Common
School Graduates - 1912
Sixteenth Annual Commencement of the Common School Graduates of Noble County
Thursday, June 6, 1912, at Albion Indiana.
Program at Albion Opera House 10:30 a.m.
Track and Field Events at Lemmon's Field at 1:30 p.m. 100 Yards dash, 440
Yards run, Running high, Running broad, Pole vault, Shot put. A medal will
be given the winner of each event. A beautiful pennant, six feet in length
will be given to the school winning the most points. Music will be
furnished by the Boys' Band from the Indiana School for Feeble Minded Youth of
Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Allen Township
Schuyler Shultz, Tracy Locker, Lucile Fairbanks, Alda Roberts, Roy Sayles,
Gertrude Herrick.
Elkhart Township
Eva Zimmerman, Charley Smith, Edward Magers, Cecil Lung, Earl Couts, Arthur
Teal, Ruth King, Walter Stienbarger, Earnest Spurgeon, Walter Gard, Madie
Zimmerman, Madonna Thompson.
Green Township
Loella Grawcock, Dora Bortner, Hazel Grawcock, Tillie Owen, Hearl Zumbrun,
Anna McCoy, Mildred Cook, Clifton Engle.
Jefferson Township
George Hardendorf, Gladys Heltzel, Weltha Coe, Carl Harvey, Dallas Jaquays,
Bulah Webster, Beth Rimmel, Leone M Lasho, Lester Haynes.
Noble Township
Ralph Pressler, Edward Rarrick, Earl Favinger, Bessie Lemaster, Frank
Winebrenner, Everett Wolfe, Melvin Lemmon, Ira Thompson, Edna Houser, Hazel
Gandy, Elmina Ott, Edward Wygant, Lena Moore, Catharine Surfus, Mae Smith, Marie
Parker, Ruby Miller, Lawrence Anspaugh, Dorothy Surfus, Percy Long, Delia
Ratcliffe.
Orange Township
Ray Preston, Alvin Bauman, Roy Schlichtenmyer, Margherita Chapman, Roscoe
Kilpatrick, Dorothy Barfell, Harold Myers, Forrest Shisley, Dorothy Mae Tidd,
Gladys Moore, Roscoe Leeper, Alice E Winton, Lena B Rife, Dale Stillinger,
Hattie Baker, Helen Rife, Devere Fisher, Gerald Leeper, Magdalene Fisher.
Perry Township
Letha Williamson, Howard Herald, Allen Haller, Roy Tyler, Marion
Schlotterback.
Sparta Township
Frank Tucker, Albert Maggert, Pearl Michael, Pearl Galloway, Russel
Hoak, Fredonna Deardorff, Harry Michael, Lena Lecount.
Swan Township
Pauline McNamara, Hilda Leahy, Cora Cooley, Leah Sloffer, Leah Pepple, Perma
Rich, George Gause, Lucile Beard, Florence Perry, Ralph Bilger, Fern Warner,
Argyl Simon, Karl Bilger, Josephine Gorrell, Beulah Lobdell, Don Simon, Joseph
Sobraske.
Washington Township
Wess Hartsock, Wilma Himes, Clarence McFarren, Viola Stump, Hattie Gay,
Rayburn Stults, Blanch Stocker, Mildred Drake, Bessie Kunce, Mary Wiley.
Wayne Township
John Merkling, Maynard DeVoe, Arthur Smith, Elva Newman, Celia Hill.
York Township
Mary Shell, Raymond Parrott, Madison Applegate.
Common School
Graduates - 1913
Presentation of diplomas at Examination Room in the
Court House 9:30 to 10:00, June 5, 1913 at Albion, Indiana.
Music by Avilla High School Band
Allen Township - Trustee W. L. Baughman
Hilda Fisher, Merceda King, Acella Kokenge, Carl Kraus, Mary Kraus, Lenor Mead,
Bryan Riehm, Angela Steckley, Ray Walters.
Elkhart Township - Trustee George G. Kellner
Iva Bixler, Merril Bolley, Irene Boyd, Lon Brill, Sherman Chaffee, Donelda Eddy,
Lester Elijah, Lester L. Frick, Leo Gartland, Pauline Gerver, Cornelia Golden,
Alice King, Georgia Ott, Rufus Miner, Donald Pancake, Florence Reidenbach,
Leslie Rice, Orlo Rimmel, Hazel Schick, Vada Sparrow, Kenneth Teal, Julia Wilden,
Agnes Zimmerman.
Green Township - Trustee Frank Hanlon
Pearl Brumbaugh, Mabel Hire, Carl King, Lulu Ott, Daisy Pippenger, Ralph
Shanabarger, Eva Strouse, Paul Swihart.
Jefferson Township - Trustee Melvin Hines
Ervin DeCamp, Anna Hardendorf, Hester Hayes, Fern Kimmell, Fern Mahnesmith, Erma
Martin, Mildred Rauh, Walter Schauweker, Zena Williams.
Noble Township - Trustee George Young
Edna Addis, Esther Boner, Jennie Braden, Erma Fruchey, Augustus Grable, Lutie
Hawk, Zella Hess, Fay Holcomb, Bessie Koontz, Linville Meyers, Sula Ott, John
Pollock, Wilda Pressler, Maud Rarick, Joe Starkey, Elma Targgart, Alma
Winebrenner, Eva Winebrenner, Venus Winebrenner, Nellie Wygant, Ruth Wysong,
Otis Young, Paul Young.
Orange Township - Trustee W. H. Hassinger
Ira Couts, Emmet Flint, Flossie Gard, Dorothy Geiger, Flossie Hevel, Sabina
Hind, Lois Hosler, Ray Joslin, Ursal Malone, Charles McClelland, Fern Preston,
Ronald Raber, Clen Reidenbach, Basil Rhea, Russell Schlichtenmyer, Thad Stewart,
Fay Tryon, Homer Young.
Perry Township - Trustee H. C. Erwin
Paul Burk, Gleta Crothers, Mary Fogarty, Neil Galbreath, Carl Growcock, Alta
Hire, Milton Hough, Troy Long, William Long, Milburn Risser, Ruth Smith, Blanche
Williamson, Thelma Wood.
Sparta Township - Trustee C. P. Baker
Joseph Calbeck, Lewella Clayton, Arby Earnhart, Agnes Evans, Hobart Greene,
Hettie Gorsuch, Hugh Hicks, Neal F. Hontz, Nellie Kistler, Robert Maggert, Fay
B. Mock, Walter Saltsgaber, Paul Secrist, Gretchen Smith, Hobart Stark, Orton K.
Stark, Charles Wolf, Hebert Wolf.
Swan Township - Trustee D. W. Eberly
Rufus Bell, Georgia Bradley, Curtis Christlieb, Virgie DeHoff, Hugh Drake, Orpha
Glawe, Hazel Graber, Emma Holbrook, Ports Holbrook, Dewey Howe, Perry Iler,
Pearl Irvin, Herman Kugler, Mabel Kugler, Paul Martin, Morro Sheets, Clifford
Simon, Marie Smith, Ray Treesh, Pearl VanHouten, Virgil Weller, Myrtle Zinn.
Washington Township - Trustee John P. Beezley
Marjorie Flynn, Letecia Fuller, Vigo Garber, Pauline Gerard, Chester Howenstine,
Ralph McCammon, Marie Piper, Cora Reed, Leah Reed, Zibbie Sroufe, Berenice
Stump, Jessie Stump, Frank Wade.
Wayne Township - Trustee G. M. Shaffer
Russel Appleman, Elmer F. Bowers, Rois Brown, Clarence Feller, Ben Gurney, Ethel
Lieberenz, Florence Merkling, Norman Strater, Frank Taylor, Marie Walker.
York Township - Trustee W. E. Sparrow
Mildred Applegate, Ruth Dazey, Everett Eversole, Cyrus Holden, Wilbur Marquiss,
Faye Smith, Grace Targgart, Etha Watson.
