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1908-Helen May Burchard, Falls City; Maude Helen Davies, Falls City: Kathryn Margaret Meliza. Falls City; Ruth Dexter McMillan ( Mrs. George A. Martin), New York City; Dorothy Anna Miller ( Mrs. E. H. Sward). Falls City ; Frances Mary Ramsey, Falls City ; Nellie Jennings, Mis- souri; Oscar Rhoads, Falls City: Lloyd Blaine Schock, Ft. Clark, Bracket- ville, Texas; Edgar Schock, Falls City; Lili Belle Vogelien, Evanston, Illi- nois ; Myrtelle Belle Yocum, Falls City ; Mary Alice Yoder, Falls City ; Blaine Yoder, Falls City.
1909-Blanche Armbruster, Shubert, Nebraska; Fannie Dustin Beaver, St. Anthony, Idaho; Mande Margaret Davis (Mrs. Jack Hutchins), Coun-
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cil Bluffs, Iowa; May Edwidge DeMers (Mrs. Stump), Falls City; Virgil Falloon, Falls City; Mary Pearl Fields (Mrs. J. Karsten),. Minnesota; Isham Reavis Gist, Humboldt, Nebraska; Gertrude Alice Gossett, Falls City ; Ray Graham, Falls City; Lulu Marie Grush, Falls City; Fred Herbster, Kansas City, Missouri; Nellie Myrtle Hossack (Mrs. George M. Hall), Falls City ; Cinderilla Houston, Spokane, Washington; Anna Wherry Lowe (Mrs. Roy Mastin), Seward, Nebraska: Lillus Ruth Lewis, Falls City; Gladys Mae McDonald (Mrs. Miller), address unknown; Chester H. McDowell, Falls City; Gertrude McDowell (Mrs. Bert Newall), Falls City; William Archibald Paxton, Falls City ; Hazel White ( Mrs. Clyde Wait), Kansas City, Missouri; Helen Resterer, Goodman, Missouri.
1910-Elsie Bailey, Minnesota; Loretta Beaver, Seattle, Washington ; Ethyl Bohrer (Mrs. Earl Sullivan), St. Louis; Jean B. Cain, Falls City; Sadie Daeschner (Mrs. E. R. Riebel), Detroit, Michigan; Edna DeWald (Mrs. Vernon Mikesell), Lawrence, Kansas; Helen Gagnon, Falls City; Florence Gerhardt, Falls City; Mary Jenkins, Falls City; Quinton Lively, Falls City; Emma Mattill, Falls City; Florence McMahon, Preston, Ne- braska; Florence Nietzel, deceased; Maybelle Poteet (Mrs. R. G. Wright ), Kansas City, Missouri; Lela Powell (Mrs. James F. Mullin), Falls City ; David Reavis, Jr., Falls City ; Ruth Reavis, Falls City : Louise Rule (Mrs. Lewis Stillwell), Waukon, Minnesota; Gladys Ratekin, address unknown; Helen Schock, Falls City; Merion Simaton (Mrs. Ried Burchard). Howe. Nebraska; Robert Steele, Falls City; Amos Yoder, Falls City; Ballon Wan- ner. Falls City.
1911-Thomas Coupe, Falls City; Faye DeWald (Mrs. Byran Ahern). Shubert, Nebraska; Celia Dittmar (Mrs. Chester McDowel), Falls City : Xenia Gladwell, Falls City; Jeffrey B. Horrocks, Falls City; James W. Hutchins, Falls City; Robert Mason, Chicago, Illinois; Leon Norris, Lin- coln, Nebraska; Rinice Nanninga, Falls City; Lena Ramel, Mason City; Grace Reavis, Falls City; Flora Shock, Falls City; Bertha Stumbo ( Mrs. Ben Martin), Odell. Nebraska; Bertha Trefzer, Falls City; Laura Trefzer, Falls City ; Ruth. Wilson. Falls City ; Priscilla Woodring (Mrs. R. B. Heck ). Falls City.
1912-Beatrice Bollman, Falls City: Edna Carico (Mrs. Robert Wil- liamson), Sabetha, Kansas; Ruth DeMers, Falls City: Nellie Craig, Peru. Nebraska: James H. Falloon, New York City; Hazel Herzell, Falls City: Camille Leyda, Crete. Nebraska; Lucille Leyda. Walla Walla. Washington : Helen Lyford (Mrs. Richard Dittmar), Hannibal, Missouri: Herbert Marr.
