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

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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

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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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Slxmlnutes after they vxslted Ronnle they arrlved ln thexr Jet plane at the Chlcago Munxclpal Axrport The fxrst hop here was to see Kelth Ausman the presldent of the Hatchery Assoc1at1on of Amer1ca VlVl3n Byers also l1v1ng mCh1cago IS the top dancxng mstructor at Arthur Murray s Dancmg Studlo At Chlcago they are pleasantly sur prxsed to meet Bob Bma and RayVander ploeg Both ofthem are assocxated wlth professxonal baseballteams -Ray plays shortstop on the new major league team Kukamonga Dlrty Sox and Bob IS the proud new manager of the Chxcago Cubs Next stop Detro1t' D1ck Vollen welder 15 domg very well as the vlce presldent of the Ford Motor Plant Clyde Beatty's Cxrcus playmg m Detrolt stars Ken Bangsberg as 1ts ch1ef clown KSEIZIS the most traveled graduate of 1 Mlnneapolxs xs just a short hop from Detrolt There they v1s1t the Sxster 1s workmg on a preventlon for pollo Cal1forn1a clalms two of the 1r class mates At Hollywood they see a new movle star Nancy Twmmg At San Francxsco they fmd Ardell Koopman one of the ten best dressed women 1n Amer1ca In Honolulu at the I-Iawauan Naval Base they meet Commander Donald Horstman and Rear Admlral Douglas Jewett Doug and Don are the youngest offlcers fn the Navy In Sumatra East lndles Reverend and Mrs Darryl Bruemmer are domg marvelous mlsslonary work Mrs Bruemmer 1S the former Darone Hxx Turkey and Dolores Mlkkelson are the next stop As pr1vate secretary to the Ambassador of Turkey from the Unlted States Dolores has an excxtmg Job She plans to return to Amerlca m August In France lt lS thelr good fortune to meet Bev Smlth Bev who lS pa1nt1ng on the R1v1era says she wouldn'ttrade places wlth anybody' She states that she has seen Jeanette Wehrenber who has Just f1n1shed celebratmg her lfth suc cessful year as a ballerma ln Parxs A few mxles outsxde of Parls Donna Hemker lS enjoymg her work as an ex chan e teacher to France Donna says thatt e Frenchmen are veryromantxc In London England Norma Edelen lS appearmg as a smger wlth Guy Lom bardo and hls Royal Canadlans What a h1t Norma lS makmg wlth the Br1t1sh' Two graduates make thexr homes 1n Washm ton D C Lorna Balmer sec retary or the Secretary of Defense lxvmg there wxth her husband Colonel Merle Moore whlle Angelen Holter IS very busy as head llbrarlan nn the Llbrary of Congress Marge Knutson LS the f1rst chamr oboe player mthe Boston Pops Orches phfa to play ma serles of concerts wlth the orchestra Back home IH New York Clty they v1s1t Roger Kolseth and Harry Memkxng ln the New York G1ants' dugout Roger s name lS ln the Baseball Hall of Fame because of h1s record m pxtchmg no hut no run ames The combxnatlon of Harry s omers and Roger s pltchln have helped the Glants w1n seven Worl Serxes from the Yankees Captaln Lester Dahl of the U S Marmes lS gettmg settled ln h1s pent house 1n the WaldorfAstor1a He recent ly mherlted several m1ll1on dollars from a dlstant uncle Lucky fellow' The members of the class of '52 are all ten years wlser and ten years older These years have been full of happmess excltement and memorles Who knows what the next ten years may hold? CLASS S0 G The Shrme of Samt Cecelma Our school da s are over and we're leavlng you now We've walted or th1s day but lt seems now somehow We really regret to leave our dear Salem Hxgh Good bye dear frlends good bye Each basket ball game brought lots of joy to us all Especfally when Salem's men were rlght on the ball We bnd ou our teachers our dear schoolmates and all Farewel dear fr1ends farewell We thank you teachers all for our wonderful and patlent ways To our success 1nl1fe you he ped us on our way We ll mmss all our partles all our school plays and proms But the memomes of Salem I-I1 h wxll stlll lmger on And though we are leavmng we' l return now and then. Good bye, dear fr1ends, good bye. 18 Kenny. lfoundation and Mary Buolg who tra. Marge was on her way to Philadel: I , h .. I - D . .I -- . -- . H -i I ig . . - ll . Y, ' ,i . A