County Superintendent: C. V. Kilgore
School Board Presidents: Albion - E. L. Adair; Avilla - W. M. Veazey;
Kendallville - Frank S. Weber; Ligonier - Isaac D. Straus.
Truant Officer - Albion: W. L. Bowen
Common School Graduates - 1915
Nineteenth Annual Commencement
of the Common School Graduates of Noble County Thursday, May 27, 1915, at
Albion, Indiana.
Albion Opera house 10:30 a.m. Graduates will receive diplomas in the
examination room at the court house from 9 to 9:30 a.m.
Athletics - Black's Field 1:30 p.m. 100-yard dash, 440-yard dash, running high
jump, running broad jump, pole vault, shot put. A gold medal will be given
to the winner of each event and the school receiving the most points will be
given the Noble County Pennant.
Allen Township
Hilda Gillian, Charles Stoeckley, Garnet Yeiser, Dominic Demske, Marie Ueber,
Donald Hinkley, Walter Phillips, Orr Lockhart, Earle Bair, Lawrence Hess, Leslie
Sylvester, Mildred Weinberg, Glenn F Pilgrim, Berniece VanFerson, Veda
Pfleightner, Ralph Howe, Orpha Teders, Carleton Baum, Wilma Pfleightner, Fred
Schlotterer, Myrtle H Helmer, Raymond Fischer, Charles Faux, Angeline Sheets,
Hilda B Boszor, Elsie Weimer, William Marti, Clyde H Roberts.
Elkhart Township
John C Lung, Treada Magnuson, Fred Schwab, Velva Bloom, Hazel Waldron, Evelyn
Franks, Farrell Gerver, Frank Gage, Albert Knepper, Erma Sorgenfrei, Alice
Thompson, Faun Weaver, Grace Frick, Frank Schwab, Russell Frick, Eston Resler,
Ruby Stiffney, Velma Belle Lung.
Green Township
Bernard Blaskie, Helen Akers, Arthur Bonar, Hazel Stanley, Russel Leitch, Ollie
M Truelove, Jesse Henry, Herman Hire, Laurel Denver Gaff, Freeda A Herron, Reed
Veazey, Esther Butler, Wilma A Easterday, Verna Kimmel, Dean Shanabarger, Frieda
Butler, Fred Edwards, Effie Tarlton, Estella Gordon, Iva McCoy, Wilma Slagle,
Calvin Swihart, Hazel Slagle.
Jefferson Township
Gwendolyn Rice, Washington Parker, Gertie Weimer, Ione Kline, Manerva Harp,
Harold Harvey, Florence Kuhn, Elmer Weimer, Liddie B Albaugh, Herbert F
Trowbridge, Delois G Weimer, Bernard Decamp, Frank Lasho, Beryl Decamp, Arol
Draime, Floyd A Hines, Fay B Hillard.
Noble Township
Frederick D Starkey, Bernard B Pollock, Aubrey E Walburn, Dwight Parker, Elta
Resler, Barbra Gray, Elva Stuckman, Evelyn E Baughman, Ernest Finch, Vesta
Stuckman, Alvin Swihart, Jay Winebrenner, Doris Burnworth, Max Gandy, Paul Kitt,
Artie L Addis, Perry Harter, Dalton D Surfus, Myrtle Bonar, Velma Strouse, Ethel
Budd, Martha Long, Blanche Surfus, Jessie Holcomb, Clara Williams, Merrill
Zumbrun.
Orange Township
Harry Reiff, Hazel Bolley, Sylvan Shull, Ersa Flint, Dale Shull, Clara E Frick,
Vera L Grannis, Harold Moore, Ruby Schutt, Verne Moore, Susie Smith, Ameliabelle
Fisher, Verna Flint, Ray Couts, Mary Chapman, Gertrude Moore, Mary Flint.
Perry Township
Paul Gunder, James Dunlap, Arthur Charlie Miller, Veva Smith, Irma Damey,
Berniece Prough, Frank Leslie, Howard Vance, Everett A Bowman, Alva Nelson
Vance, Merrill Cole, Keith Slabaugh.
Sparta Township
Ralph K Mock, Verlie M Kimmell, Joseph Kimmell, Edith Iden, Ray Leland Holderman,
Luther Yeager, Fannie Maggert, Benjamin Shadco, Ralph Sloan Victor Conner, Harry
Kistler, Anna R Kull, Linval A Calbeck, Anna L Archer, Burl Lung, Ralph
Schlotterback, Lenore Moore, Milford Switzer, Floyd Murray, Lucile Galloway,
Orville Kistler, Dewey Hyndman, Paul Tucker, Frank A C Hursey, Hollis W Green,
Jane Leamon, Ruth Stark, Gladys Klick, Gertie Reed.
Swan Township
Charley Joseph Wappes, Walter V Simon, William R Simon, Beulah Moree, Forrest
DeHoff, Genevieve Leahy, Clara Oakes, Margaret Kugler, Julius S Weaver, Ethel
Mae Cramer, John Harold Lobdell, Noble A Jackson, Gladys Frankenberg, Virgil M
Bilger, Ralph L Perry, Ruth Broughton, Thomas Konger.
Washington Township
Huber Dobbins, Shirley Leroy Kalb, Estella Correll, Zelma Galloway, Forest R
Galloway, William Ferris Jay, Mary Eva Brenninger, Dorothy G Drake, DeWitt
Burnheimer, Jay Stults, Earl Stump, Thelma Bennett, Ralph B Stump, Augusta E
Grimes, Thurlow Reed, Harry Hontz, Curtis Weigel.
Wayne Township
Howard Riddle, Dorothy Strater, Bernice Wible, Robert Whitford, Esther Marie
Kurtz, Emmett Harp, Bessie McCormick, Earl D Leighty, Martha Schumann, Frances
Swihart.
York Township
Therol Black, Maude McLallin, Gracie Yant, Dwight Blackman, Blanche Bell,
Welty Smith, Marie More, Albert Marquiss, Forest Butz, Otis Marquiss, Ben E Hile,
Helen Baker.
Common School
Graduates - 1916
Twentieth Annual Commencement of the Common School Graduates at Noble County
Thursday, June 1, 1916, Albion Indiana.
Albion Opera House 10:30 a.m.
Music will be furnished by the Cromwell band.
Athletic Events 1:15 p.m. 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, running high jump,
running broad jump, pole vault, shot put.
Mile Run - First place, a handsome silver cup; second place a silver medal.
Foot races will be held on E. Main St. Remaining events at Lemmon's Field.
Gold medals are offered for first place in each event except the Mile Run, and a
pennant will be given the school winning the most points.
Allen Township
Myrtle Faux, Dorothy Baum, Wilmer Weimer, Wallace Adams, Anna Meyer,
Nevah Clouse, Nora Wolf, Frank Forker, Ila Hossinger, Lorene Moore, Kenneth
Fales, Harry Lobdell, Ursula Schenher, Marguerite Marti, Norman Koons, Ernest R
Anderson.
Green Township
Zelma McCoy, Gertie Addis, Loretta Owen, Freata Hapner, Flossie Wilson, Eva
Diffendarfer, Purnell Carpenter, Glenn Owen, Elmer Grocock.
Elkhart Township
Kathryn Munk, Harold Zimmerman, George Brill, Ralph Schwab, Gary B Lauer,
Violet Zimmerman, Joseph L Gatwood, Clyde Murray, Karl Kreiger, Charles Knepper,
Modelle Franks, Willis Gonser, Pauline Landon, Laura Price, Ray Clear, Almeada
Thompson, Gerald T Chaffee, Jennie Mack, Jesse Knepper.
Jefferson Township
Thaddeus Smith, Dwight Wiseman, Lizzie Sylvester, Ted McGee, Veda Guthrie,
Beatrice Easter, Blanche Hardendorf, Birdie V Miller, William F Merica, Virgil C
Kline, Dale S Hayes, Walter Jaquay, Ralph Gappinger, Carna L Hiatt.
