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

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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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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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Donna Kruse full of vim and fire, Leaves some of this to Harvey Meyer. Dan Googins-leaves his ability to be heard, As well as seen,to Juanita Richards. DuWayne Block his Job at the Midway he does will To Allen Goodell who also has that skill Dick Alyward never quiet never shy., Leaves this to Lyle Kuhnau the quiet guy The friendly ways of Terry Mulhern are left To LaVonne Frommung so she too might learn Carl Tammi the boywith the blond hair doesn' leave it to anyone because it IB so rare John Anderson his ability to be quiet and reserved leaves it to some jovial Junior who is always seen and heard Listen now my children and you shall hear The last will and testament of the seniors dear We the Seniors of l955 being of sound minds and memories do hereby make publish and declare this to be our last will and testament to all who may or may not cherish them We give bequeath and impart to the Faculty all the astonishing lniormatwn we may have furnished them dur1ng our high school years To the Junior Class we leave the prominent pos1t1on we have had in Prairie High School To the Sophomores we leave our vun vigor and vitality To the Freshmen we bequeath our humor mtell igence and good time The class of l955 being of sound mmd and body bequeaths the above name attributes to said bene fmiarleg in the hope that they will follow in our foot steps Signed and sealed on May Z4 l955 I Paul Boehmer having h1s class picture taken Ordering class pictures' +4 we 1 9 Ruth Henderson X X ff l HN., .hm Ferry Don Lan f' . . .1 ' Q ' . ' ' . U II! fl. . I . I xt? A ' 'I f . ', ' ' ' t awp, . I . . l V XL? . . - N ,- 1 ' . ' 'wk V' g 4 1' h . h 1 - V, Lv ., ,. x..K M Cami? TX 1,7 53 1 evv r tlee I . 1. , A5 J ' g SWS 2 f T r .r ' 1 . A , fl ,I fldgel o ' 5 KL 'I V ll: . ' Ja r e IZ 4 1