Willmar High School - Senior Yearbook (Willmar, MN)

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REVEALING THE VANITIES MARION ERICKSON Goldy haired, quiet. and mannerly ls Mia ...Is an excellent cartoonist. plays the piano for the en- joyment of 1t...Thinks lt's lots of fun to drive the family car...Says yum-yum to 11 big apple crisp... Would like to get a job in the cities as soon as she can...after those good old school days are over. GRANT FARNESS Famey is a dependable. mechanically inclined boy ...He is busy delivering milk long before his school- mates awake from the arms of Morpheus. . .Likes one of the Lane sisters. A .Prlscilla. . .The only trouble with her is that she lives in Hollywood...1s an automo- blle tinker ...Would like to be an automobile mechanl . l MARGA FLEISCHMAN Curly hair and flashing eyes describes Mugs ...Has an easy-golng sense of humor...Thlhks the Son of Frankenstein would make a poor boy friend...but thinks It was a thrilling pictureu'rhe itch in the FRANKLIN GUMM Palm of her hand might mean there's a fortune awalt- This lad is a man ing for her...she hopes . . . Plans to b3 u beautician. thousand talents. gag and good times . . . has been a star sa DEWEY FORCE on the advertising sta Attention: The right honorable HAdmn-al Dewey... is going to take a I didn't fight in Manila Buy...He fights the Hbame cf the ems Play!!! Has swing ...Commands a crack battalion of rhythm resistlble personality rascals commonly known as the WHS Swing Bandul Interests lie in beco ' Won the freshman scholastic award...Is high again transport pilot or flyi this year...Aspires to become 3 Diesel engineere the Army at Randolp in Texas. l ,4, j ,' F J. RUSSELL FOSTER Wxtyle Fat . Dimples . BO , Russ .l.Put them all in a ETHEL GUNDBE hat...Mix them up...You still have a. strapping, fun- loving, man-about-school-and all points east, south, west, and north who is still J. Russell ...Hates mouthy g1rls...likes pretty girls.l.Would like to fly...Cau't...so he will become an aviator and fly an airplane. Ett is a. quiet gi invariably gives the answers to questions soft spoken voice adeptness in her scho- eams her a place ESTHER FOSTERVOLD honor roll quite often . . , likes all kinds of scie Slun, trim. thh plenty of style 15 Esther...always much chemistry and smiling and on the move...She hates to give talks in English...lees to sew and cook when she isn't dolng schoolwork. . .tlShe screams for ice cream . . .A job as a telephone operator or a model housewife will be equally satisfactory to her. as the high school on ...Is interested in m Wants to become a LYLE FRANZEN Lyle is a steady. likeable boy with a cheerful philos- ophy of life as it stands. . .Is very quick and is a fast runner...got that way from dodging bowling balls while working as a pin-setter..,Says he prefers bru- nettes but he who travels fastest...travels alone . .. Builds model airplanes. ELIZABETH GABLE Clarky Gable is Just as pretty as the real ttClnrk is handsome...Has brown hair. blue eyes and a gen- uinely steet faee...She has lots of good times... Has a good head on her shoulders and keeps it there...Detests silly and slsslfied boys...Will go on to school at South Dakota state. ROBERT GALLAGHER One of the few. if not the only red-headed boy in the senior class is Gaga ...Has a superb sense of humor...Is seen cruising around town most of the time With his Plymouth full of pals...Is happiest when he gets in a hot argument with anybody... Plays a ttmean hand of rummy...Does a lot of hunting and fishing. CLARENCE GORT Brown eyed, sharp featured Casey spends most of his time listening to swing music on the radio...He likes Whoopee John. . .shoopee...Alarm clocks are the only things that keep him from drowslly missing the school bus each morning...Would like to join the Knights of the Road ...to be a. traveling salesman.

