1951 Graduation Set for Clark 8th Graders
Contributed by Ken Wood.
Neillsville---Commencement exercises for eighth grade graduates in Clark County schools will be held at the Armory in Neillsville Friday, May 25 at 10 a.m. and at the Withee High School Saturday, May 26, at 10 a.m.
The following students have successfully completed their eight years of work and will be awarded diplomas which entitle them to enter high school next fall.
The top ranking 23 students who will receive special honor diplomas, have their names preceded by an asterisk.
Town of Beaver
Maple Center School—Mrs. Fern Beyer—John Clow and * Jeanne Kobiske
LaTart School—Mrs. Belle Kilgrain---Madell Ann Jolivette, Maxine Idne Kelty, Leor Roland Stienke, and Henry Hendrickson
Sunnyside School---Mrs. Verna Nolan---Donna Lou Darton, George Stumpner, John R. Mrotek, Janet Fischer, and Dale A. Wolfe.
Town of Butler
Butlerville School----Mrs. Marjory Follingstad---Alma Kile, Larry Morrison, and Barbara Remeke
Eastside School---Harry Meske---Marion Berzinski
Town of Colby
Sand Hill School---Mrs. Celia Wiedenhoeft---Norma Jean Fristad, Charles Alfred Uhlig, and De Lyle Ardene Singstock
Cloverdale School---Mrs. Arlene Weisenberger---Dale DuVal, Lavern Knoll, and Ronald Schoelzel
Clovernook School---Mrs. Marie Kramer---Donald Buchanan, Frederick Krueger, Betty Lou Pals, Shirley Rasmussen, and Ronald Weix
Town of Eaton
West Eaton School---Mrs. Elvera Fravert---*Mary Ann Parkell, Joanne Miller, Delmar Thwing, and Roger Liebzeit
Town of Fremont
Forestside School---Mrs. Florence Foemmel---Della Mae Adney
Pine Circle School---Miss Helen Sparks---Agnes Ziegler, Rosalie Whipple, Tom Gallagher, and Roger Winch
Grant School---Mrs. Rose Dallman---Terry Ann Hildebrandt and James L. R. Tysver
Chili School---Miss Virginia Stichert---Beverly Spry
Cozy Corner School---Mrs. Jane Bartsch---Kenneth Alvin Jennings
Valley View School---Mrs. Ruth Klahn---Mary Ellen Mueller
Town of Grant
Reed School---Mrs. Mildred Zank---Evelyn Drescher, Robert Marty, William Marty, and Linda Mae Suckow
Roder School---Mrs. Hazel Braun---Erland Marg, Robert Holt, Vernon Garbisch, and Kay Kilgrain
Wild Rose School---Mrs. Eileen Krutsch---Peasrl Haskins
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Kurth School---Mrs. Emma Lindquist---Elaine Laura Drescher, Donna Lee Kissling, and Nancy Lou Kuehn
Town of Green Grove
North Bright School---Mrs. Ella Zielinski---Nancy Ann Schley and Carla Jean Anderson
South Bright School---Mrs. Marjorie Rooklidge---Mary Anderson, *George Himes, and James Hahto
Woodland School---Miss Harriet Gosse---Kenneth R. Larson
Town of Hewett
Hewettville School---Mrs. Lillian Meyer---Nancy Clodffelter
Town of Hixon
Frenchtown School---Mrs. Charlotte Devine---Jerome LePage, Benjamin Mueller, Doris Rasmusen, and Sidney Sorenson
White School—Mrs. Beatrice Hansen---*Margaret Karow, Agnes Mercier, and Jean Jensen
Hixon Heights School—Mrs. Violet Engel---Lennard Sluzewski and Corrine Simon
Oak Vale School---Mrs. Marion Smith---John Backe, Evelyn Vetterkind, and Richard Quelle
Town of Hoard
Park School---Mrs. Milla Lott---Laverna Theime and Richard Dunow
Midway School---Mrs. Arletta Goldamer---Arthur Delis and Dorothy Hiebsch
Elmhurst School---Mrs. Emma Parkinson---Marvin Pitts
Howard Center School---Mrs. Clara Steinman---Lorraine May Anger
Town of Levis
