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

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CLASS POEM Charlotte Achterk1 rch clever and wltty A pretty nmce krd though not from the cxty Sandy halr and freckles has Joe A senlor lass has hmm ln tow Then there s Ke1thAusman the lover of chlcks X hen rt comes to poultry he knows all the trlcks Lorna Balmer lS a talkatlve one As treasurer she was kept on the run Kenneth Bangsberg 15 a studlous boy Schoolbooks were hls source of Joy Hard workpays off we must confess For ln baseballBobB1na s beena success Ronnle Bockenhauer the clown of our class I xkes all the glrls no specmal lass Florence lS one of the bashful k1nd But a truer f Lend you'll never flnd Sttllgomg steady our Badger boy Darryl Can teven look at a dxfferent glrl To be a nurse lS Mary s ambltlon Let's hope that she's notjust wlshm Vxvlan Byers seems qulet and shy But ata dance oh my oh my Lester IS the klnd that never hurrles Norma Edelen that gal wlth style lnCharleston1ng she s aheada mlle Take Bob Culster hrs talents aren't few He's good at basketball wxth h1s sax too Donna our Badger Curl last year W lllsurely succeed never youfear Daronel-llxhas sethez oalhl h Asatyp1calsen1or we nows e lltry Edltor of our annual 15 Angelen Very mdustr1ous she s always been Donnu. shard toflgure out X hlchcomeslxrst Don g1rlsortrout'? A leader ln our class lS Merllen Whatever the task she s on the beam Douglas bashful'P ' ' Don tbe a fool He practmces more th in he s learned ln school It's true that Grace lS tops ln cookmg For a man to feed she s stlll lookmg 1 ond of a sophomore glrl lS Jay Close to Pleasant Valley he ll stay Marge Knutson whose clothes are keen Re lgned as last year's Junxor Prom Queen Roger Kolseth lS a fellow you ought to meet To the g1rls he 15 really qulte a treat Sly fllrty full of tr1cks IS Ardell W hat she ll do next 15 hard to tell Bob Lunke lS a cute llttle nut He can talk hlmself out of any old rut Ralph Marklng our man from the farm Wakes w1th the chlckens doesn't need an alarm Everyone knows Harry our master of swmg As Jxm Durante's double he's also kmg A fme student IS Carol Jean A more wlllmg worker can't be seen Kelth Meyer better knownas 'Red There's not a n1ghthe's home mn bed Our lunch g1rl Dolores eff1c1ent and neat Wlthout her when would we ever eat'? One who s fond of men IS Ann lf she can't get them nobody can We agree Donna Olson's tops ln skatmg We're sure you know the man she's datmg Laughmg eyes and short dark curls Make Marlon a favor lte wlth boys and g1rls Bernlece lS ambltlous coy and w1se Have you ever notxced her blg brown eyes 'P A g1rlwho's alwa s happy and gay Joyce IS the presldent of the FHA They couldn't have voted a better way For three years the pres ldent of our class Ronn1e's talents are hard to surpass Tall dark and handsome Ken Schrn1dt ls a basketball player wrth lots of wlt Qulet and reserved IS Beverly Smlth Florence IS the gal she's always wlth Qulte puzzl1ngEl1nor s always been Whrch does she favor l'-orses or men 'P Tall sllm and brunette 15 Nancy We hear that danclng sults her fancy ln sports Ray Vanderploeg IS really great We all wonder who's hls gal of late Fords and Dlck are two ln one And he s a lad that's full of fun Boys that are bashful are Wmlma spetpeeve' Whatwlllshedowhen Cass hastoleave'? Carol Wehrenberg our strawberry blonde Of a man from Sparta she s very fond Our Jeanette fllts around llke a blrd Wherever she stops her puns may be heard Andnowwe mustbrdyoufond adleu Good bye from the Class of '52' 1 yy- l - I ' Q . I 1 . 3 2 , . , . . , - 0 9 -- , . 'Q ' ' . . ' I ll 7 I . I . , . ' , . . ,I . . . . , , ' . I ' A Y D ' s , . I y . V S I - ! ! ' L' . A ' ll ll '-- l Y I O , . . ' I ' ' . . . , . . Y . . . , - . . . , . , . . y ---- I ! D i ' Not a Cafe ln th? World and H0 WOTTWS f ls Beverly Powelll, from Gill's Coulee way. 1 AA l l ' . , , , . . I . V- . . Y -- , u I Y ll ' ll . . I D 1 ' , . . . 1 . 5 . . V W it 5, . - , . ' ' ' l . . , -- . v 1 - I I y . , . Q ,I , . ly . . . ' ' J ! ' . x Q . - Q I ' . . I l , . I '--- . .. ' Q I I . I , 7 . ,- , ' I H ' Q 1' Il VI ' 4 I I . I H . , s 1 4 ' I . 7 I ' . . . y , , , . l . I ! V Q -

