This is a photo of the 50th reunion of the Minneapolis High School class of 1935. The reunion was held in Kansas sometime in 1985 and 21 of the 35 graduates were present. Mildred George Smith is fifth from left in the row standing. Unfortunately no one else in the photo is identified but you can see the original class roll HERE. If you recognize one of these individuals as someone on that roll I would love to identify them in this post. Thanks!

 

CLASS MOTTO
"The elevator to success is not running. Take the stairs."

CLASS COLORS:
Lavender and Gold

CLASS FLOWER:
Violet

CLASS ROLL:

Doris BALDWIN
Glenn L. BEICHLEY, Jr.
Helen Y. BLONDEFIELD
Lillian JOHNSTON
George B. DURHAM
Marianna ERBENTRAUT
Richard GAGE
Dale GARDINIER
Mildred C. GEORGE
Alta Marie GRAY
Marcella Rosamond GRAY
W. Sylvester GRIFFIN
Richard A. HADDOCK
Ralph Wm. HARRIS
Katherine Mary HART
Earline HOCKENSMITH
Helen L. HOFFMAN
Burton JOYCE
Kathryn KINSEY
Harlan Edward LENANDER
Odell Alfred LEONHART
Zadie Dorothy MAELZER
Helen Hope MERRYFIELD
Riley O. MILLER
Esther Carol MORTON
Glenda Alleen PERRY
Manetta Marie PITTS
Lela Myldred SANDERS
Earl J. SANTNER
Elva May SCHEIBELER
Iona Arline SMITH
Virginia E. STRATTON
Madeline Marie TEASLEY
Florence Mae WALMSLEY
Winnifred M. WINGARD

President: Zelma Jane FELTEN

Vice President: Dorothy HUNSICKER

Rec. Secretary: Naomi GRIFFITH

Corres. Secretary: Anne REED

Treasurer: Ilo BRUMITT

Chaplain: Ruth BUTLER

Editor: Bonnie ZIMMERMAN

Sergeant-at-arms: Eleanor CALBERT

Committee Chairmen: Lucille LOVE, Ilo BRUMMITT & Juanita THOMPSON

Sponsors: Maude GORHAM

In Faculate: Lucille FOLTON & Carolyn GOOPFORT

Patronesses: Mrs. C.E. RARICK, Mrs. Clydo REED, Mrs. Etta L. WARD, Mrs. E. L. WICKIZER, Mrs. C. F. WIEST.

ACTIVES

Ilo BRUMITT
Ruth BUTLER
Eleanor CALVERT
Betty DANIELS
Zelma J. FELTEN
Naomi GRIFFITH
Rita HARPER
Dorothy HUNSICKER
Wilma LOUDERBAUGH
Lucille COTTEE
Esther MAJOR
Anne REED
Vivian SYSTMA
Juanita THOMPSON
Dorothy WILSON
Fern WRIGHT
Bonnie ZIMMERMAN

PLEDGES

Doris BRAKEBILL
Lois DOWSE
Jane DUNLAP
Mildred GEORGE
Bea JOHNSON
Evaleen LEBSACK
Blanche MOSHER
Marguerite ROAH
Patricia START
Betty WEAR

LIFE MEMBERS

Nadyne CALVERT
Ernestine FIELDS
Mrs. Clara MALLOY
Dorothy MORAN
Eldred Shaw WIETING

ALUMNAE MEMBERS

Winnie ADAMS
Lulu BENSON
Mabelle BILLINGS
Mrs. Anna Lee Foley BILLS
Wilma Shull CARSON (Mrs. Karl)
Phyllis Hanley CHILDS (Mrs. Ammon)
Lois Rarick COOKE (Mrs. Edwin)
Martha Blew DREILING (Mrs. John)
Helen Butler DOW (Mrs. Robert)
Lucille FELTEN
Grace Olson George (Mrs. Fred)
Jean GLENN
Opal Huxman HOOVER
Frances Hanson HUFFMAN (Mrs. Ralph)
Kathleen Northup JENNINGS (Mrs. Francis)
Guwendola JOHNSON
Mildred KING
Chrystabelle KISNER (Mrs. Lee)
Telka KRAUS
Dorothy Rissoe LEBSACK (Mrs. August)
Fern Lacey LEVAN (Mrs. Vyrl)
Helen MALCOLM
LaVergne MANN
Ruby Van Doron MALMBERG (Mrs. Carl)
Florence Wallace MARKWELL (Mrs. R.)
Dorothy Hunt MILLOR
Wilma MONTGOMERY
Wilma Claire McREYNOLDS
Juanita Wilson MORTON (Mrs. Ray)
Marguerite PERKINS
Fern Field PHILLIPS (Mrs. C.U.)
Margaret RARICK
Helen Smart RAYNESFORD (Mrs. Kirk)
Mary Gayle REECE
Mary REYNOLDS
Helen Drake SCOTT (Mrs. Raymond)
Velma Unrush SHEPHERD (Mrs. Harold)
Maurine SHIMMICK
Beryl Gardner SMALL (Mrs. Ralph)
Louise Food SUMMERS (Mrs. Claude)
Goldie VAN DIOST
Hollis VAN DOREN (Mrs. Edwin)
Josephine Hunt WELLS (Mrs. Victor)
Ida Marie WICKIZOR
Juanita WILLIAMS
Elaine WISE
Lou Verne WILLIAMS
Martha WRIGHT

This is the Fort Hays Kansas State College Thirty-Eighth Annual Commencement Program. It was held at Ten o'clock Monday morning, June 3, 1940 at the Coliseum and my husband grandmother was one of the graduates. Fort Hays Kansas State College is now known as Fort Hays State University. An index of names found therein will follow the photographs on this post.







