Clark County Press, Neillsville, Clark Co. WI

September 22, 2010, Page 7  

Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

NHS combined class reunion held

Seven classes of the Neillsville High School for the years of 1940 through 1946 met for a reunion at the American Legion Hall Friday, Sept. 10, 2010 with 76 attending.

The fellowship time began at 2 p.m. and continued until 5 p.m., at which time all joined in for the Friday night buffet served by the Legion.

During the course of the afternoon class members, their spouses and guests enjoyed the camaraderie and reminisced of events and activities in the past and present.  It was agreed to have another reunion in two years.  It was again a grand reunion of classmates.  Some gathered Saturday morning at the legion for a buffet breakfast and more camaraderie.

Those attending from Wisconsin were: Wilbert and Dorothy (Cook) Henchen, Jane (Pepper) Kissling, Virginia (Dux) Karnitz, Bennie and Betty Harder, Jerry and Fay (Quicker) Opelt, Bob and Lorraine (Hagedorn) Shaw, Ronald and Betty (Zank) Meihack, Ruby Meihack, Helen Trewartha, Don and Hilda (Swann) Lipscy, Mae (Bender) Hemp, Charles Neff, Joan (Brown) Bodamer, Marian (Neuhaus) Brager, Ethel (Ormond) Zager, Bill and Nettie Schlinsog, Floyd Short, Cal and Fern (Naedler) Swenson, Wendell and Carol Hubing, Heron and Ruth Van Gorden, Howard and Joyce (Stigen) Schultz, Alice (Beyer) Tews, Mildred (Scholz) Todd, Maurice May, Robert and Pauline Beyer, June (Bender) Dudei, Martha (Erpenbach) Bergemann, Catherine (Wilson) Drescher, Ruth (Kutsche) Rychnovsky, Dorothy (Imig) Seif, Leona (Wieting) Fischer, Anne (Letsch) Scheffer, James Hauge, Elmer and Dorothy (Tramm) Beyer, Milton Schoenfeld, Charlotte (Martens) Gress, Patricia (North) Struble, Robert and Marguerite (Brown) Tibbetts, Lorraine (Buchsteiner) Flynn, Russell and Erline (Ziegler) Vandeberg, Ruby (Rodman) Kuhn, Clarence Schlinkert, Harold Beyer and Robert Opelt.

Those attending from out of state were Bob and Jean (Middleton) Hemp, Universal City, TX; Bill and Violet (Wachholz) Neuhaus, West St. Paul, MN; Dick and Jerri Prochaska, Rochester, MN; Jim and Alice (Lukas) McGrew, Roscoe, IL; Rachel (Eide) Baumann, Scottsdale, AZ.

Several guest of classmates also attended, which included Tom Baumann and Bill Baumann.