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Falls City; Byrd McDonald, Falls City; Ruth Messler, Falls City : Florence Parchen, Falls City; Anna Seff, Sioux City, Iowa; Fred Thompson, Stella, Nebraska ; Bess Wilson (Mrs. F. R. Settle), Kansas City, Missouri; Amanda Jorn, Verdon, Nebraska.
1913-Leota Barton, Falls City; Bertha Deurfeldt, Falls City; Julia Frederick, Falls City; Grace Hays, Lincoln, Nebraska; Marian Horrocks, Falls City; Elsie Kruse, Falls City; Constance Lyford, Lincoln, Nebraska : Louise Lutz, Falls City; Mary Lemmon, Falls City; Iantha Leyda, Lincoln. Nebraska; Chester Lippold, Falls City; Ruth Metzger, Falls City; Frank Reavis, Ithaca, New York; Glenn Russ, Shrevesport, Louisiana ; Irene Wach- tel, Peru, Nebraska; Martha Werner, Falls City; Ellen Wyler, Tiffin, Ohio; Cora Zoellers, Falls City.
1914-Helen Baldwin, Falls City; Eunice Bode, Omaha; Roy Bohrer, Champaign, Illinois: Ruth Bohrer, Falls City; David Crow, Baldwin, Kan- sas; Charles Gagnon, Falls City; Helen Gerhardt, Falls City; Anna Mar- garet Gist, Lincoln, Nebraska: Ina Grush, Falls City; Jesse Grush, Falls City: Gladys E. Holland, Falls City; Flora Hoselton, Preston, Nebraska; Ruth Knickerbocker, Falls City; Marie Lichty, Ashland, Ohio; Beachy Mus- selman, Lincoln, Nebraska ; Alverta Prichard, Falls City; Arthur Schmechel. Falls City; Lauretta Sheehan, Falls City; Louis Wirth, Peru, Nebraska; Loise Young, Falls City.
1915-Cecil L. Bowers, Falls City; Herschel E. Bowers, Lincoln, Ne- braska: Mildred L. Bowers, Lincoln, Nebraska; Lena M. Brackhahn, Falls City : Martha Daeschner, Falls City ; Kate Falloon, Lincoln, Nebraska ; Murial Field, Falls City : Albert Freshe, Beatrice, Nebraska : Helen McGerr, Lincoln, Nebraska; Bessie E. Harris, Falls City: Richard J. King, "Somewhere on the High Seas :" Ila M. Loucks. Falls City; William M. Maddox, University Place, Nebraska ; Elnora M. Platz, Napierville, Illinois; Emett Prater, Falls City; Wilbur J. Prichard, Falls City; Nellie W. Rule, Falls City; Martin R. Schnute. Falls City: Frances E. Vinyard, Falls City ; Charles P. Whit- aker, Falls City; Helen G. Whitford. Falls City ; Besse . Lucile Wyatt ( Mrs. -), Salem, Nehraska.
1916-Nina Shubert. Pern, Nebraska; Flora Ticknor, Bellevue, Ne- braska ; Ruby Casky, Shubert, Nebraska; Paul Frederick, Falls City; Ethel Pearson, Falls City: Charlotta Blanding, Falls City: Joe Gagnon, Falls City : Wilma Russ, Shreveport, Louisiana; Esther Abbey. Peru, Nebraska : Bayard Clark. Lincoln, Nebraska: Ed Fisher, Falls City: Edna Stalder. Falls City; Myrtle Dodds, Falls City; Iva Wood (Mrs. W. J. B. Norris).
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Falls City; Syble Bowers, Falls City; Myrtle Naylor, Falls City; Hildred Harris, Texas; Matilda Mathews, Falls City; Louise Daeschner, Falls City ; Albert Weinert, Falls City; Florence Lyford, Falls City; Audrey Marion, Falls City ; Arthur Yost, Lincoln, Nebraska; Mable Yrush, Falls City; Alma Mosiman, Falls City; Helen Kottman, Falls City; Stella Gates, Falls City; Arthur Chesley, Falls City; Ruth Lichty, Ashland, Ohio; Velma Moss, Falls City ; Fay Hanna, Falls City; Allan Gilmore, Falls City.