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X if 1 ii- fi- N LA T WILL A ll TE TAMET We the senror class of 1952 berng of sound mrnd and nremory and mrndful of the certarnty of graduatron do hereby make and declare thrs our Last Wrll and Testament her by drsqual fx rng all other wrlls made bv us rn the past FIRST We hereby bestow upon our honored teachers the memorres of our graduatrng cla s SECOND We hereby grve devrse and bequeath to the class of 53 the revered posrtron as the Senror Class THLRD We as rndrvrduals herebv relrnqurslr to our dear frrends and beloved schoolmates our treasured possessrons as follows Charlotte Achterkrrch bestows her corner upon Mary Sprrnger Joe Aronson wrlls hrs technrque to any freshmen boys who want rt Kerth Ausman bestows hrs abrlrty to nandle chrc ks upon Grlman Bolstad Lorna Balmer offers her grggles to Shrrley Bell Kenneth Bangsberg wrlls to Wrllram Loggrng hrs abrlrty to look over hrs glasses Robert Brna relurqurshes hrs rnterest rn the Avalon to Robert Indahl Ronald Bockenhauer wrlls hrs habrtual trrps to La Crosse to Jerry Jevv ett Florence Brretkreutz grvcs her grft of gab to Brll Holter Darryl Bruemmer bestows hrs tumblrng abrlrty upon Yvonne Bangsberg Mary Buol assrgns her home economrcs demonstratrons to Jeanette Meyers Vrvran Byers bequeaths her abrlrty to go wrthout sleep to Beverly Hanan Lester Dahl bestows hrs pool eye upon Ralph Hoff Norma Edelen wrlls her barrtone srngrng vorce to Brlly Moss Robert Grlster relrnqurshes hrs basketball skrll to next year s team Donna Hemker rmparts some of her popularrty to Lors Schornberg Darone Hrx leaves everythrng but Darryl Angelen Holter assrgns her scholastrc abrlrty to Karl Haverly Donald Horstman grves hrs jokes to Kenny Eggen who he rs sure wrll not mrsuse them Merlren Jaekel wrlls her abrlrty as a farthful chartwoman to Greta Sprrck Douglas Jewett bestows a last look at hrs handsome countenance upon all the lucky grrls Grace Iordson offers her good humor upon next year s senrors Jay Iustrn assrgns hrs Plymouth to Marrlyn Oldenberg Marjorre Knutson bequeaths her abrlrty to shy away from boys to Donna Ehlo Roger Kolseth grves hrs advantage rn herght to Rrchard Stelloh Robert Lunke wrlls hrs abrlrty to dodge work to Barbara Nuttelman Ralph Markrng leaves ah leaves oh ne s just leavrng Harry Mernkrng relrnqurshes hrs rndolence to Marvrn Capper Carol Meyer leaves the Bangor boys to Donna Horer Kerth Meyer bestows hrs red hart upon Allen Sprarn Dolores Mrkkelson leaves West Salem Hrgh School to posterrty Ann Moan wrlls all her men to Marcella Caulum Donna Olson bequeaths her power over men to Mary Johnson Marlon Olson wants to leave school Bernrece Peterson bestows her herght upon Elrzabeth Huxsahl Beverly Powell rntends her brg brown flrrty eyes for Nancy Havens Keep them workrng Nancy! Joyce Raymer wrlls her smrle to the freshman grrls Ronald Schrld relrnqurshes the presrdency to any offrce seeker Kenneth Schmtdt leaves hrs abrlrty rn sports to some good sport Beverly Smrth bestows her gum chewrng abrlrty upon her srster Glorra Elrnor Thompson wrlls her curly harr to Joan Schaller