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The more Jim pursued Western game, the more in- terested he became in improving guns and amunition. He began making his own custom guns and handloading the shells.
He returned to Bethany to work in his father's lumberyard and marry his sweetyeart, Ruby. But he couldn't get Arizona off his mind.
So, in 1946, the Wilkinsons moved to Prescott, Jim fell in love, too, with Lonesome Valley, five miles east of Prescott, and he bought a tract of land there, just in front
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of a granite hill, and there he built his home and gunshop, named Rifle Ranch.
Big game hunters from all the nation gather there to swap experiences, look over Jim Wilkinson's awesome trophies and perhaps order a special gun from him.
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Chapter 15 Centennial Farms Keep Bethany Sound
Farm families around Bethany since 1900 have kept the village financially sound through ever year's cornucopia of crops.
Many farms have remained in one family for a century, and have been rewarded by the Illinois State government with a Centennial certificate. They would include the Marrowbone Township farms of Alvin Stark, Robert Snyder, Elmer Wilkinson and Lloyd Younger, Jr.
We'll consider here, Younger's, as one is much like the other. His great-grandfather came to Marrowbone in a covered wagon in 1866.
A great-grandfather, William Younger, arrived in Marrowbone near the end of the Civil War, leaving behind 10 children.
To get his family to Marrowbone, he returned to the south at night. Daytime, he slept in caves, for, if he were
Lloyd Younger, Jr. is pictured on his self-propelled drill. The drill is used to sow soy beans in a standing crop of wheat.
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found by Confederate soldiers, he would be shot. He finally arrived safely in the East and, after the war, brought his family back with him.
William Younger bought a farm, south of Bethany. Lloyd Younger, Jr.'s grandfather, James Younger, added 40 acres at $1 an acre. Gradually, he bought more land as he could afford it. The Youngers also raised pigs, cows, chickens and vegetables and, in 1895, they made another land purchase, at $4 an acre.
Lloyd Younger Sr. and Hugh Younger increased the family acreage which is now farmed by Robert Younger and Danny Coleman, who married Lloyd's and Gwen's daughter Cherie.
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Chapter 16 Bethany's Future Glows Bright
Bethany used to be the place to flee; today it's the place- to-be.
This is because of the creation in 1970 of the great $56 million Lake Shelbyville, which laps up to Bethany's shores.
The lake offers approximately 250 miles of shoreline, and 11,100 surface acres of water.
In 1975, the lake had three Marinas: Fox Harbor, near Sullivan; Lithia Springs, at Shelbyville, and the third at Findlay.
The purpose of Lake Shelbyville is for the development of the Kaskaskia River Basin for flood control, water sup- ply and wildlife conservation, recreation and downstream water quality control.
Hunting and fishing are excellent around the lake.
More than five million fingerlings of northern pike, walleye and smallmouth bass have been planted in the lake by the Illinois Department of Conservation. The other fish available are crappie, sunfish and channel cat.
To provide good upland game hunting more than 6,000 acres of the upper reaches of the lake have been licensed to the Illinois Department of Conservation for wildlife management purposes. Offered are squirrels, cottontails, and bobwhite quail, plus waterfowl.
Camping is also permitted in certain areas around the lake, including Coon Creek and the Sullivan Access, which are equipped with complete electrical hookup, laundry and shower building, along with a trailer and camper sanitary dump station.
And many scenic picnic areas beckon.
But most of all, it is a lake for boating and water sports, including swimming and skiing.
It has been estimated that about half of the Bethany homes have a boat.
"Has the lake brought many new businesses to Bethany?" the writer asked Mary Scott, vice president of the Scott State Bank.
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"Only one bait shop," she replied. "But one thing, it has done is to keep the youngsters in Bethany after they have been graduated from high school."
So many Decatur executives now own boats, anchored at the Findlay Marina.
Jim Beaumont, a Staley executive, is among the many who keep a cruiser there. Beaumont is an old friend of mine, for we worked together on the Decatur Review.
Parties are the big things with the Decatur nabobs, who never know when they will have to throw one. Bill Rhea, the friendly, Findlay undertaker, has been hired by several Decatur firms to keep their boats stocked with food and refreshments, and operates some of the cruisers.
Rhea is surprised that more business houses haven't opened in Bethany. At 1,300 population, it is much larger than it was 50 years ago when it had more businesses.
Certainly a soft ice cream stand would go big on Highway 121 in Bethany since it would get the boat trade, as well as the tourists and the citizens of Bethany, who no longer have a soda fountain.
But Bethany most of all is a successful farm community that will grow larger as the worldwide demand for grain in- creases yearly.
Marrowbone was covered by prairie grass for thousands of years so the soil is still so rich.
The topography of Moultrie County is idea for farming, being between 640 and 700 feet above sea level. The land is flat but rolls gently upward along the slopes of the Kaskaskia River.
Moultrie has 182,700 acres of excellent cropland, which makes up 83 per cent of the total county area. Centuries of decay of the prairie grass has made the soil most fertile. The county also has 9,900 acres of land suited for pasture and 6,400 acres for woodland.
Today the major crops are corn and soybeans. Minor crops include rye, oats and wheat.
Many farmers are now using crop residue by leaving it on the land, especially corn and bean, through the fall and winter months. The crop residue protects the soil from wind and water erosion.
The lake has brought into Marrowbone many sportsmen interested in boating and fishing, and many housing sub-
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divisions are going up in Bethany and other nearby com- munities.
Farmers and retired farmers also are flocking to the lake for boating and fishing. It is easier for them to get a loan from Fred Young at the Scott State Bank for they have the best security.
To make sure the Shelbyville Lake fish are well taken care of the Moultrie Soil and Water Conservation District employs Rod Horner, a fishing biologist.
