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

Text from Pages 1 - 30 of the 1956 volume:

Dear Mom and Dad, To you we owe what we are and what we hope to be. We realize that 19 through your guidance, patience, and understanding that we haVe been prepared to walk down the road of life, under God. Therefore, it 18 to you, Mom and Dad, we dedicate this, our 1956 Viking. Gratefully yours, The Student Body Mr. A. 0. Lee Principal Social Problems History Geography Mr. H. J. Schumacher Athletic coach Math Science Mr. R. 0. Westenberger Music English Typing Citizenship Pastor E. R. Larson Forensics Dramatics Karen Irene Bestul Jolly gal, always a pal Girls Glee Club 1,2, Mixed Chorus 1,2, Ensembles 1,2, 1,2, ..$. Forensics Dramatics Class Officer Annual Staff Campus Echo Staff Cheerleader Ambition: Pep HN MJanhi knunwxn to PM :3... 03;, . dcuzzmtrpr Judith Ione Gurholt Versatility, abilit Y Girls Glee Club 1,2, Mixed Chorus 1,2, Ensembles 1,2, Forensics 1,2, Dramatics Class Officer Campus Echo Staff 1,2 Annual Staff 1,2 2 N C... Cheerleader Ambition: $UUUDJ UUWU mccprctttc m0... .Albert Henry Grenlie Unique physique Base Ba111,2,3,h Basket Ball 1 ,2,u Volley Ball 3,h Boys Glee Club 1,2 Mixed Chorus 1,2 Class Officer 2,3 Annual Staff 2,h Ambition: College Hans Carl Hansen Great sport, good sort Basket Ball 1,2, Base Ball 1,2, Volley Ball Boys Glee Club 1, Mixed Chorus 1,2, Ensembles Class Officer Annual Staff Ambition: Base Ball Player :ww PU 13F? Mervin Eugene Hansen Mischief bent, won't relent Ambition: Cop David Roy Nottleson He man, she man Class Officer Ambition: Servic Boys Glee Club 1,2,3 Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,u Dramatics 3,u Forensics 1,3,u Basket Ball 1,2 1 e Duane Carlyle Nygaard Engaging smile, a friend worth-while Boys Glee Club 1 Mixed Chorus 1,2 Ensembles 2 Class Officer Annual Staff Forensics 1,2, Ambition: Coll 0 43510ka Louann Marilyn Simonson Fame's her claim Girls Glee Club 1,2 Mixed Chorus 1,2 Ensembles 1,2 Forensics 2 Dramatics 2 Class Officer Annual Staff 1,2, Campus Echo Staff 2, Cheerleader 1,2,3 Ambition: Semi-Classical singer :ztutczpt Lavonne Marie Twetan Vim, vigor and vitality Girls Glee Club 1,2,3,u Mixed Chorus 1,2,3,h Ensembles 'Class Officer Annual Staff 2 Campus Echo Staff 1 Cheerleader Ambition: Clerical Work WWW 333 x JOLASS JMILL E3 33 31333.? $23 Sail R: 313:3 , N , H??QIKRY W335? wumvjrmlw On behalf of the senior class of 1956. whiah doctors have declared mumt depart on May 24, we do hereby make and publish this laat will and . testament. At present we are in full possession of a aound mind and memory. I hope that these people fully realize how,!ortunato they arc to receive that which we bequeath to them. TO; Mr. Lee our principal, we will our love for chewingwgum, our little bits of paper, and our ability to comprehend world problemalZlc Mr. Schumaohermwe will our ability to keep off the eubject. a re-bound chemistry book, and all the short pieoea of chalk. Mr. Weatenbergerwwe will our good humor lnLEnglls .claae. our gocd conu duct during chorus practice, and our love for English Litarature. Mr. Hansenpwe will all the old orange peelingg. waxedwpaper.. and coke bottles. ?he senior girls will their room on abound to the junior girls, haping they will keep it clean. The seniors will their English books to any one who Wants them and can stand to look at them. We hope they will enjoy them. Wh will to the mixed chorus the patience we have always shown during singing claea. 