THEY LET THEIR LIGHT SHINE.
The following advertisement appearing in the Nemaha Valley Journal, published at Falls City, under date of Thursday, August 6, 1874, speaks for itself :
HUMBOLDT HIGH SCHOOL.
Richardson County, Nebraska. L. P. Boyd, A. B., Principal.
Mr. A. P. Unkefer, 1st Ass't; Miss Martha Hillebert. 2nd Ass't; Miss Kate Cox, 3rd Ass't : Mrs. Ruel Nims, Instrumental Music. J. G. Cox. M. D., Anatomy and Physiology Lectures.
CALENDAR.
Fall Term September 7th. 1874.
Winter Term January 4th, IS75.
Tuition, $2.40 per month, payable to the Treasurer on or before the middle of the second week of attendance. Music extra. Discount in case of protracted illness.
W. W. TURK, Treasurer.
Composition and Declamation will be imperative studies.
N. B. :- For information address the Principal. Humboldt, Nebraska.
HISTORY OF THE HUMBOLDT SCHOOLS.
In a history of the Humboldt schools, it is essential, in order to under- stand the educational development, that consideration first be given to the type of people who settled in the community. The pioneers, who possessed themselves of the land here, were, as a rule, intelligent, having been privi- leged to store their minds with much useful knowledge in their Eastern homes; many of them were qualified to teach the youth in this new land and so it was that almost simultaneous with the settlement, came the organi- zation of the local school.
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In 1867, the year in which Nebraska was admitted as a state and also the year that the town of Humboldt was platted, the first school was organ- ized. O. J. Tinker, together with several others, furnished the three hundred dollars by means of which the school house was erected.
The one-stoy stone building standing at corner of Second and Nemaha streets, on lot 8, block 5, original town plat, and used today as a cream station, is none other than Humboldt's first school, known as the Grant school. It is a very humble looking building to be sure, but one must look at it with some reverence, when he realizes how important a part it once played in the life of the community. It served not only as the school house, but also as a church, town hall and opera house; in fact, it was used for every kind of meeting which was held in Humboldt or vicinity.
If we could go back half a century and on a spring afternoon steal a glimpse through the open window of this school in session we should be sur- prised to see the ten or twelve pupils seated on an uncomfortable looking bench, which extended continuously along the wall. Above the children's heads we notice a shelf upon which books and slates are piled; and in the center of the room sits the teacher at her table, before her a small primer class droning their lesson. There is no need to dwell upon the contrast between this and our present well-equipped school rooms; however one must not underestimate the splendid lessons learned under those former primitive conditions. During the six years that this building was used for school purposes, the following teachers served successively : Miss Linn, Ed Tinker, Dr. Glover, Albert Therwood, Miss Helen Sterns and Uhri Babcock.
Humboldt's rapid progress and her increasing population now demanded a larger school building. The people recognized this need, and realized. too. the influence of good schools in attracting to the town a desirable class of citizens. Accordingly, bonds were voted to the amount of three thousand dollars, and the second school house was built. This can be identified today as the Bohemian hall. Two years later an additional two thousand dollars was voted in order to complete the building. This school, which served the community for thirteen years, was a very. great improvement over the former one. The seats were of the well-known double kind and much more comfortable than the old benches. The school was divided into grades, the high school occupying the up-stairs room. The first superintendent here was S. P. Boyd, who served from 1872 to 1875, and again from 1877 to 1879. Others who directed the work are: J. D. Wood, Mr. Pomeroy, Tom Hitt, J. C. Smutz and Miss McGlashan.
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During the last few years that this building was used, conditions were so crowded that a small two-roomed building was erected to house the lower grades. This was west of the main building. It is today the double tenement house, facing west on Nemaha street, in block 30, Luther Nim's addition. The foresight shown in the planning of Humboldt's third school, the one which to us is the Humboldt school, is quite remarkable. Even with changing conditions it has met the needs very well indeed. This building was erected in 1885, at a cost of fifteen thousand dollars-a two-story brick struc- ture, originally seventy feet by seventy-three feet, ground plan. In 1913, an addition was made, extending to the north. This contains two school rooms below and the gymnasium above.
