Clay County, Iowa
School Information
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Royal High School Graduates
| 1905 | 1907 | 1917 |
| Granburg, Mable Thyra | Christensen, Marie | Bailey, Wendell |
| Morgan, James Millard | Morgan, Frank W. | Clark, Bernice |
| Wetmore, Mildred | Morgan, Rhoda | Jensen, Ansgar |
| Peck, Ila | Nelson, Elmer | |
| Robinson, Etheldale | ||
| 1918 | 1919 | 1920 |
| Bailey, Esther | Bump, Forrest | Beck, Ethna |
| Haberman, Ella | Hill, Nellie | Fields, Gladys |
| Jensen, Ruth | Hjelm, Buena | French, Ruth |
| Warren, Mabel | Hjelm, Nina | Nelson, Florence |
| Roberts, Myrtle | ||
| 1921 | 1922 | 1923 |
| Bailey, Blanch | Crane, Roland | Anderson, Clara |
| Jones, Margaret | Fields, Mabel | Bailey, Mona |
| Schuck, Ruth | Haberman, Wilhelmina | Hendricksen, Lorene |
| Hendricksen, James | Hjelm, Alice | |
| Kelsey, Gladys | Jones, Dorothy | |
| Schuck, Wilma | Jones, Elizabeth | |
| Morris, Mary | ||
| Schuck, Verla | ||

Contributed by: Arlene McMillin
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Click on image for larger view. Contributed by: Cheryl.
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Contributed by: Jerry Stukey
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Contributed by: Jerry Stukey
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Sioux #4--1948
located about 4 miles NW of Dickens, Iowa
Left row-Judy Sorenson, Erin Parks, Jerry Stukey, Jon Parks
Middle row-Wayne Chamberlain, Gretchan Parks, Mike Ketcham, Joel Sorenson,
Georgia Lorenz, Erin Ketcham
Right row-Sharen Chamberlain, Judy Lorenz, Pat Ketcham, Darlene Stukey, Madeline
Parks
Contributed by: Judy Frerichs
Dickens High School Class of 1934

Top row--Orville Fuller--Dale ?--Ruth Lorenz
2nd row Vera ?- --?---?- --Bernice Culver
3rd row-? Bernard Culver
4th row-Paul Beck - Mary Ellen ?
Contributed by: Judy Frerichs

Logan Center School No. 5
Jct. of 420th St. and 310th Ave., Dickens, Iowa
Logan Center School #5, intersection of 420th St. and 310th Ave., Dickens. Built in 1895, Logan Center School #5 remains as one of the schools built to house accessible public education in the era before automobiles. The one-acre tract of land, which includes the school, was purchased from F.M. Barnard in 1894 for $20. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Barlow Public School, District #2, 1916
Below is a souvenir from Barlow Public School, District #2, Freeman Township, Clay County, 1916. It lists 16 students and the teacher. Please click on image for a larger view. Contributed by Jane Culver Ingram.
Greenville High School
Commencement Exercises
1923
Contributed by: Sherry Jensen. Click on image for larger view. Graduates include: Marinus Jensen, Ruth M. Eastman, Dorothy M. Rhodes, Lester F. Chickering, Otis W. VanSickle, Harold D. Birdsall, and Howard R. Birdsall.
Dickens School Photos
| School East of Dickens--1910 | Dickens School--1898 |
Contributed by: Judy Brinkman. Click photo for larger view.
Dickens School Photo
3rd and 4th grade class