3 l Judy wills harageometry book to Danny Carlson, and hor back seat in twa assembly to Linda, Albert wills his appreciation 6f English and English teachers to Otto and his newly bound chemistry book to Dennis, ' Louann wills here ability to sing and ao$ to Marlene and Lola. To Jane and Janice she wills her cheerleaafhg. Duane wills his ability to interpret Shelley'a poetry to Eugene, and his cute remarks to Cynthia. Karen wills her old clothes to Janice, and her cheerleading sweater to anybng who will take it. David wills hie su$ceas in getting the carlto his little brother, Royal; and his ability to pretend being awake to naxt year's seniors. Hana wills his singing ability to Gary J. and his athletlo ability to Bill along with his early hours. Lavonne wills her ability to type to Ann, and her glaaees to Klaudeen. provided she keepa them clean. Mervin wills his old broken pencils to Frank, and his aaat in the assembly to Gary Morkl??lo Signed. US SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY A flew hall of fame has been constructed in New York Gity' honoring; peeple who have done outstanding work in epecific fields. Let us take a walk through it to see who is honored there. As we peas down the hallowed halls we see pictures of the membere of Scandinavia High School who graduated in nineteen hundred fiftyoeix. The first portrait is of Miss Judith Gurholt. She has done speew tecular work in reeearoh on cnaceh 3119 15 known the world ever end is ranked with the society of Florence Nightingalag Next we see a picture of Hans Hansen beside those of Lou Gehrig end Babe Ruth, He holds the record of home runs in a single eeeeons In one season he hit 76 home runs and pitched 18 newhittere. He is an allvtime favorite of the National League, Louann Simoneon has been very prominent in classical singing. She was soloist for twentwaive years on the television program, Firestone Hour. She won the Nobel Prize in the field of music three times in succession. Mervin Hansen quickly rose from a truck driver to cowowner of the New Jersey Standard Oil Company, He has married and has six .Charming daughters who are at their peak of popularity in Hollywood. He also has three husky sons who are wrestlers. , Miss Karen Beetul rose from a small town girl to Princess of Monaco. Prince Rainier'e halfebrother married her atter the death of the former Rainiereq Viewers of the ceremony aey Grace Kellyte wedm -ding was nothing compared to the Beetuleoinier nuptial. Next we see the picture of David Nottleson who began.ferming on his father's farm. He married and has seven burly eons, one of .WhOm has taken over the home farm. He bought the Kingte Ranch in Texas and his other six sons are running that. Mr. Nottleson has owned more land then any other except Thomas Fairfax. , Just after graduation from high school, Lavonne Twetan went to New York City to find work as e stenographer. Her superior work in keeping records and meeting people was quickly noticed on Capitol Hilly She became the Preeideht'e private secretary. Many people have tried to convince her to run for the Presidency. Albert Grenlie is worldmknown for his invention of the-perpetual. motion machine. He has studied at numerous universities in such fields as the animal kindgom of Proganosauria and their disease, necrobecilbg 0316, and mos? interesting of all, Ooaporangia entice. Mr. Grenlie has won the Nobel Prize in aoience foru