School: NHS Class of
1939 (30 Year Reunion - 1969)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Kluhsman, Potter,
Calvin, Stephens, Schaub, Beil, Doehr, Hetzel, Rude, Knoop, Schoenherr, Casler,
Nelson, Mills, Genteman, Selves, Moh, Stone, Kalsow, Bodwin Logemann, Cummings,
Ehlers, Braatz, Kuhn, Bartlett, Lewerenz, Mohr, Scherer, Malone, Blaney,
Schultz, Rutherford, Stanley, Rosandich, Langan, Fradette, Darling, Gassen
Bauer, Roehl, Embke, Kapusta, Shramek, Lawson, Struble, Zilk, Yorkston,
Kuehling, Scott, Butler
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville,
Clark Co., WI) 7/10/1969
NHS Class of 1939 (30 Year Reunion - 1969)
The Independence Day weekend was selected as “Class Reunion” weekend for
several high school classes in the area. Three of them met in two evenings at
Bali Hai Supper club on Friday and Saturday.
Fredrick Kluhsman of
Milwaukee served the Neillsville Class of 1939 as master of ceremonies at their
reunion held at the Bali Hai Supper club Saturday night, with 56 people - 28
members - attending.
Letters were read from 13 of those unable to attend.
Tribute was paid to Jeanne Potter Calvin, the only member who had died in the
last five years, and a donation was taken for flowers to be sent to relatives of
deceased classmates in the next five years.
Mr. Kluhsman had made a tape
recording of the class prophecy earlier in the week and played it back for the
group to hear.
Surprise stickers were placed on chairs and prizes were
awarded to those sitting on them. Winners were: Harold Stephens, Joe Schaub,
Hazel Beil Doehr and Gale Hetzel.
More prizes awarded were for: least
hair, Victor Rude; came the farthest, Gale Hetzel of Tioga, La.; youngest child,
Adeline Knoop Schoenherr; married the shortest time, Batty Casler Nelson; most
grandchildren, Lura Mills Genteman (13).
Prizes awarded for name drawing
went to: Hazel Beil Doehr, Ruth Selves Moh, Arnold Nelson, Dr. Leslie Stone,
Maxine Hetzel and Edward Kalsow.
Members attending from a distance were
Hazel Beil Doehr of Spencer; Irene Bodwin Logemann of Milwaukee; Betty Casler
Nelson of Madison; Agnes Cummings Stephens of Glenview, Ill.; Jeanette Ehlers
Braatz of Beaver Dam; Gale Hetzel of Tioga, La.; Edward Kalsow and Fredrick
Kluhsman both of Milwaukee; Luella Kuhn Bartlett of Pittsburg, Pa.; Marion
Lewerenz Mohr of Mt. Prospect, Ill.; Victor Rude of Juneau; Joseph Schaub of
Racine; Betty Scherer Malone of Wauwatosa; Lydia Schoenherr Blaney of Salem;
Dorothy Schultz Rutherford of Black River Falls; Ruth Selves Moh and Allen
Stanley, both of Granton; Dr. Leslie Stone of Oshkosh and Rose Rosandich Langan
of Evanston, Ill.
Those attending from Neillsville were: Lorraine
Fradette Darling, Annabelle Gassen Bauer, Adeline Knoop Schoenherr, Lura Mills
Genteman, Florence Roehl Embke, Irene Selves Kapusta, Mildred Shramek Lawson,
Delbert Struble and Glen Zilk.
Officers were: Victor Rude, president;
Robert Yorkston, vice-president; Annabelle Gassen, secretary, and Warren
Kuehling, treasurer.
Class Motto: not evening, but dawn.
Class
Colors: old rose and silver
Class Flower: Red Rose
Valedictorian:
Goldie Scott Butler
Salutatorian: Irene Bodwin Logemann
The
Committee in charge was given a hand by those present. They will be in charge of
the next five-year reunion. They are: Mrs. Irene Kapusta, Mrs. Annabelle Bauer
and Delbert A. Struble.
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