Prairie Du Sac High School - Prairie Pride Yearbook (Prairie Du Sac, WI)

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CLASS PROPHECY May, 1961 Recently, when I decided to come back to Prairie for Commencement Exerc1ses, I little dreamed that I would be able to locate or hear news of all my old classmates It began at the Ph1ladelphia airport when I boarded an airliner for Chicago Imagine my surprise to find Ruth Pfohl, alias nPiffel', the stewardess I had a wonderful v1sit between stops She mentioned that she often sees falh ion editor, Lavonne Enge, on her flying trips to New York and Paris where she gathers material for her editorials She, too, had enjoyed Norma Lohr's tele- vis1on shows and Marilyn Meyer's stage plays when in Boston I was able to tell her that I had had the good fortune to hear Ph1l Sprecher and his all girl orchestra, 'The Heartbeats , at the Waldorf Astoria when I was in New York By the way, he's still playing the field Ruthie hadn't heard that Elizabeth Schlapbach is singing t1tle role in 'Carmen this season at the Met I must remember to get tickets when I go back We were overjoyed when L1ane Breunig got on at Indianapolis She had been ViB1tihg Priscilla Padrutt and her family in their swank brick mansion over- looking the city Liane and I gabbed about our careers Her company was sending her to Chicago to attend the 1961 Coughdrop Manufacturers' Convention Jeanette Saxer, famous authoress and lecturer, met ue at the airport and ac- companied us to Bette lheller s open house to celebrate her winning the 1961 Women's Yacht Racing Champ1onehip Betty Albertus was unable to be present elnce she is taking a trip around the world whlch she won in a talking mara thon contest on television Her outstandnng record was forty seven hours, sixteen mlnutes, and seven seconds, w1thout a stop' Margaret Schultz took a few m1nutes from her interior decorating shop to be with us Pauline Yarkie was able to join us between piano concerts She favored us with selections recent part1c1pat1on on the Ch1cago Round Table Discussion, where he added glory to his reputation as an orator, arguer, and debater Russlyn Keck dropped in for tea while off duty She's a supervisor of nurses in one of the large Chicago hospltals Russ told me that Marlye Taylor is a talent scout for RKO It 13 sald she places more men than anything else It seemed like old times to get together w1th the girls for a gab session Due to bad weather, I took the train to Mad1son I nearly passed out when I looked up to see that the conductor taking my ticket was John Lohr During our chat, he mentioned that on the Chicago Northwestern runs to Minneapolis he occasionally eats at a l1ttle Scandinavian delicatessen run by Donna Fae G1ese and her Norwegian husband They specialize in smorgasbord While we were talking, who should come up but Don Schwarz nTubby' was considering giving up insurance since he waen't getting rich fast enough He showed us a picture in a magazine he was reading Of course, we both recognized Robert Knox, male model for Arrow shirts and ties The weather having cleared, I taxied from the depot to Truax Field where I took advantage of Dorothy Petzke's Helicopter Commuting Service between Madison and Pralrie Dorothy is raking in money hand OVOI' fi-St' f0T 80 mall! Prairie graduates commute to Madison. She told me that Marianna Hatoushek is a secretary for Wolff, Kubly, and Hirsigg and that Martha Gieck is married and lives out Leland way Delores Von Behren studied beauty culture and now owns her own shop 1n Spring Green Neva Sprecher is 'chief cook and bottle e Q n , - O . 0 n . I from her musical program. Some of the girls had heard Jack Eckstein in his h O O . ' .

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DONNA BOEH ER bequeaths her always pleasing disposition to that sweet lit tle sophomore, Carol Shanks To hrs Kegel, our beloved Engllsh teacher, LAVONNE ENGF wills her frequent Plgh pltched g1ggle MARTIN MITTLESTEADT and LARGARET SCHULT2 offer their wlsdom in transfering to a superlor inst1tution to future transferees. ARLFTTA GARSKE transfers half ownershlp 1n Leland's biggest lndustry to Calv1n Moely MONNIE KOEPP'S right to own the only telev1sion set in the class is w1lled to that future TV star, Gene Parchem BILL FROSCH'C cute little smlle and mascu11ne charm is read11y received by Leon Kindschi MARLYS 1AYL0R and RUSSLYN KECK, the chums of our class, leave their loyal friendshlp to Betty Zeck and Phyllis Schuette NGRMA LOHR wllls her love of roller skat1ng to our rhythmlc and well bel anced princlpal CAROL MAE NENG shares her helpful adv1ce on any subgect w1th Dr Ph1l Traut mann The sense to refrain from the scourge of all mankind, women, is wllled B111 Meyer by ORLIN OTT MARILYN MEYER lends her right to live as a nelghbor to th1B structure to the nelghbor of the 'Western Rldgen, Donna Yanke Shlrley Olson has been named the beneficiary of BFTTE MUELLER S tap danclng techniques. RUTHIE PFOHL, our l1ttle bundle of fun, leaves her envious person llty to Karen Turkelson JACK SMITH ceutlously bestows upon Nlta Y.nke h1s slow and ponderous move ments The 'l1ve-w1ren of our group, MAISEL QUADE, leaves all of her Wspqrkgn to DFLORFQ VON BFHREN wills her fanclful dancing and fantast1cal walklng to Oley' Ess r Our gazlng dre mer, ELIZABETH SCHLAPBACH, hopefully radiates her mystlc fortunes to Joanne Young Our women's ldea of a man, matter and 1D6Xh8UStlb19 supply BETTY WELSCH, the operator cream and butterfat to ncheesy' DON SCHWARZ, leaves h1S exhausted supply of gray of w1t to Lyle Cady of Black Hawk's dependent dalry plant, 1111s her Schukneckt JFANFTTE SAXFR sells her accumulatlon of livestock, cons1st1ng of one gray tomcat, to David Schroeder JERRY JIMLER sol mnly of lifes The gllttering Wbellen of those summer days on the AUIHEY ZICIX leaves the C11ft bequeaths to Sh1rley Enge h1s ph11OBOph1C31 opinions from Lerrimac, PAULINF YARKIE, leaves her memor es r1ver to LaVerne Fuchs, the Marlner of Troy rare abi11ty of keeplng her presence unknown to Paul And lastly, we, K EZRA GIFQF and P ROBFRT SP ECHER, gratefully bestow upon future lnhabitants of this graduating platform, our unquest1onab1e state of s1ncer1ty 1n rect1fy1ng this, the last w11l RRG testament of the Class of 1951 Slgned 8: Sealed fl'ay 27, 1951, Philip R Sprecher Kenyon E G1ese i ' I O I . I . 4 I . . . A - Q i ' ' . . . . . J . O . . I . . . ld To P' . U . . . 1 1 . O X . . . . , - O . . I . . - . O . V , - . . . ZZ Q . . . . N ? I, O 0 - - s . 1 C Bobby Frosch. , . . . . 'I Il C o . A . I - . 4. . ' . . . 1 I ' C C C - . . I . l ,L H: 5 . I . n . . , , 1 .1 1 . . O 1 ' s Q . I U , , , , . K ' e . . . . . , , - . C . is L O . C