Noble Township
Melvin Kimmell, Elizabeth Cook, Robert Luckey, Rachel Addis, Martha Seymoure,
Millie Winebrenner, Ethan Stangland, Lawrence Addis, Cynthia L Gandy, Domer
Long, Jessie Page, Kenneth B Calbeck, Edith Evelyn Kiester, Ralph Kiester, Ruth
Howenstine, Daniel Fruchey, Inez Winebrenner, Bryan Wygant, Willard Glass,
Raymond Fultz, Everence Boner.
Orange Township
Haroled Pierce, Clifford Holliaugh, Jay Conley, Marie Jennings, Winifred
Pierce, Clarence Chapman, Pauline Baumgartner, Violet Iler, Irma Myers, Jessie
Hosler, Evangeline Shannon, Hazel Geib, James L Young Jr., Ethel M Waldron,
Leslie Shrull, Ruth Stewart, Nellie M Waldron, Hester Clary, Maude Long, Talitha
C Blanchard.
Perry Township
Orley Prough, Dorothy Evelyn Slabaugh, Cecil Lorain Smith, Dale Damey,
Herschel Locke, Hazel Tyler, Pearl Leslie, Melvin Schlotterback.
Sparta Township
H Braden Hadley, Cecil Archer, Franklin Kline, Cedric Robbins, Carl N
Bender, Orval D Hursey, Esther Williamson, Julia Debrular, Merl E Hontz, Earl D
Clark, Andrew Adams, Vida Weeks, Ralph Brock, Leah Summers, Earl A Reeve,
Harriet Kimmell, Chester Kimmell, Willard Moore, Vesta Weeks, Nellie Jones,
Mamie Shadiker, Lois Tucker, Logan Butler, Randolph Holderman, Russell Bly, Elva
Louetta Rodgers.
Swan Township
Helen Schenher, Blanche Christlieb, George Vallance, Pearl Huff, Thelma
McCurdy, Elnora Growcock, Floyd H Truelove, Robert Wyatt, Lloyd W Perlich, Elmer
Christensen, Lauren King, Edna Christlieb, Grace B Simon, Jerome Kostielney,
Grace Rowe, Freda Preston, Laura Cuney, Frederick Hottinger, Teresa Mazure,
Gladys McCoy, Anna G Kugler, Lucile Bolton.
Washington Township
Leora I Hartsock, Erma Bennett, Laura Piper, Nita Kiester.
Wayne Township
Marion Emerick Smith, Myrtle Ackerman, Walter William Sherman, Forrest J
Devoe, Elsie Schuman, William F Fienemnn, Alice Strater, Lucinda Green, George F
Browand, Ora Taylor, Merritt Merkling, Luella Poppy, Linda Feller, Leah Smith,
Mildred Barker, Karl Weingart.
York Township
Robert Wagner, Earl Hoffman, Hazel Peffer, Owen Poyser, Ula Faulkner, Hollis
Earnhart, Hugh Reed, Vera Huff, Ross Fulk, Frank Wagner, Laura Chaney, Lavon
Tumlinson, Helen F Cole, Kenneth Busz, Viva Lewis, Alfred Duesler, Treadie
Cleland, Alva Watson, Donald Doll, Delbert Earnhart, Max H Taylor.
Common School
Graduates - 1918
Twenty-second Annual Commencement of the Common School Graduates of Noble County
Thursday, June 6, 1918 at Albion, Indiana. Program Albion Opera House
10:30 a.m. Presentation of diplomas at 9:45 in Examination Room at the
Court House. Athletic events at 1:15 p.m. sharp. Contestants must
register at Huckleberry's Jewelry Store before 1:00. Band music forenoon
and afternoon.
Albion Township
Fred
E Prickett, Orville Coe, Warren Hastings, Athene Clayton, Edith A Rimmell,
Kathrine L Beck, Mary K Yost, Forrest A Baker, Edith Ravenscroft, Helen
Hardenbrook, Lee Matthews, Leslie Graham, Evelyn B Morr, Vera Callahan, Niles
Castator, Harold Miller, Harley Curtis, Edith Homsher.
Allen Township
Harold Pilgrim, Paul J VanGorder, Leo F Kinney, Ralph Eley, Edward
Sylvester, Robert Adams, Kenneth Hersh, Gladys Weller, Rachel Macklin, Pearl
Simon, Flossie Kugler, Halcyon Broughton, Opal Pfleightner, Flawrence Lemper,
Harry Dolan, Evelyn Broughton, Fern A Guthrie, Paul Faux, Lucian Kreienbrink,
Robert A Diehm, Charlotte Staples, Rozella Marti, Anna Zimmerman, Iden G
Halferty, Mabelle Bixler, Herman Schmenk, Willis Rhodes, Pauline Samuelson, Eva
A Veazey, Junia E Becker, Inez Boszor, Josephine Reid.
Elkhart Township
Everett Eagles, Earnest L Rice, Josephine Monk, Leo Poyser, Keith L Haid,
Irene Teal, John Gibson, Leo F Cler, Albertine Gerver, Robert Shannon, Virginia
Franks, Ina B Eddy, Don McDonald, Audrey Mehl, Evelyn Stienbarger, Maurine
Holman, Webster Pierce, Lewis Turner, Eva Frick, Lewis Knepper, William Denner.
Green Township
Carrol A Friskney, Guy F Strouse, Henry Veazey, Ben Clouse, Carl M Gappinger,
Julia M Campbell, Jessie Rose.
Jefferson Township
Velma Seip, Carl Kirkpatrick, Frank H Stout, Marion H Rice, Marie Snyder,
Veulah Scheurich, Helen Pfaffman, Forrest Hoffman, Dale Kistler, Albert Weimer,
Ethal M Weimer.
Noble Township
Tamson Shew, Glenn Kuhns, Jessie Hawk, Max J Haney, Eva Barr, Lura Tucker,
Icie Winebrenner, Mary Gandy, Elsie F Brackney, Lottie M Budd, Constance
Williams, William Huntsman, Jacob A Hile, Roscoe Stangland, Vicie Surfus, George
R Swihart, Treadie M Targgart, Edith J Houser, Theodore Miller, Abraham
Thompson, Mahlon L Hull, Helen F Adair, Freda L Surfus.
Orange Township
Charlie Altimus, Elmer Rymal, Lee E Hague, Clarence Strater, Ethel Shroyer,
Charles Schell, Talitha Axel, Roy Joslin, Violet Sunday, Leland Knight, Earl
Potts, Robert Baker, Louise Moore, Wilma Blanchard, Clairden Blanchard, Helen
Jennings, Melvie Martin, Hazel B Witmer, Mary Laplaca, Mary L Faux, Thurlo
Schlichtenmyer, Eunice L Smith, Leona Roberts, Geraldine Lamp, Louise Ramsey.
Perry Township
Merle Vance, Glenn Graham, Hazel Gard, Mary Carper, May Speckeen, Roy E
Emmitt, Velma Deardorff, Anna H Hite, Wava A Morrow, Lura Reynolds, Irma Risser,
Faye Speckeen, Clifford Duesler, Pearl Deardorff, Elmo Yoder, Anna Simmons, Dana
Yergin, Floyd Jett.
Sparta Township
Lucile Fausnaugh, Viva mcCoy, Wayne Mayfield, Anna Hunt, Reva McDorman, Edna
Firestone, Mildred Fitzpatrick, William Rees, Pauline Flowers, Winston Gants,
Almeda Reeve, Meredith Greider, Florence Rodebaugh, Wilbur Clingerman, Gertrude
Kiewiet, Morris E Winsor, Arthur Chiddister, Mildred Fry, Clara Dent, Millison
Ruby, Calven E Miller, Mildred Kimmell, Mildred E Koher, Wilma Rodebaugh, Janet
Sloan.
