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

 - Class of 1955

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Prophecy This is your announcer Berme Maroney cover mg the colossal reumon oi the 1955 graduates of Prairie High But first a word from our sponsor Wilson's supermarkets Be sure and try Wilson s superb brand of meats obtained from the prize wmmng cattle of Leon Petzke and John Anderson who Jointly own a 700 acre farm near Denzer Perhaps some of you graduates remember them Here we are m Pra1r1e's new gym designed by our own Frank Lloyd Wright Rodney Mc Wane The interior decoratmg was supervised by the school board president Marlene Kuhnau Mar lene has a family of six very active children Before we open our meeting so that we can talk informally let me tell you how the years have developed the xndxvxdual talents of our class Marilyn Purdy is a famoous Parisian dress designer Eunice Pieper and Carol Walster are the private secretaries to the President of the U S Carol 18 married to Monard Mittlesteadt who xs Sec retary of Agriculture in the Pres1dent's cabinet Thomas Smxth and Lyle Texas Kle1.nert are foreign correspondents for that ever growing newspaper The Praxrxe Preview Their hard work xn Journalism really paid off Ann Maas and Mary Alaska Anderson have finally found They say Ann's twins are exactly lxke her hubby Gene Olson who is now manager of a giant pipe fitting firm Shirley Mallon and Ella Marie Schwartz are in Chicago co managxng a famous girls' school for teachers They really are superb teachers Other teachers from our Prairie clan are Ronald Piohl who IB Prof of Crxminolgy at the U of Wisconsin and James Ferry who is teaching psychology at the U of Chicago Have you by chance heard Mary Meng's program Advice to the Love1orn over the station P d S TV? It is really quite useful and xs sponsored byEckste1n's Ecstasy a famous res taurant mn downtown Prairie By the way another member of our class has a program over this station Darrell Thurow m cees the program Noonday Jamboree star ring our only tw1ns,Ron and Don Lang, and Wxlmar Sprecher who form the hottest trxo on thxs side of heaven Oh yes the program is sponsored by Procknow s Purina Feed Store ln Black Hawk Did you know that Richard Aylward owns a large Pharmaceutical House in Prairxe? I can't remember right now how he got into the business but I thmk Cup1d McDerm1d had something to do with it Adela Bruckert xs now pxamst for the Praxrie Philharmonic Orchestra which is under the dir ection of Leo P1lger whose musical career has had many highlxghts of success Paul Boehrner is pro at the Lake Wisconsxn Golf Course which xs owned by Pra1r1e's chxef of Police Thomas Accola who only runs the club for a hobby Prairie finally has a Casey Jones but this one isn't a tram engineer It's diesel eng xneermg Doug Jones who has finally tied the knot with Virginia Jessick who is at home learn mg how to fxx baby formulas Alxce Mae IS also ,harms gl-,U occupatwn but has the added duties teachmg a small country school Henderson's 'Hxlarzty Hour is now at the top of the T V marqee Ruth's Jolly ways are really makmg her popular King Marshall is now the principal of Pra1r1e's Public Schools Hts pet peeve is students who skip school Bob Schwarz is Justxce of the Peace in Praxrxe du Sac Hxs aim is to elxmmate teenagers who drive recklessly and keep late hours Kexth Sprecher football coach xs really backing him up e wants his Sprecher's Spectaculars to get lots of rest and sleep like those in the days of yore LaVonne Diehl and Dorothy Klaetsch are now chaxrwomen of the Singer Sewing Circle and the National F H A respectxvely Carolyn Willey in charge ox the General Food Mxlls She has replaced Betty Crocker Maurine Schaefer