The year 1886 brought forth the first graduating class of the Humboldt high school, a class made up of five graduates. The alumni now number two hundred and eighty-seven. No records of the early years of the school seem to be available, except fragmentary information to be found in old files of the newspapers. The list of superintendents and the years of their service follows: Mr. Chamberlain, 1886-89; Mr. Leach, 1889-90; George Chatburn, 1890-92; Mr. Carleton, 1892-93; Mr. Dinsmore, 1893-96; Arthur McMurray, 1896-97; Mr. Cortelyou, 1897-98; Mr. Jones, 1898-1900; Mr. Crocker, 1900-02; R. L. Hoff, 1902-11 ; B. A. Burdick, from 1911. Professor Chatburn is now head of the department of applied mechanics and machine design at the University of Nebraska. Mr. Dinsmore has given up teach- ing and has taken up banking in Ohio. Mr. Hoff is at the head of the educa- tional department in Cotner University.
As a man is known by the books he loves, and the friends he keeps, so a community is judged by the character of its schools and the manner in which they are supported. In this respect Humboldt stands well to the front now as, in fact, it has always since the first organization as a school district. In 1914 the Humboldt high school was placed upon the accredited list of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary - Schools. This enables a graduate of this high school to enter any of the leading colleges or universities of Wyoming, Indiana, Colorado, Montana. Michi- gan, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Iowa, Oklahoma, Ohio, Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri, without taking examinations. Only about one-fourth of Nebraska's four-year high schools are doing the grade of work to entitle them to a place on this list.
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THOSE WHO HAVE SAID GOOD-BYE TO HUMBOLDT HIGH SCHOOL.
The following is a list of the graduates of the Humboldt high school, by years :
Class of 1886-Ida Brockman Cornelius, Humboldt; Nellie Gandy Timmerman, Seattle, Washington; Lue Hilbert, St. Louis, Missouri; Cora Barngrover Boyd, Marquette, Nebraska; Eugenia Linn Perrin, Glenlea, California.
1887-Aretas R. Scott, Seattle, Washington; Howard Norton, Lincoln, Nebraska ; Ella Morton Beals, Los Angeles, California ; J. M. Joseph, Renton, Washington; Frank Snethen, Humboldt; Allie Cornelius, Humboldt ; A. I. Babcock, North Ľoup, Nebraska.
1888-Nellie Matten Brandow, Humboldt; Fred W. Sweeney, Wash- ington, D. C .; Carrie Hasness, Omaha; Elton Nims, San Antonio, Texas; Lida Connor, Omaha; Fred Linn, Henderson, Montana; Roxie Lynch Menzendorf, Lincoln, Nebraska; Claude Filson, Seattle, Washington ; Lillie · Williamson Metz. Hatton, Washington; Bert Esterbrook, Lincoln. Nebraska; Homer Howe, Humboldt; Emma Berry Joseph, Renton, Wash- ington; Ernest Walsh, deceased; Daisy Hilbert Linn, Henderson, Montana ; May Daigh Welch, Seattle, Washington.
1889-Huber Morris, Sacramento, California; Allie Craig Ellis, Los Angeles, California; Maud Filson Stroble, Nebraska City, Nebraska; Sophia Uhri Koes, Salida, California; Myrtle Campbell Healey, Omaha; Frank Novak, Omaha; Viola Bush Chism, Humboldt; Edith Miller Voeller. deceased; Howard Jones, deceased; John Rothenburger, Humboldt.
1890-Elivin H. Eyerly, Nortonville, Kansas; Lute B. Smutz, St. Louis, Missouri; L. Daisy Eyerly, Nortonville, Kansas; Ella Wilson, Humboldt ; Alonzo C. Tinker, Coldwater, Kansas.
1891 -- Ethelyn Glasser, Henderson, Arkansas; Ilert Kuper, Auburn, Nebraska; Claude M. Linn, Humboldt; Persa Morris Weaver, deceased; Lew Marburger, Humboldt; Edward Wittwer, Mountain Grove, Missouri; Mary Novak Truxaw, Riverside, Iowa; Benjamin F. Revelle, Humboldt ; Charles Robbins, LaGrange, Illinois ; Lute B. Sweeney, deceased; Ora Tidball Green, Carlisle, Iowa; Bohumil Wiesner, St. Louis, Missouri.
