLASS PLAY CHEERLEADER ANNUAL STAFF 1-2-3 1-2 1-3-4 2- 3 2 3 3- 4 1-2-3-4 4 SHIRLEY SPRENGLER SPITZ I WANT TO BE A FARMER AND WITH THE FARMERS STAND BAND CHORUS BASE3ALL BASKETBALL FORENSICS F. F. A. CLASS OFFICER F. F. A. OFFICER CLASS PLAY SOFTBALL ANNUAL STAFF 1-2- 1-2- 1. 1-2- 3-4 3-4 2- 4 1-2 1-2 3- 4 2- 4 4 3- 4 1 4 LARRY WALDHART WALLY WHSATIES DID A LuT FOR ME BAND 1-2-3-4 CHORUS 1-2-3-4 F. F. A. 1-2-3-4 F. F. A. OFFICER 4 BASKETBALL X8f$ L TAFF oHE'S ICERE FOR AN ED UCATION ANNUAL STAFF 4 CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BAND 2-3-4 FORENSICS 1-2-3 CLASS PLAY 3-4 KITCHEN HELP 2-3-4 GLEE CLUB 2 PAPER STAFF 3 OFFICE HELP 3 ADELINE ZUTHER ADIE IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY GATE DON'T SWING ON IT CHORUS 1-2-3-4 BAND 1-2-3-4 FORENSICS 1-r.3.4 CLASS OFFICER 1 CLASS FLAY 3-4 STUDENT COUNCIL 1 PAPER STAFF 1-2 GLEE CLUB 2 GIRL STATE REP. 3 ANNUAL STAFF Senior History •Where dbwe go from here; what do we do next? Those were our first questions when we entered Dorchester High School as freshmen back in 1950. There were 29 of us ready, willing, and able to find out about Sigh School life. Within a few weeks, with Mrs. Sorenson, our class advisor, we held a class meeting and elected our officers. They were? president, Shirley Paul, vice president, Adeline Zuther; secretary, DCrothy EBabemayer, Aid treasurer, Rachel Mehner. After three weeks of school, the sophomores had a delightful time initiating ua We had our initiation party in the old recreation hall. Later in the year we gave several school parties over there too. Even though it was our first year in high school. Our class picnic was held at Cherokee Park and we really enjoyed it. In the fall of 51 oir class with the exception of Eleanor Engel, Jolene Ploec- kelman and Kenneth Ellenbecker, came back to school. Our officers that year weao Lloyd Mertens as president. Dean Stevens as vice president, David Lehnertz as secretary, and Marvin Schrader as treasurer. Then oame our chance to initiate the new freshmen, which was lots of fun. We ended tbs year by attending a picnic for the whole school at the Marathon Coun- ty Park at Wausau. 1952, and at last we were Juniors and ready for our most successful year. This year, m chose Dick Earth as president; Ronald Busse, vice president;Rach- el Mehner, treasurer and David Lehnertz as secretary. We lost several of our class members through the years, but we were beginning to show that size Iff not the only requirement for success. In October we got our very attractive class rings. In that month we also had our class play, Orandad Steps Out. Mr. Sohwierske was our direotor and with his help we made our play a great suc- cess. On Mfiy 1 we had our prom. We spent many hard hours decorating the hall to the theme of Red Sails In the Sunset. Dick Hurth and Shirley Paul reign- ed as our king and queen. Billy Uthmeier, of Marshfield, furnished the music for our prom. It the end of the year we again attended a school picnic at Wau- sau. 1953---and 20 seniors were on hand to finish the last lap of the high school race. Realizing how much we needed good officers during our last year we e- lected the following: President, Oene Busse; vice president, Jon Heidhold; secretary, David Lehnertz and Marvin Schrader as treasurer. On October 30, we presented our class play, Let Me Out Of Here, with Mr. Schwierske as our di- rector Our play was very well attended and the audlenoe enjoyed it very much. After 4 years of hard work Marvin Schrader earned the place of Valedictorian and David Lehnertz the position of Salutatorlan. The faculty chase Adeline Zuther as our school's D. A. R. representative. Our class colors were blue and white. Our flowers were blue and white carna- tions. Our class motto was, Life Is What You Make It. On the evening of May 29 came the long awaited event, commencement. The hon- or students gave their speeches. Our main speaker was Mr. Henry C. Ahrnsbhak, Director of the Wausau University Extension Center. We received our diplomas