1946-47 Owen High School

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Yearbook property of: Elsie (Lipprandt) Anderson

Transcribed by Robert Lipprandt

 

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Owen High School Senior Class Prophecy

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(Page 32)

 

It is the year 1958, we note in the society column that Mrs. Archibald Wannamaker is entertaining a former classmate, Miss Bjornstead of Philadelphia, Penn.  The name of the guest aroused our curiosity.  Imagine our surprise when we learned that this society queen, Mrs. Wannamaker was none other than our dark-eyes vivacious fellow student, Darlene Clifton. The desire to know about the 1948 class led me to join those two.

 

During the retrospective conversation, we discovered that Audrey was a member of the Mystic Cult and possessed a crystal ball.  We induced her to produce it from her luggage and demonstrate her ability to connect the past with the unknown present.  In an incredibly short time, we knew the where-abouts of all forty-two students of the O.H.S. class of ’48. They passed before us in a long procession.

 

In the foreground of the parade was Pat Sugden, who was a progressive industrial worker, evidently of a peaceful and domestic type, for instead of a banner she was caring a huge teddy bear. 

 

The ball revealed that Bonnie Lou O’Dell was going her bit as a fashion designer.  She is trying to make the shorter skirts into beruffled longer ones to present the new look.

 

Karl Doege has joined up with a carnival as a boxer, Karl goes by the name of “The Thin Man With The Great Punch.”

 

The matrimonial bureau has also won a place in the senior class with Jeanne Jensen giving her splendid advice and ideas to the lovelorn.  Could it be that some of her classmates are customers?

 

The Curtis Publishing Company has finally succeeded in getting Bob Mattson as head salesman.  His experience as a business manager in high school made him well qualified! 

 

We also see another salesman, none other than Kenny Smith.  His is employed by Howard Erickson who is the manager of “Field and Stream Sporting goods Shop.”

 

Dianna Dew made the headlines in the leading papers of New York. We discovered her to be Dorothea Gudex, a most sought after model of Fifth Avenue. 

 

Also in New York is “Lou and Dorie’s Dancing School.” They are proving to be stiff competition for Arthur Murray. Who are they? Dorine Laabs and Louise Maki.

 

The boy with the energy in high school is now trying to put it into the atomic type. This scientifically minded lad is none other than John Kobs.

 

Yes, our seniors of ’48 are definitely becoming well known.  A book entitled “Simplified Shorthand” has been published recently.  Mary Ellen Anderson and Edna Dunlap have combined their literary effort in producing it.

 

It has finally been found! A type of chewing gum which can be chewed by students without being noticed by teachers. Verla Lott deserves the credit of this long awaited discovery. 

 

Kenny Hacker is running a very progressive undertaking establishment.  It is said that his is the liveliest spot in town. Kenny was very fortunate in getting Bonnie Marking as vocalist for funerals.  She has experience along this line in high school.

 

Our next surprise was to find Elsie Lipprandt and Violet Woik working in the Elite Hotel. Their specialties are elaborate desserts and fancy salads.

 

Ed Sluzewski had finally found somebody who will listen to his arguments. He is chairman of the Ways and Mean Committee in the Senate. Fern Buchholz feels right at home at her secretarial job. She is chief advisor to Ed. Will he take any advice Fern?

 

Mary Stuve and June Klabon have taken up the profession of Dentistry. They have gone into partnership and have established a Children’s Clinic in Owen.

 

Have you been listening to Mutual Network lately? If so, no doubt you have heard the voice of that popular announcer Harley Peterson.

 

David Hull has just been voted the “Voice of ’57.”

 

We still can’t seem to interest Richard Seufzer in the girls. He has a four hundred acre farm in Minnesota and is still a bachelor. 

 

Virgi Lott has established a “Lonely Hearts Club” and gives lessons in letter writing. Virgie will supply you with the personnel as she has had experience from her high school days.

 

Athletics has claimed two of the boys. Frank Hoeper is caching football at the University of Wisconsin. They defeated Minnesota for the championship.

