Willmar High School - Senior Yearbook (Willmar, MN)

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AND THEY HAVE IT PAYS TO BE THE PRESIDENT---or his best girl---for they lead the grand march at the prom. Last yearts class president, A1- drich Bloomquist OefD and Betty Lou Pear- t. ., i . . rt 5 53 son are seen with the leaders of the class of 38, Fay Preble and Ralph Pederson. At this, the outstanding social event of 38, the thirty-niners acted as hosts.

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age 9 AND WON MANY BATTLES THE AVERAGE STUDENT in Willmar doesn,t dom- inate school activities until he approaches his junior and senior years. Then in a relatively short time things uhappen to him . SOCIETY plays a very small part in school life; in reality there is only one important party each year--- :1 x. the junior-senior prom. At the upper right you see F i V Violette Melby, Jean Halvorson, and Dorothy Jacob- son, transformed into prom girlsh and ready to attend the schooPs number one social event. MOST F RESHMEN girls still retain something of a ttlittle girl quality. The picture at right center shows Eunice Rusten, Lois Wolfe, and Esther Fostervold as they were back in the long-skirt era of ,35. JUNIORS are definitely ttgrown upii. At the lower right Phyllis N ewberg, Doris Morman, and J ean Leffler show you three types of school attire, popular last year. SENIORS have always liked to experiment. Once Senior Delores Erickson persuaded La Vone Kroona to co-operate in this ttWhen Paw Was Courtint Maw tra- vesty. Look at the result. tLower middlei LOOK AT ME. Pm a handsome ladf, Melvin Kvam seemed to say as an admirer took his picture. With him are Edmund Nicholson and Kurth Tomervik. When this was taken, all were juniors serving titheir public?

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HAD A GREAT TIME AS THIS YEAR comes to a close, the spirit of 39 leaves Willmar High. The present seniors have left a record behind them. They have had a great time. Soon they will be- come wise and mature members of Willmarhs alumni. Typical mood of seniors leaving school is shown in the group below. The boy with the cocked homburg and open mouth is Franklin Gummer. Advertising Manager Paul Ras- mussen is trying to hide behind Marjorie Mattson. Russel Foster looks on and smiles. Smiling, books in hand, is Marie Larson. In the distance is Pansy Ressler. Elizabeth Gable is peeking from behind Donald Nes- lund, an outstanding boy in school life as well as in the picture. Man-of-fashion at the extreme right is Donald Bolstad.