Wisconsin School for the Deaf - Tattler Yearbook (Delavan, WI)

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18 ■THE 1956 TATTLER Class Prophecy Rif tAo'l'Uf JloA'iOit 2056 is the year. One would wonder how anyone could still Ik livlnt after having graduated n century ago. That’s the part which I'll have to explain before we go along. The “thing” that affected tin face of the earth occurred some time during the year 1968. Two f my former classmates were on a vacation In Florida n.ur Miami, and while exploring the K-erqlnd » just for fun, they accidentally discovered the long lost fountain of youth, which Ponce de Lean longed to find, but never did. Well, those two lucky gold strikers bought he land surrounding the X and sold and sold the magic wo er, until the word of the greut find spread across the wide, wide world. Thousands and thousands of per pie came to buy the magic water. Many of them aett'o I there and lived off the land. The place got so big that industries moved in. It rates with the largest cities in the world and is known as Kic'cin after its founders. WSD graduates of 1956. Boy! It surely f els good to think about mv t'd ug • und have the feeling that I'm still young in everything, but the mind . While th nking cf this, it occurred to me that it would he fun to find out how the rest of my graduating mates were getting along. 1 thought it over ami decided to pay each of them a visit. I called my wife to get th t twelve children dressed up for the journey (one thing I lik? about that water, is that I cun ke p my children forever. They never seem to grow up.) We left Superior for Minneapolis and arrive I there five minutes later in our Zotomobilc. Everything looked clean as a whistle. As you knew the only industries in the whole Twin Cities were the flour mills. There we came upon the Zep-Zup Cereal Co. I’d h?ard it's s.u p p o s e d to pep up any one who eats it. Also the company was owned ly some deaf people, so wv went in. We didn't have much trouble getting information on where the presidents ffice was. as most of the workers were like mysoT. There, as we went in, two figures stood before a huge picture window over-looking the plant. In a spilt second I recognized these two familar figures, whose first names began with ”J '. I sneaked up and tapped them on the shoulders. They turn'd around suddenly, and boy! you should have seen their faces then. We surely were glad to see each other again. After a good visit, we were on our way through Minnesota, across the Dakota Plains, and finally, we stopped at a large hotel in the Black Hills with a view looking out on ML Rushmore. as we entered the dining room. 1 recognized one of my old classmates all settled down in the middle of his dinner. Boy! we certainly were glad to see each other. We joined him and ordered a light snack, and while we were there, we talked over old times just for the fun of it. Something that I must not forget to mention, is that old Bob had gotten a job as a sculptor only a few years after we graduated, and has worked in the Black Hills chipping out every president that ever was. I However, he hadn’t quite caught up to the present president right then.) Most folks around those parts think them thar hills should he changed to Ruosch’s Hills. Really he deserves the honor. Moat of my graduating mates lived quite a distance from each other, and the nearest ones from the Hills” that we hadn’t visited were down south, so it was south we wont. It had been only u short time before, when I received a letter from two of my class-malt's who wanted me to pay them n visit nt Hot Springs, Arkansas. We drove through three states in a mutter of minutes, before crossing the Arkansas border. As we wore nearing the city limits of Hot Springs, there ahead of us. my eyes cuught sight of a big sign, which read “Ye Old Kudiunuid Bath Hole. Under it. were the owners’ names, The Hanson Sisters” Without thinking, I knew that was the little set up, which Carol had written me about. I pulled the Zotomobile up to the main office. We got out and went in. There, behind a booth were the two Hanson girls talking. (I wouldn’t say sisters, hut over since their school days, they had alwuys stuck together, so they called themselves sisters.) They didn't recognize me nt first, but when I greeted them with our secret way of saying Hi”, they jumped un and over the booth. I wouldn’t dure say what they did. but my wife wus mad as n hornet. However before she could do anything, I explained who they were. We sat down and had a little chat about old times. Only a few years u tcr graduation, the sisters had gone down south and started a mud bath house. They had been very successful. It would take too long to tell about developments, which took place during the years when radium was combined with mud. Before we could say Jack Robinson a certain number of times, we were in the Capitol of the Nation. There we drove until we came upon the place whrrx one of the “Old Bunch worked. To get to the main entrance, nil we had to do was get on the UP” moving escalator. The doors opened automatically. A mechanical robot informer was on hand to help us. I told “it what I wanted.