1948 GRADUATES NAMED

CLARK COUNTY, WI SCHOOLS  

Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wis.) 05/13/1948

Neillsville, Clark Co., Wis. – Graduation exercises for students completing the eighth grade in Clark County schools have been scheduled for May 20 and 21, according to an announcement by Russell Drake, county superintendent of schools.  Ceremonies for students in the northern half of the county will be held at Withee May 20 and for those graduating from schools in the south portion of the county the exercises will be held at Neillsville May 21.

The following pupils will graduate this year:

Rural Schools

• Town of Beaver

Beaver Center School (Miss Elvera Reineking) – Richard Clouse, Archie Hendrickson, George Litten, Alfred Malin

Oak Grove School (Mrs. Blanche Zimmerman) – Luella Hardrath

LaTart School (Mrs. Floy Horn) – Stanley Straughan, Ronald Ystad

Sunnyside School (Miss Florence Garbisch) – Elaine Bredlau, Marlene Dobbe, Joan Goehring, Arla Mandel, Wayne Scheel, James Zuege

• Town of Butler

Butlerville School (Mrs. Tekla Anderson) – Richard Koenig, Roger Markee, Lloyd Markham, Wendell Markham, Ardith Morrison, Beverly Reineke, Wayne Shoemaker

Eastside School (Mrs. Sarah Ditner) – Robert Burzynski, Leonard Etta, Jerome Tieman

• Town of Colby

Sand Hill School (Miss Eileen Kelier) – Pearl Ellen Erdman, Junior Gosse?

Cloverdale School (Miss Nellie Staples) – Darnell Schoelzel, Emarita Schoelzel

• Town of Eaton

Eaton Center School (Mrs. Marie Zillmer) – Doris Mae Howard, Shirley Minsaas, June Schendel, Robert Tieman

Prosperity School (Mrs. Fern Beyer) – Joyce Jakobi, Betty Mason

• Town of Foster

Lone Pine School (Mrs. Florence Peterson) – Donna Ann Flick, Ann Marie Larson, Mae Stremikis

• Town of Fremont

Forestside School (Mrs. Elva Dorst) – Joyce Baumgartner, Clark Bender, Sally Seefeldt

Pine Circle School (Miss Virginia Strichert) – Betty Schilling, Louis Whipple, Richard Whipple

Grant School (Mrs. Ruth Krasselt? – Lorraine Boushon

• Town of Grant

Roder School (Mrs. Bettie Kuhl) – Geraldine Flechler?, Harold Holt, Doris Moldenhauer, Etirel? Winter.

Kurth School (Mrs. Esther Schmidtke) – James Howard, Gloria Zink

Cunningham School (Mrs. Emma Lindquist) – Lorraine Bender, Robert Drescher, Gwendolyn Galbreath, Dorothy Hiles, George Kuehn Jr.

• Town of Green Grove

Bee Hive School (Mrs. Clara Steinman) – Donald Behringer, Elden Grube, Mannon Gustafson, Bernard Lindgren, Arlene Schigley, Carol Wesneski

North Bright School (Mrs. Bernice Hill) – Glenn Fischer

South Bright School (Mrs. Mabel Stuve) – Arnold Awe, Mae Churkey

Atwood School (Mrs. Helen Redlin) – Norman Ewert, Duane Lange

Elmwood School (Mrs. Ruth Boneske) – Jean Alexander Wayne Roohr

• Town of Hewett

Hewettville School (Mrs. Lillian Meyer) – Chester Hart, James Beul

• Town of Hixon

Frenchtown School (Mrs. Mary Blazer) – Joyce Hodnett, Dorothy Nielsen, Helen Rasmussen

Hixon Heights School (Miss Beatrice Barrett) – Marcella Anderson, Edna Stanek

Oak Vale School (Mrs. Marion Smith) – William Vetterkind Jr.

