Wilton High School - Wiltonian Yearbook (Wilton, WI)

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CLASS POEM Continued RUTH STEINKE, without much to say, Goes quietly on her way. She does her work up so fine. And wears a smile all the time. TOM WISEMAN, a talkative guy, Oi a girl in Norwalk keeps his eye. In school he’s Mrs. LandgraPs menace, In making attempts to entertain us. CAROLINE STEINHOFF, so small and busy, To follow her would make you dizzy. When having fun the sky’s the limit. No maner what happens she’s right in it. CHARLES ZELLMER, who loves to dance, On being a sailor he’ll take his chance. He says no girl will make him sing. But what about that F reshman who’s got his ring. JOHN USELMAN, a real good Joe, To Petenwell he likes to go, A yellow convertible is his car. Which carries him near and far. PAT WELCH, who has lots to say. Would like to be very rich some day, In school he has lots of fun. As though he had his work all done. And now the time has come for us. To bid you all good-by. We hope that you will enjoy die years As we have at Wilton High. PROPHECY I just received an invitation to attend die reunion of the Wilton '55 graduating class. It is now five years since many of us have seen or heard of each other. Pm sure that everyone will be there and we will all have an enjoyable time talking over our high school days. I, Joyce Fick, am boarding a train at Milwaukee for Wilton to attend the reunion. I arr. now teaching for the first year as a commercial teacher at Longfellow Central, near Milwaukee. The train seemed to be fairly crowded so I slid into the first empty seat. To my surprise, I was sitting beside Ruth Steinke. She also was on her way to Wilton. She told me that she is employed by Dr. Norbert Sinnott, another classmate, who had his practice set up at Racine. He was going to fly to Wilton the next day. As we rode on, we decided to go to die club room for a little refresher. There we saw Pat Welch as the bartender. He just told us that Merlyn Eckelberg also was on the train and that he had just completed plans for the new Eckelberg Super Train. As we approached Wilton, we immediately saw how much it had grown since we last were there. In the railroad depot we recognized another classmate, Roger Pasch, who had taken over Jerry Neumans place, as the depot agent. He told us that he and Eileen were married and were busy raising little telegraph operators. After a little chat, Roger said that he would call a taxi for us so that we wouldn’t have to walk over to the schooL We were surprised to see Carol Liefke drive up and he is now the owner of Carol’s Careful Cars, the taxi service at Wilton. He added that his cars never smash but just have big bumpers. He has Wilbert Geier as another expert driver helping him. As we drove down the street, we saw Richard Harrison walking down the sidewalk. He had on an army suit. He had followed his brother and went into the service. He would complete his years this fall. He seemed to be quite hapDV as he now had other plans to make or keep. JIM WELCH SERVICE STATION BURNSTADS SUPER MARKET, Tomah. Wis. CENTRAL HARDWARE CO., Tomah, Wis TOMAH JOURNAL, Tomah, Wis.

