Lester Prairie High School - Prairiette Yearbook (Lester Prairie, MN)

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Class Prophecy As we came back to Lester Pralrle after bemg gone twenty years the f1rst thmg we looked for was the schoolhouse We went to the place where our good old Class of 50 graduated but d1dn t fmd any hlgh school students lt was occup1ed by two hundred elementary students The buxldmg had been remodeled somewhat They now had escalators where the stairs used to be, a two way speaking system so that the superintendent Emmert Dose could lzsten to all the classes One of the most lmportant thmgs was a sound proof room equlpped wlth the tape recorder that our class presented the school Fmdmg no hlgh school section ln the buzldmg we now proceeded down town to jo Jo s Cafe now called Strey s Steak House The location of the new high school IS adjacent to the football field now equ1pped wxth hghts for mght games and a telev1s1on booth to televlse the athletic events Oh yes and the bleachers were wlth plush cushloned seats under whxch was an electrical system whlch kept your feet warm Thxs system was mstalled by the Emzch Plumbmg and Heatlng Company We dec1ded to go down the State Hxghway 261 The flrst large plant we came to was Gregory Henfllngs Chemmcal Plant As we rounded the curve on the west end of Lester we stopped mn at the Duck In Quack Around Waddle Out Cafe Due to the fact that people were always stoppmg m late at mght Ruth Kuhlrnan declded to start thls cafe Here we saw DeVan Knacke delzvermg Lesto Ice Cream manufactured by Ronald Kamman Proceeding on our journey we noticed a new blue Dodge on the Ralph Wolter Dairy Farm Trymg to flnd the owner of the Dodge we walked into the barn and saw Elton Klaustermexer now the Mcleod County Agricultural Agent Later m the evenmg someone told us that lhere was a large riding stable on the out skirts of town Bemg very 1nqu1s1t1ve people we went out there to see what It was like We were very surprlsed to see that the propnetor was Hlllard Klaustermexer We began to wonder what had happened to the rest of the girls m the Class of 50 so we asked Hillard He told us that even though Elaxne Lampher had saxd she would never be a farmer s wzfe she was now l1v1ng on a farm near Howard Lake At thls t1me a Mobllgas truck went by and we were lnformed that lt was Helen Fruetel and her husband who had taken over her dad s buslness He went on to tell us that Marxan Adams was one of the highest pald secretames at the Cheese Plant ln Lester Pralrze Lila Seefeldt had succeeded 1n marrymg her boss after only a few months at her f1rst Job Last but not least Conme Rattenstatter had taken over the Ahce Haney Rest Home After many hard years of work she had made It mto one of the largest rest homes in the state of Minnesota 17 0. . I . . o , . g . . , n . . . c 0 D 0 0 - . . e . . . . . . 1 I , a . - . . I , . . o 1 I . . . . u - u n - an 10 I I I D I . - . . gg , o If , . 1 - v is 1 p a . - .- . . . ..- - A 9 . . - . . a 1 . l - c 3 1 . 1 . .- D u . . 1 O - . . . a . . .. . a . . . . ' I I u -

