Graduations & Alumni Receptions

                                       Kinmundy & Alma Schools

                                                1880's thru 1940

   

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Or maybe you have stories or memories from the "Good Old Days"?  What do YOU remember?

        The Kinmundy Historical Society would be honored to preserve your memories and stories.  We also have the

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                       208 Joan Dr.; Divernon, IL  62530; (217) 625-7527

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                                         408 S. Washington St.; Kinmundy, IL 62854; (618) 547-7731

 

 

 

                                   

Minutes of the Kinmundy-Alma High School Alumni Association

Pa1st Section 1879-1949   Pa2nd Section 1950-1994

 

 

 

     

1890 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Nettie Blakeslee, Annie (Elder) Harvey, Rose (Lovell) Whittenburg, Evangeline Parrill,

(?)Martha Caroline (Schermerhorn) Tyson  (see 1893 graduate according to 1926 yearbook information)

 

 

Kinmundy Public School diploma; 1895

Annie Edith Elder’s diploma from Kinmundy High School – circa 1890

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School - Class of 1891

Clara Herrick, Minnie Parker, Clara Belle (Harlan) Lohmann

 

1891 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Clara (Harlan) Lohman, Clara Herrick, Minnie Parker

 

1892 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Wesley King, Bertha M. Miller

 

1893 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Callie (Schermerhorn) Tyson

 

1895 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Lillie (Lovell) East, Helen (Rohrbough) Morgan

 

9th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 4, 1896

1896 Graduates: Charles F. Pruett, Jennie Haworth, Evelyn Killie, Jesse Whitaker, Herbert A. Dew

 

 

  

 

 

10th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 30, 1897

1897 Graduates: Earl Huggins, Charles J. Holbrook, Olaf Thrane, Pauline J. Bagott, Burrell F. Bruce, Walter McAdoo, Frank Miller

 

 

 

11th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 12, 1898

1898 Graduates: Gertrude A. (Sexton) Hunt, Pearl (Sexton) Fisher, Birdie A. (Middleton) Whitson, James E. Howell, Uriah S. Allen,

Lares Nelson, Jessie (Craig) Claytor

  

 

Kinmundy High School – 1899 graduates: ______________________________________________________

 

 

 

Graduations prior to 1916 were held in the Opera House, and then the Opera House burned in Jan. 1916.  From 1916-1924, graudations were held in the M.E. Church Auditorium.  In 1925, the graduations began to be held in the brand new School Gymnasium / Auditorium, and then eventually moved to the "New Gym" on the southeast section of campus.

 

 

Kinmundy High School – 1900 graduates

Back Row: Anna (Sexton) Whitlock, Marcia (Hanson) Stevenson, J.R. McKitrick - Superintendent,

                  Stenia (Nelson) Price, Lettie (Snellings) Oran.

Center Row: Grace (Williams) Kagy, Mattie (Steen) Killie, Martha (Pruett) Huggins.

Front Row: David Snelling and Vernor Clayborn.

 

 

12th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 8, 1900 (Pages 7 & 8)

1900 Graduates: Marcia C. (Hanson) Stevenson, Stena “Steenie” (Nelson) Price, David P. Snelling, Jr., Anna (Sexton) Whitlock,

Martha “Mattie” (Pruett) Huggins, Lettie (Snelling) Oran, Vernor Clayborn,  Grace (Williams) Kagy, Mattie (Steen) Killie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Salem Republican" - Apr. 4, 1901

"The annual commencement exercises of the Kinmundy High School will be held Thursday evening, April 11.  A class of four will be graduated as follows: Miss Georgia May McCloud, Claude R. Sanders, W. Earl Hensley, and Ernest M. Schermerhorn.  An address will be delivered by Prof. H.W. Shryock of the Southern Illinois Normal."

 

13th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 7, 1901 and April 11, 1901

1901 Graduates: Earl Hensley, Georgia (McCloud) Brown, Claude Sanders, Ernest Schermerhorn)

 

 

 

 

 

14th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 9, 1902

 

1902 Graduates: Laura Estella (Fisher) Gresham, Walter Simpson Pruett, Claude Pruett

  

 

  

 

 

 

15th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 7, 1903

 

 

 

15th Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 7, 1903 (Pages 3 & 4)

1903 Graduates:  Martha J. (Mitchell) Stout, Perle E. Greening, Ethyl (Craig) Currie, Estella May (Dennison) Wilkinson,

Alta Marie (Baggott),   Pearl A. (Pruett) Mercer, George S. Conant

 

 

 

April 7, 1903 diploma from Kinmundy High School - Estella May (Denison) Wilkinson

 

 

Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 3, 1904

1904 Graduates:  Margaret A. (Anderson) Freeman, Ruby C. (Wooley) Simpson, Lydia L. (Hults) Pitts, Claude E. Wilkinson

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 8, 1904 diploma from Kinmundy High School - Claude E. Wilkinson

 

Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 9, 1905

 

1905 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Bernie (Baylis) Layton, Nellie (Beaver) Nelson, Clara (Coffman) Snelling, Pauline (Neil) Johnson, Edna (See) Telford, Hallett Snelling,

Bertha (Steuber) Pruett

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - April 20, 1905

 

 

 

                                                        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - April 20, 1905

      

 

 

 

Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – April 8, 1906

1906 Graduates:  John Ben Morgan, Harry F. Craig, Clemmie (Whittenburg) Clinebell, James Oswald Lowe

 

 

 

 

  

1906 Kinmundy High School graduating class

Front row: M.A. Thrasher - Superintendent, Evangeline Parrill - Asst. Supt.  