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ge 15 AW like 0 too w h 1 ite w dislilsuoll r. .n excelleii stu- lot by no means i em. . .ank. . .frien n-loving. . .zmd can w t l,imes..l cliq . i Br i g h grades honor roll izo become . .Rclishes . .. he will be- member of the a profession. A CANDID PORTRAIT I ERWIN DAVIDSON No squint, no squat. no stoop Davidson... Little : six-i'eei, two...There's no end to his continuity of tricks ...pmcticai and otherwise...Doesn't like to come back from a fishing trip without any fish... Plays the Hfiddle and the squeeze-box ...uVlc would like to be a teacher of history. MARVEL DENGERUDE 'iPebs is a demure lass whose pet peeve is people who are always telling me that I'm so little ...To such statements she has little comeback because the evidence is stacked ugin her...She has a pleasant smile and is a good stenography student...stamp collecting is her ollicinl time taker . ROBERT DENISON A man of strength and skill in sports is Denny ... His hcurt belongs to baseball and baseball belongs to his heurt...When asked what. he doesn't like about WI-ls he answered, The whole works ...Worst dis- appointment so far in his life was a she ... Den- ny wants to further his education. GLENN DICKSON Dynamite comes in small pieces...The explosive power and drive with which short Tully blasts the oppon- ents' line on the football field cannot be estimated. .. Perhaps runner college football fame is in store for this 'iull-Americnn boy. ROBERT DOUGLAS iiDoug is another baseball player of note...Likes to swat flics ...with a baseball but. of course...FlaP- Jacks. and lots of them, are his most. delectable dish ..Shop and carpentry work are his favorite pastimes ...'iDoug would like to become a professional base- bnil player or go into railroading. ARTHUR L. EIDE A Been. handsome, dark-bopped man is Art Foo Eldiei..not full of Hfoo . but full of fun...Is hap- piest when he is barreling his Olds at ninety-miles per hour...A very skillful driver...A good natured fellow who can match anybody's wit...Doesn't care for lipstick on him or anybody else...A man to re- member . ALVOY EKBLAD One of the most versatile sportsmen in Willmar High... 5hadow earned that name because of his great speed on the gridiron and basketball court... People could only follow his shadow...Always plays by tho rulesl..He does the same in life and success bid him come. R S EKBLAD Kristics as her brother publicity. . .Pleasant. '1; like to talk on a edrs listening. . .Col- to be a beauty operator some day. EUGENE ELLESTAD Geny is one of those boys who do a lot. of work that nobody knows about. . .13 official radio technician for the sound equipment...Knows his acoustic qual- ities and Feed-bnck .l Plays the harmonics. and he has been the hit of many an assembly program... Is interested in aviation. DELORES ERICKSON HDclis ambition is to liget somewhere in llfe ...This fair. good natured miss from Kandiyohi is not going to let go of that ambition...1n the meantime, just Izive hex- a few malted milks and some good books and she's sitt'n pretty ..,Bad luck will never find her in...0pportunity will not hesitate to enter. , Happin 17' a W

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e 17 AN HALVERSON utive Jeanie h u s brown hair...Though r in form. she takes tive hart in all girls' c events...Has lived won and Washington she came to Willmar a splendid dancer... ns Winchells tattle ...Wherever there's a ime, . .there's Jeanie . I RRAINE HANDE hunctual hPinky . . . us the outstanding of not missing 11 day of school for 12 ..and her home is 16 from Willmar...Prooi r determination and ency...Does expert idery work during her time...Likes to bowl her eye on beauty lure as a vocation. ACKNOWLEDGING VIRTUES WARD WHEELER HANSON Wnrdie nppears as the rough and tumble...welii blow me down type . . . but inside...he has a heart of gold...Theme song is Love Walked In ...It did ...Writes notes that are romantic masterpieces... Would like to become a doctor of medicine or go into the oil game . NED HARRIS Ned is an industrious young feliow...Believes that the best man always wins...so he works accordingly ...Owns a green Chevie '...1t runs on four cylin- ders. though it really has six. . .He's saving the other two for a rainy day...He is a cracker-iack at do- ing his English. . .Pluns to live after he has learned ROBERT HARRIS Exhibit A on what the ideal young man should look like is uBob ...He likes paint, but not on feminine faces...Is a collector of dificrent types of guns... uses them extensively during the open-season...His idea of a special accomplishment in the field of art is to hit n fast flying teal. iSOLA HAUGEN A good pal , true and steady to all her friends... Those who have never come within earshot of Isola's sense of humor have missed something, indeed...This light-hearted girl makes the impression that worry is a product or imagination...Wants to go West... so California, here Isoia comes. RONALD HAUGEN Fudge Hoogin runs the school's free taxicab service N.Delivers his pals home in his ten-passenger V-8 ..HI IOOI,'in is a great little guy...always with the bunch. laughing and making them laugh...Gets a disgusted look on his face when poetry is read to him mAspires to be a druggist with lots of good customers. ELROY HENDRICKSON Often looked upon by the gals as a good catch ... Hendy lust grins and goes on his way 01' starts to play his hnrmonica...Is reported on the verge of breaking down ...Played end position on all of the '38 starting lineups on ye old gridiron ...His favor- ite dish is graveyard stew...Future is a secret. MERLIN HOLLEN Appropriately named uDutch Hollen. . . Dutch's goat-getter is frivolous iems who sit and gab all during the study periods. . .especially when he cannot hear what they are talking about...He does a lot of swimming and would like to swim to success as a chumpion...Can hardly wait for his hard-eamed diploma. MARJORlE HOLMGREN Dark-comnlexioned with curly. black locks... Pat is one of the friendliest persons to know. ..She doesn't care much about studying...would rather make people study...Ambition is to be a teacher.,.She likes to collect stamps. work out geometric problems, and skate...Wlll go to college but where is a nuestion. ROGER HOVDE Tull. blonde. and terrific is Bud Hovde...Doesn't like conceited girls . i . Likes Hedy Lamarr. . . who doesn't? . . . Worst disappointment was, when she turned me down ...not very many do. however... Might become a doctor of dental surgery...Probably will get his degree at the University of Minnesota. HAZEL HUDSON Brown-eyed, pleasant Pat from the neighboring village of Spicer...Doesn'tiiike boys who drive up and i'honk for a dute...makes them come to the door...Likes to indulge in foreign correspondence... Encourages local i'correspondence ...Worst mishap in her life was scarlet fever...Plans to be a seam- stress.