1892-Charles Berry, Renton, Washington; Maggie Woods, Peru, Nebraska; Ida Woods. Peru, Nebraska; Grace Cooper McMurray, deceased ; Minnie Rothenburger, Falls City, Nebraska.
1893-Boyd Unkefer, Lestershire, New York; Beratha Novak.
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Omaha; Ora Wittwer Lin, Humboldt; Frances Dewees Davis, York, Nebraska; Mary Williamson Emigh, South Omaha; George Joseph, Ard- more, South Dakota; Lester Allen, address unknown; Frances Fry McDougall, Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada: Hattie Webster Madison, St. Joseph, Missoulii.
1894-Lottie Keedwell Patton, address unknown; Mary Strunk, Hiawatha, Kansas; Susan Revelle Nelson, Mankato, Kansas; Kittie Cor- nelins, Humboldt ; Nellie Cornelius, Humboldt; Virgie Hudson Avery, Humboldt : Bessie Holman Howe, Humboldt; Jennie Butterfield Fergus, Humboldt; Enid Bewick, deceased; Mary Lionberger Scott, Seattle, Wash- ington; Gertrude Gird Irwin. Lincoln, Nebraska: Oma Fergus Johnston, deceased : Orma Hull Kline. Lincoln, Nebraska: Nellie Clift Adams, Salem, Nebraska ; Charles Hummel. St. Louis, Missouri; Willard Hawley, San Francisco, California.
1895-Celia Revelle. Humboldt; Lydia Reichers, deceased; Ida Morris Wittwer, Mountain Grove, Missouri; Mary Morris Alexander, Dawson, Nebraska : Rose Novak Dworak. Chicago, Illinois : George Tucker, Riverside, California; Ludwig Skalak, Humboldt; Stanley Kramer, Tabor, South Dakota; Charles Bracelin, Minneapolis, Minnesota ; Joy Nims, Humboldt ; Della Segrist Shirley, Humboldt; Mary Frank Tanner, Lincoln, Nebraska.
1896-Rosa Till, deceased : Logan Cornelius, Humboldt; Ida Hall Gird. Lincoln, Nebraska; Grace Sansom, deceased; Ray Hummel, Lincoln. Nebraska ; Pearl Hasness, Rathdrum, Idaho; Lottie McDowell. Grinstead, Humboldt; Orin Shrauger, Pawnee City, Nebraska; Mary Loenning Glathar, Humboldt : Ella Johnston, Beaver City, Nebraska.
1897-Minnie Petrashek. Palstell, Montana: Ione Norton Wolfe, Car- son, Iowa: Grace Nims Brown, deceased; Rev. Cecil Phillips, Wamego, Kansas : Claude Fergus, Humboldt : James Ayers, Verdon, Nebraska: Carey K. Cooper, Elcentro, California.
1898-Olin Hawley, Auburn, Nebraska; Otis Unkefer, Fillmore, Cali- fornia : Bessie Cornelius, Humboldt; Myra Shrauger Shallenberger, Stam- ford, Nebraska; Minnie Clift Williamson, Humboldt: Daisy Morris Elliott, Beaver Crossing. Nebraska: Lelia Frauk Clydesdale, Gaylord, Kansas ; Emma Loennig Mcclintock. Mitchell, South Dakota; Kathryn Bracelin Dennis, Lincoln, Nebraska; Sue Crawford Wheeler, Falls City, Nebraska; Guy L. Cooper. Humboklt ; Don Gridley, Diller, Nebraska : Howard Hawley, Auburn, Nebraska: Emil Krasny, La Mesa. California; Archie Hummel, St. Louis, Missouri.
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PROF. C. F. CHAMBERLAIN AND FAMILY. FIRST SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AT HUMBOLDT. 1885-6-7.
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1899-John Johnson, Omaha, Nebraska; George E. Lee, Seattle, Wash- ington; Wayne Coons, Riverside, California; Charles Novak, Humboldt ; Margaret Bracelin, Lincoln, Nebraska; Ida Stalder Porr, Humboldt; Emma Novak Kotouc, Humboldt; Charles Speiser, address unknown.