 

Bob Devine has taken over the principal-ship of the newly consolidated school of Owen and Withee which is between the two cities. Dewey Phillips is the head coach. Because of his calm, even disposition he erased the rivalry between the two schools.  

 

Judy Wollum has put Owen on the map as an honorable and unusual fame. She is an archeologist in Siam and ahs made very thorough and unusual discoveries.

 

Mary Jane Hiebsch’s auburn hair and native initiative has marked her as a go-getter. She is a proof reader for an exclusive magazine in Boston.

 

Another one of our girls is in Boston. Ethel Glenzer has endowed and promoted a Nursery School for wealthy children in this city.

 

The Beau Brummel of the class of ’48 was Leslie Phillips. He is still breaking hearts in Hollywood.

 

Another student has gone abroad. Dorothy Thompson is at the University of Oslo trying to master the Norwegian language. In her spare time she is found in the kitchen as work with the inerrancies of baking lefse, sunbakkels and other Norwegian Pastries.

 

Arlo Lindner has taken over the presidency of the Mohammedans in India, since Mahatma Gandhi’s death. We wonder if Arlo follows the rule in fasting.

 

We find Ruby Purgett in a nylon factory as an efficiency inspector. She is quite capable of this because she was always very efficient in high School. 

 

Once again we find musical talents of this class. Melvin Smith is first chair violinist in he Boston Philharmonic Orchestra. No doubt you have heard its broadcasts.

 

It is not surprising to hear that Audrey Wilksman is a Physical Ed. Teacher at Vassar College. She always had such physical poise. 

 

Ernie Gay turned out to be a very up and coming lawyer. He has settled in Reno. For any further information on divorces, consult Ernie. From his Modern Problems course in high school he obtained the idea of lowering the divorce rate.

 

The last member to enter our class was also the last of the class parade. She is Pat Straughen, who was seen carrying a blanketed poodle. Her occupation is a bookkeeper in then English dog Kennel.

 

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Believe it or not

 

The heaviest girl in school weighs 158 pounds and the lightest only 100 pounds! 

 

The heaviest boy tips the scale at 198 pounds and the smallest reaches only 140 pounds! 

 

The longest belt worn by a girl measures 30 inches and the shortest only 22 inches. 

 

You know, the fellows are mighty big! Their longest waist measured is 36 inches and the smallest is 28 inches.  

 

The girls in our class aren’t so tall! The two extremes are from 5 foot, 8 inches to a cute little thing of 4 feet, 11 inches. 

 

Do you know which senior girl wears the largest shoe? We won’t tell you, but it’s a size 8 ½.  The smallest one is size 4½ .

 

One senior boy wears size 11, it’s the biggest one.  The smallest reported was a number 7. 

 

Did you know that eleven girls and four senior boys wear glasses?

 

Blue eyes rand first with the seniors; brown eyes are second.

 

Most seniors have medium brown hair; a few have dark brown. We have two red-heads and one black-head.

 

Most of the birthdays fall in June; with February ranking second. The ages range from seventeen through nineteen years. 

 

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Personal Choice

 

Say girls, how about wearing more “new looks?” See if we can change the fellow’s minds. Most of them now are against the long skirts. Form the information that I have received, most of the girls want their skirts to be about eleven to twelve inches form the floor. So fellows, make up your minds to submit to Dame Fashion.

 

Guess what dessert is favorite among the seniors. Banana Cream Pie!!

 

The girls seem to prefer their special friends to have dark hair and to be either tall or of medium height.

 

The girls prefer to watch a basketball game but the boys prefer football and baseball.

 

We asked the girls what type of tie they prefer to have boys wear, and the answer was; “Either bow or four-in-hand, but make it flashy!”

 

The favorite brand or color of lipstick is fuchsia and the favorite shampoo is Lustre Crème. 

 

The girls think they should be more feminine and not so athletic, but the boys seem to prefer the athletic girls, so what should we do?

 

Did you know that the Lutheran Faith dominates all other religious beliefs among the seniors?

 

The favorite color of the seniors is blue; then coming to second base is green and at third choice is the color red, so, STOP!!!!!!

 

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