Onaway High School Graduates 1921-1930
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.
ONAWAY HIGH SCHOOL – 1921 The following information was taken from the Onaweea, the high school year book for the year 1921.
EDITORIAL STAFF Mitchell, Charles – Editor McClutchey, Carl – Assistant Editor Hunt, Wilbur - Business Manager Auger, Ruth - Athletic Editor Clough, Richter – Joke Editor Strayer, Irma – Art Editor BOARD OF EDUCATION Chowen, Wesley J. – President Waggoner, L. E. – Secretary Scheifley, Ira – Treasurer Ludington, P. J. – Trustee McVay, Bert M. - Trustee ADMINSTRATION Klager, Benjamin - Superintendent FACULTY Collier, Florence – Mathematics Earlywine, Clara – Physical Training Galt, Truman, F. – French and English Hasbrouck, Gertrude – History Loomis, Fern – English & Household Arts Ludington, Charlotte – Public Health Nurse Luse, Reid O. – Commercial Omas, G. A. – Principal Post, R. E. – Agriculture & Physical Training Yager, Mrs. – Librarian SENIORS Anderson, Edith Auger, Ruth – President of the Amphion Club, Basketball, Glee Club Clough, Richter - Treasure of Sr. Class, Dorian Literary Society Cox, Doris – Secretary-Treasure of the Amphion Club, Class play, Glee Club, Dorian Literary Society Dunn, Leila – Glee Club Ferguson, Gertrude – Hillman High, 1920 Hunt, Wilbur – Baseball, Basketball, Football, Class play Martyn, Ernest – President of Sr. Class, President of the Men’s Glee Club, Class play, Treasure of the Dramatic Club, Dorian Literary Society McClutchey, Carl – Basketball, Football, Class play, Dorian Literary Society McCormick, Orvel – Valedictorian, Class Play, Football, Baseball, President of the Columbian Literary Society McIntosh, Augusta – Class play, Millersburg High 1920 Mitchell, Charles – Football, Baseball, Class Play, Dorian Literary Society Nowland, Elizabeth – Glee Club, Millersburg High 1918, Columbian Literary Society Post, Violet G. – Class Play, Glee Club, Basketball Smith, Inez – Secretary Strayer, Irma – Vice President of Sr. Class,Vice President of the Amphion Club, Class play, Basketball, Glee Club Welch, Minnie – Class play, Glee Club, Dorian Literary Society COUNTY NORMAL Hebeler, Amanda – Principal Mason, Anne – Critic Teacher Auger, Ruth Anderson, Edith Brandenburg, Gerrude Dunn, Leila Ferguson, Gertrude McIntosh, Augusta Post, Violet G. Shackson, Rolland Smith, Inez Strayer, Irma JUNIORS Craig, Leila Hutchinson, Lena Martyn, Edith McVay, Albert Olson, Annie Place, Norma Smillie, Winifred Smith, Ila – Secretary of the Dorian Literary Society Smith, Merle – Secretary & Treasure of the Men’s Glee Club; Vice President of the Dramatic Club Stout, Levere – President of the Dramatic Club Trafalet, Ralph – Vice President of the Dorian Literary Society Vermilya, Charlotte – Vice President of the Columbian Literary Society Vorce, Harold Wright, Orlo – Business Manager of the Dramatic Club SOPHMORES Bean, Leta Belding, Gerald Boddy, Isabella Chowen, Floyd Craig, Genevieve Day, Eva Derosia, Otto Dunn, Elmer Ennes, Helen Glasford, Kenneth Gross, Julius Hartshorn, Max Johnston, Thelma Kirby, Victor Mahoney, Helen McAllister, Ruby McClutchey, Sam – Treasurer of the Dorian Literary Society Merritt, Floyd