St Peter High School - Peterian Yearbook (Peter, MN)

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Several juniors also took part in the operetta Rose of the Danube. Seven Sisters , the junior class play, was pre- sented in November under the direction of Miss Helen Doressier. Then came the event we had all awaited, the Junior-Senior prom. Since 1949 was a centenial year, the theme was based one the centennial and the theme-song was Sentimental Journey. The program featured a trip into various countries, with Henry Charles and his orchestra pro- viding the music. The baseball team became both district and conference champs that year. Verle Carter and Sharon Anthony were selected as delegates to Boys’ and Girls’ State. Verle was elected boy governor of Minnesota and Sharon became state chaplain. Ninety-three members of the Class of 50 enrolled in September, 1949. James Miller was re-elected president; Carroll Quick, vice-presidnt; and Boyd Meyer, secretary- treasurer. Valerie Olson and Verle Carter were Student Council members, while Mr. Miller and Mrs. Chillstrom served as advisers. Homecoming was a huge success with Ruth Peterson reigning as queen. Our float was rated best again, making it four successive years. Verle Carter, Jim Rheaume, John Annexstad, and Bimby Meyer were named to the All Conference football team and the basketball team, with the aid of five seniors took third place in the District 13 tourney. Bimby Meyer made all-district basket- ball team. An all-school play was the new this year when We Shook the Family Tree was presented. We proluced One Foot in Heaven as our class play. Twenty-eight seniors were members of the band which toured north in the vicinity of Willmar and Hutchinson, and the chorus toured the southern part of the state. Two operettas were presented: Tulip Time in Holland and The Captain's Kid. A Christmas cantata was another first this year. The Cherry Ball , our winter formal, was held February 21. Two seniors, Jean Gran and Dale Schmidt werec hosen to reign. Then came the senior’s own hour of glory, Hobo Day. The seniors donned their beautiful dress on February 24 with Pattie Pell and Mary Blender, the Hobo Queens. Green and silver were chosen as our class colors and the green carnation as our class flower. Before us lies the timer; let us build, is the motto. Baccalaureate was held May 31 at the high school and Commencement June 2 at Myrum Mem- orial Fieldhouse. The class of 50 has reigned through four years of high school with friendship, unity, and cooperation, our endeavors gathering only respect and admiration. As the Clas of 50 leaves the doors o.f S.P.H.S. with all our fond memories, we sincerely wish the best of life and success to all succeeding classes in the hope that they might have as wonderful and happy a high school career as we.

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CLASS One of the most enthusiastic classes of young scholars ever to enter the portals of S.P.H.S. started its high school career on September 16, 1946. A class meeting was held during which class officers were chosen as follows: Patty Lenander. president; John Annexstad, vice-president; and Sally Boys, secretary-treasurer. Student Council members were John Annexstad and Patty Lenander. Howard Nelson was the class adviser. Our first year was a year for many firsts in S.P.H.S. We helped publish our first printed newspaper, Peter Patter, and went to the first masquerade dance in the history of the school. We observed Leap Week for the first time and had our youth center, The Cellar. Our class took first prize in the Homecoming Parade Float contest. Basketballers took first place in the District Junior High tourney and the fellows also participated in other sports. Almost all of the freshmen girls sang in the 100-voiced Girls' Glee club which, under the direction of Mr. Erickson, received an A rating. On our class picnic, held at Ottawa Park, we were accompanied by Miss Tussing and Mr. Nelson. At the end of the year Mr. Davis, super- intendent, retired. Thus ended the year of our launching. The enrollment of our sophomore class was boosted con- siderably with the addition of the Kasota High School students. Class officers were selected as follows: John An- nexstad, president; Verle Carter, vice-president; and Valerie Olson, secretary-treasurer. Richard Faust and Patty Lenander were chosen as Student Council members. Mr. Jess Miller end Mrs. Violet Hanson were class advisers. Mr. Hegdal assumed the duties of superintendent of schools while Mr. Edstrom became our principal. We took first place in the Homecoming Float contest again this year. Sports showed importance during the year with the Saints placing first in the District 13 basketball tourney. Richard Faust was chosen for