• Town of Hoard

Park School (Mrs. Alice Paul) – James Stephens, Geraldine Walkama

Midway School (Miss Marjorie Mildbrand) – Lois Hiebsch

Elmhurst School (Mrs. Emaline Parkinson) – Percy Gray, Thomas Jefferson, Ida Peterson, Doris Jean Potocnik

• Town of Levis

Meadow View School (Miss Esther Ferguson) – Jack Eddy, Kenneth Dodmead, Clair Uphouse, Verlyn Wagner

Riverside School (Mrs. Sylvia Kurth) – Kathleen Bryan, Ronald Embke, DeWayne Lloyd

Dells Dam School (Mrs. Myra Kuehling) – Geraldine Harwick, Donald Walters

• Town of Longwood

Moody School (Mrs. Evelyn Warns) – John Szymanski

Poppe School (Mrs. Rose Timmler) – Adelbert Langfeldt, Roy Quelle

Spring Valley School (Mrs. LaMoine Haas) – George Bakke, Janice Blazer, Louis Scherf

• Town of Loyal

Lyons School (Mrs. Lou Mack) – Janice White

Mack School (Mrs. Anna Hills) – Allen Gilbert

• Town of Lynn

Sunbeam School (Miss Ruth Beilke) – Richard Lautenbach

Maple Grove School (Miss Arlyne Schlinsog) – Robert Albrecht, James Barth

Mayflower School (Mrs. Alyce Qualley) – Tilman Erickson, Harold Stauffacher, George Perkovich, Norman Wesenberg.

• Town of Mayville

Brady School (Miss Selma Schwartz) – Doris Goessl, Betty Wagner, Lloyd Wagner

• Town of Mead

Kippenhan School (Mrs. Anna Liebzeit) – Evelyn Boe, Carol Wessel

• Town of Pine Valley

Hiawatha School (Mrs. Alice Flynn) – Vonna Fees

Silver Crest School (Mrs. Ellen Palmer) – Betty Pflughoeft, Donald Pflughoeft

Hillside School (Mrs. Elizabeth Strangfeld) – Rhoena Adams, Wilburt Adams, Joyce Bertrang, Duane Miller, Mercedes Sharatt

Pine Valley Mound School (Mrs. Ella Hoffman) – Evelyn Carl, Nick Sydorowicz Jr., Roland Tresmer

• Town of Reseburg

Colby School (Mrs. Irma Deutschlander) – Edward Bobb

Oakland School (Mrs. Marion Miller) – Angeline Rogus

• Town of Seif

Blackberry School (Mrs. Willetta Heidemann) – Audrey Klanchar

Worchel School (Mrs. Ruth Allbaugh) – Jean Boyer, Marvin Marg, Albert Roth, Dolores Worchel

• Town of Sherman

Cole School (Mrs. Virgene Hopkins) – Shirley Ann Schaefer, Frank Vandehey

Griffith School (Mrs. Hilda Tews) – Doreene Jakobi

Veefkind School (Miss Ione Picket) – Donald Hansen, Roy Miller, Lois Vanderhoof

Spokeville School (Ed Timmler) – Gerald Bredlau, Donald Schmidt

Taft School (Mrs. Iva Stevens) – Kathleen O’Brien

Holmes School (Mrs. Margaret Korth) – Iris Voelker

• Town of Thorp

Bi-Centennial School (Mrs. Maud Kulwiec) – Darrell Natzke

Roger Creek School (Mrs. Gladys Huus) – Arlene Anderson, William Jordan Jr., Beverly Heian, David Smith

Peterson School (Mrs. Edna Milligan) – Peter Cooney, Arthur Filipiak

Field School (Frank Swiontek) – Martha Gubell

White Eagle School (Casimer Franckiewicz) – Elsie Browy?, Bernice Potaczick

Yaeger School (Mrs. Evelyn Anderson) – John Szpara

• Town of Unity

Maplewood School (Mrs. Margie Fiabeck) – Florence Schofield

Willow Brook School (Mrs. Bernice Gauger) – Beverly Neuman, Donna Reinwand

Pleasant Ridge School (Mrs. Edith Wickman) – William Halpin, Marlene Toltzman, Phillip Wagner

Sunshine School (Mrs. Antoinette Casey) – Dennis Ewald, Carol Gotscher, Kenneth Kasper, Donald Newman

Groveside School (Mrs. Nola Seefeld) – Delores Hendrickson, Shirley McVeah, Neil Seefeld

• Town of Warner

Hemlock School (Miss Eileen Kuehn) – Floyd Christie Jr., Bernard Decker, Paul Franz

Christopherson School (Mrs. Verna Nolan) – Mae Gasparac, Harold Verhulst

Decker School (Mrs. Dorothy Irvine) – Frank Silkey

Benjamin School (Mrs. Mercedes Liebzeit) – William Vollrath

Braun Settlement School (Harold Humke) – John Bolf, June Braun, Alice Mickett

• Town of Washburn

Shortville School (Mrs. Della Botnen) – Anne Dehart, Joanne Stevens, Janice West, Joanne White

