1935 Wild Rose Class Play

The 1935 Wild Rose Seniors presented "The 
Yellow Shadow" at the Mercantile Hall on 
May 17, 1935. Miss  Muriel Jones directed 
the play. Muriel later married John McCallum. 
Back row: Roy Klusinski, Andrew Stukola, 
Norbert Zick, George Klusinki, 2nd row: 
Donald Davies, Doris Lowe Eller, Dorothy 
Barden Madison, Jean Dopp Leathers.  
Front Row: Adeline Smith Moldenhauer, 
Carl Zuege, Byrdine Nelson Clark.

Wautoma High School

This is from Clyde Diggles postcard album.  
Clyde worked at the Wild Rose at the time 
of the 1905 Wild Rose robbery. The Wautoma 
school was likely designed by Wild Rose 
architect, J H Jeffers. The Wautoma school is 
identical to Plainfield, except for the number 
basement windows, to the Plainfield School 
which he built in 1902. Jeffers built the
Wild Rose school.  Wisconsin picked him to 
do the pavilion for the 1904 World's Fair in 
St Louis. 

Wild Rose King ad Queen 1942

Merna Belle Caves and Robert O Jones from the class of
1943 as Prom King and Queen in 1942.  Merna Bell Caves
 was born February 11, 1926 in Hancock, Wisconsin. 
Her parents were Ross Caves and Grace Morgan.  Ross
Caves had a trucking company.  She married Robert O
Jones November 6, 1948 in Wild Rose.  She died
January 6, 1985.  Robert was the son of James O Jones
and Margaret Enid  Owens.  He was born February 28,
1926. He died June 25, 2000.  He did farming in the marsh.

Nan Songe

Nanette Marie Songe is the drum majorette from
the 1940-41 school year.  Trygve Songe was her
father.  He was born May 19, 1892 in Drammen,
Buskerud County, Norway. He died November 11,
1954.  Her mother was Mae Abbot who was born
January 3, 1901 in Hancock.  Mae Songe died
April 7, 1993.  Nan was born in Lima, Peru while
her dad was working there as an implement salesman. 
She returned to the US at age 9 months.  She played
violin and bassoon.  She graduated from Wild Rose in
1943.  She attended Stevens Point and then UW.  She
married Kenneth B. Sander and they had three children.
Two boys and a girl. 

Jennett "Janet" Comins Wiley

Jennett Comins was born June 12, 1812 to  
Alfred Comins and Lydia White. She married 
Chauncey Wiley November 1, 1830.  They were 
living in LeRay, Jefferson County New York in 
1840.  They had three children. The oldest 
was,  James F Wiley who was born May 17, 
1832. He married Emily Abbott April 19, 1857. 
James  lived in Hancock and represented 
Waushara County in the Wisconsin Senate for 
three terms. James was influential in helping 
Stevens Point get Regent approval for the 
school that is now UW-Stevens Point. William 
A Wiley was born on August 19, 1839. He 
married Nancy Ferdon June 29, 1862.   
Oscar Wiley was born November 16, 1846.   
York. People also called Jennett, Aunt Janet.  
Chauncey was born December 28, 1805.  
He died November 25, 1884. 

Phebe Jeffers ad Blache Ethridge Murty

This picture was taken about 1972 at 825 Maple
Ave in 1970. This was the house of Rodney and
Blanche Etheridge Murty (Aug. 18, 1889- Jan. 5,
1980). Phebe May Jeffers was born Feb. 25 , 
1880 in Lyons, Iowa whose parents were James
Gilbert Jeffers and Sarah Symons.  Phebe was 
a Quaker,  She lived in Anderson, Indiana where 
she worked as a matron for the Christian 
Women's Welfare Union House,  Later she 
moved to the Bronx in NY where she died 
Aug. 13, 1972. Phebe never married, When she 
visited the Murty's she took a nap on a fainting 
couch that was stuffed with horse hair and she 
thought it was wonderful, The couch was later 
recovered without the horse hair.  Phebe's
grandfather was James Foote Jeffers who was a
brother of William Jeffers, John Jeffers and 
Nancy Jeffers Pease Pixley,

Hancock Methodist Church

This picture comes from a postcard album from Clyde Diggles. 
Clyde was born in the Town of Deerfield on May 19, 1887 to
Nathan & Ella Diggles. Clyde was a cashier for the Wild Rose
State Bank at the time of the 1905 robbery.  Later he was a
cashier at the Wautoma bank.  Watch for more of his postcards
and more about his life.