School: Greenwood High Alumni (42nd Reunion - 1982)

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

Surnames: Hembre, Meyers, Wallin, Wuethrich, Vinger, Thompson, Fontaine, Wagner, Stark, Borham, Brick, Christie, Dahlby, Hintz, Fravert, Friske, Haeuser, Hales, Ketchpaw, Kalkofen, Krultz, Lee, Kuester, Meinholdt, Liebzeit, Rear, Mason, Steele, Turnquist, Axelson, Landini, Standiford, Drew, Borham, Friske, Kalkofen, Ketchpaw, Olsen, Guest, Ampe, Currie, Fischer, Parrish, Krogness, Kippenhan, Sieger, Landberg, Matkovich, Rauen, Poppe, Stabnow, Kavanaugh, Kuehn, Borham

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/10/1982

Greenwood High Alumni (42nd Reunion – 29 May 1982)

The 42nd annual Greenwood High School Alumni Reunion Banquet was held May 29 in the east gym with 230 attending. Edna Hembre Meyers, class of 1923, gave the invocation and the benediction.

The master of ceremonies for the event was Karl B. Wallin, a 1982 graduate. Musical entertainment was provided by the Braun 4-H Club of Greenwood, who presented the selection “Friendship” that they will perform at the state fair.

Hembre Honored

The outstanding Alumni award for 1982 was presented to Julius O. Hembre, class of 1912, who will celebrate his 90th birthday this summer. Throughout his life, he has been an active member in the affairs of the community. He helped to found the Montevidio Chapter of “War Dads,” which was designed to give help and support to daughters and sons in the service. He was one of the founders of the Montevidio Pioneer Village and has been for many years a member of the Chippewa County Historical Society of Minnesota. In 1969, he was awarded an outstanding senior award at which time he was president of the Chippewa County Historical Society, secretary of the Kiwanis Club and secretary of the County Republican Committee. In 1954, he was the state vice-chairman of the Minnesota Heart Fund.

Before his retirement, he was a life insurance agent and was president of the Minnesota Valley Life Underwriters. He has recently completed writing the story of his life, “A Good Time to Live – My First 90 Years.”

The award to Hembre was presented by John D. Wuethrich.

Painting Dedicated

An oil painting by Shirley (Vinger) Thompson, Class of 1944, was unveiled and presented to the school. Mrs. Thompson donated the painting while the framing and plaque were donated by Karl Wallin and Tim Fontaine, both of the class of 1982. Victor Wagner, president of the Greenwood School Board, accepted the painting. (The painting is of an American Indian, the native Americans from whom the Greenwood Indians derive their name.)

Sigrud Stark, English instructor at Greenwood High School from 1928 to 1932, presented the district with a fit of money for the purpose of encasing the oil painting in a glass display in the lobby of the west gym.

Class of 1932

The honored guests of the evening were members of the class of 1932, who are at the 50-year mark. There were fifteen members present including Kenneth Borham, Elmer Brick, Arthur Christie, Orton Dahlby, Kathryn Hintz Fravert, Norman Friske, Joyce Haeuser Hales, Lynn Ketchpaw, Orville Kalkofen, Mike Krultz, Ursual Lee Kuester, Mercedes Meinholdt Liebzeit, Grant Rear, Clarissa Mason Steele and Allen Wuethrich.

Members of the 1982 Alumni Committee were Helen Turnquist Axelson, Harvey Johnson, Louis Landini, Roger Standiford and Carol Drew Turnquist.

Other Gatherings

The class of 1932 were afternoon guests on Saturday, May 29, of Mr./Mrs. Allen Wuethrich at their cottage at Mead Lake. They spent the evening by attending the banquet. Classmates and their spouses who were present were Mr./Mrs. Kenneth Borham, Rothschild; Mr./Mrs. Arthur Christie, Greenwood; Orton Dahlby, Cornell; Mr./Mrs. Norman Friske, Whitehall; M./Mrs. Merle (Joyce Haeuser) Hales, Sun City, Ariz.; Mrs. Arthur (Kathryn Hintz) Fravert and daughter, Loyal; Mr./Mrs. Orville Kalkofen, Batten Baugh, La; Mr./Mrs. Lynn Ketchpaw, Harvard, Ill.; Mike Krultz, Neillsville; Mrs. Clarissa (Mason) Steele, Greenwood; Mr./Mrs. Harry (Mercedes Meinholdt) Liebzeit, Greenwood; Mr./Mrs. Grant Rear, Trego; and Mr./Mrs. Allen Wuethrich, Greenwood.

Class of ‘37

The 45th year reunion of the class of 1937 also gathered on Saturday. Classmates and their spouses were entertained with a noon dinner held at the home of classmate Lois (Olsen) Guest, Neillsville. The afternoon was spent reminiscing. In the evening, the group attended the Alumni Banquet.

Those attending were Mr./Mrs. Raymond Ampe, Marshfield; Elizabeth (Betty Currie) Fischer, Penn Valley, Cal.; Mr./Mrs. Vern (Verna Johnson) Parrish, Hot Springs, Ark.; Arthur Krogness, West Bend; Mr./Mrs. (Norma Kippenhan) Sieger, Kenosha; Anders Landberg, Villa Park, Ill.; Mr./Mrs. Leonard (Marie Matkovich) Rauen, Burlington; Lois (Olsen) Guest, Neillsville; Elery Poppe, Citrus Heights, Cal.; Mr./Mrs. Walter Stabnow, St. Paul, Mn.; Mr./Mrs. William (Vivian Vinger) Kavanaugh, Brownsville, Tex.; Mr./Mrs. Harold Kuehn, Owen; and Mr./Mrs. Paul Borham, Stevens Point.