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

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n r • jy v 'Softool Calendar r, ft? yy' Oct. 6-7—Programs were given on Fire Prevention and sponsored by Mr. Rowe and boys from his Ag. Department. All the speakers have strong voices—the new amplifying system was used. Oct. 18—Back to school again. Oct. 20—Seniors had their pictures WSRen. remainder of the students had the afternoon off because of rationing. Oct. 21-22—What a relief! Rationing again these afternoons. Oct. 22—Frye, the Magician, appeared at our school today. Certainly was a swell program. He managed to get a couple of Freshmen on the stage to help display some tricks. Oct. 27—Tuberculin testing program. 7 Sept. 13—School opened. Boy, were we all happy to have our vacation. Nov. 5—We seniors had a vis - s telsen so we can drive arouxjd thatv(£gdillac! Sept. 24—Sophomores gave a mixer for the Freshmen initiation. They really picked on those Freshmen! Sept. 27—Red Cross donations were collected from the students. Nov. 6—Saturday! ForpfR fig school was held on the sixt Nov. 10—We had a program for'-t S of American Education Week. m year bservance Nov. 12—Our first basketball game. We played Holmen and won. Yippee! Nov. 19—Tomah vs. West Salem, here. Tomah won. Oct. 8—Cheer leading try-outs were held. Bev. Sprain, Marianne Klos, and Bev. Justin will get hoarse this year making us yell! Oct. 14-15—Teachers' Convention. They school and we got a vacation. SfA; Nov. 25-26—Thanksgiving vacation. Why did that have to come along and spoil our smoothly rujyjhig school days? 26—Na alk here for a bas .. We T 9—We're all lion. The fUnh ers sented C.'JjyofiSs me. alter our Ipng A y jdens pn Division pre- sion mjtheG yroscope. von! Dec. 3—Bangor ys alejn. Salem c T f Vjr Dec. 10—Onalaska and Salem. We really trimmed them. Dec. 14—The seniors preserved edy, Early to Bed—Ear! success. Dec. 17—Galesville ana Salem won., Oct. 28—A play, Funzapoppin', was presented in the auditorium by the Band Parents. Gee, did we students get a kick out of seeirtg our parents act on the stage! • A, U Oct. 29—Second night for the performance of Funzapoppin'. I guess we studenls will have to admit that our parents are pretty good performers! fXlh - r V r ......... . 20—We tajoye Dec by the F.F. a: torium. The Chri' tions (including beautiful and eve: one certain seni lstwlaS'par iers inftne tffce suaS allrt e dec£ mittletogl were really lived tgcfeivedk'O'gift. Imagine, got alnold of Miss Richardson's present (the one from the senior class, too) and opened it by jrhstak mmm

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D. Selbrede. R. Groth. C. Hesse. N. Malzacher. Mr. Rowe. Third row: H. Caulum. M. Hor-man. S. Sprain. M. Gullickson, L. Barclay, E. Vruwink, P. Mau, D. Meinking, A. Indahl. M. Hoier, D. Johnson. Second row: B. Johnson. L. Meyer. J. Plenge. E. Powers. D. Schmeckpeper, M. Jandt. L. Ehlo. R. Johnson. F. Wehren-berg, H. McClintock, W. Mades. H. Hagen. First row: D. Jaekel, P. Hicks. L. Fuhre. R. Storandt. C. Thomas. J. Hanson. B. Pfafi. D. Netwal. M. Hoppmann. M. Nuttelman. Not shown: R. Furchtenicht, J. Thiele. D. Cassell. .• President ................ RICHARD STORANDT Vice President ...................................y.......LILLIAN FUHRE Secretary ................................................ JOYCE HANSON W' Treasurer ...ft ...................A......................CONNIE THOMAS Advisory...........................................MR. ROWE j if f- T Te B shm!KnJ :lc S enrolled forty-seven members in September, 1943. ' , V JAia dkiss JWjtb' th largest enrollment in high school, has many students in jT F.F Sy .A., Chorus, and Band. Harry Caulum, Earl Carlson, Donald ' Cassafl, JeroAe Grabon, Roland Groth, Richard Storandt, and Frederick — yf 4, play on the basketball team. 'IJ V' «T f TjSby maugurated the plan of electing their class officers in the middle ear. . , f V ir initiation the girls wore pajamas and curlers in their hairT and the V| f V wore their clothes inside out. yj . y f On March 17, they gave a St. Patrick's party. All the stu Jhtswho attended J yy I c‘ O' had to wear something green. y j'j ! ■ G ood lujoT Freshni n! We know you'll bring honor to Salem Hi . y Vij V)

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Dec. 22—The grade children presented their Christmas program to the public. Dec. 23—Christmas vacation began at 4 o'clock. Boy, were we happy! Dec. 29—Salem entertained the alumni. Alumni won, which broke our swell winning streak. Jan. 3—Our Christmas vacation has ended, so off to school we marched again. Jan. 7—Salem and Holmen tangled. Holmen won. Jan. 13—Olin Studio moved into our auditorium. Everyone got all dolled-up to have his picture taken. Jan. 14—West Salem licked Mindoro. Score 50-18. Eloise Knudson was chosen by the seniors as their D.A.R. representative. Jan. 20-21—Semester exams. We students are always anxious for this momentous day. Salem played Trempealeau and won the game. Jan. 24—Half of the school year gone. The first day of the second semester. Jan. 28—Salem and Bangor met. West Salem came out on top as usual. Jan. 29—The Junior Class elected their prom king. He is Danny Peterson. Everyone is just dying to know who the gueen will be. Jan. 29—'Tis rumored Mr. Kopp has a birthday today? ? ? ? Feb. 4—Salem played Melrose. Salem won. Pretty good team we have, mmmm? Feb. 11—Salem played Onalaska and again Salem won. A social hour was held after the game. We certainly have some singers in our school. Feb. 14—First P.T.A. meeting of the school year which proved to be very successful. Feb. 15—West Salem and Tomah played. Salem won in a thriller-diller overtime. Feb. 25—District Basketball Tournament at Cash-ton. West Salem won the district championship title. Everyone is so hoarse they can hardly talk. Feb. 29—Senior mixer was given which proved a great success . . . leap year, you know. March 2-3—R e g i o n a 1 tournament at Sparta. Tomah won . . . West Salem place fourth. March 6—Class tournament today. We sure have seen a lot of basketball this year. Sophomores beat the Seniors in a real thriller. Juniors beat the Freshmen. March 7—Juniors beat the Sophomores in the class championship game. Seniors whipped the Freshmen for consolation place. March 13—P.T.A. meeting. March 17—St. Patrick's party given by the Freshmen. April 1—April Fool's Day (as if you didn't know!) April 4—Junior Class Play, Janey, was presented with great success. April 7—Spring vacation. (One day only!) April 10—P.T.A. and Gym Night combined. Result: Charley horses and screen tests. April 17—The first day of the last six weeks of school. In other words, after today, we have only 29 days of school left! April 22—Prom King, Danny Peterson, and his gueen, Louise Garbers, reign at Junior Prom. May 3—Laubin Dance Group here. Everyone enjoyed the program immensely. May 6—Music Festival at La Crosse. That's one time we really appreciate we're members of the band. May 8—P.T.A. May 21—Baccalaureate Services. May 25—Class Day exercises were held and then the school picnic. Everyone had a hot time. Heh! What am I saying! May 26—Commencement. We all had a lump in our throat when we marched down the aisle. Today we seniors say farewell to our beloved school and we'll miss our pals we left behind. Page fourteen