Back row: James O. Lowe, Harry F. Craig, J. Ben Morgan, Clemmie (Whittenberg) Clinebell

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - April 19, 1906

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

1907 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Ora Wainscott

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 16, 1907

     

 

 

 

 

 

1908 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

James Garrett, Edward Lowe, Eugene Pruett, Frank Rohrbough, Carroll Whitson

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 7, 1908

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 14, 1908

 

 

 

 

1909 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Earl Cockrell, Ethel (Hultz) Post, Fayette Lovell, Lloyd Lovell, Rhea (White) Lowe 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - Apr. 29, 1909

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 13, 1909

 

 

 

 

 

1910 Kinmundy High School graduating class

Vera (Lenhart) McCulley, James Raymond "Beak" Mahan, Lois Estella (Meeks) Powers, Earl Morris, Flossie Harris, Walter Neil, Helen (Rice) Parks,

Lloyd Neil

 

 

22nd Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – May 8, 1910

1910 Graduates:  James Raymond Mahan, Lois Estella (Meeks) Powers, William Earl Morris, Helen Dodson (Rice) Parks,

Charles Walter Neil, Flossie Leah Harris, Loyd William Neil,  Vera Mae (Lenhart) McCulley   

 

 

1910 Kinmundy High School graduating class

Vera (Lenhart) McCulley, James Raymond "Beak" Mahan, Lois Estella (Meeks) Powers, Earl Morris, Flossie Harris, Walter Neil, Helen (Rice) Parks,

Lloyd Neil

 

 

1910 Kinmundy High School graduating class

_____________, Vera (Lenhart) McCulley, James Raymond "Beak" Mahan, Lloyd Neil, Charles Walter Neil, ________________,

William Earl Morris, ______________

(Missing names of other graduates, but not sure of the order: Lois Estella (Meeks) Powers, Helen Dodson (Rice) Parks, Flossie Leah Harris)

 

   

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 5, 1910

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 19, 1910

 

 

 

 

 

1911 Kinmundy High School Senior Class

Jennie (Cockrell) Morris, Webster Lowe, Bessie (Sexton) Hargrove, Herman Anna, _______________, Myron C. Ross, _______________, _______________

(Missing names of other graduates, but not sure of the order: Edna (Garner) Hunt, Etta (Spencer) Robb, Elizabeth (Swift) Dennis)

 

 

 

1911 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Herman Anna, Jennie (Cockrell) Morris, Edna (Garner) Hunt, Webster Lowe, Myron C. Ross, Bessie (Sexton) Hargraves,

Etta (Spencer) Robb, Elizabeth (Swift) Dennis

 

 

Kinmundy High School Commencement Program - 1911

 

 

 

 

1912 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Vera (Bargh) Davidson, Clarence Conant, Ruth (Doolen) Conant, Leon M. Hanna, Josephine (O’Brien) Snow, Elsie Rohrbough,

Lauretta (Scott) Shriver, L. Hugh Spencer

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 2, 1912

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 9, 1912

 

 

 

1913 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Not sure of the order, but this is the list of 5 graduates that year: Nita (Balke) Tracey, Agnes (Fisher) Mahan, Edith Morgan, Leatha Swaine, Jessie L. Woodley

 

 

1914 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Mildred (Green) Brown, Mary (Conant) Reese, Dorothy (Doolen) Etherton, Genevieve (Morgan) Curran, Eunice (See) Kettles,

Ronald Lacey, Oswald Miller, Mildred (Allen) Lowe, Lewis Conant, Ralston Hanna

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 7, 1914

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 7, 1914

 

 

 

 

 

1915 Kinmundy High School Senior Class

Alice (Sexton) Mangner, Mary (Gramley) Garrett, Helen Morgan, Lois (Nelms) Robb, Mary (Jones) Brasel,

Herschel Wilkinson, Austa Wainscott

 

 

Kinmundy High School; Kinmundy, Marion Co., IL; Senior class – 1915

Lois (Nelms) Robb, Helen Morgan, Mary (Gramley) Garrett, Mary (Jones) Brasel,

Alice (Sexton) Mangner, Herschel Wilkinson, Austa Wainscott)

 

 

