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On the way home that evening, John Cain, one of the boys, said : "We were not fighting, we did that to see if you would whip us before company."
On the last day Bob Gentry came to me and said, "The boys are going to ride you on a rail, as a compliment. The rail will be across the door as you go out." I said: "Bob, will you help me?" He agreed, and I told him my plans. I was the last one, along with Bob, to go out. When we got to the door the boys said, "Get on and ride to the wagon." Then Bob gave the rail a sudden push, the boys fell and I ran to the wagon, stepped on the hub of the wheel and landed in the wagon before they could catch me. Altogether we had a very pleasant time, with no other trouble worth mentioning.
TRIP TO GAGE COUNTY BEFORE THE RAILROAD.
During the year I rode out to Beatrice, in Gage county, on a mule be- longing to William R. Cain. This trip I was making in connection with my work as presiding elder of the Methodist Episcopal church and had gone there to see if I could find a congregation of our people there. The mule in question was hard enough to catch, even in the stable.
There were scattered settlements on the streams and wide stretches of wild prairie. On my return trip, when some forty miles from home. I got off to rest and in my carelessness let the mule get away from me. Down the road he struck for home and I though I was in for a forty-mile walk. But the mule soon stopped to eat grass and I circled around him and came up slowly to catch the bridle, the reins of which were dangling.
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Just as I reached for them, the mule jumped away and took off down the road for home. Again he stopped to eat grass and again I circled around him and crept up to catch the reins. I made my spring and the mule made his, but I had him this time. With a great sense of relief I mounted that imile and stuck to him until we got home.
SALEM COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
That the desire for the general dissemination of knowledge took early root among the sturdy pioneers who were most anxious to establish schools of the higher order is shown by an act passed by a session of the Terri- torial Legislature of Nebraska. The act was passed and approved on Feb- ruary 10, 1857, and was for the purpose of incorporating what was known as "The Salem Collegiate Institute." Section I of the act referred to named the incorporators as follow: J. Cass Lincoln, John Brinegar, James W. Roberts, Thomas H. Hare, Charles McDonald, Samuel Keiffer, Jacob Coffman, Ewing L. Sharp and Joseph Yount.
Section 2 stated the objects contemplated as being: "To build up and maintain, in the town of Salem, Nebraska, an institution of learning of the highest class for males and females. to teach and inculcate the Chris- tian faith, and morality of the sacred Scriptures, for the promotion of the arts and sciences." The above-named persons or any five of them were empowered to constitute a board of trustees.
It is worthy of note that all of the above-named gentlemen were among the very first settlers of the county, all became prominent in the early affairs of the county and nearly every one of them later served the county well in official capacities.
FALLS CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
.As exemplary of the high class of pioneers coming to Falls City it is with no small degree of pride that we record the fact that one of the first things considered essential was the establishment of schools suitable for the education of the young people. In order to do so called for great sac- rifice among the people of that early time because of the lack of funds. but it appears that as early as 1858 there was a little school on Main street in the village, taught by a Miss Barnum.
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CHOIR OF ST. THOMAS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, FALLS CITY.
PIONEERS OF RICHARDSON COUNTY.
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The school district was organized in 1859, with David Dorrington, Anderson Miller and Thomas McIntyre as trustees. F. M. Dorrington was the first teacher under the new regime, and taught the first school during the academic year of 1859-60. The following year the first district school house was erected a short distance southeast of the court house square. The new building, although a vast improvement on the various makeshifts that had been in use previously, was far from an elaborate struc- ture. It was solidly built and capable of housing far more pupils than there was any immediate prospect of the town furnishing, but it was innocent of paint, both inside and out, and its seats were not calculated to afford Sybaritic pleasures. As the only public place where meetings of any sort could be conveniently lreld, it was constantly appropriated for various uses, varying from the dignity of a court room to the uproarious mirth of some minstrel performance. Through all these changes the building was still used for its original purpose until about the beginning of 1875, when it was sold and the proceeds invested in material with which to build a new and larger structure. What followed is accurately described by Professor Rich: "Some wretch, having neither the fear of the Lord before his eyes, nor the wel- fare of youth at heart, stole all the lumber." Meantime the purchaser of the old building had removed it to Stone street and put it in the service of a business house. After nearly a year, during which time the district owned no school building, the old school building was moved back to its original place and repurchased by the school board. From 1865 to 1871. the district school again occupied the building, and shortly after the latter date it was purchased by W. S. Stretch and converted into a dwelling. In its new location the remodeled shell, with all its historic memories, for many years echoed to childish laughter and grief and pleasant teachings.
In the spring of 1870, prior to the final sale of the first school house. it was decided to erect a new, large and more fitting building. This work was done in the year 1870-71, at a cost of two thousand five hundred dollars, Jonathan Spragins being the contractor. The new building contained two departments, one on each floor, and was opened in the winter of 1871. immediately after its completion. The principal of the school in that year was D. O. Howe. Miss McGlashen became principal of the school. with Miss F. Kingman as assistant, in the fall of 1872. At the same time the school, already too large for its new quarters, overflowed into the basement of the Episcopal church, where a third grade was organized. under the
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charge of Mrs. Olive Kline. Miss McGlashen held her position for two years and was succeeded in the fall of 1872 by John Rickards, who found it necessary to branch out, and he created a fourth department, which was taught in the Baptist church.
In the spring of 1876, Mr. Rickards resigned and was succeeded by J. W. Johnson, who had for some time acted as his assistant, and who completed the duties of the school year. G. W. Holland was elected prin- cipal of the school in the fall of 1876, with Miss F. Kingman, Miss Della Lemmon and Mrs. Olive Kline as assistants. At the commencement of their school duties, the building erected in 1871 was used for all purposes. but before January 1, 1877, the high school and the grammar departments were transferred to the then partly completed building, later in use for all grades. During this year the small-pox broke out in a very virulent type in the town, and instituted a reign of terror that precluded for many weeks the holding of any form of public meeting. Although fighting against ter- rible odds, Mr. Holland accomplished a fair amount of work and left an enviable record.
In the summer of 1877, Prof. W. Rich was elected to fill the posi- tion of principal. At the time of his engagement the school labored under many serious disadvantages, having no properly-finished recitation rooms, and having greatly disorganized by the necessary irregularity of the pre- ceding winter. It had, also, been under varied systems, incident to the frequent change of instructors, who, although able, did not remain long enough to mould the mixed material into a specific form. Since the time of his first election Professor Rich had been returned to his work each year up to that time and had been able to raise the standard of acquirement necessary to a position in the higher classes to an enviable point. The first-class to graduate under the standard then in force consisted of Miss Wynona Wardell, Charles Grable, Ellis O. Lewis and Sherman Cameron. The school at that time had seven departments under the charge of the following corps of teachers: High school, Prof. W. Rich, principal; A. Russell Keim, assistant: second grammar school, Mrs. A. L. Sanderson; first grammar school. Anna Schuckman; second intermediate, Mrs. Olive Kline; first intermediate, Mattie Williams; second primary, Annie Smith; first primary, Hattie Stone.
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CENTRAL IHIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
Falls City having been a live town for the twenty years prior to the advent of the railroad, was ripe for further advancement when this new method of transportation was brought to its doors and had experienced such growth the need of substantial and commodious quarters for its school population was imperative. Accordingly, in the winter of 1874-75, Edwin S. Towle. at that time representing the county in the state Legislature, pro- cured the passage of a special act by which the district was authorized to issue bonds to the amount of twenty thousand dollars, bearing ten per cent., and redeemable in twenty years. On June 30, 1875, shortly after the passage of this act, a petition signed by Judge .\. J. Weaver, C. H. Weaver. W. S. Stretch, A. S. Fulton, C. S. Keim, John Hinton, R. A. Wherry, J. H. Burbank and H. Leland, was presented to the board of edu- cation. In accordance with this petition the board called a special meeting to be held on July 9, 1865, for the purpose of examining the details of the project and obtaining a vote thereon. After mature deliberation the ballot of the electors was taken and the measure was carried by almost unanimous vote, only two persons voting in the negative. The board of education at once advertised for plans and specifications for the new struc- ture, and on August 3, of the same year, accepted those furnished by L. S. Steges & Company, of St. Joseph, Missouri, agreeing to pay two per cent. of the contract price of the structure to the architects. . On Septem- ber II, 1875, the contract for the erection of this building was awarded to J. H. Burbank on his bid of nineteen thousand dollars in bonds and work was at once begun. The foundation and part of the walls were built in the same year, and during the following season the building was enclosed and part of the woodwork finished. In the summer of 1877 four rooms in the west side, the office on the second floor and the stair and hall fixtures were completed, and all given a single coat of paint. Here the contractor, after many disputes with the board, withdrew entirely from the work and the finishing was done by the board, no formal surrender being made on one side, or acceptance on the other. The structure was one of the finest in the city and has been in continuous use every since completion. It stands on the west half of block No. 100, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, and faces west. It stands two blocks east of Main or Stone street and in the third square south from the court house square. It is of brick.
