Kiester High School - Rambler Yearbook (Kiester, MN)

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In September of 1940 11 very bashful first graders xx ere ushered into Miss Corella Moe s hrst grade room Of those 11 Marlene Chall gren Roger Tufte Ruth Ann Boettcher Joanne Obermeyer and M11 dred Hedum spent their entlre 12. years ln good old Klester High In the fall of 1948 we found ourselves freshmen with our class numbermg 46 That year we lost Carl Holmqulst Patricia Campbell MSFIE Haukoos Jerome Hoel and Carol Huselld Our carnival queen candldate xx as LaVonne Bakken and we held our class p1cn1c at Edge water Park in Albert Lea Next vue found ourselx es sophisticated sophomores Our number was lncreased by one Darrell Anderson who came 'from Ynez Callfor ma Our queen candldate that year wx as Lavonne Greene As Jumors we really felt ourselves close to commencement Our first exc1t1ng event was choosing our class rmgs Next we gave our class play Iake Your Medicine Our queen candidate this year was Jose phme Mattlck We chose The Gay Ninetnes as our theme for the Jumor senior banquet The banquet was cllmaxed by an evemng of dancmg at the Terp John Tveten Jolned our class thls year replacing Darrell Anderson who moved to Solvang California At last we are semors Durlng that year Soma Hafermann who transferred from Blue Island Illmols and Duane Fure who transferred from Thompson Joined our class Donald Schroader was chosen Home coming Kmg and Nona Larson was chosen Carnlval Queen We had our pictures taken at Lake Mills We were given one half day to visit at the State Hospltal at St Peter Everyone returned safely Our skip day was spent ln Mmneapolls where we toured the Ford plant and Wold Chamberlam Fleld We went to the Ice Pollles ln the evemng Our class play was entitled The High School Mystery This very un usual play was marked with walls screams falnts and bodies On May 1st the Junior semor banquet and prom was held The theme Moonlight and Roses was carried out very mcely wlth roses trelllses and garden furnlture The very excellent meal was followed by a prom with music by Henry Charles and his orchestra This was the first prom held in Kiester High School and xt was a huge success Rev Marvm Moll gave the Baccalaureate address on May 25 and Bernard LeVander gave the Commencement address on May 29 We all were glad to be through with school but we are already looking forward to our first class reumon 1 - . . 1 . . , , . 0 , ' 1 1 1 ' . . . . . . . V . . . . , , , . . 7 7 . . v ' a ' - 1 1 1 . . . . . . . . . u - - 71 - - Y 1 - ' - ' u w - - YY ' 1 1 , - - 1 . . . , 1 1 1 1 - ' . . . , , . . , . . . ' 0 0 ' u ' 11 - 1 1 ' . U . ,, . . . 1 , . . . . V . .

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FRANKIE GARDNER MARILX N WIGERN Glee Club 2 Mlxed Cholus 3 4 A A Pep Club 4 Take Your Medlcme 3 Assoclate Edltox of The Rambler 4 Class uce plesldent 4 The Hxgh School Mystery ROBERT SCHMITT seball 1 2 3 GERALDINE HOVERSON find' 17,1 CLASS MOTTO Lxve to Learn and Learn to Lxve CLASS LOLORS Old Rose and Sllver CLASS FLOWER Whlte Roses CLASS OFFICERS Presldent Donald Schroader Vlce President Marllyn Wlgern Secretary Marlene Challgren Treasurer Glen Hove uv i MIRIAM ANDERSON Band-1, 2, 3, 4 Girls Glee Club-2 Mixed Chorus-3, 4 Pep Club-4 Brass Quartette-3 Hi-Lites staff-3, 4 G. A. A.-3, 4 Band Counsel-4 Vocal Solo-2, 3, 4 EARL SEVLEY Football 2 3 nd 1 2 Mxxed Cholus 2 3 Boys Octette 4 Pep Club 4 ack 1 German Band 4 Blass Sextette 3 Basketball 2 The Hlgh School Mystely JOANNE OBERMEYER nd 1 2 Glee Club 2 Mlxed Chorus 3 4 H1 Lltes staff 4 Pep Club 4 DEAN SCHNEIDER nd 2 3 Mixed Cholus 2 3 Boys Qualtette 2 Boys Octette 4 Pep Club 4 V cal solo 2 3 4 Brass Sextette 3 German Band 4 Trombone solo 4 SONIA HAFERMANN Transferred from Blue I land Hlgh School 10 23 51 Mxxed Chorus-4 Pep Club-4 Chorus Llbrarlan 4 Declamatxon 4 The Hugh School Mystery

