Stephenson County

RURAL SCHOOLS 1937


County Superintendent Announces Names of Those Eligible For 1937 Certificates A class of 235 young people will be graduated from rural schools of Stephenson county when the annual commencement exercises are held at Freeport senior high school gymnasium Saturday afternoon, June 12, T. R. Pfisterer, county superintendent of schools, today announced a list of the graduates this being one of the largest classes in recent years. The speaker at the commencement ceremonies will be Rev. George Keppin, pastor of First Methodist Episcopal church, Monroe, Wis., who has chosen as his theme "Bricks, Good and Bad." The complete program as released today will be as follows:

Processional - Miss Bessie Erdmeier
Invocation - Rev. H. Zimmerman

Chorus - Miss Grace Wolf, director.
Upper grade pupils of Loran, Boop, Mill Grove, Hart, Eleroy, Ridott, Red Oak schools.

Harmonica band - German Valley school; Miss Kathryn Kroesche, director
Address, "Bricks, Good and Bad" - Rev. George Keppin, pastor First Methodist Episcopal church, Monroe, Wis.
Brass quartet, directed by K. H. Jubitz
Presentation of Diplomas - Thomas R. Pfisterer
Benediction.
The following is a list of the pupils who will receive eighth grade diplomas at the commencement day ceremonies:

Helen Dora Gill, Orangeville
Marvin Meinert, Rock City
Marvin Roenneburg, Rock City
Frederick Schurch, Orangeville
Bessie Lorraine Passer, Orangeville
Carl W. Cahoon, Orangeville
Otto A. Govell,  Orangeville
Violet B. Miller, Orangeville
Paul H. Leck, Orangeville
Lyle A. Zillmer, Orangeville
June Leone Briggs, Orangeville
Carol Kilian, Winslow
Retta E. Burington, Winslow
William H. Campbell, Winslow
Thelma Robieson, Winslow
Ardith Ann Kerr
Glenn Fernstaedt, Winslow
Viola M. Stewart, Winslow
Jack Crain, Warren
Helen M. Holland, Winslow
Billy Eells, Winslow
John Robert Wagner, McConnell
Elwyn Mains, Orangeville
Ruth Arlene Frenzel, McConnell
Lillian G. Gruber, Dakota
Florence Ilgen, Orangeville
Corinnne J. Peck, Dakota
Helen Irene Nesemeier, Dakota
Betty Jean Fluegel, Dakota
Alice Mae Nott, Rock City
Mary Moust, Rock Grove
Verda B. Meinert, Davis
Doris Niedermeier, Rock City
Merl Elmer Niedermeier, Rock City
Alvin Toelke, Rock City
Stanley C. Meier, Dakota
Galen H. Lawler, Dakota
Donald Ray Folgate, Dakota
Mabel I. Fryer, Red Oak
Arthur Zellweger, route 3, Freeport
Loretta Grace Thorn, McConnell 
Kathryn Marie Borchardt, McConnell
Darwin A. Wells, McConnell
Ardith R. Shippy, McConnell
Daylon L. Price, McConnell
Elwyn J. Rupnow, McConnell
Winifred M. Stabenow, McConnell
Mary Elizabeth Babcock, McConnell
Milford Wayne Price, Winslow
Berniece Shadle, Lena
Harold Busjahn, route 2, Lena
Margaret Blum, Lena
Donald Van Raalte, Lena
Ernest F. Brose, Lena
Marlow W. Werkheiser, Lena
Sara Mae Stabenow, Lena
Lois Ilene Olthoff, Lena
Wayne Holmes, Lena
Marjorie Schulz, Lena
Walter Edward Kraft, Red Oak
Marilyn Laverne Stamm, McConnell
Caroline Mae Trutt, Red Oak
Alvin Retzlaff, Red Oak
Elaine Bender, Red Oak
Helen Shippy, Red Oak
Lyle Smith, Red Oak
Melvin Clyde Lafferty, Cedarville
Blanche Zaraetta Roach, Cedarville
Dorothy Merchant, route 4, Freeport
Margaret Jane Vrtol, route 2, Freeport
Betty Lou Finkbeiner, 35 E. South, Freeport
Lucina Ruth Butler, route 1, Freeport
Paul Walter Moss, route 1, Freeport
Verner, Janssen, German Valley
Dorothy Gantz, Ridott
Albert Klever, Ridott
Lester Remmers, Ridott
Esther Williams, Ridott
Harold LEe Mathiot, Pecatonica
Edwin Lee Ackerman, Pecatonica
Verla Arlene Wilhelms, German Valley
Warren Denekas, German Valley
Hermina Stratmann, German Valley
Irene Wessels, Ridott
Lewis H. Ackerman, route 1, Freeport
LaVerne A. Diddens, route 1, Freeport
Darlene Reid, route 1, Freeport
Rodger F. Hainke, route 1, Freeport
Leonard L. Lamm, route 1, Freeport
Mildred Schissler, route 2, Freeport
Alvera Catherine Brick, route 2, Freeport
Robert D. Peck, route 2, Freeport
Harold Folkert Herbig, Pearl City
Betty Jane Earlenbaugh, Pearl City
Doris Marie Alt, Pearl City
James F. Peifer, Pearl City
Kleckner Eugene Block, Pearl City
Warren Barklow, Pearl City
Ruth Naomi Kempel, Pearl City
Kathryn Flickinger, route 2, Pearl City
Berniece Eileen Buchenau, Pearl City
LaVonia Irene Bicker, Pearl City
Lester Earl Miche, Pearl City
Robert Lee Brandt, Shannon
John Warneke, Pearl City
Russell Henry Swalve, Shannon
Mary Kathryn Baker, Shannon
Leonard Bastian, Shannon
Murel Edwin Eichmeier, Florence Station
Pauline Helen Krusey, Shannon
Mary Florence Meyer, route 1, Freeport
Lucille Pearl Ruthe, Baileyville
Carolina O. Everts, German Valley
Wesley Daniel Osterloo, German Valley
Thelma Irene Fuchs, German Valley
Gladys Lillian Reints, German Valley
Ethel J. Korth, route 3, Freeport
Bernice Dassing, Cedarville
Fern F. M. Dassing, Cedarville
Florence Bertram, Cedarville
William Arthur Herbig, Cedarville
Betty Kryder, route 3, Freeport
Bobbie Hartman, Dakota
Bette Lou Diemer, Dakota
Dorothy Moss, Dakota
Robert Keister, Dakota
Theora Reuber, Dakota
Dulcie Wirth, Dakota
Robert Lester Wolfe, Davis
George Marvin Hamp, Davis
A. Marcella Sughroue, Ridott
John Joseph Guffey, Davis
Paul Elmer Moist, Rock City
Keyes Rayhorn, route 3, Freeport
Dorothy June Crull, Davis
Lorraine R. Niblo, Rock City
Donald Ter Hark, Ridott
Dale Edward Daughenbaugh, Ridott
Marjorie Irene Canfield, Ridott
Paul J. Cerroni, route 3, Freeport
Verna Irene Graybill, route 3, Freeport
Leland Lawver, Dakota
Sheldon Toelke, Rock City
Melvin Thomas, Dakota
Cathryne Hinton, Davis
John Highland, Pecatonica
James Highland, Pecatonica
Kenneth Dallas Shoemaker, Dakota
Marjoire Helen Koehn, route 3 Freeport
Constance R. Ilgen, route 3, Freeport
Eunice Goetz, 336 W. American, Freeport
Wallace Welty, route 3, Freeport
Katherine E. Merkle, route 3, Freeport
Malcolm L. Coomber, route 3, Freeport
Nathalie Carilyn Huber, Scioto Mills
Merle W. Meyers, Scioto Mills
Marjorie Ella Hull, Red Oak
Eldora Virginia Hutmacher, Red Oak
Wanda Lucille Hutmacher, Red Oak
Bernice Phillips, Lena
Rosella Kostenbader, Lena
Berry Schoeny, Lena
Allen W. Gartner, Lena, Ill.
RObert Carl Rampenthal, Lena
Clara Rose Faist, Lena
Lois Stabenow, Lena
Clyde Wagner, LEna
Ruth Swanson, Lena
Donald Mellen, Lena
Lucille Daws, Lena
Gordon E. Heyer, Kent
Marian Mae Whitson, Kent
Ruth Geraldene Bourne, Kent
Merle Roland Offenheiser, KEnt
Donald Hutmacher, Kent
Robert Busekros, Kent
Verna Mae Kurth, Lena
Robert Mater, Lena
Pauline Gassman, Lena
Marvin Baker, Lena
Mary Rachel Walters, Lena
Carl F. Amendt, Lena
Esther Alice Otte, route 4, Freeport
Charles Migilore, Eleroy
Ruth Leona Alvena Klass, Lena
Alice Ruth Prasse, route 4, Freeport
Remy B. DeSutter, route 4, Freeport
Edgar E. Fluegel, route 2, Freeport
Carl William Wilke, route 4, Freeport
Mabel Alberta Hermann, route 4, Freeport
Doris Imo Steele, route 4, Freeport
Florence Mae Fluegel, route 4, Freeport
Karl C. Schoonhoven, route 3, Freeport
Jack L. Althoff, route 4, Freeport 
Billy Bennett, route 4, Freeport
Lucille Marie Daughenbaugh, route 4, Freeport
Joe Janshen, route 4, Freeport
Rosella Margaret Dorsey, Ridott
Donald Albert Lincoln, Ridott
James Strong, Ridott
Louise Heerkes, Ridott
Alice Elizabeth Moore, Ridott
Eugene Mergen, Ridott
Clement Walbert, Ridott
Milford Place, Ridott
Lola Daughtenbaugh, Ridott
Bob Turner, Ridott
Lois Cox, route 4, Freeport
Dale Mitchell, route 4, Freeport
Fenka Klinger, Ridott
Earl Emerson Watson, route 4, Freeport
Katherine Regina Strohecker, route 4, Freeport 
Robert D. Dole, Pearl City
Mary Elizabeth Strohecker, Pearl City
James Solt, Pearl City
Martha Elaine Raders, PEarl City
Kathryn Rebecca Erwin, Kent
Gerald D. Fox, Kent
Leona Mae Neebel, Pearl City
Irene Mae Busch, Pearl City
Joyce Ditzler, Pearl City
LaVerne Aurand, Pearl City
Joyce Yeager, Pearl City
Franklin Schroer, Pearl City
Leo Baumgartner, Pearl City
Karl Koch, Pearl City
Deane Koertner, Pearl City
Wayne Koertner, Pearl City
Faye Gillenwaters, Pearl City
LaVerne Miche, Pearl City
Shirley Phillips, Pearl City
Ferne Kampmeier, Pearl City

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