Rothsay High School - Tigers Yearbook (Rothsay, MN)

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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 ' ' , .

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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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The Class Prophecy We always knew the class of 1951 would make the world much more convenient and extremely beautiful by each member contrxbutmg his or her knowledge mventtons Ideas to the general publxc Well here It IS 1961 and exactly ten years smce the Semors of 51 graduated from Rothsay I-hgh School Let s see what has become of the members and what each one has accomplished Arlene Ronmngen has become a tallor in the lovely metropolis of Carlxsle ln thzs partrcular community 50'Z, of the marrxed couples are men Few Carllsle women know how to sew and to keep any of the men from trymg thexr hand at sewmg Arlene uses advert1s1ng slogan wh1ch reads Whatsoever man seweth so shall It rlp' She had marrled a well known gentleman from Carlisle and goes home to spend the evenmgs wxth her family after she has locked up her place of busmess and made sure that her husband has washed the dishes Geraldlne Bzlden was the owner of a swanky restaurant and ballroom ln Ch1cago She called xt the Fxshbowl because xt was the favorite hangout for all the suckers m the entire state of ll11no1s Rebecca Lackman was lxvlng m Washmgton where she had establlshed a home for rich beggars and other vrctlms of mlsfortune Among the unfortunate who found con tentment here were dzsgusted fzshermen unhappy students and husbands whose wzves had taken the car Rebecca being very kmd hearted glves them free a bowl of soup and an aspzrm Now Eldon Brenden really got to be a bag shot' He was the head of the Atomlc Re atomic experts wanted to talk to h1m they knew they would always find him at 724 Calvin Street Fergus Falls Minnesota When Eldon was not busy with molecules he had found tlme to invent many small artxcles Among them was a szmple but comph cated thing called the left hand hammer He was domg pretty good 1n lxfe accordmg to the last report we heard Harry Olson had secured a posztlon of d1gn1ty He was presldent of the Oldsmobzle D1v1s1on of General Motors ln Detrolt M1ch1gan He had spent the last eight years try ing to flnd out how Oldsmobile could make so much money when the company had noth mg worth sellxng Harry spent his summers wrth a farmer near Baker Mlnnesota who had a thousand acres of wonderful potatoes but only one beautlful daughter Donald Rasmusson was the owner and operator of a beautiful new pool hall m Audubon Minnesota He had a cute httle s1gn on the door whlch read Don t get behlnd the 8 ball be safe and shoot snooker Donnie also remembered h1s Enghsh classes and so he spent many long evenlngs teaching his pretty young wlfe the correct way to use left hand Engllsh Perry Larson had gone to Hollywood Here he was employed by Paramount Studios I-hs Job was teachlng the proper way to walk and other soc1al graces to young actresses In his hxgh school days Perry had always been an ardent lover of Shakespeare Hxs en th11S1aSm over gallant kmghts and beautxful ladxes had enabled hzm nn hxs spare trme to be the drrector of many movles The most outstandmg bemg the Black Rose . . . . Y . . , or I r 1 . . , . . . . . . . , an . . . ,, . . ,, I ' ! ' ' Al ' ll D U lg UO 9 . . . . n ' , . search Commission. He had not yet married or made a home, but whenever any other . . , . . - I I ' 0 , - . . . . . ' . . . . - . . . I .- . . t . . , . , , . . . . . ,. , . Q ' I - ,., . . . , . . . , t . - . , . . . , . . . , . . . . ,. ..