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Atchison County Schools

THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT

ATCHISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL

May 21-22-23-24-25, 1916

District School Commencement

Wednesday, May 24, 1916

2:30 p.m.

In the High School Auditorium

Program

March ....................Miss Helen E. Reeves

Invocation..............Rev. Z.S. Hastings

Soprano Solo .........Miss Jessie Craig

Address............Hattie Moore Mitchell, Dean of Women State Manual Training Normal, Pittsburg

Male Quartet ............. Messrs. Leighton, Pitman, Snyder and Gilmore

Short Address .....................Prin. G.W. Salisbury

Reading ...........................Miss Fanny Steves

Presentation of Diplomas ............Supt. D. Anna Speer

Piano Solo, ....................Miss Verna Wilson

PUBLIC SCHOOL GRADUATES

Name............Address

Anderson, Alice......Huron, Rt. 1

Anderson, Howard......Arrington

Anderson, Scott......Huron, Rt. 1

Atlakson, Oscar......Farmington

Bacigalupo, Opal......Nortonville, Rt. 3

Barthel, Wm..........Nortonville, Rt. 3

Berry, Marie.........Everest, Rt. 1

Beyer, Asa.........Arrington, Rt. 1

Beyer, Flossie.........Arrington

Beyer, Margaret......Arrington, Rt. 1

Beyer, Roscoe......Arrington, Rt. 1

Bishop, Albert......Muscotah, Rt. 2

Bloomer, Arthur......Atchison, Rt. 2

Bloomer, Willie......Atchison, Rt. 2

Bodendofer,Otto......Lancaster

Boyle, Walter.........Everest, Rt. 2

Bowser, Maude......Atchison, Rt. 4

Bunnel, Raymond......Lancaster, Rt. 1

Burke, William......Horton, Rt. 1

Cusic, Estella.........Horton, Rt. 1

Daniels, Carrie......Cummings, Rt. 2

Davis, Ruth.........Muscotah

Drimmel, Marie......Atchison, Rt. 4

Eiche, Clifford......Atchison, Rt. 1

Fahn, Fred.........Oak Mills, Rt. 1

Findley, Vail.........Atchison, Rt. 2

Frederick, Walter......Horton, Rt. 1

Gibson, Wm. E.......Arrington, Rt. 1

Hamilton, Rea.........Everest, Rt. 2

Haadke, Earl.........Atchison, Rt. 5

Hargrove, Brown......Monrovia, Rt. 1

Higley, Clarence......Cummings, Rt. 2

Higley, Ida.........Cummings, Rt. 2

Higley, Mable.........Cummings, Rt. 2

Hinkle, Ralph.........Atchison, Rt. 2

Holder, Richard......Atchison, Rt. 4

Holmes, Clarence......Cummings, Rt. 2

Hundley, Murl......Oak Mills, Rt. 1

Karison, Russell......Horton, Rt. 2

Keller, Katherine......Valley Falls, Rt. 1

Kepner, Dorothy......Effingham

King, Richard Allen......Oak Mills, Rt. 1

Kloepper, Clara......Horton, Rt. 4

Kloepper, Dora......Lancaster, Rt. 2

Kramer, Matilda......Atchison, Rt. 5

Leighton, Olive......Nortonville, Rt. 2

Leonard, Jacob......Arrington, Rt. 1

Lewis, Marie.........Everest, Rt. 2

McCraw, Cora......Effingham, Rt. 1

McPhilmy, Ethel......Effingham

Martin, Blanche......Atchison, Rt. 2

Martin, Lloyd.........Effingham

Mayfield, Mari Willa......Atchison, Rt. 3

Moore, Mable.........Cumings, Rt. 1

Morgan, Christina......Lancaster

Morgan, Emma......Lancaster

Nichol, Walter......Effingham

Nidy, Virgil.........Effingham

Nolting, Theresa......Nortonville, Rt. 3

Olson, Norman......Monrovia

Pasewark, Nellie......Oak Mills, Rt. 1

Pederson, Olga......Everest, Rt. 2