While the lake will give lasting recreation to generations ahead, it is the farmers who will keep Marrowbone finan- cially sound and ever-growing.
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Graduates of Bethany High School
Class of 1889
Class of 1903
Bacon, Ethel
McAmis, Roby
Bankson, Ellis
McGuire, Margaret Moad, Osa. L.
Cole, Fred
Crowder, Clio
Stables, Harry Ward, Mabel Era
Class of 1890
Roney, Barton
Class of 1910
Mitchell, S. A.
Sampley, Charles Wiley, Veva
Crowder, Ella
Kennedy, John Freeland, John
Fitzgerald, John Crockett, Erma
Class of 1904
Livesey, May
Campbell, Marvene
Majors, Opal
Collier, Belle
Marlow, Roy
Class of 1892
Wheeler, Reta
Hale, Trena
Roney, Lester
Stradley, Ethel
Shields, Grace
Wilkinson, Jackson
Class of 1905
Henneberry, Anne
Class of 1911
Miller, Robert
Brown, Clyde
Hogg, Maud
Niles, Leila
Carlyle, Raymond E.
Herman, Edgar
Roney, Laura
Crowder, Mckinley
Edward, Ruth
Hatfield, Dozie
DeBruler, Juanita
Edward, Minnie
Crowder, Pearl
Esry, Margaret
Crowder, Della Atkins, Jennie
Crowder, Harrison
Gilliland, Harold
Han, May
Class of 1893
Butts, Clara Edwards, Claire Hill, Gertrude Rhodes, Orpha
Class of 1906
Bacon, Lura
Bone, Lola
Hill, Otis
Class of 1912
Bankson, Leonard
Bone, Merel
Birkhead, Ola
Mitchell, Ellis
Brown, Cleo
Nice, Mary
Crowder, William
Class of 1895 Scott, Troy
Class of 1897
Class of 1907
Selby, Ruth
Bone, Roy Crowder, T. H. (Hick) Fruit, Etta Hill, Mayme
Crowder, Lois
Dedman, Marie Doner, Alice
McGuire, Orville
Class of 1914 ( Ist 4-year class)
Hogg, Margaret Hudson, Grace
Roney, Bertha
Fewell, Inez Kennedy, Luella
Kennedy, Mary McDavid, Edna Roney, Walter
Class of 1908
Davis, Thomas
Florey, Ivadene
Hale, Herschel
Kennedy, Millie
Mayfield, Edna
Scheer, Raymond
McCord, Viola
Smith, Myrtle St. John, Melvin
Class of 1902
Armstrong, Vira Crowder, Bernice Elder, Lula Hunting, Gertrude
Class of 1909 Collier, Jennie Coombs, Amy Crowder, March Esry, Gertrude Livesey, Ancil
('lass of 1915
Livesey, Fred
Class of 1900 McCord, Emma Walker, Grace
Roney, Oscar Travis, Fleta
Lumsden, Helen
Sampley, Orville
Younger, Blanche
Younger, Russell
Class of 1898 Ashmore, James Walker, Stella
Coombes, Deborah
Starr, Velma
Walker, Bernice
Wilkinson, Helen
Waggoner, Ubrica
MeLaughlin, Lyal
Roney, Treva
Logan, Lucille
Class of 1894 Rhodes, John
McGuire, Virgil
Mayberry, Fred
Low, Charles
Reams, Eva
Travis, Earl S.
Walker, Florence Scott, Etha McGuire, Anna
Creech, Goldie
McGuire, Mildred
Kennedy, Dora
Jones, Irene
Davis, lda
Crowder, Mayme
Collier, Blanche
Lytle, Fred
Tittle, Lee Scott, Hugh Mulholland, Westley McGuire, Rachel Jones, Nellie
McGinnis, Goldie
Riggin, Grace
Bankson, Leota
Kennedy, Florence
Livesey, Vira
Class of 1916 Hudson, Mildred Maxey, Bessie Parker, Thelma
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Scott, Helen Starr, Margaret Woolen, Margaret Younger, Hugh
('lass of 1917
Bone, Lillis Goetz, Hazel
Dewalt, Ray
Schultz, Mary
Heckler, Susie
Dick, Opal
Walton, Joe
Esry, Donnis
Wilkinson, Arthur
Mathias, Joe L. Sampley, Minnie Walker, Harper Ward, Russel
Fitzgerald, Margaret
Wood, Fleta
Goetz, Florence
Wood, Luella
Hoskins, Robert
Woolen, Dorothy
Holly, Sopha
Zook, Robert
Class of 1918
Logan, Thomas
Class of 1926
Armstrong, Jack
Mathias, Lois
Cole, Harold
Birkhead, Zae
McCord, Florence
Cordray, Dorothy
Crowder, Mary
McCord, Zola
Coultas, Erin
Esry, Velma
McLane, Reba
Ekiss, Marie
Fletcher, Grace
McLane, Von
Feist, Harold
Fuqua, Clarence
Oathout. Walter
Fitzgerald, Agnes
McGuire, Josephine
Sharp, Hugh
Fogarty, Wm. Grace, Paul
Niles, Nita
Walton, James B.