1900-Cass Wells, Vivian, South Dakota; Estella Williamson Sanford, Humboldt; Persis Price, address unknown: Ada Viets Winn, Grant, Nebraska; Anna Segrist Colhapp, Humboldt : Elsie Davis, Macon, Missouri ; Alwin Tinker, Coldwater, Kansas; William McDougall, deceased; Bohumil Hnizda, Blue Rapids, Kansas; August Burrow, address unknown; George A. Hoagland, Humboldt; Florence Hawkins, address unknown; Bertha Frank Myers, Humboldt; Mary Hawkins, address unknown.
1901 --- Zoe Nims. Humboldt; Helen Weisner, St. Louis, Missouri: Grace Williamson Hunter, Humboldt; Matilda Klossner Gingerich, Hum- boldt; Georgia Gandy, Nokomis, Sask., Canada; Eva Cooper Stanley, Bremerton, Washington; Grace Colson, Humboldt.
1902-Fred Riechers, Wichita, Kansas; Viola Houser Walker, Hia- watha, Kansas; Minnie Hudson Mason, Salem, Nebraska; Lulu Harding Smitlı, Lincoln, Nebraska : Nellie Gandy, Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Canada.
1903-Otto Kotouc, Humboldt; Dessie Lee Jacobs, Denver, Colorado; Myrtle Stratton Craig, Argentine, Missouri; Lois Hummel, St. Louis, Mis- souri; Palmer Fisher. Washington, Kansas; George Hummel. St. Louis, Missouri; Earl Beery, Renton. Washington; Gustav Herr, Humboldt; Rex B. Craig, Argentine, Missouri; Rudolph Hnizda, Table Rock, Nebraska: Milton King, Havelock, Nebraska.
1904-Edward Hodapp, Curtis, Nebraska: Jennie Gravatt Rist, Hum- boldt; Clara Garver Curl, Guthrie, Oklahoma; Wilma Wright Marshall. St. Edwards, Nebraska; Georgia Wells Hummel, Nokomis, Saskatchewan. Canada: Nora Stalder Shrauger. Pawnee City, Nebraska: Maude Tosland Nofsger, Humbolt: Ralph Hummel, Humboldt.
1905-George Petrashek. Waiser, Idaho; Joseph G. Morris, St. Joseph. Montana; Louise Power Stalder, Humboldt; Anna May Gravatt Miller, Grand Island, Nebraska; Lloyd Stalder, Humboldt; Linnie Bement Snethen. Humboldt ; Fred Arnold, Urbana, Ohio; Oakley James, Humboldt.
1906-Garnett Murray, Spokane, Washington: Jessie Draper. HI1111- boldt; Herbert Ford, West Duluth, Minnesota.
1907-Della Oberly Porr, Humboldt: Emma Strauss, Humboldt : Esther Maxwell Rist. Humboldt; Roxie Wells Fankhauser, Humboldt : Ralph (23)
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Cleon Beery, Renton, Washington; Lillie Oberly Schwertzfeger, Lincoln, Nebraska; Mary B. Howell, address unknown; Hattie Cooper Travers. Lincoln, Nebraska; Dell Parsons, Humboldt; Charles Watzek, Humboldt ; Patrick K. Walsh, Humboldt.
1908-Harry Driebelbies, Warren, Illinois: Wanna Zimmerman, Lin- coln, Nebraska; Harry Boyd, Omaha, Nebraska; Alvin Porr, Humboldt; Francis Klossner Eis. Humboldt; Ina Neher Wachtel, Lincoln, Nebraska : Genevra Lockard Warsham, Kansas City, Missouri; Ernest Rist, Humboldt : Marguerite Linn, Moscow, Idaho; Helen Allen Mann, Humboldt ; Harold Davis, Fillmore, California; Mildred Briggs, Summerfield, Kansas: Flor- ence Hummel, St. Louis, Missouri: Madge Ford Lancaster, Pickrell. Nebraska.
1909-Tom James, Humboldt ; Emma Schwass. Humboldt; Nina Snow. Falls City, Nebraska ; Frances Hynek, Humboldt; Ruby Bash Reid, Hum- boldt; Anna Brier Weber, Russell, Kansas; Vesta Cass, Crofton, Nebraska : Morgan Walsh, Omaha; Calvert Edwards, Lincoln, Nebraska: Emma Orr. Humboldt.
