School: Withee H.S. Class of 1940 (30 Year Reunion – 1970)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Bytof, Ammentorp, Urban, Wolfram, Blunck, Fischer, Frost, Andryszyk, Anderson, Haire, Pacholke, Nourse, Lange, Sorenson, Tormey, Free, Looker, Cutura, Mertens, Frankowski

---------Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 30 Jul 1970

The 1940 class of Withee (Clark Co., Wis.) High School held a banquet and dance at the Meadowview Country Club in Owen on July 4, 1970 for their 30th anniversary of their graduation. Twenty-five people attended.

Tables were decorated with pink roses, our class flower. Otto Bytof acted as master of ceremonies. He read the class prophecy and had a question session on nicknames of classmates. Each class member then gave an account of what happed to them…(missing section from the newspaper account)… the most children (9) and the youngest (9 months) of members present. He also came the farthest distance – Thornton, Ill. A three piece band furnished our dance music.

Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bytof, Appleton; Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ammentorp, Bertha Urban, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Roger Wolfram, Ruth Ammentorp, Eau Claire; Mr. and Mrs. William Blunck, Minneapolis; Mrs. William Fischer, Sylvia Frost, Bloomington, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Del Andryszyk, Mary Mertens, Milwaukee; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Pacholke, Audrey Haire, Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Anderson, Thornton, Ill; Mrs. Nelda Lange, Nelda Nourse, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. George Sorenson, Withee; Mrs. Cecil Tormey, Aleda Free, Withee; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Looker, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. William Catura, Phyllis Mertens, Owen; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Frankowski, Brown Deer, Wis.