Pederson, Pete......Everest, Rt. 2

Perry, Margaret......Huron, Rt. 1

Pittman, Ella.........Effingham

Pittman, Mildred......Effingham

Porter, Cora.........Atchison, Rt. 2

Reichle, Frank......Atchison, Rt. 1

Rice, Oliver.........Muscotah, Rt. 1

Richter, Maurice......Effingham

Robertson, Agnes......Arrington, Rt. 1

Sacks, Ethel.........Oak Mills, Rt. 1

Sacks, Geo..........Oak Mills, Rt. 1

Saxon, Ruby.........Everest, Rt. 2

Schletzbaum, Irmina......Atchison, Rt. 1

Schurman, Ralph......Effingham

Servaes, Erma.........Atchison, Rt. 1

Sinclair, James......Effingham

Snyder, Dorothy......Farmington, Rt. 1

Snyder, Evelyn......Farmington, Rt. 1

Stacey, Ellen.........Farmington, Rt. 1

Stepp, Lyle.........Arrington

Stewart, Beulah......Muscotah, Rt. 1

Stirton, Geo..........Effingham, Rt. 2

Stone, Wylie.........Effingham, Rt. 2

Stutz, Mary.........Monrovia, Rt. 1

Swendson, Marguerite...Monrovia, Rt. 1

Thomas, Warren......Muscotah, Rt. 1

Tritsch, Mary.........Atchison, Rt. 5

Tucker, Ramona......Effingham

Turner, Roy.........Effingham

Tyler, Roy.........Horton, Rt. 1

Waller, Chalmers......Horton, Rt. 1

Walter, Ruth.........Effingham, Rt. 2

Watson, Walter......Oak Mills, Rt. 1

Whitaker, Frank......Farmington, Rt. 1

Whitaker, Todd......Farmington, Rt. 1

Wilson,Eva.........Huron, Rt. 4

Woods, Joe.........Effingham

Yost, Rosa.........Cummings, Rt. 2

Transcribed by Clemi Higley Blackburn, May, 2000.

1928

Forty-eighth Commencement

Class song, music composed and played by Neola Hazel

Words by Ruth Mattocks

Invocation ...............................Rev. W.E. Wheeler

Introductory ...........................Mr. Thomas B. Portwood, Superintendent

Address ..................................Bishop E.L. Waldorf, Kansas City, Missouri

Presentation of Class ...............Mr. C.O. Wright, Principal

Awarding of Diplomas ............Mr. Housen Armstrong, Vice President, Board of Education

Benediction ............................Rev. S.L. Buckner

Atchison High School Graduates 1928

Berger, Marion Louise...Mangelsdorf, Robert C.

Binkley, Robert Martin......Martin, Carl Samuel

Brown, Harry A.............Marts, Paul, L.

Burbank, Millie Ervin............Mattocks, Ruth Bernice

Callis, Alice Blanche............Mays, Edwin S.

Carter, Harold Rob't............McConnell, Courtney Emerson

Chaney, Marjorie Gwendolyn.........McCulley, Mark Delos

Coffey, Hazel Ruby............Meyer, Robert A.

Comstock, Lois Mederese.........Moeck, Blanche Florence

Creacy, Mary Frances............Moore, Franke, S.

Daniels, Frederick Graham.........Moore, Leonard Otto

Dent, Pearcy LeRoy............Munson, Samuel Morton

Ebbrecht, Theodore............Oswald, Ralph Frederick

Ebling, Vera Fern............Peak, Myrtle Olive

Estes, Helen Minola............Pepper, Oneida Fern

Fleming, Pansy Julia............Peterson, Evelyn Virginia

Fletcher, Jeanne Miriam.........Pollock, Leslie Radcliffe

Fields, Kathleen E.............Price, Jane Ballew

Fisher, Charles Manson.........Raney, Frances Jane

Flynn, Willie Howard Thomas......Rayfield, Earl N.

Fuhrman, Ruth Anna............Reinhard, Jane Lindsey

Fuller, Samuel...............Reynolds, Martha B.

Gassert, Gertrude............Rice, Shelby

Gilmore, Katherine............Roberts, Nina

Gould, Bert F.............Rose, Ruby Thelma

Hager, Grace Anna............Scholz, Gilbert Henry

Ham, Charles Larkin............Seeger, Gertrude Marie

Ham, Harriet Virginia............Shackelford, Elnora Bell

Handke, Corinne Ethel.........Sharp, Irma

Harrison, Russell William......Sharpless, Marie

Hawk, LeRoy Raymond.........Shelley, Earl Arthur

Hazel, Neola...............Stawpert, Louise Irene

Higley, Emma Marie............Stice, Irene Velora

Higley, Lola Irene.........Stillings, Cleo Ammerette

Higley, Morris Thomas.........Stork, Fred C.

Hinnen, Bernice Ruth............Strayer, Dorothy Marguerite

Holmes, Evelyn Wilma.........Thaden, Florence Elizabeth

Horn, Rex...............Tilton, Geraldine H.

Hubbard, Leslie Simmion.........Tolbert, Florence Priscilla

Hyde, Mary E.............Waldroff, Loraine A

Ingalls, David B.............Watson, Edwin Dysert

Iverson, Edward L.............Wells, Mattie E.

Jackson, Marietta............Wertz, Lois Elizabeth

Johnson, Kenneth ............Wilcox, Mabel Irene

Johnson, Roberta Mildred.........Wohlgemuth, Mary Elizabeth

Knoch, Winifred E.............Wright, Dorothy Louise

Koch, Edwynne Gael............Wright, Opal Gladys

Lehman, Wendell Myron.........Yaple, Earl Raymond

Linder, Floyd Ernest

...Transcribed by Clemi Higley Blackburn, May 2000.

Community High School

Effingham, Kansas

Special Edition of "The Cornshucks"

1928-29

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

O.F. Barnard ........................Atchison

J.L. Snavely...........................Huron

C.L. Cummings ....................Effingham

O.O. Hastings ......................Atchison, RFD

G.A. Hoffman.......................Monrovia

F.M. Hawk ..........................Effingham

Louis Kloepper.....................Everest

OFFICERS

County Sup't. O.F. Barnard .............President

J.L. Snavely ......................................Vice-President

O.O. Hastings ...................................Secretary

C.I. Cummings ....................................Treasurer

COMMITTEES

Teachers and Salaries ........................Cummings, Hawk, Snavely

Maintenance ......................................Hoffman, Cummings, Kloepper

Finance ..............................................Cummings, Snavely, Hoffman

Curriculum and Policy ........................Hastings, Hawk, Snavely

Agricultural ........................................Hawk, Hastings, Kloepper

Principal ...................Herbert C. Hawk

SENIORS

Anderson, HopeAtchison

Auxier, ElsieArrington

Brown, NormaEffingham

Carson, WildaEverest

Cathcart, OrvalMuscotah

Chain, RuthLancaster

Chester, GuyEffingham

Clark, CliffordEffingham

Coder, ClarenceEffingham

Cooper,VelmaEffingham

Cormode, LolaMonrovia

Crosswhite, ElsieFarmington

Crosswhite, EthelFarmington

Eckart, RoseMonrovia

Fassnacht, EstherEffingham

Folden, RubyMonrovia

Foster, OliveEffingham

Freeland, MargueriteManhattan

*George, FloydHorton

George, EmileHorton

Gile, HarrietNortonville

Hershman, ElsieEffingham

Hester, FrancesEffingham

Higgins, TeresaEffingham

Hoffman, PercyMonrovia

Jones, ElvinMonrovia

Kemp, LorenFarmington

Kloepper, FriedaEverest

Larson, IreneWhiting

Linscott, RuthFarmington

McLenon, RuthEffingham

McCulloh, GeraldShawnee Mission

Nichols, MargaretEffingham

Pettigrew, DonaldArrington

Pettigrew, EllmenArrington

Phillips, EleazeEffingham

Poos, MabelMonrovia

Stephenson, Wm.Effingham

Stewart, ReeceLowmont

Strine, EarlCummings

Strine, LoisMonrovia

Stutz, ReidelMonrovia

Tate,WaldoEverest

Thorne, ErnestFarmington

Wertenberger, LawrenceKansas City

*- Deceased.

