Fountain City High School - Spirit Yearbook (Fountain City, WI)

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THE SENIOR PROPHECY The seniors of 1950 hadnot seen eachother as a group until their happy reunion of 1960, We had planned to have'1t every five years, but it seemed impossible in 1955. However, the complete class met at the Hill Top for the party and reunion. what follows is an account of the doings andlives of the class of 1950 since their high school days. First of all, let's start off with Celia Hentges. The kid we used to call WCitz' came clear from Los Angeles where she is an airline hostess. I never really thought the airforce wouldhave that much affect on her back in 1950. She certainly was looking fine with her trim suit and all. However, she's not married as yet. I wonder why? David Zeller is now practising electronics in Winona. If I remember correctly,he was very much interested in both electrical work and Winona at the time of graduation. The only difference in Dave was a few gray hair and a couple of wrinkles causedby the trials of married life andthe raising of three boys. As for the boys--they certainly seem like their father. It's funny about Betty Jean Kujak. I always hadthe idea that she would be the first to leave Fountain City and the first to be married. But time shows that I was wrong. Lizzy has taken a controlling interest in what used to be the Ahts Cafe and has started a nice business. Her excuse for not marrying was, and I quote, 'Well, Paul, what I wanted I couldn't get and what I could get I didn't want.' So you see she still has the same way of thinking things out for herself the same as she did back in Fountain City High School. ' Newton Mathis is really the most educated one of all the fourteen. He is now doing very well at his practice of medicines, for animals that is. Yes,Newtie is now a veterinarian with a very good practice builtup in Alma. We always did suspect that his main interest was at Alma. when he was in school, but little did we expect he would set up a practice there. Ruthie Haeusen the one who used to do her shorthand in social problems class, is now the wife of a prosperous grocery man here in Fountain City. It seems as if Ruthie marrieda few years after graduation andis now raising a nice family,now numbering three. Ruthie still looks fine and has the same twinkle in her eye that she had back in 1950. Evelyn Karrow, who was the editor of our annual, is now residing on a farm out on the Fountain City Ridge. She and her husband have a large and very successful chicken farm. WEppien said she went to nurse's school for a year but love ovendame her, and she took on the duties of a farm lady. 12 1

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Dave wills his daily drugstore stops Eppie wills her ability to stay home Betty Jean wills CLASS WILL to Mr. Biersteker. nights to Jo Ann R. her temper to Sarah. Lyle wills his nickname to Ronald B. Marcel wills his interests in baseball to Gerald F. Eppie wills her interest in orchestra players to La Vonne T. Warren wills his picture of Mary Lou to David W. Delbert wills his curly hair to anyone with straight hair. The social problems class will their ability to argue to the juniors. Citz wills her tall, thin figure to Sarah. The senior boys will their driving ability to 'Tossum'. Lyle wills his big shoes to Mr. Rosenow. Nellie wills her Newton wills his Paul Kafer wills Newton and Betty Margaret Witmer. The seniors will glasses to Jo Ann Richtman. whiskers to Mr. Rosenow. his bowling ability to Roy Bork. Jean will their fighting ability to Ferol Hedberg and their trips to Bohri's Valley to Mr. Clayton. ,Robert Sing wills his hearty laugh to Arlen Schmidt. Marcel wills his Ruthie wills her The senior girls ability to stay under 25 M.P.H. when driving to Edward H. job at the Cafe to Alice Bork. will their cooking and sewing abilities to all those who will be taking home economics next year. Nellie wills her dark hair to Lorene Lash. Dave wills his interests in Winona to Red F. Lyle wills his car to anyone who can drive it. The seniors will their ability to build dream houses to Mr. Biersteker. Citz wills her glasses to Gerry Miller. wally wills his musical ability to Orville G. Marcel wills his interests in Whitehall to the basketball boys. The senior boys will their interests in the girls to the freshmen. Ruthie wills her The seniors will smile to Mr. Klein. their good conduct to the Juniors. Delbert wills his chair in the band to Leon Moor. Zeller wills his Marcel wills his Semling. The seniors will Betty Jean wills Warren wills his nickname to Mr. Rosenow. ability to get along with double-crossing women to Gerald their ability to learn something to the sophomores. her cheerleading ability to Lois Grass. neatness to Chuck Semlings Celia wills her Job at Wally's to whoever is lucky enough to get it. Betty Jean wills her flirting ability to Jane Duellman. Delbert wills his ability to stay in his seat to Mary Jane Condon. The seniors will Newton wills his Zeller wills his ball team. Newton wills his Warren wills his their main room attitude to the freshmen. heinie hair out to Jim G. ability to miss valuable free shots to next years basket- interest in basketball to Gerald Falls. curly hair to Gerald Falls. Eppie wills her seat in back of Slim Abts to Jo Ann Boberg. Warren and.Lyle will their ability to get along together to Orville Grot- jahn and Allen Ernst. ' The senior girls will their afternoon lunches to the Junior girls. ll

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Mark Semling has taken up his high school nightmare as e lifetime job, trucking and the repairing of cars. He has a large network of trucklines and a super-service garage down on the lower street of Fountain City. Mark isn't-married yet andexplains that if he hadtaken the 'fatal move' he might not have what he now has. Delbert Grossell is now an engineer in rect, and not in boots only, as he was in 1950. He has worked himself up so that he owns half interest in the 'Mountain Moving Engineering Co.' As far as the married life of Gus is concerned, he has a nice young wife whom he met on one of his engineering trips to Boston. Wally Mades went to the airforces for three years after graduation and upon coming out he hooked up with Lyle Haney andlormed the nationally known 'Hot Rodders' all Lyle married heart. Lucky for providing us with of those old time modern band. Their headquarters is at Chicago. a young Chlcagoan whiJs Wally married his higm school sweet- all of us that they brought their instruments along, thus lots of fun andmuslo. It was certainly grand to hear some pieces, especially 'Mule Train'. Warren Beohly is a prosperous farmer. The factis thathe is the nearest neighbor of Eppie andher husband. That certainly is nice as they can always talk over old times whenever they care too. Warren married one of the home town girls three years after graduation. We had noticed a little of such a future in 1950, but certainly didn't expect it to really come true. He had Abeen blessed with four little farmeraone girl and three boyawhich insures- not so much work in later years for Warren. Nellie Duellman now is the private secretary to a prominent Winona business man and is still free, fancy, and unmarried. Can't figure it out as back in the old days it was very evident that soon she would have a hus- band. However, maybe the story of the next senior will help to explain. The only one of us that was unable to c me for the great celebration was Robert Sing, who sailed for Hawaii a month after his graduation. Some of the kids received letters from him,and it seems that he is now the owner of a large pineapple plantation. After graduation Paul Kafer went back to his former home, Littleport, Iowa,-where he married his childhood sweetheart. Paul now owns a large and prosperous shoe store. He says he also has five little shoe-makers to help him. Thus we all went our own way in life again, probably never to meet all together. we really had a grand time and lots of old memories were brought back to our minds. 13