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Semor Class Prophecy On a 5th Avenue newsstand, I was pleasantly shocked to find a Klester Courier I picked xt up eager to find out what my old school pals had been domg durmg the twenty years they had graduated I notlced that Marlene Challgren had worked herself up from an apprentice until she was the first woman editor of the Courier I glanced first at the ads and saw that Eunice Neve had gone into the carpentry business and was quite successful JoAnne Obermeyer also had gone mto business for herself and was operating an exclusive reducing salon in Mmneapolls fthe northern most suburb of K1ester'J I later found out the man responsible for setting her up in busmess was the wealthy tycoon Norman Wegner Thmgs had gone bad for LaVonne Bakken and she was takmg m washing Ramona Courrxer was a hairdresser Vxrgxe Ann Ehlert and Joycelyn Bogenschutz were two of her many em ployees Norman was a door to door salesman selling Malakowskys Maglc 'Vhx a perfume guaranteed to keep you in suspense Ruth Olson was the proprietor of Ruth s Old Bachelors Home Donald Gerber was one of the permanent resi dents Next I looked at the front page headlines Mary Lee Ackerman had Just come back to the U S after another of her Jaunts to far off places This time it had been Antartxca I saw the best seller of the year was How to be a Successful Baseball Umpire written and published by Le Roy Larson The years Oscar for an amazmg performance in the dramatic Departed With the Cyclone was won by Donna Rockwell These three items appeared in the sports sectlon Soma Hafermann had shocked everyone by becommg hrgh scorer for the Beautlful American Redheads Basket- ball team Ruth Ann Boettcher had won the 1972 Kentucky Derby and as a result she was so happy that she and Marlin announced their long expected engagement After George Mikan retired from the Minneapolis Lakers Roger Tufte had taken his place and gained world fame The world of entertainment had the following to offer Monsieur Paul Andre fthe former Donald Gexsej was a big TV star over station L-A F F I saw that Garlms Gorgeous Girls fthe Z6lgfl9ldS Follies of 19721 was playmg m the clty auditorium a next month Hlschkes Happy Hour starrmg the sensational singing stars Marcus I-Ilschke Mxrram Anderson and Dean Schneider is broadcasted Monday through Sunday over station K E E Alice Wacholz and Shirley Olson are touring the country as a famous singing and dancing team Some of the miscellaneous items I ran across were Helen Jahnke had been promoted to head cashier in the Mansfield Bank Nona had an excellent Job as chief model for the famous Hove Fure model agency John Tveten had become a well known author smce the days I had known him in old Klester high, and had Just published another book This one entitled The Beginning of Happiness or The Day I Graduated Marilyn was a teacher and was stxll residing ln Kxester Earl Sevley was workmg a hamburger shop and must have been eating most of the profits because he weighed about 280 pounds LaVonne Thompson, after being on a special put on weight diet for quite some years, had finally been able to realize her llfe time ambition of bexng the fat lady ln the circus Frankie Gardner had been going to night school smce graduation and was about ready to earn his B A Degree Donald Schroader, famous Evangelist and preacher, had been stirring the country with his inspiring messages Arlene Carlson was a faithful employee of a 5 and 10 store ln Krester Klesters Municipal Library which was built with the funds of the class of 52 was managed by the quiet spin ster LaVonne Greene Mildred Hedum had moved to Missouri and owned the biggest mule farm in the U S Geraldine Hoverson had recently left on an ocean liner for Pans, where she will be chief gown designer for Schaparelh Betty Meyer was a missionary to Goose MacMa.l1a, ' a country which had been recently discovered and explored by Darrell Rockwell Robert Schmitt had worked himself up from monkey keeper, until he was chxef zoo keeper at the Bronx zoo Thoroughly satxsfied with the class of 1952 s accomplishments, I closed the paper and lard it back on the stand Just like the newsboy had been urging me to do Shirley Haukoos, LeAnn Lmdeman Beverly Johnson n ' 1 43 , . 1 1 , . ' u 1 - - 11 ' - - A T ' I 14 1 1 11 ' - ax - 11 ' - 1 an VI ' ' - n - 11 1 , . . . . . H . , . ,, . , . . . . . . H . , ,, . . . . . '. . 1 1 1 ' ' . - ' ' u ' - ' 11 u 11 . . H . . . ' . . . - . , . . . . . . g . . 1 1 ' , . . . . . H , , . . . . . , . - - 1 . 1