1915 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Mary (Jones) Brasel, Mary (Gramley) Garrett, Helen Morgan, Lois (Nelms) Robb, Alice (Sexton) Mangner, Austa Wainscott, Martha Walker,

Herschel Wilkinson

 

 

1915 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Lois (Nelms) Robb, Alice (Sexton) Mangner, Herschel Wilkinson, Mary (Jones) Brasel, Austa Wainscott, Helen Morgan, Martha Walker

 

 

1915 Kinmundy High School Baccalaureate

 

1915 Kinmundy High School Commencement

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 20, 1915

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Kinmundy Express" Supplement - May 25, 1916 (front)

 

 

"Kinmundy Express" Supplement - May 25, 1916 (back)

 

 

 

 

1916 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Top Row: Bryan Howell, Harriet Humphrey, Gordon Lowe, Mabel Green, Arno Miller, Bertha (Morris) Andrews

Bottom Row: Anna (Eagan) Curry, James Lyons, Jane Walker, Pauline (Conant) Stewart, Frank Doolen, Mary (Morgan) Thrasher

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 18, 1916

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 25, 1916

 

 

1917 Kinmundy High School Commencement Program

Class Roll: Anna R. Alderson, Gene Doolen, Minnie M. Doolen, Jessie M. Fish, Bertha L. Hanna, Dorcas Harvey, Geneva A. Howell, Helen R. Rohrbough,

Hazel L. Shufeldt, David Schooley, Lorentz E. Wormley

Kinmundy High School Commencement Program; 1917

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 10, 1917

 

 

1917 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Top Row: Lorentz Wormley, Minnie Doolen, Helen Rohrbough, Jessie Fish, Hazel (Shufeldt) DeVore

Bottom Row: Emogene “Gene” (Doolen) Gray, Dorcas (Harvey) Miller, Bertha (Hanna) Davis, David Schooley, Anna (Alderson) Royal

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 17, 1917

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 24, 1917

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 24, 1917

 

 

 

 

1918 Kinmundy High School Commencement - May 17, 1918:

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1918 

Erman Allen, Nettie Evangeline Anders, Hattie Maye (Carpenter) Spiese, Mary Ellen (Cheadle) Verhoeks, Margaret Mary Coughlin,

Mary Nelle (Diss) Blomberg, William Robb Doolen, Sophia Anna Feller, Ray Edward Hamilton, Martha Mae (Hensley) McGrew,

Pearl Martha (Jackson) Hanna, Myrtle Gladys Lacey, Lucian Collins Laswell, Georgia Agnes (Nirider) Barcroft,

Anna Amelda (O’Brien) Vallow, Clay Burdette Simer, Lela Belle (Swift) Helpingstine, Jesse Norris Vallow, Lois Mildred (Wade) Robb,

Stella Mae (Wainscott) Lane, Harry William Whittenburg, Lura Marcialene (Williams) Robnett

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 9, 1918

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 23, 1918

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1918 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Top Row: Margaret Coughlin, Clay Simer, Amelda (O’Brien) Vallow, J. Norris Vallow, Pearl (Jackson) Hanna, Harry Whittenburg, Lela (Swift) Helpingstine

Middle Row: Estella (Wainscott) Lane,  Lucian Laswell, Martha (Hensley) McGrew, William Doolen, Mildred (Wade) Robb, Ray Hamilton,

                 Hattie (Carpenter) Spiese, Myrtle Lacey

Bottom Row:  Nettie Anders, Mary (Cheadle) Verhoeks, Lura (Williams) Robnett, Erman Allen, Nelle (Diss) Blomberg,

                 Georgia (Nirider) Barcroft, Sophia Feller

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 9, 1918

 

 

 

1919 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

 

Don Gray, Elizabeth (Gray) Abney, Gayle (Vincent) Miller, Charity (Conant) Lowe, Emmett Nelms, Nelle (Walker) Jones, Myrtle Hill,

Pauline (Smith) Reese, Zola (Hamilton) Lewis, Anna (Gray) Dillavou, Adda Alderson, Gladys Wainscott, Ruth Rohrbough

 

 

1920 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Top Row: Charles West, Martha Morgan, Florence Jack, Pansy Chapman, Ruby Hanna, Lois (Kline) Greenwood, Henry Shufeldt

Middle Row: Helen (Maxey) Sipes, Zelma Vallow, Joe Ramser, Marjorie (Wade) Green, Roland Allen, Mildred (Pullen) Bargh, Ruth  (Atkins) Backensto

Bottom Row: Coy Ingram, Alta (Sutton) Snelling, Elizabeth (Claytor) Moore, Herma (Hamilton) Lane, Rochelle (Inman) Baker, Nita (Winks) White, Fyke Rotan

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 27, 1920

 

 

1920 Kinmundy High School Commencement Program

1920 Kinmundy High School Commencement program

Ruth F. (ATKINS) BACKENSTO, Rolland H. ALLEN, Pansy P. (CHAPMAN) ROWE, J. Fyke ROTAN,