Swan Township
Fern E Gump, Harvey Dancer, Russell Cramer, Mary Goe, Winifred Gorrell,
Walter Simon, Charlotte E Jarrett, Bonnie Rinard, Edna Wappes, Wallace Scheurich,
Elma Glawe, Robert Christlieb.
Washington Township
Ray Beach, RayRritter, Arthur Evans, Opal B Greider, Lucille Stocker,
Frances Roush, Maude Johnson, Jennie Stump, Mildred Wineland, Mildred Hontz,
Fred Knapp, Arlo M Weigel, Ralph Miller, Margaret Carroll.
Wayne Township
Flossie Smith, Emerald Smith, Etta Green, William Ackerman, Homer Bowman,
Oran P Gunter, Gordon T Henney, Rilla Koon, Mabel McInturf, Vivian Nichols.
York Township
Eva Seymoure, Grace Cole, Dorothy Yant, Virgil Conrad, Ilo Yant, Mamie
Magnuson, Cecil Busz, Hazel Snapp, Ruby McLallin, Lloyd Clark, Byron Smith,
Thurlow Cazier, Irma Seaburg.
Common
School Graduates - 1919
Twenty-third Annual Commencement of the Common
School Graduates of Noble County, Thursday, June 5, 1919, Albion, Indiana.
Program: Albion Opera House 10:30 a.m. Distribution of diplomas at 9:45
sharp in Examination Room. Music - Jefferson Orchestra; Reading - Helen
Wortinger; Reading Lavon Huntsman; Piano Solo - Ruth Schwab; Reading Erma Noel;
Reading John C Diehm; Reading - Orla Shambaugh; Piano Solo - Edrie Geiger;
Reading - Walter Christensen; Piano Solo - Janice Holderman; Reading - Viola
Ravenscroft; Music - Jefferson Orchestra. Athletic events: 100 yards run,
22 yards run, 440 yards run, Running high jump, Running boad jump, Pole vault,
Shot put. Sold gold medals will be awarded the winners. Band music
all day.
Albion
Township
Harold L Huff, Donald M Barcus, Ernest Rogers, Robert Shepherd, Viola
Ravenscroft, Thyra Kettleborough, Ruby Edsall, Grace M Guthrie, Grace Pressler,
Don C Favinger, Donald Halferty, Walter Edington, Lucy L Evans, Mayme Butler.
Allen Township
John C Diehm, Genevieve Lobdell, Helen A Gillian, Esther Knox, Clara M Wolf,
Forrest A Stewart, Harold S Smith, Lois Kurrle, Leroy J Crege, Mary A Boszor,
Harold Gillian, Winnie Greenman.
Elkhart Township
Pearl Inks, Malvern R Hicks, Kenneth Magnuson, Orval Beaty, Josephine King,
Mary Esch, Martha Demer, Ford J Lower, Ruth Frick, Brady Chaffee, Treva
Marshall, Ruth Schwab, Alice Knepper, Johnnie Boss.
Green Township
Ralph Houts, Fairy Swihart, Willie Jetmore, Mildred Forker, Dorothy
Herendeen, Okla Shambaugh, Elsie Friskney, James Winebrenner, Edna Bower.
Jefferson Township
Zelma Williamson, Evelyn Rice, Harold Edwards, Wilma Wells, Melvin S Treesh,
Clarence Uhl.
Noble Township
Lavon Huntsman, Edith Prickett, Ray H Starkey, Valmont Fry, Kenneth Wysong,
Marion L Smith, Sherman Gaff, Blanche C Lott, John Kiester, Theodore Targgart,
Mae Boner, Hazel N Long, Charlie Bills.
Orange Township
Doyle Harp, Paul Black, Thurlow Axel, Cleo Donat, Gerald Pierce, Erma Noel,
Karl Jones, Sunshine Bloom, Kenneth Rymal, Xena Martin, Gerald Rothrock, Robert
Reidenbach, Carl Case, Richard Kesler, Lester Grossman, Paul Knight, Ransom
Altimus, Albert Jeffries.
Perry Township
Luella Yoder, Herbert Bare, Earle Couts, Merle Buchtel.
Sparta Township
Kenton Werker, Janice Holderman, Helen Miller, Ruth Flowers, Wilbur Couts,
Bonnie Maggert, Lois Doll, Cecil Goudy, Ruth Clark, Dora Leamon, Hannah F Kline,
Zelma Buck, Ruth Galloway, Alta Conner, Alcom Bunger, Pauline Morris.
Swan Township
Goldie Campbell, Leona Growcock,
Joanna Jackson, Clell McKeever, Stanley Oakes, Crystal Young, Vuirl Freeman,
Arthur Moore, Dalton Rhodes, Ora Rhodes,
Walter Christensen, Grace Truelove, Flossie Miller, Wilma McGuire, Harvey
Christensen.
Washington Township
Robert Kilgore, Wavern Stocker, Rowena Mohler.
Wayne Township
Helen Wortinger, Ruth Kurtz, Clifford Likes, May Warble, Della Feller, Ruth
Albright, Hazel Poppy, Henrietta Hasselmann, Dorothy Arehart, Glenn Arehart,
Corwin Henney, Beatrice Hovarter, Clifford Smith, Joyce L Swogger, Berniece
McInturf.
York Township
Elva M Bender, Woodward Lary, James Gleason, Mabel L Caskey, Edrie Geiger.
Common
School Graduates - 1920
Albion New Era April 14, 1920
County superintendent Guy R. Hall has completed the grading of the 237
pupils who wrote for the diploma examination March 20 and of the number 126
applicants were successful in making passing grades. The percentage of
successes are greater than last year. Several were conditioned and will
doubtless be successful in making passing grades at the April examination.
The following were the successful applicants. May 20, 1920
added 45 who had passed the test; and May 29 reported the rest who had
passed.
Albion Township
Elizabeth Haney, Mary K Grant, E Ross Adair, Ruth Bowen, Eloise Harris,
Madeleine Lindsey, Fred Butler, Nelson Edington, Charles F Prickett, Helen
Neidhardt, Hilda M Gatwood, Bernard Rimmel, Harold B Rupert, Walter Callahan,
Henry C Curtis, Kenneth Thomas, Laura Coats, Bruce Stevenson, Althea Barnum,
Garnett Gatwood, Roy Stephenson, Glendon Black, Gladys Frazure, Nina Franklin,
Earl Long, Norma Butler, Ivan Hardenbrook, Paul Miller.
Allen Township
Naomi L Pfleightner, Wilbur L Fryer, Norman Berkes, Florence Boszor, Lillian
Huddleston, Mildred Cornell, Gertrude Gillian, Robert J Lash, Harry VanFerson,
Ralph Shanline, Hilbert Troup, Christelle Offord, Howard Marti, Edith Bly, Harry
Adams, Beryl Sayles, Mabel Penn, Walter Berkes.
Elkhart Township
Albert W Lung, Helen Caldwell, Robert King, Berniece Gallup, Merceda Boyd,
Edna Cook, Vinton Wells, Arlene Fulk, Doris McDonald, Frederick Barker, Dorothe
Kreger.
Green Township
Hazel Snell, Hallie Brumbaugh, Clara Owen, Bert Clouse, Hilda Leitch, Pearl
Martin, Raymond Dressler, Obra Zumbrun, Cedric Veazey, Ray Barcus, Faith Swihart.
Jefferson Township
Celia Faulkner, Earl Haney, Erma Hippenhammer, Walter Young, Grace
Trowbridge, Delmer Trowbridge, Homer Melvin, Edith Lasho, Della Faulkner,
Sharlette Rogers, Earl Butler, Claudia Ruffing.
