Pittsville High School - Ho Ang Ho Yearbook (Pittsville, WI)

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JJ 1 SENIOR HISTORY Four years ago on September 5 1927 twenty sex en trembllng awk ward looklng freshles entered the PIttSXlll9 Hlgh School To our great rcllef we found that the seats asslgn ec' to us were ln a room of our own w here we could escape the odd looks and grlns from the upper classmen When we were begmnlng to un derstand our work two of the pu pxls Marle Behsellch and Stexe Qhlmkus wxthdrew and Beulah Gage yolned us What awful moments and what harrowmg thoughts were devel opxng IH our minds wlth the thought of the 1n1t1at1on drawlng near VIS lons of ourselves belng dragged to a tombstone or ducked 1nto a tub of water plaved before our tear bedlm We soon became accustomed to the school routme and took part ln many school 3CtlXltl69 At the end of the nlne months we had successfully completcd our freshman year if Our sophomore class now con slsted of twenty two m e m b e rs Loulse Huff Connie De Wltt and Ruth Mlnor falled to Jom us Ellxs lfox Charles Chrlstensen Almond kreb and Lawrence Sow atzke wlth drew and Bobb1e Hofer Jolned us The memory of the good razzlng we had when we were freshles was fresh 1n our mmds The freshmen 1r1t1at1on was gn en ln Not ember A return party was gnen by them ln December As JllI'llOl'S we numbered slxteen Norman Werner and Louls Reschel Jomed our ranks but soon dropped N01 ma Hayes and Leona Kelp falled to return We strued to keep up our school Splrlt by the publlcatlon of the Junlor Pep We helped take part ln all the school actlvltles Fern Mehlbrech was chosen Queen to represent the Jun1o1 class ln the Carnlval gnen by the shool We were represented ln ath letlcs by Chester Tyjeskl and Robert Hofer Arlene Waldo brought us hon ors IH taklng part ln the declamatory contest We were lookmg toward thc scnloz year Wlth a feeling of success After three years of hard strug gle we at last could call ourselx es semors Fourteen of us were d1st1n gulshed wlth thls honor Ruth Wer ner and Elolse Brown dld not Joln us Chester Tyjeskl dropped after a few weeks of school and Erx ln Stem Jom ecl us We were 'lgaln represented ln lthl9t1CS by Robert Hofer and Erxln Stem Fern Werner was chosen as the most honorable glrl and Robert Hofer as most loxable boy for the Carnn al contest We could gne you a gllmpse of' the SOC13l part of our class lxfe or we mlght tell of the characterlstlcs of 1tS xarlous members but these mem orles are too preclous for the pen and better untold Once thls was our goal but now success has mox ed from the hlgh school door out Into the w1de hlgh school door out into the wlde A1 Page 12 fr fk A 4 l f 1 u 0 0 s Q.: 0 0 - .J l rf H fl v w I 1 . D 1 v 1, K s . , y . -. v , - A A I n A ' g 4 - 9 x' v . , . . , , , as ' H I 1 1 1 Y ' ' ' , v . ' ' ' 1 v s Y - , Q ' ' 1 . , , K ' a mums v K1 v ' A' a ' , - ' .T . ac , n , K ' - L' ' V ' v ' Q nu: ll Y? ' Y 9 . ' ar as med eyes. ' . w . . 7 Y L. . v . g 1 1 - 5 x k K K . , v f v 1 ' ' . , , . . . L' A s v ' k L u - L v A Q , 1 . . . x ng ' L A 7 - . . , I . 7. C- n n n ' , V x' .' , , , n ' H L A - n 5 ' ' ' ll 7 3? Y 7 1 A ' t , . . . . . , . 1 Y , v v - ' 0 , - , , 9 - , 1 K ' , , , as ' 19 , - - 4' . . , . A . V . Y . A 7 u V 7 1 ' ' ' 7 I

