School: NHS Classes of 1927 and 1928 (Reunions - 1982)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Skroch, Braatz, Silbernagel, Imislund, Davee, Gluck, Hemp, Cooper, Swanson, Simonson, Slagle, Schultz, Lund, Pietenpol, Dallman, Raine, Aldon, Ross, Baird, Crocker, Hauser, Rogstad, Kissling, Kuechenmeister, Keach, Stiemke, Schultz, Lund, Bruss, Georgas, Hartung, Bichler, Lautenbach, Wall, McDonough, Franke, Olson, Holt, Quinlan, Fritz, Schroeder, Ottow, Thompson, Larsen, Wagner, Meinholdt, Quinlan, Warlum, Northup, Chase, Cooper, Gall, Krause, Seibert, Parrett, Reimer, Walker, Seif, Selves, Zille, Slage, Walk, Zillmer, Acheson, Naedler, Gress, Helwig, Hoesly, Spieles, Wetzel, Luther, Quandt, Metcalf, Dallman, Portz, Gallagher, Cole, Hauge

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/24/1982

NHS Classes of 1927 and 1928 (Reunions - 1982)

The classes of 1927 and 1928 of Neillsville High School held a reunion June 19 at the Arbutus Spider room in downtown Neillsville. Sixty-two persons gathered for the Cocktail hour with dinner served at 7:00 p.m.

Everett Skroch acted as master of ceremonies, with Esther Braatz Silbernagel giving the invocation. A moment of silence was observed in memory of deceased class members. Letters were read from several classmates and from teachers Clarence Imislund and Chalmer Davee, M.D., who were unable to attend.

Awards were presented to Edna Gluck Hem, first reservation; and to Ardell Cooper, Hulda Swanson Simonson, Harold Slagle and Lula Schultz Lund, longest distance traveled to attend. Drawings went to Ardell Cooper, Edna Hemp, Isabelle Pietenpol, Hulda Simonson, Bertha Dallman and Lela Raine.

Those in attendance included:

Class of 1927—Mr./Mrs. Laird (Alice Alden) Ross, Cochrane; Mr./Mrs. Herman (Esther Braatz) Silbernagel, Beaver Dam; Mr./Mrs. Wm. (Esther Baird) Crocker, Madison; Othilia (Hauser) Rogstad, Loyal; Richard Hemp, Mosinee; Eleanor (Kissling) Kuechenmeister, Granton; Kenneth Keach, Viola; Hulda (Swanson) Simonson, Chicago, and her sister, Emma (Swanson) Stiemke, Tomah, as her guest; Lula (Schultz) Lund, New Richland, Mn.; and from Neillsville were Mr./Mrs. Elmer (Edna Bruss) Georgas, Mr./Mrs. Anton (Rosaline Hartung) Bichler, Mr./Mrs. Fred (Laura Lautenbach) Wall, Helen (McDonough) Franke, Fern (Olson) Holt, Mr./Mrs. Arlie (Emma Quinlan) Fritz, Frieda (Schroeder) Ottow, Gerelda (Thompson) Larsen, Agnes (Wagner) Meinholdt, Mr./Mrs. Elliot (Mida Quinlan) Warlum and Raymond Northup.

Class of 1928—Joseph Chase, Granton; Mr./Mrs. Ardell Cooper, Brampton, N.D.; Arthur Gall, Waupaca; Edna (Gluck) Hemp, Wis. Rapids; Ida (Krause) Siebert, Cedarburg; Mr./Mrs. Clifford Parrett, Wis. Rapids; Lela Raine, Madison; Mr./Mrs. Joseph (Eleanor Reimer) Walker, Green Bay; Mrs. Richard (Gertrude Seif) Hemp, Mosinee; Mr./Mrs. Earl (Orvilla Selves) Zille, Merrillan; Mr./Mrs. Harold Slage, Garner, Ia.; Mr./Mrs. Alfred (Marie Walk) Zillmer, Fairchild; and from Neillsville were, Mr./Mrs. Hilbert (Hazel Acheson) Naedler, Mr./Mrs. Arthur Gress, Mr./Mrs. Bernard (Isabelle Helwig) Pietenpol, Alice (Hoesly) Spieles, Mr./Mrs. Everett Skroch and Evelyn (Wetzel) Walk.

Post graduates attending were Verna (Luther) Quandt, Oconomowoc; Bertha (Metcalf) Dallman, Greenwood and Mable (Port) Gallagher, Neillsville.

One teacher, Mrs. Harry (Sadie Cold) Hauge, along with her husband, of Mosinee, attended.

Members of the committee for reunion arrangements included Helen Franke, chairman, Mida and Elliot Warlum, Everett and Susie Skroch, Agnes Meinholdt, Fern Holt, Gerelda Larsen and Art and Viva Gress.