Back row left to right: Glen Hott, Ardon Toland, Donnie Story,
Duane Flack, Darrel Arndt, Janice Beck, Janice Kay Beringer, Donnie Hiesler, and
teacher Miss Wirtz.
Front row left to right: Jane Culver, Lorraine Stulen, George Beck,
Lawrence Stulen, Marilyn Flack, Jo Ann Leighter, Barbara Johnson, Janice
Naughton, Jacqulin Moeller, Donnie Gabhart, and Sandra Johnson.
Contributed by: Jane Culver Ingram.
Class Nineteen Hundred Fifteen
Spencer High School
Commencement Exercises
High School Auditorium
Thursday Evening, June Third
| Class Roll Five Year Course | Four Year Course |
| Archie L. Freeman, President | Kathleen Bronson, Honor Girl, 95.4% |
| Richard H. Hartman, Vice President | Dale Glendon Jones, Honor Boy, 93.4% |
| Hilda A. Lidman | Ruth Maurine Apple |
| Richard Logsdon Davis, Honor Boy, 94.5% | Harlan Baldwin |
| Mildred I. Goodspeed, Honor Girl, 92.5% | Frances Josephine Carlsen |
| Claude William Baldwin | Beatrice Victoria Carver |
| Oscar E. Bartelson | Roy Victor Christensen |
| Anna May Breidinger | Irene Elizabeth Dorland |
| Gladys H. Burke | Leone LaVern Doty |
| Marie Louise Carlsen | Newton S. Dyer |
| Vineta Fae Clarke | Pearl M. Eggers |
| Walter W. Cranston | Helen E. Free |
| David Ernest Fickel | Edith Gibson |
| William F. Flindt, Jr. | Donald L. Ginger |
| H. Ward Fonda | Grace Adelia Gloyd |
| Edna V. Giedeman | George A. Heald |
| Alta Alberta Hart | Ethel Jane Jones |
| Guy J. Hugunin | Victor Raymond Jones |
| Esther Wilhelmina Johnson | Leo John Kelley |
| Earl A. Keiser | Myrtle Evelyn Kenley |
| Ruth Marie Kirkpatrick | Alta Knight |
| Anna Lidman | Ernest H. Matthiessen |
| Grace Mildred Metz | Erma Clarice Metz |
| Jessie Fairbank McCord | John P. Miner |
| Marguerite Ethel Parks | Parker M. Powell |
| Velma Florence Tillinghast | Irma N. Redfield |
| Nellie Ruth Thompson | Verne D. Richards |
| Charlotte VanDerHoff | Floyd E. Roberts |
| Florence Margaret Vollmer | Arthur James Seaton |
| Orpha Lucile Turner |
Class Motto: "One summit reached,
but peaks beyond."
Class colors: Blue and Old Gold
Class flower: Yellow Rose
Contributed by: Sheryl McClure.
Lake Center School 1910