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with stone trimmings and basement of stone, and is surmounted by a tower that tends to lighten the heavy effect.
DEVELOPMENT OF HIGII SCHOOL.
In 1877 Prof. Wellington Rich was chosen principal and held the posi- tion until 1883; after him came a number of worthy successors, well within the memory of most of the younger generation. Falls City has had the reputation of standing by her school superintendents and of giving them terms of three to five years and even longer tenure; probably some of them were retained after they could be used to advantage, for it is a demonstrated fact that a school teacher, like a preacher, can stay too long in one place. The public school system has always been a credit to the town. Not infrequently the school building would become crowded and the district would enlarge its plant. About 1875 the city grew rapidly and the schools had to be held in rented buildings. At this time Edwin S. Towle represented this county in the state Legislature and through him an act was passed giving this district, No. 56, the right to issue bonds for the erection of the Cen- tral high school building, as noted above. As the town grew, further demands for room were made and the Harlan street school, with two rooms, was erected. The town outgrew its three buildings and what was for long known as the "new" high school building, at the north end of Stone street, was erected, bonds being voted for the same. And yet again the rooms were all filled up and the third ward school building was erected on lots long owned by the city on South Harlan street. This latter building was built and paid for at once by a special levy made for the same.
At about this time the city found itself again short of room for stu- dents, owing to the great increase of population, accounted for by the build- ing of the Missouri Pacific shops and the consequent influx of many new people. To satisfy the demand for more room a proposition was sub- mitted to the voters to issue bonds for the sum of sixty-five thousand dollars for the building of a new high school building to be located on the lots in the block north of the old Central building. The bonds carried and the new building, which would be a credit to any city of the size, was at once erected by Bohrer Brothers, resident contractors. The work of erecting this building was commenced in 1913 and was first occupied by students in September, 1914.
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FALLS CITY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI.
The Falls City high school has reason to be proud of her graduates. From 1880 to the present time over five hundred students have graduated. In 1916 a few of the old graduates became enthused and met at the high school and reorganized the Alumni Association, which had been dead for nearly twenty years; electing the following officers: Virgil Falloon, presi- dent; Edna Spencer, vice-president; Allan Gilmore, secretary, and Arthur Chesley, treasurer; with the following committees: Executive, E. O. Lewis, chairman; Chester McDowell, Myrtle Yocam, Virgil Falloon and Edna Spencer. Membership, Alice Yoder, chairman; Andrew Cameron, Josephine Gelling, C. L. Marts, Mrs. Everett Peckingpaugh, Lulu Grush, Grace Reavis, Jesse Grush and Charleotta Blanding. Entertainment, Anita Wilson, chair- man ; Mrs. J. F. Leyda, Mrs. E. K. Hurst, David Reavis and Mabel Grush. Reception, Mrs. I. C. Maust, chairman ; May Maddox, J. R. Simanton, Mrs. C. P. Fordyce and James Jaquet.
Following is a list of the graduates of the Falls City high school by years :
Class of 1880-C. J. Grable, address unknown; E. O. Lewis, Falls City; Winona Wardell ( Mrs. William Jones), Gates, Oklahoma; Sherman Cameron, deceased.
1883-Jessie Cameron (Mrs. C. Baker), Los Angeles, California; Mary Campbell ( Mrs. McLain), Leadville, Colorado; Grace Keim, deceased; An- nette Newcomer, Des Moines, Iowa; C. B. Newcomer, professor of Ger- man, Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Michigan : May Maddox, Falls City : Delia Meriam (Mrs. Fisher), Omaha; Emma V. Stump (Mrs. Edwin Fal- loon), Falls City.
1885-Anna Clegg, Denver, Colorado; James Hooper, Chicago, Illinois : Josephine Gehling, Falls City; Nora Wormsley, address unknown; D. D. Reavis, Falls City.
1886-George Adams, Walla Walla, Washington; Dr. Will Boyer, Paw- nee City, Nebraska: Mallie Newkirk, Los Angeles, California; Addie Stewart, Vermillion, Kansas.
