Lena Winslow High School - Win Nel Yearbook (Lena, IL)

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Senior Class History September 1951 marked the beginning of a new era for a group of 39 per- plexed individualsg the class of '55, Their ofllcers for this trying year were Roger Bohm, president, Robert Clair, vice-president, Louis Krusie, secretary, Norman Hintz, treasurer: and Jack Parkinson, Student Council representative. Their ad- visers were Miss Helene Dunn and Mr. Paul Henry. Their float entry in the Fall Festival had a pioneering theme. Later they were formally recognized as freshmen at an excruciating initiation. The survivors entertained the sopho- mores at a return party in November. The freshmen bolstered their treasury by selling magazine subscriptions during the annual campaign. As sophomores, their membership was reduced to 37. Officers were Adrienne Schneider, presidentg Norman Hintz, vice-presidentg Mary Jean Rampenthal, sec- retaryg LaVerne Buske, treasurerg and Wendel Kurth, Student Council represen- tative. Their advisers were Miss Frances Hoffman and Mr.4Vernon Macomber. Their first activity was a float, with a safety theme. After extensive planning of tantalizing experiences, the freshmen were initiated and later were hosts to the sophomores. The November magazine subscription sale enriched their treasury. In February, a one-act play, Billy Buys an Orchid , was the product of sophomore dramatic endeavor. Thirty-four members returned in September and elected Norman rl-lintz, president: Roger Bohm, vice-presidentg Adrienne Schneider, secretary, Mary Jean Rampenthal, treasurer: Gerald Monigold, Student Council representative: and Ruth Ann Gartner and Robert Clair, Sports Council representatives. Advisers were Mrs. Marilyn Kane and Mr. Melvin Burkhalter. The theme of the junior class float this year was Past, Present, and Future of Lena. We Shook the Family Tree, a three-act comedy play, was publicly presented November 6 and 7. Class rings were received in December. On May 15 the juniors were hosts to the seniors at a banquet and prom. The Hawaiian theme was carried out with banquet table centerpieces of tropical fruits, leis, and Diamondhead mountain surrounded by palms was used for a pictured background in the gymnasium. At the beginning of their senior year, Norman Hintz was reelected president: Adrienne Schneider, vice-presidentg Duane Klecklensecretaryg Roger Bohm, treas- urer: Jack Parkinson, Student Council representative: and Ruth Ann Gartner and Robert Clair, Sports Council representatives. Their advisers were Miss Betty Kundert and Mr. Edgar Trout. Diamond Jubilee of Light was the theme of the senior class float in the annual parade. To earn money for class activities they sold candy and magazine subscriptions, sponsored a bake sale, and pro- duced a three-act comedy, Seventeenth Summer on April 1 and 2. Leaving April 22, they spent three days in Chicago where, in addition to dozens of other things, they saw the Broadway hit, The King and I and at- tended a baseball game. Baccalaureate services were held May 22 and Com- mencement followed on May 27, thus closing four of the most beneficial and eventful years of their lives.

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ALFRED SCHUMACHER, JR. GENE STADEL MARY STAUB DEAN STURTEVAN RONALD UECKER ALFRED SCHUMACHER, JR. Glee Club, 2, 3, 4: F.F.A., 1, 2, 3, 4. GENE STADEL Glee Club, 2, 3, 4, band, 23 Hi-Notes staff, 33 Annalis staff, F.F.A., 1, 2, 3, 43 vice-president, 4g sentinel, 2: sectional judging contest, 1, 2, 39 state judging contest, 1, 2: parliamentary pro- cedure contest, 3g softball, 1, 23 baseball, 2, 3, 4. MARY STAUB Glee Club, 2, 3,43 district music contest, 2,33 band, 1, 2.3: Annalis staff 3 Seventeenth Summer , 45 F.H.A., 1, 2, 3, 4: G.A.A., 1, 2, 3: basket shooting contest, 3. DEAN STURTEVANT Glee Club, 1, 2, 3, 41 F.F.A., 1, 2, 3, 4: sectional judging contest, 1, 25 state judging contest, 2. RONALD UECKER Glee Club, 2, 3, 49 band, 13 Hi-Notes staff, 3, 43 Annalis staifg F.F.A., 1, 2, sectional judging contest, 23 basketball, 1, 2, 3, 43 softball, 1, 2, 3, 4, baseball, 1, 2, 3, 4: I.H.S.A.A. Golf Tourney, 1, 2, 3 4.

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Senior Class Prophecy In the year 1965, we visit Chicago and some of the high spots of interest, where we meet old friends who graduated from Lena High School in 1955. The first stop is at Cook County Hospital where we End Ken Quittschreiber, the Hollywood matinee idol, suffering from a contagious disease, love sickness. Poor guy! His doctor, Roger Anderson, and his special nurse, Evelyn Fluck, are speeding him along the road to recovery. We then stop at the University of Chicago where we find Professor Norman Hintz at his endless task of teaching Judy Kunkle and Anna Puskas the art of Ending and keeping their special man. Coming out of the University we confront Lennie Krusie and Bob Merkle selling their new potion guaranteed to grow hair regardless of the weather conditions. . Down the street farther we enter a style shop owned by Adrienne Schneider. Joyce Holman, a clerk, is helping Ruth Ann Gartner choose a formal, while Bill Eilders, now tutoring Dr. Einstein in mathematics, waits patiently. Next we visit.a cheese factory operated by Jack Parkinson, whose cheese makers are Ivan Fransen and Duane Kleckler. Mary Staub is 'in the basement poking holes in Swiss cheese. Near the edge of town we find a junk yard owned by Jack Borchardt and Fred Niesman. We see the Monigold Super Service Wrecker towing Marsden Kluck's Plymouth which just collided with Mary Jean Rampenthal's limousine. The in- jured were Charlotte Eggemeier, assistant to Dorothy Kilgalleng Anna Mae Phil- lips, Barnum and Bailey's sword swallowerg and LaVerne Buske, noted chiropodist. Following that encounter, we board a bus driven by Roger Bohm, and ride to a resort owned by Marjorie Rampenthal and Joyce Carson. We find Ronnie Ueck- er, national P.G'.A. champion, and smiling Gene Stadel, the demon salesman, playing golf. Their caddies are Dean Sturtevant and Al Schumaker, who operate the largest undertaking parlor in the United States. As we near the swimming pool, Bob Clair, world's heavyweight boxing champ, has just dived and splashed water on Marjorie Kraus, noted hair stylist, and Jerry Mittelsteadt, firstnighter and man about town. This has been a very pleasant trip and we have enjoyed seeing the class of 1955 again.