— In un instant, the gloss like window on its chest lighted up and two red words “Follow Me formed on iL It led us down a long corridor. As we were halfway down the hall, it stopped before a large door and turned around On its chest was the directive “Go in . The room was rather large and in it was n giant machine, if I ever sow one before. I later learned that it did printing work. It could make a hundred different books In it minute; also only one man was needed to handle iL And who was that man—none other than Ross Bible. We were glad to see each other after all those years. We conversed a short time, before we U fL Oh! Yes, the place where he worked was the United States Government Printing Department. Our next stop whs New York City. We were in side the city limits within a few moments. New York had grown, and it was the largest city in the world. To describe nil the wonderful n rw changes would Like a dog's age. hut just to give you un id«i—a lot of the skyscrapers would have made the former Empire State Building look like a toy, also the population was around twenty-five million. We drove along the Great White Way, until only a grasshopper's length ahead of us was the “Ultradancing Studios where one of the old gang worked. On our way in. (Continued on page 60)

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THE 1956 TATTLER 17 Class History The (1 M of 1956, from the beginning, ho been n very Ivgv on© and, as the years went by, it grew larger and Inrger when students transferred from other schools to our . For this reason, as long as we ran remember, the class has been divided into two sections. Carol Hanson will tell about the history of her section and Helen I.eBel will tell about hers. The first member of Carol's present class to be enrolled was a mischievous, little follow with a round face and blond hair who came In 1940. He felt at home immediately, because he had an older sister here. Chnrles is n good-natured, broad-shouldered lad and u fine athlete, one of our best basketball and football player . There was one time In his early teens when he wished he knew more about plumbing and work in a body shop. Two years later Carol came with the same smile on her chuhby, freckled face that we see today. She seldom got in trouble in the dormitory or in school. Therefore she was deeply hurt one day when Shirley signed Shame! Shame! to her for some reason or other. In a flash she came forth with a right to Shirley's nose. Thi year she has been president of the Senior class and of the O. A. A. and was elected Homecoming Queen. In the fall of 1946 when the other pupils came by K« , car and train, a now lad. a shy, quiet fellow came flying to the Lake l awn airstrip with his father. It was Richard Craikowski who had left the Marshfield Day School after four years there. When he arrived at our school and saw so mnny husky athletic fallows,he was afraid, but he soon learned that he had nothing to fear from the older boys. He ha made much progress here. In the fall of 1947 Linda and Ann Ixiuise arrived and entered Mrs. Stewart’ class. Ann was a tall slender girl with lovely blond hair. She had attended the IotCrosse Day School before her mother decided to send her here. When she saw the big buildings on her arrival, she thought she had come to a college her cousin attended. However, on entering the girls' dormitory and seeing girls of nil ages, she was relieved. She ha l cen a very busy, capable young lady here and was elected prom queen this year. Linda was an nctiv© little miss until T. V. came to WSD. She hnd spent several years at the Lnphnm School in Madison. She will never forget her first night here. Several of the little girls took advantage of the supervisor's absence for a moment and jumped up and down on their beds. They were caught in the act, but all tried to avoid being punished by blaming Linda who was new. This really made Linda nngry and she gave one more good jump before she scrambled under the covers. When Linda l n’t watching T. V., you can find her busy with her stamp collection. In 1952. a tall blond lad from Milwaukee joined the class. Many student took him for John Goetz. He had graduates! from the eighth grade at St John’s School for the Deaf in Milwaukee and wanted to take up high school work here. Like Chnrles. our Joe is an all an all around athlete. The fall of 1953 completed our class when a wavy- haired lad moved to Janesville with hi parent . He hnd formerly lived in lown and atended school at Council Bluffs. Hi name is Leon Klein and he is a quiet chap. When he first came, he wan shocked at the poor condition of xome of the building und is glad to see improvement on the way. Last came Harry. Strangely enough, he