and It was over, and once again, we asked, Where do we go from here, and what do we do next? Class Will We the class of 1954, la the town of Dorchester, the oounty of Clark, and the state of Wisconsin, being in as good Mental condition as usual, and in much better temper than usual, do hereby make this, our last will and testament, rendering void and of nh avail any former will or wills that may have been pre- viously made by us during a period of temporary optimism. Although, beingaa psychologically complex as befits a Senior Class, we consist of twenty separate and distlnot entities, or what have you, we are in suoh com- plete accord, thinking alike, and seldom, that the editorial—now, alas, fune- real— we will be used to denote our oolleotive entity throughout this doou ment. We feel that our brilliant reoord and our unusual achievements will live after us, but, not wishing to take any ohanoes, we suggest that a tablet, on whioh shall be inscribed our several names and a few of our most astounding deeds,be purchased and placed in the Dorohester Memorial Hall in a position where it will strike the eye of all who enter. And in this manner do we dispose of our possessions: lb Mr. Zler we extend our thanks for being our guide and advisor on our annual and so making it possible to have one. To Mr. Schwierske we will all the leftovers from the kitchen next year, espe- cially the cheese and lemon pudding. To Mrs. ourenson we will all the Senior literature books. To Mr. Forsyth we will all the remains of our senior class to add to his col- lection. To Mr. Mosbaek we will our quiet attitude and good behavior. To Mr. Wunsch we will our good examples to hand to the underclassmen, lb Mrs. Pope we will our physical ability in Phy. Ed. To Mr. Larson, the Janitor we will all the noise we have made going through the halls, together with all our text books for fire wood next winter. lb the school in general we leave the unoomfortable chairs, creaking doors, broken desks, hanging windows, etc. lb the Juniors we bequeath our ability to pull the wool over the teaohers eyes. May the wool stay there all through your senior year, otherwise you 11 never make the grade. To the Sophomore Class we give and bequeath our extraordinary oomph and humor so they can keep up the spirit of the school. lb the Freshman Class he will our good looks, our bravery and ability to study. lb the coming, green, good natured, long suffering freshmanwe leave this pack- age in the hope that the contents may enable them to develop into seniors equal- ly as brilliant as we. (content of package is a bottle of milk.) And in this manner do we dispose of our possessions: I, Qene Busse, will my glasses to the pawn shop. I, Ronnie Busse, leave y romatic abilities as a Romeo to Norbert Schumacher although we wonder if he actually needs it. I, LaVon Doberstein, will my four years of hard work to Ray Copeland. I, Roberta Hollman, will say I do. I, Dick Hurth, will my little feet to any underclassman who needs a good un- derstanding • I, David Lehnertz, leave my height to Mary Stelzel so she can see what is going on in the world. I, Rachel Mehner, will my ability to write letters to Charlie, to anyonewhowaits it. I, Dorothy Maxam, will leave and never to return. I, Lloyd Mertens, bequeath my arguing and spelling ability to Kitty Kramer. I, Norma Ludwig, will leave with pleasure. I, Dorothy Miller, will my night life to Audrey Miller. I, Jon Neidhold, will my studious look to Jim Schiferl. I, Nancy Oehler, will my carefully guarded secret of a slim figure to Marilyn Kauer. I, Barbara Scherer, will my old flames to Joanne Ortlieb, who hasn t found the right one yet. I, Marvin Schrader, will my brains to all the future Dor-Hi students. I, Agnes Stoiber, will leave Mr. Zierfs typing class minus some noise. I, Shirley Sprengler, will my singing ability to Marlene Ludwig. I, Larry Waldhart, will my mischief and noise making to Connie Warns. I, Adeline Zuther, will my soberity to Helen Blazel. I, Shirley Paul, oanft afford