Rothsay High School - Tigers Yearbook (Rothsay, MN)

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Then comes the memorable seventh and eighth grades the years we had Mrs Hazel Gebo as our instructor When we were seventh graders the following s u dents Joined us Beverly Rlx DeLa1ne Carlsrud Alice Hansen and Harry Olson Elaine Martinson was a new classmate during our eighth year When our first eight grades were over we entered the Rothsay High School for a few more years at hard study The members of the Freshman class of 47 were Geraldine Bxlden Eldon Brenden Loanne Brager Jane Brenden Doris Dahnke Gordon Flatin Alice Hansen Marjorie Hovland LaVonne Jensen, Orlyn Kragerud, Donald Lein Charles Martmson Millard Mortensen Richard Nitz LeRoy Nord Ethel Olson Harry Olson Donald Rasmusson Arlene Ronmngen Marlowe Velo Marcella Weak Darlene Pederson Rebecca Lackman and Elaine class advisor that year was Miss Margaret Uthus As Freshmen we all remem ber our initiation day when we were all dressed in men s long underwear and pajamas and had to go parading around town In our Sophomore year ldella Toso and Allen Morris became members of our class Joanne Hendrickson Joined us during the last semester Joanne left us and went back to the Breckenridge High School during our Junior year LaVonne Jensen was no longer with us as she went to Illinois to attend school and Marlowe Velo dropped out later joining the Air Force now stationed ln Massachusetts When we became Semors we found we had lost two more of our classmates They were Loanne Brager who is attending school in Fergus Falls and Darlene Pederson who was bit by the love bug and is now Mrs Clifford Ouse We also took on a new member Perry Larson who hails from Hillsboro North Dakota Out of fourteen first graders there are only four who have completed all twelve years in Rothsay Public School They are Marcella Weak Orlyn Kragerud Marjorie Hovland and Ethel Olson . . 1 . t - D Martinson. Elaine left us that year to join the Pelican Rapids High School. Our

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OLSON ETHEL RASMUSSON DONALD TOSO IDELLA fEthelQ Don fldellaj Chorus l Z 3 Paper Staff Band Paper Staff Annual Staff Chorus Operetta Class Play Paper Staff Operetta OLSON HARRY RONNINGEN ARLENE WEIK MARCELLA Ole Arlene KMBTCYD Chorus Chorus 2 Band Basketball Class Play Cheerleader Paper Staff Band Class Play Class Play Operetta Paper Staff The Class Hzstory On September 6 1939 fourteen mxschevxous students entered the Rothsay Publxc Schools The members of the class were Dorxs Stallman Darlene Pederson Sybll Moen Beverly Moen LaVonne Jensen Paul Bjorgen Orlyn Kragerud Alvm Johns on Donnxe Lem Marjorxe Hovland Ethel Olson Arlene Ronnmge Myles Rorvng and Marcella Wenk We all wondered what we were do mg 1n thxs room where we had to s1t stxll and be quxet but we found out soon enough Mlss Corrmne Benson was our fxrst and second grade teacher During our second year we lost Beverly Moen who went to school ln Wendell At the begmnmg of our second year we found ourselves 1n a dxfferent room with a different teacher That year we had three dlfferent teachers Mlss Camilla taught us until Christmas tzme when Dan Cupid almed hls bow and arrow at Miss Steen and Mr Ed Cooper the prmcxpal and Bingo' wedding bells began ringing When we returned to school 1n January we found Arlene Ronnlngen had moved to Breckenrxdge and Mrs Hubert was subst1tut1ng unt1l a new teacher could be hxred wh1ch turned out to be Miss Slgne Homme We also lost two students that year Doris Stallman and Myles Rorvlg moved out west In the fourth grade we were stxll ln the same room but this time It was M1ss LaV1na White who taught us until the end of the flrst semester in the flfth grade During the second semester Mxss Lucille Bahr was our mstructor Arlene Ronmngen agaln joined us whxle we were 1n the fourth grade During our fifth grade Eldon Brenden Jane Brenden Vernon Haga and Cllfford Dow were our new classmates Paul Bjorgen left us that year and moved to Barrett When we were an the sxxth grade our teacher was Mrs Dorothy Zeuhlsdorf That year Donn1e Lem must have heard the expressxon Go West young man go West, for he went to Callforma wzth has parents Also that year, Darrell Ackert Errol I-lexum Gordon Flatln and Charles Martmson joined us while Darlene Pederson moved to Fergus Falls l I l 4 1 W ...2,3 ...3 .... ...4 ....4 D 9 l 4 l K D ,3,4 .... l .... .... 3 ,4 .... Baseball ..... ...1 Paper Staff .... .... 4 Chorus ....... .... l ,Z . ...4 ...3 . ,...4

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The Class W1II We the Semor Class of 1951 of Rothsay High School bemg of excellent memory and mentally competent to the extent of our knowledge do hereby make pubhsh and declare thzs to be our last w1l1 and testament revokmg any wxll or wxlls hav1ng previously been made by any of us GERALDINE BILDEN w1lls her frlendlxness to Roger Olness ELDON BRENDEN w111s hxs ab1l1ty to get to school half an hour late to anyone who doesn t know the thrxll of bemg tardy JANE BRENDEN w1lls her quret peaceful attztude to Carol Hexum DORIS DAHNKE leaves her studlous habits to Wallace Grunewald GORDON FLATIN w11ls h1s yellow sweatshlrt to Gerry Johnson ALICE HANSEN walls her abxllty to get snowbound to Rona Llllzbrxdge MARJORIE HOVLAND w111s her ab1l1ty to catch a man before she graduates to Ahce Jacobsen ORLYN KRAGERUD wllls hzs hexght to Don Exken so Ike won t have to be lxttle twerp all h1s l1fe REBECCA LACKMAN wzlls her shyness to Romayne Carlsrud PERRY LARSON w11ls h1s walk to Mlss Rost DONALD LEIN leaves the rattles 1n the Wlllys to Jerome Korsgaden to 1nstall ln the Buxck CHARLES MARTINSON wmlls hrs next year s posxtlon on the Gopher football team to Loren Balken ALLEN MORRIS wxlls the candy wrappers m the lzbrary to Merhn Baumgartner MILLARD MORTENSON wllls his abxhty to be a good boy to Dale Dlnger LEORY NORD wills hxs ab1l1ty to say a lot ln a short t1me to Orlm Umlauf RICHARD NITZ w11ls h1s ablllty to be high polnt man to Donald Ezken ETHEL OLSON wills her abxllty to resxst boys to Irene Harth HARRY OLSON wllls hxs abzhty to sing I Thought I Saw A Puddy Cat to Kltty Halvorson DONALD RASMUSSON wills hzs abxllty to shoot pool to Gwen Boe ARLENE RONNINGEN wills her summer at Carllsle to LaDonna Bllden IDELLA TOSO w11ls her front seat to Loren Balken MARCELLA WEIK wxlls her Job as office gzrl to Charmayne Toso THE SENIOR CLASS w1lls the stuffy assembly to the other class to enjoy after we are gone We do hereby declare const1tute and appoxnt Mr Ball to be our sole execu tor of this our last wxll and testament 1 1 1 1 1 9 9 1 g . . . , . . . . . . . . . 5 , , B. . . . . g . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U ,, 1 an - II . . . - 0 - s I ' ' , .