Lansden, Katherine
Ogle, Fern
Ward, Virgil
Lansden, Lucile
Rhodes, Milbra
Warren, Dale
Leitch, Margaret
Sampley, Effie Sharp, Eva Watson, Loretta
Class of 1923
Parker, Perry
Class of 1919
Bone, Kathryn
Davis, Thelma
Ray, Leona
Brown, Venus
Hendricks, Erma
Roney, Robert
Burns, Clarence
Lambdin, Ruby
Stables, James
Crowder, Ray
Mathias, Dorothy
Travis, Amon
Cunningham, Orval
McCord, Margaret
Travis, Dortha
Hogg, Marjorie
McElroy, Bernice
Wagamen, Beulah
Rhodes, Valeria
Moore, Edna
Ward, James
Wilkinson, Marjorie
Oathout, Mabel
Ward, Lorandean
Wheeler, James
('lass of 1920
Saylor, Glen
Armstrong, Madge Birkhead, Crystal
Scott. Opal
Class of 1927
Crowder. Helen Girard, Leafel
Wilkinson, Jasper
Barnett, Walker
Low, Marjorie
Younger, Donald
Clark, Ruby
McGee, Margaret
Dalton, Walter Amon
Nuttal, Ruth
Class of 1924
Hemer, Juanita Jones, Lucille
Queen, Eva
Allen, Fern
Manship, Edward
Smith. Euphama
Clark, Francis
McCord, Donald
Thomas, Beatrice
Coventry, Ethel
McReynolds, Florence
White, Helen Lucille
Fitzgerald, Dan
Mitchell, Elizabeth
Class of 1921
Crowder, Frederick
Leitch, Lawrence
Harned. Hazel
Majors, Coleen
McGee, Gladys
Murphy, Mary
Mulholland, Gertrude
Reuss, Horace
Ogle, Helen
Stocks, Beulah
Parker, Mabel
Tueth, Paul
Simpson, Laveta
Warren, Zella
Starr. Luella Wood, JJosephine
Williams, Lura
York, Harold
Class of 1922
Class of 1925
Oathout, Orvil Sanner, Daniel
Baird, Sally Birkhead, Theodore Bone, Paul Brock, Maurine
Boyer, Freda Fitzgerald. Alice Kennedy, Hillis
Scott, Anna Jane Sharp, Helen
Brock, Wayne
Conlin. Loretta
McCord, John
Conlin, Teresa
McCord, Ethel
('rowder, Dorothy
Reuss, Lawrence
Crowder, Gladys
Rhodes, Beulah
Cunningham, Guy
Scott, Robert Sharp, Ruth
Davis, Beulah
Hoskins, Melva
Pesch, Marvin
Mclaughlin, Madge
Thomas, Edgar
Kennedy, Frances
Weidner, Allane
Mitchell, Diamond
Nihiser, Blanche
Coombes, Clyde
Pesch, Ethel
Davis, Stanley
Powers, Thelma
Younger, Jessie
Brown, Helen
Queen. Boyd
Alexander, Hazel
Harding, Wallace
Rhodes, Harold
Hawley, Verna
Rhodes, Hazel
Roney, Hester
Sharp, Mildred
Mathias, Hobart
Patterson, Floyd
Class of 1928 Black, Mattie DeBruler, Pauline
Gibbons, George Hiler, Ruth
Leitch, Ruth
Marlowe, Mary Ellen
Nutterfield, Diamond
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McGee, Mary
Ray, Ellis
Travis, Dillen
Ambrose, Rose
Smull, Ferne Tarr. Dantzell Wagemann, Robert VanMeter, Imelda Warren, Ella Wheeler, Mary Dorcas Wilkinson, Lillian Woolen, Faye
Warren, Dorothy Weidner, Mary Wilkinson, James
Tohill, Robert Travis, Oscar White, Margaret Williamson, Joe
Class of 1932
Class of 1935
Conley, Wilma Cotner, Jewell
Bell, Josephine
DeBruler, Wanda
Cordray, Patrick
Ekiss, Deva
Daum, Frances
Class of 1929
Esry, Talvia
Ekiss, Robert
Foster, Dorothy
Lemons, Mary
Grabb, June
Carlyle, Nadine
Conley, Goldie
Lancaster, Forrest
Crowder. Tom
Craig. Wayne
Leitch, Esther
Davis, Marvin
Crowder, Robert
Scheer, Madge
Davidson, Marie
Davis, Cubadell
Schwartz, Koehler
Freeland, Jacqueline
Dedman, Hyllis
Swiney, Robert
Funk, Madona
Dick, Hollis
Esry. Dolson
Class of 1933
Mathias, Oran
Fitzgerald, Everett
Ball, Clarence
McCord, Evalyn
Freeland, Helen
Coffey, Chase
McCord, Robert
Hudson, Thomas
Cole, Clyde
Misenheimer, William
Marshall, Wilmer
Cribbet, Wilba
Oathout, Howard
McElroy, Cleo
Ekiss, Gevene
Price, Kenneth
McReynolds, Dora Dean
Ekiss, Kenneth
Roney, Ralph
Nuttal, Ralph
Ekiss, Richard
Roney, Sarah
Scott, Julia
Hampton, Rosemary
Rule. Opal
Scott, Walter
Jones, Harold
Rule, William
Stocks, Lois
Lancaster, Wilbur
Scott, Troy Jr.
Tueth, Daniel
McCain, Mardelle
Shaffer, Ruby
Watson, Harold
Mallinson, Ray
Smith, Virginia
Younger, Opal
Marshall, Dale
Stewart, John
Marshall, Howard
Swiney, George
Class of 1930
Allen, Orville
Moore, Dorothy
Taylor, Quentin
Autenrieth, Rolland
Roney, Joe
Class of 1936
Cotner, Mary
Roney, Mervin
Baird, John
Dawson, Henry
Scott, Rodney
Bandy, Faye
Dedman, Doris
Sharp, Ralph
Bobbitt, Roberta
Dedman, George
Smith, Helen
Bunning, Mabel
Low, Vemil
Smith, Scott
Burrows, Esther
Ekiss, Paul
Snow, Harry
Bushert, Louise
McCord, Frederick
Stewart, Virginia
Crane, Joseph
McReynolds, Bernice
Swiney, Donald
Cribbet, Mary
Oathout, Gladys
Thompson, Estol
Dick, Leroy
Roney, Charles
Tipsword, Merwyn
Ekiss, Joe
Sanner, Geneva
Warren, Ralph
Garrett, Catherine
Scott, Joe
Williams, Milbra
Ekiss, Marjorie
Shiels, James
Yarnell, Katherine
Gordon, Maxine
Snow, James
Younger, Harold
Green, Paul
Stewart, Rosemary
Younger, Lloyd, Jr.