Noble Township
Vera Bills, Joseph Adair, Pearl E Rees, Furland Forst, Herbert Wolfe, Bessie
Moore, Hazel Myers, Ralph G Hile, Mabel J Addis, Roy Seymoure, Jay Stangland,
Florence Johnson, Guy Stuckman, Ward W Golden, William Kiester, Donald Wysong,
Amy Stangland, Wilmer Walker, Alba Winebrenner, Daniel Trimmer, Heber
Winebrenner, Berniece Skeels, Ruth Wilkinson, Frank Smith, Fordis Winebrenner,
Pearley Reed, Alice Swihart, Guy Addis, Marjorie Gandy, Mable Cole, Lodema Hile,
Opal Winebrenner.
Orange Township
Evelyn Bolley, Mabel Clark, William Franks, Ocie Holsinger, Theodora
Buchanan, Ruth Smith, Mabel Altimus, George Baughman, Etha Conley, Louise Potts,
Bret R Young, Mildred Eley, Elva Waldron, Maude Morley, Mary McCarty.
Perry Township
Lawrence L Owen, Donald Todd, Dorothea E Emmitt, Dorothea Nowels, Mildred
May Smith, Elmer Hoover, Nadine Smith.
Sparta Township
Charles Winkler, Marcile Gard, Olga Lung, Geraldine Hussey, Blanche Shadiker,
Dorothy Linn, Wayne Brock, Deane Butler, Chester Sloan, Roscoe Kiser, Delores
Berberick, Meredith Mullin, Fern Baker, Herbert McDonald, Mildred Archer, Mary
Kline, Coral Werker, Esther Moore, Lavon Koher, Helen Jamison, Curtis L Miller,
Waldon C Reeve.
Swan Township
Merl Kelham, Cicero Christensen, Carlton W Harrod, Winston King, Eilene
Kistler, Russell Rowe, Grenivere Kugler, Earl Perlich, Ford McKeever, Clarence
Keck, Genevieve Kugler, Gladys Schutt.
Washington Township
Arlo W Mack, Samuel W Mohler, James Wade, Arthur Piper, Pearl Stump.
Wayne Township
Rose Beall, Robert M Parr, C W Emerick, Anna Henry.
York Township
Earle Wolfe, Lelia Adair, Berniece Smith, Everett Snapp, Lulu Conrad, Porter
Black, Anna Marquardt, Ira Wright, George Johnston, Alice Corkins, Dessie Gaff,
Latta Tumlinson, Lawrence Gaff, Freeda Johnston, Raymond Cler.
Common
School Graduates - 1921
Twenty-fifth Annual Commencement of the Common Schools of Noble County Thursday,
June 9, 1921, at Albion, Indiana.
Albion Opera House 10:30 a.m. Distribution of diplomas at 9:15 from
examination room.
Athletic events beginning at 1:30 p.m. sharp: 100 yards run, 440 yards run,
Running high jump, Running broad jump, Pole vault,
Shot put. Solid gold medals will be awarded the winners. A large six
by four pennant will be given to the town or city school or combination of any
township's district schools, whose team wins the most points. Band music
all day by Sack's Orchestra.
Albion Township
Donald Porter, Margaret Lemkau, Elizabeth Prickett, Ralph Cole, Robert Beck,
Davis Black, Ward Finley, Franklin Nobles, Frankie McMichael, Ralph McPheeters,
Hazel Guthrie, Edna Anspaugh, Helen Butler, Edgar Nowels, Dorothy Gappinger,
Charles Stevenson, Gerald Todd, Francis McMichael, Allen Zollinger.
Allen Township
Marjorie Graham, Ethel Murray, Helen Kelham, Maurice Diehm, Margaret R Reid,
Berneda Thomas, Edith Knox, Geraldine Crego, Velma Smith, Anna M Lauer, Norman
Doty, Kenneth Helmer, Helen Diehm.
Elkhart Township
Earle Schwab, Ruby Frick, Elmer Barrett, Lela Brill, Everett Rathke, Bertha
Smith, Dorothy Zimmerman, Doris Gates, S Arthur Fulford, Walter Butz, Carroll
Cobb, Caroline Lung, Ruth Inks, Bessie Wells, Edna Beaty, Marceil Landon, Walter
Haid, Varen Schick, Jacob Eberly, Enid Lauer.
Green Township
Glenn E Herron, Ruth Barcus, Emma Ragan, Ernest Dickey, Harry Tucker, Lynn
Harlan, Edna Young, Carl Leitch, Neva Brumbaugh, Lemmon Clouse.
Jefferson Township
Irene Trowbridge, Belva Workman, Ethel Albaugh.
Noble Township
Richard Benfer, Fred Pollock, Erma B Gray, Edna Prickett, Mary Starkey,
Ethel Weeks, Ada Stangland, Leslie Winebrenner, Blanche Gaff, Bonnie Norris,
Russell O Lindsey, Beryl Weeks, Harold Seymoure, Granville Keister, Vesta Fry,
Ethel Wolfe, Berniece Marker, Clive Madden, Loleta Haney, Gilbert Rarick, Homer
Grable, Ethel Reed, Robert Surfus, Farrield Bills, Flowey Johnson.
Orange Township
Vernie Russell, Audrey Howard, Orren Noel, Calvin Potts, Helen Frick, Alta
McBride, Evelyn Faux, Graceton Stienbarger, Ledger Conley, Esther E Donat, Wava
Blanchard, Chester Flint, Lucille Baughman.
Perry Township
Dean Hite, Elisabeth Ryan, Harley Yoder, Clarence Rowley, Everet Slabaugh,
Claud Bare, Charlotte Miller.
Sparta Township
Irmyl Noe, Pauline Hartnett, Dorothy Juday, Beatrice Cress, Noble M Wolf,
Maurice Longnecker, Beulah Smith, Harry McDonald, Louise Pollock, Oras Iden,
Virginia Pollock, Lois Hite, Martha Ringgenberg, Edgar Fausnaugh, Delrose Ruby,
Ida Johnston, J Bernard Wood, Lucile Hyndman, Merritt Werker.
Swan Township
Everett Stewart, Adah Goe, Howard Hosler, Darwin Troyer, Virgil Scheurich,
Zelda Kistler, Enos Young, Arloe E Pepple, Kenneth Simon, Gertrude Young,
Elizabeth Harter, Fay Truelove, J Willard Harter.
Washington Township
Everett Mock, Thomas Roush, Helen F Brenninger, Alfreda Roush, Hazel Hunter,
Ella Burnheimer, Bert H Hodge, Erma Hontz, Isabel Kilgore, Dorris Stump, Zoe E
Twaits, Abraham Stump.
Wayne Township
Luella Baumle, Arthur Gehring, Helen Baumle, Norman Smith, Archie R Weber,
Delphia Deems, Viola Green, Carl Barker, Floyd F Likes.
York Township
Arthur Luther, Verna Black, Ray Cole, Valentine Hile, Leone Grate, Esther
French, Lucy Earnhart, Lowell Neill, Ruth French, Walter Luther.
Common School Graduates - 1922
Twenty-sixth Annual Commencement of the Common Schools of Noble County,
Thursday, June 8, 1922 at Albion, Indiana.
Program Albion Opera House 10:30 A.M. Distribution of diplomas at 9:50
sharp in examination room. Athletic events beginning at 1:30 sharp: 100
yards dash, 440 yards run, Running high jump, Running broad jump, Pole vault,
Shot put. Solid gold medals will be awarded the winners. A large
six-by-three pennant will be given the town or city school or combination of any
township's district schools, whose team wins the most points. Band music
by Matthews Orchestra all day.
Albion Township
Edna Pressler, Harold Coe, Voyl Krieger, Evelyn Hardenbrook, Floyd L
Emahiser, Florence Brown, Fern Kettleborough, Helen Hossinger, Ruth Riddle,
Richard B Knox, Helen Sevenson, Anna E Sinderson, Frank Kuhn, Clarence Bender,
Bernie Franklin, Clermont Wilhelm, George Sinderson, Phyllis Finley, Ave
Hardenbrook, Zelma Kidd, Evelyn Frymier, Keith Slessman, Raymond E Nowels, Ethel
Schauweker, Irma Kettleborough.