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Senzor Class Wzll Ruth Kuhlman w1lls Darleen Roos some of her dates fpltlessl Conme Rattenstatter dlgs into her basket of pohshed apples and wllls Lorraine Lange some so she won t have to work so hard pohshxng them for all the teachers Ronald Kamman wllls his energy to shovel out Norma Breyer s road every txme she has a date so that her boy frmends won t get stuck Mr H Khma wmlls the reflectlon from hms bald spot to form a spot light so Margaret Schmalz won t be kept ln the dark Hxllard Klaustermeler gracwusly wllls h1s courage to Carl Bettcher so he wlll have enough to ask a cert ln Sophomore for a date Earl Strey vnlls to Willard Parpart hzs shotgun so he can target prachce on the street llght over at Thxels Marlan Adams wllls her glasses to Charhe Rolf so he won t always run 1n the d1tch Ronme Em1ch wxlls lus knowledge of takmg a drwers test to Arlen Lung Elton Klaustermexer wllls hxs techmque of getting dates to Donna Debner and Orla Brmkmeler Emmert Dose wllls all hls knowledge of basketball to Veronlca JBg0d1I'lSkl so she can ass1st Wllber R at Wmsted Ralph Wolter wxlls Betty Lou Blrkholz hls automoblle lnsurance policy because she mlght need It Gregory Henflmg wzlls some of hxs qulet ways to Bob Lorence Elarne Lampher w1lls her abxllty to wr1te love letters to her sxster Sh1rley because she needs xt rlght now to wrxte to Donald W Helen Fruetel wxlls her prwate telephone lme to Darlene Wolter so that she can talk m peace DeVan Knacke wxlls a speclal place 1n hms car especxally for Earl Damann s gun whenever he goes along with hlm because Earl IS always huntmg for something L,1la Seefeldt wllls her wlll power to do her school work to Allen Kuenzel who needs It especxally for rud1ments 16 . a. . . . . . . . ' so that he can get a license to drive up to Biese's Cabin this summer, . . ' . .

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1950 SENIOR CLASS PLAY EVERYTHING I-IAPPENS TO US by Robert St Cla1r JOHN ARTHUR ROSS U A Q chemxst age 45 RONALD KAMMAN KITTY ROSS hxs wzfe age 42 CONSTANCE RATTENSTETTER RHETT oldest son age ZZ DEVAN KNACKE RONALD middle son age Z0 RONALD EMICH JAY, youngest son age 16 ELTON KLAUSTERNIEIER GLORIA TI-IATCHER Jay s self 1mposed fiancee ELAINE LAMPHER MARTHA FAY object of Ronald s affectmn HELEN FRUETEL CHARLEY DUNCAN man of all trades EMNIERT DOSE JOSEPHINE CARTWRIGHT spmster fr1end RUTH KUHLMAN IKE HICKS telephone employee EARL STREY IVA SORRELL, young real estate woman MARIAN ADAMS Stage Manager HILLARD KLAUSTERNIEIER Sound Effects RALPH WOLTER Pr ompter GREGORY HENFLING Director MR H KL-IMA STORY OF THE PLAY The Ross famxly are exclted because Rhett their oldest son IS going East to marry the daughter of a multl m1ll1ona1re who owns a strxng of five and ten cent stores in one of whlch Rhett has been workxng Mrs Ross who always trxes to lwe up to the joneses decades that thexr old home 1sn t good enough for such a wealthy daughter in law so she takes advantage of a Federal Fmancmg Act to buy a new one wh1ch she and her two younger sons frantically try to redecorate themselves before Rhett comes home wxth hrs brzde The younger Ross boys are not much help Ronald IS an embryomc genius wxth a penchant for wrxtxng bad Jokes jay 15 a hxgh school boy whose forte is the constant practlce of mental telepathy Naturally they both have thexr crushes These are Gloria Thatcher and Martha Fay two lovely young girls brimful of rdeas Then there IS Esther Todd the beautxful but mysterious maxd josephme Cartwnght a spmster w1t.h asthma Charley Duncan a man of all trades who invents things Ike Hicks a know it all telephone employee and Iva Sorrel, real estate woman w1th a sad demeanor and a sadder sense of humor Each one of these characters successfully muddles things up for the harrassed family and the tragedy comes when Rhett telephones from New York to say that the mlllxonaxre has suddenly changed hxs mmd and wxll not allow Rhett to marry the gn-1 Oh how fast and furiously thmgs happen from then on The surprise ending made thxs play a hat 18 ' . . I 00 0 Ilool I O I I , ..... ........... , ' . . . . ...... , ...... ..... , - - ollll 5 U I I , ......... .... ESTHER TODD, new maid , , , , ,,,,,, . . ,,,,,,,,, .LILA SEEFELDT ' 9 , - - . A