Meadow View School---Mrs. Genevieve West---Lucille Hardy
Riverside School---Mrs. Sylvia Kurth---Jennie Lee Opelt, and Wayne Bryan
Dells Dam School---Mrs. Myra N. Kuehling---Laura Ziesak, Charles Ziesak, and Roger Fintoski
Town of Longwood
Poppe School---Mrs. Rose Timmler---Ronald Amacher and Clarence Olson
Spring Valley School---Mrs. Jessie Johnson---Leslie Himes and Natalie Scherf
Town of Loyal
Sunny Knoll School---Mrs. Mabel Caliebe---Norman Olson and Gerald Hinkelman
Town of Lynn
Sunbeam School---Miss Vivian Gerber---Russell Gardner Jr., and Robert Riedel
Maple Grove School---Miss Jeannine Storm---Daniel Bolander, Jean Graumann, and Annabelle Keuer
Mayflower School---Mrs. Belle Mazola---James Dahlke and Wallace Reidel
Poplar Grove School---Mrs. Pearl Green---Donald Rose, Roland Helm, and Inez Cattanach
Town of Mayville
Hilltop School---Mrs. Teresa Grewe---Peter Lapp and Marilyn Jensen
Brady School---Mrs. Velma Nibbe---Arthur Hull, Shirley Hawks, and Donovan Ward
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Town of Mead
Rocky Run School---Mrs. Leona Albert---Marsha Monegar
Town of Pine Valley
Silver Crest School---Mrs. Irma Sollberger---Beatrice Mohr, Yvonne Reams and Ann Votava
Hillside School---Mrs. Marie Clintsman---Walter Schmidt, Lorraine V. Meihak, and Barbara M. Miller
Pine Valley Mound---Mrs. Ella Hoffman---Norrine Mae Durham and *Monica Sydorowicz
Town of Reseburg
Colby School---Mrs. Selma Schwartz---Eugene Petruzates, Chester Przybylski, and Jean Vetterkind
Goff School---Mrs. Margaret Klewicki---Patricia Ann Kuester, Harold Guyette and John Hickman
Oakland School---Miss AliceVetterkind---Bernard Ciszewski
Town of Seif
Blackberry School---Mrs. Gertrude Larson---DeWayne Dux
Worchel School---Mrs. Emmilie Albrecht---Angeline Pekol
Wildwood School---Mrs. Laura Hatton---Leo Weisner
Town of Sherman
Cole School---Miss Iris Steffen---Janice Bymers and Stanley J. Adler
Veefkind School---Mrs. Ruth Lewis---Carole Nelson and Dale Krasselt
Spokeville School---Harland Reigel---Duane Barker, John Bredlau, James Haslow, Jeanette Stirmel, and Marie Schmidt
Catlin School---Mrs. Alaire Hallowell---Earl Cammers and James Weyhmiller
Taft School---Miss Florence Garbush---Georgianna Boehning
Holmes School---Miss Romilda Marchner---Eugene Knajdek
Town of Sherwood
Audubon School---Mrs. Marie Reshel---Wayne Schafer
Town of Thorp
Bi-Centennial School---Mrs. Maud Kulwiec---*Alice Sciezor
Peterson School---Miss Bonita Brandt---*Edward John Bieno and James Wisz
Field School---Miss Florence Olijniczak---Barbara J. Gubell and Ronald J. Ciclkosz
White Eagle School---Mrs. Emma Emerson---Violet Witkus
Yaeger School---Mrs. Sarah Dittner---Pauline M. Kramicz and Roger Deutschlander
Town of Unity
Maplewood School---Miss Betty Jean Kraut---Joan Mae Meacham, Virginia Cook, and Romelle Johnson
Willow Brook School---Miss Ione Pickett---Linda Lou Johnson
Groveside School---Mrs. Hazel Rohloff---Jean W. De Santo, Joanne M. Scheer, Paul Albert Guillaume, and Robert A. Mondloch
Town of Warner
Hemlock School---Mrs. Ruby Syth---Beverly Berrett
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Christopherson School---Mrs. Katherine Ivey---Marganne Kolbo and Cora Mae Turnquist
Decker School---Mrs. Dorothy Irvine---Jacqualine Irvine
Benjamin School---Mrs. Laverne Horn Vollrath---Verlan Noah, Roy Rasmussen, Orville Schwarze and Robert Timmler