W. Coy INGRAM, Florence E. JACK,  Lois L. (KLINE) GREENWOOD, R. Helen (MAXEY) SIPES,

Mildred R. (PULLEN) BARGH, Charles P. WEST, Elizabeth H. (CLAYTOR) MOORE, Martha A. MORGAN,

Ruby E. (HANNA) LEE, Herma H. (HAMILTON) LANE PITTS, Rochelle B. (INMAN) BAKER,

Alta M. (SUTTON) WILLIAMS SNELLING, Henry C. SHUFELDT, M. Zelma VALLOW,

U. Anita (WINKS) WHITE, Joseph R. RAMSER, Marjorie D. (WADE) GREEN.

L.E. ETHERTON, Supt.;  R.B. CRAIN, Prin.

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 27, 1920

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 13, 1920       "The Kinmundy Express" - May 27, 1920

              

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 27, 1920

 

 

 

 

1921 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Top Row: Georgia West, Vivian (Arnold) Feather, Alice Readnour

Middle Row: Francis Pruett, Veda Jones, Harold Maxey 

Bottom Row: Louise Ramser, Rena (Branson) Pathel, Anna Green

 

 

Kinmundy High School Commencement Program - 1921

1921 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Vivienne H. (Arnold) Feather, Rena L. (Branson) Pathel, Anna B. Green, Veda M. Jones, C. Harold Maxey, Francis G. Pruett,

M. Louise Ramser, Alice M. Readnour, Georgia C. West

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 26, 1921

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 26, 1921

 

 

1922 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Top Row: Kathryn (Laswell) Williams, Ida Miller, Eugene Wormley, Laura Mazanek, Audrey Vallow, Mary Rotan

Middle Row: Hilda (Neaville) Miller, Millie Motch, Edith Pullen, Ray Boston, Marie O'Brien, Leona (O'Dell) Martin

Bottom Row: Eva (See) Stevenson, Darrell Alexander, Mary Hanna, Mary (Ingram) Wright, John Conant, Grace Widdis

 

 

 

1922 Kinmundy High School Commencement invitation - May 19, 1922

M. Eva (See) Stevenson, Ida C. (Miller) Maloney, Hilda G. (Neaville) Miller, Mary M. (Rotan) Whitt,

John L. Conant, Edith M. (Pullen) Boston, Mary E. (Hanna) Hanks, Millie A. (Motch) Handler,

S. Leona (O'Dell) Martin, Audrey L. Vallow, Mary E. (Ingram) Wright, Ray D. Boston, J. Kathryn (Laswell) Williams,

Laura J. (Mazanek) Hamilton, F. Darrell Alexander, Marie G. (O'Brien) Donovan, Grace M. (Widdis) Smith, Eugene Wormley

J.H. Mallrich, Supt. and V.V. Barcroft, Principal

 

 

1922 Kinmundy High School Commencement program - May 19, 1922

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 25, 1922

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 25, 1922


 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 26, 1923

 

 

 

 

1923 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

James E. Morgan, Clyde E. Hamilton,  Norvell J. Evans, W. Harold Yund, Mabel G. Garrett, Kleon R. Pruett, Helen E. (Reese) Alexander,

Avis A. Lacey, Thelma M. Lyons, Hester A. Heaton, Hazel M. (Boughers) Turner, A. Leone (Warren) Bosley, Ruth L. (Alexander) Hart,

Dorothy L. (Pruett) Landess, Harry G. Hanson, Mary E. (Miner) Morow, Eugene D. Shufeldt,  Irene M. (Messer) Bruce, Gail W. Hines,

Mary E. Jack, Milly C. Brasel, Henry M. Boyd, Mary E. Ford, William M. Swift, Gordon Winks

 

 

 

1923 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Top Row: Norville Evans, Dorothy L. (Pruett) Landess, James Morgan, Mabel Garrett, Gail Hines, Hazel (Boughers) Turner,

                  Henry Boyd, Helen (Reese) Alexander

Middle Row: Mary Ford, Harold Yund, Mary (Miner) Morrow, Clyde Hamilton, Leone (Warren) Bosley, William Swift,

                      Milly Brasel, Avis Lacey

Bottom Row: Ruth (Alexander) Hart, Kleon Pruett, Irene (Messer) Bruce, Thelma Lyons, Eugene Shufeldt, Mary Jack,

                      Harry Hanson, Hester Heaton

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 31, 1923         "The Kinmundy Express" - June 7, 1923

                 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 17, 1923

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 15, 1924

 

 

 

1924 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Top Row: Eugene Winks, Gladys (White) Still, Joe Coughlin, Clara (Williams) Semro, Velma (Marlow) Kennedy, Eugene Kline

Middle Row: Minnie “Helen” Dickens, Mildred Haworth, Paul Watson, Alice (French) Lewin, Pearl Arnold, Florus Carmean,

