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

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Diz Bible is now whizzing through space in his little jet plane. Janet Bindley is traveling throughout the United States-----from naval base to naval base. Just last week I read that Donna Block, court reporter, was named the fastest shorthand writer in the world. The Coles are now living in Alaska- Dave is planting trees for a forestry project and Nancy is teaching Kinder- garten to the little Eskimos. Sharon Breunig and her husband recent- ly moved into a larger home. (I thought that a trailer would be too snail for a family of eight). Lyle Cady is owner of one of the largest hotels on Miami Beach—he finally made it to Florida. Chief of the typing division for the General Motors Corp., Liz Delaney, plans to resign. She has scents to go into the wholesale perfume busi- ness • Having made a fortune off his farm, Virgil Diehl has rented it and has taken up the sport of snail farming to keep in shape. Photographer, Jerry Goad, is running a chain of A k P stores in Badger now. I understand though, that those super- duper Piggly Wiggly Markets operated by Robert Esser are giving him stiff competition. Bob Frosch, head bookkeeper for the Dupont Corp., came back to Prairie recently to visit with Mr. Warren Perry and talk over old times. Delores Eckstein and Wesley Dresen are touring the country as a unique ballet team. They recently performed for the Queen of England. John Gavol won the Mr. America title by showing off his big build and strong muscles. La Verne Fuchs, County Agent for Sauk County, is really pushing the conser- vation over to the farmers this year. Ellen Evert has just quit as dancing instructor at Arthur Murray s to take up ballet dancing. Phvsical Education teacher, Sandra Ehret spends her summer months in California working for a model agency. Remember that wonderful drummer. Delores Mulhern. She now is appearing on the Hormel Girls, all girl tele- vision program. That pert Donna Hanson is married to one of the nation’s millionaires and is living in one of her four mansions. Donna always was one of the deter- mined kind. Painting boats for the Navy is that old sailor himself. Dean Miller. A commercial teacher in Prairie’s newly built commercial wing is Bev- erly Moffett. Living by the sea in a modern cottage in Germany, is Ursula Mossel, raising a family. Here’s Donna Gower. She is now feat- ured at Madison Square Gardens as champion roller-skating star. Oh yes, Rosemarie Heidsiek, better known as Rosie, has just finished her job as interpreter to the U. N. and is oing back to her bookstore in Germany. Then there was little Mary Anne Holway. She is now in New York de- signing clothes for one of the new Broadway hits. One of the head accountants at B. 0. W. is Janette Jessick. The last I heard of Lois Jessie was that she was in Gay Paree” carrying out her life’s ambition of traveling. Janice Koenig, the quiet one, is making use of her voice at the switch board as a telephone operator here in Prairie. Marilyn Koenig is now living in West Point on a farm, driving a school bus occasionally. The new minister at St. John Luther- an Church at Leland is the Rev. Hobert Lohr. Trying out the new push button system of farming is Lawrence Kruse—doing very well,by tne way. The two Phyllises-Phyllis Hoppe and Phyllis Meyer-are both secretaries. Phyllis Meyer is a private secretary to the President of Harvard, Calvin Moely. Phyllis Hoppe is personal secretary to the President of General Motors. Joe Munz, that well known scientist, has just developed a new scientific type of cattle feed using corn cobs and whey. Mary Ann Stueber has Just received her Master degree from the University of Wisconsin and is teaching English at good old Prairie High.

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Will (continued) Calvin Charley Moely and Bob A. Schuknecht, of Saint Calvin's Little College for Little Women, located in Sumpter, Wisconsin, wish to grant a permanent schorlarship in that Hall of Ivy to Eva Tschirki. Beverly Moffett wills her painting talent to John Waldinger. Ursula Mossel leaves two lessons on the art of eye flirtations to Leon Procknow. Janet Bindley and Delores Mulhern leave their share of the worries in the Naval Branch of the United States Armed Forces to any Junior girl who feels she can take the re- sponsibility. Joe Munz leaves his power saw tech- nique to Justin Kneimeyer. Harvey Ott wills his lovable raanrer to Donna Mae Kruse. Catherine Ryan wills her ability to break up and make up to Frances Mueller Helen Schauer, having the prettiest smile in the Senior Class, bequeaths it to Mr. John McDermid who has been trying. Cynthia Schoss wills her noon hour meetings to Jo Ann Zick. Nancy Schroeder, the Flower of »53 leaves her title to Tom Moose Accola. Caroline Schwarts, who loves em and leaves ’em, wills this talent to Harlyn Braun. Carol Agnes Shanks leaves the Agnes to Harvey Thomas Shields, hence to be known as H. T. A. Shields. Doris Slotty leaves two shares in her concession stand located in that world famous vacation spot, Irish Valley, to Karla Krueger. We have good news for Mr. Doll He need not despair next year for lack of bright students in his Social Problems Class. Dave Swanson is willing his ability for giving brillant answers to Jim Holway. Marvin Thurow leaves his nice, easy, slow walk to George Walker, so that Mr. John McDermid need never fear for his life when the fourth hour bell rings and he happens to be standing in front of the door. Rae Ulrich wills her wisdom in com- ing to Prairie High to any interest- ed Sauk City students. Audrey Walker, the teachers’ terror leaves this almost lost art to Donna Accola. Liz Weiss wills her motherly ways to Marion Lohr. Harold Zander leaves his right to a tall freshman to his little brother Ervin. Subscribed, sealed, published, and declared by the Sr. Class of 53’, testators named above, as and for their last will, in the presence of each of us, who, at his request in his presence, in presence of each other, at the same time have hereun- to subscribed our names as witness- es this toy 25, 1953. Signed and sealed on the 25th day of toy, 1953. A AA4J 20

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Jena Doering is working on a news- pap ar staff in Oakland,1 California. Nancy Schroeder is singing in the Metropolitan opera. Her brother David is a singer for Tommy Dorsey’s band. Guess who is coaching the University of Minnesota’s Basketball team .'None other than Bob Schuknecht. (And he’s still single of course.) Catherine Ryan and her husband are running a big resort in California. Carol Shanks is living in Hawaii. Oh, by the way she married the Pres- ident of the Colorado Mining and Engineering School. Dave Swanson is in the Air Force and is stationed in Greenland. When he has a chance he does a little explor- ing. Marvin Thurow has designed a new auto- mobile called the Thurow jet-mobile which will travel an easy clip at 500 miles per hour. Harvey Ott is touring Europe giving lectures on modern methods of farming. Harold Zander owns a 500 acre ranch near Merrimac. Caroline Schwartz has started a dress shop in Koxbury doing her own sewing of course. Shirley Olson is married to the head of the Wallgreen Drug Store. Irene Schneller and Helen Schauer are both nurses. Helen is head nurse at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison. Irene is private assistant to an eye spe- cialist. Cynthia Schoss is teaching near Witwen. Doris Slotty is secretary to the United States representative to the United Nations Organization. Audrey Walker has formed a woman's basketball team and is touring the country playing exhibition games. Rae Jean Ulrich is making her living drawing pictures for the Esquire Girl Calendars. Elizabeth Weiss is Dean of Woman in a college down South. 22