Willmar High School - Senior Yearbook (Willmar, MN)

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Page 2 AND FOUR YEARS OF HIGH SCHOOL DORIS SMITH A perfect lady when it comes to manners and per- sonality... Dode is a scholastic leader...5he is one of few girls who can master mathematics and physics courses...Thinks steak and French fries are a most delightful combination Knuckle-cracking provokes her. . iMay become a, teacher. . .Wili go to the U. of M. J . d MJC Q2 ' WILLARD SOGGE ,i X Small in stature...studious...When a. hard question jcf , 1.4a. is asked...i'Bill's shy voice will invariably break the silence with a correct answer...Likes jiggly JBIlO..- in all seven flavors...Likes school...Doesn't believe in crossing bridges too soon...Wiil wait until school is over before making a final choice of a vocation. IRENE STROMMEN Chosen by her fellow students as representative of the beauty of Willmar High...Irene reigned in regal glory as queen over this year's homecoming activities ...Stunning in appearance...ls employed as one of the chic ushers at the local theater...Hiking and dancing keep Irene on her toes a good share of the time. LA VERNE SWANSON Everybody knows Jug Haiti Swanson...Few will forget his humorous antics. . .He certainly puts him- self over ...His titemperance talk would drive any- body to drink...Itis a mesterpiece...He is interested in school aKairs and public speaking...Doesn't know what he will do in the future...but he will have a good time doing it. ERIC SYVERSON The man behind the plate...Eric is a good catch for any baseball team...Was catcher for the Willmar High team during his sophomore year...and for Max'- shall High last year...Likes to fish...Says. however. that he wants a career in professional baseball. MARGARET TALLAKSON The girl with the golden-toned voice. ..UTolic shines like a brilliant star when she begins to sing...Has the delightful hobby of collecting old tea cups... Wants to improve her vocal and orchestral talents as much as possible...Active in church work...Works diligently in her studies to the tune of high marks. HARRIET G. THORSON HHarry lives in Minnesota...Her thoughts are with a. red-headed laddie in far-away Nebraska . . . Is thoughtful and attentive in her school work...Does excellent beadwork...Likes Home Economics and do- mestic activities. . .Is earnestly planning to go into the missionary held as her life's work. QUENTIN THORVIG CoaI-black hair and a stocky form are characteristic of this well-known Spicerian tagged Manly alias 0 HQuent ...Not hunted but a hunting mnn...Hates people who brag about themselves...Plays basketball and baseball. . .Seeing big league games is his idea of genuine pleasure...The grain-elevator business has his interest. J. MAHLON THUNSTEDT The one, the onlyi..the original John Mahion . . . Tangiefoot is naturally curious and inquisitive about everything and everyone...yet he states that he hates snoopers . . . Is a good basketball play- er. . .Angly. . .Is an active Camera Krafter. . . Tangle will either become a uhouse to houser or a linotype operator. CHARLES TOLAN Pride of Ireland. be gone is grinning,ireck1e-Iaced Charley ...Plenty smooth on the dance floor but a rough customer to run into on the football held... His favorite subject. is brunettes... Chuck has lots of personal friends...Doesn't go in for ianfare...He won't talk about his future but it is a good one.

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ge 23 KUL RASMUSSEN salesman. .. Chairman e advertising stuff of IHISEAN...Has :t col- of thousands of dif- bullets...Would hate 1 even one of them. .. shouldered Paul is hool's lmndy-man a complete basement 10p...Plans to be a ys. at an orgax con- .Fr- cls pl any- rmvlwclu - to swim; - .r v ectlon...Has ., es to be an or- m adio City...Tlmt's bi ion...Pla.ys ping- eats pop-corn. has a y time wherever he ALICE JEAN REESE Jeanie is calm and collected...Takes life as it comes.l.en.loys it as it goes...Collects match covers as a pastime...Fishes. sews. and cooks in the mean- time..iHus good friends and lots of good times... Hates to pass other students' notes...Likes to pass her own...Will learn to teach. i PANSY RESSLER Patsy is no hnnsy ...she's a hustler, go-getter, always on the move...She reflects her pep as a Three V cheerleader...vim, vigor and vitality... But she not only cheers...She is a. leader in girls' sports as well...She barrels an overgrown Hud- son like nobody's business. MARGUERITE ROBINSON Swimming, swinging. and slnglng... Mugs does a little bit of each...A big. black, canine pet is her constant companionnanother case of love me... love my dog ...She ls Scotch Irish...She likes chow mein velly much..,Displays her athletic skill in vol- leybull. . .She'll be the bell of the town i . , a tele- phone operator. EUNICE RUSTEN One might liken Rusty to a baby grand piano... She's upright. square, and has n mahogany iitop ... Plays the Hawaiian ngetar ...0K's the name Rusty but don't call her Red . .. Will like the WIHISEAN be- cause she collects all kinds of pictures. . .Some library is going to have a good librarian if her plans mater- iulize. 314 s thought and ible school. . .A beau- also like to be a iinumber HARLIE SANDS Mnn-ahout-school in many different ways is Karlie... Follows in the footsteps of his brothers...Full of ideas and wit...Serves on many school activity com- mittees. . .Quite the klller-diller when it comes time to Ko...ahem!...He and his green V-8 are inseparable ...Wants to be a success...He who wants-wlll. RICHARD SELVIG Likes all sports...but his heart belongs to baseball l..Wayne King's orchestra is his favorite...of all high school subjects mathematics is by far his choice ...Doesn't object to a juicy hamburger after a, hard day...Likes to see a good boxing exhibition,..but never wears the gloves himself . . . Pals with Dick Neunsinger. MARJORIE SHAMP An attractive little lady with a peaches and cream complexion. . . Marge thinks that Charlie McCarthy, that fugitive from the forest, would make a. nice boy- friendt..for somebody else, of course... Margie in- sisted on linishing her high school course in spite of the fact that she became Mrs. Nordgren last year. BETTY SHOEMAKER Brown-eyed Betty...has something about her graceful air and soft brown hair that arrests people's atten- tion. . .She is very attractive and congenial to all who know her...1ndividual..,She plans to be a nurse or a dietician...Her pet aversions are along literary lines ...reading, and oral recitation...Her future is un- decided. BERNYCE SLETTEN The eyes have it for 'iBernut ...iishorty of the class of '39...She Iloats gently like a swan on both the skating rink and dance floors...She'd rather alarm clocks didn't have alarms about 7:30 each morning...Is interested in social work...but prob- ably will take a business course first. R AMOND SAMUELSON t ,e' . , s irl nlcknamedW'... . 1 l ' r '3 house ' ls many-a. FOUR YEARS OF HIGH . SCHOOL I