Nancy Twrnrng leaves the Avalon to the ages Raymond Vanderploeg wrlls hrs athletrc abrlrty to Pat Moran Rrchard Vollenwerder bequeaths the Fords to Iohn Betthauser Wrlma Waldenberger leaves her sewrng abrlrty to anyone who needs rt Carol Wehrenberg wouldn t leave her boy frrend to anybody Jeanette Wehrenberg needs all she has In wrtness thereof we the class of 32 desrre thrs to be our frnal wrll and testament and set hereunto our hand and seal thrs month of May year of our Lord one thousand nrne hundred and frfty two l is ...i Q I W Wil C qs ,. Lil - ' tf.. I ML. ll Iyu. i '..'.y'. tr L. ' t'.f rf D' L We L ' iffy 'V .B I' ' , I f yi, 1 ,H. y If JW

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X f if E l0R CLASS PROPHECY InMay 1952 forty sevengraduates of the West Salem H1 h School went out mto the world to see thexr fortunes Now ten ears later the classes of '55 '54 and 3are assembled at L.aGuard1a Fxeld m NewYorkC1ty There they board a Jet plane whlch w1ll take them on a tour to vlsxt these forty seven graduates Thexr flrst hop IS from New York to West Salem Nmeteen graduates have stayed n or near West Salem An expert elec trxcan ln West Salem and the surround mg area lS Jay Justm He IS very proud of the fact that he Lnstalled the flrst com plete push button system on a farm ln Pleasant Valley owned by Ralph Mark ln A very successful busmess man s Joe Aronson He owns a truckmgl lme from New York to West Salem He and h1s wxfe the former Bernxece Peterson are llvmg ln West Salem Carol Wehren berg Just as busvas Berruece IS work mg as a housewnfe and mother Two 52 graduates have put thelr names on busmess places The Daxry Bar IS owned by Ann Moan and the Salem Roller Rmk 15 operated by Donna Olson and her husband Russell Dovenberg Lwmg on a farm ln Wet Coulee are Bob Gllster and h1s wlfe Many top hon ors at several Holstem Dalry Shows throughout the Mxdwest have been taken by Bob Anotherfamous farmer ms Ken neth Schmldt last year's Mr Farmer of Amemca Four famous ladles reslde Ln West Salem Marxan Olson was elected the presldent of the Natlonal Mother s Club last May The world's fastest typlst IS Bev Powell The other two are Joyce Raymer and Merlxen Jaekel Both are makmg headl1nes for tbexr splendxd work as offlcers of the Natmonal FHA Commg back to West Salem they see Grace Jordson She has been teachmg for the past four years at Brookslde school Bangor has two of the 1r classmates They are Carol Meyer who teaches kmdergarten and Elmor Thompson who IS the Englmsh teacher m the hlgh school On thelr way to LaCrosse they stop to see Kelth Meyer on the Rldge He IS busy superv1s1ng the men who are bu1ld mg hxs new dance hall near Shorty's Ke 1th tells them that bus mess has tr1 pled sxnce he has become propr1etor of Shorty's Because It 1s near lunch tlme they Flresxde IS as famous as t e Stork Club and the Brown Derby now that Bob Lunke IS the owner In LaCrosse they Vlslt the court house to see Ronnxe Bockenhauer the Chxef of Pollce for LaCrosse County Hls experlence has prepared hxm well for the marvelous Job that he lS domg to lower the number of speedmg teen agers Another classmate m LaCrosse IS Wxlma Jaldenberger the CountySuper mtendent of Schools of LaCrosse County Whxle at LaCrosse they cllmb mto thexr Jet plane andafewmmutes later arrmve ln Westby to VlS1t housewlfe Florence Brxetkreutz Acertam member of the Class of '52 IS rapxdly becommg well known Out standmg as the governor of W1scons1n Ronnle Schlld has announced h1s candl dancy for the House of Representatxves ln the commg electxon Good luck Ronnle 17 .mtjff ' . . i . - . . ' g. v F drop inat the Fireside Niglht Clubl. The 1 . . ' . ' , th