Heneberry, Eugene
Wheeler, Mark
Class of 1934
Lindley, Harlan
Class of 1931
Adams, Coleen
Low, Seth
Clark, Glen
Baird, Donald
McCain, Genevieve
Davidson, Nellie
Bobbitt, Dorothy
McLaughlin, Helen
Dowers, Vida Ekiss, Virginia
Burrows, William
Marlow, Roy, Jr.
Foster, Frances
Bushart, Virginia
Mathias, Marvin
Freeland, Gayle
Clark, Wayne
Moon, Harold
Hankla, Fave
Cowger, Vivian
Schwartz, Roger
Harding, Jacoh Hogg, Francis
Daum, Gwendolyn
Shelton, James
Lancaster, Ralph
Davisson, Mary
Stocks, Thomas W.
Marlow, Freda
Ekiss, Alberta
Warren, Kenneth
Mitchell, Alexander Pesch, Lula
Grabb, Loren Lancaster, Mildred
White, Mildred
Roney, Robert
Moody, Edwina
Scott, James
Reedy, Robert
Class of 1937
Tinnea, Aubrey
Shaffer, Ralph
Carlyle, Elaine Carlyle, Elmer
Ward, Zenneth
Thompson, Raymond
Taylor, Gwendolyn
Mathias, Emerson
Armstrong, Margaret
Nihiser, Lloyd
Hudson, Harold
Bresman, Mary Margaret
Marlow, March
Craig. Madge
Scroggins, Izola
Weakly, Melvin
Beebe, Wilma Clark, Mary
Mallinson, Howard
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Clark, Hazel Dawson, Robert DeBruler, Martha Derry, Aster Eskew. Florence
Mathias, Esther
Watson, Lois
Moody, Mary
Sanner, Coleen Rhodes, Betty
Pasley. Zelma
Pettypool, Charles
Reedy, Georgia
Schenkel, Eugene
Moon, Raley
Scott. Jacques
LaCost. Dale
Shelton, George
Heneherry, William
Smith. Dorothy
Heneberry, Maurine
Garrett, Jack
Stradley, Luther
Davis, Gerald
Heneberry, Dorothy
Warren, James
Carpenter, George
Hudson, James
Weidner. Betty
Weakly. Darrell
Lancaster, Dorothy
Turner, Mary
Landers, Naomi
Tipsword, Dorothy
Turner. Isabelle
Lumsden. Rohert
Standerfer, Wayne
Mathias, Minor
Class of 1940
Sporleder, Hugh
Moon. Paul
('lark, Bonnie
Scroggins, Valria
Oathout, Vernon
Davis, Vera
Scott, John
Reed. Faye
Davis, Richard
Sanner. Austin
Rowe. Eugene
Dick, Leona
Rule, Maxine Moore, Betty
Shaffer, Raymond
Foley. Eloise
Marshall, June
Smull. Earl
Fulk. Geraldine
Hudson, Hester
Sporleder, June
Grabb. Dorothy
Gordon, Lester
Stewart, Betty
Grace, Marjorie
Goetz, Maurine
Taylor, Margery
Patient, Frank
Garrett. Patricia
Weakly, Thomas
Heneberry. Allane
Foley. Helen
Class of 1938
Moon, Bill
Cruit, Gwendolyn
Bobbitt, Richard
Reedy. Evelyn
Cribhet, Max
Brown. Dorothy Jean
Schwartz, Grace
Cole, Joe
Craig. Russel
Shelton, Helen
Bone, Don Lee
(`rihhet, Richard
Sims, Dorothy
Bartimus, Loraine
Daum, Doris
Smith, Paul
Daum, William
Stocks, Jean
Class of 1943
Davisson, Donald
W'right. Paul
Baird. Paul
Dickson, George
Wright. Pauline
Briscoe, Lora
Fulk, Anita
Class of 1941
Cordts, Cleo
Green, Ellá Jane
Baird. Roger
Coventry, Carl
Green, Eugene
Brewer, Kenneth
('ruit, E. H.
Mclaughlin, Harold
Bushert. Maurice
Davidson, Nelson
Marlow, Mildred
('lark, Ruth
Ekiss, Lucille
Miller, Marvin
Coventry, Wayne
Foster. Jack
Mitchell, Virginia Orris. Keith
Ekiss, Eleanor
Kennedy, Billie Jack
Pettypool, Carmel Reeter, Eldon
Ekiss, Mary Florence
Lumpp, Eloise
Schwartz. Eugene
Ekiss, Sam
McCain, Betty
Scott. Marjorie
Hilliard, Erma
Marlow. Inez Gevene
Snow. Nellie Marie
Hogan, Richard
Martin, Donald
Sporleder. Helen Strain, Robert
LaCost. Eileen
Robertson, Frances
LaCost, Ray
Saddoris, Don
Class of 1939
Livergood, JJack
Snyder, Elaine
Bone, Robert
Marlow, Marvene McCain, Bob
Tueth. Charles
Burrows, Evelyn Burrows, Melvin
Minor. Maurice
Turner. Helen
Cole. Betty
Pettypool, Loyal
Winson, Jean
Cole. Wallace
Saddoris. Wayne
Cordts, Richard
Schwartz. Fred
Class of 1944
Coventry, Pauline
Shafter. Rohert
Ward, Lavonne
Ekiss. Rosemerel
Smith, Marjorie
Martin. Marjorie
Foster. Ilda Mae Goetz, John
Stewart, Gene
Adcock, Tom
Gordon, Forest
Stewart, Joe
Bartimus, Nelda
Hudson. Leo
Weakly. Wayne
Bland. Mary Barbara
Jones, June
Willmore, Anna Margaret
Bone, Joe
Ketcham, Juanita
Winnings, Joan
Briscoe, Juanita
McConnell, Marvin
Brown, Hazel
Mellwain. Bill
Burrows, Glen MI.