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age 25 HAS GONE THROUGH THEM KURTH TOMERVIK Athletic center on the West-Central Champion foot- ball team and center of Coach Teeter's jibes on the practice held...Full of fun and goofy expresslons.., An entertainer...Does lots of truck-driving...Get him trucken-on down and he is a scream...Would like to play football at. Gustavus and later become a conch. SELMA TWEDT Selma thinks a run in her stocking ls a most dis- astrous thlng...Has lived in just. Willmar all her life...She likes to roller-skate. eat chow mein, and listen to Joe HWanna buy a duck? Penner. . .15 super- stitlous about walking under ladders...so she will climb the ladder of success in the nursing field. LUTHER VAALER Wlllmur's Benny Goodman is this somber gentleman named Lute ...l-le prefers the blues, but can his clarinet swing?...0h Boyl...An expert ping pongest, ...A Hhoney on skis...Has a mania for napjacks... His deep, bass voice will carry a solo in any Hbarber shah flunrtet...He plmls to attend the college of his own tlrst name. MARCELLA VAN BUREN Always willing, able. and ready to do her part in school activities...thatls Sally ...She gets a bang out. of banging the piano...Drives a sporty new Chevrolet coupe...When asked if she goes steady she answered Very ...tHer name used to be Mar- celln Swensom...She is an eaicient stenographer. but after graduation she will become a more efficient housewife. DONALD VOGEL A good man like 'tVoge is hard to nnd...Well-groom- ed. . .Is a Penney man on Saturdays. ..0wns a grey Model A Ford that's open and always full of pals... Worst disappointment is that he wasnlt able to play football...lees the class but not the English taught ...Toots tor Henry Busse and his trumpet. DELORIS WACKER At wlttlcisms thalks Wncker is a wow...Just give her an old hat. funny clothes, and an audience... Then a good time is had by all who are with her... She thinks WHS has a poor cheering section.,.It's not. her fault, however...Would like to. someday. have lots of dough...the kind that makes Park Ave- nue penthouses. lime-house-slnes. and all such incl- dentals. ' BUELAH WARBURG She has a smile that; makes your temperature rise... Blonde Bee ls tally..ln fact just a little too tell to become a stewardess,..so she may reach the heights as a. hurse...Is a frequent passenger in a certain gentleman's Lincoln Zephyrmertes to many foreign countries and in doing so adds to her hobby of stamp collecting. GARNETTE WERDER Simple and sweet is this dark-complexioned little German girl referred to by her many friends as Pee- Wee ...she is seldom heard from but often noticed ...Plnin apple pie :1 la mud or we should say mode makes her mouth wnter...She enjoys attend- ing young people's get-togethers at school and at church. LOIS WOLFE Patient. neat. and feminine. . .Lois does a good job of everything she does and then quietly goes on her way ...Hns had the gruesome job as comr-reader for the Wllohl. . .Is a deep thinker...Wrote two prize-winning essays during her school career...lees high-class music. Wants to be a laboratory technician. JOYCE R. WRIGHT Wright by name and right by nature...Dancing, swimming. playing tennis are her pleasures...Admits to being a Jitterbug...Bakes like a...well, angel food and devil's food are both her specialties...lees both stenosrnphy and English as high school subjects... Expects boys to be both courteous and courtly.