Allen Township
Raymond R Marti, Kenneth Berkes, Coy Crothers, Garnet Ross, Wendell Offord,
Esther Miller, B Wade Smith, Earl Layman, Charles Ihrie, Beverly McKee, John
Lauer, Marjorie Pennel.
Elkhart Township
Bernice Beaty, William Kreger, Rupert Hicks, Glen S Hooten, Clara Danner,
Claude Smith, John T Smith, Marguerite Franks, Walter Zimmerman, Louise Gates,
Ellen Jones, Mabel Danner, Max Schwab, Jerome Glant, Herbert Yontz, Jennie
Gallup, Max Miller, Martha Eberly.
Green Township
Sylvia Erdly, Berenice Gross, Mary Clouse, Ella Ott, Amelia Kruckeberg,
Velda McCoy, Helen Gaff, Evelyn Hire, Edith Harrold, Evelyn Kepford, Leo
Pippenger, Anna Schaffer, Owen E Sitton, Henry Boggs, Roxie Barcus, Irma
Bohnenberger, Charles W Smith, Everett Leitch, Jessie Owen, Jesse H Geiger,
Emily Smith, Trevor Bonar, Dallas Leitch.
Jefferson Township
Lilah Smith, Woodward Clouse, Joe Trowbridge, Carol Bell, Trent Hilkey,
Ernest Rosenogle, Mary Juif, Robert Doty, Marie Baker, Ione G Albaugh, Ivah
Harvey, Norman Weimer, Ethel Eshelman, Walter Schmuck.
Noble Township
Juanita Kiester, Lova Gaerte, Treva Ritter, D A Targgart, Harold Seymoure,
Howard Swihart, Tony Kichler, Gertrude Harding, Orville Strouse, Waneta Hull,
Donald Adair, Orval Gaerte, Fredona Gay, Margaret Stewart, Marshal E Lott, Fred
L Geiger, Edna Lemasters, Frederick Baker, Owen Truman, Martha Mowrey, Jessie
Buffenbarger, Winnia Johnson, Prentiss Miller, Earl Ott, Hubert Brackney, Ruth
Barr, Walter Edwards, Mamie Lemasters.
Orange Township
Victor Myers, Florence Harp, Richard Rowe, Elizabeth Rimmell, Clifford
Milnor, Dorothy Schlichtenmyer, Royt Zimmerman, Iva Grossman, Dorothy Bliss,
Howard J Evers, Lorena Donat, Retha Couts, Clarice Nichols, Glenn Lamp, Lester
Conley, Dale Emrick.
Perry Township
Doris Flowers, Alvin Kettlebar, Ray Castetter, Marguerite Lantz, Lawrence
Yoder, Leonard Green, Raymond Claudon, Ray Meroney, J D Risser, Samuel Hyde,
Gladys Crothers.
Sparta Township
Robert Rarick, Velva Stocker, Gladys Swartz, Ralph More, Oris Earnhart,
Eleanor Juday, Donald Robbins, Lavone Brown, Virgil Kistler, Edward Smith, Ruth
Poyser, Eddie Knox, Mildred Butts, Elda Rathke, Carl Rathke, Eva Growcock, Amos
Conner, Maynard Buck, Madelion Hart, Herbert Tucker, Lucille Heffner, Ruth
Gorsuch.
Swan Township
Leonard Rhodes, Lloyd Pepple, Harry Kugler, Ernest Lawyer, Beatrice Lawyer,
Pearl Blake, Margaret Freeman, Eddie Hobaugh, Cecil Rhodes, Howard Scheurich,
Darwin Bryan, Gertrude Snoke, Fred Rhodes, Grace M Wappes, Marjory Schutt, John
Englert, Kenneth Whonsetler, Gladys Whonsetler, Rushell Jarrett.
Washington Township
Guy Newman, Stanley Slosser, Carmine Hart, Thelma G Leins, Clifford
Bodenhafer, Iola Feller, Florence Hovarter, Harold Poppy.
York Township
Helen Ball, Myrtle DePew, Burnell Elser, Wallie Hover, Allen Willits, Victor
Oliver, Ivan Snapp, Max McLallin, Ross Ball, Wilbur Cler, Charles Cole.
Common School Graduates - 1923
Albion New Era May 30, 1923
County commencement will be held in the Albion Opera House June 7, at 10:30
a.m. Field Day athletic contests will be held as usual in the afternoon.
Band
music all day. Distribution of diplomas at 9:30 sharp in Examination Room.
Albion Township
Wilhelmina Coats, Guy Butler, Edward Gatwood, Mildred Stevenson, Jack
Barnum, Alice Harris, Dorothy Coats, Alice Stanley, Don Foulk, Catherine
Marshall, Gail Butler, Shirley Marshall, Ogden Morr, Melba Lary, William
Growcock, Walter Turnbull,m Ralph Olmstead, Leona Madison, Orrilla M Rice, Irma
Rensch.
Allen Township
Florence M Wolf, Alma Weimer, Harold Uhl, Herron Ross, Ada Koenig,
Antoinette Vogtman, Lunette Hile, Robert D Berkes, Howard Baird, Mary Marie
Thomas, Pauline Crege, James Boone.
Elkhart Township
Verne Pray, Ruby Butz, Eloise McCloughan, Roy Emmert, Ivan Rice, Cyrus
Frick, Raymond Yoder, Icea Lindsey, Marguerite Lower, Edith Bloom, Arleen
Jourdan, Lois Gangwer, Theodore Magnuson, Forrest Lower, Blaine Cotner, Bertha
Stienbarger, Thora Franks, Frank Weaver, Ruby Inks.
Green Township
Ethel Harlan, Madaline Weeks, Kenneth Clouse, Joyce Boggs, Bertha Leitch,
Mae Summers, Freida Leitch, Marie Kepright, Fred Gaff.
Jefferson Township
Clarence B Mault, Lucille Jaquay, Amos Rimmel, Homer Trowbridge, Dale
Guthrie, Levilla Williamson, Hilda Scheurich, Oma Hippenhammer.
Noble Township
Clarence Targgart, Mildred Myers, Homer Back, Ada Rowley, George Weeks,
Audrey Eamick, Genevieve Norris, Mary Winebrenner, Leota Haney, Lottie Walburn,
Thomas Ott, Ora Addis, Thelma Leamon, Tallock Stangland, Mildred Targgart.
Orange Township
Evelyn Burkett, Eleanor Brayton, Noreen Baughman, Bruce Needham, Paul
Schermerhorn, Norbert Donat, Lee McDonald, Newell Franks, Cedric Pope, Delcie
Smith, Edwin Adams, Mildred Moore, Ruth Altimus, Mary E Harris, Marguerite
Tipton, Leona Gaby, Sanford Reidenbach, Kenneth Hisey, Paul Moore, Francis
McCarty, Robert Faux, Zelma Zimmerman, Venus Faux, Hazel Banta, Gale Bloom, Myra
Stewart.
Perry Township
Mamie Bare, Dora H Hite, Donald Borger, Coral Adair, Martha Schlabach, David
Cunningham, Ruth Carper, Venetta Miller, Cyral Ryan.
Sparta Township
Maurice Lecount, Catharine Chiddister, Thomas Gorsuch, Arthur D Crow,
Frances Holderman, Floyd Downing, Divona Baker, Alice Werker, Esther Rathke,
Carolyn Mitchell, Anna Kimmell, Helen Lormis, Arland Werker, Delores Abrams,
Kathryn Longnecker, Lester Phares, Dale M Clark.
Swan Township
Russell Palmer, Warren McKeever, Howard Young, Carrie Wiant, Hazel Campell,
Mary Ditmars, Clarence Birch, Andrew Jackson, Nina Weaver, Ella Farmer, Joseph
Kelham, Glen Leiter, Beech McKeever, Dorothy Rowe, Lula Swinehart, Lee McDuffee,
Leah Huffman.
Washington Township
Paul Himes, Ralph Correll, Luella Kiester, Donald Kilgore, Walter Hunter,
Paul Stump, Della Bennett, Wilbur Mock, Verta Chaney.
Emil Hickman, Margaret Adair,
Wayne Township
Dale Randal, Elmer Newman, Lewis Devoe, Lavern Feller, Gladys Henry, Thresa
Baumle.
York Township
Lucille Smith, Earl Butz, Idris Ohlwine, Beulah Snapp, Carrie Owen, Olive
Caskey, Donald Conrad, Mary Cole.
Common School Graduates - 1924
Albion Township
Gertrude Busz, Arthur Priest, Hubert Singleton, Elbert
Huston, Leone Gatwood, Hazel Schutt, Marcelle Foote, Jane Ray, Harry Culler,
Marian Eagles, Harry Metz, Kenneth Rosen, Avon Schwab, Elsie Hiatt, Paul
Marshall, Ruby Merriman, Charlotte Conway, Virginia Davis, Keith Seymour,
Russell Ray, Garnold Kettleborough, Gerald Hufty, Alma Runge, Helen Weber,
Robert Hufty, Ford Weber, Letha Zigler.
Allen Township
Herman Bauman, Louis Vogtman, Berne Sayles, Nevelyn Boszor, Esther F Smith,
Hilda Berkes, Norman Gillian, Walter Yeiser Jr., Mary Layman, Gertrude Sucher,
Thelma Cramer, Max Dressel, J Robert Ihrie, Violet Wheeler, Mildred Fraylick,
Howard Weimer.
Elkhart Township
Hazel Rathke, Polly Greenawalt, Alma Dukes, Helen Lecount, Catherine Shaw,
Mildred Inks, Howard Emmert, George Domer, Lucile E Boyd, Lela Yoder, Ruby M
Smith, Mabel Knepper, Ruby Knepper, Rosalie Baker, Opel Hicks, Edna Claxton,
Gwendolyn Jones, Margaret Poppy.
Green Township
Ora Tucker, Grace Brumbaugh, Evelyn Strouse, Russell Haney, Leota Zumbrun,
Ira Schlotterback, Mary Kesling, C L Haney, Jesse Diffendarfer, Everett
Pippenger, Helen Brumbaugh, Elmer Dressler, Willis Clouse, Merry Clouse, Fred
Clouse, Lee McConnell.
Jefferson Township
Harold Rosenogle, Dale Weimer, Alma Hammel, Pauline Weimer, Welcome Wells,
Arthur Stringfellow, Eva Kirkpatrick, Ruby Rodman, Harold Streby, Vernon Weimer,
Evelyn Trowbridge, Elizabeth Trittipo, Alberta Seley, Clara Eley.
Noble Township
Clebert Johnson, Claude Surfus, Clifford Gaerte, Corlas Skeels, Glenn Young,
Carl Huntsman, Athalea Frye, Stacy Brumbaugh, Claude Targgart, Frederick
Targgart, Carl Hawk, Florence Ott, Bonia Humbarger, Earl Strouse, Georgia Leamon,
Lottajane Prickett, Retta L Kimmell, Dorothy Kichler, Lee Brown, Helen Waugh,
Robert Braden, Lawrence Heintzelman, Ida Harroff, Cora Wysong, Elizabeth Wilson,
Martha Smith, Eileen Pollock, Echo Butler, Hays Huntsman, Woodward Campbell.
Orange Township
Anna Kesler, Frederick Butler, Edward Tipton, Lloyd Sturgis, Harold Banta,
Ethel Bortner, Evelyn Huff, Phema Fulk, Ruth Whetzel, Lalah Nichols, Virgil
Emrick, Mary A Doud, Howard Smith, Merle Ramer, Ivan A Munk, Mary Minier,
Jeanette Pierce, Leroy Haney, Dorothy Flint, Louise Sutton.
Perry Township
John Leming, Emma Reynolds, Corinne Deardorff, Glenn R Yoder, Louisa King,
Maydene Lohrei, Charles Moore, Dorothy Yoder, Thomas Hite, Arnold Beckner,
Thelma Handschy, Dorothy Hill.
Sparta Township
Ray Godsell, Lawrence Beers, Mabel Shock, Esther Conrad, Orvaline Bickel,
Edward Shearer.
Swan Township
Lee McKee, Everett McKee, Ray Freeman, Darrell Troyer, Mandelene Rhodes,
Mary Harter, Frank Rhodes, Fern Truelove, Ethel Pepple, Kermit Whan, Harry P
King, Mildred Renkenberger, Alreada McCoy, Park McKeever.
Washington Township
Orville Miller, Mary Miller, Orris Stump, Gladys Stults, Mary Beezley, Mae
Stump, Don Ritter, Georgia E Roush, Bessie Hamman.
Wayne Township
Bill Rimmel, Velma Bodenhafer, Harold Wible, Velma Ackerman, Florence Smith,
Helen Wible, Homer Mortimore, Gerald Smith.
York Township
Floyd Murphy, Lela Murphy, Georgia Luther, Cora Johnston, Thelma Owen, Naoma
Harkless, Mildred Baker, Robert Buckles, Glenn Willits, Kenneth Black, Glenneice
Coe, Carolyn Heltzel.
Common School Graduates - 1925
29th Annual Commencement of the Common Schools of Noble County. Band music all day - Albion Imperial Orchestra. Wednesday, June 3, 1925.
Program at Albion Opera House 10:30 a.m. Distribution of diplomas at 9:40
sharp from School Exhibit Room, Court House.
Class Picture taken 9:55 till 10:15.
Athletic Events beginning at 1:30 p.m. sharp: 100 Yards dash; 440 Yards
Run; Running High Jump; Running Broad Jump; Pole Vault; Shot Put. Gold
medals will be awarded the winners. A large 6 x 4 pennant will be awarded
the town or city school or combination of any township's schools, whose team
wins the most points.
Albion
Township
- Trustee Carl Hardenbrook
Otis McMichael, Paul K Shortz, Lucille Hiatt, Ruth Neill, Robert Voris,
Zovelda Roscoe, Alan Hardenbrook, Elizabeth Long, Helen Hall, Lucille Nowels,
William Hiatt, Carleton Kuhn, Marjorie Growcock, Valura Franks, Ralph Callender,
Marian Black, Ruby Rimmell.
Allen Township - Trustee Arlo J Fryer
Ruth E Barhan, Lillian Offord, Weir Ferris, Meredith Ross, Lawrence Uhl,
Ruby E Barhan, Ruth Iddings, Robert Keck, Robert Henney.
Elkhart Township - Trustee John W Zimmerman
Ruby Stienbarger, Lucile Rice, Elnora Macklin, Russel Tague, Lucile M Crago,
Leona Greenawalt, Mildred Middleton, Marjorie Altimus, Alberta Ramer, Ellis
Gates, Paul Reidenbach, Ruth Kinnison, Solomon Fulford, Charles Hicks, Margaret
Stigner, Dale Hooten, Robert Geiger, Dorothy Gangwer, Lucile Franks, Ruth Smith,
Max Way, Howard Golden.
Green Township - Trustee Arthur L Budd
Clarence Owen, Leo Boggs, Roy E Kimmel, Woodward Gaff, Howard Truelove,
Lauris Summers, Carl McCoy, Helen Shambaugh, Mildred Owen, Alverdia Weeks,
Gladys Hoffman.
Jefferson Township - Trustee Edwin Smith
Dave Trowbridge, Vivian Trowbridge, Viola Amick, Erma Williamson, Harold
Rimmel, Leone Eley, Orpha Albaugh, Irma Baker, Carl Streby, Lucy Bailey, Clare
Kline.