Submitted by Arlene Zielstra McMillin.
Greenville School Souvenir
Gillett Grove Township
1905-1906
Click on photo for listing of student names.
Contributed by: Doris Batschelet
School District Number 4
Meadow Township
Click on photo for listing of student names.
Contributed by: Doris Batschelet
Greenville School Souvenir
Greenville, Iowa
March 19, 1897
Click on photo for listing of student names.
Contributed by: Doris Batschelet
Older Members of Greenville School
1884
Alice Draper - Teacher
Back row: Orvan Greene, Selma Barglof Olson, Will Macy, Myra Eckley Pitt, Ed Bowers, Evalena Greene Jenkins, Hattie Tabor Ballard, Anna Mills, Alfred Barglof.
Sitting: Mona Eckley, Alice Draper (teacher), Elmer Greene, Antone Barglof.
Front Row: Carrie Mills Devine, Cora Bowers Greene, Melissa Eckley Ballard.
Note: Elmer Greene (1865 - 1934), son of Elijah C. and Emily Harvey Greene. Ed (1872- 1959) and Cora (1870 - 1963), children of John and Jane DeVos Bower. Orvan (b. 1871) and Evalena (1870 - 1949), children of Albert and Elizabeth Stanfield Greene.
Contributed by: Doris Batschelet
Spencer High School Graduates
| 1887 | 1888 | 1890 |
| Bowman, Ella | Bender, C. C. | Cuttell, A. J. |
| Calkins, Burton | Claypool, Florence | Cuttell, Hattie |
| Jones, Charles | Cruver, Curtis | Green, Nellie |
| Randall, Carrie | Fay, Carrie | Hulling, Belle |
| Watson, Blanch | Gifford, Myrtle | McConnell, Carrie |
| Glover, Harry | McElhiney, Lizzie | |
| Kirkpatrick, Nellie | Myers, Allie | |
| Knight, Mattie | Smith, Bessie | |
| Mann, Mabel | Verharen, Lena | |
| McCoy, Archie | White, Zada | |
| O’Brien, Frank | ||
| Townsend, Irving | ||
| Varney, Lorena |
| 1892 | 1894 | 1895 |
| Davison, Rose | Albee, G. C. | Goble, Jay |
| Evans, Oma | Barrett, Susie | Steele, Florence |
| Hubbard, Alice | Bender, Jessie | |
| Kirkpatrick, Charles | Hammond, O. A. | |
| Knight, Bessie | McConnell, Edna | |
| McConnell, Minnie | Purdy, Lulu | |
| Taylor, Mark | Stephenson, Melvin |
| 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
| Brande, Edith | Archer, Edith | Austin, Jenni |
| Brande, Edna | Archer, Olive | Barry, Lenora |
| Bruntlett, Marion | Coffin, Homer | Burgin, Mary |
| Chamberlain, Alonzo | Cotterell, Bessie | Gregory, Grace |
| Claypool, Jennie | Crawford, Bessie | Hewitt, Nina |
| Crandall, Fred | Fuhr, Lena | Ingalls, Gertrude |
| Dubois, Ida | Goldsworthy, Zelma | Jones, Ella |
| Greaves, Arthur | Hewitt, Adelaide | Palmer, Inez |
| Hendricks, Frank | McConnell, Dasie | Palmquist, Amanda |
| Hurinton, Minnie | Oliver, Harry | Robison, Will |
| Hirleman, Forest | Paterson, William | Tryon, Victor |
| Hubbard, Florence | Verharen, Arthur | |
| Robbins, Gertrude | Wescott, Avis | |
| Tryon, May | White, George | |
| Verharen, Lulu | ||
| Wyatt, Ethel |
| 1899 | 1900 | 1901 |
| Ackenback, John | Bowman, Minnie | Crandall, Elizabeth |
| Gillespie, Leigh | Dubois, Edna | Dean, Basil |
| Green, Clinton | Francis, Ruth | Dull, May |
| Sherbondy, Roy | Green, Edna | Goble, Sadie |
| Smylie, Lorne | Gregory, Stella | Green, Clara |
| Hiser, Floyd | Mattson, Edna | |
| Hockett, Eunice | Starff, Lucy | |
| Kellogg, Elsie | Steigleder, Emma | |
| Kimball, Stella | Van Denburg, Bessie | |
| Miller, Jessie | ||
| Montour, Irene | ||
| Perine, Margie | ||
| Robinson, Emma | ||
| Ryerson, Edna | ||
| Treat, Cordelia S. | ||
| Walsh, Grace |
| 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
| Ackenback, Mabel | Francis, Josephine | Buck, Cecile |
| Hay, Mabel | Gillespie, Maude | Fraher, Maud |
| Hendershott, Beulah | Goldsworthy, Blanche | Goble, Susie |
| Jesperson, Vilhemine | Hubbard, Henry | Horner, Clare |
| Livingston, Audrey | Nettleton, May | Ketcham, May |
| McAllister, Aleck | Larson, Ricka | Mack, Flora Belle |
| Painter, Hazel | O’Brien, Gertrude | Mather, Leo |
| Steigleder, Margaret | Thomas, Mae | Miller, Emma |
| Treat, Mabel | Montour, Ruby | |
| Watts, Blanch | Perine, Mary | |
| Weaver, Mortimer | Symington, Grace | |
| Thomas, Thomas | ||
| Wade, Frances | ||
| Yates, Mildred |
| 1905 | 1906 | 1907 |
| Ackenback, Emma | Bjornstad, Lena | Ackenback, Elsie |
| Blondel, Fanny | Cornwall, Barbara | Baker, Lyle |
| Collester, Charles | Gillespie, Agnes | Black, Helen |
| Jones, Oran D. | Kingsley, Mabel | Burgin, Royal |
| Mitts, Flora | McCown, Verne | Dickinson, Marie |
| Morgan, Mildred | Goldsworthy, Lisle | |
| Royce, Charles | Knight, Ethel | |
| Scholer, Elsie | Livingstone, Edna | |
| Weaver, Ethel | Palmer, Zella | |
| Parrott, Zora | ||
| Scholer, Theodore | ||
| Spencer, Eva | ||
| Thomas, Alfred | ||
| Walters, Bertha |
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