JUNIORS

Beadle, BuellEffingham

Bishop, FrankEffingham

Bushnell, ChesterEffingham

Cameron, ConstanceEffingham

Cathcart, EverettWhiting

Chester, VedaEffingham

Clements, MargaretFarmington

Clough, ViolaEffingham

Cook, OrlenaEffingham

Cruise, FrancesEffingham

Dawdy, HelenHarrisonville, MO

Delfelder, DorothyEffingham

Delfelder, JohnEffingham

Fassnacht, IsabelleEffingham

Ferris, CharlesEffingham

Gigstad, KarlLancaster

Hawk, John E.Monrovia

Henderson, Bertha M.Effingham

Higley, MaryFarmington

Juencke, FrancisMonrovia

Kelly, GenevieveEffingham

McLenon, GeorgeMonrovia

Mick, LucilleMayetta

Niemann, VeraEffingham

Olson, HarryMonrovia

Panzeram, MarthaEffingham

Pardee, JacksonMonrovia

Phillips, LeRoyEffingham

Reece, BerniceMuscotah

Reece, IreneMuscotah

Reed, ElizabethEffingham

Sauer, HelenEffingham

Sells, Wm.Effingham

Shell, RobertaEffingham

Shoebrook, PaulineHorton

Smith, FernArrington

Stever, VerneEffingham

Steward, WilmaMuscotah

Stucker, EdmundMuscotah

Sutter, GenevaEffingham

Wills, EllenEffingham

Wyatt, DorothyEffingham

SOPHOMORES

Allen, ThomasEffingham

Bishop, MildredEffingham

Bonnel, LeRoyNortonville

Buddenbohm, AnnaEffingham

Clark, EdwardEffingham

Cohoon, WalterEffingham

Cole, JessieLancaster

Collins, CarmenEffingham

Cooper, LolaEffingham

Coots, EdgarEffingham

Dawdy, GlennHarrisonville, MO

Dodson, RaymondArrington

Doil, GraceEffingham

Dunkin, FrancisEffingham

Eckart, LillieMonrovia

Ellis, CharlesEffingham

English, MildredEffingham

Fankhanel, HenriettaEffingham

Folden, RobertMonrovia

Freeland, LucilleManhattan

Freeland, RoyEffingham

Geer, ArthurEffingham

Gile, EstherNortonville

Hatcher, OliverEffingham

High, CharlesMonrovia

Jarratt, LeonaMonrovia

Juencke,CatherineMonrovia

Kloepper, RalphMonrovia

Meador, Jennie LynnEffingham

Neill, VevaMonrovia

Page, HowardMonrovia

Penny, NormaMonrovia

Poos, TheodoreMonrovia

Phillips, AdieMonrovia

Preston, GenevaEffingham

Proctor, HelenEffingham

Shufflebarger,RayShannon

Sloman, RobertEffingham

Smith, L.G.Arrington

Snyder, MildredEffingham

Stirten,OpalEffingham

Stutz, LesterMonrovia

Sullivan, RogerEffingham

Thompson, NormaValley Falls

Tuley, Nora MaeEffingham

Wallack, FredaEffingham

FRESHMEN

Adcock, JohnLancaster

Allen, WinonaArrington

Barker, BernardArrington

Bell, DaleEffingham

Binkley, RalphEffingham

Brown, RuthEffingham

Brown, VirginiaEffingham

Cole, MaryLancaster

Coots, LilahEffingham

Clark, ClarenceEffingham

Crawley, BillyLancaster

Demmon, OrsonEffingham

Foster, LeonardEffingham

Graves, MarvelMonrovia

Hamner, ClarenceEffingham

Hamner, KennethEffingham

Hawk, VadaMonrovia

Hawk, VeraMonrovia

Hawthorne, LoisEffingham

Henderson, MiltonEffingham

Hinz, GlenLancaster

Jones, EdwardMonrovia

Kurn, JohnEffingham

Kurn, ElsieEffingham

Kloepper, EmmaEverest

Leighton, LoraValley Falls

Miller, PaulHuron

Neill, GlenMonrovia

Pardee, HaroldMonrovia

Plummer, LennieHorton

Riley, EdwinNortonville

Roche, MaxineEffingham

Ross, EdithArrington

Rouse, EugeneEverest

Rutledge, MauriceEffingham

Shiffbauer, RobertaArrington

Schooler, CalvinMonrovia

Shell, ChesterEffingham

Shufflebarger, KennethEffingham

Soyland, IngaHorton

Sloan,AmericaFarmington

Sloan, FrancesFarmington

Steward, ClaudeMuscotah

Strine, BeullahCummings

Stucker, ElvaEffingham

Ward, LucilleEffingham