Carlyle School (Mrs. Emilie Albrecht) – Frank Kaczor

• Town of Weston

Christie School (Mrs. Emma Hoepner) – Helen Cleveland, Robert Neperud, Delores Watenpuhl

Globe School (Mrs. Laura Hatton) – June Grap, Louis Metcalf, Arlene Ormond, William Owen, Robert Strangfeld

Mound School (Mrs. Lorraine Schultz) – Donald Gorzelitz

Fairview School (Mrs. Esther Ziegler) – George Nielsen, Robert Stigen

• Town of Withee

Sunny Lawn School (Harry Meske) – Francis Kocherer, Janet Mikolainis

Blueberry School (Mrs. Veronica Glasshof) – Dale Glasshof, Elaine Lukasiewicz, Alice Mroz, Ernest Witek, Marion Witek

Pozen School (Mrs. Mayme Milligan) – Richard Gosiomski, LaVerne Panek, Eugene Prokopinski, Leonard Prokopinski, Lillian Przybylski, Richard Szymanksi, Marion Wnek

• Town of Worden

Busy Bee School (Mrs. Theodora Erickson) – Raymond Schultze

Garfield School (Mrs. Grayce Samuelson) – George Anderson, Gale Kienhols

Pioneer School (Mrs. Grayce Wiles) – Truman Fischer, Lorraine Kubera, Eve Langiewicz, Richard Langiewicz

Breezy Hill School (Mrs. Juriel Mattheisen) – Mary Fitzsimmons, Howard Gibbs, Evelyn Hilgert

South Worden School (Roy Mitchell) – James Gadke, Jerry Greenwalt, Orville Manier

Jackson School (Mrs. Christine Jankowski) – Elsie Johnson

• Town of York

Lincoln School (Mrs. Bertha Holt) – Viola Free, Raymond Garbisch, Jerry McNaul, Robert Shecklman, Alvin Wirkuty

Oriole Hill School (Mrs. Mary Yankee) – Alvin Thursday

Merry Vale School (Miss Mamie Gardner) – Janet Poslobmka

Happy Hollow School (Mrs. Ninna Potts) – Peter Brown, Darrel Bush, Robert Irish, Joyce Vincent

Pleasant View School (Mrs. Jeanette Stoltz) – Harold Schmidt

State Graded Schools

• Willard State Graded (Albert Volk, Prin.) – Marian Kern, Donald Lesar, Mathew Malnar Jr., Stanley Pekol, Mary Ann Urbanz

• Curtiss State Graded (Miss Dorothy Stuve, Prin.) – Laura Bradow, Louis Bradow, Clarence Geary, William Marten, Jean Witt

• Longwood State Graded (W.J. Needham, Prin.) – Raymond Bonczyk, Clara Christman, Laurabelle Christman, Richard Niemi, Patricia Twait, John Zawadski

• Pleasant Hill State Graded (Miss Celine Schumacher, Prin.) – Arlene Carlson, David Carlson, Bernette, Ellenbecker, Lammie Voss

• Reseburg State Graded (Mrs. Marjory Follingstad, Prin.) – Lorraine Dahm, JoAnn Frese, Roger Frese, Joseph Grabowski, Emmet Heidemann, Edward Lato

• Goff State Graded (Mrs. Katherine Ivey, Prin.) – Arthur Francis, Raymond Nedza, Jerome Szczech

• Eidsvold State Graded (Mrs. Chisimor, Prin.) – LeRoy Baker, Walter Kmieciak, Leo Koseriski, Mary Ann Olocki

• Soo Grove State Graded (Mrs. Gertrude Rohloff, Prin.) – Marilynn Nelson, Joann Quandt, Gloria Verkuilen

• Pineland State Graded (Mrs. Ella Zielinski, Prin.) – Janice Bartosiewicz, Leonard Burzynski, David Dobryzynski, Joe Lang, Norbert Milewski, Ferdinand Petrulis, Raymond Skrzypek

• Sterling State Graded (Joseph Kulwiec, Prin.) – Pearl Graikowski, Sammy Nowobielski, Jerome Pabich, Vernon Wegner

• Romadka State Graded (Mrs. Alvina Korth, Prin.) – Kathryn Bartz, Janice Plowman, Arvella Roehl

Villages and Cities

• Village of Abbotsford (Byrl Rowe) – Robert Anderson, Mary Dolan, LaVerne Kalepp, Marilyn Kieser, Claryce Kleinstick, Douglas Knight, James Lamont, Robert Leichtnam, Phyllis Lindberg, Barbara Peterson, Raymond Pupp, Owen Schraufnagel, Dale Toelle, Yvonne Uhlig.