e quiet and silent type agaxn remxnds us that still water runs deep She is mother of eight swimming champions DuWayne Block owns a world wide chain of movie theatres He has invented a view of pro Jectxon called Blockavision ' It makes every thing square David Lxtscher and Clayton Gan in Sauk City a suburb of Prairie Terry Mul hern who always was interested rn Sauk ow-ng a taxi service At least he doesn't walk any more Carl Tammx who has always loved the water 18 owner of a glamourous motel on the Wisconsin River H19 business manager is Carol Post who is combining marriage with a career Richard Wemke and Art Mueller are the proud owners of a farm in the Merriman region James Boettcher xs head of the Amerxcan Synod of the Lutheran church He really has developed his lxfe to 1t's fullest extent Shirley Russell who enjoyed being our able Junior Class president is the first woman mayor of Black Earth Carol Kruse is the fxrst Prairie graduate to cexve a Nobel Pr1ze Her book How to be Efficient Secretary ' is really a big success Dan Googins our sailor, is Admiralof the Navy and Monte Cool has taken over a cheese factory near Plain Hxs business partner ls Marlene Hausner who always was good at keeping things straight Last but not least is Lillian Strimxska a wealthy socialite xn New York She has been named Amer1ca's best dressed woman These are they our '55 class fr1ends who each and every one have contributed to the betterment of socxety I Invite you to gather around after the alumna business meeting, and Join xn the singing of our class song Let's all accordnng to our previous agreement meet ten years from tonight May Z4 1965 This is Bernie Maroney your announcer for station PdS TV l9 . . . - ' . 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1955 Trzbe History On September 3 1951 the 1955 lndxan Trxbe consxstmg of 6l Ma1dens and Braves started on thexr four year warpath through Prazrxe I-hgh The class chose thexr leaders the fxrst week Bob Sch warz was chosen as chxei and h1s Councxl consxsted of Vxce Presldent Davxd Lxtscher Secretary Shxr lb? Mallon Treasurer Carol Walster and our counselor Mr James Berg The much awazted day Ixutxatxon came on September Z5 From that day forth we weren't green Injuns Our path looked much brxghter after the massacre of that dreadful day Our fxrst l-lomecommg float brought us second place whxch made us very proud Sandra Jellum was pxcked by the football players to repre sent our class on the Homecoming court Our re turn party to the sophomore class was well attend Our sophomore year began w1th a lug pow wow and the choosmg of new leaders Under the able d1rect1on of Chxef Ronald Pfohl Davzd Lxtscher V1ce Presldent Vxrgxnma Jessxck Secretary and Lester Procknow Money Man the trxbe started the happy task of plannmg an mxtxatxon for the now younger students of P d S We'1l Bury Arena the theme of our Homecomzng float that year re cexved fxrst place Ruth Henderson was the class' royalty representatxve Wxth the helpful ass1stance of our advlsor Mrs W1ll1am Bender nee Mxss Joyce Pease we gave an all school dance that m cluded square dancmg ballroom dancxng a can can dance and a skxt Th1s socxal event and an 1ce skatmg party were so well attended that we now our class was very proud when Bern1e Maroney went to the State wxth hrs orxgmal oratxon entxtled TV or not TV Bernxe also entered the state contest wmth an orxgmal oratlon m h1s sen1or year Contxnumg on the warpath, the tr1be advanced xnto xts Junxor year We now had a total of 68 stu dents an xncrease of seven smce we started to gether two years ago Ma1den Shxrley Russell headed the class as Presxdent w1th Dxck Aylward as V1ce Presxdent Carol Walster Secretary and Mary Meng Treasurer Our adv1sor