times. Hie picture is beside that of Einsteinm Last but not least is Duane Nygaard, one of the most noted sciene tiete of his time: He haa cone extensive work on Mars studying fauna and flora. He has published a Very interesting book on his adventures in outer space. t Yes, we have e'great class with anxeven GREATER future........... F.Hansen, L.G3ertson, N.Tr1nrud, B.Erickson lat row: O.Marquardt, H.Chady, H.VanMatre, W.Nelson 2nd row: $ The Juniors, though they be fools, Shall never sit on dances stools, Because they are the teacher's pet. Don't worry scphomores, you'll get there yet. lst row: 2nd row: The sophomore class-noted are we For brains, brawn, and stupidity. We're moody, dreamy, like to chew gum; A bunch of monkeys- barrels of fun . N.Johnson, K.Grenlie, A.Tr1nrud, G.Peterson, M.Eckhardt, L.Melby E.Jensen, R.Nott1es0n, E.Jole, B.Snyder, A.Abrahamson W lst row: A.Jeneen, G.Mork, D.Garlson, L.Johneon, G.Johnson, D.ZaWach1 2nd row: C.Kreuger, J.Erickson, J.Hardel, N.Madson, J.Bestul, A.Rasmussen The Freshman Class is the pride of the school, And always under the Senior's Rule. But Just you wait and see some day, We'll be seniors and lead the way. Newspaper Staff L.to R: N.Trinrud, L.Melby, J.Erickson, J.Hardel, C.Krueger, J.Bestu1, A,Tr1nrud, G.Peterson, A.Rasmussen, L.G3ertson, Mr.Westenberger, D.Carlson, E.Jensen, E.Jole, K.Gren11e, M.Eckhardt lst row: Mr.Westenberger,advisor, M.Eckhardt, L.Gjertson, J.Gurholt, L.Simonson, L.Twetan, H.VanMatre D.Nygaard, D.Garlson, N.Tr1nrud, A.Tr1nrud, K.Bestul, H.Hansen, W.Nelsen, A.Gren11e, E.Jensen 2nd row: Girls Glee Club lst row: D.Zawach1, L.Melby, M.Eckhardt, J.Bestu1, N.Hadson, C.Krueger, A.Jensen, A.Rasmussen, K.Grenlie, N.Johnson 2nd row: L.Twetan, L.Simonson, N.Tr1nrud, L.Gjertson, J.Gurholt, G.Peterson, K.Bestu1, J.Erickson, J.Harde1, A.Tr1nrud Mixed Chorus .4 4,7 41,9,4 9 xx Akxx K k fk lst row: G.Johnson, E.Jensen, G.Mork, D.Nott1eson, E.Jole, A.Abraham50n, R.Nottleson, L.Johnson 2nd row: D.Nygaard, F.Hansen, D.Garlson, O.Harquardt, W.Ne1sen, H.VanMatre H.Hansen, D.Er1ckson vmstlcm. , ELLESUM WSW Lame! ffwngfWkkkng ZVMW': e' ' urn , The music tournament for the solos and ensembles was held at Witu tenberg on March 2e, 1956. The following students took Part in the tournament and received these ratings. muh-wolaSBu-m-uu wwwwww Rating;m-qnbu Solos: Louanh Simoneon A e Judy Gurholt B 55 Karen Beatul B: A:k Harlan VanMatre KB A Duane Nygaard B, B Nancy Trinrud G: B Linda Gjertson G. A Ann Trinrud Op A Lois Melby 0.. A Eugene Jole G B Nancy Trinrudepianoe 3 B Girlsi Duet Ann Trinrud e Lois Melby 0 A Mixed Duets Louann Simonson e Hurlan Yathere B A Duane Nygeard-e Judy.Gurh01t?e B A Mixed Quartet , Louann Simoneon, Judy Gurholt, B A Harlan VanMutre, Duane Nygaard Girls' Quartet $ Louann Simoneon, Ann Trinrud, B A Loie Melby, Judy Gurholt Boye' Quartet Allen Abrahameon, Eugene Jole, B B Harlan VanMatre, Duane Nygaard The groups receiving Ae ratings went to Madison on May 12, where they all received A,80 The mixed chorus and girla' glee club went to Bowler on April 16, for the conference contest. Both groups received A ratings. On May 5, the chorus and glee club went to Wittenberg to take part 1E the district contest. The girls received an A rating and the mixed chorus received an Ae. The mixed chorus was asked to sing on the evening program. We have had a very successful year and we extend our Thank You to our director, Mr. Weetenberger and our