                      Mary (Winks) Weeks

Bottom Row: Joy Fields, Thelma (Boyd) Hawkins, Mildred Ingram, Humphrey Gramley, Mary Esther (Williams) Jones, Carroll Jones

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 29, 1924

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 15, 1924               "The Kinmundy Express" - May 29, 1924

                       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 14, 1925

 

 

1925 Kinmundy High School Senior Class Graduates

Top Row: Ruth (Breen) Miller, Alta (McClaine) Lee, Freida (Smith) Smithson,  Wilma Boughers,

Middle Row: John Lee, Noel Hockaday, Clyde Morgan, Burdette Walkington

Bottom Row: Ruth (Hanna) Knabe, Louise (Hill) Hatfield, Thelma Beaver, Frances (Boyd) Etherton

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 14, 1925

 

 

 

1925 Kinmundy School - 8th grade commencement program

Class Roll: Harold Hamilton, Gus Porter, Dorothy (Chance) Bousman, Helen (Ingram) Douglas,

Docia (Nirider) McHenry, Julia (Slovick) Walters, Dwight Ingram, Charles Pruett,

Audrey Duncan, Agnes Lucas, Helen (Schooley) Gaines, Burdette Neavill, Floyd Simmons,

Ada (Hanna) Smith, Mary (Maxey) Ferguson, Louise (Spencer) Ernst, Nondas Swift

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 28, 1925

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 14, 1925

 

 

1926 Kinmundy High School Commencement:

 

   

 

 

  

1926 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Dorothy Lorene (Pullen) Stambach Twine, Rhea Ethel (Hill) Williams,

Ona Marie (Arnold) Smithhart, Dortha Gail Jones, Lena Ruth (Lacey) Naffziger,

Elva Ruth (Johnson) Caproni, Helen Katherine Wormley, Mary Margaret (Warren) Shufeldt,

Nellie E. (Ingram) Ray, J. Walter Doolen, Bertus B. Ball, Wesley Harmon Morgan,

William B. Hester, Merle Smith Nirider, Harold D. Arnold, Maurice E. Williams, John W. Boyd, Ralph L. Bassett, William M. Humphrey

 

 

1926 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Rhea (Hill) Williams, William Hester, Wesley Morgan, Nellie (Ingram) Ray

Margaret (Warren) Shufeldt, Dorothy (Pullen) Stambach Twine

Maurice Williams, Merle Nirider, Bertus Ball

Harold Arnold, Ona (Arnold) Smithhart

Ruth Lacey, V.V. Barcroft - Supt., Elva (Johnson) Caproni

William Humphrey, Dorothy Jones, Ralph Bassett

Walter Doolen, Elizabeth (Walker) Griffin, Katherine Wormley, John Boyd

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 27, 1926

 

 

1926 Kinmundy High School - Diploma - Mary Margaret (Warren) Shufeldt

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 13, 1926

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 26, 1927

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 19, 1927

 

 

 

1927 Kinmundy High School Graduates:

Top Row: Elwin Ingram, Dorothy Smith, Lela (Garrett) Dunlap, Frances (Claytor) McLean, Carl Dunlap

Second Row: Teddy Lacey, Gilbert Doolen

Third Row: Dan Laux, V.V. Barcroft, Denzil Gammon

Bottom Row: Howard Downey, Delbert Smith, Johnny Hanson, Lynn Porter, Charles Broom

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 19, 1927          "The Kinmundy Express" - June 2, 1927

                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 24, 1928

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 31, 1928

 

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1928           

Top row: Gex Pullen, Grace Arnold, Sophia (Nochman) Robb, Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford, Veva (Day) Williams, Raymond Atkins

Second row: Edith Hines, John Broom, Clara (Doolen) Barenfanger, Lester Howell, Marcelline (Pruett) Jones

Third row: Florence (Nochman) Robb, Muriel (Mulvaney) Tinsley

Fourth row: Wilma (Gammon) Jackson, Georgia (Dillon) Soldner

Fifth row: Martha Smith, Carl Jones, V.V. Barcroft – Supt., Harry Boyd, Iris (Jackson) Swift

Sixth row: Charles Miner, Fleeta V. (Smith) Orr, Helen (Wantland) Millican, Elizabeth (Holt) Monical, Nellie White, Merle Kline

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 17, 1928

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 23, 1929

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 9, 1929

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 23, 1929

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 23, 1929

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 30, 1929

 

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1929    

Top Row: Mark Arnold, Leola (Yund) Boles, Addie (Yund) McGuire, Vera (Keller) Doolen, Dr. Charles E. Pruett

Second Row: Louise (Spencer) Ernst, Helen (Ingram) Douglas,

Third Row:  Julia (Slovick) Walters, V.V. Barcroft – Superintendent, Helen (Schooley) Gaines

Bottom Row: Marion Maxey, Dorothy (Chance) Bousman, Mary (Maxey) Furgason, June (Arnold) Prince, Sam Claytor