was Mr John McDerm1d Agam we recewed a f1rst w1th our Homecomxng float entxtled We'll Rexgn Over Spr1ng Green Marllyn Purdy and Dan Googms represent ed our class on the Homecommg court To help ra1se money for the March of Dxmes, we led the drxve by sponsonng a dance, skatmg party and candy sales By each class attemptmg to raxse more money than the other, a large su.m was re cexved for the March of Dunes campaxgn Carol Kruse was elected to Badger Girls' State and James Ferry had the honor of bemg elected Bad ger Boys' State representatxve The hxghlxght of our junxor year was, of coux se our heap bxg dance, the Jumor Prom held on Aprxl 30 Kxng Bob Schwarz and Queen Mary Meng rexgned over the festive occanon The court con sxsted of members of our class The theme of the Prom was 'Dreamer's Holxday with Bob Arden and his Orchestra furmshxng us1c lB ff AX Entermg our semor year we had a total of Z4 Maxdens and 34 Braves Our Trxbe has re maxned constant nexther losmg nor gamxng 'Ihxs year our many actxv1t1es began wrth the electmg of our Presxdent, James Ferry The other f fycers were Vmce Presxdent Monard Mlttlesteadt Secretary Carol Kruse and Treasurer Marxlyn Purdy Advxsmg our class th1s year were Mr Alfred Ness and Mr John McDerm1d On October Z2 Homecomxng was held Rexgn mg over the festxvxtxes were Kxng Tom Smxth and Queen Marzlyn Purdy Dan Googms and Shxrley Russell were semor class representatnves on the court Our float Cruzszn' to V1ctory recexved second place The Homecommg Dance, followxng our football game vxctory over Arena was hzghly successful Musxc was furnzshed by Dan Garson and hxs Orchestra The Chrxstmas Party thxs year was planned by our class Shxrley Russell was elected to the D A Award by the class Honors also were g1ven three semor boys 1n sports Tom Smxth was voted Honary Captam xn football Bob Schwarz Honorary Captaxn 1n basketball and Don Lang was voted the most valuable player 1n basketball Thxs year both our football team and basketball team recelved champxonshxps Several members of the class are presxdents Our Senxor Class Play Father Knows Best was presented ln May Mr Alfred Ness helped us very much xn dxrectmg the play The weekly school paper the Pra1r1e Prev1ew has this year been written by the Journahsm Staff consxstmg mamly of members of our class Wxth Berme Maroney as ed1tor and our advxsor Mlss Ins Gamez the P1-evmw gave everyone a complete coverage of all the school news We have now reached the clxmax of our warpath through these four years Wxth our Class Trxp Class Nxght Baccalaureate and Commencement here we are neanng the end of the long journey together The 1955 Indxan Trxbe wxll go forth mto hfe usmg the skills that have been so carefully learned Our last four years have had the1r mom ents of pleasure and sadness but all of the 1955 graduates can truthfully say It's been fun and profxtable X 996' X t 6312! ffl, I o . . f . - - . 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Class Wall Shu-ley Malloy-1 whom two certaxn guys llke IO WOO Gladly leaves to some needy Jumor one of the two Sxr Eugene Olson belxeve xt or not tho dnpplng wzth talent wxll not part wxth drop Bernxe Maroney gxves hzs good manners To Dxck Walch so he can earn banners James Ferry staymng away from glrls IS h1s a1m wxlls th1s to Dave Moe and hopes he ll do the same Ron Lang wllls h1s f1rst chalr ln band to Merlxn Market so he'll be the best 1n the land Lyle Klexnert wxlls to all boys 1n despaxr The art of how he curls h1s haxr Lester Procknow wxlls hxs v1tamm vxgor and vxm to the Black Hawk bus wh1ch w1ll m1ss lum Tom Smxth Pramrxes' typxcal she1k Bestows on George Knox h1s envxed technlque Maurlne Schaefer bequeaths love for quxet To Bethel Pullen who raxses a not Lo1s