Mitchell, Harley Noon, Theresa Northcott, John O’Meara, Pauline Pomella, Irene – President of the Dorian Literary Society Rabiteau, Muriel Roberts, Dorothy Shackson, Marion Shaloy, Florence Shebella, Clara Thompson, Jetta Van Allen, Cora Wilton, Nellie Zeller, John FRESHMEN Anderson, Bernadine Anderson, Leo Baker, Esther Barker, Lyle Buddy, Henrietta Clemens, Frieda Clough, Harry Cowper, Mary – Secretary of the Dramatic Club Crippen, Ellen Day, Edith Delaney, Helen Delaney, Harold DeYoung, Virgil Doolittle, Wynn Dosie, Iva Edmonds, Florence Esh, Arthur Everingham, Lyle Farrow, Jean Fusee, Carlton Hall, George Harrington, Ralph Hart, Lloyd Hunt, Fred Hutchinson, Retha Jarvis, Thelma Johnston, Stanley Judd, Grace Kellogg, Elizabeth Lound, Alice Martyn, Florence McManemy, Florence McMurphy, Iva Mero, Stella Morford, Keith Morrison, Claude Peterson, Cyril Roberts, Cecil Sandison, Ione Sandison, Kenneth Severance, Marguerite Smith, Clayton Swank, Ray VanRiper, Reba VanZant, Hazel Warren, Ruth Wright, Edna Young, Clarence EIGHTH GRADE CLASS Barber, Mildred Belding, Irene Belding, Maurine Bennett, Laurence Blair, Armenta Blair, Gardeline Buddy, Henry Burt, Vernon Caton, Irene Dunn, Bernice Ellis, Robert Everingham, Lula Fell, Evelyn Fish, Vivian Fowler, Charles Fowler, Royce Gifford, Archie Harris, Nina Hulla, George Hulla, Ruth Lobsinger, Agnes Lockwood, Lloyd McCardell, Violet Repke, Alice Sandison, Reginald Scheifley, Wilfred Shackson, Ramona Sloan, Leona Smith, Hazel SEVENTH GRADE Anderson, Marvin Anderson, Neavens Avery, Clifton Avis, Donald Bills, Stella Blodgett, Naomi Burt, Marion Burt, Russell Cory, Howard Cram, Violet Crippen, Marion Delaney, Virgil Demerest, Medora Doolittle, Ina Dunn, Mildred Graves, Lloyd Hall, Lena Haskin, Stephen Hayner, Helen Jacobs, Etta Jewell, Venise Leeson, Russell McKee, Leslie McKee, Stuart Mudrock, Doris Newstead, Violet Nemitz, Albert Place, George Small Ruth Stout, Claude Thompson, Bert Tromater, Oliver Verbeck, Gertrude Onaway High School - 1922 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. BOARD OF EDUCATION Chowen, W. J. - President Waggoner, L. E. - Secretary Scheifley, Ira - Treasurer Kenrick, C. H. - Trustee McVay, Bert - Trustee COUNTY COMMISIONER OF SCHOOLS Caldwell, Martha A. ADMINISTRATION Simms, Roy E. - Superintendent Omans, Glen A. - Principal Laudenslager, Floyd M. - Jr. High Principal Hebbler, Amanda - Principal of County Normal FACULTY Alexander, Don M. - Mathematics Chrysler, Lyle - History and Economics Cole, Rachel - Physical Training Duddles, Dorothy - English Galt, Truman F. - Language and General Science Luse, Reid O. - Commercial Mason, Anne - Presque Isle County Normal Critic Teacher Steere, Douglas V. - Agriculture and Chemistry Yager, Mrs. - Librarian SENIORS 1922 Bannatyne, Roberta Brownlee, Bernice Craig, Leila Clemens, Violet Martyn, Edith Mathews, Art McVay, Pat Olson, Annie Place, Norma Smillie, Winifred Smith, Ila Smith, Merle Stout, Lester Trafelet, Ralph Tromater, Zeeta Vermilya, Charlotte PRESQUE ISLE COUNTY NORMAL Bannatyne, Roberta Brownlee, Bernice Dunn, Leila Hutchinson, Lena McCormick, Orvil Mitchell, Charles Nowland, Elizabeth Smillie, Winifred