Onaway High School Graduates 1911-1920
Contributed by B.J. Kemme




 
Transcribed from yearbooks and school records
* The following information was taken from the Onaweea, the high school year book for the year 1922. Page 16
of the seniors was missing and I did my best in determining who might have been on that page.
** Because of a fire, records for 1930 were lost. This list from the school was compiled from 2 different lists.
Certain individuals were again marked deceased on the lists.
1911 This information was taken from school records of Onaway High School
Belding, Mildred (Davis)
Glasier, Ralph
Morrill, Helen
Marshall, Delight (deceased by 1916)
Young, Sterling This was the first annual ever published at Onaway High School.
SUPERINTENDENT T. E. Johnson
EDITORIAL STAFF
Alberta Blanchard – Assistant Editor
Grace Peterson – Art Editor
Bessie Smith – Distributing Manager
Amy Gumm – Editor in Chief
Arno Austin – Athletic Editor
Genevieve Mahoney – Picture Manager
O. J. Hodge – Business Manager
Lucile Freeman – Joke Editor
Alene Greenfield – Literary Editor
Pearle McIntosh – Ass’t Distributing Manager
BOARD OF EDUCATION
W. Chowan – President
E. J. Mahoney – Trustee
W. B. Gregg – Treasurer
G. A. Morris – Secretary
O. F. Sawtell – Trustee
TEACHERS
Principal C. T. Milner – Science and Mathematics
Miss Ione Mitchell – Latin and German
Miss Beryl McDonald – History and English
SENIORS
Alberta Blanchard
Lucile Freeman
Alene Greenfield
Amy Gumm
O. J. Hodge
Pearle McIntosh
Genevieve Mahoney
Bessie Smith
JUNIORS
Mary Bannatyne
Wallace Burton
Neva Dean
Glee Davis
Bessie DeGraff
Mabel Hall
Elen Johnson
Charles McIntosh
Grace Peterson
Dean Sandison
Elsie St. George
Ethyl Van Idertyne
SOPHMORES
Harold Finan
John Finan
Arthur Greenfield
Caren Johnson
Marie Marshall
Kenneth Merrill
Neil Merrill
Velma Quance
Mabel Rosenthal
Anna Sontag
Marie Yager
Ralph Youngs
FRESHMEN
Arno Austin
Russell Blanchard
Guy Benham
Elva Burnham
Edd Dodds
Vinnie DuBois
Clarence Emmons
Marie Foltz
Susie Gaffney
Ira Gumm
Irene Heron
Wilfred Johnson
Pearl Kerr
Florence Little
Keith Merrill
Muriel Northcott
Hazel Wright
8th GRADE
Tillie Baars
Riena Buford
Leora Callahan
Emma Davies
Edna Eldridge
Charles Fusee
Beatrice Goddard
Jack Goodman
Milton Hadel
Raymond Hannan
Josephine Harwarth
Gladys Hatt
Estella Herron
Ruth Heslin
Beatrice Huntley
Irma Koepka
Alvina LaBonville
Leo LaForge
Della Lamoreaux
George Larson
Laurina Larson
Benjamin Lobdell
Lillian Mahoney
Dana Marshall
Iva McClelland
Ethyl McGillis
Ernest McCreery
Aura Nichols
Violet Peterman
Lena Sauve
Hattie Smith
Clyde Stout
Estelle Thompson
1912 The Crimson and White
Onaway High School 1912
SUPERINTENDENT – T. E. Johnson
BOARD OF EDUCATION
W. Chowan – President
W. B. Gregg – Treasurer
G. A. Morris – Secretary
E. J. Mahoney – Trustee
O. F. Sawtell – Trustee
TEACHERS
Prin. C. T. Milner – Science & Mathematics
Miss Ione Mitchell – Latin & German
Miss Beryl McDonald – History and English
SENIORS
Alberta Blanchard
Lucile Freeman
Alene Greenfield
Amy Gumm
O. J. Hodge
Pearle McIntosh
Genevieve Mahoney
Bessie Smith
