School: NHS 1927 and 1928 Combined (49th/50th - 1977)

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

Surnames: Too many to list, read down thru the members.

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/09/1977

NHS Classes 1927/1928 Combined (49th/50th - 1977)

The Neillsville High School classes of 1927 and 1928 observed anniversary reunions on Sunday, May 29, in the Red Carpet party room of the downtown Arbutus Café. There were 80 persons in attendance.

Registration and the cocktail hour began at 5:30 p.m., with dinner served at 7. As each classmate registered, the person was given a program with a picture of the old high school on the cover and a name card. At the table, each received a Wisconsin bookmark. The meal was preceded by the pledge of allegiance, group singing of “God Bless America,” and the invocation by Mabel (Portz) Gallagher. Everett Skroch served as Master of Ceremonies for the program following dinner.

Among those introduced were teachers Mrs. Sadie (Cole) Hauge and her husband, Harry, and Clarence Imislund. Also introduced were members of the planning committee: Mrs. Helen Franke, Mr./Mrs. Elliott Warlum, Mr./Mrs. Everett Skroch, Mr/Mrs. Warren Medicke, Mr./Mrs. Louis Meinholdt, Mr./Mrs. Arthur Gress, Mrs. Fern Holt and Mrs. Geralda Larsen.

A moment of silence was observed in memorial to deceased classmates and spouses. Afterward, classmates present commented upon their activities during the past five years (since the last reunion), introduced their spouses and told where they were from.

Awards were presented as follows: first reservations – Edwin Timmler and Mrs. Eleanor Kuechenmeister; longest distance traveled – Mr./Mrs. Helmuth (Vera Rollins) Lavandowska, Titusville, Fl., and Mr./Mrs. Theodore Hagen, Phoenix, Az,; most great-grandchildren – Mr./Mrs. Wm. (Esther Baird) Crocker and Mr./Mrs. Clyde (Alice Braun) Grittner; 49th reservation – Mrs.. Alvin (Pearl Chapman) Ostlund; 50th reservation – Mrs. Mabel (Portz) Gallagher; valedictorian (1927) – Mrs. Arlie (Emma Quinlan) Fritz, salutatorian (1927) – Mrs. Fern (Olson) Holt; most recently married – Mrs. Herman (Esther Braatz) Silbernagel (’27) and Mrs. Jesse (Alice Hoesly) Spieles (’28); first registration – Mrs. Ed (Othilia Hauser) Rogstad; teachers for special attendance – Clarence Imislund and Mrs. Sadie (Cole) Hauge; door prizes – Clarence Imislund, Mr./Mrs. Theodore Wagner and The Rev./Mrs. August (Verna Luther) Quandt.

Prominently displayed was a large map of the U. S. on a bulletin board and highlighted with colored pins place at each city from which classmates came. Threads went from Neillsville to each city pinned, designating the distance.

Tables were decorated in the school colors of crimson and white together with the ’27 class colors, green and white, and the ’28 class colors, powder blue and cream. Gold “50th” emblems were on the tables as well, as were floral arrangements donated by a local bank. A large cake in the school colors was decorated with mortarboards and the class flowers (lilies-of-the-valley and trailing arbutus) and featured 50 cent pieces baked into it.

Of special interest were the “annuals” distributed to each class member present.