1887-Andrew Cameron, Falls City; John Ewalt, deceased; Nellie Gil- man, Falls City ; Ralph Kerr, deceased; Jennie Newcomer, address imknown ; Blanche Norris (Mrs. I. C. Maust), Falls City; C. F. Reavis, Falls City; Eva Scott, Falls City; E. H. Towle, Falls City; Grace Yutzy (Mrs. D. D. Reavis), Falls City: Nettie Wills ( Mrs. Shugart). Lincoln, Nebraska.
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1888 -- Myrta Reavis (Mrs. C. F. Reavis), Washington, D. C .; George F. Abbott, Omaha; June A. Abbott, Omaha; Alice Cleaver, Falls City ; Florence Cleaver, Falls City ; Vinnie Coleman (Mrs. W. T. Fenton), Lincoln, Nebraska; Agnes Dalbey (Mrs. Tipton), deceased; Fred Farrington, Falls City; Lillian Farrington (Mrs. E. H. Towle), Falls City; Emma Boose (Mrs. William Tucker), Techow, Fhanting, China.
1889-Mamie Cain (Mrs. D. H. McCoy), Sioux City, lowa; Nettie. Forney, Falls City; Lucy Hergesheimer; address unknown; Stella Lock- ridge, address unknown; Jule Schoenheit, deceased; Edward Thomas, de- ceased ; John Towle, Omaha; Perry Williams, deceased. ยท
1890-Bert Boyer, Clarinda, Iowa; Frank Clegg, Excelsior Springs, Missouri; Pauline Falsken (Mrs. A. Albach), Kansas City, Missouri; Susan Gehling, Falls City; George Newcomer, deceased; Jennie Schuyler (Mrs. Hill), address unknown; Eva Schock (Mrs. Hollenback), Denver, Colorado; Ada Stretch (Mrs. Burt Coleman), Miles City, Montana; H. C. Yutzy, Albert Lea. Minnesota.
1891-Minnie Brown, address unknown; Neva Burnham, address un- known; Sue Cain (Mrs. William Julian), Long Beach, California; Mamie Cameron (Mrs. S. W. Marvon), Nephi. Utah; Chloe Culp (Mrs. H. F. Lewis), Hooper, Colorado; Millie Jenkins, deceased; Mollie Moran, Kansas City, Missouri; Theodora Richards (Mrs. James Mettz), Falls City; Chappie Snidow (Mrs. Lawrence Wheeler), Falls City: T. G. Thomas, deceased.
1892-Mabel Abbott (Mrs. Charles Robbins), LaGrange, Illinois; Nellie Cleaver, Falls City; Thomas Coleman, Omaha : May Day, address unknown; Philo Heacock, deceased; Lois Keeling. Falls City; Mand Leekins (Mrs. H. C. Yutzy ), Albert, Lea, Minnesota: John Martin, Omaha; Elizabeth Miller. Falls City; Grace Saylor, Falls City; Fernanda Godfirnon ( Mrs. Will S. Keim), Falls City; J. R. Simanton, Falls City.
1893-Valeria Babb (Mrs. Delos Graham), Dawson, Nebraska; Clara Carney, address unknown : Lucinda Cordell (Mrs. Pennell), deceased; Zeno Crook, Denver, Colorado; Maud Dorrington (Mrs. H. P. Kauffman), Lin- coln, Nebraska; Ella Heckler (Mrs. B. Burdick), Durango, Colorado; Will Hutchings, Wallace, Idaho; Allan May, Auburn,' Nebraska: Clo Powers. address unknown; Frank Schiable, Falls City; Maud Schock (Mrs. Will Hutchins), deceased; Nellie Schock. Falls City; Cora Williams, Kansas City, Missouri : Kit Wilson (Mrs. E. B. Booth), Albuquerque, New Mex- ico; May VanDusen, Falls City ; George B. Holt, deceased.
1894-Daisy Abbot (Mrs. Charles D. Stanton). Falls City; John A.
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Crook, Falls City; Lillian Dorrington ( Mrs. Ed. Fisher.), Falls City; May Dorrington (Mrs. J. C. Martin), Omaha; Nellie. Downs, Modesta, Cali- fornia ; Grace Keeling, deceased; Iva Kent (Mrs. Gilman Chapman), Berlin, New Hampshire; Ella Miller (Mrs. John Ward), Tecumseh, Nebraska ; Jessie Morton (Mrs. James E. Leyda), Falls City ;: Ada Mussellman, Coun- cil Bluffs, Iowa; Albert Maust, Falls City; Ina Smith (Mrs. T. J. Whitaker ), Falls City; Helen Stretch ( Mrs. Ed . Morgan), Strausville, Nebraska; Stella Stretch ( Mrs. Mike Sweeny), Golden. Colorado; Walter Thomas, Lawyer, Omaha ; Lawrence Weaver, Spokane, Washington; Jennie Simanton (Mrs. J. R. Pence), Falls City.
