Union Free High School - Viking Yearbook (Scandinavia, WI)

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, Vngith L Virginia Christensen The C. N. Christensen family had just finished en- joying one red letter day when four days later another red letter was placed on their calendar, July 8, 1925, the day on whiqh Virginia Jean' 5 ride with the stork was ended. It was on a farm near Watertown, S.D., where she landed. - A few years later Virginia packed her things and traveled to good ole Wisconsin, where she has lived evertsinoe. She's spent her school days at Waupaca, Ogdensburg, Sheridan, end Scandinavia. She finished her eight year at Torgerson school, a little white schoolhouse north .of Scandy. Now she was all set for entering High School with the rest. Jinny , has taken part in the N.Y.A., G.A.$;, Girl's Glee Club, Dramatics, and Forensics. She has also been the librarian this past year. She also has been one of the four cheer leaders during her junior and senior years, and has done a very good Job at drumming away at her field drum the last two years. Jinny likes sports of all kinds, but best of all she likes basket ball; her idea of a good time is to fill her stomach with frengh fries and teabone steakstin these days of ration- ing. . s Like everybody else she has her Ppet peeve , which is waiting for someone, unless they have a very good reason. Her favorite movie stars are John Garfield, Paul Hendricks, and Greer Garson. Herman Gjertson 'Herman Gjertson was born on May 25, 1925 on a dismal day , and brought sunshine into the house of Mr. and Mrs. Almer Gjertson, two miles east of Scand- inavia. His elementary training was received at the little red school house called Wrolstad. he spent eight' happy years here and graduated in the spring of 1959. Herman's four years at high school have been spent industrially studying and foolingtjust as industriallyl with the freshmen girls. 1

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. Lw-IA Ml1dh x VEKFWG . W ' ' ,A - ..w SENIORS . I. . WTwmm$$aamEEmEEE221 - - -;I F First Row -- Jean Erickson; Ruby Otterson, Virginia Christensen, Arlene Trinrud, Alice Johnson, Hildegarde Olson . Secnnd Row -- Mr. Lee, Class Adviser, Wayne Bergen, Loren Lee, Gordon Sannes, Norman Larson, Vernon Larson Absent -- Geraldine Huffcutt, Kenneth Peterson, Herman Gjertson

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.wy.'i' - L -. H n - h V , i '. a:vzf . -n m..- . . - I vmmer X. g , w. x F yr, sawwhwa . .. vwiil He has made his way to school by bike; a nice big car, and the old standby of walking. Besides walking he likes baseball, and ice cream. He intends to be a farmer with Susie Larson at his side. By the by, his pet peeve is English class. Alice Johnson March 20, 1926, was the date of the entrance of Alice Ruth Johnson into this world. bhe was born in Lake County, Lowell, Indiana. Incidentally, she says she cannot swim. When the proud father came to gaze upon his first born child, he took egg the-eouldnit stand anymorei look and said Das ist allis, tGerman for that is alli. 50 they called her Alice. Alice has lived in Indiana, Northern Midhigan, and in Aurora, Illinois, where she graduated from grade school, playing the part of Father Time with a long white beard. i Alice's four years of high school have been spent here at good ol' Scendy High. She has been an ambitious student, and very active in extra curricular activities. She has taken part in debate, forensics, dramatics, end has been a member of the G.A.A. end the Girls Glee Club. She has also been drum major for our band for two years, and was a cheer leader for one year. if Even if her father wouldn't look at her the boys do not waste any time looking at the rest of us when she is around. She plans to enter the University of Wisconsin next fall. We wish her all the success in the world.