McReynolds, Bessie
Clark. Betty
Marshall, Wayne
Class of 1942 Watters, Jack
('ochran. Nellie
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Bushert, Craig
Goetz. William
Egnor. Junior
Goetz, Dorothy
Ekiss, Frances
LaCost, Bill
Jones, Wendell
Reeter, Errol
Travis, Pauline
Stewart, Dorothy
Younger. Carolyn
Robertson, Billie
Evans, June Foley. Irene
Fulk. Paul
Younger. Mary Kathyrn
Smith, Lloyd
Egnor. Robert
Ketcham. Melvin
Davis, Robert
Cole, Mary Lou Cook. Betty Cook, Mary Cox. Mildred ('ribbet. Rex
Wilkinson, Shirley Younger, Verl
Trulock, Clarence Walton, James Wright, Wanda
Class of 1947
Bone. Jim
Class of 1950
Garman. Martha
Boyer. Baird
Bland. Martha
Burrows, Margaret
Brewer, Robert
Heneberry, Jack Hilliard, Alice
Garman, Mary
Burrows, Nellie Marie
Johnson, Bettie
Goetz, Mary Jane
Carlyle, Norma
Keown, Dale
Iludson, Joyce
Clark. Joy
Keown, Gale
Johnson, Mabel
('ruse. Betty
Lesley, Bob
Keown. Dora
Hampton, Sandra Lee
Mathias. Don
Little. Kensil
Johnson, Kay
Morris, Mary Margaret
MeBridge, ('layton
Keown, Douglas
Pearson, Charles
McGee, Ray
Malone, Donald
Pritts, Jack
McReynolds, Doris
Manship, Carlin Joe
Queen, Janice
Marshall, Jim
Merold, Yvonne
Reeter, Maurice
Mitchell, Mary Jane
Perisho, James R.
Robv. Frank. Jr.
Morris, Emma Lou
Powell. Jerres Jane
Sanner, Jay. Jr.
Nichols, Barbara
Reedy, Peggy
Sanner. Kelly
Parris, Jean
Rhodes, Lila Lu
Sharp. Dick
Pearson, Scott
Wampler, William
Snyder, Bob
Primmer, Bob
Ward, Donna
Snyder, Eleanor
Shadow, Rowena
Wilkinson, Porter, Jr.
Steele, Herman
Sims, Betty
Younger, Robert
Willmore. Doris
Smith, Wayne
Tipsword. Bill
Class of 1951
Turner, Elsie
Austin, Glenn Bartimus, Marjorie
Brewer. Bill
Class of 1948
Dick, Darlene
Brown, Maxine
Bone, Jack
Dinwiddie. Darlene
Cordts. Buelah
Brown, Lawrence
Keown, Doris
Coventry. Gladys
Brown, Shirley
Keown, Jim
Cruit. Smith
Clark, James
LaCost. John
Freeland, Lee
Cook, Robert
Lillico, Evelyn
Garman, Jim
('ruse. Irma Lee
Little, Glen
Goetz, George
Foster, Joe
McReynolds, Phyllis
Goetz, Rose Marie
Goddard, Betty
Majors, Herbert A.
Keown, Jack
Goddard, C'lem, Jr.
Majors, Howard
LaCost. Sarah
Goetz, James
Marshall, Maxine
Lumpp. Roger
Heneberry, Joe
Morris, Bill
Pierson. Betty Rose
Lesley, Ted
Perisho, Darrell
Orris, John
Low. Elaine
Phillips, Phil
Sanner, Bill
Moon. Ella Mae
Stahles, Tom
Shatter, Russell
Reeter. Lynette
Tinnea, Leroy
Smith, Lila
Stocks, Joan
Tipsword, James
Smith. Marjorie
Sutton, Bill
Wagemann, Maxine
Twenty, Barbara
Shelton, Wayne
Warren, Richard
Scribner, Bill
Wilkinson, Hillis
Walton, Shirley
Class of 1952
Bone, Lora Nlae
Class of 1949
Carlyle, Helen
Denton, Eugene
Austin, Robert
Carlyle. Juanita
Farris, Bill
Baird, Mary Grace
Carlyle, Ollie
Florey. Jean
Clark, Ardith
Florey, Joan
Garman, Virginia
Clark, Charles Francis
Freeland, Isabel
Keown, Harold
Cordts. Robert
Goetz, Beverly
Little. Norma
Heneberry. David
Gregory, Joann
Livergood. Robert
Heneherry, Donald
Heckler. Earl
Marshall, Valeria
LaCost, Loretta
Heustis, Lyle
Mitchell, Virginia
Keown, Robert
Hudson, Louise
Queen, Barbara
Marlow. Avis
Jackson, Jim
Rhodes, John A.
McGee, Kenneth, Jr.
Malone, Joyce
Travis, Dora Lee Tueth. Irene
Scott. Glyndola Scott. Myrta
Oathout, Phyllis
Fitzgibbons, Francis, Jr. Shelton, Charles
Sharp, Jim
Puyear. Bill
Stables, Valette
Fitzgibbons, David
Walton, Joseph
Tipsword, Norma
Warren, Mervin
Class of 1945
Warren, Don Gene
(ribbet, Myron
Bland, Mary
Wheeler. Mary Ruth
Younger, Joan
Bland, Bill
Class of 1946
Boyer. Robert
Moore, Marian
Coleman, Florence Louise
Pritts, Darrell (G.E.b.)
