School: Auburndale High School (Graduation – 1945)
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Surnames: Budtke, Mews, Burroughs, Adams, Altmann, Bauer, Beaver, Blenker, DeBoer, Elmer, Feit, Fruin, Grassel, Haasl, Hoefs, Kieffer, Kohel, Kolter, Kolstad, Krings, Krzykowski, Loomans, Loonstra, Mancl, Pierce, Rosploch, Rudi, Schroeder, Thomas, Trowbridge, Vruwink, Weber, Zvolena, Bethke, Baierl, Schmidt, Schubert, Zwaska

----Source: Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune (Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wis.) Tuesday, 29 May 1945

Commencement exercises for the senior class of the Auburndale High school will be held at 8 o’clock Thursday evening in the school gymnasium. The valedictorian, Jeanette Budtke and saluatatorian, Erika Mews, will give honor orations. Professor Burroughs of Central State Teachers college at Stevens Point, will be the speaker.

The graduates are Marvin Adams, John Altmann, Pauline Bauer, Rosella Beaver, Robert Blenker, Jeanette Budtke, Royce DeBoer, Leonard Elmer, LeRoy Elmer, Marian Feit, Ethel Fruin, Betty Grassel, Leonard Haasl, Mabel Hoefs, Verjean Kieffer, Robert Kohel, Lucille Kolter, Harvey Kolstad, Dale Krings, John Krzykowski, LuVerne Loomans, John Loonstra, Verna Mancl, Erika Mews, Phyllis Pierce, George Rosploch, Anna Mae Rudi, Gladys Schroeder, William Thomas, Charles Trowbridge, Donald Vruwink, Robert Weber and Rose Zvolena.

Five members of the class, Harold Bethke, James Baierl, Eugene Schmidt, John Schubert and Anthony Zwaska are now serving in the armed forces.