JUNIORS Mary Bannatyne
Wallace Burton
Neva Dean
Glee Davis
Bessie DeGraff
Mabel Hall
Elen Johnson
Charles McIntosch
Grace Peterson
Dean Sandison
Elsie St. George
Ethyl Van Iderstyne
SOPHOMORES
John Finan
Harold Finan
Arthur Greenfield
Caren Johnson
Marie Marshall
Kenneth Merrill
Neil Merrill
Velma Quance
Mabel Rosenthal
Anna Sontag
Marie Yager
Ralph Youngs
FRESHMEN Arno Austin
Russell Blanchard
Guy Benham
Elva Burnham
Edd Dodds
Vinnie DuBois
Pearl Kerr
Marie Foltz
Clarence Emmons
Muriel Northcott
Susie Gaffney
Ira Gumm
Irene Heron
Wilfred Johnson
Florence Little
Keith Merrill
Hazel Wright
EIGHTH GRADE
Tillie Baars
Riena Buford
Leora Callahan
Emma Davies
Edna Eldridge
Charles Fusee
Beatrice Goddard
Jack Goodman
Raymond Hannan
Gladys Hatt
Milton Hadel
Josephine Harwarth
Estella Herron
Ruth Heslin
Beatrice Huntley
Irma Koepke
Alvina LaBonville
Leo LaForge
Della Lamoreaux
George Larson
Laurina Larson
Benjamin Lobdell
Lillian Mahoney
Dana Marshall
Iva McClelland
Ernest McCreery
Ethyl McGillis
Aura Nicols
Viola Peterman
Lena Sauve
Hattie Smith
Clyde Stout
Estelle Thompson
This information was taken from school records of Onaway High School
Freeman, Lucile (D’Vincent)
Greenfield, Alene (Wood)
Gumm, Amy (Pearsol)
Hodge, O. J.
Mahoney, Genevieve (Valley)
McIntosh, Pearle (Baker)
Smith, Bessie
1913
This information was taken from school records of Onaway High School
Bannatyne, Mary
Bridson, Maud
Davis, Glee (King)
Dean, Jeneva (Beam)
DeGraff, Bessie
Hall, Mable (Wheeler)
Johnson, Elen
McIntosh, Charles
Peterson, Grace (Engel)
Quance, Velma
Sandison, Dean
VanIderstine, Ethel
ONAWAY HIGH SCHOOL - 1914
The following information was taken from the Onaweea, the school yearbook for the year 1914.
This was the first yearbook published although an annual was mentioned being published in this class’s sophmore year.
Board of Education 1914
Sawtell, O. F. - President
Morris, G. A. - Secretary
Gregg, W. B. - Treasurer
McVay, B. M. - Trustee
Chowan, W. - Trustee
Faculty - 1914
Johnson, T. E. - Superintendent, Civics, History, & Reviews
Milner, C. T. - Principal, Science, Mathematics
Kefgen, E. A. - Commercial
Russell, Adelaide - Latin, German
Struthers, Adella - English, History
Northcott, John - Caretaker
Seniors -1914
Greenfield, Arthur
Johnson, Caren
Marshall, Marie (Mills)
Platz, Hazel
Yager, Marie
Young, Ralph (deceased by the time the student list was created by the school)
Juniors -1914 (graduating in 1915)
Burnham, Elva
DuBois, Vinnie
Emmons, Clarence
Gross, Arthur
Gumm, Ira
Hatt, Gladys
Herron, Irene
Johnson, Wilfred
Ladd, Dolly
Northcott, Muriel
Sophmores - 1914 (graduating in 1916)
Baars, Tillie
Burnham, Anna
Cameron, Myrtle
Cole, Helen
Davies, Emma
Dunsmore, Beatrice
Eldridge, Edna
Gray, George
Gray, Hanford
Herron, Estella
Heslin, Ruth
Hoedel, Milton
Koepke, Irma
Lobdell, Benjamin
Mahoney, Lillian
Marshall, Dana
McClellan, Iva
Peltier, Judson
Snook, Lois
Sontag, Elizabeth
Freshmen -1914 (graduating in 1917)
Ansbaugh, Max
Baars, Alice
Barnett, Ruth
Devine, Buel
Dosie, Bernard
Dosie, Milton
Ellico, Lorn
Freeman, Edna
Fusee, Wm
Herman, Ollie
