School: NHS Class of 1946 (25 Year Reunion - 1971)
Contact: Dolores
(Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Opelt, Bodwin,
Mizia, Hansen Mortenson, Diercks, Elmhorst, Lauscher, Perkins, Gauet, Middleton
Hemp, Krogness, Bandura, Hiles Davidson, Schultz, Lastofka, Mott, Barrette,
Ayers, Radke, Chadwick, Cook, Ludovic, Duge, Dux, Karnitz, Gergan, Pamperin,
Graves, Kranz, Hagedorn, Shaw, Harder, Kessler, Schwellenbach, Neidner, Meihack,
Meyer, Pepper, Kissling, Pierce Stanley, Scherer, Schmidt, Scholtz, Hill,
Schultz, Spencer, Boyer, Stevens, Urban, Van Gorden, Deirauer, Wasserburger
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co, WI) 7/08/1971
NHS Class of 1946 (25 Year Reunion - 4 July 1971)
Over 60 persons were in
attendance when members of the Neillsville High School class of 1946 and their
guests gathered for a 25-year reunion. The group met Sunday, July 4, at the
Wildcat Inn. Master of ceremonies for the occasion was Jerry Opelt.
Prizes were given to the following alumni: Mildred Bodwin Mizia of Pinellas
Park, Fl, for traveling the farthest distance to attend the reunion; Carol
Hansen Mortenson for having the most grandchildren (2); Chester Diercks for
having the youngest child (a three-year-old son); and Ronald Elmhorst for being
a bachelor.
Teachers who attended the gathering were Ivan Lauscher and
John Perkins. Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. Lauscher were also present.
During
the evening each class member gave a brief account of his life since graduation.
Among those unable to attend the reunion, letters were read from Wallace Gauet,
Jean Middleton Hemp, Helen Krogness Bandura, Ramona Hiles Davidson, Bettejane
Schultz Lastofka, and Alice Mott Barrette.
Class members and guests who
were present included the following: Lois Ayers Radke and Mr. Radke, Loyal;
Mildred Bodwin Mizia and Mr. Mizia, Pinellas Park, Fl; James Chadwick and Mrs.
Chadwick, Greenwood; Dorothy Cook Ludovic and Mr. Ludovic, Neillsville; Chester
Diercks and Mrs. Diercks, Neillsville; Louis Duge and Mrs. Duge, Fairchild;
Virginia Dux Karnitz and Kenneth Karnitz (both 1946 grads), Neillsville; Ronald
Elmhorst, Elkhorn; Thane Gergan Pamperin and Mr. Pamperin, Oak Creek; Dixie
Graves Kranz and Mr. Kranz, Neillsville; Lorraine Hagedorn Shaw and Mr Shaw,
Neillsville; Carol Hansen Mortenson and Mr. Mortenson, Neillsville; Benjamin
Harder and Mrs. Harder, South Beloit, Il.; Leo Kessler and Mrs. Kessler,
Neillsville; Mildred Kessler Schwellenbach and Mr. Schwellenbach, Neillsville;
Nora Lee Lauscher Neidner and Mr. Neidner, Mequon; Ronald Meihack and Mrs.
Meihack, Neillsville; Charles Meyer and Mrs. Meyer, Ashton, Ia.; Jerry Opelt and
Mrs. Opelt, Neillsville; Jane Pepper Kissling and Mr. Kissling, Granton;
Lorraine Pierce Stanley and Mr. Stanley, Granton; Charles Scherer and Mrs.
Scherer, Windsor; Louis Schmidt and Mrs. Schmidt, Eau Claire; Joyce Scholtz Hill
and Mr. Hill, Elroy; Robert Schultz and Mrs. Schultz, Greenwood; Dona Spencer
Boyer and Mr. Boyer, Neillsville; Ione Stevens Urban and Mr. Urban, Neillsville;
Cyrena Van Gorden Deirauer and Mr. Deirauer, Minneapolis, Mn.; Charles
Wasserburger and Mrs. Wasserburger, Neillsville.
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