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School class ring from 1929 owned by Louise (Spencer) Ernst

   

 

 

Kinmundy High School Commencement invitation for 1929 owned by Louise (Spencer) Ernst

 

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School Commencement program for 1929 owned by Louise (Spencer) Ernst

 

 

Kinmundy High School Diploma - 1929 - owned by Louise (Spencer) Ernst

 

Kinmundy High School class ring from 1929 owned by Louise (Spencer) Ernst

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 22, 1930

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 29, 1930

 

 

Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School  – May 26, 1930

 

 

Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – May 26, 1930 (Page 3)

 

Ford See Millican, LaFerne N. Wise, Merle H. Jackson, Lottie Ellen (Gregory) Williams, Charles W. Lowe,

Helen F. (Wainscott) Robb, Fred Boyd, Ruby E. Arnold, Mary L. (Pullen) Gragg, Loy L. Morris, Lowell Burkett,

M. Annalou (Rotan) Hanna, James R. Jones, Phyllis E. (Yund) Sigrist, Glen Charles White, Martha R. Jackson, James H. Hester,

Freida (Millican) Brubaker, Virgil I. Marshall

 

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School – Class of 1930

Top Row: Lottie (Gregory) Williams,  James Hester, Mary (Pullen) Gragg, Phyllis Yund, James Jones, Martha (Jackson) Hanna

Second Row: Lowell Burkett, Freda (Millican) Brubaker, Loy Morris, Glen White

Third Row:  Ruby Arnold, See Millican, V.V. Barcroft - Supt., Laferne Wise

Bottom Row: Charles Lowe, Helen (Wainscott) Schwabe, Fred Boyd, Merle Jackson,

    Annalou (Rotan) Hanna, Virgil Marshall

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 29, 1930

 

 

1931 Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School  – May 25, 1931

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 21, 1931

 

 

Kinmundy High School - Class of 1931

Top Row: Russell Williams, Rex Gammon, Marceline (Doolen) Garrett, Florence (McCulley) Thoms, Leland Alderson, Howard Spencer

2nd Row: Tiona (Eagan) Blair, Homer Knight, Arno Spurlin, Lora (Doolen) Pillfer

3rd Row: Alice (Bundy) Crippen, Zarold Lewis

Bottom Row: Vernon Burkett, Mildred Kleiss, V.V. Barcroft - Supt., Nelda (Pullen) Boyd, Lucille (Ingram) Johnson

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 21, 1931

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 28, 1931

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 26, 1932

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 26, 1932

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1932

Top Row: Ella (Jackson) Williams, Dwight Hanna, James Richardson, Earl Yund, Jesse George, Sophia (Slovick) Gallagher

2nd Row: Walter Neaville, Ralph Lux, Anne (Nochman) Roth, Lois (Baylis) Howell Aumiller, Joe Slovick, Arno Smith

3rd Row: Lewis Cornell, Russell Lovell

4th Row: Virginia (Rohrbough) Green, Maxine (Swift) Morrisey

Bottom Row: Mr. H.M. Brown, Mrs. H.M. Brown, V.V. Barcroft - Supt., Miss Pauline Horton, Mr. H.A. Kaeser

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 19, 1932                   "The Kinmundy Express" - June 2, 1932

                          

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - June 1, 1933

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1933

Top Row: Edith Bundy, Emil Stine, Julia (Jones) Uhle, Wanda (Zumsteg) Watterson, Lewis Wilson, Geneva (Malinsky) Osborn

Second Row: Earl Doolen, Maxine (Spencer) Loy, Robert Lee, Fred Gammon

Third Row: Darrell Fulton, James Hoga

Fourth Row: Helen (Carroll) Finch, John R. Robb - Class President, Jack Retherford, Eva Maxine (George) George

Bottom Row: Esther Haefele - Teacher, Mr. H.M. Brown - Teacher, Mr. V.V. Barcroft - Supt., Mrs. H.M. Brown - Teacher, Mr. H.A. Kaeser - Teacher 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 4, 1933

 

 

Kinmundy High School Alumni Banquet - 1933

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - June 1, 1933

 

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1934    

Top Row: William Cole, Laura (Wheatley) Greer, Herbert Anderson, Lucille (Garrett) Eagan,

                  Delmar Debault, Ora Arnold, Frank Boyd

2nd Row:  John Shaffer, Donald Hites, Lucille (Lucas) Leckrone, Roy Doolen,

                 Virginia (Piper) Fisher, Buford Cruze, Frederic Pruett

3rd Row:  Robert Davis, Elizabeth (George) Lux Boyd, Dorothy (Ingram) Shelton, Donald Herring

4th Row: Lavern Owens, Lavere Owens, Martha Ruby (Brasel) Stocker, Mary (Brasel) Haller