Hoedel, Florence
Huff, Helen
Hull, Dorothy
Hunt, Laura
Johnson, Anna
Johnson, Carl
Kelley, Ray
Kerr, Harriet
Lago, Joseph
McCardle, Wm
McClutchey, Ruth
Mills, Anna
Morrill, Mildred
Nemitz, Mabel
Nichols, Arla
Nichols, Francis
Pratt, Harold
Purdy, Ruth
Robinson, Clarentine
Rowe, Hazel
Shimmel, Nellie
Smith Lila
Smith, Lindwood
Smith Theatis
Steinhelper, Clarence
Swett, Earl
Taggart, Gaynall
Valley, Donald
Verbeck, Victor
Walker, Marguerite
Wands, Mildred
Yager, Marguerite
1915 (see also Junior Class from the 1914 Yearbook above)
This information was taken from school records of Onaway High School
Burnham, Elva
DuBois, Vinnie (Russell)
Emmons, Clarence
Hatt, Gladys
Gumm, Ira
Herron, Irene
Johnson, Wilfred
Northcott, Muriel
1916
The following information was taken from the Onaweea, the school yearbook for the year 1916.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
Chowen, W. J. - President
Sawtell, O. F. - Secretary
Bruce, R. F. - Treasure
McVay, B. M. - Trustee
Morford, J. F. - Trustee
ADMINISTRATION
Odle, B. L. - Superintendent
Northcott, John - Caretaker
Wilcox, C. L. - Principal
FACULTY
Densmore, Rhoda - Arithmetic and Geography
Gardner, Lila B. - Music and Art
Gladden, Addie - English and History
Judson, Marjorie - Domestic Science and Art
Osgerby, Lela E. - English and History
Russell, Adelaide - Language and Mathematics
Woodward, N. T. - Commercial
SENIOR CLASS - 1916 (corresponds to the official records of Onaway Schools)
Baars, Tillie
Burnham, Anna (Maynard)
Cole, Helen
Gray, Hanford
Herron, Estelle
Heslin, Ruth
Hoedel, Milton
Koepke, Irma
Lobdell, Benjamin
Mahoney, Lillian
Marshall, Dana
McClellan, Iva
McIntosh, Myrtle
Peltier, Judson
Ranney, Jeneva
Snook, Lois
Venners, Paul
JUNIOR CLASS 1916 (graduating in 1917)
Atkins, George
Cady, Lyda
Demick, Alice
Devine, Buell
Dosie, Bernard
Freeman, Edna
Fusee, Wm.
Hermann, Ollie
Hunt, Laura
Kerr, Harriet
Morill, Mildred
Nemitz, Mabel
Nichols, Arla
Phelps, Walter
Purdy, Ruth
Rowe, Hazel
Sandison, Margaret
Smith, Lila
Wright, Georgia
Yager, Margaret
SOPHMORE CLASS 1916 (graduating in 1918)
Baars, Alice
Bannatyne, Elene
Cargill, Clyde
Carpenter, Marguerite
Chapman, Ernest
Cook, Myrtle
Dosie, Milton
Finan, Anenia
Gibbons, Helen
Gross, Hildred
Herron, Lila
Hoedel, Florence
Hull, Dorothy
Lago, Zelphia
Maiden, Alberta
McCardle, Wm.
McCary, Arlene
McClutchey, Ruth
McGinn, Benedict
McVay, Harold
Nichols, Frances
Perry, John
Roberts, Edith
Sandison, Naomi
Taggart, Gaynell
Valley, Donald
Walker, Marjorie
Wright, Alice
Wright, Leona
FRESHMEN 1916 (graduating in 1919)
Beebe, Fern
Bills, Juanita
Blasczyke, John
Campbell, Anna
Chowen, Loren
Conover, Aleen
Dunn, Buelah
Gagie, Doris
Gallaway, Aleathea
Glassford, Alphonsus
Harworth, Isadore
Johnson, Alberta
Kelly, Esther
Larson, Wallace
Marshall, Dorothy
Mielke, Ferdinand
Nichols, Grace
Petchell, Martha
Peters, Jennie
Richmond, Leo
Sandison, Raemur
Smith, Harold
Snook, Julia
Stewart, Chester
Stout, Levere
Strong, Grace
Waggoner, Fern
Wheeler, Carl
EIGHTH GRADE 1916 (graduating in 1920)
Beebe, Claude
Bonz, Doris
Callahan, Chas.
