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

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Donald McDonald 'Gentl y with his brain he sometimes thinks thought Class vice president 2 FHA 3,4. Eileen Eckstein 'Bewarel I may do something sensational.' Chorus 1 2,3,45 Pep,Club 45 FHA 1,g,5,45 Forensics 3,45 Dramatics 2,4. Irene Eckstein 'High School days may have their delights ut t ey don't compare th High School nights. FHA l .2 J 4: P Club 4' Forensihs, 2, 3, Ch0rUS, 1,-2, 3, 4. Class Adviser Walter Doll The seniors wish to express their gratefulness and appreciation to you Mr. Doll, for your fine guidance and leadership during their last year at Prairie High.

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Duane Soelle Bashful and shyl-ohl what a lie! Football l,2,3,45 Golf 2 Basketball 1, 2, 3 Marion Lohr I just told him exactly what I thought. Band lg Chorus 2, 3,45 FHA 2,' 3, 45 Pep Club 2, 3, 45 Clasx President lg !An- nual 'Staff 4i Dramatics l, 4 Ronald Rolstad If bright remarks were grains of Sand, Pd be a deserd . Baseball l,2, 4: Football l, 2,35 Basketball l,2: Vice Pres.of Class 35 Track l Joan Mowitz My heart is like a fan, always in circulation. FHA l,25 Chorus l,2,3,45 Pep Club l,2,3,4q Class Treasurer l Harlyn Braun S0 often the wrong seems reasonable. FFA l,3,4 Jerry Jonas Don't xudy your lesson, lesson your study. FFA l,2, 3, 45 Track 2, 3,45 Football 3,45 Band 3gCho- rus 45 Baseball 3, 45 Dra- matics 2,3,4

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hlong time ago in 191.1 fifteen mem- bers of the Class of l95b started kinder- garten under the guidance of Miss Doris Lundquist. These five year olds were Bon- ita Hamilton, Kahn Peterson,Duane Soelle, Art Bears, Darwin Ferry, John Gruber, Do- nald Hutter,James Holway,Frances Mueller, Jane and Jean Jessie, Shirley Junge, Pat Mockler, and Joan Mowitz. Fay Ann Katch- inska came all the way from Texas to join them in the middle of the year. World War II brought changes in the community. Badger Ordinance Works opened and many of its workers were housed at a Trailer Camp on the edge of town. Seventy one pupils enrolled in the l9h2 first grade, with Miss Helen Capper as teacher. George Walker, Phil Cole and Merlin Luher joined the class. Everyone passed into second grade. Miss Capper enjoying the group continued as second grade teacher. Karla Krueger WSS 8 HSWCOITISI' n e Mrs. Pearl Meng taught the class its first arithmetic during third grade. Toby Melster was a new pupil. lineteen-forty-five found the class in fourth grade with Donald Schiffman and Gustave Quade added to the roll. Miss No- ra Sather, beloved by two generations of Prairie students,helped the class pass from fourth to fifth grade. Miss Vera Adams instructed fifth grade. Gus Quade left Prairie this year but returned for sixth grade. The class members felt as big as little children can when they moved from the North Grade School down to the High School, where Miss Laura Schoephoerster took charge as sixth grade teacher. All trudged into the seventh grade where Mr. Paul McGill was their adviser A few had a taste of being'Safety Patrol- menn. The Jessie twins left the class to return as juniors in high school. Under the direction of Mrs. Clara Kuhnau with her legendary Wsteel rulern, they completed eighth grade, proud in 1950, to be the first eighth grade gradu- atee Of the New Grade School, The Eckstein twins, Eileen and Irene, joined the last year in the grades. Even though mere freshmen, the class was happy to be in high school. Students from surrounding areas enlarged and en- riched the class. After' Initiation Day, they felt they really belonged in high school and began looking forward to giv- ing the sophomores a return party in the spring. Mr.Alfred Ness was class adviser and Marion Lohr class president. In the fall of 1951, returning as sophomores, they knew they were older and wiser. New freshmen were properly initi- ated. The class was under the advisership of Mr. Warren Perry. .N 31 V5-11 Ferry Wa-'3 sophomore class president. Shining new class rings appeared af- ter school opened in the fall of 1952. Thoughts soon turned to the Junior Prom. Named nStairway to the StarsW,it was held May 1. Class president Phil Cole as king chose Jane Kohlman his queen. Mr.and Mrs. Warren Perry served as advisers. The senior year, with all its activ- ities, came. King John Boehmer and Queen Shirley Junge ruled over Homecoming Fes- tivities. The class was under the gui- dance of Mr. Walter Doll, Darwin Ferry a- gain being class president. WI Remember Maman, under the direction of Mr. Ness, was presented as the class play. Harold Meeteer, elected Senior Ball King, named Pat Mockler as his queen for the WArabian Nightsn, February 20. Class Night, Bacc- alaureate Services, Class Trip and Com- mencement Exercises brought the Class of '5h to the end of its days at Prairie High