The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-29
Alumni from 1873 to 1911 Enjoyed a
Banquet and Perfected a Per-
manent Organization.

~ Menu
= @% Frozen Cherries
Smothered Chicken Green Peas
y Creamed Potatoes
Sliced Tomatoes Pickles
Ice Cream Cake
Coffee Ice Tea
= Prof. A. G. Voelker presided as
toastmaster, and q number of toasts
were responded to. Mrs. Belle Burns
Harvey IA responded to the toast
'Auld Lang Syne" in her usual orig
inal and humorous style and amused
the recent graduates by telling OF
how the commencement exercises
. were held nearly forty years ago, the
exercises being held at o'clock in
the morning and we're very simple,
and she was married the same even
ing, thus economizing by using the
same dress for a graduating costume
and a wedding gown. Mrs. Ruth
Sanger Shumway, '04, of Buena
Park, California, responded to the
"Old Boys of L. H. S." and James
w. Hurst '92, to the "Old Girls Of
L. H. S." Miss Hazel Moore IL gave
q recitation in her usual pleasing
style, and Miss Ella Conrey '99 told
of the college Graduates of L. H.
S. Alumni" Mayor Jas. F. Harvey
'94 told of the IL. H. S. Celebrities"
e who have made their mark since
leaving school,, and Edgar Ketcham
'09 delivered the presidents address.
The L. H. S. Alumni Chorus sang
several songs, and the evening was
at thnrnn0h1Hy W hai
almost midnight before they ad-
journed.
Permanent officers for the coming
year were elected as follows:
s President-Edgar Ketcham.
Vice President-Victor Ogilvie.
Secretary-Himena Holman.
Observation-Disclosures Chase.
Historian-Mrs. Belle Harvey.
A committee of ive~members,
Misses Wynne Cash and Fern Pryor
and Messrs Roland Allbaugh, Leo
Holman and Jas. w. Hurst was ap-
pointed to prepare constitution and
bylaws for the association.
1t was decided to hold an annual
banquet hereafter, and the officers
were instructed to arrange for the
banquet in 1912.
% A pleasing feature of the evening
was the presentation of a fine set of
solid silver spoons to Prof. A. C.
Voelker by the classes of 'OS, '09.
10 and IL, Prof. Voelker leaving
the Leon schools after being in
charge four years. He leaves carry
ing with him the we'll wishes of
both his pupils and our citizens.
rs The following is the roster of the
alumni who attended the banquet:
"a 1873-C. W. Holman.
1874-Mrs. Belle Burns Harvey.
1S79-Stephen Vnrga.
s1888-Mrs. Eugenia Sankey, Mrs.
Esther Varga Coder, Mrs. Charlotte
Vogt Bowsher
y 1891-Opha Clark
Z. ~1S92-Jas. W. Hurst.
4 1893-Mrs. Emma Laney Long,
Margaret L. Hurst.
sz@ 1894-Jas. r. Penniwell.
E 1S95-Mrs. Hattie Haskell Bell.
E 1897-Mrs. Fannie Gardner Axes
& 1898-Mrs. May Waight Penni-
well, Mrs. Ellen Waight Warner,
Harry Bradfield.
1S99-Ella Conrey,t Addie Craw-
ford, Frances Clark.
81 1900-Mrs. Sada Forbes Stout,
Ollie Roberts.
K 1901-Mrs. Blanche Allen Morris,
Mrs. Sada Penniwell Lindsey, Roe
Caster jr., Fay Eaton, Mrs. Della
Cherrington Mcintosh.
5 l9O2-Mrs. Jessie Waight Atz,
Mrs. Marian Stookey Wasson, Mrs,
Myma Cesler Williamson, Mrs. Ethel
,Cruikshank Cooley, LYDIA Epperley,
Grace Wallace.
Ed Farquhar, Albena Crawford.
lSO4-Mrs. Ruth Sanger Shum-
way, DR.. Fred H. Penniwell, Corde-
liza Wallace, Mrs. Helen Gardner
Waters.
1905-Josephine Chase.
1906-Fern Pryor, Lucille Alex
ander.
1so7-Josephine Cooney, Mrs.
Arta Forbes jerks, Ruth Conrey.
1908-Ruth Chase, Himena Hon-
man, Earl Gardner, Roland Allbaugh.
Fay Benefiel.
1909-Helen Deck, Herman Deck.
Edgar Ketcham, Wynne Cash.
1910-Minnie Harris, Ethel Beck,
Freda Teale, Leo Hoffman, Victor
Ogilvie, Eunice Long, Raymond
Jenkins.
1911-Alta Hart, Ralph Sears,
Winnie E. Shira, Ralph Thompson, |
Samuel A. Hamilton, Olive Bright,
Hazel Moore, Ronald Monroe, Mary
Edgington, Ralph Edgington.
Marriage Licenses.
VIM. H. Fletcher, Decatur. 49,. 33
Mary Tullis, Decatur %