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CLASS POEM JOY BOLDON, full of pep, In the game of life is right in step. This one answer we wish she'd give. Which will it be, Cadillac or Chev. ? KARON LARSON, a friendly gal. To everyone a real pal. A good wife someday she'll be But, Karon, Well just wait and see. ALICE COX, a fair haired gal. To everyone a real pal. Though she doesn’t have too much to say. She continues happily on her way. CAROL LIEFKE, short and quiet. Can say some things to cause a riot. In school he doesn t cause much fuss, But when he does its trouble plus. HARLAND CREVISTON, an independent guy, Does enough so he gets by. He likes to catch for the city team. To get out of school is his fondest dream. EILEEN LYDON, a real cute lass. Is a gal with lots of class. Staying out late is her favorite pastime, Also sailors, Roger, and who was it last time. JOHN ECKELBERG, a quiet lad. Always seems to get by. All the time, he's calm and cool. His greatest ambition - to get out of school. JULITTA MARTALOCK, tall and slim. Obeys Marty's eveiy whim. A housewife she wants to be And she will make it, wait and see. MERLYN ECKELBERG, six foot four, Really looks good on the basketball floor. In geometry he is really smart, But Jeannie Dott claims his heart. NANCY MEACHAM, who likes to cheer, Was Princess in tne prom last year. Varsity cheerleader with lots of pep, She thinks Janesville is really hep. JOYCE FICK, tall and slim, Is always seen with a grin, She has her work done up so neat. A gal like Joyce is hard to beat. ROGER PASCH, a handsome guy, On Lydon's house he keeps his eye, One thing he really wants to know Is, how fast will that Willy's go? AGNES GALLAGHER, a sweet faced lass, Gets along very well in any class. She can be quiet, or full of fun And always has her work all done. DELORIS RUDOLPH, without much to say. Has an accordian she likes to play. Her favorite pastime is to dance, Especially with Junior, her latest romance. WILBERT GEIER, a country lad. Graduating makes him glad. He keeps himself so clean and neat. A guy like him is hard to beat. DARYL SCHINDLER, a country guy. On Ontario he keeps his eye. He always has fun driving the Chev. around But can't seem to keep it in our town. DARLENE GOETZ, so small and shy, We know she always will get by. She does her work with time to spare And does it with the best of care. ORVIS SCHINDLER, a real cute guy. His greatest ambition is to fly. You'd think some gal would get him sealed But he's too busy playing the field. RICHARD HARRISON, a good looking guy, The town of Norwalk makes him sigh! In basketball he's really fast. A guy like Rich never comes last. MARGARET SHORT, five foot one. Spends her time having fun. Although school keeps her in a tizzy. Nick keeps her evenings busy. LUCILLE HEMMERSBACH, with big brown eyes, Knows how to use them on the guys. To go to Montana is her wish. Whatever she does she'll never miss. DALE SIMONSON, tall and slim, Nothing seems to bother him. In carpentry he's really good, He's a whiz at making things from wood. EVELYN LARSON, a blond haired lass, In the game of life she'll really pass. With Red Brown she goes with some, But who are those letters from Germany from? NORBERT SINNOTT, who's very smart. Of the girls he wants no part. In geometry he does his best, But he'll take his chances in the west. HEILMAN'S GROCERY Phone 41R4 GROCERIES, FRUITS, MEATS Wilton, Wisconsin

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PROPHECY (Cont.) In front of the police station sat the squad car. Charles Zellmer now is the chief-of-police. We could see him sitting up to the desk. We arrived safely at the gym in Carol’s Careful Cars. Julitta Martalock came out and welcomed us. Marty and she had taken over the bowling alley, and had increased it to 20 alleys. As we talked to her, up drove the newest model of Cadillacs. Out stepped Orvis Schindler. He operated die Schindler Airlines from Chicago to Minneapolis. They made two stops a week at Wilton on the way. Soon after we had entered the gym, we heard a commotion. It was none other than Joy Boldon and Lucille Hemmersbach. Joy is now performing on T.V. and Lucille is living in Montana with her husband, Harlan. She enjoys Montana as much as she did the summer before she was a Senior. Soon a couple more classmates arrived, John Eckelberg and Daryl Schindler. They have taken over their fathers’ farms and enjoyed farming very much. Then Alice Cox and Evelyn Larson appeared. Alice was a dress designer and together with Evelyn they owned the Fashion Shoppe at Wilton. Up drove the newest model of Studebaker. Out stepped Jack Uselman, who was running test cars for Studebaker. Next Darlene Goetz arrived. She is married and is making a very good farmer's wife. Agnes Gallagher came in. She has taken Miss Swanson's place as County Superintendent of Schools for Monroe County. She really likes her work as she always enjoyed children. Margaret Short and Karon Larson followed Agnes in. They have both fulfilled their high school wishes, becoming farmers’ wives. They were bo married soon after school was out. Nancy Meacham came in wi e Pasch family and her own family. She is living at Janes- ville where Joe is manager of e Fisher Body Co. She likes living in Janesville very much. Deloris Rudolph came in wi her suitcase. It held her accordian and she is now playing with Lawrence Duchlows band. Harland Crevistion and Dale Simonson came all ready to tell us about eir large farms. They bo owned eir parents’places and had bought land to enlarge em. The door opened again and in walked Tom Wiseman who now was e editor of e daily paper in Wilton. He was interested in newspapers while in high school and went right on wi his work so he now owns e Star Herald News. Last but not least, in came Caroline Steinhoff. She is e head nurse at e newly built Wilton Hospital. Now our class was all present and we talked over our school days and what we had done since we had left school in Mav 1955. TOMAH CASH STORE SKELL’S OLD STYLE INN KENNEDY AUTO SUPPLY Tomah, Wis. Tomah, Wis. Tomah, Wis. TOMAH CLEANERS------Across from City Hall