1895-John Boose. Marrinette, Michigan: Myrta Bowers ( Mrs. Jerome Kiefer ), Falls City; Meda Carney, address unknown: Elizabeth Culp. Los Angeles. . California : Margaret Custer ( Mrs. R. R. Norton). San Francisco; Nettie Fox (Mrs. C. S. Deaver), Miles City, Montana : Charles Koehler, address unknown ; C. L. Marts, Falls City : Pearl Lutz ( Mrs. Yoder), South America: Burton I. - Reavis. Falls City; Edgar Thacker, San Francisco. California : Verna Wagner (Mrs. Andrew Cameron); Falls City.
1896-Alice Abbot (Mrs. Charles Rowe), deceased ; Jennie Bucher ( Mrs. Clarence Smith), Falls City; Ada Fisher, St. Joseph, Missouri; Fred Keller, Falls City; George Pickett, Fresno, California: Guy R. Spencer, Omaha : Sammel Stewart, address unknown; Will Uhlig. Falls City: P. B. Weaver, Falls City.
1897-Anna Crook (Mrs. I'. B. Weaver). Falls City; Thomas Elson. Los Angeles, California : Elfie Foster (Mrs. Thomas E. Snyder), Chicago: Clare Foster. Falls City ; Pearl Beatty, Auburn. Nebraska ; Meda Anderson. address unknown; Edward Holbrook, St. Louis, Missouri; Nellie Holbrook ( Mrs. Charles Ball), Amarilla. Texas; Maud Jessen (Mrs. W. A. Stewart), Okmulgee. Oklahoma ; Frankie Fox (Mrs. Charles Hood), Miles City. Mon- tana : Kathleen Ryan, Kansas City, Missouri; Carrie Stettler. Pawnee City. Nebraska : Maud Wylie (Mrs. Allan May), Auburn. Nebraska : Nellie Yutzy (Mrs. Frank Uhlig). Falls City.
1898-Florence Boose (Mrs. J. M. Holferty), Pontiac, Illinois: Ada Bowers (Mrs. F. L. Smith). Omaha: Ina Fergus (Mrs. Fergus). Hum- boldt, Nebraska: Zola Jones (Mrs. Simon Davies), South Dakota; Stella Inskecp. Chicago, Illinois; Pearl Lawrence (Mrs. August Unkle). Nickerson. Nebraska : Josephine Graves, Wayne, Nebraska : Lois Spencer, Pierre, South Dakota; Katherine Thomas, Omaha: Mabel Wilson (Mrs. W. R. Boose). Falls City : Mary Wiltse. Falls City.
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1899-Laura Kirkwood (Mrs. Howard Plumb), Reading, Kansas; Ariel Mabel Macomber (Mrs. Thompson), address unknown; Maud Mohler (Mrs. Jonas Trimmer), Miami, Texas; William Schock, Falls City; Hal Sowles, St. Joseph, Missouri; Florence Sullivan, Oklahoma.
1900-Clarence Baldwin, Beloit, Wisconsin; Clara Boose, Banning, Cali- fornia; Walter Boyle, Memphis, Tennessee; Della Gardner (Mrs. W. L. Turner), Sterling, Colorado; Guy Greenwald, Falls City; Pearl Hanna, Valley, Nebraska; Edna Holland (Mrs. Ray DePutran), Lincoln, Nebraska; Minnie Jussen (Mrs. W. E. Kennedy), Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Will Jenne, deceased; Maud Maddox (Mrs. C. P. Fordyce), Falls City; Myrtle Pit- tock (Mrs. W. H. Hedden), Burbank, Washington; Walter Veach, Verdon, Nebraska.
1901-Lettie Cain (Mrs. Dr. Von Oven), Spokane, Washington; Ed- ward Durfee, Farmer, Falls City; Kate Heacock, Falls City; Clara Gagnon. Falls City; Ralph Jenne, Falls City ; Elizabeth Naylor (Mrs. Thomas Hewitt). Lexington, Nebraska; Hal Norris, Omaha; Pearl Prater (Mrs. C. E. Pea- body), St. Joseph, Missouri; Bessie Schock (Mrs. R. L. Moore), Denver. Colorado; Albert Vogelein, address unknown; Lilah Willard, St. Joseph, Mis- souri.