Noble Township - Trustee Charles Ott
Phillip Kimmell, William Humbarger, Floyd Lemaster, Golda Erdly, Donald
Brown, Coral Hinman, Lucinda Winebrenner, Lois Young, Don Edwards, Maurice
Foster, Thelma Johnson, Lena Coverstone, Raymond Moore, Helen Clark, Vera Surfus,
Leona Gandy, Irene Walker, Homer Barr, Wilbur Buffenbarger, Lesco Rarick, Oras
Zumbrun, Esther Miller, Don Brumbaugh, Durward Hursey, Dale Marker, Harry Birch,
Wayne Ridgley, Eldora Coverstone, Kenneth Herron, Oldine Gaerte.
Perry Township - Trustee William Jackson
Elizabeth Miller, Margaret Beckner, Myrtle Owen, Walter Gunder, Delmar Long,
Kermit Simmons, Pauline Brill, Uteva James, Hurshel Gangwer, Eleanore Stage,
Lois Carper, John W Crothers, Clifford Wyland, Robert Cunningham, Paul Haney,
Clyde Brill, Margaret Reynolds.
Sparta Township - Trustee Marion Berberich
Frank Buckles, Hazel Baughman, Theodore Butler, Daniel Harlan, Kenneth
Goodrich, Helen Rathke, Mary Schlabach, Vera C Hicks, Henrietta Walton, Roy
Hover, Agnes Baker.
Swan Township - Trustee Floyd A Gause
Clarence Farmer, Jessie Harter, Louis LaFever, Reuel Moore, Merlin
Whonsetler, Bertha Pepple, Frona Wappes, Howard Smith, Willard Miller, Lileth
Weaver, Clara Buehrer, Gladys Bolton, Ruth Moore, Rosabel Kugler, Lauren Weaver,
Robert Truelove, Melvin Fulk, Proctor Hagerman, Maretha Cramer, Florence Badger,
Mary Simon, Monzella Sloffer, Ruth Keck.
Washington Township - Trustee Noah Stump
Dale Hontz, Mary Hartsock, George Beezley, Josephine Piper, Alfred Breninger,
Catherine Kehr, Raymond Burnheimer, Mary Adair, Howard Scott, Roy Stump.
Wayne Township - Trustee Frank Bogner
Clyde Knott, Eliabeth Kreischer, Warren Smith, Edria Gillette, Lowell Frehse,
Kenneth Blech, Clarence Strayer, Marcelle Gehring.
York Township - Trustee Calvin Black
Lenore Reed, Erma DePew, Mabel Boner, Lewis D Black, Everett Pressler, Clyde
Johnston, Gerald Mawhorter, Dwight Willits, Lera L Long.
Common School Graduates - 1926
Thirtieth Annual Commencement of the Common Schools of Noble County Thursday
June 3, 1926 at Albion, Indiana. Program Albion
Opera House 10:15 a.m. Taking of the class picture 11:30. Athletic
Events beginning at 1:15 p.m. sharp. Gold medals will be awarded the
winners. Base Ball - Wolf Lake H.S. vs Rome City H.S. Tri City Band
9 to 10 a.m. and in afternoon. Evening concert.
Albion Township
Charles Bowman, Marriea Scott, Ardella Frymier, John Prickett, Mildred
Hoffman, Irma Singleton, Vivian Haney, Marjorie Kidd, Paul Knafel, Richard
Butler, Frances Franklin, Edgar Frymier, Arthur Hickman, Herbert Butler, Estela
Franklin.
Allen Township
Velma Frederick, Martha Crothers, Winifred Caldwell, Dorothy Graham, Robert
Zimmerman, Nellie Zimmerman, Lawrence Kelham, Paul Neal, Robert Kreienbrink,
Winifred Clark, Martha Bowman, Mary Ross, Virginia Nickell, Clara Diehm, Robert
Smith, Isabelle Ihrie, Helen Lauer, Dale Marsh, Mary Edith Hile, Mildred Rex,
Lauren Smith, Earl Leigh Boszor.
Elkhart Township
George Stienbarger, Paul Gibson, Thomas Miller, Alfred Jeffries, Robert
Armstrong, Marseille Poppy, Hilda Pepple, Arthur Emmett, Lawrence Ramer,
Beatrice Boyd, Eelyn Emmett, Ura Clinton Miller, Minnie Fulford, Ford Franks,
Mildred Franks, Earl Weaver, Samuel Eberly.
Green Township
Raymond Huntsman, Lucille Clouse, Clifford Hire, Sarah Schlotterback, Evelyn
Rollins, Vivia Owen, Dorothy Campbell, Anna Leitch, Evelyn Weeks, Lucille
Schaefer.
Jefferson Township
Chelsea Schmuck, Faye Engle, Lucy Bell, Ruth Walburn, Hazel Bailey, Harley
Kline, Beatrice Bauman.
Noble Township
Berneice Fultz, Virgil Grable, Itha Fruchey, Ford Bitting, Hugh Gandy, Helen
Winebrenner, Alvin Winebrenner, Bertha Gray, Richard Targgart, Goldie Madden,
Walter Winebrenner, Don Prickett, Dick Foster, Louise Wilson, Mae Jerraid,
Mildred Ott, Thomas Kimmell, Madaline Cochran, Curtis Gaerte, Eunice Kiester,
Eleanor Budd, Lawrence Friend, Marlo Stangland.
Orange Township
Ruth Schell, Florence Stewart, Robert Franks, Beulah McBride, Mary Elizabeth
McCarty, Wilbur Conrad, Clark Pierce, Robert Frick, Vira Donat, Lucille
Franklin, Allene Stienbarger, Robert Harp, Lillian Johnston, Kenneth Brady,
Eloise Edmunds, Donald Frick, Elmer Gallup, Charles Wells, Velma Grossman,
Bernard Hanson, Evelyn Flint.
Perry Township
Forrest Slabaugh, Wesley Carper, Lester Keefer, Viole Brummett, Morris
Buchtel, Florence Crothers, Elden Smith, Violet Brummett, Robert McBride.
Sparta Township
Alma McClure.
Swan Township
Cleo Campbell, Robert Guthrie, Russell Kelham, Vestal Rhodes, Everett Whan,
Evelyn Cuney, Velda Landgraff, Warren Whan, Vaughn Truelove, Hilda Bolton,
Harriet Moudy, Merle Renkenberger, Robert Holbrook, Harold Whonsetler.
Washington Township
Hattie Nelson, Heneretta Nelson, Neva Hontz, Ilah Scott, Franklin Stump,
John Kilgore, Claude Hontz, Alys Wilkinson, Evart Erdly, Robert Wiley, Charles
Correll, Charles Scott, Dale Hickman, Frances Beezley, Emma Black, Raymond
Stump, Robert Hamman, Esther Black.
Wayne Township
Constance Browand, Fred Rimmel, Margaret Carper, Leon Swogger, Mae Longyear,
Gertrude Smith, Rex Bodenhafer.
York Township
Carl Johnson, Pauline Bair, Lee Stanger, Geraldine Gangwer, Ruth Butz,
Esther Becker, Vern Bryant, Allen Becker, Ralph Owen, Bert Lohrei, James
Bowling, Elizabeth Cole.
Common School Graduates - 1927
31st Annual Commencement of the Common Schools of Noble County
Band music 9 to 10 a.m. and in afternoon - Tri City Band. Wednesday,
June 1, 1927.
Program at Albion Opera House 10:15 a.m.
Athletic Events beginning at 1:00 p.m. sharp: 100 Yard dash; 440 Yard Run;
Running High Jump; Running Broad Jump; Pole Vault; Shot Put. Gold medals
will be awarded the winners. A large 6 x 4 pennant will be awarded the
town or city school or combination of any township's schools, whose team wins
the most points. Baseball game in the afternoon.
Noble Notes: If
at first you don't succeed, try again. Then quit. There's no use being a damn
fool about it.
W. C. Fields