• City of Colby (Clayton Wright, Prin.) – Margaret Bane, Geraldine Bowen, Marlene Hibbard, Gerald Klessig, Marilyn Loskot, Jo Anne Markus, Joanne Prine, Rodney Riedel, Grant Smart, Lenora Wucherpfennig, Eugene Wilde.

• Village of Dorchester (Mrs. Erma Vicks) – Edwin Broeske, Ann Copeland, Myrna Laabs, William Rau

• Village of Granton (Mrs. Edna Sternitzky) – Leonard Schumacher

• City of Greenwood (Mrs. Irene Rodgers) – Robert Barth, Nyle Brandt, John Briski, DuWayne Carl, Teddy Clinstman, Kenneth Dusso, Bill Enockson, Ernie Enockson, Joe Enockson, Doris Franks, Frank Hatton, Nancy Hohl, Arlene Larson, Robert Mead, Darlene Rust, Allen Schneider, Herbert Schwarze, Mary Lou Stewart, Arlene Thwing, Floyd Updyke, Bonnie Rae Worchell

• Village of Humbird (Mrs. Alice Ryan) – Lillie Castner, Jean Flood, Bathadel Hardwick, Andrew Johnson, Keith Johnson, Robert Larson, LaVerne Mayer, John Selz, Charmaine Shramek, James Trachsel, Darlene VanKirk, Helen White, Eagle, Joyce Zimmerman

• Loyal Public School (Mrs. Esther Olsen) – Dick Catlin, Gail Colby, Lois Ebert, Aloarn Edstrom, Darlene Getter, Darlene Hales, Doreen Hills, Verlyn Krahn, Donald Lloyd, Donna Lulloff, Roger Mathews, Jeanne Nysted, Janet Ohlrogge, Allen Schoonover, Donald Sturtz, Joan Vogel

• Owen Public School (Miss Phyllis Calhoun) – Pearl Krarup, John Larson, Frances, Levine, David Matthews, Mardelle Mathewson, Franklin Meinhardt, Robert Meger, Donald Mills, Nancy Nason, Darlene Pyatt, William Robersen, Sylvester Ross, Annette Rossman, Bernice Southworth, Charlotte Southworth, Gaymond Stasek, Shirley Stasek, Kenneth Strohkirch, Loretta Thorson, Corinne Wachker, Lea Weddig, Shirley Wilksman

• Thorp Public School (Miss Margaret Thompson) – Sylvester Harycki, Patricia Kenny, Virginia Kinas, Donald rubbish, Rita Slupski, Richard Swienton, Charmaine Wolf, Janet Zawacki

• Withee Public School (Mrs. Harold Blaasch) – Fred Ammentorp, Garry Calbaum, Violet Gilman, Richard Poppe, Carol Smith, Dorothy Wilson, Janet Wood

Parochial Schools

• Zion Lutheran School - Colby (Arthur Graudin) – Muriel Brehm, Edwin Drews, Leroy Kops, Norman Meinke, Grace Schulz, Rheta Stammer

• Zion Lutheran School – Granton (Norman Vonderhold) – Palmer Hahm, Kermit Lauterbach, Jeanette Schlinsog, Lila Sternitzky, Merlin Sternitzky, Elaine Trimberger

• St. John’s Lutheran School – Neillsville (Joan Bremer, Prin.) – Joanne Brown, Ardes DeMert, Kathyleen DeMert, Norman Dux, Delores Greeler, Ronald Greeler, Harold Jacob, Sarah Koch, Joan Liskow, Wallace Luka, Dale Meihak, Alice Meredith, Merlin Naedler, Merlin Payne, James Rahn, Franklin Seif, Darlene Shaw, Virginia Tews, Betty Voight, Walter Wagner, Walter Wetzel.

• Indian Mission – Neillsville (Cilla Kippenhan) – Elizabeth Cooper, Naomi Frogg, Juanita Skenandore, Edwin Smoke, Frank Sommers Jr.

Contributed by Ken Wood, transcribed by Stan Schwarze.