1902-Elta Boose (Mrs. D. P. De Young), Mount Claire, New Jersey : Dr. Harry Burchard, Falls City; Grace Bucher, Falls City; Iva Lowe ( Mrs. Morris), address unknown: Elva Sears ( Mrs. E. F. Vincent ), deceased.
1903-Arthur Alexander, York, Nebraska: Mabel Greenwald. Falls City; Beulah Greenwald (Mrs. Lee Huber), Wolf Point, Montana; George Jaquet, Canada ; Miranda Meyers, Lucknow, China ; William Schmelzel, Min- neapolis, Minnesota ; Stella Schock (Mrs. Glenn McMillan), Falls City; Edna Spencer, State Bank, Falls City: Winifred Wertz. Alma, Nebraska: Mabel Whitaker, Colorado.
1904-Elizabeth Brecht (Mrs. C. C. Davis), Falls City; Meeker Cain ( Mrs. Robert Neitzel). Falls City; Nellie Cain ( Mrs. Edwin Hays). Falls City ; Guy A. Crook, Falls City; Alice Douglas, address unknown: Maggie Fergus (Mrs. Fergus), Humboldt. Nebraska ; Harry Gardner, deceased : Nel- lie Emma Hanna ( Mrs. Austin Grush ), Falls City: John Q. Hossack, Omaha ; Alice Jaquet (Mrs. Fred K. Hauck), Canada; Mabel Lyford (Mrs. Fred Brown), Montana : George S. Lyons, Falls City; May Maddov ( Mrs. Nathan Reynolds), Lincoln, Nebraska ; Laura Naylor ( Mrs. G. F. Cummins). Falls City: Stella Stone, Falls City.
1905-Lena .Viken, address unknown; Ruth Aiken, address unknown :
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Frank Boose, deceased; Earl Cline, Nebraska City, Nebraska; James Coupe, Omaha; Jacob Greenwald, El Paso, Texas; Fred M. Graham, Buffalo, Wyom- ing; Mildred Holland, Falls City; Vesta Lively (Mrs. Ben Franklin), ad- dress unknown; Anna Freshe ( Mrs. Peter Toellmer), Falls City; Kate Mad- dox, Falls City; Stephen A. Mower, Falls City; Martha Meyers, Pasadena, California; Una Snidow, Broken Bow, Nebraska; John Taylor, Des Moines, Iowa; Alice Vogelien, Napierville, Illinois; Florence Wylie (Mrs. Everett Peckinpaugh), Falls City.
1906-Ethel Cade (Mrs. R. B. Simpson), Gering, Nebraska; Zetta Camblin, Falls City ; Nettie Cleveland (Mrs. F. B. Hall), Coaticook, Quebec, Canada; Edna Crook (Mrs. E. K. Hurst), Falls City; Guy Ebersole, Elk Creek, Nebraska; Reba Eversole, Elk Creek, Nebraska; Edna Horrocks, Falls City; Frank Nietzel, Falls City; Leah V. Poteet (Mrs. Earl Carroth- ers), Falls City; Paul Lloyd Shaffer, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Ruth Schock, Temple, Texas; Anita Wilson, Falls City.
1907-Edith DeMers, Falls City; Grace DeMers (Mrs. James), Oak- land, California; Jessie Finley, Gordon, Nebraska; Ruth Heacock (Mrs Kline), University Place, Nebraska; Lucy Lemon, Ravenna, Nebraska; Gert- rude Lyford (Mrs. Lloyd Shaffer), Cedar Falls, Iowa; Grace Lyford (Mrs. Fred Graham), Buffalo, Wyoming; Minnie Macomber ( Mrs. Ralph Rhoads), Falls City; Anna Mason, Colorado; Dorothy Morehead, Falls City; Har- riett Plumb, deceased; Lillie Stump (Mrs. Price), Falls City; Inez Wachtel (Mrs. Dill Cole), Peru, Nebraska; Dorothea White (Mrs. Judson Hill), Sioux City, Iowa; Ramona Wilcox (Mrs. Frank Nietzel), Falls City; Harry N. Cain, Cleveland, Ohio; Sterling A. Falloon, Chicago, Illinois; Bayard T. Greenwald, Edmonson, South Dakota; James R. Jaquet, Falls City; John R. Mason, United States Surveying Corps, Mexican border; Dr. Harry J. l'ittock, Alta, California; Lewis F. Rodewald, deceased.
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