5th Row:  Archie Blackburn, Arthur Brown, Burdette Swift, Walter Pruett,

                 Loren Johnson, Andrew Gammon, Clifton LeMay

Bottom Row: Louise Peck, Anna Margaret Jones – teacher, Esther Haefele – teacher,

                V.V. Barcroft, Supt., Dale Mulvaney – Class President, H.A. Kaeser – teacher, Elizabeth (Arnold) Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

1934 Kinmundy Community High School Diploma Class Roll

Loren Johnson, Herbert M. Anderson, Elisabeth J. (Arnold) Smith, Andrew W. Gammon, Laura A. (Wheatley) Greer,

Dovy Elizabeth (George) Lux Boyd, Dale B. Mulvany, John Wesley Shaffer, William C. Cole, Archie W. Blackburn,

Burdette K. Swift, Arthur E. Brown, Clifton Lemay, Delmar D. Debault, Buford, L. Cruse, Donald E. Hite,

Robert R. Davis, Johnson Lavern Owens, Frank Boyd, Ermine Lavere Owens, Frederic A. Pruett,

Lula Lucille (Lucas) Leckrone, Louise Peck, Virginia Bernice (Piper) Fisher, Roy Doolen, Donald R. Herring,

Dorothy (Ingram) Shelton, Martha Ruby (Brasel) Stocker, Ora E. Arnold, Mary Ruth (Brasel) Haller,

Lucille E. (Garrett) Eagan, Walter Pruett

 

 

 

Walter B. Pruett disploma - 1934

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 10, 1934

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - June 13, 1935

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 30, 1935

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School Commencement Program - May 24, 1935    

 

    

Kinmundy High School Commencement Program - May 19, 1935 & May 24, 1935

Class Roll: Harold W. Kleiss, Harriett (Brown) Morgan, Pearle (Jackson) Hohn, Charles W. Jones, Martha Angeline (Maxey) Smith,

Newell Thaine Mery, Lorraine Virginia (Baylis) Doolen, Stanley Dale Hammer, Elsie Arlene (Alderson) Marsh, Ray H. Ingram,

Irwin W. Smith, Harold C. Livesay, Charles P. Smith, Richard V. Claytor, Charles William Young

 

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1935  

Top Row: Ray Ingram, Lorraine (Baylis) Doolen, Harold Kleiss, Martha (Maxey) Smith, Newell Mery

Second Row: Harriet (Brown) Morgan, Richard Claytor, Elsie (Alderson) Marsh, Charles Smith, Pearl (Jackson) Hohn

Third Row: Dale Hammer, Irwin Smith

Fourth Row: Harold Livesay, Charles Jones

Bottom Row: Grace Elliot - teacher, Anna Margaret Jones - teacher, V.V. Barcroft - Supt.,

    H.A. Kaeser - teacher, Charles Young

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 30, 1935

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 28, 1936

 

 

Kinmundy High School graduating class of 1936  

Top Row: Harry Bremer, Carl Doolen, Glen Aldrich, Xon Schooley, Orville Heicher, James Conant

Second Row: Edith (Schaufelberger) Hammer, Frederic See, Paul Christie, Robert Hanna, Emogene (Shufeldt) Anderson

Third Row: James Pigg, Margaret (Hickman) Lee, Lora (Jones) Ingram, Arthur Gordon

Fourth Row: Mildred (Robb) Hammer, Verma Del (Mercer) Helm

Fifth Row: J.F. Hickman - teacher, Eugenia Boyd - teacher, V.V. Barcroft - Supt., Anna Margaret Jones - teacher,

     H.A. Kaeser - teacher

Bottom Row: Robert Marshall

 

 

Kinmundy High School Alumni Banquet - 1936

 

       

 

                

   

 

 

    

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - June 4, 1936

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 20, 1937

 

 

Kinmundy High School – Class of 1937

Top Row: Nelda (Gray) Jones, Howard Helm, John See, Lyle Green, Joseph Malone, Maxine (Mahan) Pruett

Second row: Charles Andrews, Helen (Garrett) Leckrone, Burton Piper, Carl Pruett, Nora (Brasel) Olden, John McCulley

Third row: Corinne Bailey, Charles W. “Bill” Garrett, Russell Shaffer, Christy E. Gentry

Fourth row: Margaret Helm, Junior Gordon, William Furry, Beulah (Jones) Pruett

Fifth row: J.F. Hickman – teacher, Anna Margaret Jones – teacher, V.V. Barcroft – Superintendent,

    Eugenia Boyd – teacher, H.A. Kaeser – teacher

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 6, 1937

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - June 3, 1937

 

 

 

Rural Eighth Grade Commencement - June 19, 1937

Virgil Burkett, Carl C. Crain, Edna (Butts) Heicher, Violet Butts, Evelyn Feller, Geneva (Heicher) Allen, Roy Hines, Glenn Ingram, Charles Johnson, Marjorie Johnson,

Kathryn Marshall, Dorothy "Dot" McCulley, Dorothy Norman, Wayne Schoonover, Laura (Weiss) Lacey