Members of the class of 1927, spouses and guests in attendance were as follows: Mr./Mrs. Laird (Alice Alden) Ross, Cochrane; Mr./Mrs. Olger (Mabel Alden) Brommer, Durand; Mr./Mrs. Wm. (Esther Baird) Crocker, Madison; Mr./Mrs. Herman (Esther Braatz) Silbernagel, Beaver Dam; Mrs. Clyde (Alice Braun) Grittner, Westboro and friend, Mrs. Emma Nash; Mr./Mrs. Theodore Hagen, Phoenix, Az,; Mr./Mrs. Ed (Othilia Hauser) Rogstad, Loyal; Mr./Mrs. Richard Hemp, Mosinee; Mr./Mrs. Bernard (Ruth Kicherer) Alexander, Minneapolis, Mn.; Mr./Mrs. Helmuth (Vera Rollins) Lavandowska, Titusville, Fl.; Mrs. Eleanor (Kissling) Kuechenmeister, Granton; Mr./Mrs. Fred (Laura Lautenbach) Wall, Mrs. Helen (McDonough) Franke, Mr./Mrs. Warren Medicke, Mrs. Fern (Olson) Holt, Mrs. Mabel (Portz) Gallagher, Mr./Mrs. Arlie (Emma Quinlan) Fritz, and Mr./Mrs. Elliot (Mida Quinlan) Warlum (both members), Mrs. Frieda (Schroeder) Ottow, Mr./Mrs. Elmer (Edna Bruss) Georgas, Mrs. Geralda (Thompson) Larsen and Mr./Mrs. Louis (Agnes Wegner) Meinholdt, and Mr./Mrs. Anton (Rosaline Hartung) Bichler, all of Neillsville:

Post graduates (1927) and spouses present were Mr./Mrs. Bernard (Esther Sharp) Dodte of Neillsville and the Rev./Mrs. August (Verna Luther) Quandt of Oconomowoc. Teachers in attendance were Mrs. Harry (Sadie Cole) Hauge (and Mr. Hauge) of Mosinee and Clarence Imislund of Eau Claire.

Responses were received from the following class members unable to attend, Mrs. Ray (Florence Bradford) Earl, Tigard, Or.; Mrs. G. (Gretchen Ferguson) Mundt, Yakima, Wa.; Mrs. Ray (Margaret Garbush) Hannan and Mrs. Albert (Mildred King) Miller, Neillsville; Mrs. Claire (Genevieve O’Brien) Marshall Isle, Mn.; Mrs. H. (Hulda Swanson) Simonson, Chicago, Il.; Mrs. Lulu Schultz (Lund) New Richland, Mn. And from teachers Dr. Chalmer Davee of Sun City, Az., Arthur Olson of Fond du Lac, and Wm. C. Hansen (superintendent of schools of Plover); and post graduate Mrs. H.P. (Marjorie Morgan) Palmer of Thorp.

Present from the class of 1928 were the following members, spouses and guests: Mr./Mrs. Hilbert (Hazel Acheson) Naedler, Mrs. Allen (Marie Woelffer) Covell, Neillsville; Mr./Mrs. Arthur Gress and Mr./Mrs. (Alice Hoesly) Spieles, Mr./Mrs. Everett Skroch, Mrs. Evelyn (Wetzel) Walk, all of Neillsville; Mr./Mrs. Walter (Erna Hagen) Lueck, Marshfield; Mr./Mrs. Paul (Irene Kubat) Bladl, Owen; Mr./Mrs. Clifford Parrett, Wis. Rapids; Lela Rairie, Madison; Mr./Mrs. Joseph (Eleanor Reimer) Walker, Green Bay; Mr./Mrs. Earl (Orvilla Selves) Zille, Merrillan; Mr./Mrs. Richard (Gertrude Seif) Hemp, Mosinee; Mr./Mrs. Harold Slagle, Garner, Ia.; Mr./Mrs. Edwin Timmler, Marshfield; Mr./Mrs. Theodore Wagner, Cadott; Mr./Mrs. Alfred (Marie Walk) Zillmer, Fairchild; Mrs. Alvin (Pearl Chapman) Ostlund, Minneapolis, Mn., and friend; Ardell Cooper, Brampton, N.D.; Mr./Mrs. Arthur Gall, Waupaca.

Mrs. Sadie Cole of Mosinee was the only ’28 teacher missing.

Heard from but not in attendance were Mrs. Rosalyn (Warlum) Switzenburg, Lodi, Ca.; Mrs. Bernice (Smith) Worrall, Rockford, Il.; Casper Bruley, Chippewa Falls; Mrs. Irma (Bohnsack) Alstot, Neillsville; Joseph Chase, Granton; Wilbur Hannah, Mineral Point; Mrs. John (Frances Quinnell) O’Meara, Durand; and Mrs. Alvin (Marie Short) Birch, Bethesda, Md.