Mound Westonka High School - Mohian Yearbook (Mound, MN)

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Prophecy of Class of 1928 In the year 1948 when I was passing through the old home town. Mound, I paid a visit to the school library. Upon glancing over the names of several new books, I happened to see one entitled, Achievements of Members of Class of 1928 . Immediately I began t; read the contents of the book which was dedicated to our beloved advisor, Mi6S Perry. This is what I found out about my old classmates: Alice Maass was the founder and president of the largest girl s college in U. S. Hilda Olson was her chief assistant and taught social problems. Marian Chladek was a successful tenement worker in the slums of San Francisco. Ralph Strong was the owner of a new hotel in Mound where Robert Leckie was bell boy, Freda Moline, stenographer, and Jennie Iverson, switchboard operator. Carl Wehmhoff had invented a car that would run without gasoline and Paul Hauwiller was a world“famed poet, having written many lyrics, ballads, and sonnets. Annetta McCullough was a great actress, doing heavy tragedy roles. Louise Krause, a famous aviatrix, was the first woman to fly across the Pacific Ocean. Robert Ohde had the coveted position of Chief of the Mound Fire Department. Vern Von Eschen was the exclusive manufacturer of Morning Glory Brand Cheese . Dorothy Olson after successfully swimming the English Channel had accepted the position of teaching aquatic 6ports in Mound High. Clifford 0l6on and Knute Norgard had started a cor-

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Florence McAdow for secretary and treasurer. Te went to work with a lot of ambition. Te chose '’The Charm School as our class play and such a success ’••as never witnessed before. The returns from the pla g.jid our abilities made it possible for us to give the Class of ’27 an excellent banguet. Our labors were interrupted' by .ou -sleigh rid party which we all enjoyed. Having completed all our studies satisfactorily and having escorted the seniors on their road to success we retired for a short rest in the summer. The September of 1927 saw a very active group of Seniors seated on the north side of the assembly room. Ta started in early to make our Senior Class renowned through the school and lake district, e needed a man of the world to help us through the year, so we selectee ’Valter Tyler president. Irwin Kuske became vice-president, Fildur Fkstrom secretary, and Louise Krause was chosen to secure all the money possible from the class. Miss Perry guided our efforts. ’Ve attended to our class business, such as rings, announcements, class colors, and various other things with enough discussion to make it profitable. The Juniors entertained us at a banquet during March, which we enjoyed very much. After some extensive searching we chose Hurry! Uurry! Hurry! for our Senior Class Play and that too proved successful. On the whole our four years in high school have held many successes and the Class of 1928 is going out into the world to add to these, leaving Mound High in better condition than we found it because of our presence in it.

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poration for marketing the products of industry in a more efficient manner. Mildred Jensen, teaching school in Roni, had won fame through her recent book How to Concentrate While Studying . Henry Ebert was playing fnsTi baseman on the All American Base Ball Team. Billy Davis was the owner of a pork packing plant in Australia. Irwin Kuske was his faithful and efficient vice president and manager. Hildur Ekstrom and Florence Fehrondorl'f were the owners of a chain of beauty culture shops and had recently opened a new shop in Seton. William Kickhaicr, now a great doctor, had just finished the erection of a large clinic and hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. Stella Luedtke was his personal advisor and secretary. Walter Tyler was a salesman, working under Floyd Waikington, who manufactured June Morning Perfume . Ruby Bergquist, after travelinb around the globe several times, had retired from active life and was writing a book which she intended to call V onders of the Earth . Ruth Mab-nuson was a model in Mound's newest department store and Agnes Rogers was a journalist for the Minnetonka Pilot . As I turned the last page of that Jittle volume, a calm and peaceful feeling came to me, for I knew that each and every member of that remarkable class had done his best in his particular line of endeavor.