Werle, HerbertEffingham

Westermann, ErnestEverest

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Effingham, Kansas

CORN SHUCKS

Special Edition

1935-1936

Faculty

Frank L. Hunn ..........Principal

A.B., University of Kansas

D.L. Signor ...............Vocational Agriculture

B.S., Kansas State College

Huldiah Motes ..........English-Normal Training

M.A., Teacher's College, Columbia University

Fred M. Priestly.........Commerce

B.S., Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg

Marjorie Fuhrman ......Vocational Home Making

B.S., Kansas State College

A.R. Young ...............Mathematics-Physical Training

A.B., Baker University

Huldah Hurtgen .........English-Soc. Science

A.B., Park College

A.C. Asher .................Science-Manual Training

B.S., Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia

Gladys Ewbank ..........English-Latin

A.B., Baker University

Naomi MacLaren ........Music

B. Mus., University of Kansas

Ethel Morgan ..............Study Hall Supervisor

University of Kansas

Rufus Chrisp ...............Custodian of Building and Grounds

Ruth McLenon ............Secretary to the Principal

BOARD OF EDUCATION

Mrs. Gladys Winzer .............Atchison

A.J. Sells ............................Effingham

W.C. Stutz ..........................Lancaster

E.C. Evans ..........................Lancaster

Wm. E. Steward ..................Muscotah

Harvey Thompson ...............Valley Falls

Wm. Manson .......................Lancaster

OFFICERS

Co. Sup't. Mrs. Gladys Winzer ..... President

Wm. Manson ................................Vice-President

E.C. Evans ....................................Secretary

W.C. Stutz ....................................Treasurer

COMMITTEES

Teachers & Salaries .......................Evans, Sells, Steward

Maintenance...................................Sells, Manson, Stutz

Finance ..........................................Stutz, Evans, Thompson

Agriculture ....................................Thompson, Manson, Sells

Curriculum ....................................Steward, Thompson, Evans

CLASS OF 1935

Acheson, DarwynMcLenon, Lester

Anderson, FrancesMontgomery, Lola

Bolinger, ClareMorgan, Blanche Emily

Brown, GaylordOlson, Clyde

Candreia, CharlesPettigrew, Winifred

Clough, MabelPuckette, Helen

Corcoran, EdwardReynolds, Audrus

Corder, VirginiaRoss, Bette

Cowley, EileenRoss, Herbert

Crawley, RuthRoyer, Willard

Dockweiler, VioletRuhlman, Mary Frances

Gibson, GeorgeSchiffbauer, Oliver

Hamon, DaleSells, Harold

Hamon, RalphSmith, Noble

Hamon, Nora HelenSoyland, Norman

Hawk, Clara MaeStitzer, Glenn

Hawk, HelenSutter, William

Henry, ClaytonTaylor, Charles

Hershman, MiltonTaylor, Edna Merle

Higley, CarlTobiason, Jenna

Hitchner, JeanetteWeber, Pauline

Kingsland, RalphWigand, Catherine

Knight, VivianWilde, Dorothy

Koppa, KarlWyatte, Ethel

Luse, Benton

CLASS OF 1936

Babcock, RubyJahne, Charles

Bomar, AlbertJenson, Leroy

Caswill, EthelKelly, Bernard

Chase, MauriceKelly, Charles

Clark, JimmieKepner, Kenneth

Cox, IsabelleKingsland, Madge

Dockweiler, VernonLuse, Howard

Fassnacht, HaroldMcClure, Quentin

Felton, ShirleyMaeder, Creta

Foster, J.R.Meyer, Lawrence

Gibson, VernonReynolds, Marlin

Hamon, A.J.Riley, Geraldine

Hargrove, EileenSauer, Lucille

Hawk, HarrietteShreve, Lee

Hegland, MaxineStitzer, Wilbur