Marlow, Janet
Garrett, Bob
Fitzgibbons. Robert
Brown. Donald
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Taylor, Dean Queen, Marna Sill, Harold Tinnea, Gene Utsler, Nora
Ward, Jerry Wheeler, Shirley Younger, Cherie
Class of 1959
Barnes, Dwayne Boros, Rhoda Clark, Helen (G.E.D.)
Craycroft, Sharon
Walton, Becky
Bartimus, James
Ward, Mary Martha
Betzer, Chester
Freeman, Don
Wheeler, Jack
Brown, Helen Jane
Gaither, Marilyn
Wheeler, Jim Wheeler, Patricia Wimmer, David
Brown, Jack
Gaither, Mary Ann
Brown, Nadine
Gibbons, Paula
Gaither, James H.
Greenwalt, Walter
Class of 1953
Hampton, Harold
Jarand, Roger L.
Coventry, Kenneth
Jackson, David
Lumsden, Mary
Dalton, Martha
Mckinney, Sandra
Manship, Jennie
Dick, Hollis Allen
Mitchell, Arnold Dean
Marshall, Nina
McDevitt, Jerry
Pettypool, Nancy
Matheson, Dale
Miller, Marsha
Puyear, Dean
Mckinney, Dale
Morris, Jeanette
Rutherford, Ann
McReynolds, Keith
Morris, Genell
Scott, Mary Jo
Mescher, Larry
Pasley, Joe (G.E.D.)
Sharp, Dorotha
Mescher, Linda
Saddoris, Jim
Sutton, Doris
Pasley, Jon H.
Schwartz, Jolene
Thomas, Nancy
Patrick, George
Tipsword, John Wheeler, Phyllis
Class of 1957
Reed, Keith
Barnes, Phyllis
Schwartz, Joe
Class of 1954
Austin, Helen Bartimus, Ralph
Brown, Howard
Smith, Janice
Bone, Margaret
Elder, Jeanne
Boyer, Dick
Garrett, Ronnie
Tucker, David
Fahley, Perry
Kirkwood, Sarah
Wheeler, Tom
Gerkin, Floyd
Miller, Violet
Goetz, Lyle
Pritts, Carolyn
Class of 1960
Gregory, Tom
Pritts, Fave
Bosomworth, Lyndol
Hudson, Jennie
Sheehan, Tom
Breitman, Jeff
Johnson, Boh
Shonk, Diane
Davis, Nancy
LaCost, Patricia
Sims, Jackie
Dukeman, Jim
McGee, Robert
Stroyeck, Bruce
Gregory, Patsy
McReynolds, Lillian
Taylor, Janet
Johnson, Philip
Merold, Carrel
Tucker, Eddie
Marshall, Joe
Miller, Francine
Twenty, Mary K.
Moody, John
Oathout, Kenneth
Walen, Jon
Poole, Sue
Shipman, Joyce Smith, Norma Jean
Ward, Wayne
Pritts, Ronald
Tinnea, Beverly
Class of 1958
Rutherford, Richard
Wampler, Doris Elaine Sill, Barbara
Ball, John
Saddoris, Dick
Barnes, Bob
Schwartz, Mary
Class of 1955
Bennett, Harry L.
Boros, Gene
Sharp, Richard
Bland, Irma Faye Boros, Bill
Brown, Judith
Stinson, Linda Dick, Judy
Coventry, Jack
Clark, Judy
Smith, David
Crane, Lewis, Jr.
Crane, Jack
Stocks, Thomas E.
Cutler, Jack
Hudson, Jean
Utsler, Dean
Heckler, Sharon
Hungate, Stewart
Watkins, David
Herendeen, Lloyd
Marshall, Fred
Wheeler, Barbara
McReynolds, Marjorie
Oathout, Audrey
Yarnell, Roger Ziems, Gale
Puyear, Janet Queen, Ilene
Schwartz, Janet Shonk, Linda
Class of 1961
Queen, Paul
Wheeler, Gale, Jr.
Barnes, Sandra
Tohill, Gene
Windell, David
Bennett, Larry
Tohill, Joan
Yakey, Janet
Bennett, Patty
McReynolds, Wayne
Poole, Joe
Sims, Larry
Armer. LaVelle
Smith, John
Dick, Ellen
Sutton. Dean
Graham, Charles (by transfer)
Bennett, Carol
Settle, Bill
Gaither, John
Lumsden, Judith
Schwartz, Kay
Bennet, Gerald
Sharp, Carol
Book, Roy
Shonk, Sandra
Bland, Dale
Crane, Ronald .
Strauch, James
Stroveck, Carol
Cruse, Alberta
Heckler, Shirley
Wheeler, Sue
Queen, Bob
Stocks, Kay
Miller, Dee
Sharp, Joanne
Phillippo, Larry
Barnes, Sandra
Heckler, Mary
Gray, Burl
Dick, Linda Fitzgerald, Jim
Class of 1956
Barnes, Janet
Rowe, Judy
Brown, Joyce
Younger, Rita
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Carroll, Linda Davis, Marilyn Fultz, Max Kirkwood, Gene McReynolds, Dean Patient, Linda Patrick, Sue Schwartz, Lou Ann Shelton, Barbara Shelton, Beverly Shelton, Dave
Parsons, Porter
McLaughlin, Richard
Orris, Mike
Patient, Aaron
Rutherford, Jeanie
Reedy, Linda
Sharp, Elaine
Ray, Carrol
Sharp, Marilyn
Robinson, Danny
Shelton, Mike
Sanner, Constance
Smith, Judy
Settle, Loran, Jr.
