West Bend High School - Bend Yearbook (West Bend, WI)

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AVE HEAD START THEIR FUTURE Our junior year was a year of great excitement and activity. To serve in the dual role of president and prom king we elected Pat Kenny, while to fill the other execu- tive positions we chose Vice-president Carl Schmidt and Secretary-treasurer Mary jo Thompson. To the position of senate secretary-treasurer, Barb Fuge was elected. Homecoming, as usual, was a big event, with Shelby Schenk representing us on the court of honor. Mr. Panfilis homeroom took a first place in the window competition, while Miss Podruch's produced a third place float. Again, from our class, came stars of both stage and gridiron. In the spring of the year, nine mem- bers of our class were honored by election to the National Honor Society. But by far the crowning glory of our junior year was, of course, the prom. Working into the wee hours of the morning to complete prepara- tions, we took great pride in leading King Pat, with his queen, Charlotte F rankow, and their court into a setting of magnificent oriental splendor. But, as the last strains of Sayonarav drifted away, we realized that the end of our wonderful junior year, too, was close at hand. Now, as seniors, we had reached the true climax of our high school years. Still wondering where these years had gone, we resolutely set out to live to the fullest our final months at WBHS. To fill the offices of our class of '59, we elected Carl Schmidt, president, john Lay, vice-president, Sue Weinert, secretary, and Mary jo Thompson, treasurer. janet Runge, AFS sum- mer student just returned from Finland, was also elected secretary-treasurer of the student senate. Our representative on the 1958 Homecoming court was Merrie Heil, and, for the second consecutive year, Mr. Panfilis homeroom won the window competition. Mary jo Thompson, our treasurer, received the distinction of becoming the first candidate in the history of WBHS for the Little Ten Wrestling Queen. Also, but in a more scholarly area, two seniors, Carl Schmidt and joan Race received high rankings in the National Merit Scholarship competition. Engaged in a veritable host of activities, we found that our days, as seniors, flew by faster than ever. Still, in everything we undertook, there was a certain sense of finality, a knowledge that our time at West Bend High would soon be brought to completion. With this in mind, then, we approached that day of days --- commencement. Valedictorian Carl Schmidt and salutatorian Mary Cehl solemnly led the class of '59 to receive their diplomas. The pattern is set, and our futures begin! Ioan Race and Carl Schmidt won top honors in the National Merit Scholarship test. Local DAR winner, Nancy Bales, goes over her work before class begins. SENIOR INTRODUCTION .

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Vice-president John Lay and President Carl Schmidt check the minutes recorded by Mary Jo Thompson, treasurer, and Susie Weinert, secretary. HONOR ROLL Valedictorian --- CARL SCHMID1' Salutatorian --- MARY GEHL JOHN ALBINGER PATTI BART BRUCE BERKHOLTZ DOUGLAS BOHN BARBARA EKLO CHARLOTTE F RANKOW BARBARA FUGE DANIEL HAHN Lois HEIDER PHYLLIS KURTH H. JOHN LAY JUDY LIESENER IUDITH MAXON KAY MAYO JUDY NEHRBASS MARILYN PEDERSON JOAN RACE STEFANIE RESEBURG JOANNE SCHICKERT JAMES SCHILLER KAREN SCHOEDEL KATHERINE SKIBA THOMAS SIMESTER SUZANNE WEINERT .SENIOR INTRODUCTION l 196 SENIOR With graduation upon us, we, the class of 1959, look back over our four fleeting years of high school with mixed emotions. First, we are aware of a sense of emptiness, realizing that our high school years are lost forever --- these years with their sorrows and joys, their tears and triumphs. But we also experience a new sense of fulfillment, secure in the knowledge that we have lived these years to the utmost and that what we have gained from them justifies this feeling of accomplishment. True, the hallways of West Bend High will soon be only a memory, but one which will be cher- ished as we go through life. Thoughts such as these were farthest from our minds as we entered our freshman year, eager to partake of all that high school had to offer. Enthusiastic, but a little bewildered, we set out to make a place for ourselves among the established, experienced upperclassmen. Nor was this an easy task, for we soon discovered that only honest effort, in and out of the class- room, would make us worthy members of the student body. As freshmen, we turned to the fair sex for leader- ship, electing as our class officers President Mary Jo Thompson, Vice-president Sally Laycock, and Secre- tary-treasurer Judy Maxon. Our agreennessv soon wore off, however, as we became active in debate, forensics, intramurals, and athletics. One of the highlights of our freshman year was homecoming, with freshman Bob Cooley finding the toothpick, and Carol Matenaer being our choice for the court. With the passing of another important event, the May Ball, our freshman year came to a close. Returning again to WBHS as sophomores, we be- gan our activities with new feelings of security and responsibility. Elected as our new class officers were Carl Schmidt, president, Mary Jo Thompson, vice- president, and Judy Schleif, secretary-treasurer. Social- ly, our sophomore year began with the election of Joan Cotter to the homecoming court. On the athletic field, our class of ,59 contributed several members to varsity teams. Also as sophomores, many members of our class distinguished themselves in dramatics, forensics, and music. One of the yearis greatest undertakings was our very successful post-prom party, entitled Mardi Crasf, As the short months of our sophomore year slipped by, we soon come to the midpoint of our high school career. CONSTR CTI G

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PLANNING AHEAD WILL CAROL ACHTERBERC JOHN ALBINGER TOM ALBRECHT CLYDE ALLEN NANCY ARNDT EILEEN BAERTLEIN TUNGIA BAKER NANCY BALES ELMER BANDLE, JR. PATTI BART TOM BAST MARY ELLEN BASTIAN ANNE BAUER JOANNE BECKER PAT BECKER LAVERN BEDER VINCENT BEDER JAMES BELONGIA JOAN BERGIN BRUCE LEE BERKHOLTZ ...SENIORS 'DiedMay3