West Salem High School - Neshonoc Yearbook (West Salem, WI)

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Left to right- Back row: C. Flaig. N. Rowe, N. Eickhoft. H. Rhodes. B. Twining. J. Gilbertson. D. Malzacher. W. Miller. H. Schmitz. Third row: C. Barclay. A. Meyer. B. Justin. L. Fuller. M. Horstman. V. Severson, E. Betthauser. K. Larson. Second row: M. Wehrenberg. B. Niedfeldt, D. Denson. L. Mix, E. Indahl. D. Meyer. M. Sprain. J. Johnson. Front row: C. Flaig. R. Buol. E. Knudson. Mr. Glasrud. J. Klos, A. Cullman, D. Wilcox. Not pictured: E. Olson. Junior Class President ..... Vice President Secretary .... Treasurer ..... Advisor ....... ....RICHARD BUOL ....JEROME KLOS ..ELOISE KNUDSON ALVIN CULLMANN ....MR. GLASRUD When we enrolled as Freshmen in the fall of 1940, we numbered thirty-nine. In the fall of 1942, we discovered that eight of our students did not wish to complete their high school career. In spite of this fact we still outnumber the other classes in school. Our class can be found taking part in every activity. We are represented in band, chorus, and the various clubs. Three of our boys, Norman Rowe, Everette Olson, and Calvin Flaig, are on the basketball team and have shown themselves as successful players this year. In order to improve our financial status, we have been selling popcorn at all the basketball games. We have high hopes of sponsoring a junior prom, besides planning for a class play this spring. Page twelve

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Senior Class History MOTTO: Forward ever, backward never. COLORS: Red and white. FLOWERS: Red and white roses. Now that the time of graduation draws near, we begin to reminisce about the four years we've spent together. Some of our days were sad, but many more were happy. This leaves us a bit reluctant to depart from our high school. In the fall of 1939 twenty-seven Freshmen entered high school to acquire a bit more knowledge. Even as Freshmen, members of our class were active in band, chorus, and the various clubs. Among our accomplishments was the sponsorship of the annual Eighth Grade Day. During the same year we were saddened by the untimely death of Margaret Dovenberg, a very lovable member of our class. When we enrolled as Sophomores the next year, our class had increased to twenty-nine. Of this year's activities we remember little besides the fact that we initiated the new class of Freshmen. Our class was again active in the various clubs. In our Junior year we were successful in the production of our first class play, The Crazy Smith Family. For our promenade, the first to be held in the Auditorium, we followed a victory theme, decorating with red, white, and blue crepe paper. The highlight of the evening was the crowning of the prom king, Kenneth Sprain, and his queen, Verda Horstman. At the end of that year quite a number of our class received letters for three years' participation in music. They were Wilbur Selbrede, David Syvertson, Kenneth Sprain, and Joyce Wilcox for band; Mary Ellen Hetland, Verda Horstman, Mary Wolter, Lois Loging, and Evelyn Wege for chorus. Vernon Friell won a letter for basketball. As Seniors our enrollment was twenty-three. This year we were again saddened by the loss of another member of our class, LeRoy Ender, by accidental death. Our class play, Lady Spitfire, was a success through the combined efforts of our director, Miss Baertsch, and the play cast. This year's letter winners in basketball were Bud Knudson and Lorenzo Hicks. When we think of actually leaving our high school days behind, we feel as though we had passed through a happy span of our life. Graduating in these troubled times we feel rather puzzled as to what awaits us. We hope that the training we acquired in high school will enable us to make bettei use of the opportunities that do lie ahead of us. FAREWELL, ALMA MATER! Class Officers President.............................................WILBUR SELBREDE Vice President ....................................................LEO BOUSKA Secretary.........................................MARY ELLEN HETLAND Treasurer ......................................................EVELYN WEGE Class Advisor ......................................MISS RICHARDSON Page eleven

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Lett to right—Back row: L. Nuttleman, J. Bergum, S. Raymer. R. Selbrede, R. Schnieder. T. McEldowney. C. Carlson. Third row: R. Miller, L. Garbers, J, Knudson, B. Sprain, B. Hetland, L. Thompson. H. Modes, R. McClintock. Second row: Miss Baertsch, R. Dunlap, J. Stull, D. Albers, V. Witte, V. Udell, R. Horstman. Front row: M. Niedfeldt, C. Hoth, B. Achterkirch, D. Peterson, W. Olson. A. Gensch, A. Stelloh. Sophomore Class President ..........................................DANNY PETERSON Vice President .....................................WALTER OLSON Secretary ............................................CALVIN HOTH Treasurer ......................................BETTY ACHTERKIRCH Advisor ............................................MISS BAERTSCH In September, 1941, twenty-eight greenhorns walked into the West Salem High School assembly. They were as shy as ever. For a month they feared the boasts of the upper classmen and the first mixer, but they found out it wasn't so bad after all. Then they held a return mixer that was successful even though the Bangor carnival was held the same night. This September, 1942, after the election of class officers, the sophomores planned the initiation for the freshies. This year twenty-eight are enrolled in the class. Many members of the class are in the extra-curricular activities of the school such as music, sports, and clubs. Page thirteen