Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-05-25
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES.
Alumni Association.

! III our cItleS Nnere our nlgn ScnOOlS are
| the pride of the community their
graduates are objects of kindly regard
and whatever pertains to their educa-
tional or social career reflects credit
and sheds a llster on our school system.
! Our first graduation class owes its
honors TO Hon. ]. A. Gaynor who, him
self a graduate Of the Wisconsin Uni
versity, brought the enthusiasm of
young manhood, and the ambition of a
new graduate and embued his pupils
with the pride and earnestness worthy
of the honors sought.
| In 1874 Judson Smith and Harry
Grace passed the examination proper,
receiving certificates that passed them
in the University of Wisconsin. The
next year was the first regular gradua-
ton class.
Glass 1S75.-Miss Lille Grace and
Messrs. Peter Amlie, Cory Purdy, VIII
Roe, Albert L. Fontaine, Albert Burns,
and Harry Worthington.
1t was a memorable day and golden
milestone in the lives of the graduates,
a proud and fitting crown to the labors
of the teacher whose untiring efforts
had made the day with its successes
| possible. When the closing exercises
were over and diplomas awarded two
cities in one accord reioiced in the
honors won and accorded. Each year
since 1880 class has graduated and it's
| members gone out in search of the
treasures of the world. In 1880 the
school was placed on the accredited
list.
Glass 1S80.-John Horton, Byrde
| Vaughan and Z. P. Arpin
Class 1881. Sl.-Florence Miller, Emma
Miller.
Class 19S2.-Olive Teal, Belle Ray
mond, Cora Waterman, Aurora Hunting
ton, Mary Witter, Belle Brundage.
Glass 1SS3.-Teressa Byrnes, Lima Has
brouck, Jennie Davis, Anna Huban.
Glass 1SS4.-Walter Burt, Fred P.
Tibbits, Addie Brazeau, Ella E. Parrish,
| Cora Pratt, Jennie Huban, Laura Reeves
and Ella Whitney.
Glass 1SS5.-Frank Starr, Albert
Brackenreed, Robert Menett, Max
Whitney, Celia Compton, Belle Mosher.
Glass 1886.-Edward Philleo, Heber
Lord, J. Edward Brazeau, Nina Briggs,
Grace Balderston, Grace Beadle, Nettie
Young, Lottie Stevenson, Jennie Has
| bror1olx ap6 Doro NTiI1ar
Class 1SS7.-Dolph Bezoir, Jos. Martin
and Stella Jackson.
Class 1SSS.-Edward Wheelan, Beulah
Cochran, Louise Loomis, Grace Briggs,
Jennie M. Pratt.
| Glass 1SS9.-Frank Pomainville, Jos.
Arpin, Francis McRaith, Heber Tibbits,
Rose Miller, May Emmons and Stella
Belanger.
Glass $780, William Brazeau, George
Neinsteadt, Edmund Herschleb, Willis
Raymond, Arsin Arpin, Mamie Smith,
Mabel Gilman, Helen Philleo, Mary +.
Edwards, Annie E. Martin, Ella J. Has
brouck, Ella r. Byrnes, Zelda Beadle,
Nellie E. Cole
Class 1891. Isaac Phelps Witter, Ed
ward j. Whitney, John n. Brun dage,
Edmund H. LaVigne, Theodore w.
Brazeau, Louis Barnier, Nettie Blanche
! Wheelan, Clara Maud Rablin and Floy
Belle Philleo.
Class 1S92.-Will J. Conway, Charles
Shorey, Louis A. Closuit, Henry A. st.
Amour, Albert Gray, Carrie Louise
Briere, Ruth Emily Witter, Martha
Byrnes.
Quite number have since married
viz: Mary Witter Connor; Belle Brun-
dage Kennedy; Addie Brazeau Canning;
Grace Beadle Donovan; Nina Briggs
Boyington; Nettic Young Green; Dora
Miller Leuschen; Grace Briggs Knox;
AnnieHubanM Miller Ella Parrish Brown
Lottle Stevenson Baker; Rose Miller
Arnot; Mamie Smith Arpin; Zelda
Beadle Connell; Lille Grace Craven;
Mable Gilman Tracy; Belle Raymond
Henry; Flora Miller Lund; Olive Hunt
ington Hanson; Emma Miller Brundage
Olive Teal Grism, and Messrs. Judson
Smith, Will Roe, Harry Grace, A. l..
Fontaine, E. ?. Arpin, Joseph Arpin,
Arsin Arpin, J. Edward Brazeau,
Dolnh Bezoir and John Horton
Only three have died, Judson Smith
4 well beloved member in his far off
western home breathed his last. Heber
Lord died in Nesper January 81, 1888,
in his 10Th year. Jennie Davis at her
home in Pittsyille gave up life just when
it seemed brightest. Their memories
are cherished and remembered by
their class.
The Alumni Association was organized
June 18th, 1892 and officered as follows
Pres-Byrde Vaughan, class 1880.
LIST Vice Pres.-Ella Whitney, class 1884.
I'd Vice Pres.-Will Wheelan, class 1855.
Sec'y-Grace Balderston. class 1856.
/ Treas.-May Ennons. class 1889.
Alumni Poet-Theo. Brazeau, class 1891.
Alumni 0rator-Heber Tibbits, class 1889.
Alumni Essaysist-Buelah Cochran, class 1888.
All teachers and ex-teachers are
honorary members. 1t is the intention
of the association to have an annual
meeting with appropriate exercises and
q social reunion. A business meeting
Of the association is called to meet June
] I'D to perfect arrangements for the
first annual banquet and reunion which
will take place in the rink June 23d.
\ literary program will be rendered
and music furnished for dancing.
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