to give anything away as I will need it in the fu- ture . Honor Students Class Prophecy On© cloudy spring day in this year of 1970, I started on mj xong anxious way to the hank to have a little sum of $1,000 loaned so I could pay the last payment on my old 1949 Plymouth, I had way hack in 1954. Of course, the payment was only $200, hut I decided I would like to take a long trip probably to the moon, hut I think that is quite impossible, but probably I can take a trip and look up some of my old classmates of 1954. Being that I was a General in the Marine Corps, I was superior over the rest of the men and could come and go as I pleased. That is why I'm on my little excursion or rather thinking about it as thus. It was on the bus on the way to the bank, that I met an old classmate of mine, Shirley Sprengler. I knew by the way she drove that bus that it was her, for no other person drives that way. We talked a while and much to our surprise a cop stopped us for driving on the wrong side of the road. Well, Spitz got out in her usual carefree manner, and by the way she talked she was trying to auc- tioneer her way out of it. I of course looked out of the window and there stand- ing so big and broad in a nice new, police uniform, was Larry Waldhart.. Well you know what happened next. Thats right. We all three stood and talkeduitil another car stopped and asked what was the matter. I guess this was a lucky day for me in starting off my high hopes and ideas of seeing all my friends and classmates, because in this same car sat Shirley Paul. 0f course she wasn't driving, for her husband, an Air Porce General was taking over that task. In back were the sweetest bunch of little toddlers you would ever want to see. After that little incident we all decided it would be best if we started on our merry way again. So aftera little more chatting we proceeded on and with out a fine. It was quite a drive to the bank but inspite of all the close shaves with my bus driver, Spitz , I arrived, all in one piece. As I walked in the bank who should I meet but Jon Neidhold. He having the honor of being president of the bank received me with high colors. That was before I askedfbr the loan. We talked about old school days and then I proceeded on asking for the loan. He hesitated a bit but told me to go to the Cashier and receive my check. Here at the cashiers desk was a lady I thought I recognized, so with much deep thought, I recognized her as LaVon Doberstein. She still was the same, always talking and laughing. In spite of her talking, I received my $1,000. At this point, I decided it best that I send my $200 to Mertens Garage in pay- ment of my Plymouth. There was a Post Office right near the bank, but as long as I am here in California, 3 jet hours from Dorchesterville, I decided that I may as well board a jet plane and take a little excursion to Dorchesterville, in that city the Post Office is operated by Ronnie Busse. As I walked into the jet plane office, I went over to the receptionist desk and here Barbara Scherer, another school mate of mine, was sitting and giving out information. I asked if any planes were leaving for Dorchesterville and she said,that a plane would be leaving in about 32 minutes, so during this time we had a chance to talk over old happenings. Through this conversation I found out that the owner of this Jet air port was Lloyd Tex Mertens, and he also was the one to be jetting the Jet I was about to board. You can imagine what a state of confusion and anxiety I was in to think that he was the one I would be riding with. Well, he finally came and then we both boarded the jet for a 3 hour ride to Dorchesterville. I told Tex that I was sort of planning on a excursion on a jet, to go and see some of our old classmates. It was averyodd coincidence that Lloyd had the same ambition, and so there we sat in spite of the noise of the Jet, talking about our combined plan. After 3 Jet hours we arrived at our destination and why I went to Dorchester- ville to mail that old car