Contributed by Steve Williams

(Class of 1926 Commencement Program, Osage County, Kansas. From the Mabel Rice
 Thompson & Taylor Thompson collection, Transcribed by Stephen D. Williams,
 Jan 2006, grandson of student Taylor Thompson.)


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                        Class of 1926, Common Schools
                            Osage County, Kansas
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                             SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
                            Osage County, Kansas

                           Saturday, May 29, 1926
                                 2 P. M.
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                   CLASS COLOR--Gold   CLASS FLOWER--Daisy
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                                   MOTTO:
                       "Start Right and Go Straight"


                Printed by the FREE PRESS, Osage City, Kans.


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                            Commencement Program

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Processional...................................Osage City Grade Orchestra

Invocation................................................Rev. E. C. Dunn

Chorus.........................................Osage City Grade Glee Club

Salutation............................George Lewis (second honor student)

Pianolog...................................................Family Traits"
            Marie Sutherland (first honor student)
                     Harry Harkness, Jr.

Selection......................................0sage City Grade Orchestra

Address..............................................."The Abundant Life"
            Prof. V. A. Davis, K. S. T. C., Emporia

Violin Solo....................................................Ethan Gill

Presentation of Diplomas......................................Anna Daniel

Benediction..............................................Rev. W. S. Price



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                                 CLASS ROLL
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 1-Dale Rice, Burlingame                  Hazel Beatty, Lyndon
 2-Hayden Buck, Burlingame                Dorothy Bray, Lyndon
   William Mills, Burlingame              Eugene Burns, Lyndon
   Paul Ruby, Burlingame                  Lois Gilbert, Lyndon
 3-Winlow Johnson, Burlingame             Deane Heavelin, Lyndon
   LeRoy Jones, Burlingame                Jack Jennings, Lyndon
 4-Wilson Anderson, Scranton              Dorothea Roberts, Lyndon
   Irene Pearson, Scranton                Edith Schmitendorf, Lyndon
 5-Frankie Winans, Scranton               Lois Sloop, Lyndon
   Beulah Rowe, Scranton                  James Sloop, Lyndon
 6-Clarence Renyer, Scranton              Lugene Smith, Lyndon
   Thomas Hulsopple, Scranton             Earl Thompson, Lyndon
 7-Barbara Adolph, Burlingame             Harold Tiffany, Lyndon
   Virom Brain, Burlingame                Charles Clemets, Lyndon
   Marie Sutherland, Burlingame           Rosemary Harmon, Lyndon
   Edwin Burkett, Burlingame           29-Elizabeth Calkins, Olivet
   Mable Cabbage, Burlingame              Ethel Garard, Olivet
   Cornelius Chalmers, Burlingame      30-George Lewis, Quenemo
   Don Farrar, Burlingame                 Laura Harlan, Quenemo
   Mary Gabler, Burlingame                Erba Miller, Quenemo
   Harry Harkness, Burlingame             Maurice Morris, Quenemo
   Olive Hotchkiss, Burlingame            Hugh Heilman, Quenemo
   Alfred Hoover, Burlingame              Agnes Marshall, Quenemo
   Elaine Jehling, Burlingame             Orville Rose, Quenemo
   Lewis Maple, Burlingame                Lillian Zirkle, Quenemo
   Lucille McFarlane, Burlingame       31-Merlin Fishburn, Overbrook
   Lettie Middleton, Burlingame        34-Ida Mae Barrett, Quenemo
   Florence Post, Burlingame           35-Harlan Brann, Quenemo
   Kenneth Post, Burlingame               Nada Whitcher, Quenemo
   Eugene Ramskill, Burlingame            Pearl Whitcher, Quenemo
   Myrtle Reach, Burlingame               Paul Wilson, Quenemo
   Blanche Spaulding, Burlingame       36-Mary McKay, Quenemo
   Matilda Taylor, Burlingame             Willie Oest, Quenemo
   Louise Taylor, Burlingame           37-Rolland Glean, Scranton
   Nellie Turner, Burlingame              Howard Olson, Lyndon
   Roy Vandervoid, Burlingame             Howard Markley, Scranton
   Katherine Vogler, Burlingame        38-Amos Cowen, Scranton
   Ruth Wentz, Burlingame                 Stella Black, Scranton
   Lorena Bickford, Burlingame            Alfred Eklund, Scranton
   Rolland Holstrum, Burlingame           Eva Eklund, Scranton
   Nina Holstrum, Burlingame              Frank Suddarth, Scranton
 8-George Nowlin, Burlingame           30-Essie Smith, Barclay
   Howard Haller, Burlingame              Kelsie Romine, Barclay
   Zelma Dutcher, Burlingame              Mary Atchison, Barclay
 9-Evelyn Fenton, Burlingame           40-Marie Powers, Melvern
11-Carrie Persinger, Carbondale           Maxine Irey, Melvern
12-Belle Reed, Carbondale                 Deane McMillin, Quenemo
13-James Finley, Overbrook             41-Ora Murphy, Lyndon
14-Kathleen Schaefer, Scranton            Edith Murphy, Lyndon
15-Orlin Miles, Carbondale             42-Woodrow Beck, Melvern
   Wilma Widau, Carbondale                Alvin Boyer, Melvern
16-Elsie Reilly, Overbrook                Florence Belt, Melvern
   Earl Fulkerson, Overbrook              Bertha Cannon, Melvern
21-Bertram Brackman, Carbondale           Edith Catlin, Melvern
   Doris Deitrich, Carbondale             Eugene Franklin, Lyndon
   Clinton Perry, Carbondale              Belva Hedges, Melvern
   Frances Perry, Carbondale              Cleora Louk, Melvern
   Thelma Raby, Carbondale                Helen Porter, Melvern
   Edna Shively, Carbondale               Harold Porter, Melvern
   Mildred Armstrong, Carbondale          Dale Roberts, Melvern
   Wiley Woodring, Carbondale             Gwendolyn Ragin, Melvern
22-William Drummond, Carbondale           Edith Schultz, Melvern
25-Sara Baker, Burlingame                 Marguerite Stephens, Melvern
   Elizabeth Love, Burlingame             Howard Kramer, Melvern
25-Bernice Gray, Michigan Valley       45-Owen Middleton, Lyndon
   Myrtle Manis, Michigan Valley       46-Richard Lindburg, Osage City
   Alvin Trendel, Vassar               47-Wayne Cochran, Melvern
   Clifford Walburn, Overbrook            Taylor Thompson, Melvern
28-Dorothy Bartlett, Lyndon            48-Therise Brooks, Michigan Valley