 

 

1938 Kinmundy High School Graduation Announcement

 

   

 

 

 

 

1938 Annual Commencement of Kinmundy High School – May 25, 1938:

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School - Class Roll of the Graduating Class of 1938

Mary Evelyn Johnson, Earl Robert Schwabe, L.C. Ingram, Richard Wayne Pigg, Richard B. Williams,

Harold E. Shufeldt, James Marvin Bassett, Kathryn Loretta Lowe,

Carl K. Green, Beryl Eugene Diss, B.L. Hanna, Arthur Boyd, Howard LeRoy Robb,

Alberta (Jackson) Geibe, Harold Wesley Robb, Charles Burdette Kline

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School – Class of 1938

Top Row: Arthur Boyd, Marvin Bassett, Howard Robb, B.L. Hanna, Carl Green, L.C. Ingram

Second row: Charles Kline, Evelyn (Johnson) Cummins Fulton Fessenden, Kathryn (Lowe) Williams, Harold Robb

Third row: Alberta (Jackson) Geibe, Earl Schwabe

Fourth row: Harold Shufeldt, Richard Williams, Wayne Pigg, Beryl Diss

Fifth row: Anna Margaret Jones – teacher, J.F. Hickman – teacher, V.V. Barcroft – Supt.,

   H.A. Kaeser – teacher, Eugenia Boyd – teacher

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 26, 1938

 

 

 

Kinmundy High School Alumni Banquet - 1938

 

 

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - June 2, 1938

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 18, 1939

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 25, 1939

 

 

Kinmundy High School – Class of 1939

Top Row:  Willard Wiley, Ralph Day, Frances (Kline) Wright, Irene (Livesay) Gammon, Vernon Mitchell, Lyle Shreffler

Second row: Cecil Jones, Erma (Wiseheart) Malone, Marjorie (Bailey) Maley, Gladys (Mercer) Kline,

     Avanell (Phillips) Alis, Lester McWhirter

Third row: Cecil Aldrich, Anita Thompson, Helen (Miller) House Phipps, Louise (Milner) Price,

     Phyllis (Lane) See, Howard Milner

Fourth row: Oval Blair, Joseph Brang

Fifth row: Kenneth Fulfer, Francis Sullens, Owen Williams, Wilmadean (Trout) Thiemann, Neil Johnson, Herschel Roger, Paul Wright

Sixth row: H.A. Kaeser  - teacher, J.F. Hickman – teacher, V.V. Barcroft – Supt., Eugenia Boyd – teacher,

     Anna Margaret Jones - teacher 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - June 1, 1939

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 30, 1940

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 16, 1940 - "Eighth Grade Commencement to be Held Friday evening; School Picnic at Noon"

George Bargh Jr., Kathryn Bassett, Elizabeth Blackwell, Jimmie Boughers, Mildred (Boughers) Glen, Kathleen (Brown) Day, Joe Carpenter,

Charles Lee Doolen, Duane Hanna, Leon Jones, Virginia (Keen) Keen, Leta Ott, Kenneth Pigg, John Piper, Pleasant Robnett Jr., Louis Sutton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of 1940 - May 19, 1940 - Baccalaureate & Commencement program

Donna L. (Andrews) Leckrone, Virginia (Brown) Kalenberger, Edna Marjorie (Butts) Heicher, Carl C. Crain, Opal Virginia (DeBaielt/Debault) Rexroad,

Floyd Eagan (Killed in the Philippines during WWII), James Hammer, Donald E. Hart, Geneva (Heicher) Allen, Charles William Jenkins, Charles Johnson,

Joseph Henry Lovett, Robert D. Mahan, Dorothy “Dot” McCulley, George Miller, Shirley C. Miller, Richard F. Motch, Kathryn (Shanafelt) McWhirter,

Kenneth Earl Shufeldt, Marcelline (Sullens) Hyde, Laura (Weiss) Lacey, Xon Wilkinson, Billie Williams, Roger Dewayne Williams

 

 

Kinmundy High School – Class of 1940   

Top row: Robert Mahan, Richard Motch, Donald Hart, Dewayne Williams, Xon Wilkinson

Second Row: Walter Williams, James Hammer, Charles Jenkins, Donna (Andrews) Robb, Charles Johnson, Floyd Eagan, George Miller

Third Row: Kenneth Shufeldt, Dot McCulley, Edna (Butts) Heicher, Opal (Debault) Rexroad, Virginia (Brown) Kallenberger,

                  Laura (Weiss) Lacey, Carl Crain

Fourth Row: Marcelline (Sullens) Hyde, Geneva (Heicher) Allen, Mr. Provine - teacher, Mr. Hickman - teacher,

                  Shirley Miller, Kathryn (Shanafelt) McWhirter

Bottom Row: Joseph Lovett, Wayne Robb

 

 

 

"The Kinmundy Express" - May 16, 1940

 

 

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