Helmstetter, MargaretTaliaferro, Charles

Henderson, Ruth AnnaTaliaferro, Betty

Higley, MarjorieThomas, Dorothy

Hitchner, MiltonThomas, Essie

Howell, MaryTuley, Arthur

Jackson, RobertWeber, Donald

CLASS OF 1937

Banks, BernardLatzke, Walter

Bewley, MargaretLaw, Wilda

Bomar, HelenLeigh, Jane

Bonnell, PearlLinscott, Mary Jo

Botkin, WendellMcNeil, Theresa

Brown, HazelMeyer, Rita

Buddenbohm, ChesterMinor, Edwin

Chrisp, MargueriteMorgan, Geraldine

Cowley, RobertMorgan, Roy

Crawley, JohnO'Brien, Mabel

Critchfield, TimOlson, Louis

Freeland, FredaPatton, Alice

Gray, JackRigden, Earl

Glaspey, NadineRork, Dwight

Hamon, ClaudSmith, Ray

Hargrove, NadineStinmetz, Dorothy

Hawk, PaulineStuckert, John

Hawk, WildaSutter, Walter

Hinz, JuniorTorkelson, Emma

Hollands, Mary EvelynTuley, Helen

Hunn, HopeWhite, Ira

Jackson, JamesWilde, Isabel

Kloepper, BillWilde, Mildred

Knight, LoreneWills, Dale

Kreider, DorothyWinder, Florine

Kreider, HarryYazel, Leland

CLASS OF 1938

Acheson, Howard......Jarvis, Claudine

Adcock, Ernest......Kelly, Rosella

Alexander, Ruth......Lyle, Elsie

Benjamin, Elizabeth......McNeil, Albert

Buttron, Louis......McLenon, Paul

Candreia, Ralph......Montgomery, Howard

Carson, Harold......Neimann, Rheva

Church, Murvene......Novinski, Anthony

Cleaveland, Vivian......Nitz, Osborne

Cline, Doris.........Powell, Jack

Cline, Esther.........Ross, Ruth

Coonse, Samuel......Rutledge, Gene

Flanders, Nyal.........Sanders, Erma

Freeland, Frand......Seever, Norma

Garrett, James......Summers, Wilma

Hegarty, Marguerite......Torkelson, Gladys

Hegland, Bernice......Weber, Rosemary

Henry, Maxine......White, Evelyn

Howell, Catherine......Wilson, Dorothy

Jahne, Virginia......Wyatt, Raymond

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Fifty-ninth Annual

Commencement

Atchison County Community High School

Effingham, Kansas

Friday, May 19, 1950

8 p.m.

Invocation........Rev. Ernest L. Brown

Address......Dr. W.K. Beggs ... University of Nebraska

Presentation of Diplomas .......Gladys M. Winzer ... President, Board of Trustees

CLASS OF 1950

Leslie Eugene Abrahamson......LaVerne Salome Larson

Julia Ann Adams.........Charles Sidney Lewis

Philip Henry Barnett.........Donald Leroy Lindsey

Grimes E. Behler.........Nona Mae McFarland

Rita Louise Bertels.........Earl Dean McVey

Mary Jane Besancon.........Linette Sue Miller

Meda Clarissa Blundell......Jo Ann Morgan

David C. Bodenhausen......Edward Leo Navinskey

Betty Joan Bowser.........Bette Jean Newman

Daniel T. Ernzen.........Loren Alva Nieman

Irene Frances Falk.........Lindell Edward Nolting

Lora Ariene Felton.........Dale Harvey Reece

Charles William Fitzgerald......Don Eugene Reichart

Joanne Irene Gigstad.........Lawrence David Schmitt

Alvin James Hahn.........Viola Sedlacek

Albert Scott Hall.........John Maurice Sinclair

June Christine Handke......Lila Jean Sinclair

William Ennis Hardy.........Harold Edward Tosh

Geraldine Mae Hargrove......George D. Tosterud

Duane W. Hawk.........Herbert Junior Wallingford

Donald Ray Henning.........Dolores Jean Weber

Bettie Marie Higley.........Dorothy Regina Weinmann

Edgar Allan Hughes, Jr.......Donald Dean White

Thomas Allen Jackson......Esther Agnes Ziegler

Richard Kreider.........Paul E. Zishka

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