Tromater, Zeeta Waggoner, Fern JUNIORS in 1922 (graduating 1923) Banks, Helena Bean, Leta Boddy, Isabelle Campbell, Cozetta Chowan, Floyd Clark, Nina Craig, Genevieva Day, Eva Ennis, Helen Fusee, Grace Glassford, Kenneth Gross, Julius Haywood, Goldie Hartshorn, Max Johnston, Thelma Jones, George Kirby, Victor Kroening, Lee Martin, Roseanna Mahoney, Helen McClutchey, Sam Merritt, Floyd Noon, Theresa Northcott, John O’Meara, Pauline Osmun, Charles Rabiteau, Muriel Roberts, Dorothy Shaloy, Florence Shebella, Clara Smith, Ila Snyder, Isabella Thompson, Jetta Van Allen, Cora Whitsett, Joe Willings, Prescott Wilton, Nellie Zeller, John SOPHMORES in 1922 (graduating 1924) Allen, Thelma Anderson, Bernadine Anderson, Leo Baker, Esther Buddy, Henrietta Clark, Grace Clemens, Frieda Clough, Harry Cowper, Mary Crippen, Ellen Day, Edith Delaney, Harold Delaney, Helen DeYoung, Virgil Doolittle, Wynn Dosie, Iva Dunn, Elmer Edmonds, Florence Esh, Arthur Everingham, Lyle Farrow, Jean Fusee, Carlton Hall, George Harrington, Ralph Hart, Lloyd Hunt, Fred Hutchinson, Retha Jarvis, Thelma Johnston, Stanley Judd, Grace Kellogg, Eliza Lound, Alice Martyn, Florence McManemy, Florence McMurphy, Iva Mitchell, Harley Morford, Keith Morrison, Claud Peterson, Cyril Ratliff, Dottie Roberts, Cecil Severence, Marg. Shackson, Marion Smith, Clayton Stone, George Swant, Ray Warren, Ruth Webster, Ronald Wright, Edna Van Zant, Hazel Young Clarence FRESHMEN in 1922 (graduating 1925) Barber, Mildred Beauregard, Raymond Belding, Irene Brown, Clifford Buddy, Henry Burt, Vernon Caldwell, Mildred Cleary, Regena Collins, Ellen Doyle, Gladys Edmonds, Florence Everingham, Lulu Fell, Evelyn Fish, Vivian Fowler, Charles Fowler, Royce Guinther, Martha Haywood, Forest Harris, Nina Hart, Leslie Hart, Pearl Howard, William Hulla, George Hulla, Ruth Hutchinson, Ruby Johnston, Clara Johnston, Clayton Johnston, Veda Lockwood, Lloyd Lyon, Nellie Mahoney, Martin McCardel, Violet McEvoy, Francis McNeil, Clyde Pollard, Marion Pollard, Thomas Repkey, Alice Sandison, Reginald Scheifley, Wilfred Shackson, Romona Shebella, Benj. Sloan, Leona Smith, Hazel Schmidt, Henry Shirtum, Edith Trafelet, Ruth Warren, Ray Webster, Elaine Winn, Robert EIGHTH GRADE in 1922 (graduating 1926) Alcorn, Vina Anderson, Marvin Aubrey, Norman Auger, Virgil Bannatyne, Harold Barager, Luella Barber, Maybell Barker, Mildred Bills, Stella Blair, Arminta Blair, Gardeline Blodgett, Naomi Burt, Marion Burt, Russell Collins, Velma Cory, Howard Cram, Violet Crippen, Marion Delaney, Virgil Demerest, Medora Domkey, Minnie Doolittle, Ina Dunn, Bernice Dunn, Mildred Fenner, Frank Gifford, Archie Graves, Lloyd Hall, Lena Haskin, Stephen Hayner, Helen Jewell, Venice Leeson, Russell Ludington, Elizabeth Mason, Leotta McClare, James McKee, Stuart Morford, Bruce Murdock, Doris Newstead, Violet Ostrander, Clara Place, George Pregitzer, George Reid, Nellie Roberts, Ruth Sandison, Sabra Schnapp, William Small, Ruth Stalker, Clifford Stout, Claude Stuart, Sylvia Thompson, Audrey Thompson, Bert Tromater, Olive Van Loon, Thelma Verbeck, Gertrude Warnock, Eugene Whaley, Ella Williams, Cecil Yakes, Clara _ acobs, Etta SEVENTH GRADE in 1922 (graduating 