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

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School Calendar Sept. 8—Yea, da whole gang came rushin' up to get da back seats and watcha tink? We all got separated! Sept. 18—Dey called a class meetin' ta elect da high-ups. Dey didn't even mention my name. Ain't it awful! Dem lugs don't know talent when dey see it. Sept. 25—Dem dopey sophomores gave a shindig for da poipose of scarin' da Freshies out of dere skin. Boit got soft an' took a dame home. Sept. 29—Meetin' of da teachers at four o'clock. I suppose dey tho't dey wasn't givin' us enough woik so dey'd have ta figure up somemore. Sept. 30—Mr. Knudtson had ta go to Madison today and tomorrow to loin some more facts! Oct. 7—All da school boards around here had a meetin' in the auditorium. Oct. 15-16—It couldn't be dat dose teachers planned dis vacation at dere meetin', could it? Oct. 21—Had a lecture course t'day; boy! dat guy could do some'in most of us can't do, talk and paint at the same time! Oct. 30—Dem Freshies gave a retoin party for de sophs. Some party! Everybody came dressed up in ole clothes. Nov. 12-13—Oh, boy! did I have fun dese afternoons doin' nuttin'. Dem automobile owners had ta come up here so dey can get 4 gallons of gasoline from now on. How am I goin' to take out my goil 3 times a week any more? Nov. 18—Dem farm boys shure know what kind of parties ta give! Dat hay-ride was won'erful. So were dose hot dogs and da pop afterwoids. Nov. 26-27—It's a good thing we had da day after Thanksgivin' off too! Must of et too much toikey! Dec. 4—Talk about excitin'! Guess we showed dem Bangor lugs who's who. Dec. 15—I guess we ain't as hot as we tho't. Onalaska soitingly trimmed us! Dec. 18—Whoopee! two weeks of only eatin' and sleepin'. Dec. 30—Dem Alumni shure got a good team cuz dey beat us. Dat mixup dat some guy by da name of Stelloh and somebody else by de name of Rowe tho't up, was a humdinger! Ian. 4—Oh, well, it was fun while it lasted. Jan. 7—Seniors day off ta get dere pictures took! I tink dat place named Plamor got just as much business as Olin's. Oh, well, good exercise we got. Jan. 8—Anudder lecture course. Dat guy shure knew his science! Jan. 18—Dem teachers must tink we're getting dumb so ve haff ta go ta school on Saturday. Jan. 22—First semester tests. Jan. 29—Dat gas rationin' business don’t help our basketball business none. Dere wasn't as many people here for de game from Bangor. We won anyhow. Feb. 12—Did our team surprise dem Onalaska guys! (Surprised us too.) I tink dat was da best game o' da year. Feb. 18—Dem seniors will land in Hollywood some day wid dere actin'. Dat play Lady Spitfire shure drew da people. Quite a celebration afterwards, too. Feb. 25—Dat Selbrede soitingly knew what he was doin' when he got dem Joy Bell Ringers for a program. Never knew a guy before dat could toin cranks like Mr. Fish. Mar. 12-—Dose Sophs are soitingly gettin' ritzy! Dey gave anudder mixup and dey even had goils to soive us. Mar. 20—Now I know for shure we're gettin' dumb! School on Saturday agin! Apr. 2—Maybe dose seniors were slow about givin' a mixer, but boy! oh! boy! dey soitingly don't spare da dough when dey do! Oh, well, what's 15 bucks for dat class! Apr. 7—T'day I yam a man. Went to Milwaukee and passed da fisical A-l. We owe it all t' Glasrud. Apr. 12—One, two, three, four—groan! Da push ups was easy, but da goils was lafiin' at somethin'. Apr. 27—Yippee; got a whole 2 days vacation. May 1—Dose uniforms shure looked sharp walkin' down da street in La Crosse. Too bad dere was nottin' in 'em. May 12—Boy, what a corny play! Too much mush. We don't go in fer dat stuff, or do we? May 15—Prom nite! Dey griped about da '42 prom, but dis one was $ft-@!! What have the rest of the goils got dat da seniors haven't besides dates? May 23—Baccalaureate services. May 28—Everybody was to commencement except da senior boys! Page fifteen

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Lett to right Back row: V. Gilbertson. D. Groth. H. Hoff. M. Lee, L. Graff. F. Newberg. W. Vanderploeg. Third row: D. Diekroger. D. Hemker. L. Denson. M. McClintock. R. Rowe. M. Tournade, J. Ausman, L. Semlar. Second row: D. Storandt. D. Garbers. R. McClintock. E. Stull, V. Ehlo, M. Cook. D. Antony. Front row: R. Dovenberg, J. Cain. Mrs. Peterson. C. McEldowney. M. Leicht, L. Waldenberger. Not pictured: M. Wehrs. Freshman Class President ..............................................JACK CAIN Vice President.................................RUSSELL DOVENBERG Secretory ................................................MARJORIE LEICHT Treasurer ....................................CAROLE McELDOWNEY Advisor ......................................................MRS. PETERSON On September 8, 1942, twenty-eight very green and timid Freshies came into the assembly ready for the school year. Later on in the year, another student, Ethel Stull, enrolled in our class from the Trempealeau High School. The annual event of initiating the newcomers took place on Friday, September 25. We Frosh came with our hair parted in the middle, looking very sophisticated. We also had two kinds of shoes to add to our peculiar appearance. Everyone enjoyed himself greatly at the party given that night in the auditorium. The freshmen boys enjoyed it especially after each one had rolled chalk across the gym floor with his nose. On October 30, 1942, we gave a hobo mixer for the sophomores. Everyone came dressed up in his best rags. Defense stamps were given to the ones who looked most comical,—the winner for the boys being Herbert Rhodes and for the girls, Eloise Knudson. From our group of freshmen there are eleven members participating in band and chorus; over three-fourths of our class are in various clubs; and seven very enthusiastic boys are on the basketball squad. Some of us, Marjorie Leicht, Carole McEldowney, and Roberta Rowe, were fortunate to take part in the plays directed by Miss Bess, Miss Stall, and Miss Stephenson, who were practice teachers here for eight weeks the earlier part of the first semester. Next year we will all be sophomores and we will be able to watch the Freshies and see how green we acted. Page fourteen

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