hnd never heard of thi school until some of hi schoolmate at Superior decided to make a change. On hi first day here, he went out for football. He was nuprined to nee the children signing and vowed he wouldn’t use the sign language. He' a great reader, a good athlete, an earnest student and an all nround good fellow. Helen was brought to school by her parents, when she wan five. She wan n nhy little lady and wan afraid when the little girls crowded around and watched her no closely. Minn Kinolf wan very fond of Helen and gave her coins sometime . Helen like the idea. So when other girl ’ parents came, she (continued on page 61) Address of Welcome liy Ga ol Aa vio t Mr. Powell, Superintendent Milligan, our teachers, staff members, parents and friends: We, the class of 1956, wish to welcome you to thc»e, the 85th commencement exercises of the Wisconsin for the Deaf. We are very glad that o many of you have joined u on thi day, o important to U(L We senior girl feel ourselves fortunate to have lived in the remodelled Ariadna Hall our last year. All of the room in this building are beautiful, a symphony of color. We arc sure that when the boys’ buildings are completed, they will be as lovely as Ariadna Hall. As building after building is improved, we will be more and more proud of our school. Our class motto. Not finished, just begun.” shows that we wnnt to loam more and more when we leave WSD. We know that we will never top learning, but we feel it is our duty to go onward a fast a we can. It is hard for u to believe that tomorrow we have to go forth to meet life’s buttle . May we all look to God to help us meet the difficulties in our future. Our school days are over and we want to give our sincere thanks for the kindness and patience of our superintendent, teachers and counselors. We wish to express thanks to everyone who has helped u during our school years. We hop© you will all feel that we arc worthwhile young people who will become good citizens. We bid you farewell, but not good-bye forever.

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r h e 956 TATTLER fey Jlean Klein ■■■iiuuau The Class Will iaving been appointed legal advisor for the class of 1956, I have drawn up this will as directed by each member of the class. In talking over the situation with each one, I found that his or Iter possessions were so extensive that it was difficult to know just what should be spared. After careful consideration, however, decisions were made, and t sincerely hope that those who have received legacies will accept them in the spirit of friendliness with which they arc given. The following is the will: W e. the class of 1956, of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, in the city of Dclavan, in the County 01 Walworth, being of sound mind as always, and in much kinder mood than usual and nearing the end of our school days, do hereby make, establish and an-n uncc this as our last will and testament To our Superintendent and bis wife. Mr. and Mrs. William Milligan, we leave happy memories of our many years here together, and much gratitude for their kindness and understanding interest. We leave also to them a promise that we will try to live up to V. S. D.’s high standards in the future and a sincere wish that the school will continue to progress, in spite of the fact it is losing fifteen bright and shining lights. To the teachers we leave many, many thanks for their patience and ever willingness to help and a promise that we will strive to use what wc have learned to make a better world. Mir supervisors and all the other members of the W. S. I), staff deserve our thanks, and we give it to them whole-heartedly. To tile Juniors, who will so soon follow in our footsteps, we give and bequea t h our wisdom, all our school books, our examination and test questions, and any unfinished duties and a wish that they complete next year's work satisfactorily. Individually we bequeath the following to those we feel will profit most by them: Ross Bible leaves some of his interest in printing, but not all of it. to Jerry Noble, who iv sure to need it. Janet Beall did not scent inclined to part with anything, but she finally decided to leave her ability to do fancy work to Janet DeLap. Alice Fitch, her love of swimming to Diana Simon and her fondness of a good time to Betty Luebke. Ann Louise Forsberg, lo t art ability to Charlene Sjoquist and LaVonne Christopher- 5311, hoping that their rejMirt cards next year will show they are making good use of the gift. Linda Gibson, her stamps to Bernice LaFratta. who already has quite a collection. Richard Graikowski, his pride in knowing the names of all the important cities in W'is-« nsin to Ross Smith. Carol Hanson, her good cheer and pleasant ways to Inez Sandvick. Donna Hanson would like to leave her stature to Stanley Helgeson, but knowing that he will not accept it. she bequeaths her love of diving to Deanna Rabiola. (Continued on pace 61)