Fosston High School - Talisman Yearbook (Fosston, MN)

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Clark Gable They were accompan1ed by HARVEY WHITTMYER who IS coachmg 1n Cal1 forma 1nc1dentally the1r tr1p from Cal1f0TH1a to the reumon was an especlally pleasant one s1nce the1r pxlot was a former classmate GENE SJOL No one would ever guess that th1s group all graduated from a small town 11ke Fosston but let s see there were more of us than th1s Why look at th1S plcture 1n th1S magazme fam1l1ar 1snt 1t'7 Remember MARILYN BECKSTROM well she s a model for the Pep odent company now and that pxcture of the llvestock Judge certalnly JAMES BINGHAM remember how he used to Judge us'7 How about a l1ttle mus1c on the rad1o OK? Say that vo1ce I know Ive heard It before why sure thats ALVINA CHRISTIANSON now a rad1o recept1on1st What vsas the news flash about someone Salllng for Ch1na'7 None other than MARIAN ROBINSON searchmg for broader fields huh? A l1ttle more gabbmg and off to bed Sunday mormng' and we re all bound for the l1t tle church around the corner where the Reverend SENUM IS g1v1ng h1s first sermon and RUBY DUNRUD wlth a shlny halo S1tS 1n the cho1r loft Say who s 1n the row ahead of us Wlth the whole pew full of k1ds'7 It couldnt be ARDELLE OLSON could 1t'7 Oh yes It could and IS The cholr beglns and 15 dlrected by DARLENE ROULAND who 15 the grade teacher at the local publ1c school and that bass VOICE recogn1ze 1t'7 Of course It s MILTON t1on from h1s sheep ranch Now fora l1ttle on the educat1onals1de remember ANITA HANSON a WhlZ at every thmg concermng school she IS now pass1ng her knowledge on to others as she IS the mathe mat1cs professor wh1le RONNIE OLSON IS her aSSOC13te remember he was the student who knew everythmg but stud1es well he finally made the grade and IS now p1ofessor of hlstory. We presume he remembers a l1ttle from Mr Dcnnlng s classes That l1mous1ne that just drove by recogn1ze that sm1le'7 The same VERNON DANIEL SON we used to know only now he IS the ch1ef eng1neer of the Boemg plants and we used to th1nk he was so t1m1d Wh1ch rem1nds us of VERNA who IS now d1shwasher at Alton s cafe What s the mean1ng of the slgn 1n front of th1s house Lonely Hearts Club ELAINE CARLSON and ESTHER ANDERSON are pat1ently wa1t1ng for the1r better halves to come along The next bu1ld1ng 1nforms us that ALAN HOVE IS presldent of the Nat1onal Councll of Farmers 1n Amer1ca Wlth SHERMAN SCHREIBER as h1S fa1thful asslstant Do you feel as I doo That we need a good clean up Job Lets head for the BJORNE RUD dry cleaners Wlth the togs and to the beauty school w1th BEVERLY TORBLAA and DORIS BERG to do the faces Justlce So now we ve seen or spoken of all of our classmates Rather HICB to th1nk back to the good old days 1snt lt So the trlp IS over and all of us head back for our Jobs w1th only the pleasant memorles of h1gh school days well spent You ought to be good at geometry Why soo Your head 1S both pla1n and SOl1d Page 61 7 , . 9 , . 7 7 7 ' , Q . 1 1 5 'T 1 s 1 ' . . . . , . ' ' 1 a 1' v , 1 . . . 1 7 Y ' I , . . . . , . . . . . . , . Y ' 7 . . , . . l ' 1 ' 7 7 . . . . . . . 9 7 7 ' Y OLSON, our home town autioneer, and that tenor we find is CLIFFORD OLSON, on vaca- M V ' - . . , . . . - 7 7 Q . . . , v . . . . 3 7 ' ' ' ' GB 57 , . ' 7 , . . U y, . , . . . , . . , . LL 73 il 73 ' LC . ' ' ' 77

