Lewis High School Graduates

Note: The list below is incomplete, and an ongoing project. It will gradually be compiled as time and research permits.

"In 1859 the first school, a one-room brick building, was constructed one block west and two blocks south of the courthouse. ... In 1882 two years of high school were being taught. Three teachers and one principal were employed. ... In 1894 the first 4-year graduation class with six members organized the Lewis High School Alumni Association. ... In 1916 Lewis Consolidated School District organized . . . In 1917 the new school building was completed for all grades and high school. All country pupils in the new district were brought in by horse-drawn hacks."On May 8, 1960 the school building was destroyed by fire. A new building for primary through upper elementary was built, and the high school students went to Griswold, Atlantic or Walnut."

1892
Baker, Meta
Upson, May		  
1893
No Classes  
1894
Roush, Jennie (Valedictorian)
6 other young ladies (names currently unknown)		  
1897
Bailey, Frank E.
Coe, Etta M.
Funk, Jessie M.
Helmbach, Ethel H.
Jewell, Susan G.
Jones, Emma B.
Myers, Bessie B.
Myers, Dora M.
Morgan, Buelah B.		News Clipping
1898
Murnan, Josie
Myers, Etta
Templeman, Maude		News Clipping
1899
Black, Ada B.
Brown, Edith J.
Brickerbaumer, Laura F.
Duphome, Alma
Elliott, Lois A.
McCarthy, Almira R.
McCarthy, Jesse W.
McElroy, Grace E.
Sheets, Grace B.
Sprouse, Hannah I.
Switzer, Sarah M.		News Clipping
1901
Dunn, Alma
Dunn, Inez
Edmister, Ora
McElroy, Amy
Randleman, Ray
Roberts, Perle		News Clipping
1902
Watson, Willie E.
???		News Clipping
1903
?Baker, Grace
?Goeury, John
Macomber, F. J., Jr.
Macomber, W. H.
Phillips, Rossie B.
?Pierce, Cora
Pierce, Mabel E.
Smedley, W.
?=Read Class Prophecy, may have been graduates or underclassmen		News Clipping
1906
Baker, Mabel
Macomber, Belle
Rousch, Mildred
Myers, Ethyl
Woodward, Anna		News Clipping
1907
Jahnke, Joseph
Byrne, Effie
Hunt, Hattie
Woodward, Laura		News Clipping
1918
Barnes, Frances
Downer, Esther
Ellis, Maggie
Haake, Adalida
Jones, Mary
Kunze, Harry
McCauley, Carl
Maffitt, Bernice
Sheets, Gladys
Sheets, Merle
Smith, Greta
Temple, Harry		News Clipping
MORE TO COME!!!!

Compiled and transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass February, 2024. Sources include the 1980 Cass County Iowa History Book, pg. 70-72, and newspaper articles, as documented in the right-most oolumn.

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