Wilmot Union High School - Panther Yearbook (Wilmot, WI)

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Row 1: Karen Richards, Sharon Karrow, Steve Anderson, Bud Meehan, Peg Timmer, Doris Kerkman, Bob Gehring, Bill Carlson. Row 2: Richard Bently, Bob Lois, Al Prondzinski, Dick Sheen, Dick Tilton, Herman Harmon, Don Amborn. Row 3: Bob Horton, Wally Partenheimer, Tom Gaynor, Mike McKee, Lee Jeffers, Dennis Steifan, Mike Mahoney. Row 4: Carol Phipps, Joyce Heagle, Rose Boyd, Judy Kerkhoff, Esther Larson, Violette Larson, Linda Michealis, Betty Arnold. Row 1: Jodine Glasby, Robin Young, Sandra Miller, Mary Komes, Carol Nelson, Diane Ehlert. Row 2: Dana Davis, Elaine Dziedzic, Pat LaFayette, Diane Bush, Sandra Jacobsen, Ida Mae Fiegel, Mrs. Fir- chow. Row 3: Shirley Rasch, Sandy McNeely, Ron Toepper, Ken Nicpon, Eva Smith, Barbara Rasch. Row 4: Bob Snarski, Jim Elwood, Bob Switzer, Fred Cornell, Jim Coleman, Tom Brandes. Page Forty-Five

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-- SENIOR The Senior Class of 1959 has finally finished forging through four wonderful happy years here at Wilmot. When we entered as Freshmen, we were considered greenhorns but now we're no longer in that cate- gory. This year has been filled to the brim for us. At our first class meeting we elected Bob Horton as president, Sharon Karow as vice- president, Karen Richards as secretary-treasurer, and Bob Lois to the student council. When homecoming rolled around, Jim Elwood became king. He selected Sue Bartels, a junior, as his queen. On January 17, we held our mid-term dance, Winter Nocturne. Everyone enjoyed dancing to the music of the Collegiates from Whitewater. On April 10, we put on our class play, Minick, under the direction of Mr. Dongarra. It was a huge success and all who viewed it enjoyed the antics of our Senior cast. We will soon be leaving Wilmot to go out into the world and con- tinue Hgrowing up but before doing so we hope to have a wonderful time at our banquet in May and at our graduation exercises. We would like to thank all who have aided us during our years here, especially Mrs. Firchow, who became our class advisor when Mr. Mammenga left us in our Sophomore year. Also, the very best of luck to all the future Seniors and may they have as much fun as we have had at Wilmot High. I. F. Page Forty-Four

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CLASS PROPHECY Dear Barbara: Well, here I am, sitting in my penthouse on the moon. I've been up here with my husband, a scientist, for the past three years. l am now going to tell you just what Ilve found out about our classmates of '59. Diane Ehlert is here and she skiis on the green cheese and also runs a resort for any and all who like to ski on green cheese. Peggy Timmer is the editor of the Under the Moon for Parkers news and keeps us up to date on all the facts. Bob Horton is the one from whom I receive most of the news for he broadcasts from Alaska to the moon every day at about five thirty to six. From him I learned that you are the head of the Clinic that IS on the other side of the moon, guess I just don't get around as much as I used to. Jodine Glasby is also up here and she is raising min- iature horses for the moon men to ride. I hear that Eva Smith is aiding you at the clinic and is in love with the king of the moon men, who IS tall, dark and green. Ken Nicpon, Ron Toepper and Bob Switzer formed a dance band which is almost as good as Lawrence Welk. They have Sharon Karrow as their star vocalist. I hear she draws a large crowd. Dennis Steifan is their man- ager. They have made many appearances at Diane Bush's night club. Wally Partenheimer is in charge of Moonheimer's, Incorporated. This firm sends out circulars to the earth advertising the moon as the place to go on your honey- moon. Lee J eifers, who was once the confirmed bachelor, is now married and has six little ones. Gary Kunz and Dick Tilton run the High Moon Tav- ern where all the kids - 18 and over, go to have a high time drinking straight moonshine and moonshine on the rocks and also eating green cheese and crackers. It will also interest you to know that Jim Coleman is the one they are all talking about, the one who has been in orbit in a sputnik for the past three months. He Went to Russia on a vacation and they put him into orbit. Elaine Dziedzic teaches Moonican to the earth peo- ple at Wilmot and Shirley Rasch teaches them how to typewrite that language. Rich Bentley is on the earth designing cars while Tom Anderson is customizing them. It so happens that Bud Meehan has set up a business to compete with Rich, the only thing is that Bud is here on the moon and Rich is still on the earth. Carol Phipps is making a mint repairing teeth that are ruined by the green cheese. Donnie Amborn coaches the basketball team that will soon compete against the moon team. Other players on his team are Tom Gaynor, Herman Harmon, and Fred Cornell. They really work together and usually win. Carol Thebault is directing and producing Broadway plays. Herleading lady is Robin Young, who has found her. career in acting. Both gained a lot of valuable ex- perience from the Senior Class Play. Violette Larson is operating a beauty studio with the help of Carol Mae Nelson as chief maker-upper. Tom Brandes assists with dying jobs. Their last victim was Dana Davis, who finally succeeded in bleaching her hair. Betty Arnold gave up marriage to take charge of the Arnold Typing Corporation. She has Sandi Miller and Pat LaFayette as head secretaries. Some times they really get engrossed in their jobs?????? , Joyce Heagle tours the country as a soloist on the coronet. Dick Sheen and Bob Gehring have joined resources and established one of Wisconsin's most model farms. U Al Prondzinski has worked up the line at Nash and IS now in charge of the assembly line. Harold Mar- cussen has moved into that business too, and is one of their test drivers. Jim'Elwood and Mike Mahoney are all stars on one of the big ten football teams. Mike McKee has a ranch in Idaho where he raises horses for Steve Anderson to sell. Bob Loisiis now,a very highly qualified math pro- fessor at Madison and one of the teachers he works with IS Sandy Jacobsen, who teaches chemistry. Mary Komes and Esther Larson are wages working as stenographers for the Florida. earning high navy base in Sandra McNeely is happily married and has two chil- dren, a. boy, Roger, and a girl, Mary. Living next door to her is Karen Richards, who is married and who has a set of twins. Judy Kerkholf and Rose Boyd are now the proud owners of the high fashion ladies' shop in Kenosha. They were together all through school and it seems they are inseparable. I hope that I have covered everyone from the class of 1959. They certainly have grown up from what they were in high school. Some have done exactly as they said they would while others have turned out better or worse. But in the process of growing up no one knows what can happen. I hope all is well with you and yours. Sincerely, IDA MAE Page Forty-Six