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Ween .ff 2 Care to go for a r1de w1th us on th1s fa1r day of June 6 1957? It s the first real get to gether that the class of 47 has had smce that glorlous day of graduation ten years ago Lets stop at M1HH6apOl1S Inc1dentally we re r1d1ng 1n WENDELL JOHNSON S plane as he has the Bem1dJ1 M1HH6ap0l1S route and the beaut1ful a1rl1ne stewardess 1S none oth er than MILDRED WHITE Some of the pas engers who are already on board are DORIS MORTENSON who IS happ1ly marrled to Lowell MARY BAUSTIAN accompanled by a bunch of l1ttle blondes GLENN LEERHOFF who has become a grade A farmer and h1S pal Ted Eklund who s runn1ng the Farmers Elevator The plane comes 1n for a landing and we hop a taX1 to gather a few more lost souls Flrst stop Wlll be for VERNA MAE KVARE who owns her own beauty shop 1nc1dentally the Olson apphance shop IS next door Whats the big bu1ld1ng next to thls? Why It IS the UHIVEFSIIY Hosp1tal' Well let s not stand here let s go 1n and see 1f we can find a stray soul or two And there IS THEORA SCHIRR SCHMIDT head nurse w1nn1ng the confident approval of all her patxents and who IS com 1ng down the other corr1dor? DAVID OLSON head of the obstetr1cs d1v1s1on and BARRY BERRY who 1S tak1ng care of the veterans d1v1s1on Further down the corr1dor we find CAROL MAE LOFSTRAND an up and comlnff psych1atr1st who IS HSS1St9d by DORIS FISH Guess that about does It for th1s bu1ld1ng oops not qu1te' There s HARLAN EKELAND passlng out c1gars Congratulatlons' Hungry? Lets stop for supper before gomg any farther Where shall we eat? Why naturally at Jerry s Cafe where MYRTLE BRATLAND IS cashler The food IS del1c1ous as BEULAH ANDERSON a graduate home economlst has fixed the meal ln great style The meal now fimshed we d6C1d8 for an even1ng of enterta1nment F1rst let s get the car Hlled up Wlth gas from the LEPIER statlon s1nce HOWARD IS the presldent of the Champhn re Hnerles It s natural that we won t have to pay Now where? To hear KAREN WELTE s1ng 1ng w1th the soap opera or do we want to hear the M1Hn63pOl1S Symphony Orchestra where EDIIH BORUD IS featured as p1ano sololst? Well It s the symphony orchestra we d6C1dE to hear and we are pleasantly surpr1sed to hear HAZEL HAN SON thr1ll1ng a large aud1ence as guest vocahst s1ng1ng Ma Curly Headed Baby Walt' Does anyone hear a strange 1101599 Why there s LARRY LEERVIG trylng to 1m1tate Tommy Dorsey w1th h1S band W1th that over how about a l1ttle IH the llne of refreshments? Across the street we find HARVEY VIGOREN a very promlnent bartender so we go 1n for a chat Who IS that comlng ID the back door? Why It s none other than CLIFFORD NORDEN top hand bootlegger Guess he never Wlll g1V6 up We Slt down and order s1zzl1ng steaks from BUTCHER NORD S shop and are they lusc1ous' Of course we have MARION TANGEN who IS a first 81d1I'1StI'l.lCtOI' along just 1n case Now who IS that parad1ng 1n the background? Why 1tS RICHARD FORSBERG now playlng the role of an undertaker On second thought Im not really hungry for that steak Shall we go on? Say who was that that just passed us? No t1ce that beaut1ful Chevrolet? You guessed 1t' GLADYS IS r1d1ng 1n a sleek new car w1th the back seat full of l1ttle Wynnes Now what? Someth1ng the matter Wlth the car? How convenlent that HAUGEN S auto repalr shop 1 r1ght down the street naturally VIRGIL IS ch1ef mechan1c That done how about a n1ce qu1et n1ght of sleep? Can you th1nk of a better place than to the spaclous mansion of Clyde and DOROTHY? So to Dorothy s It 1Sl Why she has guests well there SLOIS BRINK who IS now a m1ss1onary from far off Chlna and DORIS NELSON the health officer who accompan1es her Do you not1ce the characterlstlc Hollywood styles worn by those 1n the drawmg room? Of course you realize It s ELAINE LINDFORS now model1ng for John Powers and JUNE BRISBOIS prxvate secretary to Page 60 ' . . . . , 7 ' - - , . . . , . . . y . . . , - y - , S I 7 7 7 7 , . , . . 7 7 7 . . . . , , . ' r - y v , . . . I 7 , - . . , . . . . D . . . . . . , 1 r W , n . . 4 , . . . . , , . . . . . , . v v - . . . . . , v - a , - . ., , . r ,-, . . . ., . ' 1 . . . ,A ,, . . , . . . . . , . , . a a ' . . , . , , . . . . . . 4, ,, , . . ' 1 a 1 - - a ' 7 - a 1 u , a - . . , . , . .N . . 3 5 . , . . . , . . . . , , . . . . 1 , , . - . ., 7 7 7

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We ming The uppelclassmen st1ll managed to command the respect of the F1 esh1es even though the Fleshman candldate Faxe Kllngle 1e1g,ned as HKJIT16COfY11Hg Queen fO1 1946 Ruth Haugen Cal ol Halxm son md Hazel Hanson folmed the Couxt of Hono1 We had the l1dCl1l1OI'1dl paxade and bonlne but mlssed ou1 usual home comlng dance The cllmax of the xx eek earne xxhen the G1 ex hounds defeated the Caldlnals of Melntosh Betxx een halx es F 'W Pelzel C1 oxxned the queen A paltx xx as held IH the gx mnaslum that ex enlng to CQl9b1dl6 the xletorx 77fez6cmz Thls xeax s JUDIOI Senlol p1 om xx as held Satuxdax Max 24 The gene1al theme was a n1ght ln Old lVlex1eo Those 1n ehalge xx e1e Genelal eo ehanmen Calol Halvo1 on Donald Bakken Comnuttee ehanmen Decolatlons Glenn Whalex Refxeshments Md11lXH Husbx P1 ogxam B1ll Krogh Games F1 anees Bllll Muslc D1ck W3 nne Chaperone Conn1e L8VO1 Page 62 1 1 A 1 1. u 1' A - x M . 1 1 . ' k , ' c ' .E c' X ' f V' , .. . .. , f .w '.., . . C - ' y . Y . v . . ' . i , . , . , u v y - v - v I sr 7. v . . . . , v . ,- . . , . v v ,I 3 . v ' ' ' ' . , . . x - A frrfr-------Hrrir frrfrirrrr . .S . . . . .' v . , . . ., . ' 7