Braun Settlement School---Miss Evangeline Sheets---Delores Bolf and Myrna Meinholdt
Town of Washburn
Shortville School---Lovella Herian---Gerald Hanson, Joan Matuszak, Jerome Schraeder, Arnold Trachte, and *Sylvia Ann West
Cannonville Sschool---Mrs. Alyce Qualley---Betty Hohenstein, Kenneth Krause, and Leland Krause
Carlyle School---Mrs. Marion Feirn---Karl Grimm and Sylvia Jahr
Town of Weston
Christie School---Mrs. Nina Potts---Alan Harder, Fredrick Hediger, Jerrold Dankemeyer, and Gary Mills
Uncle Sam School---Mrs. Elaine Walters---Dale Kurasz, Raymond Strangfeld, Dale Turville, And Harland Timerson
Globe School---Miss Frances Lavrence---Melvin Hoffman
Mound School---Mrs. Margaret Korth---Jerry Anderegg, John Linster, Robert Gutenberger, and James Hughes
Fairview School---Mrs. Willetta Heidemann---Duane R. Bertrang, Richard N. Bertrang, Ronald J. Henning, Patricia Lewis, * Dawn Nielsen, Patricia Stigen, and Clair E. Wendt
Town of Withee
Sunny Lawn School---Mrs. Mayme Milligan---Leon Kotecki and Dean Liszuk
Blueberry School---Mrs. Veronica Glasshof---Estelle Wargolet
Pozen School---Mrs. Irma Deutschlander---Sandra Short and Theresa Waltertaitus
Town of Worden
Busy Bee School---Mrs. Joyce Samuelson---Marjorie Krueger, Joanne Micke, Ronald Schultze, and Mona Tieman
Garfield School---Mrs. Theodora Erickson---Larry Ray Thompson and Ronald R. Witt
Pioneer School---Mrs. Della Overman---Marjorie Kodl and Phillip Soper
Breezy Hill School---Miss Agnes Meske---La Vern Gibbs
South Worden---Roy Mitchell---Shirley Gadke
Town of York
Lincoln School---Mrs. Mae McGonigal---Georgia Benedict
Oriole Hill School---Mrs. Bettie Kuhl---Melvin Thur and Melvin Wolf
Romadka School---Mrs. Bertha Holt---* Frederick Elmhorst, Dianne Bauman, Diane Martens, Luanne Schmidtke, and Mildred Sladek
Forman School---Mrs. Doris Armitage---James Buettner, Alvin Luebke, John Nozar, Jeneda Armitage, Robert Tichy and Joyce Vandeberg
Happy Hollow School---Mrs. Esther Ziegler---Loretta Kotchy
Pleasant View School---Mrs. Alvina Korth---Marlene Anderegg and Marlene A. Spangler
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STATE GRADED SCHOOLS
Town of Eaton
Eaton Center---Mrs. Mary Yanka, principal---Gloria Updyke, Donna Mae Schendel, Gerald Jakobi and Herbert Fabian
Town of Hendren
Willard---Mrs. Nathale Frese, principal---Edward Slemec, *Beverly Bayuk, Gwendolyn Urbanz, Adeline Lesar, *Raymond Jordan, Rudolph L. Jordan, Rosalie Celeste Zallar, and Sylvester A. Champs
Town of Hoard
Curtiss---Miss Marjorie Mildbrand, principal---Alfred Dale Thompson, Warren Alfred German, Delbert Lee Uhlig, Virgil Carleton Lueth, Kaathleen Ruth Smiley, Clayton Duane Peissig, and Dale Lester Bowen
Town of Longwood
Longwood---Miss Loraine Milewski, principal---Edwin Behrens, Charles Christman and Gerald Zawadzki
Town of Mayville
Pleasant Hill---Mrs. Celine Zirngibl, principal---Mar Ann Bush, Ethel Huss, Mildred E. Leichtman, and Fern V. Weidemann
Town of Thorp
Eidsvold---Mrs. Wilma Melman, principal---Stephen Slowiak, Gertrude Tomkowiak, Duane Van Ertl, and Donald White
Town of Unity
Soo Grove---Raymond Oestreich, principal---Richard Shefchik, Jerry Lyon, Jerome Kasper, and Norman Delo
Town of Withee
Pineland---Alois L. Ciolkosz, principal---Joseph Boyles, Edward Hero, and Justin Jakowicz
Villages and Cities