1910-Daisy Albright Morris, St. Joseph, Montana : Nettie Wozab, San Francisco, California; Nellie Rist Cernohlavek, Falls City, Nebraska; Hattie Dorland, Humboldt; Cecil Youngman Puls, Holbrook, Nebraska; Florence Hosford Faust, Pittston, Pennsylvania; Helen Smith Newton, Humboldt ; Alfred Rist, Humboldt; Sam Zimmerman, Lincoln, Nebraska; Boyd Rist. Humboldt ; Mittie Gridley Sollenberger, Fairbury, Nebraska; Faye Sanford Davis, Fillmore California.
1911-Zora Marble, Keshena, Wisconsin: Rose Hnizda. Humboldt ; Olga Holechek Biggs, Humboldt; Morton Youngman, Humboldt: Rose Wozab, Omaha ; Eleanor Williamson, Humboldt: Lois Gridley, Humboldt : Bessie Little, Humboldt; Paule Walsh, Omaha; Roy Rist, deceased.
1912-Abagail Parsons, Humboldt; Harvey Mann. Humboldt : Gladys Boyd, Humboldt; Clinton Williamson, Humboldt: Ross Morris, Hunboklt ; Ellen Cope, Dawson, Nebraska.
1913 -- Charles Bement, Lincoln, Nebraska: Hazel Gravatt, Humboldt : Pearl Kinter. Humboldt; Lillian Butterfield, Humboldt; Elsie Smith, Hun- boldt ; Sophia Uhri, Humboldt : Bessie Klossner, Humboldt: Esther Fricke. Papillion, Nebraska: Oleta Youngman, Salem, Nebraska: Rudolph Eis. Humboldt : Roy Williamson, Humboldt : William Hynek, Humboldt: Ruth Hendricks. Humboldt : December Babcock, Humboldt : Mary McKee, Hum- boldt.
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1914-Melvin Ford, West Duluth, Minnesota ; Dean Snethen, Hun- boldt; Alfred Wissler, Humboldt; Errold G. Bahl, Lincoln, Nebraska; Otto Petrashek, Humboldt; Arlo Coons, Dawson, Nebraska; Roland Bash, Hun- boldt; Ransom Davis, Jr .. Humboldt; Margaret Griffith, Salem, Nebraska: Bessie James, Humboldt; Mary Petrashek, Humboldt; Juanita Brown, Humboldt; Vera Biggs, Humboldt; Gertrude Seits, Humboldt; Hazel Snethen, Humboldt; Marie Smith, deceased.
THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL IN RICHARDSON COUNTY.
The first public school in Richardson county was built of logs, each patron contributing a certain number. It was located a little south of the present school in district No. 82 and was built in the spring of 1857. The first teacher was George Walman, who had recently come from Tennessee. Fifteen students were enrolled. T. C. Cunningham, now living at Shubert, and formerly sheriff and district clerk of this county, attended this school. as did the six Goolsby children, Lizzie, afterwards the wife of Levi Hitch- cock, and who died in 1865; George, of near Shubert, and Mark, of near Falls City; Allan, who died in 1877; Sarah, who married W. H. Clark and died in 1882, and Ap, of Verdon. Mary and Cordelia Misplais returned with their parents to Illinois. The former was married. but after that all trace of them was lost. They were the only ones of the entire school who did not marry and settle in this county. John Harkendorf, another pupil, died in 1866. His brother Fred still lives on the old homestead near Falls City. Sophia, their sister, married A. J. Falsken and had two children, John and Charles, now living near Falls City. The above was taken from an early publication and is presumed to be authentic.
ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
Previous to the year 1869 the school districts of this county were num- bered as the road districts later were numbered, viz: beginning at the north- east corner of the precinct going west, south, then east. In the year 1869 they were renumbered and like the sections began at the northeast corner of the county with No. 1, going west to the Pawnee county line, then east and west alternately to the southeast corner of the county at Rulo. Both the old and the new numbers were at first given until the people became familiar with the new numbers. This latter work of renumbering took place under the superintendency of F. M. Williams.
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