payment by one of my old classmates, was beyond my reasoning. In spite of it all I did see my old friend, Ronnie Busse, at the Post Office. Here is also where I found out that not too far down the street, David Lehnertz, was Editor of the Daily News. After a bit of thought I decid- ed I would go to David and see if he would like to go along with Lloyd and I PROPHECY (continued) on our excursion and be a reporter. With out hardly no encouragement he said he would leave his paper up to his Co-Editor, who has just cone back from the Marines. You oan imagine the blank expression I had on my face to see Eugene Busse, the Assistant Editor of the paper. I can still see him peck away onthe typewriter in Mr Ziers, Advanced Commercial class in 54 . We stayed over a few hours and than continued. It was quite a distance to the airport, so we stopped to catch a bit to eat. The restaurant was a neat little place on the corner. The name Tuts and Mer a Eat Shop sounded so familiar so this is the one we decided to eat at. I never dreamed that it could be my far off cousin running the shop, and his wife, the former Roberta Hollman. Being that Roberta ran that restaurant for a couple of years, she had the op- portunity of meeting up with many of our old classmates, and she told us where many of the class were now. Nelrose, she said was a model in a fashion store. After our wonderful home cooked meal we started off again. Not long after we ran into a very attractive lady. Yes, it was Nelrose Oehler, the same as al- ways. Odd how we just mentioned about her and then meet face to face with her. It really was a pleasure to see her. After Lloyd, David, and I bid farewell to Nancy, we finally continued on our way to the airport. It was then that we found out that there was something drastically wrong with the jet and had to be looked over first. Of course, that called for a mechanic, and Lloyd couldn't do it, so we went to the Mechanic School • It was here that we saw, Marvin Schrader, now a professor there. Marvin, of course, gave us the best Mechanic, being that we were in a hurry. It was a big let down for us three when the mechanic said that we would have to wait for two weeks. This called for only one thing, staying overnight in a hotel and catch the next plane back to where we started from in the morning, and get another one of Lloyds Jets to continue on o jr travels. As we were walking along the street to the hotel, we spyed an orphanage with the letters, Addles, home for homeless children. There was one thought in all three of our minds and thatwas, that that could probably be the home of Adeline Zuthur• We went in and looked around and there came Adeline to greet us. She told us that she started an orphanage for herself, for she used to work in an orphanage and loved it. Adeline toldus that Agnes Stoiber and her husband are the proprietors of the hotel in the city, and that she has a very wonderful bus- Here at the hotel Agnes gave us the very best of rooms, and she said she would have our meals brought up to our rooms by her assistant. When our meals came, who should be carrying the tray but Dorothy Maxam, the last person I thought would be doing that type of work. The next morning we boarded an airplane to go to Lloyds jet airport. On the plane while we were sitting there, an airline Hostess came and greeted us, also asked if there was anything that we wanted. What a surprise to see Dorothy Miller as the hostess. We sat and talked for awhile, and of course being that the conversation was about our old school days back in 54 , I finally came to the conclusion that I met all my class mates except Norma Ludwig and Rachel Mehner. My problem now was, where would I get to see them? y problem was solved or rather partially solvedwhon Dorothy said that near the next airport, which we would be stoDDlng at, was a large dairy farm, owned and operated by the former Rachel Mehner ana horma Ludwig and their husbands. The plane had a half hour stop over at this airport, so that gave us the