Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-05-31
RURAL SCHOOLS HOLD
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Saturday Event Draws Many
Children to County Seat.
FIRST TIME, BUT SUCCESS.
Program Went OFF Smoothly and Ad-
dresses Worth Hearing Pic
lures Taken-AnnuaI Affair.

Eighth grade pupils from the rural
schools again came to Lancaster Sat-
urday in large numbers, as it was the
first graduation day arranged in their
honor in Grant county and a suitable
program had been prepared to go along
with the presentation of the diplomas
After a "class picture" had been
taken of all the boys and girls on
the court house lawn, the pupils
formed in line and marched to the
opera house where the following pro-
gram was given:
1.-Song, Teachers Training Glass
of Lancaster.
2.-Invocation, Rev. H. A. Studebak-
er.
Solo, Miss Leila Bennett.
4.-Rainy Daisy and Parasol Drill.
Pupils of No. IA, South Lancaster.
Hesitation, How Did You Die. "
William Knotwell.
6.-Address. Charles Harper.
7.-Song. Pupils of it. dist. No. 4,
Liberty.
S.-"Somebody's Mother" Margaret
Wanazek.
REPRESENTATION of diplomas. E. G.
Brick.
The following pupils were present
and received their diplomas. Those
marked (*) are first honor pupils:
Beetown-Harold Frost, dist. No.
10.
Clifton-Allie Allen, dist. 8; Elsie
Allen, dist. g.; Ray Knutson, dist. 3;
Vira Witzig, dist. 6; Wilma Gundlach,
dist. 8; Edna Mueller, dist. 8; Erma
Dobson, dist. IL; Otto Knutson, dist
! /.
Hazel Green-Paul Ralph, dist. Z.
Hickory Grove-Alta Frankenhoff
dist. 1; Floyd Frankenhoff, dist 1;
Irene Larson, dist. it. 3; lisa Botten
dist. 6; Clara Weir, dist. Jt.6; Flor
ence Kretchman, dist. 1.
Liberty-Alma Becker, dist it. 4;
Edith Becker, dist, it. 4 Edna Becker
dist it. 4; Delbert Wepking, dist. it
8.
Lima-Hazel Medley, dist. 4.
Little Grant-Helen Ball, dist. 2;
Mabel L. Cliff, dist. 2.
Mt. Hope-Margaret Kies, dist. 6;
Elmore Merry, dist. 6; Leila Linton
dist. 6; Fay Edge, dist. Z; Leila Place.
dist. 6; Mabel Strack, dist. 6.
Mt. Ida-Wilbur Adkins, dist. 3.
Harold Cushman, dist. 3; Ralph Rid
dough, dist 3; Walter McVay, dist. s.
Paris Mabel Shiffman, dist. 1T. L.
Patch Grove-Edgar Moore, dist. it.
10; Lavona Moore, dist. it. 10.
Platteville = Lester Kleibenstein,
dist. 6; Ernest Pitts, dist. T.
Potosi-Bertha Honerbaum, dist. A.;
Earl Gelbach, dist. 5; Florence Meyer,
dist. 8, Jenelda Kaeding, dist. 10.
Smelser-Verna Kay, dist. 1 Milt-
on Sphinx, dist. 1 *Ruby Thomas, dist.
South Lancaster Marie Bowen, dist.
l.; Rose Wieland, dist. 5; Gordon Be
wins, dist. Z; Matte Swab, dist. z;
Tavern Day, dist. it. II; Tavern Nc
Reynolds, it. IL.
Waterloo-Pearl Johnson, dist. 2;
Carrie Nickel, dist. 2; Goldie Mayne,
dist. g. Ella Shinoe, dist. 6.
ngville-Rodney Yohn, dist 6;
Nellie Althaus, dist. z; Elsie Ostern-
dorf, dist. Z; Ernest Etevarius, dist.
z; *Leona Harms, dist. II; *Hila Hill,
dist. II; Blanche Watchorn, dist. II.
Frances Buddack, dist.
L; Matte Yeadon, dist. 1.
Wyalusing Mildred Moore, dist 1
Vera Patch, dist. 1; Ethel Boldt, dist.
2; Eta L. Boldt, dist. 2; Laurence
Hamilton, dist. 2.
Owing to sickness, bad roads and
other causes, the following pupils
were unable to attend the graduation
exercises and in this case the diplomas
were mailed:
Bloomington = Virgil Scott, dist. 4