Eighth Grade Commencement - 1924 |
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Leon Reporter Leon, Decatur County, Iowa Thursday, May 22, 1924 The commencement exercises of the eighth grade of the Leon Schools was held at the high school auditorium last Wednesday evening when a class of forty graduated from this grade. The officers of the class are WINFORD ADAIR, President; ROBERT LINDSEY, Vice-President; HELEN MCINTOSH, Secretary; DONALD OSBORN, Treasurer. The class motto was "Impossible is Un-American," the class colors, maroon and gold and the class flower, lily of the valley. The program opened with music by the class and the school orchestra, the salutatory being given by JOSEPHINE BARRY. BOBBY and BILLY LINDSEY played a clarinet duet, there was a vocal solo by OPAL EPPERLEY, the class history was read by VIRGINIA TOWNSEND, a violin solo by CARL LONG, a vocal duet by VIOLA and VELMA STILL. The address to the class was by RALPH A. MCGINNIS, who made a very fine talk. A song by the class and the program closed with the valedictory by DOROTHY JOHNSTON. The following were the members of the class: |
| FRANCIS EDWIN ADAIR | MARGHERETTA DELPHINE ADAIR | WINFORD SAMUEL ADAIR |
| JOSEPHINE HARRIETT BARRY | PAULINE MYRTLE BEARDSLEE | CHARLES BURDETT CHEW |
| CHESTER CHRISTOPHER CRAIG | HELEN LOUISE COURTNEY | WINFORD MARION DINGMAN |
| PAUL MARVIN DODGE | CORA DUFF | OPAL EPPERLY |
| RUTH ALBERTA GEORGE | VETA CORDELLIA GIBLER | TROY EVERETT GORSUCH |
| MILO RAYMOND HAMILTON | ELMER LELAND HATCH | ESTHER SARAH HORNEY |
| DOROTHY MARIE JOHNSTON | WILLIAM LAWRENCE LINDSEY | ROBERT PENNIWELL LINDSEY |
| KATHRYN AUDREY LONG | CARL GARDNER LONG | CLARICE PAULINE LOREY |
| GLENN MCCARTY | EARL DEAN MCLAUGHLIN | HELEN ELIZABETH MCINTOSH |
| DONALD CORWIN OSBORN | CYRIL EMERSON POWERS | ROBERT OLIVER REYNOLDS |
| ALBERTA TULARRE SCOTT | LULU EVA ELMA SHINN | WILIAM CLAIR SPICER |
| RAYMOND ANCILE SPICER | VELMA LAURE STILL | VIOLA PAULINE STILL |
| HUGH ERNEST SWIM | ALBERTA VIRGINIA TOWNSEND | FREDERICK WOODARD |
| LYMAN CHESTER YOST. |
| Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert, September 5, 2002 |
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