oppor- tunity to see those two girls again. Me were surprised when we got there to see all of Rachels cats anddogs around. She and Norma got along fine together working with all the animals. I can see Rachel on a farm but somehow I just cannot see Norma living on a farm. ET®n though, they both live there and enjoy every moment of it. They both have two little boys, Not just the quia teat ones either and they also enjoy every mo- ment of the day on the farm. PROPHECY (continued) It was time for us to start off again, and we were very much satisfied to have seen all our old classmates again. Of course, I was the only one fortunate e- nough to see all of them, but nevertheless Lloyd and David did see the majority of them. Iam now waiting for the time to oome again when I can do this same thing again, nit for now I will just have to go on as being a general and telling others rfhat to do and be satisfied with being in the Marine Corps. With this I will sign off, but only for now. As Ever, Dick Hurth Senior Memories Senior Class Play L©t M© Out Of Here was the nan© ©f our Senior Class Play that ve pr©sent©d with great success ©a October 30, 1953. We had good tin© producing ©ur play with the help ©f our oapabl© di- rector, Mr, Sohwiorsk©, he relieving were the characters li the play: First Row: Marvin Schrader, Gen© Buss©, Davidlohnertz, Ll©yd Mert©ns, and Rennie Buss©, Second Row: Agne© Ann St©lber, Adeline Zuther, La V©n Deberstein, RachelMbhner, Shirley Sprang- 10+aUL TJtcPtjk.+'rr)T. ‘3++ • cf £ Smis jy TkE Suvs£ On the evening of May 1, a large crowd danced to the music of Billy Uthmeir and his band. The hall was decorated to the theme of the prom, RED SAILS IN THE SUNSET? The Grand March was led by King, Richard Hurth, and his Qpeen, Shirley Paul, with the court following. Junior Class LAWRENCE BARTUTE WRT.EN BLAZEL CARL HANSEN MARILYN JENSEN LLOYD KALEPP AUDREY MILLER JOANN ORTLIEB JERRY PAUL SHARON POPE JOYCE RIEMER 1 NORBERT SCHUMACHER MYRON TAUCHEN MARJORIE VIOLAND JOYCE VANDERHOOF In August 1951, 25 freshmen enrolled at the Dorchester High School. In return to the sophomores for giving an Initiation party, we gave a return party. At our first class meeting Norbert Schumacher nm elected president, Joyce Relmer, secretary and treasurer. In 1952, 21 sophomores enrolled. We gave a freshmen Initiation party In Sep- tember. Lawrence Bartnlk was elected president, Myron Tauohen, vloe president, Helen Blazel, treasurer, and Sharon Pope, secretary. This year 14 juniors returned for enrollment, 11 less than our freshmen year. Our class officers are: Lawrence Bartnlk, president; Norbert Schumacher, vloe president; Audrey Miller, secretary, and Helen Blazel; treasurer. February 20, we had a bake sale at Mertens Oarage to raise money for the prom which we plan to have April 30. Sophomore Class JOANNE BOCEONYIN DAVID GEIGER ROBERT GDMZ MARY JANE HOLIMAN CAROL SEIDEL DELILAH SPRINGER MARY STELZBL GLORIA VANDERHOOP JANIS ZIER Freshmen Class NATHAN RECHLIN RAY COPELAND MARY ERICKSON DONALD FELDBRUGGE LUANNB GEBERT JANICE GEIGER ARLAN HAMM DAVID HAWKS KATHLEEN KRAMER PERN KRTJEGER NANCY LAABS ERNEST MKHNER darryl MERTENS JAMES MILLER MARILYN MILL IK IN Freshmen History There were 29 bashful freshmen that entered Dorchester High School in 1953. In- iation was held during the early part of September by the Sophomores, with a full day of fun and a School Party In the evening, welcoming the freshmen. At our first class meeting we elected our officers for the year,they were as fol- lows; President, Donald Feldbrugge; Secretary, Nancy Laabs; Treasury, Luanne Gebert; and our class advisors are Mrs. Sorenson and Mrs. Pope. So far this year the freshmen had 2 candy sales. Sophomore History In the fall cf 1952, twenty-one greenhorns entered the doors of Dorchester High Sohool. After becoming acquainted with the new surroundings, we were offi- cially accepted on Initiation day by the upper classmen. At our first class meeting we elected officers. They were James SchiferX, president; Janis