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   Helen Wright, Michigan Valley        84-Estell Vaughn, Osage City
   J. T. Baxter, Michigan Valley           Melvin Lafferty, Osage City
   Clarence Walton, Michigan Valley     85-Beulah Cooper, Carbondale
   John Beaver, Michigan Valley            Florence Badger, Carbondale
   Lura Supple, Michigan Valley            Ralph Anderson, Carbondale
52-Murriel Cowdin, Melvern              86-Daniel Fagan, Osage City
   Lillian Jenson, Melvern              87-Raymond Vail, Carbondale
53-Jessie McCreight, Lyndon                Raymond Kirkham, Richland
   Odessa Wards, Quenemo                88-Raymond Jones, Osage City
54-Jennie Moore, Melvern                   Raymond Nordling, Osage City
   Anna Lewis, Melvern                  89-Harry Dickerhoof, Vassar
55-Harold Cade, Melvern                    Henry Wendland, Vassar
   Lue Stansbury, Agricola                 Albert Wigger, Vassar
56-Everett Haslett, Lyndon              92-Bessie Jones, Reading
   Elmer Hubener, Lyndon                93-Irene Mathey, Lyndon
   Howard Wischropp, Lyndon                Chester Miller, Lyndon
57-Hazel Moore, Olivet                  94-Frank Pierson, Osage City
   Clarence Lacey, Melvern                 Clarence Spicer, Osage City
60-LeRoy Lake, Lyndon                   95-Donald McCauley, Olivet
   Ephraim Lane, Lyndon                    Pauline Schrader, Olivet
61-Olen Morrow. Quenemo                    Georgie Selig, Olivet
   Marvella Wadsworth, Quenemo          96-Ruby Coxen, Overbrook
62-Lucille Bair, Lyndon                    Reed Walker, Overbrook
   Lillian Williams, Lyndon                Marcus Walker, Overbrook
   Paul Lawson, Lyndon                  98-Vida Davis, Burlingame
63-Margaret Wimer, Barclay                 Lee Hill, Burlingame
64-Celia Zetmeyer, Osage City              Arthur Masters, Burlingame
   Homer Christenson, Osage City       100-Mary Rice, Quenemo
65-LeRoy Morse, Melvern                101-Robert Krill, Burlingame
66-Victor Riley, Osage City            102-Florence Dugger, Osage City
   Dorothy Nichols, Osage City         103-Grace Jessee, Osage City
67-Edgar William Daniels, Scranton         Alice Pearson, Osage City
68-William Pahlman, Vassar             104-Donald Calkins, Burlingame
   Wendell beaman, Vassar                  Florence Marsh, Burlingame
   Geneve Barnhart, Vassar             107-Verderda Lafferty, Osage City
   Howard Beaman. Vassar                   Pauline Gunterman, Osage City
69-Effie DeForrest, Melvern            109-Clarence Davis, Osage City
70-Herbert Firestone, Carbondale       110-Miles Greek, Burlingame
72-Helen Jones, Lebo                       Ruth Crisler, Burlingame
   Everette Williams, Lebo                 Leona Crisler, Burlingame
73-Olive Basel, Lyndon                     John Moore, Burlingame
74-Ross English, Carbondale                Mary Romine, Burlingame
   Daisy Mills, Carbondale             112-Lulu Coursen, Overbrook
75-Teddy Alberg, Scranton                  Weltha Foster, Overbrook
   Fred Barraclough, Scranton              Lola Haus, Overbrook
   Fred Isaacs, Scranton                   Florence McArdle, Overbrook
   Gertrude Laidler, Scranton              Manie Minford, Overbrook
   Eve McPhail, Scranton                   Elizabeth Oveson, Overbrook
   Albert Sandbloom, Scranton              Erma Desque, Overbrook
   Ethel Sheppard, Scranton                Dotson Coffman, Overbrook
   Esther Stephens, Scranton               Vern Eberly, Overbrook
   Gertrude Thomas, Scranton               Charles Gracey, Overbrook
   Leona Willows, Scranton                 Delbert Harris, Overbrook
   Elizabeth Harrison, Scranton            Clarence Jones, Overbrook
   Marguerite Anderson, Scranton           Floyd Hobbs, Overbrook
76-Erin Casten, Quenemo                113-Edith Kempe, Osage City
77-Thelma Hagans, Melvern                  Carabelle Hitchings, Osage City
78-Louise Gray, Quenemo                115-Maggie Barnett, Lyndon
82-Luther Cook, Barclay                    Lillian Howard, Lyndon
   David Jenkins, Barclay              117-Lenore Glenn, Reading
   Wesley Jones, Barclay                   Isabelle Glenn, Reading
83-John Bender, Mayetta
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                               HONOR STUDENTS
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District 7--Marie Sutherland                     District 30--George Lewis
                      District 29--Elizabeth Calkins

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