Rothsay High School - Tigers Yearbook (Rothsay, MN)

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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 . - . , . . . , . . . , . . . . ,. ..

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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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Allen Morris had married a young girl and was raising a fine family He was liv ing in a large ultra modern igloo on the Sahara Desert Having heard about the Ship of the Desert he had set up a boat repair service and made large sums of money selling port holes on the black market In his spare time he was writing a book about his moments of embarassment ln high school The book was entitled How I Studied English ln My Junior History Book' LeRoy Nord was the owner of a crematmg parlor in Detroit Lakes Minnesota Most of the cremation was done during the summer because he was kept busy sprin kling ashes on the extremely slippery sidewalks during the winter LeRoy spent his vacations in Audubon supposedly shooting pool with his friend LeRoy had also worked a short time for the Morton Salt Company in Ohio He had gotten fired when the boss found him using red pepper instead of Morton Salt on his breakfast cereal He had not yet married At one time however he was about to be married but had to postpone the wedding when he remembered he had a date with another girl on the same night Gordon Flatm was living right in good old Rothsay He had written a song about his yellow sweatshirt The song was entitled I Wouldn t Change You For All The Girls The World The song was not appreciated by the American public The people all said it smelled Gordie was now the owner of the Rothsay Telephone Company He re membered the telephone conversations of his high school days and knew that friendli ness among students and teachers could create a very serious commotion To prevent any such disorder Gordon hooked up all teachers on a private lxne which he never kept in working order square cigar It had one main advantage over the old fashioned round cigars in that the D L Special was guaranteed not to roll off a level surface Donnie also perfected a square circle which made it possible to equip all new cars with square cigar lighters light the revolutionary new square igar Ethel Olson had gone to Hollywood She owned a beautiful home in Beverly Hills was very popular wzth the handsome men in the studio where she worked and was even reported engaged to none other than the studio janitor Ethel was unemployed at the present time She had been fired because she hadn t put enough life into a death scene Jane Brenden was a dress designer in New York Once a bill was introduced in Congress to abolish sleeveless dresses Jane immediately opposed this bill on the grounds that it would be unconstitutional because the Constitution gives the right to bare arms ldella Toso was teaching the first graders in a small country school in the cotton district of Minnesota She taught her pupils considerable amounts of technology and sociology and other simple things which first graders ought to know something about She had worked hard earned a large fortune and spent it supporting a loving husband Doris Dahnke was a taxi driver in Washington D C She had so many accidents in a single year that the Agriculture Department stressed soil conservation only on land that could qulckly be made znto a favorable cemetery The War Department presented her with an award for making the war casualties look small in comparison with the traf fic deaths The city itself was changed considerably All buildings were moved back so that they would be at least 100 feet away from the curb, sidewalks were raised ten feet above the street steel railings were built in front of all plate glass wmdows and gas pumps and fire hydrants were all suspended in air . . - . . ,, . ., . , ' ! D . . . . ,, . ' 9 . . . ,, , . , . ' - - n n - ' . ' ' I I . 9 . . - 4. 1 . In nw . . . . , - D Donald Lein was a traveling salesman, selling his own invention. He had invented a . i . - . . , . tl ' OD - . . . . . . . . to ' I 1 . . , . . ll Il , ' . . . I - . . . I I . . I D