Abbotsford---Mrs. Louise Warns---John Armstrong, Benjamin F. Beil, Sandra Lee Danielson, Beverly Ann Dohm, Shirley Farning, Doris Geiger, Donna Mae Gosse, Suzanne Hartzell, Mona Kay Hinke, Gerald Robert Kalepp, Corrine Edna Knight, June Evelyn Lange, R. Neal Melvin, Carol Joe Moberg, Wanda Noreene Scheel, Robert L. Scheibe, Mary Shields, Dwight Floyd Treankler, Christ H. Waldhart, Joanne Vangel Weideman, Norma Jean Wilson, Angela Margaret Zink, and Beverly Ann Brodhagen
Colby Graded School---Clayton Wright, principal---*Adell Brehm, Marlene Buddinger, Paul Dins, Patsy Fischer, Bill Frome, Kenneth Hansen, Glen Herrmann, Stuart Hunt, Richard Kops, Janet Laube, Emilie Loos, Dale Schmidt, *Ila Schneider, Nile Thede, Richard Wiersig, *Dennis Witte, Joanne Wolk, Patricia Becherer
Dorchester---Mrs. Joyce Hanson---Carl L. Hansen, *David Buchrens, Alice Mae Pierce, Karen D. Marcott, and Marjorie H. Violand
Granton---Dennis A. Elliott---Roger Bruce Lemonds, Sharon M. Klancher, Joan Leona Peroni, Ira E. Miller Jr., Bobby Lee Larson, Robert G. Scott, Marion Irene Jahr, Daniel Duane Kearney Garbish, Yvonne Marcelyn Lemonds, and Eugene Clark Coyle
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Greenwood---Mrs. Irene Rodgers---June Lynette Bredesen, Kay Alice Christie, Tom Joy Dunn, Marlene M. Metxke, Barbara June McMahon, Robert H. Schneider, Dorothy Mae Severson, Lloyd Philip Stewart, Tom D. Steele, Kenneth Harlan Syth, Carol Ann Stout, and Roberta Weiher
Loyal---Mrs. Esther Olsen---Darwin A. Brasier, Erwin W. Gempeler, Lynn C. Lawrenze, Betty P. Nysted, Jean H. Newman, and Donna May Wetlinger
Owen---Beryl Rowe---Lorna Dutzle, William L. Johnson, Shirley Czeshinski, Janice Creg, Janice Weddig, Alma Hautamaki, Jerry Orth, Virginia Parker, Norman Mathewson, Roger Haas, Jo Ann Kalabsky, *Mavis Bushnell, Carolyn Wagner, Rosemary Larsen, *Valery Ann Fritz, Arden Fritz, John Southworth, Ardyce Flatzer,(? unreadable) and Gerald C. Knaack
Thorp---Mrs. Edna Millegen---Gertrude Barth, Csarol Reinke, Gordon Hanson, Joan Carpenter, Louis Carpenter, Gordon Czyzeweiz, Richard Alger, Donelda Karnopp, and Nancy Lindquist
Withee---Waltter Needham---Mildred Auberg, Mary Luella Auberg, Arthur Brodbeck, Bonnie Dickinson, Eugene Hansen, Joanna Johnson, Justine Kaplia, Jeanette Rosen quist, Larry Miller, Nona Mertens, Marlyn Ploman, Janet Poppe, *David Segerstrom, *Catherine Steinwand.
Parochial Schools
Zion Lutheran School, Colby---Paul Galik---E;izabeth Marie Fischer, Kenneth Otto Koeppen, Frederick George Schmelzer, and Roger William Schmeizer
Zion Lutheran School, Granton---Thomas Spechardt---Roger Helm, Donald Sternitzky, Bonnie Garbisch, Donna Mae Schlinsog, and Fred Bartsch
Indian Mission School, Neillsville---Miss Cilla Kippenhan---Evelyn Lucille Cleveland, Wilbur Cloud, Wilfred Cloud, Carol Frogg, Henry Miller, Barbara Shegonee, and Charlotte Mae Walker
St. John’s Lutheran School, Neillsville---Victor Lehmann, principal---Dorothy Ackermann, Marvin Aumann, Herbert Blum, William Cook, Merlin Gerber, Janice Grottke, Jean Grottke, Ramon Hagedorn, John Hermann, *Rachel Kalsow, Shirley Keller, William Meier, * Harold Schewe, Jerold Townsend, and Raymond Wetzel
St. Peter’s Lutheran School, Dorchester---Carl Gruendler---Lloyd Kalepp and Myron R. Tauchen
Source: Marshfield News Herald Thursday May 22, 1951 Page 6