Zier, vice president; Mary Jane Hollman, secretary; Eileen Neidhold, treasurer; Jo- anne Bochanyin, student council. We chose Mr. Mosbaek as our advisor. On Field Day we played host to the future freshmen. We began our sophomore year minus four members. This year we had the privi- lege of Initiating the freshmen. We had a very successful school party after the ceremony. This year our class officers were Joanne Bochanyin, president; David Geiger, vice president; Judy Jantsch, secretary, Jerry Ludwig, treasurer Our advisor was again Mr. Mosbadk. We had a very successful Christman cookie and candy 3ale. Junior High Grades r Ir DICK BAKER 4 MILDRED COPELAND DONALD KRUEGER c t V it. i f RONNIE LUTWIG BRUCE MEHNER JAMES SORENSON CONNIE WARNS Basketball LEFT TO RIGHT: N. SCHUMACHER, R. BUSSE, D. LEHNERTZ, G. BUSSE, J. LUDWIG, J. NEIDHOLD, SECOND ROW: MANAGER L. MERTENS, R. SEBOLD COACH R. FORSYTH, L. BARTNIK, V. SCHMIDT, MANAGER D. HURTH B Team FIRST ROW: L. KALEPP, J. SCHIFERL, V. SCHMIDT, R. SEBOLD, M. TAUCHEN, J. PAUL SECOND ROW: A. HAMM, E. ZENKER, R. WARNS, E. MEHNER, D. MERTENS, D. POPE, G. STELZEL THIRD ROW; E. SEIDEL, D. HAWKS, R. COPELAND, G. YOUNKER, J. MILLER T ° b team cheerleaders 22 COl ® EILEEN unity u c«Ss sa S3 DORCHESTER 23 WESTBORO 40 la 4$ S9 DORCHESTER 21 WITHEE 37 DORCHESTER 38 UNITY 4. DORCHESTER 28 RIBLAKE 43 DORCHESTER 23 WITHEE 27 '° C. TSf ' «� .., 32 ... , DORCHESTER 35 fflEDFORD 31 dok K32fh,l PHILIPS so 3? Baseball Team FRONT ROW: N. SCHUMACHER, J. PAUL, J. LUDWIG, G. BUSSE, J. NEID- HOLD, L. BARTNIK SECOND ROW: COACH R. FORSYTH, D. GEIGER, R. BUSSE, R. GUMZ, M. TAUCHEN, J. SCHIFERL, L. KALEPP, R. SEBOLD Annual Staff PAUL A. ZUTHER; R. MEHNER, ASST. EDITOR M. VIOLAND, SECOND ROW L. ViALDHART N. LUDWIG, D. HURTH, D. MILLER, D. MAXAM, L. DOBER- STEIN S. SPRENGLER, R. HDLLMAN, A. STOIBER, N. OEHLER, THIRD ROW L. MERTENS, M. SCHRADER, J. NEIDHOLD, D. LEHNERTZ, G. BUSSE R. BUSSE Senior Band LEFT FRONT C. LUDWIG, N.IAABS, J. HEIMER, C. REIMER, M. SEIDEL, L. GEBERT, J.SORENSON L. DOBERSTEIN, E. NEIDHOLD, L. WALDHART, M M. HOLLMAN, A.ZUTHER, D. MAXAM, H. BLAZEL, J. BOCHONYIN, THIRD ROW G. STELZEL, D. SPRENGLER, S. POPE, M. VIOLAND, L. BARTNIK R. KRUEGER, F.KRUEGER , SECOND ROW J. ZIER . SCHRADER, R. MEHNER A. SCHERER, V.SCHMIDT HURTH, J. NEIDHOLD, S , R. BUSSE 9 9 9 9 Mixed Chorus SCHRADER MARYJANE JANIS JOANNE DUETS EILEEN NEIDEOLD JANIS ZIER EILEEN NEIDHOLD GENE BUSSE QUARTET RONNIE BUSSE HELEN BLAZEL SOLOS JOANNE BOCHANYIN LEFT FRONT B. SCHERER, C. SEIDEL, J. VANDERHOOF, M. STELZEL, 0. VANDERHOOF, K. KRAlfiR, J. JANTSCH, J. GEIGER, J. ZIER, E. NEID- A. ZUTHER, M. HOLLMAN, J. BOCHONYIN, L. GEBERT, M. MILLIKIN V. NEITZEL, SECOND ROW D. HAWKS, D. POPE, J, REIMER, R. KRUEGER, N. LAABS, R. MEHNER, L. DO BERSTEIN, S. SPRENGLER, S. POPE, M. PO- LAND, K. REIMER, C. SEIDEL, A. MILLER, D. MAXAM, M. WJDVIQ, H. BLAZEL, R. BUSSE, D.FELDBRUGGE, THIRD ROW A. SCHERER, J. PETERS R. WARNS, D. LEHNERTZ, J. NEIDHOLD, L. BARTNIK. J. SCHIFERL. M. RONNIE BUSSE JANIS ZIER MARYJANE HOLLMAN EILEEN NEIDHOLD JANIS ZIER F.F. A. FIRST RCIV: A. HANK, L. BARTNIK, M. 1AUCHEN, 0. bJSSB, L. WALDHART J. NEIDHOLD, J. SOHIFERL, J. PAUL, SECOND ROW: ADVISOR: MR. MOS- BAKE, N. BRECHLIN, D. HAWKS, D. POPE, D. FELDBRUOGE, L. KALEPP, J. MILLER, E. SEIDEL, J. PETERS, M. RAMINGER, J. LAPP, D. GEI- GER, THIRD ROW: D. MERTENS, R. WARNS, E. ZENKER, G. STELZEL, R. GUMZ, K. PLOECKELMAN, J. LUDWIG, C. HANSEN, G. YOUNKER, B. KLA- BUNDB, NOT PICTURED, MARVIN SCHRADER The school year of 53 and 54H had been full of learning, working and enjoy- ment for all F% F. A. members. We had thirty four members in our organization which included nineteen freshmen,six sophomores,five juniors and four seniors. We had combined classes of agriculture, with freshmen and sophomores in one class and the juniors and seniors in another class. The Junior and senior class spent the first semester in the classroom. Some of the things that we studied were the Judging of dairy cows and fatstock which oonsist of beef cattle, hogs, and