Eckstem gwes her gxft of gabbuxess To Joyce Clavadatscher to r1d her of crabbmess Marlene Kuhnau her braxns she does w1ll To Kemp Zechel who 15 ln need of them st1ll Ann Maas bequeaths her sweet sm1le To Smoky Foljhan who'd almost go w1ld Lee Pllger just leaves perxod To Herb Klukas Carol Kruse wxlls Her achxevements 1n typxng skllls Ruth Henderson leaves her sense of humor To anv dull and lxfeless Junlor Art Mueller does now on Harold Klepper bestow I-hs talent for managmg teams fast or slow Skxp Strm1ska our cheerleader small Leaves Judy her pep fxve feet tall Carol Post leaves nothxng beheve It or not To set up house keeping she needs all she s got V1rg1n1a Jessxck the g1rl wxth the charm Wxlls th1S to Mary Ann Le1d1g who comes from the farm For JoAnn Schoephorster who 15 small and sweet Monte Cook leaves lus bxg feet Kmg Marshall leaves hxs beat up car To James P1erce may he go far Doug Jones leaves his engmeerxng skxll To Shlrley Anderson she'll hll the bxll Rod McWane hxs hxdden Smxle To you Joyce Baxer he leaves thxs style Allce Pxerce to anyone her educatxon lends Who won't need xt anymore her career to Marrxage bends 20 LaVonne Dzehl wzlls her fllrtatxous ways To Rosalyn Tsch1r1k1 who smgle stays Mary Anderson leaves her talent for wr1t1ng storxes To Lucmlle Sprecher and hopes she can gam some glorxes Tom Accola who lxkes to take l1fe easy as much as he can Gladly leaves some of thxs to Jan Wo:-man Marlene Hausner leaves her dancmg at the Palace To a Jumor g1rl whrse name 15 Alxce Darrell Thurow leaves lus baggy pants to Barb Knlemeyer who fxts her r1ders only by chance Paul Boehmer our muscular and short sen1or boy GIVES to DOD Bramschneber the jun1or's prxde and Joy Monard Mxttlesteadt our baseball star Leaves thxs to Bob Boehmer and hopes he ll go far Kexth Sprecher now presxdent of the FFA leaves Has ab1l1ty to James Eckstem and hopes he too wxll Be presldent some day Bob Schwarz our towermg semor of basketball fame Wxlls hxs abxhty to Dale Ryan to play the game Mary Meng and all her fem1n1n1ty charm and grace Would l1ke to see any Junlor step at her pace Ron Pfohl's pants always neatly pressed He leaves to the boy's who are dowdlly dressed Dave L1tscher bequeaths h1s dev1l1sh ways To Joyce Yanke saymg It doesn't pay Ella Schwartz her studxousness wmlls To Chuck Dobratz who so much t1me kxlls Shlrley Russell b1gg8St Wheel' of the sen1or class Leaves her talent to any worthy Junxor lad or lass Dorothy Klaetsch her walk does gxit To Mary O Donnell who walks so stlff Rxchard Wemke a pound generously bestowes To Maurlce Ryan for each 1nch he grows Adela Bruckert worked hard 1n school Thus bemg somethxng seldom done She cannot leave xt to anyone James Boettcher leaves h1s qu1et way to Jack Wagnxld and says Don t you know Crzme Doesn Pay' Carolyn W1lley leaves her hot lunch Job to anyone Who thmks thay can do as well as she has done Leon Petzke who xs qu1et and shy w1lls thxs character lSt1C to Steve I..aDue the talkatwe guy Lexgh Wxlson always ready with a wxse remark Leaves to Carol Accola thxs lxkeable spark Wxlmar Sprecher leaves h1s shyness rare To M1keRe1chman who IS bold and dare Clayton Ganser gxves bundles of love To Mary Ryan his coomg dove I ' - ' , 1 , . . . A A 4 I . , . , . 1 . - - 1 ' ' ' ' ' - a . . , 1 . , I . - 1 1 ' I I . . . . 1 - 1 1 . , . ' 1 1 1 I 1 . . . . - , - , 1 1 ' 1 . , - ' , . ' 1 ' ' - 1 1 ' ' ' I 1 1 ' 1 11 ' - l - , ' 11 11 , . ' 1 1 1 . . - . I, ' . 1 ' 1 ' 1 I . ' 1 , . . . ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 . I . 1 1 - . , - . . . . , H ' I A ' I - 1 1 t ? I - 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 1 . , 1 1 1 . 1 - . H . . I, . . 1 Y 1 1 I 1 1 1 1

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