accompanist, Nancy Trinrud, 0:10 Act Play m Seated: H.VanMatre, M.Eckhardt, L.Simonson Standing: D.Nottleson, W.Nelsen, J.Gurholt, Rev.E.R.Larson,coach lst row: Rev.E.R.Larson,coach, K.Gren11e, M.Eckhardt, L.nelby, A.Jensen, J.Bestu1, A.Rasmussen, C.Krueger, L.Simonson, D.Zawach1 2nd row: E.Jensen, A.Tr1nrud, N.Tr1nrud, K.Bestul, J.Gurholt, G.Peterson, L.Gjertson, J.Erickson, J.Harde1, L.Twetan, L.Johnson, G.Johnson 3rd row: R.Nott1eson, D.Nottleson, E.Jole, O.Marquardt, W.Nelsen, H.VanMatre. D.Carlson. F.Hansen, D.Nygaard, B.Snyder FORENSICS Our forensics activities proved very succeasful this year. Of the thirtywona pupils taking part, sixteen ware choaen to represent our school in the conference tournament at Tigerton. They were as follows; Serious Declamatian.. ..........Louann Simonaon and Marlene Eckhardt Humorque Deqlamation......,......Ohnrleen Kruegar and Linda Gjertaon original orationa, a c o. q o v Q o a o A a o o o n v o O a 9 iBill N$l$en and Frank Hanaen NonQOriginal Gration.;a..,..... ....Ann Trinrud and Klaudeen Grenlie Four-Minute Spaech.;;..a;..,.........laarlan VanMatre and Lois Melby Extemporaneous Reading;;.....,;.......Eat0n Bestul and Duane Nygaard Extemporaneous Spauking...;.........Judy Gurholt and David Nottleson Interpretative Reading. I n o u.. c O o 0 Q 0 c oLaV$nne Twetan and Ronald Snyder Everyone did very i611 at Tigerton and we came home proudly bearu ing the conference trophy. Eight of the mentioned sixteen went on to the district contest at VStevena Point. Of thaaa eight, three were chosen as the' outstanding one in his particular division. These three were Louann Simonaon, Harlan VanMatre, and David Nottleaon. The others receiving A's were Karen Beatul, Bill Nelson. Judy Gurholt, Ronald Snyder, Linda Gjertson. At Stevens Point on March 24, four of the eight conference winw nere received A ratingetHarlan VanMatre, Louann Simonaon, Karen Bestul, and Judy Gurholt. The other four received B ratings. The grand finale 6n April 14, were hpld at Madison. On that day Harlan VanMatre received an'A rating; the others received B a. Everyone was very pleased about the accomplishments of our forensics departmen$. We owe our THkNK YOU to our fine coach, Pastor Laraon. Baseball Team lst row: Mr.Schumacher, coach, A.Abrahamson, G.Mork, H.VanMatre, W.Nelson F.Hansen, E.Jole, B.Snyder 2nd row: E.Jensen, L.Johnson, D.Erickson, D.Garlson, A.Gren11e, H.Hansen O.Harquardt, R.Nottleson, G.Johnson Volleyball Team lst row: Mr.Schumacher,coach, A.Grenlie, H.Hans5n, W.Nelson, H.VahMatr6, D.Er10kson, O.Marquardt, E.Jole G.Johnson, L.Johnson, G.Mork, D.Garlson, F.Hansen, A.Abrahamson, E.Jensen 2nd row: Basketball Team lst row: A.Grenlie, H.Hansen, W.Nelsen, H.VanMatre, D.Erickson 2nd row: Mr.Schumacher,coach, G.Mork, E.Jole, D.Garlson, O.Harquardt, F.Hansen, A.Abrahamson Albert Grenlie-Sr. C, 5'10$ , He had drive. Handy man to have. Hans Hansen-Sr. G, 5'10 , Good man. Hard to replace. Dennis Erickson-Jr. G, 5'8 , Speedy ball handler. W111 improve. William Nelsen-Jr. F, 5'11 , Will make a fine center next year. Harlan VanMatre-Jr. F, 5'11 , Good sport. Will 1mprove.' Garx Mork-Fr. G, 5'5 , A real asset to any team. Otto Marguardt-Jr. F, 5'10 , W111 reach his peak next year. Frank Hansen-Jr. F, 5'9 , Works hard. Better next year. Eugene Jole-Soph. G, 5'8 , A good man. Good A team prospect. Alleg Abrahamson-Soph. G, 5'6 , Handy man to have around. Danni Carlson-Fr. C, 5'10 , Watch this boy go from here on!