the all-conference mythical team. The first operetta presented in S.P.H.S. was Sunbonnet Sue which was under the direction of Mr. Miller. The newly organized mixed chorus received an A rating in the district contest while the band was rated with an A plus. The band received an A at the state contest. We held our class picnic at Robart’s Glen with Mr. Jess Miller, chaperone. The junior class assembled in September 1948 with much enthusiasm for the exciting year ahead. Mr. Miller was again our class adviser. James Miller was elected president of the class: Valerie Olson, vice-president; Dagmar Reusch, secretary; and Boyd Meyer, treasurer. As Student Council members, we elected Verle Carter and Sharon Anthony. This year we celebrated Homecoming by selecting two queen attndants, Pattie Pell and Patty Lenander. Our float was again awarded first prize. Many members of the class played in the orchestra which received an A rating in the state. V

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PROPHECy Hi, fellas and gals, how are you? Haven’t seen you in just ages. Isn't it wonderful to be back in St. Peter High School after the way we used to kick about coming every day? The planning committee of the first class reunion for the class of 1950 met last night to map out a definite program in which this great and glorious class will participate. Our aim is to celebrate the homecoming festivities of 1975 of our dear alma mater, St. Peter High. We have received answers from all of the 1950 class stating that everyone will be here. Wo are proceeding to find accommodations for such famous people as Senators Mr. and Mrs. Verle Vic Carter (nee Sharon Anthony) who save their household battles for Congress, and Dr. Millie Glass, who is working with Eugenics at the Dight Institute. She has done outstanding work in this field. The three heads of the Anderson-Cordes-Wilsterman Film Co. (ACW) of Hollywood, California will be present. Coming with them are a host of their stars. Among these is Marlene Welsh who has given Benny Goodman and Tex Beneke the financial blues for she doubles on her clarinet and saxophone to create some sweet moods. Another of the stars coming is one who has forced Sydney Greenstreet into comic roles because he could not play the horrible roles that Bruce Roberts does. Richard Ollerman has won the title of the world’s greatest lover, making Clark Gable a mere second. Last but not least of the stars from A.C.W. comes our own Louise Bjorklund who has taken Ingrid Berg- man s place in the hearts of the American public. She will remain longer than Ingrid because she has been happily married to one man for ten years. One other employee coming with this group is none other than Helen Leonard, their famous hair stylist. A number of our alumni are coming from abroad for this celebration. The Schmidt twins (Dale and Donnie) and Mike Schmit are the owners of a Gay Parisian Theater— called Burlesque Parisian . Ruthie Peterson is head ticket seller and Parlowoo the Fransay—beautiful Pat Fox is their set designer. She also does all their costumes although on these costumes there isn't much to design. Robert McFall is merely a customer but the Schmidts consider him one of the fixtures. These people will arrive on the Mayflower Modern , a luxury liner operating under supervision of J. Annexstad Steamship Service. Captain D. Fitzke is at the helm of the ship, with Jim Gilbertson as Baseman First Class and Dick Rud as cook. The class of '50 can boast of two feminine geologists— Alberta Leonard discovered uranium in the Kasota stone quarry and Patty Lenander discovered a gold mine and married him. Chemist Anne Littig experimented with drugs until she discovered a sure cure for a pain in the neck— she was acquitted, however, by Judge Howard Vetter after pleading self-defense. June Brinker now owns the Woolen Mill as her father decided to retire. She buys wool from some of the biggest sheep raisers this side of Montana—Lewie Selly and Dave and Don Wolfe. (Wolfes in sheep clothing! ! ! !) Margie Johnson owns one of St. Peter’s largest cafes. She learned the tricks of the trade from her family. Mabel Krohn is a head nurse at the Community Hospital. On the staff is Nurse First Class Dagmar Reusch, who plans to leave after our reunion to help the needy people of Africa. Carroll Quick is sports caster on one of the largest radio networks. He has a half-hour program of sports events of yester-year. George Witty is our new Chief of Police—following in Father's Flatfoot Steps. Margie Tardy and Donna La Croix are co-head operators of the Bell Telephone Co.