Springer, Randy
Shelton, Dianne
Stinson, Sharon
Smith, Linda
Sims, Bill
Sweeney, Kenneth
Stocks, Ann
Smith, Troy Stout, Linda
Walton, Daniel
Thompson, Deloris
Tucker, Alice
Ward, Carol
Tipsword, David R.
Taylor, Bill
Ward, John
Vanatta, Deborah
Thomas, Linda
Warner, Brenda
Yarnell, James F.
Whitrock, Jon
West, Robert
Yarnell, James L.
Yarnell, Gary
Wheeler, Cheryl
Zeims, Leiloni
Wilson, Jim
Class of 1966
Class of 1962
Boros, Renee
Class of 1964
Butt, Sandra
Cochran, Galene
Armer, Tom
Cochran, James (by transfer)
Crane, Steve
Arthur, Carol
Cole, Pam
Dowdell, Clifford
Barnes, Linda
Davis, Jerry
Ekiss, Paul (Pete)
Bland, Charles Alan
Dowdell, Darrell
Emel, Richard
Bosomworth, Kevin
Garrett, Mike
Emel, Roger
Breitman, Jerald
Gibbons, Linda
Emel, Ronald
Butt, Dixie
Jackson, Carolyn Sue
Freeman, Kay
Edgecomb, Steven
Jarand, Alan
Fox, Marijo
Garrett, Gerald
Kirkwood, Anna
Garrett, Richard
Goetz, Barbara Jean
Kirkwood, Ron L.
Gift, Cathy
Jackson, Ruth Ann
Lamb, Ann
Jackson, Joyce
Kidwell, Gaylene Farris
Lesley, Helen
Kelly, Velma
Kluge, Karen
Marshall. Pat
Kidwell, Richard
McCain, Joseph
McCain, Danny
Mclaughlin, John
Miller, Billy Jo (G.E.D.)
Mellwain, Cynthia Ann
Martin, Don
Miller, Connie
Muzzy, Terry
Moody, Gary
Moody, Kay
Parsons, Martin
Pasley, Sharon
Muzzy, Shirley
Pritts, Joan (G.E.D.)
Pearce, Ruth
Pasley, Marcia
Reedy, Pat
Ray, Nancy
Payne, ()da
Settle, Alverna
Reynolds, Roger (G.E.D.)
Pritts, Joyce
Schwartz, Zona
Robinson, Linda
Sanner, Sandra
Scott, Jack, Jr.
Schwartz, Shirley Stinson, David
Scott, Myron Lee (Sam)
Tueth, Judi
Thompson, Rozann
Sees, Milton
Utsler, Melvin (G.E.D.)
Utsler, Linda
Smith, Beverly
Webb, Wanda
Ward, Pauline
Snyder, Paul
Welch, Darrell
Yarnell, Mick
Walker, David
Wimmer. Diane
Whitely, Neal
Yarnell, Duane
Class of 1963
Book, Donald G.
Class of 1965
Brewer, Daniel K.
Aschermann, Larry
Class of 1967
Carroll, Mike
Bruce, Linda
Ascherman, Douglas
Cole, Gene
Carlyle, Clyde
Ball, Donald
Cordray, Verl
Collins, Charles
Barnes, Larry
Crowder, Larry
Crowder, Richard
Beachy, Floyd A.
Davis, Virgil, Jr.
Dick, Linda
Bland, Judy
Ferguson, Shirley
Dowdell, Everett
Book, Velma
Fitzgerald, Imogene
Gaither, David
Brewer, Michael
Gordon, Bill
Goetz, Billie Sue
Brown, Stephen
Guthrie, Larry Joe
Green, Robert
Carlyle, Mary E.
Hampton, Shirley Lee
Gregory, John (G.E.D.)
Carroll, James
Lillico, Linda
Holland, William Kirkwood, Rose
Clark, Sharon K.
McReynolds, Tom
Kluge, Donna
Cordray, Verral E.
Marshall, Joyce
Lamb, Richard
Crane, Karen
Orris, Mary Ann
Mathias, Sandra
Davis, Wm. Timothy
Ozee, Philip Roger
McCorvie, Archie E. Ill
Dick, Larry
Stocks, George, Jr.
Smith, Susan
Walker, Barbara
Thomas, James W.
Younger, Emmajean
Armer, John
Brewer, Dean
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Clark, Jerry L.
Mclaughlin, Jim
Reedy, Susan
Speer, Arthur
Butt, Nancy
Book, Sam
Ziems, Mike
Payne, Phyllis Reynolds, Jerry
Dowdell. Carolyn Fendley, Dennis Ferguson, Dennis Gordon, Thomas Herendeen, Douglas
Mellwain, Margaret
Mellwain, Bill
Muzzy, Sharon
Marshall, Tom
Miller, Danny
Mathias, Monte
Noblitt, Lincoln
Mathias, Nelda
Payne, Linda
Parsons, Mike
Hoskins, Thomas
Risley, Nancy
Phillippo, Karen
Kirkwood, Carolyn Diane
Russell, Thomas
Pyles, Dennis
Martin, Richard Mescher, Dwaine
Smith, Forrest M.
Schwartz, Joe
Payne, Harold, Jr. Pearce, Elmo R.
Spence, Paula
Smith, Bill
Roby, Emily
Thomas, James
Smith, Steven
Rowe, Wm.
Thompson, Teresa
Snyder, Linda
Russell, Joseph
Tipsword, Stanley
White, Richard
Shonk. Christine
Wilson, Dee
Whitely, Donna
Wise, John
Class of 1972
Vanatta, Rex
Class of 1970
Brewer, Charles
Evans, Barbara
Bruce, Bob
Class of 1968
Florey, Rodney
Bryant, Phil
Armer. Mary
Ashley, Billy
Bubb, Cyndi Hooper
Beachy. Karen
Bland, Peggy
Calhoun, Rick L.
