Roster of Alumni
This information comes from the Golden Jubilee souvenir booklet celebrating the 50th year of the Lyons High School Alumni Association.
They have noted that "Where no address is given, none could be secured. Names of members deceased are marked with a *." Many addresses are simply "City". I think this includes Lyons and Clinton. The only editing I did was the state abbreviations.
For more info on students, please contact Mr. Donald Farr
1871-1919 Alumni - text file
1924 and 1928 with photos
Lyons High School Class of 1934
Bob Chada (email: bchada@cox.net ) sent us this wonderful collection of photos from members of the Lyons High school. The first group, from 1928, are all identified -- they have the names written on the back. They belonged to Bob's mother, Marian Willihnganz. Many are signed on the front by the classmate.
The second group only has the signatures on the front.
The photos were taken by The McFarland Portrait and Commercial Studio, Buell Block (corner of 6th and Main St.), Lyons, Iowa.
Scanning did not do these photos justice. Some of them have so much depth to them, you feel the subject will move at any moment.
The photos are presented here as "thumbnails". You can click on them to see a larger version. I scanned them a bit larger than the actual, wallet-sized photos.
Please let us know if you have any corrections to make or if you have more info on any of these students. Wouldn't it be wonderful to have a page of info linked to each person?
1924
1928
I would love to add more classes here. If you have photos that you'd like to send or email, let me know via email at ClintonRoots@aol.com
Margo (email: hmgarnet@medford.net) sent us this wonderful photo of the 1933 girls basketball team. The first two girls are not known. The others are: #10 Mary Louise Tucker - forward; #7 Virginia Raun - side center; #3 (Peg) Margaret Volckmann - forward; #6 Pat Prentiss - center; #48 "Catty" Thelma Cottreil - forward; #9 Ruby Wulf - center; #11 "Elli" Eleanor Johnson - (capt) guard; and # 12 "Barney". If you know who the first two girls are or Barney's full name, please email me and I can list that information.
Mr. Donald Farr may be able to offer more information for those of you with ancestors on the alumni list. He wrote:
I took it upon myself (with significant help from many others) to dedicate a stone memorial to my old high school at Main and 3rd St. Then I got addresses for over 1700 LHS Alumni for invitations to last year's All-Classes Reunion which was extremely successful. Along the way I took responsibility to put together an email list to promote communication. I have been trying to keep up my all-classes (1918 - 1954) address list and we have lost many just in the past few months. We have tried in the past 3 years to donate everything to the Historical Society. Carole Rohr Gilbert (from my class) has been extremely helpful and I did see a lot of photos when we had the open house last September.
I have borrowed (for scanning) many photos to put together a 50 year story for my class. I have been soliciting 'life stories & memories' from my class mates. Lots of GREAT memories. We have our 50th reunion scheduled for the weekend of September 15th. I will be glad to help in any way (and advertise) the very interesting and memorable site that will be of interest to many.
Thanks again for your communication. I will be sending 'stuff' as I find time.
Best regards!
Donald E. Farr
LHS Class of '51
Newhall, CA
My grandmother was in the Salutorian of the Class of 1903. Would you be interested in a class photo and individual photos? I have them posted on my website: www.burkemuseum.com They are listed under "Clinton Historical Photos" or you can find the just the photos at:
http://members.tripod.com/~temec/burke/lyons_high_1903.html Thanks so much for all of your wonderful work.
Sincerely,
Maureen Burke Salmi
Temecula, CA
From Ann Boeker Kobs
Nettie Mae,
I'm a bit new to genealogy, but was delighted to see my father's name on the 1925 roster of graduates from Lyons High School. Amazingly, he is alive and well living on Buell Ave - where he has resided since he was 4! He is 94, continues to drive, and go out to dinner - frequently with my mother who is 91.
He is addicted to CNN, CSPAN, the Hawkeyes, and reads two newspapers a day. He certainly is with the program!My mother was Leora Sodeman, St. Mary's - Class of 1928, my brother class of 1963. Me, I was class of 1962 - OLA.
Thanks for all of your good work. As I progress, I would be delighted to add to the Clinton County site.
Ann Boeker Kobs
Cape Coral, FL 33990