Domke, Elmer
Flewelling, Clarence
Gray, Flossie
Grieves, Caroline
Hall, Inez
Hall, Lewis
Hamilton, Arthur
Hitzert, Sarah
Johnson, Earl
Lobsinger, Amelia
Martin, Ernest
McClutchey, Harold
McKune, Ruth
McVay, Elbert
Monroe, Muriel
Morford, Arden
Morris, Fraser
Nemitz, Doris
Odle, Edwin
Orman, Milton
Peck, Herbert
Richmond, Victor
Sage, Harold
Schneider, Alma
Schneider, Mary
Vermilya, Alice
Wiltshire, Charlotte
Wiltshier, Marshall
Wright, Ruby
Yager, Clare
Young, Ray
SEVENTH GRADE 1916 (graduating in 1921)
Alvord, Violet
Anderson, Edith
Anderson, Lloyd
Barnes, Wilbert
Buckler, Wallace
Campbell, Marion
Chalmer, Ceceil
Chapman, Nelly
Denman, Ray
DePeal, Josephine
Dunn, Liela
Esh, Alfonso
Evanson, Fern
Feldman, Jennie
Gorden, Clarence
Gray, Floyd
Goddard, Eulah
Greenham, Nord
Hermann, Alfred
Hollingshead, Laura
Hull, Burke
Hunt, Wilbur
Jacobs, Ruth
Johnson, Eva
Mandiville, Lyman
McCardle, Fern
McCormick, Orvel
Monroe, Pearl
Probasco, Violet
Rice, Elwood
Rice, Margaret
Roop, Mabel
Sandison, Minnie
Smith, Merle
Strayer, Erma
Swant, Josie
Sweat, Roy
Van Pfoff, Leona
Welsh, Minnie
Wright, Orlo
1917
This information was taken from school records of Onaway High School. Please note the difference in this
list than the one taken from the Onaweea of 1916
Ansbaugh, Max
Atkins, George
Cady, Lida
Demick, Alice (Wands)
Dosie, Bernard
Freeman, Edna
Fusee, William (Deceased by the time this list was written)
Gray, George
Herman, Ollie
Hull, Dorothy
Hunt, Laura
Mitchell, Earl
Morrill, Mildred
Nemitz, Mabel
Phelps, Walter
Purdey, Ruth (Smith)
Rowe, Hazel (Breniser)
Swett, Earl
Valley, Donald
Yager, Marguerite
1918 This information was taken from school records of Onaway High School. Note the differences between this list and
the one taken from the Onaweea of 1916
Baars, Alice (Rose)
Bannatyne, Ellene
Brown, Dorothy
Carpenter, Marguerite
Dalton, Mildred
Devine, Buel
Dosie, Milton
Gibbons, Helen
Gross, Hildred
Halladay, Hollis
Holbrook, Ellen
Kenrick, Fay
Larsen, Wallace
Maiden, Alberta
McCary, Arlene
McClutchey, Ruth
McVay, Harold
Milner, Milo
Perry, John
Pratt, Zorah
Roberts, Edith
Sandison, Margaret
Sandison, Naomi
Taggart, Gaynell
Willings, Gertrude
Wright, Georgia
Wright, Leona
1919
This information was taken from school records of Onaway High School. Note the differences between this list and the one
taken from the Onaweea of 1916
Adair, Clarence
Campbell, Anna
Clute, Genevieve
Dunn, Beulah
Ennes, Olive
Gagie, Doris
Gray, Flossie
Lobsinger, Amelia
Marshall, Dorothy
McKune, Ruth
Morford, Arden
Morris, Fraser
Schlienz, Mildred
Schneider, Alma
Shackson, Rolland
Strong, Grace
Vermilya, Alice
Waggoner, Fern
Wiltshire, Charlotte
Wiltshire, Marshall

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