Bickers, Michael
Brewer, Sam
Carlyle, James E.
Burrows, Douglas
Brown, Cindy
Dowdell, Herschel
('lark, Jeffrey
Clark, Corrine
Dukeman, Randy
(`ribbet, Gregory
Cribbet, Brad
Emhry, Dale
('ruit, Smith, Jr.
Davis, Vickie
Florey, Randy
Davis, Homer
Dukeman, Steve
Hamilton, Harvey
Dick. Stanley
Moon, Johnny
Hickenbottom, Sue
Freeland, Zane
Flannell, Danny
Hicks, Sharon
Freeman, Barry
Fleshner, James
Johnson, Bonnie
Furr, Kathy
Florey, Sharon
McCorvie, Mary
Gibhons, Gary
Freeland, Renee
McLain, Jill
Goetz, Kathy
Funk, Jane
Muzzy, Jerry
Gordon, James
Hamilton, Melody
Phillipo, Brenda
Hickenhottom, Ronald
Hoskins, Marie
Reeter, Brett
Johnson, Michael
Kelly, Alton
Risley, Mary
McCorvie, Nancy
Kirkwood, Dorothy
Sanders, Diana
Miller, Trinka
LaCost. Sandra
Smith, Kathy Brewer
Mitchell, Bruce
Martin, Orville (Punch)
Snyder, Donald
Nance, Zena
Doyle, Eloise
Vanatta, Pam
Payne, Jo Ellen
Noblitt, Susan
Vollmer, Steve
Reeter. Julie
Osman, Joan
Wakeland, Shawna
Sanner, Cynthia
Ray, Patricia
Bryant. Peggy Weakly
Schwartz, John
Russell, Anne
Webner. Allen
Scribner, Phyllis Gordon (G.E.D.) Smith, Pam
Sanner, Kay
Wheeler, Randy
Thompson, Linda
Seelow, Lois
Class of 1973
Thompson, Stanley
Smith, Leonard
Abbott, Ted
Underwood, Kathleen
Smith, Teresa
Armer, Nancy
White. Robert Ferry
Utsler, Jerry
Ashley, Boh
Ziems, Kathy
Weakly, John
Book, Boh
Class of 1969
Class of 1971
Brewer, Gene
Blackford, Tony
Davis, Sheila
Book, Eddie
Book, Harry
Gihhons. Cindy
Cole. Paula Collins, Michael
('lark. Kent
Gordon, Karla
Crowder, Roger
Creek, Vicki Butt
ller, Sally
Farris, Rebecca
Crihbet, Donna Sue
Johnson, Ricci
Fitzgerald, Ellen
Cruit. Deon
Johnson, Sue Karr, LuAnn Kelly. Diane
Gibbons, Don, Jr.
Ferguson, Janet
Keown, Debhie
Gift, Cynthia (by transfer) Gist, Steven
Fleshner, Paul
Kohler, Linda
Holthaus, Rayne
Fox, Hans
Lancaster, Wilbur
Hooper. Myla
Hill, David
Marshall, Nancy
Lesley, Patti
La Cost, Hazel Ann
Reeter. Randy
Loy. Alan
Lee, John
Risley, Pat
Mathias, Shiela
Lesley, Brenda
Sharp, Nancy
MeCov, Candace
McCain, John
Siere, Harry
Fleshner, George Florey, Robert
Davis. Debra
Farris, Cheryl
Fitzgerald, Thomas
Kidwell, Debbie
Carder, Marcheta
Gist, Davena
Smith, Marilyn Snyder, Sarah Jane
Schwartz, Deborah
Sapp, Becky
Snyder, David
Sereda, Jessica
130
Bryant, Mary Butt, Mary
Schwartz, Paggy
Siere, Ray Smith. Vanessa Snyder, Kenneth Sowers, Steve Sullivan, Mike Tipsword, Steve Tucker, Cheryl Vanatta, Brenda West, Donna Wilson, Dave
Sharp. Barbara
Smith, Susan L.
Snyder, Barbara
Stables, Stanley
Suddarth, Daniel
Sullivan, Kathryn Thomas, Ronald
Thompson, Martha Sumpter
Thompson, Vicki
Throneburg, Linda
Warren, David
Class of 1974
Apke, Maria Bagley, Kenneth Bates, Robin Bone, Dan
Boyer, Ben Brewer, Colleen Brewer. Deborah Calhoun, Monte Cohan, Gerald, Jr.
Cruit, Gay Eccles, Merel
Farris, Diane
Fitzgerald, Jane Foster, Cheryl
Grove, Barbara Holland, Mike
Jenkins, Ron McCorvie, Bill McManaway, Pam
Marshall, Brett Nailer, Harold
Orris, Kathy Pasrons, Steve
Pasley, Tim
Peterson, Marla
Robhins, Joe
Sanner, Stan Siere, John Sowers, Nancy Spencer, Denise
Standerfer, Brent Sullivan, Debra Throneburg, Brenda
Underwood, Rick Wakeland, Cathy
Weakly, Janet Wheeler, Tim
Class of 1975
Allsop, Gregory Bennett. Michael Black. Alma Book Bone, James
Book, Marvin
Brewer, Joyce
Bryant, Daniel Butler, Rebecca Carlyle, Betty .Jo
Casteel, Linda Wehner
Dowdell, Donald Eckel, Christopher
Gist. Robbie
Goetz, Michael
Holthaus, Jeffrey ller. Gary Kirkwood, Linda Miller. E. Charles Nichols, Betty Beachy Puyear. Larry Rauch. Angela
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