1885 Neponset High School, Bureau Co IL
Graduation Program

Contributed by Darlene Martin

Irene Norton 1869-1968 - Daughter of George Norton and his wife Anne Studley.  She was the youngest of thirteen children.  They lived in Bureau Co. Illinois.  Irene graduated from Neponset high school in May 1885 when she was sixteen years old. Fifteen years later in the year 1900, she married Rev. Stanford P. Archer who was a Methodist minister. They lived in Peoria and Streator, Illinois. Were the parents of five children.  Irene lived to be ninety-nine years old.

Graduation Photo of Irene Archer Front of Program:  1885 "Education is the cheif defence of nation." EIEGHTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT OF Neponset High School, Methodist Church, Wednesday Evening, May 13, 1885 Inside of Program:   MUSIC QUARTET - Miss Jessie Gerrond, Miss May Hazard, Mr. G. M. Thompson, Mr. F. W. Jones Prayer - Rev. R. Barton SALUTORY - The Unseen World,  Miss Mate Russell ESSAY - Idleness, Miss Irene Norton MUSIC - Vocal Solo, Miss May Hazard RECITATION - The Curse of Regulus, Miss May McKee ESSAY - A Trip to Jupiter, Miss Alice Pratt CLASS PROPHECY - Miss Grace Currier MUSIC - Violin Solo, Miss May McKee PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS - Dr. J. H. Bates VALEDICTORY, Et Tu Brute, Miss Clara Foss MUSIS QUARTER - Miss Jessie Gerrond, Miss May Hazard, Mr. G. M. Thompson, Mr. F. W. Jones ADDRESS BY THE PRINCIPAL MUSIS QUARTER - Miss Jessie Gerrond, Miss May Hazard, Mr. G. M. Thompson, Mr. F. W. Jones ADJOURNMENT ORGANIST - Miss Dollie Avery Back of Program:  Graduating Class - Miss Mate Russell, Miss May McKee, Miss Clara Foss, Miss Grace Currier, Miss Irene Norton, Miss Alice Pratt

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