School: NHS Class of 1942 (30th Reunion - 1972)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hemp, Shroeder, Jake, Tramm, Beyer, Sherman, Short, Gaier, Hauge, Kunze, Schoenfeld, Ott, Kipp, Potter, Pluster, Jenni, Payne, Hake, Rosenbaum, Dux, Irish, Jeshe, Murphy, Wheeler, Kleckner, Christie, Harder, Mott, Wieting, Schoenherr, Dahnert, Boudin, Watenpuhl, LeDue, Afkind, Edwards, Neff, Manthey, Bardeleben, Cummings, Letsch, Scheffer, Schwellenbach, Apfel, Free, Miller, Zank, Short, Gaier, Graves, Tresemer, Skroch, Drescher, Bollom

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 7/06/1972

NHS Class of 1942 (30th Anniversary - 1 July 1972)

Members of the 1942 graduating class of Neillsville High School, together with their spouses, gathered at Bali Hai super club Saturday evening, July 1, to celebrate their 30th anniversary.

Marvin Hemp, acting as master of ceremonies, gave prizes to the following class members: Mrs. Martha (Schroeder) Jake, Steilacoom, Wa, coming the longest distance; Mrs. Dorothy (Tramm) Beyer, Wisconsin Rapids, newest grandparent; Dale Sherman, Merritt Island, Fl, largest waistline; Mrs. Jeanette (Short) Gaier, shortest skirt.

Committee members arranging the reunion were: Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Hemp, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hauge, Mr. and Mrs. Don Kunze and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Schoenfeld, all of Neillsville. Each classmate received a red, white or blue carnation, the class flower, and a brick from the old high school.

Class members attending were: Louis Ott Kipp, Irene Potter Pluster and Lorraine Jenni Payne, Milwaukee; Janet Hake Rosenbaum and Kenneth Dux, Stoughton; Dale Sherman, Merritt Island, Fl; Martha Shroeder Jake, Steilacoom, Wa; Elaine Irish Jeshe, Dodgeville; Harold Murphy, Black River Falls; Eileen Tramm Wheeler, Rockford, Il; John Kleckner, Stevens Point; John Christie, Anoka, Mn; Henry Harder, Manitowoc; Harvey Mott, Sioux Falls, S.D.; Leona Wieting Schoenherr, Stratford; Betty Dahnert Boudin and Virgelee Watenpuhl LeDue, Eau Claire; Dorothy Tramm Beyer, Wisconsin Rapids; Ruby Afkind Edwards, Loyal; Jane Neff Manthey, Baraboo; Agnes Bardeleben Cummings, Hixton; Ann Letsch Scheffer, Humbird; Wallace Schwellenbach, Beloit; John Apfel, Don Kunze, Milton and June (Free) Schoenfeld, Jeanette Miller Zank, Jeanette Short Gaier, Darwin Graves, Susie Tresemer Skroch, Art Drescher, Marvin Hemp, Gareth Bollom and Jim Hauge, Neillsville.