sheep. A fatstock Judging team which con- aisted of Larry Waldhart, Jon Neidhold, and Myron Tauchen, won first place at the District Judging Contest thatwas held at the Clark County Hospital Farms . A large trophy was awarded tocmr chapter for this,but a first place mustbe won for three years in succession before we are allowed to keep it. These boys and their advisor, Mr. Mosbaek, made a tape recording of fatstock Judging and had it played over the Abbotsford Hour Program on station W.I.G.M. Our fat- atock team and a dairy Judging team went to Madison the spring of fifty four, for the State Judging Contest. The dairy Judging team consisted of Marvin Schrader, James Sohiferl, and James Lapp. We held a speech contest in our classes which consisted of a ten minute speech about some farm topic. In the Junior and aenior class Marvin Schrader and Gene Buase placed first and second. In the freshmen and sophomore class, Bernard K1abundo «nd James Sohiferl placed first and second. In an elimination contest BernardKlabunde won first place. In the district contest held at Medford,Ber- nard Klabunde won fourth place. The Junior and senior class .pent the latter part of the winter In the shop,doing work that pertained to the farm and other building and repair work. During the first semester the freshmen and sophomore class took their turn in the class, studying about farm problems. Each year two boys who are chosen to be the next years president and secretary, ro to the F. F. A. convention held at Green Lake, Wisconsin. The convention lasts two days with meetings and election of officers for state positions. Library Club FRONT ROW: L. GEBERT, M. COPELAND, E BERSTEIN, C, LUDWIG, SECOND ROW: D. D. FELDBRUGGE, G. STELZEL, N. LAABS, J. JANTSCH, THIRD ROW: E. NEIDHOLD, VIOLAND, M. HOLD AN, J. BOCHONYIN, J. . SEIDEL, C. LUDWIG, D. DO- BAKER, J. ZIER, F. KRUEGER, J. SCHIFERL, L. DOBERSTEINr R. KRUEGER, K. RIEMER, M. GEIGER, J. ORTLIEB Forensics Ibis year the Distriot Foranslc Contest was held at Dorchester on March 11 The following represented our school. Myron Thuchen and Ronnie Warns had orations. Bernard Klabunde wrote an original ore cion. Adeline Zuther, Mary Jane Hollman, Nancy Laabs, Janis Zier, ar.d Sharon Sauter gave serious declamations. James Schiferl, Jerry Ludwig, RachelMehner, Gary Stelzel, Carol Ludwig, Donna Dob- erstein and Mildred Copeland gave humorous declamations. Mrs. cienne Sorenson was our director. Lu- Physical Education FRONT ROW: M. JENSEN, A.MILLER, J. ORTLIEB, M• VIOLAND, J. REIM- ER� J. VANDERHOOF, SECOND ROW: D. MILLER, S. PAUL S. POPE, L. DOBERSTEIN, B. SCHERER, H. BLAZEL, THIRD ROW: A. STOIBER R. MEHNER, S. SPRENGLER, N. LUDWIG FIRST ROWr V. NEITZEL, D. DOBERSTEIN, G. VANDERHOOF, J. BOCHON- YIN, K. KRAMER, C. LUDWIG, D. SPRINGER, M. SEIDEL SECOND ROW: M� ERICKSON, R. KRUEGER, F. KRUEGER, K. REIMER, N. LAABS, J .ZIER E. NEIDHOLD, M. MILLIKIN, M. STELZEL, M. HOLLYAN THIRD ROW: M. COPELAND, S. PLOCKEIMAN, S. SaUTER, M. LUDWIG, C .SEIDEL, M. KATT- ER, J. GEIGER, C. W RMS, ,T. JAN SCI!, L. GET T I Grades WILLIAM LBHNEHTZ SHARON MABCOTT DONNA SCHRADER LINDA WIGSTADT NBLS ANDERSON JAMES COPELAND RAE ANN DOBERSTEIN GEORGE HANSEN BONNIE PLOECKLEMANRANDY SAUTER DONNA SCHMIDT JOANN SCHMIDTKE VICTOR ANDERSON NANCY BRECHLINNORA COPELAND CATHERINE LEHNERTZ GORDON LUDWIG MARYLIN SMITH BEVERLY WIENEI DOROTHY WIGSTADT SAMUEL ZIER DOUGLAS SCHERER LARRY COPELAND GARY MARCOTT Grades 2 1 DONNA BAKER DUANE FENSKE DONNA PLOECKELMAN DUANE SEBOLD ALBERTA WIENKE JUDY WINCHELL KENNETH ANDERSON HAROLD ASl ’SSEN EDITH BRECKLIN DORIS COPELAND T v CAROL HANSEN KIETH KARAU LOREN LUDWIG STEVE SAUTER VILAS WIENKE r 0% SUSAN WINChELL REBECCA ZIER NANCY DOBERSTEIN GERALD FENSKE DANNY HANSEN DIANE MkRCOTT TOKttiY STEVENS BRUCE TESSMER ALVIN WINCHELL THESE BUSINESS PLACES AND FIRMS HELPED MAKE THIS ANNUAL POSSIBLE DORCHESTER MEDFORD THE CLARION SEIDEL BROS, PAT MCCARRON DUELIMEN 1S BaR STREICH TAVERN WEIX DRUG STORE DR. A. V . 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