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ff N wk. ,J fly 'J if 8 'atcgqffwrrsrfe se w' 'sz - F 1 4 : F! ,31,f - X Q PLO'- nosonaoano Q-Q I FRX IN STEIIN Stem A young man xx ho blushes ls better than one xx ho turns pale English course Entered from Lincoln High School F otball 1 Box s Glee Club 1 restli and Boxing Club 3 Bas tbal rnn al 4 HZ BtwWATZKh 'She s a quiet httle mlss shes typing she s in bliss m ercial course Class Secretary and Treasurer 1 2 5 Girls Athletic Association 2 Assistant Snapshot Edltor 3 Jun Pep Typist 3 Snapshot Editor lterary Treasurer 4 ARLENE WALDO Success is for the ambitious Commercial course Operetta 1 Girl s Athletls Assocla tion 1 2 3 Glee Club 1 2 Declama tory 1 2 3 4 Class Secretary and Treasurer 2 3 School Play 3 As sistant Business Manager 3 Junior Pep Ty pist 3 Carmx al 3 4 Busi ness Manager 4 Literary Treasur er 4 PERN WERINER Why worry when smiling IS 1n style Commercial course Class Vice President 1 Class Sec retarv and Treasurer 1 Operetta 1 Girls Athletic Association 2 Glee Club 1 2 4 Junior Pep Joke Fdltor 3' Assistant Joke Editor 3 Joke Editor 4' Carnival 4' I iterary Nice President 4. littsville High School . H. . We will often think of you When our futures we are making, You have made us tried and true We are traveling each our pathway And to each our course is laid But wc find that Pittsvillc High School Is the best friend that we've made. ' G-3104330-GU C Page 11

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, o l Q 1 . A N N I l . , x l,' .os'0'?nluuoo'rnIos. oouwiooosolvaooi co -ooouvicoo p as we gne yo sketch f ou lass, Ho ui ly but surely e managed Q X . 1s f1I93I 1 l - ' . l 3 e l wor. dtogeth 'n order we acc m lished mid hine a ain Facu ty haxe acknowledged Our S z My 0 S they st admlt we have been hr gh the mlll conquered at last X e eyes of you all re b1dd1ng farewell xy!!! rxends one and QPWMPW M ll It was the mornlng of May 26 1941 whenl fBeulah Gage! walked lnto my office whlch had a slgn on the door Beulah Gage Manager Inter natxonal Theatrlcal Productlon Com pany I seated myself at my desk and went about my work as usual Soon a new sboy entered my oflice pre the N Y Sun Th headllnes read Mehlbrech famous slnger hurt nn accldent Of course that name was famlllar to me and I found lt was the same Fern Mehlbrech wlth whom l w ent to school I wanted to rush t the hospltal because the papers stat ed that she w as 1n a serlous condxtlon but she was m St Mary s hospltal ln Phlladelphla As mv office w as m New Bork the quickest way I could get there was by aeroplane I rushed to the nearest elexator and to mx sun Page 13 prlse Leland Peart was the operator of xt He sald he had been worklng there for only a short tlme but he hoped to work up to somethlng hlgh er soon When I got to the alrport the manager call h1s most sk11lful pllot to carry me to Phlladelphla Thls awlator was none other than oplane Ernn asked me lf I had heard the latest I thought he meant that about Fern Mehlbrech but he referr ed to the other Fern He sald Fern Werner had Just won lnternatlonal fame as the best dancing teacher When I got to the hospltal I w as surprlsed to flnd Iucllle Hammel there as a nurse Qhe sald Fern was not as bad as the papers had sald and that her condltlon was not SCTIOUS Then Lucllle asked me If I knew any S IA I f . S - 0 a 0 I t J 1 ' 4 ' , J I 11 '. I l We, D g e ' X l J 9 , I Q 3' ,- A I ' ' ur af ' 1 C JE, l of fi 1 9 ' s ' 60 ' I ' senting me with the latest .copy of Ervin Stein. When I got into the aer- L ' .. . ' . 0 s . I -' . can- Sv