—but they are having some difficulty in communicating with each other by phone as sound has not yet been invented for shorthand. Coming in from New York is Mary Blender. Executive Editor of the New York Times, who has just returned from an assignment on the U. N. in Russia. Mary's star re- porter, lla Mae Lindgren, has aided us in locating all of the members of the '50 class. Also from New York are Dr. Faust and his sidekick, Intern Anthony Jansen. They have their own private railroad car. The conductor of their train is none other than our own Dick Duffus, he evidently decided his car was too small for his many friends. Dick lives right on the train, a modern convenience offered by the railroad magnates Phyllis Hoffmeister and Barbara Kessler. With Dick is his wife Mary Jane who is having difficulty keeping their twins from pestering the patrons. Harold Garvin is manager of a new Red Owl Super Market in Mankato. His wife, nee Barb Martens, has the hobby of teaching the youth of Mankato all the new dance steps. The Club Acapulo, formerly the Century Club, located in lower St. Peter is run by Ken Anderson and Larry Morrow, two very eligible bachelors. They employ Bob Olsen as a song and dance man (he sings a song and you pay the orchestra to play a dance number). James Miller is the dashing master of ceremonies. During the day he is kept busy giving a course on how to be president of five different lodges at once. Bim Meyer, the former All-American half- back from Notre Dame, is the serious comedian. Other numbers on the program are a special version of Berle Ives by Elroy Webster and his accordion and a Hawaiian scene by Esther Thomas on her marimba. Donna Anderson and Jane Mulvehill are the cigarette girls and Dale Sampson is their chief bouncer. Sally Boys and Jim are still their best customers. Sally looks delightful in beautiful gowns from Pell's Vogue , the exclusive designs of Pat Pell. On these gowns she wears corsages from Elroy Johnson's greenhouse. Joanne Anderson has made Grand Opera sit up and take notice. She is now singing her way to fame as Elsa of Brabant from Lohengrin by Wagner. Biruta Priednicks has made her niche in operatic circles by singing the role of Carmen. Now that St. Peter High School has expanded and occu- pies an area two blocks by four blocks, many new teachers have been added. The new building was built under the direction of construction engineer Les Sawyers. James Rheaume now heads the full time athletic department. George Welckle is head football coach, Jim Sullivan directs basketball, and John Bresnahan and his baseball team are the state champions. Another new department is drama. Keith Barnes teaches radio broadcasting and Barb Weissenborn (Nookie) teaches speech. Her class is now working on dialects using The Night Before Christmas as their chier piece. Marilyn Fraw- ey is instructing girls’ physical education and coaches the cheerleaders. Betty Schauer is a German teacher and Donna Cramer heads -the commercial department. Carol Carter is the home economics teacher while Exa Day Engesser is head of the entire music department. Mary Krough is teaching classes of majorettes and Merilyn Jackson is instructing students on how to baby sit the easy way. This is of service not only to students but to teachers as well. Phyllis Johnson has been added to the ;taff as Latin teacher. Amo may mean love but she cer- tainly doesn t love her work and is planning to buy Merton Wenner s dairy farm. Mert has made his fortune and is retiring. Mike Clark is now County Agent and Alice Birr is in his employ as home demonstration agent for Nicollet County. Lyla Annexstad is the unhappy housewife—her husband is a traveling salesman. Nancy Hanson is still winning prizes for dress designing and heads a branch of 4-H'ers near Norseland. Arriving in St. Peter tomorrow via Duane Bonderson's Airlines Inc. is the new editor of Esquire Magazine , Donald Dehning. He has just been named America's best dressed man. Accompanying Mr. Dehning is his own private mani- curist, Jean Gran, and his secretary, Margie Wise. Duane has his best pilot in the cockpit of the plane. She is Darlene Holseth. (Her landings prove her ability)—She piles it here and she piles it there! Darlene Prom will appear at the reunion with her world famous accordion band. With her will be Glen Meyer. While working at Faust's he accidentally swallowed a newly discovered hormone to make people grow and is now rolling up points as the center for the World Champion Minne- apolis Lakers. The proprietress of the new Rexall Drug Store super soda fountain is none other than Valerie Olson. We will all have a coke on the house Thursday after the parade. Carrie Kendall has been an undying spirit in making this meeting possible. She gave us a big spread every two weeks in her Kasota Daily Journal. Well, see you all at the bonfire Thursday night. We'll show the class of '75 that the class of '50 still has the old spirit. 18