FACULTY
Charles Fisher WIEST
Lucille FELTEN
Grover POOLE
A. J. BRUMBAUGH
L. D. WOOSTER
Roy RANKIN
Robert L. PARKER
C. E. RARICK
F. W. ALBERTSON

MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREES

Floyd Altamus EDWARDS
Wayne C. JACKA
Lowell O. YASMER
Iris Mabel STEVENSON

BACHELORS DEGREES
Humanities Group

Applied Art:

Maxine Carol ROBERTSON

English:

Elva Ellen BARTEL
Beatrice Marie BINGAMAN
Ila Lucille BURKE
Lauren Kent COLLIER
Gwendolyn DIMMITT
F. Kenneth EDWARDS
Amy Louise HILDEBRAND
Greta Ethelyn PILCHER
Robert Lewis RATH
Mildred Roberta STEVENSON
Darlienne Josephine THOMPSON
Inez Elizabeth WIBBELER

Industrial Arts:

Harry Jacob CREAGER
Robert William DORLAND
Jesse William WOODRUFF

Language:

Mary Margaret ZELLER

Music:

Clair Morton ANDERSON
Bruce Arnold BRENDT
Eleanor Lela CALVERT
Robert Warner HELMAN
James Henry JENKINS
Robert WESSEL Jr.

Biological Science Group

Agriculture:

Lawrence JANSEN

Biological Science:

Alfred Ward RIEGEL
Wilbur Olin STRONG

Biology:

Wayne Lowry MILLER

Botany:

Claude W. BICE
John Earl BUTLER
Charles Wayne COOK
Jack Arthur EADES
Harold Hoffman HOPKINS
Marvin L. LACEY

Health and Physical Education:
Charles J. BACON
Kathryn BELLMAN
Elmer LeRoy JOHNSON
Ruth KING
Alvin John STAAB

Home Economics:

Cleone Olive PARKER
Wanda Mae SCOTT
Hazel Mae WEBS

Psychology:

Harold Clifford ADAMS
Josephine Eilts THEX
Billie WIRSHING

Zoology:

Frank Howard OSBORNE
Charles Fred SCHWARZ
Clarence H. STINEMETZE

Physical Science Group

Chemistry:

Elton Lloyd LOOMIS
Leonard Clarke SIMPSON
Dale Roush WEEMS

General Science:

Sene Russell CARLILE
Mary Anne LOCKER
Charles Fred SCHWARZ
Sylvan Stanley SIDESINGER

Mathematics:

Esther Marie CARTER
Lael Orville GILBERT

Social Science Group

History, Political Science and Sociology:

Lynn Rollin BISHOP
Donald Henry KAUFMANN
Lydia Bernice MERMIS
Allen Pershing MITCHEM
Arthur Rudolph SELF
Levene John WEIGEL
Carlyle P. WETLAUFER

Economics and Business Administration:

Clair William ANDERSON
Guy Virgil BARNES
Corwin Amos BROWN
Dean CARROLL
Floyd Carroll ELKINGTON
Marguerite FESLER
Austin LeRoy FINCH
Louise Irene LOCKER
Paul Wesley LUCAS
Oscar Lyle LUCE
Lola Louise MARVIN
Bernard Francis MERMIS
James William RAWSON
Vernon Virgil SCHRAEDER
Howard Chesley STEHWIEN
Bard Lyle STEPHENS
John Roland STEWART
Elmer Bruce VECERA
Lawrence Leighton WEBS

Education:

Opal Lucille ARMSTRONG
Velma Iola Billings BACON
Constance Alta BOGART
Mildred Catharine GEORGE
Iva Mildred SELL

Pictured is a Sigma Alpha Iota Formal Rush Dinner Booklet for Fort Hays Kansas State College, now known as Fort Hays State University. It was held at the Lamer Hotel in Salina Kansas on Saturday Sep. 16, 1939. My husbands Grandmother Mildred George was in attendance.

My husband's great grandmother was part of this group though she is not pictured above. I don't know what they studied. Perhaps it was a book group of some sort?

Front Row: Mrs. CRAWLEY, Mrs. Emma COLE, Mrs. Lavina BROOM, Mrs. Anna WRIGHT, Mrs. TODD

Back Row: Mrs. Lois BOYCE, Miss Nora PURTON, Mrs. EVERETT, Miss EVERETT, Mrs. Vera POGUE, Miss Elizabeth GENTRY, Mrs. Dr. FOUTS, Mrs. Inez EDWARDS, Mrs. Gladys BROWN, Miss May WHITE, Mrs. BUENNING, Mrs. Sophia KILBOURNE

Lois WARD (later BOYCE), was my husband's second great aunt. She was just 20 years old in this photograph and already the teacher of this class in Minneapolis, Ottawa, Kansas.

Back Row: Mary GOOCH, Minnie SMITH, Zoe HEBERLY, Charlie SMITH, Minnie WHITE, Lula GOOCH

Middle Row: Frank WHITE, Minnie HALEY, Ethel HALEY, Eunice GOOCH, Olga GOOCH, Lois WARD (teacher), ? WHITE, Hattie WHITE, Clarence or Willie GOOCH

Front Row: Alva GOOCH, ? WHITE, Nettie HALEY, Alice SMITH (WOODRUFF), Laura WHITE.

My husbands grandma, Mildred GEORGE, attended Fort Hays Kansas State College and graduated in June of 1940. She took several photographs of the campus which I share below. It's always interesting to me to see how things change over time. First off, the graduates: