1951-1952 Owen, WI High School Annual8 "The Cloverleaf"

Dear Mr. Kafka,

Here it is 1961 and who would have thought that I would be dropping you, our class advisor of 1952, a letter telling you what has happened to your “troubles and worries.”

Recently, while traveling through New York and visiting the model agencies, I saw no one other than Jean Alexander modeling at Powers.

Franklin Meinhardt is billed as the world’s strongest man and Nadine Horn is his assistant.

Down the street a ways is a dancing school named the “Jit for Jitters,” and look who owns it. None other than Shirley Stasek and Gaymond Stasek.

Elden Grube is an elevator boy and is still having his ups and downs.

Silver Ross has invented an automatic beard, selling his idea to those who want to join the “House of David.”

Charlotte Southworth is now resting in the beautiful Clark County Hospital. One day many years ago she couldn’t solve an Algebra question. Since then the nurses have taken up Algebra so they can help her figure it out.

Mae Churkey is a nurse at the Clark County Hospital, determined to solve Charlotte’s problem. “Do or Die,” she says. That’s right, never say dye, say Rit.

Some of our more wealthy classmates are:

Mannon Gustafson, manufacturer of striped pajamas for tomcats.

Nancy Nason is a laboratory technician trying to prove the statement, “What goes up must come down.” She has only lately found the lost atom.

Bill Roberson, a lawyer with the motto “who cares.” He has just finished his last case deciding which comes first, the chicken or the egg.

Lea Weddig has her own Chrysler Company and is now working on a new type of Chrysler which is much simpler to drive.

Arlene Schigley, famous designer for French originals.

Mardell Mathewson, poet succeeding Edgar Allan Poe. Her latest poem is: As I was walking up the stair, I saw a man who wasn’t there, He wasn’t there again today, I wish that man would stay away.

Donald Mills, independent salesman selling pen-wipers, prickles stickpins, and pot-less plants.

James Stevens has his own orchestra named the Jazzy Jazzers and has a singer, Beverly Arola.

Adeline Piotrowski is the Piotrowski of Piotrowski, Piotrowski and Piotrowski comedy team.

Jack Larsen is now a coach at the University of Wisconsin claiming the best team in ninety years.

Pearl Krarup has just written a newspaper article on “How to keep a soldier’s morals high through letter writing.”

Jack Johnson owns a hot rod shop on the edge of the Sahara Desert. He said that two of our former classmates, Doris Potocnik and Shirley Wilksman were traveling through the desert in search of perfect husbands.

Marjorie Konik has just recently finished her latest book “How to change the color on one’s hair to match one’s costume.”

Corrine Hacker has made quite a bit as President of the International Gigglers Club.

Annette Rossman has also surprised us. She has suddenly turned mechanically minded and has invented the wonder watch… look at it and wonder what time it is.

An outstanding member of our class, Glenn Creg is an ambassador to the “Hibby Jibbie Islands.” He has been touring the island in search of someone who still offers competition at the game of yo-yo.

Ted Czeshinski was planning to run for President until the public found out about it. He is still running.

Irene Ciokiewicz finally found the equator. She claims it’s an automatic mark that appears and reappears. Her next challenge is the North Pole. She doesn’t believe it is candy-striped.

Darlene Pyatt is a successful home-economics teacher and also a 4H leader showing the girls how to get their men at county Fair.

Ken Strohkirch went into the post office one day claiming he could like anything. He was hired as the chief postage stamp licker.

Bernice Southworth owns a dog pound and as a side-line, runs a home for homeless and desperate fleas.

Ida Peterson is married, however unhappy. She has everything she wants except for one thing, her husband won’t let her wear a ten gallon hat.

Lois Heibsch (the former) has twenty-one children. She has eleven for a football team, five for a basketball team and five girls as cheerleaders.

Janet Purgett has been married several times because of the society she manages. The name “Society for the Lovelorn.”

Loretta Thorson is a manufacturer of pen-wipers, prickles stickpins and pot-less plants.

Bernard Lindgren owns “Bernard’s Gym” which has a sign outside the door reading, “Are you a weakling? Have you bees in your bonnet” Butterflies in your stomach? Join Bernie’s Gym, We’ll prove it to your wife.”

I hope Pat and his ten brothers (the two sets of quints) are playing on your championship football team this year.

Affectionately,

A Class Member of ‘52