Echo High School - Yearbook (Echo, MN)

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CLASS W ILL We, the more brillant students, the graduating class of Echo High School, being of sound mind and disposing memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament. We are leaving our most treasured school day posses- sions to our less fortunate schoolmates: To Kenneth Taylor, Gordon McCoy leaves his ability to go steady for three years. Roberta Chapman leaves to Audrey Schlemmer the power to hold that one cer- tain man. To Donna McCoy, Shirley Bode gives her conversational ability. Llewellyn Hagen wills all his girl friends to Argene Froland---Girls look out!! Roger Paschke leaves his sense of humor to Janet Remmele. Marjorie Schmidt wills her control of blushes to Marilyn Johnson. Murl Kletscher wills his romeo tactics to Willard Viergutz, with the request he make good use of them!!! Jeanette Stelter wills her ability to argue her point to Glennis Meier. Glen Bousack wills his spunk to Dorothy Truax. Buddy Christensen wills his dark hair to Ovedia Ville. Gladys Schlemmer wills her long beautiful hair to Mildred Rust. Karen Von de Linde wills her figure to Edna Meier. Joyce Hustad wills her singing ability to Miles Gladitsch. Glenn Kotval wills his height to Donald Gronholz. Lyla Hagen leaves her quiet disposition to Donna Schlemmer. Valeria Viergutz wills her natural curly hair to La Vonne Luepke. Shirley Gladitsch wills her good nature to Lila Studeman. Clayton Anderson wills his influence with the teachers to Myron Hustad. Fern Renneke wills her Wood Lake boy friends to Anola Chapman, poor girlfff Darlene Dahl wills her ability to slide by without studying to John Eldred. Marjorie Dietz wills her attractive eyes to Florance Luepke. Delores Luepke wills her lost weekends to James Barber. Ramona Hustad wills her fluent speaking ability to Billy Hansvick. To Ida Belle Christensen, June Kuehn wills her neat appearance. Doris Arndt leaves her sober expressions and bright remarks to Bernell Warner make good use of them Bernell, Doris certainly did. Last, but not least, on this momentous occasion, we feel that our dearly beloved teachers cannot be left deserted of our numerous abilities so, we have decided to leave them many things: First, our great willingness to co-operate in all important matters, second our immaculate textbooks and test papers. To the less cultured Juniors, the Seniors leave their friendly fights and their ability to win in contests. 15

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CLASS PROPHECY It is now the year if 1959, and looking back we see the Class of 1949 having its reunion at Pelican Penthouse in New York, owned by none other than the famous law- yer, Roger Paschke. A plane has just arrived, being piloted by Buddy Christensen. Getting off the plane are June Kuehn, American Airline Stewardess, Marjorie Dietz and Lyla Hagen. Marjorie is running a. nursery, a job she cannot shirk when things are so changeable. Lyla is pure food and drug tester at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis-- Eat This Not That. Arriving next is Clayton Anderson, well known authority on engineering, telling us about his world famous project on irrigating the Sahara Desert. Clayton invites us to his Vee Vee Sea Food Specialities featuring Miss Valeria Viergutz as the mermaid. Coming in next is Jeanette Stelter, sports writer for the New York Times. She tells us about her thrilling experiences managing a young heavyweight boxer, who makes his debut at Madison Square Garden soon. Another member, Gordon McCoy, our dentist, has arrived. His motto is Open Wide and Jerk. A taxi stops out in front and three people get out. First Doris Arndt, our school teacher, who walks ten miles every day to her little red school house. Well, look who is trailing behind her, Ramona Hustad, carrying a coal bucket. We grasp she is janitor The depression has hit her, so she has settled for hard manual labor. Last to get out of the taxi is Karen Von de Linde, a wealthy doctor's wife. Modeling is her hobby and she carries the slogan of Keep Slim Behind. ln walks the great athlete, Murl Kletscher, who just completed his third season as first string fullback for the Green Bay Packers professional football team. He in- forms us that next season he will have a new job--that of backfield coach for the Michigan Wolverines. Since Shirley Bode has given up her teaching career, she is now training her lit- tle Hansvicks how to use their inherited deep bass voices. Where's all the noise coming from? Oh! Who should arrive but Glenn Busack, Square Dance Caller, giving us his latest version on the Boo Sack Square Dance. Well, look who's coming in now. The world's well known Ballet Dancer, Roberta Chapman, now appearing at the Punk Hut Theater, managed by Llewellyn Hagen. Here comes Fern Renneke, chatting about her Easy to Milk Mountain Goats. She has bought a shack in the Appalachian Mountains and has a herd of fifteen. Darlene Dahl has just come back from the county fair. fYe1low Med. that isj. She won first prize on her dishtowels. Marjorie Schmidt, librarian of the Library of Congress, is publishing the 1959 Almanac, designed especially for the honorable Mrs. G. J. Reuter. Gladys Schlemmer has been seen flashing her famous smile on Billboards all over the U. S., Pepsodent Toothpaste has hired her to exhibit what their publicized product can do. Delores Leupke, proprietor of the Leup De Loop circus, now touring the country, stops long enough to tell us of her charming features. Joyce Hustad goes around the race track, as the feather weight Jockey, riding swaybacked sad-eyed Citation, While everyone's attention is attracted to the race, Shirley Gladitsch is busy watering her elephants, and selling her Happy Ditch brand of peanuts. Glen Kotval has just broken the world's speed record for motorcycles. QAlong with a nurnber of arms and legs.l Looking back on our happy school days, this reunion leaves us with happy mem- ories of our class and a bright look into the future. 14

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