Premontre High School - Excalibar Yearbook (Green Bay, WI)

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DIFFERENT WORLDS AND CULTURES COME ALIVE THROUGH NEW EXPERIENCES . . . MR. JAMES PAULSON Geometry MR. RODNEY KNIER English ER. STEPHEN ROSSEY Art BRO. ANDRE PICHETTE Librarian FR. MEL WIGMAN Guidance, Chorus MR. THOMAS LEMORANDE History FR. AMBROSE PEETERS Religion MR. DENNIS LEDVINA Algebra MRS. BONNIE CRANIUS Spanish FR. JOSEPH ROHLINGER Cafeteria Director 68

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FR. ERIC BUTIKIS Biology MR. WAYNE 5HEPARDSON Band FR. CLENSIEBERS Latin, German MR. RON MILLER Athletic Director FR. BERTRAND RIBBENS Earth Science MR. DICK HIETPAS Senior Math FATHER PRUNTY, president of the Premontre Edu¬ cation Association, is continuing work on his masters and is especially looking forward to his summer studies, financed by a grant from the University of Hawaii. Affectionately known as the Great White Head Hunter because of his great interest in hunt¬ ing, FATHER BUTIKIS was singled out for his out¬ standing contributions in the area of teaching, by being voted by popular acclaim of the student body, Premon tre ' s Ugliest TeacherMR. MILLER, who coached the football team to their first FVCC cham¬ pionship in 19 years, has worked hard in organizing beneficial and enjoyable gym classes. MR. GEISER, assistant football and track coach , keeps himself in shape on Gene ' s Supperclub Basketball Team. MR. SHEPARDSON, while sharing his musical talents with the Gail Shepardson Orchestra and the Green Bay Symphony , assumed the responsibilities of music director and coordinator for the ' 69 production of Guys and Dolls. FATHER RIBBENS kept a careful eye on school photographers, while busying himself with the creation of a new general science program. Another member of Gene ' s team, MR. HIETPAS gained the envy of other coaches in the WISSA Coaches Association by guiding the ' 69 track team to a state track Championship. FATHER SIEBERS, man¬ ager of Premontre ' s bookstore, swims and plays ten¬ nis to keep in shape, when not gardening wi th his green thumb . Having led the wrestling team to another fine season, MR. TWET has also made gains in making history a living subject.

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Besides team-teaching, MR. PAULSON has been a long-time skilled and active gunsmith, but has re¬ cently had to surrender his license because of gov¬ ernment red tape . (Cun Control Legislation) MR. KNIER, aside from being an amateur horticulturalist and canine curator, has succeeded in never allowing the ditto copying machine to have a moment of quiet relaxation. Serving as Yearbook advisor and set designer for Guys and Dolls , FATHER ROSSEY, while preparing for his own one-man show in en¬ ameled art, has been active on the Diocesan Com¬ mission on Art and Architecture, which has as its goal, the development of modern and practical churches. BROTHER ANDRE, a member of seven different library associations, had the honor of being selected chairman of the Wisconsin Library Associa¬ tion Membership Committee for 1969. His biogra¬ phy was recently published in the directory of American Scholars. A bouncer at Premontre ' s Satur¬ day night dances, FATHER WIGMAN spends his summers as chaplain in the US Army Reserve IBa 274 2 Bde (BCT). MR. LEMORANDE returned to his alma mater as teacher and Frosh basketball coach. He is active on a city basketball softball team, and teaches tennis for the City Recreation Dept, during the summer. FATHER PEETERS is a member of the National Catholic Guidance Council and the Wisconsin Guidance Association. He was manager of the regional Basketball Tournament for the WISAA. MR. LEDVINA, our handball expert, handles ticket sales for the musical and instituted a math club into student activities. MRS. GRAN US, an avid skier and sailor, spent her Christmas vacation in Mexico, where she broadened her view of Spanish culture. FATHER ROHLINGER, who celebrated his twenty- fifth anniversary of ordination in March, is the direc¬ tor of Camp Tivoli, Wisconsin ' s oldest Catholic camp for boys. If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead or rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. (BENJAMIN FRANKLIN)