1927) Allen, Hugh Adair, Dorothy Anderson, Ada Anderson, Geraldine Anderson, Neavens Bannatyne, Reba Beers, Marion Bennett, Alta Brown, Floyd Culhane, Burton Davis, Vera Day, Howard Esh, Lawilda Farrow, Archie Fenner, Estella Gifford, Pearl Glasier, Evert Gray, Orin Harmon, Gray Haywood, Wesley Hartshorn, Theron Lipshield, Donald McVay, Joseph Murdock, Vera McKenzie, Ray Peltier, Ulrich Peterson, Grace Ratliff, Ora Redman, Lucy Robinson, Janett Runnings, Gladys Shackson, Edith Slaght, Elsie Sloan, Inez Smith, Arden Swant, Arden Tromater, Clinton Van Atten, Charles Vermilya, Harlan Wilcox, Olive Onaway High School 1923 - Contributed by Carol Waun Dobos Banks, Helena Bean, Leta Campbell, Cozetta Chowen, Floyd Clark, Nina Craig, Genevieve Ennes, Helen Fusee, Grace Hartshorn, Max Johnston, Thelma Jones, George Kirby, Victor Mahoney, Helen McClutchey, Sam Merritt, Floyd Noon, Theresa Northcott, John Nowland, Wm. O'Meara, Pauline Rabiteau, Muriel Roberts, Dorothy Shaloy, Florence Smith, Ila Spanenberg, Otto Storm, Dorothy Thompson, Jetta Van Allen, Cora Whitsitt, Joe Willings, Prescott Wilton, Nellie Zeller, John Onaway High School Seniors 1925- Contributed by Carol Waun Dobos Beauregard, Raymond Belding, Irene Belding, Maurine Bradshaw, Corinthia Bradshaw, Josephine Craig, Genevieve Doolittle, Ina Fish, Vivian Fowler, Royce Hulla, Ruth Johnston, Veda Lyons, Nellie Mahoney, Martin Mills, Helen Morrison, Claude Phelps, Winifred Pollard, Marion Pollard, Thomas Repky, Alice Scheifly, Wilfred Shackson, Ramona Smillie, Bernice Smith, Hazel Trafelet, Ruth Verbeck, Gertrude Warren, Ray Winn, Robert Woloszyk, Theresa Young, Clarence 1929 Auger, Richard Barnes, Erma Brown, Naomi Buel, Phyllis Caldwell, Vera Conkin, Billy Davidson, Floyd Ellenbaas, Earl Ennes, Mary Fairman, Nora Farrow, Vera Glawe, Leona Lee, Eleanore Lyon, Victor Mahoney, Frank McMurphy, Beryl Mero, Burnetta Mills, Grace Mills, Jay Morrison, Genevieve Morrison, Marie Myers, Ann Northcott, Robert Peterson, Orloff Precour, Marie Pregitzer, Janette Roadhouse, Elna Roberts, Homer Sandison, Florence Skuse, Helen Smith, Beatrice Strayer, Vivian Thorne, Pearl Tower, Sam Warren, Glen Wheeler, Carmon Wickersham, Forrest 1930 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. Ainsworth, Stanley H. Anderson, Ruth C. (Schular) Avis, Dorothy A. Bischer, Anna L. (Ellenbaas) Bonner, Sterling D. Chapman, Newton W. Burkhart, Helen L. (Deceased) Campbell, Dorothy R. (Deceased) Dempsey, Laurance G. (Deceased) Domke, Florence H. Dunham, Alice B. (Chowen) Dunham, Elizabeth (Adams) Dunne, Virgil Robert (Possibly spelled Dunn) Faircloth, Arvilla, G. (Deceased) (Possibly spelled Arville) Fish, Marion W. Goupell, Delena M. (Possibly spelled Delina) Hill, Laura Belle (Rentsler) Hunt, Elmore C. Johnston, Doris M. Johnston, Margaret (Greenwood) Johnston, Viviene I. (Burkhart) (Deceased) Kirk, Marshall Laing, Auline Merritt, Arthel E. (Deceased) McDonald Effie Roberts, Earl Schebella, Nellie Smith, Clyde (Deceased) Szymoniak, Carrie D. Vermilya Arnold A. Wilson, Amber M. (Gary) Wood, Mabel Louellen (Wheeler) (Possibly spelled Mable) Worboys, Edith Mitchell

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