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washer on a certain farm near Black Hawk Orlin Ott is the local undertaker in the Black Hawk Witwen area, a regular 'Dlgger O'Delln selling tombstones on the Slde Arletta Garske shook the dust of Leland off her feet and 15 now a secretary in the United States Patent Office in Washlngton D C She often sees Senator Barbara Schultz, W1SCOUS1D'S f1rst woman to receive that dlstinc ion, and her indispensable 806181 secretary, Carol Mae Meng we buzzed Sauk High and then landed on the top of Orville Wallsch's milllon dollar dill pickle factory Later, as I walked through the bua1ness section, I marveled at how Prairie had changed 1n ten years Mettels' is now Mitz1e's, Ma1sel Quads, that is Jack Smith deals in 616CtT1C31 appliances, bu+ being of an inventive mind, he ga1ned h1s fame producing an electrlc fly swatter Wesley Bastian runs the bakery with the slogans Wwhen better buns are b ked, Bastian will bake them'. Just then, Douglas Ham1lton pulled up ln his new Ford A few years ago he bought out Dr Steuber Doug was as talkat1ve as ever D1d I know that Bill Frosch is a tycoon in the p1cture industry? He got his start in horse operas Doug's assistant came out yelling that LaVerne Bittner, owner of Bittner B lldog Kennels, was on the phone and needed a vet erinar1an.inmediate1y Doug was off, leaving me 1n a cloud of dust I turned around and there stood Coach Fuzzy Osterfund, his wife, and all f1ve llttle Fuzzies You know, he's going to have his own team someday He called my attention to the Strmiska Super Market across the street, whlch I should have expected since Dale always was an enterprising young fellow Just then, Donna Boehmer walked out of the Market Fuzzy explained that she is home agent 1n Columbia County She had some interestlng news Her s1ster, Joan Boehmer, is top trapeze artist and owner of the Barnum, Bailey, and Boehmer circus, havlng bought the trade name She uses her artistic drawings for the circus posters, Stepplng into the bank to cash a traveler's check, I met Lowell Coulson who he returned to Pra1r1e and is now head of the Easy Loan Department of the local bank He told me that Sylvia Th1bert is a prominent crlminal lawyer in Portland, Oregon Interesting note: Sylvla married her law partner Betty Welsch 18 1n Kansas C1ty making a small fortune writing the lyrics for slng- ing co mercials Eunice Meyer is now living in Maple Bluffs where she is prominent in civic affairs, includlng directing barn dances patronized by the young social set Audrey Zick married a flor1st and they have established a successful business in Detroit, M1chigan Dorothy Farrls also chose to be a housewife rather than a career g1rl Kenyon Glese, Mr Sh1eld's Pr1de and joy, came in while we were talking He had the largest cream check I ever saw' H1s farm 18 a fancy show place and his blue r1bbon Jersey cows are known all over the state He contributed more news D1ck Dobratz 18 dolng a thr1v1ng business runnlng the Merrimack Ferry summers During the wlnter, he retires to his farm where he lives the Nl1fe of Riley The former Monnie Koepp and her husband are neighbors to Dick They, too, make the1r money on the tourists vacationing along the W1scons1n River Jerry Wi mer 18 a cheml cal technician for Du Pont Oh yes, he has that Cadillac he was always brag ling about Martin Mlttlesteadt took the adv1ce, 'Go west, voung mann, and now is prospecting for uranium 1n the Rockies Kenyon quizzed me about my oc- cupation. I must have absorbed printer's ink dur1ng the hours of work on the annual as I took a positlon with a publlshlng company which has since develop ed into a very satisfactory career That evening I attended the 1961 Commencement and saw another class step for ward to make its way in the world I only hope that each succeed1ng group will be as happy and successful as the graduates of 1951 Oma Leppla N 1 O started out to be a forest ranger but lacking beautiful feminine companionship